With minutes left till the fajr Athan came in, I was scrambling in the darkness to find any cup to pour water into. My eye caught a white cup sitting in the dryer rack. I picked it up, filled it with water and quenched my thirst. After the Athan came in and my senses slowly awakened, I saw this white cup sitting on my counter. It was the cup I drank my suhoor water from, but not just any cup. It was a mug my friend recently gifted me with just days ago. It called me to question, “In the darkness of the night, did Allah want me to specifically find this mug to drink my suhoor water from so she could get the reward for fasting?” Isn’t God this generous? Can’t Allah see one pure intention of ours and multiply it in ways beyond our own comprehension?
Imagine every intricate detail of our daily lives; Every time we let a car into our lane in front of us, are we also being rewarded for their rush to be there for their child at home, their mother in the hospital, or their productivity at work? When we pick up a tossed candy wrapper off the ground, are we being rewarded for cleaning up and beautifying God’s land? When we go out of our way to pick up groceries for someone in need, is God putting baraka(blessings) in our gas tank with every mile we drive? Is every acceleration on the pedal towards that deed a witness of goodness for us in this life and the next?
When we live our lives knowing who God is, and that no small deed is overlooked in this large, busy world, we are compelled to being there for His creation, even in the minimalist of ways.
So please, for God’s sake, merge into my lane. And oh, here is a mug.
لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا أَصْغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ
“...Not even the weight of an atom (or a small ant) or less than that or greater, escapes from His Knowledge in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a Clear Book.” - Quran (34:3)
Imagine every intricate detail of our daily lives; Every time we let a car into our lane in front of us, are we also being rewarded for their rush to be there for their child at home, their mother in the hospital, or their productivity at work? When we pick up a tossed candy wrapper off the ground, are we being rewarded for cleaning up and beautifying God’s land? When we go out of our way to pick up groceries for someone in need, is God putting baraka(blessings) in our gas tank with every mile we drive? Is every acceleration on the pedal towards that deed a witness of goodness for us in this life and the next?
When we live our lives knowing who God is, and that no small deed is overlooked in this large, busy world, we are compelled to being there for His creation, even in the minimalist of ways.
So please, for God’s sake, merge into my lane. And oh, here is a mug.
لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا أَصْغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَا أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ
“...Not even the weight of an atom (or a small ant) or less than that or greater, escapes from His Knowledge in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a Clear Book.” - Quran (34:3)
