4. THE SUPPLICATION OF THE HEEDLESS
I found myself in a situation that prompted me to invoke Allah, Most High, and ask of Him. As I began invoking Him, one of the righteous people around me joined me and started to invoke Allah too.
This made me notice some signs indicating the supplication was answered. However, my ‘self said to me, ‘the supplication was answered because of the supplication of that person and not because of your supplication.’ I replied, ‘though I am aware of mv sins, flaws and lack of effort that prevents my supplications from being answered, it is possible however, it was my supplication that was answered.
This is because the righteous who invoked Allah with me though may be tree of the defects and sins that I have, could have invoked with a pride tor his status, whereas I invoked Allah with humility because of my sins, possibly causing my supplication to be answered.
Perhaps admitting one’s inadequacy of fulfilling his duties towards Allah is more effective to have one’s supplication answered. Not to mention, we both seek Allah’s bounties not by our deeds, therefore when I stand in humility admitting my sins I ask Allah to grant me, by His grace, as there is nothing I did for which my supplication can be answered.
On the other hand, another person (of righteousness) may invoke while he is reviving on his good deeds causing his supplication to be unanswered. ‘O my own self, do not break me more for it is enough that my Lord knows of my shame’.
Besides, the knowledge 1 possess is enough to make me disciplined enough and admit my shortcomings and dire need for what I ask for; my certainty of the generosity of the One I ask from.
These are things the righteous person may not have, may Allah bless his worship, and hence perhaps my admitting of my shortcomings was more effective.
(Source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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