Ya Raqib, Ya Mujib, Ya Karim Dawn— a single cardinal calling “Raqib”— the Watcher is always here— holding us with the Endless Generosity of al Karim, and the Continual Response to Prayer of al Mujib. Red in the sunrise, warm in color and in heart— the Watcher is caring for creation, always attending to our [...]
Ya Mu‘izz, Al Mudhill You exalt us to the stars that we might know humility before Your Power and Your Beauty. Before the glory of Your Beingness, encompassing and breathing through these hearts, and every smallest particle of earthliness and stars so far beyond our sight, we weep and kneel. Muzhill— we are but a [...]
Al Azim, Ya Aziz, Ya Hakim, Ya Wadud Every day there is a choice— in which direction do we turn? To magnify Your Glory, or our own supposed name— when we have forgotten how You have called us from before the before— O You Who Are Mighty, Most Magnificent, we are turned to the right [...]
Bismillah arRahman arRahim Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim, Ya Wadud O You Who Are Infinite Compassion, Infinite Mercy, how could we conceive of the vastness of Your Love? Every day you nourish us, every day You support our limbs as we move through this space You have given us; and those whose portion has become stillness, [...]
Ya Jabbar, Ya Mutakabbir, Ya Wadud, Ya Hakim O You Who Compel Us towards ultimate greatness, You Who Are Supreme in knowing and love, You knit us together by bone and by vibration, restoring hearts and limbs that have been wounded. Sometimes we trip, and fall in our wanderings— bring us home to Your Love. [...]
Ya Salam, Ya Mumin, Ya Muhaymin O You Who Are Eternal and Ever Present Peace, renew us with Your breath breathing us, that restores, that harmonizes all the parts of our being, that we might see afresh, Ya Mumin, Ya Muhaymin, O You Who Are the Inspirer and Preserver of Faith, the True Means of [...]
Ya Tawwab, Ya Wajid O You who turn us into repentance that we might return to You with clear hearts, even as the muddy stream releases its sediment before it merges with the sea, wash clear these hearts that we might find You, Ya Wajid. Even the purest mountain stream sometimes gathers sticks and straws, [...]
Ya Sami, Ya Basir Ahh! The moon is full! No wonder I can’t sleep. Thank You for bringing me out into its radiance. The cicadas drone in celebration, and tree frogs “ribbit” in response. Vibration pulses everywhere, in light, in sound, in hearts. This week I learned it really matters who tunes your piano, what [...]
Ya Khafid, Ya Rafi, Ya Wadud, Ya Karim O You who bring us low, that You might exalt us within You— when we are exalted in this world, there is a danger— our self-consciousness may increase, and we may lose the palpable sense of Your Presence that inundates us when we are near, bowing in [...]
Ya Ghani, Ya Mughni Each seed knows its own name. Embedded in the DNA is its whole history of loving— who is matched with whom, and who descended— in cascading realms of servanthood of the One through whom we are related, manifesting the riches by which we grow— which are our birthright as seeds of [...]