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One of his prayers after
praising God was to invoke Divine Blessings upon the
Messenger of God and his descendants Praise be to God,
who favored us with Muhammad, may the peace and mercy of
God be upon him and his descendants, in preference to the
past nations and bygone centuries, with His Power which
fails in nothing, however great, and from which nothing
escapes, however small it be. So He made us the final ones among all
His creatures and appointed us witnesses against those
who denied Him. By His Grace, He multiplied us over those
that were few. Therefore O God, bless Muhammad and the
descendants of Muhammad, the trustee of Your Inspiration,
the elect of Your creatures, the chosen one from Your
servants, the master of grace, the leader of goodness,
the key of affluence, as he dedicated himself to Your
work, Laid down his body to suffer calling (them) towards
Yourself, Fought for Your satisfaction against his tribe,
Cut-off relations with blood relations to revive Your
religion, Drove away those that were near (in relation)
on account of their denial of You. He made friends with
strangers for Your sake and grew hostile to those that
were near. He let himself suffer in proclaiming
Your message, vigorously exerted himself in inviting
others to Your religion and employed himself in advising
those worthy of Your Call. He migrated to a strange city,
distant from the place of his abode, the ground trodden
by his feet, the place of his birth and the place to
which his feelings were attached, intending, thereby, the
exaltation of Your religion, and seeking assistance
against the infidels till what he designed concerning
Your enemies was accomplished for him; and what he
planned for Your friends was also achieved. Then, he
arose against them, seeking victory with Your Assistance;
strengthened, in spite of his weakness, by Your Help. He
fought them in their very homes and overwhelmed them in
the midst of their abode till Your Command was proclaimed
and Your Word was exalted, adverse though the
multi-theists were. Therefore, exalt him, O Lord, to the
highest rank in Your Paradise for his exertions in Your
Cause, so that his position may not be equaled, his
prestige may not be rivaled and no angel nigh to Yourself
and no Apostle sent by Yourself, may equal him in Your
Sight. And fulfill the promise of effective intercession
in greater degree than what Thou hast promised regarding
the sacred members of his descendants and his
true-believing followers. O conformer to promises! O
Fulfiller of (Your ) Word! O Changer of evil into a great deal more of good, verily Thou art the Great Bestower of Favors and Thou art the Generous, the Bountiful.
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