There was a time when you had no name, no face, no heartbeat, and no voice with which to ask Allah for anything, yet before your first breath, Allah already knew you, long before we could ask, He had already begun giving Before I Had a Name, Allah Knew…
We often live as though our lives belong entirely to us, but none of us arranged our own arrival, we did not choose when we would be born, where our story would begin, or who would first hold us, perhaps gratitude begins with the realization that existence itself was a gift
The prayer also reflects on the doors that never opened, the dreams that never came true, and the disappointments we did not understand, like Prophet Yusuf, peace be upon him, who could not see from inside the well that it would become part of the road toward the palace Before I Had a Name, Allah Knew…
I have seen only one page of my life, but You have always seen the whole book Before I Had a Name, Allah Knew…
And one day, the body we call mine will become still, while the soul returns to the One who knew it before the world knew its name, the prayer ends not in fear, but in hope in the mercy of Allah
Before I had a name, You knew me, before I had a voice, You heard me, before I could ask You, You gave me everything, never let me lose You Before I Had a Name, Allah Knew…
Before I Had a Name, Allah Knew Me is a contemporary English munājāt about existence, gratitude, hidden mercy, repentance, and return
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