- 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.
Supplication Against Satan
Supplication of Imam Sajjad (PBUH) Against Satan
أَيّهَا الْخَلْقُ الْمُطِيعُ، الدّائِبُ السّرِيعُ، الْمُتَرَدّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التّقْدِيرِ، الْمُتَصَرّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التّدْبِيرِ. آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوّرَ بِكَ الظّلَمَ، وَ أَوْضَحَ بِكَ الْبُهَمَ، وَ جَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ، وَ عَلَامَةً مِنْ عَلَامَات سُلْطَانِهِ، وَ امْتَهَنَكَ بِالزّيَادَةِ وَ النّقْصَانِ، وَ الطّلُوعِ وَ الْأُفُولِ، وَ الْإِنَارَةِ وَ الْكُسُوفِ، فِي كُلّ ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ، وَ إِلَى إِرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبّرَ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَ أَلْطَفَ مَإ؛ععّّ صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لِأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ فَأَسْأَلُ اللّهَ رَبّي وَ رَبّكَ، وَ خَالِقِي وَ خَالِقَكَ، وَ مُقَدّرِي وَ مُقَدّرَكَ، وَ مُصَوّرِي وَ مُصَوّرَكَ أَنْ يُصَلّيَ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلَالَ بَرَكَةٍ لَا تَمْحَقُهَا الْأَيّامُ، وَ طَهَارَةٍ لَا تُدَنّسُهَا الْآثَامُ هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ الْآفَاتِ، وَ سَلَامَةٍ مِنَ السّيّئَاتِ، هِلَالَ سَعْدٍ لَا نَحْسَ فِيهِ، وَ يُمْنٍ لَا نَكَدَ مَعَهُ، وَ يُسْرٍ لَا يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ، وَ خَيْرٍ لَا يَشُوبُهُ شَرٌّ، هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ وَ إِيمَانٍ وَ نِعْمَةٍ وَ إِحْسَانٍ وَ سَلَامَةٍ وَ إِسْلَامٍ. اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ أَزْكَى مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ، وَ أَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ، وَ وَفّقْنَا فِيهِ لِلتّوْبَةِ، وَ اعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَوْبَةِ، وَ احْفَظْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ مُبَاشَرَةِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ أَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَ أَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ الْعَافِيَةِ، وَ أَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ الْمِنّةَ، إِنّكَ الْمَنّانُ الْحَمِيدُ، وَ صَلّى اللّهُ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطّيّبِينَ الطّاهِرِينَ.
O God,
we seek refuge in Thee
from the instigations of the accursed Satan,
his trickery, and his traps,
from trust in his false hopes, his promises,
his delusions, and his snares,
and lest he should make himself crave
to lead us away from Thy obedience
and to degrade us through our disobeying Thee,
and lest what he has shown us as beautiful be beautiful for us
and what he has shown us as detestable weigh down upon us.
O God,
drive him away from us through Thy worship,
throw him down through our perseverance in Thy love,
and place between him and us a covering
that he cannot tear away
and a solid barrier
that he cannot cut through!
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
distract Satan from us with some of Thy enemies,
preserve us from him through Thy good guarding,
spare us his treachery,
turn his back toward us,
and cut off from us his trace!
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
give us to enjoy guidance
the like of his misguidance,
increase us in piety
against his seduction,
and make us walk in reverential fear
contrary to his path of ruin!
O God,
assign him no place of entrance into our hearts
and do not allow him to make his home in that which is with us!
O God,
cause us to recognize the falsehood with which he tempts us,
and once Thou hast caused us to recognize it,
protect us from it!
Make us see what will allow us to outwit him,
inspire us with all that we can make ready for him,
awaken us from the heedless slumber of relying upon him,
and help us well, through Thy giving success, against him!
O God,
saturate our hearts with the rejection of his works
and be gentle to us by destroying his stratagems!
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
turn his authority away from us,
cut off his hope from us,
and keep him from craving for us!
O God,
bless Muhammad and his Household,
and place our fathers, our mothers,
our children, our wives,
our siblings, our relatives,
and the faithful among our neighbours,
male and female,
in a sanctuary impregnable to him,
a guarding fortress,
a defending cave!
Clothe them in shields protective against him
and give them arms that will cut him down!
O God,
include in that everyone who
witnesses to Thee as Lord,
devotes himself sincerely to Thy Unity,
shows enmity toward him
through the reality of servanthood,
and seeks help from Thee against him
through knowledge of the divine sciences!
O God,
undo what he ties,
unstitch what he sews up,
dislocate what he devises,
frustrate him when he makes up his mind,
and destroy what he establishes!
O God,
rout his troops,
nullify his trickery,
make his cave collapse,
and rub his nose in the ground!
O God,
place us in the ranks of his enemies
and remove us from the number of his friends,
that we obey him not when he entices us
and answer him not when he calls to us!
We command everyone who obeys our command
to be his enemy
and we admonish everyone who follows our prohibition
not to follow him!
O God,
bless Muhammad,
the Seal of the prophets and lord of the emissaries,
and the folk of his house,
the good, the pure!
Give refuge to us, our families, our brothers,
and all the faithful, male and female,
from that from which we seek refuge,
and grant us sanctuary from that through fear of which
we seek sanctuary in Thee!
Hear our supplication to Thee,
bestow upon us that of which we have been heedless,
and safeguard for us what we have forgotten!
Through all this bring us into the ranks of the righteous
and the degrees of the faithful!
Amen, Lord of the worlds!
Al-Sahifah Al-Sajjadiyah, p. 182