Suzy Ismail – #66 AlMajid

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