sahefa sajjadiyyeh

When he (A.S) began to supplicate, he would begin with…

When he (A.S) began to supplicate, he would begin with Praise And Laudation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic is He). he would say:

Praise belongs to Allah,

the First, without a first before Him,

the Last, without a last behind Him.

Beholders' eyes fell short of seeing Him,

describers' imaginations are not able to depict Him.

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.

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.

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

No decreaser decreases those whom He increases,

no increaser increases those of them whom He decreases.

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.

Then, when he takes his final step

and embraces the reckoning of his span,

O Allah seizes him to the abundant reward or the feared punishment to which He has called him,

(That He may repay those who do evil for what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness), 1 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).2 Praise