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In the Holy Qur'an


Therefore remember Me, I will remember you (2:152)

Call on your Lord humbly and secretly (7:55)

In the Traditions


O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household,
tempt me not with what Thou hast given to Thy creatures
and tempt them not with what Thou hast withheld from me.

Lest I envy Thy creatures
and dispise Thy decision!

O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household,
delight my soul through Thy decree,
expand my breast through the instances of Thy decision,
give to me a trust through which I may admit

and Thy decree runs only to the best,

and let my gratitude to Thee

for what Thou has taken away from me
be more abundant than my gratitude to Thee
for what Thou hast conferred upon me!

Preserve me from imagining any meaness
in someone who is destitute
or imagining any superiority
in someone who possesses wealth,

for the noble is he whom obedience to Thee has ennobled
and the exalted is he whom worship of THee has exalted!

Excerpt of Suppllication In Satisfaction with the Decree of God

Imam Zainul Abideen