Think of Allah Ta'ala before eating your meal
Submitted by Mohammed Desai on
When your plate of Biryani comes in front of you,
the lovely mutton and chicken, the Basmati rice of Pakistan, the masala from
Tanzania and the saffron from Spain, the various ingredients have come from
around the world. Who has given me this Biryani?
Before eating the delicious Biryani think of Allah Ta'ala by saying,
بسم الله وبركة الله
I begin in the name of Allah and the
blessings of Allah
After enjoying the Halaal bounties of Allah Ta'ala,
وَاشْكُرُواْ
لِي
Be grateful to Me.
Don’t use the strength that
you have derived from the food in Haraam. Allah Ta'ala has given you strength
in your eyes, don’t use it in looking at strange women. Look at those things
that are Halaal. Recite the Quraan Sharif. Look at the Ulema of Deen and gain
the reward of Jannat. Allah c has given you
strength in your hands not to slap your wife and hit your children. We should
use these hands to give to the poor and needy. So, make Shukr of every bounty
of Allah Ta'ala by utilising them
in the correct manner.
تو اول تو آخر تو ظاھر تو باطن
تو ہی ہے تو
ہی یاکہ آثار تیرا
When I see the lilly, who has
made the beautiful petals of the lilly?
When I see the butterfly, which artist is there who has drawn the
beautiful designs on the butterfly? All the carpet designers had learnt how to
design their carpets by looking at butterflies.
The modern artist learnt from
the insects of Allah Ta'ala. Who has made the
beautiful designs on the tropical fish that is in my fish tank? Where can the
artist make colours? They had copied all this from Allah’s original. You buy a
canvas that costs 25000 or 30 000 Rand and you put it across the wall in
your bedroom, in the morning you see a beautiful sunrise when you awaken. The
artist has only copied Allah’s original. The painting of the artist is actually
dead, even though the birds, trees etc. look alive in the picture. Allah’s
sunrise is alive and every moment it is different, it is also free so that the
poorest person can also enjoy it free of charge.
To gain the recognition of
Allah Ta'ala was so important
that Allah Ta'ala didn’t instruct
us to pay 50 000 Rand to gain recognition of Allah Ta'ala. Allah Ta'ala shows the sunrise
on the big screen every morning and how beautiful the sun rises.