PRAYERS IN ISLAM
Compiled by UMAR AZAM
B.A. [Hons] UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER, UK
RAMADHAN, 1984
RE-PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 2004
PREFACE
THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR BOTH
MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLIM READERS. MUSLIM READERS WILL, I HOPE, FIND THIS
BOOK A GREAT HELP IN THE EVERYDAY PRACTISE OF FAITH. FOR EXAMPLE, WE
ALL EAT FOOD, GO TO SLEEP AND WEAR CLOTHES - THERE ARE PRAYERS TO BE READ FOR
THESE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE KEY IDEA IN THIS BOOK, AS MUSLIMS ARE
AWARE, IS THAT ONE MUST THANK GOD FOR ALL GOOD THINGS, AND SEEK HIS
PROTECTION FROM ALL EVIL ONES. I HOPE GOD GIVES ALL MUSLIMS, MEN AND
WOMEN, EVERY POSSIBLE ABILITY TO PRAISE AND GLORIFY ALLAH.
NON-MUSLIM READERS MAY FIND THIS
BOOK INTERESTING, SINCE IT WILL GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF ISLAM IN PRACTICE - SO
THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT PRAYERS THAT REFLECT THE MUSLIM PHILOSOPHY.
I WISH TO THANK THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION [LEICESTER] FOR
KINDLY ALLOWING ME TO REPRINT COPYRIGHT MATERIAL. I AM GRATEFUL TO THE DINI BOOK DEPOT [DELHI] AND SHEIKH MUHAMMED ASHRAF [PUBLISHERS] [LAHORE] FOR THE SAME REASON.
‘SAY: GOD'S GUIDANCE IS THE ONLY
GUIDANCE, AND WE HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO SUBMIT OURSELVES TO THE LORD OF THE
WORLDS.’ THE HOLY QURAN
PREFACE TO
THE 2004 EDITION
THE PRAYERS THAT ARE IN THIS SELECTION
WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY ESPECIALLY STRUCK A CHORD IN MY HEART. IN THE
ORIGINAL, PHOTOCOPIED EDITION OF 1984, THE VERSES WERE WRITTEN IN MY OWN
HANDWRITING IN ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY, WITH THE PAGES COLOURFULLY ADONED AND
DECORATED IN SOME EDITIONS, BUT NOW THE CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN ELECTRONICALLY
TYPESET. IN 1984, COPIES OF THIS WORK WERE SENT TO [AMONGST OTHERS]: THE
BRITISH LBRARY, THE NATIONAL LIBRARIES OF WALES, AND OF SCOTLAND, THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY [OXFORD UNIVERSITY], CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, AND, OF COURSE, THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
OF MANCHESTER. THIS WORK PROVED TO BE SO POPULAR THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY REPORTED
MISSING IN CERTAIN [LOCAL AND COLLEGE] LIBRARIES! I KNOW THIS BECAUSE,
WHEN I WROTE LETTERS TO ASK LIBRARY STAFF HOW MANY TIOMES IT HAD BEEN
BORROWED, I WAS TOLD THAT THE TITLE WAS NO LONGER IN STOCK AND THAT IT HAD,
REGRETTABLY, DISAPPEARED! I WAS VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE, IF YOU GO INTO
ANY ISLAMIC BOOKSHOP, SUCH AS 'ROLEX' ON WILMSLOW ROAD IN MANCHESTER, THERE ARE
PLENTIFUL TITLES OF BOOKS OF PRAYERS IN ISLAM! SO WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL
ABOUT MY BOOK? I STILL HAVE NOT FOUND THE ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION! READERS WHO READ PRAYERS IN ISLAM TOLD ME IT IS VALUABLE
AND THEY WERE ATTTRACTED TO IT. I HAVE THEREFORE DECIDED TO RE-PUBLISH
THIS TITLE FOR MY WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET. PRAYERS ARE TIMELESS IN
THEIR VALUE AND IF READERS COMPLIMENTED MY COMPILATION BEFORE, MAYBE THEY
WILL FIND IT REALLY USEFUL AGAIN. THE ARABIC PRAYERS THAT FOLLOW HAVE
BEEN PRESENTED IN A CLEAR FONT. I AM GRATEFUL TO MANSOUR MAKKI [www.makkitrans.co.uk] FOR
RECOMMENDING THE ARABIC ‘ARIAL’ FONT, AS A CLEAR FONT [ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR
THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF MUSLIMS, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WHO MAY NOT HAVE
A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF ARABIC], FOR TYPESETTING THE ARABIC CHARACTERS
QUICKLY AND EFIICIENTLY. THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT [THE PRAYERS DON'T
BELONG TO ME AS THEY ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!], SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PRINT
OUT THIS WORK AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
DR. UMAR AZAM B.A. PH.D
F.R.S.A. F.R.S.S.A.
THE HOLY MONTH OF
RAMADHAN, OCTOBER 2004.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE
MEANING OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN Translated
by ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI
‘KEY TO THE GARDEN OF BLISS’ by AHMED
SAEED DEHLWI
‘THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM’ by MAULANA
ZAKARIYYA KHANDLAWI
‘MUSLIM DEVOTIONS by
CONSTANCE E. PADWICK
CONTENTS
01. PRAYER
WHEN DISTURBED BY SOME TROUBLE
02. GOD GRANTS
THE PRAYER OF ONE WHO PRAYS WITH THE 'ISM-E-AZAM [THE MOST EXALTED NAME
03. GOD
FORGIVES THE SINS OF ONE WHO SAYS THIS PRAYER AFTER TAKING FOOD
04. PRAYER FOR
GOD'S MERCY AND FORGIVENESS
05. REWARD IS
WRITTEN FOR ONE THOUSAND DAYS IN THE ACCOUNT OF ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER
06. PRAYER TO
BE READ WHEN ONE IS SEEN IN SOME TROUBLE
07. GOD
ACCEPTS THE PRAYERS OF ONE WHO READS THIS AFTER THE ADHAN [CALL TO PRAYER]
08. GOD WILL
HELP ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER IN DISTRESS
09. PRAYER FOR
AN ILL PERSON
10. GOD GIVES
TEN TREASURES TO ONE WHO READS THIS A HUNDRED TIMES EVERY DAY
11. GOD
FORGIVES THE SINS OF ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER WHEN WEARING NEW CLOTHES
12. A PRAYER
THAT ABSOLVES ONE OF ALL ONE'S SINS
13. A
MORNING/EVENING PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS
14. PRAYER TO
BE READ BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
15. GOD
FORGIVES THE SINS OF ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER WHILE GOING TO BED
16. THIS
PRAYER IS A CURE FOR 99 ILLS, THE SMALLEST OF WHICH IS FREEDOM FROM SORROW
17. GOD
FORGIVES ALL THE SINS OF ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER
18. HOW TO SEE
YOUR OWN HOUSE IN PARADISE
19. GOD
REWARDS ONE WHO REMEMBERS HIM WHILE GOING TO THE MARKET
20. ONE WHO
READS THIS PRAYER ON A FRIDAY WILL BE REWARDED
21. NO PRAYER
IS BETTER IN MERIT THAN THIS PRAYER
22. HOW TO
INCREASE YOUR GARDENS IN PARADISE
23. HOW TO
OBTAIN A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT FOR YOURSELF ON THE DARK AND TROUBLESOME DAYOF
JUDGEMENT [1,OOO YEARS LONG]
24. HOW TO
OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT
25. PRAYER TO
BE READ WHEN SUCCESSFUL
26. PRAYER TO
BE READ ON REMAINING UNSUCCESSFUL IN ANY WORK
27. PRAYER TO
GOD WHEN SUFFERING FROM PAIN
28. PRAYER FOR
THE DEAD
29. PRAYER TO
BE READ AT THE TIME OF ANGER
30. HOW TO
OBTAIN THE REWARD OF 2,OOO, OOO GOOD DEEDS
31. GOD WILL
SATISFY THE NEED OF THE ONE WHO PRAYS THUS
32. GOD WILL
REWARD ONE WHO READS THIS PRAYER
33. HOW TO DIE
AS A MARTYR
34. PRAYER TO
BE READ FOLLOWING A NIGHTMARE
35. GOD IS
MOST MERCIFUL TO ONE WHO READS THIS IN ILLNESS
36. HOW TO GET
ALL YOUR SINS FORGIVEN BY GOD ALMIGHTY
37. A FEW
WORDS WHICH LEAD TO PARADISE
38. PRAYER TO
BE READ EVERY MORNING/EVENING
39. HOW TO
SECURE THE INTERCESSION OF THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH]
40. HOW TO
COMMIT THOUSANDS OF GOOD DEEDS
41. PRAYER TO
OBTAIN THE GOOD OF THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT
42. HOW TO
OBTAIN COUNTLESS REWARD
43. ONE MUST
NEVER GIVE UP HOPE OF GOD'S MERCY
44. PRAYER TO
BE READ WHEN AWAKENING FROM SLEEP
45. READ THIS
WHEN LOOKING AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR
46. PRAYER OF
THE MARRIED COUPLE WHEN GOING TO BED
47. PRAYER OF
THE BRIDEGROOM FOR HIS BRIDE AFTER THE WEDDING
48. PRAYER FOR THE
MARRIED COUPLE
49. PRAYER TO
SEE THE HOLY PROPHET [PBUH] IN A DREAM
50. PRAYER FOR
LIVELIHOOD
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