Sustained by Grace

الْمُقِيتُ

Al-Muqīt The Sustainer

وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقِيتًا

Whoso interveneth in a good cause will have the reward thereof, and whoso interveneth in an evil cause will bear the consequence thereof. Allah overseeth all things

Surah An-Nisāʾ (4:85)

Intention

Today, I will pause and thank Al-Muqīt for sustaining me, not just through this day, but through this entire year.

Reflection

Al-Muqīt integrated: you have been sustained through 326 days. Not by your own strength. Not by your discipline. By His grace. Al-Muqīt sustained your heartbeat, your faith, your desire to keep reading, your willingness to keep trying. The integrated life acknowledges this daily: I am sustained by grace, not by effort.

On this verse

Over all things, including your reading of this page right now. He is sustaining you through it.

Du'a

ʿĀfiyah, the du'a the Prophet (peace be upon him) made more than almost any other.

Hadith

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Ask Allah for ʿāfiyah, for no one has been given anything after certainty better than wellbeing.'

Sunan at-Tirmidhī 3558, graded ṣaḥīḥ