الأول
Al-Awwal
Na Farko
Ma'ana
Al-Awwal shi ne Na Farko — ya kasance kafin komai, kafin lokaci, kafin sarari, kafin halitta. Babu abin da ya kasance kafinsa. Ba shi da farko, ba shi da asali, kuma ba shi da mahalicci. Wanzuwarsa madawwama ce kuma mai kafa kanta. Idan ka jera kowane abu zuwa farkonsa — sararin samaniya, rayuwa, lokaci kansa — ka isa ga Al-Awwal. Ya kasance a can kafin a sami "can." Wannan manufa ce mai fadada hankali: wanzuwa mai zurfi sosai har manufar "kafin" ma ba ta kasance ba sai ya halicci lokaci. Annabi (tsira da amincin Allah su tabbata a gare shi) ya koya mana mu ce cikin addu'a: "Kai ne Na Farko, kuma babu komai kafinka." Babu komai. Ba wofi, ba duhu, ba sarari — babu komai. Sai Al-Awwal.
A cikin Alkur'ani
Surah Al-Hadid (57:3): "He is the First (Al-Awwal) and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He is, of all things, Knowing."
Tunani na Yau da Kullum
Kafin komai ya kasance — kafin sararin samaniya, kafin lokaci — Al-Awwal ya kasance can. Me wannan ya gaya maka game da rashin dogarorsa da dogararka?
Aikin Yau
Begin your day with Allah today. Before checking your phone, before talking to anyone, spend the first moments of your morning with Al-Awwal in prayer and remembrance.
Zikiri
يا أول (Ya Awwal)
Say it 100 times, contemplating the eternity of Allah's existence before all things.
Addua
اللهم يا أول اجعلنا أولياءك واجعل أول أمرنا صلاحًا
O Allah, the First, make us among Your allies and make the beginning of our affairs righteous.