A very interesting point to note is that in Du’a Makarim al Akhlaq, (Du’a 20 of Sahifa Sajjadiyya), Imam al-Sajjad (a) recites salawaat after every few verses. This shows us that if we want to improve our akhlaq, we must learn from the Holy Prophet (saww).
Imam Ali (a) is reported to have said, "Verily the friends of Allah are those who remember Him the most, are constantly grateful to Him and have greater patience in the face of His trials."
![O Allāh, make me content with what You have given me. Hide my faults and give me good health for as long as You give me life, and forgive me and have mercy on me when You give me death. O Allāh, do not let me undergo hardship in seeking that which You have not decreed for me, and make that which You have decreed for me easy to acquire. O Allāh, repay my parents, and all those who have a right over me for the good they have done to me, with the best of rewards. O Allāh, enable me to discharge that which You have created me for, and do not let me get engrossed in [seeking] the things that You have guaranteed for me. Do not
punish me while I plead for Your forgiveness, and do not deprive me while I beg from You. O Allāh, lower me in my own estimation and increase Your awe in my heart. Inspire me to worship You
and do the things that please You and eschew the actions that
displease You, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Taken from Fātimah al-Zahrā (a) From the Cradle to the Grave](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2a.-dua-663x1024.png)
![Janabe Fatimah (sa) has said: “What good is there in fasting for the one who fasts if he does not restrain his tongue, his ears, his eyes and his limbs [from that which is forbidden]?”](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ahaadith-from-Janabe-Fatimah-sa-2a-791x1024.png)
![No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision ... (Q6:103)
I replied, “Of course.” Then he asked: “Do you all know what
al-Absār are?” I replied, “Of course.” Then he asked: “What are they?” I replied, “They are Absār meaning ‘eyes’.” He said, “The mind in your heart is more powerful than the eyes [with which you see]. Thus it is minds that cannot behold him, while He
beholds minds.”
To guide Abu Hashim to the hidden meaning of the verse above, Imam al-Ridha (a) first asks him what he understands from the verse. It is worth mentioning that the word Absār here refers to ‘minds’ . Since ‘minds’ which are our most powerful faculty for knowing, cannot behold Him, thus, we cannot truly describe Him.
Al-Kafi Vol. 1 Pg 98](https://enlighteninginspirations.ir/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Imam-al-Ridha-a-2a-663x1024.png)
