Tuesday 7 July
Assalamu alaikum
To work with excellence and honesty, and to be present in each prayer.
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
“Are they only awaiting the coming of the angels or the command of your Lord ˹O Prophet˺? So were those before them. And Allah never wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves”
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Batch shallow work (email, admin, messages) into two fixed windows rather than letting it leak through the day.
Gratitude rewires attention
Attention is a spotlight, and what you count grows. Naming specific blessings trains you to notice more of them.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar (RA):
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "It is not permissible for a Muslim person, who has something he wants to give as a bequest, to have it for two nights without having his will regarding it written and kept ready with him." .
Bulugh al-Maram · Book of Business Transactions (Kitab al-Buyu) · grade per source
Narrated `Urwa-al-Bariqi
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Horses are always the source of good, namely, rewards (in the Hereafter) and booty, till the Day of Resurrection
Sahih al-Bukhari · 57 · Sahih
Let each prayer be an anchor, not an interruption. Build the day around them and the day steadies itself.
When did you last feel genuinely grateful at work? What made it so?