- 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 Eight: His Supplication in Asking Pardon
Thirty Eight: His Supplication in Asking Pardon
اللّهُمّ إِنّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ أُسْدِيَ إِلَيّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ مُسِيءٍ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ، وَ مِنْ ذِي فَاقَةٍ سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ أُوثِرْهُ، وَ مِنْ حَقّ ذِي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ أُوَفّرْهُ، وَ مِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ كُلّ إِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِي فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ.أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْهُنّ وَ مِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنّ. فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزّلّاتِ، وَ عَزْمِي عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ السّيّئَاتِ، تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِي مَحَبّتَكَ، يَا مُحِبّ التّوّابِينَ.
O God,
I ask pardon from Thee for the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help, the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks, the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon, the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself, the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil, the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal, and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid. I ask pardon, my God, for all of these and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me. So bless Muhammad and his Household and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory O lover of those who repent!
Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyyah, p. 166