I would like to share an exert of a supplication called Dua Kumayl that we read on nights like this, meaning Thursday nights. It captures a lot of the Islamic conception of Grace/Law/Sin/Repentance to which I adhere.
Naturally, I am not sharing it for us to agree.
Rather, it is for us to grow by listening to each other.
I shared the Arabic original text, knowing that many of you, if not all, cannot read it. However, I shared it nonetheless to symbolize the truth that by accepting each other as welcoming bridges, we can provide each other entry into realms that may be otherwise inaccessible.
May the Grace of God shower upon all of us every more softly and sweetly. May our hearts grow ever more in their capacity to receive, comprehend and mirror His Grace till eternity.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْألُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيٍْء
O God, I ask You by Your mercy/grace, which encompasses all things;
وَبِقُوَّتِكَ الَّتِي قَهَرْتَ بِهَا كُلَّ شَيٍْء
And by Your strength, through which You dominates all things,
وَخَضَعَ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيٍْء
And toward which all things are humble
وَذَلَّ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيٍْء
And before which all things are lowly;
وَبِجَبرُوتِكَ الَّتِي غَلَبْتَ بِهَا كُلَّ شَيٍْء
And by Your invincibility through which You overwhelm all things,
وَبِعِزَّتِكَ الَّتِي لا يَقُومُ لَهَا شَيْءٌ
And by Your might, which nothing can resist;
وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ الَّتِي مَلأَتْ كُلَّ شَيٍْء
And by Your tremendousness, which has filled all things;
وَبِسُلْطَانِكَ الَّذِي عَلاَ كُلَّ شَيٍْء
by Your force, which towers over all things;
وَبِوَجْهِكَ الْبَاقِي بَعْدَ فَنَاءِ كُلِّ شَيٍْء
And by Your face, which subsists after the annihilation of all things,
وَبِأَسْمَائِكَ الَّتِي مَلأَتْ أَرْكَانَ كُلِّ شَيٍْء
And by Your Names, which have filled the foundations of all things;
وَبِعِلْمِكَ الَّذِي أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيٍْء
And by Your knowledge, which contains all things;
وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَضَاءَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيٍْء
And by the light of Your face, through which all things are illumined!
يَا نُورُ يَا قُدُّوسُ
O Light! O All-holy!
يَا أَوَّلَ الأَوَّلِينَ
O First of those who are first
وَيَا آخِرَ الآخِرِينَ
And O Last of those who are last!
اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَهتِكُ الْعِصَمَ
O God, forgive me those sins which tear apart safeguards!
اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ النِّقَمَ
O God, forgive me those sins which draw down adversities!
اللَّهُمَ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُغيِّرُ النِّعَمَ
O God, forgive me those sins which alter blessings!
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَحْبِسُ الدُّعَاءَ
O God forgive me those sins which hold back supplication!
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَقْطَعُ الرََّّجَاءَ
O God forgive me those sins which cut down the hopes!
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ البَلاءَ
O God, forgive me those sins which draw down tribulation!
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَكُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَخْطَأْتُهَا
O God, forgive me every sin I have committed and every mistake I have made!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِذِكْرِكَ
O God, verily I seek nearness to You through remembrance of You,
وَأَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ إِلَي نَفْسِكَ
And I seek intercession from You with Yourself,
وَأَسْألُكَ بِجُودِكَ أَن تُدْنِيَنِي مِن قُرْبِكَ
And I ask You through Your munificence to bring me near to Your proximity,
وَأَن تُوزِعَنِي شُكْرَكَ
And to provide me with gratitude toward You
وَأَن تُلْهِمَنِي ذِكْرَكَ
And to inspire me with Your remembrance.
Jhn 3:17 For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
