A Muslim’s Prayer
Al-Ahmadiyya, January 1980 Issue (Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 20)
Allah, Our Lord! Hidden and manifest, Creator Supreme and Fashioner Superb! Yours is the world we know and Yours the worlds we know not. Your mercy envelops creation and Your light dispels gloom. Burden us not with what we cannot bear and forgive us when we err.
Let us not squander Your bounty and lose hope in Your loving beneficence. Unto You we flee and cry in anguish. Hold us close when our feet fail and lead us with the righteous to victory. Why should we grieve and fear when You are near and why should we complain against Your decrees when we know not what You have prepared for us? Ignorant as we are we know not the joy that may lie hidden in sorrow and the sorrow that may lurk in joy.
We pray for those who have gone before us and beseech Your forgiveness for our parents, in whose loving care we grew. Informed with wisdom let us grow in knowledge that comes of You. Suffer us not to envy the pleasures that others have and to languish in grief at the loss of what we have. Guard us against pride and lust and make us not vain and hypocritical. Let not passion make us wild and let not power blind us to the transient state of all that life offers.
Blessed is he who has surrendered his all unto You and who has won his peace in Your pleasure. May our tears in constant remembrance of You sustain the heart and bring deliverance! Bless us with the fullness of life on earth and when the time comes make us return unto You united in the fellowship of Your loving ones. Lord! Grant us above all, we pray, the vision of Your countenance that You have promised for those who are Yours.