February 7, 2011
There is no strength other than what is given by You.
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November 23, 2010
In Total Humility
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In his book titled Madaarji as-Saalikeen (i.e. The Routes of Path Goers) Shamsuddeen Ibn ul-Qayyim, when elaborating on the status of a believer who submits and humbles himself to his Most Exalted Lord, said: “How beautiful it would be, while in this status, to address the Exalted Lord with words such as the following:
قال: فَلِلّهِ مَا أَحْلَى قَوْلَهُ في هَذهِ الْحَالِ:
أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزِّكَ وَذُلِّي، إِلاَّ رَحِمْتَنى، وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَضَعْفِي، وَبِغِنَاأِكَ عَنِّي وَفَقرِي إِلَيْكَ، هَذِهِ نَاصِيَتِي الكَاذِبةُ الخَاطِأَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، عَبيدُكَ سِوَايَ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَيْسَ لِى سَيِّدٌ سوَاكَ، لا مََلْجَأَ وَلا مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إلاَّ إلَيْكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ المِسْكِينِ، وَأَبْتَهِلُ إلَيْكَ ابْتِهَالَ الخَاضِعِ الذَّلِيلِ، وأَدْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ الخَائِفِ الضَّرِيرِ، سُؤَالَ مَنْ خَضَعَتْ لَكَ رَقَبَتُهُ، وَرَغِمَ لَكَ أَنْفُهُ، وَفَاضَتْ لَكَ عَيْنَاهُ وَذَلَّ لَكَ قَلْبُهُ
“O my Lord, I beseech You, by the Dignity which is all Yours and the humility which is all mine, to have mercy on me. To You I make my plea; by the Power which is Yours and the weakness which is mine, and by the fact that You need me not and I need You most. To you I submit my lying and sinful forelock. Many are the bondmen of Yours other than myself. But for me You are the One and Only Master. There is no escape or refuge from You except only to You. I beseech You from the position of a humble subject. And I address to You a supplication from the position of one who is trodden by fear and affliction, and who bows to You in total humility, with eyes flowing with tears and the heart yielding in submission.”