Treasure House of Prayers — Page 141
PRAYERS 141 sun was about to rise. He sa offered a short prayer and addressing us told the reason for his being late. He said, ‘Tonight I woke up for Tahajjud prayer and prayed as much as All a h enabled me. After the prayer I dozed off. When my eyes opened, I saw my Lord in extremely beautiful manifestation. All a h the Almighty said, ‘O Muhammad do you know what is the subject of angel’s debate? I replied, ‘I do not know’. Upon All a h ’s enquiring the second time my reply was the same. Then I saw All a h put His palm on my shoulder and I could feel its coolness in my chest and everything became clear to me. Then All a h enquired, ‘O Muhammad what is the subject of the angel’s debate? I replied, ‘It is Kaff a r a t ’. All a h asked me, ‘What are the Kaff a r a t (Things which atone sins). I replied,’To walk to the mosque for the congregational prayer, sit in the mosque after prayer and remember All a h , do complete ablution even when it is difficult for the self. Then All a h asked, ‘What are the ‘ Daraj a t ’. I replied, ‘To feed the poor, speak kindly and offer prayer when others are asleep’. Then All a h told me to pray whatever I wished. I prayed in these words: ْ ◌ِّ َْاَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢّ اِىن وَﺣُﺐَّ امل وَﺗَﺮْکَ املُْﻨْکَﺮَاتِ، أَﺳْﺄَﻟُکَ ﻓِﻌْﻞَ اخلَْريَْاتِ، َﺴَﺎکِنيِْ، ْ و َأن ْ ﺗَﻐْﻔِﺮ ىلِْ وَﺗَﺮ ْ ﺣﻤ َْ ،وَاِذَا ْاَرَدْت َّ ﻓZِْﻨَﺔ ً ىف ِْ ﻗَﻮْم ٍ ﻓَﺘَﻮَﻓَّىن ِْ 5َري ٍ ﻣَﻔْﺘُﻮ َن وَأَﺳْﺄَﻟُکَ ﺣُﺐَّ ﻣَﻦ ْ حيُِّﺒُّک َ ، وَﺣُﺐ َّ ﻋَﻤَﻞ ٍ ﻳُﻘَﺮِّﺑُىنِْ اِىلٰ ﺣُﺒِّک. 282 'O All a h ! I seek from You the ability to do good deeds and to abandon bad things. Inspire me with love for the destitute and forgive me. Have mercy on me and when You intend to put people to trial, cause me to die without tribulation. I seek Your love and the love of the one whom You love and love of such deeds which would bring me closer to Your love. ’