A SUPPLICATION CONCERNING DIVINE UNITY

 

What follows is a supplication which has reached us from Imam ‘Ali, may God be pleased with him. Making some additions to it, we offer it in his elevated tongue and in ours on his behalf to the Court of the Unique, Single One of Unity.

 

SUPPLICATION

 

O God! In the heavens there are no revolving bodies,

no planets, no stars…

In the atmosphere there are no clouds, no glorifying

bolts of thunder and lightning…

On the earth there is no abundance of plants and trees,

no floods of water, no animals, no wonderful creatures…

In the seas there is not a drop of water, nor a fish,

nor any strange creature…

On the mountains there are no stones, no plants,

no treasure troves of minerals…

On the trees there are no leaves, no adorned blossoms, no fruits…

In the bodies of living things there are no processes,

no organs, no well-ordered systems…

In human hearts there are no thoughts, no inspirations,

no illumined beliefs…

but all are witnesses of the absolute necessity of Your Existence, and proofs of Your Unity, and are subjugated to Your Dominion. By that Power with Which You have subjugated the heavens and the earth, subjugate my carnal soul and my aspiration to me; subjugate the hearts of Your servants to the Risale-i Nur and the hearts of all creatures and spirit beings, be they elevated or lowly, to the service of the Qur’an and belief, O All-Hearing, O All-Near, O Answerer of prayers! And all praise and gratitude are for God, the Lord of the worlds.

 

All-Glorified are You ! We have no knowledge save what You have taught us. Surely You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Said Nursi