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Supplication
is the essence of worship. The Prophet Muhammad said that
Duaa is the real worship for God responds to our supplications.
Only when Tariqat(longing for the beloved is acheived) that
Duaa propels spiritual evolution of the Murid. So Duaa is
also Haqiqat where the Murid presents oneself before the altar
of the All Pervading God. The first chapter of the Holy Quran
is called the Sura Fatiha which is recited in every prayer
and other remembrance: 1. In the name of God, most gracious,
most merciful. 2. Praise be to God, the cherisher and the
sustainer of the world. 3. Most Gracious and most merciful.
4. Master of the Day of Judgement. 5.Thee do we worship and
thee do we seek. 6.Show us the path that leads us to thee.
7.The way of those on whom thou has bestowed thy grace, those
who do not go astry. Admit me to the paradise of thy mercy,
O thou most gracious and merciful. O lord I seek thy protection
against desires. O lord I seek thy protection from all evil
which pertains to this day and hereafter. O lord I seek thy
protection that I may not destroy anything under my feet.
O God I seek thy protection against intellectual delusion
and poverty of faith. Grant me thy grace that I may not lead
others astray. Duaa consists of rituals such as salat, which
is an obligatory prayer which every disciple who surrenders
their will to the will of the All Pervading Divine(Islam)
performs five times a day. Khwaja says: "Burn yourself with
the love of God And be one with ONE and glow". Those disciples
who practice supplication come under the influence of the
Muhabbat of the All Pervading Divine. These disciples always
are in the consciousness of the Divine and they serve rather
than manage society. The key to liberation from the bonds
of ego is to serve the society rather than be ambitious to
manage societies. Supplication creates a very personal bond
between the disciple and the Divine Beloved for only when
a child understands that whatever the All Pervading has in
store for us is for our own betterment than the disciple surrenders
their will to the will of the All Pervading Divine and is
not influenced by insignificant superficial differences compartmentalising
nations and categorising human beings on the basis of colour,
caste or class and religious preferences. Most gracious Lord,
Master,messiah and Saviour of Humanity, we greet Thee with
all humility. Thou are the first cause and the last effect,
the Divine Light and the spirit of Guidance, Alpha and Omega,
thy Light is in all forms, Thy Love in all beings in a loving
mother, in a kind father, in an innocent child, in a helpful
friend, in an inspiring teacher. Allow us to recognise Thee
in all Thy holy names and forms as Rama, as Krishna, as Shiva,
as Buddha. Let us know Thee as Abraham, as Solomon, as Zarathustra,
as Guru Nanak, as Moses, as Jesus, as Mohammad, and in many
other names and forms, known and unknown to the world. We
adore Thy past: Thy presence deeply enlightens our being and
we look for Thy blessing in future, O Messenger, Christ, Nab
the Rasool(s.a.w) of God. thou whose heart constantly reaches
upward; Thou comes on earth with a message as a dove from
above when Dharma decayeth and speaker the word that is put
in thy mouth as the light fills the crescent moon. Let the
star of Divine Light, shining in my heart, be reflected in
the hearts of Thy devotees. May the Message of God reach far
and wide, illuminating and making the whole humanity as single
Brotherhood in the Fatherhood of God.
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