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me, and if I try to amend my steps, I will not be able to do that either. So I prolong mytransgression during the [sacred] months of Rajab and Sha'ban. My father used to be quiteaffectionate and compassionate towards me. He used to warn me against the outcome of myignorance and the terrible end awaiting the transgressors. He used to say, Ò son! Allahsometimes manifests His might when He expresses His Wrath; so, do not tread the avenues ofthose who will be penalized with the Fire, for how often people have complained about you,and so have the sacred angels, and the sacred months, the nights, and the days?' Yet wheneverhe persisted in admonishing and reprimanding me, I persisted in beating him. One day, whenmy conduct pressured him too much, he said, `By Allah I am going to fast and will not breakmy fast, and I shall offer prayers and will not sleep...' He fasted for one week, then he rode alean camel and went to Mecca for the pilgrimage and said, Ì shall go to the House of Allah,and I shall plead to Allah to side with me against you.' He reached Mecca on the day of theGreat Pilgrimage, took hold of the curtains of the Ka`ba and invoked Allah against mesaying,O One to Whom pilgrims come from far and wide, Those who come walking, and those whoride, Hoping to win he Grace of the One, the Dignified, The One who Sustains, from Whomnone can hide, This Munazil never seems to cease, though I chide, So effect retribution; YourJudgment none can override, And do inflict pain on him and do paralyze his side, You werenever born, nor bears, but is always sanctified!"I swear by the One Who raised the heavens and caused the water to form springs, he hardlyfinished his statement when my right side was completely paralyzed, and I remained like apiece of wood lying somewhere in the precincts of the Sacred House. People used to comeand go and say about me, `This is a man the plea of whose father Allah has answered.'"Imam Àli asked him, "What did your father do?" He said, "O Commander of the Faithful! Irequested him to invoke Allah on my behalf in the same way he invoked Him against me,now since he reconciled and was pleased with me. I placed him on a she-camel and we rushedtill we reached the valley of Arak when a bird suddenly flew from a tree and scared the shecamel.My father fell and died on the way.' Àli said, "Shall I teach you certain invocationswhich I have learned from the Messenger of Allah and about which he said that nobodyrecites them without Allah Almighty removing his distress from him?" He said, "Yes, pleasedo!" Imam al-Husain stood up and taught him the invocation. He recited it and was healedfrom his ailment and his complete health returned to him. I asked the man, "What did youdo?" He said, 'When all the eyes calmed down, I recited it, then repeated it a second time,then a third, whereupon I heard someone saying, `Suffices you Allah, for you have invokedHim by His Greatest Name which, if anyone implores Him by it, He will answer him, and ifanyone requests him for something, He will grant it!' So I slept and I saw the Messenger ofAllah in my vision, and he said to me, `Truly Àli, my cousin, has told you the truth: it doescontain Allah's Greatest Attribute which, if one pleads to Him by it, He will oblige, and if oneasks Him for something, He will grant it.' Then I saw him a second time in a vision, so I saidto him, Ò Messenger of Allah! I love to hear you reciting that invocation!' He said,
Lord! I plead to You, O One Who knows what is hidden! O One by Whose Might the heavensis erected, and the earth is spread out, and the sun and the moon through the Light of WhoseGreatness illuminate and shine! O One Who approaches every believing and pure soul! OOne Who removes the fear of those who are in awe of Him, those who are righteous! O OneWho takes care of all the needs of His creation, Who has saved Yousuf from the bondage ofslavery, Who has no doorman to be approached, nor does He have a supporter to be defeated,nor does He have a vizier to be bribed, nor is there any other god besides Him so he would becalled upon, nor does He increase, despite His giving, except in giving and in openhandedness...,and surely Allah has blessed Muhammed and his progeny! Whereupon Iimplore You, Lord, to grant me my quest, for You can do anything at all."So I woke up and I was healed." Àli said, "Uphold this supplication, for it is one of thetreasures of Paradise.
Page 2 and 3: AllahThe Concept of God in Islam (a
Page 5 and 6: IntroductionIn any theistic religio
Page 7 and 8: eminded him of the bloody and shame
Page 9 and 10: Knowing AllahMuhammed, the Messenge
Page 11 and 12: All Praise is due to Allah, the One
Page 13 and 14: The Praised One has said, He is the
Page 15 and 16: you then made you complete, then He
Page 17 and 18: The Ninety Nine Attributesof AllahI
Page 19 and 20: The Almighty is Endless regarding H
Page 21 and 22: produce it. They will also realize
Page 23 and 24: Who grants mercy beyond which there
Page 25 and 26: Unity of Allah (Tawhid)Islam falls
Page 27 and 28: is Allah, your Lord; so, worship Hi
Page 29 and 30: keep closing their eyes to the fact
Page 31 and 32: Abu Abdullah Imam Ja`fer al-Sadiq h
Page 34 and 35: descends during the night of the mi
Page 36 and 37: and the Exalted One, whereby He des
Page 38 and 39: perfected their design and computed
Page 40 and 41: [14] Ibid., p. 59.[15] al-Tusi, Al-
Page 42 and 43: How to Supplicate to AllahBefore ad
Page 46 and 47: Al-Qudds is the One Who is above ne
Page 48 and 49: finished his prayers, he would seek
Page 50 and 51: e overcome or in any way harmed, th
Page 52 and 53: Holy Qura'n bestows the Attribute o
Page 54: stage of life without needing you o
Page 57 and 58: They desire to put out the light of
Page 59 and 60: e called badee' at all; so, this At
Page 61 and 62: said, "And most surely We bring to
Page 63 and 64: Al-Saboor, Glory to Him, is the Cle
Page 66 and 67: Whenever the Messenger of Allah pro
Page 68 and 69: Linguistically, "al-Qahhar" is deri
Page 70 and 71: descends from the heavens, the sky
Page 72 and 73: desires to be blessed by it. Among
Page 74 and 75: "Thul-Jalali wal Ikram" means: the
Page 76 and 77: The subject of jami`, gathering or
Page 78 and 79: apparent.Allah is the Enricher, yet
Page 80 and 81: The Messenger of Allah used to say
Page 82 and 83: Allah and is affected either throug
Page 84 and 85: There are many derivations from thi
Page 86 and 87: up so that I may get you out of you
Page 88 and 89: too, perished. Then he saw a fourth
Page 90: the sun and the moon subservient (t
Page 93 and 94: A servant of Allah should never tir
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your Lord do magnify. (74:3). To Hi
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In the Holy Qura'n, we read: "Whoev
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Were we to think for one moment abo
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limit what is limitless," meaning t
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wise even if his share of all other
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The perfection of such following is
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(being left) behind them, have not
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Allah has said, "Is it not sufficie
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has said, "Labbayka Haqqan Haqqa!"
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for He is al-Wakeel, and He is your
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eached you; therefore, beware!"This
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thirsty. Tawd is a prerogative, a p
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overwhelming Power, controls all Hi
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something else has been dealt with
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Whom there can be no doubt entertai
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The root word of "al-Mutaàli" is `
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The Attribute "al-Basit" does not e
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Lord is Wise, Knowing" (Qura'n, 6:8
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servant of His more than one who is
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and to Him the truth in their regar
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whatever brings one closer to Allah
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The Messenger of Allah has desired
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penalty for it equal in size and ki
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This Attribute is derived from "mer
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His creation, and the norms of His
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perfection of the Self. All qualiti
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eminding those whom He forgives of
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"Wait, therefore; surely they (too)
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The Messenger of Allah used to say,
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taken account in a clear Book. (36:
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ing the dead to life, and He shows
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Al-Mumeet causes your heart to die
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thoroughly" (Qura'n, 27:88).The roo
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