Seeking forgiveness 70 times:
This should not be something that we pay lip-service - rather, we should
recall all of our past sins and transgressions which we committed against All{h
while we repeat this line 70 times.
Supplications with the Quran on the
Head:
This
is the month in which the Quran was revealed to mankind for guidance and
without doubt, in it is a cure for all spiritual and physical illnesses and
ailments.
By
placing the Quran on our heads and
reading these prayers and seeking Allah and the Ahlul Ba|t (prayers be upon all
of them), we remember that Allah is the all-Powerful and sole granter of
intercession for all of our illnesses – whether they be spiritual or physical
and it is through the Quran and the permission of Allah at this first stage
that these sicknesses can be cure. After this, at the second level, by calling
upon the 14 Ma`sumin (prayers be upon all of them) in the proceeding prayer, we
recall the words of the Prophet (blessings of All{h be upon him and his family)
that we must stick to both the Quran and the Ahlul Ba|t if we wish to stay on
the right path until the Day of Judgment – as they shall never separate from
one another. In addition, the Quran has told us seek an intermediary to Him,
and we do so through the Ahlul Ba|t (prayers be upon all of them).
Dua
No 2:
We
acknowledge that we ourselves are weak and humble servants and that only Allah
has power to assist us. Not only do we ask Allah for our material needs in his
short prayer, but we also implore Him for our spiritual needs. We also thank
Him for all that we have: both in times of happiness and sorrow both; times of
difficulty or ease; times of health or sickness; and times of misfortune,
blessings.
Dua
3:
This
is a general prayer in which we praise and mention some of the characteristics
of Allah.
Dua4:
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refers to the fact that on this night – the 19th of the Month of
Ramadhan, the affairs for our next year are decreed by Allah, and thus,
we ask Him for the greatest gifts which He can shower upon us in the next year:
that we can go for Hajj; our Hajj is accepted; our sins are forgiven and our
evil deeds are all pardoned. We also ask All{h for other things such as: our
life span is increased (obviously so that we can continue to glorify and thank
Him and not to continue to perform more sins) and that our sustenance is
increased, and we close off with asking Him for all of our other legitimate
desires – both of this world and the
next world – for ourselves, families, friends and relatives and the Muslims
around the world.
Seeking
forgiveness 100 times:
Once
again, once we have asked for all our needs in the previous Duas and have
turned to those whom He has appointed as guardians of His faith – namely the
Ahlul Ba|t (prayers be upon all of them) through the Ziyarat of Imam Husain
(peace be upon him), we again recall all of our past sins and transgressions while we repeat the line of asking for
forgiveness 100 times.
Cursing
the killers of Am|r al Mo’min|n `Ali ibn Ab| Ta;ib (prayers be upon him):
The
curse or asking Allah to remove His mercy from wicked people is a Quranic
injunction – especially on those who INTENTIONALLY kill believers and thus, we
are required to carry this commandment of Allah out. It is for this reason that
we sincerely ask Allah to condemn to the hell fire the one who killed the
brother of the Prophet and the father of the A’immah (prayers be upon all of
them) – Am|r al-Mo’min|n `Ali ibn Abi Talib (prayers be upon him).
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