{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal129.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal129.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal129.htm","text":"(128)\nHis supplication for the fifth of the month\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO My Lord! Praise be to You in the night when it retreats and at dawn\nwhen it brightens; Praise be to You such that begins with Your thanks\nand ends with Your pleasure, Praised are You in the Heavens and\nworshipped are You by Your bondsmen. O God! Praise be to You at\ntimes of decision, in happiness and in the hours of hardships for Your\nmanifest bounties and for Your bounties that are hidden and for Your\nbounties that are in constant flow. Praise be to You Who are master of\npraise, owner of praise and it began with Your self and it ends with You.\nAll praise be to Allah in the beginning of the night, and at the end of the\nday, amongst the ancient people and amongst the people of later period\nand in the expanse of the Heavens and the earth, even beyond that upto\nwhere His creative will extends; so much so that He becomes pleased.\nPraise be to Allah as numerous as His creatures, even more till he\nbecomes pleased; for He knows the account of everything and\nsurrounds everything mercifully. Praise to Allah Who created in six days,\nthe Heavens and the earth and what is between them, then established\nHimself upon the Arsh. Praise be to Allah Who raised the Heavens\nwithout any visible pillar, Praise be to Allah Who adorned that lower\nHeaven with Stars and made them as missiles to repulse away Satan.\nPraise be to Allah Who made the Heavens a source of our sustenance\nand the source of what we are promised; made the earth our bed and\ngrew for us therein various trees, corns, fruits and date trees of various\ncolours. Praise be for the One Who made gardens in the earth and\ngrape vines and He cause the springs to flow therein and made therein\nrivers. Praise be to Allah Who created mountains on this Earth lest it\nshould shake with us. And He made these mountains a stabilizing factor\nfor Earth. Praise be to Allah Who made the oceans subservient to us so\nthat ships might sail therein by His Command and we might get His\nbounties through trade and commerce; and Who made this sea produce\nvaluable ornaments which we wear and provided fresh meat. Praise be\nto Allah Who made the cattle subservient to us so that we might use\nthem as food and utilise some of them as our transport and has made for\nus tents and clothes from their skins and also beds and a provision for a\ntime. Praise be to Allah Who is honoured in His realm, Powerful on His\ncreatures, has free will in His will affairs, Praiseworthy for what He\ncreates, subtle in His wisdom, Benevolent towards His people. Through\ngreatness he has made His Mighty Glory and awe exclusively for\nhimself. Glorified is He Whose praise is manifest to His creatures,\nWhose honour is apparent from His greatness ever Generous in\nbestowal of good. Praise be to Allah Who has donned the cloak of\npraise and enshrouded Himself with honoured pride, Who is sublime on\naccount of His greatness and emanation of His Light. Praise be to Allah\nWho has neither any equal nor one to dispute in His affairs nor is there\nanyone amongst His creatures to resemble Him. There is no god but He.\nThere is none to revoke what He decrees nor is there anyone to\nabrogate what He decides. None is equal or parallel or similar or like\nHim. None can defeat Him in having what He desires. Whose desires to\nescape from Him cannot run away to anyone else nor can anyone save\nhim against Him. He made the creation without any basic material and\noriginated them without any model and exercises power over creation\nwithout any helper. He raised the Heaven without any support and\nspread the Earth in atmosphere without any base. Praised be to Allah\nfor what has already passed and what remains to pass for things that\nare visible, for that which is not in our knowledge and for that which was\nin the past and that which is going to be in future. O Allah! Praise be to\nYou for You do not take notice despite having knowledge of our sins,\ngrant mercy despite having power to punish and forgave our sins even\nafter granting a chance to repent. Praise be to You even in time of trial\nand at Your commands, so much so, that it does not fail to reach You or\nfail to invoke Your pleasure, O the most Merciful!\nAnd bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his Purified Progeny.","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for the fifth of the month","type":"page"}