- Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&HF): Whenever one of you is needy and brings that to other people, he will not be satisfied. and Whenever someone is needy and brings that to Lord, he shall give him what he wants. sooner or later.
- Imam Sadiq (As.): Whenever you had tenderness in your heart, Pray. because your heart doesn't get tender unless it's pure.
- I told to Imam Baqir (A.S): “What is the meaning of “truly, Ibrahim was awwah and patient”? He replied: “Awwah means (the one who is) praying (to) and wailing (for God) a lot.””
- “Two people, who have acted alike, enter the heaven, but one of them sees the other one in a higher place. Then, he says: O’ Lord! How come has he a superior place in comparison to me while we acted alike? God the Almighty replies: “because he asked Me (whatever he needed) and you did not do that”.
- “The most knowledgeable person to God is the one who asks more from Him”
- “Whoever prays a lot, the angels say: This voice is familiar (to us) and this is the supplication which is accepted and this is the need which is provided”
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The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his Household):
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وَ لَوْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللَّهَ حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِهِ لَزَالَتِ الْجِبَالُ بِدُعَائِكُم
If you knew god the way you should’ve known, Mountains definitely will be moved by your supplications. - Crying out of fear of God is the key to his mercy, it’s a sign for his acceptance and it’s a door to answering [supplications]
- Pray to God and believe in his answeres. But understand that God won't accept prays from an unwitting oblivious heart.
To be Granted with Special Divine Knowledge
O Mohammad, I have knowledge that I can convey to whoever knows it, my pleasure along with their obedience, and I will overcome their desire for them with My love. So, whoever desires that, he should say it:
يَا مُزِيلَ قُلُوبِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ عَنْ هَوَاهُمْ إِلَى هَوَاهُ وَ يَا قَاصِراً أَفْئِدَةَ الْعِبَادِ لاِِمْضَاءِ الْقَضَاءِ بِنَفَاذِ الْقَدَرِ، ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ وَ أَثْبِتْ فِي قَضَائِكَ وَ قَدَرِكَ الْبَرَكَةَ فِي نَفْسِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ مَالِي فِي لَوْحِ الْحِفْظِ الْمَحْفُوظِ بِحِفْظِكَ يَا حَفِيظُ الْحَافِظُ حِفْظَهُ احْفَظْنِي بِالْحِفْظِ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ مَنْ حَفِظْتَهُ بِهِ مَحْفُوظاً، وَ صَيِّرْ شُئُونِي كُلَّهَا بِمَشِيَّتِكَ فِي الطَّاعَةِ لَكَ مِنِّي مُؤَاتِيَةً وَ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ حُبَّ مَا تُحِبُّ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكَ إِلَيَّ فِي الدِّينِ وَ الدُّنْيَا، وَ أَحْيِنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ تَوَفَّنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَال أَحْبَبْتُ أَمْ كَرِهْتُ يَا رَحِيمُ.
O Remover of the hearts of the created beings from their desires to His desire, and O Restrainer of the hearts of the servants to execute the decree by the implementation of pre-determination, establish my heart upon Your obedience, and Your cognizance, and Your Lordship, and establish the blessing in Your decree and pre-determination in myself, my family, and my wealth in the Preserved Tablet by Your preservation, O Preserver, the Preserving One, preserve me with the preservation with which You have preserved whoever You have preserved. And make all my affairs in obedience to You from me compliant, and make me love the love of what You love from Your love for me in religion and the world, and revive me upon that in the world, and take me (in death) upon it, and make me of its people in every state, whether I love it or dislike it, O Most Merciful.
For indeed, when he says that, I do not show him in his religion a trial, nor do I ever force him to my obedience and pleasure.