YeeeYaaa, Poking and Japan Crisis

Hayu recently learned to say her name.. she says 'yeeeyaa.' It's really cute.

This morning, after we woke up, we were playing on the bed, which has been our morning tradition recently, and she kept saying yeeyaa. I didn't understand what she was saying, but later remembered that last week we were trying to teach her to say her name and the closest we got was 'yeeya'.. as you can imagine, this was enough to please her eager parents and grandparents.

Hayaa's also learned something new, and not so great: poking! Unfortunately our early anatomy lessons were a major fail and brought about consequences. We were teaching hayaa where her nose was and she started to put her finger in her nose (i know.. eww right?), we tried teaching hayaa were her eyes are and she pokes her own eyes and mine (ouch!), and we were teaching her where her tummy is and she now lifts her shirt and plays with her belly button in front of strangers (*gasp). Yup, completely a fail.

So, while Hayaa was poking my eyes, after redirecting her somewhere else, I was thinking of how thankful I am that I have her. Alhamdulillah for my baby, my husband, my parents, our home, and our family... Alhamdulillah.

Yesterday when I was watching the news about the Japan crisis, it was so heartbreaking to see the suffering of so many people.. may Allah swt ease their pain, guide them and enable them to reconstruct their lives. Ameen. We build our homes, make our lives for many years and it takes just a moment for everything to fall apart. Alhamdulillah for Allah swt as our protector and guardian.. without Him, where would we be? I think of all the mothers who might have lost their children or children becoming orphaned and my heart aches :(

Ya Rabbanna, protect us, guide us and help us to be thankful for all the blessings you've given us. Everything we have is because of the bounties you have given, and without your guidance and protection we would for sure be lost.

Gems: Ar Raheem Al Ghafoor

I was reading the first part of a lecture series by Nouman Ali Khan, may Allah swt bless him for all the work he's done. It was on the literary gems of the Quran.

Today's Gem was on Surah Saba: ayah 2

Allah says:

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ

مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاء وَمَا

يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ الرَّحِيمُ الْغَفُورُ

"He knows all that goes into the earth and all that comes out of it, and all that descends from the skies and all that ascends into it; and only He is the Most Merciful, the Oft Forgiving. "

What stands out in this verse?

This is the only verse in which Allah's name 'Ar Raheem' comes before 'Al Ghafoor' .. so usually it's 'al Ghafoor ur Raheem' but in this verse it's 'Ar Raheem ul Ghafoor'

SubhanAllah, when we ponder upon the references, we will see the wisdom behind putting Rahmah first and Ghafoor last.

It says -

"He knows what goes into this earth..."

A seed goes into the Earth, but we will also go into it one day, and on that day, we will need the rahmah of Ar Raheem that day.

...'and all that comes out of it...'

A plant comes out of this earth, what will we not also be coming out of it on the day of Resurrection. On that day, we will need the maghfirah of Al Ghafoor.

"...and all that descends from the sky..."

Rain comes down from the sky and it is rahmah for us, and wahy also came down from the sky which is the biggest rahmah in our lives.

"...and all that ascends into it..."

For all the things that ascend to the sky, we need maghfirah for: our duas, our deeds, our souls. And then Allah ends with the subject of the lesson, which is that Allah is Ar Raheem al Ghafoor.

SubhanAllah.

Knight in Shining Armour

Yesterday night, I fell asleep early while putting Hayaa to sleep.. I woke up soon after to pray isha' and went on my lappy to "study" but i wasn't really studying.. i donno why, but i had an urge to look up a foundation I had heard about.. yes, these urges come quite often whilst 'studying'..i find all sorts of things during this time, go on fashion blogs, decor blogs, mommy blogs, watch random youtube videos about makeup tutorials and swoon over them. And unfortunately, that's what i ended up doing yesterday night. I know, i'm bad :(

And then suddenly, my chrome closed on me and my background changed to this:

Yes! I started freaking out! I woke up hubby and showed him the message, but he was so sleepy, he didn't understand what i was saying... then i told him that i wouldn't be able to study tmr. (it was a ligit concern, i wasn't faking), and he woke up and had a look at it. It was 1.30 am when we went to bed after fixing it (and he had to leave for work the next day after fajr) and i'm soo happy that everything is back in order now, alhamdulillah! I don't know how i got it, but i think i should stop going on random sites anymore. I learnt my lesson.

...And that's when i realized, my hubby is my knight in shining armour

Can you think of times your hubby came to your rescue? :)