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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Qunut Part 3: Dhikr, the Beautiful Names of Allah Names of Allah are recited to invoke Him (as dua'as) for obtaining benefits. A'dads (total of numbers assigned to alphabets) are mentioned in brackets against each dua 'a.

It is the duty of the sincere and pious servants of Allah to seek help and fulfillment of their desires from their Lord, but He knows what is good for us and therefore we may not have that, which is asked for, yet we are bound to go on invoking Him, in strict compliance with the instructions of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. (1) Yaa Allaahu {66} يَااَلله Allah is the (proper) name of God. "Allah" is cited 2607 times in the holy Qur’an.

(a) To seek acceptance of prayers and fulfillment of legitimate desires recite 66 times immediately after sunrise, or at the time of sunset, or in the late hours of the night. (b) To obtain full satisfaction of all legitimate desires recite 200 times, after wuzu, on Fridays. (c) To be aware of the unity of Allah, to become pious and to wipe out the love of worldly things, recite it 1000 times daily.

(d) Make pills of flour, recite it 11000 times over them and drop them into a river or sea, all your difficulties will be made easy. (e) Allah sends blessings on that house in which "Yaa Allaahu" is written and pasted or mounted on the wall. Many ulamah (religious scholars) have said that this could be the ismi aa 'z 'am, the great name of Allah.

There are innumerable merits of the following dua'a: لاَ إِلهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallaah’ Recite it as many times as possible to obtain the benefits mentioned in the following traditions. The Holy Prophet said: “Allah revealed to Prophet Musa that all the heavens and the earths with whatever is in them, if put into one plate of the (divine) scales, will be outweighed by ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallaah’ in the other.

At the time of death say again and again ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallaah’ to wash away the sins. ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallaah’ is the heart and soul of a believer's life in this world, a companion in the hour of death and a helping friend at the time of resurrection on the Day of Judgment.

Jibrail gave me the message of Allah that two groups of people, on the day of resurrection, will come up from the graves, one, with smiling faces, ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallaau Wallaahu Akbar’ on their lips; and the other, with disgraced faces, crying in despair”.