SUPPLICATIONS FOR
COMMUNAL HARMONY
The following supplications were made at the communal harmony programme conducted by the Bahai Centre, Bengaluru.
Greetings of peace!
I am immensely grateful to God for this opportunity to savour the joy of this noble programme. My deepest thanks to the organizers for their kind invitation to share a supplication and a few points of Islamic perspective on the topic of Unity and Harmony.
These are turbulent times, but the lamp of hope will continue to burn and the kind God does bring forth positive results. Today’s meeting is a shining example. This morning there may be disturbances in various parts of the world. But we all are here to talk about unity and harmony and to see how we can join hands so that more people join this noble pursuit and take it forward to others.
It is indeed a great need to begin with a supplication to the Creator of the universe who created this world with a purpose. The purpose of nurturing us to be those excellent human beings who will establish a peaceful society and be fit to be the inhabitants of God’s Paradise.
Supplication in Islam is not confined to a few ritualistic words. As per our needs we are encouraged to create our own supplications and the following is of this kind emanating from the bottom of my heart for all my fellow beings.
All glory and praise be to God the Creator, the Sustainer of the Worlds. To You we belong, to You we will return, Owner of the Day of Judgement. The Kind and Merciful and Forgiving and Generous bestower of all types of blessings.
O Lord! You have mentioned in Your Book that You are near to us and respond to the call of one who calls You. I beseech you with my soul on its knees to bless this gathering and all our fellow beings of the world with the richest of Your blessings.
We ask of You all that is good for all of us for always. Guide us to everything which is beneficial and save us from harm we know of and from harm we know not of.
You have chosen freedom for us to lead our lives on this earth the only planet which is our home. Guide us to use the freedom for positive and constructive activities and safeguard us from misusing this freedom.
You have chosen human interdependence for our life on earth, guide us to understand this, value this and be grateful for this and respect this.
You gave us the life-support system which we need to live but we have not made use of it with responsibility and due to our own mistakes we are witnessing global warming .
O God! Give us the strength to introspect and to change our ways, give us the wisdom to accept things which are a part of the creation plan. Forgive us for our wrongs and set right all matters concerning us.
The situations are not in our control but our responses to situations are under our control, guide us to give the right response in every situation.
Give us the high level of character which is unilateral good character. Bless our togetherness, put love in our hearts for each other.
Give us the sense of empathy and sensitiveness towards others. Let there be simplicity in our lives leading towards high thinking and peaceful pursuits. Guide us all to live need-based lives and not greed-based lives.
Let there be sharing of every bounty in society. Give us the strength of mind to accept and respect the differences.
Make us your true worshippers and humankind’s well-wishers and live in peace and harmony with each other.
Thank you God for this blessed gathering. Glory be to You through whom all good things are accomplished!
FEEDBACK FROM THE PARTICIPANTS
So nice to have met you today at the Bahai Centre. Thanks for the lovely book too. Very thoughtful of you for the gifts. I like the writings of Maulana. I have read a few articles written by him. I wish to connect with you again. Please pray for us. ~ Ms Subhadra
Thank you very much for joining us. Your message was very inspiring.
~ Mr Dinesh Rao
Years ago while I was residing in Mumbai, I used to read Maulana Saheb's articles in a newspaper. I am looking forward to reading the book Leading a Spiritual Life. ~ Mr Subhash Ratan
