Allah Is Greater.

Um, so today I want to talk about Allah Akbar.

This is something we say all the time.

We say it multiple times, five times each day.

It's something that we hear being called out five times in the Adhan, and it's Allah Akbar, right? Allah is greater.

My voice keeps switching.

I don't know what's going on.

I don't have a cold or anything, but, like, Ya Rab.

Anyways, um, Allah is greater.

And I know that we all know Allah Akbar means, and we know the translation, but I don't think I had ever really stopped to think about what it means for me in the moment when I'm actually saying it.

Because when you say Allah Akbar, you're saying Allah is greater, right? And that means Allah is greater than whatever it is that is occupying your mind.

Allah is greater than whatever is stressing you out.

Allah is greater than whatever you're worried about.

Allah is greater than whatever you think is so urgent that you have to rush through your prayer to get back to.

And I don't know why this hit me so deeply all of a sudden, but I just thought, "Oh my God, Allah is greater." Think about how many times we go into prayer with our mind somewhere else.

You're praying, right? But you're thinking about some assignment, some email you haven't replied to.

You're think about work, about school, about a conversation you had, about something somebody said to you.

Maybe, I don't know, you're thinking about something that's happening in your family or your future or money or something.

But you're thinking about a problem that you don't know how you're going to solve, and then you stand there in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

You say Allah Akbar to begin your prayer, and you're saying Allah is greater.

So in turn, you're saying he's greater than that assignment, that deadline, that conversation, that person, that problem, that fear.

Allah is greater than that thing you have convinced yourself is so big and so urgent.

Allah is greater.

Allah Akbar.