PRAYERS OF THE FINAL PROPHET (SAAWW)
9. HIS DUA WHEN THE TABLE-SPREAD IS LAID OUT
41. In al-K¡f¢: Narrated from A¦mad ibn al-°asan al-Maythami who ascribed it to an infallible; he said: When the table-spread was laid out in front of the Noble Prophet XE "Holy Prophet" 9 he said:
سُبْحَانَكَ أَللّٰهُمَّ مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا تَبْتَلِينَا، سُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تُعْطِيناَ، سُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تُعَافِينَا. أَللّٰهُمَّ أَوْسِعْ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلـى فُقَرَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ.
Glory be to You O All¡h XE "All¡h" ! How wonderful is that which You have tested us with. Glory be to You, how plentiful is that which You have given us. Glory be to You, how plentiful is that which You have bestowed on us. O All¡h! Increase for us (our sustenance) and for the poor believing men and women and (for the poor) Muslim men and women.[i]
42. In al-Mak¡rim: When the table-spread was laid out in front of the Noble Prophet XE "Holy Prophet" 9 he said:
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ. أَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا نِعْمَةً مَشْكُورَةً تَصِلُ بِهَا نِعْمَةَ الْجَنَّةِ.
In the name of All¡h XE "All¡h" . O All¡h! Make it an appreciated blessing by means of which the bounties of paradise are attained.[ii]
