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Du'a al-Faraj ( Arabic : دعاء الفرج) is a du'a which is attributed to Imam Mahdi and is begun with the phrase of “Elahi Azomal Bala (O Allah, terrible was the calamity)” .1The initial part of the du'a was quoted for the first time in the book of Konuz al-Nejah (Sheikh Tabarsi ).2There are plenty of profits in (reciting) dua Faraj. According to Ayatollah Bahjat the reciting of Du’a Faraj is the best act in order not to be destructed at the End time (i.e. a du’a which effects on all practices and should be recited with its conditions, among repentance).3
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Du'a al-Faraj ( ) is a dua which is attributed to Imam Mahdi .It begins with the phrase of "ʾIlāhī ʿaẓuma l-balāʾ", meaning "O God, the calamity has become immense".The initial part of the dua was quoted for the first time in the book of Kunuz al-Nijah by Shaykh Tabarsi .According to Ayatollah Bahjat , the recitation of Dua Al-Faraj is the best act in order not to be destroyed in the end times .
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Imam mahdi follower Du'a al-Faraj ( Arabic : دُعَاء ٱلْفَرَج ) is a dua which is attributed to Imam Mahdi . It begins with the phrase of "ʾIlāhī ʿaẓuma l-balāʾ", meaning "O God, the calamity has become immense". The initial part of the dua was quoted for the first time in the book of Kunuz al-Nijah by Shaykh Tabarsi . According to Ayatollah Bahjat , the recitation of Dua Al-Faraj is the best act in order not to be destroyed in the end times .
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du'a which is attributed to imam mahdi and is begun with the phrase of “elahi azomal bala
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dua which is attributed to imam mahdi
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