This prayer summarizes in essense the intention of a Sufi’s approach to supplication. It’s a higher state one strives to acheive where one yearns for God not for any ulterior motive, but because God is worthy of being yearned & worshipped.
A Prayer taught by Imam Ali
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Salams Arif and Ali,
Ma sha Allah! A great cartoon, conveying a noble and essential truth. May Allah bless you endeavours. It would also be good if you follow this cartoon with the saying in which Imam Ali (may God ennoble his countenance) makes these statements.
Your brother in Islam
Abdur Rahman
Salaam Alaikum Dear Abdur Rahman,
Thanks for your encouragement and feedback! Inshallah more comics coming soon!
Mohammed Ali
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Masha Allah
I wish i could achieve that state. Today i belong to the first two category for want of heaven and feer of hell.
Gazanfer Ali
Masha Allah! U brothers are using ur art in a right Way, I am also from art field, i.e, 3d Animation. May Allah bless u for ur good deeds.
[…] O My Lord, if I worship You from fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship You from hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise. But if I worship You for Your own sake, do not withhold from me Your Eternal Beauty. ~ Rabia (This prayer is a modification of an original prayer by Hadhrat Ali (AS)) […]
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