دُعَاءُ الْعَهْد
Dua Ahad
80 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ ٱلنُّورِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
O Allah the Lord of the Great Light,
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وَرَبَّ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ ٱلرَّفِيعِ
the Lord of the Elevated Throne,
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وَرَبَّ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
the Lord of the swollen ocean,
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وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ وَٱلإِنْجِيلِ وَٱلزَّبُورِ
the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms,
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وَرَبَّ ٱلظِّلِّ وَٱلْحَرُورِ
the Lord of shade and heat,
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وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلْقُرْآنِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
the Revealer of the Great Qur'an,
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وَرَبَّ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
and the Lord of the Archangels,
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وَٱلأَنْبِيَاءِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
the Prophets, and the Messengers:
- 9
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلْكَرِيـمِ
O Allah, I beseech You in Your Noble Name,
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وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ ٱلْمُنِيرِ
in the Light of Your Luminous Face
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وَمُلْكِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
and Your Eternal Kingdom.
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يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent!
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أَسْأَلُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَٱلأَرَضُونَ
I beseech You in the name of Your Name with which the heavens and the earth have lit up
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وَبِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَصْلَحُ بِهِ ٱلأَوَّلُونَ وَٱلآخِرُونَ
and in Your Name with which the past and the coming generations have become upright!
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يَا حَيّاً قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who has been always alive before the existence of all living things!
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وَيَا حَيّاً بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who shall be alive after the extinction of all living things!
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وَيَا حَيّاً حِينَ لا حَيُّ
O He Who has been always alive even when there was nothing else alive!
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يَا مُحْيِيَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَمُمِيتَ ٱلأَحْيَاءِ
O He Who revives the dead ones and causes the living ones to die!
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يَا حَيُّ لا إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
O Ever-living! There is no god save You.
- 20
اَللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلاَنَا ٱلإِمَامَ ٱلْهَادِيَ ٱلْمَهْدِيَّ ٱلْقَائِمَ بِأَمْرِكَ
O Allah, convey to our master Imam al-Mahdi, the guide who is to undertake Your orders,
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صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آبَائِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
may Allah’s blessings be upon him and upon his immaculate fathers,
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عَنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
on behalf of all of the believing men and women
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فِي مَشَارِقِ ٱلأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا
in the east and west of the earth
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سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا
and in plains, mountains,
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وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا
lands, and seas,
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وَعَنِّي وَعَنْ وَالِدَيَّ
and on behalf of my parents
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مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوَاتِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِ ٱللَّهِ
(convey to him) blessings that are as weighty as Allah’s Throne,
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وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
as much as the ink of His Words,
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وَمَا أَحْصَاهُ عِلْمُهُ وَأَحَاطَ بِهِ كِتَابُهُ
and as many as that which is counted by His knowledge and encompassed by His Book.
- 30
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُجَدِّدُ لَهُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِي هٰذَا
O Allah, I update to him in the beginning of this day
- 31
وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ أَيَّامِي
and throughout the days of lifetime a pledge,
- 32
عَهْداً وَعَقْداً وَبَيْعَةً لَهُ فِي عُنُقِي
a covenant, and allegiance to which I commit myself
- 33
لا أَحُولُ عنها وَلا أَزُولُ أَبَداً
and from which I neither convert nor change.
- 34
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ
O Allah, (please do) make me of his supporters,
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وَأَعْوَانِهِ وَٱلذَّابِّينَ عَنْهُ
sponsors, defenders,
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وَٱلْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِي قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِهِ
and those who hurry in carrying out his instructions,
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وَٱلْمُمْتَثِلِينَ لأَوَامِرِهِ
those who comply with his orders,
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وَٱلْمُحَامِينَ عَنْهُ
those who uphold him,
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وَٱلسَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ
those who precede others to implementing his will,
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وَٱلْمُسْتَشْهَدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
and those who will be martyred before him.
- 41
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيّاً
O Allah, if death that You have made inevitably and certainly incumbent upon Your servants stands between me and him,
- 42
فَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ قَبْرِي مُؤْتَزِراً كَفَنِي
then (please do) take me out of my grave using my shroud as dress,
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شَاهِراً سَيْفِي
unsheathing my sword,
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مُجَرِّداً قَنَاتِي
holding my lance in my hand,
- 45
مُلَبِّياً دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِي فِي ٱلْحَاضِرِ وَٱلْبَادِي
and responding to the call of the Caller who shall announce (his advent) in urban areas and deserts.
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اَللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي ٱلطَّلْعَةَ ٱلرَّشِيدَةَ
O Allah, (please do) show me his magnificent mien
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وَٱلْغُرَّةَ ٱلْحَمِيدَةَ
and his praiseworthy forehead,
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وَٱكْحُلْ نَاظِرِي بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ
delight my eyes by letting me have a look at him.
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وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ
And (please) expedite his relief,
- 50
وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهُ
make his reappearance easy,
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وَأَوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهُ
clear a spacious space for him,
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وَٱسْلُكْ بِي مَحَجَّتَهُ
guide me to follow his course,
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وَأَنْفِذْ أَمْرَهُ
give success to his issues,
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وَٱشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ
and confirm his strength.
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وَٱعْمُرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِهِ بِلادَكَ
O Allah, construct Your lands through him
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وَأَحْيِ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ
and refresh Your servants through him,
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فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ ٱلْحَقُّ:
For You have said, and true are Your words:
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«ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ
“Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea
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بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ.»
on account of what the hands of men have wrought.”
- 60
فَأَظْهِرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ
So, O Allah, (please) show us Your vicegerent,
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وَٱبْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
the son of Your Prophet,
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ٱلْمُسَمَّىٰ بِٱسْمِ رَسُولِكَ
and the namesake of Your Messenger,
- 63
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
peace be upon him and his Household,
- 64
حَتَّىٰ لا يَظْفَرَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ مَزَّقَهُ
so that he shall tear up any wrong item that he will face
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وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهُ وَٱجْعَلْهُ
and shall confirm and approve of the truth.
- 66
ٱللَّهُمَّ مَفْزَعاً لِمَظْلُومِ عِبَادِكَ
O Allah, (please) make him the shelter to whom Your wronged servants shall resort,
- 67
وَنَاصِراً لِمَنْ لا يَجِدُ لَهُ نَاصِراً غَيْرَكَ
the supporter of those who cannot find any supporter save You,
- 68
وَمُجَدِّداً لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ
the reviver of the laws of Your Book that have been suspended,
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وَمُشَيِّداً لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ أَعْلامِ دِينِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ
and the constructor of all signs of Your religion and instructions of Your Messenger,
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صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ وَٱجْعَلْهُ
peace be upon him and his Household, that he will see.
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ٱللَّهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهُ مِنْ بَأُسِ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
O Allah, (please) include him with those whom You protect from the domination of the aggressors.
- 72
اَللَّهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّداً
O Allah, (please) delight Your Prophet Muhammad,
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صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ
peace be upon him and his Household,
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بِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ عَلَىٰ دَعْوَتِهِ
as well as all those who followed him in his promulgation by making (us) see him,
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وَٱرْحَمِ ٱسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهُ
and (please) have mercy upon our humiliation after him.
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اَللَّهُمَّ ٱكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ ٱلْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ ٱلأُمَّةِ بِحُضُورِهِ
O Allah, (please) relieve this community from the (current) grief through presenting him
- 77
وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُورَهُ
and expedite his advent for us:
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«إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً.»
“Surely, they think it to be far off, and We see it nigh.”
- 79
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
[do all that] In the name of Your mercy; O most merciful of all those who show mercy.
- 80
الْعَجَلَ ٱلْعَجَلَ يَامَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ
(We pray for Your) earliest advent, earliest advent, O Patron of the Age.