Names of Allah: Al Hakeem

Names of Allah: Al Hakeem is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children learn about Al-Hakeem, the Most Wise, one of the beautiful names of Allah.

Who is the cleverest person you know? Me, says one child; Mummy, says another. But Allah's wisdom is perfect and complete, and ours is nothing next to it: that is what Al-Hakeem means. Allah even calls His book "the Wise Qur'an", and it was revealed in the month of Ramadan. Following it takes us to Jannah, where, the children decide, there will be caramel ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The Sheikh gives an example of Allah's wisdom and power. It takes hundreds of people to make one small phone, and there are billions of people in the world. Yet Allah says that everything people call on besides Him could not create even a fly, even if they all joined together.

Then the family talks about reward. Every good deed brings at least ten rewards, and the Sheikh counts the letters of Ayatul Kursi to show the children how much reward one recitation could bring.

Shaytan does not want us to reach Jannah. He refused to prostrate to Adam (AS), and he whispered to the brothers of Prophet Yusuf (AS). So how do we protect ourselves at night? The children show the way the Prophet ﷺ did it: recite Ayatul Kursi, then cup your hands, blow into them, recite Surah Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas, and wipe over your body, three times.

One of Shaytan's tricks is to make us forget, so the Sheikh asks everyone to remember these before sleep.

• Surah Ya-Sin 36:2: By the Wise Qur'an.
• Surah Al-Baqarah 2:185: The month of Ramadan, in which the Qur'an was revealed.
• Surah Al-Hajj 22:73: Those you call on besides Allah could never create a fly, even if they all came together to do it.
• Surah Al-An'am 6:160: Whoever brings a good deed will have ten times its like.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 2311: Whoever recites Ayatul Kursi when going to bed will have a guardian from Allah, and no devil will come near him until morning.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 5017: Each night the Prophet ﷺ cupped his hands, blew into them, recited Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas, and wiped his body, three times.