Treasure House of Prayers — Page 86
PRAYERS 86 in charity and recites this prayer, attains God's protection and guardianship both in life and death. He is sheltered by God's covering up of sins and his sins are forgiven. َْ ْ اَحل ْ ﻤ ِْﺪُ ﻟِﻠªِّٰ اﻟَّﺬِی ْکَﺴَﺎىن ﻣَﺎ اُوَارِی ﺑªِ ْ ِْ ﻋَﻮ رÇَ ،وَ اَجتََﻤَّﻞُ ﺑªِ ِْ ِْىف ْﺣَﻴَﺎÇ ِ وَرَزَﻗَِﻴ ª ْ ِْﻣِﻦ ْ 5َري ِّْﺣَﻮ لٍ ﻣِّىن وَﻻَ ﻗُﻮَّةٍ. 165 All praise belongs to All a h , who clothed me with such a dress which conceals my nakedness and I attain adornment and beauty in my life. God has granted this dress to me without any effort or labour on my part. Prayer for Looking in the Mirror Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates this prayer of the Holy Prophet sa : ْ اَﺣ ْ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢَّ کَﻤَﺎ ْ ﺴَﻨ ِْ ﺖَ ﺧَﻠ Ìْ ْ ﻓَﺎَﺣ ِْﺴِﻦ ﺧُﻠÌُ. 166 O All a h , as You have bestowed good looks upon me, now You Yourself make my manners beautiful and appealing. Prayer on Leaving the House Hadrat Anas bin M a lik ra relates that the Holy Prophet sa said that when someone recites this prayer on leaving the house: ْ ْ ﺑِﺴ ْ ﻢِ اﷲِ ﺗَﻮLََّﻠ ِ ﺖُ 2َ_َ اﷲِ ﻻَﺣَﻮ لَ وَﻻَ ﻗُﻮَّةَ اِﻻَّﺑِﺎﷲ. With the name of All a h , I put my trust in Him. There is no power or authority except All a h. Satan leaves him alone. He is told that this prayer is sufficient for him and he has been guided and saved. There are some additional words in Hadrat Umm-e- Salmah ra 's narration. Both narrations have been combined in this prayer: ْ ْ ﺑِﺴ ْ ﻢ ِ اﷲ ِ ﺗَﻮLََّﻠ ﺖ ُ 2َ_ َ اﷲ ِ ﻻ َ ﺣَﻮ َ ْل َ وَﻻ َ ﻗُﻮَّة َ اِﻻ َّ ﺑِﺎﷲ ِ اَﻟﻠّٰﻬُﻢَّ اِﻧَّﺎ ﻧَﻌُﻮ ذُﺑِک