Friday Special

Significance of Friday — Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) says,"Verily, Fridays enjoy rights (incumbent upon people). — After Fajr — General Acts — 4/6th Imams dua — Main Duas — Misc. — Ziyarat/Salwat — Tasbih — Dhuhr — Sunset-Night — Salats — After Friday Salaat-ul Fajr

اَللَّهُمَّ مَا قُلْتُ فِي جُمُعَتِي هٰذِهِ مِنْ قَوْلٍ

allahumma ma qultu fi jumuʿati hadhihi min qawlin

O Allah, whatever saying I have uttered this week,

أَوْ حَلَفْتُ فِيهَا مِنْ حَلْفٍ

aw halaftu fiha min halfin

whatever oath I have taken during it,

أَوْ نَذَرْتُ فِيهَا مِنْ نَذْرٍ

aw nadhartu fiha min nadhrin

and whatever vow I have made during it,

فَمَشِيَّتُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ ذٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ

famashiyyatuka bayna yaday dhalika kullihi

verily, it is Your will that is before all that.

فَمَا شِئْتَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَانَ

fama shi'ta minhu an yakuna kana

Hence, only that which You will to have effect will come to pass

وَمَا لَمْ تَشَأْ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ

wa ma lam tasha' minhu lam yakun

and whatever You do not will to have effect will never come to pass.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنِّي

allahumma ighfir li wa tajawaz ʿanni

O Allah, (please) forgive me and overlook my offenses.

اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ صَلَّيْتَ عَلَيْهِ فَصَلاَتِي عَلَيْهِ

allahumma man sallayta ʿalayhi fasalati ʿalayhi

O Allah, whosoever You bless, then I invoke Your blessings upon him

وَمَنْ لَعَنْتَ فَلَعْنَتِي عَلَيْهِ

wa man laʿanta falaʿnati ʿalayhi

and whosoever You curse, then I invoke Your curse upon him.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي تَعَمَّدْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَاجَتِي

allahumma inni taʿammadtu ilayka bihajati

O Allah, I am resorting to You with my needs,

وَ أَنْزَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فَقْرِي

wa anzaltu ilayka alyawma faqri

and I am putting in Your presence my poverty,

وَفَاقَتِي وَمَسْكَنَتِي

wa faqati wa maskanati

my indigence, and my deprivation.

فَأَنَا لِمَغْفِرَتِكَ أَرْجىٰ مِنِّي لِعَمَلِي

fa-ana limaghfiratika arja minni liʿamali

Verily, I hope for Your forgiveness more than I rely on my deeds.

وَلَمَغْفِرَتُكَ وَرَحْمَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي

wa lamaghfiratuka wa rahmatuka awsaʿu min dhunubi

Indeed, Your forgiveness and Your mercy are more inclusive than my sins are.

فَتَوَلَّ قَضَاءَ كُلِّ حَاجَةٍ لِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهَا

fatawalla qada'a kulli hajatin li biqudratika ʿalayha

So, (please) embark on settling all my needs out of Your power over them,

وَتَيسِيرِ ذٰلِكَ عَلَيْكَ

wa taysiri dhalika ʿalayka

out of the easiness for You to do that,

وَلِفَقْرِي إِلَيْكَ

wa lifaqri ilayka

and out of my urgent need for that.

فَإنِّي لَمْ أُصِبْ خَيْراً قَطُّ إِلاَّ مِنَكَ

fa'inni lam usib khayran qattu illa minka

Verily, I have not gained any good thing save from You

وَلَمْ يَصْرِفْ عَنِّي سُوءاً قَطُّ أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ

wa lam yasrif ʿanni su'an qattu ahadun siwaka

and none could ever repel evil from me save You.

وَلَسْتُ أَرْجُو لآِخِرَتِي وَدُنْيَايَ

wa lastu arju li-akhirati wa dunyaya wa

I hope for none to stand for me in my affairs of this world and the Next World

وَلاَ لِيَوْمِ فَقْرِي

la liyawmi faqri

and on the day of my poverty,

يَوْمَ يُفْرِدُنِي ٱلنَاسُ فِي حُفْرَتِي

yawma yufriduni alnnasu fi hufrati

when people will leave me alone in my hole (i.e. grave)

وَأُفْضي إِلَيْكَ بِذَنْبِي سِوَاكَ

wa ufdi ilayka bidhanbi siwaka

and I will then confess of my sins before You, except You.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa ʿajjil farajahum

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and hasten their Reappearance

لَا بِشَيْءٍ مِن آلَاءِكَ رَبِّي اُكَذِّبُ

la bishay'in min ala'ika rabbi ukadhdhibu.

"None of Your favors do I deny,"

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ رَبّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

astaghfiru allaha rabbi wa atubu ilayhi

I pray for the forgiveness of Allah—my Lord, and I repent before Him.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ صَلاَتَكَ

allahumma ijʿal salawatika

O Allah, (please do) let Your blessings

وَصَلاَةَ مَلاَئكَتِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ

wa salata mala'ikatika wa rusulika

and the blessings of Your angels and Messengers

عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

be on Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْغَدَاةَ رِضَاكَ

wa hab liya alghadata ridaka

grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,

وَأَسْكِنْ قَلْبِي خَوْفَكَ

wa askin qalbi khawfaka

place fear of You in my heart,

وَٱقْطَعْهُ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

waqtaʿhu ʿamman siwaka

and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than You,

حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ وَلاَ أَخَافَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاكَ

hatta la arjwa wa la akhafa illa iyyaka

so that I will hope for and fear none save You.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household

وَهَبْ لِي ثَبَاتَ ٱلْيَقينِ

wa hab li thabata alyaqini

and grant me resolute faith,

وَمَحْضَ ٱلإِخْلاَصِ

wa mahda al-ikhlasi

pure sincerity (to You),

وَشَرَفَ ٱلتَّوْحيدِ

wa sharafa alttawhidi

honorable belief in (Your) oneness,

وَدَوَامَ ٱلاِسْتِقَامَةِ

wa dawama al-istiqamati

persistent straightness,

وَمَعْدِنَ ٱلصِّبْرِ

wa maʿdina alssabri

essential tolerance,

وَٱلرِّضَا بِٱلْقَضَاءِ وَٱلْقَدَرِ

walrrida bilqada'i walqadari

and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and decrees.

يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ

ya qadiya hawa'iji alssa'ilina

O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;

يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ضَمِيرِ ٱلصَّامِتِينَ

ya man yaʿlamu ma fi damiri alssamitina

O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَٱسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي

wastajib duʿa'i

respond to my prayers,

وَٱغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي

waghfir dhanbi

forgive my sins,

وَأَوْسِعْ رِزْقِي

wa awsiʿ rizqi

expand my means of livelihood,

وَٱقْضِ حَوَائِجِي فِي نَفْسِي

waqdi hawa'iji fi nafsi

and settle the needs of myself

وَإِخْوَانِي فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي

wa ikhwani fi dini wa ahli

and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.

إِلٰهِي طُمُوحُ ٱلآمَالِ قَدْ خَابَتْ إِلاَّ لَدَيْكَ

ilahi tumuhu al-amali qad khabat illa ladayka

O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You,

وَمَعَاكِفُ ٱلْهِمَمِ قَدْ تَعَطَّلَتْ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ

wa maʿakifu alhimami qad taʿattalat illa ʿalayka

all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You,

وَمَذَاهِبُ ٱلْعُقُولِ قَدْ سَمَتْ إِلاَّ إِلَيْكَ

wa madhahibu alʿuquli qad samat illa ilayka

and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You.

فَأَنْتَ الَّرجَاءُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُلْتَجَأُ

fa-anta alrraja'u wa ilayka almultaja'u

So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.

يَا أَكْرَمَ مَقْصُودٍ وَأَجْوَدَ مَسْؤُولٍ

ya akrama maqsudin wa ajwada mas'ulin

O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired,

هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي

harabtu ilayka binafsi

I am fleeing to You from myself.

يَا مَلْجَأَ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ بِأَثْقَالِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ

ya malja'a alharibina bi-athqali aldhdhunubi

O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of sins,

أَحْمِلُهَا عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي

ahmiluha ʿala zahri

carrying my sins on my back,

لاَ أَجِدُ لِي إِلَيْكَ شَافِعاً

la ajidu li ilayka shafiʿan

I cannot find any interceder for me

سِوَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِي بِأَنَّكَ أَقْرَبُ مَنْ رَجَاهُ ٱلطَّالِبُونَ

siwa maʿrifati bi'annaka aqrabu man rajahu alttalibuna

except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers

وَأَمَّلَ مَا لَدَيْهِ ٱلرَّاغِبُونَ

wa ammala ma ladayhi alrraghibuna

and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous.

يَا مَنْ فَتَقَ ٱلْعُقُولَ بِمَعْرِفَتِهِ

ya man fataqa alʿuqula bimaʿrifatihi

O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of Him,

وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلأَلْسُنَ بِحَمْدِهِ

wa atlaqa al-alsuna bihamdihi

made tongues articulate with the praising of Him

وَجَعَلَ مَا ٱمْتَنَّ بِهِ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ فِي كِفَاءٍ لِتَاْدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ

wa jaʿala ma imtanna bihi ʿala ʿibadihi fi kifa'in lita'diyati haqqhi

and made that which He has conferred upon His servants enough means for the fulfillment of their duties towards Him;

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِهِ

salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ عَلَىٰ عَقْلِي سَبيلاًَ

wa la tajʿal lilshshaytani ʿala ʿaqli sabilan

do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,

وَلاَ لِلْبَاطِلِ عَلَىٰ عَمَلِي دَلِيلاً

wa la lilbatili ʿala ʿamali dalilan

and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

astaghfiru allaha alladhi la ilaha illa huwa

I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no god;

ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

alhayyu alqayyumu wa atubu ilayhi

the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,and I turn in repentance to Him

Friday Duas at Fajr

أَصْبَحْتُ فِي ذِمَّةِ ٱللَّهِ

asbahtu fi dhimmati allahi

I begin this morning seeking the protection of Allah,

وَذِمَّةِ مَلاَئِكَتِهِ

wa dhimmati mala'ikatihi

the protection of His angels,

وَذِمَمِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ عَلَيهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

wa dhimami anbiya'ihi wa rusulihi ʿalayhimu alssalamu

the protections of His prophets and messengers, peace be upon them,

وَذِمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

wa dhimmati muhammadin salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi

the protection of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household,

وَذِمَمِ ٱلأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

wa dhimami al-awsiya'i min ali muhammadin ʿalayhimu alssalamu

and the protections of the Successors from Muhammad's progeny, peace be upon them.

آمَنْتُ بِسِرِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّلاَمُ وَعَلاَنِيَتِهِمْ

amantu bisirri ali muhammadin ʿalayhimu alssalamu wa ʿalaniyatihim

I believe in the secrets of Muhammad's progeny, peace be upon them, and in their open affairs

وَظَاهِرِهِمْ وَبَاطِنِهِمْ

wa zahirihim wa batinihim

and in their exoteric and their esoteric affairs.

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُمْ فِي عِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَطَاعَتِهِ

wa ash-hadu annahum fi ʿilmi allahi wa taʿatihi

I bear witness that they, as regarding their knowledge of Allah and their obedience to Him,

كَمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

ka-muhammadin salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi

are just like Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household.

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ ٱلْعَظيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

subhana rabbiya alʿazimi wa bihamdihi

All glory be to Allah, the All-great and with the Praising of Him;

اسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَاتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

astaghfiru allaha rabbi wa atubu ilayhi

I pray the forgiveness of Allah, my Lord, and I turn repentant to Him.

Ghusl and Duai. — Ghusl and Dua

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ

ash-hadu an la ilaha illa allahu

I bear witness that there is no god except Allah,

وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَريكَ لَهُ

wahdahu la sharika lahu

the One, (there is) no associate with Him;

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

wa ash-hadu anna muhammadan ʿabduhu wa rasuluhu

and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wajʿalni mina alttawwabina

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنَ ٱلتَّوَّابِينَ

wajʿalni mina almutatahhirina

and make me of those who turn to You constantly

وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنَ ٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ

ash-hadu an la ilaha illa allahu

and those who keep themselves pure and clean.

اَللّٰهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِيْ وَ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِيْ وَ انْقِ غُسْلِيْ وَ اَجْرِ عَلٰى لِسَانِيْ ذِكْرَكَ وَ ذِكْرَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ وَ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ التَّوَّابِيْنَ وَ مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِيْنَ.

allaahumma tahhirnee wa tahhir qalbee wan qe ghuslee wa ajre a’laa lesaanee zikraka wa zikra nabiyyeka mohammadin sallal laaho a’layhe wa aalehi waj a’lnee menat tawwaabeena wa menal motatahhereen.

O Allah! Purify me and purify my heart, adorn my bath, and make Your remembrance and remembrance of Your prophet Muhammad, peace of Allah be on him and his progeny, flow on my tongue. Make me amongst the repantent and the purified ones.

SalwaatTheSalwaat-Invocation of blessingsupon the Holy Prophet and his Household 1000 times and in different formats has been highly recommended for Friday.Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (peace be upon him) — Salwaat

اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَواتِكَ وَصَلَوَاتِ مَلَاْئِكَتِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَجَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وأَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَليْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ

Ettiquettesii.It isrecommended to cut the mustache neatly and trim the nails, As has been mentioned in narrations, these acts bring about expansion in sustenance, and security from insanity and leprosy. Whilst doing that, say the following :بسم ٱللهوبٱللهbismillahi wa billahiIn the Name of Allah (I begin);and by (the command of) Allahوعلى سنة محمد وآل محمدwa ʿala sunnati muhammadin wa ali muhammadand according to the tradition of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad (I do this).It is also recommended, on cutting the nails, to start with the little finger of the left hand and end with that of the right hand. The same thing is applicable to the nails of the feet. Then, the cut nails should be buried.iii.It is recommended toapply perfume and put on the best of one’s clothes.iv.It is recommended togive Sadqa/Alms, for the rewards are doubled up on Fridays and at Friday nights, as is confirmed by narrations, as one thousand folds as giving alms on other days.v.It is recommended toarrange fruits and wholesome meals to the family membersso that Fridays will be their days of pleasure.vi.It is recommended toeat pomegranate before breakfast and to eat seven leaves of endive before midday.Imam Musa al-Kadhim (peace be upon him) is reported to have said,“The heart of him who eats a pomegranate before breakfast on Fridays will be enlightened for forty days. To eat two pomegranates increases the period of enlightenment to eighty days, and so on. It also dismisses the evil suggestions. Of course, to get rid of Satan’s suggestions is to stop acting disobediently to Almighty Allah; and to stop acting disobediently to Him allows entrance to Paradise.”In al-Misbah, the author has said that to eat pomegranates on Fridays and at Friday nights has great merits.vii.It is recommended todedicate Fridays to learning the religiouslawsand instructions, not to wandering in others’ gardens, accompanying the vicious and the licentious, speaking about the others’ defects, laughing and guffawing, reciting poetry, and discussing useless subjects as well as similar matters. Disadvantages arisen from such matters are too many to be mentioned.Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) is reported as saying,“Woe to a Muslim who does not dedicate Fridays to learning the affairs of his religion.”viii.It is recommended tovisit the tombs of one’s relatives in general and parents in particular. Imam al-Baqir (peace be upon him) is reported as saying,“Visit the graves of your relatives on Fridays, for they know about those who visit their graves and will be happy for that.”ix.It is recommended to dye hair with hibiscus, for it saves from leprosy and insanity.Surahsx.Aga Mohinuddin kumaili khurasaniin NijatBaksh Giraftaran says that Allah(swt) himself will take care of the person & his family ( like a weekly insurance)if we recites after any salat Fajr/Dhuhr ON FRIDAY the following; Sura Fatiha & Sura Tauheed once & then Sura Falaq & Sura Naas7times eachxi.SURAHSIt is also highly recommended to reciteSurahs al-Nisa' (No. 4)Surah Hud (No. 11)al-Kahf (No.18)al-Saffat (No. 37)al-Rahman (No. 55Surah al-Ahqaf (No. 46Surah al-Mu'minun (No. 23)xii.Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) is reported as saying that any one who recites Surah al-Ahqaf at Friday nights or on Fridays will not be inflicted by dismays in his worldly life and will be saved from the horrors on the Resurrection Day,and that any one who recites Surah al-Mu'minun regularly each Friday will come upon a happy end and will be granted an abode in the Supreme Paradise with the Prophets and Messengers of Almighty Allah.Imam Mahdi(ajtfs) and FridayFriday - Day Associated with the Awaited Saviour, Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him)Friday has a relationship with Imam al-Mahdi —may Allah hasten his advent— from several aspects. On Friday, Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) was born and on Friday, his delightful advent shall be. Hence, to expect Relief on Friday should be more intense than other days.In the Imam's (peace be upon him) Ziyarat on Fridays the following statement is mentioned;'Today is Friday, which is your day on which your advent is expected to bring about relief to the believers at your hands..'In fact, Friday has been decided as feast day just because it is the day on which Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) will reappear in order to purify the entire earth from the filth of polytheism and atheism and from the dirt of acts of disobedience to Almighty Allah and from sins.Recite Friday Ziyarat of Imam Mahdi(ajtfs) in the Ziyarat tab on this page.ReciteDua' al-Nudbah Supplication,ReciteSalwaat on Imam ajtfsRecite thesupplication that Imam ʿAli ibn Musa al-Ridha (peace be upon him) advised to be said for the sake of Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him).Index of All Supplications related to Imam Mahdi(ajtfs)Friday and Imam Zamana from Najmuth SaqibIt is having a special significance with regard to Imam Zamana (a.s.). One of them being that the birth of the Holy Imam (a.s.) occurred on that day and also that his reappearance will also take place on Friday; therefore, awaiting and anticipation on that day is more than on other days as is explained in some traditional reports and in it is mentioned in Ziyarat of the Imam specially performed on Friday that:O Master, O Lord of the time, benedictions of God be on you, and on your family members on this Friday and it is the day on which I anticipate your reappearance and victory in it for the believer upon your hands…till the end when it is said:O my Lord, O the master of the age, blessings of the Almighty Allah be on you, and on your family members; this is Friday and it is the day on which you await your reappearance and the deliverance of the believers at your hands.And I O my master, on that day, am your guest and I seek refuge with you and you, O my master, are the noble one and the descendant of the great ones and you are appointed to afford refuge; thus accept me in your care and give me refuge…and so on.On the contrary, considering Friday to be a day of Eid from the four important Eid days in fact from the aspect that it is a special day for the believers as they will be elated on seeing the earth purified from the filth of polytheism and infidelity and the dirts of divine disobedience and from the presence of the tyrants, apostates, disbelievers and hypocrites and the appearance of the word of truth, the loftiest religion, laws of faith and the emblems of Muslims without any hurdle and prohibition of anyone from the enemies of the Almighty Allah and his devotees on that bright day will be pleased and elated.In the supplication after the rising of the Sun on Friday there is hint to this point as Sayyid Ibne Taaoos has mentioned in Jamaalul Usboo’1 , p. 152 from Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) that he said to Muhammad bin Sinan on Friday:Have you recited the necessary supplication this day? He replied: asked: Which supplication? He replied: Say:Peace be on you, O the new blessed day which the Almighty Allah has made as the Eid for His friends, who are purified from the filths and who have exited from mischief and those, who have returned with His Awliya (a.s.) and who are cleaned of pains and the filths of beliefs and evil deeds, who have devoted their lives to the love of the friends of the Almighty Allah.Then turn towards the Sun and say:“Peace be on you O the brilliant Sun.” and so on. On the contrary, Friday is one of the names of the master of the affair or it is an allusion to that noble man or the reason of naming Friday as Fridayas Saduq in Khesaal p. 396 has narrated from Saqar bin Abi Dalf.Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) says in the exegesis of the tradition of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) that you must not be inimical to the days, as they will also be inimical to you. Then he said: We are the days… Till he said: And Friday is the son of my son and the folks of truth will gather with him.Saduq said: Days are not the Imams (a.s.); however it is an allusion to them so that other than the folks of truth do not understand its meaning asthe Almighty Allah has stated:“I swear by the fig and the olive, And mount Sinai, And this city made secure,”95:1-3 implying the Prophet, Ali, Hasan and Husain (a.s.) and then He has mentioned some other similes also therein.Husain bin Hamadan in his book has narrated from Hasan bin Masud and Muhammad bin Khalil that they said: We came to our master, Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad (a.s.) in Samarrah and found him with some Shia people. We asked the Imam regarding the auspicious and inauspicious days.He replied: Do not be inimical to the days, lest they become inimical to you.I asked the Imam about the meaning of this tradition.He replied: There are two meanings of this tradition: outward and inward.The outward meaning is that Saturday is for us, Sunday is for our Shia, Monday is for Bani Umayyah, Tuesday is for their followers; Wednesday is for Bani Abbas and Thursday is for their followers; and Friday is the Eid for Muslims. And the inward meaning is that Saturday is my grandfather, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), Sunday is Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), Monday is Hasan and Husain (a.s.), Tuesday is Ali bin Husain, Muhammad bin Ali and Ja’far bin Muhammad (a.s.); Wednesday is Moosa Ibne Ja’far, Ali bin Moosa and Muhammad bin Ali (a.s.) and I; and Thursday is my son, Hasan and Friday is his son; who will unite the words; that is the faiths. All will unite on a single faith and through it he will perfect the bounty and the Almighty Allah will prove and express the truth and destroy falsehood and he is your awaited Mahdi. Then he recited: “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. What remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers, and I am not a keeper over you.”11:86Then he said: He, by Allah, is the remnant of Allah.2Hidaayatul Kubraa, p. 363 Saduq (r.a.) writes in Khesaal:394 narrating from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that he said: Saturday is for us, Sunday is for our Shia, Monday is for our enemies, Tuesday is for Bani Umayyah, Wednesday is for taking medicine, Thursday is the day when wishes will be fulfilled and Friday is for hygiene and for use of perfumes and it is the Eid of Muslims and it is the superior to Eidul Fitr and Eidul Azha.Day of Ghadeer is the best of the Eids and it is the 18th of Zilhajj and it was a Friday. The Qaaem of us Ahle Bayt (a.s.), will appear on Friday and the Judgment Day will be on Friday and no deeds is better on Friday, except reciting Salawat on Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.).Allamah Majlisi has narrated in Behaarul Anwaarvol. 3, pp. 340-341 that from the ancient sources of our scholars: After you conclude the Morning Prayer on Friday, recite the following testimony and then recite Salawat on Muhammad and Aale Muhammad (a.s.) and it is a lengthy supplication and some of its sentences are related to Imam Asr (a.s.)In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O Allah, be for Your Wali among Your creatures, a protector, a guard, a leader and helper, till he lives in Your earth in peace and enjoys it for a long time. And appoint him and his progeny the inheritor Imams.And bring together his dispersed affairs, and perfect his rule, and bring for him his subjects and make his glory strong, and bless him with patience and forbearance. Till he takes revenge and give peace to his heart. And cure the hearts of malice and make the burning hearts cool. And end the regret of aggrieved souls, from the aspect of blood shed unlawfully and broken relations, and unknown obedience [ignorance about compulsory obedience of the rightful Imam] make the hardships good for him and make Your bestowals wide and complete Your bounties on him with a good protection to him. O Allah, remove the fear of enemy from him and erase his memory of enemies; do bad with all those who wish bad for him and plot against all those who plot against him and reserve evil for him. O Allah, scatter their conglomeration and end their limit and make their hearts overawed and make their steps slip. And crush their tribes, and scatter their affairs as they have wasted the prayer and have followed their base desires.They have committed evils and kept away from good. Therefore, apprehend them through exemplary punishment and show them regrets. Indeed You are powerful over everything.It is recommended to recite the well known Dua Nudbah, which is related to His Eminence and in fact the points mentioned therein are very touching and moving; causing one to be emotionally charged with attachment to the Imam for one, who has tasted even a little bit of the syrup of his love; it is bitterness of the poison of his separation, which becomes effective on Friday; on the contrary on its eve also as is mentioned in an ancient book of Ziyarat written by Shaykh Tabarsi, the author of Ehtejaaj, in which it is mentioned that it should be recited and since it is a lengthy supplication and is available in many other books as well, we have not mentioned it here.The best deed on FridayHe says that the best of the deeds on Friday is to recite a hundred times after Asr Prayer: O Allah, bless Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad and hasten their reappearance. And in many supplications of Friday, seeking help and hastening of the reappearance in the first supplications of the post prayer litanies of Zuhr on Friday, it is mentioned: O Allah, as my life is dedicated for Paradise with an infallible from the progeny of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), who is aggrieved due to his victimization and whose rulership is destined that through him He would fill up the earth with justice as it would have been fraught with injustice and oppression. O Allah, hasten his reappearance.

Ettiquettes

Ettiquettes

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِوَبِٱللَّهِ

bismillahi wa billahi

In the Name of Allah (I begin);and by (the command of) Allah

وَعَلَىٰ سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa ʿala sunnati muhammadin wa ali muhammad

and according to the tradition of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad (I do this).

Surahs — Surahs — x.Aga Mohinuddin kumaili khurasaniin NijatBaksh Giraftaran says that Allah(swt) himself will take care of the person & his family ( like a weekly insurance)if we recites after any salat Fajr/Dhuhr ON — Imam Mahdi(ajtfs) and Friday — Imam Mahdi(ajtfs) and Friday — Friday - Day Associated with the Awaited Saviour, Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him)Friday has a relationship with Imam al-Mahdi —may Allah hasten his advent— from several aspects. — Main Duas recited on FridayDua' al-NudbahAlla Humma Idfa from Imam `Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (as)for the sake of Imam al-Mahdi (ajtfs)Dua ofImam Ali(as)

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ قَبْلَ ٱلْإِنْشَاءِ وَٱلْإِحْيَاءِ

alhamdu lillahi al-awwali qabla al-insha'i wal-ihya'i

All praise be to Allah, the First before the bringing forth and the giving of life,

وَٱلْآخِرِ بَعْدَ فَنَاءِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ

wal-akhiri baʿda fana'i al-ashya'i

and the Last after the annihilation of all things,

ٱلْعَلِيمِ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يَنْسَىٰ مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ

alʿalimi alladhi la yansa man dhakarahu

the All-knowing Who forgets not him who remembers Him,

وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ مَنْ شَكَرَهُ

wa la yanqusu man shakarahu

decreases not him who thanks Him,

وَلاَ يُخَيِّبُ مَنْ دَعَاهُ

wa la yukhayyibu man daʿahu

disappoints not him who supplicates Him,

وَلاَ يَقْطَعُ رَجَاءَ مَنْ رَجَاهُ

wa la yaqtaʿu raja'a man rajahu

and cuts not off the hope of him who hopes in Him!

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ

allahumma inni ush-hiduka

O Allah, I call You to witness

وَكَفَىٰ بِكَ شَهيداً

wa kafa bika shahidan

and You are sufficient Witness

وَأُشْهِدُ جَمِيعَ مَلائِكَتِكَ

wa ush-hidu jamiʿa mala'ikatika

and I call to witness all Your angels,

وَسُكَّانَ سَموَاتِكَ

wa sukkana samawatika

the inhabitants of Your heavens,

وَحَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ

wa hamalata ʿarshika

the bearers of Your Throne,

وَمَنْ بَعَثْتَ مِنْ أَنْبيَائِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ

wa man baʿathta min anbiya'ika wa rusulika

Your prophets and Your messengers whom You have sent out,

وَ أَنْشَاْتَ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ خَلْقِكَ

wa ansha'ta min asnafi khalqika

and the various kinds of creatures You have brought forth,

أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱللَّهُ

anni ash-hadu annaka anta allahu

that I bear witness that You are Allah;

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ

la ilaha illa anta wahdaka

there is no god but You, You alone,

لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَلاَ عَدِيلَ

la sharika laka wa la ʿadila

Who have no associate nor any equal,

وَلاَ خُلْفَ لِقَوْلِكَ وَلاَ تَبْدِيلَ

wa la khulfa liqawlika wa la tabdila

and Your word has no failing, nor any change;

وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ

wa anna muhammadan salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi ʿabduka wa rasuluka

and that Muhammad, Allah bless him and his Household, is Your servant and Your messenger;

أَدَّىٰ مَا حَمَّلْتَهُ إِلَىٰ ٱلْعِبَادِ

adda ma hammaltahu ila alʿibadi

he delivered to the servants that with which You charged him,

وَجَاهَدَ فِي ٱللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَقَّ ٱلْجِهَادِ

wa jahada fi allahi ʿazza wa jalla haqqa aljihadi

struggled for Allah as is His due,

وَ أَنَّهُ بَشَّرَ بِما هُوَ حَقُّ مِنَ ٱلثَّوابِ

wa annahu bashshara bima huwa haqqun min alththawabi

gave the good news of the truth of reward,

وَ أَنْذَرَ بِما هُوَ صِدْقٌ مِنَ ٱلعِقَابِ

wa andhara bima huwa sidqun min alʿiqabi

and warned of the veracity of punishment.

اَللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلَىٰ دِينِكَ مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي

allahumma thabbitni ʿala dinika ma ahyaytani

O Allah, make me firm in Your religion as long as You keep me alive,

وَلاَ تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي

wa la tuzigh qalbi baʿda idh hadaytani

make not my heart swerve after You have guided me,

وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً

wa hab li min ladunka rahmatan

and give me mercy from You,

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

innaka anta alwahhabu

surely, You are the All-bestower.

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَتْبَاعِهِ وَشِيعَتِهِ

wajʿalni min atbaʿihi wa shiʿatihi

make me one of his followers and his partisans,

وَٱحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَتِهِ

wahshurni fi zumratihi

muster me in his band,

وَوَفِّقْنِي لأَدَاءِ فَرْضِ ٱلْجُمُعَاتِ

wa waffiqni li-ada'i fardi aljumuʿati

and give me the success of accomplishing the obligatory observance of Fridays,

وَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ عَلَيَّ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلطَّاعَاتِ

wa ma awjabta ʿalayya fiha min attaʿati

performing the acts of obedience which You have made incumbent upon me within it,

وَقَسَمْتَ لأَهْلِهَا مِنَ ٱلعَطَاءِ

wa qasamta li-ahliha min alʿata'i

and receiving the bestowal which You have apportioned for its people

فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْجزَاءِ

fi yawmi aljaza'i

on the Day of Recompense!

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

innaka anta alʿazizu alhakimu

Surely, You are the Almighty, the All-wise!

B.The Holy Prophet (s)

اَللَّهُمَّ انْتَ رَبِّي

allahumma anta rabbi

O Allah, You are my Lord;

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ

la ilaha illa anta

there is no god save You;

خَلَقْتَني وَانَا عَبْدُكَ وَٱبْنُ امَتِكَ

khalaqtani wa ana ʿabduka wabnu amatika

You have created me, and I am Your slave and the son of Your bondmaid;

وَفي قَبْضَتِكَ وَنَاصِيَتي بِيَدِكَ

wa fi qabdatika wa nasiyati biyadika

and I am in Your grip; and my forehead is in Your Hand;

امْسَيْتُ عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ

amsaytu ʿala ʿahdika wa waʿdika maistataʿtu

I come to observe my covenant and promise to You as much as I can.

اعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ

aʿudhu biridaka min sharri ma sanaʿtu

I take refuge in Your pleasure against the evil of my deeds.

ابُوءُ بِنِعْمَتِكَ وَابُوءُ بِذَنْبِي

abu'u biniʿmatika wa abu'u bidhanbi

I acknowledge Your favors and confess of my sins.

C. Dua by Imam Sadiq(as)on Friday

بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāhi rRaḥmāni rRaḥīm.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْيَوْمُ الْجَدِيدُ الْمُبَارَكُ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عِيداً لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ الْمُطَهَّرِينَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ الْخَارِجِينَ عَنِ الْبَلْوَى

Assalāmu ‘alayka ayyuhā lyawmu ljadīdu lmubāraku alladhī ja‘ala llāhu ‘īdan liawliyā’ihi lmuṭahharīna mina ddanasi lkhārijīna ‘ani lbalwā.

Peace be upon you, O new blessed day, which Allah has made a celebration for His purified allies who are free from defilement and tribulation.

الْمَكْرُورِينَ مَعَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ الْمُصطَفَّيْنَ مِنَ الْعَكَرِ الْبَاذِلِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ مَعَ أَوْلِيَاءِ الرَّحْمَنِ تَسْلِيماً

Almakrūrīna ma‘a awliyā’ihi lmuṣṭafayyna mina l‘akari lbādilīna anfusahum ma‘a awliyā’i rRaḥmāni taslīman.

The ones enduring trials with His chosen allies, those purified of impurities, who sacrificed themselves in submission alongside the allies of the Most Merciful.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ سَلَاماً دَائِماً أَبَداً.

Assalāmu ‘alayka salāman dā’iman abadan.

Peace be upon you, an everlasting and eternal peace.

ثمَّ توجه إلى الشمس وقل:

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And turn to the sun and say:

اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكِ أَيَّتُهَا الشَّمْسُ الطَّالِعَةُ وَالنُّورُ الْفَاضِلُ الْبَهِيُّ

Assalāmu ‘alayki ayyatuha shshamsu ṭṭāli‘atu wa nnūru lfāḍilu lbahiyy.

Peace be upon you, O shining sun, the radiant and resplendent light.

أُشْهِدُكِ بِتَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ لِتَكُونِي شَاهِدِي إِذَا ظَهَرَ الرَّبُّ لِفَصْلِ الْقَضَاءِ فِي الْعَالَمِ الْجَدِيدِ.

Ushhiduki bitawḥīdi llāhi litakūnī shāhidī idhā ẓahara rRabbu lifaṣli lqaḍā’i fī l‘ālamī ljadīd.

I bear witness through you to the Oneness of Allah so that you may be my witness when the Lord appears to settle judgment in the new world.

اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُشَوِّهَ خَلْقِي

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika wa binūri wajhika lkarīmi an tushawwih khalqī.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You and in the light of Your noble face from any distortion of my form.

وَأَنْ تُرَدِّدَ رُوحِي فِي الْعَذَابِ بِنُورِكَ الْمَحْجُوبِ عَنْ كُلِّ نَاظِرٍ نَوِّرْ قَلْبِي

Wa an turaddida rūḥī fī l‘adhābi binūrika lmaḥjūbi ‘an kulli nāẓirin nawwir qalbī.

And from my soul being returned to torment; by Your light concealed from all eyes, illuminate my heart.

فَإِنِّي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَلَا رَبَّ لِي سِوَاكَ.

Fa innī anā ‘abduka wa fī qabḍatika wa lā Rabba lī siwāka.

For indeed, I am Your servant, within Your grasp, and I have no Lord besides You.

اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِقَلْبٍ خَاضِعٍ وَإِلَى وَلِيِّكَ بِبَدَنٍ خَاشِعٍ وَإِلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدِينَ بِفُؤَادٍ مُتَوَاضِعٍ

Allāhumma innī ataqarrabu ilayka biqalbin khāḍi‘in wa ilā waliyyika bibaḍanin khāshi‘in wa ilā la’imma rrāshidīna bifu’ādin mutawāḍi‘.

O Allah, I draw near to You with a submissive heart, to Your guardian with a humble body, and to the rightlyguided Imams with a modest soul.

وَإِلَى النُّقَبَاءِ الْكِرَامِ وَالنُّجَبَاءِ الْأَغِرَّةِ

Wa ilā nnuqabā’i lkirāmi wa nnujabā’i laghirrah.

And to the noble leaders and the distinguished chosen ones.

بِالذُّلِّ وَأَرْغُمُ أَنْفِي لِمَنْ وَحَّدَكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ وَلَا خَالِقَ سِوَاكَ

Bidhdhulli wa urghimu anfī liman waḥḥadaka wa lā ilāha ghayruka wa lā khāliqa siwāka.

With humility, I lower my nose in submission to the One who declares Your Oneness, for there is no deity besides You, nor creator other than You.

وَأُصَغِّرُ خَدِّي لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَأَفْضِي عَنْكَ كُلَّ ضِدٍّ وَنِدٍّ

Wa uṣaghghiru khaddī liawliyā’ika lmuqarrabīn wa ufḍī ‘anka kulla ḍiddin wa nidd.

I humble my cheek before Your close allies and renounce every opposition or equal to You.

فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ الذَّلِيلُ الْمُعْتَرِفُ بِذَنْبِي

Fa innī ‘abduka dhdhalīlu lmu‘tarifu bidhdhanbī.

For I am Your humble servant, acknowledging my sin.

أَسْأَلُكَ يَا سَيِّدِي حَطَّهَا عَنِّي وَتَخْلِيصِي مِنَ الْأَدْنَاسِ وَالْأَرْجَاسِ.

As’aluka yā Sayyidī ḥaṭṭahā ‘annī wa takhlīṣī mina ladnāsi wa larjās.

I ask You, O my Master, to remove it from me and purify me from filth and impurities.

إِلَهِي وَسَيِّدِي قَدِ انْقَطَعْتُ عَنْ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى وَاسْتَغْنَيْتُ بِكَ عَنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مُتَعَرِّضاً لِمَعْرُوفِكَ

Ilāhī wa Sayyidī qad inqaṭa‘tu ‘an dhawī lqurbā wa istaghnaytu bika ‘an ahli ddunyā muta‘arriḍan lima‘rūfik.

My God and Master, I have cut off ties with relatives and found sufficiency in You over the people of the world, seeking Your favor.

أَعْطِنِي مِنْ مَعْرُوفِكَ مَعْرُوفاً تُغْنِينِي بِهِ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ.

A‘ṭinī min ma‘rūfika ma‘rūfan tughnīnī bihi ‘amman siwāka.

Grant me from Your bounty a favor that makes me independent of all besides You.

اللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْني أخْشاكَ كأني أراكَ وَأسْعِدْني بِتَقْواكَ، وَلاتُشْقِني بِنَشْطي لِمَعاصيكَ وَخِرْ لي في قَضائِكَ وَبارِكْ لي في قَدَرِكَ حَتّى لا أحُبَّ تأخيرَ ما عَجّلْتَ وَلاتَعْجيلَ ماأخّرْتَ،

allahummaj-a’lnee akhshaaka h’attaa ka annee araaka wa as-i’dnee bi-taqwaaka wa laa tushqinee bi-ma-a’as’eeka wa khir lee fee qaz”aaa-ika wa baarik lee fee qadrika h’attaa laa uh’ibba taa’jeela maa akhkharta wa laa taakheera maa a’jjalta

O Allah make me submissive, till I surrender to Thee, make me happy by putting "fear of God" in my heart, Do not make me miserable on account of disobedience unto Thee. Write (prescribe) for me freedom from pain, trouble and anxiety, make ready for me blessings and happiness, so that what is last does not come in advance. Or what is urged to happen quickly is not delayed. Give me contentment and an independent disposition.

واجْعَلْ غِناي في نَفْسي وَمَتِعْني في سَمْعي وَبَصَري وَاجْعَلْهُما الوارِثَيْنِ مِنّي، وَانْصِرْني عَلى مَنْ ظَلَمَني وَأرِني فيهِ قُدْرَتَكَ يارَبِّ وَأقِرَّ بِفَضْلِكَ عَيْني.

waj-a’l ghinaaya fee nafsee wa mattia’-nee bi-sam-e’e. wa bas’aree waj-a’l humal waaritheena minnee wan s’urnee a’laa man z’alamanee wa arinee feehi qudrataka yaa rabbi wa aqrir bid’aalika a’ynee

Make me derive advantage from the power of hearing (listen to and accept advise and obey), And seeing (discernment, intelligence, and perception of truth); And both of them to my inheritors (children) Give me an upper hand over him who intimidates me, and treat me well through Thy might and power;

اللّهُمَّ أعِنّي عَلى هَوْلِ يَوْمِ القيامَةِ، وَأخْرِجْني مِنَ الدُّنْيا سالِما، وَزَوِّجني مِنَ الحورِ العينِ، وَاكْفِني مؤُونَتي وَمؤُونَةَ عيالي وَمؤُونَةَ النّاسِ، وَأدْخِلْني بِرَحْمَتِكَ في عِبادِكَ الصالِحينَ.

allahumma a-i’nnee a’laa hawli yawmil qiyaamah wa akhrijnee minad dunyaa saaliman wa adkhinil jannata aaminan’w wa zawwijnee minal h’ooril e’eni wakfinee moo-natee wa moo-nata a’yaalee wa moo-natan naasi wa adkhilnee birah’matika fee i’baadikas’ s’aalih’eena

O Lord, and keep me in that exact state. O Allah! Attend to and take care of me in the frightening hours of the Day of Judgment. Make me leave this world in safe and sound condition, and enter the permanent land of bliss and beauty (Paradise) in peace and tranquility; And join the delightful charming people who have refined manners, intelligent minds and beautiful faces, multiply provisions allotted to me, and to my dependents, also promote welfare of the people and make me sit, through Thy mercy, in the company of Thy upright servants.

اللّهُمَّ إنْ تُعَذِّبْني فَأهْلٌ لِذلِكَ أنا وَإنْ تَغْفِرْ لي فأهْلٌ لِذلك أنْتَ ، وكيف تعذبني

allahumma in u-a’d’d’ibnee fa-ahlun lid’aalika anaa wa in taghfir lee fa-ahlun lid’aalika anta wa kayfa tu-a’d’d’ibnee

O Allah! If penalized (it means) I deserved punishment; if forgiven ( it is because) Thou art (the Most Merciful) Master. How would Thou punish?

يا سيدي وحبك في قلبي ، أما وعزتك لئن فعلت لتجمعن بيني وبين قوم طالما عاديتهم فيك

yaa sayyidee wa h’ubbuka fee qalbee amaa wa i’zzatika la-in fa-a’lta d’aalika bee li-najma-u’nna baynee wa bayna qawmin t’aala maa a’adaytuhum feeka

O My Master! My heart is full of Thy Love, undoubtedly, and Thy absolute authority, very kindly, take notice of that, and keep us together with people who are given respite. How much less attention they may pay to Thy commands

اللهم بحق أوليائك الطاهرين اللّهُمَّ إرْزِقْنا صِدْقَ الحَديثِ وَأداءِ الامانَةِ وَالُمحافَظَةَ عَلى الصلواتِ،

allaahumma bih’aqqi awliyaa-ikat’ t’aahireena a’layimus salaam arzuqnaa s’idqal h’adeethi wa adaaa-al amaanatil muh’aafaz’ata a’las’ s’alawaati

O Allah! For the sake of Thy pure and pious friends, peace be upon them, make us preserve true traditions of the Holy Prophet (S.A), And come up to the confidence put in us, to keep safe and watch over the "backbone" of Thy religion (adoration and worship of Allah).

اللّهُمَّ إنَّا أحَقُّ خَلْقِكَ أنْ تَفْعَلَهُ بِنا، اللّهُمَّ افْعَلْهُ بِنا برحمتك

allaahumma innaa ah’aqqu khalqika an taf-a’la a’aalika binaa allaahummaf a’lhu binaa birah’matika

O Allah! Truly, we are the worthiest among thy creation, treat us in that context. O Allah! Treat us mercifully.

اللّهُمَّ ارْفَعْ ظَنّي صاعِداً وَلا تُطْمِعْ فِيَّ عَدوّا وَلا حاسِداً وَأحْفَظْنِي قائِما وَقاعِداً وَيَقْظانَ وَراقِداً،

allaahumma arfaa’z’annee ilayka s’aa-i’dan wa laa tat’ma-inna fiyya a’duwwan wa laa h’aasidan wah’faz’nee qaaa-iman wa qaa-i’dan wa yaqt’anna wa raaqidan

O Allah! Make my knowledge about thee of the highest quality. Do not let me drown myself in hatred, nor feel resentful; keep me steadfast, within bounds, obedient, enduring.

اللّهُمَّ إغْفِرْ لي وَارْحَمْني وَاهْدِني سَبيلَكَ الاقْوَمُ وَقِني حَرَّ جَهَنَّمَ وَ احْطِطْ عَنّي المَغْرَمَ وَالمَأثَمَ وَاجْعَلْني مِنْ خيارِ العالَمِ.

allaahummaghfir lee warh’amnee wahdinee sabeelakal aqwamu wa qinee h’arra jahannama wa h’areeqal muz”rami wah’t’ut’ a’nnil maghrama wal maa-thuma waj-a’lnee min khiyaaril a’alami

O Allah forgive me, have mercy on me, make me strive in Thy way honestly, free me from the heat of burning Hell, from being consumed by the blazing fire, make less what I have to pay back, and punishment I deserve, make me be one of the choicest people for all times.

إرْحَمْني مَمّا لاطاقَةَ لي بِهِ وَلاصَبْرَ لي عَلَيْهِ. برحمتك يا أرحم الرحمين ،  اللهم صل على محمد وآهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين

allaahumma arh’amnee mimmaa laa t’aaqai lee bihee wa laa s’abra lee a’layhi bi-rah’matika yaa arh’amar raah’imeen allaahumma s’alli a’laa muh’ammadin’w wa aali muh’ammad.

O Allah! Have mercy on me because have not the strength, nor patience to withstand it (punishment), Through Thy mercy, O the Most Merciful.  O Allah send blessings on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad.

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بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

يَا مَنْ يَرْحَمُ مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُهُ الْعِبَادُ

Yā Man Yarḥam Man Lā Yarḥamuhu al-‘Ibād

O He Who shows mercy to those whom the servants do not show mercy,

وَيَا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مَنْ لَا تَقْبَلُهُ الْبِلَادُ

Wa Yā Man Yaqbal Man Lā Taqbaluhu al-Bilād

O He Who accepts those whom the lands do not accept,

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يَحْتَقِرُ أَهْلَ الْحَاجَةِ إِلَيْهِ

Wa Yā Man Lā Yaḥtaqir Ahl al-Ḥājah ilayh

O He Who does not despise those in need of Him,

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يُخَيِّبُ الْمُلِحِّينَ عَلَيْهِ

Wa Yā Man Lā Yukhayyib al-Muliḥḥīn ‘alayh

O He Who does not disappoint those who persist in asking Him,

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يَجْبَهُ بِالرَّدِّ أَهْلَ الدَّالَّةِ عَلَيْهِ

Wa Yā Man Lā Yajbah bi-al-Radd Ahl al-Dāllah ‘alayh

O He Who does not respond with rejection to those who depend on Him,

وَيَا مَنْ يَجْتَبِي صَغِيرَ مَا يُتْحَفُ بِهِ

Wa Yā Man Yajtabī Ṣaghīr Mā Yutḥaf bih

O He Who accepts the little that is offered to Him,

وَيَشْكُرُ يَسِيرَ مَا يُعْمَلُ لَهُ

Wa Yashkur Yasīr Mā Yu‘mal lah

And appreciates the small deeds done for Him,

وَيَا مَنْ يَشْكُرُ عَلَى الْقَلِيلِ

Wa Yā Man Yashkur ‘alā al-Qalīl

O He Who thanks for the little,

وَيُجَازِي بِالْجَلِيلِ

Wa Yujāzī bi-al-Jalīl

And rewards with the great,

وَيَا مَنْ يَدْنُو إِلَى مَنْ دَنَا مِنْهُ

Wa Yā Man Yadnū ilā Man Danā Minhu

O He Who draws near to those who draw near to Him,

وَيَا مَنْ يَدْعُو إِلَى نَفْسِهِ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ عَنْهُ

Wa Yā Man Yad‘ū ilā Nafsih Man Adbar ‘anhu

O He Who calls to Himself those who turn away from Him,

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يُغَيِّرُ النِّعْمَةَ

Wa Yā Man Lā Yughayyir al-Ni‘mah

O He Who does not change the blessings,

وَلَا يُبَادِرُ بِالنَّقِمَةِ

Wa Lā Yubādir bi-al-Niqmah

And does not hasten to punish,

وَيَا مَنْ يُثْمِرُ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى يُنْمِيَهَا

Wa Yā Man Yuthmir al-Ḥasanah ḥattā Yunmiyahā

O He Who makes the good deed grow until He completes it,

وَيَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ السَّيِّئَةِ حَتَّى يُعَفِّيَهَا

Wa Yatajāwaz ‘an al-Sayyī’ah ḥattā Yu‘affīyahā

And forgives the bad deed until He removes it,

انْصَرَفَتِ الْآمَالُ دُونَ مَدَى كَرَمِكَ

Inṣarafat al-Āmāl Dūn Madā Karamik

Hopes have turned away before reaching the extent of Your generosity,

بِالْحَاجَاتِ، وَامْتَلَأَتْ بِفَيْضِ جُودِكَ

bi-al-Ḥājāt, wa-Imtala’at bi-Fayḍ Jūdik

With needs, and the containers of requests have been filled with the abundance of Your generosity,

أَوْعِيَةُ الطَّلِبَاتِ، وَتَفَسَّخَتْ دُونَ بُلُوغِ نَعْتِكَ

Aw‘iyat al-Ṭalibāt, wa-Tafassaḥat Dūn Bulūgh Na‘tika

And the descriptions have fallen short of reaching Your attributes,

الصِّفَاتُ، فَلَكَ الْعُلُوُّ الْأَعْلَى فَوْقَ كُلِّ عَالٍ

al-Ṣifāt, Falak al-‘Ulū al-A‘lā Fawq Kull ‘Ālī

So You have the highest loftiness above all that is high,

وَالْجَلَالُ الْأَمْجَدُ فَوْقَ كُلِّ جَلَالٍ

wa-al-Jalāl al-Amjad Fawq Kull Jalāl

And the most glorious majesty above all that is majestic,

كُلُّ جَلِيلٍ عِنْدَكَ صَغِيرٌ

Kull Jalīl ‘indak Ṣaghīr

Every great thing before You is small,

وَكُلُّ شَرِيفٍ فِي جَنْبِ شَرَفِكَ حَقِيرٌ

wa-Kull Sharīf fī Janb Sharafik Ḥaqīr

And every honorable thing beside Your honor is insignificant.

خَابَ الْوَافِدُونَ عَلَى غَيْرِكَ

Khāb al-Wāfidūn ‘alā Ghayrik

Those who approach anyone other than You are disappointed,

وَخَسِرَ الْمُتَعَرِّضُونَ إِلَّا لَكَ

wa-Khasira al-Muta‘arriḍūn illā lak

And those who expose themselves except to You are losers,

وَضَاعَ الْمُلِمُّونَ إِلَّا بِكَ

wa-Ḍā‘a al-Mulimmūn illā bik

And those who seek assistance except by You are lost,

وَأَجْدَبَ الْمُنْتَجِعُونَ إِلَّا مَنِ انْتَجَعَ فَضْلَكَ

wa-Ajdaba al-Muntaji‘ūn illā Man Intaja‘ Faḍlak

And those who seek pastures except for Your bounty are barren.

بَابُكَ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلرَّاغِبِينَ

Bābuk Maftūḥ li-al-Rāghibīn

Your door is open for those who desire,

وَجُودُكَ مُبَاحٌ لِلسَّائِلِينَ

wa-Jūduk Mubāḥ li-al-Sā’ilīn

And Your generosity is available to the seekers,

وَإِغَاثَتُكَ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ

wa-Ighāthatuka Qarībah min al-Mustaghīthīn

And Your help is near to those who cry out for it.

لَا يَخِيبُ مِنْكَ الْآمِلُونَ

Lā Yakhīb Min Ka al-Āmilūn

Those who hope in You are not disappointed,

وَلَا يَيْأَسُ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ الْمُتَعَرِّضُونَ

wa-Lā Yay’as Min ‘Aṭā’ika al-Muta‘arriḍūn

And those who expose themselves to Your gifts do not despair,

وَلا يَشْقَى بِنَقِمَتِكَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ

wa-Lā Yashqā bi-Naqmatika al-Mustaghfirūn

And those who seek Your forgiveness are not afflicted by Your punishment.

رِزْقُكَ مَبْسُوطٌ لِمَنْ عَصَاكَ

Rizquk Mabsūṭ li-Man ‘Aṣāk

Your provision is extended to those who disobey You,

وَحِلْمُكَ مُعْتَرِضٌ لِمَنْ نَاوَاكَ

wa-Ḥilmuk Mu‘taḍir li-Man Nāwāk

And Your forbearance is offered to those who oppose You,

عَادَتُكَ الْإِحْسَانُ إِلَى الْمُسِيئِينَ

‘Ādatuka al-Iḥsān ilā al-Musī’īn

Your habit is to be kind to those who do wrong,

وَسُنَّتُكَ الْإِبْقَاءُ عَلَى الْمُعْتَدِينَ

wa-Sunnatuka al-Ibqā’ ‘alā al-Mu‘tadīn

And Your way is to preserve those who transgress,

حَتَّى لَقَدْ غَرَّتْهُمْ أَنَاتُكَ

Ḥattā Laqad Gharrahum Anātuka

Until Your patience has deceived them,

عَنِ الرُّجُوعِ، وَصَدَّهُمْ إِمْهَالُكَ عَنِ النُّزُوعِ

‘an al-Rujū‘, wa-Ṣaddahum Imhāluka ‘an al-Nuzū‘

From returning, and Your delay has prevented them from repenting.

وَإِنَّمَا تَأَنَّيْتَ بِهِمْ لِيَفِيئُوا

wa-Innamā Ta’annaītbihim Liyafī’ū

You only delayed them so that they might return,

إِلَى أَمْرِكَ، وَأَمْهَلْتَهُمْ ثِقَةً بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِكَ

ilā Amrik, wa-Amhaltahum Thiqatan bi-Dawām Mulkik

To Your command, and You gave them respite trusting in the permanence of Your dominion.

فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ خَتَمْتَ لَهُ بِهَا

Fa-Man Kān Min Ahl al-Sa‘ādah Khatamt lahu bihā

So, whoever is among the people of happiness, You have sealed it for him,

وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاوَةِ خَذَلْتَهُ لَهَا

wa-Man Kān Min Ahl al-Shaqāwah Khadhaltahu Lahā

And whoever is among the people of misery, You have forsaken him to it.

كُلُّهُمْ صَائِرُونَ، إِلَى حُكْمِكَ

Kulluhum Ṣā’irūn, ilā Ḥukmik

All of them are returning to Your judgment,

وَأَمُورُهُمْ آئِلَةٌ إِلَى أَمْرِكَ

wa-Umūruhum Ā’ilatun ilā Amrik

And their affairs will return to Your command.

لَمْ يَهِنْ عَلَى طُولِ مُدَّتِهِمْ سُلْطَانُكَ

Lam Yahin ‘alā Ṭūl Muddatihim Sulṭānak

Your authority has not weakened over the length of their duration,

وَلَمْ يَدْحَضْ لِتَرْكِ مُعَاجَلَتِهِمْ بُرْهَانُكَ

wa-Lam Yadḥaḍ li-Tark Mu‘ājaltihim Burhānak

And Your proof has not been invalidated by Your delay in punishing them.

حُجَّتُكَ قَائِمَةٌ لَا تُدْحَضُ، وَسُلْطَانُكَ ثَابِتٌ

Ḥujjatuka Qā’imah Lā Tudḥaḍ, wa-Sulṭānuka Thābit

Your argument is established and cannot be invalidated, and Your authority is firm,

لَا يَزُولُ، فَالْوَيْلُ الدَّائِمُ لِمَنْ جَنَحَ عَنْكَ

Lā Yazūl, Fa-al-Wayl al-Dā’im li-Man Janaḥ ‘ank

It does not waver, so the eternal woe is for those who deviate from You,

وَالْخَيْبَةُ الْخَاذِلَةُ لِمَنْ خَابَ مِنْكَ

wa-al-Khaybah al-Khādhilah li-Man Khāb Minka

And the disgrace that ruins for those who lose hope in You,

وَالشَّقَاءُ الْأَشْقَى لِمَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِكَ

wa-al-Shaqā’ al-Ashqā li-Man Ightarra Bika

And the most severe misery for those who are deluded by You.

مَا أَكْثَرَ تَصَرُّفَهُ فِي عَذَابِكَ

Mā Akthar Taṣarrufahu fī ‘Adhābik

How much he will wander in Your punishment,

وَمَا أَطْوَلَ تَرَدُّدَهُ فِي عِقَابِكَ

wa-Mā Aṭwal Taradudahu fī ‘Iqābik

And how long he will hesitate in Your retribution,

وَمَا أَبْعَدَ غَايَتَهُ مِنَ الْفَرَجِ

wa-Mā Ab‘ad Ghāyatahu min al-Faraj

And how far his end is from relief,

وَمَا أَقْنَطَهُ مِنْ سُهُولَةِ الْمَخْرَجِ

wa-Mā Aqnaṭahu min Suhūlat al-Makhraj

And how hopeless he is of an easy way out.

عَدْلًا مِنْ قَضَائِكَ لَا تَجُورُ فِيهِ

‘Adlan min Qaḍā’ik Lā Tajūr fīh

It is justice from Your judgment that is not unjust,

وَإِنْصَافاً مِنْ حُكْمِكَ لَا تَحِيفُ عَلَيْهِ

wa-Inṣāfan min Ḥukmik Lā Taḥīf ‘alayh

And fairness from Your rule that is not biased against him.

فَقَدْ ظَاهَرْتَ الْحُجَجَ، وَأَبْلَيْتَ الْأَعْذَارَ

Faqad Ẓāhart al-Ḥujaj, wa-Ablayt al-A‘dhār

You have made the arguments clear, and exhausted the excuses,

وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمْتَ بِالْوَعِيدِ، وَتَلَطَّفْتَ فِي التَّرْغِيبِ

wa-Qad Taqaddamt bi-al-Wa‘īd, wa-Talaṭṭaft fī al-Targhīb

And You have advanced the warning, and been gentle in encouragement,

وَضَرَبْتَ الْأَمْثَالَ، وَأَطَلْتَ الْإِمْهَالَ

wa-Ḍarabt al-Amthāl, wa-Aṭalt al-Imhāl

And You have given examples, and prolonged the respite,

وَأَخَّرْتَ وَأَنْتَ مُسْتَطِيعٌ لِلمُعَاجَلَةِ

wa-Akhkhart wa-Ant Mustaṭī‘ li-al-Mu‘ājalah

And You have delayed while being capable of hastening,

وَتَأَنَّيْتَ وَأَنْتَ مَلِيءٌ بِالْمُبَادَرَةِ

wa-Ta’annaīt wa-Ant Malī’un bi-al-Mubādarah

And You have been patient while being able to act promptly.

لَمْ تَكُنْ أَنَاتُكَ عَجْزاً

Lam Takun Anātuk ‘Ajzan

Your patience is not out of weakness,

وَلَا إِمْهَالُكَ وَهْناً

wa-Lā Imhāluka Wahnan

Nor is Your delay out of helplessness,

وَلَا إِمْسَاكُكَ غَفْلَةً

wa-Lā Imsākuk Ghaflah

Nor is Your withholding out of neglect,

وَلَا انْتِظَارُكَ مُدَارَاةً

wa-Lā Intiẓāruk Mudārah

Nor is Your waiting out of pretense,

بَلْ لِتَكُونَ حُجَّتُكَ أَبْلَغَ

Bal Li-Takūn Ḥujjatuka Ablagh

But so that Your argument may be more complete,

وَكَرَمُكَ أَكْمَلَ

wa-Karamuk Akmal

And Your generosity more perfect,

وَإِحْسَانُكَ أَوْفَى

wa-Iḥsānak Awfā

And Your beneficence more abundant,

وَنِعْمَتُكَ أَتَمَّ

wa-Ni‘matuk Atamm

And Your blessings more complete.

كُلُّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ

Kull Dhālik Kāna wa-Lam Tazal

All of that was and has not ceased to be,

وَهُوَ كَائِنٌ وَلَا تَزَالُ

wa-Huwa Kā’in wa-Lā Tazāl

And it will continue to be and You will not cease.

حُجَّتُكَ أَجَلُّ مِنْ أَنْ تُوصَفَ

Ḥujjatuka Ajal min an Tūṣaf

Your argument is more sublime than to be described,

بِكُلِّهَا، وَمَجْدُكَ أَرْفَعُ مِنْ أَنْ يُحَدَّ

bi-Kulliha, wa-Majduka Arfa‘ min an Yuḥadd

In its entirety, and Your glory higher than to be limited,

بِكُنْهِهِ، وَنِعْمَتُكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحْصَى

bi-Kunhih, wa-Ni‘matuka Akthar min an Tuḥṣā

In its essence, and Your blessings more numerous than to be counted,

بِأَسْرِهَا، وَإِحْسَانُكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُشْكَرَ

bi-Asrihā, wa-Iḥsānuka Akthar min an Tushkar

In their entirety, and Your kindness more abundant than to be thanked,

عَلَى أَقَلِّهِ، وَقَدْ قَصَّرَ بِيَ السُّكُوتُ

‘alā Aqalih, wa-Qad Qaṣṣar Bī al-Sukūt

For the least of it, and my silence has fallen short,

عَنْ تَحْمِيدِكَ، وَفَهَّهَنِيَ الْإِمْسَاكُ

‘an Taḥmīdik, wa-Fahhanī al-Imsāk

From praising You, and my restraint has hindered me,

عَنْ تَمْجِيدِكَ، وَقُصَارَايَ الْإِقْرَارُ بِالْحُسُورِ

‘an Tamjīdik, wa-Quṣārāyā al-Iqrār bi-al-Ḥusūr

From glorifying You, and my utmost is to admit my shortcomings.

لَا رَغْبَةً يَا إِلَهِي بَلْ عَجْزاً

Lā Raghbatan Yā Ilāhī Bal ‘Ajzan

Not out of desire, O my God, but out of incapacity.

فَهَا أَنَا ذَا أَؤُمُّكَ بِالْوِفَادَةِ

Fa-Hā Anā Dhā A’ummuk bi-al-Wifādah

So here I am approaching You with supplication,

وَأَسْأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الرِّفَادَةِ

wa-As’aluka Ḥusn al-Rifādah

And asking You for good hospitality,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

Fa-Ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa-Ālih

So bless Muhammad and his family,

وَاسْمَعْ نَجْوَايَ، وَاسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي

wa-Asma‘ Najwāya, wa-Astajib Du‘ā’ī

And hear my whispers, and answer my supplication,

وَلَا تَخْتِمْ يَوْمِي بِخَيْبَتِي

wa-Lā Takhtim Yawmī bi-Khaybatī

And do not seal my day with disappointment,

وَلَا تَجْبَهْنِي بِالرَّدِّ فِي مَسْأَلَتِي

wa-Lā Tajbahnī bi-al-Radd fī Mas’alatī

And do not confront me with rejection in my request,

وَأَكْرِمْ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مُنْصَرَفِي

wa-Akrim min ‘indak Munṣarafī

And honor my departure from You,

وَإِلَيْكَ مُنْقَلَبِي

wa-Ilayk Munqalabī

And my return to You.

إِنَّكَ غَيْرُ ضَائِقٍ بِمَا تُرِيدُ

Innaka Ghayru Ḍā’iq bimā Turīd

You are not constrained by what You wish,

وَلَا عَاجِزٍ عَمَّا تُسْأَلُ

wa-Lā ‘ājiz ‘ammā Tus’al

And not incapable of what You are asked,

وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

wa-Anta ‘alā Kulli Shay’ Qadīr

And You are capable of everything,

وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

wa-Lā Ḥawla wa-Lā Quwwata illā bi-Allah

And there is no power and no strength except by Allah,

الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

al-‘Alī al-‘Aẓīm

The Most High, the Most Great.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ،

Bismillāh wa billāh,

In the name of Allah and by Allah,

أَخَذْتُ الْأَوَّلِينَ،

Akhadh-tu al-awwalīn,

I have taken the first,

وَ أَخَذْتُ الْآخِرِينَ،

Wa akhadh-tu al-ākhirīn,

And I have taken the last,

وَ أَخَذْتُ الْقَائِمِينَ،

Wa akhadh-tu al-qā'imīn,

And I have taken those standing,

وَ أَخَذْتُ الْقَاعِدِينَ،

Wa akhadh-tu al-qā‘idīn,

And I have taken those sitting,

تَغْشَى أَبْصَارَهُمْ ظُلْمَةٌ،

Taghshā abṣārahum ẓulmah,

Darkness covers their eyes,

وَ تُرْسِلُ السَّمَاءُ عَلَيْهِمْ لَهَبًا،

Wa tursalus-samā' 'alayhim lahaban,

And the sky sends upon them flames,

وَ الْأَرْضُ شُهُبًا،

Wal-arḍu shuhuban,

And the earth, meteors,

فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ،

Fa aghshay-nāhum fa hum lā yubṣirūn,

We have blinded them so they do not see,

اللَّهُ يَرْعَانِي،

Allāhu yar'ānī,

Allah protects me,

وَ يُقَوِّينِي عَلَى الْخَلْقِ،

Wa yuqawwīnī 'ala al-khalq,

And strengthens me against creation,

بِنُورِ اللَّهِ أَسْتَبْصِرُ،

Binūri Allāh astabṣir,

By Allah's light I see clearly,

وَ بِقُوَّةِ اللَّهِ الْقُدُّوسِ أَسْتَعِينُ،

Wa biquwwati Allāh al-Quddūs asta'īn,

And by Allah the Holy's strength, I seek help,

اللَّهَ يُعْطِينِي،

Allāh yu'ṭīnī,

Allah gives me,

وَ اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْجَبَّارُ يَرْفَعُنِي،

Wa Allāhu al-Malik al-Jabbār yarfa'ūnī,

And Allah, the King, the Compeller, raises me,

عَلَى أَجْنِحَةِ الْكَرُوبِيِّينَ،

'Alā ajniḥati al-karūbiyyīn,

On the wings of the cherubim,

وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ،

Wa al-ṣiddīqīn,

And the truthful ones,

وَ الصَّافِّينَ،

Wa al-ṣāffīn,

And the ones who line up,

وَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ لَكَ،

Wa al-musabbiḥīn laka,

And those who glorify You,

اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Allāh ad'ū,

I call upon Allah,

وَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

Wa anta Allāh arḥamu al-rāḥimīn,

And You are Allah, the Most Merciful of the merciful,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ،

Ilāha al-samāwāti wa al-arḍ,

God of the heavens and the earth,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ،

Ilāha al-malā'ikati al-muqarrabīn,

God of the near angels,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ،

Ilāha al-khalqi ajma'īn,

God of all creation,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ،

Ilāha al-shamsi wa al-qamar,

God of the sun and the moon,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ الْكَوَاكِبِ،

Ilāha al-kawākib,

God of the stars,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهَ الْمَشَارِقِ وَ الْمَغَارِبِ،

Ilāha al-mashāriqi wa al-magārib,

God of the East and the West,

لَكَ اللَّهُ أَدْعُو،

Laka Allāh ad'ū,

To You, Allah, I call,

إِلَهاً مُقَدَّساً،

Ilāhan muqaddasan,

A Holy God,

أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ،

Anta Allāh al-‘Azīz al-Jabbār al-Mutakabbir al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm,

You are Allah, the Mighty, the Compeller, the Majestic, the Most Merciful,

الْوَاسِعَةُ رَحْمَتُهُ،

Al-wāsi'atu raḥmatuh,

Whose mercy is vast,

الْخَالِقُ كُرْسِيَّ عَظَمَتِهِ،

Al-khāliqu kursī ‘aẓamatih,

The Creator of the throne of His greatness,

الْعَزِيزُ الْعَظِيمُ الْجَلِيلُ،

Al-‘Azīz al-‘Aẓīm al-Jalīl,

The Mighty, the Great, the Majestic,

تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ،

Tabāraka ism Allāh,

Blessed is the name of Allah,

مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ،

Malik al-mulūk,

The King of Kings,

تَكُونُ أَسْمَاؤُكَ هَذِهِ،

Takūnu asmā’uka hādhihi,

May these names of Yours,

لِي عَضُداً وَ نَصْراً،

Lī ‘aḍudan wa naṣran,

Be a support and victory for me,

وَ فَتْحاً وَ هَيْبَةً،

Wa fatḥan wa haybatan,

And an opening and awe,

وَ نُوراً وَ عَظَمَةً،

Wa nūran wa ‘aẓamatan,

And light and greatness,

أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي،

Abadan mā abqaytanī,

Forever as long as I live,

وَ تَكُونُ لِي حِفْظاً وَ خَلَاصاً وَ نَجَاحاً،

Wa takūnu lī ḥifẓan wa khilāṣan wa najāḥan,

And be for me a protection, deliverance, and success,

أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ،

Anā ‘abduka wa ibn ‘abdika,

I am Your servant and the son of Your servant,

تَغْشَانِي رَحْمَتُكَ،

Taghshānī raḥmatuka,

Your mercy envelops me,

وَ يَغْشَانِي عِقَابُكَ،

Wa yaghshānī ‘iqābuka,

And Your punishment covers me,

بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ هَيْبَتِكَ،

Bi‘izzatika wa haybatika,

By Your might and awe,

نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْآفَاتِ،

Najjinī mina al-āfāt,

Save me from calamities,

كَمَا نَجَّيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلَكَ مِنَ النَّارِ،

Kamā najjayta Ibrāhīm khalīlaka mina al-nār,

As You saved Abraham, Your friend, from the fire,

وَ كَمَا كَبَسَ مُوسَى كَلِيمُكَ فِرْعَوْنَ،

Wa kamā kabasa Mūsā kalīmuka Fir‘awn,

And as You destroyed Pharaoh for Moses, Your speaker,

وَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ هَذِهِ فَنَجِّنِي بِهَا،

Wa bi-asmā'ika hādhihi fanajjinī bihā,

And by these names, save me by them,

وَ كَمَا الْأَرْضُ مَكْبُوسَةٌ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ،

Wa kamā al-arḍu makbūsatun taḥta al-samā’,

And just as the earth is beneath the sky,

وَ كَمَا بَنُو آدَمَ مَكْبُوسُونَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ،

Wa kamā banū Ādam makbūsūna taḥta al-samā’,

And as the sons of Adam are beneath the sky,

وَ تَحْتَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ،

Wa taḥta malaki al-mawt,

And beneath the Angel of Death,

وَ كَمَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ مَكْبُوسٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

Wa kamā malaku al-mawt makbūsun bayna yaday Allāh Rabb al-‘ālamīn,

And just as the Angel of Death is between the hands of Allah, the Lord of the worlds,

كَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ الْخَلَائِقُ مَكْبُوسِينَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ أَبَداً مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي،

Kadhālika yakūnu al-khalā’iqu makbūsīna taḥta qadamayya abadan mā aḥyaytanī,

Likewise, the creatures shall be beneath my feet as long as I live,

يَا نَاصِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ،

Yā nāṣira al-muslimīn,

O Helper of the Muslims,

وَ يَا صَرِيخَ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ،

Wa yā ṣarīkh al-mustasrikīn,

O Responder to the distressed,

وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

Wa yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn,

O Most Merciful of the merciful,

أَنْتَ لِي حِرْزٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ،

Anta lī ḥirzun min jamī‘ khalqik,

You are my protection from all Your creation,

وَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ وَ بَنَاتِ حَوَّاءَ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمْ،

Wa min banī Ādam wa banāti Ḥawwā’ wa atbā‘ihim,

And from the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve and their followers,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ،

Wa min sharri al-jinn wa al-ins,

And from the evil of the jinn and humans,

أَنْ لَا يَسْطُوَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ،

An lā yasṭū ‘alayya aḥadun minhum,

That none of them overpower me,

عَزَّ جَارُكَ،

‘Azza jāruk,

Your neighbor is mighty,

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ،

Lā ilāha illā anta,

There is no god but You,

تَمَسَّكْتُ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقىٰ الَّتِي لَا انْفِصٰامَ لَهٰا،

Tamassaktu bi-al-‘urwati al-wuthqā allati lā infiṣāma lahā,

I cling to the firm handle that never breaks,

الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهَا بَرٌّ وَ لَا فَاجِرٌ،

Allati lā yujāwizhā barrun wa lā fājirun,

That no righteous or wicked can surpass,

اعْتَصَمْتُ بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ الْمَتِينِ،

I‘taṣamtu bi-ḥabli Allāh al-matīn,

I hold fast to Allah's strong rope,

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ فَسَقَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَ الْعَجَمِ،

A‘ūdhū bi-Allāh min sharri fasakati al-‘arab wa al-‘ajam,

I seek refuge in Allah from the evil of the wicked among the Arabs and the non-Arabs,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ،

Wa min sharri al-jinn wa al-ins,

And from the evil of the jinn and humans,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَنْ يُرِيدُ بِي سُوءً أَوْ يُرِيدُ بِي شَرّاً،

Wa min sharri man yurīdu bī sū'an aw yurīdu bī sharran,

And from the evil of anyone who intends harm or evil against me,

تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ،

Tawakkaltu ‘ala Allāh,

I rely on Allah,

وَ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ،

Wa man yatawakkal ‘ala Allāh fahuwa ḥasbuh,

And whoever relies on Allah, He is sufficient for him,

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ،

Inna Allāh bālighu amrih,

Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose,

قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْراً،

Qad ja‘ala Allāhu likulli shay'in qadrā,

Allah has set a measure for everything,

حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ،

Ḥasbiya Allāh,

Allah is sufficient for me,

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ أُومِنُ،

Bismillāh wa billāh ū’min,

In the name of Allah and by Allah, I believe,

وَ بِاللَّهِ أَثِقُ،

Wa billāh athiqat,

And in Allah, I trust,

وَ بِاللَّهِ أَتَعَوَّذُ،

Wa billāh ata'awwadhu,

And in Allah, I seek refuge,

وَ بِاللَّهِ أَعْتَصِمُ،

Wa billāh a‘taṣimu,

And in Allah, I take hold,

وَ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَسْتَجِيرُ،

Wa billāh al-‘aẓīm astajīr,

And in Allah the Great, I seek protection,

مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ،

Mina al-shayṭān al-rajīm,

From the accursed Satan,

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي لَا يُجَاوِزُهُنَّ بَرٌّ وَ لَا فَاجِرٌ،

A‘ūdhū bi-kalimāti Allāh al-tammāti allati lā yujāwizhunnā barrun wa lā fājir,

I seek refuge in Allah's perfect words that no righteous or wicked can surpass,

مِمَّا ذَرَأَ وَ بَرَأَ،

Mimmā dhara'a wa bara'a,

From what He created and formed,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَا يَطْرُقُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ،

Wa min sharri kulli mā yaṭruqu bi-al-layl wa al-nahār,

And from the evil of all that comes by night and day,

إِلَّا طَارِقاً يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ بِرَحْمَتِكَ،

Illā ṭāriqan yaṭruqu bi-khayrin bi-raḥmatika,

Except for one who comes with goodness by Your mercy,

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

Yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn,

O Most Merciful of the merciful,

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي،

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhū bika min sharri nafsī,

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا،

Wa min sharri kulli dābbatin anta ākhidhun bināṣiyatihā,

And from the evil of every creature You have control over,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ نَاظِرَةٍ وَ أُذُنٍ سَامِعَةٍ،

Wa min sharri kulli ‘aynin nāẓirah wa udhn sāmi‘ah,

And from the evil of every watching eye and listening ear,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَارِدٍ وَ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ،

Wa min sharri kulli mārid wa jabbār ‘anīd,

And from the evil of every rebellious and stubborn tyrant,

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ،

Allāhumma innī alja’tu ẓahrī ilayk,

O Allah, I have sought refuge in You,

وَ تَوَكَّلْتُ فِي أُمُورِي عَلَيْكَ،

Wa tawakkaltu fī umūrī ‘alayk,

And entrusted my affairs to You,

أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي وَ مَوْلَايَ إِلَهِي،

Anta waliyyī wa mawlāya ilāhī,

You are my Guardian and my Lord,

فَلَا تُسَلِّمْنِي وَ لَا تَخْذُلْنِي وَ لَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ،

Fa-lā tusallimnī wa lā takhdhulnī wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī tarfata ‘ayn,

Do not abandon me, nor forsake me, nor leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye,

وَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِذُنُوبِي وَ إِسْرَافِي عَلَى نَفْسِي،

Wa lā tu’ākhidhnī bidhunūbī wa isrāfī ‘alā nafsī,

And do not hold me accountable for my sins and my excesses upon myself,

وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ،

Wa a‘innī ‘alā shukr ni‘matika,

And help me to be grateful for Your blessings,

يَا مُحْسِنُ يَا جَبَّارُ،

Yā muḥsin yā jabbār,

O Beneficent, O Compeller,

اجْعَلْنِي عَبْداً شَكُوراً،

Ij‘alnī ‘abdan shakūrā,

Make me a grateful servant,

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ،

Lā ilāha illā anta al-‘alī al-‘aẓīm,

There is no god but You, the Most High, the Great,

عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ،

‘Alayka tawakkaltu,

On You I rely,

أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ،

Anta Rabb al-‘arsh al-‘aẓīm,

You are the Lord of the Great Throne,

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ،

Lā ilāha illā anta al-ḥalīm al-karīm,

There is no god but You, the Forbearing, the Generous,

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

Subḥāna Allāh Rabb al-‘ālamīn,

Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا فَوْقَهُنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ،

Rabb al-samāwāt al-sab‘ wa mā fīhinna wa mā fawqahunna wa mā baynahunna,

Lord of the seven heavens and all within them, above them, and between them,

وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ،

Wa Rabb al-‘arsh al-‘aẓīm,

And Lord of the Great Throne,

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

Al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-‘ālamīn,

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْنِي إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ،

Allāhumma ḥabbibnī ilā jamī‘ khalqik,

O Allah, make me beloved to all Your creation,

حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ لِي فِي قَلْبِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ غِلْظَةٌ،

Ḥattā lā yakūna lī fī qalbi aḥad min khalqik ghilẓah,

So that there is no harshness towards me in the heart of any of Your creation,

وَ لَا يُعَارِضُونِّي،

Wa lā yu‘āriḍūnī,

And they do not oppose me,

وَ اجْعَلْهُمْ يَسْتَقْبِلُونِّي بِوُجُوهٍ بَسِيطَةٍ،

Wa ij‘alhum yastaqbilūnī bi-wujūhin basīṭah,

And make them receive me with open faces,

وَ يَقْضُونَ حَوَائِجِي،

Wa yaqḍūna ḥawā’ijī,

And fulfill my needs,

وَ يَطْلُبُونَ مَرْضَاتِي،

Wa yaṭlubūna marḍātī,

And seek my approval,

وَ يَخْشَوْنَ سَخَطِي،

Wa yakhshawna sakhaṭī,

And fear my displeasure,

بِاسْمِكَ الْقُدُّوسِ الْعَظِيمِ الْأَعْظَمِ أَدْعُوكَ،

Bi-ismika al-Quddūs al-‘aẓīm al-a‘ẓam ad‘ūka,

In Your Holy, Great, Greatest name, I call upon You,

يَا اللَّهُ يَا نُوراً فِي نُورٍ وَ نُوراً إِلَى نُورٍ وَ نُوراً فَوْقَ نُورٍ،

Yā Allāh yā nūran fī nūr wa nūran ilā nūr wa nūran fawqa nūr,

O Allah, O Light in Light, Light upon Light, Light above Light,

وَ نُوراً تَحْتَ نُورٍ،

Wa nūran taḥta nūr,

And Light beneath Light,

وَ نُوراً يُضِي‌ءُ بِهِ كُلُّ نُورٍ وَ كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ،

Wa nūran yuḍī’u bihi kullu nūr wa kullu ẓulmah,

And Light that illuminates every light and every darkness,

وَ يُطْفَى بِهِ شِدَّةُ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَ سُلْطَانٍ،

Wa yuṭfā bihi shiddatu kulli shayṭān wa sulṭān,

And extinguishes the intensity of every devil and ruler,

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ،

Wa bi-ismika allathi takallama bihi al-malā'ikah,

And by Your name by which the angels spoke,

فَلَا يَكُونُ لِلْمَوْجِ عَلَيْهِمْ سَبِيلٌ،

Fa-lā yakūnu lil-mawj ‘alayhim sabīl,

So that the waves have no power over them,

وَ بِهِ يَذِلُّ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ،

Wa bihi yadhillu kullu jabbār ‘anīd,

And by it every rebellious tyrant is humbled,

يَكُونُ الْخَلَائِقُ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ،

Yakūnu al-khalā’iqu taḥta qadamayya,

May the creatures be under my feet,

بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ،

Bi-ismika allathi sammayta bihi nafsak,

By Your name that You named Yourself with,

وَ اسْتَقْرَرْتَ بِهِ عَلَى عَرْشِكَ وَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّكَ،

Wa istaqarrarta bihi ‘alā ‘arshika wa ‘alā kursīyik,

And settled upon Your Throne and Your Chair,

بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الْأَعْظَمِ يَكُونُ لِي نُوراً،

Bi-ismika al-‘aẓīm al-a‘ẓam yakūnu lī nūran,

By Your Great, Greatest name, it will be a light for me,

وَ هَيْبَةً عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ الْخَلْقِ،

Wa haybatan ‘inda jamī‘ al-khalq,

And awe before all creation,

بِأَسْمَائِكَ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ،

Bi-asmā'ika al-muqaddasati al-mubārakah,

By Your holy, blessed names,

أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيمُ،

Anta al-jawādu al-karīm,

You are the Generous, the Noble,

الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ الْعَظِيمُ،

Al-‘Azīz al-Jabbār al-Mutakabbir al-‘Aẓīm,

The Mighty, the Compeller, the Majestic,

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ،

Lā ilāha illā anta,

There is no god but You,

يَا رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ وَارِثَهُ،

Yā Rabb kulli shay’ wa wārithuh,

O Lord of all things and their Inheritor,

يَا اللَّهُ أَنْتَ الْمَحْمُودُ فِي كُلِّ فِعَالِهِ،

Yā Allāh anta al-maḥmūd fī kulli fi‘āl,

O Allah, You are the Praised in all Your actions,

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

Yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn,

O Most Merciful of the merciful,

يَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ،

Yā lā ilāha illā anta,

O there is no god but You,

الرَّفِيعُ فِي جَلَالِهِ،

Al-rafī‘u fī jalālīh,

The Exalted in His Majesty,

يَا اللَّهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

Yā Allāh yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn,

O Allah, O Most Merciful of the merciful,

يَا رَحْمَانَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ رَاحِمَهُ،

Yā raḥmāna kulli shay’ wa rāḥimah,

O Merciful to all things and their Compassionate,

يَا مُمِيتَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ وَارِثَهُ،

Yā mumīta kulli shay’ wa wārithah,

O Destroyer of all things and their Inheritor,

يَا حَيُّ حِينَ لَا حَيَّ فِي دَيْمُومِيَّةِ مُلْكِهِ وَ بَقَائِهِ،

Yā ḥayyū ḥīna lā ḥayy fī daymūmiyyati mulkīh wa baqā’īh,

O the Living One when there is no living being in the permanence of His kingdom and existence,

يَا رَافِعُ الْمُرْتَفِعُ فَوْقَ سَمَائِهِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ،

Yā rāfi‘ al-murtafi‘ fawqa samā’īh bi-qudratīh,

O the Exalter, the Elevated, above His heavens by His power,

يَا قَيُّومُ لَا يَفُوتُهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،

Yā qayyūm lā yafūtuhū shay’ min khalqīh,

O the Sustainer, nothing escapes Him from His creation,

يَا آخِرُ يَا بَاقِي،

Yā ākhir yā bāqī,

O the Last, O the Everlasting,

يَا أَوَّلَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ آخِرَهُ،

Yā awwal kulli shay’ wa ākhirah,

O the First of all things and the Last,

يَا دَائِمُ بِغَيْرِ فَنَاءٍ وَ لَا زَوَالٍ لِمُلْكِهِ،

Yā dā’im bi-ghayri fanā’ wa lā zawāl li-mulkīh,

O the Everlasting without end, nor decline to His kingdom,

يَا صَمَدُ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَبِيهٍ،

Yā ṣamad min ghayri shabīh,

O the Eternal, without any likeness,

فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ كَمِثْلِهِ،

Fa-lā shay’ kamithlīh,

There is nothing like Him,

يَا مُبْدِئَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ مُعِيدَهُ،

Yā mubdi’a kulli shay’ wa mu‘īdah,

O the Originator of all things and their Restorer,

يَا مَنْ لَا يَصِفُ الْوَاصِفُونَ كُنْهَ جَلَالِهِ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ عِزِّهِ وَ جَبَرُوتِهِ،

Yā man lā yaṣifu al-wāṣifūna kunha jalālīh fī mulkīh wa ‘izzīh wa jabarūtīh,

O He whom describers cannot describe the reality of His Majesty in His kingdom, might, and dominion,

يَا كَبِيرُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا تَهْتَدِي الْعُقُولُ لِصِفَتِهِ فِي عَظَمَتِهِ،

Yā kabīr anta allathi lā tahtadī al-‘uqūl li-ṣifatīh fī ‘aẓamatīh,

O the Great, You are the One to whom minds cannot find a way to describe His greatness,

يَا بَاعِثُ،

Yā bā‘ith,

O the Resurrector,

يَا مُنْشِئُ بِلَا مِثَالٍ،

Yā munshi’ bilā mithāl,

O the Creator without example,

يَا زَاكِي الطَّاهِرُ مِنْ كُلِّ آفَةٍ،

Yā zākī al-ṭāhir min kulli āfah,

O the Pure, free from every defect,

يَا كَافِي الْمُتَوَسِّعُ لِمَا خَلَقَ مِنْ عَطَايَا فَضْلِهِ الَّذِي لَا يَنْفَدُ،

Yā kāfī al-mutawassi‘u limā khalaqa min ‘aṭāyā faḍlīh allathi lā yanfad,

O the Sufficient, the Expander for what He created from the gifts of His bounty that do not exhaust,

يَا نَقِيُّ [نَقِيّاً] مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ،

Yā naqī [naqīyan] min kulli sū’,

O Pure, free from every evil,

لَمْ يُخَالِطْهُ فِعَالُهُ،

Lam yukhāliṭhū fi‘āluh,

His actions do not mix with it,

يَا جَبَّارُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ رَحْمَتُهُ،

Yā jabbār anta allathi wasi‘at kulli shay’ raḥmatuh,

O the Compeller, You are the One whose mercy encompasses everything,

يَا حَنَّانُ،

Yā ḥannān,

O the Most Compassionate,

يَا مَنَّانُ،

Yā mannān,

O the Benefactor,

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ،

Yā dhā al-jalāl wa al-ikrām,

O Possessor of Majesty and Honor,

أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَدْ عَمَّ الْخَلَائِقَ مَنُّهُ وَ فَضْلُهُ،

Anta allathi qad ‘amma al-khalā’iq minnuh wa faḍluh,

You are the One whose grace and bounty have encompassed the creatures,

يَا دَيَّانَ الْعِبَادِ وَ كُلٌّ يَقُومُ خَاضِعاً لِهَيْبَتِهِ،

Yā dayyān al-‘ibād wa kullun yaqūmu khāḍi‘an li-haybatih,

O the Judge of the servants, and all stand humbled before His awe,

يَا خَالِقَ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِينَ،

Yā khāliqa mā fī al-samāwāt wa al-arḍīn,

O the Creator of what is in the heavens and the earths,

وَ كُلٌّ إِلَيْهِ مِيعَادُهُ،

Wa kullun ilayhi mī‘ādih,

And to Him is the return of all,

يَا رَحِيمَ كُلِّ صَرِيخٍ وَ مَكْرُوبٍ،

Yā raḥīm kulli ṣarīkh wa makrūb,

O the Merciful to every distressed and grieved one,

يَا صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ فَلَا تَصِفُ الْأَلْسُنُ جَلَالَ مُلْكِهِ وَ عِزِّهِ،

Yā ṣādiqa al-wa‘d fa-lā taṣifu al-alsun jalāla mulkīh wa ‘izzīh,

O the Truthful in promise, the tongues cannot describe the majesty of His kingdom and might,

يَا مُبْدِئَ الْبَدَائِعِ،

Yā mubdi’ al-badā’ī‘,

O the Originator of wonders,

لَمْ يَبْتَغِ فِي إِنْشَائِهَا عَوْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،

Lam yabtagh fī insha'ihā ‘awna aḥad min khalqīh,

He did not seek help from any of His creation in their creation,

يَا عَالِمَ الْغُيُوبِ فَلَا يَفُوتُهُ شَيْ‌ءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،

Yā ‘ālim al-ghuyūb fa-lā yafūtuhū shay’ min khalqīh,

O Knower of the unseen, nothing escapes Him from His creation,

يَا مُعِيدَ مَا أَفْنَى إِذَا بَرَزَ الْخَلَائِقُ لِدَعْوَتِهِ مِنْ مَخَافَتِهِ،

Yā mu‘īd mā afnā idhā baraza al-khalā’iq li-da‘watīh min makhāfatīh,

O Restorer of what He destroys when the creatures emerge at His call from His fear,

يَا حَلِيماً ذَا أَنَاةٍ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ يُعَادِلُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،

Yā ḥalīman dhā anāt fa-lā shay’ yu‘ādiluh min khalqīh,

O Forbearing, O the Patient, nothing equals Him from His creation,

يَا حَمِيدَ الْفِعَالِ فِي خَلْقِهِ بِلُطْفِهِ،

Yā ḥamīd al-fi‘āl fī khalqīh bi-luṭfīh,

O Praiseworthy in His actions among His creation by His kindness,

يَا عَزِيزُ الْغَالِبُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ يُعَادِلُهُ،

Yā ‘azīz al-ghālib ‘alā amrīh fa-lā shay’ yu‘ādiluh,

O Mighty, the Dominant over His command, nothing equals Him,

يَا ظَاهِرَ [قَاهِرَ] الْبَطْشِ الشَّدِيدِ الَّذِي لَا يُطَاقُ انْتِقَامُهُ،

Yā ẓāhir [qāhir] al-baṭsh al-shadīd allathi lā yuṭāq intiqāmuh,

O Overpowering, the Severe in might, whose revenge cannot be withstood,

يَا عَالِي الْقَرِيبُ فِي عُلُوِّهِ وَ ارْتِفَاعِهِ وَ دَوَامِهِ،

Yā ‘ālī al-qarīb fī ‘ulūh wa irtifā‘īh wa dawāmīh,

O the High, the Near in His height, elevation, and permanence,

يَا حَنَّانُ،

Yā ḥannān,

O Most Compassionate,

يَا مَنَّانُ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ يَقْهَرُ سُلْطَانَهُ،

Yā mannān fa-lā shay’ yaqhar sulṭānah,

O Benefactor, nothing overpowers His authority,

يَا نُورَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ هُدَاهُ،

Yā nūr kulli shay’ wa hudāh,

O Light of all things and their guide,

أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَضَاءَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ بِنُورِهِ،

Anta allathi aḍā’at al-ẓulmah bi-nūrīh,

You are the One who illuminates the darkness with His light,

يَا قُدُّوسُ الطَّاهِرُ،

Yā Quddūs al-Ṭāhir,

O Holy, the Pure,

فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ كَمِثْلِهِ،

Fa-lā shay’ kamithlīh,

There is nothing like Him,

يَا قَرِيبُ الْمُجِيبُ الْمُتَدَانِي دُونَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ،

Yā qarīb al-mujīb al-mutadānī dūna kulli shay’,

O the Near, the Responsive, nearer than everything,

يَا عَالِي الشَّامِخُ فِي السَّمَاءِ،

Yā ‘ālī al-shāmikh fī al-samā’,

O the High, the Lofty in the sky,

فَوْقَ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ عُلُوُّهُ وَ ارْتِفَاعُهُ،

Fawqa kulli shay’ ‘ulūh wa irtifā‘uh,

Above all things is His height and elevation,

يَا بَدِيعَ الْبَدَائِعِ،

Yā badī‘ al-badā’i‘,

O Creator of wonders,

وَ مُعِيدَهَا بَعْدَ فَنَائِهَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ،

Wa mu‘īduhā ba‘da fanā’ihā bi-qudratīh,

And Restorer after their destruction by His power,

يَا مَلِكُ،

Yā malik,

O King,

يَا مُتَكَبِّرُ،

Yā mutakabbir,

O Majestic,

يَا مَنِ الْعَدْلُ أَمْرُهُ وَ الصِّدْقُ وَعْدُهُ،

Yā man al-‘adlu amruhu wa al-ṣidqu wa‘duhu,

O He whose command is justice and promise is truth,

يَا مَحْمُوداً فِي أَفْعَالِهِ،

Yā maḥmūdan fī af‘ālīh,

O Praised in His actions,

فَلَا تَبْلُغُ الْأَوْهَامُ كُنْهَ جَلَالِهِ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ عِزِّهِ،

Fa-lā tablughu al-awhām kunha jalālīh fī mulkīh wa ‘izzīh,

So the minds cannot reach the reality of His majesty in His kingdom and might,

يَا كَرِيمَ الْعَفْوِ،

Yā karīm al-‘afū,

O Generous in forgiveness,

أَنْتَ الَّذِي مَلَأَ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ عَدْلُهُ وَ فَضْلُهُ،

Anta allathi mala’a kulli shay’ ‘adluh wa faḍluh,

You are the One whose justice and bounty fill all things,

يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَفَاخِرِ وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ،

Yā ‘aẓīm al-mafākhir wa al-kibrīyā’,

O Great in pride and glory,

فَلَا يُدْرَكُ عِزُّ مُلْكِهِ،

Fa-lā yudraku ‘izz mulkīh,

So the might of His kingdom is not comprehended,

يَا عَجِيبُ،

Yā ‘ajīb,

O Wonderful,

فَلَا تَنْطِقُ الْأَلْسُنُ بِكُلِّ آلَائِهِ وَ ثَنَائِهِ،

Fa-lā tanṭiqu al-alsun bi-kulli ālā’īh wa thanā’īh,

The tongues cannot express all His bounties and praises,

أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهُ أَمَاناً مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ،

As’āluka yā Allāh amānan min ‘uqūbatik fī al-dunyā wa al-ākhirah,

I ask You, O Allah, for safety from Your punishment in this world and the Hereafter,

وَ أَسْأَلُكَ نُوراً وَ نَصْراً وَ رِفْعَةً عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ،

Wa as’āluka nūran wa naṣran wa rif‘atan ‘inda jamī‘ khalqik,

And I ask You for light, victory, and elevation before all Your creation,

مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ وَ بَنَاتِ حَوَّاءَ،

Min banī Ādam wa banāti Ḥawwā’,

From the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve,

رَبَّ الْأَرْوَاحِ الْفَانِيَةِ وَ الْأَجْسَادِ الْبَالِيَةِ،

Rabb al-arwāḥ al-fāniyah wa al-ajsaad al-bāliyah,

Lord of the perishable souls and the decayed bodies,

وَ الْأَرْوَاحِ الْمُرْتَفِعَةِ،

Wa al-arwāḥ al-murtafi‘ah,

And the elevated souls,

وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِطَاعَةِ الْعُرُوقِ الْمُلْتَئِمَةِ إِلَى أَمَاكِنِهَا،

Wa as’āluka bi-ṭā‘ati al-‘urūq al-multā’imah ilā amākinīhā,

And I ask You by the obedience of the veins returning to their places,

وَ بِطَاعَةِ الْقُبُورِ الْمُتَشَقِّقَةِ عَنْ أَهْلِهَا،

Wa bi-ṭā‘ati al-qubūr al-mutashaqqiqah ‘an ahlihā,

And by the obedience of the graves splitting open for their inhabitants,

وَ بِدَعْوَتِكَ الصَّادِقَةِ فِيهِمْ،

Wa bi-da‘watika al-ṣādiqah fīhim,

And by Your truthful call among them,

وَ أَخْذِكَ الْحَقَّ مِنْهُمْ،

Wa akhdhika al-ḥaqq minhum,

And Your taking the right from them,

إِذَا بَرَزَ الْخَلَائِقُ فَهُمْ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَ شِدَّةِ سُلْطَانِكَ،

Idhā baraza al-khalā’iq fa-hum min makhāfatika wa shiddati sulṭānik,

When the creatures emerge, they are from Your fear and the severity of Your dominion,

يَنْتَظِرُونَ قَضَاءَكَ،

Yantaẓirūna qaḍā’ak,

Awaiting Your decree,

وَ يَخَافُونَ عَذَابَكَ،

Wa yakhāfūna ‘adhābak,

And fearing Your punishment,

وَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَكَ،

Wa yarjūna raḥmatak,

And hoping for Your mercy,

اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الْفَائِزِينَ،

Ij‘alnī min al-muqarrabīn al-fā’izīn,

Make me among the near and successful ones,

وَ أَلْقِ عَلَيَّ مَحَبَّةً وَ نُوراً وَ نِعْمَةً وَ هَيْبَةً،

Waalqi ‘alayya maḥabbatan wa nūran wa ni‘matan wa haybatan,

And cast upon me love, light, blessing, and awe,

وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يُسْمَعُ قَوْلِي وَ يُرْفَعُ أَمْرِي عَلَى كُلِّ أَمْرٍ،

Wa ij‘alnī mimman yusma‘u qawlī wa yurfa‘u amrī ‘alā kulli amr,

And make me among those whose words are heard and whose matters are elevated over all matters,

أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ الْفَقِيرُ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ،

Anā ‘abduka wa ibn ‘abdika al-faqīr ilā raḥmatika,

I am Your servant and the son of Your servant, in need of Your mercy,

اجْعَلْنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَالِياً مُتَعَالِياً،

Ij‘alnī Allāhumma ‘āliyan muta‘āliyan,

Make me, O Allah, exalted and elevated,

يَا نُورَ النُّورِ يَا مِصْبَاحَ النُّورِ،

Yā nūr al-nūr yā miṣbāḥ al-nūr,

O Light of the light, O Lamp of the light,

أَدْرَأُ بِكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ،

Adra’ū bika fī nuḥūrihim,

I repel them by You,

وَ أَسْتَعِيذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ،

Wa asta‘īdhū bika min shurūrihim,

And seek refuge in You from their evils,

وَ أَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ،

Wa asta‘īnū bika ‘alayhim,

And seek Your help against them,

فَاكْفِنِي أَمْرَهُمْ بِلَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ،

Fa-kfinī amrahum bi-lā ḥawl wa lā quwwa illā bika,

So suffice me against their matters without any power or strength except by You,

يَا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ،

Yā Allāh al-‘alī al-‘aẓīm,

O Allah, the Most High, the Great,

إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ،

In nasha’ nunazzil ‘alayhim mina al-samā’ āyatan fa-ẓallat a‘nāquhum lahā khāḍi‘īn,

If We willed, We could send down upon them a sign from the sky, so their necks would remain humbled to it,

إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ،

Innā rusul rabbika lan yaṣilū ilayk,

Indeed, We are the messengers of your Lord; they will not reach you,

يَا مُوسَىٰ أَقْبِلْ وَ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْآمِنِينَ،

Yā Mūsā aqbil wa lā takhaf innaka mina al-āminīn,

O Moses, come forward and do not fear, indeed you are among the secure,

كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَأَغْلِبَنَّ أَنَا وَ رُسُلِي،

Kataba Allāh la-aghlibanna anā wa rusulī,

Allah has decreed, "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers,"

إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ،

Inna Allāh qawwī ‘azīz,

Indeed, Allah is Powerful, Mighty,

اللَّهُمَّ بِعِزَّتِكَ يَا دَائِمَ الْبَقَاءِ،

Allāhumma bi-‘izzatika yā dā’im al-baqā’,

O Allah, by Your might, O Everlasting,

أَسْأَلُكَ بِالِاسْمِ الَّذِي أَحَطْتَهُ بِحِجَابِ النُّورِ،

As’āluka bi-al-ism allathi aḥaṭṭahū bi-ḥijābi al-nūr,

I ask You by the name that You encompassed with the veil of light,

نُورِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ،

Nūr al-samāwāt wa al-arḍ,

The light of the heavens and the earth,

تُضِي‌ءُ بِهِ أَبْصَارُ النَّاظِرِينَ،

Tuḍī’u bihi abṣāru al-nāẓirīn,

By which the eyes of the observers are illuminated,

عُذْتُ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ يَا اللَّهُ،

‘Udhū bi-rubūbiyyatik yā Allāh,

I seek refuge in Your Lordship, O Allah,

بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَقُولُ بِهِ لِلشَّيْ‌ءِ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ،

Bi-ismika allathi taqūlu bihi lil-shay’ kun fa-yakūn,

By Your name with which You say to a thing, "Be," and it is,

إِلَّا قَضَيْتَ حَاجَتِي وَ أَنْجَحْتَ طَلِبَتِي،

Illā qaḍayta ḥājātī wa anjaḥta ṭalabatī,

Except You fulfill my need and grant my request,

وَ يَسَّرْتَ أَمْرِي،

Wa yassarta amrī,

And make my affair easy,

وَ سَتَرْتَ عَوْرَتِي،

Wa satarta ‘awratī,

And cover my faults,

وَ آمَنْتَ رَوْعَتِي،

Wa amanta raw‘atī,

And secure my fear,

وَ رَزَقْتَنِي نُوراً وَ عِزّاً وَ هَيْبَةً وَ قَبُولًا وَ رِفْعَةً،

Wa razaqtanī nūran wa ‘izzan wa haybatan wa qubūlan wa rif‘atan,

And provide me with light, honor, awe, acceptance, and elevation,

عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ،

‘inda jamī‘ khalqik,

Before all Your creation,

بِحَوْلِكَ وَ قُوَّتِكَ،

Bi-ḥawlika wa quwwatik,

By Your power and strength,

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ،

Wa bi-ismika allathi wasi‘a kulli shay’,

And by Your name that encompasses everything,

وَ هُوَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْهُ،

Wa huwa aws‘a minhu,

And is broader than it,

يَا دَائِمَ الْبَقَاءِ،

Yā dā’im al-baqā’,

O Everlasting,

أَدِمْ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ وَ عَافِيَتِكَ،

Adim mā anā fīh min ni‘matika wa ‘āfiyatika,

Continue for me what I am in of Your blessings and well-being,

وَ اجْعَلْ أُمُورِي أَوَّلَهَا صَلَاحاً،

Wa ij‘al umūrī awwalahā ṣalāḥan,

And make my matters first in righteousness,

وَ آخِرَهَا فَلَاحاً،

Wa ākhirahā falāḥan,

And last in success,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

Bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn.

By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

1.Friday Ziyarah of Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him) — 2.Ziyarah and Salwaat on Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them)for Friday

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya hujjata allahi fi ardihi

Peace be upon you, O argument of Allah in His lands!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَيْنَ ٱللَّهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya ʿayna allahi fi khalqihi

Peace be upon you, O sight of Allah on His creatures!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا نُورَ ٱللَّهِ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya nura allahi

Peace be upon you, O light of Allah

ٱلَّذِي يَهْتَدِي بِهِ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ

alladhi yahtadi bihi almuhtaduna

by which those who have been guided [to the true guidance] are guided

وَيُفَرَّجُ بِهِ عَنِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wa yufarraju bihi ʿan almu'minina

and by which the believers are relieved!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُهَذَّبُ ٱلْخَائِفُ

alssalamu ʿalayka ayyuha almuhadhdhabu alkha'ifu

Peace be upon you, O polite and fearful!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْوَلِيُّ ٱلنَّاصِحُ

alssalamu ʿalayka ayyuha alwaliyyu alnnasihu

Peace be upon you, O sincere patron!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا سَفِينَةَ ٱلنَّجَاةِ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya safinata alnnajati

Peace be upon you, O ark of salvation!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا عَيْنَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya ʿayna alhayati

Peace be upon you, O essence of life!

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ

alssalamu ʿalayka

Peace be upon you.

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ

salla allahu ʿalayka

May Allah send blessings to you

وَعَلَىٰ آلِ بَيْتِكَ

wa ʿala ali baytika

and upon your Household,

ٱلطَّيِّبينَ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

alttayyibina alttahirina

the pure and immaculate.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ

alssalamu ʿalayka

Peace be upon you.

عَجَّلَ ٱللَّهُ لَكَ مَا وَعَدَكَ

ʿajjala allahu laka ma waʿadaka

May Allah hasten that which He has promised you;

مِنَ ٱلنَّصْرِ وَظُهُورِ ٱلأَمْرِ

mina alnnasri wa zuhuri al-amri

namely, victory and prevalence of your authority.

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ

alssalamu ʿalayka ya mawlaya

Peace be upon you, O my master.

أَنَا مَوْلاَكَ

ana mawlaka

I am a servant of you

عَارِفٌ بِأُولاَكَ وَأُخْرَاكَ

ʿarifun bi'ulaka wa ukhraka

and I recognize the first and the last of your affair.

أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَىٰ ٱللَّهِ تَعَالَىٰ بِكَ وَبِآلِ بَيْتِكَ

ataqarrabu ila allahi taʿala bika wa bi-ali baytika

I seek nearness to Allah, the Exalted, through your Household and you

وَأَنْتَظِرُ ظُهُورَكَ وَظُهُورَ ٱلْحَقِّ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْكَ

wa antaziru zuhuraka wa zuhura alhaqqi ʿala yadayka

and I am expecting your advent and the prevalence of the truth at your hands.

وَأَسْأَلُ ٱللَّهَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa as'alu allaha an yusalliya ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

And I beseech Allah to send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلمُنْتَظِرِينَ لَكَ

wa an yajʿalani mina almuntazirina laka

and to include me with those who are expecting you,

وَٱلتَّابِعِينَ وَٱلنَّاصِرِينَ لَكَ عَلَىٰ أَعْدَائِكَ

walttabiʿina walnnasirina laka ʿala aʿda'ika

those who follow you and support you against your enemies,

وَٱلْمُسْتَشْهَدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ فِي جُمْلَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ

walmustash-hadina bayna yadayka fi jumlati awliya'ika

and those who will be martyred in front of you in the group of your loyalists.

يَا مَوْلاَيَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ

ya mawlaya ya sahiba alzzamani

O my master, O Patron of the Age!

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ

salawatu allahi ʿalayka

May Allah's blessings be upon you

وَعَلَىٰ آلِ بَيْتِكَ

wa ʿala ali baytika

and upon your Household.

هٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ

hadha yawmu aljumuʿati

Today is Friday,

وَهُوَ يَوْمُكَ ٱلْمُتَوَقَّعُ فِيهِ ظُهُورُكَ

wa huwa yawmuka almutawaqqaʿu fihi zuhuruka

which is your day on which your advent is expected

وَٱلْفَرَجُ فِيهِ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْكَ

walfaraju fihi lilmu'minina ʿala yadayka

to bring about relief to the believers at your hands,

وَقَتْلُ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ بِسَيْفِكَ

wa qatlu alkafirina bisayfika

and killing of the disbelievers with your sword.

وَأَنَا يَا مَوْلاَيَ فِيهِ ضَيْفُكَ وَجَارُكَ

wa ana ya mawlaya fihi dayfuka wa jaruka

On this day, O my master, I am your guest and in your vicinity

وَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ كَرِيمٌ مِنْ أَوْلاَدِ ٱلْكِرَامِ

wa anta ya mawlaya karimun min awladi alkirami

and you, my master, are generous and the descendant of the generous people,

وَمَاْمُورٌ بِٱلضِّيَافَةِ وَٱلإِجَارَةِ

wa ma'murun bilddiyafati wal-ijarati

and you are commanded to receive your guests and neighbors hospitably;

فَأَضِفْنِي وَأَجِرْنِي

fa-adifni wa ajirni

so, receive me as your guest and neighbor.

صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ

salawatu allahi ʿalayka

May Allah's blessings be upon you

وَعَلىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ ٱلطَّاهِرينَ

wa ʿala ahli baytika alttahirina

and upon your Household, the immaculate.

نَزِيْلُكَ حَيْثُ مَا اتَّجَهَتْ رِكَابِيْ وَ ضَيْفُكَ حَيْثُ كُنْتُ مِنَ الْبِلَادِ

"I am your visitor wherever my mount turns.. and I am your guest whichever place I may be"

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent and Merciful.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَبِسَ الْعِزَّ وَ فَازَ بِهِ

Glory be to Him Who has dressed with grandeur and owned it!

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَعَطَّفَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ تَكَرَّمَ بِهِ

Glory be to Him Who has deigned and condescended with grandeur!

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لَا يَنْبَغِي التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ

Glory be to Him save Whom none is worthy of being glorified!

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ أَحْصَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِعِلْمِهِ

Glory be to Him Whose knowledge has counted all things!

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الطَّوْلِ وَ الْفَضْلِ

Glory be to The endurance and The Most gracious!

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمَنِّ وَ النِّعَمِ

Glory be to You Who holds all abundance and bounties!

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْكَرَمِ

Glory be to the Powerful and Generous!

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of the objects of dignity in Your Throne,

وَ مُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ

in the name of the utmost mercy in Your Book,

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ وَ ذِكْرِكَ الْأَعْلَى

and in the name of Your Greatest Name, Your highest remembrance,

وَ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ

and Your Accomplished Words.

وَ تَمَّتْ كَلِمَاتُكَ صِدْقاً وَ عَدْلًا

And Your words became perfected in truth and justice.

لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِكَ

None can change Thy words;

[ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ [الْكَرِيمُ

indeed You are The noble and wise!

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ

O, The Possessor of Majesty and Grace;

أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا لَا يَعْدِلُهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مَسَائِلِكَ

I beseech you in the name of The requests that are made to you which nothing can match it,

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

To bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَ تَجْعَلَ لِي مِنْ أَمْرِي فَرَجاً وَ مَخْرَجاً

and make for my relief and exit regarding my affair,

وَ أَنْ تُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَ عَافِيَةٍ

and is possible for me enough means of livelihood with easiness and good health from you!

سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ [الْقَيُّومِ] الْحَلِيمِ

Glory be to the Living, the Self-Subsistent, and the most Forbearing!

سُبْحَانَ الْحَكِيمِ [الْحَلِيمِ] الْكَرِيمِ

Glory be to The wise and Noble!

سُبْحَانَ الْبَاعِثِ الْوَارِثِ

Glory be to the awakener and Successor!

سُبْحَانَ [اللهِ] الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

Glory be to Allah the Most High and the Incomparably Great!

سُبْحَانَهُ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ

Glory be to Him, and (all) the praise be to Him!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, Send Blessings upon Muhammed and the household Of Muhammed;

كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ

as You bestowed blessings, increase, and mercy upon Ibrahim

وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

and the progeny of Ibrahim, indeed You are the praised and the glorious!

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

There is no might nor power except with Allah, the Highest, the Mighty;

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Allah, the Lord of the angels, Spirits, Prophets, and Messengers,

وَ قَاهِرَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ

Subduer of those in the heavens and earth,

وَ خَالِقَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَ مَالِكَهُ

Creator of all things, and their King.

كُفَّ عَنَّا بَأْسَ أَعْدَائِنَا وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِنَا سُؤاً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ

Protect me from our enemies' might, whether human or Jinn,

وَ أَعْمِ أَبْصَارَهُمْ وَ قُلُوبَهُمْ

blind their sight and hearts,

وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ حِجَاباً وَ حَرَساً وَ مَدْفَعاً

and make between them and us a guard, a barrier, and a defense.

إِنَّكَ رَبُّنَا لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِاللهِ عَلَيْهِ

Surely You are the defenser Lord. There is no might nor power except with You.

تَوَكَّلْنَا وَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَبْنَا

In You we trust; to You, we turn.

وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

You are the Mighty, the Wise.

رَبَّنَا عَافِنَا مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ سُوؤٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ

Therefore, protect us from the evil of every creature

أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها

You have taken by the forelock,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ ما سَكَنَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ

the evil of what inhabits the night and day,

وَ مِنْ [شَرِّ] كُلِّ سُوؤٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ

and evil of every evil thing.

رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ إِلَهَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

May it be so, O Lord of the Worlds, and bless Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy, and his pure family

وَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ خُصَّ مُحَمَّداً وَ آلَهُ بِأَتَمِّ ذَلِكَ

and companions, especially Muhammed and his family.

وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

And there is no strength or power, except for Allah, the high and the mighty.

بِسْمِ اللهِ وَ بِاللهِ أُومِنُ وَ بِاللهِ أَعُوذُ وَ بِاللهِ

In the name of Allah; by Allah, I believe; by Allah, I seek protection;

أَعْتَصِمُ وَ بِاللهِ أَسْتَجِيرُ وَ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ

by Allah, hold fast; by Allah, I seek sanctuary.

وَ مَنَعَتِهِ أَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ شَيَاطِينِ الْإِنْسِ وَ الْجِنِّ

I repel against Satan of humans and Jinn,

وَ مِنْ رَجِلِهِمْ وَ خَيْلِهِمْ وَ رَكْضِهِمْ وَ عَطْفِهِمْ

from their walkers; riders, runners, sympathy,

وَ رَجْعَتِهِمْ وَ كَيْدِهِمْ وَ شَرِّهِمْ وَ شَرِّ

return, deceit, and evil by Allah's might and defense.

مَا يَأْتُونَ بِهِ تَحْتَ اللَّيْلِ وَ تَحْتَ النَّهَارِ

And the evil of what they bring beneath the night and day,

مِنَ الْبُعْدِ وَ الْقُرْبِ

whether far or close.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْغَائِبِ وَ الْحَاضِرِ

And the evil of the absentee, presented,

وَ الشَّاهِدِ وَ الزَّائِرِ أَحْيَاءً وَ أَمْوَاتاً أَعْمَى وَ بَصِيراً

witness, and visitor, whether alive and dead; endowed with eyesight and blind.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْعَامَّةِ وَ الْخَاصَّةِ وَ مَنْ نَفْسٍ وَ وَسْوَسَتِهَا

And the evil of the general and special, and self's tempting!

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ الدَّنَاهِشِ وَ الْحِسِّ وَ اللَّمْسِ

And the evil of Al-Dinahesh (kind of Jinn), faint nose, taction,

وَ وَ اللَّبْسِ وَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ

possess of Jinn and humans.

وَ بِالْاِسْمِ الَّذِي اهْتَزَّ لَهُ عَرْشُ بِلْقِيسَ

And by the name of this particular name which Balqees' throne shook.

وَ أُعِيذُ نَفْسِي وَ دِينِي وَ جَمِيعَ مَا تُحِيطُهُ [تَحُوطُهُ] عِنَايَتِي

And, I seek refuge for myself, religion, and everything that is surrounded by my consideration

مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ صُورَةٍ وَ خِيَالٍ

from the evil of every picture and imagination,

أَوْ بَيَاضٍ أَوْ سَوَادٍ أَوْ تِمْثَالٍ أَوْ مُعَاهَدٍ أَوْ غَيْرِ

or whiteness, blackness, sculpture, alley or not.

مُعَاهَدٍ مِمَّنْ يَسْكُنُ الْهَوَاءَ وَ السَّحَابَ

From who reside in the air, clouds,

وَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَ النُّورَ وَ الظِّلَّ وَ الْحَرُورَ

darknesses, lights, shadows, heat,

وَ الْبَرَّ وَ الْبُحُورَ وَ السَّهْلَ وَ الْوُعُورَ

land, seas, plains, rough roads,

وَ الْخَرَابَ وَ الْعُمْرَانَ وَ الْآكَامَ وَ الْآجَامَ

ruins, civilization, hillocks, bushes,

وَ الْمَغَايِضَ وَ الْكَنَائِسَ وَ النَّوَاوِيسَ

jungles, churches, sarcophaguses,

وَ الْفَلَوَاتِ وَ الْجَبَّانَاتِ

wilderness, and Cemeteries.

مِنَ الصَّادِرِينَ وَ الْوَارِدِينَ مِمَّنْ يَبْدُو

The coming and going from who appears

بِاللَّيْلِ وَ تَبْتَشِرُ [تَنْتَشِرُ] بِالنَّهَارِ

in the night and spreads in the day;

وَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَ الْإِبْكَارِ وَ الْغُدُوِّ وَ الْآصَالِ

in the early hours of night and morning, in the morning and the evening hours,

وَ الْمُرِيبِينَ وَ الْأَسَامِرَةِ وَ الْأَفَاتِرَةِ وَ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ

and the; suspicious, conversationalists, devils, tyrants,

وَ الْأَبَالِسَةِ وَ مِنْ جُنُودِهِمْ وَ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ

and satans, and from their; soldiers, partners,

وَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ وَ مِنْ هَمْزِهِمْ وَ لَمْزِهِمْ

clans, and tribes, and from their; backbiting, slandering,

وَ نَفْثِهِمْ [وَ نَفْخِهِمْ] وَ وِقَاعِهِمْ وَ أَخْذِهِمْ

the defamed poem (puffing up), plotting, taking,

[وَ سِحْرِهِمْ وَ ضَرْبِهِمْ وَ عَيْشِهِمْ [عَبَثِهِم

magic, hitting, existing, (playing),

وَ لَمْحِهِمْ وَ احْتِيَالِهِمْ وَ أَخْلَاقِهِمْ

hinting, deceiving, and morals.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ مِنَ السَّحَرَةِ وَ الْغِيلَانِ

And against the evil of all; the magicians, monsters,

وَ أُمِّ الصِّبْيَانِ وَ مَا وَلَدُوا وَ مَا وَرَدُوا

Um Al-Sibiaan evil and what they gave birth to and came out of them.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ دَاخِلٍ وَ خَارِجٍ

And against the evil of all that is; coming in and going out,

وَ عَارِضٍ وَ مُتَعَرِّضٍ وَ سَاكِنٍ وَ مُتَحَرِّكٍ

clashing and exposed, quiet and moving,

وَ ضَرَبَانِ عِرْقٍ وَ صُدَاعٍ وَ شَقِيقَةٍ وَ أُمِّ مِلْدَمٍ

veins throbbing, headache, migraine, (Um-Muldim),

وَ الْحُمَّى وَ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ وَ الرِّبْعِ وَ الْغِبِّ وَ النَّافِضَةِ

fever, triple (days of fever), quartan fever, every other day fever, shivering fever,

وَ الصَّالِبَةِ وَ الدَّاخِلَةِ وَ الْخَارِجَةِ

stiffing fever and coming in and going out evil.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِناصِيَتِها

And the evil of "every crawling creature that You has taken by the forelock!

إِنَّكَ عَلى صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Surely You are on a straight path

وَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدِ

and send Allah your enormous blessings upon Muhammad and his Household,

كَثِيراً وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً

and give them abundant peace!

Friday Dua at the Time of Dhuhr

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ

la ilaha illa allahu

There is no god save Allah.

وَٱللَّهُ اكْبَرُ

wallahu akbaru

Allah is the Most Great.

وَسُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ

wa subhana allahi

Glory be to Allah.

اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً

alhamdu lillahi alladhi lam yattakhidh waladan

All praise be to Allah Who has not taken to Himself a son

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي ٱلْمُلْكِ

wa lam yakun lahu sharikun fi almulki

nor has He had any partner in sovereignty

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ

wa lam yakun lahu waliyyun mina aldhdhulli

nor does He need any to protect Him from humiliation,

وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيـراً

wa kabbirhu takbiran

and magnify Him for His greatness and glory.

يَا سَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ

ya sabigha alnniʿami

O Conferrer of boon amply!

يَا دَافِعَ ٱلنِّقَمِ

ya dafiʿa alnniqami

O Repeller of troubles!

يَا بَارِئَ ٱلنَّسَمِ

ya bari'a alnnasami

O Maker of souls!

يَا عَلِيَّ ٱلْهِمَمِ

ya ʿaliyya alhimami

O Sublime in determinations!

يَا مُغْشِيَ ٱلظُّلَمِ

ya mughshiya alzzulami

O Coverer [of daylight] with darkness!

يَا ذَا ٱلْجُودِ وَٱلْكَرَمِ

ya dhaljudi walkarami

O Lord of magnanimity and nobility!

يَا كَاشِفَ ٱلضُّرِّ وَٱلأَلَمِ

ya kashifa alddurri wal-alami

O Remover of harm and pains!

يَا مُؤْنِسَ ٱلْمُسْتَوْحِشِينَ فِي ٱلظُّلَمِ

ya mu'nisa almustawhishina fi alzzulami

O Entertainer of those lonely in darkness!

يَا عَالِماً لاَ يُعَلَّمُ

ya ʿaliman la yuʿallamu

O All-knowing Who never needs teaching!

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

(Please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

وَٱفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

wafʿal bi ma anta ahluhu

and do to me all that which befits You.

يَا مَنِ ٱسْمُهُ دَوَاءٌ

ya man ismuhu dawa'un

O He Whose Name is remedy,

وَذِكْرُهُ شِفَاءٌ

wa dhikruhu shifa'un

the remembrance of Whom is cure,

وَطَاعَتُهُ غَنَاءٌ

wa taʿatuhu ghana'un

and the obedience to Whom is sufficiency,

إِرْحَمْ مَنْ رَاْسُ مَالِهِ ٱلرَّجَاءُ

irham man ra'su malihi alrraja'u

(please) have mercy upon him whose wealth is only hope [for You]

وَسِلاَحُهُ ٱلْبُكَاءُ

wa silahuhu albuka'u

and whose weapon is only weeping.

سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

subhanaka la ilaha illa anta

Glory be to You. There is no god save You.

يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ

ya hannanu ya mannanu

O All-tender, O All-Bestower,

يَا بَدِيعَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ

ya badiʿa alssamawati wal-ardi

O Fashioner of the heavens and the earth,

يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ

ya dhaljalali wal-ikrami

O Lord of majesty and honor.

Friday Surahs and Duas After Salaat-ul Dhuhr

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ صَلاَتَكَ

allahumma ijʿal salawatika

O Allah, (please do) let Your blessings

وَصَلاَةَ مَلاَئكَتِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ

wa salata mala'ikatika wa rusulika

and the blessings of Your angels and Messengers

عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

be on Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa ʿajjil farajahum

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and hasten their Relief.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ

allahumma ijʿalni min ahli aljannati

O Allah, include me with the inhabitants of Paradise

ٱلَّتِي حَشُوهَا ٱلْبَرَكَةُ

allati hashwuha albarakatu

whose stuffing is blessing

وَعُمَّارُهَا ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةُ

wa ʿummaruha almala'ikatu

and whose constructors are the angels

مَعَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

maʿa nabiyyina muhammadin

with our Prophet Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi

peace of Allah be upon him and his Household,

وَأَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلاَمُ

wa abina ibrahima ʿalayhi alssalamu

and our father Abraham, peace be upon him.

Friday Duas after Salaat-ul 'Asr

اللَّهُمُّ صَلّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa ʿajjil farajahum

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and hasten their Relief.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad—

ٱلأَوْصِيَاءِ ٱلْمَرْضِيِّينَ

al-awsiya'i almardiyyina

the Successors and the pleased—

بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ

bi-afdali salawatika

with the best of Your blessings,

وَبَارِكْ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa barik ʿalayhim

and confer upon them

بِأَفْضَلِ بَرَكَاتِكَ

bi-afdali barakatika

with the best of your favors.

وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa alssalamu ʿalayhim

And peace be upon them

وَعَلَىٰ أَرْوَاحِهِمْ وَأَجْسَادِهِمْ

wa ʿala arwahihim wa ajsadihim

and upon their souls and bodies;

وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu

and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon them.

صَلَوَاتُ اللّهِ وَملاَئِكَتِهِ

salawatu allahi wa mala'ikatihi

The blessings of Allah, His angels,

وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ

wa anbiya'ihi wa rusulihi

His prophets, His messengers,

وَجَميعِ خَلْقِهِ

wa jamiʿi khalqihi

and all of His creatures

عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

be upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ

walssalamu ʿalayhi wa ʿalayhim

And peace be upon him and upon them

وَعَلَىٰ أَرْوَاحِهِمْ وَأَجْسَادِهِمْ

wa ʿala arwahihim wa ajsadihim

and upon their souls and bodies.

وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu

So be Allah's mercy and blessings.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

ٱلأَوْصِيَاءِ ٱلْمَرْضِيِّينَ

al-awsya'i almardiyyina

the Successors and the pleased

بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ

bi-afdali salawatika

with the best of Your blessings,

وَبَارِكْ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa barik ʿalayhim

and confer upon them

بِأَفْضَلِ بَرَكَاتِكَ

bi-afdali barakatika

with the best of your favors.

وَٱلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ

wa alssalamu ʿalayhi wa ʿalayhim

And peace be upon him and them

وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu

and Allah's mercy and blessings be also upon them.

It is recommended to repeat seventy times after the `Asr Prayer so that sins will be forgiven:

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

astaghfiru allaha wa atubu ilayhi

I pray the forgiveness of Allah and I repent before Him.

Recite Dua Marefat-Allahumma Arrifni — Reported from Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) who said: If you wish toplease Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad(peace be upon them all) you may say the following invocation:

اَللَّهُمَّ يَا أَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ

allahumma ya ajwada man aʿta

O Allah, O He Who is the most magnanimous of all those who may grant!

وَيَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ

wa ya khayra man su'ila

O He Who is the best of all those who are asked!

وَيَا أَرْحَمَ مَنِ ٱسْتُرْحِمَ

wa ya arhama man isturhima

O He Who is the most Merciful of all those whose mercy may be sought!

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي ٱلأَوَّلِينَ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi fi al-awwalina

O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his Household among the foremost generations,

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي ٱلآخِرِينَ

wa salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi fi al-akhirina

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household among the last generations,

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي ٱلْمَلأِ ٱلأَعْلَىٰ

wa salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi fi almala'i al-aʿla

send blessings to Muhammad and his Household among the Highest Chiefs,

وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

wa salli ʿala muhammadin wa alihi fi almursalina

and send blessings to Muhammad and his Household among the Messengers.

اَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَهُ

allahumma aʿti muhammadan wa alahu

O Allah, (please) grant Muhammad and his Household

ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَٱلْفَضِيلَةَ

alwasilata walfadilata

the right of mediation, preference,

وَٱلشَّرَفَ وَٱلرِّفْعَةَ

walshsharafa walrrifʿata

honor, loftiness,

وَٱلدَّرَجَةَ ٱلْكَبيرَةَ

walddarajata alkabirata

and the grand rank.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma inni amantu bimuhammadin

O Allah, I believed in Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَلَمْ أَرَهُ

salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi wa lam arahu

may Allah's blessings be upon him and his Household, while I have not seen him;

فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ رُؤْيَتَهُ

fala tahrimni fi alqiyamati ru'yatahu

so, do not deprive me of seeing him on the Resurrection Day,

وَٱرْزُقْنِي صُحْبَتَهُ

warzuqni suhbatahu

confer upon me with the favor of accompanying him,

وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ مِلَّتِهِ

wa tawaffani ʿala millatihi

cause me to die while I follow his creed,

وَٱسْقِنِي مِنْ حَوْضِهِ

wasqini min hawdihi

and allow me to drink from his Pool

مَشْرَباً رَوِيّاً

mashraban rawiyyan

a drink that is quenching,

سَائِغاً هَنِيئاً

sa'ighan hani'an

palatable, and pleasant,

لاَ أَظْمَأُ بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً

la azma'u baʿdahu abadan

after which I will never be thirsty.

إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَديرٌ

innaka ʿala kulli shay'in qadirun

Verily, You have power over all things.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma inni amantu bimuhammadin

O Allah, I believe in Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَلَمْ أَرَهُ

salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi wa lam arahu

may Allah's blessings be upon him and his Household, while I have not seen him;

فَعَرَِّفْنِي فِي ٱلْجِنَانِ وَجْهَهُ

faʿarrifni fi aljinani wajhahu

so, (please) show me his face in the gardens of Paradise.

اَللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مُحَمَّداً

allahumma balligh muhammadan

O Allah, convey to Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

salla allahu ʿalayhi wa alihi

may Allah's blessings be upon him and his Household,

مِنِّي تَحِيَّةً كَثيرَةً وَسَلاَماً

minni tahiyyatan kathiratan wa salaman

many greetings and compliments from me.

Recommended Salaats on Fridays

أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّهَ

astaghfiru allaha

I implore for Allah's forgiveness.

(2)Repeats the following litany one hundred times:

سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

subhana allahiwalhamdu lillahi

All glory be to Allah all praise be to Allah;;

وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ اكْبَرُ

wa la ilaha illa allahu wallahu akbaru

there is no god save Allah;Allah is the Greatest;

وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi alʿaliyyi alʿazimi

and there is no power and no might save with Allah, the All-high, the All-Great.

(3)repeats the salwaat one hundred times:

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli ʿala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah, (please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

Another Prayer 2

سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

subhana allahi wa bihamdihi

All glory be to Allah and with the Praising o

A Third Prayer — Duas at the Last Hour of Friday

سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

subhanaka la ilaha illa anta

Glory be to You! There is no god save You!

يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ

ya hannanu ya mannanu

O All-tender! O All-bestower!

يَا بَدِيعَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ

ya badiʿa alssamawati wal-ardi

O Fashioner of the heavens and the earth!

يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإكْرَامِ

ya dhaljalali wal-ikrami

of Majesty and Honor.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا [وَ بِحَمْدِكَ] وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Glory be to You, O Allah, our God, (and for You is the praise!) To You be all praise;

أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

You the Ever-living, Self-Subsisting,

الْأَوَّلُ الْكَائِنُ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ

The first existing; none was creating you,

أَوْ يُعَايَنْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ مُلْكِكَ

or any of your possessions were seen

أَوْ يُتَدَبَّرْ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ أَوْ يُتَفَكَّرْ فِي شَيْءٍ

or contemplated in any of your matters or accomplishment.

مِنْ قَضَائِكَ قَائِمٌ بِقِسْطِكَ مُدَبِّرٌ لِأَمْرِكَ

Sitting on your throne, standing by your justice, controller of your affairs.

قَدْ جَرَى فِيمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ قَدَرُكَ

Your destiny has been applied to what happened,

وَ مَضَى فِيمَا أَنْتَ خَالِقٌ عِلْمُكَ

and your knowledge has been applied to what you created.

خَلَقْتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ فِرَاشاً وَ بِنَاءً

You created the heavens and earth as a spreading and covering!

فَسَوَّيْتَ السَّمَاءَ مَنْزِلًا رَضِيتَهُ لِجَلالِكَ

Furthermore, you made the heavens accepted home to your majesty,

وَ وَقَارِكَ وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ سُلْطَانِكَ

solemnity, superiority, and supremacy.

ثُمَّ جَعَلْتَ فِيهَا كُرْسِيَّكَ وَ عَرْشَكَ

Therefore, you maintained your chair and throne in it,

ثُمَّ سَكَنْتَهَا لَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ غَيْرُكَ

lived in it without anything except You;

مُتَكَبِّراً فِي عَظَمَتِكَ مُتَعَظِّماً فِي كِبْرِيَائِكَ

proud in your greatness; significant in your pride;

مُتَوَحِّداً فِي عُلُوِّكَ مُتَمَكِّناً فِي مُلْكِكَ

the only one in your highness; capable of your kingdom;

مُتَعَالِياً فِي سُلْطَانِكَ مُحْتَجِباً فِي عِلْمِكَ

exalting in your authority; veiling yourself by your knowledge,

مُسْتَوِياً عَلَى عَرْشِكَ

sitting on your throne.

فَتَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ

Therefore, blessed are You and high exalted!

وَ عَلَا هُنَاكَ بَهَاؤُكَ وَ نُورُكَ وَ عِزَّتُكَ وَ قُدْرَتُكَ

Up there, your; glory, light, might, omnipotence,

وَ سُلْطَانُكَ وَ حَوْلُكَ وَ قُوَّتُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ

authority, solidity, power, mercy,

وَ قُدْسُكَ وَ أَمْرُكَ وَ مَخَافَتُكَ وَ تَمْكِينُكَ الْمَكِينُ

holiness, command, apprehension strengthening distinguished,

وَ كِبْرُكَ الْكَبِيرُ وَ عَظَمَتُكَ الْعَظِيمَةُ

splendid enormousness and great mightiness are soaring.

وَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الْحَيُّ قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ

You Allah the Ever-Living who was there before anything else,

وَ الْقَدِيمُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ قَدِيمٍ

the Sempiternal before any eternal,

وَ الْمَلِكُ بِالْمُلْكِ الْعَظِيمِ

The king with the great kingdom,

الْمُمْتَدَحُ الْمُمُدَحُ اسْمُكَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ

the praised praiseworthy name in heavens, earth,

وَ خَالِقُهُنَّ وَ نُورُهُنَّ وَ رَبُّهُنَّ وَ إِلَهُهُنَّ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ

its; creator, light, God, and Allah and what's in them.

فَسُبْحَانَكَ وَ بِحَمْدِكَ رَبَّنَا وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ

Glory and praise be to You, Allah and Your Praise-worthiness is Most Exalted.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ نَبِيِّكَ

God, bless Muhammad, Your slave, messenger, prophet,

وَ اجْزِهِ بِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَبْلَاهُ وَ شَرٍّ جَلَاهُ وَ يُسْرٍ أَتَاهُ

and reward him by; the best he did of, an evil he dispels, simplicity he accomplished,

وَ ضَعِيفٍ قَوَّاهُ وَ يَتِيمٍ آوَاهُ وَ مِسْكِينٍ رَحِمَهُ

strengthing of a weaker, sheltering an orphan, having mercy upon paupers,

وَ جَاهِلٍ عَلَّمَهُ وَ دِينٍ بَصَّرَهُ

the teaching of the ignorant, enlightening a pious

وَ حَقٍّ نَصَرَهُ الْجَزَاءَ الْأَوْفَى وَ الرَّفِيقَ الْأَعْلَى

and truth he helped with the; fullest repayment,highest helping friend

وَ الشَّفَاعَةَ الْجَائِزَةَ وَ الْمَنْزِلَ الرَّفِيعَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ عِنْدَكَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

rewarded intercession and a raised home in heaven close by you; may it be so, Lord of the worlds.

اجْعَلْ لَهُ مَنْزِلًا مَغْبُوطاً وَ مَجْلِساً رَفِيعاً

Make; an envied home for him, a high seated position,

وَ ظِلًّا ظَلِيلًا وَ مُرْتَفِعاً جَسِيماً جَمِيلًا

shadowy shade, enormous graceful lofty

وَ نَظَراً إِلَى وَجْهِكَ يَوْمَ تَحْجُبُهُ عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

and gazing upon Your face when you hinder it from the criminals.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

وَ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطاً وَ اجْعَلْ حَوْضَهُ لَنَا مَوْرِداً

Make him for us; a precede, his pool our reach,

وَ لِقَاءَهُ لَنَا مَوْعِداً يَسْتَبْشِرُ بِهِ أَوَّلُنَا وَ آخِرُنَا

and his meeting a promise that our first and last be cheerful about,

وَ أَنْتَ عَنَّا رَاضٍ فِي دَارِكَ دَارِ السَّلَامِ

while You are satisfied with us in Your home; the abode of Islam,

مِنْ جَنَّاتِكَ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

heavens; the Gardens of Delight

آمِينَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

may it be so, Allah of Truth, Lord of the worlds.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ نُورٌ مِنْ نُورٍ وَ نُورٌ فَوْقَ كُلِّ نُورٍ

I beseech You in Your name, which is a light from light, and light upon every light.

وَ نُورٌ تُضِيءُ بِهِ كُلَّ ظُلْمَةٍ

And the light which illuminates every darkness,

وَ تَكْسِرُ بِهِ قُوَّةَ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَرِيدٍ وَ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ وَ جِنِّيٍّ عَتِيدٍ

and You break with it the disobedient, obstinate tyrant, and prepared Jinn Satan (devil) power.

وَ تُؤْمِنُ بِهِ خَوْفَ كُلِّ خَائِفٍ

And secure the fear of every frightened.

وَ تُبْطِلُ بِهِ سِحْرَ كُلِّ سَاحِرٍ وَ حَسَدَ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ

And inactive every magic of a magician and the evil of all those who are jealous!

وَ يَتَضَرَّعُ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْبَرُّ وَ الْفَاجِرُ

His greatness is beseeched by every faithful and libertine.

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْأَكْبَرِ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ

And (I beseech ) by your great name that; You named Yourself with,

وَ اسْتَوَيْتَ بِهِ عَلَى عَرْشِكَ

the throne You established Yourself on

وَ اسْتَقْرَرْتَ بِهِ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّكَ

and Your chair that You sat firmly on

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

to send the blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

وَ أَنْ تُفَتَّحَ لِي اللَّيْلَةَ

Do open before me (the door) this night,

يَا رَبِّ بَابَ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ فَتَحْتَهُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ

O, Lord of every goodness door You opened before anyone of Your creatures,

وَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ

Your intimate servants, and those who obey You.

ثُمَّ لَا تَسُدَّهُ عَنِّي أَبَداً

Then do not ever close it before me;

حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ وَ أَنْتَ عَنِّي رَاضٍ

until I meet You while You are satisfied with me.

أَسْأَلُكَ ذَلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ

I ask You for that by Your mercy and by Your ability, wishing for Your help in this request.

فَشَفِّعِ اللَّيْلَةَ يَا رَبِّ رَغْبَتِي وَ أَكْرِمْ طَلِبَتِي

Therefore, My Lord mediate for me tonight my desire; settle my need,

وَ نَفِّسْ كُرْبَتِي وَ ارْحَمْ عَبْرَتِي

relieve my distress, mercy upon my weeping,

وَ صِلْ وَحْدَتِي وَ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي

associate my loneliness, divert my soleness,

وَ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِي وَ آمِنْ رَوْعَتِي وَ اجْبُرْ فَاقَتِي

hide my faults, calm my fear, settle my neediness,

وَ لَقِّنِّي حُجَّتِي وَ أَقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي

dictate to me the principles of faith and lessen my lapses.

وَ اسْتَجِبْ اللَّيْلَةَ دُعَائِي وَ أَعْطِنِي مَسْأَلَتِي

Respond to my supplication today, (please) Answer my request,

وَ أَعْظِمْ مِنْ مَسْأَلَتِي وَ كُنْ بِدُعَائِي حَفِيّاً

make my request considerable, be gracious toward my prayer,

[وَ كُنْ بِي رَحِيماً وَ لَا تُقَنِّطْنِي [مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ

be merciful on me; do not make me lose hope of Your mercy.

وَ لَا تُؤْيِسْنِي مِنْ رَوْحِكَ وَ لَا تَخْذُلْنِي

(Please) do not make me despair of Your soothing mercy, do not abandon me;

وَ أَنَا أَدْعُوكَ وَ لَا تَحْرِمْنِي

while I beseech You, do not deprive me;

وَ أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَ لَا تُعَذِّبَنِي وَ أَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ

while I ask You and do not punish me while I seek forgiveness of you.

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O, Most Merciful of the merciful!

وَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

O, Allah's blessings upon Muhammed and his whole Household.