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When he (upon him be peace) began to supplicate, he would begin with praise and !
laudation of God (Mighty and Majestic is He). He would say

Praise belongs to God, the First, without a first before Him, the Last, without a last behind Him.

Beholders' eyes fall short of seeing Him, describers' imaginations are not able to depict Him.
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He originated the creatures through His power with an origination ,He devised them in accordance with His will with a devising.

Then He made them walk on the path of His desire, He sent them out on the way of His love.

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They cannot keep back from that to which He has sent them forward,
nor can they go forward to that from which He has kept them back.

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He assigned from His provision to each of their spirits a nourishment known and apportioned.

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Then for each spirit He strikes a fixed term in life, ;for each He sets up a determined end





he walks toward it through the days of his span, he overtakes it through the years of his time.

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and repay those who do good with goodness
That He may repay those who do evil for what they have done as justice from Him




(holy are His names, and manifest His boons).
He shall not be questioned as to what He does, but they shall be questioned.

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Praise belongs to God, for, had He withheld from His servants the knowledge to praise Him
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with which He has tried them and the manifest favours which He has lavished upon them,
they would have moved about in His kindnesses without praising Him,

and spread themselves out in His provision without thanking Him.

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Had such been the case, they would have left the bounds of humanity for that of beastliness

and become as He has described in the firm text of His Book:
!They are but as the cattlenay, but they are further astray from the way

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Praise belongs to God, for the true knowledge of Himself He has given to us,
the thanksgiving He has inspired us to offer Him,

the doors to knowing His Lordship He has opened for us,
and the sincerity towards Him in professing His Uniy to which He has led us,





;the deviation and doubt in His Command from which He has turned us aside
a praise through which we may be given long life among those of His creatures who praise Him,

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;and overtake those who have gone ahead toward His good pleasure and pardon
a praise through which He will illuminate for us the shadows of the interworld,

ease for us the path of the Resurrection, and raise up our stations at the standing places of the Witnesses

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a praise through which we may be released from God's painful Fire and enter God's generous neighbourhood,

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a praise by which we may jostle the angels brought nigh and join the prophets, the envoys,

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in a House of Permanence that does not remove, the Place of His Generosity that does not change.

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Praise belongs to God, who chose for us the good qualities of creation, granted us the agreeable things of provision,

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every one of His creatures submits to us through His power

and comes to obey us through His might.

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freed us from need through His bounty, and gave us possessions through His kindness.


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and mounted the backs of His warnings. So we turned against the path of His commandments

Yet He hurried us not to His punishment, nor hastened us on to His vengeance.
No, He went slowly with us through His mercy, in geneosity,

and awaited our return through His clemenc,in mildness.

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Praise belongs to God,who showed us the way to repentance,
which we would not have won save through His bounty.

Had we nothing to count as His bounty but this, His trial of us would have been good

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imposed upon us nothing but ease, and left none of us with an argument or excuse.

So the perisher among us is he who perishes in spite of Him and the felicitous among us he who beseeches Him.

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His angels closest to Him, His creatures most noble in His eyes,

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;and His praisers most pleasing to Him

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a praise that may surpass other praises as our Lord surpasses all His creatures.

Then to Him belongs praise, in place of His every favour upon us
and upon all His servants, past and still remaining,

to the number of all things His knowledge encompasses, and in place of each of His favours,

their number doubling and redoubling always and forever, to the Day of Resurrection:

a praise whose bound has no utmost end, whose number has no reckoning,
;whose limit cannot be reached, whose period cannot be cut off

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a praise which will become a link to His obedience and pardon,
a tie to His good pleasure, a means to His forgiveness,

a path to His Garden, a protector against His vengeance,
a security against His wrath, an aid to obeying Him,

;a barrier against disobeying Him, a help in fulfilling His right and His duties

a praise that will make us felicitous among His felicitous friends,

!and bring us into the ranks of those martyred by the swords of His enemies. He is a Friend, Praiseworthy

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)Praise belongs to God who was kind to us through Muhammad (God bless him and his Household

to the exclusion of past communities and bygone generations,
displaying thereby His power, which nothing can render incapable, though it be great,

and nothing can escape, though it be subtle. He sealed through us all He created





appointed us witnesses over those who deny, and increased us by His kindness over those who are few.

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The imam of mercy, the leader of good, the key to blessing,

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Who wearied his soul for Thy affairs, exposed his body to detested thing for Thy sake,

Showed open enmity toward his next of kinby summoning to Thee,
fought against his family for Thy good pleasure,

cut the ties of the womb in giving life to Thy religion, sent far those close because of their denial,

brought near those far because of their response to Thee,
showed friendship to the most distant for Thy sake, displayed enmity toward the nearest for Thy sake,

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the ground of his birth, and the intimate abode of his soul,

Desiring to exalt Thy religion and seeking help against those who disbelieved in Thee,

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Until what he attempted against Thy enemies went well with him
And what he arranged for Thy friends was accomplished.

He rose up against them seeking victory through Thine aid, becoming strong in spite of his weakness with Thy help.

He fought against them in the centre of their cities, and attacked them in the midst of their dwellings,

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That none may equal him in station, none may match him in level,
And no angel brought nigh or prophet sent out may parallel him in Thy sight

And inform him concerning his Household the pure and his community the faithful
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!O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds !Thou art of bounty abounding
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!O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied
!O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted

!O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief

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By Thy desire they follow Thy command without Thy word ,
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Through Thy power Thou hast brought it down upon me

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None can help him whom Thou hast abandoned So bless Muhammad and his Household,

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break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength,

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by carrying what has happened to me, and I am filled with worry

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