- Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H): 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 prayer which is accepted and this is the need which is provided”
- “There is no servant who goes to a land and opens their hands and praises God and prays, unless God fills the land with his rewards, whether it is vast or tiny”
- If you knew god the way you should’ve known, Mountains definitely will be moved by your prayers.
- 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 (your prayers)
- Pray to god and believe in his answeres. But understand that god wont accept prays from an unwitting oblivious heart.
Thirty Five: His Supplication in Satisfaction with the Decree
Thirty Five: His Supplication in Satisfaction with the Decree
الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رِضًى بِحُكْمِ اللّهِ، شَهِدْتُ أَنّ اللّهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَ أَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ بِالْفَضْلِ اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَا تَفْتِنّي بِمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ، وَ لَا تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي فَأَحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَ أَغْمَطَ حُكْمَكَ. اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ طَيّبْ بِقَضَائِكَ نَفْسِي، وَ وَسّعْ بِمَوَاقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي، وَ هَبْ لِيَ الثّقَةَ لِأُقِرّ مَعَهَا بِأَنّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ إِلّا بِالْخِيَرَةِ، وَ اجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنّي أَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي إِيّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوّلْتَنِي وَ اعْصِمْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَظُنّ بِذِي عَدَمٍ خَسَاسَةً، أَوْ أَظُنّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَةٍ فَضْلًا، فَإِنّ الشّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ، وَ الْعَزِيزَ مَنْ أَعَزّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ مَتّعْنَا بِثَرْوَةٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ، وَ أَيّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لَا يُفْقَدُ، وَ اسْرَحْنَا فِي مُلْكِ الْأَبَدِ، إِنّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصّمَدُ، الّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَ لَمْ تُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.
Praise belongs to God
in satisfaction with God's decision!
I bear witness that
God has apportioned the livelihoods of His servants with justice and undertaken bounty for all His creatures.
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
tempt me not with what Thou hast given to Thy creatures
and tempt them not with what Thou hast withheld from me.
Lest I envy Thy creatures
and despise Thy decision!
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
delight my soul through Thy decree,
expand my breast through the instances of Thy decision,
give to me a trust through which I may admit
that Thy decree runs only to the best,
and let my gratitude to Thee
for what Thou hast taken away from me
be more abundant than my gratitude to Thee
for what Thou hast conferred upon me!
Preserve me from imagining any meanness
in someone who is destitute
or imagining any superiority
in someone who possesses wealth,
for the noble is he
whom obedience to Thee has ennobled
and the exalted is he
whom worship of Thee has exalted!
So bless Muhammad and his Household,
give us to enjoy a wealth
which does not run out,
confirm us with an exaltation
which will never be lost,
and let us roam freely
in the kingdom of everlastingness!
Surely Thou art the One, the Unique, the Eternal Refuge;
Thou hast not begotten,
nor hast Thou been begotten,
and equal to Thee is not any one