Where Did the Time Go? | Allah's Names Ep. 29 | Dr. Omar Suleiman | Ramadan Series 2026
Mar 18, 2026
Reflection on four Names of Allah that reframe feelings about time and endings. Exploration of being intended from the beginning and held through every moment. Discussion of God’s presence in visible signs and hidden longings. A call to act now and “plant the seed” even if time feels gone.
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You Were Intentionally Created Before Time
You were never an accident; Al-Awwal means Allah existed before the first breath and before time itself.
Omar Suleiman explains Allah knew and named you before your mother was aware, framing purpose into every moment of life.
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Beginning Gives Meaning To Slipping Time
Al-Awwal anchors worth: believing you were intended gives meaning to time slipping and guilt over missed nights.
Suleiman links the Prophet's Yemen encounter and the pre-birth covenant to alleviate panic about lost time.
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Endings Point To Divine Permanence
Al-Akhir reframes endings as permanence because Allah remains when everything else perishes.
Suleiman ties this to consolation: your appointment is with the One who outlasts time, not with time itself.
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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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