What is the actual meaning of Eid? At\nfirst it may be proper to seek the meaning of Eid in the books of the elders.\n(1) Eid is the day of special attention of Allah (SWT) to His servants,\nrecalling them to His presence and the day of loving Him. Eid is the day of\nactiveness, happiness, and granting of servant’s requests. This day, is the day\nof awarding and writing secure chit from hellfire for servants, further it is\nthe time one may gather things that benefit him in the hereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eid is a day which Allah (SWT) showers\nHis servants with His blessings and generosity. So at this time that the merciful\nAllah (SWT) extended his generosity, how great it would be for pious people and\nsinners to confess (their defects and faults), and hope for receiving His\ngrants. Surely they won’t be dispossessed from Allah’s (SWT) grace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now on this Holy day that we have\nreturned to our Lord, how should we talk to Him and call Him? What is better\nthan accompanying with our kind Master when he is calling his Lord in an ardor\nmanner? How beautiful Imam Sajjad (PBUH) teaches us to talk with Allah (SWT):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who has mercy upon him whom your\nservants show no mercy toward him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who accepts him whom the cities\nwill not accept!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who looks not down upon those who\nhave need of Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who slaps not the brow of the\npeople of boldness toward Him with rejection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who shows gratitude for the small\nand rewards with the great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who comes close to him who comes\nclose to Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O He who invites to Himself him who\nturns his back on Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything majestic before You is\nsmall, everything eminent beside Your eminence vile! Those who reach other than\nYou are disappointed; those who present themselves to other than You have lost \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your door is open to the beseechers,\nYour munificence free to the askers, Your help near to the help-seekers! The\nexpectant are not disappointed by You, those who present themselves despair not\nof Your bestowal\n\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your provision is even spread among\nthose who disobey You, Your clemency presents itself to those hostile toward\nYou too \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your habit is beneficence toward the\nevildoers and Your wont is to spare the transgressors, so much so that Your\nlack of haste deludes them from returning, and Your disregard bars them from\ndesisting \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So here I am: I repair to You by\ncoming forward, and I ask from You good support. So bless Muhammad and his\nHousehold, hear my whispered words, grant my supplication, seal not my day with\ndisappointment, slap not my brow by rejecting my request \u2026 (3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now how beautiful it would be to call\nour Lord this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“O Allah,\nwe repent to You in our day of fast-breaking, which you has appointed for the\nfaithful a festival and a joy and for the people of Your creed a time of\nassembly and gathering, from every misdeed we did, ill work we sent ahead, or\nevil thought we secretly conceived, an unswerving repentance rid of doubt and\nwavering.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So accept from us, be pleased with us,\nand fix us within it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On behalf of Roshd website, we\ncongratulate all Muslims and especially you dear friend for the arrival of Eid\nal-Fitr, the day of honor and generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On this auspicious occasion the Roshd\nteam has updated the “Question and Answer” section of the website.\nThe previous Questions and Answers have been revised and some new questions are\nadded in a new classified style. In order to take a look on this page you may\nclick here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- This\ndefinition is quoted from Sayyed ibn Tawoos in his book “Iqbal”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2- Selected from\n“Asrar al- Salat”, Author: Ayatullah Mirza Jawad Maliki Tabrizi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3- A part of\n46th supplication of Sahifa Sajjadiah, translated by William Chittick with\nminor changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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