Allah, spare our lives and their lives, restore the ties...

Allah, spare our lives and their lives, restore the ties between us and them, rescue them [and guide them] from their misguidance, until those who are ignorant of the truth may recognize it and those are persistent in sinning and disloyalty [and in their enmity towards us] may desist from it.[^1] 24ـ أللّهُمَّ احْقِنْ دِمائَنا ودِمائَهُمْ، وأصْلِحْ ذاتَ بَيْنِنا وبَيْنَهُمْ، وأنْقِذْهُم(وَ أهدِهِمْ) مِن ضَلالَتِهِمْ، حتّى يَعْرِفَ الحقَّ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ، ويَرْعَوِىَ عَنِ الغَيِّ والغَدْرِ مَنْ لَهِجَ بِهِ.

Whoever knocks on the door of Allah, it is opened for him. 25ـ مَنْ قَرَعَ بابَ اللّهِ فُتِحَ لَهُ. The one who supplicates without action is like a bow without a bowstring. 26ـ الدَّاعي بِلا عَمل كَالقَوْسِ بِلا وَتَر. [^1]: This was the supplication taught by Amīr al-Mu’minīn (‘a) to his men during the Battle of Siffīn. Previous…