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(46) Al-Hakeem Beautiful Names of our Rabb From 100 Names Of Allah

Al-Hakeem

Meaning - The Most Wise. 

Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) a.s prayed to his Lord for wisdom saying, "Lord! Grant me wisdom." 

(Holy Quran, 26:83) 

It will be enough for us to understand the importance of wisdom that the Prophet of Allah, the khaleel - the friend of Allah, praying to Him for blessing him with wisdom. 

Wisdom is such a great gift that whosoever is blessed with it, has been blessed with a huge amount of good as mentioned in this ayah. 

"He grants the Wisdom to whomever He wills, and whoever is granted the Wisdom has indeed been granted abundant good. But none remember except people of understanding."

(Holy Quran 2:269)

We all want to be highly blessed and who doesn't want to be blessed with the beautiful blessing about which Allah Al Hakeem, Himself is saying that whoever is blessed with wisdom are the ones who are blessed with "khairan kaseera (abundant good)."

Now, the question arises what is wisdom, hikmah? 

Today, people around us have a very distorted definition of hikmah, wisdom and it seems like everyone has their own version of wisdom, wisdom has become something very subjective. 

So, if we truly want to learn what is hikmah and wisdom then we need to learn it from Allah Al Hakeem, Who has mentioned it in the forms of beautiful parables and reminders in His Holy Quran. 

"And indeed, you O Prophet are receiving the Quran from the One Who is All-Wise, All-Knowing."

(Holy Quran 27:6) 

Allah is All-Knowing and He is Al Hakeem, His words in the Holy Quran are full of gems of wisdom, if we want to learn wisdom then we should learn it from the Holy Quran with the right context and in the light of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)'s biography (Seerah), then only we will be able to harvest the pearls of wisdom from the depth of the Holy Quran which is from Allah Al Hakeem, The Most Wise, The All-Knowing! 

May Allah Al Hakeem bless us all with wisdom. 

Ameen.

(47) Al-Wadood Beautiful Names of our Rabb From 100 Names Of Allah

Al-Wadood 

Meaning – The Most Loving One, The Source of love.

Love is a powerful emotion and we crave for it often and we often time to time feel devastated in love, we feel broken and shattered when we love people deeply, perhaps because we love with loads of expectations and perhaps because we don't know actually how to love in reality? 

Being humans, we do expect, and there is nothing wrong in it but to expect a lot, that too from the imperfect beings like us, is the biggest folly, it is the trap where we often fall and fail. 

We need to be kind with ourselves and with others by not expecting too much, this will not make other's life suffocated as we won’t be in constant complaining mode (which automatically comes with the baggage of over expectations) and this will help us as well, as we will be the ones who will not live in the mirage of getting our thirst quench from the wrong source. 

We will realize that other people are also like us: imperfect. They themselves are not filled, then how can they fill us and our voids? 

We will realize the reality that the only source of love is Allah Al Wadood, He alone is The Most Loving One and He is The Source of love.

Alhamdulillah, In Islam, love is a beautiful concept but Hollywood and Bollywood and their narratives have given us a different perspective of love and we have surrendered to their narratives and weird definitions of love. 

The society we live in has reduced love to a commodity and has commercialized it by capitalizing and monetizing it. 

Alhamdulillah, It is indeed Allah Al Wadood’s favour upon me that I am writing the explanation of Allah’s beautiful names in sequence and Allah Al Wadood has blessed me with the opportunity to write the explanation to this beautiful attribute tonight when it is the 13th of February and the next day is 14th February, which is now celebrated as the festival of so-called love by the majority-Valentine's Day. I feel blessed to be writing the explanation of Al Wadood’s tonight, may it reach far and wide and reach the hearts of Al Wadood’s creation, and may they reflect upon His amazingly beautiful love. 

We know 14th February is considered now as the festival of (so-called) love and is celebrated even by some Muslims too, almost the whole week of February is dedicated to days like “Chocolate Day”, “Rose Day”, “Teddy Day” and finally Valentine’s Day, which has made this pagan celebration, a billion-dollar revenue-generating industry, the definition of love was already distorted by the capitalists and now they have also provided how to celebrate this distorted love by making people who are single, to be under constant pressure to have someone as their partner for the day, and compel others in relationships to spend more than they can afford on fancy dinners, parties, and expensive gifts just to fit into the narratives by having different advertisement campaigns which turn the masses into consumers.

Allah (SWT) has blessed us with the criterion to judge between right and wrong, we should not be the ones to distort the definition of love and then get carried away into deceptions, filling the pockets of the capitalists whose nucleus is nothing but capital and money-making, even if the cost of it is the destruction of the society's well being. 

We need to understand that only Allah is Al Wadood and we should love His creation as Allah Al Wadood has asked us to do because if we love them more than ourselves, more than Allah Al Wadood, then they will become the source of our destruction.

Allah Al-Wadood says: "Say, [O Muhammed pbuh], If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouse, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and struggling in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.”

(Holy Quran 9:24) 

Allah Al Wadood has set a clear standard for us on love. 

Citing two beautiful quotes from 

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) which are worth reflecting in this context. 

“The heart will rest and feel relief if it is settled with Allah and it will worry and be anxious if it is settled with people.” 

“The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allah, the servant is left loving those He loves and what He loves, hating those He hates and What He hates, showing allegiance to those He had allegiance to, showing enmity to those He shows enmity towards, ordering what He orders and prohibiting what He prohibits.”

The best state is to love Allah Al Wadood, and love others (His creation) through Him, for His sake. 

Allah is Al Wadood, The Most Loving One, He loves us the most and when we believe and do good for Al Wadood’s sake then He (SWT) will bestow love in the hearts of His creations upon us. 

"As for those who believe and do good, the Most Compassionate will certainly bless them with (genuine) love." 

(Holy Quran, 19:96).

It is mentioned in a hadith "If Allah loves one of His servants, He (subhanahu wa'taala) calls upon angel Gabriel to tell him so, whereupon Gabriel loves that person, so he calls upon the residents of the heavens saying, `Allah loves so-and-so; therefore, you, too, should love him,' whereupon the residents of the heavens respond to him in the affirmative. Love for him will thus be disseminated among the residents of the earth."

We need to seek love from Him – Al Wadood, The Most Loving, The source of love, and if we do not do so by disobeying Him then He is free of all wants and it is we who are dependent upon Him and upon His love.

"O believers! Whoever among you abandons their faith, Allah will replace them with others who love Him and are loved by Him…”.  

(Holy Quran 5:54).

Loving Allah Al Wadood means to act, by obeying His commands in our life. 

As the servants of Allah Al Wadood, we should try to imbibe this beautiful saying in our lives by Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) which will make our life easier and will give us contentment as it will remove jealousy and envy from our lives. 

The Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) said: “None of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself."

Loving for others what we love for ourselves just for the sake of Allah Al Wadood, will make our life full of tranquillity and peace, which in itself is an immense blessing. 

May Allah Al Wadood allow us to understand the definition of true love and may we love Him and may we love others through Him and may we be loved by Him and His creations in the heavens and the earth. Ameen.

(48) Al-Majeed Beautiful Names of our Rabb From 100 Names Of Allah

Al-Majeed 

Meaning - The Glorious One, The Most Honourable

Allah Al Majeed has described the Holy Quran as Majeed -

"Qaaaf. By the glorious Quran!" 

(Holy Quran 50:01)

We need to understand that when Allah Al Majeed has taken an oath by the Quran and has called it Majeed then it should be a priority for us to know its meaning and lessons with deep analysis. 

The Holy Quran is Majeed because of the abundance of wealth of knowledge and inspirational lessons it is enriched with, it is the way to sirat al mustaqeem (straight path) and it direct us from knowing our ultimate purpose of life to the way to achieve it. 

"Every Prophet was given miracles because of which people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Revelation which Allah has revealed to me..."

(Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 92, Number 397)

It is a perpetual, living, examinable, verifiable, irrefutable and everlasting miracle till the end of time! 

But this miracle will not touch our hearts deeply and we will not be able to unlock the gems of the profound wisdom of Quran Majeed if we will not learn the Quranic Arabic. 

We should try to start learning the language of Quran Majeed so that we can deeply learn the beautiful lessons which Allah Al Majeed has blessed Quran with. 

When we will read and reflect on Quran Majeed by understanding it in its own language (Quranic Arabic), then we will be amazed by the linguistic miracles and the perfect usage of the words in it, we will be amazed how it speaks and comforts and how it answers to our worries and concerns through beautiful parables and beneficial reminders put forward by Allah Al Majeed in His Book Quran Majeed.

Let's glorify and worship Allah Al Majeed by learning, pondering and reflecting upon Quran Majeed.

(49) Al-Baaith Beautiful Names of our Rabb From 100 Names Of Allah

Al-Baaith 

Meaning - The Resurrector

“And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming – no doubt about it – and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.” 

(Holy Qur’an, 22:7)

There are people who dispute about the resurrection, they think that they won't be brought back to life again after being reduced to mere bones in their graves.

They should understand that Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'aala) has created them when they were not even bones. 

"Do people think We cannot reassemble their bones? Yes! We are able of restoring (even) their very fingertips."

(Holy Quran 75:3-4) 

Indeed! it is Allah's mercy and immense love for us that Allah Al Baaith has already told us that there is going to be a day of resurrection but it is indeed sad that we read these ayaat in the Holy Quran as a mere recital only, we don't realise that we will be resurrected and we live our life as if there is not going to be any accountability for our deeds. 

We need to understand the concept that death is not the end, it is just another phase, we all will be resurrected by Allah Al Baaith, and Allah Al Baaith will resurrect us to judge us about how we have lived the life of this world. If we have internalised this certainty in our lives that there is one more life after death, and we will be resurrected to be judged then living life with an objective to please Allah Al Baaith will become easy. 

Glorifying Allah with this beautiful attribute will remind us again and again that though our job as believers and worshippers is to establish truth and justice in our lives and on His earth but even if we do not succeed apparently in our lives in doing so, then too, we should not lose hope, as we all will be resurrected and we all will be in the judgement of The Most Just, Who will judge us on the sincerity of our actions and not on the basis of achieving the results. 

Allah Al Baaith has said in the Holy Quran -

"Say: ‘My life, my death and acts of worship are all for the Lord of the mankind.” 

(Holy Quran 6:162) 

We need to ask ourselves daily whether we have prepared ourselves well that we can say to Allah Al Baaith - The Resurrector - that our life, death and acts of worship are all for Him or not.

(50) Ash-Shaheed Beautiful Names of our Rabb From 100 Names Of Allah

Ash-Shaheed

Meaning - The Witness

"Yet (if you are denied, O  Prophet) Allah bears witness to what He has sent down to you—He has sent it with His knowledge. The angels too bear witness. And Allah (alone) is sufficient as a Witness."

(Holy Quran 4:166) 

We need to understand that Allah is Ash Shaheed - The Witness over everything, He sees and hears it all. Even, the beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was denied and mocked, so if we are getting a bad response and getting belittled by many, then too, we should never forget the fact that Allah is witnessing it all and Allah will bless us in the hereafter on the basis of our sincere efforts. 

I would like to cite here the incident of Ashabul Qaryah (people of the town), the whole incident is mentioned in surah Yasin in the Holy Quran. 

The people of the town (Ashabul qaryah) were given not one but two messengers and the two messengers were strengthened and reinforced by a third messenger, they all invited them to truth, to monotheism, to worship one Allah but sadly the people of the town denied all the three messengers and then came a man from the farthest part, from the outskirts of the city, to testify the messenger's truth. 

The noteworthy point over here is that the man who came running from the outskirts of the city was not an influential man, nor he was wealthy, it is said that he came running, which means he couldn't even afford a means of transportation for himself but he came all the way to testify the truth of the messengers. 

Allah Ash Shaheed has recorded his words in Holy Quran in Surah Yasin, how he tried to convince the people of the town and testified the truth of the messengers. 

But they killed the man and a beautiful glimpse of the afterlife is shown to us as he was told - 

“Enter Paradise!” He said, “If only my people knew of how my Lord has forgiven me, and made me one of the honourable."

(Holy Quran 36:26-27) 

We need to get this deep-rooted inside us that despite no 'apparent' fruitful result came as the people of the town remained in the denial mode and were then destroyed by a heavy torment but we need to understand here that Allah Ash Shaheed has witnessed the ordinary man's sincere efforts and courage to testify the truth publicly and he was martyred (shaheed) and was raised to the honourable ranks by Allah Ash Shaheed - The Witness of everything, every efforts. 

This ordinary man became extraordinary in the sight of Allah Ash Shaheed Who was witnessing his efforts. 

Lessons for us -

That man who came from the farthest part of the city to testify the truth -

- He didn't think that whether the people of the town will listen to him when they didn't even listen to the three messengers. 

- He didn't think that he was not influential enough. 

- He didn't think he will be mocked and denied. 

- He didn't make the excuse of lack of resources (he came running from so far). 

- He was sincere and he knew he has a responsibility to testify the truth and we know that people of the town killed him, they did not reflect upon the truth but the ordinary man became extraordinary by becoming the witness (shaheed) to the truth on testifying it publicly and then again became shaheed (martyred) when the oppressors killed him. 

Allah Ash Shaheed - The Witness has witnessed his efforts and mentioned them in Surah Yasin so that we can also learn our inspirations to keep ourselves steadfast in striving for His cause.

Sometimes, I personally feel that why have I written two books, and why am I writing these explanations when already much has been written in better, inspiring ways and is available only at a click away but then I remind myself of this beautiful attribute of Allah subhanahu wata'aala that Allah is Ash Shaheed and He is The Witness of all the efforts irrespective of the results.

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