Knock on the door of the King!
Dear reader, illness goes away, afflictions come to an end, sins are forgiven, debts are repaid, prisoners get released, absent people come back, sinners repent, and the poor get rich. All these lie in the hand of the King of all kings, Glorified and Exalted. So, let Allah be your refuge and source of hope at all times, especially in the last part of the night when He descends every night to the lowest heaven and calls out:
“I am the King, I am the King! Who will supplicate Me, so that I will answer his supplication? Who wi ll ask from Me, so that I will grant him his request? Who will ask Me for forgiveness, so that I will forgive him?” He continues to say so till dawn comes bright.”
[Narrated by Muslim]
Our Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him), who is the most knowledgeable among people of the Almighty Creator and the most devoted in worshiping Him, urged us to constantly acknowledge the dominion of Allah Almighty right after the prayers and if we abruptly wake up in the night. We should make this part of our regular Dhikr in the morning and evening and upon return from journeys. Moreover, if we repeat this a hundred times during a day, we will be among the winners.
The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) is authentically reported to have said:
“Whoever says a hundred times in a day: ‘La ilāha illallāh wahdahu la sharīka lah, lahu al-mulkuwa lahu al-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadīr (there is no god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him; to Him belong the sovereignty and praise, and He is over all things competent),’ he will have a reward equivalent to that of emancipating ten slaves, a hundred good deeds will be added to his record, a hundred of his sins will be erased, and he will be shielded against the devil on that day till the evening; and no one will exceed him in doing good deeds except someone who says more than that.”
[Narrated by Al-Bukhāri and Muslim]
O Allah, the Sovereign of the Day of Recompense, render our last deeds to be the best ones, and make the reckoning easy for us, O Lord of the worlds.
