- 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.
Prophetic Supplications: His Supplication after Reciting a Part of the Qur’an
His Supplication after reciting a part of the Qur’an
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَرَأْتُ بَعْضَ مَا قَضَيْتَ لِي مِنْ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ الشُّكْرُ وَ الْمِنَّةُ عَلَى مَا قَدَّرْتَ وَ وَفَّقْتَ. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يُحِلُّ حَلاَلَكَ وَ يُحَرِّمُ حَرَامَكَ وَ يَجْتَنِبُ مَعَاصِيَكَ وَ يُؤْمِنُ بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَ مُتَشَابِهِهِ وَ نَاسِخِهِ وَ مَنْسُوخِهِ وَ اجْعَلْهُ لِي شِفَاءً وَ رَحْمَةً وَ حِرْزاً وَ ذُخْراً.
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لِي أُنْساً فِي قَبْرِي وَ أُنْساً فِي حَشْرِي وَ أُنْساً فِي نَشْرِي وَ اجْعَلْ لِي بَرَكَةً بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ قَرَأْتُهَا وَ ارْفَعْ لِي بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ دَرَسْتُهُ دَرَجَةً فِي أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ آمِينَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ وَ نَجِيِّكَ وَ دَلِيلِكَ وَ الدَّاعِي إِلَى سَبِيلِكَ وَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ خَلِيفَتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِ رَسُولِكَ وَ عَلَى أَوْصِيَائِهِمَا الْمُسْتَحْفِظِينَ دِينَكَ الْمُسْتَوْدَعِينَ حَقَّكَ الْمُسْتَرْعِينَ خَلْقَكَ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ السَّلاَمُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.
O Allah, verily, I have read some of what You have decreed for me from Your Book that You revealed to Your Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him). All praise is due to You, our Lord, and thanks and grace for what You have ordained and made successful.
O Allah, make me among those who declare Your lawful as lawful and Your unlawful as unlawful, who avoid Your disobedience, and who believe in its clear and allegorical verses, its abrogating and abrogated, and make it for me a healing, a mercy, an amulet, and a treasure.
O Allah, make it for me a solace in my grave, a solace in my gathering, and solace in my resurrection. And bestow upon me blessings with every verse I have recited, and elevate for me with every letter I have studied a rank to the highest ranks in 'Illiyyin (the highest in ranks). Amen, O Lord of the Worlds.
O Allah, send blessings upon Mohammad, Your Prophet, Your Chosen One, Your Close Companion, Your Proof, and the Caller to Your Path, and upon the Commander of the Faithful, Your Guardian, and the Successor after Your Messenger, and upon their successors who safeguard Your religion, entrusted with Your truth, and responsible for Your creation, and may peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon them all.
Iqbal Al-A’mal: p. 111