during failure, in having patience in disappointment, in going alone, in Jihad without weapons, in working without pay, in making sacrifice in silence, in having religious belief in the world, in having ideology without popular traditions, in having faith (Iman) without pretentious, non-conformity without immaturity, beauty without physical appearance, loneliness in the crowd, and loving with the beloved knowing about it.

My Lord, don't grant me knowledge that will not be useful to humanity. Don't make me addicted to the barbaric ignorance of the fine arts, so that while under intoxication of elated feelings and of the heights of lofty understanding, I will fail to see the depth of hunger in the eyes of the hungry or the black bruises of an abused human.

My Lord, tell to the materialists that HUMAN is not a plant which grows due to a coincidence in nature, history and society. Tell my people that THE ONLY path towards you passes through THE EARTH, and show ME a shortcut.

My Lord, inspire our religious people to realize that Adam is made of dust. Tell them that a material phenomenon suggests God's existence, as much as an unexplainable unseen one that God is as much in this world as in the next.

My Lord, grant me the grace that my Faith (Iman) will not provide me with fame and wealth. Grant me the power to give away my wealth as well as my fame for the sake of my lman. So that I may not be of those who take the money from the world and work for Deen, nor of those who take the money from the Deen and work for the world.
> My Lord, grant me such a life that on my deathbed I may not be resentful of its worthlessness. And grant me such a death, that I may not mourn for its uselessness. Let me choose that, but in the way that pleases you the most.

My Lord,
You teach me how to live;
I shall learn how to die.

'...Thou,  Lord!  You   who   have   given

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