--- title: "The Advantages and Benefits of Supplication — Part 4" event: "The Art of Supplication" session_number: 8 published_at: "2025-05-17" canonical_url: "https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-advantages-and-benefits-of-supplication-part-4" event_url: "https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-art-of-supplication" type: "event-session" scripture_reference: "Mafatih al-Jinan, Supplications (Duas), Munajat 11: The Whispered Prayer of the Needy, Line 4" --- # The Advantages and Benefits of Supplication — Part 4 *Session 8 of [The Art of Supplication](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-art-of-supplication) — 17 May 2025* God runs toward you the moment you start walking. This session opens the fourth benefit of supplication: intimacy with God. Two Arabic words carry the weight of it. Uns is the warmth and familiarity of sitting with someone deeply loved — the opposite of loneliness. Qurb is nearness itself, the fruit of sincerity, remembrance and devotion, and the very reason stated in the intention made before every act of worship: seeking nearness to God. The evening traces this nearness through those who lived it. In Dua Kumayl, Imam Ali, peace be upon him, pleads with a God he already knows intimately. In Munajat al-Muhibbeen, Imam Zayn al-Abedeen asks: "Who has tasted the sweetness of Your love and then desired another in place of You?" And in a hadith qudsi, a narration in which God speaks directly, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, relays: "When My servant draws near to Me by a handspan, I draw near to him by an arm's length… and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running." The Qur'an removes even the need for an intermediary: "When My servants ask you about Me, indeed I am near" — no command to "say", only a direct answer. What if the point of every ritual you perform was never the ritual, but this? What the evening covers Two words for closeness. Uns, intimate familiarity, and qurb, nearness — both named in the intention before worship. The running God. The hadith qudsi on handspans, arm's lengths, and God's response to a servant who merely walks. Imam Ali's plea in Dua Kumayl. What it sounds like to speak to a God already known, not merely feared. No intermediary needed. Why the verse answers directly, skipping the usual command to "say". Dua as the marrow of worship. The Prophet's description of supplication as the essence, not the supplement, of ritual. ## Scripture > وَ يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَ يَا أَكْرَمَ الْأَكْرَمِينَ وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ لَكَ تَخَضُّعِي وَ سُؤَالِي وَ إِلَيْكَ تَضَرُّعِي وَ ابْتِهَالِي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُنِيلَنِي مِنْ رَوْحِ رِضْوَانِكَ وَ تُدِيمَ عَلَيَّ نِعَمَ امْتِنَانِكَ وَ هَا أَنَا بِبَابِ كَرَمِكَ وَاقِفٌ وَ لِنَفَحَاتِ بِرِّكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ وَ بِحَبْلِكَ الشَّدِيدِ مُعْتَصِمٌ وَ بِعُرْوَتِكَ الْوُثْقَى مُتَمَسِّكٌ إِلَهِي ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الذَّلِيلَ ذَا اللِّسَانِ الْكَلِيلِ وَ الْعَمَلِ الْقَلِيلِ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيْهِ بِطَوْلِكَ الْجَزِيلِ وَ اكْنُفْهُ تَحْتَ ظِلِّكَ الظَّلِيلِ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا جَمِيلُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ > > O fulfiller of the needs of the impoverished and the downtrodden! O most generous of the generous! O most merciful of the merciful! My humility and entreaty are before You, and my weeping and lamentation are directed toward You. I ask You to let me reach the breeze of Your good pleasure, and to bestow continuity of Your fair blessings upon me. I now stand at the door of Your generosity, and I am exposed to the gentle breezes of Your goodness. I have clung to Your firm rope, and I have grasped Your steadfast handhold. O Allah, have mercy upon Your lowly servant whose tongue is mute and whose deeds are few. Bestow upon him Your continuous and distinguished benevolence, and shelter him under Your lofty shade. O Noble One, O Beautiful One, O most merciful of the merciful! — *Mafatih al-Jinan, Supplications (Duas), Munajat 11: The Whispered Prayer of the Needy, Line 4* ## Programme - [Watch the full session](https://youtu.be/GsQ2QgTIgMI) - [Sermon: The Advantages and Benefits of Supplication — Part 4](https://youtu.be/GsQ2QgTIgMI) ## Other sessions in this event - [Session 23 — The Heart of the Matter — Part 3: The Fuel for the Heart](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-heart-of-the-matter-part-3-the-fuel-for-the-heart) — 15 November 2025 - [Session 22 — The Heart of the Matter — Part 2: The Axis of Supplication](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-heart-of-the-matter-part-2-the-axis-of-supplication) — 8 November 2025 - [Session 21 — The Heart of the Matter — Part 1: The Prerequisite of Purity](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-heart-of-the-matter-part-1-the-prerequisite-of-purity) — 1 November 2025 - [Session 20 — The Hearth, The Hub, and The Horizon](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-hearth-the-hub-and-the-horizon) — 25 October 2025 - [Session 19 — The Prison, The Portal, and The Presence](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-prison-the-portal-and-the-presence) — 18 October 2025 - [Session 18 — The Sanctuary, The Saint, and The Sacrifice](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-sanctuary-the-saint-and-the-sacrifice) — 11 October 2025 - [Session 17 — The Crucible, The Criterion, and The Citadel](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-crucible-the-criterion-and-the-citadel) — 4 October 2025 - [Session 16 — Where Earth Meets Heaven](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/where-earth-meets-heaven) — 27 September 2025 - [Session 15 — The Completion of Mercy](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-completion-of-mercy) — 20 September 2025 - [Session 14 — The Arc of Loyalty](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-arc-of-loyalty) — 13 September 2025 - [Session 13 — The Days of Wilayah](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-days-of-wilayah) — 6 September 2025 - [Session 12 — The Yearly Rhythm of Mercy](https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-yearly-rhythm-of-mercy) — 30 August 2025 --- _Read this session on the web: https://www.truthpromoters.com/events/the-advantages-and-benefits-of-supplication-part-4_