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Question No. 3432 2 November 2023 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified سطح محتوا: مقدماتی

Which supplications and intimate prayers do you recommend for discerning truth from falsehood?

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For discerning truth from falsehood, Supplications 6, 8, 17, and 20 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya, the Ziyārat of ʿĀshūrāʾ, and the Supplication of the Drowning Person are recommended. The key to distinguishing truth from falsehood is to know the true Imam: whoever knows the true Imam can discern truth from falsehood in the light of his guidance.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Prayers 6, 8, 17 and 20 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya; the Ziyārat ʿĀshūrāʾ;

The Prayer of the Drowning: « اللهم عرفنی نفسک فإنک إن لم تعرفنی نفسک لم أعرف نبیک اللهم عرفنی رسولک فإنک إن لم تعرفنی رسولک لم أعرف حجتک اللهم عرفنی حجتک فإنک إن لم تعرفنی حجتک ضللت عن دینی‏»

For whoever recognizes the true Imam can, in the shelter of his light, distinguish truth from falsehood.

یا رب أرنی الحق کما هو عندک حتى أقضی به‏

اللهم صل على محمد و آله و أرنی الحق حقا حتى أتبعه و أرنی الباطل باطلا حتى أجتنبه و لا تجعله علی متشابها فأتبع هوای بغیر هدى منک‏

اللهم صل على محمد و على آل محمد و أعطنی من جزیل ما أعطیت عبادک المؤمنین ما آمن به من عقابک و أستوجب به رضاک و رحمتک و اهدنی إلى ما اختلف فیه من الحق بإذنک إنک تهدی من تشاء إلى صراط مستقیم‏

الحمد لله الذی هدانی للإسلام و أکرمنی بالإیمان و عرفنی الحق الذی عنه یؤفکون و النبأ العظیم الذی هم فیه مختلفون‏

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