{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal016.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal016.htm","text":"(15)\nHis Dua for expressing helplessness before\nAllah and seeking forgiveness\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO Allah! From many things I ask You few things although I have great\ndesires from You and You are free from it and those wants are difficult\nfor me and easy for You. My Lord forgive my sins and overlook my\nshortcomings and my great sins which are committed intentionally and\nunintentionally. My greed, which is the result of my seeking those things,\nwhich I am not worthy of but You by Your Grace and Mercy bestowed on\nme. Which I saw by Your Powers and has reached me as an acceptance\nof my prayers. Now I call You fearlessly and I ask You being intimate\nwith You, neither there is fear nor terror and I have presented myself in\nYour presence. I am proud of You. Now if You delay in accepting my\nprayers it is not due to Your ignorance although there was some\ngoodness for me in that delay as You are aware of every result.\nSufficient is for me that I have not found a more reliable lord than You.\nMy Lord You call me and I turn my face away from You. You express\nYour love for me and I don't respond likewise to You. You expect\nsincerity from me whereas I don't think of it. It seems that I have obliged\nYou, but still You are being generous and merciful towards me and\nnever slow in bestowing favours on me. Then have mercy on my errors,\nbestow mercy on (here take your name with your fathers name e.g. Ali\nson of Abu Talib) because You are generous and noble.","title":"The Alawite Book: His Dua for expressing helplessness before Allah and seeking forgiveness","type":"page"}