whatever a person utters from his lips is genuine dua, or prayer. It is this dua which is dua with ism-e-aazam and such a dua is always in one’s own mother tongue, rather tha in any other language. Prayer

succeeded in finding it. I asked him what his question was? He said, “I want to know what ism-e-aazam is?” Ism-e-aazam means a prayer that invokes God’s greatest name. He told me that he had read many books

self-induced. You have supposed that ism-e-aazam is like a mantra, that is, a magic formula. Now you want to know that mantra, but this will never happen.” I said that ism-e-aazam is not the name of some words

to the pronunciation of different dialects: maalik- e-yaumuddin, malik-e-yaumuddin and maleek-e- yaumuddin, etc.; with the passing of time and changes in the style of writing, the differences in the manuscript

Not MysteriousThe general concept regarding asma-e-husna is that they are some mysterious words. It is believed that some miraculous effect is hidden in these words, just as in the chants (mantras) of

what people think of divine names. But this kind of concept of God’s names is totally baseless. Asma-e-husna are in no sense mysterious words. They represent a known and meaningful reality. Divine names

nothing mysterious about it, rather it is a blessing which can be fully explained rationally. Asma-e-husna indeed are the known doors of God’s mercy. These doors have been opened as we learn from to the

a couplet in Persian to be inscribed on her Tomb: Bar mazaar-e-maa ghareeban nay chiraagh-e-nay guley Nay par-e-parwana raqsad, nay sada-e-bubulay This means that on a poor person’s grave there is no light

Al-Khazin (d. 1341 C.E.) wrote: Here, iqamat-e deen refers to the oneness of God, and faith in God and His books and the prophets and the Last Day and obeying God in matters of His commandments and prohibitions

clarifies, these are different. Al-Alusi al-Baghdadi (d. 1854 C.E.) commented about the term iqamat-e deen as used in this context as follows: The deen of Islam is the name for the oneness of God, obedience

believer (momin). By iqamat-e deen is meant to properly follow the affairs of the deen and to remain established in it. Qumi Nishapuri (d. 1328 C.E.) opined that the phrase iqamat-e deen as used here means: