Hey Fajr!

Assalaamu alaikum, God's creation!!!!!!!

Thank you Allah for creating the Fajr time.

Alhamdulillah.What a beautiful creation.


excerpt from a conversation / plea with Allah.....

I need some peace of mind, ya Allah! And it's my very best intention to take advantage of your bounties and your blessings. You've created so many beautiful things for us humans.....amazing things that should affect us immensely. Sometimes I don't notice......and I'm sorry for that. Sometimes I get so consumed in this dunya, that I forget to reflect on the simple pleasures that you have afforded Your mankind.

Ya rab!! When I think of the amazing animals that you've created, do you know what comes to my mind?? Penguins, Kangaroos, beetles, alligators, elephants....even sloths. SubhanAllah!! Aren't these specific animals all glorious in their own ways? Each very different than the next? Did you know that there are beetles that bury dead animals?? SubhanALLAH!!! I've named just 6 of your animal creations......but there are millions more...perhaps hundreds of millions.....never mind whatever there is in the ocean!!


Let me reflect...........SubhanAllah!!!!


Ya rab!! When I think of the amazing plant life that you've created, do you know what comes to my mind?? Evergreen trees, weeping willows, date palms, pine and even eucalyptus. SubhanAllah! Aren't these specific plants all glorious in their own ways? Each very different than the next?? Did you know that the koala only eats eucalyptus leaves? SubhanALLAH!!! I've named just 5 of your plant creations.....but there are millions more.....perhaps hundreds of millions!!!


Let me reflect...........SubhanAllah!!!!

But, OH GLORIOUS Fajr time!!!

When the sun peeks out from behind the clouds and this wonderful calm falls down softly to the earth. Ahhhhhhhh....that's what I need. I need to embrace this Fajr time.


I pray that the adhan will just start to strain in the background and I'll be woken immediately by the sounds of it.....


Have you ever heard the adhan in a muslim country? It usually starts with the voice of one person saying....Alllllllaaaaahhhuuuuu Akbaaarrrrrrr......and then suddenly you hear 3, 5, 15, or perhaps 20 voices saying the same refrain....each one overlapping the next so that you can't tell if they are beginning it or finishing.......each persons voice more glorious than the next......its hauntingly beautiful.


The only other sound that has ever affected me in a way that is similar to the adhan would have to be the sounds of the loons on the lake during mating season.....it has that same yearning, pleading, glorifying sound to it....even if the words are absent....

Let me reflect.....subhanAllah!!!!



Hey Fajr!! I'm planning to glorify my Lord!! And I'm asking you, Ya Rabbi....to please let that deep sense of peace and calm embrace me. Oh Lord of the Beginning and End......I'm asking that I feel that relief throughout my entire day. Even if I should suffer the entire day....I'm asking you, Lord of the Heavens.....to give me your promise of ease.....


Even if that ease isn't the one I"m really hoping for....but perhaps just having the Fajr ease will be enough. Whatever you give me, Allah....I am willing.


I ask you Allah, to keep my mind far from any distractions during my Fajr salah. Let me concentrate on worshipping YOU! Let me think over and over...ALLAH...ALLAH....ALLAH. And not let the shaytan come in between me and my glorious praise. I'll bow down low in humbleness. You are the Everything, ya Allah. I intend to glorify You.


And when my forehead touches the smooth prayer carpet......at THAT precise moment, I'll be closest to You. I plan on whispering to You all my hopes and desires. I plan on whispering to You all my fears. I plan on whispering to You how much I hurt......and I pray that tranquility will cover my heart.


Ya Allah!!! Hear my intention....hear my oath......let the Fajr time be mine. And maybe with that....I'll be stronger.......I'll get a hold on myself....I'll learn control and discipline......


It's serenity that I need....and it is Yours to give, Ya Rabbil Alameen......I am your faithful servant....and I ask if You can let serenity be mine, even if just for a time......

Let me reflect......


ameen.
ameen.
ameen.



(interestingly enough...my name...Safa....means Serenity)