I began this Ramadan with a review of the seven under the Shade of Allah. As I began the month, I would like to end it with a reflection to myself and a supplication to God.
I raised the question in the beginning of Ramadan and I would like to raise the same question again:
“O Mankind! What seduced you from your Most Generous Lord,
Quran 82:6-7
who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions?”
Sometimes it is helpful to have a question to the self to pick on our subconscious. It can help us to nurture within us a healthy remorse, and a turning to God for His Shade.
The translation of the supplication is:
“O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer!
Tawfiq ibn Saeed al Sayegh, Compilation of Dua[Supplication]
O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer!
O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer!
O Allah, shade us with the Shade of Your Throne on the Day when there will be no shade except Your Shade.“
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming book, currently titled Love Is Deeper Than Words: Key Lessons from the Prophets.
Fadwa Wazwaz | Fəd-wə Wəz-wəz is a Palestinian-American born in Jerusalem, Palestine and raised in the US. Currently, she lives in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. She is an author of God Intervenes Between A Person And Their Heart: Key Lessons From The Prophets. Follow on Social Media