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Sixteenth: Mu`awiyah ibn `Ammar has reported that he once asked Imam al-Sadiq (`a) to teach him exclusively a special supplicatory prayer. The Imam (`a) therefore taught him to say this:

يَا وَاحِدُ يَا مَاجِدُ

ya wahidu ya majidu

O One! O Glorious!

يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ

ya ahadu ya samadu

O One and Only! O Eternally besought of all!

يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

ya man lam yalid wa lam yulad

O He Who begets not nor is He begotten

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ

wa lam yakun lahu kufwan ahadun

and none is like Him!

يَا عَزِيزُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا حَنَّانُ

ya `azizu ya karimu ya hannanu

O Almighty! O All-generous! O All-tender!

يَا سَامِعَ ٱلدَّعَوَاتِ

ya sami`a aldda`awati

O Hearer of prayers!

يَا أَجْوَدَ مَنْ سُئِلَ

ya ajwada man su'ila

O most magnanimous of all those who may donate

وَيَا خَيْرَ مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ

wa ya khayra man a`ta

and best of all those who may give!

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ

ya allahu ya allahu ya allahu

O Allah! O Allah! O Allah!

قُلْتَ: «وَلَقَدْ نَادَانَا نُوحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُونَ.»

qulta walaqad nadana nuhun falani`ma almujibuna

You have said, “And Noah did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of prayer We are.”

Commenting on this sentence, Imam al-Sadiq (`a) said, “Upon hearing this verse, the Holy Prophet (s) used to say:

نَعَمْ لَنِعْمَ ٱلْمُجِيبُ أَنْتَ

na`am lani`ma almujibu anta

Yes indeed! Most excellent answerer of prayer You are.

وَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَدْعُوُّ

wa ni`ma almad`uwwu

Most excellent besought One You are!

وَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَسْؤُولُ

wa ni`ma almas'ulu

Most excellent prayed One You are!

أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ

as'aluka binuri wajhika

I beseech You in the name of the brilliance of Your Face,

وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِكَ

wa as'aluka bi`izzatika wa qudratika wa jabarutika

I beseech You in the name of Your almightiness, omnipotence, and grandeur,

وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِمَلَكُوتِكَ وَدِرْعِكَ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ

wa as'aluka bimalakutika wa dir`ika alhasinati

and I beseech You in the name of Your sovereign power, Your invulnerable armor,

وَبِجَمْعِكَ وَأَرْكَانِكَ كُلِّهَا

wa bijam`ika wa arkanika kulliha

Your wholeness, all of Your supports,

وَبِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa bihaqqi muhammadin

in the name of Muhammad,

وَبِحَقِّ ٱلأَوْصِيَاءِ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa bihaqqi al-awsiya'i ba`da muhammadin

and in the name of the successors after Muhammad

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ…

an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin…

to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and to…