"Laylatul-bara’ah"
Ya Rabb,
You soon unlock
From a treasure chest,
Within a treasure box,
Within a treasure casket,
Within a treasure trove,
From a Treasure Palace
A fragment of Your Hidden Treasure.
Ya Rabb,
You descend,
Holding a glistening gem.
A blinding shimmer,
Crystallized as
Laylatul-bara’ah.
Secreted in its flawless facets
Is freedom from the Fire.
Ya Rabb,
Scorch the residue of rust,
Corrode the corrosion and corruption,
Eradicate malice, pride, shirk, disobedience,
And arrogance keeping me from kith and kin.
For I am doomed
While traces of these linger.
Ya Rabb,
On this night favoured by You,
Expiate my sins,
Forgive forgive forgive,
As you witness
The rivers of tears dry
From remorse.
While my forehead becomes concrete in Sajdah,
My body fasts,
My tongue beseeches
The words given by the one purified by You,
To Sayyidatuna Ayesha,
Thousands upon thousands upon thousands,
Upon thousands.
Ya Rabb,
My heart ignites
With a fire of yearning,
To be safe from Your Fire.
To be given intercession
By the truthful inviter to the truth
Of Your Truth.
And if death is deemed,
Dress it with Gentleness.
Ya Rabb,
Do not close the lid of Your Treasures
Until I am counted as a hair on the sheep of the Kalb tribe.
Do not close the lid of Your Treasures
Until my deeds will be lifted
Rather than thrown.
Until this heart is humbled
In readiness
For Ramadhan purification.
Ya Rabb,
Multiply our salutations upon the star of Your Glory.
Amplify our benedictions
To the light from Your Light.
Ya Rabb,
Perpetually send Your peace and mercy
Upon the one who invited us to You.
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Ummul-Mu’mineen ‘Aishah, Radi-Allahu anha, is reported to have said, "Once Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, performed the Salah of the night (Tahajjud) and made a very long Sajdah until I feared that he had passed away. When I saw this, I rose (from my bed) and moved his thumb (to ascertain whether he is alive). The thumb moved, and I returned (to my place). Then I heard him saying in Sajdah: ‘I seek refuge of Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I seek refuge of Your pleasure from Your annoyance, and I seek Your refuge from Yourself. I cannot praise You as fully as You deserve. You are exactly as You have defined Yourself.’ Thereafter, when he raised his head from Sajdah and finished his salah, he said to me: ‘Aishah, did you think that the Prophet has betrayed you?’ I said, ‘No, O Prophet of Allah, but I was afraid that your soul has been taken away because your Sajdah was very long.’ He asked me, ‘Do you know which night is this?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘This is the night of the half of Sha’ban. Allah Almighty looks upon His slaves in this night and forgives those who seek forgiveness and bestows His mercy upon those who pray for mercy but keeps those who have malice (against a Muslim) as they were before, (and does not forgive them unless they relieve themselves from malice).’"
A beautiful Du’a: http://www.iqra.net/Dua/shaban.php
Clear Do’s and Don’ts on this blessed month and the blessed middle night:
http://www.albalagh.net/general.shaban.shtml
A comprehensive coverage of Sha’ban: http://webpages.marshall.edu/~laher1/shabaan15.html
Supplications with explanations: http://www.aicp.org/IslamicInformation/English/TheMonthofShaaban.htm
All good is from Allah Ta’ala whereas mistakes are from this humble speck. May Allah Ta’ala Bless all readers, bringing you all closer to Him and His Rasul SallAllahu alaihi wasallam. Ameen.
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem
Allahumma salli ‘alaa sayyidinaa Muhammadin ‘abdika wa rasoolikan-nabiyyil ummiyyu wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa salli
15th of Sha’ban is coming up soon! The ground is fertile for planting those spiritual seeds and the rainy season is just a few weeks away, so lets reap the fruit available to us by doing extra right away, if we haven’t already.
May Allah subhaanahu wa ta ‘aala grant us the gift of extra recitation of Qur’an, extra nawaafil acts and salaahs, extra dhikr, and extra fasting now, and may we spiritually soar into Ramadan so that once it begins the wind of its blessings catch us under the wings and raise us to the lofty heights of wilaaya. Ameen.
Comment by Juweariyah — September 6, 2006 @ 7:43 am
Assalamu alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu,
Ameen Ameen Ameen. Insha’Allah such flourishing images become a reality for the entire Ummah, with Allah Ta’ala accepting our increased efforts and bringing us all closer to Him during this most blessed of time. Ameen.
Wassalamu alaikum
almiskeenah
Comment by administrator — September 6, 2006 @ 8:10 pm
Asalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu
The poem was really moving and beautiful! I loved it.
JazakAllahu Khayran for sharing and Amin to Javerias duas!
:-)
Wasalams!
Comment by Sidra — September 6, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
Assalamu alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu,
According to Anas ibn Malik RadhiAllahu anhu the Prophet SallAllahu alaihi wasallam said: “The excellence of Rajab over other months is like the excellence of the Qur’an over all other speech, while the excellence of Sha’ban over other months is like my excellence over the rest of the Prophets, and the excellence of Ramadan over other months is like the excellence of Allah Ta’ala over all His creatures.”
How IMMENSELY BLESSED we are!!!!!!
Wassalamu alaikum
almiskeenah
Comment by administrator — September 6, 2006 @ 10:40 pm
As salaamu alai kum,
Ameen to the duas. What beautiful poetry to soften the heart, may Allah SWT the Generous, Most Merciful and Kind bless the time of the ummah to make the most of such special nights. Ameen.
Wa’salaam.
Comment by Farhanah — September 6, 2006 @ 11:42 pm
Assalamu alaikum, Ameen Sister Farhanah, plus the following was sent to me so I add it to this post, Jazakumullahu to all “out there” May we all meet at the Kawthar as a result of our efforts for this glorious Islam!INSHA’ALLAH AMEEN!
Dua of Nisfi Shaban
Come Spend That Night in Worship-ness
Sufi Meditation Center
By Shaykh Hisham al Qabbani
O God, Tireless Owner of Bounty. O Owner of Sublimity, Honor, Power, and Blessings.
There is no god except You, the Support of refugees and Neighbor of those who seek nearness, Guardian of the fearful.
O God, if you have written in Your Book that I be abject, deprived, banished, and tight-fisted, then erase it
O God, through Your bounty, Erase my misery, deprivation, banishment, and stinginess and establish me with You as happy, provided with blessings, for surely You have said—and Your Word is True—in Your Revealed Book on the tongue of Your Messenger, “God blots out or confirms what He pleases, and with Him is the Mother of Books.” (13:39)
My God, by the Great Manifestation of the Night of the middle of the Noble Month of Sha`ban “in which every affair of wisdom is made distinct and authorized,“(44:4)
remove from us calamities—those we know and those we do not know, and Thou knowest best—for surely You are the Most Mighty, the Most Generous. May God bless Muhammad and his Family and Companions.
After every reading recite:
Allahumma Ya Dha ’l-Manni la yamannu ‘alayhi ahad,
ya Dha ’l-Jalali wa ’l-Ikram ya Dha ‘ţ-Ţūli wa ’l-An’ am.
La ilaha illa Anta.
Dahara ’l-laji’īn wa Jaru ’l-mustajirīn
wa Amanu ’l-kha’ifīn. Allahumma in kunta katabtanī
‘indaka fī ummu ’l-Kitabi shaqīyan aw maħrūman aw
maţrūdan aw muqataran ‘alayya mina ’r-rizq famhu-llahumma
bi-faļlika shaqawatī wa ħurmani wa ţurdī
wa iqtara rizqī wa thabitnī ‘indaka fī ummi ’l-kitabi
sa’īdan wa marzūqan li ’l-khayrati fa-innaka qulta wa
qawluku ’l-ħaqq fī kitabik al-munzal ‘ala lisani
nabīyyika ’l-mursal:
yamħullahu ma yasha’u wa
yuthbitu wa ‘indahu Ummu ’l-Kitab.
Ilahī bi ’t-tajallī ala‘azami fī lalayti ’n-nisfi min shahri sha’bani ’lmu
‘azami ’l-mukarrami ’llatī yufraqu fiha kullu amrin
hakimin wa yubram, an takshifa ‘anna mina ’l-bala’i ma
na’lamu wa ma la na’lamu wa ma Anta bihi a’alamu
innaka Anta al-A’azzu ’l-Akram. Wa šalla-Allahu ‘ala
Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ‘ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
sallam.
www.sufimeditationcenter.com
As Sayed Nurjan Mirahmadi
www.nurmuhammad.com
Wassalamu alaikum
almiskeenah
Comment by administrator — September 7, 2006 @ 8:59 am