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The Angels Beside You Part III
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What if I told you that how you fall asleep might be one of the most consequential spiritual decisions you make each day?
Here’s what we have for you today:
🧠 Main Story: The Angels Beside You Part III
👶 SunnahStories: The River and The Sea
📚DeenDigest: Sleep Well | Angels in Your Presence with Omar Suleiman
🌎️ UmmahSpotlight: ICE Illegal Activities Continue
🤲 Make Du’a for Kabeer
🍉 WatermelonWatch: Day 558
That drowsy moment before sleep isn’t just the end of your day.
It’s a deeply spiritual transition, one that angels and devils take seriously.
According to our Prophet ﷺ, as you prepare for sleep, two unseen beings approach your bedside with competing agendas for your final waking moments.
The angel gently encourages, "End your night with good," urging you toward remembrance, gratitude, and spiritual connection.
Meanwhile, a devil whispers distractions, urging you to check one more notification, watch one more video, or indulge in one last thought that pulls you away from mindfulness of Allah.
Remember, Shaytaan plants fear of poverty, loss, and hardship, which is why so many of us find our minds racing at night.
Work stress, relationship tensions, and financial worries all seem to surface just as we’re about to sleep.
It’s not a coincidence.
It’s a trap.
A tactic meant to flood your thoughts and pull you away from remembering Allah in your final moments of the day.
This nightly spiritual war matters because your soul returns to its Creator each night, and how do you wish to show up to your Lord?
Just as your final state before your actual death holds tremendous significance, so too does your spiritual state as you drift into unconsciousness each night.
What happens when you choose wisely in those final moments?
The Prophet ﷺ revealed an extraordinary system of overnight spiritual protection and blessing that activates through simple bedtime practices.
When you perform wudu before sleep, an angel is dispatched to your bedside, where it remains all night.
This angel continuously makes a beautiful dua throughout those hours while you rest:
"O Allah, forgive Your servant, as they went to sleep in a state of purification."
All this because you took a few minutes to make Wudu before bed.
The spiritual protection can extend further.
When you recite Ayatul Kursi before sleeping, the Prophet ﷺ taught that Allah assigns another guardian angel who stands watch over you throughout the night.
This angel ensures no harmful forces can approach you during your vulnerable state of unconsciousness.
How we transition to sleep impacts our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
When you end your day with spiritual remembrance, you're programming your subconscious mind with positive, spiritually aligned content that continues to shape your inner landscape while you sleep.
Research in neuroscience shows that the brain continues processing information during sleep, consolidating memories and emotional responses.
What you feed your mind in those final moments plays a considerable role in the psychological environment your subconscious marinates in all night.
The effects of your bedtime choices don't end with the night.
They also shape your spiritual state upon awakening.
Those who fall asleep in remembrance of Allah awaken more centered, grateful, and spiritually attuned.
Think about those mornings when you've woken up feeling spiritually recharged versus those when you've felt disconnected and spiritually foggy.
The difference often traces back to those final moments before sleep the night before.
There's something moving about the image of angels standing guard over us as we sleep, making continuous dua for our forgiveness.
This beautiful arrangement reveals Allah's tremendous mercy that even in our unconscious state, He provides means for our spiritual growth and protection.
Our part in this divine system is remarkably simple: make wudu, recite our evening adhkar, and choose remembrance as our final conscious act.
In those drowsy moments when your phone beckons with one last scroll or your mind pulls you to the world, remember what's at stake.
The choice between ending your night with goodness or distraction may seem small in the moment, but it is a cycle that continues throughout our days.
When you feel sleep approaching tonight, remember the unseen battle at your bedside and choose to end with what truly matters.
Reflect On this:
Can you remember a morning when you woke up feeling clear, calm, and in flow, where everything just clicked?
Think back to the night before.
What did you do?
What thoughts filled your mind as you drifted off to sleep?
🎬️ Ready. Set. Action!
Set a firm cutoff time for screens to create space for any spiritual connection rather than distraction.
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👶 SunnahStories
The rivers rushed through hills and plains,
With songs of pride and self-made gains.
“I feed the crops,” one river cried.
“I move the boats with every tide.”
“I twist through towns, I give them light!
Without my path, there’d be no life!”
They sang of worth with chattering streams,
Of all their might and noble dreams.
But far ahead, where sky meets land,
The sea stretched wide, serene and grand.
No boast, no voice, no noisy claim,
Just quiet waves without a name.
“Why is the sea so still?” they said.
“Perhaps it’s weak or full of dread.”
But one small stream, calm in its tone,
Whispered truth it had always known:
“It is the sea’s low heart that shines,
It holds all rivers, all their lines.
We rush with pride, but can't yet see—
True greatness flows in modesty.”
Then storms arose, the rivers cried,
Their waters spilled both left and right.
But through the chaos, still and wide,
The sea received them, open-eyed.
They flowed into its arms so wide,
And there their names were cast aside.
For once they reached the peaceful sea,
They found the strength of unity.
Reflection Questions:
1️⃣ Why were the rivers so proud of themselves?
2️⃣ What did the sea do differently than the rivers?
3️⃣ What lesson did the small stream try to teach?
4️⃣ How does this story teach us about humility in Islam?
5️⃣ Can you think of someone who shows quiet strength in your life?
What did you think of today's SunnahStories?We'll use your feedback to improve them! |
📚DeenDigest
🌎️ UmmahSpotlight:
🤲 Make Du’a for Kabeer
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Ya Allah, Al-Razzaq — the Provider of all, we ask You to ease the financial struggles of Your servant Kabeer. Lift the weight of debt from his shoulders and replace his hardship with relief, barakah, and peace.
Ya Rabb, open doors for him that he cannot yet see. Grant him halal and abundant sustenance, and let his provision come with ease, dignity, and no burden attached.
Strengthen his heart with patience, his hands with opportunity, and his soul with trust in You. Let this trial be a means of drawing closer to You, and let its ending be filled with light and gratitude.
Ameen, Ya Rabb al-'Alamin.
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🍉 WatermelonWatch: Day 558
🇵🇸 🕌 For first time, Israel lets groups of 180 Jewish worshippers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque at a time, instead of previous policy of 30 max; total of 1,200+ IOF-backed settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque on day 4 of Passover
🇵🇸 35+ Palestinians killed in Gaza today
🚩 Hamas targeted 3 IOF tanks east of Tuffah in Gaza City (north)
‼️ 2 deadly Israeli airstrikes overnight targeting displacement tent shelters: bombed "safe zone" al-Mawasi (south) massacring 15+ Palestinians, mostly women & kids — huge outbreak of fire burned people (📷👆); and attacked Beit Lahia (north) killing 6 family members
🚩 86-day Jenin siege (WB): Major IOF special forces operation infiltrating 2 sites targeting the resistance — after fierce battles IOF fired missile killing resistance fighters 23 y/o Mohammad Zakarneh (partook in operation that killed 3 settlers in Jan) & 19 y/o Marouh Khazimiya. Armed clashes as IOF beseiged another resistance fighter barricaded in home
🪖 Israel's defense minister says total Gaza aid blockade to continue + IOF to remain in "security zones" in Gaza "as in Lebanon & Syria"
🇵🇸 Israel released 10 Palestinian hostages to Gaza
🎥 IOF warplanes bombed home of journalist Fatima Hassouneh, killing her alongside 10 family members in Gaza City's Tuffah (north)
🇱🇧 IOF drone strike targeted vehicle in south Lebanon killing 1 person
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