The Prayers Of The Believers

Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. "Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place on us a load like the one You placed on those before us! Our Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear! And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Master, so help us against the unbelievers." (Qur'an, 2:286)

Those who say, 'Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us our wrong actions and safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.' (Qur'an, 3:16)

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, the King of the Day of Judgement. You alone we worship. You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path, the Path of those You have blessed, not of those with anger on them, nor of the misguided. (Qur'an, 1:1-7)

And when Ibrahim said, 'My Lord, make this a place of safety and provide its inhabitants with fruits – all of them who believe in Allah and the Last Day,' He said, 'I will let anyone who does not believe enjoy himself a little but then I will drive him to the punishment of the Fire. What an evil destination!' (Qur'an, 2:126)

And when Ibrahim built the foundations of the House with Isma'il: 'Our Lord, accept this from us! You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. Our Lord, make us both Muslims submitted to You, and our descendants a Muslim community submitted to You. Show us our rites of worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful. Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from them to recite Your Signs to them and teach them the Book and Wisdom and purify them. You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.' (Qur'an, 2:127-129)

And there are others who say, 'Our Lord, give us good in this world, and good in the hereafter, and safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.' They will have a good share from what they have earned. Allah is swift at reckoning. (Qur'an, 2:201-202)

When they came out against Goliath and his troops, they said, 'Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us, and make our feet firm, and help us against unbelievers.' (Qur'an, 2:250)

'Our Lord, do not make our hearts swerve aside after You have guided us. And give us mercy from You. You are the Ever-Giving Our Lord, You are the Gatherer of mankind to a Day of which there is no doubt. Allah will not break His promise.' (Qur'an, 3:8-9)

Our Lord, we believe in what You have sent down and have followed the Messenger, so write us down among the witnesses.' (Qur'an, 3:53)

…Our Lord, judge between us and our people with truth. You are the best of judges.' (Qur'an, 7:89)

Remember when the wife of 'Imran said, 'My Lord, I have pledged to You what is in my womb, devoting it to Your service. Please accept my prayer. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' (Qur'an, 3:35)

Then and there Zakariyya called on his Lord and said, 'O Lord, grant me by Your favour an upright child. You are the Hearer of Prayer.' (Qur'an, 3:38)

All they said was, 'Our Lord, forgive us our wrong actions and any excesses we went to in what we did and make our feet firm and help us against unbelievers.' (Qur'an, 3:147)

Those who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: 'Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire. Our Lord, those You cast into the Fire, You have indeed disgraced. The wrongdoers will have no helpers. Our Lord, we heard a caller calling us to faith: "Believe in your Lord!" and we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our wrong actions, erase our bad actions from us and take us back to You with those who are truly good. Our Lord, give us what You promised us through Your Messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Rising. You do not break Your promise.' (Qur'an, 3:191-194)

When they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they recognise of the truth. They say, 'Our Lord, we believe! So write us down among the witnesses. (Qur'an, 5:83)

He (Musa) said, 'My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy. You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.' (Qur'an, 7:151)

… Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us and take us back to You as Muslims.' (Qur'an, 7:126)

He (Nuh) said, 'My Lord, help me because of their calling me a liar!' (Qur'an, 23:26)

They said, 'Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If you do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the lost.' (Qur'an, 7:23)

…You are our Protector so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the Best of Forgivers. Prescribe good for us in this world and the hereafter. We have truly turned to You.' He said, 'As for My punishment, I strike with it anyone I will. My mercy extends to all things but I will prescribe it for those who guard against evil and give alms, and those who believe in Our Signs: (Qur'an, 7:155-156)

They said, 'We have put our trust in Allah. Our Lord, Do not make us a target for this wrongdoing people, and rescue us, by Your mercy, from unbelievers!' (Qur'an, 10:85-86)

Musa said, 'Our Lord, You have given Pharaoh and his ruling circle finery and wealth in the life of this world, Our Lord, so that they may be misguided from Your Way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they do not believe until they see the painful punishment.' (Qur'an, 10:88)

My Lord, You have granted power to me on earth and taught me the true meaning of events. Originator of the heavens and earth, You are my Friend in this world and the Next. So take me as a Muslim at my death and join me to the people who are righteous.' (Qur'an, 12:101)

(Ibrahim said) "Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring by Your Sacred House in an uncultivated valley. Our Lord! Let them perform prayer! Make the hearts of mankind incline towards them and provide them with fruits, so that hopefully they will be thankful. Our Lord! You know what we keep hidden and what we divulge. Nothing is hidden from Allah either on the earth or in heaven." (Qur'an, 14:37-38)

Take them (your parents) under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: 'Lord, show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small.' (Qur'an, 17:24)

Say: 'My Lord, make my entry sincere and make my leaving sincere and grant me supporting authority direct from Your Presence.' (Qur'an, 17:80)

When you and those with you are settled in the Ship, then say: "Praise be to Allah Who has rescued us from the people of the wrongdoers!" And say: "My Lord, land me in a blessed landing-place. You are the best Bringer to Land."' (Qur'an, 23:28-29)

And Dhu'n-Nun when he left in anger and thought We would not punish him. He called out in the pitch darkness: 'There is no god but You! Glory be to You! Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers.' We responded to him and rescued him from his grief. That is how We rescue the believers. (Qur'an, 21:87-88)

Remembering your Lord's mercy to His servant Zakariyya, when he called on his Lord in secret and said, 'My Lord, my bones have lost their strength and my head is crowned with white, but in calling on You, My Lord, I have never been disappointed. I fear my relatives when I am gone and my wife is barren, so give me an heir from You to be my inheritor and the inheritor of the family of Ya'qub, and make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.' 'Zakariyya! We give you the good news of a boy named Yahya, a name we have given to no one else before.' He said, 'My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren and I have reached advanced old age?' (Qur'an, 19:2-8)

My Lord! Make me and my descendants people who perform prayer. My Lord! Accept my prayer. Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the Reckoning takes place.' (Qur'an, 14:40-41)

He (Musa) said, 'O Lord, expand my breast for me and make my task easy for me. Loosen the knot in my tongue so that they will understand my words. Assign me a helper from my family, my brother Harun. Strengthen my back by him and let him share in my task, so that we can glorify You much and remember You much, for You are watching us.' (Qur'an, 20:25-35)

And Zakariyya when he called out to his Lord, 'My Lord, do not leave me on my own, though You are the Best of Inheritors.' (Qur'an, 21:89)

Say: 'My Lord, if You let me see what they have been promised, do not then, my Lord, put me among the wrongdoing people!' (Qur'an, 23:93-94)

Say: 'My Lord, forgive and be merciful! You are the Best of the Merciful.' (Qur'an, 23:118)

When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, 'Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation.' (Qur'an, 18:10)

He said, 'My Lord, help me because of their calling me a liar!' (Qur'an, 23:39)

Say: 'My Lord, I seek refuge with You from the goadings of the satans, and I seek refuge with You, my Lord, from their presence.' (Qur'an, 23:97-98)

Those who say, 'Our Lord, give us joy in our wives and children and make us a good example for those who guard against evil'. (Qur'an, 25:74)

(Ibrahim said) "My Lord, give me right judgement and unite me with the righteous; and make me highly esteemed among the later peoples; and make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Delight; and forgive my father – he was one of the misguided; and do not disgrace me on the Day they are raised up," (Qur'an, 26:83-87)

He (Nuh) said, 'My Lord, my people have denied me so make a clear judgement between me and them and rescue me and the believers who are with me.' (Qur'an, 26:117-118)

He (Sulayman) smiled, laughing at its words, and said, 'My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You, and admit me, by Your mercy, among Your servants who are righteous.' (Qur'an, 27:19)

He (Musa) said, 'My Lord, I have wronged myself. Forgive me.' So He forgave him. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. He said, 'My Lord, because of Your blessing to me, I will never be a supporter of evildoers.' (Qur'an, 28:16-17)

So he (Musa) left there fearful and on his guard, saying, 'My Lord, rescue me from the people of the wrongdoers!' (Qur'an, 28:21)

So he (Musa) drew water for them and then withdrew into the shade and said, 'My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me.' (Qur'an, 28:24)

My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and all who enter my house as believers, and all the men and women of the believers. But do not increase the wrongdoers except in ruin!' (Qur'an, 71:28)

Those who have come after them say, 'Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and do not put any ancour in our hearts towards those who believe. Our Lord, You are All-Gentle, Most Merciful.' (Qur'an, 59:10)

He (Sulayman) said, 'My Lord, forgive me and give me a kingdom the like of which will never be granted to anyone after me.Truly You are the Ever-Giving.' (Qur'an, 38:35)

Those who bear the Throne, and all those around it, glorify their Lord with praise and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe: 'Our Lord, You encompass everything in mercy and knowledge! Forgive those who turn to You and who follow Your Way and safeguard them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire. Our Lord, admit them to the Gardens of Eden You have promised them, and all of their parents, wives and children who acted rightly. Truly You are the Almighty, the All-Wise. And safeguard them from evil acts. Those You safeguard from evil acts are truly the recipients of Your mercy on that Day. That is the Mighty Victory.' (Qur'an, 40:7-9)

We have instructed man to be good to his parents. His mother bore him with difficulty and with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing and weaning take thirty months. Then when he achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he says, 'My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make my descendants righteous. I have repented to You and I am truly one of the Muslims.' Those are people whose best deeds will be accepted and whose wrong deeds will be overlooked.They are among the Companions of the Garden,in fulfilment of the true promise made to them. (Qur'an, 46:15-16)

You have an excellent example in Ibrahim and those with him,when they said to their people, 'We wash our hands of you and all that you worship apart from Allah,and we reject you. Between us and you there will be enmity and hatred for ever unless and until you believe in Allah alone.' Except for Ibrahim's words to his father: 'I will ask forgiveness for you but I have no power to help you in any way against Allah.''Our Lord, we have put our trust in You. And have repented to You.You are our final destination. Our Lord, do not make us a target for those who do not believe and forgive us. Our Lord, You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.' (Qur'an, 60:4-5)

Allah has made an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said, 'My Lord, build a house in the Garden for me in Your presence and rescue me from Pharaoh and his deeds and rescue me from this wrongdoing people.' (Qur'an, 66:11)

(Ibrahim said) My Lord, bestow on me a right-acting child!' (Qur'an, 37:100)

He (Lut) said, 'My Lord, help me against the people of corruption!' (Qur'an, 29:30)

Nuh said, 'My Lord! Do not leave a single one of the unbelievers on earth! If You leave any they will misguide Your servants and spawn nothing but more dissolute unbelievers. (Qur'an, 71:26-27)

SUPPLICATIONS OF BELIEVERSFROM ALLAH

- To be guided on the Straight Path, to be safeguarded from the path of those with anger on them (Qur'an, 1:5-6)

- To have a place of safety to live (Qur'an, 2:126)

- To be provided with crops (Qur'an, 2:126)

- To have their deeds and prayers accepted as good deeds (Qur'an, 2:127; 3:35)

- To be submissive to Allah (Qur'an, 2:128)

- For their descendants to be submissive to Allah (Qur'an, 2:28; 14:40; 25:74; 46:15)

- To be taught rites of prayers and good deeds (Qur'an, 2:128)

- To have their repentance accepted (Qur'an, 7:156)

- To be given good both in this world and in the hereafter (Qur'an, 2:201)

- To be safeguarded from the punishment of the fire (Qur'an, 2:201; 3:16, 3:191)

- Steadfastness and firmness against hardships (Qur'an, 2:250; 3:147; 7:126)

- Not to be taken to task if they forget or make a mistake (Qur'an, 2:286)

- Not to be loaded with a heavy load like the one placed on past believers (Qur'an, 2:286)

- Not to be tested with a trial that they cannot withstand (Qur'an, 2:286)

- To be pardoned, forgiven and safeguarded (Qur'an, 2:286; 3:16, 3:193; 7:23, 7:151, 7:155; 14:41; 23:118; 28:16; 38:35; 60:5)

- To be helped against those who do not believe (Qur'an, 2:286)

- Not to be turned aside (Qur'an, 3:8)

- Mercy from Allah (Qur'an, 3:8; 18:10)

- To be one of the righteous believers (Qur'an, 3:53; Qur'an, 5:83; Qur'an, 26:83)

- To have their excesses forgiven (Qur'an, 3:147)

- To die as believers (3:193; 7:126; 12:101)

- Not to be disgraced on the Day of Rising (Qur'an, 3:94; 26:87)

- To be given what is promised to Messengers (Qur'an, 3:194)

- To have their wrong actions erased from them (Qur'an, 3:193)

- To be rescued from wrongdoers (Qur'an, 10:86; 28:21; 66:11)

- Not to be made a trial for the unbelievers (Qur'an, 10:85; 60:5)

- For the wealth of those who lead in disbelief to be obliterated by Allah (Qur'an, 10:88)

- For the hearts of those who lead in disbelief to be hardened (Qur'an, 10:88)

- For the unbelievers to incline towards the religion and to be provided with fruits for this purpose (Qur'an, 14:37)

- For their parents to be forgiven (Qur'an, 17:24; 14:40)

- To have their deeds performed in the way that pleases Allah most (Qur'an, 17:80)

- Helpers in transmission, struggle and remembrance (Qur'an, 17:80; 19:5; 20:29-34)

- For Allah to open the way for them to right guidance (Qur'an, 18:10)

- To be continuous in prayer (Qur'an, 14:40)

- To have their prayers answered (Qur'an, 14:40)

- For all believers to be forgiven (Qur'an, 14:41; 59:10; 71:28)

- To have their breasts expanded— peace and serenity to be sent down upon them. (Qur'an, 20:25)

- To have their tasks made easy for them (Qur'an, 20:26)

- To be given decisive speech (Qur'an, 20:27-28)

- To be rescued from hardships (Qur'an, 21:88)

- Not to be left on their own (Qur'an, 21:89)

- To be helped against those who do not believe (Qur'an, 23:39)

- To be safeguarded from the goading of satan (Qur'an, 23:97)

- To be made a leader of those who guard against evil (Qur'an, 25:74)

- To be highly esteemed among later peoples as well (Qur'an, 26:84)

- To enter paradise (Qur'an, 26:85; 66:11)

- To be inspired to be thankful for the blessings bestowed on them (Qur'an, 27:19; 46:15)

-To be in spired to perform good deeds that please Allah (Qur'an, 27:19; 46:15)

- To have good sent down from Allah (Qur'an, 28:24)

- To be helped against the people of corruption (Qur'an, 29:30)

- Right-acting children (Qur'an, 37:100)

- Wealth in order to remember and be thankful to Allah (Qur'an, 38:32)

- Not to have any rancour in their hearts towards believers (Qur'an, 59:10)

- Destruction of those who do not believe (Qur'an, 71:26, 71:28)