BEST WAYS FOR ANSWERS TO PRAYERS Invoking for good and evil Man should invoke Allah for whatever good he may wish for, but likewise he must regard the denial as in his favor. He has to leave the answer that will surely bring him good only to Allah, whether the answer is by fulfillment or denial, and not to distress himself by his impatience for not being answered. That is the purport of the glorious Quranic verse saying (what means): And man invokes (Allah) for evil as he invokes (Allah) for good and man is ever hasty. (Al-Isra, 17: 11) The Truth [Al-Haqq: one of the Beautiful Names of Allah], all praise and glory be to Him, teaches us that the valid criteria of judging good are not in our hands. The Most Exalted and Ever-Majestic, says (what means): It may be that you dislike a thing and Allah brings through it a great deal of good. (An-Nisai, 4: 19) The Almighty says (what means): Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it is good for you. (An-Nr, 24: 11) Therefore, do not think that the unfulfillment of the supplication bespeaks Divine Wrath. It is the supremacy of Godship. Not only does Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, want to please you, but to fulfill to you only what brings you goodness. If Allah answered any prayer, whether good or evil, endless adversities would have befallen people. A woman who invokes evil upon her son at an angry moment saying, O Lord! Would that I wear black and mourn his death, or, Please Lord, take his life and relieve me. What would have happened if Allah answered the prayer of that mother? Would not she be smitten with grief and would pain severely if Allah answered her prayer? When she comes to her senses, she would beg Allah not to answer her prayer. Such prayers express the sundry emotions that man experiences, during which he turns to heaven and says, O Lord, but afterwards he feels happy that Allah has not fulfilled his supplication. Times of supplication Supplication is required at every place and time, because it is the communication between the servant and his Lord. If man supplicated Allah and sought His Help all the time, Allah would always be in his mind, and whoever has Allah in his mind and heart shall neither go astray, nor fall into distress and misery. When man feels at heart that the entire universe is powerless and that Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, Alone is the All-Powerful, it will draw him closer to attain right faith in heart. Seeking the Help of Allah in everything is the ideal way to lead a tranquil life. When man always remembers that Allah with His Power, Might and Majesty is near him, he will enjoy peace, because none is Exalted in Might save Allah, none is Capable save Allah and none is Powerful save Allah. By supplication you are resorting to the Strongest Support, because Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, is the Ever Living Who never dies. He is Always mightily there when you call on Him. He, be ever gloried His Majesty and Might, is the All-Powerful, Whose Power never abates, neither does His Might. Whenever you supplicate Him you find Him Omnipotent of fulfilling what you wish. Being the All-Hearer, the AllKnower, you can never be, for a twinkling of an eye, beyond His Hearing and Knowledge. When you supplicate Him you find Him All-Hearing, All-Knowing, the Sustainer and Protector of all that exists. Neither slumbers, nor sleep overtakes Him. Recite the glorious Quranic verse saying (what means): ※Allah! Laa ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither slumber, nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. (Al-Baqarah, 2: 255) Allah, Whose Majesty reigns supreme, is never heedless of His servants for an instant. He is The Almighty and everything in His universe is subjected to His Might and Power. None is above the Command of Allah, but the entire universe submits to His Ruling Will. Allah has created man having a free will to obey or disobey. Had Allah willed to create man having no power of free choice, easily He would have done it. Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, says to His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, (what means): It may be that you (O Muhammad) are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers [in your Risalah (Messengership) and in your Message of Islamic Monotheism]. If We will, We could send down to them from the heaven a sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility. (Ash-Shuara, 26: 3-4).
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