In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
Allah I beseech Thee (alone), because, verily, to Thee belongs (all)
praise; Thou art Single, has no partner, One, Unique, eternally besought
Independent, neither begets, nor begotten, and there is none comparable
unto Thee; and Muhammad is Thy servant and Messenger, Thy blessings be
on him and on his children.
O He who, every day, exercises (universal) power, so (it was) under Thy
mandate I was taken care of, and because of which I am among those who
receive Thy response, follow thy religion, and call Thee (alone).
Thou assisted me like this right from the day I was born, through Thy
favours, generosity and kindness, thereafter, Thy favours followed one
another in succession, and likewise, also Thy rewards and mercy, in such
a manner that Thou, again and again, kept (the uninterrupted flow of
favours, rewards and bounties) reactivated since my birth.
May be I was slow, forgetful, neglectful, careless and indolent, but
Thou completed Thy favours, and always thought of me in this connection
(granting of favours), bestowed them on me, directed me into their
direction, so by Thy power it is as it should be O my God, Master, and
Lord, Thou brought (Thy favours) to fullness, did not withdraw (any
blessing), till I breathed my last amid those (advantages), Thou was
pleased with me, verily Thou art the worthiest of all who grant favours,
and it is Thou who perfected Thy bounties for me.
O Allah we paid attention, obeyed, and responded to Thy call, (and it
was also Thy favour to us) therefore, praise is for Thee (alone), we
seek Thy pardon O our Lord, and unto Thee we shall return. We believe in
"One Allah who has no partner", and in His Messenger, Mohammad,
blessings of Allah be on him and on his children.
We stand up for and comply with Allah's command, and follow the example
of the Messenger in the matter of Love and friendship to our "Mawlaa"
and "Mawlaa" of the believers, the commander of the faithfuls, Ali ibna
abi Taalib, the servant of Allah, the brother of His Messenger, the
renowned truthful, the decisive argument over mankind, through whom, the
Almighty helped and supported His Prophet and His manifest true
religion, the sign (pattern) of the divine system of life, approved by
Allah, the all-aware custodian of His wisdom, the repository (being
absorbed by the contemplation) of transcendental things, the depository
of Allah's secrets, the confidant whom Allah trusted wholly with the
affairs of all that which has been created by Him, the witness who bore
witness to Him in the midst of His creation.
O Allah, our Lord - Nourisher, verily we have heard a "crier" calling unto faith: "Believe you in your Lord!" So we believed.
Our Lord! Therefore forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.
Our Lord! And give us that which Thou has promised to us by Thy
Messengers, confound us not on the Day of Judgement, verily, Thou does
not break the tryst (promise to answer him who prays).
So, O our Lord, it was Thy kindness and a favour that we acted in answer
to Thy call and do exactly as Thy Messenger did, taking his words as
true, which proves our belief that (Ali) is the "Mawlaa" of (all) the
believers: and we also denied and rejected "Jibt" and "Taghoot", the
idols representing ignorance and let he (Ali) be our "most loving
guardian", acceptance of whose authority (wilayat) has distinguished us,
and raise us on the occasion of "the last judgement" in the company of
our Imams' for this reason we believe in them, rely on them, and obey
them.
Whether alone, or in public, we are certain of them; (we have total
faith in them) under all circumstances, in their absence, during their
lifetime, in the event of their death.
We are happy to have them as our guides and leaders, they are sufficient
for us as a link between us and Allah, in exclusion of others, we do
not accept any one in exchange as their substitute, nor take to any one,
except them, for intimate friendship.
We turn to Allah, disassociating ourselves from the group of men and
jinn who carried on hostilities against them in every age. We deny and
reject Jibt, Taghoot and the four idols, (and condemn) their henchmen
and their followers, and every one, man or jin, who at any time, till
eternity, patronize them (the idols),
O Allah we request Thee to be our witness that we were upright and firm
in religion in the light of that which Muhammad and his children had set
forth, blessings of Allah be on him and on them; our opinion agrees
with that which they declared reasonable, our approach to religion is
exactly the same which they taught by practice, whatever they said we
say, we cherish that which they held dear, we deny that which they
denied, we are fond of whomsoever they loved, we hold as an enemy
whomsoever they opposed, we condemn whomsoever they censured, we detest
whomsoever they disliked, we are kind to whomsoever they treated with
kindness.
We believe in, submit to, agree with, and follow in the footsteps of our masters, blessings of Allah be on them,
O Allah keep us in this condition for ever, never withdraw it from us,
let it stay stable with us, not as a passing phase. Keep us alive always
in this manner so far we are kept alive, make us die likewise when the
time comes: "Aali Mohammad", our Imams, so following them as an example,
befriending them only, being hostile to their enemies, who in fact are
Thy enemies, therefore, let us be with them, in this world and in the
Hereafter, and be among the favourites, because this alone will given us
happiness, O the Most Merciful of all who show mercy!
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source : Al Maaref
Wednesday
5 July 2023
7:42:04 AM
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Thou assisted me like this right from the day I was born, through Thy favours, generosity and kindness, thereafter, Thy favours followed one another in succession, and likewise, also Thy rewards and mercy, in such a manner that Thou, again and again, kept (the uninterrupted flow of favours, rewards and bounties) reactivated since my birth...