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ختم القرآن الکریم

Completion of Quran

138 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan

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Sahifa Sajjadiya 42: Upon Completing a Reading of the Qur'an · 1 verses →

  1. 1

    اللّهُمّ إِنّك أعنْتنِي على ختْمِ كِتابِك الّذِي أنْزلْتهُ نُوراً

    O Allah, You have helped me complete Your Book, which You sent down as a light

  2. 2

    وجعلْتهُ مُهيْمِناً على كُلِّ كِتابٍ أنزلْتهُ

    appointed as a guardian over every book You have sent down,

  3. 3

    وفضّلْتهُ على كُلِّ حدِيثٍ قصصْتهُ

    preferring it over every narrative which You have recounted,

  4. 4

    وفُرْقاناً فرقْت بِهِ بيْن حلالِك وحرامِك

    a separator, through which You have separated Your lawful from Your unlawful,

  5. 5

    وقُرْآناً أعْربْت بِهِ عنْ شرائِعِ أحْكامِك

    a Qur’an, through which You have made plain the approaches to Your ordinances,

  6. 6

    وكِتاباً فصّلْتهُ لِعِبادِك تفْصِيلاً

    a book, which You have distinguished very distinctly for Your servants,

  7. 7

    ووحْياً أنْزلْتهُ على نبِيِّك مُحمّدٍ صلواتُك عليْهِ وآلِهِ تنْزِيلاً

    a revelation, which You have sent down, a sending down, upon Your prophet Muhammad (Your blessings be upon him and his Household).

  8. 8

    وجعلْتهُ نُوراً نهْتدِي مِنْ ظُلمِ الضّلالةِ والْجهالةِ بِاتِّباعِهِ

    You appointed it a light through following which we may be guided from the shadows of error and ignorance,

  9. 9

    وشِفاءً لِمنْ أنْصت بِفهْمِ التّصْدِيقِ إِلى اسْتِماعِهِ

    a healing for him who turns ear toward hearing it with the understanding of attestation,

  10. 10

    ومِيزان قِسْطٍ لا يحِيفُ عنِ الْحقِّ لِسانُهُ

    a just balance whose tongue does not incline away from truth,

  11. 11

    ونُور هُدًى لا يطْفأُ عنِ الشّاهِدِين بُرْهانُهُ

    a light of guidance whose proof is not extinguished before the witnesses,

  12. 12

    وعلم نجاةٍ لا يضِلُّ منْ أمّ قصْد سُنّتِهِ

    and a guidepost of deliverance, so that he who repairs straight way to its prescription will not go astray and

  13. 13

    ولا تنالُ أيْدِي الْهلكاتِ منْ تعلّق بِعُرْوةِ عِصْمتِهِ

    he who clings to its preservation's handhold will not be touched by the hands of disasters.

  14. 14

    اللّهُمّ فإِذْ أفدْتنا الْمعُونة على تِلاوتِهِ

    O Allah, since You have given us help to recite it

  15. 15

    وسهّلْت جواسِي ألْسِنتِنا بِحُسْنِ عِبارتِهِ

    made smooth the roughness of our tongues through the beauty of its expression,

  16. 16

    فاجْعلْنا مِمّنْ يرْعاهُ حقّ رِعايتِهِ

    place us among those who observe it as it should be observed,

  17. 17

    ويدِينُ لك بِاعْتِقادِ التّسْلِيمِ لِمُحْكمِ آياتِهِ

    serve You by adhering in submission to the firm text of its verses, and

  18. 18

    ويفْزعُ إِلى الإِقْرارِ بمُتشابِهِهِ ومُوضحاتِ بيِّناتِهِ

    seek refuge in admitting both its ambiguous parts and the elucidations of its clear signs

  19. 19

    اللّهُمّ إِنّك أنْزلْتهُ على نبِيِّك مُحمّدٍ صلّى اللّهُ عليْهِ وآلِهِ مُجْملاً

    O Allah, You sent it down upon Your prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and his household) in summary form

  20. 20

    وألْهمْتهُ عِلْم عجائِبِهِ مُكمّلاً

    inspired him with the science of its wonders to complement it,

  21. 21

    وورّثْتنا عِلْمهُ مُفسّراً

    made us the heirs of its knowledge as interpreters,

  22. 22

    وفضّلْتنا على منْ جهِل عِلْمهُ

    made us to surpass him who is ignorant of its knowledge, and

  23. 23

    وقوّيْتنا عليْهِ لِترْفعنا فوْق منْ لمْ يُطِقْ حمْلهُ

    gave us strength over it to raise us above those not able to carry it.

  24. 24

    اللّهُمّ فكما جعلْت قُلُوبنا لهُ حملةً

    O Allah, just as You have appointed our hearts as its carriers and

  25. 25

    وعرّفْتنا بِرحْمتِك شرفهُ وفضْلهُ

    made known to us through Your mercy its nobility and excellence,

  26. 26

    فصلِّ على مُحمّدٍ الْخطِيبِ بِهِ وعلى آلِهِ الْخُزّانِ لهُ

    so also bless Muhammad, its preacher, and his Household, its guardians, and

  27. 27

    واجْعلْنا مِمّنْ يعْترِفُ بِأنّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِك حتّى

    place us among those who confess that it has come from You, lest

  28. 28

    لا يُعارِضنا الشّكُّ فِي تصْدِيقِهِ

    doubt about attesting to it assail us,

  29. 29

    ولا يخْتلِجنا الزّيْغُ عنْ قصْدِ طرِيقِهِ

    or deviation from its straightforward path shake us

  30. 30

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and

  31. 31

    واجْعلْنا مِمّنْ يعْتصِمُ بِحبْلِهِ

    make us one of those who hold fast to its cord,

  32. 32

    ويأْوِي مِن الْمُتشابِهاتِ إِلى حِرْزِ معْقِلِهِ

    seek haven from its ambiguities in its fortified stronghold,

  33. 33

    ويسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ جناحِهِ

    rest in the shadow of its wing,

  34. 34

    ويهْتدِي بِضوْءِ صباحِهِ

    find guidance in the brightness of its morning,

  35. 35

    ويقْتدِي بِتبلُّجِ إِسْفارِهِ

    follow the shining of its disclosure,

  36. 36

    ويسْتصْبِحُ بِمِصْباحِهِ

    acquire light from its lamp, and

  37. 37

    ولا يلْتمِسُ الْهُدى فِي غيْرِهِ

    beg not guidance from any other

  38. 38

    اللّهُمّ وكما نصبْت بِهِ مُحمّداً علماً لِلدّلاةِ عليْك

    O Allah, just as through it You have set up Muhammad as a guidepost to point to You and

  39. 39

    وأنْهجْت بِآلِهِ سُبُل الرِّضا إِليْك

    through his Household You have made clear Your good pleasure's roads to You,

  40. 40

    فصلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    so also bless Muhammad and his Household and

  41. 41

    واجْعلِ الْقُرْآن

    make the Qur’an

  42. 42

    وسِيلةً لنا إِلى أشْرفِ منازِلِ الْكرامةِ

    our mediation to the noblest stations of Your honor,

  43. 43

    وسُلّماً نعْرُجُ فِيهِ إِلى محلِّ السّلامةِ

    a ladder by which we may climb to the place of safety,

  44. 44

    وسبباً نُجْزى بِهِ النّجاة فِي عرْصةِ الْقِيامةِ

    a cause for our being repaid with deliverance at the Plain of Resurrection, and

  45. 45

    وذرِيعةً نقْدُمُ بِها على نعِيمِ دارِ الْمُقامةِ

    a means whereby we may reach the bliss of the House of Permanence

  46. 46

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household,

  47. 47

    واحْطُطْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عنّا ثِقْل الأوْزارِ

    lessen for us through the Qur’an the weight of heavy sins,

  48. 48

    وهبْ لنا حُسْن شمائِلِ الأبْرارِ

    give to us the excellent qualities of the pious, and

  49. 49

    واقْفُ بِنا آثار الّذِين قامُوا لك بِهِ آناء اللّيْلِ وأطْراف النّهارِ

    make us follow the tracks of those who stood before You in the watches of the night and the ends of the day, such that You

  50. 50

    حتّى تُطهِّرنا مِنْ كُلِّ دنسٍ بِتطْهِيرِهِ

    purify us from every defilement through its purification and

  51. 51

    وتقْفُو بِنا آثار الّذِين

    make us to follow the tracks of those

  52. 52

    اسْتضاءُوا بِنُورِهِ

    Who have taken illumination from its light

  53. 53

    ولمْ يُلْهِهِمُ الأملُ عنِ الْعملِ فيقْطعهُمْ بِخُدعِ غُرُورِهِ

    and whom expectation has not distracted from works, cutting them off through its delusions' deceptions!

  54. 54

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and

  55. 55

    واجْعلِ الْقُرْآن لنا

    appoint the Qur’an for us

  56. 56

    فِي ظُلمِ اللّيالِي مُؤنِساً

    an intimate in the shadows of nights and

  57. 57

    ومِنْ نزغاتِ الشّيْطانِ وخطراتِ الْوساوِسِ حارِساً

    a guardian against the instigations of SATAN and confusing thoughts,

  58. 58

    ولأقْدامِنا عنْ نقْلِها إِلى الْمعاصِي حابِساً

    for our feet an obstruction from passing to acts of disobedience,

  59. 59

    ولألْسِنتِنا عنِ الْخوْضِ فِي الْباطِلِ مِنْ غيْرِ ما آفةٍ مُخْرِساً

    for our tongues a silencer without blight preventing a plunge into falsehood,

  60. 60

    ولِجوارِحِنا عنِ اقْتِرافِ الآثامِ زاجِراً

    for our limbs a restrainer from committing sins, and

  61. 61

    ولِما طوتِ الْغفْلةُ عنّا مِنْ تصفُّحِ الأعْتِبارِ ناشِراً

    for the scrutiny of heedfulness rolled up in heedlessness an unroller,

  62. 62

    حتّى تُوصِل إِلى قُلُوبِنا فهْم عجائِبِهِ وزواجِر أمْثالِهِ الّتِي ضعُفتِ الْجِبالُ الرّواسِي على صلابتِها عنِ احْتِمالِهِ

    Such that You attach to our hearts the understanding of the Qur’an's wonders and its restraining similitudes which immovable mountains in all their solidity were too weak to carry!

  63. 63

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and

  64. 64

    وأدِمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ صلاح ظاهِرِنا

    through the Qur’an make permanent the rightness of our outward selves,

  65. 65

    واحْجُبْ بِهِ خطراتِ الْوساوِسِ عنْ صِحّةِ ضمائِرِنا

    veil the ideas of confusing thoughts from the soundness of our innermost minds,

  66. 66

    واغْسِلْ بِهِ درن قُلُوبِنا وعلائِق أوْزارِنا

    wash away the dirt of our hearts and the ties of our heavy sins,

  67. 67

    واجْمعْ بِهِ مُنْتشر أُمُورِنا

    gather our scattered affairs,

  68. 68

    وارْوِ بِهِ فِي موْقِفِ الْعرْضِ عليْك ظمأ هواجِرِنا

    quench the thirst of our burning heat in the standing place of the presentation to You, and

  69. 69

    واكْسُنا بِهِ حُلل الأمانِ يوْم الْفزعِ الأكْبرِ فِي نُشُورِنا

    clothe us in the robes of security on the Day of the Greatest Terror at our uprising!

  70. 70

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and

  71. 71

    واجْبُرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ خلّتنا مِنْ عدمِ الإِمْلاقِ

    through the Qur’an redress our lack—our destitution in poverty—

  72. 72

    وسُقْ إِليْنا بِهِ رغد الْعيْشِ وخِصْب سعةِ الأرْزاقِ

    drive toward us the comforts of life and an abundance of plentiful provisions,

  73. 73

    وجنِّبْنا بِهِ الضّرائِب الْمذْمُومة ومدانِي الأخْلاقِ

    turn aside blameworthy character traits and base moral qualities, and

  74. 74

    واعْصِمْنا بِهِ مِنْ هُوّةِ الْكُفْرِ ودواعِي النِّفاقِ

    preserve us from the pit of unbelief and the motives for hypocrisy,

  75. 75

    حتّى يكُون

    such that the Qur’an may be

  76. 76

    لنا فِي الْقِيامةِ إِلى رِضْوانِك وجِنانِك قائِداً

    for us at the resurrection a leader to Your good pleasure and Your gardens,

  77. 77

    ولنا فِي الدُّنْيا عنْ سُخْطِك وتعدِّي حُدُودِك ذائِداً

    for us in this world a protector against Your displeasure and transgressing Your bounds,

  78. 78

    ولِما عِنْدك بِتحْلِيلِ حلالِهِ وتحْرِيمِ حرامِهِ شاهِداً

    and for what is with You a witness by its declaring lawful the lawful and its declaring unlawful the unlawful!

  79. 79

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and

  80. 80

    وهوِّنْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عِنْد الْموْتِ على أنْفُسِنا

    through the Qur’an make easy for our souls at death

  81. 81

    كرْب السِّياقِ

    the distress of the driving,

  82. 82

    وجهْد الأنِينِ

    the effort of the moaning,

  83. 83

    وترادُف الْحشارِجِ

    and the succession of the rattling,

  84. 84

    (إِذا بلغتِ النُّفُوسُ التّراقِي وقِيل منْ راقٍ)

    “when souls reach the throats and it is said, ‘Where is the enchanter?’”

  85. 85

    وتجلّى ملكُ الْموْتِ لِقبْضِها مِنْ حُجُبِ الْغُيُوبِ

    when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things,

  86. 86

    ورماها عن قوْسِ الْمنايا بِأسْهُمِ وحْشةِ الْفِراقِ

    letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation, and

  87. 87

    وداف لها مِنْ ذُعافِ الْموْتِ كأْساً مسْمُومة الْمذاقِ

    mixing for them from sudden death a cup poisoned to the taste; and

  88. 88

    ودنا مِنّا إِلى الآخِرةِ رحِيلٌ وانْطِلاقٌ

    when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us,

  89. 89

    وصارتِ الأعْمالُ قلائِد فِي الأعْناقِ

    works become collars around the necks, and

  90. 90

    وكانتِ الْقُبورُ هِي الْمأْوى إِلى مِيقاتِ يوْمِ التّلاقِ

    the graves become the haven until the appointed time of the Day of Encounter!

  91. 91

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household,

  92. 92

    وبارِكْ لنا فِي حُلُولِ دارِ الْبِلى وطُولِ الْمُقامةِ بيْن أطْباقِ الثّرى

    make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decay and the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth,

  93. 93

    واجْعلِ الْقُبور بعْد فِراقِ الدُّنْيا خيْر منازِلِنا

    appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our way stations,

  94. 94

    وافْسحْ لنا بِرحْمتِك فِي ضِيقِ ملاحِدِنا

    make roomy for us through Your mercy the narrowness of our tombs, and

  95. 95

    ولا تفْضحْنا فِي حاضِرِ الْقِيامةِ بِمُوبِقاتِ آثامِنا

    disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection through our ruinous sins!

  96. 96

    وارْحمْ بِالْقُرآنِ فِي موْقِفِ الْعرْضِ عليْك ذُلّ مقامِنا

    Through the Qur’an have mercy upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to You,

  97. 97

    وثبِّتْ بِهِ عِنْد اضْطِرابِ جِسْرِ جهنّم يوْم الْمجازِ عليْها زلل أقْدامِنا

    make firm the slips of our feet during the shaking of the bridge across hell on the day of passage over it,

  98. 98

    ونوِّرْ بِهِ قبْل الْبعْثِ سُدف قُبُورِنا

    illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising, and

  99. 99

    ونجِّنا بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ كرْبٍ يوْم الْقِيامةِ وشدائِدِ أهْوالِ يوْمِ الطّآمّةِ

    deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrection and from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster!

  100. 100

    وبيِّضْ وجُوهنا يوْم تسْودُّ وُجُوهُ الظّلمةِ فِي يوْمِ الْحسْرةِ والنّدامةِ

    Whiten our faces on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened during the Day of Regret and Remorse,

  101. 101

    واجْعلْ لنا فِي صُدُ رِ الْمُؤْمِنِين وُدّاً

    appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, and

  102. 102

    ولا تجْعلِ الْحياة عليْنا نكداً

    make not life for us troublesome!

  103. 103

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ عبْدِك ورسُولِك كما بلّغ رِسالتك

    O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger, just as He delivered Your message,

  104. 104

    وصدع بِأمْرِك

    executed Your command,

  105. 105

    ونصح لِعِبادِك

    and counseled Your servants!

  106. 106

    اللّهُمّ اجْعلْ نبِيّنا صلواتُك عليْهِ وعلى آلِهِ يوْم الْقِيامةِ

    O Allah, on the Day of Resurrection make our Prophet (Your blessings be upon him and his Household)

  107. 107

    أقْرب النّبِيِّين مِنْك مجْلِساً

    the nearest of the prophets to You in seat,

  108. 108

    وأمْكنهُمْ مِنْك شفاعةً

    the ablest of them before You with intercession,

  109. 109

    وأجلّهُمْ عِنْدك قدْراً

    the greatest of them with You in measure, and

  110. 110

    وأوْجههُمْ عِنْدك جاهاً

    the most eminent of them with You in rank!

  111. 111

    اللّهُمّ صلِّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِ مُحمّدٍ

    O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

  112. 112

    وشرِّفْ بُنْيانهُ

    ennoble his edifice,

  113. 113

    وعظِّمْ بُرْهانهُ

    magnify his proof, make

  114. 114

    وثقِّلْ مِيزانهُ

    weighty his balance,

  115. 115

    وتقبّلْ شفاعتهُ

    accept his intercession,

  116. 116

    وقرِّبْ وسِيلتهُ

    bring near his mediation,

  117. 117

    وبيّضْ وجْههُ

    whiten his face,

  118. 118

    وأتِمّ نُورهُ

    complete his light, and

  119. 119

    وارْفعْ درجتهُ

    raise his degree!

  120. 120

    وأحْيِنا على سُنّتِهِ

    Make us live according to his Sunnah,

  121. 121

    وتوفّنا على مِلّتِهِ

    make us die in his creed,

  122. 122

    وخُذْ بِنا مِنْهاجهُ

    take us on his road,

  123. 123

    واسْلُكْ بِنا سبِيلهُ

    make us travel his path,

  124. 124

    واجْعلْنا مِنْ أهْلِ طاعتِهِ

    place us among the people who obey him,

  125. 125

    واحْشُرْنا فِي زُمْرتِهِ

    muster us in his band,

  126. 126

    وأوْرِدْنا حوْضهُ

    lead us to up his pool,

  127. 127

    واسْقِنا بِكأْسِهِ

    and give us to drink of his cup!

  128. 128

    وصلِّ اللّهُمّ على مُحمّدٍ وآلِهِ

    And bless Muhammad and his Household,

  129. 129

    صلاةً تُبلِّغُهُ بِها أفْضل ما يأْمُلُ مِنْ خيْرِك وفضْلِك وكرامتِك

    with a blessing through which You wilt take him to the most excellent of Your good, Your bounty, and Your generosity for which he hopes!

  130. 130

    إِنّك ذُو رحْمةٍ واسِعةٍ وفضْلٍ كرِيمٍ

    You are Possessor of boundless mercy and generous bounty.

  131. 131

    اللّهُمّ اجْزِهِ بِما بلّغ مِنْ رِسالاتِك

    O Allah, repay him for Your messages which he delivered,

  132. 132

    وأدّى مِنْ آياتِك

    Your signs which he passed on,

  133. 133

    ونصح لِعِبادِك

    the good counsel he gave to Your servants, and

  134. 134

    وجاهد فِي سبِيلِك

    the struggle he undertook in Your way,

  135. 135

    أفْضل ما جزيْت أحداً

    with the best You have repaid any of

  136. 136

    مِنْ ملائِكتِك الْمُقرّبِين

    Your angels brought nigh and

  137. 137

    وأنْبِيائِك الْمُرْسلِين الْمُصْطفيْن

    Your prophets sent out and chosen!

  138. 138

    والسّلامُ عليْه وعلى آلِهِ الطّيِّبِين الطّاهِرِين ورحْمةُ اللّهِ وبركاتُهُ

    And upon him and his Household, the good, the pure, be peace, Allah's mercy, and His blessings!

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