688 - التَّقَدُّمُ فِي الدُّعاءِ

688. Priority with Supplication

(وَإذا مَسَّ الْإنْسانَ ضُرٌّ دَعا رَبَّهُ مُنِيبَاً إلَيْهِ ثُمّ إذا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِنهُ نَسِيَ ما كانَ يَدعُوا إلَيهِ مِن قَبلُ وَجَعَلَ للَّهِ‏ِ أندَاداً لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ قُل تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلاً إنَّكَ مِنْ أصْحَابِ النَّارِ) .¹

"When distress befalls man, he supplicates his Lord, turning to Him penitently. Then, when He grants him a blessing from Himself, he forgets that for which he had supplicated Him before, and sets up equals to Allah that he may lead [people] astray from His way. Say, 'Revel in your ingratitude for a while. Indeed you are among the inmates of the fire." ²

(أمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضطَرَّ إذا دَعاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُم خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ أءِ لهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ قَلِيلاً ما تَذَكَّرُونَ) .³

"Is He who answers the call of the distressed [person] when he invokes Him and removes his distress, and makes you the earth's successors...? What! Is there a god besides Allah? Little is that admonition that you take." ⁴

انظر : الزمر : 49 و يونس : 22 و العنكبوت : 65 والروم : 33 . والأنعام : 40 ، 41 ، 63 و الاسراء : 67 .

(See also: Qur'an 39:49, 10:22, 29:65, 30:33,
6:40-41, 6:63, and 17:67)

2102.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أوْحَى اللَّهُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالى‏ إلى‏ داوود عليه السلام: اُذكُرْني في سَرَّائكَ أستَجِبْ لَكَ في ضَرَّائكَ .⁵

2102.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah revealed to Prophet David (AS), 'Remember me in the good days so that I may answer [and assist] you in the bad [and difficult] days.' ⁶

2103.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَعَرَّفْ إلَى اللَّهِ فِي الرَّخاءِ يَعرِفْكَ فِي الشِّدَّةِ .⁷

2103.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Acquaint yourself with Allah in times of ease and Allah will acknowledge you in times of difficulty.' ⁸

2104.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : يَنبَغي للمُؤمِنِ أن يَكونَ دُعاؤهُ فِي الرَّخاءِ نَحْواً مِن دُعائهِ فِي الشِّدَّةِ .⁹

2104.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'A believer must supplicate Allah in times of ease the same way that he supplicates Allah in times of difficulty.' ¹⁰