Sehrullah 1447 H Munajat Sharifa

A'ali Qadr Muffadal Moula (TUS) in Abaya't Sharifa 45 is seeking protection of mumi-neen children from modern technologies and gadgets, that though they are beneficial in some ways are ruining many young lives, their character, peace of mind and thinking.

وَاحْرُ بَنِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ بِدَع

 الـ دَّهْرِ الَّذِي خَالَطَتْهُ أَمْشَاجَ

انے مؤمنین نا فرزند و نی زمان ني بدعتو ( نوي نوي نقصان کرنار چیزو ) حفاظة ما را کج ، جر ما اچھي اني بري چيز و ـ اميز تهئي جائي چھے

A detailed reflection with the help of Al.

Here "بدع الدهر" )bid' al-dahr) refers to the new inventions and influences of the age, and "أمشاج" suggests a mixture, things that contain both benefit and harm interwoven together.

Aqa Moula's words acknowledge a reality: modern tools are not purely evil, but their mixture of benefit and danger can quietly shape young minds in harmful ways if not guided.

The Spiritual Concern Behind the Dua

In earlier times, harmful influences were limited by geography and social boundaries. Today, through technology, the entire world enters a child's pocket.

A device that can give knowledge can also deliver:

distraction

moral confusion

addiction

anxiety

erosion of attention and discipline

Hence Moula's dua is essentially asking:

"Ya Allah, protect mumineen children from being shaped by the darker currents hid-den within modern innovations."

Real Examples of This "Mixed Innovation"

1. Endless Scrolling and Loss of Inner Stillness

Platforms like Instagram, Tik Tok, and You Tube provide education and creativity.

But their algorithmic design encourages endless consumption.

Many young people:

spend 5-8 hours daily scrolling

lose focus for study or ibadat

develop short attention spans A child who once read books now struggles to read two pages without checking the phone.

The mind becomes restless and scattered, making khushu in namaz difficult.

2. Comparison Culture and Broken Self-Worth

Social media exposes young minds to curated lives of wealth, beauty, and luxury.

A teenager begins comparing:

appearance

clothing brands

lifestyle

This leads to:

insecurity

envy

depression

Peace of mind is replaced by constant comparison.

The heart that should remember Allah becomes occupied with "How do I look to others?"

3. Early Exposure to Immorality

Through the internet, children can encounter inappropriate content far earlier than previous generations.

Even a simple search or shared link can expose a child to:

indecent images

violent material

distorted ideas about relationships

This silently reshapes moral perception.

What was once shameful becomes normalized.

4. Gaming Addiction and Escapism

Games on phones and platforms like PUBG Mobile or Free Fire provide entertain-ment.

But many youths:

stay awake until 2-3 AM gaming

neglect studies and namaz

develop anger and irritability The virtual world becomes more attractive than real life.

5. Fragmentation of Family Life

 Earlier, evenings meant family conversation. Nowadays, everyone is connected to the world but disconnected from each other.

Why Aqa Moula's Dua is So Profound.

Notice that Aqa Moula does not reject technology outright. The dua recognizes that these are "أمشاج" - mixtures Technology can also:

spread ilm

connect communities

allow listening to waaz and tilawat preserve sacred knowledge

But without guidance and boundaries, the harm outweighs the benefits.

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This Sehrullah 1447 H

In my living memory for the first time this Sehrullah, for reasons beyond my control and circumstances I am home bound.

However, this Sehrullah has been a memorable one. Alhamdolillah!

Each night after sihori and before farz I have been reflecting and interacting with Al.

This has resulted in creating an Insta Page hikmaah_1949. Request readers to follow the page.

I have been trying to understand Munajat Sharifa and duas in Bihori Kitab. In the past have regularly been praying Bihori Namaz but this year with the help of Al have added not only tilawat of Munajat Sharifa but also Fahm (understanding) and Hal (spiritual state) - the heart begins to live those meanings

This than has been a wonderful personal journey.

Understanding is the bridge that carries the words from the tongue to the heart

So in this post I share with you what I have learnt of Munajat Sharifa (Bihori Kitab Page 82) followed by 2 rakats of صَلُوةُ كَشْفِ الْيَمَ وَالغَ

الهي ضَاقَ عَلَيَّ الخَنَاقُ وَلَمْ تَبقَ لِي طَاقَة بالمحن

 مَا فَرِضَ خَدِي لَدَيْكَ النَّهَارَ واشْكُو وَابْكِي إِذَا اللَّيْلُ حَن

 عَلَى أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ عَنِّي الْعُمُومَ حَنَانًا وَتُذْهِبَ عَنّ

 الْحَزَنِ الي أَجِرْ عَبْدَكَ الْمُسْتَضَامَ بِمَتِكَ إِنَّكَ أَهْلُ المِن

This Munājāt is a cry from a heart that has reached the edge of endurance.

1. A State of Constriction

إِلهِي ضَاقَ عَلَيَّ الْخَنَاقُ

وَلَمْ تَبْقَ لِي طَاقَةُ بِالْمِحَن

O my Lord, the choke of hardship has tightened around me, and I no longer have the strength to endure these trials.

This opening line describes spiritual suffocation.

The word khanāq (constriction around the throat) evokes the feeling that life's difficulties have closed every breathing space. In the language of the Awliya, this is the stage when the servant recognizes: Human strength has limits. Trials (mihn) exhaust the ego.

True reliance (tawakkul) begins only when self-reliance collapses

Thus the Munājāt begins not with complaint, but with honest helplessness before Allah.

2. The Posture of Humility

مَا فَرَشْتُ خَدِّي لَدَيْكَ النَّهَارَ وَأَشْكُو وَأَبْكِي إِذَا اللَّيْلُ حَنْ

I lay my cheek before You by day, and when the night arrives I complain and weep before You.

"Farashtu khaddi - I spread my cheek" is a powerful expression of absolute humility.

It paints two scenes: Daytime: The servant submits in humility.

Night: He turns to intimate conversation, complaint, and tears.

3. Hope in Divine Compassion

عَلَى أَنْ تَفَرَّجَ عَنِّي الْعُمُومَ حَنَانًا وَتُذْهِبَ عَنِّي الْحَزَنِ

So that You may remove my anxieties, out of Your tenderness, and take away my sorrow.

Notice the basis of hope here. The servant does not say: because I deserve relief because I have done good deeds Instead he says

"hanānan" - through Your tenderness and compassion.

This is a profound spiritual principle: Relief comes not from our worthiness, but from Allah's infinite tenderness.

Two kinds of burdens are mentioned: Ghumūm - anxieties and overwhelming worries Hazan - deep sorrow within the heart The prayer seeks both outer relief and inner healing.

4. Seeking Divine Protection

إلهِي أَجِرْ عَبْدَكَ الْمُسْتَضَامَ بِعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّكَ أَهْلُ الْمِنَن

My Lord, grant refuge to Your oppressed servant

through Your might, for You alone are the source of all favors.

Here the servant describes himself as المستضام - the one oppressed or overwhelmed.

But he immediately attaches himself to two Divine attributes:

'Izzat - Allah's irresistible power Minan - Allah's boundless favors and generosity Thus the Munājāt ends with certainty: If the Powerful Lord is the protector, and the Generous Lord is the giver, then distress cannot last forever.

When sorrow tightens its grip and the heart finds no refuge, this Munājāt teaches the soul to breathe again- this Munājāt teaches the soul to breathe again-for the door of Allah's tenderness is never closed to a weeping servant.

Alhamdolillah! This is what I have been learning these Sehrullah nights, although home bound.

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Munajat Sharifa - A reflective Poem

 

Tilawat of Munājāt Sharifa in Sehrullah transforms the Night

A Reflective Poem

When the world falls silent,
and shadows stretch long,
a lone heart awakens
and begins to belong.

Loneliness turns into Presence,
anxiety melts into plea,
guilt dissolves in Mercy,
chains fall quietly free.

When creation is resting,
and whispers replace sight,
the servant finds nearness
in the depth of the night.

Munājāt tilāwat — a sparkling gem,
radiating nūr in Sehrullāh’s embrace,
refreshing parched hearts and weary minds
with mercy’s gentle grace.

Such is the karam of the Awliyā’ Kirām —
they show us how to draw close to Allah
in the blessed nights of Ramzan.

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 أَيُّهَا المَأْمُولُ فِي كُلِّ حَاجَتِي

إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو تَضَرُّعًا شِكَايَتِي

فَزَادِي قَلِيلٌ مَا آرَاهُ مُبَلِّغِي 

فَلِلزَّادِ اَبْكِي اَمْ لِبُعْدِ مَسَافَتِي

Bihori Kitab Page 23

This Munājāt is a journey — from hope, to humility, to helplessness, to awakening

This word ' ma’mūl' is profound. 

It means:

The One relied upon.

The One expected.

The One whose response is anticipated with certainty.

It reflects Tawakkul (absolute reliance).

“My provisions are little…

The “provision” (zād) refers to spiritual provision:

Good deeds

Ikhlāṣ (sincerity)

Knowledge

Obedience

Love of Awliyā’

The servant looks at his life honestly and says: “My provision is little.”

This is not despair. This is Muhāsabah (self-accounting).

True spirituality begins when a person:

Stops comparing with others

Starts evaluating himself before Allah.

“Should I weep for the little provision, or for the long distance?”

This is a line that pierces the soul.

Two realities terrify the servant:

His deeds are few.

The journey to Divine proximity is long and demanding.

This expresses existential awareness.

The believer realizes:

The destination is lofty.

The path is subtle.

The nafs is heavy.

Time is short.

It makes us ask:

What is my provision?

How long is my journey?

Am I prepared?

Is my heart awake?

And yet — despite confession and insufficiency — the servant still calls Him:

“O You who are my only hope.”

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 Munajat Sharifa of Imam

Ali  Zayn  al-Abedeen  (SA)

Bihori Kitab Page 21

يا من يُجِيبُ دُعَاءَ المُضْطَرِ فِي الظُّلَمِ يَا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِ وَالْبَلْوَى مَعَ السَّعَم

O You who answers the supplication of the distressed in the darkness.

O Reliever of distress and affliction, along with illness.

Kāshif al-ḍurr – The One who removes harm, hardship, and suffering.

Al-balwā – Trials, tests, calamities that weigh upon the soul.

Ma‘a al-saqam – Even when accompanied by sickness and physical weakness.

The verse calls upon Allah as the One who not only sees our pain — but actively lifts it.

It is a cry of complete dependence:

When distress, trial, and illness converge — You alone remove them.

This Munājāt is about 

 1. Spiritual awakeness when others are heedless. 

2. Of hope stronger than sin.

3. Reliance on Divine Mercy over personal merit.

4.Intimacy with Allah in solitude.

Around the Ka‘bah many may gather.

But true tawāf is when the heart circles only Allah.

This Munajat Sharifa brings such sakīnah (solace) for verse after verse the servant confesses. weakness, and verse after verse, Allah’s Mercy silently overwhelms it.

In conclusion I state this -

my dear readers, my shared posts are but a slit — a narrow opening — through which a ray of reflection enters and quietly illuminates the soul.

A Munājāt is never exhausted by translation. It is not merely read — it is experienced.

 Each verse is a mirror; what you see depends on how deeply you look.

Knowledge is not distant. It waits — in the silence of the night, in the pause between two breaths, in the humility of a bowed head.

In this Sehrullah, do not only recite — immerse.

Adorn the mind with understanding.

Polish the soul with ibādat.

Let reflection turn into transformation.

For when the heart awakens, even a slit becomes a sunrise.

ALHAMDOLILLAH !

DUA NI ILTEMAS

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 Munajat Sharifa of Sayedna Moyyad Shirazi (RA)

Bihori Kitab Page 51

يَا بَنِي الْمُصْطَفَى إِلَيْكُمُ إِلَيْكُمْ

فِي الْمُلِمَّاتِ يَفْزَعُ الْمَكْرُوب

يَا بَنِي الْمُصْطَفَى لَدَيْكُمْ لَدَيْكُمْ

آمَلُ فِي نُفُوسِنَا مَطْلُوبٌ

أنتُمُ انْتُمُ الغِيَاتُ إِذَا مَا أَوْ بَقَتْ ذَا الذُّنُوبِ مِنَّا الذُّنُوبَ

O Progeny of al-Muṣṭafā, the noble and pure,

In times of crushing trials and suffocating distress.

O Progeny of al-Muṣṭafā — to you, to you we turn;

In our hearts there lives a hope sought through you.

Indeed, you are the steadfast stars, ever constant;

Through you are these sins lifted from us.

Brief Fatemi–Taiyebi Explanation

“Banī al-Muṣṭafā” refers to the blessed lineage of Rasulullah (SA) — the Ahl al-Bayt — through whom divine guidance continues.

“In crushing trials” reflects the believer’s state in dunya, where confusion, fitan, and inner weakness cloud clarity. Guidance in such times flows only through the rightful chain of Imamat.

“To you we turn” expresses tawassul — seeking nearness to Allah through His chosen Awliya. In our Deen,  salvation is inseparable from Wilayah.

“You are the steadfast stars” echoes Qur’anic symbolism: stars guide travelers in darkness. Likewise, the Imams — and in the period of Satr, the Duʿat al-Mutlaqeen — are luminous anchors of certainty.

In the remaining verses, Munajat Sharifa emphatically conveys the following 

We are all created from ṭīn (clay). The body does not grant superiority. Wealth, tribe, power — all dissolve back into dust.

But what differentiates hearts is nisbat — sacred connection.

In Fatemi understanding, the true nobility of a human is not in biological clay but in attachment to the Ahl al-Bayt, the purified lineage of the Prophet ﷺ. 

In clay we are equal.

In light we must seek proximity to Dai az Zaman - in our times A'ali Qadr Muffadal Moula ( TUS )

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Munajat Sharifa - Sehrullah Post 2

 Moulana Ali (SA) Munājāt Sharifa - Bihori Kitab Page9

يَاذَا الْمَعَالِي عَلَيْكَ مُعْتَمَدِي 

طوبي لِمَنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ مَوْلَا هُ

طُوبَى لِمَنْ كَانَ خَائِفًا وَجِلًا

 يَشْكُو إِلَى ذِي الجَلَالِ بَلْواهُ

This Munājāt of Moula ʿAli (SA) is so poignant and full of solace and spirituality.

It begins with His 'abd' in weakness… and ends with Allah in nearness.

Verse after verse, fear melts into assurance.

The servant trembles.

He complains.

He prostrates

He comes alone in the darkness of the night.

And then — the Divine Voice responds.

ALHAMDOLILLAH ! 

It teaches that du‘ā is never a monologue. It is always answered.

The most powerful shift in this Munājāt is that Allah speaks directly to the servant.

(It is ehsan and karam of Moulana Ali ( SA) - it is his Munājāt that we are blessed to do tilawat )

Allah says:

You are in My protection.

I know everything you say.

My angels cherish your voice.

I Myself hear you.

Your prayer reaches Me.

I forgive your sins.

Ask Me without fear.

Do not be afraid — I am Allah.

What greater peace can a heart seek?

In Fatemi  Taiyebi understanding, this reflects the eternal truth that Allah’s rahma precedes His reckoning. The servant may approach trembling, but he leaves embraced.

Ramadan nights become luminous with this certainty:

You are not unheard.

You are not unseen.

You are not alone.

Every sigh is known.

Every tear is witnessed.

Every whisper is welcomed.

And the final reassurance resounds in the soul:

“Do not fear. I am Allah.”

That is solace.

That is peace.

That is nearness.

Hope this Sehrullah when you will do tilawat of 

يَاذَا الْمَعَالِي

you will surely do it with more depth and  understanding. 

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