"I asked my Master Al-Sadiq, Mighty is His Might, and said: 'O our Master, does Supplication have an aspect through which it is directed?'

He replied: 'Yes, O Jabir. Indeed, the supplication of the believer is Glorification (Tasbih), Sanctification (Taqdis), and Exaltation (Tamjid). Through his supplication and his entreaty to Allah, he might have [otherwise] deserved, by Justice, a punishment to befall him on his current day; yet, through his supplication, the punishment is deferred from him until his coming year. Or, it may be that through his fulfillment of the right of some of his brothers, he has deserved from Allah a blessing that would encompass him in his coming year; yet, through his supplication, that blessing is hastened for him on his current day. Thus, supplication hastens a blessing and defers a calamity; otherwise, Justice (Al-'Adl) is all-encompassing and inevitable."

[98] Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Lu'lu'i al-Halabi, narrated to me, saying: My Sheikh Abu al-Husayn 'Ali ibn al-Dakin al-'Attar narrated to me, saying: I used to frequently meet with my Master, the Sheikh Abu 'Abdullah al-Husayn ibn