FULFILMENT OF RELIGIOUS NEEDS

A.Alif Laam Meem. Allah!
There is none worthy of worship but He,
The Ever-Living, The Eternal.

Al Imran 1,2

Significance: According to some Hadith. The Ismul-A’zam is contained in this verse. It is most effective if read continually in times of calamity.

B.
None is worthy of worship besides You.
You are Pure (and) surely, I am from among the transgressors.

Al Ambiya 87

Significance: The Ismul-A’zam is according to other traditions contained in the above verse. A person will profit tremendously if he recites it for any legitimate purpose.

C.


Allah is He besides whom there is none worthy of worship.
He is the Knower of both secret and open.
He is Most Kind, Most Merciful.

Al Hashr 22

Significance: The Ismul-A’zam is, according to some, concealed in the above verse. Anyone who recites it seven times in the morning, an angel will be appointed to seek pardon on his behalf till the evening. If he happens to die on that day, he will die as a martyr. ‘And if he reads it seven times in the evening, the angels will seek pardon for him till the morning. If he happens to die during the night, he will die as a martyr.

INTRODUCTION

All praise be to Allah I, ‘The Exalted’, the Lord of the worlds, the All- Merciful, All-Compassionate, the Master of the Day of Judgement. We bear witness that there is no true God but He, the Lord of the past and future nations and Sustainer of heaven and earth, may peace and blessings of Allah I be upon the one who was sent as a mercy to the worlds. We bear witness that Muhammad r is the Messenger of Allah I, his family and Companions, and upon those who believe in his guidance and follow his footsteps until the Day of Judgement. It is natural in this life that people will suffer worries and stress, because this world is a place of disease, hardship and suffering. It is also natural in this life that people have to put up with suffering and hardship for various reasons, as is indicated in the Qur’an:

Man has been created weak.

An-Nisa 28

Also many verses of the Qur’an and Prophetic traditions contain spiritual and material methods for treating many psychological and physical diseases. Allah states in the Qur’an;

‘And we send down (stage by stage) from the Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe, to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.’

Bani-Israil:82

The Prophet r said: “Whatever the disease, Allah I has created a medication for it, regardless of the fact that some men may come to know what this medication is and others may not.”

It is also natural that people have their own problems, worries and diseases in this life, but what should count is how one deals with all of them. The believer will seek solutions to such worries in the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah where there is the true remedy. This blog contains prescriptions for problems, worries, disease and much more; the sources being the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah, as well as the experiences of the pious, as long as they are in accordance to the Qur’an and Sunnah.