Love of Allah:
Experience the Beauty of Salah
‘The sweetness of this life lies in remembering Him,
the sweetness of the next life lies in seeing Him!’
Mishari al-Kharraz
Edited by
A.B. al-Mehri
Duas Seeking the Love of Allah
الل هُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ، وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ، وَالعَمَلَ الَّذِي يبَُلِّغُ ني حُبَّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ
إِ لي مِنْ نفَْسِي وَأَهْلِي، وَمِنَ الماَءِ البَارِدِ
“O Allah, I ask You for Your love and the love of those who love You and
love of the action which will make me reach Your love. O Allah make
Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family and cold water”1
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْ ني حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ ينَْفَعُ ني حُبُّه عِنْدَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ مَا رَزَقْتَ ني ممَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْ هُ قُوَّة لي فِيمَا تُحِبُّ، اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا
زَوَيْتَ عَ ني مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْ هُ فَرَاغًا لي فِيمَا تُحِبُّ
“O Allah, provide me with Your love and the love of those whose love will
benefit me with You. O Allah, that which you have provided me of that
which I love, then make it strength for me in that which you love. O Allah,
that which you have removed of what I love, then make it a free space for
me for that which you love.”2
اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ الْأَشْيَاءِ إ لي وَاجْعَلْ خَوْفَكَ أَخْوَفَ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِ لي وَاقْطَعْ عَ ني حَاجَاتِ الدُّنْيَا بِالشَّوْقِ إِلَى
لِقَائِكَ وَإِذَا أَقْرَرْتَ أَعْ ين أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ فَأَقِرَّ عَيْ ني مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ
“O Allah, make your love the most beloved of things to me, and your fear the
most fearful of things to me and sever for me the needs of the dunya by longing
for meeting You and when You give delight to the eyes of the people of the
world in their dunya, then give my eye delight in your worship”
Editors Preface
This book is a compilation of the Ramadan 2008 e-mail series, “Taste It!”,
which summarized the popular lectures “How to Taste the True Beauty of
Salah” presented by Mishari al-Kharraz. The following publication has been
edited in order for it to be published into book form along with the inclusion
of Arabic text.
As the author notes about our Creator, ‘The sweetness of this life lies in remembering
Him, the sweetness of the next life lies in seeing Him! The next time
you proceed for prayer, go because you love Him, go because you miss Him and
long to be with Him. Feel your heart flutter. Only then, will you be on your
way to attaining that inner peace and comfort Salah was prescribed for.’
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May Allah [swt] grant us the most blessed conditions in our Salah and achieve
the status of being amongst the most beloved to The Beloved Himself. O Allah,
bless us with Your Love, the love of whom You Love and the love of
deeds which bring us closer to Your Love. Please save us from the Fire, Forgive
us for every sin and bless us and our families to be with You in the highest
places of Jannah [ameen].
A.B. al-Mehri
The Qur’an Project
Birmingham, U.K.
ISBN 978-0-9548665-8-7
