Sahifa Sajjadiya 45: Farewell to the Month of Ramadan

أللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لا يَرْغَبُ فِي الْجَزَاءِ، وَلاَ يَنْدَمُ عَلَى الْعَطَآءِ، وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يُكَافِئُ عَبْدَهُ عَلَى السَّوآءِ، مِنَّتُكَ ابْتِدَاءٌ، وَعَفْوُكَ تَفَضُّلٌ، وَعُقُوبَتُكَ عَـدْلٌ، وَقَضَاؤُكَ خِيَرَةٌ، إنْ أَعْطَيْتَ لَمْ تَشُبْ عَطَآءَكَ بِمَنٍّ، وَإنْ مَنَعْتَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَنْعُكَ تَعَدِّيا تَشْكُرُ مَنْ شَكَرَكَ وَأَنْتَ أَلْهَمْتَهُ شُكْرَكَ، وَتُكَافِئُ مَنْ حَمِدَكَ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَهُ حَمْدَكَ، تَسْتُرُ عَلَى مَنْ لَوْ شِئْتَ فَضَحْتَهُ وَتَجُودُ عَلَى مَنْ لَوْ شِئْتَ مَنَعْتَهُ، وَكِلاَهُمَا أَهْلٌ مِنْكَ لِلْفَضِيحَةِ وَالْمَنْعِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ بَنَيْتَ أَفْعَالَكَ عَلَى التَّفَضُّلِ، وَأَجْرَيْتَ قُدْرَتَكَ عَلَى التَّجَاوُزِ، وَتَلَقَّيْتَ مَنْ عَصَاكَ بِالحِلْمِ، وَأمْهَلْتَ مَنْ قَصَدَ لِنَفْسِهِ بِالظُّلْمِ تَسْتَنْظِرُهُمْ بِأناتِكَ إلى الإنَابَةِ وَتَتْرُكُ مُعَاجَلَتَهُمْ إلَى التَّوْبَةِ لِكَيْلاَ يَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ هَالِكُهُمْ، وَلا يَشْقَى بِنِعْمَتِكَ شَقِيُّهُمْ إلاَّ عَنْ طُولِ الإِعْذَارِ إلَيْهِ، وَبَعْدَ تَرَادُفِ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَيْهِ كَرَماً مِنْ عَفْوِكَ يَا كَرِيْمُ، وَعَائِدَةً مِنْ عَطْفِكَ يَا حَلِيمُ. أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ فَتَحْتَ لِعِبَادِكَ بَاباً إلَى عَفْوِكَ وَسَمَّيْتَهُ التَّوْبَـةَ، وَجَعَلْتَ عَلَى ذلِكَ البَابِ دَلِيلاً مِنْ وَحْيِكَ لِئَلاَّ يَضِلُّوا عَنْهُ فَقُلْتَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ : (تُوبُوا إلَى الله تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُكَفِّـرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّات تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الأنْهَارُ يَوْمَ لاَ يُخْزِي اللهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ) فَمَا عُذْرُ مَنْ أَغْفَلَ دُخُولَ ذلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ الْبَابِ وَإقَامَةِ الدَّلِيْلِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي زِدْتَ فِي السَّوْمِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ لِعِبَادِكَ تُرِيدُ رِبْحَهُمْ فِي مُتَاجَرَتِهِمْ لَكَ، وَفَوْزَهُمْ بِالْوِفَادَةِ عَلَيْكَ وَالزِّيادَةِ مِنْكَ فَقُلْتَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ: (مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلاَ يُجْزى إلاّ مِثْلَهَا) وَقُلْتَ: (مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ الله كَمَثَلِ حَبَّة أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَة مَائَةُ حَبَّة وَالله يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ) وَقُلْتَ: (مَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يُقْرِضُ الله قَرْضاً حَسَنَاً فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً) وَمَا أَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ تَضَاعِيفِ الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي دَلَلْتَهُمْ بِقَوْلِكَ مِنْ غَيْبِكَ وَتَرْغِيْبِكَ الَّذِي فِيهِ حَظُّهُمْ عَلَى مَا لَوْ سَتَرْتَهُ عَنْهُمْ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ أَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَمْ تَعِـهِ أَسْمَاعُهُمْ وَلَمْ تَلْحَقْـهُ أَوْهَامُهُمْ فَقُلْتَ: (اذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِيْ وَلا تَكْفُرُونِ) وَقُلْتَ: (لَئِنْ شَكَـرْتُمْ لازِيدَنَّكمْ وَلَئِنْ كَفَـرْتُمْ إنَّ عَذابِيْ لَشَدِيدٌ) وَقُلْتَ : (ادْعُونِيْ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ) فَسَمَّيْتَ دُعَاءَكَ عِبَادَةً، وَتَرْكَهُ اسْتِكْبَاراً، وَتَوَعَّدْتَ عَلَى تَرْكِهِ دُخُولَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ، فَذَكَرُوكَ بِمَنِّكَ وَشَكَرُوكَ بِفَضْلِكَ، وَدَعَوْكَ بِأَمْرِكَ، وَتَصَدَّقُوا لَكَ طَلَباً لِمَزِيدِكَ، وَفِيهَا كَانَتْ نَجَاتُهُمْ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ، وَفَوْزُهُمْ بِرِضَاكَ، وَلَوْ دَلَّ مَخْلُوقٌ مَخْلُوقاً مِنْ نَفْسِهِ عَلَى مِثْلِ الَّذِيْ دَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عِبَادَكَ مِنْكَ كَانَ مَوْصُوْفَاً بالإحْسَان وَمَنْعُوتاً بِالامْتِثَال ومحمُوداً بكلِّ لِسَان، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مَا وُجِدَ فِي حَمْدِكَ مَذْهَبٌ، وَمَا بَقِيَ لِلْحَمْدِ لَفْظٌ تُحْمَدُ بِهِ وَمَعْنىً يَنْصَرفُ إلَيْهِ يَـا مَنْ تَحَمَّدَ إلَى عِبَـادِهِ بِالإِحْسَـانِ وَالْفَضْل، وَغَمَرَهُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالطَّوْلِ، مَا أَفْشَى فِيْنَا نِعْمَتَكَ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَّتَكَ، وَأَخَصَّنَا بِبِرِّكَ هَدْيَتَنَا لِدِيْنِكَ الَّـذِي اصْطَفَيْتَ، وَمِلَّتِـكَ الَّتِي ارْتَضَيْتَ، وَسَبِيلِكَ الَّذِي سَهَّلْتَ، وَبَصَّرْتَنَا الزُّلْفَةَ لَدَيْكَ وَالوُصُولَ إلَى كَـرَامَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَنْتَ جَعَلْتَ مِنْ صَفَـايَـا تِلْكَ الْوَظَائِفِ وَخَصَائِصِ تِلْكَ الْفُرُوضِ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي اخْتَصَصْتَهُ مِنْ سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ، وَتَخَيَّرْتَهُ مِن جَمِيعِ الأزْمِنَةِ وَالدُّهُورِ، وَآثَرْتَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَوْقَاتِ السَّنَةِ بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَالنُّورِ، وَضَاعَفْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الإيْمَانِ، وَفَرَضْتَ فِيْهِ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ، وَرَغَّبْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ القِيَامِ، وَأَجْلَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْر، ثُمَّ آثَرْتَنَا بِهِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الأُمَمِ وَاصْطَفَيْتَنَا بِفَضْلِهِ دُوْنَ أَهْلِ الْمِلَلِ، فَصُمْنَا بِأَمْرِكَ نَهَارَهُ، وَقُمْنَا بِعَوْنِكَ لَيْلَهُ مُتَعَرِّضِينَ بِصِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ لِمَا عَرَّضْتَنَا لَهُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَتَسَبَّبْنَا إلَيْـهِ مِنْ مَثُوبَتِكَ، وَأَنْتَ الْمَليءُ بِمَا رُغِبَ فِيهِ إلَيْكَ، الْجَوَادُ بِمـا سُئِلْتَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، الْقَـرِيبُ إلَى مَنْ حَـاوَلَ قُرْبَكَ، وَقَدْ أَقَامَ فِينَا هَذَا الشَّهْرُ مَقَامَ حَمْد وَصَحِبَنَا صُحْبَةَ مَبْرُور، وَأَرْبَحَنَا أَفْضَلَ أَرْبَاحِ الْعَالَمِينَ، ثُمَّ قَدْ فَارَقَنَا عِنْدَ تَمَامِ وَقْتِهِ وَانْقِطَاعِ مُدَّتِهِ وَوَفَاءِ عَدَدِهِ، فَنَحْنُ مُوَدِّعُوهُ وِدَاعَ مَنْ عَزَّ فِرَاقُهُ عَلَيْنَا وَغَمَّنَا وَأَوْحَشَنَا انْصِرَافُهُ عَنَّا وَلَزِمَنَا لَهُ الذِّمَامُ الْمَحْفُوظُ، وَالْحُرْمَةُ الْمَرْعِيَّةُ، وَالْحَقُّ الْمَقْضِيُّ، فَنَحْنُ قَائِلُونَ: السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَهْرَ اللهِ الأكْبَرَ، وَيَا عِيْدَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَـا أكْرَمَ مَصْحُـوب مِنَ الأوْقَاتِ، وَيَا خَيْرَ شَهْر فِي الأيَّامِ وَالسَّاعَاتِ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْر قَرُبَتْ فِيهِ الآمالُ وَنُشِرَتْ فِيهِ الأَعْمَالُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَرِين جَلَّ قَدْرُهُ مَوْجُوداً، وَأَفْجَعَ فَقْدُهُ مَفْقُوداً، وَمَرْجُوٍّ آلَمَ فِرَاقُهُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَلِيف آنَسَ مُقْبِلاً فَسَرَّ وَأَوْحَشَ مُنْقَضِياً فَمَضَّ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ مُجَاوِر رَقَّتْ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ، وَقَلَّتْ فِيهِ الذُّنُوبُ. السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نَاصِر أَعَانَ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ وَصَاحِب سَهَّلَ سُبُلَ الإحْسَانِ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مَا أكْثَرَ عُتَقَاءَ اللهِ فِيكَ وَمَا أَسْعَدَ مَنْ رَعَى حُرْمَتَكَ بكَ!. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ أَمْحَاكَ لِلذُّنُوبِ، وَأَسْتَرَكَ لِأنْوَاعِ الْعُيُوبِ! أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ أَطْوَلَكَ عَلَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ، وَأَهْيَبَكَ فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْر لا تُنَافِسُهُ الأيَّامُ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْر هُوَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْر سَلاَمٌ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ غَيْرَ كَرِيهِ الْمُصَاحَبَةِ وَلاَ ذَمِيمِ الْمُلاَبَسَةِ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ كَمَا وَفَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِالْبَرَكَاتِ، وَغَسَلْتَ عَنَّا دَنَسَ الْخَطِيئاتِ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مُوَدَّع بَرَماً وَلاَ مَتْرُوك صِيَامُهُ سَأَماً. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ مَطْلُوبِ قَبْلَ وَقْتِهِ وَمَحْزُون عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ فَوْتِهِ. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ كَمْ مِنْ سُوء صُرِفَ بِكَ عَنَّا وَكَمْ مِنْ خَيْر أُفِيضَ بِكَ عَلَيْنَا. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْـكَ وَعَلَى لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْر. أَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ ما كَانَ أَحْرَصَنَا بِالأمْسِ عَلَيْكَ وَأَشَدَّ شَوْقَنَا غَدَاً إلَيْكَ. أَلسَلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى فَضْلِكَ الَّذِي حُرِمْنَاهُ ، وَعَلَى مَاض مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ سُلِبْنَاهُ. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّا أَهْلُ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ الِّذِي شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ وَوَفّقتَنَا بِمَنِّكَ لَهُ حِينَ جَهِلَ الاَشْقِيَا وَقْتَهُ وَحُرِمُوا لِشَقَائِهِم فَضْلَهُ، أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ مَا اثَرْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِهِ، وَهَدَيْتَنَا مِنْ سُنَّتِهِ، وَقَدْ تَوَلَّيْنَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ صِيَامَهُ وَقِيَامَهُ عَلى تَقْصِير، وَأَدَّيْنَا فِيهِ قَلِيلاً مِنْ كَثِيـر. اللَّهُمَّ فَلَكَ الْحمدُ إقْـرَاراً بِـالإسَاءَةَ وَاعْتِرَافاً بِالإضَاعَةِ، وَلَك مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا عَقْدُ النَّدَمِ، وَمِنْ أَلْسِنَتِنَا صِدْقُ الاعْتِذَارِ، فَاْجُرْنَا عَلَى مَا أَصَابَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ التَّفْرِيطِ أَجْرَاً نَسْتَدْركُ بِهِ الْفَضْلَ الْمَرْغُوبَ فِيهِ، وَنَعْتَاضُ بِهِ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الذُّخْرِ الْمَحْرُوصِ عَلَيْهِ ، وَأَوْجِبْ لَنَا عُذْرَكَ عَلَى مَا قَصَّرْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَقِّكَ، وَابْلُغْ بِأَعْمَارِنَا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْديْنَا مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الْمُقْبِلِ، فَإذَا بَلَّغْتَنَاهُ فَأَعِنَّا عَلَى تَنَاوُلِ مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ وَأَدِّنَا إلَى الْقِيَامِ بِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ وَأجْرِ لنا مِنْ صَالِحِ العَمَلِ مَا يَكون دَرَكاً لِحَقِّكَ فِي الشَّهْرَيْنِ مِنْ شُهُورِ الدَّهْرِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَمَا أَلْمَمْنَا بِهِ فِي شَهْرِنَا هَذَا مِنْ لَمَم أَوْ إثْم، أَوْ وَاقَعْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ ذَنْبِ وَاكْتَسَبْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَة عَلَى تَعَمُّد مِنَّا أو عَلى نِسيانٍ ظَلَمنا فيه أنفُسَنا أَوِ انْتَهَكْنَا بِهِ حُرْمَةً مِنْ غَيْرِنَا فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاسْتُرْنَا بِسِتْرِكَ، وَاعْفُ عَنَّا بِعَفْوِكَ، وَلاَ تَنْصِبْنَا فِيهِ لاِعْيُنِ الشَّامِتِينَ، وَلاَ تَبْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا فِيهِ أَلْسُنَ الطَّاعِنينَ، وَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا بِمَا يَكُونُ حِطَّةً وَكَفَّارَةً لِمَا أَنْكَرْتَ مِنَّا فِيهِ بِرَأْفَتِكَ الَّتِي لاَ تَنْفَدُ، وَفَضْلِكَ الَّذِي لا يَنْقُصُ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْبُرْ مُصِيبَتنَا بِشَهْرِنَا وَبَارِكْ فِي يَوْمِ عِيْدِنَا وَفِطْرِنَا وَاجْعَلْهُ مِنْ خَيْرِ يَوْم مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا أَجْلَبِهِ لِعَفْو، وَأَمْحَاهُ لِذَنْبِ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنا ما خَفِيَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِنَا وَمَا عَلَنَ. أللَّهُمَّ اسلَخْنَا بِانْسِلاَخِ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ مِنْ خَطَايَانَا وَأَخْرِجْنَا بُخُرُوجِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئاتِنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَسْعَدِ أَهْلِهِ بِهِ وَأَجْزَلِهِمْ قِسَمَاً فِيـهِ وَأَوْفَـرِهِمْ حَظّاً مِنْـهُ. أللّهُمَّ وَمَنْ رَعَى حَقّ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهِ وَحَفِظَ حُرْمَتَهُ حَقَّ حِفْظِهَا وَقَامَ بِحُدُودِهِ حَقَّ قِيَامِهَا، وَأتَّقَى ذُنُوبَهُ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهَا أَوْ تَقَرَّبَ إلَيْكَ بِقُرْبَة أَوْجَبَتْ رِضَاكَ لَهُ وَعَطَفَتْ رَحْمَتَكَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهَبْ لَنَا مِثْلَهُ مِنْ وُجْدِكَ وَأَعْطِنَا أَضْعَافَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَإنَّ فَضْلَكَ، لا يَغِيْضُ وَإنَّ خَـزَائِنَكَ لا تَنْقُصُ، بَـلْ تَفِيضُ وَإنَّ مَعَـادِنَ إحْسَانِكَ لا تَفْنَى، وَإنَّ عَطَاءَكَ لَلْعَطَآءُ الْمُهَنَّا، أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا مِثْلَ أجُورِ مَنْ صَامَهُ أَوْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيْهِ إلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّا نَتُوبُ إلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِ فِطْرِنَا الّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِيداً وَسُـرُوراً. وَلأِهْلِ مِلَّتِكَ مَجْمَعاً وَمُحْتشداً مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْب أَذْنَبْنَاهُ، أَوْ سُوْء أَسْلَفْنَاهُ، أَوْ خَاطِرِ شَرٍّ أَضْمَرْنَاهُ، تَوْبَةَ مَنْ لاَ يَنْطَوِيْ عَلَى رُجُوع إلَى ذَنْب وَلا يَعُودُ بَعْدَهَا فِي خَطِيئَة، تَوْبَةً نَصوحاً خَلَصَتْ مِنَ الشَّكِّ وَالارْتِيَابِ، فَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنَّا وَارْضَ عَنَّا وَثَبِّتنَا عَلَيْهَا. أللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا خَوْفَ عِقَابِ الْوَعِيدِ، وَشَوْقَ ثَوَابِ الْمَوْعُودِ حَتّى نَجِدَ لَذَّةَ مَا نَدْعُوكَ بِهِ، وكَأْبَةَ مَا نَسْتَجِيْرُكَ مِنْهُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ التَّوَّابِيْنَ الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ لَهُمْ مَحَبَّتَكَ، وَقَبِلْتَ مِنْهُمْ مُرَاجَعَةَ طَاعَتِكَ، يَا أَعْدَلَ الْعَادِلِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ آبآئِنَا وَأُمَّهَاتِنَا وَأَهْلِ دِيْنِنَا جَمِيعاً مَنْ سَلَفَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ غَبَرَ إلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد نَبِيِّنَا وَآلِهِ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مَلائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ. وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ، وَأَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، صَلاَةً تَبْلُغُنَا بَرَكَتُهَا، وَيَنَالُنَا نَفْعُهَا، وَيُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا دُعَاؤُنَا، إنَّكَ أكْرَمُ مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ وَأكْفَى مَنْ تُوُكِّلَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْطَى مَنْ سُئِلَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.

1O God, O He who desires no repayment!
2O He who shows no remorse at bestowal!
3O He who rewards not His servant tit for tat!
4Your kindness is a new beginning, Your pardon gratuitous bounty,
5Your punishment justice, Your decree a choice for the best!
6If You bestowest, You stainest not Your bestowal with obligation,
7and if You withholdest, You withholdest not in transgression.
8You showest gratitude to him who thanks You, while You hast inspired him to thank You.
9You rewardest him who praises You, while though You hast taught him Your praise.
10You coverest him whom, if You willed, You wouldst expose,
11and You art generous toward him from whom, if You willed, You wouldst withhold.
12Both are worthy of Your exposure and withholding,
13but You hast founded Your acts upon gratuitous bounty,
14channelled Your power into forbearance,
15received him who disobeyed You with clemency,
16and disregarded him who intended wrongdoing against himself.
17You awaitest their turning back without haste and refrainest from rushing them toward repentance,
18so that the perisher among them may not perish because of You
19and the wretched may not be wretched through Your favour,
20but only after Your prolonged excusing him
21and successive arguments against him,
22as an act of generosity through Your pardon, O Generous,
23and an act of kindliness through Your tenderness, O Clement!
24It is You who hast opened for Your servants a door
25to Your pardon, which You hast named 'repentance'.
26You hast placed upon that door a pointer from Your revelation,
27lest they stray from it: You hast said (blessed is Your Name),
28"Repent toward God with unswerving repentance! It may be that Your Lord
29will acquit of your evil deeds and will admit you into
30gardens beneath which rivers flow,
31upon the day when God will not degrade the Prophet
32and those who have faith along with him, their light running before them and on their right hands,
33and they say: 'Our Lord, complete for us our light, and forgive us!
34Surely You art powerful over everything" (66:8).
35What is the excuse of him who remains heedless of entering that house
36after the opening of the door and the setting up of the pointer?
37It is You who hast raised the price against Yourself to the advantage of Your servants,
38desiring their profit in their trade with You,
39their triumph through reaching You, and their increase on account of You,
40for You hast said (blessed is Your Name and high art You exalted),
41"Whoso brings a good deed shall have ten the like of it,
42and whoso brings an evil deed shall only be recompensed the like of it" (6:160).
43You hast said, "The likeness of those who expend their wealth in the way of God is as the likeness of a grain of corn
44that sprouts seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains;
45so God multiplies unto whom He wills" (2:261).
46You hast said, "Who is he that will lend to God a good loan,
47and He will multiply it for him manifold" (2:245)?
48And You hast sent down in the Qur'an similar verses on the multiplying of good deeds.
49It is You who hast pointed them through Your speech from Your Unseen and Your encouragement
50in which lies their good fortune toward that which - hadst You covered it from them
51their eyes would not have perceived, their ears would not have heard,
52and their imaginations would not have grasped,
53for You hast said, "Remember Me and I will remember you be thankful to Me, and be you not thankless towards Me" (2:152)!
54You hast said, "If you are thankful, surely I will increase you,
55but if you are thankless, My chastisement is surely terrible" (14:7);
56And You hast said, "Supplicate Me and I will respond to you,
57surely those who wax too proud to worship Me
58shall enter Gehenna utterly abject" (40:60).
59Hence You hast named supplicating You 'worship' and refraining from it 'waxing proud',
60and You hast threatened that the refraining from it would yield entrance into Gehenna in utter abjection.
61So they remember You for Your kindness, they thank You for Your bounty,
62they supplicate You by Your command,
63and they donate for You in order to seek Your increase;
64in all this lies their deliverance from Your wrath
65and their triumph through Your good pleasure.
66Were any creature himself to direct another creature
67to the like of that to which You Yourself hast directed Your servants,
68he would be described by beneficence,
69qualified by kindness, and praised by every tongue.
70So to You belongs praise as long as there is found a way to praise You
71and as long as there remains for praising words by which You may be praised and meanings which may be spent in praise!
72O He who shows Himself praiseworthy to His servants through beneficence and bounty,
73flooding them with kindness and graciousness!
74How much Your favour has been spread about among us, Your kindness lavished upon us,
75and Your goodness singled out for us!
76You hast guided us to Your religion which You hast chosen,
77Your creed with which You art pleased,
78and Your path which You hast made smooth,
79and You hast shown us proximity to You and arrival at Your generosity!
80O God, You hast appointed among the choicest of those duties
81and the most special of those obligations
82the month of Ramadan, which You hast singled out from other months,
83chosen from among all periods and eras,
84and preferred over all times of the year
85through the Qur'an and the Light which You sent down within it,
86the faith which You multiplied by means of it,
87the fasting which You obligated therein,
88the standing in prayer which You encouraged at its time,
89and the Night of Decree which You magnified therein,
90the night which is "better than a thousand months" (97:3).
91Through it You hast preferred us over the other communities
92and through its excellence You hast chosen us to the exclusion of the people of the creeds.
93We fasted by Your command in its daylight,
94we stood in prayer with Your help in its night,
95presenting ourselves by its fasting and its standing to the mercy which You hast held up before us,
96and we found through it the means to Your reward.
97And You art full of what is sought from You,
98munificent with what is asked of Your bounty,
99and near to him who strives for Your nearness.
100This month stood among us in a standing place of praise,
101accompanied us with the companionship of one approved,
102and profited us with the most excellent profit of the world's creatures.
103Then it parted from us at the completion of its time, the end of its term, and the fulfilment of its number.
104So we bid farewell to it with the farewell of one whose parting pains us,
105whose leaving fills us with gloom and loneliness,
106and to whom we have come to owe a safeguarded claim,
107an observed inviolability, and a discharged right.
108We say: Peace be upon You,
109O greatest month of God! O festival of His friends!
110Peace be upon You, O most noble of accompanying times!
111O best of months in days and hours!
112Peace be upon You, month in which expectations come near
113and good works are scattered about!
114Peace be upon You, comrade who is great in worth when found
115and who torments through absence when lost, anticipated friend whose parting gives pain!
116Peace be upon You, familiar who brought comfort in coming, thus making happy,
117who left loneliness in going, thus giving anguish!
118Peace be upon You, neighbour in whom hearts became tender and sins became few!
119Peace be upon You, helper who aided against Satan,
120companion who made easy the paths of good-doing!
121Peace be upon You - How many became freedmen of God within You!
122How happy those who observed the respect due to You!
123Peace be upon You - How many the sins You erased!
124How many the kinds of faults You covered over!
125Peace be upon You - How drawn out wert You for the sinners!
126How awesome wert You in the hearts of the faithful!
127Peace be upon You, month with which no days compete!
128Peace be upon You, month which is peace in all affairs!
129Peace be upon You, You whose companionship is not disliked,
130You whose friendly mixing is not blamed!
131Peace be upon You, just as You hast entered upon us with blessings
132and cleansed us of the defilement of offenses!
133Peace be upon You - You art not bid farewell in annoyance
134nor is Your fasting left in weariness!
135Peace be upon You, object of seeking before Your time,
136object of sorrow before Your passing!
137Peace be upon You - How much evil was turned away from us through You!
138How much good flowed upon us because of You!
139Peace be upon You and upon the Night of Decree
140which is "better than a thousand months" (97:3)!
141Peace be upon You - How much we craved You yesterday!
142How intensely we shall yearn for You tomorrow!
143Peace be upon You and upon Your bounty which has now been made unlawful to us
144and upon Your blessings gone by which have now been stripped away from us!
145O God, we are the people of this month. Through it You hast ennobled us
146and given us success because of Your kindness, while the wretched are ignorant of its time.
147Made unlawful to them is its bounty because of their wretchedness.
148You art the patron of the knowledge of it by which You hast preferred us,
149and its prescribed practices to which You hast guided us.
150We have undertaken, through Your giving success, its fasting and its standing in prayer, but with shortcomings,
151and we have performed little of much.
152O God, so to You belongs praise, in admission of evil doing
153and confession of negligence, and to You belongs remorse firmly knitted in our hearts
154and seeking of pardon sincerely uttered by our tongues.
155Reward us, in spite of the neglect that befell us in this month,
156with a reward through which we may reach the bounty desired from it
157and win the varieties of its craved stores!
158Make incumbent upon us Your pardon for our falling short of Your right in this month
159and make our lives which lie before us reach the coming month of Ramadan!
160Once You hast made us reach it, help us perform
161the worship of which You art worthy,
162cause us to undertake the obedience which You deservest,
163and grant us righteous works
164that we may fulfil Your right in these two months of the months of time.
165O God, as for the small and large sins which we have committed in this our month,
166the misdeeds into which we have fallen, and the offenses which we have earned
167purposefully or in forgetfulness, wronging ourselves thereby or violating the respect due to others,
168bless Muhammad and his Household, cover us over with Your covering,
169pardon us through Your pardoning,
170place us not before the eyes of the gloaters because of that,
171stretch not toward us the tongues of the defamers,
172and employ us in that which will alleviate and expiate
173whatever You disapprovest from us within it through Your clemency which does not run out,
174and Your bounty which does not diminish!
175O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
176redress our being afflicted by our month,
177bless us in this day of our festival and our fast-breaking,
178make it one of the best of days that have passed over us, the greatest in attracting Your pardon, and the most effacing toward sins,
179and forgive us our sins, both the concealed and the public!
180O God, with the passing of this month make us pass forth from our offenses,
181with its departure make us depart from our evil deeds,
182and appoint us thereby among its most felicitous people,
183the most plentiful of them in portion, and the fullest of them in share!
184O God, when any person observes this month as it should be observed,
185safeguards its inviolability as it should be safeguarded, attends to its bounds as they should be attended to,
186fears its misdeeds as they should be feared, or seeks nearness to You with any act of nearness-seeking
187which makes incumbent upon him Your good pleasure and bends toward him Your mercy,
188give to us the like [of that] from Your wealth
189and bestow it upon us in multiples through Your bounty,
190for Your bounty does not diminish, Your treasuries do not decrease but overflow,
191the mines of Your beneficence are not exhausted,
192and Your bestowal is the bestowal full of delight!
193O God, bless Muhammad and his Household
194and write for us the like of the wages of him who fasted in it
195or worshipped You within it until the Day of Resurrection!
196O God, we repent to You in our day of fast-breaking,
197which You hast appointed for the faithful a festival and a joy
198and for the people of Your creed a time of assembly and gathering, from every misdeed we did,
199ill work we sent ahead, or evil thought we secretly conceived,
200the repentance of one who does not harbour a return to sin
201and who afterwards will not go back to offense,
202an unswerving repentance rid of doubt and wavering.
203So accept it from us, be pleased with us, and fix us within it!
204God, provide us with fear of the threatened punishment
205and yearning for the promised reward, so that we may find the pleasure of that for which we supplicate You
206and the sorrow of that from which we seek sanctuary in You!
207And place us with You among the repenters, those upon whom You hast made Your love obligatory
208and from whom You hast accepted the return to obeying You! O Most Just of the just!
209O God, show forbearance toward our fathers and our mothers and all the people of our religion,
210those who have gone and those who will pass by, until the Day of Resurrection!
211O God, bless our prophet Muhammad and his Household,
212as You hast blessed Your angels brought nigh,
213bless him and his Household,
214as You hast blessed Your prophets sent out,
215bless him and his Household, as You hast blessed Your righteous servants
216- and better than that, O Lord of the worlds!
217a blessing whose benediction will reach us, whose benefit will attain to us,
218and through which our supplication may be granted!
219You art the most generous of those who are beseeched,
220the most sufficient of those in whom confidence is had,
221the most bestowing of those from whom bounty is asked,
222and You art powerful over everything!