دن 167
Nothing Escapes His Ability
1 Muharram 1448
الْمُقْتَدِرُ
Al-Muqtadir — The Powerful
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ * فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers, Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King
Surah Al-Qamar (54:54-55)
ارادہ
Today, I will remember that nothing in my life is random — every detail is determined by Al-Muqtadir, and I will be grateful for the precision.
تدبر
Al-Muqtadir is The All-Determining, The Dominant in power — a more intensive form of Al-Qādir. While Al-Qādir means He has the ability, Al-Muqtadir means He exercises that ability over everything, nothing escapes it. In gratitude: no blessing reaches you by accident, and no blessing is withheld by oversight. Every single thing that has ever happened to you passed through the filter of Al-Muqtadir's absolute power. That precision is itself a blessing.
آیت پر تدبر
The final verse of Surah Al-Qamar — the last word of the surah is Muqtadir. Near Him — 'inda Malīkin Muqtadir. Nearness to the All-Powerful. That is the ultimate destination.
دعا
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no deity except You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance.
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4859, graded ṣaḥīḥ by Al-Albānī
The kaffārat al-majlis — the expiation of the gathering. Said when leaving any gathering, it erases whatever was said wrongly. Gratitude includes seeking forgiveness for falling short of it.
حدیث
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Allah's hand is full, and is not affected by spending — generous day and night. Have you seen what He has spent since He created the heavens and the earth? Yet what is in His hand has not diminished.'
— Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4684, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 993