Cosmic Generosity

الْوَهَّابُ

Al-Wahhāb — The Bestower

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ ۚ

And hath made of service unto you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; it is all from Him. Lo! herein verily are portents for a people who reflect

Surah Al-Jāthiyah (45:13)

النية

Today, I will notice one cosmic gift I have normalised — sunlight, air, water — and say alhamdulillah as if receiving it for the first time.

تأمّل

Al-Wahhāb at cosmic scale gives without measure: sunlight for free, oxygen for free, gravity for free, water cycles for free. The most essential things in existence are given abundantly, without invoice, without condition. Al-Wahhāb's generosity at cosmic scale is so vast that we have normalised it. We call it 'nature.' But it is gift. All of it.

في هذه الآية

All from Him — jamīʿan minhu. Not just some things. Everything in the heavens and earth has been placed in service to you. The entire cosmos is a gift.

دعاء

Ibrāhīm asked to be given AND to be joined with the righteous. The best gifts connect you to good people.

حديث

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Give gifts to one another and you will love one another.'

— Al-Adab al-Mufrad 594 (graded ḥasan by al-Albānī)