Making my Dua

The way( sunnah)of making dua by prophet (PB UH) is to raise hands, glorify and Praise Allah in the beginning and at the end, Sending salutation for the prophet in the beginning and at the end and cry in making Dua. Several ways of making Dua have been described in books. The best book i have read is by Yassir Qadhi, "Dua: The weapon of the Believer". I have learnt a lot about the nature of the relationship with Allah from this book. Everyone should try to read this book in lifetime . About making dua, my mom used to tell me to ask Allah for forgiveness for all the Muslims in the world, then for myself. I have made my own steps of making my own Dua, thought i would share. My opening of the Munajat is saying "Alhamdulliahi Rabbil Alamin, assalatu waassalamu ala rasulul karim", darood sharif, "Rabbana Atina fiddunia...., dua for parents, my duas to Allah, Ayat-ul -Kursi, Again Darood sharif, i end with "Rabbana Taqabbal minna innaka antas samee'ul Ale em"(2:127) meaning is .....our lord! accept from us this service, verily you alone are the All-hearing, All-knowing. This gives me a sense of guarantee that i am conversing with the one who all hears, and i am heard.   

Allah's compassion and Mercy and Iblis's Deception.

"To Allah belong the East and West,therefore, where ever you turn, there is the presence of Allah. Verily Allah comprehend and knows." 2:115.
we are not alone for any moment. Allah is always there with us. But what about the Iblis who tries to trick us every moment? what did Iblis said to Allah before his departure from Allah's presence? what did he asked for? Allah has informed us in details in Surat Al-Araf that Iblis asked for respite to give him the power till the day of judgement to bring Allah's favorite creation human, into wrong path.
 "....He [Iblis] said, "By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in ambush for them on your straight path." [Iblis said,] "Then I will come at them, from in front of them and behind them, from their right and from their left. You will not find most of them thankful........."


If Allah's presence is always there, how is it possible that we get in the trap of the Iblis?We are blessed by the first verse from the Holly Quran that Allah's presence is all over the world. How can we get deceived by devil? even if we were for a time, Allah's mercy is always before us. we are wrapped with his endless compassion. Devils' presence can not surpass Allah. 

Surah Ar-Rahman And some of my thoughts

Listening to Surah Ar-Rahman my foolish thoughts started flow like gushes of water. thought to jot down some of it.

I read, I try to see, try to connect with you. You have asked so many times in so many ways to acknowledge your favors, to be thankful to you. In a series of ayats, in Ar-Rahman, you keep mentioning the bounty of nature you have on me, keeping me reminded to be grateful to you for the clouds to mountains, to put in my mind for being thoughtful to see how you keep that flying bird still in the sky. But I am indeed, a shallow hearted person, who cannot realize the abundance in the nature, who does not show care for the effects on me, if no sun or moons move in their own orbits. I am, who cannot think what good will brings to me if the two different seas that flows side by side. I do not deny the world and the outer world happenings. I just cannot realize the favors you have done in the world around me. I only know how I see your clouds making shapes; I only get amazed to see how beautifully you have created the wings of a butterfly, with splashing colors. I only see how these mountains standing strong and tall. And I surely know I have a lesson in it.

I just cannot realize due to my lacking, of all the favors you are mentioning in Surah Ar-Rahman, but I I am not in a position to deny any of the favors you have on me. How can I deny the favors you are constantly covering me with? How can I deny how you save me from misfortunes and enmity? How can i deny that you keep me safe,as you said “O you who believe! Remember the Favour of allah unto you when some people desired (made a plan) to stretch out their hands against you, but (allah) held back their hands from you. So fear allah. And in allah let the believers put their trust”. i may not have a strong belief as someone of your beloved, but i do put my shattered  trust on you.

 How can I deny that you keep my precious family and me in good health? Giving me strength in my mind reminding me your ayat from the Holly Quran. How can I deny how you give me hope, not to be disheartened in times of pain? I cannot deny how I always lost my way and you are just there to find me to bring back to you.

How can I deny that I am alive here for my family while part of me is gone with my deceased parents? I am thankful but I can never fully appreciate your favors upon me. I am just a little helpless creature like others who looks upon your mercy like a sunflower looking toward the sun. I cannot fully apprehend your grace, and kindness toward me. I am blind but still see the sunlight through the cloud. It touches my heart and tears it apart.

O Allah! i do not deny any of the favors upon me, the visible and unseen ones. 

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