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Opening Prayer
The Interpretation of a Quran Verse from the Chapter of Jonah · Ahmed Alhasan
In the name of God, the Abundantly Merciful, the Intensely Merciful
Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.
May the peace and prayers of God be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis.
O children of Adam, remember Me in your anger and I will remember you in My anger and not destroy you with those I destroy. If you are oppressed, be satisfied with My vengeance, because My vengeance for you is better than you avenging yourself.[1]
O God, I am Your weak, poor and oppressed servant, who is satisfied with you taking vengeance on my oppressors for me.
In the name of God, the Abundantly Merciful, the Intensely Merciful
{And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad.” But it is not except a reminder to the peoples} Quran Chapter “The Pen” 68:51-52.
Footnotes
- ↩ Muhammad Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi (Tehran: Dar Al-Kutub Al-Islamiya, 1944), vol 2, 304, and Al-Nouman Al-Magribi, Daaim Al-Islam [Pillars of Islam] (Cairo: Dar Al-Maarif 1965), vol 2, 537.