{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal141.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal141.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal141.htm","text":"(140)\nHis supplication for the seventeenth of the\nmonth\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nThere is no god save You, Dispeller of every distressed person. There\nis no god save You are giver of all honour and disgrace. There is no god\nsave You, Wealth for the needy. There is no god save You, Strength for\nevery weak. There is no god save You, Who eases every torture. There\nis no god save You, Fulfiller of needs. There is no god save You, the\nMaster of all goodness. There is no god save You, the Object of every\ndesire. There is no god save You, Remover of calamities. There is no\ngod save You, Knower of Everything hidden. There is no god save You,\nKnower of every Secret. There is no god save You, Present at every\nsecret whisper. There is no god save You, Dispeller of every calamity.\nThere is no god save You, before Whom everything is humble. There is\nno god save You, of Whom Everything fears. There is no god save You,\nbefore Whom everything is submissive. There is no god save You, to\nWhom everything is inclined. There is no god save You, of Whom\neverything is fearful. There is no god save You, on Whom depends the\nexistence of everything. There is no god save You, to Whom is the\nreturn of everything. There is no god save You, on Whom is the\ndependence of everything. There is no god save You, the One with no\nassociate, the One, Matchless, Allah, for Your is the absolute Kingdom,\nall praise is for You. You bestow life and You cause the people to die.\nYou are Ever-living, death touches You not, within You control is every\ngood. You are Powerful over Everything. There is no god save You, the\nOne, there is no associate with You the (only) One, Needless, beget\nYou not nor You are begotten. There is none like You, You have neither\ntaken a spouse nor a son. There is no god save You, existing before the\nexistence of everything and will survive everything. There is no God but\nYou, Our Lord will remain Constant with no decay forever and\neverything will perish. There is no god save You, the Ever-living,\nSelf-subsistent, neither slumber nor sleep seizes You, Constant in\nJustice. There is no god save You, the Mighty, the Wise in decision.\nThere is no god save You, the Matchless originator of the Heavens and\nthe Earth, the Lord of the great Arsh, All merciful, the Benefactor,\nGlorious and Gracious. There is no god save You, the Forbearing, the\nGenerous. There is no god save You, the High, the Sublime. And glory\nbe to Allah the Lord of seven Heavens and the seven Earths and things\nin them, between them, underneath them, the Lord of great heavenly\nThrone. And praise be to Allah! The Lord of the Worlds! I bear witness\nthat there is no god save Allah, the One with no partner. For Him is the\nabsolute Kingdom and for Him is all praise. He gives life and causes\ndeath. He is Ever-living, death touches Him not and under His control is\nall good. He is Powerful over everything. I bear witness that there is no\ngod save Allah, the One with no associate, the One, Unique, Needless,\nAllah, with no spouse or a son and there is none like unto Him. I bear\nwitness that there is no god save Allah, the only One with no associate.\nBearing of such a witness I hope deliverance from Hell-fire. I bear\nBearing of such a witness I hope entry to the Paradise. I bear witness\nthat there is no god save Allah, the only One with no associate till the\nmountains stand firm after their destruction and even after that forever. I\nbear witness that there is no god save Allah, the only One with no\nassociate till the soul remains in the body and after its departure\ntherefrom and even after that forever. I bear witness under all\ncircumstances forever, during health before, illness and after health that\nthere is no deity but Allah, the One with no associate. I bear witness\nunder all circumstances forever, during my youth before old age and\nduring old age after youth that there is no god but Allah, the One with no\nassociate. I bear witness under all circumstances forever, during the free\nperiod before the period of occupation and during the period of\noccupation after the free period that there is no god but Allah. I bear\nwitness under all circumstances forever, during the performances by my\nhands and when there is no performance by my hands that there is no\ngod but Allah, the One with no partner. I bear witness under all\ncircumstances forever, during the period my ears heard and when they\nheard not anything that there is no god except Allah, the One with no\nassociate. I bear witness under all circumstances forever; during the\nperiod my eyes saw when they saw not anything that there is no god but\nAllah, the One with no associate. I bear witness under all circumstances\nforever, during the period my tongue uttered anything and when it\nuttered not anything that there is no god but Allah, the One with no\nperiod before my entry into the grave and during the period after my\nentry into the grave that there is no god but Allah, the One without\nassociate. I bear witness during the night when it enshrouds and during\nthe day when it shines that there is no god but Allah, the One with no\nassociate. I bear witness in the Hereafter and in world that there is deity\nbut Allah, the One with no associate. I bear witness that there is no deity\nbut Allah, the One with no associate, a witness that may be my treasure\nof protection from the terror of the Day of Judgment. My witness that\nthere is no god save Allah, the One without a partner, is a confession of\nTruth with all sincerity. The witness that there is no god but Allah, the\nOne without an associate, is a witness also my ears, eyes, flesh, blood,\nhair, skin, nails, brain, bones, nerves and by everything my legs carry.\nWith my witness that there is no god but Allah, the One with no\nassociate, I hope from Allah at the departure of the soul from my body to\nkeep my tongue perfect in its action of uttering words till my life ends\nwith good deeds. Accept this invocation, O the Lord of the Worlds!","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for the seventeenth of the month","type":"page"}