رَبِّ ابْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتاً فِى الْجَنَّةِ
'My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Jannaah'
(At-Tahreem 66:11)


Sunday, August 31, 2014

Ibnul-Jawzi’s Remarkable Comments on Supplication

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I have reflected over an interesting situation: that a calamity may befall a believer & so he supplicates, going to great lengths in doing so, but he sees no sign of an answer.  So when despair comes close, at that time his heart is looked at, thus if it is in acceptance of the [many] decrees of fate, not having despaired of Allaah the Mighty & Majestic’s Bounty, then in most cases at that time the response is hastened, for it is there that eemaan is qualified, & the devil vanquished, & it is there that a man’s worth is shown.

And this has been alluded to in His Saying, the Most High, 

“… until [even their] messenger & those who believed with him said, “When (will come) the Help of Allaah?”
[Baqarah 2:214]
And likewise is what happened to Ya’qoob عليه السلام, for when he lost a son & the situation went on for a long time, he did not despair – & then his other son was taken, but his hope in his Lord’s Bounty that,  

“… perhaps Allaah will bring them to me all together …” 
[Yusuf 12:83] still did not cut off.  

And likewise Zakariya عليه السلام said, 
“… and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].”
[Maryam 19:3]

So beware of considering as too long the time for a prayer to be answered!

And look to the fact that He is the Sovereign Lord/the Absolute King of the entire universe, and that He is the All-Wise in that which He plans, & the One who knows what is of benefit [to you], & that He wants to examine you in order to test your concealed mettle, & that He wants to see your earnest supplication, & that He wants to reward you for your patience & other such purposes.

In addition to that, He is testing you by delaying the response to your supplication so that you can fight Iblis’ whisperings & wicked insinuations – & every one of these things strengthens [one’s] belief in His Bounty, & obligates being thankful to Him– for He, by testing you with the trial, prepared you to turn to ask Him.

And the distressed person’s destitution/poverty in having to turn to Him is total & utter affluence.”
Saidul-Khaatir, pp. 227-228.

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