{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal125.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal125.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal125.htm","text":"(124)\nHis supplication for the first day of the\nmonth\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nAll praise is for Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth and\nappointed the darkness and the light. Yet the idolaters ascribe partners\nto Him. It is He Who has created you from clay. Your span of life is fixed\nand the specified time is in His knowledge. Notwithstanding this, doubt\npersists in your minds. He is Allah in the Heavens and on Earth, knows\nwhatever is manifest and hidden in you and is aware of your actions and\ndeeds. All praise be to Him Who relieved us from oppressors. All praise\nbe to Him Who elevated us over many of His believing servants. All\npraise is exclusively for Allah Who blessed me with Ismail and Ishaq in\nspite of my old age. Surely my Lord listens to prayers. O my Lord!\nReckon me and my offspring among those who are steadfast in Your\nprayers, bless our prayers with acceptance and forgive my parents, the\nbelievers and me on the day of accounting. Praise be to Allah, the Lord\nof the Heavens and the Earth, and the Lord of the Worlds. He is Mighty\nand Wise. It is He Who deserves all praise, for whatever is in the\nHeavens and on Earth belongs to Him. In the world Hereafter, all praise\nis exclusively for Him. He is All-wise, the Knower (of everything). He\nknows whatever enters the Earth and whatever comes out (therefrom),\nwhatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends towards it. He is\nMerciful and Forgiving. Praise be to Allah, the Originator of the Heavens\nand Earth. He appointed the Angels as messengers who possess two,\nthree and four wings. He increases in the creation whatever He wishes.\nVerily, Allah is powerful over everything. There is none to stop His\nblessing made commonly available to mankind nor can anyone to grant\nthat which He withholds. He is most High and All wise. O Mankind!\nRemember the Bounties, which He has bestowed on you. Is there any\nother God save Allah Who grants you sustenance from the Earth and\nsky? There is no God except Him. Why then do these people level\n(false) charges against Him? Praise be to Allah Who is the Lord of the\nWorlds. He is living. The one Who does not die. He is everlasting hence\nno diminution can occur to Him. He is the (eternal) Monarch; therefore\ndownfall cannot be ascribed to Him. He is Just; hence no slackness can\nbe attributed to Him. He is such a Sovereign Who never commits\noppression. He is sublime, and nothing is hidden from Him. His bounties\nare limitless. He bestows on anyone whatever He chooses. He is the\nForerunner Who has no predecessor. He is so Manifest that nothing is\nclearer than Him. He is such a Secret that nothing can equal Him in\nsecrecy. His knowledge encompasses everything and He has reckoned\neverything with a clear reckoning. O my Lord! Bestow Your Blessings on\nMuhammad and his Progeny. Let my tongue praise You! Grant me\nsuccess in my aims through prayers. Fulfill my desires and help in\nachieving my goals. Protect me and bless me through these prayers.\nAccomplish Your Bounties on me. Grant my prayers the Lord of the\nworlds. Purify my actions so that You may have pity on my helplessness\nand my complaints. I beseech You to show mercy on me. Be pleased\nwith me and accept my prayer. Praise be to Allah Who has created the\nheavy clouds. The thunder and the Angels praise Him. It is He Who\nflashes the lighting that harms those whom He wishes. The truth is clear\nas daylight, yet the people believe not and argue about their God.\nWhosoever is proclaimed as God besides Him is false. He is the most\nHigh and the Great. Glory be to Allah Who raises up the souls when\nmen are dead. He also raises up the souls of those alive when they go\nto sleep. Then He detains the souls of those whom He commands to die\nand releases the souls of the rest of them for the specified time. Surely\nthere are His signs in it for those who may reflect. Glory be to Allah\nWhose Throne extends over the Heavens and the Earth, and the\npreservation of them both tires Him not. He is most exalted and Great.\nPraise be to Allah, the Knower of what is manifest and what is hidden,\nBeneficent and Merciful. There is no God beside Him. He is the King the\nmost Holy the Bestower of conviction, the Guardian, the Supreme, the\nGreat. He is above what is attributed to Him. He is the Creator, Maker\nand Fashioner. O Allah! Yours are the beautiful names. Everyone in the\nHeavens and on the Earth praises Him. He is Ever prevalent and All\nwise. All praise is for Him Who has neither any son nor any associate in\nHis Realm. He has no helper against humiliation. And Glorify Him,\nmagnifying His Praise.","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for the first day of the month","type":"page"}