Beseeching Allah

It is recounted by one narrator that: "One night I was
performing tawaf around the Holy Ka'bah in Meccah. I saw
a young man who had caught the cover of the Ka'bah in his
hands and was crying. He was beseeching Allah. Saying:
"O Lord of the universe, the eyes of all people of the world have
closed for sleep, the sun has set and the stars have appeared
in the sky. But You, O Master of the universe. You are
always awake, alive and are the only permanence, and You
are controlling the world and its inhabitants.
`O Lord of all beings, the rulers have shut firm their
gates, and have assigned watchmen over them. But the door
to Your House. O dear Lord. is always open to all, and You
are always ready to relieve the distressed, cure the sick and
help the oppressed.
"O Merciful Allah. O creation's Beloved, this helpless
creature has come to Your House this dark night, perhaps
You will favor him."
O Allah. You Who answer the call of the helpless in the
darkness of night.
"O Allah. You Who rescue the distressed from their difficulties.
"O Allah You Who aid Your creatures when they are in
distress.
"O Allah, You Who cure those in pain.
"O Lord, Your guests are asleep around Your House. but
You, O Adored Lord, are the only One Who has no sleep.
You are He Who is controlling the world and all its creatures.
"O Lord, I have come to Your House this dark night and
am calling on You, for You Yourself have told us to call on
You'.
"O Allah, I implore You by this Holy House to have
mercy on Your servant. O Lord, if Your creatures don't
come to Your House and place their hopes in You. to whose
house will they go and in whom will they place their hopes?"
"I became very joyful." the narrator continued.
"listening to the young man imploring God and from
witnessing his devotion to Him. I went closer to see who the
young man was. I saw that it was Imam al- Sajjad Zayn al `Abidin',
and I realized that only he could beseech Allah in
such a way."