The Holy Month of Ramadhan with all its Blessings and Bounties - Mubarak
LET US PREPARE FOR LAYLATUL QADR
The Night with Power to change the Destiny
Part 2
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What do we therefore have to remind ourselves about Laylatul Qadr?
That it is: • A unique once in a year opportunity to do a life times worth of activity.
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Full of long lasting blessings
• The night of unsurpassed grandeur when the absolute Grand God revealed the Grand Qur'an through the Grand Wahy - Jibraeel into the heart of the Grand Holy Prophet (saw)
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A once in a year occasion for influencing our future destiny - "QADR" - taqdeer. The Masumeen have explained to us that god in his infinite wisdom had planned the system of the universe in such a way that every persons destiny will be determined on a yearly basis in the angelic spheres through the agency of the Imam of the Age, (who is the leader and focus of the whole spiritual world). This gives MANKIND a unique opportunity to influence his own future (gains, loss/health/sickness, richness/poverty/ etc by performing certain acts, e.g. dua salat, sadaqah, jihad, acquiring knowledge, Quran recitation etc.
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The night when the whole multitude of angels and the great spirit (ruh) descend on earth, greeting and praying for the believers and conveying messages to the Imam of Age.
Do we than still need to
PREPARE OURSELVES FOR LAYLATUL QADR
after knowing its significance?
Yes, Let us imagine for a moment that we are invited for a special feast by the president of our country, who also tells us in advance that he is going to reward us with magnificent gifts as per the way we present and behave ourselves during the feast - What would we do ?
After the initial euphoria, we would leave no stone unturned to present themselves in the best possible manner. Preparations of what to wear, how to get there, what will I speak with the president, If I have to go through his secretary what will I say to him, what sort of gifts will I take with me, what sort of conversation will I have with him, all this and more will be thought about, rehearsed and re-rehearsed. Correct me if I am wrong!! All this 'tension' in honour of an invitation from the President of a country.
Lailatul Qadr is an invitation from the President of all Presidents, The Supreme One. Do we need to make preparations for this Night?
Undoubtedly, we must start our preparations way ahead of time, after all going by human fitra, there is more than profit that can be got from this feast of Lailatul Qadr unless out of sheer carelessness we end up amongst those negligent and idle ones, who do not achieve anything except tiredness, loss and eternal doom, who will gain nothing except regret and cry out aloud on the day of Reckoning:
"Ah! Woe upon me! In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah."
What sort of Pre-preparations are needed
before the advent of this Grand Qadr?
Jibrael was asked; "What has the Almighty Allah done on this night with the wishes of the believers among the nation of Muhammad (pbuh)?"
He answered, "The Almighty Allah has looked upon them on this Night and forgiven them, all of them, except the following:
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One who is addicted to drinking, One who severs his ties with his kin, and One who is a trouble-maker."
We have been advised to beseech Allah (swt) during the whole year before the arrival of the Night of Power
to keep us alive for this night,
• To bestow upon us the tawfiq to remain vigilant during this night and pray for blessings and forgiveness.
• To bless us that we are able to do the best of deeds on this Night
• To comprehend fully the importance of this Night which is superior to one thousand months.
• To pray that we can become one of the favourites of Allah (swt) and be blessed with His love, learning, nearness, union, pleasure, together with health, happiness, and welfare;
• To yearn and act so that Allah (swt) be so pleased with us in such a manner, that after this Night He would never be displeased us again.
• To pray that our Aimma a.s. esp. the Imam-ul-Asr be pleased with us & intercede on our behalf.
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