Du`a – Essence of `Ibadat Part One - Isti`anat (Seeking Help)

Isti`anat (Seeking Help)

Tags: Isti`anat, Seeking Help

Isti`anat, i.e. to seek help from God in every good deed is mentioned after `arifanah `ibadat in the Fatihah, for Divine help comes on a large scale and prominently only after `ibadat. Thus it is said: “Wa-iyyaka nasta`in = And from You alone, we seek help.” That is: O God! We purify Your unity from association of multiplicity and single out Your ma`rifat, and seek from You alone miraculous help of the spiritual kind, which is always granted to Your chosen servants.

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