For needs (17)
11 verses
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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Seventeenth: A man from al-Kufah city, named Abu-Ja`far, is reported to have asked Imam al-Sadiq (`a) to teach him a supplicatory prayer to say. The Imam (`a) thus taught him to say this:
1يَا مَنْ أَرْجُوهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ
O He Whom alone I hope for all good things!
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وَيَا مَنْ آمَنُ سَخَطَهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ عَثْرَةٍ
O He Whose wrath I do not expect whenever I commit a slip!
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وَيَا مَنْ يُعْطِي بِٱلْقَلِيلِ ٱلْكَثِيرَ
O He Who recompenses the little deed with very much reward!
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يَا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ مَنْ سَأَلَهُ
O He Who has answered one who begged Him
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تَحَنُّناً مِنْهُ وَرَحْمَةً
out of His kindness and mercifulness!
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يَا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ
O He Who has given those who do not ask Him and do not even recognize Him!
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صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
(Please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
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وَأَعْطِنِي بِمَسْأَلتِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَيْرِ ٱلدُّنْيَا
give me, for I pray You, the whole welfare of this world
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وَجَمِيعِ خَيْرِ ٱلآخِرَةِ
and the whole welfare of the Hereafter.
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فَإِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوصٍ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي
Verily, all that which You give is unblemished.
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وَزِدْنِي مِنْ سَعَةِ فَضْلِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ
(Please do) increase Your favors upon me, O All-generous!