{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal131.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal131.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal131.htm","text":"(130)\nHis supplication for the seventh of the\nmonth\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO Allah! Praise be to You such that it\u2019s beginning is unknown, it may not\nend at any stage and it does not fall short of the limits of Your Throne.\nPraise be to You such that it may not remain concealed from You and\nfail to reach You and invoke Your pleasure. All praise be to Allah for\nWhose command there is obedience and the disobedience in not\nwithout His knowledge. All praise be to Allah Whose justice is frightening\nand praise be to Allah Whose benevolence is the sources of hope.\nPraise be to Allah that those who obey Him receive His bounties, and\npraise be to Allah that those who disobey have been forewarned. Praise\nbe to Allah that if He grants favour to anyone amongst His creatures, it is\nHis blessing and if He punishes anyone, it is His justice. Praise be to\nAllah that those near Him have no escape and those away from Him are\nnot far off. All praise be to Allah Who said words of praise about Himself\nand ordered that world also to do so. Praise be to Allah Who\ncommenced His book with praise, made it the concluding prayers of the\ndwellers of Heaven and ended His decisions on it. Praise be to Allah,\npraise which has been since eternity and will remain till eternity, Who is\nthe forerunner of everything, before Whom there was no room for\nanything to exist, Who is that First before Whom nothing existed and that\nLast after which nothing could survive. He is such Eternal that has\nneither end nor mortality. All praise be to Allah the dignity of Whose\nattributes cannot be perceived even by imagination, the human wisdom\nis defeated in reaching the height of His greatness, except in the way He\nHimself has praised the qualities of His Might, Generosity and\nBenevolence. Praise be to Allah Who made the sky a barrier for the\nWind, spread the Earth on water and chose for Himself dignified\nbeautiful names. Praise be to Allah Who is One without similitude, Who\nkeeps Himself informed of everything without any media, Who is Eternal\nwithout any endeavour, Who is the Creator without any feeling of\nweariness, Whose attributes are His Self and Who is universally known\nbut has not set limits. Praise be to Allah, Master of the seven skies, of\nthe great Heavenly Throne, of the messengers and the Prophets, of the\nfirsts and the lasts; Who is One alone and fully independent. He begets\nnot nor is He begotten and there is none like Him. He is the King of the\nKings by virtue of His own power, turned the Lords His slaves by his\nown might and is the Lord of great people on account of His power. He\nhas created greatness and pride for His own Self and has reserved to\nHimself Benevolence, Generosity and Excellence. He is the shelter, for\nthose seeking shelter, place of safety for the frightened, confidence for\nthe believers and the centre for fulfilling the needs of those devoted to\nHis worship. O my Lord! All praise be to You for all Your attributes which\nwe know or know not. Praise be to You such that it be befitting what You\nhave bestowed on us and You shall bestow in future. Praise be to You\nsuch that is greater that the praises of all Your creatures. Praise be to\nYou such that can make me closer to Your pleasure and enable me to\noffer my thanks, thereby making myself more deserving in Your Eyes. O\nAllah! Praise be to You that You do not take notice of our sins despite\nhaving knowledge and forgive despite having power to punish, O You\nthe most Forgiving and Most Merciful!","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for the seventh of the month","type":"page"}