What is the ruling on the aforementioned supplication with its specific wordings: "Glory be to the Lord who arranged desires before their existence, glory be to the Lord who, by His light, decreed destinies before their manifestation, glory be to the Lord who, by His light, manages times before their limits, glory be to the Lord who, by His light, fashioned bodies and harmonized them. I ask You, O Allah, by Your light with which You manifested upon the Throne, so the lights expanded, and I ask You by Your light with which You manifested upon the forms, so the spirits expanded, and I ask You by Your light with which You manifested upon the Footstool, so the specters were gathered. And I ask You, O Allah, by Your light-filled Face, and by Your light-filled Throne, and by Your light-filled Pen, and by Your light-filled Heart, and by Your light-filled Spirit, and by Your light-filled Forms, and by Your light-filled Footstool. And I ask You, O Light of lights, O Light of every light, O Illuminator of every light"?
This supplication is an innovation and contains impermissible elements, among them the phrase: "and with Your heart the light and with Your soul the light." It is not permissible to attribute a heart or a soul to Allah as characteristics of Him. As for the Almighty's saying: (and breathed into him of My spirit), the attribution of Adam's spirit to Allah is for honoring and dignifying. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid this supplication and suffice with what has been authentically reported regarding the glorification and supplication of Allah.
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