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He said, ‘I heard Ahmad Bin Isa Al Alawy saying, ‘It is narrated to me by Abu Isa Bin Zayd, from his father Zayd, عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَنْ يُعَلِّمَنِي اسْمَهُ الْأَعْظَمَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ قَائِمٌ أُصَلِّي فَرَقَدَتْ عَيْنَايَ إِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ دَنَا مِنِّي وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيَّ قَالَ لِي أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ ‘From his grandfather Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws having said: ‘I -asws supplicated to Allah -azwj for twenty years for Him -azwj to Teach me -asws His -azwj most Magnificent Name.

One night when I ‑asws was standing praying Salat, my -asws eyes were drowsy. There I -asws was with Rasool-Allah ‑saww coming over to me -asws . Then he -saww came near me -asws and kissed what is between my -asws eyes. He -saww said: ‘Which thing did you -asws ask Allah -azwj for?’ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا جَدَّاهْ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعَلِّمَنِي اسْمَهُ الْأَعْظَمَ He -asws said: ‘I -asws said: ‘O grandfather -saww !

I -asws asked Allah -azwj the Exalted to Teach me -asws His -azwj most Magnificent Name’. فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ اكْتُبْ He -saww said: ‘O my -saww son -asws , write!’ قُلْتُ وَ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَكْتُبُ I -asws said: ‘And upon which thing shall I -asws write?’ قَالَ اكْتُبْ بِإِصْبَعِكَ عَلَى رَاحَتِكَ وَ هُوَ He -saww said: ‘Write with your -asws finger upon your -asws palm, and it is: يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ ذوا ذُو الْأَسْمَاءِ الْعِظَامِ وَ ذُو الْعِزِّ الَّذِي لَا يُرَامُ وَ إِلهُكُمْ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ‏ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ ‘O Allah -azwj !