2:186 - When my servants ask thee concerning Me I am indeed close (to them); I listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me; let them also with a will listen to My call and believe in Me; that they may walk in the right way.
 4:174  O Mankind!      Verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your Lord: For We have sent  unto you a light (that is) manifest.

 Note:679 - The Proof and the Light are the Quran and the Personality, Life and Teaching of Muhammad Mustafa.

The Glorious Quran of the Almighty Allah and Hadhis of the Holy Prophet shall be the foremost in guiding the life of a true Muslim.  They declared with; one voice that if the Muslims stand firm as rock, faithful to the teachings of their sacred scriptures, they would surely stand on a firm footing of material and spiritual progress which no blasts of disasters and calamities, however furious they might be, and no amount of threats of conquering nations, however autocrat and imperialistic, CAN SWEEP THEM OUT; but if, on the other hand, they stand by the Holy Quran and Sunnah on a bed-rock of sand,  THEY WILL BE BUT DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES.

Within ten years after the death of the Holy Prophet, the kingdoms of Persia, Rome, Egypt, Syria and Yemen came under the sway the Saracens due to the unflinching devotion of the Muslims to the Holy Book and sacred Sunnah of the Prophet.   We are now brooding over our decadence and thinking of the last Renaissance at the hands of the Promised Messiah.
Muslim centres are now hot-beds of religious controversies  even in educational institutions, Madrasahs and Schools !
4:146  Except for those who repent, mend their life, hold fast to Allah, AND PURIFY THEIR RELIGION AS In  ALLAH’S SIGHT;  if so they will be numbered with the Believers….
474     - If Uhud was a reverse to the Muslims, they had inflicted a reverse twice as great on the Makkans at Badr. This reverse was not without Allah's permission, for He wanted to test and purify the faith of those who followed Islam, and to show them that they must strive and do all in their power to deserve Allah's help.
If they disobeyed orders and neglected discipline, they must attribute the disaster to themselves and not to Allah. (3.165)

40:5-The Prayer of  those  without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in (mazes) of error!.
Our Muslim brothers are now agitating  for fair play and justice, in the Mosques they are resorting to lenghty supplications, reciting Qunoot, crying and begging Allah’s help for themselves and for world peace and for those in distress, viz for Afghnistan and other Muslim, states etc.
62:5 The similitude of those who failed… in those (obligations) is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not). Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah: and Allah guides not people who do wrong.

With what face can a man ask for Mercy or Love from Allah when he is unwilling to believe in Him and His Messenger in full ?

WILL THEIR PRAYERS  BE HEARD AND ANSWERED.  DO THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND HELPED BY ALLAH ? HAVE WE NOT DISOBEYED ALLAH’S ORDERS  AND IGNORED THE PROPHET’S SUNNAH ? 

Go to any Mosque on a Jummah day and watch all what they do. You will be amazed to see all the Innovations ( BID’AH) there. They refuse to believe if they are told and call them”Tales of the Ancients or that they are doing what their fathers of old did.”

Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“Du’aa’s and ta’awwudhaat [prayers seeking refuge with Allaah] are like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the person who is using it; it is not merely the matter of how sharp it is. If the weapon is perfect and free of faults, and the arm of the person using it is strong, and there is nothing stopping him, then he can lay waste the enemy. But if any of these three features is lacking, then the effect will be lacking accordingly.”
(al-Daa’ wa’l-Dawaa’, p. 35).
Beseeching, humbling oneself, hoping for Allaah’s reward and fearing His punishment. This is the spirit, essence and purpose of du’aa’. Other aspects of the etiquette of making du’aa’, although they are not waajib (obligatory), are: to face the Qiblah; to make du’aa’ in a state of tahaarah (purity); to start the du’aa’ with praise of Allaah and blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). It is also prescribed to raise the hands when making du’aa’.

One of the things that helps to bring a response to du’aa’ is to seek the best times and places.
Among the best times is the time just before Fajr (dawn), the last third of the night, the last hour of Jumu’ah (Friday), when rain is falling, and between the Adhaan and iqaamah.
Among the best places are mosques in general, and al-Masjid al-Haraam [in Makkah] in particular.
The reason why one’s du’aa’ is not answered may be because he has done something that Allaah has forbidden, such as having haraam wealth  whether it be food or drink or clothing or accommodation or transportation, or he has taken a haraam job, or the stain of sin is still in his heart, or he is following bid’ah (innovation) in religion, or his heart has been overtaken by negligence, or when the person who is making du’aa’ is weak in himself, because he is faint-hearted in his turning towards Allaah.

46:4 - Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book (revealed) before this or any remnant of knowledge (ye may have) if ye are telling the truth!" ^{4777 4778}

4777    Some people may rush thoughtlessly into false worship, because it is the fashion or an ancestral custom, etc. They are asked to pause and see for themselves. Have the false gods or falsehood created anything? (They destroy much). Or have they any share or lot in the things we associate with the heavens,-spiritual well-being, etc.? (46.4)
4778    'Or is there any warrant for you from any earlier revelation, assuming that you do not believe in this Revelation? Or can you point to the least scrap or remnant of real knowledge on which you can base what We condemn as your false life?' No, you cannot. (46.4)
4779    As there is no argument at all in favour of your sham worship, what sense is there in it? If you worshipped Self, your own misused faculties will witness against you at the last (xli. 20-23). If you worshipped good men or prophets, like Jesus, they will disown you (v. 119). Similarly, if you worshipped angels, they will disown you (xxxiv. 40-41). (46.5)


Sunan of Abu-Dawood - Hadith 1505       Narrated by
Abdullah ibn Abbas:The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to supplicate Allah:
“The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to supplicate Allah: "My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who  act wrongfully towards me; O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast."

M“My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and make my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who  act wrongfully towards me;
O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast."
y Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and make my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who  act wrongfully towards me;
O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast."