Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell.

Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell.” (40:60) • “Call your Lord humbly and secretly, He loves not the transgressors.” (7:55) • “And call on Him, fearing and hoping, surely the mercy of Allah is near to those who do good.” (7:56) Many Hadith also emphasize the importance of supplicating to Allah: • “ Du`a is the weapon of the believer, and the pillar of faith, and the light of the heavens and the earth.” Holy Prophet (S) • Know that He who owns the treasures of the skies and the earth has permitted you to pray to Him, and has promised you acceptance of the prayer.

He has commanded you to beg of Him in order that He may give you, and to seek His mercy in order that He may have mercy on you. • He has opened for you the door of repentance. Therefore whenever you call Him, He hears your call, and whenever you whisper to Him, He knows the whisper.

You place before him your needs, unveil before Him yourself, complain to Him for your worries, beseech Him to remove your troubles, seek His help in your affairs, and ask from the treasures of His mercy what no-one else has the power to give, namely long life, health of body, and increase of livelihood. Imam Ali (a) Letter 31, Nahjul Balagha Allah loves the believers who ask from Him, and supplicate constantly.

The Holy Prophet (S) has said that on the Day of Judgement, two men with very similar deeds will enter Heaven. One of them will see that the other is granted a rank above him. He will ask Allah: "My Lord! We have the same actions. Why have you preferred him over me"? Allah will reply, "He asked from Me, and you did not". Imam Ja`far as-Sadiq (a) often encouraged his companions to ask from Allah. He once said to Maysar, his companion : O Maysar!

Supplicate, and do not say the affair has been destined. Surely there are ranks with Allah which cannot be reached except through asking. If the servant (of Allah) closes his mouth and does not ask, he will not be given anything, so ask and you will get. O Maysar, the door that is knocked often is most likely to open. Dua is a great tool given to believers by Allah. Using du`a they can achieve great things and overcome many problems.

One who has been given the power of Dua can never lose hope, as in his hands lies a great weapon. It is man's own loss if he does not make use of the tremendous potential of Du`a. Effects of Dua Pleases the Almighty Allah loves that believers should pray to Him constantly.