Rising Above Before Ramadan

الْعَلِيُّ

Al-‘Aliyy — The Most High

إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ ۚ

Whoso desireth power (should know that) all power belongeth to Allah. Unto Him good words ascend, and the pious deed doth He exalt; but those who plot iniquities, theirs will be an awful doom; and the plotting of such (folk) will come to naught

Surah Fāṭir (35:10)

Intention

Today, I will set my Ramadan intention high — not just routine, but transformation.

Reflection

Al-ʿAliyy at cosmic scale is above everything — above the heavens, above the Throne, above all of creation. In Shaʿbān, the preparation is to elevate your aspirations. Do not enter Ramadan with low goals. Do not aim to 'just get through it.' Aim for Laylat al-Qadr. Aim for the complete forgiveness. Aim for the transformation. Al-ʿAliyy made you for heights — prepare accordingly.

On this verse

Good words ascend — yaṣʿadu. And righteous deeds lift those words higher. Your dhikr rises to the Most High, carried by your actions.

Du'a

Said in every sujūd — the lowest physical position declaring the Highest reality. Paradox is worship.

Hadith

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'When you ask Allah, ask for al-Firdaws, for it is the highest part of Paradise.'

— Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2790