Treasure House of Prayers — Page 135
PRAYERS 135 blessings, mercy, bounties and sustenance for us. O All a h , I seek such permanent blessings from You which will never terminate or come to an end. O All a h , I seek Your favours in the time of poverty and adversity. I seek peace in the time of anxiety. O All a h , I seek Your protection from the evil of the things that You have granted us and also the evil of the things that You have withheld. O All a h , make faith dearer to our hearts and make our hearts attractive. Instill abhorrence for disbelief, disobedience and wicked deeds in our hearts. Make us from among the rightly guided ones. O All a h , keep us alive as Muslims and cause us to die in the state of being Muslims. Include us in righteous people. Do not humiliate us or put us to trial. O All a h , You Yourself destroy the disbelievers, who reject Your Messengers and stop us from following Your path. Be hard on them and punish them. O All a h , destroy those disbelievers who were given the book and guidance testifying that this Messenger is true. " Prayer for Protection of Islam and Seeking Goodness Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin Mas‘ u d ra relates that the Holy Prophet sa used to offer this prayer: ْ ْ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ اﺣ ِْ ﻔَﻈ ْىن ْ ﺑِﺎﻻِْﺳ ْ ﻼَم ِ ﻗَﺎﺋِﻤًﺎ،وَاﺣ ِْ ﻔَﻈ ْىن ﺑِﺎﻻِْﺳ ْﻼَم ِ ﻗَﺎ2ِﺪًا، ْ وَاﺣ ِْ ﻔَﻈ ْىن ْ ﺑِﺎﻻِْﺳ ْ ﻼَم ِ رَاﻗِﺪًا، وَﻻ َ ﺗُﺸ ِْﻤِﺖ ِّْىب 2َْﺪُوًّا ﺣَﺎﺳِﺪًا،اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢ َّ اِىن ْ اَﺳ ٍْﺎَﻟُک َ ﻣِﻦ Lُﻞ ِّ ﺧَري ﺧَﺰَاﺋِﻨªُ ْ ْ ﺑِﻴَﺪِک َ وَاَﻋُﻮ ذُﺑِک َ ﻣِﻦ Lُﻞ ِّ ﺷَﺮ ٍّ ﺧَﺰَاﺋِﻨªُ ﺑِﻴَﺪِکَ. 269 O All a h , protect me with Islam in every situation, standing, seated and lying down. Do not permit a