BEST For BEST

Ask ...

2006-04-18T05:37:00.000+03:30

Ask them, "Who is the owner of the heavens and the earth besides God, the All-merciful, who will gather you all together on the Day of Judgment? That day will certainly come. Those who have lost their souls will not believe .

To Him belongs all that rests during the night and the day. He is All-hearing and All-knowing."

(Muhammad), ask them, "Should I take a guardian other than God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, who feeds everyone and who needs no food Himself?" Say, "I have been commanded to be the first Muslim (submitted to the will of God).
Thus, people, do not be pagans."

(Muhammad), say, "Because of the torment of the Great Day, I am afraid to disobey my Lord"

One who will be saved from the torment on the Day of Judgment will certainly have received God's mercy and this will be a manifest triumph.

(Muhammad), if God afflicts you with hardship, no one besides Him will be able to relieve you. If He bestows a favor on you, know that He has power over all things .

He is Wise, Well Aware and Dominant over all His creatures.

(Muhammad), ask them, "What is the greatest testimony? God testifies of my truthfulness to you. He has revealed this Quran to me to warn you and the coming generations (against disobeying God).
Do you believe that other gods exist besides God? I solemnly declare that He is the only Lord and that I am not guilty of believing in what the pagans believe."

The People of the Book know him (Muhammad) just as well as they know their own children, but those who have lost their souls will not believe.

Who are more unjust than those who ascribe falsehood to God or reject His revelations? The unjust will certainly have no happiness

On the Day of Judgment when We will gather all people together, We will ask the pagans, "Where are those whom you believed to be your gods?"

Muhammad

2006-04-18T05:33:00.000+03:30

They have said, "Why has not an angel come to him (Muhammad)?" Had We sent an angel to them, the matter would have inevitably been out of their hands, and they would have been given no more time.

Were We to have made him (Our Messenger) an angel, We would have made him resemble a human being and they would have again complained that the matter was as confusing to them as it is to them now.

They mocked the Messengers who lived before you (Muhammad), but those who received warnings of punishment and mocked the warnings, all suffered their torments accordingly.

(Muhammad), tell them to travel in the land and see what happened to those who rejected the Truth (6:11)

heavens ...

2006-04-18T05:29:00.000+03:30

Only God Who has created the heavens, the earth, darkness, and light deserves all praise. The disbelievers consider other things equal to Him

It is He who has created you from clay to live for a life-time and the span of your life is only known to Him. You are still suspicious

He is God of the heavens and the earth and He knows whatever you conceal, reveal, or gain.

(The unbelievers) have always turned away from the revelations and the evidence (of the Truth) that has been sent to them from time to time .

They have refused the Truth (Muhammad's message) that has come to them but they will soon learn the consequences of their mocking.

Why do they not consider how many generations living before them We have destroyed. We established those nations in the land with abilities far beyond those given to you. We sent down plenty of rain from the sky for them and made streams flow therein, but, then, We destroyed them for their sins and established other nations after them.

(Muhammad), had We sent you a Book on paper, the unbelievers would have touched it with their hands but would still have said, "It is no more than plain sorcery"

This world

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When this world advances towards (with its favours) it attributes to him other's good; and when it turns away from him it deprives him of his own good.

Wonderful

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How wonderful is man that he speaks with fat, talks with a piece of flesh, hears with a bone and breathes through a hole.

Charity

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Charity is an effective cure, and the actions of people in their present life will be before their eyes in the next life.

Secrets

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The bosom of the wise is the safe of his secrets; cheerfulness is the bond of friendship; effective forbearance is the grave of short-comings.It is narrated that Amir al-Mu'minin said in expressing this meaning that : Mutual reconciliation is the covering for short comings; and he who admires himself attracts many opponents against him.

Knowledge

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Knowledge is a venerable estate, good manners are new dresses; and thinking is a clear mirror.

Incapability

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Incapability is a catastrophe; endurance is bravery; abstinence is riches; self restraint is a shield " against sin "; and the best companion is submission (to Allah's will).

Miserliness

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Miserliness is shame; cowardice is a defect; poverty disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; and a destitute person is a stranger in his home town.

greed

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He who adopts greed as a habit devalues himself; he who discloses his hardship agrees to humiliation; and he who allows his tongue to overpower his soul debases the soul.

civil

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During civil disturbance be like an adolescent camel who has neither a back strong enough for riding nor udders for milking.

Praise belongs to God

2005-11-13T17:49:00.000+03:30

Praise belongs to God, who created night and day through His strength, set them apart through His power, and appointed for each a determined limit and a drawn-out period.

He makes each of the two enter into its companion, and makes its companion enter into it, as an ordainment from Him for His servants in that through which He feeds them and with which He makes them grow.

He created for them the night, that they might rest in it from tiring movements and wearisome exertions and He made it a garment for them that they might be clothed in its ease and its sleep, that it might be for them refreshment and strength, that they might reach therein pleasure and passion.

He created for them the daytime, giving sight, that they might seek within it of His bounty, find the means to His provision, and roam freely in His earth, searching for that through which to attain the immediate in their life in this world and to achieve the deferred in their life to come.

Through all of this He sets right their situation, tries their records, and watches their state in the times for obeying Him, the way stations of His obligations, and the places of His ordinances, that He may repay those who do evil with what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness.

O God, to Thee belongs praise for the sky Thou hast split into dawn for us, giving us to enjoy thereby the brightness of daytime, showing us sought-after nourishments, and protecting us from the striking of blights.

In the morning we and all things, every one, rise for Thee, the heaven and the earth and what Thou hast scattered in each, the still and the moving, the resident and the journeying, what towers up in the air and what hides under the ground.

His Supplication for himself and the People under his Guardianship

2005-11-09T15:03:00.000+03:30

O He the wonders of whose mightiness will never end! Bless Muhammad and his Household and prevent us from deviation concerning Thy mightiness!
O He the term of whose kingdom will never cease! Bless Muhammad and his Household and release our necks from Thy vengeance!
O He the treasuries of whose mercy will never be exhausted! Bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint for us a portion of Thy mercy!
O He whom eyes fall short of seeing! Bless Muhammad and his Household and bring us close to Thy nearness!
O He before whose greatness all great things are small! Bless Muhammad and his Household and give us honor with Thee!
O He to whom all hidden tidings are manifest! Bless Muhammad and his Household and expose us not before Thee!
O God, remove our need for the gifts of the givers through Thy gift, spare us the loneliness of those who break off through Thy joining,  that we may beseech no one along with Thy free giving, that we may feel lonely at no one's absence along with Thy bounty!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, scheme for us, not against us, devise to our benefit, not to our loss, give the turn to prevail to us, not to others!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, protect us from Thyself,  safeguard us through Thyself,  guide us to Thyself,  and take us not far from Thyself!  he whom Thou protects stays safe, he whom Thou guides knows, and he whom Thou binges near Thyself takes the spoils.
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and spare us the cutting edge of time's turning changes, the evil of Satan's snares, and the bitterness of the sovereign's aggression!
O God, the spared are spared only through the bounty of Thy strength,  so bless Muhammad and his Household and spare us!  The givers give only through the bounty of Thy wealth, so bless Muhammad and his Household and give to us! The guided are guided only by the light of Thy face, so bless Muhammad and his Household and guide us!
O God, he whom Thou befriends will not be injured by the abandonment of the abandoners,  he to whom Thou gives will not be diminished by the withholding of the withholders, he whom Thou guides will not be misled by the misguidance of the misguides.
So bless Muhammad and his Household, defend us from Thy servants through Thy might, free us from need for other than Thee through Thy support, and make us travel the path of the Truth through Thy right guidance!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and put the soundness of our hearts into the remembrance of Thy mightiness, the idleness of our bodies into giving thanks for Thy favor, and the flow of our tongues into the description of Thy kindness!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and make us one of Thy summoners who summon to Thee, Thy guiders who direct to Thee, and Thy special friends whom Thou hast singled out! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

Blessing upon the Attesters to the Messengers

2005-11-08T10:41:00.000+03:30

His Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon the Followers of, and Attesters to, the Messengers

O God, as for the followers of the messengers and those of the people of the earth who attested to them unseen (while the obstinate resisted them through crying lies) - they yearned for the emissaries through the realities of faith, in every era and time in which Thou didst send a messenger and set up for the people a director from the period of Adam down to Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) from among the imams of guidance and the leaders of the god fearing (upon them all be peace) - remember them with forgiveness and good pleasure!

O God, and as for the Companions of Muhammad specifically, those who did well in companionship, who stood the good test in helping him, responded to him when he made them hear his messages' argument, separated from mates and children in manifesting his word, fought against fathers and sons in strengthening his prophecy, and through him gained victory;

those who were wrapped in affection for him, hoping for a commerce that comes not to naught in love for him; those who were left by their clans when they clung to his handhold and denied by their kinsfolk when they rested in the shadow of his kinship;forget not,

O God, what they abandoned for Thee and in Thee, and make them pleased with Thy good pleasure for the sake of the creatures they drove to Thee while they were with Thy Messenger, summoners to Thee for Thee.

Show gratitude to them for leaving the abodes of their people for Thy sake and going out from a plentiful livelihood to a narrow one, and [show gratitude to] those of them who became objects of wrongdoing and whom Thou multiplied in exalting Thy religion.

O God, and give to those who have done well in following the Companions, who say, Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith, Thy best reward;
those who went straight to the Companions' road, sought out their course, and proceeded in their manner.

No doubt concerning their sure insight diverted them and no uncertainty shook themfrom following in their tracks and being led by the guidance of their light.

As their assistants and supporters, they professed their religion, gained guidance through their guidance, came to agreement with them, and never accused them in what they passed on to them.

O God, and bless the Followers, from this day of ours to the Day of Doom, their wives, their offspring, and those among them who obey Thee, with a blessing through which Thou wilt preserve them from disobeying Thee, make room for them in the plots of Thy Garden, defend them from the trickery of Satan, help them in the piety in which they seek help from Thee, protect them from sudden events that come by night and day - except the events which come with good – and incite them to tie firmly the knot of good hope in Thee, what is with Thee, and refrain from ill thoughts [toward Thee] because of what the hands of Thy servants' hold.

Thus Thou mayest restore them to beseeching Thee and fearing Thee, induce them to renounce the plenty of the immediate, make them love to work for the sake of the deferred and prepare for what comes after death, make easy for them every distress that comes to them on the day when souls take leave from bodies, release them fromthat which brings about the perils of temptation and being thrown down in the Fireand staying forever within it, and take them to security, the resting place of the god fearing.

Blessing upon the Bearers of the Throne

2005-11-08T06:49:00.000+03:30

A Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon the Bearers of the Throne and Every Angel Brought Nigh

O God, as for the Bearers of Thy Throne , who never flag in glorifying Thee, never become weary of calling Thee holy, never tire of worshipping Thee, never prefer curtailment over diligence in Thy command, and are never heedless of passionate love for Thee;

Seraphiel, the Owner of the Trumpet, fixed in his gaze, awaiting Thy permission and the descent of the Command, that he may arouse through the Blast the hostages thrown down in the graves;

Michael, possessor of standing with Thee and a raised up place in Thy obedience;

Gabriel, entrusted with Thy revelation, obeyed by the inhabitants of Thy eavens,distinguished in Thy Presence, brought nigh to Thee;

the spirit who is over the angels of the veils;

and the spirit who is of Thy command bless them and the angels below them:the residents in Thy heavens, those entrusted with Thy messages,

those who become not wearied by perseverance, or exhausted and flagged by toil, whom passions distract not from glorifying Thee, and whose magnification of Thee is never cut off by the inattention of heedless moments;

their eyes lowered, they do not attempt to look at Thee; their chins bowed, they have long desired what is with Thee; unrestrained in mentioning Thy boons, they remain humble before Thy mightiness and the majesty of Thy magnificence;

those who say when they look upon Gehenna roaring over the people who disobeyed Thee: 'Glory be to Thee, we have not worshipped Thee with the worship Thou deservest!'

Bless them, and Thy angels who are the Reposeful, those of proximity to Thee, those who carry the unseen to Thy messengers, those entrusted with Thy revelation,

the tribes of angels whom Thou hast singled out for Thyself, freed from need for food and drink by their calling Thee holy, and made to dwell inside Thy heavens' layers,

those who will stand upon the heavens' borders when the Command descends to complete Thy promise,

the keepers of the rain, the drivers of the clouds,
him at whose driving's sound is heard the rolling of thunder, and when the reverberating clouds swim before his driving, bolts of lightning flash;
the escorts of snow and hail, the descenders with the drops of rain when they fall, the watchers over the treasuries of the winds, those charged with the mountains lest they disappear,

those whom Thou hast taught the weights of the waters and the measures contained by torrents and masses of rain;
the angels who are Thy messengers to the people of the earth with the disliked affliction that comes down and the beloved ease;

the devoted, noble scribes,the watchers, noble writers , the angel of death and his helpers, Munkar and Nakir, Rumaan, the tester in the graves, the circlers of the Inhabited House, Malik and the guardians, Ridwan and the gatekeepers of the gardens,

those who disobey not God in What He commands them and do What they are commanded;
those who say, Peace be upon you, for that you were patient and fair is the Ultimate Abode;

the Zabaniya, who, when it is said to them, take him, and fetter him, then roast him in hell , hasten to accomplish it, nor do they give him any respite;

him whom we have failed to mention,not knowing his place with Thee, nor with which command Thou hast charged him; and the residents in the air, the earth, and the water, and those of them charged over the creatures;

bless them on the day when every soul will come,with it a driver and a witness, and bless them with a blessing that will add honour to their honour and purity to their purity.

O God, and when Thou blessest Thy angels and Thy messengers and Thou extendest our blessings to them, bless us through the good words about them which Thou hast opened up for us! Thou art Munificent, Generous.

Blessing upon Muhammad and his Household

2005-11-06T21:13:00.000+03:30

After this praise of God he (upon him be peace) would supplicate by calling down blessings upon God's Messenger (God bless him and his Household)

Praise belongs to God who was kind to us through Muhammad(God bless him and his household) to the exclusion of past communities and bygone generations, displaying thereby His power, which nothing can render incapable, though it be great, and nothing can escape, though it be subtle.

He sealed through us all He created, appointed us witnesses over those who deny, and increased us by His kindness over those who are few.

O God, bless Muhammad, entrusted by Thee with Thy revelation, distinguished by Thee among Thy creatures, devoted to Thee among Thy servants, the imam of mercy, the leader of good, the key to blessing,

who wearied his soul for Thy affairs,
exposed his body to detested things for Thy sake,
showed open enmity toward his next of kin by summoning to Thee,
fought against his family for Thy good pleasure,

cut the ties of the womb in giving life to Thy religion,
sent far those close because of their denial,
brought near those far because of their response to Thee,

showed friendship to the most distant for Thy sake,
displayed enmity toward the nearest for Thy sake,
made his soul persevere in delivering Thy message,
tired it in summoning to Thy creed,
busied it in counseling those worthy of Thy summons,

migrated to the land of exile and the place of remoteness from the home of his saddlebags, the walkway of his feet, the ground of his birth, and the intimate abode of his soul, desiring to exalt Thy religion and seeking help against those who disbelieved in Thee,

until what he attempted against Thy enemies went well with him
and what he arranged for Thy friends was accomplished.
He rose up against them seeking victory through Thine aid, becoming strong in spite of his weakness with Thy help.

He fought against them in the centre of their cities
and attacked them in the midst of their dwellings,
until Thy command prevailed, and Thy word rose up, though the idolaters were averse.
O God, so raise him, because of his labours for Thy sake, to the highest degree of Thy Garden,

that none may equal him in station, none may match him in level, and no angel brought nigh or prophet sent out may parallel him in Thy sight.
And inform him concerning his Household the pure and his community the faithful of an excellent intercession, greater than what Thou hast promised him!
O Keeper of promises! O Faithful to Thy word! O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds! Thou art of bounty abounding!

In Praise of God

2005-11-06T12:58:00.000+03:30

When he (upon him be peace) began to supplicate, he would begin with praise and laudation of God (Mighty and Majestic is He). He would say:

Praise belongs to God,the First, without a first before Him,the Last, without a last behind Him.
Beholders' eyes fall short of seeing Him,describers' imaginations are not able to depict Him.
He originated the creatures through His power with an origination,He devised them in accordance with His will with a devising.

Then He made them walk on the path of His desire,He sent them out on the way of His love. They cannot keep back from that to which He has sent them forward, nor can they go forward to that from which He has kept them back.
He assigned from His provision to each of their spirits a nourishment known and apportioned. No decreaser decreases those whom He increases, no increaser increases those of them whom He decreases.

Then for each spirit He strikes a fixed term in life, for each He sets up a determined end;he walks toward it through the days of his span,he overtakes it through the years of his time.Then, when he takes his final step and embraces the reckoning of his span,God seizes him to the abundant reward or the feared punishment to which He has called him, That He may repay those who do evil for what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness.

as justice from Him (holy are His names, and manifest His boons).He shall not be questioned as to what He does,but they shall be questioned.
Praise belongs to God, for,had He withheld from His servants the knowledge to praise Him for the uninterrupted kindnesses with which He has tried them and the manifest favours which He has lavished upon them,they would have moved about in His kindnesses without praising Him, and spread themselves out in His provision without thanking Him.

Praise belongs to God, for the true knowledge of Himself He has given to us,the thanksgiving He has inspired us to offer Him,the doors to knowing His Lordship He has opened for us,the sincerity towards Him in professing His Unity to which He has led us,and the deviation and doubt in His Command from which He has turned us aside;

a praise through which we may be given long life among those of His creatures who praise Him, and overtake those who have gone ahead toward His good pleasure and pardon;
a praise through which He will illuminate for us the shadows of the interworld,ease for us the path of the Resurrection,and raise up our stations at the standing places of the Witnesses on the day when every soul will be repaid for what it has earned they shall not be wronged; the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped;

a praise which will rise up from us to the highest of the 'Illiyun in a book inscribed,witnessed by those brought nigh,
a praise whereby our eyes may be at rest when sight is dazzled,our faces whitened when skins are blackened,

a praise through which we may be released from God's painful Fire and enter God's generous neighbourhood,
a praise by which we may jostle the angels brought nigh and join the prophets, the envoys,in a House of Permanence that does not remove,the Place of His Generosity that does not change.
Praise belongs to God,who chose for us the good qualities of creation,granted us the agreeable things of provision,

and appointed for us excellence through domination over all creation;every one of His creatures submits to us through His power and comes to obey us through His might.
Praise belongs to God,who locked for us the gate of need except toward Him.So how can we praise Him?When can we thank Him? Indeed, when?

Praise belongs to God,who placed within us the organs of expansion, assigned for us the agents of contraction,gave us to enjoy the spirits of life,fixed within us the limbs of works,nourished us with the agreeable things of provision,freed us from need through His bounty,and gave us possessions through His kindness.

Then He commanded us that He might test our obedience and prohibited us that He might try our thanksgiving.So we turned against the path of His commandments and mounted the backs of His warnings.Yet He hurried us not to His punishment,nor hastened us on to His vengeance.No, He went slowly with us through His mercy,in generosity,and awaited our return through His clemency,in mildness.

Praise belongs to God,who showed us the way to repentance,which we would not have won save through His bounty.Had we nothing to count as His bounty but this,His trial of us would have been good,His beneficence toward us great,His bounty upon us immense.For such was not His wont in repentance with those who went before us.He has lifted up from us what we have not the strength to bear,charged us only to our capacity,imposed upon us nothing but ease,and left none of us with an argument or excuse.

So the perisher among us is he who perishes in spite of Him and the felicitous among us he who beseeches Him.
And praise belongs to God with all the praises of His angels closest to Him,His creatures most noble in His eyes,and His praisers most pleasing to Him;

a praise that may surpass other praises as our Lord surpasses all His creatures.
Then to Him belongs praise,in place of His every favour upon us and upon all His servants, past and still remaining,to the number of all things His knowledge encompasses,and in place of each of His favours,their number doubling and redoubling always and forever,to the Day of Resurrection;

a praise whose bound has no utmost end,whose number has no reckoning,whose limit cannot be reached,whose period cannot be cut off;
a praise which will become a link to His obedience and pardon,a tie to His good pleasure,a means to His forgiveness,a path to His Garden,a protector against His vengeance,a security against His wrath,an aid to obeying Him,a barrier against disobeying Him,a help in fulfilling His right and His duties;

a praise that will make us felicitous among His felicitous friends, and bring us into the ranks of those martyred by the swords of His enemies.He is a Friend, Praiseworthy!