DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Ath-thalaatha, 18th day of Muharram (Tuesday 17th September, 2019).
ALLAH IS AL-FATTAH, LET'S RELY ON HIM FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem.
We need to know al-Fattah when we feel that things are impossible or too difficult because ALLAH (swt) necessarily invites you to know HIM by this Name in those circumstances. Sheikh Al-Ghazali explained his understanding about al-Fattah, he said “ALLAH is the One by Whose concern everything that is closed is opened.” If I tell you to open the door, it must mean that the door is closed. If it is already open you would probably give me a funny look. So what does this mean? ALLAH al-Fattah opens the things that are closed. Those things that seem impossible, those things that you cannot understand how they even work. A door has to be closed in order for someone to open it. ALLAH says in the Qur’an:
“Whatever mercy ALLAH opens for mankind, then none can be holding it back; and whatever HE holds back, then none can be sending it forth after HIM; And HE is The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Wise” (Qur’an, 35:2)
The second related meaning is to understand that ALLAH is al-Fattah when you embark on something new and the journey is unknown to you. What is unknown to you is ‘closed’ in that sense. So when you are embarking on a new journey, ask ALLAH (swt) to open the doors for you so that you do not encounter unanticipated difficulties. This could be with marriage, a new job, or even the start of Business etc.
May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.
ALLAH IS AL-FATTAH, LET'S RELY ON HIM FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem.
We need to know al-Fattah when we feel that things are impossible or too difficult because ALLAH (swt) necessarily invites you to know HIM by this Name in those circumstances. Sheikh Al-Ghazali explained his understanding about al-Fattah, he said “ALLAH is the One by Whose concern everything that is closed is opened.” If I tell you to open the door, it must mean that the door is closed. If it is already open you would probably give me a funny look. So what does this mean? ALLAH al-Fattah opens the things that are closed. Those things that seem impossible, those things that you cannot understand how they even work. A door has to be closed in order for someone to open it. ALLAH says in the Qur’an:
“Whatever mercy ALLAH opens for mankind, then none can be holding it back; and whatever HE holds back, then none can be sending it forth after HIM; And HE is The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Wise” (Qur’an, 35:2)
The second related meaning is to understand that ALLAH is al-Fattah when you embark on something new and the journey is unknown to you. What is unknown to you is ‘closed’ in that sense. So when you are embarking on a new journey, ask ALLAH (swt) to open the doors for you so that you do not encounter unanticipated difficulties. This could be with marriage, a new job, or even the start of Business etc.
May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.
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