Al-Kafi 3446

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from the one who mentioned it, from Abu Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Aban Bin Taghlib, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘You should be saying, ‘O Allah^azwj! I ask You^azwj and do not ask the servants like I ask You^azwj. I ask You^azwj by the right of Muhammad^saww Your^saww Prophet^saww and Your^azwj Rasool^saww, and Ibrahim^as Your^azwj friend and Your^azwj elite, and Musa^as Your^azwj speaker and Your^azwj whisperer, and Isa^as Your^azwj Word and Your^azwj Spirit. And I ask You^azwj by the Parchments of Ibrahim^as, and the Torah of Musa^as, and the Psalms of Dawood^as, and the Evangel of Isa^as, and Quran of Muhammad^saww, and by every Revelation You^azwj Revealed, and every Judgment You^azwj Passed, and right You^azwj Fulfilled, and rich one You^azwj Enriched, and straying one You^azwj Guided, and begging one You^azwj Gave to. And I ask You^azwj by Your^azwj Name which You^azwj Placed upon the night, so it turned dark, and by Your^azwj Name which You^azwj Placed upon the day so it shone, and by Your^azwj Name which You^azwj Placed upon the earth so it settled and the skies were underpinned by it so (became) upheld, and Placed it upon the mountains, so were anchored. And by Your^azwj Name by which the sustenance are Sent with, and I ask You^azwj by Your^azwj Name by which the dead are revived with, and I ask You^azwj by the Bond of the Might from Your^azwj Throne and the limit of the Mercy from Your^azwj Book. I ask You^azwj that You^azwj should Send <span class="iTxt">Salawāt</span> upon Muhammad^saww and the Progeny^asws of Muhammad^saww and that You^azwj should Grace me the memorisation of the Quran, and the varieties of the knowledge, and that You^azwj affirm it in my^asws heart and my^asws hearing and my sight, and that You^azwj mingle it with my^asws flesh and my^asws blood and my^asws bones and my^asws brain, and that You^azwj Utilise by it my^asws night and my^asws day by Your^azwj Mercy and Your^azwj Power, for there is neither Might nor Strength except with You^azwj. O Living! O Eternal!’ He (the narrator) said, ‘And in another Hadeeth there is more: - ‘And I^asws ask You^azwj by Your^azwj Name by which Your^azwj servants supplicate with so it is Answered for them, and Your^azwj Prophets, so it is Forgiven for them^as and there is Mercy upon them^as. And I^asws ask You^azwj by every Name You^azwj Revealed in Your^azwj Book, and by Your^azwj Name which Your^azwj Throne is stabilized, and by Your^azwj Name, the Single, the One, the Individual, the Solitary, the Exalted which Fills up the corners, all of them, the Immaculate, the Clean, the Blessed, the Holy, the Living, the Eternal, Light of the skies and the earth, the Beneficent, the Merciful, the Greatest, and Exalted, and Your^azwj Revealed Book with the Truth, and the Perfect Words of Yours^azwj, and Your^azwj Perfect Light, and by Your^azwj Magnificence and Your^azwj Elements’. And he^asws said in another Hadeeth: ‘Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘The one who wants Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic should Cause him to retain (memorise) the Quran and the Knowledge, so let him write this supplication in a clean container with white honey, then wash it with rain water before it touches the ground, and drink it for three days upon the empty stomach, for it would make him memorise that, Allah^azwj Willing’.

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