الأول
Al-Awwal
Wa Kwanza
Maana
Al-Awwal ni wa Kwanza — alikuwepo kabla ya kila kitu, kabla ya wakati, kabla ya nafasi, kabla ya uumbaji. Hakuna kilichokuwepo kabla yake. Hana mwanzo, hana asili, na hana muumba. Uwepo wake ni wa milele na unaojianzisha wenyewe. Unapofuatilia kitu chochote hadi mwanzo wake — ulimwengu, uhai, wakati wenyewe — unafika kwa Al-Awwal. Alikuwepo kabla ya kuwepo "mahali." Hii ni dhana inayopanua akili: uwepo wa msingi kiasi kwamba hata dhana ya "kabla" haikuwepo hadi alipoumba wakati. Mtume (rehema na amani ziwe juu yake) alitufundisha kusema katika dua: "Wewe ndiye wa Kwanza, na hakuna kilichopo kabla yako." Hakuna. Si utupu, si giza, si nafasi — hakuna. Al-Awwal pekee.
Katika Quran
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."
Tafakari ya Kila Siku
Kabla ya kitu chochote kuwepo — kabla ya ulimwengu, kabla ya wakati — Al-Awwal alikuwepo. Je, hili linakuambia nini kuhusu kujitegemea kwake na utegemezi wako?
Tendo la Leo
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.
Dhikri
يا أول (Ya Awwal)
Say it 100 times, contemplating the eternity of Allah's existence before all things.
Dua
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.