Reverence

Early morning, as I sat drinking my rose tea, I noticed the small tag on the teabag. It read: “Live with reverence for yourself and others.” A simple message, yet one that instantly reminded me of Ihsaan.

Ihsaan is to worship Allah as though you see Him, and though you cannot see Him, to know with certainty that He sees you. It is to move through life with excellence—not just in our worship, but in how we treat ourselves and those around us. To live with reverence, with honor, with kindness, not because the world is watching, but because Allah is.

Even in something as small as making tea, there is an opportunity for Ihsaan. To begin with Bismillah, to express gratitude for the warmth in my hands, to pause and reflect instead of rushing into the day. Ihsaan transforms the ordinary into worship, the mundane into something meaningful.

Because at its heart, Ihsaan is about presence. In our prayers, in our words, in our smallest actions. And this morning, with my cup of tea in hand, I am reminded that nothing is ever truly small when it is done with consciousness of Allah.