Category: Islamic Calendar

MUNAJAAT al-MUHIBBEEN (MUNAJAAT OF THOSE WHO LOVE {ALLAH (swt)}): To love Allah (swt), one needs to adopt/embrace the attributes of Allah (swt) i.e to be like Allah (swt); His nearness happens by manifesting His attributes {takhallaqu bi akhlaqi-Allah (swt)}. The Ahlulbayt (as) are closest to Allah (swt) because they manifested His attributes to the highest.…

MUNAJAAT al-MURIDEEN (MUNAJAAT OF THOSE WHO DESIRE/WANT) This is the Munajaat of those who desire/seek to reach Allah (swt). Imam teaches us the type of desires we should have. After praising Allah (swt), Imam shows the two paths to reach Him, followed by giving the qualities of the murideen (those who desire to reach Him),…

MUNAJAAT ar-RAGHEBEEN – (MUNAJAAT OF THOSE WHO DESIRE SOMETHING) In this Munajaat, Imam is drawing attention to the desires of mankind; why do they desire? People desire to overcome the challenges that encounter them. Five challenges are mentioned that Man faces in this world and amazingly Imam also gives solutions to overcome these challenges. 1st…

A narration from the 6 th Holy Imam, Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) mentions, “A believer is between two things, fear {of Allah (swt)’s punishment} and hope {in His mercy}; his fear doesn’t overcome his hope and his hope doesn’t overcome his fear”. In both cases moderation is balanced, otherwise it leads to extremes. In this Munajaat,…

MUNAJAAT al-KHAIFEEN (MUNAJAAT OF THE FEARFUL ONES) Allah (swt) loves His servants very much; He has not created them to punish or make them miserable. The purpose of our creation is to worship Allah (swt) and the aim of worship is to gain His Ma’arifah. Our merciful Lord out of His passion, mercy, and care,…

MUNAJAAT ash-SHAAKKEEN (MUNAJAT OF THE COMPLAINERS) In this world many things happen; some of them are good while some seem to be bad but in reality they are good for us. But due to our lack of insight we complain about them. Since Allah (swt) is just, He never does any bad to His creation.…

MUNAJAAT at-TAIBEEN (MUNAJAAT OF THE REPENTERS) Imam loves Allah (swt) the most and has His highest Ma’arifah. Being a ma’soom, he never sins yet we find in this Munajaat he is seeking forgiveness so desperately. This is because he feels deficient that he can’t worship Allah (swt) the way He deserves to be worshiped. He…

THE WHISPERED PRAYERS/MUNAJAAT: Munajaat is to talk secretly, to express, to long, to yearn ones needs and gratitude before Allah (swt) and sometimes it contains repentance from sins. With regards to one of the verses of the Holy Qur’an (9:78), Najwa from which Munajaat is derived, is interpreted as distance and for the sake of…

Fifty-four supplications form the main body of the Saheefa which includes an addendum of fourteen supplications and fifteen Munajaat (whispered prayers); a book that embodies the answers to many of the spiritual questions faced by the man of our age or as described by Chittick (an American philosopher, writer, translator and interpreter of classical Islamic…