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Reflect on life

Author
Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center
Published
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://mhmic.org/fajrreminders/reflect-on-life/

https://youtu.be/Omw0PzXGqPY

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We are out here walking the rain in Ashley Reservoir.And you can see it's coming down at a reasonable pace.It's not heavy, heavy, but it's still quite reasonable.And I remind myself and I remind you, just think about this.This is where reflection, Tadabbur, is so important.We just think about, okay, rain is falling, I'm getting wet.First of all, nobody dies from getting wet unless you're made of salt.But other than that, nothing will happen to you.Point is not that. Point is, think about this.What are we seeing here?We are seeing here, number one, a substance that is foreign to this earth.A substance that was sent.To this earth.4.5 billion years ago.This is not an exact estimate.This is the estimate of the people who know.That water came to the earth 4.5 billion years ago.In various ways.Through, internally through rocks, which Allah created.Also through tremendous storms.From space.Water came to three planets.Of the solar system.It came to Mercury.Where it instantly evaporated because Mercury is so close to the sun.It came to Mars.Where it froze solid.Where underground froze solid because of the cold.And it came to earth where because of the tilt of the axis of the earth.At an exact angle of 23 and a half degrees.Allah gave it the capacity for water to be held.This is the only material which simultaneously exists in three forms.Liquid, solid and gas.Water vapor, ice and water.4.5 billion years ago.Now, Allah created everything from water.Which he mentioned in the Quran.And then Allah created a self-purification and regeneration system.For this to remain with us so that the goodness doesn't go away.And that is the system of precipitation.So this rain which is falling here is water which was absorbed, which evaporated from the oceans of the earth.And we don't know exactly which oceans.It didn't come from a specific place.But from the oceans of the earth.This water which is now raining down on me and Varanavar who is with me.Evaporated from some oceans or many oceans.And went into the atmosphere.Converted to water vapor.Rose up in the air.Traveled across the globe.Rose up high enough for the vapor to get cold enough.That atmosphere to be cold enough for it to condense.And that condenses.And that condensation is falling on us now as water.The water that was absorbed from the oceans was salt water.Not fit to drink.Impure.The water that is raining down on us.The same water.Rained down on us pure.Fit to drink.Fit to use or whatever you like.Entire purification process happens.And it's the same water being recycled.There's no new water coming to the earth from space.Same water coming to the earth from space.Same water coming to the earth from space.Same water coming to the earth from space.Same water being recycled.Purified and recycled.Comes down to us.SubhanAllahiladheem. SubhanAllahilaykum.How do you thank Allah for this?If you, a person can exist without food.For example three things.Air, food and water.A person can exist without air for about three minutes.A person can exist without food for almost three months.But a person cannot exist without water.For more than three days.After three days, you start getting dementia.The balance of electrolytes in your body changes.And you go mad.And then you die.A very nasty death.In three days. Without food.For a month you're fine.For more than a month you're fine.This is water.Absolutely critical.Comes from Allah .Free.And that's why when you walk in the rain, think about all this.Think about the fact that it's not just rain.You don't say, oh my God, I'm getting wet.No, say, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.Allah is sending this.There's so much, so much blessing in it.And if I didn't have this, what would I do?So interestingly, if you look at the issue of rain,it's interesting how language is influenced by cultureand culture is influenced by weather.Because in the East, in the hot countries,in the tropics,

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