{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal155.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal155.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal155.htm","text":"(154)\nHis supplication for Friday\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nPraise is for Allah Who is not created by anything nor took any help in\ncreating the creatures; creation of new things is a proof of His eternity.\nAnd the way He has pointed out the helplessness among His creatures,\npoints out towards His power and the world is in need of Him proves His\neternity. No place is without His presence and the word 'Where' cannot\nbe addressed to Him. Neither He has a replica, nor a similarity to by\nwhich He can be praised, neither He is heedless of anything, so that\none could comprehend the position of the Creator, different from His\nattributes and far away from comprehension, by the intellect, as those\nare imaginable things. He is away from all the misfortunes by His\nMagnanimity and Greatness. It is prohibited for the intellect to restrict a\nlimit for Allah, and the depth; mentions His conditions. And it is\nprohibited for the small eyes of nature to imagine about Him. Neither\nspace encloses Him due to His greatness, nor can a quantity be\nascertained due to His Magnanimity, nor can imagination comprehend\nHim. It is prohibited to imagine a portrait of Him by imagination or\nintellect. The intellects faster than perfection are also helpless in limiting\nHim. And the oceans of knowledge have dried up in the quest of\nunderstanding Him, the debate lovers whose argumentation reaches the\nzenith, their evidences fall short and returns, and that once is not\nsufficient, it is always but not restricted to time. It is forever but not\nwithout help. Neither He is like man, that can be compared with man, nor\nHe has a face that it can resemble any face. Neither He is a thing which\nhas part. The intellect is lost in the stormy ocean of recognition and the\nhuman strength is perplexed at ascertaining the beginning of His\nCreation, the intelligent man is helpless in understanding the limit of His\npower and the minds are drowned in the heavenly gust of blast in His\nterritory. He is having power on the bounties due to His Magnificence,\nHe is saved from the force of possibilities, having possession over all\nthe things. Rather time created Him not and no attribute can restrict Him,\nthe agitated necks are low because it is the height of their helplessness\nand in front of the greatness of His Power, the proofs of cause and\neffect lie low on this eternity and a proof of Allah due to helplessness\nand due to His being created a proof that Allah is foremost and due to\nour annihilation a proof of His Eternity. These facts and the Creation has\nno respite from His Hold, nor an excuse to escape from the Domain, nor\nanything hidden due to His knowledge, nor anything to stop from His\nGreatness, the stability of the creation is a complete proof, the habits of\nthe creatures are the best evidence and the creation of the inherent\nqualities of ancientness, and its strength is a great lesson about Allah.\nNow no complete praise can be attributed to Him, nor can be explained\nwith examples. He is far above to be categorised by His signs.\nGlorification is for Allah Who created the earth for destruction and\nannihilation and the hereafter for perpetuity and eternity. Pure is Allah\nfor Whom His Bestowals does not straiten Him but becomes a cause for\nHis Majestic, however great, and out of proportions and higher than\nexpectations the bestowals are. Whatever You decide cannot be\nrejected and Your commands cannot be refused, whatever He bestows,\ncannot be stopped, neither He chastises immediately, nor He forgets,\nnor He hastens but gives chance, He forgives, pardons, has mercy and\nis patient. He will not be questioned for His actions but the creatures will\nbe questioned. There is no Lord except Allah Who cares for His\ncreatures, granting a respite to the polytheists, nearer to the one who\ninvokes but is far away. He is kind and merciful for the one who seeks\nasylum and refuge. There is no god other than Allah Who responds to\nthe one who invokes Him in solitude and secretly. He listens to the one\nwho discloses His secrets. He is kind to the one who has hopes of\naverting their sorrows. He comes nearer to those who pray for warding\noff their sorrow and pain. There is no god except Allah Who is tolerant\nwith the one who does alteration and polytheism with His signs, and\nturns away from clear proofs and are ready to rebel under all\ncircumstances. Allah is too High, overpowering the opponents,\naffectionate to the adversaries, and Unique in obliging and bestowing\nfavours on entire mankind, and Allah is Great, who is covered due to His\ncreation and Honour, is incomparable in Majesty and Power and is\nveiled in greatness and grandeur. And Allah is too Great and High; Who\nis Pure due to His everlasting Honour, and is overpowering due to His\nProofs and Arguments. Whose will always persist. O Allah! Send Your\nblessings on Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny as he is Your slave\nand Your Messenger, bestow on him a best support, a honourable\nbestowal, a great reward, a very near place, an auspicious limit and\ncoolness of eyes and satisfaction in abundance. O Allah! Bestow\nblessings on Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny, grant him support\nand greatness, increase his status, a position which is envied, greatest\nhonour, complete praise, the last limit and the right of achieving\nnearness to You, so that he is satisfied and then increase this\nsatisfaction manifolds. O Allah! Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his\nprogeny as You have ordered complete obedience to him, have\ncleansed him from all impurities and have bestowed purity on them in\ntrue sense. O Allah! Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny on\nwhom You have revealed Your knowledge and have Your book\nprotected through him, and have entrusted the custody of Your\ncreatures to him. O my Lord! Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) Your slave\nand Your messenger and the progeny of Muhammad, who are Your\nspecial creatures, and Your beloved and the chief of the first and the\nlast of the Prophet and all the creatures. And send Your blessings on his\ninfallible progeny, whose complete obedience and love You have made\nobligatory on us. O Allah! Due to Your fear I invoke on You like a fearful\nperson who is afraid of Your wrath, he has taken asylum in You due to\nYour fear. There is none who can fulfill his needs and grant him asylum\nnor can provide him a place, obligations and satisfaction other than You.\nO my master and my chief! Excessive disobedience has diverted my\nattention to You, although my sins have become a curtain between us\n(still I present myself) because You are a support for those who rely on\nYou, a hope for those who await You, Your bestowals do not harm You.\nThe invocation of the people does not dry up Your kindness. The great\nobligations and the great bounties are not insufficient. O the One Whose\ntreasures does not deplete and Whose kingdom will not perish, and\nvision cannot perceive You, no movement or stagnancy is concealed\nfrom You, from its inception till its conclusion, whether its in the depth of\nearth or height of the skies, or the far off limits cannot be an impediment\nfor You. O the Sustainer! You have taken the responsibility of\ndistributing sustenance. You are pure so as to attribute qualities to You.\nYou are too High that tongues can limit or set a boundary to You.\nNeither You are an invented thing so that Your development stages can\nbe witnessed. O the subduer from the beginning till the end. O the\nBestower of bounties in abundance. O the giver of complete bounties\nand O the one to pardon the lapse of the tongue and forgive the action\nof unjust. You possess the Power to forgive the people abundantly. O\nmy God! Your creature is praising You, and relies on You in trials. He\nreserves all the admiration, and greatness is exclusively for You\nbecause You are a permanent and perpetual Lord. You have made it\nfirm by the invention of times the second time or Yourself accept such a\nstate that the rules of praise may be applied there or that Your being\nshould accept such a state that Your deniers may Praise You due to the\nchange of state. Or some increase or decrease so that it can be\ndiscussed, or the thoughts of the people gather at a place to define You\nor nature comes as an example in their intellect by which their power of\nunderstanding and insight is deviated. O my Lord! The whole creation is\nobedient to You after accepting Your Lordship, heads are in prostration.\nYou are pure, how high is Your fame and how dignified is Your status,\nhow true are Your arguments and Your command prevails. Your limits\nare beautiful. When You raised the sky it became a shade and when\nYou laid the earth it became a carpet, then You grew beneficial herbs\nand vegetables from it, the vegetables also glorify You, and the water\nflows at Your command; both the orders are as per Your commands. O\nOne Who is Powerful since the existence of creatures and is\noverpowering upon their morality save my honour, as this is the best\nway to ward off the sorrow. O He Who is a ray of hope in all the\ntroubles, and in all easiness the place of desire. Today I have brought\nmy wishes to You and I supplicate to You humbly, thus don't make me\nunsuccessful in whatever I have asked from You, and don't turn down\nmy prayers, as You have opened the door and I have asked You from it.\nBless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and His progeny turn my fear into valour,\nconceal my defects, grant me abundance sustenance by Your vast\ngrace and a complete safety and protection. O Allah! Let the best of my\nday be the one when I meet You, forgive my sins as You have made me\nfearful. You overlook my sins, else I will be destroyed as You are the\none Who hears, one Who accepts, one Who protects, one Who is near,\none possessing power, forgiver of sins, the domineering, the Merciful,\nthe self-existing, and it is easy for You to accept the supplications, You\nare the best of the creators. O Allah! You have made rights of my\nparents incumbent on me, have bestowed them honour, and You are the\none Who brings down the burden in the best way and make it light, and\npay of the rights of Your debased creatures, and whatever rights of my\nparents is incumbent on me that You fulfill it, forgive both of them, in\nsuch a way as one desires, and with them forgive every believing man\nand woman and count us among the people of goodness, place us and\nthem with pious people in heaven, because surely You accept the\nsupplication excessively, are near and accept the prayer of whom You\ndesire, O Allah! Bless our chief Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) and his\nprogeny bestow Your Mercy on them and protect them with a great\nprotection.","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for Friday","type":"page"}