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 CHALLENGE – LESS PROVISION
إلهِي إنْ كانَ قَلَّ زادِي فِي الْمَسِيرِ إلَيْكَ– “O my Lord, if my provisions are less in my travel to You …
Q) How can the provisions be less?
A) While doing the good deeds in our journey towards Allah (swt), our provision increases but the cursed satan doesn’t leave us. He pursues us and ends up eating up our provisions (by putting riyah in our hearts/intention and stealing our provision of good deeds).
SOLUTION – HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS OF ALLAH (swt)
فَلَقَدْ حَسُنَ ظَنِّي بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ – “… then (only way) I can reach you is by relying on you, have good thoughts/good faith about You”.
2nd CHALLENGE – FEAR OF PUNISHMENT
وَإنْ كَانَ جُرْمِي قَدْ أَخافَنِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ -“If my crime (sins) has made me fear Your punishment..”
SOLUTION – HOPE IN ALLAH (swt)’S MERCY
إنَّ رَجآئِي قَدْ أَشْعَرَنِي بِالأَمْنِ مِنْ نِقْمَتِكَ – “Surely, my hope (in Your mercy) has made me think/feel secure from Your punishment”.
3rd CHALLENGE – SINS PUT US IN THE POSITION OF ENCOUNTERING PUNISHMENT
وَإنْ كانَ ذَنْبِي قَدْ عَرَّضَنِي لِعِقابِكَ – “O my Lord, (Your punishment was going towards the sinners) I was walking in a straight path, safely, and a slip (sin) happens making me encounter Your punishment”
SOLUTION – GOOD TRUST IN ALLAH (swt)’s REWARDS
فَقَدْ آذَنَنِي حُسْنُ ثِقَتِي بِثَوابِكَ – “(O my Lord), although I am a sinner but my good trust in Your rewards gave me the permission/pushed me to ask for Your forgiveness”.
4th CHALLENGE – HEEDLESSNESS PREVENTING PREPARATION TO MEET ALLAH (swt)
MAKING ONE SLEEP.
وَإنْ أَنامَتْنِي الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الاسْتِعْدادِ لِلِقآئِكَ – “O my Lord, I am not prepared to meet You… WHY? Because this ghaflah (my heedlessness) has made me fall asleep i.e prevented me to make preparations to meet You”.
SOLUTION – MA’RIFAH (RECOGNITION) OF ALLAH (swt)’s GENEROSITY.
فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِكَ وَآلائِكَ – (My Lord, I have not been able to make preparations to meet you, so I am not worthy of meeting you, but You are generous; You meet everybody. You accept everybody) – “Thus the recognition in Your generosity has awakened/alerted me – made me prepare to meet You”.
5th CHALLENGE – BARRIER, DISTANCE FROM ALLAH (swt) BECAUSE OF THE SINS
وَإنْ أَوْحَشَ ما بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ فَرْطُ الْعِصْيانِ وَالطُّغْيانِ
Q) What causes alienation ( وحشة) between me and You, O Lord??
الْعِصْيانِ وَالطُّغْيانِ – excess of disobedience (sins) and transgression of Your boundaries has created the barrier/alienation between You and me, O my Lord”.
SOLUTION – GOOD TIDINGS OF FORGIVENESS AND GOOD PLEASURE
فَقَدْ آنَسَنِي بُشْرَى الْغُفْرانِ وَالرِّضْوانِ – “Glad tidings of Your forgiveness and pleasure has made me close to You”.
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