Al-Kafi 3463

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, raising it, ‘He^asws said: ‘Jibraeel^as came over to the Prophet^as and said to him^saww: ‘Your^saww Lord^azwj is Saying to you^saww: “Whenever you^saww to worship Me^azwj for a day and night as is the right of My^azwj worship, so raise your^saww hands towards Me^azwj and say: - ‘O Allah^azwj! For You^azwj is the Praise, eternal Praise along with Your^azwj Eternality; and for You^azwj is the Praise, a Praise with no end to it besides Your^azwj Knowledge; and for You^azwj is the Praise, a Praise having not extension for it besides Your^azwj Desire; and for You^azwj is the Praise, a Praise having no Recompense for its speaker except Your^azwj Pleasure. O Allah^azwj! For You^azwj is the Praise, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Favour, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Beauty, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Light, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Might, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Grandeur, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Magnificence, all of it, and for You^azwj is the world, all of it, and for You^azwj is the Hereafter, all of it, and for You^azwj is the night and the day, all of it, and for You^azwj is the creation, all of it, and in Your^azwj Hand is the goodness, all of It, and to You^azwj do the matters return, all of them, its public and its private. O Allah^azwj! The Praise is for You^azwj, an everlasting Praise. You^azwj are the Good affliction, the One of Majestic Laudation, the concealed Bounty Giver, the Just Judge, the abundant Giver, the Good Rewarder, Lord^azwj of the one in the earth and Lord^azwj of the ones in the sky. O Allah^azwj! For You^azwj is the Praise in the seven mighty (skies), and for You^azwj is the Praise in the earth spread out, and for You^azwj is the Praise of the endurance of the servants, and for You^azwj is the Praise at the times of the afflictions, and for You^azwj is the Praise in the mountains (like) pegs, and for You^azwj is the Praise in the night when it cover, and for You^azwj is the Praise in the day when it brightens, and for You^azwj is the Praise in the Hereafter, and the former (life in the earth), and for You^azwj is the Praise in the doubles (Imams^asws and the Magnificent Quran. And Glory be to Allah^azwj, and with His^azwj Praise, and the earth, all of it would be in His^azwj Grip on the Day of Judgment, and the skies would be (like) leaflets in His^azwj Right Hand. Glorious is He^azwj and Exalted from what they (people) are associating. Glory be to Him^azwj and with His^azwj Praise. Everything will perish except for His^azwj Face. Glory be to You^azwj, our Lord^azwj, and You^azwj are more Exalted, and more Blessed, and Holier. You^azwj Created everything by Your^azwj Power, and Compelled everything by Your^azwj Mighty, and Exalted above everything by Your^azwj Loftiness, and Overcame everything by Your^azwj Strength, and Initiated everything by Your^azwj Wisdom and Your^azwj Knowledge, and Sent the Rasools^as with Your^azwj Books, and Guided the righteous ones by Your^azwj Permission, and Aided the Momineen by Your^azwj Help, and Coerced Your^azwj creatures by Your^azwj Authority. There is no god except You^azwj, Alone. There is no associate for You^azwj. Neither do we worship any apart from You^azwj, nor do we ask except You^azwj, nor do we turn towards except to You^azwj. You^azwj are the place of (placing) our complaints, and the end-point of our hopes, and (You^azwj are) our God^azwj and our King’’.

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