Why a Ramadan Series on Allah’s Names? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why a Ramadan Series on Allah's Names?

"When are you going to do a series on Allah's names?" This has been the question that I've been asked ever since we started doing the Ramadan series. Years ago, I remember thinking should I do Allah's names or should I do Allah loves and I thought there's no way to be able to summarize the names of Allah in a Ramadan series. There's this thought that the names of Allah are so distant and every name you come across.

It's like Allah is so awesome and I am nothing but the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم taught about the amazing unseen God and his unseen names and attributes through the very seen and experienced situations around you. So the woman that picks up her child after a battle, he uses that scene صلى الله عليه وسلم to teach about Allah's mercy and the beauty of Islam is that the simplicity of Tawheed is not compromised by these plentiful names. There is no one who thought that الرحمن (Ar-Rahman), الرحيم (Ar-Rahim), الرؤوف (Ar-Ra'uf) and so on mean different gods.

They all unlock this beautiful unambiguous profound reality of Allah himself. And if you think about how beautiful that is that people don't even know what or who God is. In Islam, we know exactly who he is and he is one but with all of these clear names and with direct access to him.

I can guarantee you إن شاء الله تعالى (insha'Allah ta'ala) that by the end of the series, you're going to come out transformed بإذن الله تعالى (bi'ithnillahi ta'ala) you and everyone else that you know, if you pay attention and the goal is to actually provoke a deeper study of Allah's names.