Ramadhan reflections 5

"Certainly Allah sees Allah’s worshippers.' Quran 3:15

Hassan Scott Odiermo's reflection

Allah sees everything, knows everything, and understands everything. Allah knows who His true worshipers are. There is no need to fear that whatever small good deed we do it will be forgotten or not noticed. There is no need to publicize when we do something good. Allah knows. Allah watches over us, giving us guidance when we need it.

Suriya's reflection

The sense of this phrase is one of constantly being watched over , being looked after. On the other hand some might have a sense of " I cannot do anything bad because of being watched". I do not think I get into this frame, simply because my notion of Allah is as compassionate and loving God who understand our strengths and weaknesses and looks out for us , like a loving mother but even more so. A mother does not want us to be hurt or to suffer inconvenience but God allows us to be hurt and to suffer inconvenience if that is what is needed for us to grow in spirit , to become kind , to become wise . This then is a very much superior kind of love.
It also brings to my mind the difference in perspective we as human beings have in contrast with the all encompassing perspective of the Divine being with limitless knowledge of what came before and what lies beyond our earthly existence and takes into consideration all of that which transpired in our existence to map out for us the grand plan . This phrase , as a reminder to us of our being looked after and our welfare being catered for gives me a fuzzy warm feeling of love and comfort and, with true remembrance , this sense of being looked after will be the support we need to weather all of life's storms.

"Certainly Allah is All-Hearing and All-Knowing" Quran 22:75

Hassan:

Allah always hears our prayers, our cries for help, our complaints and even our frustration at this game called life. We need to be careful to not complain on our situation, as Allah hears us. We need to go with the flow in this life, knowing that Allah puts us in each situation for a reason and knows our situation perfectly.

Suriya

This phrase emphasises the previous phrase and assures us of the encompassing nature of Allah's knowing lest we have any doubts about it. The more we understand this the closer we are to unravelling the mystery of God and the closer we get to the Divine Being.

This reminds me of the Hadis Qudsi:

"My Heaven cannot contain me, nor can My earth, but the heart of My believing slave can contain Me '- Hadith Qudsi