- 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.
For Safety from Afflictions and Acceptance of Supplication
O Mohammad, and whoever of your nation wishes safety from my two afflictions and response to His supplication, he should say when he hears the call to the evening prayer:
يَا مُسَلِّطَ نِقَمِهِ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ بِالْخِذْلاَنِ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْعَذَابِ لَهُمْ فِي الاْخِرَةِ وَ يَا مُوَسِّعاً فَضْلَهُ عَلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِ بِعِصْمَتِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ حُسْنِ عَائِدَتِهِ وَ يَا شَدِيدَ النَّكَالِ بِالانْتِقَامِ وَ يَا حَسَنَ الْمُجَازَاةِ بِالثَّوَابِ وَ يَا بَارِئَ خَلْقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ وَ مُلْزِمَ أَهْلِهِمَا عَمَلَهُمَا وَ الْعَالِمَ بِمَنْ يَصِيرُ إِلَى جَنَّتِهِ وَ نَارِهِ، يَا هَادِي يَا مُضِلُّ يَا كَافِي يَا مُعَافِي يَا مُعَاقِبُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَ آلِ مُحَمَّد وَ اهْدِنِي بِهُدَاكَ وَ عَافِنِي بِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ سُكْنَى جَهَنَّمَ مَعَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَ ارْحَمْنِي، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخاسِرِينَ وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنَ الْخُسْرَانِ بِدُخُولِ النَّارِ وَ حِرْمَانِ الْجَنَّةِ بِحَقِّ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ يَا ذَا الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ.
O Controller of His vengeance upon His enemies, by humbling them in this world and punishing them in the Hereafter, and O Expander of His favor upon His allies by protecting them in this world and the goodness of their return, and O Severe in retribution by revenge, and O Good in rewarding by reward, and O Creator of the inhabitants of Paradise and Hell, holding their deeds to them, and the Knower of those who will end up in His Paradise and Hell. O Guide, O Misleader, O Sufficient, O Protector, O Punisher, bless Mohammad and the family of Mohammad and guide me with Your guidance, protect me with Your protection from the abode of Hell with the devils, and have mercy on me, for if You do not have mercy on me, I will be among the losers, and save me from loss which is entering the Fire and being deprived of Paradise, by the right of there is no god but You, O Possessor of great bounty.
For indeed, if he says that, I will envelop him in that station in which he believes regarding My mercy.
Bihar Al-Anwar (ed. - Beirut), vol. 92, p. 324
