Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Sincere Dua

"Ya Majeed u Ya Kareem The Most Glorious and Generous One, Ya Samee u Ya Raqeeb The All Hearing and The Watchful One  soften my heart and grant me tears as I humble myself in dua to you.......  Ya Al Malik ul Mutakabbir Oh My Majestic Sovereign Lord Only You do I worship and only You do I ask for Help"



Have Allah accept your Duas

 A very important Reminder for people of all ages


Allah accepts Dua of the ones who are Dutiful to their parents


"Ya As Sami' The All Hearing One and Ya Latif The Subtle, The Most Gentle make me a obedient, dutiful, responsible and devoted to my parents... Ameen"

Building Tahajjud Dua # 1

Building the Habit


"Ya Al Mujeeb The Responder to Prayer....... Make me among the ones who seek you through Tahajjud......May you find me bowing to You when You Al Muta'ali The Supreme One  descend to the lowest Heaven in the last part of the night"


Tears of the Prophet in the last part of the Night



Tears of the Prophet in the last part of the Night

(I wish they didn't add the background sound!)



Allaho Akbar

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Allah The Only One God

The Meaning of the Name ‘Allah’


See actual post here

The word Allah means “the Being Who comprises all the attributes of perfection”, the Being Who possesses the best and the noblest qualities imaginable in the highest degree. This is supported by the Quran:

“His are the best (or most beautiful) names.” (17:110; 20:8; and 7:180)
Allah is a proper name, not derived from anything and the Al is inseparable from it. The word al-ilah (the god) is a different word.
The word Allah is unique and it is the Name which refers to the Being Himself as His personal name.

Amazing Facts about the Name ‘Allah’ :
-          The Name ‘Allah’ is the only Name of Allah, the rest are all Attributes!
-          The first and the last Word of the Adhan is ‘Allah’..
-          The first word of Salah is ‘Allah’..
-          In a typical Salah [namaz], the word that comes most is ‘Allah’..
-          The beginning of our life starts with ‘Allah’ (the adhan)..

-           and the end of our life should be..’la ilaha illa Allah’..!

MY NOTES:

I will add after hearing the lectures in this post Inshallah




How to Live by the Names of Allah

A Phenominal Series by Understand Quran
99 Names of Allah - Asmaul Husna
Excerpt from How to Live by the Names of Allah.  
Read Full article here
Abu Hurayra reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,
“Allah has ninety-nine names; whoever memorizes them will enter Paradise.” Sahih Muslim
Does that mean just memorize the list of Names and you will enter Jannah? Ihsa’ which is mentioned in the hadith means not only to memorize, but also:  
contemplate, understand and act according to them!

99 Names - Understand Quran

PDF DOWNLOAD

understand-quran-99-Names-calendar

Download PDF from here

You can print them on card stock and cut out as individual cards

Make Dua to Allah like a Child

 

Very aptly explained here


Dua of Ibrahim Alaihissalam







Empower your Dua with the 99 Names of Allah

BEAUTIFY ADORN and ENHANCE your DUA with the BEATIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH



The concept of starting your dua by calling out to Allah by His Attributes brings about an unexplainable excitement and adds an extra beat to the heart....... Such a dua is by all means more heart felt.

For example: Maintaining Tahajjud is a heart felt dua for me, so .......


"Ya Al Mujeeb The Responder to Prayer....... Make me among the ones who seek you through Tahajjud......May you find me bowing to You when You Al Muta'ali The Supreme One  descend to the lowest Heaven in the last part of the night"

OR

"May Allah Al Muhaiman The Guardian..... Guard protect and preserve our family"

OR

" Ya Al Fattah The Opener..... open my heart to your words..... Allahumma Faqaihni fiddeen O Allah grant me understanding of the Deen"

OR

"Ya Al Haqq  The AbsoluteTruth make me the one who does watawasauw bil huqq-  who believes truth (haq) and recommends it to others ...Ameen"

To achieve that power in the Duas one needs to KNOW the Names of Allah and their meanings so as to use the most appropriate names for the particular dua.

It's so strange and almost shameful how I never thought of doing that before.........

More strange is the fact that I never gave that emphasis on remembering and understanding the meaning of each attribute besides memorizing the Beautiful Names of Allah.

As Arabic is such an eloquent language, the translations hardly do any justice to the Magnificent names of Allah...... Therefore I am hoping to do some comparative study of different translations and make my own chart of the most accurate and heart felt meaning Inshallah. 

Better yet! Invite your family members and friends to join in this blessed endevour.

Here is a pdf download copied from Islamicity

This chart is my favorite, you cut and join them as one long wall poster or file it. 

The following posts can be used for ones own self and/or children from Iman Homeschool & Rahmah Muslim Homeschool :

Names of Allah Matching Cards find the remaining sets on the blog

Trace & practice 1-99 Names of Allah

Review Sheets find the remaining on the blog


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Get the printable download for this tree here


Names of Allah Bulletin Board and Progress number line excellent for kids competing with each other


Next I want to take notes from the following videos Inshallah.

The Barakah of Allah's name.....


The Names and Attributes of Allah by Yasir Qadhi


A 26 Part series covering the Asma ul Husna by Dr Bilal Philips. The following is the 1st part


May Allah The An Nafi' The Benefitter enable me in this undertaking Ameen.  

Dua for Parents # 1

A beautiful dua from the heart of a revert


Oh Allah ar Rashid Al Hadi, grant me the pleasure of hearing Walaykumsalam in reply to my Salams to my parents and family after their guidance to Islam ameen.


14:41

"Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."