SOME MERITS OF OTHER SURAHS & VERSES

Thirteenth: Al-Kulayni has reported Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (‘a) as saying, “Surah al-Mulk is the preventing Surah; it prevents from the chastisement in graves… etc.”

Fourteenth: Imam al-Baqir (‘a) is also reported to have said: A copy of the Holy Qur’an fell in a sea. When it was taken out, the entire inscription had gone except this holy verse:

الا الى اللّه تصيرا الامور.

Fifteenth: Shaykh al-Kulayni has also reported the following instruction from Zurarah:

In the second third of one of the nights of Ramazan, You may hold a copy of the Holy Qur’an, open it, put it before your hands, say this supplicatory prayer, and upon accomplishment, pray Almighty Allah for whatever you need:

اللّهمّ انّى اسالك بكتابك المنزل‏ و ما فيه و فيه اسمك الاعظم الاكبر،و اسماؤك الحسنى،و ما يخاف و يرجى ان‏ تجعلنى من عتقائك من النّار