An Example of Noble Character

When you wake up in the morning, do so with the awareness that sleep is a remarkable blessing. It removed your fatigue from the previous day and refreshed you to begin a new one. This awareness should naturally lead you to words of gratitude. Likewise, all the tasks you perform throughout the day should remind you of God. For example, when you are helping your child get ready for school and you find yourself thinking, “What an incredible miracle this human child is! How merciful and magnificent is the One who created such a wondrous being!” If your child stirs these reflections within you, then that moment becomes more valuable than piles of gold or silver. In the kitchen, when preparing bread or curry, you might be struck by the thought: “How amazing are wheat, rice, and vegetables—true wonders of nature.” Over millions of years, God enriched the surface layer of the earth to make it fertile. He combined atoms of hydrogen and oxygen to create water—a miracle in itself. Only after setting such a vast system in place did it become possible for a seed to grow into a plant or tree, yielding food for human nourishment. When you think this way, your kitchen—and indeed your entire home—becomes a place of worship. Your prayer extends beyond the five prescribed times and becomes a continuous state of remembrance, day and night. As the day progresses, the time for the Dhuhr prayer arrives, and all family members perform it. Then you offer Asr, Maghrib, and Isha at their appointed times. After dinner,