Part 2: Benefits of Morning and Evening Supplications-The Divine Protection

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1. Glad tidings for those who engage themselves with dhikr in the morning and in the evening

   Allah says
   
   وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ۖ

   وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ

   وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا

   “And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.” (Al Kahf: 28)

   Tafsir Ibn Kathir: “Sit with those who remember Allah, who say “La Ilaha Illallah”, who praise Him, glorify Him, declare His greatness and call on Him, morning and evening, all the servants of Allah, whether rich or poor, strong or weak. It was said that this was revealed about the nobles of Quraysh when they asked the Prophet to sit with them on his own, and not to bring his weak Companions with him, such as Bilal, `Ammar, Suhayb, Khabbab and Ibn Mas`ud. They wanted him to sit with them on his own, but Allah forbade him from doing that. Allah commanded him to patiently content himself with sitting with those people (the weak believers)”

   Allah defended the people who remember Allah by referring them to the Prophet (SAW).

   What is the source of their (the believers mentioned in the above ayat) honor?

   Their persistant in daily remembrance of Allah.

   We should be proactive believers like the people mentioned above. They worshipped Allah day and night that Allah mentions and defends their honor in the Qur’an. We should not be reactive people who beg in front of Allah only in difficult times.

2. Obey the divine commands and make good use of some verses of the Qur’an

   Allah says:
   
    وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ

   مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْغَافِلِينَ

   “And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech – in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.” (Al A’raf: 205)

   Allah also says:

   يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللَّـهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا ﴿٤١﴾

   وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا

   “O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance. And exalt Him morning and afternoon.” (Al Ahzab: 41-42)

Other Benefits

• Establish a never ending connection with Allah: We will be connected to our Lord at all times because of His remembrance day and night.
• Empower your defences against saitan on a daily basis: Saitan does not take a break. He is waiting for us to become heedless and stop remembering Allah.
• Learn how to communicate with Allah in the most effective way: When we memorize the morning and evening du’as, we learn the way how Prophet (SAW) communicated with Allah in the best way. 
• Benefit from the advice of the best teacher who walked on the surface of this earth: We are learning the du’as and dhir from the best teacher.
• You are always a winner with Du’a:

  The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Any Muslim who makes a supplication containing nothing which is sinful, or which involves breaking ties of relationship, will be given for it by Allah one of three things:

  1. He will give him swift answer,
  2. or store it up for him in the next world,
  3. or turn away from him an equivalent amount of evil.”

  Those who heard it said they would then make many supplications and he (peace be upon him) replied that Allah was more ready to answer than they were to ask! (Al-Tirmidhi Hadith)

The next Part 3: Timings of these Supplications, shall be posted soon, Insha Allah.