Suzy Ismail – #55 AlMatin

			Santa Monica, it's nice to see you
again as we continue to bring the
		

			divine into the daily. But
understanding how we can
		

			incorporate the 99 names of Allah
subhanaw taala, and the
		

			characteristics of those names
into our daily lives to improve
		

			our relationship with our spouse
and with our children. The name
		

			that we're going to discuss today
is L Mateen. Which means the firm
		

			or the steadfast in our day to day
lives, it can sometimes be
		

			difficult to maintain that sense
of being steadfast. We see it in
		

			our prayers, for example, where we
may wake up one morning, and we
		

			get up early and we make it in
time for Salatin measure,
		

			especially these days, as you
know, we have a good window, a
		

			period of time to actually catch
solids and fish. And we may feel
		

			very enthusiastic and think that's
it today, I'm gonna get all of my
		

			prayers in on time. And then you
know, the time for Saltillo to
		

			comes around, and you're occupied,
you're busy with work, you're busy
		

			running after the children, you're
busy doing a million things, and
		

			we lose that sense of
steadfastness. And instead of
		

			getting our load of prayer on
time, we find ourselves delaying
		

			it, and we delay it until the Asad
prayer. And then when we miss the
		

			answer to prayer, we may think to
ourselves, Oh, it's okay, you
		

			know, I'll catch it at Mount of
time. And then before we know it,
		

			we may lose the entire thread of
our salon for that day. The same
		

			thing occurs in our day to day
lives, in our relationships, and
		

			particularly in our relationship
with our spouse, maintaining
		

			steadfastness, in our relationship
requires a lot of patience, and a
		

			lot of hard work. Because being
steadfast in a relationship means
		

			trying to recapture that sense of
emotion that we may have in the
		

			beginning of a marriage, that
sense of excitement, that sense of
		

			aha, entering into a new
relationship, that sense of hope,
		

			that this is a relationship that
will be fruitful for both husband
		

			and wife. That sense of excitement
and anticipation of what the
		

			future is going to bring. And
while that sense of, of
		

			anticipation, excitement, hope,
and that heart that's full of
		

			love, may be easy to maintain, in
the first few months of marriage,
		

			or the first few years of
marriage. As those years roll on,
		

			it can sometimes become more and
more difficult to remain steadfast
		

			in that relationship. And that's
where the work comes in. Because
		

			working on your marriage is
something that you do not just
		

			every day, but almost every minute
of every day, because the way that
		

			our mind works is that if we don't
constantly check our mindset, if
		

			we don't take the pulse of our
mindset, then we can very easily
		

			slip into a place where we begin
to give in to the sensation of
		

			boredom, or the sensation of
feeling that a relationship is no
		

			longer fulfilling, when in
reality, it may be that we've lost
		

			interest because of the difficulty
of remaining steadfast. And
		

			because of the way that our hearts
can change so frequently within
		

			the day, our hearts change from
salon to salon, our hearts change
		

			from minute to minute, and we've
repeated quite frequently in these
		

			episodes. The DUA that is so
important for us to consistently
		

			keep close to our heart and on our
tongue, which is yeah, we'll call
		

			liberal group fabric called be
allied Enoch, oh changer of the
		

			hearts, keep my heart steadfast on
your faith. Because Allah
		

			subhanaw, Taala and Mateen. The
steadfast is the constant, and yet
		

			our hearts are not always
constant. And our hearts can
		

			sometimes be up and down and all
over the place if we don't
		

			consistently monitor the well
being of the heart. And if we
		

			don't consistently take the pulse
of our relationship, to see where
		

			our marriage is. So remaining
steadfast, whether it's in the
		

			marital relationship, or remaining
steadfast in terms of our worship
		

			in terms of our connection to
Allah subhanaw taala is a
		

			characteristic that we should all
strive for. So I pray that Allah
		

			subhanaw taala el Mateen allows us
to maintain that sense of
		

			steadfastness in our
relationships, and even more
		

			importantly, in our worship of Him
and in our consistent love for
		

			him. Just like Komodo Hyde, and I
look forward to speaking to you
		

			again as we continue to bring the
divine into the daily cinematical.