99 names of Allah SWT

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

In a famous hadith, the Prophet PBUH said
"Verily, there are ninety-nine names of God, one hundred minus one. He who remembers them off by heart (and believes in them) would enter Paradise."
(Sahih Muslim, Vol. 4, no. 1410) .
A video that should help in knowing the names of the Creator that I put together....check it out:

We should strive to call to the creator using His beautiful names but how many times do we actually do that. For example one of Allah's names is al-Kareem (the most generous) but what I find in myself and others is we will make dua and say i.e Oh Allah just give me a little piece of Heaven when really if we reflect on that name....the most Generous we should be asking for the ultimate which is Jannat ul Firdous because Allah SWT is the one who can easily give it to us as He calls Himself Most Generous therefore we should be saying "Ya Kareem bless me with the highest place in Jannat", without feeling shy or hesitating.

We need to reflect on the names of Allah SWT and ask accordingly using those names.

All of Allahs names are beautiful,and so if you are impatient like me then it's good to say Ya Sabur which means Oh Patient one bless me with patience and you know what I've found my patient level has gone much better....improved tremendously ever since I have started calling on Allah SWT more. Each of Allah's names have a different meaning but I absolutely love al-Wali meaning the Friend and I often pray to God Almighty saying Please be my friend and I also love al-Wadud which is the Loving because in reality Allah SWT is the most loving .....He loves us even more than our own mothers.

As mothers we sometimes get fed up and shout /scream at our children but Allah never gets fed up of us in fact He is always there listening to us , watching us, responding to us in many different ways if only we could understand them. He really is the only true friend that we need in our life because unto Him is our return and there is no doubt about that....

I would like to finish this entry with a dua that I often make....

" Oh Allah make my love for You the most beloved thing to me, and my fear for You the most fearful thing to me and remove from me all worldly needs and wants by instilling a passion for meeting You, and when You have given the people of the world the pleasures of their world, make the coolness of my eyes in worshipping YOU Ameen."

Virtues of Surah Mulk

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim ,
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful .

Surah Mulk is the 67th chapter of the Holy Quran and what a beautiful surah it is. It begins with the words " Blessed be He in Whose hand is the Dominion and He has power over all things."

It is reported from ibn ‘Abbas (ra) who said that one of the Prophet’s companions set up his tent over a grave without realising that it was a grave and it contained a man who was reciting the Surah al-Mulk up to the end. He went and told the Prophet (saw) who said: “It is The Defender; it is The Protector which safeguards from the punishment of the grave.” (Tirmidhi )

The Prophet said: "I wish that 'Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion' is in the heart of every believer."

Abu Hurairah (ra) narrates that the Prophet said: "There is a Surah in the Quran of thirty ayat which intercedes for its reciter until he is forgiven. (It is): Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion."(Ahmad)

Subhanallah these hadith tells us why we should be reciting this surah daily....it will save us from the punishment of the grave as that is our first destination when we die and if that goes well then Inshallah everything else should fall into place.

Below is a video that I composed to help with the memorisation of this virtuous surah:

Purify yourself!

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

I was reading a beautiful hadith(saying of the Messenger of Allah PBUH) that I would like to share .

On the authority of Abu Malik al-Harith bin 'Asim al-Ash'ari, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said: The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:

'Cleanliness is half of faith, and saying 'Alhamdulillah'(Praise be to God) fills the scale, Saying 'Subhanallah wa al-Hamdulillahi' (Exhalted be Allah and Praise be to Allah) fills the space between the heavens and the earth. Salah (prayer) is a light. Sadaqah (charity) is proof(of one's faith). Sabr (patience) is a brightness. The Qur'an is a proof for or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, some setting themselves free and others destroying themselves."

What a beautiful hadith. It shows the importance of these great deeds in Islam through which every Muslim can free him or herself from the punishment of Allah subhana wa ta'ala in the Hereafter . What a beautiful way to purify yourself as Jannah (paradise) is reserved only for the ones who are pure....those who carry out these deeds will be those who are near to the creator. May Allah SWT make us of those who will be near and dear to Him, Ameen.

The hadith also explains the importance the Holy Qur'an should have in our lives. It states that "The Qur'an is either an argument and proof for or against you".

In Surah al-Isra Ayah 82 Allah says:
"We send down the Qur'an that which is a healing and mercy for those who believe and for the unjust people it causes nothing but loss after loss."

So people who recite the Qur'an, learn it and practice its rulings are people who become the people of the Qur'an and it (the Qur'an) will be a proof for them. But those who ignore the Qur'an and never read or practice it in their lives, then the Qur'an will stand against them in the hereafter. Now thats heavy......it's not an ordinary book ....it's a book that can save us from the fire whose fuel is men and stones. Not only should we be reading it daily, we should also be implementing it in our every day life.