Today, I’m grateful for abstract thought, without which, we’d be pale shadows of the servants of Allah we are today, and that He gave to us to aid in our role as the Vicegerent for the rest of His creation. If Allah didn’t want us dreaming, imagining, wondering, pondering, and otherwise using the big brains …
Category Archives: Reminders
Wudu
Today, I’m thankful for wudu. Alhamdulillah!
“different tribes”
Today, I’m thankful for the “different tribes.” يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the …
this beautiful house
Today, I’m thankful for this beautiful house. When I think about it, Allahu Akbar… what did I ever do to land here? Allah is truly great, and He knows best. He knows what we do not know, what we can’t even imagine. Allahu Akbar.
Light
Today, I’m grateful for light, without which, we could not see. There would be no color, photography would not be my hobby, and reading would not be quite so easy as it is, at least in the ways we understand them now. But isn’t it fun to imagine what life would be like with only infrared or …
Play
Today, I’m grateful for play. Play is a beautiful and wonderful thing. Its a gift from Allah that allows us to exercise our bodies and minds, sharpen our skills and develop new ones, relax, even compete. When we play, at our best, we get into states of flow and, indeed, we thrive. Don’t believe me? Check …
Recycling
Today, I’m grateful for recycling, for our recognition that Allah’s creation (here on Earth, anyway) is finite and worth reusing, for the understanding that old things can be given new life.
