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SUPPLICATION FOR PROTECTION FROM DAJJAL’S EVIL

It has been narrated from Ma’aaz bin Jabal that he said: One day, the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) sent me to Abdullah bin Salaam while his holiness was surrounded by a group of his companions. Abullah bin Salaam came near the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.), his holiness said:

“O’ Abdullah, inform me about those ten words which were taught by Allah (S.W.T.) to Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) on the day when he was to be thrown in fire. Have you found those words written in your Torah?”

Abdullah said: “O’ Messenger of Allah, my parents be sacrificed upon you, has anything about those ten words revealed upon you? Certainly I have seen the reward of reciting those them in Torah but haven’t come across those ten supplications which have the ‘Ism- e-Aazam’ of Allah in each one of them.”

 Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Did Allah teach those words to Prophet Musa (A.S.)?”

            Abdullah said: “Allah did not teach them to anyone except Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).”

            Holy Prophet said: “What have you seen regarding its reward in Torah”?

            Abdullah said: O’ Allah’s Messenger, who has the power to attain such a reward”? I saw in Torah that it was written:

            There is no slave upon whom the Lord has bestowed His grace by placing these words in his heart but that his eyes have been illuminated and certainty has been placed in his heart, and his chest is broadened for the acceptance of faith, and a light is allotted for him which rises from where he sits towards the sky; and the Lord praises him twice a day before the angels and grants wisdom in his tongue and blesses him with the memorization of the book, even though he might not be greedy for this reward; and he makes him a jurisprudent and scholar of the religion, and places his love in the hearts of His slaves, and protects him from the punishments of the grave, and the schemes of Dajjal, and from the great fear of the Day of Resurrection.

            And God may resurrect him among the group of martyrs; honor him and bless him with the dignity and greatness which is has been bestowed by Him upon his Prophets, and such a person will remain fearless on the day when all humans will be filled with fear, and they will not be sorrowful on the day when all the people will be sorrowful, and his name will be written as ‘Siddeeq’ (the truthful) near Allah, and he will resurrect on the Day of Resurrection while his heart will be peaceful and satisfied, and he will be under the shadow of the dignified men along with Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.).

            By the grace of this supplication, a worshipper will be bestowed with whatever he desires from God; and if he adjures God, God will act upon his vow, and he will be situated on the majestic position (heaven) in the vicinity of the Merciful God, and all the rewards of the martyrs from the beginning of world’s creation will be written for him.

Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) asked: “What is meant by the majestic position?”

Abdullah says: “It means the Eden gardens and it is the place of the Almighty God and His Holy Threshold”.

   Ibn e Salaam said: “O Messenger of Allah, teach us that supplication and be gracious upon us just as God has bestowed His grace upon you”.

Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said: “Prostrate before the God Almighty”.

Ma’aaz bin Jabal said: All of them prostrated, and when they lifted their heads from prostration, the holy Prophet said: “recite:

  يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ ، أَنْتَ الْمَرْهُوبُ مِنْكَ جَميعُ [خَلْقِكَ] ، يا نُورَ النُّورِ ، أَنْتَ الَّذِي احْتَجَبْتَ دُونَ خَلْقِكَ فَلاتُدْرِكُ نُورَكَ نُورٌ ، يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ ، أَنْتَ الرَّفيعُ الَّذِي ارْتَفَعْتَ فَوْقَ عَرْشِكَ مِنْ فَوْقِ سَمائِكَ ، فَلايَصِفُ عَظَمَتَكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، يا نُورَ النُّورِ قَدِ اسْتَنارَ بِنُورِكَ أَهْلُ سَمائِكَ ، وَاسْتَضاءَ بِضَوْئِكَ أَهْلُ أَرْضِكَ .

    يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ ، أَنْتَ الَّذي لا إِلهَ غَيْرُكَ ، تَعالَيْتَ عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ شَريكٌ ، وَتَعَظَّمْتَ عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ ، وَتَكَرَّمْتَ عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ شَبيهٌ ، وَتَجَبَّرْتَ عَنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ ضِدٌّ ، فَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ الْمَحْمُودُ بِكُلِّ لِسانٍ ، وَأَنْتَ الْمَعْبُودُ في كُلِّ مَكانٍ ، وَأَنْتَ الْمَذْكُورُ في كُلِّ أَوانٍ وَزَمانٍ ، يا نُورَ النُّورِ ، كُلُّ نُورٍ خامِدٌ لِنُورِكَ ، يا مَليكَ كُلِّ مَليكٍ ، يَفْنى غَيْرُكَ يا دائِمُ ، كُلُّ حَيٍّ يَمُوتُ غَيْرُكَ .

    يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ  يا اَللَّهُ الرَّحْمانُ الرَّحيمُ ، اِرْحَمْني رَحْمَةً تُطْفِئُ بِها غَضَبَكَ ، وَتَكُفُّ بِها عَذابَكَ ، وَتَرْزُقُني بِها سَعادَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ ، وَتَحُلُّني بِها دارَكَ الَّتي تَسْكُنُها خِيَرَتُكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمينَ .

    يا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَميلَ ، وَسَتَرَ الْقَبيحَ ، يا مَنْ لَمْ يُؤاخِذْ بِالْجَريرَةِ ، وَلَمْ يَهْتِكِ السِّتْرَ ، يا عَظيمَ الْعَفْوِ ، يا حَسَنَ التَّجاوُزِ ، يا واسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ ، يا باسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ ، يا صاحِبَ كُلِّ نَجْوى ، وَيا مُنْتَهى كُلِّ شَكْوى .

    يا كَريمَ الصَّفْحِ ، يا عَظيمَ الْمَنِّ ، يا مُبْتَدِئاً بِالنِّعَمِ قَبْلَ اسْتِحْقاقِها ، يا رَبَّاهُ يا رَبَّاهُ ، وَيا سَيِّداهُ وَيا أَمَلاهُ ، وَيا غايَةَ رَغْبَتاهُ ، أَسْأَلُكَ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ أَنْ لاتُشَوِّهَ خَلْقي فِي النَّارِ .

“O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, You are the one whom all the creations fear, O’ light of the light, You are the one who is hidden from its creation such that even light cannot get access to Your light, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, You are the mighty one who has elevated upon His throne above the heaven, Your grandness and glory cannot be described by anyone from the creations, O’ Light of the Light, certainly the people of the heavens illuminated with Your light, and the people of earth are shining with the beam of Your light, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, You are the one save whom there is no God, You are mightier than being ascribed a partner with You, and greater than being ascribed a son for You, and Glorified to have anyone alike You, and Dignified to have an opponent for You, thus You are Allah, the Praised one by all tongues, and You are worshipped at all places, and You are remembered at all times and moments, O’ Light of the light, all the lights switch off in the presence of Your light, O’ Kings of all Kings, save You everything will be destroyed, O’ Eternal, All living beings will die except You, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Beneficent, O’ Merciful, have mercy upon me with a mercy that puts off the fire of Your wrath and anger, and separates me from Your Punishment, and provides me with the glory and good-fortune from Your threshold, and place us in the house where Your noble servants reside, O’ the most Beneficent, O’ He who makes beauty apparent, and conceals the unpleasant, O’ He who does not punish His servants for their sins, and does not break their veil of honor, O’ great forgiver, O’ best Pardoner, O’ He who absolves widely, O’ He who grants mercy with extended hands, O’ knower of all whisperings, O’ He upon whom the judgment of all complaints end, O’ Master of great kindness, O’ Master of great generosity, O’ He who granted His servants with bounties before they deserved it, O’ My Lord, O’ My Lord, O’ Master, O’ Hope, O’ Final Desire, I ask You O’ Allah, O’ Allah, O’ Allah, do not dispose my body in the hellfire.”

Ibn e Salaam asked: “O’ Messenger of Allah, what is the reward of he who recites these verses”?

His holiness said: “Alas! Alas! It is not possible to write down its rewards. If the angles of the seven heavens and earth come together and wish to describe it till the day of Resurrection, they would fail to mention even one part out of the thousand parts of its reward.

            Then Prophet (P.B.U.H.) stated numerous rewards and attributes of these words which cannot be mentioned here due to the conciseness of this book and conclude this discussion here. ^[1]

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