{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal006.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal006.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal006.htm","text":"(5)\nHis prayers praising Allah as taught to\nJanab-e-Owais-e-Qarni\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO Allah! I ask from You not from others. I bow to You and never bow to\nanyone other than You. I ask Allah, O the one Who gives respite to\nthose who fear Him. O the refuge of the one who seeks refuge. You are\nthe doer of goodness and the one to find a way through difficulties. You\nforgive our carelessness, erase our sins, record our good deeds, raise\nour status. I ask from You all good wishes and success, such wishes\nother than which to seek from You is not proper. O Allah! O the\nBeneficent! By Your Beautiful Names! Those great examples and the\ncountless bounties and by those names which are near to You in\ngreatness and dearer to You who in the ranks are nearer to You and\nhonoured and whose intercession is closer to You, and very important in\nposition, the most effective for acceptance and by Your name which is\nProtected, Glorious, Respected and Great, with which You are happy\nand satisfied, and one who calls You by these name is Your beloved.\nYou accept his invocations and it is his right upon You that You do not\nrefuse his invocations. And by all those names which are mentioned in\nTaurat and Injeel, Zaboor and Furqan (the Holy Quran). And by all those\nnames which are specialized for You, which You have informed to one\nof Your creatures or none is aware of it and all those names, by which\nthe holders of Your Throne and other Angels and those appointed from\nYour creation call upon You. By the right of those who call upon You,\nwho bow down to You, who seek refuge from You, and those who\ncomplain to You. By the right of those who worship You whether on land\nor sea, on plains or on hills he calls You. Like whose need is quite\nsevere and sins are manifold and has reached the door of death,\nstrength has given way, who has no hopes on his deeds. He is not able\nto find anyone to accept his efforts and to forgive his sins other than\nYou. And he has come voluntarily. There is no intention to rebel due to\nYour obedience. O the Protector of all disabled I ask You as there is no\ngod other than You. You are affectionate, the Great obliger, the Creator\nof the Heavens and the Earth. Possessor of Majesty and Mercy. Knower\nof the Unseen and Seen, You are the Beneficent, the Merciful. You are\nrich, I am poor, You are everlasting I shall die, You will remain I shall\nperish, You are the forgiver I am a sinner. You are the Lord and I am a\nslave. You are the king and I am Your subject. You are honoured and I\nam degraded. You are self-sufficient and I am dependent. You are alive\nand I am dead You are ever living and I will perish. You are doer of good\nand I am sinful. You are forgiving and I am a sinner. You are merciful\nand I am a transgressor. You are the Creator and I am the creature. You\nare Powerful, I am weak. You are the Provider and I am the seeker. You\nare the satisfier and I am fearful. You are the sustainer and we are the\nsustained ones. To whom should we complain and address our\ngrievances? You are most deserving from among them as You have\npardoned many of the sinners. How many of the transgressors have You\noverlooked! Pardon me, overlook my faults, have mercy on me. Protect\nme from the calamity which has befallen me. Don't degrade me due to\nmy errors. Help me, my parents and my children. Have mercy on us. O\nMerciful of all the mercifuls and the possessor of respect and Honour\nhave mercy on us.","title":"The Alawite Book: His prayers praising Allah as taught to Janab-e-Owais-e-Qarni","type":"page"}