Let me in the end present you the gift of a prayer which appears in a tradition narrated by Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud (RAA). It is actually a prayer which the Holy Prophet (SAW) prescribed for his Companions (RAA) as a remedy for cares and worries. But it is a splendid supplication that shows the attitude of an ideal bondsman towards his Master and describes the curative effect of the Qur’an on the human soul. It also indicates how deep a devotion the Holy Prophet (SAW) had for the Qur’an and in how high an esteem he held it. The prayer runs as follows:
O Allah! Verily I am Your bondsman,
the
son of Your
bondsman, and the son of Your bondsmaid. I am under Your
Control. My fore-lock is in Your Hand.
Your decision is to be
executed about me, and just shall be Your judgment in my
case.
I beg You —
addressing
You
with all those names that
You
have named Yourself with, or that
You
have taught any of
Your creatures, or that You have revealed
in Your Book, or
that You have preferred to keep secret in the realm
of
the Unseen —
to make the Qur’an a source of delight for my heart
and
of light for my breast, and an instrument of dispelling my
grief, and driving away my cares and worries.
Accept
this prayer of mine, O
Lord of the Words!
Source:The Obligations Muslims owe to The Quran (Book by Dr. Israr Ahmad)
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