Suzy Ismail – #66 AlMajid
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The speaker discusses how they use the symbol" Hope" to describe their daily experiences, including their love for their partner and their children. They stress the importance of not overemphasizing pride or arrogance, as it can lead to negative behavior and harm. They also mention the need for awareness and positive experiences to maintain humility and avoid arrogance.
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Saramonic it's nice to see you again as we continue to bring the
divine into the daily by incorporating the 99 names of
Allah subhanaw taala into our daily lives, and understanding
those 99 names and the characteristics in terms of how we
can better improve our relationship with spouse and
children. The name that we're going to discuss today is an
imagined, which means the magnificent or the most
praiseworthy.
Now, oftentimes, as we traverse through life, we see communities,
family society schools, focusing quite a bit on the idea of
allowing someone to feel praiseworthy, and sometimes
showering praise in a way, whether it's upon children or upon other
individuals in a way that can actually be unhealthy. When we
think of that beautiful characteristic of Allah subhanaw
taala, that magnificence, that, that essence of being
praiseworthy, we understand that the praise worthiness of Allah
subhanaw taala comes from that love from for him comes from that
connection with him. Yeah, many times today, we'll see that a
child who may not listen to the teacher, or may speak back or may
act in a way that is not really in accordance with up with etiquette,
and character and manners. That child may be praised. As someone
who is speaking his voice, that child may be praised as
magnificent for being able to find his voice. And yet in reality,
that praise is not being endowed in a way that is helpful to the
child. We see this type of false praise also occurring among
colleagues among co workers, among employees as they're speaking to a
boss possibly, and we see among spouses as well, where sometimes
the the praise is given in a way that actually increases arrogance,
rather than in a way that is intended to soften hearts and to
connect people, whether it's spouse to spouse, or parent to
child. So we know that we are constantly reminded that not one
of us will enter Jannah if we have a the weight of a mustard seed of
arrogance in our hearts. And yet, where does that arrogance come
from? It can sometimes come from not only seeking the praise of
others, but from being heaped with prayers that are sometimes false
praise that can lead us to believe that we are
assumed to be better than what we really may be simply because of
those who surround us. So in raising our families and raising
our children, we do want to be aware of the pitfalls of false
praise. That doesn't mean that we should not praise our children.
That doesn't mean that we should not praise our spouses. But it
means that we need that awareness. We need that ability of connecting
in a way that is not filled with falsehoods not filled with false
praise, but in a way that is positive and beneficial yet while
maintaining humbleness and avoiding arrogance does like
mellow higher and I look forward to speaking to you again as we
continue to bring the divine into the daily Saramonic