THE VALUE OF SUPPLICATION (DUA)

The True Status of Man

SUPPLICATION (Dua) is the most powerful weapon in the hands of a believer. It bestows upon the believer courage and hope. It offers refuge from the negative experiences in this world.

Here are some sayings of the Prophet Muhammad concerning supplication collected from authentic books containing the sayings and deeds of the Prophet.

Supplication—that is what worship is.
It is the essence of worship.
God becomes displeased with one who does not beseech Him.
Nothing, save supplication can avert fate.
As long as one does not ask for an abomination, or for the severing of some bond of kinship, God will grant one whatever one asks Him for, or else with hold evil from the supplicant in like degree.
There is nothing dearer to God than supplication.
Call on God asking Him of His bounty, for the Lord loves to be called upon.
It helps with regard to what has happened, and what has not happened. Have recourse to supplication then, you servants of God.
Supplication is a means of asking God for the fulfillment of all our needs no matter how mundane or insignificant, even if it be only a shoe lace.

Supplication is a means of asking God for the fulfillment of all our needs no matter how mundane or insignificant, even if it be a shoe lace.

It is an acknowledgement of the supplicant’s absolute helplessness on the one hand, as opposed to God’s absolute power on the other. The act of beseeching God puts man in his true place, and also gives God His rightful station. Asking God, then is to accept things as they are. It is the supreme degree of realism, and the awareness of reality, in turn, is the most excellent of all actions. For, in this world, where man has been given a choice between belief and disbelief, between acknowledgement and denial, there is nothing greater than acceptance of the true nature of things.