Ayah Isme Aazam - The Verses of the Greatest Name
The following supplicatory prayers are quoted from considerable reference books.
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The following supplicatory prayers are quoted from considerable reference books.
The reverent Sayyid Ali Khan al-Shirazi - may Allah’s pleasure be with him - has mentioned in his book of al-Kalim al-Tayyeb that Almighty Allah’s Greatest Name (al-ism al-Aa’zam) stands for each statement that beings with the word “Allah” and ends up with the word “هُوَ (He),” provided that the statement (in Arabic) be empty of any dotted letter and that its recitation does not change whether it is parsed or not. Such statements can be found in the Holy Qur’an in five verses of five different Surahs: al-Baqarah (2:255), Aal-e-Imran (3:2), al-Nisa’ (4:87), Taahaa (20:8), and al-Taghabon (64:13). Shaykh al-Maghribi says, “If one betakes to these five verses as a supplicatory prayer that is repeated eleven times a day, all his general and particular affairs will be made easy for him without delay, Allah willing.”
Text and Translation
These five verses are as follows:
First: Verse 155 of Surah al-Baqarah (No. 2), which has been previously cited in this book.
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوْعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرٰتِؕ وَبَشِّرِ الصّٰبِرِيْنَۙ(155)
WA LANABLOWANNAKUM BESHAY-IM MENAL KHAWFE WAL JOO-E’ WA NAQSIM MENAL AMWAALE WAL ANFOSE WAS SAMARAATE WA BASHSHERIS SAABEREENA.
And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient
Second: Verse 2 of Surah Al-’Imran (No. 3-4):
اَللهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ اَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْاِنْجِيْلَ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَ اَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWAL HAYYUL QAYYOOMO NAZZALA A’LAYKAL KETAABA BIL-HAQQE MOSADDEQAL LEMAA BAYNA YADAYHE WA ANZALAT TAWRAATA WAL INJEELA MIN QABLO HODAL LINNAASE WA ANZALAL FURQAANA.
Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all things subsist. He has revealed to you the Book with truth, verifying that which is before it, and He revealed the Tavrat and the Injeel aforetime, a guidance for the people, and He sent the Furqan.
Third: Verse 87 of Surah al-Nisa’ (No. 4):
اَللهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ وَ مَنْ اَصْدَقُ مِنَ اللّٰهِ حَدِيْثًا
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA LAYAJMA-A’NNAKUM ELAA YAWMIL QEYAAMATE LAA RAYBA FEEHE WA MAN ASDAQO MENAL LAAHE HADEESAN.
Allah, there is no god but He He will most certainly gather you together on the resurrection day, there is no doubt in it; and who is more true in word than Allah?
Fourth: Verse 8 of Surah Taahaa (No. 20):
اَللهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْاَسْمَاۤءُ الْحُسْنٰى
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA LAHUL ASMAAA-UL HUSNAA
Allah - there is no god but He; His are the very best names.
Fifth: Verse 13 of Surah al-Taghabun (No. 64):
اَللهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ وَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA WA A’LAL LAAHE FAL-YATAWAKKALIL MO-MENOONA.
Allah, there is no god but He; and upon Allah, then, let the believers rely.
