Note: a) God has said: "When my servants ask you about Me, I am near to them, I answer the supplication of the suppliant when he prays to Me. So they should RESPOND to Me & have faith in Me (that I answer their prayers) so that they may attain uprightness. (S2:A186)
Supplication and praying to God for help & guidance is the heart and core of worship. God alone can change the inevitable destiny. When Imam Mahdi (A.S) prays for his quick emergence his prayers is always conditional i.e. subject to approval by God’s wisdom & discretion.
b) O My God! Show me his wise & pious countenance & his glorious and gleaming forehead and feast my eyes with a glance at him and hasten his deliverance and make his emergence easy .O My God! Hasten his emergence for us. Indeed they regard it as distant but We see it as quite near (Dua e A’hd).
Time is relative, and what we consider as distant is actually near in God’s sight.
c) Sincere Prayers may repel misfortune, distress, disaster & even death.
d) I pray to God to sustain Me with Vengeance for your blood with the Imam from your progeny (the twelfth Imam Mahdi A.F)the best guiding authority, the manifest, and who speaks nothing but Truth. (Ziarate A’ashura).
23. Well the way of deriving benefit from me during my concealment is similar to benefiting from the SUN when it is hidden from the eyes by clouds.
Note: a) Satan who is a jinn , is present all over the world. He misleads the progeny of Adam (A.S)by corrupting their thoughts. Satan and jinns are mostly invisible. Imam Mahdi (A.F) although invisible like the sun behind the clouds, is of immense benefit to us and is a great blessings of God for us against Satan.
b) Whatever benefit we derive in this life is from the unseen God, Who is the real source of guidance through His divine guide Imam Mahdi (A.F) for the present era up to the end of this world. Imam Mahdi (A.F) is the mercy of God for our wellbeing .He is loved and obeyed by all momins all over the world and is present in their hearts until he becomes manifest for all (like Hazrate Khizr) by the Will of God.
24. Well concerning fresh problems &events (during my concealment) refer them to experts in our narrations as they are my authority on you and I am God's authority upon them.
Note: a) Every person consults a specialist for special problems, similarly, during the major concealment of Imam Mahdi (A.S) learned experts in religion (Marajae Taqlid) are specialists for guiding the Muslim nation in all affairs as representatives of the Imam (A.S). Religion guides mankind in physical as well as spiritual affairs. God’s heavenly religion governs and controls all activities of mankind in domestic, social, economic, educational, psychological, political, administrative, legal, judicial and defensive affairs. Otherwise human rights in all these fields would be trampled down by the skeptics. So the most capable religious expert called’ Wali e Faqih’ as representative of the Present Imam(A.S)governs the Muslim nation and he shall hand over his dominion to Imam Mahdi (A.F) when he emerges by the will of God along with Jesus (A.S)and Khizr(A.S) who will help him in establishing justice all over the world.
b) The universal kingdom of justice of God can never be established by anyone else but Imam Mahdi (A.S).A number of persons will falsely claim to be Mahdi but when the respite given to Satan comes to an end God the Most Patient and the Just Avenger shall bring about Raj’at ie. the minor resurrection prior to the major resurrection of all mankind. In minor resurrection those persons who had sincerely wished to help the twelfth Imam (A.F) before their death, shall be resurrected by God.
25. And make us your model and aim in life with all love for our clear & manifest customs and manners.
Note: a) It was revealed to the holy Messenger (A.S) by God, "Tell them: I do not ask of you any compensation except love of my near relatives (Shura 42:43).
The holy Messenger (S.A) had no need for compensation by 'Ummah' for the pains incurred in reforming the polytheist idolaters to civilized Muslims, it was rather 'Ummah' that would be rewarded by God if they love and obey the nearest relatives of the holy Messenger (S.A) viz, Fatema, Ali, Hasan and Husain (A.S) …
Those who disobey God by not compensating Mohammad (S.A) for his incessant troubles in the divine mission deprive themselves of spiritual blessings from God and the divine guides the Imams.
b) Imam Sadeq (A.S) has said: "One who loves us is with us". (Love is empty and on tongue only if without obedience to Imams (A.S)).
c) The â€کSunnat’ and conduct of all the divinely nominated Imams is exactly like the Sunnat of the holy Messenger (S.A) without any changes and therefore superior to sunnat and innovations of all others. The Ummah should get united by clinging to the cord of God up to Doomsday, i.e. they should hold fast to the fourteen sinless personalities and get united to help Imam Mahdi (A.S).
26. Regarding your possessions & wealth, we never accept these unless your purification is ensured (against avarice .etc.)So whoever likes may pay his dues (with freewill) and defaulters may sever from us. Whoever consumes anything from what belongs to us has surely filled his belly with fire and he shall be cast into hell.
Note: a) And know that whatever things you gain, a fifth of it is for God and the messenger and for the near relatives and the orphans and the destitute and the travelers (who are in need) (Anfaal 8:41)
If a person pays Khums i.e. 20% of his excess wealth every year to a 'Marja-e Taqleed', then he will have good fortune from God in the remaining 80% of his wealth. The 'Marja-e Taqleed' will distribute khums according to the divine laws.
b) Khums, Zakaat and charity purify a person from spiritual pollution such as avarice, miserliness, hoarding etc. Hoarding wealth without paying khums, zakaat and charity is a cause of robbery and crimes and murders. Inordinate attachment of a person to his wealth and property drowns him into avarice, which brings pain like pangs of death.
c) After a number of oaths, it is said in the holy Qur'an: 'One who purifies his soul will surely succeed, and the one who pollutes it will surely fail' (Shams 91: 9, 10), so one should purify his soul by paying khums regularly every year.
d) The God fearing shall be spared from the blazing fire. THE ONE WHO GIVES HIS WEALTH TO PURIFY HIMSELF without expecting a reward from anyone but to please his Lord, the Most Mighty, he will soon be pleased (Layl 92:18).
27. Surely, Almighty God is He, Who created everybody and distributed provisions for their sustenance. Indeed God has neither physical body nor does He transmigrate into a body. Nothing is like Him & He is All-hearing and All seeing.
Note: a) God is Light of the heavens and the earth. (Noor 24:35)
God's Light is present in the darkest night and it is invisible but it expels darkness from every heart with the exception of those who are blind and deaf to God's messengers and Imams.
b) No light is like God's Light. (Joshan-e Kabir).
c) "God created everything but not from anything that existed before." (Fatema Zahra SA).
Every mass is convertible to energy, so mass is nothing but energy. All this universe and everything in it is created merely by God's intention. And by His intention God will resurrect every dead person even though decayed to dust.
d) God is without any need or necessities. He does not need a body. He has no ears, but He hears thousands of supplications in a number of languages from all over the world at one and the same time and without any confusion, He is All-Hearing; and also All-Seeing without eyes. Furthermore God can make anything speak, even a particle of sand. God used to speak to Moses (A.S) but His voice emitted from a tree. God does not need a mouth, tongue and lips to speak with.
The holy Qur'an says: "Hand of God is above their hands"
(Fath 48:10) It is an allegorical statement to help us understand the attribute of God. It means God is most powerful. There are many such allegorical statements in Qur'an which are misunderstood , as God has no Body and nothing can accommodate or contain God, hence transmigration (tanasukh) of God from one body to another is meaningless. Nearness to God is not physical but spiritual.
28. O the Hidden in spite of His perfect manifestation and the Manifest in spite of His perfect concealment.
Note: a) Imam Ali (A.S) 'the Gateway of Knowledge' has said: "I see God prior to everything, with everything, and after everything" It means:
1. God is the Ever-Existing First and Primal Existence prior to everything.
2. God’s Ingenious Creative Ability is reflected in everything i.e. He is with everyone wherever one may be. You can see God in every direction and in every creation with your heart and mind. Hence nothing is as manifest as God.
3. God is the Everlasting Last, after everything has perished. On the Doomsday, all living being the jinn and the people, all angels and all the universe will be doomed. Nothing but God and God alone will be there and then He will create all the Universe again by His mere intention.
b) God knows all the hidden details of everything, and even our thoughts and intentions. God is present everywhere, i.e. He is Omnipresent but God's Own Self is Hidden and invisible for the eyes. No one has ever seen God. Moses (A.S) used to speak to God, but when he asked God to make Himself visible to him (God told Moses (A.S) 'You cannot see Me. But look at the mountain, if it remains firm in its place then you will see Me'. But when God illuminated the mountain (Tur-e Sina) with his Glory, He crumbled it. It was shattered to pieces, which means God cannot be seen by eyes so the claim of Sufis that they see God with their eyes is but denial of God’s statement in the holy Quran:"Eyesight comprehends Him not (la tudrekohol-absaar). (Ana’am6:103)
Hence God is Hidden and can be seen by all with their heart only.
29. Nothing excels 'Salat' (prayers) for rubbing Satan’s nose on the ground. Hence say prayers and make Satan rub his nose. Prostration in gratefulness to God is the most necessary of all rites and customs and traditions.
Note: a) God says in the holy Qur'an 'And whoever disregards My remembrance (salaat, Qur'an, prayer, etc) surely his shall be a wretched life (ma’eeshat an zanka) and on the day of Resurrection We shall raise him blind' (Taha 20:124).
b) Ablution, (wuzu) is necessary for salaat even after taking a bath, because physical cleanliness is not sufficient, spiritual cleanliness is attained by seeking nearness to God by saying:"Qurbatan il-Allah" in wuzu, tayamum and ghusl, Nearness to God is spiritual not physical.
c) When Imam Mahdi (A.F) was born, a light dazzled the eyes of his aunt, Hazrat e Hakimah, daughter of Imam Mohammad Taqi (A.S), who witnessed that the baby (Imam) prostrated to God in the direction of Ka'bah. It is said he recited the Surah e Qadr as well.
d) One should not travel on Fridays until performing the Friday congregational prayers, which is equivalent to a Hajj. Salaat is a strong pillar of religion and it prevents a person from sin and crime and helps in attainment of piety and excellence of conduct and character.
e) When a person performs his daily prayers promptly in time, angels help him in his worldly affairs. Timings of Salaat differ according to geographical location of a country. Countries located on the equator differ in the length of days and nights from those near the North and South Poles, where each day is six months long i.e. one day and one night per year.
f) During the period when women are exempted from prayers for a few days every month, they may recite supplications to God, or Qur'an excepting the Aayaat which necessitate obligatory prostration. The lapsed salaat may not be performed by them after attaining the normal state
30. In fact, we have comprehensive knowledge of all your affairs & conditions and no information about you remains hidden from us.
Note: a) God, the only Knower of the Unseen and the hidden does not disclose His knowledge of the unseen to anyone except the one He approves of as Messenger. (Jinn 72:26, 27)
The approved ones by God for knowing the unseen are Mohammed (S.A) and his sinless successors, (the Imams) from the progeny of Abraham up to the last Imam Mahdi (A.F).
When God tested Abraham with certain kalemaat (difficult commandments, like throwing him into fire, sacrifice of his son Ismaiel etc.)he fulfilled them and God said "Surely I will make you an IMAM for people. Abraham asked "And from my posterity? God replied "My promise does not include the unjust (in your posterity) (Baqarah 2:124)
The brothers of Joseph (A.S) were unjust and threw him into a well. The political rulers can never be compared to the Imams who are far superior to them. Mohammad (S.A)in the posterity of Abraham through his second wife â€کSara’ and all the 12 Imams were sinless & just.
Surely, God chose Adam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham (as Imams) and the descendants of I’mran Mary & Jesus as superior to the inhabitants of the world (Aale I’mraan3:33)
b) A letter was written by Imam Mahdi (A.F) to his fourth Nawwab, Ali bin Mohammad as-Samarri. He was asked not to recommend anyone as his replacement and he should be prepared to return to God after six days. Samarri died on the sixth day as foretold by the Imam (A.S).
c) Imam Mahdi (A.F) can travel from one place to another with his companions in a wink's time, without being seen by others.
d) When Imams can obtain the knowledge about their death, why do they not take measures to prevent it? Well, the Imams submit to God's decision because no one is wiser than God. If Imam Husain (A.S) had died while sleeping in his home, he would not have become an eternal hero through his sacrifices and martyrdom to perpetuate the true Islam of God.
31. The divine values predestined by the Mighty & Majestic God cannot be subdued, and God's Will cannot be waived off, and nothing can precede or surpass God’s favour.
Note: Imam Sadeq (A.S) was asked, whether the Aayat 26 of Surah-e Aal-e I’mraan: 'O God Sovereign of all kingdom! You give sovereignty to whomever You wish…..' includes tyrants and usurpers (such as Bani Umayyah)?
The Imam replied that God has appointed us to govern the Ummah (to establish universal kingdom of justice of God) but the hypocrites usurped this position from us. Suppose a person steals your shirt and wears it, he is a thief, and YOU are the real owner of that shirt. Similarly, the usurpers are like robbers and they can never subdue the divine values of God. Eventually, Satan's respite will be over and God's Universal Kingdom of justice will be established by Imam Mahdi (A.F) assisted by Jesus (A.S) and all faithful believers.
This life is a test and trial for all mankind. Those who help and serve or even agree with the tyrant satanic usurpers shall be with Satan in the Hereafter and not in Paradise with God's divine guides.
32. Had God made his prophets &Imams always victorious and if there were no difficulties &tests & trials for them, people would have considered them as gods in addition to the only One Mighty and Majestic God, Moreover, their Greatness which is revealed by their patience in difficulties, and their valour and self sacrifice in trial, would not have been manifested to all.
Note: a) Surely, those who disbelieve in the Aayaat of God and murder the Messengers (AS) unjustly and kill those people who command justice, inform them of a painful punishment. (Aal-e I’mraan 3:21)
b) How can I assess your charming tests and trails, you (divine Imams) sacrificed your lives submitting to God's goodwill. You were patient (in whatever had befallen on you) in upholding the side of God. (Ziarat-e Jameah-e Kabira)
c) True victory is to be victorious in the sight of God. Martyrs are alive and really victorious although regarded as vanquished by the materialistic lot.
d) You (Imams) are the gateway for testing people. (Ziarat-e Jameah-e Kabira)
People who are deceived by hypocrites and do not support the Imams sell their lives to support crafty Rulers and fail in their test for recognizing the Imam of their time.
e) Imam Husain (A.S) replied to Moaviyah's letter as follows: "I see that you have Killed Yourself and degraded your faith (religion) and you have humiliated the Muslim Nation. If I could wage holy war against you, it would be the best service I could do for God."
(Imam Husain (A.S) was bound to the signed agreement of the peace treaty between Imam Hasan (A.S) and Moaviyah (L.A) as a signatory, and he remained patient till the opportune moment as decided by God).
33. Fatima Zahra,the daughter of God’s messenger (S.A) may God bless her father ,family and descendants, is a model & embodiment of all virtues for me (i.e. Imam Mahdi(A.F).
Note: a) Indeed God created Jesus (A.S) without a father whereas He created Adam (A.S) without father & mother He created Adam from dust and by His mere intention He made him alive with a, created, soul. Therefore this controversy led to a challenge as described in the holy Quran as follows:"Come let us call our sons and your sons, and Our Women And Your Women and our nearest persons and your nearest ones then let us Pray Earnestly To God For His Wrath And Punishment For The Liars" . (S3:A59-60-61)
Fatima (S.A) was the only woman chosen for this challenge. This manifests her excellence over all women in Islam; similarly it manifests Excellence of Ali (A.S), who was chosen by the holy Messenger (S.A) for mobahila as the only nearest person (like his soul).
Seeing the nearest relatives of the holy messenger (S.A) i.e. Fatima, Ali. Hasan & Husain (A.S) the doubting party declined to denounce them and accepted to pay an annual tax.
b) The Holy Messenger (S.A) asked Imam Ali (A.S) about his opinion regarding Fatima Zahra (S.A). Ali (A.S) replied that 'She is a good companion giving importance to spiritual values in life'. Fatima (S.A) is regarded as an embodiment of all virtues so she is the best model for all believers (momins).
c) The Virgin Mary (S.A) is loved and respected because of her single relationship as the mother of Jesus (A.S) ; but Fatima Zahra(S.A) is loved and respected because of her triple relationships, viz (1) she was the only daughter born after ascension (Me'raj) of the last Messenger of God (S.A) who was the best blessing for all the world. (2) She was the wife of the first Imam Ali (A.S) responsible for continuation of Imamat in the posterity of Mohammad (S.A) up to Doomsday; She sacrificed her life for the Imam of her time in defense of the Right of Ali (A.S). (3) She was the mother of Imam Hasan (A.S) and Imam Husain (A.S), the chiefs of the youth in Paradise, and nine sinless Imams in the lineage of Imam Husain (A.S) the last of whom is Imam Mahdi (A.F) who after a long concealment will establish the kingdom of justice of God on earth. Therefore God said 'Lou la Fatima ma Khalaqtokuma', i.e. if Fatima was not in My Mind I wouldn't have created both of you (Mohammad (S.A) and Ali (A.S)).
34. In paradise there is no pregnancy for women, nor child birth, nor menstruation nor â€کnifas’ nor pain & trouble of bearing a child as God has said: "and therein (paradise) shall be whatever their souls desire and whatever delight the eyes". (Zukhruf43: 71)
When a believer likes to have a lovely child, God creates him without pregnancy and labor just like Adam, whom He created in the desired features & the image He had in Mind.
Note: a): The 'jihad' for a woman is to be a good wife for her husband, (Husne Taba’ul) obedient to God and she should take good care of her children and house.
b) Married women will be in paradise with their husbands if these loving couples were obedient to God in this world.
c) If a woman considers four wives for a man as illegitimate she is skeptic; as God has permitted four wives if her husband maintains justice between them. Thus obedience to God regarding multiple wives will prevent adultery, and homosexuality which are prevalent and legalized in some countries in the west in disobedience to God. They should await the same fate as that of the faithless lot of
Lut (A.S).
35. Be humble and easy of access and sit at the threshold or door of your house and comply with the requests of the people and fulfill their needs and necessities and We shall assist you.
Note: a) Humility is the Zenith and culmination of God's blessings (wa bit tawaazo' tatimm an -ne'mah). Ali (A.S)
b) No ancestry is like humbleness and no dignity is like knowledge and cognizance (la hasaba kat-tawaazo' wa la sharafa kal-i’lm), Ali (A.S)
c) Pride is a bad quality for men. Pride was the cause of Satan's refusal to humiliate himself by prostrating for Adam , so he boasted: 'I am from fire and you are from dust', (Ana naari wa anta teeni) (Sermon 192, Nahj ul-balagha)
d) Abundance diverted you until you visited the graves, (Alhaakum ot takaasur hattaa zurtum ol maqhaber) (Takasur 102: 1- 2)
Abundance of wealth and number of relatives was a cause of pride in Arabs. Two Arab tribes visited their graveyards and counted their dead ones in the graves to take pride in their superiority in numbers. But God says "The most honorable amongst you near God are the most pious ones." (Inna akramakum iâ€کnd-Allah-e atqakum) (Hujuraat 49:13)
e) Richness and wealth should not make a person proud. God tests a person both in richness and poverty. One who considers God as the master and owner of all things considers himself as a trustee of God and spends his wealth as desired by God for good purpose e.g. helping the needy and general public welfare; then God increases his wealth so much that he does not wish to have any more, yet he is humble and not at all proud. Whereas a rich person who is proud and spends his wealth in gambling, bribery and corruption, crimes and addiction may get bankrupt or become a prey to robbers and terrorists.
In poverty, if a person leads a pious life with contentment, merriment and thankfulness and is humble, Paradise is his reward. Whereas those who become thieves and criminals or become arrogant with ill- gotten wealth fail in their test in life.
36. O God! For the sake of Thy infallible prophet, Thy firm commandments, Thy captivating prohibitions and this venerable grave of Imam Husain (A.S) who was martyred brutally, and people assemble there as pilgrims of the sinless Imam resting in heavenly peace, do expel the grief that I have in my heart and efface for me the evil from inevitable destiny (by hastening Imam Mahdi’s emergence and vengeance if wisdom and discretion of God approves it).
37. Alas’ the sinful traitors truly murdered pristine Islam by murdering you (Husain A.S) as they forsook the true spirit of prayers & fasting, and shattered the prophetic traditions & divine commandments, and demolished the pillars of faith. They distorted the meanings of the Aayaat of Quran and acted against the Aayaat by martyring Imam Husain (A.S), they barbarously hurried in enmity and oppressive transgression. When they martyred you (Husain A.S), they made the holy prophet (S.A) seeker of revenge for your holy blood, (by Imam Mahdi’s emergence ) Once again the holy book of the Mighty and Majestic God was abandoned, and truth was crushed by treachery when the traitors prevailed over you &martyred you. Your death resulted in the death of sincerity in 'takbir'and'tahleel' and in vanishing of what was prohibited & permitted by God, and in disappearance of right interpretation and right deduction from the holy Quran .After your martyrdom, alterations & mutilations of divine values were apparent, and faithlessness, insignificance of divine laws, vain carnal desires, willful misguidance, cunning plots & vicious evils became clearly perceptible. (takbir=Allaho Akbar &Tahlil=la ilaha illal Lah)
38. I weep every day & night for you (Imam Husain (A.S) and instead of tears, I weep blood for you.
Note: a) weeping blood means intense grief. Imam Mahdi (A.F) will be relieved from this grief when by intention of God he will emerge and establish kingdom of justice of God.
b) Imam Mahdi (A.F) weeps tears of blood because of Imam Husain’s tragic calamities in Karbala. Like Zainab (S.A), he admires Imam Husain’s refusal to obey God's enemies & Husain’s preference for martyrdom in honor of God & His chosen messengers like Noah, Abraham , Moses , Jesus and Mohammad (S.A) through whom God gradually revealed His divine laws to suit different times such as in Torah, Bible and Quran and finalized His universal religion Islam , which means complete submission to God and peace for the faithfull.
39. Have you not heard that God, the AlMighty, has said: "O the believers! Obey God &obey the Messenger (S.A) and the Commanding Authority(أ‡أ،أ‡أ£أ‘ أ‡أ¦أ،أ­) from amongst you!" (Nisaa 4: 59)
Isn’t there any command of God that would not last up to the day of Resurrection? Surely the commanding authority (أ‡أ¦أ،أ­ أ‡أ،أ‡أ£أ‘) would last up to the end of this world). Do you not see that God , the Mighty the Majestic, has made shelters ( the divine guides ) for you to take shelter therein , and sent messages (أ‡أ­أ‡أٹ) for your guidance right from Adam (A.S) to the one who had appeared in the recent past (ie. Imam Hasan Askari A.S)?
Whenever one banner disappeared another banner appeared in its place & when one star vanished another star sparkled. So when God, the Mighty the Majestic, called his soul (Imam Hasan Askari AS) back towards Himself, you presumed that God has severed the Medium (أ¦أ“أ­أ،أ¥) between Himself and His creation. Nay it has never been so, nor shall it ever be so till the Known Hour approaches and the commanding Authority of God, the Mighty the Majestic, emerges although they (the skeptics) dislike it.
Note: a) From the Aayat 59 of sura Nisa every wise person will infer that people would be regarded as disobedient to God and disobedient to God’s Messenger (S.A) if they obey a commanding authority indiscriminately. People should judge the commanding authority before obeying him. They should not obey the commanding authority if he is disobedient to God, the Mighty the Majestic. They should never sever from the true Medium (Imam Mahdi A.S) between God & themselves.
b) Every organization is well organized as long as an expert is there to direct it. Similarly the living computer i.e. human brain created by God controls all parts of a human body and is prevented from sins & crimes as long as it follows the rules of conduct of God’s messengers, who are so pure that they do not give way even to any doubt and suspicion and obey God sincerely. Hence it stands to reason that God’s messenger (S.A) must be succeeded by a divinely appointed guide or Imam as a living model up to the end of this world for perfection of human character and for prevention of devilish misguidance.
c) Actually the names of the divine Imams were announced by Mohammad (S.A), and Ali (A.S)was declared as his successor on many occasions but the step mother of Fatima (S.A)waged war against the Imam of her time , Ali (A.S)(the battle of Jamal)
d) Satan begged God for respite up to the day of Resurrection,
but he was respited up to the Known Hour, which is known to God alone and it could be sometime after the emergence of Imam Mahdi (A.S)when Satan will be killed.
Amiral Momineen Ali (A.S) told Imam Husain (A.S): "O Husain, the son in your ninth generation will up rise for truth and manifest the real religion from God and spread Justice throughout the world.
Imam Husain (A.S) asked him: "Would that happen really?" Ali (A.S) replied :" Yes ,By God! Who made Mohammad (S.A)his messenger and distinguished him amongst all creations, but after his concealment and astonishment (during the era of his concealment ) no one remains steadfast on his religion except the sincere ones, who have all aimed perfect hearty conviction, those from whom God has taken pledge for our vilayat love & mastership, and on whose heart is inscribed faith and who are helped by God with a soul from Him. (Bihar ul Anvar Vol 51 page 108-161.أ‡أ‘أ‌أڑ 43-44 )

A supplication from Imam Mahdi (A.F)
40. O God! sustain us with goodwill for obedience & piety
from sin, for intentions with sincerity , and for cognizance of thy nobility & excellence.
And dignify us with right guidance and stability and integrity
And adorn our tongues with truth & wisdom and veracity
And fill our hearts with knowledge and sublimity.
And guard our stomachs from the suspected & forbidden foods & gluttony.
And withhold our hands from robbery& tyranny,
And restrain our eyes from infidelity & immorality.
And plug our ears to slander & futility,
O God! Bless our elite with admonition and piety,
And the students with endeavor and authority,
And the audience to comply with divine laws, & oratory,
And the muslim patients with recovery and tranquility,
And the dead ones with compassion and mercy,
And our old ones with peace and dignity,
And the youth with repentance; and apology,
And the women with bashfulness and chastity,
And the rich with bounty, generosity and humility,
And the poor with contentment, patience and serenity
And the warriors with help and victory,
And the prisoners with release, ease andtranquility
And the chiefs with justice and clemency,
And the subjects with equity and good conduct,
And bless the Hajis and pilgrims with sufficiency, and help them perform every obligatory duty in the Hajj and Umrah ceremony & formality with the Beneficence and Mercy. O The Utmost Merciful of all with thy Mercy.