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Explanation of the Opening Supplications

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Your Eminence! You answered the previous listener regarding the opening supplication, and our brother Al-Sawwut is asking about the interpretation of the opening supplication?
Answer: Every supplication has an interpretation. The hadith of his saying:
Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You.سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك وتبارك اسمك وتعالى جدك ولا إله غيرك
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam)
means: purifying Allah from everything that does not befit Him
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to Youسبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
meaning: its meaning is: I purify You, O my Lord! from everything that does not befit You; from shirk (associating partners with Allah) and deficient attributes, such as drowsiness, sleep, and weakness, and the like. So He, Glorified and Exalted is He, is purified from every deficiency and every flaw, and He is perfect in His essence, His names, His attributes, and His actions .
And blessed is Your nameوتبارك اسمك
: means: it has reached the ultimate in blessing, all the blessing is with Him .
And Your Majesty is Exaltedوتعالى جدك
means: Your greatness. Al-jad: greatness in the case of Allah, meaning: Your greatness is exalted, O our Lord!
And there is no deity other than Youولا إله غيرك
He is the one worshipped in truth .
As for the opening supplication:
Allahumma ba'id baini was baina khatayaya kama ba'adta baina al-mashriq wal-maghrib; Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas; Allahummaghsilni min khatayaya bith-thalji wal-ma'i wal-barad (O Allah, out a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West; O Allah, cleanse me of of sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth; Wash away my sins with snow, water, and hail)اللهم باعد بيني وبين خطاياي كما باعدت بين المشرق والمغرب، اللهم نقني من خطاياي كما ينقى الثوب الأبيض من الدنس، اللهم اغسلني من خطاياي بالثلج والماء والبرد
Sunan an-Nasa'i 60Sahih (Darussalam)
this means: seeking safety from sins. He asks his Lord to purify him from sins and transgressions, and to distance him from them; so that his repentance is sincere and complete, with no deficiency or sin accompanying it. For if He distances him from his transgressions, purifies him from them, and cleanses him from them, he becomes pure from sins, complete in faith and piety.
As for the meaning of:
O God, the Lord of Gabriel, Michael and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, who knowest the unseen and the seen, Thou decidest among Thy servants concerning their differences. Guide me on account of different opinions regarding the truth by Thy permissionاللهم رب جبريل وميكائيل و إسرافيل ، فاطر السماوات والأرض عالم الغيب والشهادة، أنت تحكم بين عبادك فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون، اهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك
Mishkat al-Masabih 1212
it means: seeking guidance. He seeks nearness to Allah by His being the Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil. Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil are three of the angels, and they are the foremost of the angels and the best of the angels. Jibril: the one who brings the revelation to the prophets. Mikail: the one in charge of the downpour and rain. Israfil: the one in charge of blowing the Trumpet on the Day of Resurrection and returning the souls to the bodies. These are the foremost of the angels. He seeks nearness to Allah by His lordship over them
O Allah, Lord of Jibril ...اللهم رب جبرائيل ...
and so on.
So by this, you seek nearness to Allah by His being the Lord of these angels , and you seek nearness to Him by His being the Creator of the heavens and the earth, meaning: the Maker of the heavens and the earth, and that He is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. You seek nearness to Him by this, that He is the Knower of everything, the Knower of everything and the Creator of the created things and the Bringer of them into existence , and that He is the Lord of all things and its Sovereign (Exalted and Majestic is He), and that He is the Judge between His servants in this world and the Hereafter. He is the Judge between them in this world by His Shari'ah, and in the Hereafter by His just judgment . Then by this, you ask Him to guide you to that in which there is disagreement. You say:
Guide me to the disputed matters of truth by Your Leaveاهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك
Sunan Ibn Majah 1357Sahih (Darussalam)
You ask Him to guide you to the truth and the right path in which there is disagreement among people, and you seek nearness to Him by His being the One who guides whom He wills to a straight path. So you ask Him by these means to guide you to the truth and the right. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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