Al-Hayy: The Ever-Living Verses from the Qur'an: Allah there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. (Qur'an 2: 255 and 3: 2) And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice. And rely upon the Ever-Living Who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted. (Qur'an 25: 58) He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds. (Qur'an 40: 65) Tafseer Allah is the Ever-Living, Who never dies. He is eternal and everlasting. Ibn Katheer described Him as "...the Ever Living, from eternity to eternity, Who was, is and shall be, the First and the Last, the Manifest, the Hidden. " Application Knowing that Allah is the Ever-Living causes the Muslims to recognize the greatness of Allah and recognize their own imperfections and transient nature. The servants of Allah are humbled by the knowledge that this life is brief and fleeting. The servants are inspired to bow in humility and devotion to Allah, the Ever-Living One. Supplication Ibn 'Abbas(r) said that the Prophet (S) was accustomed to praying: <>> (a reliable hadith recorded by Ibn Majah and at-Tirmidhi)88 The following supplication can be said at the end of prayer, before the tasleem: <