The One Reflecting on the singularity of action

Qur’anic Answer to Our Existential Questions Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ Read in the name of your Sustainer, who has created

Inner Dimensions of Belief (Iman) Spiritual Ecstasy Love of God – Inner Peace Knowledge of God Belief in God

Knowledge and Love of God Endless blessing and inner joy Endless misery, pain, and fear CHOICE

Superficial Belief vs. Confirmed Belief (Taqlidi Iman vs. Tahqiqi/Shuhudi Iman ) Sayin “Almighty God is One, He has no partner or like. This universe is His.” VS. True affirmation of Divine unity through seeing on everything the stamp of His power, the inscriptions of His pen, and to open a window directly onto His light from everything and to confirm and believe with almost the certainty of seeing it that everything emerges from the hand of His power. The stronger this affirmation is, the stronger will be one’s lasting awareness of the Divine presence.

GOAL OF WEEKLY MEETINGS Nurture Awareness of the Divine

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the succession of night and day, there are indeed messages for all who are endowed with insight

THE ONE Reflecting on the Divine Attributes

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ Say: “He is God, the One” How can I internalize this Quranic sign (ayah)? = 3 How can I internalize this equation? By using my intellect, senses, and emotions (my humanity) and applying it to my reality… through reflection Result: The Quranic sign will become a confirmed equation of my reality. My view of reality will be transformed by it. It is no longer an external knowledge; it becomes my personal view

The universe as a whole is a Seal of His Unity Each individual being is a Seal of His Unity

The universe is an indivisible whole Cooperation Solidarity Assistance Mutual Response Synergy Seal of Unity

Reflect on the spring where everything helps each other

All faces resemble each other All faces are different

The creation of the smallest thing is as easy as the creation of the largest thing Causes ??? The One Easy

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ The Originator is He of the heavens and the earth: and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, “Be” -and it is.

Causes Destruction The One Harmony

لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ Had there been in heaven or on earth any deities other than God, both those realms would surely have fallen into ruin!

The tiniest creature is a miniature, an index of the whole universe

Divine acts are interwoven Giving lifeNurturingSustainingOrderingGiving formRegulating

Subhanallah – Glory be on to you! Alhamdulillah – Praise be to you! Allahu Akbar – God is Great! Hallelujah!