Treasure House of Prayers — Page xiii
PRAYERS xiv prayers of all the Prophets with such magnificence and in a complete and preserved form in the manner that the Holy Qur’ a n has. Another excellence is that the best examples of prayers for every need have been preserved in the Holy Qur’ a n. In this book, these prayers have been presented with their related background information so that the supplicant is able to comprehend the full import of the prayer and his prayers never fall short of his objective. May All a h fulfil this purpose. An attempt has been made to include even those prayers or verses containing prayers which are not found in the common prayer books of prayers. In the earlier collections of prayers the existing Qur’ a nic arrangement was adhered to and parts of the prayers were given common titles. In this book a natural order has been followed and comparatively more meaningful titles have been given to the prayers. In every prayer the reference number includes the first verse beginning with “ Bismill a h ” as number one. Verses are quoted by stating the chapter name, chapter number followed by the verse number. The translation of the Arabic text is idiomatic rather than literal. I pray that God Almighty accepts this righteous effort and grants acceptance to all our prayers, which He Himself has taught us for our various needs. All the translations of the Promised Messiah’s as quotes and revelations are taken from the Tadhkirah English version and Essence of Islam by the permission of Maul a na Mun i r-ud-D i n Shams Additional Wak i lut-Ta s n i f.