the Perpetual provider a person's just been laid off and they're walking out of the meeting with the boss absolutely content that sound impossible if you wake up safe and sound with good health and enough to get through the day you're already been given every worldly thing you could ask for and yet he continues to give you more if you want more money this is the name of Allah that you should use often Allah calls himself the Perpetual provider and it comes in one place in the Quran Allah subhana wa T says now reflecting on the names of Allah as they appear in the Quran is an incredible exercise and a powerful Avenue of contemplation Allah subhana wa tala says translating this verse that he didn't create us because he wants anything from us we don't benefit him at all Allah says I didn't only created Mankind and the Gin except to worship me I don't want from them food and I don't want from them any provision and in theith of Abu the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says that Allah subhana waala said oh my servants you won't be able to benefit me to benefit me and you won't be able to harm me to harm me in fact if the first of you and the last of you and the Gin of you and the human of you had the most righteous heart that would increase in my Dominion anything and if the first of you and the last of you and the human of you and the Gin of you had the most wicked hearts that would not take away from my Dominion anything the Hadith is in Muslim so the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is telling us that Allah Suba T is saying that Allah doesn't benefit from our worship Allah doesn't benefit from we don't benefit him and we don't harm him Allah doesn't want provision from us Allah says I'm the one who provides for you I don't want any provision nor do I want them to feed me Allah says and then in the next verse he says verily Allah is the provider now Allah subh says so Allah mentions his name and then he mentions an attribute and then he mentions another name what is the attribute the attribute is the possessor of strength and what is the name matin and what does matin mean the firm the solid the unwavering something that doesn't shake that's called matin this right here is very very very shakable I can move it out of the frame immediately but what's behind me is matin the pulpit is matin I can't shake that it's solid it doesn't break it's unwavering what is Allah subhana tala communicating when he pairs his name with the attribute of strength and al- matin the name you see anytime you and I are looking for a provider we're always looking for two things the first is strength the strength of their ability to provide and the second thing is their consistency your cell phone provider your internet provider what do they always advertise the strength of their Network and their consistency when they're promoting that they have 5G coverage their network is 5G what are they saying they're promoting the strength of their Network When They are promoting their upload speed or their download speed they're promoting the strength of their provision Allah subhah says he can provide with strength but there's another important ingredient let's say your cell phone provider can provide you with 5G but the network is really spotty you get 5G at home but as soon as you leave your home you can't get a signal people don't like blazing fast speeds if you can't connect half the time we don't like strong connection if it's not reliable if it's not consistent so Allah subhana T says about his provision not only is he strong in his ability to provide but he is matin he is unwavering he is consistent he can provide for you tomorrow like he provided for you yesterday what else does Allah subhana tal say about risk when you know that Allah is a you make decisions based on Allah being your provider and no one else I know a brother who's an entrepreneur and developed a a fast growing instacart company Mah delivering Halal and ethnic food all over the country that he's in and it became very successful and it got to the point where he needed to scale he needed to bring in investors and those investors would be non-muslim the level that he was and so he was very worried about a question that he was anticipating that he knew was going to come he's presenting to these non-muslims it's time for him to scale this business this food delivery service and he knew the question that was going to come is what about alcohol what about pork obviously the the margins on alcohol are very high and he spent a lot of time time thinking about what is he going to say is he going to say no what happens if he loses out on the investment and he even thought about what options could he possibly do that might islamically still be legit like could I bring in a non-muslim investor to handle the the alcohol side and and their share is the alcohol side like what could he do finally after discussing with his family and they all said No and when the guy finally met with the investor the investor asked him the question what about alcohol and so our brother asked after thinking about it for such a long time he said no and do you know what the investor said when he said no okay and he moved on to the next question he said I had built up this thing to be so big in my head and when I presented it and I simply said no to the investor the investor moved on he didn't care you know why because the investor cares about making money and so if you think your business and you know your Market better if you think that they're going to respond better and our business is going to grow by you not selling alcohol then that's fine and he moved on but our brother he said imagine if out of fear the imaginary fear of losing out on investment I had said yes I would have been selling alcohol all over the country Allah subhana wa T says Allah says Shan promises you poverty he he threatens you with poverty and He commands you to do that which is indecent and Allah subhana tala promises you forgiveness from him and his Bounty alassan albas he said I read in over 90 places in the Quran that Allah subhana decreed provision and that he secured it and I read in one place in the Quran that Shan promises poverty so we doubted the statement of the truthful in over 90 places and we believed the statement of the liar in one but I want you to also think about something that risk is not just money the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he outlines in an amazing Hadith and it's honestly that we should memorize it's a Hadith that we should share with our family members our friends wasallam in the is reported by he says whoever of you wakes up safe in their dwelling healthy in their body they have enough sustenance for the day it's as if the entire world is rolled out for them so what are the blessings that the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam mentions in this Hadith there are four blessings number one the first one is if if you woke up today if you woke up today there are billions of people in the graves who would trade places with you right away doesn't matter what your state is are you healthy are you sick are you are you broke do you have money do you have family are you alone billions of people would trade places with you the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was once walking by a grave and the Hadith was authenticated by may Allah have mercy on him he said to his companions two that one of you prays without thinking much of it is more beloved to the person in this grave than the rest of your D everything else that we spend our day days and our nights seeking he says two ra that you belittle through which you're able to increase in your good deeds is more beloved to the person of this grave the opportunity to do one more Act of goodness is more beloved to them than the entire Dy so number one if you woke up awake number two you are safe you know the lack of safety makes the wealthiest people turn into refugees having to start their lives pick up their pieces from all over number three healthy in your body what would you trade your health for and then number four if you just have enough sustenance for today if you don't have enough for a summer vacation or a retirement in the future but you just have enough for today because today is the only day that you've been promised then it's as if you have the entire world rolled out for you in your pocket so recognize from this name our takeaway from a is that Allah subhana is the ultimate provider but also that risk is not just money risk is way more than just what's in your bank account your family is risk your health is risk your personality is risk your friends are risk your your disposition your cheerfulness is risk and most importantly your faith is risk so I want you to comment with just one risk that you are happy for that you are thankful for today let's Inspire each other