Gratitude

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
حم ﴿١﴾ تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّـهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ ﴿٢﴾ إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٣﴾ وَفِي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَابَّةٍ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٤﴾ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّـهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٥﴾ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّـهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّـهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٦

1. Ha Meem
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
3. Verily in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who believe.
4. And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals are scattered (through the earth), are Signs for those of assured Faith.
5. And in the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that Allah sends down Sustenance from the sky, and revives therewith the earth after its death, and in the change of the winds,- are Signs for those that are wise.
6. Such are the Signs of Allah, which We rehearse to thee in Truth; then in what exposition will they believe after (rejecting) Allah and His Signs?

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As of late, I've come across several powerful ayah (verses) in the Qur'an that just give me reminders to remember more about Allah and His creations.

In one of lectures by NAK of Surah Yaseen, he mentioned of how in the Qur'an, there are presence of connected letters that are unknown of their meanings. Such as Alif-Laam-Meem, Ha-Meem et cetera. The knowledge of what those letters mean belongs only to Allah, and that serves as reminders to us that we humans, are limited but Allah, He's Al-'Aliim (The Most Knowing).

Usually when Allah starts a surah (chapter) with these unknown letters, the verse followed by tells us about the signs of Allah...the creations, the mukjizaat namely His ultimate Sign (ayaat) -- which is this miraculous Qur'an. In the Surah Al-Jathiya (The Crouching) above, the 2nd verse tells us about the revelation of the Qur'an, continued with the creations of Heavens & Earth, of self, of animals, of alternations between night & day, and His power to give us rizq (sustenance), and to make things that are impossible for us humans to do. SubhanaLlah

As I read through these verses, it made me wonder a lot about life. This almost 25 years of life, have I been grateful and aware enough of all of the ni'mah (blessings) that Allah has given me, every day?
Have I used all the ni'mah for the betterment of being a khalifa (steward) and 'abid (servant)?

I hope I die being grateful to God. Every night, before sleeping, remind yourself about your everyday blessings. And remind yourself, that Allah's the Source of those blessings. So acknowledge Him through your 'amal throughout your days & nights.

May Allah keep us all in His care. Always, always.