Suzy Ismail – #55 AlMatin
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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.