- 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.
How to Make God Turn His Face to You?
How to Make God Look at Me?
Sometimes we may feel that God doesn't listen to our supplications. From the Islamic view, we believe that God is always listening to our requests and doesn't turn his back on us. But amongst our supplications we have some that are for getting God's attention to our problems. The following is one of them narrated from Imam Sadiq (A.S):
Imam Sadiq (A.S) has narrated from his father and his father’s fathers that they said: “whoever recites this sentence fifteen times a day:
لاَإِلَهَ إِلّاَ اللهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً لاَإِلَهَ إِلّاَ اللهُ إِيمَاناً وَتَصْدِيقاً لاَإِلَهَ إِلّاَ اللهُ عُبُودِيَّةً وَرِقّاً
Undoubtedly, there is no god but Allah, there is no god but Allah in terms of faith and admission, there is no god but Allah in terms of servanthood and adoration.
God turns His face to him and does not turn His face back unless he enters the Heaven.
Al-Kafi (Islamiyah Edition), Vol. 2, p. 519