Tuesday, July 1, 2025

'Duah': A Prayer

 

O Lord of all the worlds!

It is beyond me to offer You gratitude for all Your favours.

You are most Merciful and Compassionate,

and the bounties that You have conferred upon me are countless.

 

Forgive me my sins, lest I am ruined.

Fill my heart with sincere love for You,

so that I may receive life.

 

Cover my faults and allow me to perform such deeds

which become the source of Your pleasure.

 

I seek refuge in Your noble countenance

lest your punishment befalls me.

 

Have mercy and save me

from the calamities of this world and the hereafter.

For all grace and compassion is in Your hand.

Ameen, Summa Ameen.

 

---[A prayer of the promised Messiah Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian (1835-1908), originally published in Al-Hakam, vol. 2, no. 1, dated 20 February 1898, p. 9.]