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ذَٲلِكَ ٱلۡڪِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيۡبَۛ فِيهِۛ هُدً۬ى لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ
ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ وَبِٱلۡأَخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ
أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ عَلَىٰ هُدً۬ى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تُنذِرۡهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَعَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِمۡۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبۡصَـٰرِهِمۡ غِشَـٰوَةٌ۬ۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ۬
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأَخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ
يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَمَا يَخۡدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ۬ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضً۬اۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡذِبُونَ
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَا تُفۡسِدُواْ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُصۡلِحُونَ
أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدُونَ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ
وَإِذَا لَقُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ شَيَـٰطِينِهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا مَعَكُمۡ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ مُسۡتَہۡزِءُونَ
ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَہۡزِئُ بِہِمۡ وَيَمُدُّهُمۡ فِى طُغۡيَـٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ
مَثَلُهُمۡ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارً۬ا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتۡ مَا حَوۡلَهُ ۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمۡ وَتَرَكَهُمۡ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ۬ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ
صُمُّۢ بُكۡمٌ عُمۡىٌ۬ فَهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ
أَوۡ كَصَيِّبٍ۬ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَـٰتٌ۬ وَرَعۡدٌ۬ وَبَرۡقٌ۬ يَجۡعَلُونَ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمۡ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِہِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٲعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطُۢ بِٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
يَكَادُ ٱلۡبَرۡقُ يَخۡطَفُ أَبۡصَـٰرَهُمۡۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوۡاْ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظۡلَمَ عَلَيۡہِمۡ قَامُواْۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَـٰرِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ۬ قَدِيرٌ۬
يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِرَٲشً۬ا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً۬ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً۬ فَأَخۡرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٲتِ رِزۡقً۬ا لَّكُمۡۖ فَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادً۬ا وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
وَإِن ڪُنتُمۡ فِى رَيۡبٍ۬ مِّمَّا نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِنَا فَأۡتُواْ بِسُورَةٍ۬ مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ وَٱدۡعُواْ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِينَ
فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ وَلَن تَفۡعَلُواْ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
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SPECIAL DEDICATION
This (private) blog created exclusively for Nurul Iiman Zhulkeflee, to aid her in learning, reciting & memorizing the Holy Qur'an and other Zikr & Du'a. Allah s.w.t. says:
فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنۡهُۚ -Fa-aqra-'uu maa ta-sai-yara min-hu
" ... so, recite of it that which is easy for you.." (Qur'an: Muzzammil:73:20)
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اللّهُـمَّ اجْعَـلْ في قَلْبـي نورا ، وَفي لِسـاني نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ في سَمْعي نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ في بَصَري نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ مِنْ خَلْفي نورا، وَمِنْ أَمامـي نورا، وَاجْعَـلْ مِنْ فَوْقـي نورا ، وَمِن تَحْتـي نورا .اللّهُـمَّ أَعْطِنـي نورا .
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Allahummaj- 'al fee qal-bee noora, wa-fee lisa-nee noora, waj-'al fee sam-'ee noora, waj-'al fee ba-sa-ree noora, waj-'al min khalf-fee noora, wa-min a-ma-mee noora ,waj-'al min faw-qee noora, wa-min tah-tee noora, Allahumma a'-tinee noora.
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‘O Allah, place within my heart Light, and upon my tongue Light, and within my ears Light, and within my eyes Light, and place behind me Light and in front of me Light and above me Light and beneath me Light. O Allah, bestow upon (all of) me Light.’
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Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said:“He who inaugurates a good sunna (custom or ways, examplar) in Islam earns the reward of it and (the rewards) of all who perform it after him without diminishing their own rewards in the slightest; and he who introduces a bad sunna (custom or ways, examplar) is guilty of the sin of it and (the sins) of all who perform it after him without diminishing their own sins in the slightest.”
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(Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. reported by Imam Muslim)
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sheikh Hassan Saleh- Surah al Baqarah Verses 1-24
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
QUR'AN SURAH AL-KAHFI (The Cave) : Sheikh Mahmud Khalil Husary
"Whoever commits ten verses from the beginning Surat al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal."
"Whoever recites three verses from the beginning of al-Kahf will be protected from the tribulations of the Dajjal".
"It has reached us that whoever recites Surat al-Kahf on Fridays will be protected from the Dajjal."
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Du'a - when beginning of lesson, when in learning & seeking knowledge.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
[Powerpoint]:"Seven Significant Quranic Verses" - from "Wirdul-Kabir" of Habib 'Abdullah 'Alawi Al-Haddad.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Qur'an Surah 55: Ar-Rahmaan "The Beneficient" - by several Qari'
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
QUR'AN SURAH AL-FATHU (The Victory) 48: 1-7
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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
BIS-MI-LAA-HIR-RAH-MAA NIR-RO-HEEM
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate Most Merciful
إِنَّا فَتَحۡنَا لَكَ فَتۡحً۬ا مُّبِينً۬ا
IN-NAA FA-TAH-NAA LA-KA FAT-HAM-MU-BEE-NAA
Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
لِّيَغۡفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ
LI-YAGH-FI-RA LAKALLAA-HU MAA TA-QOD-DAMA MIN-DZAM-BIKA WA MAA-TA-AKH-KHAR-R
That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow;
وَيُتِمَّ نِعۡمَتَهُ ۥ عَلَيۡكَ وَيَہۡدِيَكَ صِرَٲطً۬ا مُّسۡتَقِيمً۬ا
WA-YU-TIM-MA NI'-MA-TA-HU- 'ALAY-KA WA YAH-DI-YAKA SwI-RO-TwAM- MUS-TA-QEE-MA
And fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;
وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللَّهُ نَصۡرًا عَزِيزًا
WA-YAN-SwURA-KAL-LAA-HU NASw-RON- 'AZEE-ZA
And that Allah may help thee with powerful help.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِيمَـٰنً۬ا مَّعَ إِيمَـٰنِہِمۡۗ
HU-WAL-LADzEE AN-ZALAS-SA-KEE-NA-TA FEE QU-LOO-BIL- MU'-MI-NEE-NA LI-YADZ-DAA-DUU-EE-MAA-NAM-MA-'A-EE-MAA-NI-HIM
It is He who sent down Tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add Faith to their Faith―
وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمً۬ا
WA-LIL-LAA-HI JU-NOO-DUS-SA-MAA-WAA-TI WAL-ARDwI - WA-KAA-NAL-LAAHU - 'A-LEE-MAN HA-KEE-MA
for to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom;―
لِّيُدۡخِلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن
تَحۡتِہَا ٱلۡأَنۡہَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيہَا وَيُڪَفِّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِہِمۡۚ
LI-YUD-KHI-LAL-MU'-MI-NEE-NA WAL-MU'-MI-NAA-TI JAN-NAA-TIN-TAJ-RI-MIN-TAH-TIHAL AN-HAARU, KHO-LI-DEE-NA FEE-HAA, WA-YU-KAF-FI-RA- 'AN-HUM SAI-YI-AA-TI-HIM
That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye and remove their sins from them;―
وَكَانَ ذَٲلِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ فَوۡزًا عَظِيمً۬ا
WA-KAA-NA DzAA-LI-KA- 'IN-DALLAA-HI FAU-ZAN- 'A-ZEE-MA
and that is, in the sight of Allah, the highest achievement (for man)
وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَـٰفِقَـٰتِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ
وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكَـٰتِ ٱلظَّآنِّينَ بِٱللَّهِ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ
WA-YU-'ADz-DzI-BAL-MU-NAA-FI-QEE-NA WAL-MU-NAA-FI-QAA-TI WAL-MUSH-RI-KEE-NA WAL-MUSH-RI-KAA-TIZ-ZO-N-NI-NA BIL-LAA-HI ZON-NAS-SAU'
And that He may punish the Hypocrites men and women, and the Polytheists, men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of Allah.
عَلَيۡہِمۡ دَآٮِٕرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۖ وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡہِمۡ
وَلَعَنَهُمۡ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَسَآءَتۡ مَصِيرً۬ا
'ALAY-HIM DAA-I-RA-TUS-SAU', WA-GHA-DwI-BAL-LAA-HU -'ALAY-HIM WA-LA-'AL-LA-HUM WA-A-'AD-DA-LAHUM JA-HAN-NAMA WA-SA-AT - MA-SwEE-RA
On them is a round of Evil: the Wrath of Allah is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.
وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا
WA-LIL-LAA-HI JU-NOO-DUS-SA-MAA WAA-TI WAL-ARDwI, WA KAA-NAL-LAAHU 'AZEE-ZAN-HA-KEE-MA
For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
(QUR'AN: SURAH FATH: 48: 1-6)
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Monday, April 20, 2009
"MUHAMMAD s.a.w. THE LAST PROPHET" - animated movie
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"The Amazing Zam-zam Well of Makkah"
The Story Of Zam Zam
Uploaded by ourthysonia
Zam Zam water www.searchislamonline.com
Uploaded by rizwanmansuri
"A RECENT DISVOVERY BY JAPANESE MASARU EMOTO"
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
"Wisdom in Patience, Struggle & Striving"
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
[AUDIO-LECTURE] : "DAJJAL - THE FALSE MESSIAH" - Moulana Imran Hoessin
TO READ MORE OF ANOTHER
RELEVANT SUBJECT:
ON GOG AND MAGOG
(YAJUJ WA MA'JUJ)
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REMEMBER & RECITE THIS DU'A
AND SURAH AL-KAHFI
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اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّـي أَعـوذُ بِكَ مِـنْ عَذابِ القَـبْر
وَمِـنْ عَذابِ جَهَـنَّم
وَمِـنْ فِتْـنَةِ المَحْـيا وَالمَمـات
وَمِـنْ شَـرِّ فِتْـنَةِ المَسيحِ الدَّجّال
Al-laa-hum-ma in-nee a-'uu-dzu-bika
min 'a-dzaa-bil-qobri
Wa-min 'adzaa-bi jahan-nam
Wa min fit-na-til maH-yaa
wal-ma-maat
Wa-min shar-ri fit-natil -
ma-seeH-Hid-Daj-jal
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‘O Allah, I take refuge in You
from the punishment of the grave,
from the torment of the Hell-Fire,
from the trials and tribulations of life
and of death
and from the evil affliction of
Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal.’
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Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal: among the great signs of the last hour and the greatest trials to befall mankind, which every Prophet has warned about. Most of mankind will follow him. He will appear from Asbahan (Isfahan), Iran at the time when the Muslims will conquer Constantinople. He will be given special powers and will make the truth seem false and vice versa. He will claim to be righteous and then he will claim prophethood and finally, divinity. From his features is that he will be blind in his right eye which is a definite proof that contradicts his claim to be Allah as it is a sign of imperfection. The word Kafir will be written between his eyes which every believer, literate or illiterate will recognise.
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018 AL-KAHF - :)
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
RECITATION OF "HIZB AL-BAHR"
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MEANING OF THE RECITATION
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In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Blessings of Allah and peace be upon our master Muhammad and his family.
O Allah, O Exalted One, O Gentle One,
O All-Knowing One,
Thou art my Lord, and Thy knowledge is sufficient for me. What an excellent Lord is my Lord! What a wonderful sufficiency is my sufficiency!
Thou plea to Thee is for protection, in movements and moments of rest, in words, desires, and passing thoughts, from doubts, suppositions and fancies-veilings, they, over hearts, occluding sight of the unseen.
The faithful were tried; They were severely shaken. Then the hypocrites would say, with those of disease-ridden hearts, "Allah and His Messenger promised us only delusion. (Q. 33:11- 12)
Even so, make us firm, aid us, and subject to us this sea, as Thou did subject the sea to Moses, and the fire to Ibrahim, and the mountains and iron to David, and the wind, the Satans, and the jinn to Solomon.
Put in subjection to us every sea of thine in earth and heaven, in this domain and the celestial, the sea of this world and the sea of the next. Render subservient to us every thing, "0 Thou, whose hand holds sovereignty over every thing" (Q. 23:88).
Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod
Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod
Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn swod
Help us, for Thou art the best of helpers.
Open to us the hand of mercy, for Thou art the best of openers.
Pardon us, for Thou art the best of pardoners.
Be compassionate toward us, for Thou art the best of those who show compassion.
Sustain us, for Thou art the best of sustainers. Guide us and rescue us from the unjust people.
Send us a gentle breeze, as Thou dost know how to do, and let it blow on us from the storehouses of Thy mercy. Let it bear us along as it by miraculous intervention, with security and well-being, in religion, worldly affairs, and the hereafter.
Thou art powerful over all things. Allah, facilitate for us our affairs, with ease of mind and body, with security and well-being in religious and worldly matters. Be a companion for us on our journey, and a substitute for our households.
Blot out the countenances of our enemies, and transform them where they stand, disabling them from leaving or coming to us. If We willed, We would blot out their eyes. Yet, they would race forward to the path. But how would they see? If We willed, We should transform them where they stand. Thus, they would be unable to leave or return (Q 36:66-67).
Ya' sin! By the Wise Qur' an! Surely thou art one of those sent on a straight path! A revelation sent down by the Mighty, the Merciful, that thou mightest warn a people whose fathers had not been warned. Yet, they do not take heed.
The declaration has been confirmed against the greater part of them. Yet they do not believe. We have circled their necks with chains up to the chin, but they hold their heads high. Before them have We placed a barrier, and behind them a barrier, and We have obscured their vision; so they see not (Q 36:1-8).
May their faces be deformed!
May their faces be deformed!
May their faces be deformed!
Let their faces be submissive before the Living, the Self- Subsistent, For he who is laden with wrong has already met frustration. Ta' sin, ha' mim, 'ayn sin qof. (Q 27:1)
He has released the two seas that meet; Yet between them is a barrier [barzakh] that they do not overpass. ...(Q 55:19-20)
Ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim, ha' mim! (Q 40:1)
The affair has been decreed. The triumph has come. Over us they shall not triumph. Ha' mim!
[It is] the sending down of the Scripture from Allah, The Mighty, the All-Knowing, Forgiver of sin,
Receiver of penitence, Severe in punishing, Forbearing. No god is there except Him. To Him is the returning. (Q 40:1-3)
"In the name of Allah" (bismillah) is our door.
"Blessed be Allah" (TabaarokAllaah) be our walls.
"Ya' sin" (Q 36:1) is our ceiling.
"Kaf ha' ya' 'ayn sad" (Q 19:1) is our sufficiency.
"Ha' mim 'ayn sin qof" (Q 42:1) is our shelter.
So Allah is sufficient for thee against them, for He hears all, knows all.
[Repeat this thrice]
The veil of the throne has been dropped over us, and the eye of Allah is gazing at us. Allah is behind them, round about. Indeed, it is a glorious recital [Qur'an], inscribed on a guarded tablet [lawh mahfuz] (Q. 85:20-21). [Repeat this thrice]
My Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous. (Q. 7:196) [Repeat this thrice]
M y sufficiency is Allah. No god is there except Him. In Him have I put my trust, For He is Lord of the majestic throne (Q. 9:129). [Repeat this thrice]
In the name of Allah, with whose Name nothing in the earth or sky can do harm, for He is the All-Hearer, All-Knower. [Repeat this thrice]
I seek refuge with all the perfect Words (kalimah) of Allah, from every evil in creation. [Repeat this thrice]
There is no force and no power except with Allah, the High, the Mighty. [Repeat thrice]
And may salutations and the blessings of Allah be upon our Master Muhammad and his Family and Companions, and the peace .
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From:
The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili
from Ibn al-Sabbagh's Durrat al-Asrar wa Tufat al-Abarar
translation by Elmer H. DouglaS
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