Memorizing Invocations from the Glorious Quran II

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah!

Ok we continue with other supplications. As always please check the Arabic version in our kitab, I include for everyone the reference verse so everyone may recite the verses both in Arabic and in our own language. Make sure to recite all of these at the good times to make supplications.

Thus the God will suffice you against them. And He is the all-Hearer, the all-Knower.

(al-Baqarah 137)

Those who are afflicted by the calamity, say: Indeed! To the God we belong, and indeed to Him we shall return.

(al-Baqarah 156)

Our Lord! Give us in this world the goodness and in the hereafter goodness and save us from the torment of Fire!

(al-Baqarah 250)

Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the Path) after You have guided us, and guide us Your mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.

(aali-'Imraan 8)

Jot them down in clean papers and memorize in the mosque or while we are alone in 'uzlah (isolation). This state is to purify our mind and soul, many tests will come to us. Sometimes I also feel like I just want to die because it is unbearable, but we must keep in mind that we're in the period of tests. He loves us, that's why He tests us :'(

Sealed with prayers for peace, mercy and love, amin!

Simple remembrance after prayer services

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

Dear brothers and sisters, especially those english speaking ones. After we finished our salaat or prayer services whether alone or with a congregation in the mosque, home, musalla, and anywhere. It is also a good time for us to make supplications to Him where we may ask anything that we would like Him to grant to us with manner and politeness.

Before we start the supplications dear brothers and sisters in faith, we may want to recite some dzikr or remembrance in order to focus our mind to Him so we won't think about other things except Him since He is the One that we are going to ask for some thing.

They are very simple brothers and sisters. You may just chant few dzikrs if you could not perform the longer version of ma'thurat due to that being occupied with other things. You may chant these for prayer services like dzuhr and 'asr since the times are usually the time where we are occupied with other things. However, firstly clear our mind and begin to focus on Him. Begin our dzikr with:

Seeking forgiveness from the God: I seek forgiveness from the God the Greatest, where there is no One except Him who is the living God and standing without any help from others and I repent to Him! 3x

Proclaiming there is no gods but only the God: There is no gods except for the God, He is alone without any partners, for Him the possession of the vast kingdoms (universe), and for Him praises and He has the power over everything! 3 x 

Seeking protection from the torments: O Lord our God, salvate us from the hell! 3 x

Seeking the peacefulness and tranquility: O Lord our God, You are the Peace, and from You comes the peacefulness, and to You all the peacefulness return, and You had given life to us o our Lord, with Your peacefulness, and place us into the paradise full of peacefulness, blessed be You o our Lord, and exalted be You o Lord, who possesses the Dignity and the Honor! 

Recite al-Fatihah and the verse 255 from al-Baqarah.

Chant the dzikrs:

O God our Lord: Glory be to You! 33 x

And, praises be to You! 33 x

The God is the Greatest! 33 x

The God is the Greatest and He is the Biggest of all, and all of the praises only for Him, and glory be to Him in the morning and in the evening, there is no gods except the God, and there is no power and the strength except with the God who is the Most Highest and the Most Great!

Then we may start our supplications whether in arabic or in our mother tongue that we are comfortable with. We may chant the supplications after the salaat in chinese, urdu, farsi, english, hausa, zulu, swahili, or whatever language that we know or understand. 

So do not worry much. In our country, Malaysia it is a bit different because some people might feel it is a necessity to use arabic in supplications. It is ok to memorize the supplications in arabic but also make sure we understand what we are asking from the Lord : )  

Sealed with prayers for peace and love. May brothers and sisters benefit from the meaning of these chants and try to at least learn the arabic chant for these so you may also enjoy the languages created by the God for everyone to know each other and to be friends in peace.

Ma'thurat I

Assalaamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

I had memorized this ma'athurat prayers after I was threatened by two thieves at my upper six class just after I came back from hajj pilgrimage. Before that I did not know anything about ma'athurat. 

Before we begin, what is ma'athurat dear brethren? It is a formula to remember Lord God, Glory and Holiness only belong to Him. They are recommended through sunnah tradition and some of them actually come from the scripture which is the Noble Quran. No need for ta'awudz (talisman), they are useless and not powerful like God who operates this Universe and Worlds. Our fate had already been pre-determined by Him in His guarded tablets.

Ma'athurat is not only about dzikr (remembrance of God and meditation) but also could be combined with supplications or du'a. All of our daily activity are actually assumed as ibaadat (act of worship) as long as it is righteous and joined with dzikrullah. 

Obligatory acts of worship is a form of dzikr. Dzikr has many benefits that includes protection from evil and munkar (vices). It is a form of rememberance that could lead us to calmness, tranquility and success. 

Dzikr could be performed in any time and condition. By heart or oral. Even when you are sitting or standing anywhere. Waiting for something or someone. Humans are enjoined to remember Allah a lot. Neglecting dzikr is severely condemened as it is a cause for reward and meritorious deed. Dzikr accompanies ibadaat (worship) and muamalah (interaction). Supplication is also a kind of dzikr.I have this advise first for myself, make this a habit. Then this advise is also intended to beloved brethren.

Ma'athurat Dzikrs...

We chant this aloud in Arabic with the meanings in our own language in heart. Chant them in morning and evening.

Al-Fatihah the mother of the Scripture

Ayatul Kursi from al-Baqarah 255

Al-Ikhlas 3 x

Al-Falaq 3 x

An-Naas 3 x

Chanting there is no gods but the God, He is alone, there is no associate to Him, and the Kingdom is only possessed by Him, and praises to Him, and everything belongs to Him 100 x

Glory be to God and with praises to Him, multiple creations created by Him, and whatever pleasing to Him, and decoration of His Throne, and His words are infinite 3 x

Glory be to God, and with praises to Him 100 x 

Prayers for the blessings on prophet Muhammad (saw) and his companions and his family as God had blessed prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and his family 10 x

God You are my Lord, there is no other gods except You, who created me, and I am Your slave and servant, and I am with Your Convenant and Your promises, whatever that I am able to follow I would follow, I seek Your protection from the evil of my acts, that You had acknowledged to me as sins, so may God forgives me and there is no one who forgive sins except You my Lord! 

I seek forgiveness from You and I repent from my sins intentionally or unintentionally 100 x

These dzikrs stated above are chanted the same every morning and evening before or after fajr (sunrise) prayer and maghrib (sunset) prayer in our lifetime. 

There are few Ma'thurat supplications according to morning and evening time following those stated dzikrs. I hope they are beneficial for English speaking Muslims. 

You may chant them in English or any language that you speak but once you memorized the Arabic sounds you may chant them with Arabic, you may ask the ma'thurat prayers in Arabic text from the mosque management close to your neighborhood or Islamic centers. God never burden you, He only prescribes anything according to our ability, He also understands and listens what you are chanting. He creates languages and wisdoms belongs to Him indeed.