- 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.
Thirty Four: His Supplication when Afflicted
Thirty Four: His Supplication when Afflicted
اللّهُمّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سِتْرِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ، وَ مُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ، فَكُلّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ، وَ ارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَمْ تَفْضَحْهُ، وَ تَسَتّرَ بِالْمَسَاوِئِ فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ كَمْ نَهْيٍ لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ، وَ أَمْرٍ قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدّيْنَاهُ، وَ سَيّئَةٍ اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبْنَاهَا، كُنْتَ الْمُطّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النّاظِرِينَ، وَ الْقَادِرَ عَلَى إِعْلَانِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ، كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ، وَ رَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ فَاجْعَلْ مَا سَتَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ، وَ أَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدّخِيلَةِ، وَاعِظاً لَنَا، وَ زَاجِراً عَنْ سُوءِ الْخُلُقِ، وَ اقْتِرَافِ الْخَطِيئَةِ، وَ سَعْياً إِلَى التّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ، وَ الطّرِيقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ وَ قَرّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ، وَ لَا تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ، إِنّا إِلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ، وَ مِنَ الذّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ وَ صَلّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللّهُمّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مُحَمّدٍ وَ عِتْرَتِهِ الصّفْوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيّتِكَ الطّاهِرِينَ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَ مُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ.
O God,
to Thee belongs praise for Thy covering over after Thy knowledge and Thy pardon after Thy awareness! Each of us has committed faults, but Thou hast not made him notorious, done indecencies, but Thou hast not disgraced him, and covered over evil deeds, but Thou hast not pointed to him. How many are Thy prohibited acts which we have performed, Thy commandments of which Thou hast told us which we have transgressed, the evil deeds which we have earned, the offenses which we have committed! Thou seest them to the exclusion of all observers; Thou hast the power to make them public above all the powerful! By giving us safety Thou hast veiled their eyes and stoppled their ears. So make the shameful things Thou hast covered over and the inward reality Thou hast concealed our admonisher, a restrainer upon bad character traits and committing offenses, and a striving toward the repentance that erases [sins] and the praiseworthy path! Bring the time of striving near and visit us not with heedlessness of Thee! Surely we are Thy beseechers, the repenters of sins. And bless Thy chosen, O God, from Thy creation, Muhammad and his descendants, the friends selected from among Thy creatures, the pure, and make us listeners to them and obeyers, as Thou hast commanded!
Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyyah, p. 156