Relief from sadness
6 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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Imam al-Sadiq (`a) is reported to have said: — When his brothers threw (Prophet) Joseph in the well, Archangel Gabriel came to him and said, “O boy, what are doing here?” Joseph answered, “My brothers have thrown me in this well.” “Do you like to come out of it?” asked the archangel. “This is up to Allah the Almighty and All-majestic.” answered Joseph, “If He wishes, He will do.” “Allah the All-exalted says to you that if you pray me with this supplicatory prayer, I will take you out of this well,” taught Gabriel. “What is this supplicatory prayer?” asked Joseph.“It is this one,” taught Archangel Gabriel:
1اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدَ
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of (the fact) that to You is all praise;
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لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ ٱلْمَنَّانُ
there is no god save You, the All-donor,
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بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ
the excellent originator of the heavens and the earth,
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ذُو ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ
and the Lord of majesty and honor
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أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
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وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ فَرَجاً وَمَخْرَجاً
and to prepare for me a relief and way out from what I am in. After that, the caravan came and took Prophet Joseph out of the well, as the Holy Qur'an has related.