{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal002.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal002.htm","text":"(1)\nDua of Imam (a.s.) in Praise of Allah, the\nMost High and Glorified\nFamous as ''Dua-e-Yastasheer''\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nAll praise is due to Allah except Whom there is no god and He is the Living, the\nSelf-existing, the everlasting, the King, the Manifest Truth. He is the\nAdministrator without any minister. And He does not consult any of His slaves\nfrom His creations. He is the First, Who cannot be described. He is Eternal\nand will live forever, (even) after the annihilation of all creatures. He is the\ngreatest Lord, the Light of the earths and heavens. And their Originator and\nCreator without visible supports. He created both of them and separated them a\nproper separation. The heavens became stable in obedience to His command\nand the lands became fixed on the surface of the water with their pegs. Then\nour Lord the All-Merciful subdued the high heavens and ruled from the Throne.\nEverything that is in heavens and in the earth and in between them and what is\nbelow the earth belongs to Him. So, I bear witness that verily You are Allah.\nThere is none to elevate what You have lowered and no one to exalt him whom\nYou leave in disgrace and no one to bring into disgrace whom You exalt and no\none to prevent from one whom You bestow Your favour and no one to bestow\nanything, which You have withheld. And You are Allah; there is no god but\nYou. Who existed when there was neither the stable sky nor the broad earth\nnor the brilliant sun nor the dark night, nor the bright day, nor the vast and\nstormy sea, nor any stable mountain, nor any revolving planet, nor the luminous\nmoon, nor any blowing wind, nor any raining cloud, nor flashing lightning, nor\nany praising thunder, nor any breathing soul, nor any flying bird, nor any\nblazing fire, nor any flowing water. You existed before the existence of\neverything. You enriched some and reduced others to poverty, caused some to\ndie and brought others to life, and made some people glad and others weep.\nVerily You rule from the Throne. You are of vast blessing, O Allah You are\nGreat and Supreme. You are Allah and there is no god other than You. You\nare the all-Knowing Creator. Your Decree is overpowering and Your\nKnowledge is operative. Your strategy is wonderful; Your promise is true; Your\nword is right; Your command is just; Your utterance is right guidance; Your\nRevelation is light; Your mercy is vast; Your forgiveness is great; Your grace is\nexcessive; Your gift is most respectable; Your cord is strong; Your might is\never ready; Your prot\u00e9g\u00e9 is powerful; Your wrath is severe; and Your\nstratagem is entrapping. O Lord! With You are lodged all complaints. You are\npresent in all gatherings, and are the witness of all secrets, and the ultimate\ngoal of all supplications, the expeller of all sorrows, the affluence of every\nneedy person, the stronghold for every refugee, security for everyone who is\nterror-stricken, a shield for the weak, a treasure for the indigent, the destroyer\nof sorrows, the helper of the virtuous. Such is Allah, Lord of the worlds. Our\nLord, there is no god but He. And You suffice Your servants and are helper of\nthose who rely on You. You are the helper of one who is firmly attached to You\nand humiliates oneself before You, a shield for one who seeks refuge with You,\nthe help of one who looks up to You for help, the forgiver of sins for one who\nbegs Your pardon, the Powerful over the powerful ones, the most grand of the\ngrand, the most great of the great, the master of masters, the Lord of lords, the\nSuccour of the grieved, the Helper of those crying for help, the Responder to\nthe call of the distressed, the best of all listeners, the best of all observers, the\nbest of all judges, the quickest of all reckoners, the most merciful of all the\nmerciful, the best of all forgivers, the satisfier of the needs of the faithful, and\nthe hearer of the appeals of the virtuous. You are Allah; there is no god but\nYou. You are the Lord of all the worlds. You are the Creator and I am a\ncreature. You are the Ruler and I am the subject, You are the Lord and I am a\nslave. You are the Provider while I am provided with sustenance, You are the\nGiver while I am a beggar, You are the Generous while I am a miser. You are\nthe Mighty while I am weak; You are the Noble while I am humble. You are the\nindependent while I am needy. You are the Master while I am the slave. You\nare the Forgiver of sins while I am sinful. You are the Omniscient while I am\nignorant. You are the forbearing while I am hasty. You are the All Merciful and\nI have been treated with mercy. You are the Provider of safety but I am\ninvolved in suffering. You are the Responder and I am the distressed. And I\nbear witness that verily You are Allah, there is no god but You. You bestow\nfavours upon Your slaves even without their asking. And I bear witness that\nverily You are Allah, the One, the Peerless, the Unique, the independent, the\nSingle, and verily to You we must return. May the blessings of Allah be upon\nMuhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his family the holy and pure. O Lord, forgive my sins\nand keep my faults concealed and extend to me Your special mercy and\nbounteous sustenance. O the All merciful! All praise is due to Allah the Lord of\nall the worlds. And for us Allah is the Sufficient and the excellent Protector.\nThere is neither might nor power but with Allah the Great, the Exalted.","title":"The Alawite Book: Dua Yastasheer (pray of Yastasheer)","type":"page"}