| True kingdom belongs to Allah alone | We begin by clarifying exactly what good we want from this day or night |
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| Whenever we are taught to seek refuge in Allah from something, then we should realise this is a very bad thing that we should avoid | Finally, we seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of Hellfire, as it is the most severe form of punishment, and from the punishment of the grave, as it is the first type of punishment we could face after we leave this world |
We finish off the supplication by seeking refuge in Allah from all the evil that exists on this day, as well as all the evil that exists after it.
| This includes evil in terms of maters that may affect us in the dunya e | This means we want Allah to open for us the doors of knowledge, to make things clearer in our heads, and to open all doors of goodness before us• To be recited once Brief Commentary• Someone may sleep for 4 hours and feel very refreshed and energetic for the remainder of the day, whereas someone may sleep for over 8 hours, yet does not have much energy during the day |
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| Hadith, reported in Sahih Muslim, hadith number 2723 | Since the dominion and the praise belongs exclusively to Him, we remind ourselves of a great reason for this, which is that He is able to do all things• To Allah belongs the dominion, and to Him is the praise and He is Able to do all things |
and more importantly, the good with regards to the hereafter e.
26| This is due to the blessings Allah had placed on the former, and the lack of it in the latter• Always ask Allah to bless all your matters | O Allah, I ask You for the goodness of this day, its opening, its victory, its light, its blessings, and its guidance |
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| Laziness is something that we have control over that prevents us from doing good, and old age is something that we have no control over that prevents us from doing good, so we seek refuge in Allah from the things that are within our control, as well as those outside our own control• The knowledge of this increases the veneration we have for Allah• The victory here is both a physical and spiritual one, so we are asking Him for His help to allow us to be victorious against our enemies, as well as against our own soul, so that we do not allow it to lead us to our destruction by following our desires and not being able to suppress them• | Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah used to prostrate to Allah and sincerely ask Him to clarify the situation for him whenever he is presented with a matter that he struggles to resolve• Learn from this supplication the best way to ask Allah something, which is to begin by praising Him before you immediately ask from Him what you want• Guidance is a very important matter that we ask Allah to grant to us every time we recite Surah Al-Fatiha, therefore at least 17 times in a day |
We ask Allah to allow us to receive more guidance, and to allow us to maintain the guidance we currently have, as well as to act upon it• To be recited once Brief Commentary• Once we realise that Allah is the one who provides for us and looks after us in the general sense, we begin to ask Him for specific things that we want from this morning or evening• I seek refuge in You from the evil that is in it and from the evil that follows it.
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