In the Name of Allah, the Merciful,, the Compassionate
O Allah, to You belongs Praise, Your religion became manifest, Your proof accomplished, Your Dominion powerful, Your sovereignty mighty; Your promise is true, Your Throne raised, You sent Your Messenger “..with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may detest it” (9:33). O Allah, You perfected Your religion, made complete Your Light, are sanctified through (Your) promises. You seized the proof over mankind and Your words became perfected in truth and justice. O Allah, to You belongs praise, to You belong the blessings, and to You belongs grace: You remove hardship, grant ease decree the truth, act with justice and guide to the Way… Blessed is Your countenance, Glory be to You and praise. There is no god but You, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and those who are in it, “…Lord of the great Throne” (9:129). O Allah, to You belongs praise in the Torah, to You belongs praise in the Injil, to You belongs praise in the earliest Zabur, and to You belongs praise in “.seven oft-repeated (verses) and the great Qur’an” (15:87), to You belongs praise in the angels brought near, to You belongs praise in the Prophets and the Messengers, to You belongs praise in the noble recorders. To You belongs praise; Praise is Your eulogy, goodly is Your trial, just is Your Decree, the earth is in Your grasp and the heavens are rolled up in Your right hand (ref 39:67). O Allah, to You belongs praise, Just of balance, Lofty in status, Ordainer of the proof, True of speech, “…Possessor of Majesty and Grace” (55:78). O Allah, to You belongs praise, Revealer of the signs, Answerer of prayers, Remover of distress, Deliverer of good things, Master of life and death. O Allah, to You belongs praise gloriously to You belongs praise self-sufficiently, to You belongs praise continually, to You belongs the vast Throne, to You belongs praise always, to You belongs praise justly, to You belongs praise as You have praised Yourself through it, to You belongs praise as You like to be praised and worshipped and thanked; Exalted is Your Praise, our Lord, and You are the Most merciful of the merciful… O Allah, to You belongs praise in “.. the night when it veils” (92:1), to You belongs praise in “.. the day when it appears radiant” (92:2), and to You belongs praise in “.. the end and the beginning” (92:13)…. O Allah, to You belongs praise, how Beautiful and Majestic are You, to You belongs praise, how Generous and Glorious are You, to You belongs praise according to that which mankind likes and dislikes of Your decrees and judgement, and to You belongs praise at every state of the affair of this world and the hereafter. O Best of those who is asked, O Most Excellent of those from whom is hoped, O Most Noble of those who are generous in giving, Bless Muhammad, Your Prophet, and his family, and grant us security from the trial which is feared, bestow on us “…becoming patience” (70:5) at the arrival of affliction, let us experience ease and happiness, protect us from evil and wrongdoing and the capacity of that which is feared, and grant us security in all affairs, Surely You are “.. Benign, All-aware” (22:63). Bless Muhammad and his family, and grant us release (from distress) and ease, and “..give us in this world good, and good in the hereafter, and guard us against the torment of the Fire” (2:201) O Most Merciful of the merciful. .. |