Treasure House of Prayers — Page 147
PRAYERS 147 ْ ْوَاَﺷﺮَﻗَﺖ ْ ﻟªَ ُ اﻟﻈُّﻠُﻤَﺎتُ،وَﺻَﻠُﺢَ 2َﻠَﻴ ِ اَﻣª ْ ْ ﺮ ُ اﻟﺪُّﻧ وَاﻵ ْ ﻴَﺎ ََّﺧِﺮَةِ ،اَن _َ2 َّحتَِﻞ ْ ِْﻏَﻀَﺒُک َ اَو َﺗ ْ لَ 2َ_ََّ ﺳُﺨ ْ ْ ﻄُکَ ،وَﻟَکَ اﻟ ْ ﻌZُىبٰ ﺣَىتّٰ ﺗَﺮ َ Ýٰ وَﻻَ ﺣَﻮ لَ وَﻻ ﻗُﻮَّةَ اِﻻَّ ﺑِکَ. 297 O All a h , to You alone I tell the story of my weakness, lack of planning and of being humiliated among the people. O the most Merciful of all who show mercy, to whom would You give control over me? Would You hand me over to my enemy who would destroy me? Or would You entrust me to someone close to me? Whom would You give control over my affairs? If You are not angry with me then I do not care for anyone else. But I am still in need of Your all- encompassing protection. I seek refuge in Your bright countenance which lights up the Heavens and the earth, dispels all darkness and which puts all the affairs of this life and the life Hereafter, in order. I seek Your shelter from Your wrath and incurring Your displeasure. O Master You do what You will and all the power and authority belongs to You. Prayer for Achieving a Humble Self Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra has related this prayer of the Holy Prophet sa : ْ ِْ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ اَﺣ ْ[ِىن ْ ﻣِﺴ [ِک ِْ ْﻨًﺎ وَﺗَﻮَﻓَّىن ْ ﻣِﺴ [ِک ْ ْ ﻨًﺎ وَاﺣ ِْ ﺸُﺮ ِْىن ْىف َْ زُﻣ ِْ ﺮَة ِ امل ْﺴَﺎکِني ْ وَاِنَّ اَﺷ ْ Ìَ اﻻَْﺷ ْ ﻘِﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَﻦِ اﺟ ْ ﺘَﻤَﻊَ 2َﻠَﻴ ِ ﻓَﻘª ُ ْ ﺮ ۡ اﻟﺪُّﻧ و2ََﺬَابُ اﻵ ِ ﻴَﺎ ﺧِﺮَة. 298 O All a h , make me live as a humble person, cause me to die as a humble person and resurrect me from amongst the poor people. Surely, he is the most unfortunate on whom the poverty of this