Click to read part three The third call in the supplication says: يَا مَنْ يُعْطِي مَنْ سَأَلَهُ O one who always bestows on whosoever asks Him. This is the third factor which results in the Mercy of Allah. This is the factor of veneration and requesting which results in a reward from Allah without the … Read more

Click to read part two. The first call in the daily supplication of Rajab says: يَا مَنْ أَرْجُوهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ آمَنُ سَخَطَهُ من كُلِّ شَرٍّ O He Whom alone I hope for all good things, and I am safe from His displeasure at every instance of evil. Hopefulness and Immunity In all affairs that … Read more

Click to read part one. On the side of hope, there is the sense of immunity from Allah’s punishment and wrath from every evil and disobedience performed by a servant. The servant falls between the descended goodness that he seeks and requests from Allah, and the evil that ascends from him towards Allah – whose … Read more

Sayyid Ibn Ta’us in his Iqbal al-A’mal records the popular du’a of Rajab – generally recited after each prayer as follows: يَا مَنْ أَرْجُوهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ آمَنُ سَخَطَهُ من [عِنْدَ] كُلِّ شَرٍّ يَا مَنْ يُعْطِي الْكَثِيرَ بِالْقَلِيلِ يَا مَنْ يُعْطِي مَنْ سَأَلَهُ يَا مَنْ يُعْطِي مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ تُحَنُّناً مِنْهُ … Read more