“O You Who changes hearts, make my heart stable in Your religion and in obedience to You.” (A prayer of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in the hadith collection of Ahmad ibn Hanbal; a more highly regarded version of this–recorded in the Sunan of Tirmidhi– omits “and in obedience to You.”) يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ وَطَاعَتِكَ Ya muqalliba l-qulub thabbit qalbi ‘ala dinika wa-ta’atiki

I’ve gotten permission from Dr. Alan Godlas (Abdul Haqq), who is a professor at the University of Georgia for Islamic and Sufi studies, to repost his Facebook postings on Islam and Sufism. All translations are done by Abdul Haqq Godlas unless otherwise noted.