Praise to God in all the heavens and earth and Ma his Glory reign in my life always

 this is what i found sometime ago when i was searching for meditation material  and i must say it struck me immediately. it was read by Minsharry Alafasy as that is how i found  it,,
 because in this all reference is to God alone - there is no reference to anyone else other than God - as it should be.. it is simple and heart warming.. there are man versions on internet with various additions and insertions of muhammed which i don't subscribe to because for me all praise is to God alone no one else - God alone no addition or subtraction

 God alone - that is who i want to serve and  worship- in any language  - as long as it is to God alone.

for the none arabic speaker there is a loose translation  included to give u a gist of what it is.. but search for yourself if u can find better..

Allahumma lakal-hamdu anta nuurus-samawaati wal-ardhi  - wa lakal-hamdu anta qayyumus-samawaati wal-ardhi - wa lakal-hamdu anta rabbus-samawaati wal-ardhi wa man fihinna

My God, For You is all Praise - You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth and for You is all Praise – You are the Sustainer of the Heavens and the Earth  and for You is all Praise – you are the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and all that is in them.

Antal-Haqqu wa wa'dukal-haqqu wa qawlukal-haqqu wa liqa’uka haqqu, wal-jannatu haqqu wan-naaru haqqu, was-sa'atu haqqu

You are the Truth, Your Promise is True, Your Speech is True, Your Meeting is True, Paradise is True, the Hellfire is True, the Hour is True (of Judgment) 

Allahumma laka aslamnaa, wa bika aamannaa, wa alayka tawakkalnaa, wa ilayka aanabna, wa bika khasamna, wa ilayka hakamna, faghfir lanaa maa qaddamnaa wa maa akhkharnaa, wa maa asrarnaa wa maa alamnaa, anta Llahu- la ilaha ila anta..

My God,  To You  i have submitted  in You have we believed, upon You have we relied.. to you we repent and for You have we argued, to You have we taken our judgement, so forgive us all that we have done and what we have not done, what we have hidden and what we have disclosed.You are God - there is no other God but Thee..

Allahuma lakal -hamdu bima khalaqtana wa razaqtana, wa haday tana waa alamtana, wa anqaztana wa farajta anna

My God, For You is all Praise -  (as)you have created us and provided for us, and guided us and taught us and  saved us and given us a way..

 its a shame i don't know how to insert a mp3 file so you can listen as well..

Falaq--nasr--ikhlas

The three Qul: towards the end of the Quran, ikhlas, nasr and falaq. Were revealed in order of falaq, nasr and ikhlas.. I am fascinated by these three surahs.
I prefer falaq. For evening prayers afterwayds seeking from God refuge from things dark/mysterious that like to operate under cover of darkness.

Nasr I prefer for afternoons when the mind is prone to waning and seedless thoughts seeps in and ikhlas for mornings to affirm my choice and conviction that God is one.
I jus feel there is something to these three surahs.. Very interesting..
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I AM failing

Lord I am failing.
I am failing because I am falling.
I feel like I am slipping away from you letting life come before you and all that I must/should/could do.
I feel desolate like a vessel with no spirit.
I feel empty.
Bitterness and rage so easily overcomes me.
Resentment and anger now defines me.
I need you Lord I need you.
I can't say where art thou Lord can I? Because you are there and always there. It is I that have taken myself away from you. I let my life take precedence over my obligations to you. I let friendship take prominence over you.
This is wrong. For me this is wrong.

I seek your help and forgiveness Lord as I come to you to ask for balance in my life, that I may be comfortable, content, happy and secure in they confines and with thy provisions you have bestowed on me.
I ask with the supplication that I find in the Quran- that which moses said to thee after he killed a soul. Rabbi inni zalamtu nafsi faghfirli.. my lord I have wronged my soul, forgive me.

Right this minute, help me turn my life around to where I want it to be- with thee first and foremost in everything and anything I do.
Arrogance,pride,resentment,despair,aanger, selfishness, banish them away from me.
Help me back on track to thee that I may feel again your love and care.
Help me to thee yet again my lord for I have no saviour but thee. Help me to thee to regain myself- to regain my soul in worship to thee. Help me Lord to withstand the trappings of life its vanity and allure that I may focus on you only.

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My One Thing

Blessed are thou my Lord my God for your mercies that are good and true.
Thank you for everything and all things in my life. I am grateful my Lord. As I sit to contemplate my life I realise that you Lord have and are providing for me. Thank you very much for this and long may it continue in this life and the next. I am grateful to thee o lord you that are my everything, my All things, my something, my anything and most things and my One thing. You Most gracious Lord, I am verily indebted to thee my Provider.. Thank you
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The lord that heareth my call

Most gracious Lord blessed in thy name and thank you tha lt tou have heard me call you and responded to me. Despite my many transgressions
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almost there

i don't even know how  old i will be again..tomorrow is my birthday and each year ( apart from the last three) it has always been a source of joy and anticipation towards..
 this year i have to do the calculation in my head to figure out my age.. and in amazement i wonder where all the years have gone.

My cherished memory as a child haunts me tonight.. because each year apart from the last three  i am always in a spiritual mood( by that i mean prayerful) but i have struggled to get into that spirit and tonight it is no different. i am tired and my back hurts.. so all i am thinking is that i want to sleep.. but i know the right thing for me to do is to pray and offer prayers to God.. but what haunts me is the Question i pose to myself.. when was the last time you offered dedication to God for nothing.. i don't  wan to feel like i am offering prayers just  because its my birthday - i want it to be like before when i offered prayers just because i was enamored with the thought of God.. .

  one of my cherished  childhood moments is waking up at night and going to sit with my dad whilst he offered additional prayers.. it was a whole ceremony for my dad.. the smell of incense.. the one in the long green and white rectangular box,  that incense.. my dad when he wanted to offer additional/special prayers would light the incense.. i don't know why but tonight i find myself doing the same thing.. maybe because the smell of it just reminds me of prayer/devotion from my childhood... in the background was a tape playing  a medley of surah yasin, wakiah, nasr, back to back when just kept playing on and on an on.
 it is through listening to them so many times that i had them memorised in my head...

 nonetheless - at this time i take a reflection of my life and say

Dear Lord,
 many a blessing you have bestowed on me in my life  and i am very very grateful to you for them.
 i fear that i do not do you justice because those blessings also take me a bit away from you.
 not that i want them to stop my lord - who wants a good thing to stop - well not me
 but what i am trying to say is that i am struggling to find balance with life  living it and also worshiping you.
 as a wife and mother, i find that my time is no longer mind and what i used to cherish - some time to myself is a luxury that i sometimes cannot afford..
 nonetheless this is my challenge right now - to be charitable and to devote time to worship you.
 and my challenge is my wish from thee and my hope for the year coming.
 each time on my birthday i ask you lord for a gift and i do have to say you my lord always does provide for  and i am grateful.

 so this year that is my 34th by all accounts( of human calculations) this is what i want  from thee - to draw me nearer to thee in worship and devotion, to make me charitable with all that you have bestowed upon me. see there i had to take a mental calculation to  ask myself am i really going to be 34. Guide me to thee and help me in righteousness to worship  thee alone. help me lord for a lost soul i am  - always tethering on the brinks of desolation, but Lord , God my God help me and bring me back to thee.. never let me go but hold me close to thee for it is thee i want to worship and serve.

 this is what i want from thee O lord - righteousness, worship and devotion to thee and acceptance by thee.

 so Blessed are thou o Lord my God of ages and of all times. My God of yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever.

Allahu Aahad

Allahu Ahad, Allahu Samad, Lam yalid wa lam yulad, Wa lam yakun lahu, kufuwan Ahad.

This is my assertion this morning.
God is one God, the God of abraman, or Moses, of jesus and of Muhammed. Who is the same God of david, of solomon, of jonah, or lot, the only God of before, of today and forever.
That is my God, my Lord, the God whose dominion is everything and anything that we see or don't see. He alone is God in all the heavens and the earth, anywhere, everywhere.

I worship God alone as best as I can,I praise God alone as best as I can, and I accept God alone, in any language, in any culture, in any sect- these don't matter to me as long as it is to God alone...... And who is God?? God is the creator, the Provider, the only source of guidance,forgiveness and mercy, God is God
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Don't leave me

Don't leave me my Lord don't leave me.. I feel your spirit withdrawing from me. Please don't leave me.whatever I do whereever I am don't leave me.. Let your spirit envelope me, please don't leave me. Le me forever feel your presence, please don't leave me..I beg of you to keep hold of me and save me from falling. Please don't leave me.
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rashad khalifa translation

i am even more convinced that rk translation  is not authentic.. no disrespect to the person..
 the example i will give is like the bible and its many versions based on translators, so is the quran with different translators.
 what he has sough to do is interpret the verses via translation into modern language - but in doing do i believe  it looses some o fits identity and looses some translation.
 it cannot be used for reference purposes because he chooses to chop and change  as he prefers..

 but good on him for what he wanted to do.. however i believe that Gods words does not need any abrogation or watering down for anyone..
Blessed is God always and Forevre

I am inspired to glorify Thee O lord

Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar.. Blessed are thou O Lord my God of all time.
Blessed is Thy Holy name and Thine attributes
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
My God of all times. Of yesterday, tomorrow and Always
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
Provider Most gracious Lord
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
Blessed are Thou, God of my fathers forever and ever, The Mighty God of abraham, of Moses, of David, of Solomon..
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
The Providing God of Joseph, Merciful God of Job
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
Blessed are Thou my Lord..
I FAO glorify and praise your name for Thou are holy.. Thou art eternal, worthy of All Praise..
Rafiu-ul Darajati-il Dzul Arshi ARRAHMAN, wahidul Qahar
Subhanaka Llahuma Anta rabbi anta allahu, anta rraheem anta khayrul razziqin

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Wonderful

God you know that you are wonderful!!
This morning I was reading my maternity notes from france and I saw all about AR's progres at birth... God you are womderful.
When they took him out-This boy came out with a heartbeat less than 100bpm, he did not cry initially but at three minutes he did, he didn't breathe himself but after he did, he didn't respond till about three minutes
God you are wonderful.. Help this child come forth with no problems, grant me a safe delivery, at the begining of its creation you have sustained it and protected it and given it strenght to withstand endurance.. By thy grace that will be the only struggle it has to go thru..the world still views women as second Class but in they view Lord, all are equal.. She is firstclass and will remain so.. The grace that thou did bestow on Mary that we know of in your scripture please bestow on this child. Guide her and protect her, guard her and inspire her... My lord I rely on you and I entrust my children onto you that they may walk in your Light and with your light and care...God of abraham who I have relied on fore ever and ever, I ask of you for your help and guidance regarding these children, help me to show them a good example, leading and guiding by example not just words, help us all together to worship you that we may glorify and praise you.m right from infancy let your spirit be with them, let them know you YOU Most gracious Lord help them and keep them away from the disctractions of the tansgressors, safegard their mind and heart from the corruption of evil and Vice.. MY lord you are hearing, All knowing
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God be praised

I am grateful for the safety of the seat and I ask for security and safety for the new one. That you have provided for us the means to get another I beg of Thee guranteed care and guidance for its occupant.. Blessed are thou O lord of My fathers, God of Abraham, of ancient days.
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Assurance

This week has been highs and lows for me.
My boy scalded himself wid cocoa.. He went into mums room to try lift a cup of cocoa.. Jus like an instant he was with us and making his food and the next I heard crying. God why is is not possible that we can shield our loved ones from pain and distress?
He cried for all but 1 minute and was back to his monkey climbing.. The next day blisters on his thigh and it looks a lot worse but he just does not act that way.
All the blisters burst now and am jus waiting for the skin colouration to go back.
And there I was telling you lord that how unappreciative I am and this happened to my boy..maybe its my fault and my punishment for being unappreciative.
I get that children like to explore but can they not explore with safety.. If I could take his burn I would and I went to u lord asking for ur assurance on the safety and wellbeing of my children. You who gave them to me and so effortlessly looked after then and kept then safe will continue to keep them safe. You lord who kept then through strife whilst in the womb and brought them out in one piece, you lord who cared for them.. I take your assurance Lord of their guranteed safety and protection and I take this assurance lord because u are the one Who has kept me safe and protected me all this long. I ask because you lord are my God and my protector, my master and my creator. I take this assurance from you lord because I want to worship you because I worship u alone my lord.. You God of abraham my God of ages now, today, yesterday and forever... You lord who have cared for me and granted me safety.. I take and ask this assurance from you lord for my children.. I am truly grateful for all ur help and guidance and care upon us and Long may it continue. Blessed art thou my lord the lord of the universe
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For granted

My dear lord, today I had the thought that I take for granted ur care and blessings on me and I have to admit that its true.
I take for granted that u so very well look after me and provide for me and I am sorry that I do.
I guess because I have alays been assured of ur care I assume that it will always be like that. Every care and provision u provide for me is a blessings and I am very grateful for it.
Yes I find that I am not able to thank you as before with meditation and praising ur name at night.. But I will try. To go back to doing this.. I don't want to loose your love and care and I want you to care for me always.
You have given me one wonderful child and the other is on the way so many a grateful I am to you for ur blessings. You are keeping us safe and healthy and that too is a blessing.. God from my heart THANK YOU because w/o you I would be lost W/o ur care I would be in despair.. Thank you Lord for everything
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Thanks

When I think of all the blessings I have enjoyed... I realise how good u r to me..
THANK YOU MY LORD...
Let me forever be appreciative of the blessings u have bestowed on me and allow me righteousness in this life and hereafter.. Keep me praising you always
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