The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made

The Clay from Which the Believers and Unbelievers Are Made (additional)

The Clay from which the Believers and Unbelievers are made (additional)

The Messenger of Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, Was the First to Respond to the Call of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, and Testify That He Is the Lord

How They Answered While They Were as Small Particles

Creation of the Creatures with Belief in Oneness of Allah in Their Nature

Believers as Offspring of Unbelievers

When Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, Wills to Create a Believer

The Coloring (referred to in the Holy Quran) Is Islam

Serenity Is Belief

Purely Sincere

On the Shari’ a (System of Laws)

The Fundamentals of Islam

Islam Is to Spare Lives (and to Keep the Trust) But Reward Comes From Belief

Belief Is Inclusive of Islam but Islam Is Not Inclusive of Belief

Another Chapter on the Same Issue That Islam Is Before Belief

No name

Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body

Advancement in Belief

Degrees of Belief

Degrees of Belief (Additional)

Description of Islam

Qualities of a Believer

Description of Belief

Superiority of Belief over Islam and Certainty over Belief

The Essence of Belief and Certainty

Contemplation (Thinking)

The Noble Qualities (of Man)

Excellence of Certainty

To Agree With the Decision (of Allah)

Leaving It to Allah to Be the Person in Charge of Affairs, and Having Trust in Him

Fear and Hope

Hopefulness Toward Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy

To Profess One ’s Shortcomings

Obedience and Piety

Restraint from Worldly Matters (Sins)

Chastity

Abstaining From Unlawful Matters

Fulfilling Obligations

Balanced and Continuous Good Deeds

The Worship

The Intention

Part of Previous Chapter

Moderation in Worship

One Who Has Learned to Receive Rewards from His Lord for a Certain Deed

Patience

Gratitude and Thankfulness

Excellence in Moral Behaviors

Delightful Appearance

Truthfulness and Trust

Bashfulness

Forgiveness

Suppressing one ’s Anger

Forbearance

Silence and Controlling the Tongue

Gentleness in Dealings

Friendliness

Humbleness

Love for the Sake of Allah and Hate for the Sake of Allah

Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby

Additional Ahadith on the Above Subject

Contentment

Adequacy

Promptness in Good Deeds

Fairness and Justice

Independence from People

Good Relation with Relatives

Kindness to Parents

Concern for the Affairs of the Muslims, Giving Them Good Advice and to Benefit Them

High Regards for the Elderly

The Believer’s Mutual Brotherhood

The Rights of One Who Accepts the Belief and Then Severs Away

Brotherhood in Belief is not Due to Religion it only is a Way of Recognition

The Rights of a Believer on his Brother (in belief) and his duty to observe Such Rights

Compassion and Leniency

Visiting Brothers (in belief)

Greeting with Handshake

Holding in One ’s Arm

Kissing

Speak of and Remember the Brothers (in belief)

To Please the Believers

Assisting a Believer in his Needs

Endeavor to help a Believer

Relief for the Suffering of a Believer

Providing Food for a Believer

Providing Clothes for a Believer

To Show Kindness to and Honor a Believer

In the Sen’ice of Believing People

Giving Good Advice to the Believers

Improving Good Relations Among People

To Revive the Believer

Inviting one ’s Own People to Belief

Not to Invite People to Belief

Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves

Sound Religion

Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness

Silence and Restraint against Publicity

A Believer’s Signs and Qualities

The Rarity of Believers

قَالَ : كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَدْعُو عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ كِتَابِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُتَوَحِّدُ بِالْقُدْرَةِ وَ اَلسُّلْطَانِ اَلْمَتِينِ وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُتَعَالِي بِالْعِزِّ وَ اَلْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ فَوْقَ اَلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَ اَلْعَرْشِ اَلْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُكْتَفِي بِعِلْمِكَ وَ اَلْمُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ ذِي عِلْمٍ رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ يَا مُنْزِلَ اَلْآيَاتِ وَ اَلذِّكْرِ اَلْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا فَلَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنَا مِنَ اَلْحِكْمَةِ وَ اَلْقُرْآنِ اَلْعَظِيمِ اَلْمُبِينِ اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَنَاهُ قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا فِي تَعَلُّمِهِ وَ اِخْتَصَصْتَنَا بِهِ قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا بِنَفْعِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مَنّاً مِنْكَ وَ فَضْلاً وَ جُوداً وَ لُطْفاً بِنَا وَ رَحْمَةً لَنَا وَ اِمْتِنَاناً عَلَيْنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلِنَا وَ لاَ حِيلَتِنَا وَ لاَ قُوَّتِنَا اَللَّهُمَّ فَحَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا حُسْنَ تِلاَوَتِهِ وَ حِفْظَ آيَاتِهِ وَ إِيمَاناً بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَ عَمَلاً بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَ سَبَباً فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ وَ هُدًى فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ وَ بَصِيرَةً بِنُورِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا أَنْزَلْتَهُ شِفَاءً لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ شَقَاءً عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ وَ عَمًى عَلَى أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ نُوراً لِأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ اَللَّهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْهُ لَنَا حِصْناً مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ حِرْزاً مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ حَاجِزاً عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ عِصْمَةً مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ دَلِيلاً عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ نَلْقَاكَ نَسْتَضِيءُ بِهِ فِي خَلْقِكَ وَ نَجُوزُ بِهِ عَلَى صِرَاطِكَ وَ نَهْتَدِي بِهِ إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ اَلشِّقْوَةِ فِي حَمْلِهِ وَ اَلْعَمَى عَنْ عَمَلِهِ وَ اَلْجَوْرِ عَنْ حُكْمِهِ وَ اَلْعُلُوِّ عَنْ قَصْدِهِ وَ اَلتَّقْصِيرِ دُونَ حَقِّهِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِحْمِلْ عَنَّا ثِقْلَهُ وَ أَوْجِبْ لَنَا أَجْرَهُ وَ أَوْزِعْنَا شُكْرَهُ وَ اِجْعَلْنَا نُرَاعِيهِ وَ نَحْفَظُهُ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْنَا نَتَّبِعُ حَلاَلَهُ وَ نَجْتَنِبُ حَرَامَهُ وَ نُقِيمُ حُدُودَهُ وَ نُؤَدِّي فَرَائِضَهُ اَللَّهُمَّ اُرْزُقْنَا حَلاَوَةً فِي تِلاَوَتِهِ وَ نَشَاطاً فِي قِيَامِهِ وَ وَجِلاً فِي تَرْتِيلِهِ وَ قُوَّةً فِي اِسْتِعْمَالِهِ فِي آنَاءِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافِ اَلنَّهَارِ اَللَّهُمَّ وَ اِشْفِنَا مِنَ اَلنَّوْمِ بِالْيَسِيرِ وَ أَيْقِظْنَا فِي سَاعَةِ اَللَّيْلِ مِنْ رُقَادِ اَلرَّاقِدِينَ وَ نَبِّهْنَا عِنْدَ اَلْأَحَايِينِ اَلَّتِي يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا اَلدُّعَاءُ مِنْ سِنَةِ اَلْوَسْنَانِينَ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْ لِقُلُوبِنَا ذَكَاءً عِنْدَ عَجَائِبِهِ اَلَّتِي لاَ تَنْقَضِي وَ لَذَاذَةً عِنْدَ تَرْدِيدِهِ وَ عِبْرَةً عِنْدَ تَرْجِيعِهِ وَ نَفْعاً بَيِّناً عِنْدَ اِسْتِفْهَامِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ تَخَلُّفِهِ فِي قُلُوبِنَا وَ تَوَسُّدِهِ عِنْدَ رُقَادِنَا وَ نَبْذِهِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِنَا وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَسَاوَةِ قُلُوبِنَا لِمَا بِهِ وَعَظْتَنَا اَللَّهُمَّ اِنْفَعْنَا بِمَا صَرَفْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ اَلْآيَاتِ وَ ذَكِّرْنَا بِمَا ضَرَبْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ اَلْمَثُلاَتِ وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ اَلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَ ضَاعِفْ لَنَا بِهِ جَزَاءً فِي اَلْحَسَنَاتِ وَ اِرْفَعْنَا بِهِ ثَوَاباً فِي اَلدَّرَجَاتِ وَ لَقِّنَا بِهِ اَلْبُشْرَى بَعْدَ اَلْمَمَاتِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا زَاداً تُقَوِّينَا بِهِ فِي اَلْمَوْقِفِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ طَرِيقاً وَاضِحاً نَسْلُكُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ وَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً نَشْكُرُ بِهِ نَعْمَاءَكَ وَ تَخَشُّعاً صَادِقاً نُسَبِّحُ بِهِ أَسْمَاءَكَ فَإِنَّكَ اِتَّخَذْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا حُجَّةً قَطَعْتَ بِهِ عُذْرَنَا وَ اِصْطَنَعْتَ بِهِ عِنْدَنَا نِعْمَةً قَصُرَ عَنْهَا شُكْرُنَا اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا وَلِيّاً يُثَبِّتُنَا مِنَ اَلزَّلَلِ وَ دَلِيلاً يَهْدِينَا لِصَالِحِ اَلْعَمَلِ وَ عَوْناً هَادِياً يُقَوِّمُنَا مِنَ اَلْمَيْلِ وَ عَوْناً يُقَوِّينَا مِنَ اَلْمَلَلِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ بِنَا أَفْضَلَ اَلْأَمَلِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا شَافِعاً يَوْمَ اَللِّقَاءِ وَ سِلاَحاً يَوْمَ اَلاِرْتِقَاءِ وَ حَجِيجاً يَوْمَ اَلْقَضَاءِ وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ اَلظَّلْمَاءِ يَوْمَ لاَ أَرْضَ وَ لاَ سَمَاءَ يَوْمَ يُجْزَى كُلُّ سَاعٍ بِمَا سَعَى اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا رَيّاً يَوْمَ اَلظَّمَإِ وَ فَوْزاً يَوْمَ اَلْجَزَاءِ مِنْ نَارٍ حَامِيَةٍ قَلِيلَةِ اَلْبُقْيَا عَلَى مَنْ بِهَا اِصْطَلَى وَ بِحَرِّهَا تَلَظَّى اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا بُرْهَاناً عَلَى رُءُوسِ اَلْمَلَإِ يَوْمَ يُجْمَعُ فِيهِ أَهْلُ اَلْأَرْضِ وَ أَهْلُ اَلسَّمَاءِ اَللَّهُمَّ اُرْزُقْنَا مَنَازِلَ اَلشُّهَدَاءِ وَ عَيْشَ اَلسُّعَدَاءِ وَ مُرَافَقَةَ اَلْأَنْبِيَاءِ «إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ اَلدُّعٰاءِ» 

1. He [mursal = trasmitter] said: “Abū ‘Abdillāh (‘a.s.) used to supplicate thus when reading the Book of Allāh, to Whom belong Might and Majesty: ‘O Allāh! Our Lord! All praise is due to You – You are the Only One with power and firm authority. And all praise is due to You – You are the Exalted with might and grandeur above the heavens and the Great Throne. Our Lord! All praise is due to You – You suffice with Your knowledge whereas all those who possess knowledge need You. Our Lord! All praise is due to You, O revealer of signs and the Great Reminder. Our Lord! All praise be to You for what You have taught us of wisdom and the Manifest, Glorious Qur’ān. O Allāh, You taught it to us before we sought to learn it and selected us before we sought to benefit from it. O Allāh, if this was a blessing from You and a bounty, a generosity, a kindness to us, a mercy upon us and a favour to us without our having strived or attempted [to acquire it] or exerted [any effort], then O Allāh make dear to us its beautiful recitation, the memorization of its verses, belief in its allegorical verses, action upon its clear verses, insight into its esoteric meanings, guidance in understanding its application and illumination from its light. “’O Allāh, just as You have revealed it to be a cure for Your friends, a misery for Your enemies, a blindness for the people who disobey You and a light for those who obey You, O Allāh make it [also] a fortress for us from Your chastisement, a sanctuary from Your wrath, a barrier from Your disobedience, a protection from Your anger, a guide towards Your obedience, and a light on the day we meet You by which we may be get illumination among Your creation, cross over Your bridge and get guidance to Your Paradise. O Allāh, we seek refuge with You from wretchedness in bearing it [without reading it], blindness from its knowledge, transgressing its commands, overstepping its limits and falling short of its rights. O Allāh, help us bear its heaviness, make us deserving of its reward, inspire us to be grateful for it, and make us care for it and preserve it. O Allāh, assist us to follow it in what it describes as lawful, eschew what it classifies as forbidden, establish its boundaries and fulfill its obligations. “’O Allāh grant us joy in its recitation, energy in establishing it, fear [of You] in its recital and strength in employing it during the darkness of night and light of day. O Allāh, enable us to suffice with little sleep and wake us during the night from the slumber of the sleepers, and awaken us during the moments wherein supplication is accepted from the drowsiness of the somnolent. O Allāh, make our hearts astute in encountering its wonders that never cease, delighted when we repeat it, take lessons when we review it, and gain clear benefit when we seek its understanding. O Allāh, we seek refuge with You from its relegation in our hearts, from leaving it aside as we sleep and from casting it behind our backs. We seek refuge with You from the hardness of our hearts towards Your advice for us in it. O Allāh, benefit us with what You have stated in Your verses and remind us with what You have mentioned of parables, and through its interpretation, cover up our sins and multiply our reward; and raise our station through it, and receive us with glad tidings after we die. O Allāh, make it a provision that strengthens us as we stand beforeYou, and a clear path that we can follow to reach You, and a beneficial knowledge by which we may express gratitude for Your blessings, and a true humility by which we may glorify Your names, for indeed You have taken it as a proof against us and have severed our excuse by it. You have made it such a blessing for us that our gratitude for it always falls short. O Allāh, make it a guardian for us that keeps us steadfast from lapses, a guide towards the best of actions, a guiding helper that protects us from straying and a supporter that strengthens us against ennui until it makes us attain the loftiest of [our] hopes. “’O Allāh, make it a intercessor for us on the Day of Meeting, and a weapon on the Day of Elevation, and a witness for us on the Day of Judgement, and a light on the Day of Darkness – the day when there is no earth and no sky, the day when every striver will be rewarded for what he strove. O Allāh, make it a quenching for us on the Day of Thirst, and a [means of] success for us on the Day of Recompense from the blazing Fire which has little compassion for those who burn in its inferno. O Allāh, make it an evidence for us before all the people on the day when the inhabitants of the earth and the heavens are gathered. O Allāh, grant us the station of the martyrs, the life of the felicitous, and the company of the Prophets ‒ indeed You hear all supplications.’”

Al-Kāfi - Volume 2

Book 2, Chapter 58