O the best one among Banu Hashim!

O the best one among Banu Hashim! O the children of ‘Abd al-Muttalib! Ask your Lord by these words. By One, that my soul is in His hand, every believer calls [Him] by these words sincerely, the Throne, the seven heavens and the earths will tremble for it and Allah, the Exalted, says to His angels, ‘Testify.

I answered the caller by these words and gave him his request in this world and the other world.’” Some [of the narrators] thought that this psalm is the psalm by which Jesus the son of Mary called Him. It is this psalm: ‘O Allah! I take refuge in your name, the Unique ( al-Wahid ), the One ( al-Ahad ) and Most Mighty ( al-A‘azz ).

I take refuge in your name, the One ( al-Ahad ), the Everlasting Refuge ( al-Samad ).I take refuge in Your name, O Allah, the Majestic ( al-‘Azim ) and Single ( al-Watr ).

I take refuge, O Allah, in Your name, the Great ( al-Kabir ) and Exalted ( al-Muta‘al ), by which all Your pillars have been set firm, remove the troubles I have morning and night.’”[^9] This is one of the psalms of Jesus the son of Mary (‘a) by another narration: “O Creator of the soul from the soul, Director of the soul from the soul and Deliverer of the soul from the soul!

Release us and deliver us from our trouble.”[^10] Among these supplications is the supplication of Asif, the minister of Solomon son of Davidu, about which it is narrated that by it he brought the throne of Bilqis,[^11] and that by it Jesus (‘a) revived the dead. It is, “O Allah!

I beseech You by this that You are Allah; there is no god but You, the Alive, the Self-subsisting, the Pure, the Purifying, the Light of the heavens and the earths (and according to some narrations, this last phrase is ‘the Lord of the heavens and the earths’), Knower of the invisible and visible, the Great and Exalted, the Compassionate, the Beneficent, Lord of Majesty and Honor, I beseech You [by these words] to do (this or that) for me.”[^12] The Commander of the Faithful sought refuge in Allah every day through this prayer, known as khislah, “I seek refuge in Allah, the Hearing and Knowing from Satan the cursed… O Allah!

Verily I beseech You by the ayah by which You commanded your servant Jesus the son of Mary to call You, then you answered him, and he revived the dead, cured the blind and the leper with Your permission, and by Your revelation he told of mysteries with Your grace, kindness and mercy. Praise be to You, Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the worlds.