Page 93 - The Basic Concepts in the Qur’an

(Al-Qasas, 24)

He (Lot) said: “O my Lord! help me against people who do mischief!”
(Al-Ankaboot, 30)

Abraham said: “O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!”
(As-Saaffat, 100)

He (Solomon ) said:“O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom such as will
belong to no other after me: for you are the Bountiful Giver.”
(Sad, 35)

Those who sustain the Throne of Allah and those aroundit sing Glory and Praise to
their Lord; and believe in Him.They implore forgiveness for those who believe saying
:

“Our Lord! Your Reach is over all things, in Mercy and Knowledge. Forgive, then,
those who turn in repentance, and follow your Path; and preserve them from the
penalty of the Blazing Fire! And grant, our Lord! that they enter the Gardens of
Eternity, which you have promised to them, and to the righteous among their fathers,
their wives, and their descendants! For you are Exalted in Might, and Full of Wisdom.
And preserve them from all ills; and any whom you preserve from ills that day, on
them yoiu will have bestowed Mercy indeed: and that for them will truly be the
highest achievement.”
(Al-Ghafir, 7-9)

We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents. In pain his mother bore him, and
in pain she give birth to him. The carrying of the child to his weaning is a period of
thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty
years, he says:

“O my Lord! Grant that I may be grateful for your favour which you have bestowed
upon me, and upon both my parents, so that I may do good works of which you will
approve; and be gracious to me in my descendants. Truly, I have turned to you and
truly I bow to you in surrender.” Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of
their deeds and truly overlook their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions
of the Garden: a promise truly made to them in this life.
(Al-Ahqaf, 15-16)

And those who came after them say: “Our Lord! Forgive us, and our brethren who
came before us into the Faith, and do not leave in our hearts, rancour or a sense of
injury against those who have believed. Our Lord! you are indeed Full of Kindness
and Most Merciful.”
(Al-Hashr, 10)

...”Our Lord! in you we trust, and to you we turn in repentance: you are our Final
Goal. Our Lord! Do not expose us to the designs of the Unbelievers. Forgive us, our
Lord! for you are the Exalted in Might and Wise.”
(Al-Mumtahina, 4-5)

To those who believe Allah sets forth as an example to the wife of Pharaoh. Behold,
she said:

“O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to You, a mansion in the Garden, and save me
from Pharaoh and his doings, and save me from those that do wrong.”
(At-Tahrim, 11)