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This supplicatory prayer is reported to have said by Imam al-Baqir (`a) whenever a distressing matter would take place::

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

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

وَٱغْفِرْ لِي وَٱرْحَمْنِي

waghfir li warhamni

forgive me, have mercy upon me,

وَزَكِّ عَمَلِي وَيَسِّرْ مُنْقَلَبِي

wa zakki `amali wa yassir munqalabi

multiply my (good) deed, make easy my place of return,

وَٱهْدِ قَلْبِي وَآمِنْ خَوْفِي

wahdi qalbi wa amin khawfi

guide my heart, secure my fear,

وَعَافِنِي فِي عُمْرِي كُلِّهِ

wa `afini fi `umri kullihi

grant me wellbeing throughout my whole lifetime,

وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَٱغْفِرْ خَطَايَايَ

wa thabbit hujjati waghfir khatayaya

admit my plea, forgive my wrongdoings,

وَبَيِّضْ وَجْهِي وَٱعْصِمْنِي فِي دِينِي

wa bayyid wajhi wa`simni fi dini

whiten my face, preserve me with regard to my faith,

وَسَهِّلْ مَطْلَبِي وَوَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ فِي رِزْقِي

wa sahhil matlabi wa wassi` `alayya fi rizqi

make easy for me to attain my aim, and expand Your sustenance to me,

فَإِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ

fa'inni da`ifun

for I am too weak to do that.

وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّءِ مَا عِنْدِي

wa tajawaz `an sayyi'i ma `indi

(Please) overlook the evil I have done

بِحُسْنِ مَا عِنْدَكَ

bihusni ma `indaka

in the name of the good You always do,

وَلاَ تَفْجَعْنِي بِنَفْسِي

wa la tafja`ni binafsi

do not make me suffer from the loss of myself,

وَلاَ تَفْجَعْ لِي حَمِيماً

wa la tafja` li hamiman

and do not make me suffer from the loss of one I intimately love.

وَهَبْ لِي يَا إِلٰهِي لَحْظَةً مِنْ لَحَظَاتِكَ

wa hab li ya ilahi lahzatan min lahazatika

(Please) grant me, O my God, one of Your glances

تَكْشِفُ بِهَا عَنِّي جَمِيعَ مَا بِهِ ابْتَلَيْتَنِي

takshifu biha `anni jami`a ma bihi ibtalaytani

through which You may relieve me from all what You have tested me through

وَتَرُدُّ بِهَا عَلَيَّ مَا هُوَ أَحْسَنُ عَادَتِكَ عِنْدِي

wa taruddu biha `alayya ma huwa ahsanu `adatika `indi

and through which You may endue me again with the best of Your usual bestowals to me,

فَقَدْ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِي وَقَلَّتْ حِيلَتِي

faqad da`ufat quwwati wa qallat hilati

for my power has decreased, my plans have failed,

وَٱنْقَطَعَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ رَجَائِي

wanqata`a min khalqika raja'i

and my hope in Your creatures have lost

وَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلاَّ رَجَاؤُكَ وَتَوَكُّلِي عَلَيْكَ

wa lam yabqa illa raja'uka wa tawakkuli `alayka

and nothing remained except my hope in You and my trust in You.

وَقُدْرَتُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ تَرْحَمَنِي وَتُعَافِيَنِي

wa qudratuka `alayya ya rabbi an tarhamani wa tu`afiyani

Your power, O my Lord, to have mercy upon me and to grant me wellbeing

كَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تُعَذِّبَنِي وَتَبْتَلِيَنِي

kaqudratika `alayya an tu`adhdhibani wa tabtaliyani

is the same as Your power to chastise and afflict me.

إِلٰهِي ذِكْرُ عَوَائِدِكَ يُؤْنِسُنِي

ilahi dhikru `awa'idika yu'nisuni

O my God, my remembrance of Your conferrals entertains me

وَٱلرَّجَاءُ لإِنْعَامِكَ يُقَوِّينِي

walrraja'u li'in`amika yuqawwini

and my expectation of Your favors strengthens me.

وَلَمْ أَخْلُ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِي

wa lam akhlu min ni`amika mundhu khalaqtani

I have never done without Your favors since You created me.

فَأَنْتَ رَبِّي وَسَيِّدِي

fa'anta rabbi wa sayyidi

So, You are my lord, my master,

وَمَفْزَعِي وَمَلْجَأِي

wa mafza`i wa malja'i

my shelter, my haven,

وَٱلْحَافِظُ لِي وَٱلذَّابُّ عَنِّي

walhafizu li waldhdhabbu `annai

my protector, my defender,

وَٱلرَّحِيمُ بِي وَٱلْمُتَكَفِّلُ بِرِزْقِي

walrrahimu bi walmutakaffilu birizqi

the merciful to me, the guarantor of my sustenance,

وَفِي قَضَائِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنَا فِيهِ

wa fi qada'ika wa qudratika kullu ma ana fihi

and whatever I am in is under Your decree and authority.

فَلْيَكُنْ يَا سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلاَيَ

falyakun ya sayyidi wa mawlaya

So, O my master and cherisher,

فِيمَا قَضَيْتَ وَقَدَّرْتَ وَحَتَمْتَ

fima qadayta wa qaddarta wa hatamta

within Your decrees, decisions, and inevitable commands,

تَعْجِيلُ خَلاَصِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ جَمِيعِهِ

ta`jilu khalasi mimma ana fihi jami`ihi

(please) decide on my salvation from all that which I am suffering

وَٱلْعَافِيَةُ لِي

wal`afiyatu li

and on granting me wellbeing,

فَإِنِّي لاَ أَجِدُ لِدَفْعِ ذٰلِكَ أَحَداً غَيْرَكَ

fa'inni la ajidu lidaf`i dhalika ahadan ghayraka

for I cannot find any one who can do all that except You

وَلاَ أَعْتَمِدُ فِيهِ إِلاَّ عَلَيْكَ

wa la a`tamidu fihi illa `alayka

and I trust in none save You.

فَكُنْ يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ

fakun ya dha aljalali wal-ikrami

O Lord of majesty and honor,

عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظَنِّي بِكَ وَرَجَائِي لَكَ

`inda ahsani zanni bika wa raja'i laka

(please) act according to the good idea I have about You and according to the hope I have in You,

وَٱرْحَمْ تَضَرُّعِي وَٱسْتِكَانَتِي وَضَعْفَ رُكْنِي

warham tadarru`i wastikanati wa da`fa rukni

have mercy on my earnest humbleness, my submission, and the weakness of my support,

وَٱمْنُنْ بِذٰلِكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ دَاعٍ دَعَاكَ

wamnun bidhalika `alayya wa `ala kulli da`in da`aka

and endue me, as well as all suppliants that supplicate You, with all of that.

يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama alrrahimina

O most merciful of all those who show mercy!

وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

wa salla allahu `ala muhammadin wa alihi

May Allah bless Muhammad and his Household.