How To Truly Be Conscious of Allah | Dr. Jinan Yousef | Juz 28 Qur’an 30 for 30 S7 | Ramadan Series

How To Truly Be Conscious of Allah

You know, the best way to know Allah is the Qur'an. I mean, sometimes I think we try to list, we like to list the names and then just get the name and the definition. But if you really want Allah, how does Allah talk about himself in the Qur'an? And I always tell this to youth, especially when you're in the prayer and you forget your, you know, you went somewhere else and you're not thinking about Allah. Whatever you're thinking about, think about a name of Allah that applies to that particular situation that took you out of the prayer and that will bring you back, inshallah.

You know, when Allah refers to himself as Al-Mawla in Surah Tahrim, like this loving guarding protector. And who does Surah Tahrim end with? Maryam, Asiya. And Allah showed who they truly were and more importantly, who he truly was.

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, everyone. Welcome back to Qur'an 30 for 30. Alhamdulillah. We are now in Juz 28. We ask Allah to accept from us Laylatul Qadr. We ask Allah to elevate our rank. We ask Allah to forgive us for our sins, Allahumma Ameen.

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I'm good. Alhamdulillah. How are you? Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Now, when it comes to like doing a series on the names of Allah, I was actually like I shouldn't do a series on the names of Allah because you already wrote the book, you literally wrote the book on it, Alhamdulillah, Living with the Names of Allah, so many people have benefited from that book, subhanAllah, so many people have taught that book, read that book and across ages, it's truly helped people connect to Allah, may Allah bless you for that and sort of pioneering in this field when it comes to the English language, especially in making it accessible.

The Journey of Writing "Living with the Names of Allah"

I'm going to ask you just, when did you write the book? What made you write the book? Jazakumullah khairan, firstly, and truly anything good is from Allah, Alhamdulillah. So the book was published in 2020, but I actually started writing it as a series way back when on virtualmosque.com. This was 2012, 13, 14, something like that and yeah, and it took like around four years to write and then the publishers got in contact with me and said, you know, you need to turn this into a book and I was like, why? It's online, it's for free, there's no need, they said, no, no, a book is different. And so I said, on one condition, I have to have, you know, like my teachers kind of like look over it and so on and so forth and then it took another three years, but Alhamdulillah and then 2020 kind of COVID time, Alhamdulillah, it came out. Alhamdulillah, so I'm going to put you on the spot. What's your favorite name of Allah?

Oh, okay, Shaykh, I mean, it always changes, right? Because you connect to Allah in different ways in your life, depending on what you're going through, right? Depending on SubhanAllah, the things that are happening around you, but maybe right now, I would say it's Allah Al-Fattah, but also Al-Fattah Al-Aleem. So Allah is the one, you know, who opens everything, but also he's all knowing, because a lot of times we want the opening on kind of our schedule, the way that we want it, like it has to look like this, but when Allah pairs these names together and he says, he's Al-Fattah Al-Aleem, Allah says, he does open and he will open, but he actually knows things that you don't know. So that's kind of the names that I've been connecting to a lot lately. MashaAllah.

You know, SubhanAllah, my grandfather's name was Abd Al-Fattah, Rahmatullah Ali, I never met him from Palestine, lived and died in Palestine, he never left Palestine, he's still buried there. And when I was a kid, I remember asking what Fattah means, because like obviously in Falahi, just our overall language, like Fattah, Iftah, we're just thinking about like, open, open this, open the door, open, turn the light on, Iftah, you know, it says Iftah, Iftah, Iftah. So I remember asking my parents what that name meant, SubhanAllah, and getting something that I couldn't comprehend at the time, but it truly is a beautiful name and one that we don't take into our du'a, I think nearly enough. May Allah bless you, JazakAllah khair for sharing that.

The Pleading Woman and Allah's Response

Alhamdulillah, in Juz 28, there is actually, SubhanAllah, the name Allah shows up in every verse, as we've said in previous seasons, in Surah Al-Mujadila, Allah starts off with this, Surah Al-Mujadila. So Allah has heard the plea of the woman who pleaded with you, a messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but she was complaining to Allah, appealing to Allah, SubhanAllah, it's very powerful. Allah heard her and she was appealing to Allah, even though on the outset or at the exterior level, it looks like she's appealing to the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and only the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, is hearing her. But this is deeply connected to Allah, SubhanAllah, and then the name of Allah is mentioned in every single verse in this Surah, Surah Al-Mujadila, and one of the benefits is like Allah hears the cry of the one who's oppressed, right? So for him to use his name, and this is the only Surah that has that distinction, is something truly special.

The Pattern of Divine Justice Through Juz 28

But one of the ways that we can sort of weave this through, this juz, Allah hears the oppressed, Allah also hears the nonsense claims of the oppressors. And so it's really interesting because you go from the pleading woman to the hypocrites, and what are the hypocrites doing? They're raising their voices and they're making a scene, right? They're showing themselves to be something they are not. They are, you know, elevating themselves, they are propping themselves up, speaking in a certain way, right? And Allah says, Allah already knows he's the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. You don't have to stand up and make this scene, like, I don't speak to Rasulullah, right? Everyone sit and listen to the Messenger of Allah, like you sit down. You don't have anything to do with this. Stop trying to make your voices heard. Stop trying to make yourself seen. Allah sees you, but he sees you for who you truly are.

So you kind of go from al-mujadila to you have the munafiqun in this, and then you also have surat al-talaq, which talaq exposes hypocrisy. Like on a personal level, talaq truly exposes the hypocrisy of people, right? People fear Allah so little when it comes to the matters of divorce. That's where promises are broken, covenants are broken, secrets are shared. That's where all the dirt is thrown. That's where, you know, like the character of a person comes out, right? In times of talaq. And then you have surat al-tahrim.

The Light of the Believers

And obviously that's not all of them, but I'm jumping through sort of this message that is sort of laced throughout of Allah sees, Allah sees, Allah hears, Allah hears. And that is either to your benefit or to your great harm. And surat al-tahrim, which by the way, SubhanAllah, the second page of surat al-tahrim is one of my favorite pages in the Quran. I love this page of the Quran where Allah is talking about first and foremost.

And then it kind of goes down. Allah calls us to repentance, but Allah mentions the believers going ahead with their light. And they're saying:

Oh Allah, keep our light for us. These are the sincere people who kindled an unseen light in this world. And Allah saw the whole time and Allah is preserving it, but the hypocrites have no light anymore. It's like now you already burned yourself out in this dunya, like Allah heard you and saw you the whole time. Now you can't be like in, you know, we were with them the whole time and you can't make a scene anymore. You can't cover it up anymore. Like Allah saw it for what it truly was. And now you're being treated for what it truly was the entire time. And you're out of light. Now you're out of light, right? The believers have their light and you're out of light.

The Examples of Righteous Women

So it's like you have the personal scenarios and then you have the grand scenarios all weaved into this juz where Allah brings it to light and exposes darkness on the day of judgment. And the names of Allah are plenty here. Of course, there is the verse that we will talk about inshallah in detail. But particularly like, you know, when Allah refers to himself as Al-Mawla in Surah Tahrim, like this loving, guarding, protector. And who does Surah Tahrim end with? Maryam, Asiya, right? Like who felt more unheard than Asiya, right? As far as people are concerned, no one was around her to hear her pleading when she was calling out to Allah she was being killed, right? But Allah heard her and Allah in fact quotes her and Allah promises his help and support and reward for her.

And then Maryam, Asiya, can you imagine how lonely she felt when she walked and she was surrounded by all of these people that were condemning her and chastising her, demolishing her. No, Allah saw you. So you have the woman who pleads, Al-Mujadila, all the way to these women who were pleading and they're in their different situations. And Allah showed who they truly were and more importantly, who he truly was through this all. And of course, you have Surah As-Saf, you have Surah Al-Hashr, you have other surahs within this Juz that we'll talk about, Inshallah Ta-ala.

But that's the way that I personally, when I was kind of looking through this Juz, like Allah sees these and then Allah bringing the recourse at the end for both the victim as well as the victimizer, Allah. And it's beautiful how Allah is really just mentioning certain people at this time to kind of show the manifestation of the name and how it actualizes with them, with Khawla ibn Thalib at the beginning of Mujadila.

Divine Names in Times of Need

And I like how you mentioned, there was a plea with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and then there was the call to Allah, SubhanAllah, you know, even which shows the level of Iman of Khawla at that time. And then Allah mentioning Asiya, mentioning Maryam Alaihim As-Salam, you know, just how these women are the epitome of chastity, epitome of Ibadah, servitude. When what they went through and how Allah showed that to all of us to show, look, the manifestation of As-Sami that Allah hears way beyond our hearing.

But the capacity that we have, it's our responsibility to call out to him and to be vulnerable to him in these times, even though we may go to creation to help the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and much lesser than him. But realizing that Allah, these beautiful names and attributes can always, always call on him based on a particular situation. So that's a reminder for all of us to remember his beautiful names and attributes in the particular times and situations that we face in our life to try our best to remember him, to remember him and remember a particular name that coincides with our situation and to call on him with these Asma'ul Husna.

The Connection Between Dhikr and Consciousness of Allah

And all of that is pondering and thinking of Allah and thinking about life and tying the two together, because sometimes what we do is we just stop at the physical and the tangible life and we forget about Allah being that he's the one that is Qadir and he is the Khaliq - he is the creator of time and the creator of the situation. When we connect that, that's the dhikr that is beneficial and that benefits us and benefits others around us.

Bismillah. Allahu Akbar. Jazakum Allah Khair.

Knowing Allah Through the Quran

Dr. Jinan, any comments on sort of the overall of the juz? I mean, just one thing to follow up on what you were saying - the best way to know Allah is the Quran. Sometimes I think we try to list the names and then just get the name and the definition. But if you really want to know Allah, how does Allah talk about himself in the Quran? How does he tell us about himself? And I think then you really do connect. Like you were saying - Allah listens, Allah hears, how Allah opens things, how Allah gives victory, what does a victory look like? All of that is through the Quran. And so, in a sense, it's not us coming here and just having a dictionary definition of a name and khalas, it's like, no, Allah himself is telling us about himself in his book. And I think if you want to know Allah, just go to the Quran and insha'Allah, you'll be introduced to who he is on his terms.

The Beautiful Names of Allah in Surah Al-Hashr

Absolutely. On that note, SubhanAllah, like Surah Al-Mujadila has Allah, and then Surah Al-Hashr has the most extensive list of the names of Allah, those beautiful names as well. And the sequence of those names and what they mean together, can you please elaborate insha'Allah how they're uniquely used here in this context?

The Prerequisite: Taqwa and Remembrance

I think just before commenting on those in particular, I think we need to take a step back to the few verses before. Allah tells us, you know, who are reading his speech, reading his words - so Allah is calling us. Like when he says يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا - wait, that's me, insha'Allah, I'm insha'Allah of those who believe. So when he says he's calling us to have reverence for him - have reverence for Allah, to be conscious of Allah, to fear Allah, healthy type of fear. And Allah repeats it twice:

And let each soul look what it's presented for tomorrow. Like, what have you given for the Akhirah? What have you given for Allah? And then, and have taqwa of Allah. And those few verses, Allah reminds us and don't be like those who forget Allah, because then Allah will make them forget themselves. And the people of paradise are not equal to the people of the hellfire.

So the verses where Allah tells us about his names are intimately related to the verses that came before. Because how do you have taqwa? How do you be a person who doesn't forget Allah? You need to know Allah. You have to know Allah. That is the best antidote to forgetting Allah. That is the best way to bring about taqwa, is to always be conscious of Allah.

The Sequence of Divine Names

And as you mentioned, these names, many of them are unique. They don't come anywhere else in the Quran. And the sequence that they come are also especially unique. So Allah, before the verses that you spoke about, he tells us that he's عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ - the knower of the unseen and the witnessed. And he is الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ - the entirely merciful, the especially merciful. And then Allah tells us that he's الْمَلِكِ, and then الْقُدُّوسِ, السَّلَامِ.

Insha'Allah, very briefly, because they're obviously a lot of names and this is - Take your time. We have all night. Insha'Allah. It's a shameless plug, but we have an article on Yaqeen on the sequence of Allah's names in Surah Al-Hashr. So hopefully, that will be more detailed.

But SubhanAllah, the sequence of the names really shows us how Allah actually knows us. When Allah builds up, first he tells us that he is the knower of the unseen and the witnessed. That's only for Allah. No matter how knowledgeable a human being is, you don't have knowledge of the ghayb. And so that's the first step. And this Allah, who has all this knowledge, is also the most intensely caring about you and merciful towards you.

Al-Malik: The Sovereign King

And then he is الْمَلِكِ, because if you think of human beings, even if you have a person who's knowledgeable and who's nice, if they can't do anything with that, they can't really help you. So then Allah is الْمَلِكِ - this is not a human being. Allah is knowing, Allah is so merciful, but he's also الْمَلِكِ. He's the sovereign, the king. Allah controls everything.

Al-Quddus: The Sacred and Holy

And then the beautiful thing is Allah, so now we come to الْقُدُّوسِ. الْقُدُّوسِ is like the sacred, the holy. So Allah is purified from anything blameworthy. And it's so interesting, the sequence, because a malik, when you think of a malik, a king, all of us have an image that comes to our mind when you think of a king. And even the Quran itself doesn't talk very positively about kings. Kings usually do bad things. So as a human being, when you hear king, maybe subconsciously, you start to attribute to Allah negative attributes of kings. Maybe you're scared, but not a good scared. You're a paralyzed scared. Maybe you think Allah is oppressive.

So Allah follows it. I mean, he precedes it with الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ, but then he follows it with الْقُدُّوسِ. Like, no, no, no, the way that you're imagining God in terms of imagining how he is, Allah is الْقُدُّوسِ. Allah is free from anything defective that you have actually attributed to Allah. So this الْقُدُّوسِ, this actually, when knowing Allah is الْقُدُّوسِ, it helps you to reframe the way you think of Allah. There's this reframing that happens every time I might attribute something negative, or I say, why did Allah do this? Like, it comes up sometimes, these thoughts. No, Allah is الْقُدُّوسِ. Anything that I can imagine Allah to be, no, no, Allah is الْقُدُّوسِ.

As-Salam: The Source of Peace

And once we have all of these attributes and we know these names, الْقُدُّوسِ and then السَّلَامِ. السَّلَامِ is also, in a sense, Allah is perfect, but Allah is also the source of peace. And you can only have, literally, peace in Allah when you know that Allah is free from defect, because Allah is not going to do anything. Allah keeps his promise. Allah, you can trust Allah. Allah invites you to the ways of peace. Allah actually tells us, if you want to find peace, you find peace in Allah. And so Allah, in a sense, he calls us to not look at this world searching for ways of peace, but actually to turn to Allah.

And there's so much more to say, insha'Allah, maybe we can go into it a little bit later, but salam is really, when you look at our prayer, we start with اللهُ أَكْبَرُ, and then we end with salam. And the point is, it's like, if you have really been connecting to Allah in your prayer and submitting to Allah and worshiping him, you will actually have salam at the end. Like, you will actually have the sense of peace. And that's why we say, اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ - you are peace. We don't say it at the beginning, we say it at the end, because that's almost the result of turning to Allah.

And it's really, and the sequence here, Allah being الْقُدُّوسِ, and then being السَّلَامِ, because it's almost like Allah's building up. If I tell you, you need to have peace, but you don't have any of the prerequisites, you're like, you're telling me this, but it doesn't help. But Allah's told you all of these things, that how Allah is so merciful towards you. He knows everything. He's the owner of everything. He's الْقُدُّوسِ. Now you're in a state where you feel like, I can find peace in Allah.

Al-Mu'min: The Granter of Security

And then you have الْمُؤْمِنِ that comes after. And الْمُؤْمِنِ comes from the root like أَمْن, which means safety and security. And in a sense, it's one of these few names that in a sense we share with Allah, that Allah himself has chosen, because insha'Allah, you're a mu'min, I'm a mu'mina, and Allah is الْمُؤْمِنِ. And so Allah, He gives us security. Allah says in the Quran, أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ - that Allah gave them security from fear.

And the type of amn that Allah gives is really, I mean, it's different types. It's external and internal, but really it's that internal amn that you have in your heart. That Allah الْمُؤْمِنِ, He secures your heart through faith in Him. The more faith you have in Allah, the more security you have in your heart.

The Example of Asiya: True Security in Faith

You mentioned Asiya and I love her story so much, because you think, she's standing in front of the tyrant of tyrants. And she's able to make this du'a and to smile before she passes away. And you think, who is actually secure at that moment? Is it Firaun, who is inflicting all types of oppression in order to be secure? Or Asiya, who has this oppression inflicted upon her, but she has peace with Allah. She is safe and secure in her faith with Allah. And that's how you can tell a person who really has this amn from Allah, because they don't need to inflict oppression because they're already secure in Allah. Firaun, you can see, even though he's projecting this power, he has no power. He's so insecure that he has to kill baby boys, infants, newborns. And so SubhanAllah, that's how we understand. We ask Allah for that amn in our hearts.

Al-Muhaymin: The All-Controlling Guardian

And then finally, insha'Allah, to give us an opportunity to have a chat about it, but الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ. So Allah, الْمُهَيْمِنِ is like the all controlling guardian. Like they would be like, if a soldier, for example, haymana over a city, took control of it and is basically watching over it. And so Allah, again, I think this is such a beautiful name for especially our time today, because Allah's in control. Even when you feel you're out of control, you feel that the world is out of control, you have to know that Allah is in control.

And that knowing that Allah is in control, that helps us to do what we need to do for His sake. We don't say, there's no apathy here, that there's no point because they're in power. They are in control, no. Allah is in control. I mean, SubhanAllah, just to mention, Allah Akbar, but the flotillas - like when you see the flotillas, like who is in control? You have this oppressive power that's in control. And if you think about it, nothing, you can't, there's no way you can get through. There is no way you can get through. And you have these people, these people of conscience, masha'Allah, may Allah bless all of them. But they do it because there's something inside them, and especially the Muslims of them, that you know that Allah's in control.

The Manifestation of Allah's Control

And even though, and maybe many of you have seen these clips that come up on social media, even though they were intercepted, right? They were intercepted. They were not allowed to, quote unquote, break the siege. But the people in Gaza were actually able to fish for the first time in years, because the Navy was so distracted. So who's really in control? Are they in control? Can they be everywhere at the same time? They can't. And so سبحان الله, it's to know that Allah is المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman). You might not know the wisdom right now. You might not know why there's all this suffering right now. But if we go back to the beginning, Allah is عليم الغيب والشهادة (Alim Al-Ghaib Al-Shahada). There is a realm that you have no idea. It's in the غيب (ghaib). You don't know what Allah is planning there. And so this is how we tie these names together.

I'll stop here to give you guys an opportunity, إن شاء الله.

Self-Complexity and Allah's Perfect Attributes

No, ما شاء الله, that's beautiful. I mean, you know, just seeing the different ways that Allah is reminding us the different angles of his perfection and of his authority and power. You know, it reminds me of a term. I think they use it in psychology. It's called self-complexity. And self-complexity is an expression of a person having different roles. So for instance, you know, if you're a mother, you're also a sister in Islam. You're a sister to your biological brother or sibling. You're also a daughter. You're also an entrepreneur. You're all of these things, but in some way, some realm, you may not be performing well because it has an effect on the other, right? So for instance, a father that comes home from work, he's not doing well because he's excelling at work, but he's not excelling at home. But with Allah, each one of these roles is perfect. There's not even an aspect of not excelling in any one of them. And that's an important aspect to remember.

Taqwa and Remembering Allah's Names

You know, when Allah gives a command for تقوى (taqwa), and he says it again with تقوى الله (taqwa Allah), and then he mentions the ones that don't have this تقوى of Allah, they forget themselves. What are one of the ways that you can remember Allah to obtain that تقوى? Because the تقوى is the mindfulness of God. When you have that mindfulness, إن شاء الله, it will bring forth actions that will cause you to remember yourself and not forget yourself, to remember Allah. So one of the ways is, remember all these names of Allah, you know, المهيمن، العزيز، الجبار (Al-Muhaiman, Al-Aziz, Al-Jabbar). It's gonna be these beautiful names and the way that they're manifested in different ways, all under the name Allah. That's why we say that these attributes of Allah, and that serves as a huge opportunity for us to think, okay, how is عزيز (Aziz) different from جبار (Jabbar)? Although they're both talking about Allah.

What are the stories to where عزيز (Aziz), we think of عزيز (Aziz)? Well, Allah mentions عزيز (Aziz) at the end of this verse for this particular context. So what about my life? What context in my life took place to where it's المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman)? And as you provided, ما شاء الله, the context of what's happening in Gaza, you know, for us to think about these moments and it creates an opportunity for us to remember the name of Allah.

And I always tell this to youth, especially to all of human beings, that when you're in the prayer and you forget, you know, you went somewhere else and you're not thinking about Allah. Whatever you're thinking about, think about a name of Allah that applies to that particular situation that took you out of the prayer and that will bring you back, إن شاء الله. So that's one way that the names and attributes of Allah, whatever we're facing, we can easily, when remembering Him, it brings us back to thinking of Him, to further think about ourselves and our deficiencies, to be more vulnerable, to call on Him. And this is the process. This is the process of servitude.

The Perfection of Allah's Names

That's beautiful. Self-complexity. Self-complexity, yeah. سبحان الله, like you think about what you just said, Allah, one element of perfection does not take away from the other. Even within the verses themselves, there's تسبيح (tasbih), سبحان الله, right? سبحان الله. Like you're even saying that, how perfect is Allah, right? He is perfect. And these, of course, are within the مسبحات (musabihat), even like these surahs that start off with the declaration of the glory and the perfection of Allah and everything else is imperfect in its essence, in its attributes, in its actions. It's all imperfect.

Right? So Allah declares His تسبيح (tasbih), سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ (subhanAllahi amma yushrikun), right? How perfect is He and nothing should be attributed to Him. And He is greater than all that is attributed to Him.

Right? So when Allah mentions His attributes, His names and attributes as a creator, and by the way, all of His creation does تسبيح (tasbih) of Him as well, declares His perfection as well. And of course, one element of that تسبيح (tasbih), whether you like it or not, in your functioning within the order of Allah's creation, you are glorifying Allah by your very existence. Even سبحان الله, the most rebellious of His creatures are still in their functioning, in their bare functioning, have some element of declaring the perfection of Allah. So nothing takes away from the other.

Like as human beings, even when a human being has one good quality, that is almost always to the detriment of another quality. Right? If he's humble, so with that humility, there's gonna come a shyness, might become off as timid, unable to exert a certain form of power in this particular domain. And that's the way that that person is. And then you have the other side of that, right? Allah has created us with different personalities and one good quality almost always necessarily means that there is some level of deficiency in another good quality. But with Allah, it's all perfect. لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ (Lahul asma'ul husna). All right? Perfect names. سبحان الله.

Names of Allah Manifest Differently Based on Who You Are

Dr. Jinan, we want you to give us the last word, إن شاء الله تعالى.

سبحان الله, I was thinking as you were mentioning also the self-complexity, it's also, you know, I can't remember which tafsir, one of the مفسرين (mufassireen) mentioned this. He said, you know, and when you look at these names of Allah, when you ponder over them, they also manifest differently depending on who you are. So when we say that Allah is, let's just say, we're talking about Allah being المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman). You know, if I'm a person who is إن شاء الله trying to do good, this helps me to do good because Allah is in control. But if I'm a person who is an oppressor, knowing Allah is المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman) should have a very different effect on my heart. Right? Because if I think I'm in control, but Allah is actually in control, that really needs to put this fear of God in my heart. Right?

And so the way that سبحان الله, Allah's names are so comprehensive, that also depending on who you are, they will look differently. Right? And you will understand them differently. So, you know, I'm sure that, you know, فرعون (Fir'aun), when he was drowned, right? Allah being المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman), at that moment being in control, to فرعون (Fir'aun) looked very different because he was being drowned than to موسى عليه السلام (Musa alayhi salam) and بني إسرائيل (Bani Israel) who was seeing him being drowned. Right?

And so we have to always ask ourselves, where am I? Right? Like, am I in this position where I actually have to fear the anger of Allah? Or am I in a position where I am actually really comforted by Allah? And they're not, you know, they don't negate each other. Right? There's always like a good kind of healthy fear because even if you're not فرعون (Fir'aun), but maybe in your own life, you're hurting someone, you're oppressing someone. Like we always like to think about, it's other people, it's not us. Right? But it's also us. Right?

And so knowing Allah is kind of having that vigilance as well, that like, I'm having, I'm comforted by Allah being المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman), but I actually also need to check myself. I need to check myself, like, what am I doing something that I need to also fear المهيمن (Al-Muhaiman) for a good reason, because I'm doing something that is wrong.

And so سبحان الله, it's just, you know, Surah Al-Hashr gives us this insight into these beautiful, beautiful names of Allah that, you know, needs multiple episodes. So I hope that, you know, people watching and listening can, you know, actually take this as an opportunity to go reflect themselves. Right? To reflect on these names and really see the manifestations of Allah's names in their own lives. إن شاء الله.

Closing

إن شاء الله, they'll see the series that you can put up. That's right. We got the Ramadan series and we got the series of the papers that you all have been writing. الحمد لله (Alhamdulillah). May Allah bless you and accept from you. And it was a pleasure to have you on and may Allah accept your work. جزاكم الله خيرا (Jazakumullahu khayran) everyone. إن شاء الله to all. We'll see you all tomorrow. والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته (Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh). Peace.