Treasure House of Prayers — Page 5
PRAYERS 5 You, My Lord, lest they come near me. 8. Prayer for Being Steadfast in Guidance Hadrat Umm-e-Salamah ra relates the Holy Prophet sa used to often recite this prayer: O the One, Who can turn the hearts, make my heart firm in Your faith. She narrates that she asked the Holy Prophet sa , whether hearts can change? He replied that the following Qur’ a nic prayer should be recited and said that as there was a possibility of stumbling so this prayer should be recited frequently. 7 َ ْ رَﺑَّﻨَﺎﻻ َ ﺗُﺰِغ ْ ﻗُﻠُﻮ ﺑَﻨَﺎﺑَﻌْﺪَإِذْﻫَﺪَﻳZَْﻨَﺎوَﻫَﺐ ْ ﻟَﻨَﺎﻣِﻦ ْ ﻟَﺪُﻧْﻚ َ ر ً ﺣْﻤﺔ َ ُ إِﻧَّﻚ أَﻧْﺖَ اﻟْﻮَﻫَّﺎب. ( Al-e-‘ Imr a n 3:9) Our Lord, let not our hearts become perverse after You have guided us; and bestow upon us mercy from Yourself, surely You alone are the Bestower. 9. Prayer for Steadfastness and Victory over the Disbelievers From the Holy Qur’ a n we learn that when Hadrat T al u t as faced his enemy J a l u t , he prayed thus, and God gave him victory and his enemy was roundly defeated. َ َّ رَﺑَّﻨَﺎأَﻓْﺮِغْ 2َﻠَ[ْﻨَﺎﺻ َ ربًْاو ٰ ﺛَﺒِّﺖْ أَﻗْﺪَاﻣَﻨَﺎو ْ اﻧْﺼُﺮْﻧَﺎ2َ_َ اﻟْﻘَﻮْم ِ اﻟْﻜ ﻔِﺮِﻳ ﻦَ. (Al-Baqarah 2:251) O our Lord, pour forth steadfastness upon us, and make our steps firm, and help us against the disbelieving people. 10. Prayers for Escaping Divine Chastisement, for His Forgiveness, Righteous End, Fulfilment of God’s