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“And He found you lost and guided you”
Gratitude is a feeling that humbles the soul, especially when reflecting on the moments when we were lost, drowning in confusion or sin, and The Most Merciful extended His mercy to guide us back. It’s a deep, overwhelming sense of appreciation, knowing that the One who created you never abandoned you, even when you strayed…
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Understanding Allah’s Command to Remember Him
Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented about Allah’s statement: فَاذْكُرُونِى أَذْكُرْكُمْ (Therefore remember Me. I will remember you), “Remember Me regarding what I have commanded you and I will remember you regarding what I have compelled Myself to do for your benefit (i.e., His rewards and forgiveness).” An authentic Hadith states: «يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى: مَنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ…
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Indeed, Allah…
Indeed, Allah is over all things competent (2:109) Indeed Allah, of what you do, is Seeing (2:110) Indeed, Allah is over all things competent. (2:148) Indeed, Allah is with the patient.(2:153) And whoever volunteers good – then indeed, Allah is Appreciative and Knowing. (2:158) Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. (2:173) Indeed, Allah does not…
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Allah’s Guidance
Allah is the Ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. (2:257) Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people. (2:258) It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book (3:7) It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth…
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Allah’s Knowledge, Justice, and Wisdom
And Allah is not unaware of what you do (2:74) But do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they declare? (2:77) And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers (2:95) And Allah is Seeing of what they do (2:96) And if Allah had willed, He could have put you in difficulty.…
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Allah’s Punishment
Say, “He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you and from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make taste the violence of one another.” Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand. (6:65) And thus is the seizure of your Lord when…
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Allah’s Mercy and Love
But Allah selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty (2:105) Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful. (2:143) Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those – I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of…
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Allah – The King and The Owner
Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allah any protector or any helper? (2:107) And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing…
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Allah – The Creator, Sustainer, and Provider
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him] (2:22) It is He who created…
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Allah’s Oneness
And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2:163) Allah – there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining (3:2) Allah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge – [that…
