Imam Shafai Ki Seerat

Book Name:Imam Shafai Ki Seerat

maximum he would recite is one hundred Ayahs. When he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would recite an Ayah of mercy, then he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would make Du’a in the court of Allah Almighty for himself and all the believers to remain steadfast upon obedience. And when he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would recite an Ayah of punishment, then he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would seek refuge from it and make Du’a to Allah Almighty for his own salvation and that of all the believers. (Tareekh-e-Baghdad, Raqm. 454, Muhammad Bin Idrees Shaafi’i, vol. 2, pp. 61)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Performing excessive worship of Allah Almighty is the way of the blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام. Worshipping Allah Almighty is the way of the blessed Awliya عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ. Worshipping Allah Almighty is the means for developing the love for Allah Almighty in your hearts, worshipping Allah Almighty is the way to get free from the trap of Shaytan, worshiping Allah Almighty is the means of attaining the closeness to Allah Almighty, worshiping Allah Almighty is the means of attaining cure from the epidemic of sins, worshipping Allah Almighty is the means of reforming ourselves apparently and internally, worshipping Allah Almighty is the means of refreshing our souls, worshipping Allah Almighty is the means for the satisfaction of hearts, worshipping Allah Almighty is required by the Shari’ah, worshipping Allah Almighty is the purpose of creating the human being.

While mentioning the purpose of the human creation, Allah Almighty states in Part 27, Surah Az-Zariyaat, Ayah No. 56:

وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوْنِ(۵۶)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And I have created jinns and human beings, only for this that they should worship Me.

(Part 27, Surah Az-Zariyaat, Ayah 56)

 

Dear Islamic sisters! This blessed Ayah clearly mentions that humans and jinns have been created to worship Allah Almighty. And when our Lord and