MONDAY The ism recommended to recite on Monday is AL_LATEEF 129x. In essence it means The Subtle one. "Al-Lateef" is one of Allah's Attributes derived from extreme kindness and compassion in a way which no human faculty can ever comprehend. AlLateef continuously pours His blessings on His servants; His actions are always khayr (good).. It also means the One Who cannot be sensed by human senses or those of all other beings, Who knows all hidden things.. Al-Lateef removes the clouds of His anger and is kind towards His ibaad even in matters related to His decree; He gently makes His ibaad reach their goals through His Rahma. Even when they are not aware of it. It is Al-Lateef who makes easy everything that is difficult, Who joins everything broken. One of the signs of His Lutf towards His ibaad is that He has given them more than enough and required them to do less than what they can, thus making the achievement of eternal happiness attainable during a short period of time, i.e. one's life-span, which is too short to be compared with the eternity of the hereafter. Al-Lateef is one who hides one thing in another. The best of foods- honey is derived from a bee. The best of cloth is derived from the saliva of a silk worm and the pearl is derived from the oyster. The best example is in the story of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh). Allah, for example, hid for prophet Joseph the prominence of authority in the veil of slavery until he himself said: "... surely my Rabb is Lateef to whomsoever He pleases; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise" This is aya 100 of Suratu Yusuf. Let’s look at the story - Prophet Yusuf (PBUH) once dreamt that eleven stars and the sun and moon were doing sajda to him. He told the dream to his father. Prophet Ya'qub (pbuh) realised that the dream showed his son’s greatness and advised him not to tell his brothers about the dream. The brothers of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) were very jealous of him and one day put him into a well. There he was found by a group of traders who found him and sold him as a slave to the governor of Egypt who took him home telling his wife Zulaykha that they would adopt him as their son. Things did not work out as Potifar had intended and Zulaykha did not see Prophet Yusuf (PBUH) as her son. To restore peace in his household, the governor imprisoned Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) despite his innocence. The governor had a dream which troubled him and no-one could interpret it until someone who had been with Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) in prison told him about Prophet Yusuf (pbuh). The governor released him from prison announcing that he was innocent and Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) told him the meaning of his dream and thus making Egypt successful. Prophet Yusuf was made chief of Egypt and there cam a time when he was re-united with his parents and brothers who did sajda thus making true the dream of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) It is at this moment that he said:…..”surely my Rabb is Lateef to whomsoever He pleases; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise”. Allah mentions this in aya 100 of Suratu Yusuf. To adopt Al-Lateef in our lives we must first have a goal on mind. The pleasure of Allah, by extension Janna. Then to work towards it drawing strength from AL-Lateef knowing that in the difficult times the outcome will always be khayr (good) if we ensure that we have done our best and done everything in the right way to the best of our ability
MONDAY The ism recommended to recite on Monday is AL_LATEEF 129x. In essence it means The Subtle one. "Al-Lateef" is one of Allah's Attributes derived from extreme kindness and compassion in a way which no human faculty can ever comprehend. AlLateef continuously pours His blessings on His servants; His actions are always khayr (good).. It also means the One Who cannot be sensed by human senses or those of all other beings, Who knows all hidden things.. Al-Lateef removes the clouds of His anger and is kind towards His ibaad even in matters related to His decree; He gently makes His ibaad reach their goals through His Rahma. Even when they are not aware of it. It is Al-Lateef who makes easy everything that is difficult, Who joins everything broken. One of the signs of His Lutf towards His ibaad is that He has given them more than enough and required them to do less than what they can, thus making the achievement of eternal happiness attainable during a short period of time, i.e. one's life-span, which is too short to be compared with the eternity of the hereafter. Al-Lateef is one who hides one thing in another. The best of foods- honey is derived from a bee. The best of cloth is derived from the saliva of a silk worm and the pearl is derived from the oyster. The best example is in the story of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh). Allah, for example, hid for prophet Joseph the prominence of authority in the veil of slavery until he himself said: "... surely my Rabb is Lateef to whomsoever He pleases; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise" This is aya 100 of Suratu Yusuf. Let’s look at the story - Prophet Yusuf (PBUH) once dreamt that eleven stars and the sun and moon were doing sajda to him. He told the dream to his father. Prophet Ya'qub (pbuh) realised that the dream showed his son’s greatness and advised him not to tell his brothers about the dream. The brothers of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) were very jealous of him and one day put him into a well. There he was found by a group of traders who found him and sold him as a slave to the governor of Egypt who took him home telling his wife Zulaykha that they would adopt him as their son. Things did not work out as Potifar had intended and Zulaykha did not see Prophet Yusuf (PBUH) as her son. To restore peace in his household, the governor imprisoned Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) despite his innocence. The governor had a dream which troubled him and no-one could interpret it until someone who had been with Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) in prison told him about Prophet Yusuf (pbuh). The governor released him from prison announcing that he was innocent and Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) told him the meaning of his dream and thus making Egypt successful. Prophet Yusuf was made chief of Egypt and there cam a time when he was re-united with his parents and brothers who did sajda thus making true the dream of Prophet Yusuf (pbuh) It is at this moment that he said:…..”surely my Rabb is Lateef to whomsoever He pleases; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise”. Allah mentions this in aya 100 of Suratu Yusuf. To adopt Al-Lateef in our lives we must first have a goal on mind. The pleasure of Allah, by extension Janna. Then to work towards it drawing strength from AL-Lateef knowing that in the difficult times the outcome will always be khayr (good) if we ensure that we have done our best and done everything in the right way to the best of our ability
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