{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal157.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal157.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal157.htm","text":"(156)\nHis supplication for Sunday\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful\nPraise is for Allah for His tolerance and His giving respite and Praise is\nfor Allah and I am certain that my sins are great but in front of Your\nforgiveness, it is insignificant. And Glorification is for Him Who has\nerected the skies without any pillars and created Heavens without any\npassage of time and created the creatures from the rear and without any\nsupport. And there is no Lord except Allah Who frightens those who\ndisobey and exceed the limits and scares those who are firm on\ndisobedience and arrogant on worship and as He is aware of the evil\nconsequence He has deputed His Proof. Thus He accepts the excuses\nof those who are strayed in their ignorance and deviation. And Allah is\nGreat, He is Generous and Merciful. Whose unlimited favours and\nexcessive Mercy has no limits which He has bestowed on His Creatures\nnor is there any boundary for the power which He has on the Creatures.\nO Allah bestow such blessings on Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his\nprogeny as You had bestowed on Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim.\nIndeed You deserve the praise and magnanimity. O Allah I call upon You\nlike a sinner whose sins have destroyed him by narrowing his path and\nthere is no hope and respite except You, nor anyone more merciful than\nYou to listen to his complaints, nor a support better than You. You send\nthe bounties even before the commencement of merit, and have\nbestowed favours on those who were not entitled for it. Neither\nmiserliness makes You rich or strong nor the question of those who\nbeseech You decreases Your Munificence. You have taken the\nresponsibility of sustaining the creatures so that You can bestow Your\nGrace and Mercy upon them. O Allah! Prayers fall short in praising You\nand tongues become dumb while enumerating Your favours. O Lord! I\nhave come in Your presence with a firm determination, although my sins\nhas engulfed me but You are the most Benevolent the most Honoured,\nthe most Generous among all, the best sustainer, the greatest Creator,\nthe First, the Last, the Apparent, the Concealed, the Most Honourable,\nthe most Kind. You are too great to refuse those whose hopes are\npinned on You, O the One Who deserves the praise, all the praise is for\nYou, O my Lord, if I have been negligent in being attentive to my soul\nand have spent the days of my life in disobedience, still You are the\nLord of Bestowals, Possessor of Majesty, and Grandeur. Still Your\nattention remains on this soul. Now make this soul successful in Your\nPresence because You are the only Bestower, the Benefactor,\nPossessor of Generosity, O the One to illuminate the dawn, Grant the\nfavours of this heart although it does not deserve. O the excessive\nforgiver, O Allah I beseech You by those names which moulds the\ndestiny, by Your Honour which complete the actions, bless Muhammad\n(s.a.w.a.) and his progeny and grant me pure and vast sustenance. O\nthe Beneficent and Merciful don't let any barrier come between You and\nme. Grant me the position of those whom You have elevated their status\nand have made Your approval forgiveness very common. O my Lord!\nYou have blessed Your representative with Your signs (miracles) and\nhave made Your protection necessary for them, and in order to save\nthem from destruction You have put them under Your care. I am also\nYour insignificant creature, grant me salvation and protection and make\nme attentive towards Your obedience. And Your Grace to make me\ncurtail disobedience because tongue speaks in various language,\ntongues speak out and are fulfilling their desire, I have put my hopes to\nask for my needs and have hopes of erasing my defects because You\nare fully aware of concealed things.","title":"The Alawite Book: His supplication for Sunday","type":"page"}