Ramadan felt like a blink. One day your whole life will too.
In this episode, Dr. Omar Suleiman reflects on four Names of Allah that reframe everything you feel at the end of Ramadan. The guilt of wasted nights. The panic of time slipping. The fear that none of it was enough. Al-Awwal, Al-Aakhir, Az-Zaahir, Al-Baatin. The First and the Last. The Manifest and the Hidden. Four names in a single breath that frame your entire existence from beginning to end.
He was there before your first breath and He will be there when you take your last. You did not stumble into existence by accident. You were thought of, designed, and intended. And every moment you have lived has been under His eternal gaze. When you feel like you are running out of time, remember that the One who started everything started you too.
He is evident in every sunrise, every moment of protection, every relief after a despair you thought would never end. And He is nearer than your thoughts, closer than your pulse. He knows the fear before you name it and the hope you are too ashamed to say out loud. You are never alone. Not in your highest moment. Not in your lowest.
And when time feels like it is running out, the Prophet (PBUH) said that if the final hour arrives and you are still holding a seed, plant it. You will not see it grow. You will not taste its fruit. But nothing you do for Allah is ever wasted.
Even if the world is ending, plant the seed.
00:00 Ramadan Is Almost Over. So Is Your Time.
00:44 You Were Never Lost in Time. You Were Being Held.
01:48 Al-Awwal: He Was There Before the First Star Lit Up
03:40 You Were Never an Accident. You Were Intended.
04:11 Al-Aakhir: He Will Still Be There When Everything Ends
06:03 Az-Zaahir: He Is Evident in Every Sign Around You
07:40 Al-Baatin: He Knows What You Cannot Say Out Loud
09:15 28 Nights Felt Like 28 Minutes
10:22 What to Do with the Time You Have Left
11:02 Plant the Seed Even If the World Is Ending
12:23 How to Live by the Four Names of Allah
13:20 Closing Dua: A Dua for Every Beginning and Every End
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NOTE: Only vocals were used in the making of the soundtrack.
