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الصحيفة السجادية

Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

83 verses Source: Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

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  1. Supplications 1. In Praise of God
  2. Supplications 2. Blessings upon Prophet(saws)
  3. Supplications 3. Blessings on Bearers of throne & angels
  4. Supplications 4. Blessings on Followers & Attestors to Prophets
  5. Supplications 5. Prayer for People under guardianship
  6. Supplications 6. His Supplication for Morning & Evening
  7. Supplications 7. When faced with Worrisome Task
  8. Supplications 8. Seeking Refuge from Hateful things
  9. Supplications 9. In Yearning to Ask Forgiveness
  10. Supplications 10. Seeking Asylum with God.
  11. Supplications 11. Seeking Good Outcomes
  12. Supplications 12.His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance toward God
  13. Supplications 13. In Seeking Needs
  14. Supplications 14. When Hostility was shown to him
  15. Supplications 15. His supplication when sick
  16. Supplications 16. In Asking Release from sins and Seeking Pardon
  17. Supplications 17. When he Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge from him
  18. Supplications 18. When Perils were repelled or Requests quickly granted
  19. Supplications 19. His Supplication in Asking for Water during a Drought
  20. Supplications 20. Makaeremul Akhlaq- Noble Traits
  21. Supplications 21.When Something made him Sorrowful
  22. Supplications 22. His Supplication in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs
  23. Supplications 23. When he Asked God for Well-Being
  24. Supplications 24. His Prayer for Parents
  25. Supplications 25. His Supplication for his Children
  26. Supplications 26. His Supplication for Neighbours and Friends
  27. Supplications 27. His Supplication for People of Frontiers
  28. Supplications 28. His Supplication in Fleeing to God for Protection
  29. Supplications 29. His Supplication when his Provision was Stinted
  30. Supplications 30. His Supplication for help in repaying debts
  31. Supplications 31. In mentioning and asking for Repentance
  32. Supplications 32. His Supplication in the Night Prayer
  33. Supplications 33. His Supplication in Asking for the Best
  34. Supplications 34. When he was afflicted or saw someone afflicted with the Disgrace of Sin
  35. Supplications 35. In Satisfaction when he Looked upon the Companions of this world
  36. Supplications 36. When he saw Clouds and Lightening and heard the Thunder
  37. Supplications 37. His supplication in giving Thanks
  38. Supplications 38. His supplication in asking Pardon
  39. Supplications 39. His supplication in seeking Pardon & Mercy
  40. Supplications 40. When he remembered Death
  41. Supplications 41. His Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection
  42. Supplications 42. Upon Completing a Reading of the Qur'an
  43. Supplications 43. When he Looked at the New Crescent Moon
  44. Supplications 44. For the Coming of the Month of Ramadan
  45. Supplications 45. Farewell to the Month of Ramadan
  46. Supplications 46. On the Day of Fast-Breaking and on Friday
  47. Supplications 47. His Supplication On the Day of Arafah
  48. Supplications 48. His Supplication On the Day of Sacrifice and Friday
  49. Supplications 49. Repelling the trickery of enemies
  50. Supplications 50. His Supplication in Fear
  51. Supplications 51. In Pleading and Abasement
  52. Supplications 52. His Supplication in Imploring God
  53. Supplications 53. Abasing himself before God
  54. Supplications 54. Removal of Worries
  55. Supplications 55. One of his Glorifications
  56. Supplications 56. A Supplication and Magnification by him (a.s.)
  57. Supplications 57. His Supplication in Mentioning the Household of Muhammad (upon them be peace)
  58. Supplications 58. His Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon Adam
  59. Supplications 59. His Supplication in Distress and Seeking Release
  60. Supplications 60. His Supplication against that which he Feared and Dreaded
  61. Supplications 61. His Supplication in Abasing himself
  62. 1. Munajaat Taebeen (Repenters)
  63. 2. Munajaat Shakeen (Complainers)
  64. 3. Munajaat Khaifeen (Fearful)
  65. 4. Munajaat Rajeen (Hopeful)
  66. 5. Munajaat Raghibeen (Beseechers)
  67. 6. Munajaat Shakireen (Thankful)
  68. 7. Munajaat Mutieen (Obedient)
  69. 8. Munajaat Murideen (Devotees)
  70. 9. Munajaat Muhibeen (Lovers)
  71. 10. Munajaat Mutawassileen (seeking mediation)
  72. 11. Munajaat Muftaqireen (Utterly Poor)
  73. 12. Munajaat 'Arifeen (Knowers)
  74. 13. Munajaat Dhakireen (Rememberers)
  75. 14. Munajaat M'utasimeen ( Who hold fast)
  76. 15. Munajaat Zahideen (Abstainers)
  77. 1. Dua of Sunday
  78. 2. Dua of Monday
  79. 3. Dua of Tuesday
  80. 4. Dua of Wednesday
  81. 5. Dua of Thursday
  82. 6. Dua of Friday
  83. 7. Dua of Saturday

  1. Supplications 1. In Praise of God

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    أَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الاوَّلِ بِلا أَوَّل كَانَ قَبْلَهُ، وَ الاخِر بِلاَ آخِر يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ ،الَّذِي قَصُرَتْ عَنْ رُؤْيَتِهِ أَبْصَارُ النَّاظِرِينَ وَ عَجَزَتْ عَنْ نَعْتِهِ أَوهامُ اَلْوَاصِفِينَ ابْتَدَعَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ الْخَلْقَ اَبتِدَاعَاً، وَاخْتَرَعَهُمْ عَلَى مَشِيَّتِهِ اخترَاعاً، ثُمَّ سَلَكَ بِهِمْ طَرِيقَ إرَادَتِهِ، وَبَعَثَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ مَحَبَّتِهِ لايَمْلِكُونَ تَأخِيراً عَمَا قَدَّمَهُمْ إليْهِ وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَقَدُّماً إلَى مَا أَخَّرَهُمْ عَنْهُ، وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ رُوْح مِنْهُمْ قُوتَاً مَعْلُوماً مَقْسُوماً مِنْ رِزْقِهِ لاَ يَنْقُصُ مَنْ زادَهُ نَاقِصٌ، وَلاَ يَزِيدُ مَنْ نَقَصَ منْهُمْ زَائِدٌ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ لَهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ أَجَلاً مَوْقُوتاً، وَ نَصَبَ لَهُ أَمَداً مَحْدُوداً، يَتَخَطَّأُ إلَيهِ بِأَيَّامِ عُمُرِهِ، وَيَرْهَقُهُ بِأَعْوَامِ دَهْرِهِ، حَتَّى إذَا بَلَغَ أَقْصَى أَثَرِهِ، وَ اسْتَوْعَبَ حِسابَ عُمُرِهِ، قَبَضهُ إلَى ما نَدَبَهُ إلَيْهِ مِنْ مَوْفُورِ ثَوَابِهِ أَوْ مَحْذُورِ عِقَابِهِ، لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَساءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَ يَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى عَدْلاً مِنْهُ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَآؤُهُ، وَتَظَاهَرَتْ ألاؤُهُ، لاَ يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي لَوْ حَبَسَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ مَعْرِفَةَ حَمْدِهِ عَلَى مَا أَبْلاَهُمْ مِنْ مِنَنِهِ الْمُتَتَابِعَةِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْهِمْ رمِنْ نِعَمِهِ الْمُتَظَاهِرَة لَتَصرَّفُوا فِي مِنَنِهِ فَلَمْ يَحْمَدُوهُ وَتَوَسَّعُوا فِي رِزْقِهِ فَلَمْ يَشْكُرُوهُ، وَلَوْ كَانُوا كَذلِكَ لَخَرَجُوا مِنْ حُدُودِ الانْسَانِيَّةِ إلَى حَدِّ الْبَهِيمِيَّةِ، :فَكَانُوا كَمَا وَصَفَ فِي مُحْكَم كِتَابِهِ ( إنْ هُمْ إلا كَالانْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلا ) وَالْحَمْدُ لله عَلَى مَا عَرَّفَنا من نفسه وَأَلْهَمَنَا مِنْ شُكْرِهِ وَفَتَحَ لَنَا من أبوَابِ الْعِلْمِ بِرُبُوبِيّته وَدَلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الاِخْلاَصِ لَهُ فِي تَوْحِيدِهِ وَجَنَّبَنا مِنَ الالْحَادِ وَالشَّكِّ فِي أَمْرِهِ، حَمْداً نُعَمَّرُ بِهِ فِيمَنْ حَمِدَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ وَنَسْبِقُ بِـهِ مَنْ سَبَقَ إلَى رِضَاهُ وَعَفْوِهِ حَمْداً يُضِيءُ لَنَا بِهِ ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرْزَخِ وَيُسَهِّلُ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ سَبِيلَ الْمَبْعَثِ وَيُشَرِّفُ بِهِ مَنَازِلَنَا عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الاشْهَادِ يَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْس بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لا يُظْلَمُونَ (يَوْمَ لاَ يُغْنِي مَوْلىً عَنْ مَوْلىً شَيْئاً وَلاَ هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ) حَمْداً يَرْتَفِعُ مِنَّا إلَى أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ فِي كِتَاب مَرْقُوم يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ، حَمْداً تَقَرُّ بِهِ عُيُونُنَا إذَا بَرِقَت الابْصَارُ وَتَبْيَضُّ بِهِ وُجُوهُنَا إذَا اسْوَدَّتِ الابْشَارُ، حَمْداً نُعْتَقُ بِهِ مِنْ أَلِيمِ نار الله الى كَرِيمِ جِوَارِ اللهِ حَمْداً نُزَاحِمُ بِهِ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَنُضَامُّ بِـهِ أَنْبِيآءَهُ الْمُـرْسَلِيْنَ فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ الَّتِي لا تَزُولُ وَمَحَلِّ كَرَامَتِهِ الَّتِي لاَ تَحُولُ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي اخْتَارَ لَنَا مَحَاسِنَ الْخَلْقِ وَأَجرى عَلَيْنَا طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ وَجَعَلَ لَنَا الفَضِيلَةَ بِالْمَلَكَةِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْخَلْقِ فَكُلُّ خَلِيقَتِهِ مُنْقَادَةٌ لَنَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ، وَصَآئِرَةٌ إلَى طَاعَتِنَا بِعِزَّتِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي أَغْلَقَ عَنَّا بَابَ الْحَّاجَةِ إلاّ إلَيْهِ فَكَيْفَ نُطِيقُ حَمْدَهُ أَمْ مَتَى نُؤَدِّي شُكْرَهُ؟ لا، مَتى؟ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي رَكَّبَ فِينَا آلاَتِ الْبَسْطِ وَجَعَلَ لَنَا أدَوَاتِ الْقَبْضِ، وَمَتَّعَنا بِاَرْواحِ الْحَياةِ وَأثْبَتَ فِينَا جَوَارِحَالاعْمَال وَغَذَّانَا بِطَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ ، وَأغْنانَا بِفَضْلِهِ وَأقْنانَا بِمَنِّهِ ثُمّ أَمَرَنَا لِيَخْتَبِرَطاعَتَنَا، وَنَهَانَا لِيَبْتَلِيَ شُكْرَنَا فَخَالَفْنَا عَنْ طَرِيْقِ أمْرِهِ وَرَكِبْنا مُتُونَ زَجْرهِ فَلَم يَبْتَدِرْنابِعُقُوبَتِه وَلَمْ يُعَاجِلْنَا بِنِقْمَتِهِ بَلْ تَانَّانا بِرَحْمَتِهِ تَكَرُّماً، وَانْتَظَرَ مُراجَعَتَنَا بِرَأفَتِهِ حِلْماً. وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي دَلَّنَاعَلَى التَّوْبَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ نُفِدْهَا إلاّ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، فَلَوْ لَمْ نَعْتَدِدْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إلاّ بِهَالَقَدْ حَسُنَ بَلاؤُهُ عِنْدَنَا، وَ جَلَّ إحْسَانُهُ إلَيْنَا، وَ جَسُمَ فَضْلُهُ عَلَيْنَا فَمَا هكذا كَانَتْ سُنَّتُهُ فِي التَّوْبَةِ لِمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَنَا لَقَدْ وَضَعَ عَنَّا مَا لا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ، وَلَمْ يُكَلِّفْنَا إلاّ وُسْعاً، وَ لَمْ يُجَشِّمْنَا إلاّ يُسْراً وَلَمْ يَدَعْ لاَحَـد مِنَّا حُجَّةً وَلاَ عُذْراً فَالْهَالِكُ مِنَّا مَنْ هَلَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ السَّعِيدُ مِنَّا مَنْرَغِبَ إلَيْهِ وَ الْحَمْد للهِ بِكُلِّ مَا حَمِدَهُ بِهِ أدْنَى مَلائِكَتِهِ إلَيْهِ وَ أَكْرَمُ خَلِيقَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَأرْضَىحَامِدِيْهِ لَدَيْهِ حَمْداً يَفْضُلُ سَآئِرَ الْحَمْدِ كَفَضْلِ رَبِّنا عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ ثُمَّ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ نِعْمَة لَهُ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلى جَمِيعِ عِبَادِهِ الْمَاضِينَ وَالْبَاقِينَ عَدَدَ مَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِالاشْيَآءِ وَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَة مِنْهَا عَدَدُهَا أَضْعافَاً مُضَاعَفَةً أَبَداً سَرْمَداً إلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ حَمْداً لاَ مُنْتَهَى لِحَدِّهِ وَ لا حِسَابَ لِعَدَدِهِ وَ لاَ مَبْلَغَ لِغَايَتِهِ وَ لا انْقِطَاعَ لاَمَدِهِ حَمْدَاً يَكُونُ وُصْلَةً إلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَعَفْوِهِ وَ سَبَباً إلَى رِضْوَانِهِ وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى مَغْفِرَتِهِ وَ طَرِيقاً إلَى جَنَّتِهِ وَخَفِيْراً مِنْ نَقِمَتِهِ وَ أَمْناً مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَ ظَهِيْراً عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَ حَاجِزاً عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ وَعَوْناً عَلَى تَأدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ وَ وَظائِفِهِ حَمْداً نَسْعَدُ بِهِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآئِهِ وَنَصِيرُ بِهِ فِي نَظْمِ الشُّهَدَآءِ بِسُيُوفِ أَعْدَائِهِ إنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    1.Praise belongs to God, 2.the First, without a first before Him, 3.the Last, without a last behind Him. 4.Beholders' eyes fall short of seeing Him, 5.describers' imaginations are not able to depict Him. 6.He originated the creatures through His power with an origination, 7.He devised them in accordance with His will with a devising. 8.Then He made them walk on the path of His desire, 9.He sent them out on the way of His love. 10.They cannot keep back from that to which He has sent them forward, 11.nor can they go forward to that from which He has kept them back. 12.He assigned from His provision to each of their spirits 13.a nourishment known and apportioned. 14.No decreaser decreases those whom He increases, 15.no increaser increases those of them whom He decreases. 16.Then for each spirit He strikes a fixed term in life, 17.for each He sets up a determined end; 18.he walks toward it through the days of his span, 19.he overtakes it through the years of his time. 20.Then, when he takes his final step 21.and embraces the reckoning of his span, 22.God seizes him to the abundant reward 23.or the feared punishment to which He has called him, 24."That He may repay those who do evil for what they have done 25.and repay those who do good with goodness" (53:31), 26.as justice from Him (holy are His names, 27.and manifest His boons). 28."He shall not be questioned as to what He does, but they shall be questioned" (21:23). 29.Praise belongs to God, for, had He withheld from His servants the knowledge 30.to praise Him for the uninterrupted kindnesses with which He has tried them 31.and the manifest favours which He has lavished upon them, 32.they would have moved about in His kindnesses without praising Him, 33.and spread themselves out in His provision without thanking Him. 34.Had such been the case, they would have left the bounds of humanity 35.for that of beastliness 36.and become as He has described in the firm text of His Book: 37."They are but as the cattle—nay, but they are further astray from the way"! (25:46) 38.Praise belongs to God, for the true knowledge of Himself He has given to us, 39.the thanksgiving He has inspired us to offer Him, 40.the doors to knowing His Lordship He has opened for us, 41.the sincerity towards Him in professing His Unity to which He has led us, 42.and the deviation and doubt in His Command from which He has turned us aside; 43.a praise through which we may be given long life among those of His creatures who praise Him, 44.and overtake those who have gone ahead toward His good pleasure and pardon; 45.a praise through which He will illuminate for us the shadows of the interworld, 46.ease for us the path of the Resurrection, 47.and raise up our stations at the standing places of the Witnesses 48."on the day when every soul will be repaid for what it has earned - they shall not be wronged" (45:21); 49."the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped" (44:41); 50.a praise which will rise up from us to the highest of the 'Illiyun 51."in a book inscribed, witnessed by those brought nigh" (83:20-21), 52.a praise whereby our eyes may be at rest when sight is dazzled, 53.our faces whitened when skins are blackened, 54.a praise through which we may be released from God's painful Fire 55.and enter God's generous neighbourhood, 56.a praise by which we may jostle the angels brought nigh 57.and join the prophets, the envoys, 58.in a House of Permanence that does not remove, 59.the Place of His Generosity that does not change. 60.Praise belongs to God, who chose for us the good qualities of creation, 61.granted us the agreeable things of provision, 62.and appointed for us excellence through domination over all creation; 63.every one of His creatures submits to us through His power 64.and comes to obey us through His might. 65.Praise belongs to God, who locked for us the gate of need except toward Him. 66.So how can we praise Him? When can we thank Him? Indeed, when? 67.Praise belongs to God, who placed within us the organs of expansion, 68.assigned for us the agents of contraction, 69.gave us to enjoy the spirits of life, 70.fixed within us the limbs of works, 71.nourished us with the agreeable things of provision, 72.freed us from need through His bounty, 73.and gave us possessions through His kindness. 74.Then He commanded us that He might test our obedience 75.and prohibited us that He might try our thanksgiving. So we turned against the path of His commandments 76.and mounted the backs of His warnings. 77.Yet He hurried us not to His punishment,nor hastened us on to His vengeance, , 78.No, He went slowly with us through His mercy, in generosity, and awaited our return through His clemency, in mildness. 79.Praise belongs to God, who showed us the way to repentance, 80.which we would not have won save through His bounty. 81.Had we nothing to count as His bounty 82.but this, His trial of us would have been good, 83.His beneficence toward us great, 84.His bounty upon us immense. 85.For such was not His wont in repentance 86.with those who went before us. 87.He has lifted up from us 88."what we have not the strength to bear"(2:286) , 89.charged us only to our capacity, 90.imposed upon us nothing but ease, 91.and left none of us with an argument or excuse. 92.So the perisher among us is he who perishes in spite of Him 93.and the felicitous among us he who beseeches Him. 94.And praise belongs to God with all the praises of 95.His angels closest to Him, 96.His creatures most noble in His eyes, 97.and His praisers most pleasing to Him; 98.a praise that may surpass other praises 99.as our Lord surpasses all His creatures. 100.Then to Him belongs praise, 101.in place of His every favour upon us 102.and upon all His servants, past and still remaining, 103.to the number of all things His knowledge encompasses, 104.and in place of each of His favours, 105.their number doubling and redoubling always and forever, to the Day of Resurrection; 106.a praise whose bound has no utmost end, 107.whose number has no reckoning, 108.whose limit cannot be reached, 109.whose period cannot be cut off; 110.a praise which will become a link to His obedience and pardon, 111.a tie to His good pleasure, 112.a means to His forgiveness, 113.a path to His Garden, 114.a protector against His vengeance, 115.a security against His wrath, 116.an aid to obeying Him, 117.a barrier against disobeying Him, 118.a help in fulfilling His right and His duties; 119.a praise that will make us felicitous among His felicitous friends, 120.and bring us into the ranks of those martyred by the swords of His enemies. 121.He is a Friend, Praiseworthy!

  2. Supplications 2. Blessings upon Prophet(saws)

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    وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ دُونَ ٱلْاُمَمِ ٱلْمَاضِيَةِ وَٱلْقُـرُونِ السَّالِفَةِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ الَّتِي لَا تَعْجِزُ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ إِنْ عَظُمَ وَ لا يَفُوتُهَا شَيءٌ وَإنْ لَطُفَ، فَخَتَمَ بِنَاعَلَى جَمِيع مَنْ ذَرَأَ وَ جَعَلَنَا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى مَنْ جَحَدَ وَكَثَّرَنا بِمَنِّهِ عَلَى مَنْ قَلَّ اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَمِينِكَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ وَنَجِيبِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ إمَامِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ وَ مِفْتَاحِ الْبَرَكَةِ كَمَا نَصَبَ لِأَمْرِكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ عَرَّضَ فِيْكَ لِلْمَكْرُوهِ بَدَنَهُ وَكَاشَفَ فِي الدُّعَآءِ إلَيْكَ حَامَّتَهُ وَحَارَبَ فِي رِضَاكَ أسْرَتَهُ وَقَطَعَ فِىْ إحْياءِ دِينِكَ رَحِمَهُ وَ أَقْصَى الْأَدْنَيْنَ عَلَى جُحُودِهِمْ وَ قَرَّبَ الْأَقْصَيْنَ عَلَى اسْتِجَابَتِهِمْ لَكَ وَ وَالَى فِيكَ الْأَبْعَدِينَ وَ عَادَى فِيكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ و أَدْأَبَ نَفْسَهُ فِي تَبْلِيغِ رِسَالَتِكَ وَأَتْعَبَهَا بِالدُّعآءِ إِلٰى مِلَّتِكَ وَ شَغَلَهَا بِالنُّصْحِ لِأَهْلِ دَعْوَتِكَ وَهَاجَرَ إِلٰى بِلاَدِ الْغُرْبَةِ وَمَحَلِّ النَّأْيِ عَنْ مَوْطِنِ رَحْلِهِ وَمَوْضِـعِ رِجْلِهِ وَ مَسْقَطِ رَأْسِهِ وَمَأْنَسِ نَفْسِهِ إِرَادَةً مِنْهُ لِإِعْزَازِ دِينِكَ واسْتِنْصَاراً عَلَى أَهْلِ الْكُفْرِ بِكَ حَتَّى ٱسْتَتَبَّ لَهُ مَا حَاوَلَ فِي أَعْدَائِكَ وَاسْتَتَمَّ لَهُ مَا دَبَّرَ فِي أَوْلِيآئِكَ فَنَهَدَ إلَيْهِمْ مُسْتَفْتِحاً بِعَوْنِكَ وَمُتَقَوِّياً عَلَى ضَعْفِهِ بِنَصْرِكَ فَغَزَاهُمْ فِي عُقْرِ دِيَارِهِمْ وَهَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي بُحْبُوحَةِ قَرَارِهِمْ حَتَّى ظَهَرَ أَمْرُكَ وَعَلَتْ كَلِمَتُكَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ اَللَّهُمَّ فَارْفَعْهُ بِمَا كَدَحَ فِيكَ إِلٰى الدَّرَجَةِ الْعُلْيَا مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ حَتَّى لاَ يُسَاوَى فِي مَنْزِلَة وَلا يُكَاْفَأَ فِي مَرْتَبَة وَلَا يُوَازِيَهُ لَدَيْكَ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَلَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ وَعَرِّفْهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَاُمَّتِهِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الشَّفَاعَةِ أَجَلَّ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ يَا نَافِذَ الْعِدَةِ يَا وَافِىَ الْقَوْلِ يَا مُبَدِّلَ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِأَضْعَافِهَا مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ إنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ الْجَوَادُ اَلْكَرِيمُ

    1. Praise belongs to God who was kind to us 2. through Muhammad, His Prophet (God bless him and his Household) 3. to the exclusion of past communities and bygone generations, 4. displaying thereby His power, which nothing can render incapable though it be great, 5. and nothing can escape though it be subtle. 6. He sealed through us all He created, 7. appointed us witnesses over those who deny, 8. and increased us by His kindness over those who are few. 9. O God, bless Muhammad, entrusted by You with Your revelation, 10. distinguished by You among Your creatures, 11. devoted to You among Your servants, 12. the imam of mercy, the leader of good, 13. the key to blessing, 14. who wearied his soul for Your affairs, 15. exposed his body to detested things for Your sake, 16. showed open enmity toward his next of kin by summoning to You, 17. fought against his family for Your good pleasure, 18. cut the ties of the womb in giving life to Your religion, 19. sent far those close because of their denial, 20. brought near those far because of their response to You, 21. showed friendship to the most distant for Your sake, 22. displayed enmity toward the nearest for Your sake, 23. made his soul persevere in delivering Your message, 24. tired it in summoning to Your creed, 25. busied it in counselling those worthy of Your summons, 26. migrated to the land of exile 27. and the place of remoteness from the home of his saddlebags, 28. the walkway of his feet, the ground of his birth, 29. and the intimate abode of his soul, desiring to exalt Your religion 30. and seeking help against those who disbelieved in You, 31. until what he attempted against Your enemies went well with him 32. and what he arranged for Your friends was accomplished. 33. He rose up against them seeking victory through Thine aid, 34. becoming strong in spite of his weakness with Your help. 35. He fought against them in the centre of their cities 36. and attacked them in the midst of their dwellings, 37. until Your command prevailed, 38. and Your word rose up, though the idolaters were averse. 39. O God, so raise him, because of his labours for Your sake, 40. to the highest degree of Your Garden, 41. that none may equal him in station, 42. none may match him in level, 43. and no angel brought nigh or prophet sent out may parallel him in Your sight. 44. And inform him concerning his Household the pure 45. and his community the faithful of an excellent intercession, 46. greater than what You hast promised him! O Keeper of promises! 47. O Faithful to Your word! O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds! 48. You art of bounty abounding!

  3. Supplications 3. Blessings on Bearers of throne & angels

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    اللَّهُمَّ وَحَمَلَةُ عَرْشِكَ الَّذِينَ لا يَفْتُرُونَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحِكَ، وَلا يَسْـأَمُـونَ مِنْ تَقْـدِيْسِكَ، وَلا يَسْتَحسِرُونَ مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ، وَلاَ يُؤْثِرُونَ التَّقْصِيرَ عَلَى الْجِدِّ فِي أَمْرِكَ، وَلا يَغْفُلُونَ عَنِ الْوَلَهِ إلَيْكَ. وَإسْرافِيْلُ صَاحِبُ الصُّوْرِ، الشَّاخِصُ الَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ مِنْكَ الاذْنَ وَحُلُولَ الامْرِ، فَيُنَبِّهُ بِالنَّفْخَةِ صَرْعى رَهَائِنِ الْقُبُورِ. وَمِيكَآئِيلُ ذُو الْجَاهِ عِنْدَكَ، وَالْمَكَانِ الرَّفِيعِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ. وَجِبْريلُ الامِينُ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ، الْمُطَاعُ فِي أَهْلِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ، الْمَكِينُ لَدَيْكَ، الْمُقَرَّبُ عِنْدَكَ، وَالرُّوحُ الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَى مَلائِكَةِ الْحُجُبِ، وَالرُّوحُ الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ. أَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عليهم وَعَلَى الْمَلاَئِكَـةِ الَّـذِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ مِنْ سُكَّـانِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ وَأَهْلِ الامَانَةِ عَلَى رِسَالاَتِكَ، وَالَّذِينَ لا تَدْخُلُهُمْ سَأْمَةٌ مِنْ دؤُوب ، وَلاَ إعْيَاءٌ مِنْ لُغُوب وَلاَ فُتُورٌ، وَلاَ تَشْغَلُهُمْ عَنْ تَسْبِيحِكَ الشَّهَوَاتُ، وَلا يَقْطَعُهُمْ عَنْ تَعْظِيمِكَ سَهْوُ الْغَفَـلاَتِ، الْخُشَّعُ الابْصارِ فلا يَرُومُونَ النَّظَرَ إلَيْكَ ، النَّواكِسُ الاذْقانِ الَّذِينَ قَدْ طَالَتْ رَغْبَتُهُمْ فِيمَا لَدَيْكَ الْمُسْتَهْتِرُونَ بِذِكْرِ آلائِكَ وَالْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ دُونَ عَظَمَتِكَ وَجَلاَلِ كِبْرِيآئِكَ وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ إذَا نَظَرُوا إلَى جَهَنَّمَ تَزْفِرُ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ: سُبْحَانَكَ مَا عَبَدْنَاكَ حَقَّ عِبَـادَتِكَ. فَصَـلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَلَى الرَّوْحَانِيِّينَ مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ، وَ أهْلِ الزُّلْفَةِ عِنْدَكَ، وَحُمَّالِ الْغَيْبِ إلى رُسُلِكَ، وَالْمُؤْتَمَنِينَ على وَحْيِكَ وَقَبائِلِ الْمَلائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَصَصْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَأَغْنَيْتَهُمْ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ والشَّرَابِ بِتَقْدِيْسِكَ، وَأسْكَنْتَهُمْ بُطُونَ أطْبَـاقِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ، وَالّذينَ عَلَى أرْجَآئِهَا إذَا نَزَلَ الامْرُ بِتَمَامِ وَعْدِكَ، وَخزّانِ الْمَطَرِ وَزَوَاجِرِ السَّحَابِ، وَالّذِي بِصَوْتِ زَجْرِهِ يُسْمَعُ زَجَلُ ألرُّعُوْدِ، وَإذَا سَبَحَتْ بِهِ حَفِيفَةُ السّحَـابِ الْتَمَعَتْ صَوَاعِقُ الْبُرُوقِ. وَمُشَيِّعِيْ الْثَلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ. وَالْهَابِطِينَ مَعَ قَطْرِ الْمَطَر إَذَا نَزَلَ، وَالْقُوَّامِ عَلَى خَزَائِنِ الرّيَاحِ، وَ المُوَكَّلِينَ بِالجِبَالِ فَلا تَزُولُ. وَالَّذِينَ عَرَّفْتَهُمْ مَثَاقِيلَ الْمِياهِ، وَكَيْلَ مَا تَحْوِيهِ لَوَاعِجُ الامْطَارِ وَعَوَالِجُهَا، وَرُسُلِكَ مِنَ الْمَلائِكَةِ إلَى أهْلِ الارْضِ بِمَكْرُوهِ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ الْبَلاءِ، وَمَحْبُوبِ الرَّخَآءِ، والسَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ اَلبَرَرَةِ، وَالْحَفَظَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ، وَمَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ وَأعْوَانِهِ، وَمُنْكَر وَنَكِير، وَرُومَانَ فَتَّانِ الْقُبُورِ، وَالطَّائِفِينَ بِالبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ، وَمَالِك، وَالْخَزَنَةِ، وَرُضْوَانَ، وَسَدَنَةِ الْجِنَانِ وَالَّذِيْنَ لاَ يَعْصُوْنَ اللّهَ مَا أمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ. وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الـدّارِ. والزّبانيةُ الذّينَ إذَا قِيْـلَ لَهُمْ: خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوْهُ ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوْهُ ابْتَدَرُوهُ سِرَاعاً وَلَمْ يُنْظِرُوهُ. وَمَنْ أوْهَمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ، وَلَمْ نَعْلَمْ مَكَانَهُ مِنْكَ، وَبأيِّ أمْر وَكَّلْتَهُ. وَسُكّانُ الْهَوَآءِ وَالارْضِ وَالمآءِ، وَمَنْ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ تَأْتي كُلُّ نَفْس مَعَهَا سَائِقٌ وَشَهِيدٌ، وَصَلّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلاَةً تَزِيدُهُمْ كَرَامَةً عَلى كَرَامَتِهِمْ، وَطَهَارَةً عَلَى طَهَارَتِهِمْ اللّهُمَّ وَإذَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مَلاَئِكَتِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ، وَبَلَّغْتَهُمْ صَلاَتَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَصَلِّ عَلَينا بِمَا فَتَحْتَ لَنَا مِنْ حُسْنِ الْقَوْلِ فِيْهِمْ إنَّكَ جَوَاْدٌ كَرِيمٌ .

    1.O God, as for the Bearers of Your Throne, who never flag in glorifying You, 2.never become weary of calling You holy, 3.never tire of worshipping You, 4.never prefer curtailment over diligence in Your command, 5.and are never heedless of passionate love for You; 6.Seraphiel, the Owner of the Trumpet, fixed in his gaze, awaiting 7.Your permission and the descent of the Command, that he may arouse through the Blast 8.the hostages thrown down in the graves; Michael, possessor of standing with You 9.and a raised up place in Your obedience; 10.Gabriel, entrusted with Your revelation, 11.obeyed by the inhabitants of Your heavens, 12.distinguished in Your Presence, brought nigh to You; 13.the spirit who is over the angels of the veils; 14.and the spirit who is of Your command - 15.O God! bless them and the angels below them: 16.the residents in Your heavens, 17.those entrusted with Your messages, 18.those who become not wearied by perseverance, 19.or exhausted and flagged by toil, 20.whom passions distract not from glorifying You, 21.and whose magnification of You is never cut off by the inattention of heedless moments; 22.their eyes lowered, they do not attempt to look at You; 23.their chins bowed, they have long desired what is with You; 24.unrestrained in mentioning Your boons, 25.they remain humble before Your mightiness and the majesty of Your magnificence; 26.those who say when they look upon Gehenna roaring over the people who disobeyed You: 27.'Glory be to You, we have not worshipped You with the worship You deservest!' 28.Bless them, and Your angels who are the Reposeful, 29.those of proximity to You, those who carry the unseen to Your messengers, 30.those entrusted with Your revelation, the tribes of angels whom You hast singled out for Yourself, 31.freed from need for food and drink by their calling You holy, 32.and made to dwell inside Your heavens' layers, 33.those who will stand upon the heavens' borders when the Command descends to complete Your promise, 34.the keepers of the rain, the drivers of the clouds, 35.him at whose driving's sound is heard the rolling of thunder, 36.and when the reverberating clouds swim before his driving, bolts of lightning flash; 37.the escorts of snow and hail, the descenders with the drops of rain when they fall, 38.the watchers over the treasuries of the winds, 39.those charged with the mountains lest they disappear, 40.those whom You hast taught the weights of the waters 41.and the measures contained by torrents and masses of rain; 42.the angels who are Your messengers to the people of the earth with the disliked affliction that comes down 43.and the beloved ease; the devoted, noble scribes, 44.the watchers, noble writers, the angel of death and his helpers, 45.Munkar and Nakir, Rumaan, the tester in the graves, 46.the circlers of the Inhabited House, Malik 47.and the guardians, Ridwan and the gatekeepers of the gardens, 48.those who "disobey not God in What He commands them and do What they are commanded" (66:6); 49.those who say, "Peace be upon you, for that you were patient - and fair is the Ultimate Abode" (13:24); 50.the Zabaniya, who, when it is said to them, "take him, and fetter him, 51.then roast him in hell" (69:30), hasten to accomplish it, nor do they give him any respite; 52.him whom we have failed to mention, not knowing his place with You, 53.nor with which command You hast charged him; and the residents in the air, the earth, and the water, 54.and those of them charged over the creatures; bless them 55.on the day when "every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness" (50:21), 56.and bless them with a blessing that will add honour to their honour 57.and purity to their purity. 58.O God, and when You blessest Your angels and Your messengers 59.and You extendest our blessings to them, bless us 60.through the good words about them which You hast opened up for us! You art Munificent, Generous.

  4. Supplications 4. Blessings on Followers & Attestors to Prophets

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    اَللَّهُمَّ وَأَتْبَاعُ الرُّسُلِ وَمُصَدِّقُوهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الاَرْضِ بِالْغَيْبِ عِنْدَ مُعَارَضَةِ الْمُعَـانِدينَ لَهُمْ بِالتَّكْذِيبِ وَالاشْتِيَاقِ إلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ بِحَقائِقِ الايْمَانِ . فِي كُلِّ دَهْر وَزَمَان أَرْسَلْتَ فِيْهِ رَسُولاً، وَأَقَمْتَ لاهْلِهِ دَلِيلاً، مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إلَى مُحَمَّد صَلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَآلِـهِ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْهُـدَى، وَقَادَةِ أَهْـلِ التُّقَى عَلَى جَمِيعِهِمُ السَّلاَمُ، فَاذْكُرْهُمْ مِنْكَ بِمَغْفِرَة وَرِضْوَان. اَللَّهُمَّ وَأَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّد خَاصَّةً الَّـذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الصَّحَابَةَ، وَالَّذِينَ أَبْلَوْا الْبَلاَءَ الْحَسَنَ فِي نَصْرِهِ، وَكَانَفُوهُ وَأَسْرَعُوا إلَى وِفَادَتِهِ وَسَابَقُوا إلَى دَعْوَتِهِ واسْتَجَابُوا لَهُ حَيْثُ أَسْمَعَهُمْ حجَّةَ رِسَالاَتِهِ، وَفَارَقُوا الازْوَاجَ وَالاوْلادَ فِي إظْهَارِ كَلِمَتِهِ، وَقَاتَلُوا الاباءَ وَ الابناءَ فِي تَثْبِيتِ نبُوَّتِهِ، وَانْتَصَرُوا بهِ وَمَنْ كَانُوا مُنْطَوِينَ عَلَى مَحبَّتِهِ يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَنْ تَبُورَ فِي مَوَدَّتِهِ، وَالّذينَ هَجَرَتْهُمُ العَشَائِرُ إذْ تَعَلَّقُوا بِعُرْوَتِهِ، وَانْتَفَتْ مِنْهُمُ الْقَرَاباتُ إذْ سَكَنُوا فِي ظلِّ قَرَابَتِهِ فَلاَ تَنْسَ لَهُمُ اللّهُمَّ مَا تَرَكُوا لَكَ وَفِيكَ، وَأَرْضِهِمْ مِنْ رِضْوَانِكَ وَبِمَا حَاشُوا الْخَلْقَ عَلَيْكَ، وَكَانُوا مَعَ رَسُولِكَ دُعَاةً لَكَ إلَيْكَ، وَاشكُرْهُمْ عَلَى هَجْرِهِمْ فِيْكَ دِيَارَ قَوْمِهِمْ، وَخُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ سَعَةِ الْمَعَاشِ إلَى ضِيْقِهِ، وَمَنْ كَثَّرْتَ فِي إعْزَازِ دِيْنِـكَ مِنْ مَظْلُومِهِمْ. ألّهُمَّ وَأوْصِلْ إلَى التَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإحْسَان الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ : رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلاخْوَانِنَا الَّذِيْنَ سَبَقُونَا بِالاِيمَانِ خَيْرَ جَزَائِكَ، الَّذِينَ قَصَدُوا سَمْتَهُمْ، وَتَحَرَّوْا وِجْهَتَهُمْ، وَمَضَوْا عَلى شاكِلَتِهِمْ، لَمْ يَثْنِهِمْ رَيْبٌ فِي بَصِيْرَتِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يَخْتَلِجْهُمْ شَكٌّ فِي قَفْوِ آثَارِهِمْ وَالاِئْتِمَامِ بِهِدَايَةِ مَنَارِهِمْ، مُكَانِفِينَ وَمُوَازِرِيْنَ لَهُمْ، يَدِيْنُونَ بِدِيْنِهِمْ، وَيَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدْيِهِمْ، يَتَّفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَلاَ يَتَّهِمُونَهُمْ فِيمَا أدَّوْا إلَيْهِمْ. ألَّلهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَى التّابِعِيْنَ مِنْ يَوْمِنَا هَذا إلى يَوْم الدِّينِ، وَعَلَى أزْوَاجِهِمْ، وَعَلَى ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ، وَعَلَى مَنْ أَطَاعَكَ مِنْهُمْ صَلاْةً تَعْصِمُهُمْ بِهَامِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَتَفْسَحُ لَهُمْ فِي رِيَاضِ جَنَّتِكَ، وَتَمْنَعُهُمْ بِهَا مِنْ كَيْدِ الشَيْطَانِ، وَتُعِينُهُمْ بِهَا عَلَى مَا اسْتَعَانُوكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بِرٍّ، وَتَقِيهِمْ طَوَارِقَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ إلاّ طَارِقاً يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْر، وَتَبْعَثُهُمْ بِهَا عَلَى اعْتِقَادِ حُسْنِ الرَّجَـاءِ لَكَ، وَالطَّمَعِ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ، وَتَرْكِ النُّهَمَةِ فِيمَا تَحْويهِ أيْدِي الْعِبَادِ لِتَرُدَّهُمْ إلَى الرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ، وَتُزَهِّدُهُمْ فِي سَعَةِ العَاجِلِ وَتُحَبِّبُ إلَيْهِمُ الْعَمَلَ لِلاجِلِ، وَالاسْتِعْدَادَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَتُهَوِّنَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ كَرْب يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ يَوْمَ خُـرُوجِ الانْفُسِ مِنْ أَبْدَانِهَا وَتُعَافِيَهُمْ مِمَّا تَقَعُ بِهِ الْفِتْنَةُ مِنْ مَحْذُورَاتِهَا، وَكَبَّةِ النَّارِ وَطُولِ الْخُلُودِ فِيهَا، وَتُصَيِّرَهُمْ إلَى أَمْن مِنْ مَقِيلِ الْمُتَّقِينَ .

    1.O God, as for the followers of the messengers and those of the people 2.of the earth who attested to them unseen (while the obstinate resisted them 3.through crying lies) - they yearned for the emissaries through the realities of faith 4.in every era and time in which You didst send a messenger and set up for the people a director 5.from the period of Adam down to Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) from among the imams of guidance 6.and the leaders of the godfearing (upon them all be peace) - 7.remember them with forgiveness and good pleasure! 8.O God, and as for the Companions of Muhammad specifically, those who did well in companionship, 9.who stood the good test in helping him, 10. supported his mission, promptly advanced at his call, answered it as soon as he made them 11.responded to him when he made them hear his messages' argument, 12.separated from mates and children in manifesting his word, 13.fought against fathers and sons in strengthening his prophecy, 14.and through him gained victory; those who were wrapped in 15.affection for him, "hoping for a commerce that comes not to naught" (35:29) in love for him; 16.those who were left by their clans when they clung to his handhold 17.and denied by their kinsfolk when they rested in the shadow of his kinship; 18.forget not, O God, what they abandoned for You and in You, 19.and make them pleased with Your good pleasure for the sake of the creatures they drove to You 20.while they were with Your Messenger, summoners to You for You. 21.Show gratitude to them for leaving the abodes of their people for Your sake 22.and going out from a plentiful livelihood to a narrow one, 23.and [show gratitude to] those of them who became objects of wrongdoing and whom You multiplied in exalting Your religion. 24.O God, and give to those who have done well in following the Companions, who say, 25."Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith" (59:10), Your best reward; 26.those who went straight to the Companions' road, sought out their course, and proceeded in their manner. 27.No doubt concerning their sure insight diverted them and no uncertainty shook them 28.from following in their tracks and being led by the guidance of their light. 29.As their assistants and supporters, they professed their religion, gained guidance through their guidance, 30.came to agreement with them, and never accused them in what they passed on to them. 31.O God, and bless the Followers, from this day of ours to the Day of Doom, 32.their wives, their offspring, 33.and those among them who obey You, with a blessing through which You wilt preserve them from disobeying You, 34.make room for them in the plots of Your Garden, defend them from the trickery of Satan, 35.help them in the piety in which they seek help from You, 36.protect them from sudden events that come by night and day - except the events which come with good - 37.and incite them to tie firmly the knot of good hope in You, 38.desire what is with You, and refrain from ill thoughts [toward You] because of what 39.the hands of Your servants' hold. Thus You mayest restore them to beseeching You and fearing You, 40.induce them to renounce the plenty of the immediate, make them love to 41.work for the sake of the deferred and prepare for what comes after death, make easy for them 42.every distress that comes to them on the day when souls take leave from bodies, 43.release them from that which brings about the perils of temptation 44.and being thrown down in the Fire and staying forever within it, 45.and take them to security, the resting place of the godfearing.

  5. Supplications 5. Prayer for People under guardianship

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    يامَنْ لاتَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُ عَظَمَتِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاحْجُبْنَا عَنِ الالْحَادِ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ. وَيَا مَنْ لاَ تَنْتَهِي مُدَّةُ مُلْكِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَعْتِقْ رِقَابَنَا مِنْ نَقِمَتِك. وَيَا مَنْ لا تَفْنَى خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَتِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْ لَنا نَصِيباً فِي رَحْمَتِكَ. وَيَا مَنْ تَنْقَطِعُ دُونَ رُؤْيَتِهِ الابْصَارُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَدْنِنَا إلَى قُرْبِكَ. وَيَا مَنْ تَصْغُرُ عِنْدَ خَطَرِهِ الاخْطَارُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَكَرِّمْنَا عَلَيْكَ. وَيَا مَنْ تَظْهَرُ عِنْدَهُ بَوَاطِنُ الاخْبَارِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَلاَ تَفْضَحْنَا لَدَيْكَ. اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِنَا عَنْ هِبَةِ الْوَهّابِيْنَ بِهِبَتِكَ، وَاكْفِنَا وَحْشَةَ الْقَاطِعِين بِصِلَتِكَ ، حَتّى لا نَرْغَبَ إلَى أحَد مَعَ بَذْلِكَ، وَلاَ نَسْتَوْحِشَ مِنْ أحَد مَعَ فَضْلِكَ اللهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَكِدْ لَنَا وَلا تَكِدْ عَلَيْنَا، وَامْكُرْ لَنَا وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ بنَا، وَأدِلْ لَنَا وَلاَ تُدِلْ مِنّا. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَقِنَا مِنْكَ، وَاحْفَظْنَا بِكَ، وَاهْدِنَا إلَيْكَ، وَلاَ تُبَاعِدْنَا عَنْكَ إنّ مَنْ تَقِهِ يَسْلَمْ، وَمَنْ تَهْدِهِ يَعْلَمْ، وَمَنْ تُقَرِّبُهُ إلَيْكَ يَغْنَمْ. الّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاكْفِنَا حَدَّ نَوائِبِ الزَّمَانِ، وَشَرَّ مَصَائِدِ الشّيطانِ وَمَرَارَةَ صَوْلَةِ السُّلْطَانِ. اللّهُمَّ إنَّما يَكْتَفِي الْمُكْتَفُونَ بِفَضْـل قُوَّتِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى محَمَّد وَآلِهِ ،وَاكْفِنَا وَإنَّمَا يُعْطِي الْمُعْطُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ جِدَتِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ و اعطنا وَإنمَا يَهْتَدِي الْمُهْتَدُونَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى محمّد وَآلِهِ وَاهْدِنَا . اللّهُمَّ إنّكَ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ لَمْ يَضْرُرْهُ خِذْلانُ الْخَاذِلِينَ، وَمَنْ أعْطَيْتَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ مَنْـعُ الْمَانِعِينَ، وَمَنْ هَدَيْتَ لَمْ يُغْوِهِ إضْلاَلُ المُضِلِّيْنَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَامْنَعْنَا بِعِزَّكَ، مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَأغْنِنَا عَنْ غَيْرِكَ بِإرْفَادِكَ وَاسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَ الْحَقِّ بِـإرْشَادِكَ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَاجْعَلْ سَلاَمَةَ قُلُوبِنَا فِي ذِكْرِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَفَرَاغَ أبْدَانِنَا فِي شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَانْطِلاَقَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا فِي وَصْفِ مِنَّتِكَ. أللَهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ دُعَاتِكَ الدّاعِينَ إلَيْكَ وَهُدَاتِكَ الدَّالّينَ عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ الْخَاصِّينَ لَدَيْكَ يَا أرْحَمَ ألرَّاحِمِينَ .

    1.O He the wonders of whose mightiness will never end! 2.Bless Muhammad and his Household 3.and prevent us from deviation concerning Your mightiness! 4.O He the term of whose kingdom will never cease! 5.Bless Muhammad and his Household 6.and release our necks from Your vengeance! 7.O He the treasuries of whose mercy will never be exhausted! 8.Bless Muhammad and his Household 9.and appoint for us a portion of Your mercy! 10.O He whom eyes fall short of seeing! 11.Bless Muhammad and his Household 12.and bring us close to Your nearness! 13.O He before whose greatness all great things are small! 14.Bless Muhammad and his Household 15.and give us honour with You! 16.O He to whom all hidden tidings are manifest! 17.Bless Muhammad and his Household 18.and expose us not before You! 19.O God, remove our need for the gifts of the givers through Your gift, 20.spare us the loneliness of those who break off through Your joining, 21.that we may beseech no one along with Your free giving, 22.that we may feel lonely at no one's absence along with Your bounty! 23.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 24.scheme for us, not against us, 25.devise to our benefit, not to our loss, 26.give the turn to prevail to us, not to others! 27.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 28.protect us from Yourself, safeguard us through Yourself, guide us to Yourself, 29.and take us not far from Yourself! he whom You protectest stays safe, 30.he whom You guidest knows, and he whom You bringest near Yourself takes the spoils. 31.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 32.and spare us the cutting edge of time's turning changes, 33.the evil of Satan's snares, and the bitterness of the sovereign's aggression! 34.O God, the spared are spared only through the bounty 35.of Your strength, so bless Muhammad and his Household, and spare us! 36.The givers give only through the bounty of Your wealth, 37.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give to us! 38.The guided are guided only by the light of Your face, 39.so bless Muhammad and his Household and guide us! 40.O God, he whom You befriendest will not be injured by the abandonment of the abandoners, 41.he to whom You givest will not be diminished by the withholding of the withholders, 42.he whom You guidest will not be misled by the misguidance of the misguiders. 43.So bless Muhammad and his Household, defend us from Your servants 44.through Your might, free us from need for other than You through Your support, 45.and make us travel the path of the Truth through Your right guidance! 46.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and put the soundness of our hearts 47.into the remembrance of Your mightiness, the idleness of our bodies into giving thanks for Your favour, 48.and the flow of our tongues into the description of Your kindness! 49.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 50.and make us one of Your summoners who summon to You, 51.Your guiders who direct to You, 52.and Your special friends whom You hast singled out! 53.O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  6. Supplications 6. His Supplication for Morning & Evening

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    أَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهارَ بِقُوَّتِهِ، وَمَيَّزَ بَيْنَهُمَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ، وَجَعَلَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِد مِنْهُمَا حَدّاً مَحْدُوداً، وَأَمَداً مَمْدُوداً ، يُولِجُ كُلَّ وَاحِد مِنْهُمَا فِي صَاحِبِهِ، وَيُولِجُ صَاحِبَهُ فِيهِ بِتَقْدِير مِنْهُ لِلْعِبَادِ فِيمَا يَغْـذُوهُمْ بِـهِ وَيُنْشئُهُمْ عَلَيْـهِ، فَخَلَقَ لَهُمُ اللَّيْـلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيْهِ مِنْ حَرَكَاتِ التَّعَبِ، وَنَهَضَاتِ النَّصَبِ، وَجَعَلَهُ لِبَاساً لِيَلْبَسُوا مِنْ رَاحَتِهِ وَمَنَامِهِ، فَيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ جَمَاماً وَقُوَّةً، وَلِيَنَالُوا بِهِ لَذَّةً وَشَهْوَةً. وَخَلَقَ لَهُمُ النَّهارَ مُبْصِراً لِيَبْتَغُوا فِيهِ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَلِيَتَسَبَّبُوا إلَى رِزْقِهِ، وَيَسْرَحُوا فِي أَرْضِهِ، طَلَباً لِمَا فِيـهِ نَيْلُ الْعَاجِلِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ، وَدَرَكُ الاجِلِ فِيْ اُخْراهُمْ. بِكُلِّ ذلِكَ يُصْلِحُ شَأنَهُمْ، وَيَبْلُو أَخْبَارَهُمْ وَيَنْظُرُ كَيْفَ هُمْ فِي أَوْقَاتِ طَاعَتِـهِ، وَمَنَازِلِ فُـرُوضِهِ وَمَوَاقِعِ أَحْكَامِهِ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى. اللَّهُمَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَافَلَقْتَ لَنَا مِنَ الإصْبَاحِ، وَمَتَّعْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ، وَبَصَّرْتَنَا مِنْ مَطَالِبِ الاقْوَاتِ، وَوَقَيْتَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ طَوارِقِ الآفاتِ. أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَتِ الاَشْياءُ كُلُّهَا بِجُمْلَتِهَا لَكَ: سَمَاؤُها وَأَرْضُهَا وَمَا بَثَثْتَ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِد مِنْهُمَا سَاكِنُهُ وَمُتَحَرِّكُهُ وَمُقِيمُهُ وَشَاخِصُهُ وَمَا عَلا فِي الْهَواءِ وَمَا كَنَّ تَحْتَ الثَّرى أَصْبَحْنَا فِي قَبْضَتِكَ يَحْوِينَا مُلْكُكَ وَسُلْطَانُكَ وَتَضُمُّنَا مَشِيَّتُكَ، وَنَتَصَرَّفُ عَنْ أَمْرِكَ، وَنَتَقَلَّبُ فِيْ تَدْبِيرِكَ لَيْسَ لَنَا مِنَ الامْرِ إلاّ مَا قَضَيْتَ وَلا مِنَ الْخَيْـرِ إلا مَـا أَعْطَيْتَ. وَهَذَا يَوْمٌ حَادِثٌ جَدِيدٌ، وَهُوَ عَلَيْنَا شَاهِدٌ عَتِيدٌ ، إنْ أحْسَنَّا وَدَّعَنَا بِحَمْد، وَإِنْ أسَأنا فارَقَنا بِذَمّ اللَّهُمَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَد وَآلِـهِ وَارْزُقْنَـا حُسْنَ مُصَاحَبَتِهِ وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنْ سُوْءِ مُفَارَقَتِهِ بِارْتِكَابِ جَرِيرَة، أَوِ اقْتِرَافِ صَغِيرَة أوْ كَبِيرَة. وَأجْزِلْ لَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَسَناتِ وَأَخْلِنَا فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ. وَامْلا لَنَا مَا بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ حَمْداً وَشُكْراً وَأجْراً وَذُخْراً وَفَضْلاً وَإحْسَاناً. اللَّهُمَّ يسِّرْ عَلَى الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ مَؤُونَتَنَا، وَامْلا لَنَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا صَحَائِفَنَا. وَلاَ تُخْزِنَا عِنْدَهُمْ بِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِنَا. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي كُلِّ سَاعَة مِنْ سَاعَاتِهِ حَظّاً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ ، وَنَصِيباً مِنْ شُكْرِكَ وَشَاهِدَ صِدْق مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ أللَّهَّمَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ ، وَاحْفَظْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أيْدِينَا وَمِنْ خَلْفِنَا وَعَنْ أيْمَانِنَا وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِنَا، وَمِنْ جَمِيْعِ نَوَاحِيْنَا حِفْظاً عَاصِماً مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ هَادِياً إلَى طَاعَتِكَ مُسْتَعْمِلاً لِمَحَبَّتِكَ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَوَفِّقْنَا فِي يَوْمِنَا هذا ولَيْلَتِنَا هذِهِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ أيّامِنَا لاسْتِعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ وَهِجْـرَانِ الشَرِّ وَشُكْـرِ ألنِّعَمِ وَاتّبَـاعِ السُّنَنِ وَمُجَانَبَةِ البِدَعِ وَالأمْرِ بِـالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَحِياطَةِ الإسْلاَمِ وَانْتِقَاصِ الْبَاطِلِ وَإذْلالِهِ وَنُصْرَةِ الْحَقِّ وَإعْزَازِهِ ، وَإرْشَادِ الضَّالِّ ، وَمُعَاوَنَةِ الضَّعِيفِ وَإدْرَاكِ اللَّهِيْفِ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْهُ أيْمَنَ يَوْم عَهِدْنَاهُ ، وَأَفْضَلَ صَاحِب صَحِبْنَاهُ ، وَخَيْرَ وَقْت ظَلِلْنَا فِيْهِ. وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أرْضَى مَنْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْـلُ وَالنَّهَارُ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ خَلْقِكَ وأَشْكَـرَهُمْ لِمَا أوْلَيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ وَأقْوَمَهُمْ بِمَـا شَرَعْتَ مِنْ شَرَائِعِكَ ، وَأَوْقَفَهُمْ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَ مِنْ نَهْيِكَ. اللَهُمَّ إنِّي اشْهِدُكَ وَكَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً وَاُشْهِدُ سَمَاءكَ وَأَرْضَكَ وَمَنْ أَسْكَنْتَهُما مِنْ مَلائِكَتِـكَ وَسَائِرِ خَلْقِكَ فِي يَوْمِي هَذَا ، وَسَاعَتِي هَذِهِ ، وَلَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ ، وَمُسْتَقَرِّي هَذَا ، أنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أنْتَ اللهُ الِذَّي لاَ إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ قَائِمٌ بِـالْقِسْطِ ، عَدْلٌ فِي الْحُكْم ، رَؤُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ ، مَالِكُ المُلْكِ رَحِيمٌ بِالْخَلْقِ ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ وَخِيرَتُكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، حَمَّلْتَهُ رِسَالَتَكَ فَأدَّاهَا وَأَمَرْتَهُ بالنُّصْحِ لِاُمَّتِهِ فَنَصَحَ لَهَا. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ أكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَد مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَآتِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ مَا آتَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَاجْزِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ وَأكْرَمَ مَا جَزَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ أَنْبِيائِـكَ عَنْ أمَّتِهِ. إنَّـكَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بِالْجَسِيمِ الْغَـافِر لِلْعَظِيمِ ، وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَحِيم ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الأَخْيَارِ الانْجَبِينَ.

    1.Praise belongs to God, who created night and day through His strength, 2.set them apart through His power, 3.and appointed for each a determined limit and a drawn-out period. 4.He makes each of the two enter into its companion, 5.and makes its companion enter into it, as an ordainment from Him for His servants 6.in that through which He feeds them and with which He makes them grow. 7.He created for them the night, "that they might rest in it" (10:67) from tiring movements 8.and wearisome exertions and He made it a garment for them that they might be clothed in its ease and its sleep, 9.that it might be for them refreshment and strength, that they might reach therein pleasure and passion. 10.He created for them the daytime, "giving sight, that they might seek within it of His bounty" (ref. 17:12) 11.find the means to His provision, and roam freely in His earth, 12.searching for that through which to attain the immediate in their life in this world 13.and to achieve the deferred in their life to come. Through all of this He sets right their situation, 14.tries their records, and watches their state in the times for obeying Him, 15.the waystations of His obligations, and the places of His ordinances, 16.that He may repay those who do evil with what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness. 17.O God, to You belongs praise for the sky You hast split into dawn for us, 18.giving us to enjoy thereby the brightness of daytime, 19.showing us sought-after nourishments, 20.and protecting us from the striking of blights. 21.In the morning we and all things, every one, rise for You, 22.the heaven and the earth and what You hast scattered 23.in each, the still and the moving, the resident 24.and the journeying, what towers up in the air and what hides under the ground. 25.We rise in the morning in Your grasp: 26.Your kingdom and authority contain us and Your will embraces us. 27.We move about by Your command and turn this way and that through Your governing. 28.We own nothing of the affair except what You hast decreed 29.and nothing of the good except what You hast given. 30.This is a fresh, new day, over us a ready witness. 31.If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise, and if we do evil, it will part from us in blame. 32.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 33.provide us with the day's good companionship and preserve us 34.against parting from it badly by doing a misdeed 35.or committing a sin, whether small or great! 36.Make our good deeds within it plentiful empty us therein of evil deeds, 37.and fill what lies between its two sides for us with praise and thanksgiving, wages and stores, bounty and beneficence! 38.O God, ease our burden on the Noble Writers, 39.fill our pages for us with our good deeds, 40.and degrade us not before them with our evil works! 41.O God, appoint for us in each of the day's hours a share from Your servants, 42.a portion of giving thanks to You, and a truthful witness among Your angels! 43.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 44.and safeguard us from before us and behind us, from our right hands and our left hands 45.and from all our directions, a safeguarding that will preserve from disobeying You, 46.guide to obeying You, and be employed for Your love! 47.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 48.and give us success in this day of ours, this night of ours, and in all our days, 49.to employ the good, stay away from the evil, give thanks for favours, 50.follow the Sunna's norms, avoid innovations, 51.enjoin good behaviour, forbid the disapproved, 52.defend Islam, diminish falsehood and abase it, 53.help the truth and exalt it, guide the misguided, 54.assist the weak, and reach out to the troubled! 55.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 56.and make this the most fortunate day we have known, 57.the most excellent companion we have accompanied, 58.and the best time in which we have lingered! 59.Place us among the most satisfied of all Your creatures whom night and day have passed by, 60.the most thankful of them for the favours You hast done, 61.the firmest of them in the laws You hast set down in the Shari'a, 62.and the most unyielding of them toward the prohibited acts against which You hast cautioned! 63.O God, I call You to witness - and You art sufficient witness - and I call Your heaven and Your earth to witness 64.and Your angels and Your other creatures who inhabit them in this my day, 65.this my hour, this my night, and this my resting place, 66.that I bear witness that You art God, 67.other than whom there is no god, Upholding justice, 68.Equitable in judgement, "Clement to the servants" (2:207), 69."Master of the kingdom" (3:26), Compassionate to the creatures, 70.and that Muhammad is Your servant and Your messenger, Your chosen from among Your creatures. 71.You didst charge him with Your message and he delivered it; You didst command him to counsel his community and he counselled it. 72.O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household more than You hast blessed any of Your creatures! 73.Give him for our sake the best You hast given any of Your servants, 74.and repay him on our behalf better and more generously than You hast repaid any of Your prophets on behalf of his community! 75.You art All-kind with immensity, the Forgiver of the great, 76.and You art more merciful than every possessor of mercy! 77.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 78.the good, the pure, the chosen, the most distinguished!

  7. Supplications 7. When faced with Worrisome Task

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    يَا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَكَارِهِ ، وَيَا مَنْ يُفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدَائِدِ، وَيَا مَنْ يُلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إلَى رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ ، ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِـكَ الصِّعَابُ وَتَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِكَ الاسْبَابُ ، وَجَرى بِقُدْرَتِكَ الْقَضَاءُ وَمَضَتْ عَلَى إرَادَتِكَ الاشْياءُ ، فَهْيَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ دُونَ قَوْلِكَ مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ ، وَبِإرَادَتِكَ دُونَ نَهْيِكَ مُنْزَجِرَةٌ. أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ ، وَأَنْتَ الْمَفزَعُ فِي الْمُلِمَّاتِ ، لاَيَنْدَفِعُ مِنْهَا إلاّ مَا دَفَعْتَ ، وَلا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنْهَا إلاّ مَا كَشَفْتَ. وَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِي يا رَبِّ مَا قَدْ تَكَأدَنيَّ ثِقْلُهُ ، وَأَلَمَّ بِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ ، وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَبِسُلْطَانِكَ وَجَّهْتَهُ إليَّ. فَلاَ مُصْدِرَ لِمَا أوْرَدْتَ ، وَلاَ صَارِفَ لِمَا وَجَّهْتَ ، وَلاَ فَاتِحَ لِمَا أغْلَقْتَ ، وَلاَ مُغْلِقَ لِمَا فَتَحْتَ ، وَلاَ مُيَسِّرَ لِمَا عَسَّرْتَ، وَلاَ نَاصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ فَصَلَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ ، وَافْتَحْ لِي يَا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِكَ ، وَاكْسِرْ عَنِّيْ سُلْطَانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِكَ ، وَأَنِلْيني حُسْنَ ألنَّظَرِ فِيمَا شَكَوْتُ ، وَأذِقْنِي حَلاَوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِيمَا سَاَلْتُ. وَهَبْ لي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَفَرَجاً هَنِيئاً وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَخْرَجاً وَحِيّاً. وَلا تَشْغَلْنِي بالاهْتِمَامِ عَنْ تَعَاهُدِ فُرُوضِكَ وَاسْتِعْمَالِ سُنَّتِكَ. فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِمَا نَزَلَ بِي يَا رَبِّ ذَرْعاً ، وَامْتَلاتُ بِحَمْلِ مَا حَـدَثَ عَلَيَّ هَمّاً ، وَأنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كَشْفِ مَا مُنِيتُ بِهِ ، وَدَفْعِ مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ ، فَافْعَلْ بِي ذلِـكَ وَإنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْكَ ، يَا ذَا العَرْشِ الْعَظِيمَ.

    1.O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied! 2.O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted! 3.O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief! 4.Intractable affairs yield to Your power, 5.means are made ready by Your gentleness, 6.the decree goes into effect through Your power, 7.and all things proceed according to Your desire. 8.By Your desire they follow Your command without Your word 9.and by Your will they obey Your bans without Your prohibition. 10.You art the supplicated in worries 11.and the place of flight in misfortunes; 12.none of them is repelled unless You repellest, 13.and none is removed unless You removest. 14.Upon me has come down, My Lord, something whose weight burdens me 15.and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me. 16.Through Your power You hast brought it down upon me 17.and through Your authority You hast turned it toward me. 18.None can send away what You hast brought, 19.none can deflect what You hast turned, 20.none can open what You hast closed, 21.none can close what You hast opened, 22.none can make easy what You hast made difficult, 23.none can help him whom You hast abandoned. 24.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 25.open for me, my Lord, the door of relief through Your graciousness, 26.break from me the authority of worry by Your strength, 27.confer the beauty of Your gaze upon my complaint, 28.let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask, 29.give me from Yourself mercy and wholesome relief, 30.and appoint for me from Yourself a quick way out! 31.Distract me not through worry from observing Your obligations and acting in accordance with Your prescriptions. 32.My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me, 33.and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me, 34.while You hast power to remove what has afflicted me 35.and to repel that into which I have fallen. 36.So do that for me though I merit it not from You, 37.O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!

  8. Supplications 8. Seeking Refuge from Hateful things

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَيَجَـانِ الْحِرْصِ ، وَسَوْرَةِ الغَضَبِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْحَسَدِ وضَعْفِ الصَّبْرِ وَقِلَّةِ الْقَنَاعَةِ وَشَكَاسَةِ الْخُلُقِ ، وَإلْحَاحِ الشَّهْوَةِ ، وَمَلَكَةِ الْحَمِيَّةِ ، وَمُتَابَعَةِ الْهَوَى ، وَمُخَالَفَةِ الْهُدَى ، وَسِنَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ ، وَتَعَاطِي الْكُلْفَةِ ، وَإيْثَارِ الْبَاطِلِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَالإصْرَارِ عَلَى الْمَأثَمِ ، وَاسْتِصْغَـارِ الْمَعْصِيَـةِ ، وَاسْتِكْثَارِ الطَّاعَةِ ، وَمُبَاهَاةِ الْمُكْثِرِينَ ، وَالإزْرآءِ بِالْمُقِلِّينَ ، وَسُوءِ الْوِلاَيَةِ لِمَنْ تَحْتَ أَيْدِينَا وَتَرْكِ الشُّكْرِ لِمَنِ اصْطَنَعَ الْعَارِفَةَ عِنْدَنَا ، أَوْ أَنْ نَعْضُدَ ظَالِماً ، أَوْ نَخْذُلَ مَلْهُوفاً ، أَوْ نَرُومَ مَا لَيْسَ لَنَا بِحَقّ، أَوْ نَقُولَ فِي الْعِلْمِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْم وَنَعُـوذُ بِـكَ أَنْ نَنْطَوِيَ عَلَى غِشِّ أَحَد ، وَأَنْ نُعْجَبَ بِأَعْمَالِنَا ، وَنَمُدَّ فِي آمَالِنَا ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ السَّرِيرَةِ ، وَاحْتِقَارِ الصَّغِيرَةِ ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَحْوِذَ عَلَيْنَا الشَّيْطَانُ ، أَوْ يَنْكُبَنَـا الزَّمَانُ ، أَوْ يَتَهَضَّمَنَا السُّلْطَانُ. وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ تَنَاوُلِ الإسْرَافِ ، وَمِنْ فِقْدَانِ الْكَفَـافِ وَنَعُوذُ بِـكَ مِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ وَمِنَ الْفَقْرِ إلَى الاَكْفَاءِ وَمِنْ مَعِيشَة فِي شِدَّة وَمَيْتَة عَلَى غَيْـرِ عُدَّة. وَنَعُـوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْحَسْرَةِ الْعُظْمى ، وَالْمُصِيبَةِ الْكُبْرَى ، وَأَشْقَى الشَّقَآءِ وَسُوءِ المآبِ ، وَحِرْمَانِ الثَّوَابِ ، وَحُلُولِ الْعِقَابِ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ ، وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَجَمِيـعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    1.O God, I seek refuge in You from the agitation of craving, 2.the violence of wrath, the domination of envy, the frailty of patience, 3.the lack of contentment, surliness of character, 4.urgency of passion, the disposition to vehemence, 5.following caprice, opposing guidance, 6.the sleep of heedlessness, undertaking the toilsome, 7.preferring falsehood over truth, persisting in sin, 8.making little of disobedience, making much of obedience, 9.vying with the wealthy, distitleging the poor, 10.guarding badly over those in our hands, 11.failing to thank those who have done good to us, 12.aiding a wrongdoer, abandoning someone troubled, 13.wanting what is not rightfully ours, 14.and speaking about knowledge without knowing. 15.We seek refuge in You from harbouring dishonesty toward anyone, 16.being pleased with our works, and stretching out our expectations. 17.We seek refuge in You from ill-mindedness, looking down on the small, 18.Satan's gaining mastery over us, 19.time's afflicting us, and the sovereign's oppressing us. 20.We seek refuge in You from acting with prodigality and not having sufficiency. 21.We seek refuge in You from the gloating of enemies, indigent need for equals, 22.living in hardship, and dying without readiness. 23.We seek refuge in You from the most dreadful remorse, 24.the greatest affliction, the most wretched wretchedness, the evil end to the journey, 25.the deprivation of reward, and the advent of punishment. 26.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 27.and through Your mercy, give to me refuge from all of that, 28.and to all the faithful, both men and women! 29.O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  9. Supplications 9. In Yearning to Ask Forgiveness

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    أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَصَيِّرْنَـا إلَى مَحْبُوبِكَ مِنَ التَّوْبَةِ وَأَزِلْنَا عَنْ مَكْرُوهِكَ مِنَ الإصْرَارِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَمَتَى وَقَفْنَا بَيْنَ نَقْصَيْنِ فِي دِين أَوْ دُنْيَا فَأَوْقِعِ النَّقْصَ بِأَسْرَعِهِمَا فَنَاءً ، وَاجْعَلِ التّوْبَةَ فِي أَطْوَلِهِمَا بَقَاءً. وَإذَا هَمَمْنَا بِهَمَّيْنِ يُرْضِيكَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنَّا وَيُسْخِطُكَ الآخَرُ عَلَيْنَا ، فَمِلْ بِنَا إلَى مَا يُرْضِيْكَ عَنَّا ، وَأَوْهِنْ قُوَّتَنَا عَمَّا يُسْخِطُكَ عَلَيْنَا ، وَلاَ تُخَلِّ فِي ذلِكَ بَيْنَ نُفُوسِنَا وَاخْتِيَارِهَا فَإنَّهَا مُخْتَارَةٌ لِلْبَاطِلِ إلاَّ مَا وَفَّقْتَ أَمَّارَةٌ بالسُّوءِ إلاّ مَا رَحِمْتَ اللَّهمَّ وَإنَّكَ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ خَلَقْتَنَا، وَعَلَى الْوَهْنِ بَنَيْتَنَا ، وَمِنْ ماءٍ مَهِين ابْتَدَأتَنَا ، فَلاَ حَوْلَ لَنَا إلاّ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَلا قُوَّةَ لَنَا إلاّ بِعَونِكَ ، فَأيِّدْنَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَسَدِّدْنَا بِتَسْدِيدِكَ وَأعْمِ أَبْصَارَ قُلُوبِنَا عَمَّا خَالَفَ مَحَبَّتَكَ وَلا تَجْعَلْ لِشَيْء مِنْ جَوَارِحِنَا نُفُوذاً فِي مَعْصِيَتِكَ. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ هَمَسَاتِ قُلُوبِنَا وَحَرَكَاتِ أَعْضَائِنَا ، وَلَمَحَاتِ أَعْيُنِنَا ، وَلَهَجَاتِ ألسِنَتِنَا فِيْ مُوجِبَاتِ ثَوَابِكَ، حَتَّى لاَ تَفُوتَنَا حَسَنَةٌ نَسْتَحِقُّ بِهَا جَزَآءَكَ ، وَلا تَبْقَى لَنَا سَيِّئـةٌ نَسْتَوْجِبُ بِهَا عِقَابَكَ.

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.make us go to the repentance that You lovest 3.and make us leave the persistence that You hatest! 4.O God, when we halt before two decreases, in religion 5.or in this world, let the decrease fall upon that which passes quickly 6.and relent in that which lasts the longer! 7.When we set out after two concerns, one of which makes You pleased with us 8.and the other of which displeases You, 9.incline us toward that which makes You pleased 10.and weaken our strength in that which displeases You! 11.Leave not our souls alone to choose in that, 12.for they choose falsehood except inasmuch as You givest success, and they command to evil except inasmuch as You hast mercy! 13.O God, You created us from frailty, 14.built us up from feebleness, and began us from a mean water; 15.we have no force except through Your strength and no strength except through Your help. 16.So confirm us by giving us success, point us the right way by Your pointing, 17.blind the eyes of our hearts toward everything opposed to Your love, 18.and set not in any of our limbs passage to disobeying You! 19.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 20.and assign the whisperings of our hearts, the movements of our members, 21.the glances of our eyes, and the idioms of our tongues, to that which makes incumbent Your reward, 22.lest a good deed slip by us, through which we might deserve Your repayment, 23.or an evil deed remain with us, by which we might merit Your punishment!

  10. Supplications 10. Seeking Asylum with God.

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    اللّهُمَّ إن تَشَأْ تعفُ عَنّا فَبِفضْلِكَ ، وَانْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنا فَبَعدْلِكَ. فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمنِّكَ ، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجاوُزكَ; فَإنَّهُ لاَ طاقَةَ لَنَا بَعدلِكَ، وَلاَ نجاةَ لأحَد مِنّا دُوْنَ عَفْوِكَ. يا غَنِيَّ الأغْنياء هَا نَحَنُ عِبادُكَ بين يدَيكَ وَأَنَا أَفقَرُ الفْقَراء إليْكَ فَأجْبُرْ فاقَتَنا بِوُسْعِكَ ، ولا تَقْطَعَ رَجَاءنا بِمَنْعِكَ فَتَكُوْنَ قد أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ ، وَجَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ. فَإلى مَنْ حيْنئذ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ ، وإلى أيْنَ مَذهَبُنَا عن بَابِكَ ، سُبْحَنَكَ نَحْنُ المضْطُّرون الذّينَ أَوْجَبْتَ إجابَتَهُمْ ، وَأهْلُ السُّوْء الذّيْنَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ. وَأَشْبَـهُ الأَشْياءِ بِمَشِيَّتِـكَ ، وَأَوْلَى الأمُورِ بِكَ فِيْ عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ، وَغَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إلَيْكَ، وَأَغْنِنَا إذْ طَرَحْنَـا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَـدَيْكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شمِتَ بِنَا إذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَلا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إيَّاهُ لَكَ، وَرَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ إلَيْكَ.

    1. O God, if You willest, You wilt pardon us through Your bounty 2. and if You willest, You wilt chastise us through Your justice. So make our ways smooth to Your pardon through Your kindness 3. and grant us sanctuary from Your chastisement through Your forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Your justice 4. and none of us can reach deliverance without Your pardon! 5. O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Your servants, before You. 6. I am the neediest of the needy toward You, so redress our neediness through Your plenty 7. and cut us not off from our hopes through Your withholding, lest You makest wretched him who seeks felicity through You 8. and deprivest him who seeks help from Your bounty! 9. Then to whom would we return after You? 10. Where would we go from Your gate? 11. Glory be to You! We are the distressed, the response to whom You hast made incumbent, 12. the people from whom You hast promised to remove the evil. 13. That thing most resembling Your will 14. and that affair most worthy for You in Your mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks You for mercy 15. and helping him who seeks help from You. So show mercy upon our pleading with You 16. and free us from need when we throw ourselves before You! 17. O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying You, 18. so bless Muhammad and his Household 19. and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for You 20. and beseeched You against him!

  11. Supplications 11. Seeking Good Outcomes

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    يا مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ شَرَفٌ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ وَيَا مَنْ شُكْرُهُ فَوْزٌ لِلشَّاكِرِينَ، وَيَا مَنْ طَاعَتُهُ نَجَاةٌ لِلْمُطِيعِينَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاشْغَلْ قُلُوبَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِكْر، وَأَلْسِنَتَنَا بِشُكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ شُكْر وَجَوَارِحَنَا بِطَاعَتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ طَاعَة. فَإنْ قَدَّرْتَ لَنَا فَرَاغاً مِنْ شُغُل فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاغَ سَلاَمَة لا تُدْرِكُنَا فِيهِ تَبِعَةٌ وَلاَ تَلْحَقُنَا فِيهِ سَاَمَةٌ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ عَنَّا كُتَّابُ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِصَحِيفَة خَالِيَة مِنْ ذِكْرِ سَيِّئاتِنَا َو يَتَوَلّى كُتَّابُ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَنَّا مَسْرُورِينَ بِمَا كَتَبُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا . وَإذَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ حَيَاتِنَـا وَتَصَرَّمَتْ مُـدَدُ أَعْمَارِنَـا، وَاسْتَحْضَرَتْنَا دَعْوَتُكَ الَّتِي لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهَا وَمِنْ إجَابَتِهَا ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْ خِتَامَ مَا تُحْصِي عَلَيْنَا كَتَبَةُ أَعْمَالِنَا تَوْبَةً مَقْبُولَةً لا تُوقِفُنَا بَعْدَهَا عَلَى ذَنْب اجْتَرَحْنَاهُ، وَلاَ مَعْصِيَة اقْتَرَفْنَاهَا، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ عَنَّا سِتْراً سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الأشْهَادِ يَوْمَ تَبْلُو أَخْبَارَ عِبَادِكَ إنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ بِمَنْ دَعَاكَ، وَمُسْتَجيبٌ لِمَنْ نَادَاكَ .

    1.O He remembering whom brings honour to those who remember! 2.O He thanking whom brings triumph to those who give thanks! 3.O He obeying whom brings deliverance to those who obey! 4.Bless Muhammad and his Household, 5.and divert our hearts through remembering You from every act of remembrance, 6.our tongues through thanking You from every act of thanksgiving, 7.our limbs through obeying You from every act of obedience! 8.If You hast ordained for us idleness from these occupations, make it an idleness of safety, 9.within which no ill consequence visits us or weariness overtakes us! 10.Then the writers of evil deeds may depart from us with a page empty of the mention of our evil deeds, 11.and the writers of good deeds may turn away from us 12.happy with the good deeds of ours which they have written. 13.And when the days of our life have passed by, the terms of our lifetimes have elapsed, 14.and Your call, which must come and be answered, summons us forth, 15.then bless Muhammad and his Household 16.and make the outcome of what the writers of our works count against us 17.an accepted repentance, which afterwards gave us no rest in a sin that we committed 18.or an act of disobedience that we performed! 19.Remove not from us any covering with which You hast covered over the heads of the witnesses 20.on the day when the records of Your servants are tried! 21.Verily You art compassionate to him who supplicates You, the responder to him who calls upon You!

  12. Supplications 12.His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance toward God

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّهُ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِكَ خِلاَلٌ ثَلاثٌ وَتَحْدُونِي عَلَيْهَا خَلَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ ، يَحْجُبُنِي أَمْرٌ أَمَرْتَ بِهِ فَأَبْطَأتُ عَنْهُ، وَنَهْيٌ نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ فَأَسْرَعْتُ إلَيْهِ، وَنِعْمَةٌ أَنْعَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَصَّرْتُ فِي شُكْرِهَـا. وَيَحْدُونِي عَلَى مَسْأَلَتِكَ تَفَضُّلُكَ عَلَى مَنْ أَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ إلَيْكَ، وَوَفَدَ بِحُسْنِ ظَنِّـهِ إلَيْكَ، إذْ جَمِيعُ إحْسَانِكَ تَفَضُّلٌ، وَإذْ كُلُّ نِعَمِكَ ابْتِدَاءٌ. فَهَا أَنَا ذَا يَا إلهِيْ وَاقِفٌ بِبَابِ عِزِّكَ وُقُوفَ المُسْتَسْلِمِ الذَّلِيْل، وَسَائِلُكَ عَلَى الْحَيَاءِ مِنّي سُؤَالَ الْبَائِسِ الْمُعِيْلِ. مُقـرٌّ لَكَ بأَنّي لَمْ أَسْتَسْلِمْ وَقْتَ إحْسَانِـكَ إلاَّ بِالاِقْلاَعِ عَنْ عِصْيَانِكَ، وَلَمْ أَخْلُ فِي الْحَالاتِ كُلِّهَا مِنِ امْتِنَانِكَ. فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُنِي يَا إلهِي إقْرَارِي عِنْدَكَ بِسُوءِ مَا اكْتَسَبْتُ؟ وَهَلْ يُنْجِيْنِي مِنْكَ اعْتِرَافِي لَكَ بِقَبِيْحِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُ؟ أَمْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِي فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا سُخْطَكَ؟ أَمْ لَزِمَنِي فِي وَقْتِ دُعَائِي مَقْتُكَ؟ سُبْحَانَكَ! لاَ أَيْأَسُ مِنْكَ وَقَدْ فَتَحْتَ لِيَ بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ إلَيْكَ، بَلْ أَقُولُ مَقَالَ الْعَبْدِ الذَّلِيلِ الظَّالِمِ لِنَفْسِهِ الْمُسْتَخِفِّ بِحُرْمَةِ رَبِّهِ الَّذِي عَظُمَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ فَجَلَّتْ وَأَدْبَرَتْ أَيّامُهُ فَوَلَّتْ حَتَّى إذَا رَأى مُدَّةَ الْعَمَلِ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ وَغَايَةَ الْعُمُرِ قَدِ انْتَهَتْ ، وَأَيْقَنَ أَنَّهُ لا مَحيصَ لَهُ مِنْكَ ،وَلاَ مَهْرَبَ لَهُ عَنْكَ تَلَقَّاكَ بِالإنَابَةِ ،وَأَخْلَصَ لَكَ التَّوْبَةَ ، فَقَامَ إلَيْكَ بِقَلْبِ طَاهِر نَقِيٍّ ثُمَّ دَعَاكَ بِصَوْت حَائِل خَفِيٍّ ، قَدْ تَطَأطَأَ لَكَ فَانْحَنى، وَنَكَّسَ رَأسَهُ فَانْثَنَى ، قَدْ أَرْعَشَتْ خَشْيَتُهُ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَغَرَّقَتْ دُمُوعُهُ خَدَّيْهِ ، يَدْعُوكَ بِيَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ مَنِ انْتَابَهُ الْمُسْتَرْحِمُونَ، وَيَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ أَطَافَ بِهِ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ ، وَيَا مَنْ عَفْوُهُ أكْثَرُ مِنْ نِقْمَتِهِ، وَيَا مَنْ رِضَاهُ أَوْفَرُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ، وَيَا مَنْ تَحَمَّدَ إلَى خَلْقِهِ بِحُسْنِ التَّجاوُزِ ، وَيَا مَنْ عَوَّدَ عِبادَهُ قَبُولَ الإنَابَةِ ، وَيَا مَنِ اسْتَصْلَحَ فَاسِدَهُمْ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَيَا مَنْ رَضِيَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ بِالْيَسيرِ، وَيَا مَنْ كَافى قَلِيْلَهُمْ بِالْكَثِيرِ، وَيَا مَنْ ضَمِنَ لَهُمْ إجَابَةَ الدُّعاءِ، وَيَا مَنْ وَعَدَهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِتَفَضُّلِهِ حُسْنَ الْجَزاءِ، مَا أَنَا بِأَعْصَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ فَغَفَرْتَ لَهُ، وَمَا أَنَا بِأَلْوَمِ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إلَيْكَ فَقَبِلْتَ مِنْهُ، وَمَا أَنَا بِأَظْلَمِ مَنْ تَابَ إلَيْكَ فَعُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ ، أَتُوبُ إلَيْكَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا تَوْبَةَ نَادِم عَلَى مَا فَرَطَ مِنْهُ مُشْفِق مِمَّا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ خَالِصِ الْحَيَاءِ مِمَّا وَقَعَ فِيْهِ ، عَالِم بِأَنَّ الْعَفْوَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيمِ لاَ يَتَعـاظَمُكَ، وَأَنَّ التَّجَـاوُزَ عَنِ الإثْمِ الْجَلِيْلِ لا يَسْتَصْعِبُكَ ، وَأَنَّ احْتِمَالَ الْجنَايَاتِ الْفَـاحِشَةِ لا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ، وَأَنَّ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِكَ إلَيْكَ مَنْ تَرَكَ الاسْتِكْبَارَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَانَبَ الإِصْرَارَ، وَلَزِمَ الاسْتِغْفَارَ. وَأَنَا أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَكْبِرَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أصِـرَّ. وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا قَصَّرْتُ فِيهِ ، وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا عَجَزْتُ عَنْهُ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَهَبْ لِي مَا يَجبُ عَلَيَّ لَكَ ، وَعَافِنِي مِمَّا أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ، وَأجِرْنِي مِمَّا يَخَافُهُ أَهْلُ الإساءَةِ فَإنَّكَ مَلِيءٌ بِالْعَفْوِ، مَرْجُوٌّ لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ، مَعْرُوفٌ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ ، لَيْسَ لِحَاجَتِي مَطْلَبٌ سِوَاكَ ، وَلا لِذَنْبِي غَافِرٌ غَيْرُكَ، حاشَاكَ وَلاَ أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إلاّ إيَّاكَ إنَّكَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ . صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَاقْض حَاجَتِي وَأَنْجِحْ طَلِبَتِي، وَاغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي، وَآمِنْ خَوْفَ نَفْسِيْ إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ وَذلِكَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

    O God, three traits have prevented me from asking Thee and one trait has urged me on: I am prevented by a command Thou hast commanded in which I have been slow, a prohibition Thou hast prohibited toward which I have hurried, and a favour through which Thou hast favoured for which I have not given sufficient thanks. I am urged to ask Thee by Thy gratuitous bounty upon him who turns his face toward Thee and comes to Thee with a good opinion, since all Thy beneficence is gratuitous bounty and every one of Thy favours a new beginning! So here I am, my God, standing at the gate of Thy might, the standing of the lowly, the surrendered, asking Thee in my shame, the asking of the destitute, the pitiful, admitting to Thee that at the time of Thy beneficence I surrendered not save through abstaining from disobedience toward Thee and in none of my states was I ever without Thy Kindness. 6- Will it profit me, my God, to admit to Thee the evil of what I have earned? Will it save me from Thee to confess the ugliness of what I have done? Or wilt Thou impose upon me in this my stationThy displeasure? Will Thy hate hold fast to me in the time of my supplication? Glory be to Thee! I do not despair of Thee, for Thou hast opened the door of repentance toward Thyself. Rather, I say, the words of a lowly servant, having wronged himself and made light of his Lord's inviolability, and whose sins are dreadful, great,whose days have parted, fled, until, when he sees the term of his works expired and the limit of his lifetime reached and knows with certainty that he has no escape from Thee, no place to flee from Thee, he turns his face toward Thee in repeated turning, makes his repentance toward Thee sincere,stands before Thee with a pure and purified heart, then supplicates Thee with a feeble, quiet voice. He is bowed before Thee, bent, his head lowered, thrown down, his legs shaking in fear,his tears flooding his cheeks. He supplicates Thee: O Most Merciful of the merciful!O Most Merciful of those toward whom seekers of mercy keep on turning O Tenderest of those around whom run seekers of forgiveness! O He whose pardon is greater than His vengeance! O He whose good pleasure is more abundant than His anger O He who seeks His creatures' praise with excellent forbearance! O He who has accustomed His servants to the acceptance of their repeated turning! O He who seeks to heal their corruption through repentance! O He who is pleased with the easy of their acts! O He who recompenses with the much their little! O He who has made himself accountable to them to respond to supplication! O He who pledged Himself by His gratuitous bounty to give them excellent repayment! I am not the most disobedient of those who have disobeyed Thee and whom Thou hast forgiven, nor am I the most blameworthy to offer excuses which Thou hast accepted, nor am I the most wrongdoing of those who have repented to Thee, and to whom Thou hast returned I repent to Thee in this my station, the repentance of one remorseful over what preceded from him hastily, apprehensive of what has gathered around him, pure in shame for that into which he has fallen, knowing that pardoning great sins is nothing great for Thee. overlooking enormous misdeeds is not difficult for thee putting up with indecent crimes does not trouble Thee, and the most beloved of Thy servants to Thee is he who refrains from arrogance before thee pulls aside from persistence, and holds fast to praying forgiveness! I am clear before Thee of arrogance, I seek refuge in Thee from persistence, I pray forgiveness from Thee for shortcomings, I seek help from Thee in incapacity! O God bless Muhammad and his Household, dispense with what is incumbent upon me toward Thee, release me from what I merit from Thee, and grant me sanctuary from what the evildoers fear! For Thou art full of pardon, the hoped-for source of forgiveness, well known for Thy forbearance. My need has no object but Thee, my sin no forgiver other than Thee - could that be possible? I have no fear for myself except from Thee; Thou art worthy of reverential fear, and worthy to forgive! Bless Muhammad and his Household, grant my need,answer my request favorably, forgive my sin and give me security from fear for myself! Thou art powerful over everything, and that is easy for Thee.Amen, Lord of the worlds

  13. Supplications 13. In Seeking Needs

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    أللَّهُمَّ يَا مُنْتَهَى مَطْلَبِ الْحَاجَاتِ وَيَا مَنْ عِنْدَه نَيْلُ الطَّلِبَاتِ وَيَا مَنْ لا يَبِيْعُ نِعَمَهُ بالأثْمَانِ وَيَا مَنْ لا يُكَدِّرُ عَطَايَاهُ بِالامْتِنَانِ وَيَا مَنْ يُسْتَغْنَى بِهِ وَلاَ يُسْتَغْنَى عَنْهُ وَيَا مَنْ يُرْغَبُ إلَيْهِ وَلا يُرْغَبُ عَنْهُ. وَيَا مَنْ لا تُفنى خَزَآئِنَهُ الْمَسَائِلُ وَيَا مَنْ لاَ تُبَدِّلُ حِكْمَتَهُ الْوَسَائِلُ. وَيَا مَنْ لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ حَوَائِجُ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يُعَنِّيهِ دُعَاءُ الدَّاعِينَ تَمَدَّحْتَ بِالْغَنَاءِ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْغِنَى عَنْهُمْ وَنَسَبْتَهُمْ إلَى الفَقْرِ وَهُمْ أَهْلُ الْفَقْرِ إلَيْكَ. فَمَنْ حَاوَلَ سَدَّ خَلَّتِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَرَامَ صَرْفَ الْفَقْر عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِكَ فَقَدْ طَلَبَ حَاجَتَهُ فِي مَظَانِّها وَأَتَى طَلِبَتَهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهَا وَمَنْ تَوَجَّهَ بِحَاجَتِهِ إلَى أَحَد مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ جَعَلَهُ سَبَبَ نُجْحِهَا دُونَكَ فَقَدْ تَعَرَّضَ لِلْحِرْمَانِ وَاسْتَحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَوْتَ الاِحْسَانِ أللَّهُمَّ وَلِي إلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ قَـدْ قَصَّرَ عَنْهَـا جُهْدِي وَتَقَطَّعَتْ دُونَهَا حِيَلِي وَسَوَّلَتْ لِيْ نَفْسِي رَفْعَهَا إلَى مَنْ يَرْفَعُ حَوَائِجَهُ إلَيْكَ وَلاَ يَسْتَغْنِي فِي طَلِبَاتِهِ عَنْكَ وَهِيَ زَلَّةٌ مِنْ زَلَلِ الْخَاطِئِينَ وَعَثْرَةٌ مِنْ عَثَراتِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ ثُمَّ انْتَبَهْتُ بِتَذْكِيرِكَ لِي مِنْ غَفْلَتِي وَنَهَضْتُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ زَلَّتِي وَ رَجَعتُ وَنَكَصْتُ بِتَسْـدِيدِكَ عَنْ عَثْـرَتِي وَقُلْتُ: سُبْحَانَ رَبّي كَيْفَ يَسْأَلُ مُحْتَاجٌ مُحْتَاجـاً وَأَنَّى يَرْغَبُ مُعْدِمٌ إلَى مُعْدِم؟ فَقَصَدْتُكَ يا إلهِي بِالرَّغْبَةِ وَأَوْفَدْتُ عَلَيْكَ رَجَائِي بِالثِّقَةِ بِكَ وَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ كَثِيرَ مَا أَسْأَلُكَ يَسِيرٌ فِي وُجْدِكَ وَأَنَّ خَطِيرَ مَا أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ حَقِيرٌ فِيْ وُسْعِكَ وَأَنَّ كَرَمَكَ لاَ يَضِيقُ عَنْ سُؤَال أحَد وَأَنَّ يَدَكَ بِالْعَطايا أَعْلَى مِنْ كُلِّ يَد. أللَهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاحْمِلْنِي بِكَرَمِكَ عَلَى التَّفَضُّلِ وَلاَ تَحْمِلْنِي بِعَدْلِكَ عَلَى الاسْتِحْقَاقِ فَما أَنَا بِأَوَّلِ رَاغِبِ رَغِبَ إلَيْكَ فَأَعْطَيْتَهُ وَهُوَ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَنْعَ وَلاَ بِأَوَّلِ سَائِل سَأَلَكَ فَأَفْضَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَسْتَوْجِبُ الْحِرْمَانَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَكُنْ لِدُعَائِي مُجِيباً وَمِنْ نِدائِي قَرِيباً وَلِتَضَرُّعِي رَاحِماً وَلِصَوْتِي سَامِعاً وَلاَ تَقْطَعْ رَجَائِي عَنْكَ وَلا تَبُتَّ سَبَبِي مِنْكَ وَلاَ تُوَجِّهْنِي فِي حَاجَتيْ هَذِهِ وَغَيْرِهَا إلى سِوَاكَ وَتَوَلَّنِي بِنُجْحِ طَلِبَتِي وَقَضاءِ حَاجَتِي وَنَيْلِ سُؤْلِي قَبْلَ زَوَالِي عَنْ مَوْقِفِي هَذَا بِتَيسِيرِكَ لِيَ الْعَسِيْرَ وَحُسْنِ تَقْدِيرِكَ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ صَلاَةً دَائِمَةً نَامِيَةً لاَ انْقِطَاعَ لأِبَدِهَا وَلا مُنْتَهَى لأِمَدِهَا وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ عَوْناً لِيْ وَسَبَباً لِنَجَاحِ طَلِبَتِي إنَّكَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيْمٌ. وَمِنْ حَاجَتِي يَا رَبِّ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَتَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ ثمّ تَسْجُـدُ وَتَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِكَ: فَضْلُكَ آنَسَنِي وَإحْسَانُكَ دَلَّنِي فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ وَبِمُحَمَّـد وَآلِهِ صَلَواتُكَ عَلَيْهمْ أَنْ لاَ تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً.

    1.O God, O ultimate object of needs! 2.O He through whom requests are attained! 3.O He whose favours are not bought by prices! 4.O He who does not muddy His gifts by the imposition of obligations! 5.O He along with whom nothing is needed and without whom nothing can be done! 6.O He toward whom desire is ever directed and never turned away! 7.O He whose treasuries cannot be exhausted by demands! 8.O He whose wisdom cannot be altered by any means! 9.O He from whom the needs of the needy are never cut off! 10.O He who is not distressed by the supplications of the supplicators! 11.You hast lauded Yourself for having no need for Your creatures, and it suits You to have no need for them, 12.and You hast attributed to them poverty, and it suits them to be poor toward You. 13.So he who strives to remedy his lack through what is with You 14.and wishes to turn poverty away from himself through You has sought his need 15.in the most likely place and come to his request from the right quarter. 16.But he who turns in his need toward one of Your creatures or assigns the cause of its being granted 17.to other than You, has exposed himself to deprivation 18.and deserves to miss Your beneficence. 19.O God, I have a need of You: my exertion has fallen short of it 20.and my stratagems have been cut back before reaching it. 21.My soul induced me to present it to him who presents his needs to You 22.and can do nothing without You in his requests, 23.but this is one the slips of the offenders, 24.one of the stumbles of the sinners! 25.Then through Your reminding me, I was aroused from my heedlessness, 26.through Your giving success, I stood up from my slip, 27.and through Your pointing the way, I returned and withdrew from my stumble. 28.I said: Glory be to my Lord! How can the needy ask from the needy? 29.How can the destitute beseech the destitute? 30.So I went straight to You, my God, in beseeching, 31.and I sent You my hope with trust in You. 32.I came to know that the many I request from You are few before Your wealth, 33.the weighty I ask from You is vile before Your plenty; 34.Your generosity is not constrained by anyone's asking, 35.Your hand is higher in bestowing gifts than every hand! 36.O God, so bless Muhammad and His Household, take me through They generosity to Your gratuitous bounty 37.And take me not through Your justice to what I deserve! 38.I am not the first beseecher to beseech You and You bestowed upon him while he deserved withholding, 39.nor am I the first to ask from You and You wast bounteous toward him while he merited deprivation. 40.O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, 41.respond to my supplication, come near my call, 42.have mercy on my pleading, listen to my voice, 43.cut not short my hope for You, sever not my thread to You, 44.turn not my face in this my need, and other needs, away from You, 45.attend for my sake to the fulfillment of my request, the granting of my need, 46.and the attainment of what I have asked before I leave this place 47.through Your making easy for me the difficult and Your excellent ordainment for me in all affairs! 48.Bless Muhammad and his Household with a permanent, ever-growing blessing, whose perpetuity has no cutting off 49.and whose term knows no limit, and make that a help to me and a cause for the granting of my request! You art Boundless, Generous! 50.And of my needs,my Lord, are such and such 51.(Here you should state your needs, then prostrate yourself, and say in your prostration:) 52.Your bounty has comforted me and Your beneficence has shown the way, 53.So I ask You by You and by Muhammad and his Household (Your blessings be upon them) that You sendest me not back in disappointment!

  14. Supplications 14. When Hostility was shown to him

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    يَامَنْ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ أَنْبَآءُ الْمُتَظَلِّمِينَ وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ فِي قِصَصِهِمْ إلَى شَهَادَاتِ الشَّاهِدِينَ وَيَا مَنْ قَرُبَتْ نُصْرَتُهُ مِنَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ وَيَا مَنْ بَعُدَ عَوْنُهُ عَنِ الظَّالِمِينَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ يَا إلهِي مَا نالَنِي مِنْ [فُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَن] مِمَّا حَظَرْتَ وَانْتَهَكَهُ مِنّي مِمَّا حَجَزْتَ عَلَيْهِ بَطَراً فِي نِعْمَتِكَ عِنْدَهُ وَاغْتِرَاراً بِنَكِيرِكَ عَلَيْهِ أللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَخُذْ ظَالِمِي وَعَدُوِّي عَنْ ظُلْمِي بِقُوَّتِكَ وَافْلُلْ حَدَّهُ عَنِّي بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ شُغْلاً فِيَما يَلِيهِ وَعَجْزاً عَمَّا يُناوِيْهِ أللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَلاَ تُسَوِّغْ لَهُ ظُلْمِي وَأَحْسِنْ عَلَيْـهِ عَوْنِي، وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ مِثْـلِ أَفْعَالِهِ، وَلا تَجْعَلْنِي فِي مِثْلِ حَالِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ ، وَأَعِدْنِي عَلَيْهِ عَدْوى حَاضِرَةً تَكُونُ مِنْ غَيْظِي بِهِ شِفَاءً، وَمِنْ حَنَقِي عَلَيْهِ وَفَاءً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ ظُلْمِهِ لِي عَفْوَكَ، وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِسُوْءِ صنِيعِهِ بِيْ رَحْمَتَكَ، فَكُلُّ مَكْرُوه جَلَلٌ دُونَ سَخَطِكَ، وَكُلُّ مُرْزِئَةٍ سَوَاءٌ مَعَ مَوْجِدَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا كَـرَّهْتَ إلَيَّ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ فَقِنِي مِنْ أَنْ أُظْلَمَ. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ أَشْكُو إلَى أَحَد سِوَاكَ، وَلاَ أَسْتَعِينُ بِحَاكِم غَيْرِكَ حَاشَاكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَصِلْ دُعَائِي بِالإِجَابَةِ، وَأَقْرِنْ شِكَايَتِي بِالتَّغْيِيرِ. أَللَّهُمَّ لا تَفْتِنِّي بِالْقُنُوطِ مِنْ إنْصَافِكَ، وَلاَ تَفْتِنْـهُ بِالأَمْنِ مِنْ إنْكَارِكَ، فَيُصِرَّ عَلَى ظُلْمِي وَيُحَاضِرَنِي بِحَقِّيْ وَعَرِّفْهُ عَمَّا قَلِيْل مَا أَوْعَدْتَ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَعَرِّفْنِي مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنْ إجَابَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَوَفِّقْنِي لِقَبُولِ مَا قَضَيْتَ لِيْ وَعَليَّ، وَرَضِّنِيْ بِمَا أَخَذْتَ لي وَمِنِّي وَاهْـدِنِي لِلَّتِيْ هِي أَقْوَمُ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا هُوَ أَسْلَمُ. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنْ كَانَتِ الْخِيَرَةُ لِيْ عِنْدَكَ فِي تَأْخِيرِ الأَخْذِ لِي وَتَرْكِ الانْتِقَامِ مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَنِيْ إلَى يَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ وَمَجْمَعِ الْخَصْمِ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ ، وَأَيِّدْنِي مِنْكَ بِنِيَّة صَادِقَة وَصَبْر دَائِم، وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ سُوءِ الرَّغْبَةِ، وَهَلَعِ أَهْلِ الْحِرْصِ، وَصَوِّرْ فِي قَلْبِي مِثَالَ مَا ادَّخَـرْتَ لِي مِنْ ثَوَابِـكَ، وَأَعْدَدْتَ لِخَصْمِي مِنْ جَزَائِكَ وَعِقَابِكَ ، وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ سَبَباً لِقَنَاعَتِي بِمَا قَضَيْتَ ، وَثِقَتِي بِمَا تَخَيَّرْتَ، آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ ، إنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ .

    1.O He from whom is not concealed news of the aggrieved! 2.O He who has no need to be told about them by the witnessing of the witnesses! 3.O He who whose help is near to the wronged! 4.O He whose aid is far from the wrongdoers! You knowest, 5.my God, how so-and-so, son of so-and-so, has harmed me in that which You hast forbidden, 6.and how he has violated me in that which You hast prohibited, showing thereby ingratitude toward Your favour upon him and delusion concerning what You hast denied him. 7.O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household, 8.keep my wrongdoing enemy from wronging me through Your strength, 9.blunt his blade toward me through Your power, and assign to him 10.a diversion in that which is close to him and the inability to reach his enemy! 11.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 12.let the wrongdoer not find it easy to wrong me, give me good help against him, 13.preserve me from the like of his acts, and place me not in the like of his situation! 14.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 15.and assist me with an immediate assistance that will heal my rage toward him 16.and redeem my fury toward him! 17.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 18.compensate me for his wronging me with Your pardon 19.and replace his evil action toward me with Your mercy, 20.for every detested thing less than Your anger is slight 21.and every disaster next to Your rancour indifferent! 22.O God, just as You hast made me detest being wronged, so also protect me from doing wrong! 23.O God, I complain to no one but You, 24.and I seek help from no ruler other than You - how could I? 25.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 26.join my supplication to response, and unite my complaint with change! 27.O God, tempt me not with despair of Your just treatment 28.and tempt him not with feeling secure from Your disapproval, 29.lest he persist in wronging me and constrain me in my rights. 30.Let him soon recognize what You hast promised the wrongdoers 31.and let me recognize Your promised response to the distressed! 32.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 33.give me success in accepting Your decrees for me and against me, 34.make me pleased with what You takest for me and from me, 35.guide me to that which is most upright and employ me in that which is safest! 36.O God, if the best for me with You lies 37.in delaying the taking to task for my sake of him 38.who has wronged me and in refraining from vengeance toward him until the Day of Decision and the Gathering of Disputants, 39.then bless Muhammad and his Household, 40.strengthen me from You with true intention and lasting patience, 41.give me refuge from evil desire and the impatience of the greedy 42.and form in my heart the image of Your reward 43.which You hast stored away for me and the repayment and punishment 44.which You has prepared for my disputant! Make this a cause of my contentment with what You hast decreed 45.and my trust in what You hast chosen! Amen, Lord of the worlds! 46.You art of bounty abounding and You art powerful over everything.

  15. Supplications 15. His supplication when sick

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    أللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ أَزَلْ أَتَصَرَّفُ فِيهِ مِنْ سَلاَمَةِ بَدَنِي، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَحْدَثْتَ بِيْ مِنْ عِلَّة فِي جَسَـدِي. فَمَا أَدْرِي يَـا إلهِي، أَيُّ الْحَالَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالشُّكْرِ لَكَ، وَأَيُّ الْوَقْتَيْنِ أوْلَى بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ، أَوَقْتُ الصِّحَةِ الَّتِي هَنَّـأْتَنِي فِيهَا طَيِّبَاتِ رِزْقِكَ، وَنَشَّطْتَنِي بِهَا لابْتِغاءِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ، وَقَوَّيْتَنِي مَعَهَا عَلَى مَـا وَفَّقْتَنِي لَهُ مِنْ طَـاعَتِـكَ أَمْ وَقْتُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مَحَّصْتَنِي بِهَا، وَالنِّعَمِ الَّتِي أَتْحَفْتَنِي بِهَا تَخْفِيفاً لِمَا ثَقُلَ بِهِ عَلَى ظَهري مِنَ الْخَطِيئاتِ وَتَطْهيراً لِمَا انْغَمَسْتُ فيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ ، وَتَنْبِيهاً لِتَنَاوُلِ التَّوْبَةِ، وَتَذْكِيراً لِمَحْوِ الْحَوْبَةِ بِقَدِيمِ النِّعْمَةِ، وَفِي خِلاَلِ ذَلِكَ مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ الْكَاتِبَانِ مِنْ زَكِيِّ الأعْمَالِ، مَا لا قَلْبٌ فَكَّرَ فِيهِ، وَلا لِسَانٌ نَطَقَ بِهِ وَلاَ جَارِحَةٌ تَكَلَّفَتْهُ بَلْ إفْضَالاً مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ، وَإحْسَاناً مِنْ صَنِيعِـكَ إلَيَّ. أللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّـد وَآلِـهِ وَحَبِّبْ إلَيّ مَـا رَضِيتَ لِي ، وَيَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَحْلَلْتَ بِيْ، وَطَهِّرْنِي مِنْ دَنَسِ مَا أَسْلَفْتُ ، وَامْحُ عَنِّي شَرَّ مَا قَـدَّمْتُ، وَأَوْجِدْنِي حَلاَوَةَ الْعَافِيَةِ ، وَأَذِقْنِي بَرْدَ السَّلاَمَةِ وَاجْعَلْ مَخْرَجِي عَنْ عِلَّتِي إلَى عَفْوِكَ، وَمُتَحَوَّلِي عَنْ صَرْعَتِي إلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ، وَخَلاصِي مِنْ كَرْبِي إلَى رَوْحِكَ، وَسَلاَمَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشِّدَّةِ إلَى فَرَجِكَ، إنَّكَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ بِالإِحْسَانِ، الْمُتَطَوِّلُ بِالامْتِنَانِ، الْوَهَّابُ الْكَرِيمُ، ذُو الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ

    1.O God, to You belongs praise for the good health of my body which lets me move about, 2.and to You belongs praise, for the ailments which You causest to arise in my flesh! 3.For I know not, my God, which of the two states deserves more my thanking You 4.and which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of You: 5.the time of health, within which You makest me delight in the agreeable things of Your provision, 6.through which You givest me the joy to seek the means to Your good pleasure and bounty, 7.and by which You strengthenest me for the acts of obedience which You hast given me success to accomplish; 8.or the time of illness through which You puttest me to the test 9.and bestowest upon me favours: 10.lightening of the offenses that weigh down my back, 11.purification of the evil deeds into which I have plunged, 12.incitement to reach for repentance, reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favour; 13.and, through all that, what the two writers write for me: 14.blameless acts, which no heart had thought, 15.no tongue had uttered, and no limb had undertaken, rather, as Your bestowal of bounty upon me 16.and the beneficence of Your benefaction toward me. 17.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 18.make me love what You hast approved for me, 19.make easy for me what You hast sent down upon me, 20.purify me of the defilement of what I have sent ahead, 21.erase the evil of what I have done beforehand, 22.let me find the sweetness of well-being, let me taste the coolness of safety, 23.and appoint for me a way out from my illness to Your pardon, 24.transformation of my infirmity into Your forbearance, 25.escape from my distress to Your refreshment, 26.and safety from this hardship in Your relief! 27.You art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence, 28.ever gracious in kindness, the Generous, the Giver, 29.Possessor of majesty and munificence!

  16. Supplications 16. In Asking Release from sins and Seeking Pardon

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    أللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمُذْنِبُونَ، وَيَا مَنْ إلَى ذِكْرِ إحْسَانِهِ يَفْزَعُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ، وَيَا مَنْ لِخِيفَتِهِ يَنْتَحِبُ الْخَاطِئُونَ، يَا اُنْسَ كُلِّ مُسْتَوْحِشٍ غَرِيبٍ، وَيَا فَرَجَ كُلِّ مَكْرُوبٍ كَئِيبٍ، وَيَا غَوْثَ كُلِّ مَخْذُوَلٍ فَرِيدٍ، وَيَا عَضُدَ كُلِّ مُحْتَاجٍ طَرِيدٍ . أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء رَحْمَةً وَعِلْماً، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ مَخْلُوق فِي نِعَمِكَ سَهْماً، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِيْ عَفْوُهُ أَعْلَى مِنْ عِقَابِهِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي تَسْعَى رَحْمَتُهُ أَمَامَ غَضَبِهِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي عَطَآؤُهُ أكْثَرُ مِنْ مَنْعِهِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِيْ اتَّسَعَ الْخَلاَئِقُ كُلُّهُمْ فِي رَحمَتِهِ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لا يَرْغَبُ فِي جَزَاءِ مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لا يُفْرِطُ فِي عِقَابِ مَنْ عَصَاهُ. وَأَنَا يَا إلهِي عَبْدُكَ الَّذِي أَمَرْتَهُ بِالدُّعاءِ فَقَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَبِّ مَطْرُوحٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، أَنَا الَّذِي أَوْقَرَتِ الْخَطَايَا ظَهْرَهُ، وَأَنا الَّذِي أَفْنَتِ الذُّنُوبُ عُمْرَهُ، وَأَنَا الَّذِي بِجَهْلِهِ عَصاكَ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَهْلاً مِنْهُ لِذَاكَ. هَلْ أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي رَاحِمٌ مَنْ دَعَاكَ فَأُبْلِغَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ أَمْ أَنْتَ غَافِرٌ لِمَنْ بَكَاكَ فَأُسْرِعَ فِي الْبُكَاءِ أَمْ أَنْتَ مُتَجَاوِزٌ عَمَّنْ عَفَّرَ لَكَ وَجْهَهُ تَذَلُّلاً أَم أَنْتَ مُغْن مَنْ شَكَا إلَيْكَ فَقْرَهُ تَوَكُّلاً؟ إلهِي لاَ تُخيِّبْ مَنْ لا يَجدُ مُعْطِياً غَيْرَكَ، وَلاَ تَخْذُلْ مَنْ لا يَسْتَغْنِي عَنْكَ بِأَحَدٍ دُونَكَ. إلهِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَلاَ تُعْرِضْ عَنِّي وَقَدْ أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ ، وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي وَقَـدْ رَغِبْتُ إلَيْكَ، وَلا تَجْبَهْنِي بِالرَّدِّ وَقَدْ انْتَصَبْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ. أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَصَفْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالرَّحْمَةِ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالعَفْوِ، فَاعْفُ عَنِّي. قَـدْ تَرَى يَـا إلهِي فَيْضَ دَمْعِي مِنْ خِيفَتِكَ، وَوَجِيبَ قَلْبِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، وَانْتِفَاضَ جَوَارِحِي مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ حَيآءً مِنِّي لِسُوءِ عَمَلِي، وَلِذَاكَ خَمَدَ صَوْتِي عَنِ الْجَارِ إلَيْكَ، وَكَلَّ لِسَانِي عَنْ مُنَاجَاتِكَ يَا إلهِي فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، فَكَم مِنْ عَائِبَةٍ سَتَرْتَهَا عَلَيَّ فَلَم تَفْضَحْنِي، وَكَمْ مِنْ ذنْبِ غَطَّيْتَهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْنِي، وَكَمْ مِنْ شَائِبَة أَلْمَمْتُ بِهَا فَلَمْ تَهْتِكْ عَنِّي سِتْرَهَا، وَلَمْ تُقَلِّدْنِي مَكْرُوهَ شَنَارِهَا، وَلَمْ تُبْدِ سَوْأَتِهَا لِمَنْ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعَايِبِي مِنْ جِيْرَتِي، وَحَسَدَةِ نِعْمَتِكَ عِنْدِي، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْهَنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَنْ جَرَيْتُ إلَى سُوءِ مَا عَهِدْتَ مِنّي فَمَنْ أَجْهَلُ مِنِّي يَا إلهِيْ بِرُشْدِهِ وَمَنْ أَغْفَلُ مِنِّي عَنْ حَظِّهِ وَمَنْ أَبْعَدُ مِنِّي مِنِ اسْتِصْلاَحِ نَفْسِهِ حِيْنَ اُنْفِقُ مَا أَجْرَيْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ فِيمَا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَمَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْراً فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَأَشَدُّ إقْدَاماً عَلَى السُّوءِ مِنّي حِينَ أَقِفُ بَيْنَ دَعْوَتِكَ وَدَعْوَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَـأتَّبعُ دَعْوَتَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَمىً مِنّي فِيْ مَعْرِفَة بِهِ، وَلا نِسْيَان مِنْ حِفْظِي لَهُ وَأَنَا حِينَئِذ مُوقِنٌ بِأَنَّ مُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِكَ إلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِهِ إلَى النَّارِ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا أَشْهَدُ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَاُعَدِّدُهُ مِنْ مَكْتُوْمِ أَمْرِي، وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذلِكَ أَنَاتُكَ عَنِّي وَإبْطآؤُكَ عَنْ مُعَاجَلَتِي وَلَيْسَ ذلِكَ مِنْ كَرَمِي عَلَيْكَ بَلْ تَأَنِّياً مِنْكَ لِي، وَتَفَضُّلاً مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ، لانْ أَرْتَـدِعَ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ الْمُسْخِطَةِ وَاُقْلِعَ عَنْ سَيِّئَـاتِي الْمُخْلِقَةِ . وَلِاَنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنّي أَحَبُّ إلَيْكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِي، بَلْ أَنَا يَا إلهِي أكْثَرُ ذُنُوباً وَأَقْبَحُ آثاراً وَأَشْنَعُ أَفْعَالاً وَأَشَدُّ فِي الْباطِلِ تَهَوُّراً وَأَضْعَفُ عِنْدَ طَاعَتِكَ تَيَقُّظاً، وَأَقَلُّ لِوَعِيْدِكَ انْتِبَاهاً وَارْتِقَاباً مِنْ أَنْ أُحْصِيَ لَكَ عُيُوبِي، أَوْ أَقْدِرَ عَلَى ذِكْرِ ذُنُوبِي وَإنَّمَا أُوبِّخُ بِهَذا نَفْسِي طَمَعَـاً فِي رَأْفَتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَـا صَلاَحُ أَمْرِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ، وَرَجَاءً لِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَا فَكَاكُ رِقَابِ الْخَاطِئِينَ. اللَّهُمَّ وَهَذِهِ رَقَبَتِي قَدْ أَرَقَّتْهَا الذُّنُوبُ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعْتِقْهَا بِعَفْوِكَ، وَهَذَا ظَهْرِي قَدْ أَثْقَلَتْهُ الْخَطَايَـا، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَخَفِّفْ عَنْهُ بِمَنِّكَ. يَا إلهِي لَوْ بَكَيْتُ إلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَسْقُطَ أَشْفَارُ عَيْنَيَّ ، وَانْتَحَبْتُ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ صَوْتِي، وَقُمْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَنَشَّرَ قَدَمَايَ، وَرَكَعْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى يَنْخَلِعَ صُلْبِي، وَسَجَدْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَفَقَّأَ حَدَقَتَايَ، وَأكَلْتُ تُرَابَ الأرْضِ طُولَ عُمْرِي، وَشَرِبْتُ مَاءَ الرَّمَادِ آخِرَ دَهْرِي وَذَكَرْتُكَ فِي خِلاَلِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَكِلَّ لِسَانِي ثُمَّ لَمْ أَرْفَعْ طَرْفِي إلَى آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ اسْتِحْيَاءً مِنْكَ مَا اسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِذَلِكَ مَحْوَ سَيِّئَة وَاحِـدَة مِنْ سَيِّئـاتِي، وَإنْ كُنْتَ تَغْفِـرُ لِي حِيْنَ أَسْتَوْجِبُ مَغْفِرَتَكَ وَتَعْفُو عَنِّي حِينَ أَسْتَحِقُّ عَفْوَكَ فَإنَّ ذَلِكَ غَيْرُ وَاجِب لِيْ بِاسْتِحْقَاق، وَلا أَنَا أَهْلٌ لَهُ بِـاسْتِيجَاب إذْ كَـانَ جَزَائِي مِنْكَ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا عَصَيْتُكَ النَّارَ; فَإنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي، فَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ ظَالِم لِيْ. إلهِي فَـإذْ قَـدْ تَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِسِتْـرِكَ فَلَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي وَتَـأَنَّيْتَنِي بِكَـرَمِـكَ فَلَمْ تُعَـاجِلْنِي، و حَلُمْتَ عَنِّي بِتَفَضُّلِكَ فَلَمْ تُغَيِّـرْ نِعْمَتَـكَ عَلَيَّ، وَلَمْ تُكَـدِّرْ مَعْرُوفَكَ عِنْدِي فَارْحَمْ طُولَ تَضَرُّعِيْ وَشِـدَّةَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَسُوءَ مَوْقِفِيْ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَقِنِي مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِالطَّاعَةِ، وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ الإِنابَةِ وَطَهِّرْنِي بِالتَّـوْبَةِ، وَأَيِّـدْنِي بِالْعِصْمَةِ وَاسْتَصْلِحْنِي بِالْعَافِيَةِ وَأَذِقْنِي حَلاَوَةَ الْمَغْفِـرَةِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي طَلِيقَ عَفْـوِكَ، وَعَتِيقَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَاكْتُبْ لِي أَمَاناً مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبَشِّرْنِي بِذلِكَ فِي الْعَاجِلِ دُونَ الآجِلِ بُشْرى أَعْرِفُهَا وَعَرِّفْنِي فِيهِ عَلاَمَةً أَتَبَيَّنُهَا إنَّ ذلِكَ لاَ يَضيقُ عَلَيْكَ فِي وُسْعِكَ ، وَلا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ، وَلا يَتَصَعَّدُكَ فِي أناتِكَ ، وَلا يَؤودُك فِي جَزِيلِ هِباتِكَ الَّتِي دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهَا آيَاتُكَ إنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَتَحكُمُ مَا تُرِيدُ، إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.

    1.O God, O He through whose Mercy sinners seek aid! 2.O He to the remembrance of whose beneficence the distressed flee! 3.O He in fear of whom the offenders weep! 4.O Comfort of every lonely stranger! 5.O Relief of all who are downcast and distressed! 6.O Aid of everyone abandoned and alone! 7.O Support of every needy outcast! 8.You art He who "embracest everything in mercy and knowledge"! (40:7) 9.You art He who hast appointed for each creature a share of Your favours! 10.You art He whose pardon is higher than His punishment! 11.You art He whose mercy runs before His wrath! 12.You art He whose bestowal is greater than His withholding! 13.You art He by whose mercy all creatures are embraced! 14.You art He who desires no repayment by him upon whom He bestows! 15.You art He who does not overdo the punishment of him who disobeys You! 16.And I, my God, am Your servant whom You commanded to supplicate and who said: 17.I am at Your service and disposal! Here am I, my Lord, thrown down before You. 18.I am he whose back offenses have weighed down! 19.I am he whose lifetime sins have consumed! 20.I am he who was disobedient in his ignorance, while You didst not deserve that from him! 21.Wilt Thou, my God, be merciful toward him who supplicates You, that I should bring my supplication before You? 22.Wilt You forgive him who weeps to You that I should hurry to weep? 23.Wilt You show forbearance toward him who puts his face in the dust before You in lowliness? 24.Wilt You free from need him who complains to You of his indigent need with confidence? 25.My God, disappoint not him who finds no bestower other than You, 26.and abandon not him who cannot be freed from his need for You through less than You! 27.My God, so bless Muhammad and his Household, 28.turn not away from me when I have turned my face toward You, 29.deprive me not when 1 have besought You, 30.and slap not my brow with rejection when I have stood before You! 31.You art He who has described Himself by mercy, 32.so bless Muhammad and his Household and have mercy upon me! 33.You art He who has named Himself by pardon so pardon me! 34.You hast seen, my God, the flow of my tears in fear of You, 35.the throbbing of my heart in dread of You, 36.and the infirmity of my limbs in awe of You. 37.All this from my shame before You because of my evil works! 38.So my voice has become silent, no longer crying to You, 39.and my tongue has gone dumb, no longer whispering in prayer. 40.My God, so to You belongs praise! How many of my flaws You hast covered over without exposing me! 41.How many of my sins You hast cloaked without making me notorious! 42.How many faults I have committed, yet You didst not tear away from me their covering, 43.collar me with their detested disgrace, 44.or make their dishonour plain to those of my neighbours who search for my defects 45.and to those who envy Your favour toward me! 46.But that did not prevent me from passing on to the evil that You knowest from me! 47.So who is more ignorant than I, my God, of his own right conduct? 48.Who is more heedless than I of his own good fortune? 49.Who is further than I from seeking to set himself right? 50.For I spend the provision You deliverest to me 51.in the disobedience You hast prohibited to me! 52.Who sinks more deeply into falsehood and is more intensely audacious in evil than I? 53.For I hesitate between Your call and the call of Satan 54.and then follow his call without being blind in my knowledge of him 55.or forgetful in my memory of him, while I am certain 56.that Your call takes to the Garden and his call takes to the Fire! 57.Glory be to You! How marvellous the witness I bear 58.against my own soul and the enumeration of my own hidden affairs! 59.And more marvellous than that is Your lack of haste with me, 60.Your slowness in attending to me! That is not because I possess 61.honour with You, but because You waitest patiently for me 62.and art bountiful toward me 63.that I may refrain from disobedience displeasing to You 64.and abstain from evil deeds that disgrace me, 65.and because You lovest to pardon me more than to punish! 66.But I, my God, am more numerous in sins, 67.uglier in footsteps, more repulsive in acts, 68.more reckless in rushing into falsehood, 69.weaker in awakening to Your obedience, 70.and less attentive and heedful toward Your threats, 71.than that I could number for You my faults 72.or have the power to recount my sins. 73.I only scold my own soul, craving Your gentleness, 74.through which the affairs of sinners are set right, 75.and hoping for Your mercy, through which the necks of the offenders are freed. 76.O God, this is my neck, enslaved by sins, 77.so bless Muhammad and his Household and release it through Your pardon! 78.This is my back, weighed down by offenses, 79.so bless Muhammad and his Household and lighten it through Your kindness! 80.My God, were I to weep to You until my eyelids drop off, 81.wail until my voice wears out, 82.stand before You until my feet swell up, 83.bow to You until my backbone is thrown out of joint, 84.prostrate to You until my eyeballs fall out, 85.eat the dirt of the earth for my whole life, 86.drink the water of ashes till the end of my days, 87.mention You through all of that until my tongue fails, 88.and not lift my glance to the sky's horizons in shame before You, 89.yet would I not merit through all of that the erasing of a single one of my evil deeds! 90.Though You forgivest me when I merit Your forgiveness 91.and pardonest me when I deserve Your pardon, 92.yet I have no title to that through what I deserve, 93.nor am I worthy of it through merit, 94.since my repayment from You from the first that I disobeyed You is the Fire! 95.So if You punishest me, You dost me no wrong. 96.My God, since You hast shielded me with Your covering and not exposed me, 97.waited patiently for me through Your generosity, and not hurried me to punishment, 98.and shown me clemency through Your bounty, and not changed Your favour upon me 99.or muddied Your kindly acts toward me, 100.have mercy on my drawn out pleading, my intense misery, and my evil situation! 101.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 102.protect me from acts of disobedience, employ me in obedience, 103.provide me with excellent turning back [to You], purify me through repentance, 104.strengthen me through preservation from sin, set me right through well being, 105.let me taste the sweetness of forgiveness, 106.make me the freedman of Your pardon and the slave released by Your mercy, 107.and write for me a security from Your displeasure! 108.Give me the good news of that in the immediate, not the deferred - a good news I recognize - 109.and make known to me therein a sign which I may clearly see! 110.That will not constrain You in Your plenty, 111.distress You in Your power, 112.ascend beyond Your lack of haste, 113.or tire You in Your great gifts, which are pointed to by Your signs. 114.Verily You dost what You wilt, You decreest what You desirest. 115."Thou art powerful over everything". (3:26)

  17. Supplications 17. When he Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge from him

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَزَغَـاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَكَيْدِهِ وَمَكَائِدِهِ، وَمِنَ الثِّقَةِ بِأَمَـانِيِّهِ وَمَوَاعِيدِهِ وَغُرُورِهِ وَمَصَائِدِهِ، وَأَنْ يُطْمِعَ نَفْسَهُ فِي إضْلاَلِنَا عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَامْتِهَانِنَا بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ، أَوْ أَنْ يَحْسُنَ عِنْدَنَا مَا حَسَّنَ لَنَا، أَوْ أَنْ يَثْقُلَ عَلَيْنَا مَا كَرَّهَ إلَيْنَا. أللَّهُمَّ اخْسَأْهُ عَنَّا بِعِبَادَتِكَ، وَاكْبِتْهُ بِدُؤوبِنَا فِي مَحَبَّتِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ سِتْراً لاَ يَهْتِكُهُ، وَرَدْماً مُصْمِتاً لا يَفْتُقُهُ. أللَّهُمَّ صَـلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ، وَاشْغَلْهُ عَنَّا بِبَعْضِ أَعْدَائِكَ، وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنْهُ بِحُسْنِ رِعَايَتِكَ، وَاكْفِنَا خَتْرَهُ، وَوَلِّنَا ظَهْرَهُ، وَاقْطَعْ عَنَّا إثْرَهُ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَمْتِعْنَا مِنَ الْهُدَى، بِمِثْلِ ضَلاَلَتِهِ، وَزَوِّدْنَا مِنَ التَّقْوَى ضِدَّ غَوَايَتِهِ، وَاسْلُكْ بِنَـا مِنَ التُّقى خِـلافَ سَبِيلِهِ مِنَ الـرَّدى. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْ لَهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا مَدْخَلاً وَلاَ تُوطِنَنَّ لَهُ فِيمَا لَدَيْنَا مَنْزِلاً. اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا سَوَّلَ لَنَا مِنْ بَاطِل فَعَرِّفْنَاهُ وَإذَا عَرَّفْتَنَاهُ فَقِنَاهُ، وَبَصِّرْنَا مَا نُكَايِدُهُ بِهِ، وَأَلْهِمْنَا مَا نُعِدُّهُ لَهُ، وَأَيْقِظْنَا عَنْ سِنَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ بِالرُّكُونِ إلَيْهِ وَأَحْسِنْ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ عَوْنَنَا عَلَيْهِ. اللَّهُمَّ وَأَشْرِبْ قُلُوبَنَـا إنْكَارَ عَمَلِهِ، وَالْـطُفْ لَنَا فِي نَقضِ حِيَلِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَحَوِّلْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا، وَاقْطَعْ رَجَاءَهُ مِنَّا ، وادْرَأْه عَنِ الْوُلُوعِ بِنَا. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ آباءَنَا وَأُمَّهَاتِنَا وَأَوْلاَدَنَا وَأَهَالِينَا وَذَوِي أَرْحَامِنَا وَقَرَابَاتِنَا وَجِيْرَانَنَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَـاتِ مِنْهُ فِي حِرْز حَـارِز، وَحِصْن حَافِظ ، وَكَهْف مَانِع، وَألْبِسْهُمْ مِنْهُ جُنَناً وَاقِيَةً، وَأَعْطِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْلِحَةً مَاضِيَةً أللَّهُمَّ وَاعْمُمْ بِذلِكَ مَنْ شَهِدَ لَكَ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ، وَأَخْلَصَ لَكَ بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ، وَعَادَاهُ لَكَ بِحَقِيقَةِ الْعُبُودِيَّة، وَاسْتَظْهَرَ بِكَ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْعُلُومِ الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ. اللَّهُمَّ احْلُلْ مَا عَقَدَ، وَافْتقْ مَا رَتَقَ، وَافسَخ مَا دَبَّرَ، وَثَبِّطْهُ إذَا عَزَمَ، وَانْقُضْ مَا أَبْرَمَ. اللَّهُمَّ وَاهْزِمْ جُنْدَهُ وَأَبْطِلْ كَيْدَهُ وَاهْدِمْ كَهْفَهُ وَأَرْغِمْ أَنْفَهُ. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا فِي نَظْم أَعْدَآئِهِ وَاعْزِلْنَا عَنْ عِدَادِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ، لا نُطِيعُ لَهُ إذَا اسْتَهْوَانَا، وَلا نَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إذَا دَعَانَا نَأْمُرُ بِمُنَاوَاتِهِ مَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمْرَنَا وَنَعِظُ عَنْ مُتَابَعَتِهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ زَجْرَنَا. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَسَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الـطَّاهِرِينَ وَأَعِذْنَا وَأَهَـالِينَا وَإخْـوَانَنَا وَجَمِيـعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِمَّا اسْتَعَذْنَا مِنْهُ، وَأَجِرْنَا مِمَّا اسْتَجَرْنَا بِكَ مِنْ خَوْفِهِ وَاسْمَعْ لَنَا مَا دَعَوْنَا بِهِ وَأَعْطِنَا مَا أَغْفَلْنَاهُ وَاحْفَظْ لَنَا مَا نَسِيْنَاهُ، وَصَيِّرْنَا بِذَلِكَ فِي دَرَجَاتِ الصَّالِحِينَ وَمَـرَاتِبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آمينَ رَبَّ ا لْعَالَمِينَ .

    1.O God, we seek refuge in You 2.from the instigations of the accursed Satan, his trickery, and his traps, 3.from trust in his false hopes, his promises, his delusions, and his snares, 4.and lest he should make himself crave to lead us away 5.from Your obedience and to degrade us through our disobeying You, 6.and lest what he has shown us as beautiful be beautiful for us 7.and what he has shown us as detestable weigh down upon us. 8.O God, drive him away from us through Your worship, 9.throw him down through our perseverance in Your love, 10.and place between him and us a covering that he cannot tear away 11.and a solid barrier that he cannot cut through! 12.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 13.distract Satan from us with some of Your enemies, 14.preserve us from him through Your good guarding, spare us his treachery, 15.turn his back toward us, and cut off from us his trace! 16.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 17.give us to enjoy guidance the like of his misguidance, 18.increase us in piety against his seduction, 19.and make us walk in reverential fear contrary to his path of ruin! 20.O God, assign him no place of entrance into our hearts 21.and do not allow him to make his home in that which is with us! 22.O God, cause us to recognize the falsehood with which he tempts us, 23.and once You hast caused us to recognize it, protect us from it! Make us see what will allow us to outwit him, 24.inspire us with all that we can make ready for him, awaken us from the heedless slumber of relying upon him, 25.and help us well, through Your giving success, against him! 26.O God, saturate our hearts with the rejection of his works 27.and be gentle to us by destroying his stratagems! 28.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, turn his authority away from us, 29.cut off his hope from us, and keep him from craving for us! 30.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 31.and place our fathers, our mothers, our children, our wives, 32.our siblings, our relatives, and the faithful among our neighbours, 33.male and female, in a sanctuary impregnable to him, 34.a guarding fortress, a defending cave! Clothe them in shields protective against him 35.and give them arms that will cut him down! 36.O God, include in that everyone who witnesses to You as Lord, 37.devotes himself sincerely to Your Unity, 38.shows enmity toward him through the reality of servanthood, 39.and seeks help from You against him through knowledge of the divine sciences! 40.O God, undo what he ties, unstitch what he sews up, 41.dislocate what he devises, frustrate him when he makes up his mind, and destroy what he establishes! 42.O God, rout his troops, nullify his trickery, 43.make his cave collapse, and rub his nose in the ground! 44.O God, place us in the ranks of his enemies 45.and remove us from the number of his friends, 46.that we obey him not when he entices us 47.and answer him not when he calls to us! 48.We command everyone who obeys our command to be his enemy 49.and we admonish everyone who follows our prohibition not to follow him! 50.O God, bless Muhammad the Seal of the prophets and lord of the emissaries, 51.and the folk of his house, the good, the pure! 52.Give refuge to us, our families, our brothers, 53.and all the faithful, male and female, from that from which we seek refuge, 54.and grant us sanctuary from that through fear of which we seek sanctuary in You! 55.Hear our supplication to You, bestow upon us that of which we have been heedless, and safeguard for us what we have forgotten! 56.Through all this bring us into the ranks of the righteous 57.and the degrees of the faithful! 58.Amen, Lord of the worlds!

  18. Supplications 18. When Perils were repelled or Requests quickly granted

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    أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ قَضَائِكَ، وَبِمَا صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ بَلائِكَ، فَلاَ تَجْعَـلْ حَظِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ فَأكُونَ قَدْ شَقِيتُ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتُ وَسَعِدَ غَيْرِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُ، وَإنْ يَكُنْ مَا ظَلِلْتُ فِيهِ أَوْ بِتُّ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعَافِيَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَلاء لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ، وَوِزْر لاَ يَرْتَفِعُ فَقَدِّمْ لِي مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَأَخِّرْ عَنّي مَا قَدَّمْتَ فَغَيْرُ كَثِير مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْفَنَاءُ، وَغَيْرُ قَلِيل مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْبَقَاءُ. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ.

    1.O God, to You belongs praise for Your excellent accomplishment 2.and for Your trial which You hast turned away from me! 3.But make not my share of Your mercy the well-being which You hast quickly granted to me, 4.lest I become wretched through what I have loved and someone else gain felicity through what I have disliked! 5.If this well-being in which I pass the day or night 6.should precede a trial that does not cease and a burden that does not pass away, 7.then set before me what You hadst set behind and set behind me what You hadst set before! 8.For that which ends in annihilation is not great 9.and that which ends in subsistence is not little. 10.And bless Muhammad and his Household!

  19. Supplications 19. His Supplication in Asking for Water during a Drought

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    أللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَـا الْغَيْثَ، وَانْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَـكَ بِغَيْثِكَ الْمُغْدِقِ مِنَ الْسَّحَابِ الْمُنْسَـاقِ لِنَبَاتِ أَرْضِكَ الْمُونِقِ فِي جَمِيـعِ الآفَاقِ، وَامْنُنْ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِإينَاعِ الثَّمَرَةِ، وأَحْيِ بِلاَدَكَ بِبُلُوغِ الزَّهَرَةِ. وَأَشْهِدْ مَلائِكَتَكَ الْكِرَامَ السَّفَرَةَ بِسَقْي مِنْكَ نَافِع دَائِم غُزْرُهُ واسِعٌ دِرَرُهُ وَابِل سَرِيع عَاجِل تُحْيِي بِهِ مَا قَدْ مَات، وَتَرُدُّ بهِ مَا قَدْ فَاتَ، وَتُخْرِجُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ آت، وَتُوَسِّعُ بِهِ فِي الأَقْوَاتِ، سَحَاباً مُتَرَاكِماً هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً طَبَقاً مُجَلْجَلاً غَيْرَ مُلِثٍّ وَدْقُهُ، وَلاَ خُلَّب بَرْقُهُ. أللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثاً مَغيثَاً مَرِيعاً مُمْرِعاً عَرِيْضَاً، وَاسِعاً غَزِيراً تَرُدُّ بِهِ النَّهِيضَ وَتَجْبُرُ بِهِ الْمَهِيضَ. أللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا سَقْياً تُسِيلُ مِنْهُ الظِّرابَ، وَتَمْلاءُ مِنْهُ الْجِبَابَ، وَتُفَجِّرُ بِهِ الأنْهَارَ، وَتُنْبِتُ بِهِ الأشْجَارَ وَتُرْخِصُ بِهِ الأسْعَارَ فِي جَمِيع الأمْصَارِ، وَتَنْعَشُ بِهِ البَهَائِمَ وَالْخَلْقَ، وَتُكْمِلُ لَنَا بِهِ طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ، وَتُنْبِتُ لَنَا بِهِ الزَّرْعَ، وَتُدِرُّ بِهِ الضَّرْعَ، وَتَزِيدُنَا بِهِ قُوَّةً إلَى قُوَّتِنَا. أللَّهُمَّ لا تَجْعَلْ ظِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا سَمُوماً وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ بَرْدَهُ عَلَيْنَا حُسُوماً، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ صَوْبَهُ عَلَيْنَا رُجُوماً، وَلا تَجْعَلْ مَاءَهُ عَلَيْنَا أُجَاجـاً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَارْزُقْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ، إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ .

    1.O God, water us with rain, 2.unfold upon us Your mercy through Your copious rain 3.from the driven clouds, so that Your goodly earth may grow on all horizons! 4.Show kindness to Your servants through the ripening of the fruit, 5.revive Your land through the blossoming of the flowers, 6.and let Your angels - the noble scribes - be witness 7.to a beneficial watering from You, lasting in its abundance, 8.plenty in its flow, heavy, quick, soon, 9.through which You revivest what has died, returnest what has vanished, 10.bringest forth what is coming, 11.and providest plentiful foods, 12.through heaped up, wholesome, productive clouds, in reverberating layers, 13.the rain's downpour not without cease, 14.the lightning's flashes not without fruit! 15.O God, give us water through rain, helping, productive, fertilizing, widespread, 16.plentiful, abundant, bringing back the risen, restoring the broken! 17.O God, give us water with a watering through which You wilt make the stone hills pour, 18.fill the cisterns, 19.flood the rivers, 20.make the trees grow, 21.bring down prices in all the lands, 22.invigorate the beasts and the creatures, 23.perfect for us the agreeable things of provision, 24.make grow for us the fields, 25.let flow for us the teats, 26.and add for us strength to our strength! 27.O God, make not the cloud's shadow over us a burning wind, 28.allow not its coldness to be cutting, 29.let not its pouring down upon us be a stoning, 30.and make not its waters for us bitter! 31.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 32.and provide us with the blessings of the heavens and the earth! 33."Thou art powerful over everything"! (3:26)

  20. Supplications 20. Makaeremul Akhlaq- Noble Traits

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    بسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَبَلِّغْ بِإِيمَانِي أَكْمَلَ الإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْ يَقِينِي أَفْضَلَ الْيَقِينِ وَانتَهِ بِنِيَّتِي إِلَى أَحْسَنِ النِّيَّاتِ، وَبِعَمَلِي إِلَى أَحْسَنِ الأَعْمَاِل اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّرْ بِلُطْفِكَ نِيَّتِي وَصَحِّحْ بِمَا عِندَكَ يَقِينِي وَاسْتَصْلِحْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ مَا فَسَدَ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَاكْفِنِي مَا يَشْغَلُنِي الإِهْتِمَامُ بِهِ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا تَسْألُنِي غَداً عَنْهُ وَاسْتَفْرِغْ أَيَّامِي فِيمَا خَلَقْتَنِي لَهُ وَاغْنِنِي وَأَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ فِي رِزْقِكَ وَلا تَفْتِنِّي بِالنَّظَرِ وَأَعِزَّنِي وَلا تَبْتَلِيَنِّي بِالْكِبْرِ وَعَبِّدْنِي لَكَ وَلا تُفْسِدْ عِبِادَتِي بِالعُجْبِ وَأَجْرِ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى يَدَيَّ الْخَيْرَ وَلا تَمْحَقْهُ بِالْمَنِّ وَهَبْ لِي مَعَاِلي الأَخْلاَقِ وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنَ الْفَخْرِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَلا تَرْفَعْنِي فِي النَّاسِ دَرَجَةً إِلا حَطَطْتَنِي عِندَ نَفْسِي مِثْلَهَا وَلا تُحْدِثْ لِي عِزّاً ظَاهِراً إِلاَّ أَحْدَثْتَ لِي ذِلَّةً بَاطِنَةً عِندَ نَفْسِي بِقَدَرِهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمَتِّعْنِي بِهُدَىً صَاِلحٍ لا أَسْتَبْدِلُ بِهِ، وَطَرِيقَةِ حَقٍّ لا أَزِيغُ عَنْهَا، وَنِيَّةِ رَشْدٍ لا أَشُكُّ فِيهَا وَعَمِّرْنِي مَا كَانَ عُمْرِي بِذْلَةً فِي طَاعَتِكَ، فَإِذَا كَانَ عُمْرِي مَرْتَعاً لِلشَّيْطَانِ فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ، قَبْلَ أَن يَّسْبِقَ مَقْتُكَ إِلَيَّ، أَوْ يَسْتَحْكِمَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَيَّ اللَّهُمَّ لا تَدَعْ خِصْلَةً تُعَابُ مِنِّي إِلاَّ أَصْلَحْتَهَا وَلا عَائِبَةً أُؤَنَّبُ بِهَا إِلاَّ حَسَّنتَهَا، وَلا أُكْرُومَةً فِيَّ نَاقِصَةً إِلاَّ أَتْمَمْتَهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَبْدِلْنِي مِنْ بُغْضَةِ أَهْلِ الشَّنَانَ الْمَحَبَّةَ وَمِنْ حَسَدِ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ الْمَوَدَّةَ، وَمِن ظِنَّةِ أَهْلِ الصَّلاَحِ الثِّقَةَ، وَمِنْ عَدَاوَةِ الأَدْنَيْنَ الْوَلايَةَ، وَمِنْ عُقُوقِ ذَوِي الأَرْحَامِ الْمَبَرَّةَ، وَمِنْ خِذْلانِ الأَقْرَبِينَ النُّصْرَةَ، وَمِنْ حُبِّ الْمُدَارِينَ تَصْحِيحَ الْمِقَةِ، وَمِن رَّدِّ الْمُلاَبِسِينَ كَرَمَ الْعِشْرَةِ، وَمِن مَّرَارَةِ خَوْفِ الظَّالِمِينَ حَلاَوَةَ الأَمنَةَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَاجْعَل لِّي يَداً عَلى مَن ظَلَمَنِي، وَلِسَاناً عَلَى مَنْ خَاصَمَنِي، وَظَفَراً بِمَنْ عَانَدَنِي وَهَبْ لِي مَكْراً عَلَى مَن كَايَدَنِي، وَقُدْرَةً عَلَى مَنِ اضْطَهَدَنِي، وَتَكْذِيباً لِمَن قَصَبَنِي، وَسَلاَمَةً مِّمَّن تَوَعَّدَنِي وَوَفِّقْنِي لِطَاعَةِ مَن سَدَّدَنِي، وَمُتَابَعَةِ مَنْ أَرْشَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَسَدِّدْنِي لأَنْ أُعَارِضَ مَنْ غَشَّنِي بِالنُّصْحِ، وَأَجْزِي مَنْ هَجَرَنِي بِالْبِرِّ، وَأُثِيبَ مَنْ حَرَمَنِي بِالْبَذْلِ، وَأُكَافِئَ مَن قَطَعَنِي بِالصِّلَةِ، وَأُخَاِلفَ مَنْ اغْتَابَنِي إِلَى حُسْنِ الذِّكْرِ، وَأَنْ أَشْكُرَ الْحَسَنَةَ، وَأُغْضِي عَنِ السَّيِّئَةِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَحَلِّنِي بِحِلْيَةِ الصَّاِلحِينَ وَأَلْبِسْنِي زِينَةَ المُتَّقِينَ فِي بَسْطِ الْعَدْلِ وَكَظْمِ الْغَيْظِ وَإِطْفَاءِ النَّائِرَةِ وَضَمِّ أَهْلِ الْفُرْقَةِ وَإِصْلاَحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ وَإِفْشِاءِ الْعَارِفَةِ وَسَتْرِ الْعَائِبَةِ وَلِينِ الْعَرِيكَةِ وَخَفْضِ الْجَنَاحِ وَحُسْنِ السِّيرَةِ وَسُكُونِ الرِّيحِ وَطِيبِ الْمُخَالَفَةِ وَالسَّبْقِ إِلَى الْفَضِيلَةِ وَإِيثَارِ التَّفَضُّلِ وَتَرْكِ التَّعْيِيرِ وَالإِفْضَاِل عَلَى غَيْرِ الْمُسْتَحِقِّ وَالْقَوْلِ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنْ عَزَّ وَاسْتِقْلاَلِ الْخَيْرِ وَإِن كَثُرَ مِن قَوْلِي وَفِعْلِي وَاسْتِكْثَارِ الْشَّرِ وَإِن قلَّ مِن قَوْلِي وَفِعْلِي وَأَكْمِلْ ذَلِكَ لِي بِدَوَامِ الطَّاعَةِ، وَلُزُومِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَرَفْضِ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ، وَمُسْتَعْمِلِي الرَّأْيِ الْمُخْتَرَعِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ أَوْسَعَ رِزْقِكَ عَلَيَّ إِذَا كَبِرْتُ، وَأَقْوَى قُوَّتِكَ فِيَّ إِذَا نَصِبْتُ وَلا تَبْتَلِيَنِي بِالْكَسَلِ عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ، وَلا الْعَمى عَن سَبِيلِكَ، وَلا بِالتَّعَرُّضِ لِخِلاَفِ مَحَبَّتِكَ، وَلا مُجَامَعَةِ مَن تَفَرَّقَ عَنْكَ، وَلا مُفَارَقَةِ مَنِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَصُولُ بِكَ عِندَ الضَّرُورَةِ، وَأَسْألُكَ عِندَ الْحَاجَةِ، وَأَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ عِندَ الْمَسْكَنَةِ وَلا تَفْتِنِّي بِالإِسْتِعَانَةِ بِغَيْرِكَ إِذَا اضْطُرِرْتُ، وَلا بِالْخُضُوعِ لِسُؤَاِل غَيْرِكَ إِذَا افْتَقَرْتُ، وَلا بِالتَّضَرُّعِ إِلَى مَن دُونِكَ إِذَارَهِبْتُ فَأَسْتَحِقُّ بِذَلِكَ خِذْلانَكَ وَمَنْعَكَ وَإِعْرَاضَكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِي رَوْعِي منِ التَّمَنِّي وَالتَّظَنِّي وَالْحَسَدِذِكْراً لِعَظَمَتِكَ، وَتَفَكُّراً فِي قُدْرَتِكَ، وَتَدْبِيراً عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ، وَمَا أَجْرَى عَلَى لِسَانِى مِن لَّفْظَةِ فُحْشٍ أَوْ هَجْرٍ أَوْ شَتْمِ عِرْضٍ أَوْ شَهَادَةِ بَاطِلٍ أَوِ اغْتِيَابِ مُؤْمِنٍ غَائِبٍ أَوْ سَبِّ حَاضِرٍ أَوْ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ، نُطْقاً بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ، وَإِغْرَاقاً فِي الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكَ وَذَهَاباً فِي تَمْجِيدِكَ وَشُكْراً لِّنِعْمَتِكَ وَاعْتِرَافاً بِإِحْسَانِكَ وَإِحْصَاءاً لِّمِنَنِكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَلا أُظْلَمَنَّ وَأَنتَ مُطِيقٌ لِّلدَّفْعِ عَنِّي وَلا أَظْلِمَنَّ وَأَنتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلى الْقَبْضِ مِنِّي وَلا أَضِلَّنَّ وَقَدْ أَمْكَنَتْكَ هِدَايَتِي وَلا أَفْتَقِرَنَّ وَمِنْ عِندِكَ وُسْعِي وَلا أَطْغَيَنَّ وَمِنْ عِندِكَ وُجْدِي اللَّهُمَّ إِلَى مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَفَدتُّ وَإِلَى عَفْوِكَ قَصَدتُّ وَإِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ اشْتَقْتُ وَبِفَضْلِكَ وَثِقْتُ وَلَيْسَ عِندِي مَا يُوجِبُ لِي مَغْفِرَتَكَ وَلا فِي عَمَلِي مَا أَسْتَحِقُّ بِهِ عَفْوَكَ وَمَا لِي بَعْدَ أَنْ حَكَمْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إلاَّ فَضْلُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَتَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ اللَّهُمَّ وَأَنطِقْنِي بِالْهُدَى وَأَلْهِمْنِي التِّقْوَى وَوَفِّقْنِي للَّتِي هِي أَزْكَى وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا هُوَ أَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ اسْلُكْ بِي الطَّرِيقَةَ الْمُثْلَى وَاجْعَلْنِي عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَمَتِّعْنِي بِالإقْتِصَادِ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّدَادِ، وَمِنْ أَدِلَّةِ الرَّشَادِ، وَمِن صَاِلحِي الْعِبَادِ وَارْزُقْنِي فَوْزَ الْمَعَادِ، وَسَلاَمَةَ الْمِرْصَادِ اللَّهُمَّ خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ مِن نَّفْسِي مَا يُخَلِّصُهَا وَأَبْقِ لِنَفْسِي مِن نَّفْسِي مَا يُصْلِحُهَا، فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي هَاِلكَةً أَوْ تَعْصِمَهَا اللَّهُمَّ أَنتَ عُدَّتِي إِنْ حَزِنتُ وَأَنتَ مُنتَجَعِي إِنْ حُرِمْتُ وَبِكَ اسْتِغَاثَتِي إِن كُرِثْتُ وَعِندَكَ مِمَّا فَاتَ خَلَفٌ، وَلِمَا فَسَدَ صَلاَحٌ، وَفِيمَا أَنكَرْتَ تَغْيِيرٌ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ الْبَلاءِ بِالْعَافِيَةِ، وَقَبْلَ الطَّلَبِ بِالْجِدَةِ، وَقَبْلَ الضَّلاَلِ بِالرَّشَادِ وَاكْفِنِي مَؤُونَةَ مَعَرَّةِ الْعِبَادِ وَهَبْ لِي أَمْنَ يَوْمِ الْمَعَادِ وَامْنَحْنِي حُسْنَ الإِرْشَادِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَادْرَأْ عَنِّي بِلُطْفِكَ وَاغْذُنِي بِنِعْمَتِكَ وَأَصْلِحْنِي بِكَرَمِكَ وَدَاوِنِي بِصُنعِكَ وَأَظِلَّنِي فِي ذَرَاكَ وَجَلِّلْنِي رِضَاكَ وَوَفِّقْنِي إِذَا اشْتَكَلَتْ عَلَيَّ الأُمُورُ لأَهْدَاهَا، وَإِذَا تَشَابَهَتِ الأَعْمَالُ لأَزْكَاهَا وَإِذَا تَنَاقَضَتِ المِلَلُ لأَرْضَاهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَتَوِّجْنِي بِالْكِفَايَةِ وَسُمْنِي حُسْنَ الْوِلاَيةِ وَهَبْ لِي صِدْقَ الْهِدَايَةِ وَلا تَفْتِنِّي بِالسَّعَةِ وَامْنَحْنِي حُسْنَ الدَّعَةِ وَلا تَجْعَلْ عَيْشِي كَداًّ كَداًّ وَلا تَرُدَّ دُعَائِي عَلَيَّ رَدّاً فَإِنِّي لا أَجْعَلُ لَكَ ضِدّاً وَلا أَدْعُو مَعَكَ نِدّاً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَامْنَعْنِي مِنَ السَّرَفِ وَحَصِّن رِّزْقِي مِنَ التَّلَفِ وَوَفِّرْ مَلَكَتِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ فِيهِ وَأَصِبْ بِي سَبِيلَ الْهِدَايَةِ لِلْبِرِّ فِيمَا أُنفِقُ مِنْهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَاكْفِنِي مَؤُونَةَ الإكْتِسَابِ، وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ غَيْرِ احْتِسَابٍ فَلا أَشْتَغِلَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ بِالطَّلَبِ، وَلا أَحْتَمِلَ إِصْرَ تَبِعَاتِ الْمَكْسَبِ اللَّهُمَّ فَأَطْلِبْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ مَا أَطْلُبُ وَأَجِرْنِي بِعِزَّتِكَ مِمَّا أَرْهَبُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَصُن وَّجْهِي بِالْيَسَارِ، وَلا تَبْتَذِلْ جَاهِي بِالإِقْتَارِ فَأَسْتَرْزِقَ أَهْلَ رِزْقِكَ، وَأَسْتَعْطِي شِرَارَ خَلْقِكَ فَأَفْتَتِنَ بِحَمْدِ مَنْ أَعْطَانِي، وَأُبْتَلي بِذَمِّ مَن مَّنَعَنِي وَأَنتَ مِن دُونِهِمْ وَلِيُّ الإِعْطَاءِ وَالْمَنْعِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَارْزُقْنِي صِحَّةً فِي عِبَادَةٍ، وَفَرَاغاً فِي زَهَادَةٍ، وَعِلْماً فِي اسْتِعْمَالٍ، وَوَرَعاً فِي إِجْمَالٍ اللَّهُمَّ اخْتِم بِعَفْوِكَ أَجَلِي وَحَقِّقْ فِي رَجَاءِ رَحْمَتِكَ أَمَلِي وَسَهِّلْ إِلَى بُلُوغِ رِضَاكَ سُبُلِي وَحَسِّن فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَاِلي عَمَلِي اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ وَنَبِّهْنِي لِذِكْرِكَ فِي أَوْقَاتِ الْغَفْلَةِ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ في أَيَّامِ الْمُهْلَةِ وَانْهَجْ لِي إِلَى مَحَبَّتِكَ سَبِيلاً سَهْلَةً أَكْمِلْ لِي بِهَا خَيْرَ الدُّنيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ كَأَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ قَبْلَهُ وَأَنتَ مُصَلٍّ عَلى أَحَدٍ بَعْدَهُ وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَّفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ عَذَابَ النَّارِ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, cause my faith to reach the most perfect faith, make my certainty the most excellent certainty, and take my intention to the best of intentions, and my works to the best of works! O Allah, complete my intention through Your gentleness, rectify my certainty through what is with You, And set right what is corrupt in me through Your power! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, spare me the concerns which distract me, employ me in that about which You will ask me tomorrow, And let me pass my days in that for which You hast created me! Free me from need, and expand Your provision toward me, And tempt me not with ingratitude! Exalt me and afflict me not with pride! Make me worship You and corrupt not my worship with self-admiration! Let good flow out from my hands upon the people and efface it not by my making them feel obliged! Give me the highest moral traits And preserve me from vainglory! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, raise me not a single degree before the people without lowering me its like in myself And bring about no outward exaltation for me without an inward abasement in myself to the same measure! O Allah, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household, give me to enjoy a sound guidance which I seek not to replace, a path of truth from which I swerve not, And an intention of right conduct in which I have no doubts! Let me live as long as my life is a free gift in being You, but if my life should become a pasture for Satan, seize me to Yourself before Your hatred overtakes me or Your wrath against be becomes firm! O Allah, deposit in me no quality for which I will be faulted, unless You settest it right, no flaw for which I will be blamed, unless You makest it beautiful, And no deficient noble trait, unless You completest it! O Allah, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household, and replace for me the animosity of the people of hatred with love, the envy of the people of insolence with affection, the suspicion of the people of righteousness with trust, the enmity of those close with friendship, the disrespect of womb relatives with devotion, the abandonment of relatives with help, the attachment of flatterers with love set right, the rejection of fellows with generous friendliness, And the bitterness of the fear of wrongdoers with the sweetness of security! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, appoint for me a hand against him who wrongs me, a tongue against him who disputes with me, And a victory over him who stubbornly resists me! Give me guile against him who schemes against me, power over him who oppresses me, refutation of him who reviles me, And safety from him who threatens me! Grant me success to obey him who points me straight And follow him who guides me right! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household and point me straight to resist him who is dishonest toward me without counsel, repay him who separates from me with gentle devotion, reward him who deprives me with free giving, recompense him who cuts me off with joining, oppose him who slanders me with excellent mention, give thanks for good, And shut my eyes to evil! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, adorn me with the adornment of the righteous, And clothe me in the ornaments of the god-fearing, through: spreading justice, restraining rage, quenching the flame of hate, bringing together the people of separation, correcting discord, spreading about good behavior, covering faults, mildness of temper, lowering the wing, beauty of conduct, gravity of bearing, agreeableness in comportment, precedence in reaching excellence, preferring bounteousness, refraining from condemnation, bestowing bounty on the undeserving, speaking the truth, though it be painful, making little of the good in my words and deeds, though it be much, And making much of the evil in my words and deeds, though it be little! Perfect this for me through lasting obedience, holding fast to the community, And rejecting the people of innovation and those who act in accordance with original opinions. O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, appoint for me Your widest provision in my old age And Your strongest strength when I am exhausted, And try me not with laziness in worship of You, blindness toward Your path, undertaking what opposes love for You, joining with him who has separated himself from You, And separating from him who has joined himself to You! O Allah, make me leap to You in times of distress, ask from You in needs, And plead to You in misery! Tempt me not to seek help from other than You when I am distressed, to humble myself in asking from someone else when I am poor, or to plead with someone less than You when I fear, for then I would deserve Your abandonment, Your withholding, and Your turning away, O Most Merciful of the merciful! O Allah, make the wishing, the doubt, and the envy which Satan throws into my heart a remembrance of Your mightiness, a reflection upon Your power, and a devising against Your enemy! Make everything he causes to pass over my tongue - the indecent or ugly words, the maligning of good repute, the false witness, the speaking ill of an absent man of faith, or the reviling of one present, and all things similar— a speech in praise of You, a pursual of eulogizing You, an excursion in magnifying You, a thanksgiving for Your favour, an acknowledgment of Your beneficence, And an enumeration of Your kindness! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, let me not be wronged, while You canst repel from me, let me not do wrong, while You are powerful over holding me back, let me not be misguided, while You are able to guide me, let me not be poor, while with You is my plenty, let me not be insolent, while from You comes my wealth! O Allah, I come to Your forgiveness, I go straight to Your pardon, I yearn for Your forbearance, And I trust in Your bounty, but there is nothing with me to make me warrant but Your forgiveness, nothing in my works to make me merit but Your pardon, And nothing on my behalf after I judge my soul but Your bounty, O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household O Allah, bestow Your bounty upon me! make my speech be guidance, inspire me with reverential fear, give me success in that which is most pure, And employ me in what is most pleasing to You! O Allah, let me tread the most exemplary path And make me live and die in Your creed! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, give me to enjoy moderation, make me into one of the people of right behavior, the proofs of right conduct, And the servants of righteousness, And provide me with triumph at the place of Return And safety from the Ambush! O Allah, take to Yourself from my soul what will purify it And leave for my soul that of my soul that will set it right, for my soul will perish unless You preservest it! O Allah, You are my stores when I sorrow, You are my recourse when I am deprived, from You I seek aid when troubled and with You is a substitute for everything gone by, a correction for everything corrupted, a change from everything You is approvest. So show kindness to me with well-being before affliction, wealth before asking, right conduct before misguidance; suffice me against the burden of shame toward the servants, give me security on the Day of Return, And grant me excellent right guidance! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, repel from me through Your gentleness, feed me through Your favour, set me right through Your generosity, heal me through Your benefaction, shade me in Your shelter, wrap me in Your good pleasure, And give me success to reach the most guided of affairs when affairs confuse me, the purest of works when works seem similar, and the most pleasing to You of creeds when creeds conflict! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, crown me with sufficiency, place in me excellent guardianship give me to guide correctly , tempt me not with plenty, grant me excellent ease, make not my life toil and trouble, And refuse not my supplication in rejection, for I make none rival to You And I supplicate none with You as equal! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, hold me back from prodigality, fortify my provision against ruin, increase my possessions through blessing them, And set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, And spare me the burden of earning, provide for me without reckoning, lest I be distracted from Your worship through seeking And carry the load of earning's ill results! O Allah, bestow upon me what I seek through Your power And grant me sanctuary from what I fear through Your might! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, save my face through ease, And demean not my dignity through neediness, lest I seek provision from those whom You hast provided And ask for bestowal from the worst of Your creatures! And Then I would be tried by praising him who gave to me afflicted with blaming him who held back from me, While You— not they— art patron of giving and holding back O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household And provide me with soundness in worship, detachment in renunciation, knowledge put into action, And abstinence in measure! O Allah, seal my term with Your pardon, verify my expectation in hoping for thy mercy, smooth my paths to reach Your good pleasure, And make my works good in all my states! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, Incite me to remember You in times of heedlessness, employ me in Your obedience in days of disregard, open a smooth road for me to Your love, And complete for me thereby the good of this world and the next! O Allah, and bless Muhammad and his Household the best You hast blessed any of Your creatures before him and wilt bless any of them after him, And give to us in this world good, and in the next world good, And protect me through Your mercy from the chastisement of the Fire! You are powerful over everything, and that is easy for You!

  21. Supplications 21.When Something made him Sorrowful

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    أَللَّهُمَّ يَا كَافِيَ الْفَرْدِ الضَعِيْفِ، وَوَاقِيَ الامْرِ الْمَخُوْفِ، أَفْرَدَتْنِي الْخَـطَايَا; فَـلاَ صَاحِبَ مَعِي، وَضَعُفْتُ عَنْ غَضَبِكَ; فَلاَ مُؤَيِّدَ لِي، وَأَشْرَفْتُ عَلَى خَوْفِ لِقَائِكَ; فَلاَ مُسَكِّنَ لِرَوْعَتِي، وَمَنْ يُؤْمِنُنِي مِنْكَ وَأَنْتَ أَخَفْتَنِي؟ وَمَن يساعِدُنِي وَأَنْتَ أَفْرَدْتَنِي؟ وَمَنْ يُقَوِّيْنِي وَأَنْتَ أَضْعَفْتَنِي؟ لاَ يُجيرُ يا إلهي إلاّ رَبٌّ عَلَى مَرْبُوب، وَلاَ يُؤْمِنُ إلاّ غالِبٌ عَلَى مَغْلُوب، وَلاَ يُعِينُ إِلاّ طالِبٌ عَلَى مَطْلُوب، وَبِيَـدِكَ يَـاَ إلهِي جَمِيعُ ذلِكَ السَّبَبِ، وَإلَيْكَ الْمَفَرُّ وَالْمَهْربُ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَجِرْ هَرَبِي وَأَنْجِحْ مَطْلَبِي. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ إنْ صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي وَجْهَكَ الْكَرِيْمَ، أَوْ مَنَعْتَنِي فَضْلَكَ الْجَسِيمَ، أَوْ حَظَرْتَ عَلَيَّ رِزْقَكَ أَوْ قَطَعْتَ عَنِّي سَبَبَـكَ لَمْ أَجِدِ السَّبِيـلَ إلَى شَيْء مِنْ أَمَلِي غَيْرَكَ، وَلَمْ أَقْدِرْ عَلَى مَا عِنْدَكَ بِمَعُونَةِ سِوَاكَ; فَإنِّي عَبْدُكَ، وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، لاَ أَمْرَ لِي مَعَ أَمْرِكَ، مَاض فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، وَلاَ قُوَّةَ لِي عَلَى الْخُـرُوجِ مِنْ سُلْطَانِـكَ، وَلاَ أَسْتَطِيـعُ مُجَاوَزَةَ قُدْرَتِكَ، وَلاَ أَسْتَـمِيلُ هَوَاكَ، وَلاَ أبْلُغُ رِضَاكَ، وَلاَ أَنَالُ مَا عِنْدَكَ إلاَّ بِطَاعَتِكَ وَبِفَضْل رَحْمَتِكَ. إلهِي أَصْبَحْتُ وَأَمْسَيْتُ عَبْداً دَاخِراً لَكَ، لا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعاً وَلاَ ضَرّاً إلاَّ بِكَ أَشْهَدُ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَأَعْتَـرِفُ بِضَعْفِ قُـوَّتِي وَقِلَّةِ حِيْلَتِي فَأَنْجزْ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي، وَتَمِّمْ لِي مَا آتَيْتَنِي; فَإنِّي عَبْـدُكَ الْمِسْكِينُ الْمُسْتكِينُ الضَّعِيفُ الضَّـرِيـرُ الذَّلِيلُ الْحَقِيرُ الْمَهِينُ الْفَقِيرُ الْخَائِفُ الْمُسْتَجِيرُ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي نَاسِيَاً لِذِكْرِكَ فِيمَا أَوْلَيْتَنِي، وَلاَ غافِلاً لإحْسَانِكَ فِيمَا أَبْلَيْتَنِي، وَلا آيسَاً مِنْ إجَابَتِكَ لِي وَإنْ أَبْطَأتَ عَنِّي فِي سَرَّاءَ كُنْتُ أَوْ ضَرَّاءَ، أَوْ شِدَّة أَوْ رَخَاء، أَوْ عَافِيَة أَوْ بَلاء، أَوْ بُؤْس أَوْ نَعْمَاءَ، أَوْ جِدَة أَوْ لأوَاءَ، أَوْ فَقْر أَوْ غِنىً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ ثَنائِي عَلَيْكَ وَمَدْحِي إيَّاكَ وَحَمْدِي لَكَ فِي كُلِّ حَالاَتِي حَتَّى لاَ أَفْرَحَ بِمَا آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، وَلاَ أَحْـزَنَ عَلَى مَا مَنَعْتَنِي فِيهَا، وَأَشْعِرْ قَلْبِي تَقْوَاكَ، وَاسْتَعْمِلْ بَدَنِي فِيْمَا تَقْبَلُهُ مِنِّي، وَاشْغَلْ بِطَاعَتِكَ نَفْسِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَايَرِدُ عَلَىَّ حَتَّى لاَ اُحِبَّ شَيْئَاً مِنْ سُخْطِكَ، وَلا أَسْخَطَ شَيْئـاً مِنْ رِضَـاكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَفَرِّغْ قَلْبِي لِمَحَبَّتِكَ ، وَاشْغَلْهُ بِذِكْرِكَ، وَانْعَشْهُ بِخَوْفِكَ ، وَبِالْوَجَلِ مِنْكَ، وَقَوِّهِ بِالرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ، وَأَمِلْهُ إلَى طَاعَتِكَ، وَأَجْرِ بِهِ فِي أَحَبِّ السُّبُلِ إلَيْكَ، وَذَلِّلْهُ بِالرَّغْبَةِ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي كُلِّهَا، وَاجْعَلْ تَقْوَاكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا زَادِي، وَإلَى رَحْمَتِكَ رِحْلَتِي، وَفِي مَرْضَاتِكَ مَدْخَلِي. وَاجْعَلْ فِي جَنَّتِكَ مَثْوَايَ، وَهَبْ لِي قُوَّةً أَحْتَمِلُ بِهَا جَمِيعَ مَرْضَاتِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ فِرَارِي إلَيْكَ، وَرَغْبَتِي فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ، وَأَلْبِسْ قَلْبِي الْوَحْشَةَ مِنْ شِرارِ خَلْقِكَ. وَهَبْ لِي الأُنْسَ بِكَ وَبِأَوْلِيَـآئِكَ وَأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِـفَاجِـر وَلا كَافِر عَلَيَّ مِنَّةً، وَلاَ لَـهُ عِنْدِي يَداً، وَلا بِي إلَيْهِمْ حَاجَةً، بَل اجْعَـلْ سُكُـونَ قَلْبِي وَاُنْسَ نَفْسِي وَاسْتِغْنَـائِي وَكِفَايَتِي بِكَ وَبِخِيَـارِ خَلْقِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي لَهُمْ قَـرِيناً، وَاجْعَلْنِي لَهُمْ نَصِيْراً، وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِشَوْق إلَيْكَ، وَبِالْعَمَلِ لَكَ بِمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَى إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ، وَذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ .

    1.O God, O Sufficer of the isolated and weak and Protector against terrifying affairs! 2.Offenses have isolated me, so there is none to be my companion. 3.I am too weak for Your wrath and there is none to strengthen me. 4.I have approached the terror of meeting You and there is none to still my fear. 5.Who can make me secure from You when You hast filled me with terror? 6.Who can come to my aid when You hast isolated me? 7.Who can strengthen me when You hast weakened me? 8.None can grant sanctuary to a vassal, my God, but a lord, 9.none can give security to one dominated but a dominator, 10.none can aid him from whom demands are made but a demander. 11.In Your hand, my God, is the thread of all that, in You the place of escape and flight, 12.so bless Muhammad and his Household, 13.give sanctuary to me in my flight, and grant my request! 14.O God, if You shouldst turn Your generous face away from me, 15.withhold from me Your immense bounty, 16.forbid me Your provision, or cut off from me Your thread, 17.I will find no way to anything of my hope other than You 18.nor be given power over what is with You through another's aid, for I am Your servant 19.and in Your grasp; my forelock is in Your hand. I have no command along with Your command. 20.'Accomplished is Your judgement of me, just Your decree for me!' 21.I have not the strength to emerge from Your authority 22.nor am I able to step outside Your power. 23.I cannot win Your inclination, arrive at Your good pleasure, 24.or attain what is with You except through obeying You and through the bounty of Your mercy. 25.O God, I rise in the morning and enter into evening as Your lowly slave. 26.I own no profit and loss for myself except through You. 27.I witness to that over myself and I confess to the frailty of my strength and the paucity of my stratagems. 28.So accomplish what You hast promised me and complete for me what You hast given me, 29.for I am Your slave, miserable, abased, frail, 30.distressed, vile, despised, poor, fearful, and seeking sanctuary! 31.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 32.and let me not forget to remember You in what You hast done for me, 33.be heedless of Your beneficence in Your trying me, 34.or despair of Your response to me, though it keep me waiting, 35.whether I be in prosperity or adversity, hardship or ease, 36.well-being or affliction, misery or comfort, 37.wealth or distress, poverty or riches! 38.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 39.make me laud You, extol You, 40.and praise You in all my states 41.so that I rejoice not over what You givest me of this world 42.nor sorrow over that of it which You withholdest from me! 43.Impart reverential fear of You to my heart, 44.employ my body in that which You acceptest from me, 45.and divert my soul through obedience to You from all that enters upon me, 46.so that I love nothing that displeases You 47.and become displeased at nothing that pleases You! 48.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 49.empty my heart for Your love, occupy it with remembering You, 50.animate it with fear of You and quaking before You, 51.strengthen it with beseeching You, incline it to Your obedience, 52.set it running in the path most beloved to You, 53.and subdue it through desire for what is with You all the days of my life! 54.Let my provision in this world be reverential fear of You (ref. 2:197), 55.my journey be toward Your mercy, and my entrance be into Your good pleasure! 56.Appoint for me a lodging in Your Garden, 57.give me strength to bear everything that pleases You, 58.make me flee to You and desire what is with You, 59.clothe my heart in estrangement from the evil among Your creatures, 60.and give me intimacy with You, Your friends, and those who obey You! 61.Assign to no wicked person or unbeliever a kindness toward me 62.or a hand that obliges me, nor to me a need for one of them! 63.Rather make the stillness of my heart, the comfort of my soul, 64.my independence and my sufficiency lie in You and the best of Your creatures! 65.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 66.make me their comrade, make me their helper, 67.and oblige me with yearning for You and doing for You what You lovest and approvest! 68."Thou art powerful over everything" (3:26) 69.and that is easy for You.

  22. Supplications 22. His Supplication in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ كَلَّفْتَنِي مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا أَنْتَ أَمْلَكُ بِهِ مِنِّي، وَقُدْرَتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيَّ أَغْلَبُ مِنْ قُدْرَتِي، فَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا يُرْضِيْكَ عَنِّي، وَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ رِضَاهَا مِنْ نَفْسِي فِي عَافِيَة. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ طَاقَةَ لِي بِالجَهْدِ ، وَلاَ صَبْرَ لِي عَلَى البَلاَءِ، وَلاَ قُوَّةَ لِي عَلَى الْفَقْرِ، فَلاَ تَحْظُرْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي، وَلاَ تَكِلْنِيْ إلَى خَلْقِكَ بَلْ تَفَرَّدْ بِحَاجَتِي، وَتَولَّ كِفَايَتِي، وَانْظُرْ إلَيَّ وَانْظُرْ لِي فِي جَمِيْعِ اُمُورِي، فَإنَّكَ إنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إلَى نَفْسِي عَجَزْتُ عَنْهَا، وَلَمْ اُقِمْ مَا فِيهِ مَصْلَحَتُهَا، وَإنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إلَى خَلْقِكَ تَجَهَّمُونِي، وَإنْ أَلْجَأتَنِيْ إلَى قَرَابَتِي حَرَمُونِي، وَإنْ أَعْطَوْا أَعْطَوْا قَلِيْلاً نَكِداً، وَمَنُّوا عَلَيَّ طَوِيلاً وَذَمُّوا كَثِيراً. فَبِفَضْلِكَ أللَّهُمَّ فَأَغْنِنِي، وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ فَانْعَشنِي، وَبِسَعَتِكَ فَابْسُطْ يَدِي، وَبِمَا عِنْدَكَ فَاكْفِنِي. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَخَلِّصْنِي مِنَ الْحَسَدِ، وَاحْصُرْنِي عَن الذُّنُوبِ، وَوَرِّعْنِي عَنِ الْمَحَارِمِ، وَلا تُجَرِّئْنِي عَلَى الْمَعَاصِي، وَاجْعَلْ هَوايَ عِنْدَكَ، وَرِضَايَ فِيمَا يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيْمَا رَزَقْتَنِي، وَفِيمَا خَوَّلْتَنِي، وَفِيمَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ، وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي كُلِّ حَالاَتِي مَحْفُوظَاً مَكْلُوءاً مَسْتُوراً مَمْنُوعاً مُعَاذاً مُجَاراً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاقْضِ عَنِّي كُلّ مَا أَلْزَمْتَنِيهِ وَفَرَضْتَهُ عَلَيَّ لَكَ فِي وَجْه مِنْ وُجُوهِ طَاعَتِكَ، أَوْ لِخَلْق مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَإنْ ضَعُفَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بَدَنِي، وَوَهَنَتْ عَنْهُ قُـوَّتِي، وَلَمْ تَنَلْهُ مَقْدِرَتِي، وَلَمْ يَسَعْهُ مَالِي وَلاَ ذَاتُ يَدِي، ذَكَرْتُهُ أَوْ نَسِيتُهُ هُوَ يَا رَبِّ مِمَّا قَدْ أَحْصَيْتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَأَغْفَلْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ نَفْسِي، فَأَدِّهِ عَنِّي مِنْ جَزِيْلِ عَطِيَّتِكَ وَكَثِيرِ مَا عِنْدَكَ، فَإنَّكَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ حَتَّى لاَ يَبْقَى عَلَيَّ شَيْ مِنْهُ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُقَاصَّنِي بِهِ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِي، أَوْ تُضَاعِفَ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئاتِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ يَا رَبِّ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَارْزُقْنِي الرَّغْبَةَ فِي الْعَمَـلِ لَكَ لآخِـرَتِي، حَتَّى أَعْرِفَ صِدْقَ ذلِكَ مِنْ قَلْبِي، وَحَتَّى يَكُونَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَيَّ الزُّهْدُ فِي دُنْيَايَ، وَحَتَّى أَعْمَلَ الْحَسَنَاتِ شَوْقاً، وَآمَنَ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ فَرَقاً وَخَوْفاً، وَهَبْ لِي نُوراً أَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ، وَأَهْتَدِي بِهِ فِي الظُّلُماتِ، وَأَسْتَضِيءُ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّكِّ وَالشُّبُهَـاتِ . اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَارْزُقْنِي خَوْفَ غَمِّ الْوَعِيْـدِ، وَشَوْقَ ثَوَابِ الْمَوْعُودِ حَتَّى أَجِدَ لَذَّةَ مَا أَدْعُوكَ لَهُ، وَكَأْبَةَ مَا أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ مِنْهُ. أللَّهُمَّ قَـدْ تَعْلَمُ مَا يُصْلِحُنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَآخِـرَتِي، فَكُنْ بِحَوَائِجِيْ حَفِيّاً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد وَارْزُقْنِي الْحَقَّ عِنْدَ تَقْصِيرِي فِي الشُّكْرِ لَكَ بِمَا أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فِي اليُسـرِ وَالْعُسْرِ وَالصِّحَّـةِ وَالسَّقَمِ حَتَّى أَتَعَرَّفَ مِنْ نَفْسِي رَوْحَ الرِّضَا وَطُمَأنِينَةَ النَّفْسِ مِنِّي بِمَا يَجِبُ لَكَ فِيمَا يَحْدُثُ فِي حَالِ الْخَوْفِ وَالاَمْنِ، وَالرِّضَا وَالسُّخْطِ، وَالضَّرِّ وَالنَّفْعِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَارْزُقْنِي سَلاَمَةَ الصَّدْرِ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ حَتَّى لاَ أَحْسُدَ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ عَلَى شَيْء مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، وَحَتَّى لاَ أَرى نِعْمَـةً مِنْ نِعَمِـكَ عَلَى أَحَد مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فِي دِيْن أَوْ دُنْيا، أَوْ عَافِيَة أَوْ تَقْوَى، أَوْ سَعَة أَوْ رَخاء، إلاّ رَجَوْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَفْضَلَ ذلِكَ، بِكَ وَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّـد وَآلِـهِ وَارْزُقْنِي التَّحَفُّظَ مِن الْخَطَايَا، وَالاحْتِرَاسَ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ، فِي حَالِ الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ، حَتَّى أكُونَ بِمَا يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمَا بِمَنْزِلَة سَوَاء، عَامِلاً بِطَاعَتِكَ مُؤْثِراً لِرِضَاكَ عَلَى مَا سِوَاهُمَا فِي الأَوْلِياءِ وَالأعْدَاءِ حَتّى يَأْمَنَ عَدُوِّي مِنْ ظُلْمِي وَجَوْرِي، وَيَيْأَسَ وَلِيِّي مِنْ مَيْلِي وَانْحِطَاطِ هَوَايَ، وَاجْعَلنِي مِمَّنْ يَدْعُوكَ مُخْلِصاً في الرَّخَاءِ دُعَـاءَ الْمُخْلِصِينَ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ لَـكَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ إنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجيدٌ .

    1.O God, You hast charged me concerning myself with that which belongs more to You than to me. 2.Your power over it and over me is greater than my power, 3.so give me in myself what will make You pleased with me 4.and take for Yourself Your good pleasure in my self's well-being! 5.O God, I have no endurance for effort, no patience in affliction, 6.no strength to bear poverty. So forbid me not my provision 7.and entrust me not to Your creatures, but take care of my need alone and Yourself attend to sufficing me! 8.Look upon me and look after me in all my affairs, 9.for if You entrustest me to myself, I will be incapable before myself 10.and fail to undertake that in which my best interest lies. 11.If You entrustest me to Your creatures, they will frown upon me, 12.and if You makest me resort to my kinsfolk, they will refuse to give to me; 13.if they give, they will give little and in bad temper, 14.making me feel long obliged and blaming me much. 15.So through Your bounty, O God, free me from need, through Your mightiness, lift me up, 16.through Your boundless plenty, open my hand, and with that which is with You, suffice me! 17.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 18.rid me of envy, encircle me against sins, 19.make me abstain from things unlawful, give me not the boldness of disobedient acts, 20.assign me love for that which is with You and satisfaction with that which comes to me from You, 21.bless me in that which You providest me, that which You conferrest upon me, 22.and that through which You favourest me, and make me in all my states 23.safeguarded, watched, covered, defended, given refuge, and granted sanctuary! 24.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 25.and let me accomplish everything which You hast enjoined upon me or made obligatory for me toward You, in one of the ways of Your obedience, 26.or toward one of Your creatures, though my body be too frail for that, my strength too feeble, 27.my power not able to reach it, and my possessions and what my hand owns not encompass it, and whether I have remembered it or forgotten it. 28.It, my Lord, is among that which You hast counted against me while I have been heedless of it in myself. 29.Let me perform it through Your plentiful giving and the abundance which is with You 30.- for You art Boundless, Generous - so that nothing of it may remain against me, 31.lest You wouldst wish to settle accounts for it from my good deeds 32.or to compound my evil deeds on the day I meet You, my Lord! 33.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 34.and provide me with desire to serve You for the sake of my state in the hereafter, 35.such that I know the truthfulness of that [desire] in my heart, 36.be dominated by renunciation while in this world, 37.do good deeds with yearning, 38.and remain secure from evil deeds in fright and fear! 39.And give me 'a light whereby I may walk among the people' (ref.6:122), be guided in the shadows, 40.and seek illumination in doubt and uncertainty! 41.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 42.and provide me with fear of the threatened gloom 43.and yearning for the promised reward, such that I may find the pleasure of that for which I supplicate You 44.and the sorrow of that from which I seek sanctuary in You! 45.O God, You knowest what will set my affairs right in this world and the next, 46.so be ever gracious toward my needs! 47.O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household 48.and provide me with what is Your right when I fall short in thanking You 49.for that through which You hast favoured me in ease and difficulty, health and sickness, 50.such that I may come to know in myself repose in satisfaction 51.and serenity of soul in that which You hast made incumbent upon me 52.in whatever states may occur: fear and security, 53.satisfaction and displeasure, loss and gain! 54.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 55.and provide me with a breast safe from envy, 56.such that I envy none of Your creatures and in anything of Your bounty 57.and such that I see none of Your favours toward any of Your creatures 58.in religion or this world, well-being or reverential fear, 59.plenty or ease, without hoping for myself better than it 60.through and from You alone, who hast no associate! 61.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 62.and provide me with caution against offenses 63.and wariness against slips in this world and the next 64.in the state of satisfaction and wrath, 65.such that I may remain indifferent toward that which enters upon me from the two states, 66.work toward Your obedience, and prefer it and Your good pleasure over all else in both friends and enemies. 67.Then my enemy may stay secure from my wrongdoing and injustice 68.and my friend may despair of my inclination and the bent of my affection. 69.Make me one of those who supplicate You with sincerity in ease 70.with the supplication of those who supplicate You with sincerity in distress! 71.Verily You art Praiseworthy, Glorious.

  23. Supplications 23. When he Asked God for Well-Being

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    أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَلْبِسْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ، وَجَلِّلْنِي عَـافِيَتَكَ، وَحَصِّنِّي بِعَـافِيَتِـكَ، وَأكْـرِمْنِي بِعَافِيَتِكَ، وَأغْنِنِي بِعَافِيَتِكَ، وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَافِيَتِكَ، وَهَبْ لِي عَافِيَتَكَ، وَأَفْرِشْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي عَافِيَتَكَ، وَلا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَافِيَتِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَعَافِنِي عَافِيَةً كَافِيَةً شَافِيَةً عَالِيَةً نَامِيةً، عَافِيَةً تُوَلِّدُ فِي بَدَنِي الْعَافِيَةَ، عَافِيَةَ الدُّنْيَا والآخِرَةِ، وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالصِّحَّةِ وَالأمْنِ وَالسَّلاَمَةِ فِي دِيْنِي وَبَـدَنِي، وَالْبَصِيرَةِ فِي قَلْبِي وَالنَّفَاذِ فِي أمُورِيْ وَالْخَشْيَةِ لَكَ، وَالْخَوْفِ مِنْكَ وَالْقُوَّةِ عَلَى مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَالاجْتِنَابِ لِمَـا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِـكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ، وَزِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ رَسُولِكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَحْمَتُكَ وَبَرَكَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ، وَآلِ رَسُولِكَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي، فِي عَامِي هَذَا وَفِي كُلِّ عَام، وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ مَقْبُولاً مَشْكُوراً مَذْكُوراً لَدَيْكَ، مَذْخُوراً عِنْدَكَ، وَأَنْطِقْ بِحَمْدِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَذِكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ الثَّناءِ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانِي، وَاشْرَحْ لِمَرَاشِدِ دِينِكَ قَلْبِي، وَأَعِذْنِي وَذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيم وَمِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَالْهَامَّةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ وَاللاَّمَّةِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْطَان مَرِيد ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ سُلْطَان عَنِيد ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مُتْرَف حَفِيد، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ضَعِيف وَشَدِيد، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَرِيف وَوَضِيع، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ صَغِير وَكَبِير، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ قَرِيْب وَبَعِيد، وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَنْ نَصَبَ لِرَسُولِكَ وَلأهْلِ بَيْتِهِ حَرْبَـاً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإنْسِ، وَمِنْ شَرّ كُلِّ دَابَّة أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا إنَّكَ عَلَى صِرَاط مُسْتَقِيم. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وآلِهِ وَمَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوء فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَادْحَرْ عَنِّي مَكْرَهُ، وَادْرَأ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ، وَرُدَّ كَيْدَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ، وَاجْعَلْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ سَدّاً حَتَّى تُعْمِيَ عَنِّي بَصَرَهُ، وَتُصِمَّ عَنْ ذِكْري سَمْعَهُ، وَتُقْفِلَ دُونَ إخْطَارِي قَلْبَهُ، وَتُخْرِسَ عَنَي لِسَانَهُ، وَتَقْمَعَ رَأسَهُ، وَتُذِلَّ عِزَّهُ، وَتَكْسِرَ جَبَرُوتَهُ، وَتُذِلَّ رَقَبَتَهُ، وَتَفْسَخَ كِبْرَهُ، وَتُؤْمِنَنِي مِنْ جَمِيْعِ ضَرِّهِ وَشَرِّهِ وَغَمْزِهِ وَهَمْزِهِ وَلَمْزِهِ وَحَسَدِهِ وَعَدَاوَتِهِ وَحَبَائِلِهِ وَمَصَائِدِهِ وَرَجْلِهِ وَخَيْلِهِ إنَّكَ عَزِيز قَدِيرٌ.

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.clothe me in Your well-being, wrap me in Your well-being, 3.fortify me through Your well-being, honour me with Your well-being, 4.free me from need through Your well-being, donate to me Your well-being, 5.bestow upon me Your well-being, spread out for me Your well-being, 6.set Your well-being right for me, and separate me not from Your well-being 7.in this world and the next! 8.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 9.and make me well with a well-being sufficient, healing, sublime, growing, 10.a well-being that will give birth to well-being in my body, 11.a well-being in this world and the next! 12.Oblige me through health, security, and safety in my religion and body, 13.insight in my heart, penetration in my affairs, dread of You, 14.fear of You, strength for the obedience which You hast commanded for me, 15.and avoidance of the disobedience which You hast prohibited for me! 16.O God, oblige me through the hajj, the umra, 17.and visiting the graves of Your Messenger (Your blessings, 18.mercy, and benedictions upon him and upon his Household) 19.and the Household of Your Messenger (upon them be peace) for as long as You causest me to live, 20.in this year of mine and in every year, 21.and make that accepted, thanked, and mentioned before You 22.and stored away with You! 23.Make my tongue utter Your praise, Your thanksgiving, Your remembrance, and Your excellent laudation, 24.and expand my heart toward the right goals of Your religion! 25.Give me and my progeny refuge from the accursed Satan, 26.the evil of venomous vermin, threatening pests, swarming crowds, and evil eyes, 27.the evil of "every rebel satan" (22:3), 28.the evil of every refractory sovereign, 29.the evil of everyone living in ease and served, 30.the evil of everyone weak or strong, 31.the evil of everyone born high or low, 32.the evil of everyone small or great, 33.the evil of everyone near or far, 34.the evil of every one, jinn or man, who declares war on Your Messenger and his Household, 35.and the evil of "every crawling creature that You hast taken by the forelock! 36.Surely You art on a straight path"(ref.11:56). 37.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 38.and if someone desires ill for me turn him away from me, drive away from me his deception, 39.avert from me his evil, send his trickery back to his own throat, 40.and place before him a barricade, so that You mayest blind his eyes toward me, 41.deafen his ears toward my mention, lock his heart toward recalling me, 42.silence his tongue against me, restrain his head, 43.abase his exaltation, break his arrogance, 44.abase his neck, disjoint his pride, 45.and make me secure from all his injury, 46.his evil, his slander, his backbiting, his faultfinding, his envy, 47.his enmity, his snares, his traps, his foot soldiers, and his cavalry! 48.Surely You art Mighty, Powerful!

  24. Supplications 24. His Prayer for Parents

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    أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد عَبْـدِكَ وَرَسُولِـكَ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ، وَاخْصُصْهُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَبَرَكَاتِكَ وَسَلاَمِكَ، وَاخْصُصِ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِدَيَّ بِالْكَرَامَةِ لَدَيْكَ، وَالصَّلاَةِ مِنْكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَلْهِمْنِي عِلْمَ مَا يَجبُ لَهُمَا عَلَىَّ إلْهَاماً، وَاجْمَعْ لِي عِلْمَ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ تَمَامـاً، ثُمَّ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا تُلْهِمُنِي مِنْـهُ، وَوَفِّقْنِي لِلنُّفُوذِ فِيمَا تُبَصِّـرُنِيْ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ، حَتَّى لاَ يَفُوتَنِي اسْتِعْمَالُ شَيْء عَلَّمْتَنِيْهِ، وَلاَ تَثْقُلَ أَرْكَانِي عَنِ الْحُفُوفِ فِيمَا أَلْهَمْتَنِيهِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ لَنَا الْحَقَّ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ بِسَبَبِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَهَابُهُمَا هَيْبَةَ السُّلْطَانِ الْعَسُوفِ، وَأَبَرُّهُمَا بِرَّ الأُمِّ الرَّؤُوفِ، وَاجْعَلْ طَاعَتِي لِوَالِدَيَّ وَبِرِّيْ بِهِمَا أَقَرَّ لِعَيْنِي مِنْ رَقْدَةِ الْوَسْنَانِ، وَأَثْلَجَ لِصَدْرِي مِنْ شَرْبَةِ الظَّمْآنِ حَتَّى أوثِرَ عَلَى هَوَايَ هَوَاهُمَا وَأُقَدِّمَ عَلَى رِضَاىَ رِضَاهُمَا وَأَسْتَكْثِرَ بِرَّهُمَا بِي وَإنْ قَلَّ وَأَسْتَقِلَّ بِرِّي بِهِمَا وَإنْ كَثُرَ. أللَّهُمَّ خَفِّضْ لَهُمَا صَوْتِي، وَأَطِبْ لَهُمَا كَلاَمِي، وَأَلِنْ لَهُمَا عَرِيْكَتِي، وَاعْطِفْ عَلَيْهِمَا قَلْبِي، وَصَيِّرْنِي بِهِمَا رَفِيقاً، وَعَلَيْهِمَا شَفِيقاً. أللَّهُمَّ اشْكُرْ لَهُمَا تَرْبِيَتِي وَأَثِبْهُمَا عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِي، وَاحْفَظْ لَهُمَا مَا حَفِظَاهُ مِنِّي فِي صِغَرِي. اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا مَسَّهُمَا مِنِّي مِنْ أَذَىً أَوْ خَلَصَ إلَيْهِمَا عَنِّي مِنْ مَكْرُوه أَوْ ضَاعَ قِبَلِي لَهُمَا مِنْ حَقٍّ فَاجْعَلْهُ حِطَّةً لِذُنُوبِهِمَا وَعُلُوّاً فِي دَرَجَاتِهِمَا وَزِيَادَةً فِي حَسَنَاتِهِمَا يَا مُبَدِّلَ السَّيِّئاتِ بِأَضْعَافِهَا مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَمَا تَعَدَّيَا عَلَيَّ فِيهِ مِنْ قَوْل، أَوْ أَسْرَفَا عَلَىَّ فِيْهِ مِنْ فِعْل، أَوْ ضَيَّعَاهُ لِي مِنْ حَقٍّ أَوْ قَصَّرا بِي عَنْهُ مِنْ وَاجِب فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُهُ وَجُدْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَرَغِبْتُ إلَيْكَ فِي وَضْعِ تَبِعَتِهِ عَنْهُمَا فَإنِّي لا أَتَّهِمُهُمَا عَلَى نَفْسِي، وَلاَ أَسْتَبْطِئُهُمَا فِي بِرِّي، وَلا أكْرَهُ مَا تَوَلَّياهُ مِنْ أَمْرِي يَا رَبِّ فَهُمَا أَوْجَبُ حَقّاً عَلَيَّ، وَأَقْدَمُ إحْسَانـاً إلَيَّ وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّةً لَـدَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أقَاصَّهُمَا بِعَدْل، أَوْ أُجَازِيَهُمَا عَلَى مِثْل، أَيْنَ إذاً يَا إلهِيْ طُولُ شُغْلِهِمَا بِتَرْبِيَتِي ؟ وَأَيْنَ شِدَّةُ تَعَبِهِمَا فِي حِرَاسَتِيْ ؟ وَأَيْنَ إقْتَارُهُمَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا لِلتَّوْسِعَةِ عَلَيَّ؟ هَيْهَاتَ مَا يَسْتَوْفِيَانِ مِنِّي حَقَّهُمَا، وَلاَ اُدْرِكُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيَّ لَهُمَا وَلا أَنَا بِقَاض وَظِيفَةَ خِدْمَتِهِمَا. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعِنِّي يَا خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتُعِينَ بِهِ. وَوَفِّقْنِي يَا أَهْدَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي فِي أَهْلِ الْعُقُوقِ لِلآباءِوَالأُمَّهاتِ يَوْمَ تُجْزى كُلُّ نَفْس بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لاَيُظْلَمُونَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ، وَاخْصُصْ أَبَوَيَّ بِأَفْضَلِ مَا خَصَصْتَ بِهِ آبَاءَ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَاُمَّهَاتِهِمْ يَا أَرْحَمَ الـرَّاحِمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُنْسِنِي ذِكْرَهُمَا فِي أَدْبَارِ صَلَوَاتِي وَفِي أَناً مِنْ آناءِ لَيْلِي، وَفِي كُلِّ سَاعَة مِنْ سَاعَاتِ نَهَارِي. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاغْفِرْ لِي بِدُعَائِي لَهُمَا، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمَـا بِبِرِّهِمَـا بِي، مَغْفِرَةً حَتْمـاً وَارْضَ عَنْهُمَا بِشَفَاعَتِي لَهُمَا رِضَىً عَزْماً، وَبَلِّغْهُمَا بِالْكَرَامَةِ مَوَاطِنَ السَّلاَمَةِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُكَ لَهُمَا فَشَفِّعْهُمَا فِيَّ، وَإنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُـكَ لِي فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيْهِمَا، حَتّى نَجْتَمِعَ بِرَأفَتِكَ فِي دَارِ كَرَامَتِكَ وَمَحَلِّ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ، إنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْمَنِّ الْقَدِيْمِ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ .

    1.O God, bless Muhammad, Your slave 2.and Your messenger, and his Household, the pure, 3.and single them out for the best of Your blessings, Your mercy, Your benedictions, and Your peace! 4.And single out my parents, O God, for honour with You 5.and blessings from You, O Most Merciful of the merciful! 6.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 7.teach me through inspiration knowledge of everything incumbent upon me toward them, 8.and gather within me knowledge of all that completely! 9.Then make me act in accordance with what You hast inspired me 10.and give me the success to put into practice the knowledge You hast shown to me, 11.lest I fail to act according to something You hast taught me 12.or my limbs feel too heavy to perform that with which You hast inspired me! 13.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 14.as You hast ennobled us through him, 15.and bless Muhammad and his Household, 16.as You hast made incumbent upon us rights toward the creatures because of him! 17.O God, fill me with awe of my parents, the awe one has toward a tyrannical sovereign, 18.and let me be devoted to them, with the devotion of a compassionate mother! 19.Make my obedience and devotion to them 20.more gladdening to my eyes than sleep to the drowsy 21.and more refreshing to my breast than drink to the thirsty, 22.so that I may prefer their inclination to my inclination, 23.set their satisfaction before my satisfaction, make much of their devotion to me 24.though it be little, and make little of my devotion to them though it be great. 25.O God, lower before them my voice, 26.make agreeable to them my words, 27.make mild before them my temper, 28.make tender toward them my heart, 29.and turn me into their kind companion, their loving friend! 30.O God, thank them for my upbringing, reward them for honouring me, 31.and guard them as they guarded me in my infancy! 32.O God, and whatever harm has touched them from me, detested thing has reached them from me, 33.or right of theirs which has been neglected by me, 34.allow it to alleviate their sins, 35.raise them in their degrees, 36.and add to their good deeds! 37.O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds! 38.O God, whatever word through which they have transgressed against me, 39.act through which they have been immoderate with me, 40.right of mine which they have left neglected, or obligation toward me in which they have fallen short, 41.I grant it to them and bestow it upon them, 42.and I beseech You to remove from them its ill consequence, 43.for I do not accuse them concerning myself, 44.find them slow in their devotion toward me, 45.or dislike the way they have attended to my affairs, my Lord! 46.They have rights against me which are more incumbent, 47.precedence in beneficence toward me that is greater 48.and kindness toward me that is mightier than that I should settle accounts with justice 49.or repay them with equivalents. 50.Where then, my God, would be their long occupation with bringing me up? 51.Where the hardship of their toil in taking care of me? 52.Where the stinting of themselves to provide me with plenty? 53.What an idea! I can never discharge their right against me, 54.fulfil my obligations toward them, 55.or accomplish the duty of serving them. 56.So bless Muhammad and his Household 57.and help me, O Best of those whose help we seek! 58.Give me success, O Most Guiding of those whom we beseech! 59.Place me not among the people of disrespect to fathers and mothers 60.on the day when "every soul will be repaid for what it has earned, they shall not be wronged" (45:22). 61.O God, bless Muhammad, his Household, and his progeny 62.and single out my parents for the best which You hast singled out for 63.the fathers and mothers of Your faithful servants, O Most Merciful of the merciful! 64.O God, let me not forget to remember them after my ritual prayers, 65.at every time throughout my night, 66.and in each of the hours of my day! 67.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 68.forgive me through my supplication for my parents, 69.and forgive them through their devotion toward me 70.with unfailing forgiveness, be well pleased with them 71.through my intercession for them with resolute good pleasure, 72.and make them reach through Your generosity the abodes of safety! 73.O God, if Your forgiveness reaches them first, make them my intercessors, 74.and if Your forgiveness reaches me first, make me their intercessors, 75.so that we may gather together through Your gentleness in the house of Your generosity 76.and the place of Your forgiveness and mercy! 77.Verily You art Possessor of abounding bounty and ancient kindness, and "Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful" (7:151)!

  25. Supplications 25. His Supplication for his Children

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    أللَّهُمَّ وَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِبَقَاءِ وُلْدِي، وَبِإصْلاَحِهِمْ لِي، وَبِإمْتَاعِي بِهِمْ. إلهِي أمْدُدْ لِي فِي أَعْمَارِهِمْ، وَزِدْ لِي فِي آجَالِهِمْ، وَرَبِّ لِي صَغِيرَهُمْ وَقَوِّ لِي ضَعِيْفَهُمْ، وَأَصِحَّ لِي أَبْدَانَهُمْ وَأَدْيَانَهُمْ وَأَخْلاَقَهُمْ ، وَعَافِهِمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَفِي جَوَارِحِهِمْ وَفِي كُلِّ مَا عُنِيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَأَدْرِرْ لِي وَعَلَى يَـدِي أَرْزَاقَهُمْ، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ أَبْرَاراً أَتْقِيَاءَ بُصَراءَ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ لَكَ وَلأوْلِيَائِكَ مُحِبِّينَ مُنَاصِحِينَ، وَلِجَمِيْعِ أَعْدَآئِكَ مُعَانِدِينَ وَمُبْغِضِينَ آمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ بِهِمْ عَضُدِي، وَأَقِمْ بِهِمْ أَوَدِيْ، وَكَثِّرْ بِهِمْ عَدَدِي، وَزَيِّنْ بِهِمْ مَحْضَرِي، وَأَحْييِ بِهِمْ ذِكْرِي، وَاكْفِنِي بِهِمْ فِي غَيْبَتِي وَأَعِنِّي بِهِمْ عَلَى حَاجَتِي، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي مُحِبِّينَ، وَعَلَيَّ حَدِبِينَ مُقْبِلِينَ مُسْتَقِيمِينَ لِيْ، مُطِيعِينَ غَيْرَ عَاصِينَ وَلاَ عَاقِّينَ وَلا مُخَالِفِينَ وَلاَ خـاطِئِينَ، وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى تَرْبِيَتِهِمْ وَتَأدِيْبِهِمْ وَبِرِّهِمْ، وَهَبْ لِيْ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ مَعَهُمْ أَوْلاداً ذُكُوراً ، وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ خَيْراً لي وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي عَوناً عَلَى مَا سَأَلْتُكَ، وَأَعِذْنِي وَذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ، فَإنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنَا وَأَمَرْتَنَا وَنَهَيْتَنَا وَرَغّبْتَنَا فِي ثَوَابِ ما أَمَرْتَنَا وَرَهَّبْتَنَا عِقَابَهُ، وَجَعَلْتَ لَنَا عَدُوّاً يَكِيدُنَا، سَلَّطْتَهُ مِنَّا عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُسَلِّطْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ، أَسْكَنْتَهُ صُدُورَنَا، وَأَجْرَيْتَهُ مَجَارِيَ دِمَائِنَا، لاَ يَغْفُلُ إنْ غَفَلْنَا، وَلاَ يَنْسَى إنْ نَسِينَا، يُؤْمِنُنَا عِقَابَكَ، وَيَخَوِّفُنَا بِغَيْرِكَ، إنْ هَمَمْنَا بِفَاحِشَة شَجَّعَنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَإنْ هَمَمْنَا بِعَمَل صَالِح ثَبَّطَنَا عَنْهُ، يَتَعَرَّضُ لَنَا بِالشَّهَوَاتِ، وَيَنْصِبُ لَنَا بِالشَّبُهَاتِ، إنْ وَعَدَنَا كَذَبَنَا وَإنْ مَنَّانا، أَخْلَفَنَا وَإلاّ تَصْرِفْ عَنَّا كَيْدَهُ يُضِلَّنَا، وَإلاّ تَقِنَا خَبالَهُ يَسْتَزِلَّنَا. أللَّهُمَّ فَاقْهَرْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا بِسُلْطَانِكَ حَتَّى تَحْبِسَهُ عَنَّا بِكَثْرَةِ الدُّعَاءِ لَكَ، فَنُصْبحَ مِنْ كَيْدِهِ فِي الْمَعْصُومِينَ بِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي كُلَّ سُؤْلِي، وَاقْضِ لِي حَوَائِجِي، وَلاَ تَمْنَعْنِي الإجَابَةَ وَقَدْ ضَمِنْتَهَا لِي، وَلا تَحْجُبْ دُعَائِي عَنْكَ وَقَدْ أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ، وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِكُلِّ مَا يُصْلِحُنِيْ فِيْ دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَـا نَسِيتُ، أَوْ أَظْهَـرتُ أَوْ أَخْفَيْتُ، أَوْ أَعْلَنْتُ أَوْ أَسْرَرْتُ، وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي جَمِيعِ ذلِكَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ بِسُؤَالِي إيَّـاكَ، الْمُنْجِحِينَ بِالـطَّلَبِ إلَيْـكَ، غَيْـرِ الْمَمْنُوعِينَ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ، الْمُعَوَّدِينَ بِالتَّعَوُّذِ بِكَ، الرَّابِحِينَ فِي التِّجَارَةِ عَلَيْـكَ، الْمُجَارِيْنَ بِعِـزِّكَ، الْمُـوَسَّـعِ عَلَيْهِمُ الـرِّزْقُ الْحَـلاَلُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ، الْمُعَزِّينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ بِكَ، وَالْمُجَارِينَ مِن الظُّلْمِ بِعَدْلِكَ، وَالْمُعَافَيْنَ مِنَ الْبَلاءِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ، وَالْمُغْنَيْنَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ بِغِنَاكَ، وَالْمَعْصومِينَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالزَّلَلِ وَالْخَطَأِ بِتَقْوَاكَ، وَالْمُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْرِ وَالرُّشْدِ وَالصَّوَابِ بِطَاعَتِكَ، وَالْمُحَالِ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الذُّنُوبِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، التَّـارِكِينَ لِكُلِّ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، السَّاكِنِينَ فِي جِوَارِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا جَمِيعَ ذلِكَ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَأَعِذْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ، وَأَعْطِ جَمِيعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَـاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي وَلِوُلْدِي فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَآجِلِ الآخِرَةِ، إنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ عَفُوٌّ غَفُـورٌ رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ. وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ.

    1.O God, be kind to me through the survival of my children, 2.setting them right for me, and allowing me to enjoy them! 3.My God, make long their lives for me, 4.increase their terms, 5.bring up the smallest for me, 6.strengthen the weakest for me, 7.rectify for me their bodies, their religious dedication, and their moral traits, 8.make them well in their souls, their limbs, 9.and everything that concerns me of their affair, 10.and pour out for me and upon my hand their provisions! 11.Make them pious, fearing, insightful, hearing, 12.and obedient toward You, loving and well-disposed toward Your friends, 13.and stubbornly resistant and full of hate toward all Your enemies! Amen! 14.O God, through them strengthen my arm, 15.straighten my burdened back, multiply my number, 16.adorn my presence, keep alive my mention, 17.suffice me when I am away, help me in my needs, 18.and make them loving toward me, affectionate, approaching, upright, 19.obedient, never disobedient, 20.disrespectful, opposed, or offenders! 21.Help me in their upbringing, their education, and my devotion toward them, 22.give me among them from Yourself male children, 23.make that a good for me, and make them a help for me in that which I ask from You! 24.Give me and my progeny refuge from the accursed Satan, 25.for You hast created us, commanded us, and prohibited us, and made us desire 26.the reward of what You hast commanded, and fear its punishment! 27.You assigned to us an enemy who schemes against us, 28.gave him an authority over us in a way that You didst not give us authority over him 29.allowed him to dwell in our breasts and let him run in our blood vessels; 30.he is not heedless, though we be heedless, he does not forget, though we forget; 31.he makes us feel secure from Your punishment and fills us with fear toward other than You. 32.If we are about to commit an indecency, he gives us courage to do so, 33.and if we are about to perform a righteous work, he holds us back from it. 34.He opposes us through passions, and sets up for us doubts. 35.If he promises us, he lies, and if he raises our hopes, he fails to fulfil them. 36.If You dost not turn his trickery away from us, he will misguide us, 37.and if You dost not protect us from his corruption, he will cause us to slip. 38.O God, so defeat his authority over us through Your authority, such that You holdest him back from us 39.through the frequency of our supplication to You and we leave his trickery and rise up among those preserved by You from sin! 40.O God, grant me my every request, accomplish for me my needs, 41.withhold not from me Your response when You hast made Yourself accountable for it to me, 42.veil not my supplication from Yourself, when You hast commanded me to make it, 43.and be kind to me through everything that will set me right 44.in this world and the next, in everything that I remember or forget, 45.display or conceal, make public or keep secret! 46.In all of this, place me through my asking You among those who set things right, 47.those who are answered favourably when they request from You 48.and from whom is not withheld when they put their trust in You, 49.those accustomed to seek refuge in You, those who profit through commerce with You, those granted sanctuary through Your might, 50.those given lawful provision in plenty 51.from Your boundless bounty through Your munificence and generosity, 52.those who reach exaltation after abasement through You, those granted sanctuary from wrong through Your justice, 53.those released from affliction through Your mercy, those delivered from need after poverty through Your riches, 54.those preserved from sins, slips, and offenses through reverential fear toward You, 55.those successful in goodness, right conduct, and propriety through obeying You, 56.those walled off from sins through Your power, 57.the refrainers from every act of disobedience toward You, the dwellers in Your neighbourhood! 58.O God, give me all of that through Your bestowal of success 59.and Your mercy, grant us refuge from the chastisement of the burning, 60.and give to all the Muslims, male and female, 61.and all the faithful, male and female, the like of what I have asked for myself 62.and my children, in the immediate of this world and the deferred of the next! 63.Verily You art the Near, the Responder, the All-hearing, the All-knowing, 64.the Pardoner, the Forgiving, the Clement, the Merciful! 65.And "give to us in this world good, and in the next world good, and protect us from the chastisement of the Fire" (2:201)!

  26. Supplications 26. His Supplication for Neighbours and Friends

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    أللَّهُمَّ صَـلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَتَـوَلَّنِي فِي جيرَانِي وَمَوَالِيَّ وَالْعَارِفِينَ بحَقِّنَا وَالْمُنَابِذِينَ لأِعْدَائِنَا بِأَفْضَلِ وَلاَيَتِكَ، وَوَفِّقْهُمْ لإقَامَةِ سُنَّتِكَ وَالأَخْذِ بِمَحَاسِنِ أَدَبِكَ فِي إرْفَاقِ ضَعِيفِهِمْ، وَسَدِّ خَلَّتِهِمْ، وَعِيَادَةِ مَرِيضِهِمْ، وَهِدَايَةِ مُسْتَرْشِدِهِمْ، وَمُنَاصَحَةِ مُسْتَشِيرِهِمْ، وَتَعَهُّدِ قَادِمِهِمْ، وَكِتْمَانِ أَسْرَارِهِمْ، وَسَتْرِ عَوْرَاتِهِمْ، وَنُصْرَةِ مَظْلُومِهِمْ، وَحُسْنِ مُوَاسَاتِهِمْ بِالْمَاعُونِ، وَالْعَوْدِ عَلَيْهِمْ بِـالْجِـدَةِ وَالإِفْضَـالِ، وَإعْطَآءِ مَـا يَجِبُ لَهُمْ قَبْلَ السُّؤالِ واجْعَلْنِي اللَّهُمَّ أَجْزِي بِالإحْسَانِ مُسِيْئَهُمْ، وَاعْرِضُ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ عَنْ ظَالِمِهِمْ، وَأَسْتَعْمِلْ حُسْنَ الظّنِّ فِي كَافَّتِهِمْ، وَأَتَوَلَّى بِالْبِرِّ عَامَّتَهُمْ، وَأَغُضُّ بَصَرِي عَنْهُمْ عِفَّةً، وَألِينُ جَانِبِيْ لَهُمْ تَوَاضُعاً، وَأَرِقُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَلاءِ مِنْهُمْ رَحْمَةً، وَأسِرُّ لَهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ مَوَدَّةً، وَأُحِبُّ بَقَاءَ النِّعْمَةِ عِنْدَهُمْ نُصْحاً، وَاُوجِبُ لَهُمْ مَا اُوجِبُ لِحَامَّتِي، وَأَرْعَى لَهُمْ مَا أَرْعَى لِخَاصَّتِي. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمِّد وَآلِهِ ، وَارْزُقْنِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، وَاجْعَلْ لِي أَوْفَى الْحُظُوظِ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُمْ ، وَزِدْهُمْ بَصِيْرَةً فِي حَقِّي، وَمَعْرِفَةً بِفَضْلِي، حَتَّى يَسْعَدُوا بِي وَأَسْعَدَ بِهِمْ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 2.and attend to me with Your best attending in my neighbours and friends who recognize our right and war against our enemies! 3.Give [my neighbours and friends] success in performing Your prescriptions 4.and taking on the beauties of Your courtesy through acting gently with their weak, 5.remedying their lacks, visiting their sick, 6.guiding their seeker of right guidance, giving good counsel to their seeker of advice, 7.attending to the one among them who returns from travel, hiding their secrets, 8.covering over their shameful things, helping their wronged, 9.sharing kindly with them in goods, 10.turning toward them with wealth and bestowal of bounty, 11.and giving what is due to them before they ask! 12.Let me, O God, repay their evildoer with good-doing, 13.turn away from their wrongdoer with forbearance. 14.have a good opinion of every one of them, attend to all of them with devotion, 15.lower my eyes before them in continence, 16.make mild my side toward them in humility, 17.be tender toward the afflicted among them in mercy, 18.make them happy in absence through affection, 19.love that they continue to receive favour through good will, 20.grant them what I grant my next of kin, 21.and observe for them what I observe for my special friends! 22.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 23.provide me the like of that from them, 24.appoint for me the fullest share of what is with them, 25.increase them in insight toward my right and knowledge of my excellence 26.so that they will be fortunate through me and I fortunate through them! 27.Amen, Lord of the worlds!

  27. Supplications 27. His Supplication for People of Frontiers

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    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَحَصِّنْ ثُغُورَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِعِزَّتِكَ، وَأَيِّدْ حُمَاتَهَا بِقُوَّتِكَ، وَأَسْبغَ عَطَايَاهُمْ مِنْ جِدَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَكَثِّرْ عِدَّتَهُمْ، وَاشْحَذْ أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ، وَاحْرُسْ حَوْزَتَهُمْ، وَامْنَعْ حَوْمَتَهُمْ، وَأَلِّفْ جَمْعَهُمْ، وَدَبِّرْ أَمْرَهُمْ، وَوَاتِرْ بَيْنَ مِيَرِهِمْ، وَتَوَحَّدْ بِكِفَايَةِ مَؤَنِهِمْ، وَاعْضُدْهُمْ بِالنَّصْرِ، وَأَعْنِهُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ، وَالْطُفْ لَهُمْ فِي الْمَكْرِ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَعَرِّفْهُمْ مَا يَجْهَلُونَ، وَعَلِّمْهُمْ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ، وَبَصِّرْهُمْ مَا لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَنْسِهِمْ عِنْدَ لِقَآئِهِمُ الْعَدُوَّ ذِكْرَ دُنْيَاهُمُ الْخَدَّاعَةِ الْغَرُورِ، وَامْحُ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ خَطَرَاتِ الْمَالِ الْفَتُونِ، وَاجْعَلِ الْجَنَّةَ نَصْبَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ وَلَوِّحْ مِنْهَا لأِبْصَارِهِمْ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ فِيهَا مِنْ مَسَاكِنِ الْخُلْدِ وَمَنَازِلِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَالْحُورِ الْحِسَانِ وَالأَنْهَارِ الْمُطَّرِدَةِ بِأَنْوَاعِ الأَشْرِبَـةِ ، وَالأَشْجَارِ الْمُتَدَلِّيَةِ بِصُنُوفِ الثَّمَرِ، حَتَّى لاَ يَهُمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِالأدْبَارِ، وَلا يُحَدِّثَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ بِفِرَار. أللَّهُمَّ افْلُلْ بِذَلِـكَ عَدُوَّهُمْ، وَاقْلِمْ عَنْهُمْ أَظْفَارَهُمْ، وَفَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَسْلِحَتِهِمْ ، وَاخْلَعْ وَثَائِقَ أَفْئِدَتِهِمْ، وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَزْوِدَتِهِمْ، وَحَيِّرْهُمْ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ، وَضَلِّلْهُمْ عَنْ وَجْهِهِمْ، وَاقْـطَعْ عَنْهُمُ الْمَدَدَ وَانْقُصْ مِنْهُمُ الْعَدَدَ، وَامْلاْ أَفْئِدَتَهُمُ الرُّعْبَ، وَاقْبِضْ أَيْـدِيَهُمْ عَنِ البَسْطِ، وَاخْـزِمْ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَنِ النُّطْقِ، وَشَرِّدْ بهِمْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُمْ، وَنَكِّلْ بِهِمْ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَاقْـطَعْ بِخِزْيِهِمْ أَطْمَـاعَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ. أللَّهُمَّ عَقِّمْ أَرْحَامَ نِسَائِهِمْ، وَيَبِّسْ أَصْلاَبَ رِجَالِهِمْ، وَاقْطَعْ نَسْلَ دَوَابِّهِمْ وَأَنْعَامِهِمْ، لاَ تَأذَنْ لِسَمَائِهِمْ فِي قَطْر وَلاَ لارْضِهِمْ فِي نَبَات. أللَّهُمَّ وَقَوِّ بِذَلِكَ مِحَالَّ أَهْلِ الإسْلاَمِ ، وَحَصِّنْ بِهِ دِيَارَهُمْ ، وَثَمِّرْ بِـهِ أَمْوَالَهُمْ ، وَفَرِّغْهُمْ عَنْ مُحَارَبَتِهِمْ لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَعَنْ مُنَابَذَتِهِمْ للْخَلْوَةِ بِكَ، حَتَّى لا يُعْبَدَ فِي بِقَاعِ الارْضِ غَيْرُكَ وَلاَ تُعَفَّرَ لِاَحَد مِنْهُمْ جَبْهَةٌ دُونَكَ. أللَّهُمَّ اغزُ بِكُلِّ نَـاحِيَـة مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى مَنْ بِـإزَائِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَأَمْدِدْهُمْ بِمَلائِكَة مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مُرْدِفِينَ حَتَّى يَكْشِفُـوهُمْ إلَى مُنْقَطَعِ التُّـرابِ قَتْـلاً فِي أَرْضِكَ وَأَسْراً أَوْ يُقِرُّوا بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الَّذِي لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَاعْمُمْ بِذَلِكَ أَعْدَاءَكَ فِي أَقْطَارِ الْبِلاَدِ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ وَالرُّومِ وَالتُّـرْكِ وَالْخَزَرِ وَالْحَبَشِ وَالنُّـوبَةِ وَالـزَّنْج والسَّقَالِبَةِ وَالدَّيَالِمَةِ وَسَائِرِ أُمَمِ الشِّرْكِ الَّذِي تَخْفَى أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ وَصِفاتُهُمْ، وَقَدْ أَحْصَيْتَهُمْ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ، وَأَشْرَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ اشْغَلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِالمُشْرِكِينَ عَنْ تَنَاوُلِ أَطْرَافِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَخُذْهُمْ بِـالنَّقْصِ عَنْ تَنَقُّصِهِمْ، وَثَبِّطْهُمْ بِـالْفُـرْقَـةِ عَنِ الاحْتِشَادِ عَلَيْهِمْ. أللَّهُمَّ أَخْلِ قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنَ الأَمَنَـةِ وَأَبْدَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُوَّةِ وَأَذْهِلْ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنِ الاحْتِيَالِ وَأَوْهِنْ أَرْكَانَهُمْ عَنْ مُنَازَلَةِ الرِّجَالِ وَجَبِّنْهُمْ عَنْ مُقَارَعَةِ الأَبْطَالِ، وَابْعَثْ عَلَيْهِمْ جُنْداً مِنْ مَلاَئِكَتِكَ بِبَأس مِنْ بَأْسِكَ كَفِعْلِكَ يَوْمَ بَدْر تَقْطَعُ بِهِ دَابِرَهُمْ وَتَحْصُدُ بِهِ شَوْكَتَهُمْ، وَتُفَرِّقُ بهِ عَدَدَهُمْ. اللَّهُمَّ وَامْزُجْ مِيَاهَهُمْ بِالْوَبَاءِ وَأطْعِمَتَهُمْ بِالأَدْوَاءِ وَارْمِ بِلاَدَهُمْ بِالْخُسُوفِ وَأَلِـحَّ عَلَيْهَا بِـالْقُذُوفِ وَافْـرَعْهَا بِالْمُحُولِ. وَاجْعَلْ مِيَرَهُمْ فِي أَحَصِّ أَرْضِكَ وَأَبْعَـدِهَا عَنْهُمْ، وَامْنَـعْ حُصُونَهَا مِنْهُمْ، أَصِبْهُمْ بِالْجُوعِ الْمُقِيمِ وَالسُّقْمِ الالِيمِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا غَاز غَزَاهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِلَّتِكَ أَوْ مُجَاهِد جَاهَدَهُمْ مِنْ أَتْبَاعِ سُنَّتِكَ لِيَكُونَ دِينُكَ الاعْلَى وَحِزْبُكَ الأقوَى وَحَظُّكَ الأوْفَى فَلَقِّهِ الْيُسْرَ، وَهَيِّئْ لَهُ الأمْرَ، وَتَوَلَّهُ بِالنُّجْحِ، وَتَخَيَّرْ لَهُ الأصْحَابَ، وَاسْتَقْوِ لَهُ الظَّهْرَ، وَأَسْبِغْ عَلَيْهِ فِي النَّفَقَةِ وَمَتِّعْهُ بِالنَّشَاطِ، وَأَطْفِ عَنْهُ حَرَارَةَ الشَّوْقِ، وَأَجِرْهُ مِنْ غَمِّ الْوَحْشَةِ، وَأَنْسِهِ ذِكْرَ الاهْلِ وَالْوَلَدِ وَأَثُرْ لَهُ حُسْنَ النِّيَّةِ وَتَوَلَّه بِالْعَافِيَةِ، وَأَصْحِبْهُ السَّلاَمَةَ، وَأَعْفِهِ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَلْهِمْهُ الْجُرْأَةَ وَارْزُقْهُ الشِّدَّةَ وَأَيِّدْهُ بِالنُّصْرَةِ، وَعَلِّمْهُ السِّيَرَ وَالسُّنَنَ، وَسَدِّدْهُ فِي الْحُكْمِ، وَاعْزِلْ عَنْهُ الرِّياءَ، وخَلِّصْهُ مِنَ السُّمْعَةِ وَاجْعَلْ فِكْرَهُ وَذِكْرَهُ وَظَعْنَهُ وَإقَامَتَهُ فِيْكَ وَلَكَ، فَإذا صَافَّ عَدُوَّكَ وَعَدُوَّهُ فَقَلِّلْهُمْ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَصَغِّرْ شَأنَهُمْ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَأَدِلْ لَهُ مِنْهُـمْ وَلاَ تُدِلْهُمْ مِنْهُ فَإنْ خَتَمْتَ لَهُ بِالسَّعَادَةِ وَقَضَيْتَ لَهُ بِالشَّهَادَةِ فَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ عَدُوَّكَ بِالْقَتْلِ وَبَعْدَ أنْ يَجْهَدَ بِهِمُ الأسْرُ وَبَعْدَ أن تَأمَنَ أطرَافُ المُسْلِمِينَ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ عَدُوُّكَ مُدْبِرِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا مُسْلِم خَلَفَ غَازِياً أَوْ مُرَابِطاً فِي دَارِهِ أَوْ تَعَهَّدَ خَالِفِيْهِ فِيْ غَيْبَتِهِ، أَوْ أَعَانَهُ بِطَائِفَة مِنْ مَالِهِ، أَوْ أَمَدَّهُ بِعِتَاد، أَوْ شَحَذَهُ عَلَى جِهَاد، أَوْ أَتْبَعَهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ دَعْوَةً، أَوْ رَعَى لَهُ مِنْ وَرَآئِهِ حُرْمَةً. فَأْجِرْ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِهِ وَزْناً بِوَزْن وَمِثْلاً بِمِثْل وَعَوِّضْهُ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ عِوَضاً حَاضِراً يَتَعَجَّلُ بِهِ نَفْعَ مَا قَدَّمَ، وَسُرُورَ مَا أَتَى به، إلَى أَنْ يَنْتَهِيَ بِهِ الْوَقْتُ إلَى مَاأَجْرَيْتَ لَـهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، وَأَعْدَدْتَ لَهُ مِنْ كَرَامَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا مُسْلِم أَهَمَّهُ أَمْرُ الإِسْلاَمِ وَأَحْزَنَهُ تَحَزُّبُ أَهْلِ ألشِّرْكِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَنَوَى غَزْواً أَوْ هَمَّ بِجهَـاد فَقَعَدَ بِـهِ ضَعْفٌ أَوْ أَبطَأَتْ بِهِ فَاقَةٌ، أَوْ أَخَّرَهُ عَنْهُ حَادِثٌ، أَوْ عَرَضَ لَهُ دُونَ إرَادَتِهِ مَانِعٌ، فَاكْتُبِ اسْمَـهُ فِي الْعَابِدِينَ وَأوْجبْ لَهُ ثَوَابَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ وَاجْعَلْهُ فِي نِظَامِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ . أللَّهُمَّ صَـلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَآلِ مُحَمَّد صَلاَةً عَالِيَةً عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ مُشْرِفَةً فَوْقَ التَّحِيَّاتِ، صَلاَةً لاَ يَنْتَهِي أَمَدُهَا وَلا يَنْقَطِعُ عَدَدُهَا كَأَتَمِّ مَـا مَضَى مِنْ صَلَوَاتِكَ عَلَى أَحَد مِنْ أَوْلِيـائِكَ، إنَّـكَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ الْمُبْدِئُ الْمُعِيدُ الفَعَّالُ لِمَا تُرِيْدُ.

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.fortify the frontiers of the Muslims through Your might, 3.support their defenders through Your strength, 4.and lavish upon them gifts through Your wealth! 5.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 6.increase their number, hone their weapons, 7.guard their territory, defend their midst, 8.unite their throng, arrange their affair, 9.send them supplies in a steady string, undertake Yourself to suffice them with provisions, 10.support them with victory, help them with patience, 11.and give them subtlety in guile! 12.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 13.give them the knowledge of that of which they are ignorant, 14.teach them what they do not know, 15.and show them what they do not see! 16.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 17.make them forget when they meet the enemy 18.to remember this cheating and delusive world of theirs, 19.erase from their hearts the thought of enchanting possessions, 20.place the Garden before their eyes, and display to their sight that part of it 21.which You hast prepared for them - the homes of everlastingness and mansions of honour, 22.the beautiful houris, the rivers gushing forth with all sorts of drinks, 23.the trees hanging, low with all kinds of fruits - 24.lest any of them think of turning his back 25.or suggest to himself to flee his opponent! 26.O God, defeat their enemy through that, 27.trim their nails from them, separate them from their weapons, 28.pull out the firm ties from their hearts, keep them far away from their stores, 29.bewilder them in their roads, turn them astray from their direction, 30.cut off reinforcements from them, chop them down in numbers, 31.fill their hearts with terror, hold back their hands from stretching forth, 32.tie back their tongues from speaking, 33."scatter by them the ones behind them" (8:57), make them a lesson for those beyond them, 34.and through their degradation cut off the hopes of those who come after them! 35.O God, make the wombs of their women barren 36.dry up the loins of their men, 37.cut off the breeding of their mounts and their cattle, 38.and permit not their sky to rain or their earth to grow! 39.O God, through that strengthen the prowess of the People of Islam, 40.fortify their cities, increase their properties, 41.give them ease from their fighting to worship You and from their warfare to be alone with You, 42.so that none will be worshipped in the regions of the earth but You 43.and no forehead of theirs may be rubbed in dust for less than You! 44.O God, send out the Muslims of every region on raids 45.against the idolaters who face them! 46.Reinforce them with angels in ranks from You, 47.till the idolaters are routed by them to the end of the land, slain in Your earth 48.or taken captive, or till they admit that You art God, other than whom there is no god, 49.You alone, who hast no associate! 50.O God, include in this Your enemies in the regions of the lands, 51.the Indians, the Byzantines, the Turks, the Khazars, the Abyssinians, 52.the Nubians, the Zanjis, the Slavs, the Daylamites, 53.and the rest of the idol-worshipping nations, those whose names and attributes are concealed, 54.but whom You countest in Your cognizance and overseest through Your power! 55.O God, distract the idolaters from reaching for the borders of the Muslims through the idolaters, 56.bar them from cutting them down through being cut down, 57.and hold them back from massing together against them through dissension! 58.O God, empty their hearts of security 59.and their bodies of strength, distract their hearts from thinking of stratagems, 60.make their limbs too feeble for clashing with men, 61.make them too cowardly for contending with champions, 62.send against them a troop of Your angels 63.with some of Your severity as You didst on the Day of Badr, 64.so that through it You mayest cut off their roots, harvest their thorns, 65.and disperse their number! 66.O God, mix their waters with pestilence and their foods with maladies, 67.hurl down their cities, harass them with peltings, hinder them through drought, 68.place their supplies in the most ill-omened part of Your earth and the farthest from them, 69.bar them from its fortresses, and strike them with constant hunger and painful illness! 70.O God, if a warrior from the people of Your creed wars against them 71.or a struggler from the followers of Your prescriptions struggles against them so that Your religion may be the highest, 72.Your party the strongest, and Your share the fullest, cast ease to him, 73.arrange his affair, attend to him by granting success, 74.select for him his companions, strengthen his back, 75.lavish upon him livelihood, give him enjoyment of joyous vitality, 76.cool for him the heat of yearning, give him sanctuary from the gloom of loneliness, 77.make him forget the remembrance of wife and child, pass along to him an excellent intention, attend to him with well-being, 78.make safety his companion, release him from cowardice, 79.inspire him with boldness, provide him with strength, support him with help, 80.teach him right conduct and the norms of the Sunna, point him straight in judgement, 81.remove from him hypocrisy, purify him from seeking fame, 82.and make his thinking and remembrance, his departing and his staying, be in You and for You! 83.When he stands in ranks before Your enemy and his enemy, make them few in his eye, 84.diminish their importance in his heart, 85.give him a turn to prevail over them, not them a turn to prevail over him! 86.But if You sealest him with felicity and decreest for him martyrdom, 87.then let it be after he has exterminated Your enemies by slaying, 88.captivity has afflicted them, 89.the borders of the Muslims are secure, 90.and Your enemy has turned his back in flight! 91.O God, and if a Muslim should 92.take the place of a warrior or a soldier in his home, 93.attend to those left behind in his absence, 94.help him with a portion of his property, 95.assist him with equipment, hone him for the struggle, 96.send along with him a supplication for his purpose, 97.or guard his honour in his absence, 98.reward him with the like of his reward 99.measure for measure, like for like, and recompense him for his act 100.with an immediate compensation through which he will hasten to the profit of what he has sent forth 101.and the joy of what he has given, till the present moment takes him 102.to the bounty You hast granted to him 103.and the generosity You hast prepared for him! 104.O God, and if the affair of Islam should worry a Muslim 105.and the alliance of the idolaters' against Islam should grieve him, 106.so that he has the intention to go to war and is about to enter the struggle, 107.but frailty keeps him seated, neediness keeps him waiting, 108.a mishap delays him, 109.or an obstruction prevents him from his wish, 110.write his name among the worshipers, 111.make incumbent for him the reward of the strugglers, 112.and place him among the ranks of the martyrs and the righteous! 113.O God, bless Muhammad, Your slave and Your messenger, 114.and the Household of Muhammad, with a blessing high above all other blessings, 115.towering beyond all other salutations, 116.a blessing whose end is never reached 117.and whose number is never cut off, 118.like the most perfect of Your blessings that has passed 119.to any one of Your friends! 120.You art All-kind, Praiseworthy, 121.the Originator who takes back again, 122.Accomplisher of what You desirest.

  28. Supplications 28. His Supplication in Fleeing to God for Protection

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    اللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَخْلَصْتُ بِانْقِطَاعِي إلَيْكَ، وَأَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْـكَ، وَصَـرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى رِفْدِكَ، وَقَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأيِهِ وَضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ، فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَـا إلهِيْ مِنْ أُناس طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا، وَرَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا، وَحَاوَلُوا الارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا، فَصحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ وَأَرْشَدَهُ إلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ بِاخْتِبَارِهِ فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْؤُول مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي وَدُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوب إلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي. الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي لاَ يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي، وَلاَ يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي، وَلاَ يَنْظِمُهُ وَإيَّاكَ نِدَائِي لَكَ يَا إلهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ، وَمَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ، وَفَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ، وَدَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَمَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمْرِهِ، مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأنِهِ، مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالاَتِ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ. فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الأشْبَاهِ وَالاضْـدَادِ، وَتَكَبَّـرْتَ عَنِ الأمْثَـالِ وَالأنْدَادِ، فَسُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ.

    1.I showed sincerity by cutting myself off from everything but You. 2.I approached You with my whole self. 3.I averted my face from everyone who needs Your support. 4.I ceased to ask from any who cannot do without Your bounty. 5.I saw that the needy who seeks from the needy 6.is foolish in his opinion, and misguided in his intellect. 7.How many people have I seen, my God, 8.who sought exaltation through other than You and were abased, 9.who wanted wealth from someone else and became poor, 10.who tried to rise high and fell down low! 11.Observing the likes of them corrects a prudent man; 12.his taking heed gives him success; 13.his choosing the best guides him to the path of right. 14.So Thou, my Master, 15.art the object of my asking to the exclusion of all those who are asked 16.and the patron of my need to the exclusion of all those from whom requests are made. 17.You art singled out for my call before all who are called; 18.none is associated with You in my hope, 19.none comes along with You in my supplication, 20.nor does any join with You within it, for to You is my appeal. 21.To You, my God, belongs the Unity of number, 22.the property of eternal power, 23.the excellence of force and strength, 24.the degree of sublimity and elevation. 25.Everyone other than You is the object of compassion in his lifetime, 26.overcome in his affair, overwhelmed in his situation, 27.diverse in states, constantly changing in attributes. 28.So You art high exalted above likenesses and opposites, 29.proudly magnified beyond similitudes and rivals! 30.Glory be to You! There is no God but Thou.

  29. Supplications 29. His Supplication when his Provision was Stinted

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا فِي أَرْزَاقِنَا بِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَفِي آجَالِنَا بِطُولِ الأمَلِ حَتَّى الْتَمَسْنَا أَرْزَاقَكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ، وَطَمِعْنَا بِآمَالِنَا فِي أَعْمَارِ الْمُعَمَّرِينَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَهَبْ لَنَا يَقِيناً صَادِقاً تَكْفِينا بِهِ مِنْ مَؤونَةِ الطَّلَبِ، وَأَلْهِمْنَا ثِقَةً خَالِصَةً تُعْفِينَا بِهَا مِنْ شِدَّةِ النَّصَبِ، وَاجْعَلْ مَا صَرَّحتَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَتِكَ فِي وَحْيِكَ، وَأَتْبَعْتَهُ مِنْ قَسَمِكَ فِي كِتَابِكَ قَاطِعاً لاهْتِمَامِنَا بِالرِّزْقِ الَّـذِيْ تَكَفَّلْتَ بِهِ وَحَسْمَاً لِلاشْتِغَالِ بِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْكِفَايَةَ لَهُ، فَقُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ الاصْـدَقُ وَأَقْسَمْتَ وَقَسَمُكَ الأَبَرُّ الأَوْفى: ( وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ) ثُمَّ قُلْتَ: ( فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ إنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ ).

    1.O God, You hast tried us with distrust in our provisions 2.and the expectation of long lives, 3.until we begged for provisions from those who are provided 4.and craved in our expectations the life-spans of the long-lived! 5.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 6.give us a true certainty that will suffice us the burden of seeking, 7.and inspire us with a sincere trust that will release us from the hardship of exertion! 8.Let Your clear promise in Your Revelation 9.which You hast followed in Your Book with Your oath 10.cut off our worry about the provision for which You hast made Yourself responsible 11.and sever our occupation with everything whose sufficiency You hast guaranteed! 12.For You hast said - and Your word is the most truthful truth 13.and You hast sworn - and Your oath is the most kept and fulfilled 14."In the heaven are your provision and everything you are promised" (51:22)! 15.And then You hast said, "So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is as surely true as that you have speech" (51:23)!

  30. Supplications 30. His Supplication for help in repaying debts

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    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَهَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْن تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي، وَيَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي، وَيَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي، وَيَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَفِكْرِهِ، وَشُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَسَهَرِهِ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ. وَأَسْتَجيرُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ وَمِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهُ بِوُسْع فاضِل أَوْ كَفَاف وَاصِل. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَاحْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَالازْدِيَادِ، وَقَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَالاقْتِصَـادِ، وَعَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ، وَاقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ وَأَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلاَلِ أَرْزَاقِي، وَوَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إنْفَاقِي، وَازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلَةً أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إلَى بَغْي، أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَـاناً. أللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إلَيَّ صُحْبَـةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الْصَّبْرِ، وَمَـا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَاالفَانِيَةِ فَاذْخَرْهُ لِيْ فِي خَزَائِنِكَ البَاقِيَةِ، وَاجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا، وَعَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا بُلْغَةً إلَى جِوَارِكَ، وَوُصْلَةً إلَى قُرْبِكَ، وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى جَنَّتِكَ إنَّكَ ذو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَأَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيْمُ.

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 2.and release me from a debt which makes me lose face, 3.confuses my mind, disrupts my thinking, 4.and prolongs my occupation with attending to it! 5.I seek refuge in You, my Lord, from worry and thought about debt, 6.from the distraction and sleeplessness of debt; 7.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me refuge from it! 8.I seek sanctuary in You, my Lord, from debt's abasement in life 9.and its ill effects after death, 10.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me sanctuary from it 11.through a bountiful plenty or a continually arriving sufficiency! 12.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 13.prevent me from extravagance and excess, 14.put me on the course of generous spending and moderation, 15.teach me excellent distribution, 16.hold me back through Your gentleness from squandering, 17.allow me to attain my provisions through lawful means, 18.direct my spending toward the gateways of devotion, 19.and take away from me any possession which will bring forth pride in me, 20.lead to insolence, or drag me in its heels to rebellion! 21.O God, make me love the companionship of the poor 22.and help me be their companion with excellent patience! 23.Whenever You takest away from me the goods of this perishing world, 24.store them for me in Your abiding treasuries! 25.Make this world's broken pieces which You hast conferred upon me 26.and its goods which You hast quickly granted to me a way to reach Your neighbourhood, 27.a link to Your nearness, and a means to Your Garden! 28.Verily You art Possessor of bounty abounding, 29.and You art the Munificent, the Generous.

  31. Supplications 31. In mentioning and asking for Repentance

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    أَللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لا يَصِفُهُ نَعْتُ الْوَاصِفِينَ ، وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يُجَاوِزُهُ رَجَاءُ الرَّاجِينَ ، وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يَضِيعُ لَدَيْهِ أَجْرُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ، وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَهَى خَوْفِ الْعَابِدِيْنَ، وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ غَايَةُ خَشْيَةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ. هَذا مَقَامُ مَنْ تَدَاوَلَتْهُ أَيْدِي الذُّنُوبِ ، وَقَادَتْهُ أَزِمَّةُ الْخَطَايَا ، وَاسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ، فَقَصَّرَ عَمَّا أَمَرْتَ بِهِ تَفْرِيطَاً، وَتَعَاطى مَا نَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ تَغْرِيراً، كَالْجاهِلِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ كَالْمُنْكِرِ فَضْلَ إحْسَانِكَ إلَيْهِ، حَتَّى إذَا انْفَتَحَ لَهُ بَصَرُ الْهُدَى، وَتَقَشَّعَتْ عَنْهُ سَحَائِبُ الْعَمَى أَحْصَى مَا ظَلَمَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ، وَفَكَّرَ فِيمَا خَالَفَ بِهِ رَبَّهُ، فَرَأى كَبِيْرَ عِصْيَانِهِ كَبِيْراً، وَجَلِيل مُخالفَتِهِ جَلِيْلاً، فَأَقْبَلَ نَحْوَكَ مُؤَمِّلاً لَكَ، مُسْتَحْيِيَاً مِنْكَ، وَوَجَّهَ رَغْبَتَهُ إلَيْكَ ثِقَةً بِكَ، فَأَمَّكَ بِطَمَعِهِ يَقِيناً، وَقَصَدَكَ بِخَوْفِهِ إخْلاَصَاً، قَدْ خَلاَ طَمَعُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَطْمُوع فِيهِ غَيْرِكَ، وَأَفْرَخَ رَوْعُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَحْذُور مِنْهُ سِوَاكَ، فَمَثَّلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْـكَ مُتَضَرِّعـاً، وَغَمَّضَ بَصَرَهُ إلَى الأرْضِ مُتَخَشِّعَاً، وَطَأطَأَ رَأسَهُ لِعِزَّتِكَ مُتَذَلِّلاً، وَأَبَثَّكَ مِنْ سِرِّهِ مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْهُ خَضُوعاً، وَعَدَّدَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ مَا أَنْتَ أَحْصَى لَهَا خُشُوعاً وَاسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ مِنْ عَظِيمِ مَاوَقَعَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِكَ وَقَبِيحِ مَا فَضَحَهُ فِي حُكْمِكَ مِنْ ذُنُوب أدْبَرَتْ لَذَّاتُهَا فَذَهَبَتْ، وَأَقَامَتْ تَبِعَاتُهَا فَلَزِمَتْ، لا يُنْكِرُ يَا إلهِي عَدْلَكَ إنْ عَاقَبْتَهُ، وَلا يَسْتَعْظِمُ عَفْوَكَ إنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ وَرَحِمْتَهُ; لأِنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْكَرِيمُ الَّذِي لا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ غُفْرَانُ الذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيم. أَللَّهُمَّ فَهَا أَنَا ذَا قَدْ جئْتُكَ مُطِيعاً لاِمْرِكَ فِيمَا أَمَرْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ، مَتَنَجِّزاً وَعْدَكَ فِيمَا وَعَدْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الإجَابَةِ إذْ تَقُولُ (اُدْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ). أللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَالْقَنِي بِمَغْفِـرَتِكَ كَمَا لَقِيتُكَ بِإقْرَارِي وَارْفَعْنِي عَنْ مَصَارعِ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا وَضَعْتُ لَكَ نَفْسِي وَاسْتُرْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ كَمَا تَأَنَّيْتَنِي عَنِ الانْتِقَامِ مِنِّي. أللَّهُمَّ وَثَبِّتْ فِي طَاعَتِكَ نِيَّتِيْ، وَأَحْكِمْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ بَصِيـرَتِي، وَوَفِّقْنِي مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ لِمَا تَغْسِلُ بِهِ دَنَسَ الخَطَايَا عَنِّي، وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ وَمِلَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّـلامُ إذَا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي. أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَتُوبُ إلَيْـكَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا مِنْ كَبَائِرِ ذُنُوبِي وَصَغَائِرِهَا وَبَوَاطِنِ سَيِّئآتِي وَظَوَاهِرِهَا، وَسَوالِفِ زَلاَّتِي وَحَوَادِثِهَا، تَوْبَةَ مَنْ لا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ وَلاَ يُضْمِرُ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي خَطِيئَةٍ، وَقَدْ قُلْتَ يَا إلهِي فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتابِكَ إنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَتَعْفُو عَنِ السَّيِّئاتِ، وَتُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ، فَاقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي كَمَا وَعَدْتَ وَأعْفُ عَنْ سَيِّئاتِي كَمَا ضَمِنْتَ، وَأَوْجِبْ لِي مَحَبَّتَكَ كَمَا شَـرَطْتَ، وَلَـكَ يَـا رَبِّ شَـرْطِي أَلاّ أَعُودَ فِي مَكْرُوهِكَ، وَضَمَانِي أَلاّ أَرْجِعَ فِي مَذْمُومِكَ، وَعَهْدِي أَنْ أَهْجُرَ جَمِيعَ مَعَاصِيكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا عَمِلْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا عَلِمْتَ، وَاصْرِفْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ إلَى مَا أَحْبَبْتَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَعَلَيَّ تَبِعَاتٌ قَدْ حَفِظْتُهُنَّ، وَتَبِعَاتٌ قَدْ نَسيتُهُنَّ، وَكُلُّهُنَّ بِعَيْنِكَ الَّتِي لاَ تَنَـامُ، وَعِلْمِكَ الَّذِي لا يَنْسَى فَعَوِّضْ مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا وَاحْطُطْ عَنّي وِزْرَهَا، وَخَفِّفْ عَنِّي ثِقْلَهَا، وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ أَنْ اُقَارِفَ مِثْلَهَا. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنَّهُ لاَ وَفَاءَ لِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ إلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ، وَلا اسْتِمْسَاكَ بِي عَنِ الْخَطَايَا إلاَّ عَنْ قُوَّتِكَ، فَقَوِّنِي بِقُوَّة كَافِيَة، وَتَوَلَّنِي بِعِصْمَة مَانِعَة. أللَّهُمَّ أَيُّما عَبْد تَابَ إلَيْكَ وَهُوَ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ فَاسِخٌ لِتَوْبَتِهِ وَعَائِدٌ فِي ذَنْبِهِ وَخَطِيئَتِهِ فَإنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أنْ أَكُوْنَ كَذلِكَ، فَاجْعَلْ تَوْبَتِي هَذِهِ تَوْبَةً لا أَحْتَاجُ بَعْدَهَا إلَى تَوْبَة، تَوْبَةً مُوجِبَةً لِمَحْوِ مَا سَلَفَ، وَالسَّلاَمَةِ فِيمَـا بَقِيَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعْتَـذِرُ إلَيْـكَ مِنْ جَهْلِي، وَأَسْتَـوْهِبُـكَ سُوْءَ فِعْلِي، فَـاضْمُمْنِي إلَى كَنَفِ رَحْمَتِكَ تَطَوُّلاً، وَاسْتُرْنِي بِسِتْرِ عَافِيَتِكَ تَفَضُّلاً. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنِّي أَتُوبُ إلَيْكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا خَالَفَ إرَادَتَكَ أَوْ زَالَ عَنْ مَحَبَّتِـكَ مِنْ خَـطَرَاتِ قَلْبِي وَلَحَـظَاتِ عَيْنِي وَحِكَايَاتِ لِسَانِي، تَوْبَةً تَسْلَمُ بِهَا كُلُّ جَارِحَة عَلَى حِيَالِهَا مِنْ تَبِعَاتِكَ، وَتَأْمَنُ مِمَّا يَخَافُ الْمُعْتَدُونَ مِنْ أَلِيْمِ سَطَوَاتِكَ. أَللَّهُمَّ فَارْحَمْ وَحْدَتِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَوَجِيبَ قَلْبِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، وَاضْطِرَابَ أَرْكَانِي مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ، فَقَدْ أَقَامَتْنِي يَا رَبِّ ذُنُوبِي مَقَامَ الْخِزْيِ بِفِنَائِكَ، فَإنْ سَكَتُّ لَمْ يَنْطِقْ عَنِّي أَحَدٌ، وَإنْ شَفَعْتُ فَلَسْتُ بِأَهْلِ الشَّفَاعَةِ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَشَفِّعْ فِي خَطَايَـايَ كَرَمَكَ، وَعُدْ عَلَى سَيِّئاتِي بِعَفْوِكَ، وَلاَ تَجْزِنِي جَزَآئِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَابْسُطْ عَلَيَّ طَوْلَكَ وَجَلِّلْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ، وَافْعَلْ بِي فِعْلَ عَزِيز تَضَرَّع إلَيْهِ عَبْدٌ ذَلِيلٌ فَرَحِمَهُ، أَوْ غَنِيٍّ تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ عَبْدٌ فَقِيرٌ فَنَعَشَهُ. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ خَفِيرَ لِي مِنْكَ فَلْيَخْفُرْنِيْ عِزُّكَ، وَلا شَفِيعَ لِيْ إلَيْكَ فَلْيَشْفَعْ لِي فَضْلُكَ، وَقَدْ أَوْجَلَتْنِي خَطَايَايَ فَلْيُؤْمِنِّي عَفْوُكَ، فَمَا كُلُّ مَا نَطَقْتُ بِهِ عَنْ جَهْل مِنِّي بِسُوْءِ أَثَرِي، وَلاَ نِسيَان لِمَا سَبَقَ مِنْ ذَمِيمِ فِعْلِي، وَلكِنْ لِتَسْمَعَ سَمَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ فِيْهَـا، وَأَرْضُكَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا مَا أَظْهَرْتُ لَكَ مِنَ النَّدَمِ، وَلَجَـأتُ إلَيْكَ فِيـهِ مِنَ التَّوْبَـةِ، فَلَعَـلَّ بَعْضَهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَرْحَمُنِي لِسُوءِ مَوْقِفِي، أَوْ تُدْرِكُهُ الرِّقَّةُ عَلَىَّ لِسُوءِ حَالِي فَيَنَالَنِي مِنْهُ بِدَعْوَةٍ أَسْمَعُ لَدَيْكَ مِنْ دُعَائِي، أَوْ شَفَاعَـةٍ أَوْكَدُ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ شَفَاعَتِي تَكُونُ بِهَا نَجَاتِي مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَفَوْزَتِي بِرضَاكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنْ يَكُنِ النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةً إلَيْكَ فَأَنَا أَنْدَمُ اْلنَّادِمِينَ، وَإنْ يَكُنِ التَّرْكُ لِمَعْصِيَتِكَ إنَابَةً فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُنِيبينَ، وَإنْ يَكُنِ الاسْتِغْفَارُ حِطَّةً لِلذُّنُوبِ فَإنَي لَكَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ. اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا أَمَرْتَ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَضَمِنْتَ الْقَبُولَ وَحَثَثْتَ عَلَى الدُّعَـاءِ وَوَعَدْتَ الإجَابَةَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ وَآلِهِ وَاقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي وَلاَ تَرْجِعْني مَرجَعَ الخَيبَةِ منْ رَحْمَتِك إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ، وَالرَّحِيمُ لِلْخَاطِئِينَ الْمُنِيبِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا هَدَيْتَنَا بِهِ وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا اسْتَنْقَذْتَنَا بِهِ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ صَلاَةً تَشْفَعُ لَنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَوْمَ الْفَاقَةِ إلَيْكَ، إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ .

    1.O God, O He whom the depiction of the describers fails to describe! 2.O He beyond whom passes not the hope of the hopers! 3.O He with whom is not lost the wage of the good-doers! 4.O He who is the ultimate object of the fear of the worshipers! 5.O He who is the utmost limit of the dread of the godfearing! 6.This is the station of him whom sins have passed from hand to hand. 7.Offenses' reins have led him on, 8.and Satan has gained mastery over him. 9.He fell short of what You hast commanded through neglect 10.and he pursued what You hast prohibited in delusion, 11.like one ignorant of Your power over him 12.or one who denies the bounty of Your beneficence toward him, 13.until, when the eye of guidance was opened for him 14.and the clouds of blindness were dispelled, he reckoned that through which he had wronged himself 15.and reflected upon that in which he had opposed his Lord. 16.He saw his vast disobedience as vast and his great opposition as great. 17.So turned to You, hoping in You and ashamed before You, 18.and he directed his beseeching toward You, having trust in You. 19.He repaired to You in his longing with certitude and he went straight to You in fear with sincerity. 20.His longing was devoid of every object of longing but You, 21.and his fright departed from every object of fear but You. 22.So he stood before You pleading, 23.his eyes turned toward the ground in humbleness, 24.his head bowed before Your might in lowliness; 25.he revealed to You in meekness those secrets of his which You knowest better than he; 26.he numbered for You in humility those sins of his which You countest better than he; 27.he sought help from You before the dreadful into which he has fallen in Your knowledge 28.and the ugly which has disgraced him in Your judgement: 29.the sins whose pleasures have turned their backs and gone 30.and whose evil consequences have stayed and stuck fast. 31.He will not deny Your justice, my God, if You punishest him, 32.nor will he consider Your pardon great if You pardonest him and hast mercy upon him, 33.for You art the Generous Lord 34.for whom the forgiveness of great sins is nothing great! 35.O God, so here I am: I have come to You obeying Your command 36.(for You hast commanded supplication) 37.and asking the fulfilment of Your promise, (for You hast promised to respond): 38.You hast said, "Supplicate Me and I will respond to you" (40:60). 39.O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household, 40.meet me with Your forgiveness just as I have met You with my confession, 41.lift me up from the fatal infirmities of sins just as I have let myself down before You, 42.and cover me with Your covering just as You hast shown no haste to take vengeance on me! 43.O God, make firm my intention to obey You, 44.strengthen my insight in worshipping You, 45.give me the success of works 46.which will wash away the defilement of offenses, 47.and take me when You takest me in the creed of Your prophet 48.Muhammad (upon him be peace). 49.O God, I repent to You in this my station from 50.my sins, great and small, 51.my evil deeds, inward and outward, 52.my lapses, past and recent, 53.with the repentance of one who does not tell himself that he might disobey 54.or secretly think that he might return to an offense. 55.You hast said, my God, in the firm text of Your Book, 56.that You 'acceptest repentance from Your servants, 57.pardonest evil deeds' (ref.42:25), and lovest the repenters (ref.2:222), 58.so accept my repentance as You hast promised, pardon my evil deeds as You hast guaranteed, 59.and make obligatory toward me Your love as You hast stipulated! 60.To You, my Lord, belongs my stipulation that I will not return to what is disliked by You, 61.my guarantee that I will not go back to what You blamest, 62.and my covenant that I will stay away from acts of disobedience to You. 63.O God, You knowest better what I have done, so forgive me what You knowest 64.and turn me through Your power to what You lovest! 65.O God, counted against me are claims that stay in my memory 66.and claims that I have forgotten, 67.while all of them remain in Your eye that does not sleep 68.and Your knowledge that does not forget! 69.So compensate their owners, lighten their load upon me, 70.lift up their weight from me, and preserve me from approaching their like! 71.O God, but I can not be faithful to my repentance without Your preservation, 72.nor can I refrain from offenses without Your strength. 73.So strengthen me with a sufficient strength and attend to me with a defending preservation! 74.O God, if any servant repents to You, 75.while in Your knowledge of the Unseen he will break his repentance 76.and return to his sin and offense, 77.I seek refuge in You lest I be like that! 78.So make this my repentance a repentance after which I will need no repentance 79.and a repentance which will obligate the erasing of what has gone by and safety in what remains! 80.O God, I ask pardon from You for my ignorance, 81.and I ask You to disregard my evil acts! 82.So join me to the shelter of Your mercy through graciousness 83.and cover me with the covering of Your well-being through bounteousness! 84.O God, I repent to You 85.from everything opposed to Your will 86.or far from Your love - 87.the thoughts of my heart, 88.the glances of my eye, 89.the tales of my tongue - 90.with a repentance through which each bodily part will by itself stay safe from ill consequences with You 91.and remain secure from Your painful penalties feared by transgressors! 92.O God, so have mercy on my being alone before You, 93.the pounding of my heart in dread of You, 94.the trembling of my limbs in awe of You! 95.My sins, my God, have stood me in the station of degradation in Your courtyard. 96.If I remain silent, none will speak for me; 97.if I seek an intercessor, I am not worthy for intercession. 98.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 99.make Your generosity intercede for my offenses, 100.follow up my evil deeds with Your pardon, 101.repay me not with the punishment that is my proper repayment, 102.spread over me Your graciousness, wrap me in Your covering, 103.and do with me what is done by a mighty man, when a lowly slave pleads to him and he shows him mercy, 104.or a rich man, when a poor slave submits himself and he raises him to wealth! 105.O God, I have no protector against You, so let Your might be my protector! 106.I have no intercessor with You, so let Your bounty be my intercessor! 107.My offenses have set me quaking, so let Your pardon give me security! 108.Not all that I have said rises up from my ignorance of my evil footsteps 109.or forgetfulness of my blameworthy acts in the past, 110.but in order that Your heaven and those within it 111.and Your earth and those upon it may hear the remorse which I have professed to You 112.and the repentance through which I have sought asylum with You. 113.Then perhaps one of them, through Your mercy, may show mercy upon my evil situation 114.or be seized by tenderness for my evil state. 115.There may come from him for my sake a supplication to which You givest ear more than to my supplication 116.or an intercession surer with You than my intercession 117.through which I may be delivered from Your wrath and attain to Your good pleasure! 118.O God, if remorse is a repentance toward You, then I am the most remorseful of the remorseful! 119.If refraining from disobedience is a turning back to You, then I am the first of those who turn back! 120.If praying for forgiveness alleviates sins, surely I am one of those who pray for Your forgiveness! 121.O God, as You hast commanded repentance and guaranteed acceptance, 122.as You hast urged supplication, and promised to respond, 123.so also bless Muhammad and his Household, accept my repentance, 124.and return me not to the returning place of disappointment in Your mercy! 125.Surely You art "Ever-turning" (2:128) toward the sinners, 126."All-compassionate" (2:128) toward the offenders who turn back! 127.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household just as You hast guided us by him! 128.Bless Muhammad and his Household just as You hast rescued us through him! 129.Bless Muhammad and his Household, 130.with a blessing that will intercede for us on the Day of Resurrection, the day of neediness toward You! 131."Thou art powerful over everything" (3:26), and that is easy for You!

  32. Supplications 32. His Supplication in the Night Prayer

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    أَللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمُلْكِ الْمُتأبِّدِ بِالْخُلُودِ وَالْسُلْطَانِ الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِغَيْرِ جُنُود وَلاَ أَعْوَان، وَالْعِزِّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ، وَخَوَالِي الأَعْوَامِ، وَمَوَاضِي الأَزْمَانِ وَالأيَّامِ، عَزَّ سُلْطَانُكَ عِزّاً لا حَدَّ لَهُ بِأَوَّلِيَّةٍ وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى لَهُ بِآخِرِيَّةٍ، وَاسْتَعْلَى مُلْكُكَ عُلُوّاً سَقَطَتِ الأشْيَاءُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ أَمَدِهِ وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ أَدْنَى مَا اسْتَأثَرْتَ بِـهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَقْصَى نَعْتِ النَّـاعِتِينَ. ضَلَّتْ فِيْـكَ الصِّفَاتُ وَتَفَسْخَتْ دُونَكَ النُّعُوتُ وَحَارَتْ فِي كِبْرِيِائِكَ لَطَائِفُ الأوْهَامِ، كَذلِكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الأَوَّلُ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِكَ، وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ دَائِمٌ لا تَزُولُ، وَأَنَا الْعَبْدُ الضَّعِيْفُ عَمَلاً الجَسِيْمُ أَمَلاً، خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِي أَسْبَابُ الْوُصُلاَت إلاّ مَا وَصَلَهُ رَحْمَتُكَ ، وَتَقَطَّعَتْ عَنِّي عِصَمُ الآمَالِ إلاّ مَا أَنَا مُعْتَصِمٌ بِهِ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ، قَلَّ عِنْدِي مَا أَعْتَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَكَثُرَ عَلَيَّ مَا أَبُوءُ بِهِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَلَنْ يَضِيْقَ عَلَيْكَ عَفْوٌ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ وَإنْ أَسَاءَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي. أللَّهًمَّ وَقَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى خَفَايَا الأَعْمَالِ عِلْمُكَ وَانْكَشَفَ كُلُّ مَسْتُور دُونَ خُبْرِكَ وَلاَ تَنْطَوِي عَنْكَ دَقَائِقُ الأُمُورِ وَلاَ تَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ غَيِّبَاتُ السَّرَائِرِ، وَقَدِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوُّكَ الَّذِي اسْتَنْظَرَكَ لِغِوَايتِي فَأَنْظَرْتَهُ، وَاسْتَمْهَلَكَ إلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ لاِضْلاَلِي فَأَمْهَلْتَهُ، فَأوْقَعَنِيْ وَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ إلَيْكَ مِنْ صَغَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ مُوبِقَةٍ وَكَبَائِرِ أَعْمَالٍ مُرْدِيَـةٍ حَتَّى إذَا قَارَفْتُ مَعْصِيَتَـكَ وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِسُوءِ سَعْيِي سَخْطَتَكَ فَتَلَ عَنِّي عِذَارَ غَدْرِهِ، وَتَلَقَّانِي بكَلِمَةِ كُفْرهِ، وَتَوَلَّى الْبَراءَةَ مِنِّي وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّيَاً عَنِّي، فَأَصْحَرنِي لِغَضَبِكَ فَرِيداً، وَأَخْرَجَني إلى فِنَاءِ نَقِمَتِكَ طَرِيداً لاَ شَفِيعٌ يَشْفَعُ لِيْ إلَيْـكَ، وَلاَ خَفِيـرٌ يُؤْمِنُنِي عَلَيْـكَ وَلاَ حِصْنٌ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْكَ وَلاَ مَلاَذٌ أَلْجَأُ إلَيْهِ مِنْكَ. فَهَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ، وَمَحَلُّ الْمُعْتَرِفِ لَكَ، فَلاَ يَضِيقَنَّ عَنِّي فَضْلُكَ، وَلا يَقْصُـرَنَّ دونِي عَفْوُكَ، وَلا أكُنْ أَخْيَبَ عِبَادِكَ التَّائِبِينَ، وَلاَ أَقْنَطَ وفُودِكَ الآمِلِينَ وَاغْفِرْ لِي إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي فَتَرَكْتُ، وَنَهَيْتَنِي فَرَكِبْتُ، وَسَوَّلَ لِيَ الْخَطَأَ خَاطِرُ السُّوءِ فَفَرَّطْتُ، وَلا أَسْتَشْهِدُ عَلَى صِيَامِي نَهَـاراً، وَلاَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِتَهَجُّدِي لَيْلاً، وَلاَ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ بِإحْيَائِهَا سُنَّةٌ حَـاشَا فُرُوضِـكَ الَّتِي مَنْ ضَيَّعَها هَلَكَ، وَلَسْتُ أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ بِفَضْلِ نَافِلَة مَعَ كَثِيرِ مَا أَغْفَلْتُ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ فُرُوضِكَ، وَتَعَدَّيْتُ عَنْ مَقَامَاتِ حُدُودِكَ إلَى حُرُمَات انْتَهَكْتُهَا، وَكَبَائِرِ ذُنُوب اجْتَرَحْتُهَا كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لِي مِنْ فَضَائِحِهَا سِتْراً. وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْكَ، وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهَا، وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ فَتَلَقَّاكَ بِنَفْس خَاشِعَة، وَرَقَبَة خَاضِعَة، وَظَهْر مُثْقَل مِنَ الْخَطَايَا وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ الرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ، وَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى مَنْ رَجَـاهُ، وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ خَشِيَـهُ وَاتّقـاهُ، فَاعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ مَا رَجَوْتُ، وَآمِنِّي مَا حَذِرْتُ، وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَائِدَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إنَّكَ أكْرَمُ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَإذْ سَتَـرْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ وَتَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ فِي دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ بِحَضرَةِ الأكْفَاءِ فَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ فَضِيحَاتِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الأشْهَادِ مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالرُّسُلِ الْمُكَرَّمِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ، مِنْ جَار كُنْتُ أُكَاتِمُهُ سَيِّئاتِي وَمِنْ ذِي رَحِم كُنْتُ أَحْتَشِمُ مِنْهُ فِي سَرِيرَاتِي، لَمْ أَثِقْ بِهِمْ رَبِّ فِي السِّتْرِ عَلَيَّ، وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ رَبِّ فِي الْمَغفِرَةِ لِيْ، وَأَنْتَ أوْلَى مَنْ وُثِقَ بِهِ وَأَعْطَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ وَأَرْأَفُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ فَارْحَمْنِي. أللهُمَّ وَأنتَ حَدَرْتَنِي مَاءً مَهِيناً مِنْ صُلب، مُتَضَائِقِ الْعِظَامِ حَرِجِ الْمَسَالِكِ إلَى رَحِم ضَيِّقَة سَتَرْتَهَا بِالْحُجُبِ تُصَرِّفُنِي حَالاً عَنْ حَال حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتَ بِيْ إلَى تَمَامِ الصُّورَةِ وَأَثْبَتَّ فِيَّ الْجَوَارحَ كَمَا نَعَتَّ فِي كِتَابِكَ نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً ثُمَّ عِظَاماً ثُمَّ كَسَوْتَ الْعِظَامَ لَحْماً ثُمَّ أَنْشَأتَنِي خَلْقَاً آخَرَ كَمَا شِئْتَ، حَتَّى إذَا احْتَجْتُ إلَى رِزْقِكَ، وَلَمْ أَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ غِيَـاثِ فَضْلِكَ جَعَلْتَ لِي قُـوتـاً مِنْ فَضْلِ طَعَام وَشَرَاب أَجْرَيْتَهُ لاِمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَسْكَنْتَنِي جَوْفَهَا وَأَوْدَعْتَنِي قَرَارَ رَحِمِهَا، وَلَوْ تَكِلُنِي يَا رَبِّ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَـالاتِ إلَى حَوْلِي، أَوْ تَضْطَرُّنِي إلَى قُوّتي لَكَانَ الْحَوْلُ عَنِّي مُعْتَزِلاً، وَلَكَانَتِ الْقُوَّةُ مِنِّي بَعِيدَةً، فَغَذَوْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ غِذَاءَ البَرِّ اللَّطِيفِ ، تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِي تَطَوُّلاً عَلَيَّ إلَى غَايَتِي هَذِهِ، لاَ أَعْدَمُ بِرَّكَ وَلاَ يُبْطِئُ بِي حُسْنُ صَنِيعِكَ، وَلاَ تَتَأكَّدُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ ثِقَتِي، فَأَتَفَرَّغَ لِمَا هُوَ أَحْظَى لِيْ عِنْدَكَ، قَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنَانِي فِي سُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَضَعْفِ الْيَقِينِ، فَأَنَا أَشْكُو سُوْءَ مُجَاوَرَتِهِ لِي وَطَـاعَةَ نَفْسِي لَـهُ، وَأَسْتَعْصِمُـكَ مِنْ مَلَكَتِهِ، وَأَتَضَـرَّعُ إلَيْكَ في صَرفِ كَيدِهِ عَنّي و أسأَلُكَ فِي أَنْ تُسَهِّلَ إلَى رِزْقِي سَبِيلاً، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنِّعَمِ الْجِسَامِ، وَإلْهَامِكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الإحْسَانِ وَالإِنْعَامِ ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي وَأَنْ تُقَنِّعَنِي بِتَقْدِيرِكَ لِيْ ، وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَنِي بِحِصَّتِيْ فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ، وَأَنْ تَجْعَـلَ مَـا ذَهَبَ مِنْ جِسْمِيْ وَعُمُرِيْ فِي سَبِيْلِ طَاعَتِكَ إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ. أللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مَنْ نَارٍ تَغَلَّظْتَ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ، وَتَوَعَّدْتَ بِهَا مَنْ صَدَفَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ، وَمِنْ نَارٍ نورُهَا ظُلْمَة وَهَيِّنُهَا أَلِيمٌ، وَبَعِيدُهَا قَرِيبٌ، وَمِنْ نَارٍ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضَهَا بَعْضٌ، وَيَصُولُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْض، وَمِنْ نَارٍ تَذَرُ الْعِظَامَ رَمِيماً، وَتَسْقِي أَهْلَهَا حَمِيماً ، وَمِنْ نَارٍ لاَ تُبْقِي عَلَى مَنْ تَضَرَّعَ إلَيْهَا، وَلاَ تَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتَعْطَفَهَا، وَلاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى التَّخْفِيفِ عَمَّنْ خَشَعَ لَهَا وَاسْتَسْلَمَ إلَيْهَا، تَلْقَى سُكَّانَهَا بِأَحَرِّ مَا لَدَيْهَا مِنْ أَلِيْمِ النَّكَالِ وَشَدِيدِ الْوَبَالِ، وَأَعُوذُ بكَ مِنْ عَقَارِبِهَا الْفَاغِرَةِ أَفْوَاهُهَا، وَحَيّاتِهَا الصَّالِقَةِ بِأَنْيَابِهَا، وَشَرَابِهَا الَّذِي يُقَطِّعُ أَمْعَاءَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ سُكَّانِهَا، وَيَنْزِعُ قُلُوبَهُمْ، وَأَسْتَهْدِيْكَ لِمَا باعَدَ مِنْهَا وَأَخَّرَ عَنْهَا. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهَا بِفَضْل رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي بِحُسْنِ إقَالَتِكَ ، وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي يَا خَيْرَ الْمُجيرِينَ أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ تَقِي الْكَرِيهَةَ ، وَتُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ ، وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيـدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، إذَا ذُكِرَ الأبْرَارُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ صَلاَةً لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ مَدَدُهَا، وَلاَ يُحْصَى عَدَدُهَا صَلاَةً تَشْحَنُ الْهَوَاءَ، وَتَمْلاُ الأرْضَ وَالسَّماءَ. صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى، وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بَعْدَ الرِّضَا صَلاَةً لا حَدَّ لَها وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.

    1.O God, O Possessor of kingdom perpetual in everlastingness, 2.authority invincible without armies or helpers, 3.might abiding through aeons past, 4.years gone by, times and days elapsed! 5.Your authority is mighty with a might that knows no bound by being first nor utmost end by being last! 6.Your kingdom towers high with a towering before which all things fall down without reaching its term; 7.the least of it which You hast kept to Yourself is not reached by the furthest description of the describers! 8.Attributes go astray in You, descriptions fall apart below You, 9.the subtlest of imaginations are bewildered by Your magnificence! 10.So art Thou: God, the First in Your firstness, 11.and so art You everlastingly. You dost not pass away. 12.But I am the slave, feeble in works, immense in hopes. 13.The tying links are outside my hand, except what is tied by Your mercy; 14.the bonds of hopes have been cut away from me, 15.except the pardon to which I hold fast. 16.Little on my part is the obedience toward You upon which I count, 17.and great against me the disobedience toward You to which I have reverted. 18.But pardoning Your slave will not constrain You, even if he be bad, so pardon me! 19.O God, Your knowledge watches over hidden works 20.every covered thing is exposed before Your awareness, 21.the intricacies of things are not concealed from You, 22.and unseen mysteries slip not away from You. 23.But over me Your enemy has gained mastery: He asked a delay from You to lead me astray, and You gavest him the delay! 24.He asked a respite from You until the Day of Doom to misguide me, and You gavest him the respite! 25.So he threw me down, though I had fled to You 26.from small, ruinous sins 27.and great, deadly works, 28.until, when I had yielded to disobeying You 29.and merited Your anger through my bad efforts, 30.he turned the bridle of his treachery away from me, 31.met me with the word of his ingratitude, 32.undertook to be quit of me, turned his back to flee from me, 33.threw me to the desert of Your wrath alone, 34.and sent me as an outcast into the courtyard of Your vengeance. 35.There is no intercessor to intercede for me with You, 36.no protector to make me feel secure against You, 37.no fortress to veil me from You, 38.no shelter in which to seek asylum apart from You! 39.This is the station of him who takes refuge with You, the place of the confessor to You: 40.Let not Your bounty be too narrow for me, let not Your pardon fall short of me! 41.Let me not be the most disappointed of Your repentant servants, 42.nor the most despairing of those who come to You with expectations! 43.Forgive me, surely You art the best of the forgivers! 44.O God, You commanded me, and I refrained, You prohibited me, and I committed. 45.evil thoughts tempted me to offend, and I was negligent. 46.I cannot call upon daytime to witness my fasting, 47.nor can I seek sanctuary in night because of my vigil; 48.no Sunna praises me for keeping it alive, 49.only Your obligations, he who neglects which has perished. 50.I cannot seek access to You through the excellence of a supererogatory work, 51.given the many duties of Your obligations of which I have been heedless 52.and the stations of Your bounds which I have transgressed, 53.thereby violating sacred things and committing great sins, 54.though You hast given me safety from their disgraces as a covering. 55.This is the station of him who is ashamed of himself before You, 56.angry with himself, and satisfied with You. 57.He meets You with a humble soul, a neck bent down, a back heavy with offenses, 58.hesitating between longing for You and fear of You. 59.You art the most worthy of those in whom he might hope, 60.the most deserving for him to dread and fear. 61.So give me, my Lord, what I hope for, make me secure against what frightens me, 62.and act kindly toward me with the kindly act of mercy! Surely You art the most generous of those from whom are asked! 63.O God, since You hast covered me with Your pardon and shielded me with Your bounty 64.in the abode of annihilation and the presence of equals 65.grant me sanctuary from the disgraces of the Abode of Subsistence 66.at the standing places of the Witnesses (the angels brought nigh, 67.the messengers honoured, the martyrs, the righteous) 68.before the neighbour from whom I have hidden my evil deeds 69.and the womb relative before whom I feel ashamed in my secret thoughts! 70.I trust them not, my Lord, to cover me over, 71.but I trust You, my Lord, to forgive me! 72.You art the most worthy of those in whom confidence is had, the most giving of those who are besought, 73.and the most clement of those from whom mercy is asked. So have mercy upon me! 74.O God, You caused me to descend as mean water from loins 75.of narrow bones and tight passages 76.into a constricted womb which You hadst covered with veils; 77.You turned me about from state to state until You tookest me to the completion of the form 78.and fixed within me the bodily parts, 79.as You hast described in Your Book: 80.a drop, then a clot, then a tissue, then bones, 81.then You garmented the bones with flesh, then You produced me as another creature as You willed (ref.23:12-14). 82.Then, when I needed Your provision, 83.and could not do without the aid of Your bounty, 84.You appointed for me a nourishment from the bounty of the food and drink 85.which You bestowed upon Your handmaid in whose belly You gavest me to rest and in the lodging of whose womb You deposited me. 86.Hadst You entrusted me in those states, my Lord, to my own force 87.or driven me to have recourse to my own strength, 88.force would have been removed from me and strength taken far away. 89.So You hast fed me through Your bounty with the food of the Good, the Gentle; 90.You hast done that for me in graciousness toward me up to this my present point. 91.I do not lack Your goodness nor does Your benefaction keep me waiting. 92.Yet with all that, my trust has not become firm enough 93.that I might free myself for that which is more favoured by You. 94.Satan has taken possession of my reins through my distrust and frail certainty. 95.I complain of his evil neighbourhood with me and my soul's obedience toward him! 96.I ask You to preserve me against his domination, and I plead with You to turn his trickery away from me! 97.I ask You to make the path to my provision easy, 98.since to You belongs praise for Your beginning with immense favours 99.and Your inspiring gratitude for beneficence and bestowing favour! 100.Bless Muhammad and his Household, 101.and make the way to my provision easy for me! [I ask You] to make me content with Your ordainment for me, 102.to make me satisfied with my lot in that which You hast apportioned for me 103.and to place what has gone of my body and my life-span 104.into the path of Your obedience! Surely You art the Best of providers! 105.O God, I seek refuge in You from the Fire through which You art harsh toward him who disobeys You 106.and by which You hast threatened him who turns away from Your good pleasure; 107.from the Fire whose light is darkness, whose ease is pain, and whose far is near; 108.from the Fire parts of which devour parts 109.and parts of which leap upon parts; 110.from the Fire which leaves bones decayed 111.and lets its people drink boiling water; 112.from the Fire which 'does not spare him who pleads to it,' 113.has no mercy on him who seeks sympathy from it, 114.and has no power to relieve him who humbles himself before it and yields himself to it; 115.it meets its inhabitants with the hottest that it possesses: painful punishment and intense noxiousness. 116.seek refuge in You from its gaping-jawed scorpions, 117.its scraping-toothed serpents, 118.and its drinks, which tear apart the intestines and hearts of its inhabitants and root out their marrows. 119.I ask guidance from You to that which will keep far from it and make it retreat! 120.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 121.grant me sanctuary from it through the bounty of Your mercy, 122.release me from my stumbles through Your good releasing, 123.and abandon me not, O Best of the sanctuary-granters! 124.O God, You protectest from the disliked, givest the good, 125.dost what You wilt, and You art "powerful over everything" (3:26). 126.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household when the pious are mentioned 127.and bless Muhammad and his Household as long as night and day come 128.and go with a blessing whose replenishment is never cut off 129.and whose number cannot be counted, a blessing that will fill up the air 130.and crowd the earth and the heaven! 131.God bless him until he is well pleased 132.and God bless him and his Household 133.after good pleasure with a blessing that has neither bound 134.nor utmost limit! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  33. Supplications 33. His Supplication in Asking for the Best

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاقْضِ لِيْ بِالْخِيَرَةِ وَأَلْهِمْنَا مَعْرِفَةَ الاخْتِيَارِ، وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ ذَرِيعَةً إلَى الرِّضَا بِمَا قَضَيْتَ لَنَا وَالتَّسْلِيْمِ لِمَا حَكَمْتَ. فَأَزِحْ عَنَّا رَيْبَ الارْتِيَابِ، وَأَيِّدْنَا بِيَقِينِ الْمُخْلِصِينَ، وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا عَجْزَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ عَمَّا تَخَيَّرْتَ، فَنَغْمِطَ قَدْرَكَ، وَنَكْرَهَ مَوْضِعَ رِضَاكَ، وَنَجْنَحَ إلَى الَّتِي هِيَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعَاقِبَةِ وَأَقْرَبُ إلَى ضِدِّ الْعَافِيَةِ. حَبِّبْ إلَيْنَا مَا نَكْرَهُ مِنْ قَضَائِكَ وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا مَا نَسْتَصْعِبُ مِنْ حُكْمِكَ، وَأَلْهِمْنَـا الانْقِيَـادَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ عَلَيْنَـا مِنْ مَشِيَّتِكَ حَتَّى لاَ نُحِبَّ تَأخِيْرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ، وَلاَ تَعْجيْلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ، وَلا نَكْرَهَ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ، وَلا نَتَخَيَّرَ مَا كَرِهْتَ، وَاخْتِمْ لَنَا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْمَدُ عَاقِبةً وَأكْرَمُ مَصِيراً إنَّكَ تُفِيدُ الْكَرِيمَةَ وَتُعْطِي الْجَسِيمَةَ، وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ .

    1.O God, I ask from You the best in Your knowledge, 2.so bless Muhammad and his Household and decree for me the best! 3.Inspire us with knowledge to chose the best 4.and make that a means to being pleased 5.with what You hast decreed for us and submitting to what You hast decided! 6.Banish from us the doubt of misgiving 7.and confirm us with the certainty of the sincere! 8.Visit us not with incapacity to know what You hast chosen, 9.lest we despise Your measuring out, dislike the place of Your good pleasure, 10.and incline toward that which is further from good outcome 11.and nearer to the opposite of well-being! 12.Make us love what we dislike in Your decree 13.and make easy for us what we find difficult in Your decision! 14.Inspire us to yield to that which You bringest upon us by Your will, 15.lest we love the delay of what You hast hastened 16.and the hastening of what You hast delayed, dislike what You lovest, 17.and choose what You dislikest! 18.Seal us with that which is most praised in outcome and most generous in issue! 19.Surely You givest generous gain, bestowest the immense, 20.dost what You wilt, and You art "powerful over everything" (3:26).

  34. Supplications 34. When he was afflicted or saw someone afflicted with the Disgrace of Sin

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    أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سِتْرِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ ، وَمُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ، فَكُلُّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ ، وَارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَم تَفْضَحْهُ وَتَسَتَّـرَ بِالْمَسَاوِي فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ، كَمْ نهْي لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ، وَأَمْر قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدَّيْنَاهُ، وَسَيِّئَة اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَخَطِيئَة ارْتَكَبْنَـاهَا، كُنْتَ الْمُطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ، وَالْقَادِرَ عَلَى إعْلاَنِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ، كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ، وَرَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ، فَاجْعَلْ مَا ستَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ، وَأَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدَّخِيلَةِ وَاعِظاً لَنَا، وَزَاجِراً عَنْ سُوْءِ الْخُلْقِ وَاقْتِرَافِ الخَطِيئَـةِ، وَسَعْياً إلَى التَّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ وَالطَّرِيْقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ، وقَرِّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ ، وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ إنَّا إلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ ، وَمِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ. وَصَلِّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مُحَمَّد وَعِتْرَتِهِ الصِّفْـوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِـكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ، وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَمُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ .

    1.O God, to You belongs praise for Your covering over after Your knowledge 2.and Your pardon after Your awareness! 3.Each of us has committed faults, but You hast not made him notorious, 4.done indecencies, but You hast not disgraced him, 5.and covered over evil deeds, but You hast not pointed to him. 6.How many are Your prohibited acts which we have performed, 7.Your commandments of which You hast told us which we have transgressed, 8.the evil deeds which we have earned, the offenses which we have committed! 9.You seest them to the exclusion of all observers; 10.You hast the power to make them public above all the powerful! 11.By giving us safety You hast veiled their eyes 12.and stopped their ears. 13.So make the shameful things You hast covered over 14.and the inward reality You hast concealed our admonisher, 15.a restrainer upon bad character traits and committing offenses, 16.and a striving toward the repentance that erases [sins] and the praiseworthy path! 17.Bring the time of striving near 18.and visit us not with heedlessness of You! 19.Surely we are Your beseechers, the repenters of sins. 20.And bless Your chosen, O God, from Your creation, 21.Muhammad and his descendants, the friends selected from among Your creatures, the pure, 22.and make us listeners to them and obeyers, as You hast commanded!

  35. Supplications 35. In Satisfaction when he Looked upon the Companions of this world

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    الْحَمْدُ للهِ رِضىً بِحُكْمِ اللهِ ، شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ ، وَأَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ خَلْقِهِ بِالْفَضْلِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّي بِمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ وَلا تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي فَأحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَأَغْمِطَ حُكْمَكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ، وَطَيِّبْ بِقَضَائِـكَ نَفْسِي وَوَسِّعْ بِمَـواقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي وَهَبْ لِي الثِّقَةَ لأُقِرَّ مَعَهَا بِأَنَّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ إلاَّ بِالْخِيَرَةِ وَاجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنّي أَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي إيَّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي وَاعْصِمْنِي مِن أنْ أظُنَّ بِذِي عَدْم خَسَاسَةً، أَوْ أَظُنَّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَة فَضْلاً، فَإنَّ الشَّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرَّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ، وَالْعَزِيزَ مَنْ أَعَزَّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَمَتِّعْنَا بِثَرْوَة لاَ تَنْفَدُ، وَأَيِّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لاَ يُفْقَدُ وَأَسْرِحْنَا فِيْ مُلْكِ الأَبَدِ إنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.

    1.Praise belongs to God in satisfaction with God's decision! 2.I bear witness that God has apportioned the livelihoods of His servants with justice 3.and undertaken bounty for all His creatures. 4.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 5.tempt me not with what You hast given to Your creatures 6.and tempt them not with what You hast withheld from me, lest I envy Your creatures and despise Your decision! 7.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 8.delight my soul through Your decree, 9.expand my breast through the instances of Your decision, 10.give to me a trust through which I may admit 11.that Your decree runs only to the best, 12.and let my gratitude to You for what You hast taken away from me 13.be more abundant than my gratitude to You for what You hast conferred upon me! 14.Preserve me from imagining any meanness in someone who is destitute 15.or imagining any superiority in someone who possesses wealth, 16.for the noble is he whom obedience to You has ennobled 17.and the exalted is he whom worship of You has exalted! 18.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 19.give us to enjoy a wealth which does not run out, confirm us with an exaltation which will never be lost, 20.and let us roam freely in the kingdom of everlastingness! 21.Surely You art the One, 'the Unique, the Eternal Refuge; 22.You hast not begotten, nor hast You been begotten, 23.and equal to You is not any one' (ref.112:1-4)!

  36. Supplications 36. When he saw Clouds and Lightening and heard the Thunder

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّ هذَيْن آيَتَانِ مِنْ آياتِكَ، وَهذَين عَوْنَانِ مِنْ أَعْوَانِكَ يَبْتَدِرَانِ طَاعَتَكَ بِرَحْمَة نَافِعَة أَوْ نَقِمَة ضَارَّة، فَلاَ تُمْطِرْنَا بِهِمَا مَطَرَ السَّوْءِ، وَلا تُلْبِسْنَـا بِهِمَا لِبَاسَ الْبَلاَءِ. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا نَفْعَ هَذِهِ السَّحَائِبِ وَبَرَكَتَهَا، وَاصْرِفْ عَنَّا أَذَاهَا وَمَضَرَّتَهَا، وَلا تُصِبْنَا فِيْهَا بآفَة، وَلا تُرْسِلْ عَلَى مَعَايِشِنَا عَاهَةً. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنْ كُنْتَ بَعَثْتَهَا نَقِمَةً وَأَرْسَلْتَهَا سَخْطَةً فَإنَّا نَسْتَجِيْرُكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ، وَنَبْتَهِلُ إلَيْكَ فِي سُؤَالِ عَفْوِكَ، فَمِلْ بِالْغَضَبِ إلَى الْمُشْـركِينَ، وَأَدِرْ رَحَى نَقِمَتِـكَ عَلَى الْمُلْحِـدينَ. أللَّهُمَّ أَذْهِبْ مَحْلَ بِلاَدِنَا بِسُقْيَاكَ، وَأَخْرِجْ وَحَرَ صُدُورِنَا بِرِزْقِكَ، وَلاَ تَشْغَلْنَا عَنْكَ بِغَيْرِكَ، وَلاَ تَقْطَعْ عَنْ كَافَّتِنَا مَادَّةَ بِرِّكَ، فَإنَّ الغَنِيَّ مَنْ أَغْنَيْتَ، وَإنَّ السَّالِمَ مَنْ وَقَيْتَ، مَا عِنْدَ أَحَد دُونَكَ دِفَـاعٌ، وَلاَ بِأَحَد عَنْ سَطْوَتِكَ امْتِنَاعٌ، تَحْكُمُ بِمَا شِئْتَ عَلَى مَنْ شِئْتَ، وَتَقْضِي بِمَـا أَرَدْتَ فِيمَنْ أَرَدْتَ. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا وَقَيْتَنَا مِنَ الْبَلاءِ، وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنَا مِنَ النّعْمَاءِ حَمْداً يُخَلِّفُ حَمْدَ الْحَامِدِينَ وَرَاءَهُ، حَمْداً يَمْلاُ أَرْضَهُ وَسَمَاءَهُ إنَّـكَ الْمَنَّانُ بِجَسِيمِ الْمِنَنِ، الْوَهَّابُ لِعَظِيمِ النِّعَمِ، القَابِلُ يَسِيْرَ الْحَمْدِ، الشَّاكِرُ قَلِيْلَ الشُّكْرِ، الْمُحْسِنُ الْمُجْمِلُ ذُو الطَّوْلِ لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ إلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ.

    1.O God, these are two of Your signs 2.and these are two of Your helpers. 3.They rush to obey You with beneficial mercy or injurious vengeance, 4.so rain not down upon us from them the evil rain 5.and clothe us not through them in the garment of affliction! 6.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 7.send down upon us the benefit of these clouds and their blessing, 8.turn away from us their harm and their injury, 9.strike us not through them with blight, 10.and loose not upon our livelihoods any bane! 11.O God, if You hast incited them as vengeance and loosed them in anger, 12.we seek sanctuary with You from Your wrath 13.and implore You in asking Your pardon! 14.So incline with wrath toward the idolaters 15.and set the millstone of Your vengeance turning upon the heretics 16.O God, take away the barrenness of our lands with Your watering, 17.dislodge the malice from our breasts with Your providing, 18.distract us not from You through other than You, 19.and cut none of us off from the stuff of Your goodness, 20.for the rich is he to whom You hast given riches, 21.and the safe he whom You hast protected! 22.No one has any defense against You, 23.nor any means to bar Your penalty. 24.You decidest what You wilt for whom You wilt 25.and You decreest what You desirest for any whom You desirest! 26.So to You belongs praise for protecting us from affliction 27.and to You belongs thanks for conferring upon us blessings, 28.a praise which will leave behind the praise of the praisers, 29.a praise which will fill the earth and the heaven! 30.Surely You art the All-kind through immense kindnesses, 31.the Giver of abounding favours, 32.the Accepter of small praise, 33.the Grateful for little gratitude, 34.the Beneficent, the Benevolent, Possessor of graciousness! 35.There is no god but Thou; unto You is the homecoming

  37. Supplications 37. His supplication in giving Thanks

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    أللَّهُمَّ إنَّ أَحَداً لاَ يَبْلُغُ مِنْ شُكْرِكَ غَايَةً إلاّ حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ إحْسَانِكَ مَا يُلْزِمُهُ شُكْرَاً، وَلا يَبْلُغُ مَبْلَغاً مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَإن اجْتَهَدَ إلاَّ كَانَ مُقَصِّراً دُونَ اسْتِحْقَاقِكَ بِفَضْلِكَ، فَأَشْكَرُ عِبَادِكَ عَاجِزٌ عَنْ شُكْرِكَ وَأَعْبَدُهُمْ مُقَصِّرٌ عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ، لا يَجبُ لأِحَد أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لَهُ بِاسْتِحْقَاقِهِ، وَلا أَنْ تَرْضَى عَنْهُ بِاسْتِيجَابِهِ، فَمَنْ غَفَرْتَ لَهُ فَبِطَولِكَ، وَمَنْ رَضِيْتَ عَنْهُ فَبِفَضْلِكَ تَشْكُرُ يَسِيرَ مَا شُكِرْتَهُ وَتُثِيبُ عَلَى قَلِيلِ مَا تُطَاعُ فِيهِ حَتَّى كَأَنَّ شُكْـرَ عِبَادِكَ الَّذِيْ أَوْجَبْتَ عَلَيْهِ ثَوَابَهُمْ وَأَعْظَمْتَ عَنْهُ جَزَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مَلَكُوا اسْتِطَاعَةَ الامْتِنَاعِ مِنْهُ دُونَكَ فَكَافَيْتَهُمْ أَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ سَبَبُهُ بِيَدِكَ فَجَازَيْتَهُمْ، بَـلْ مَلَكْتَ يَا إلهِي أَمْرَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْلِكُوا عِبَادَتَكَ، وَأَعْدَدْتَ ثَوَابَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفِيضُوا فِي طَاعَتِكَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ سُنَّتَكَ الأِفْضَالُ، وَعَادَتَكَ الإحْسَانُ، وَسَبِيلَكَ الْعَفْوُ، فَكُلُّ الْبَرِيِّةِ مًعْتَرِفَةٌ بِأَنَّكَ غَيْرُ ظَالِم لِمَنْ عَاقَبْتَ، وَشَاهِدَةٌ بِأَنَّكَ مُتَفَضِّلٌ عَلَى مَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَكُلٌّ مُقِرٌّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالتَّقْصِيْرِ عَمَّا اسْتَوْجَبْتَ، فَلَوْلا أَنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَخْتَدِعُهُمْ عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ ما عَصاكَ عاصٍ وَلَوْلا أَنَّهُ صَوَّرَ لَهُمُ البَاطِلَ فِي مِثَالِ الْحَقِّ مَا ضَلَّ عَنْ طَرِيْقِكَ ضَالٌّ. فَسُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَبْيَنَ كَرَمَكَ فِي مُعَامَلَةِ مَنْ أَطَاعَكَ أَوْ عَصَاكَ، تَشْكُرُ للْمُطِيْعِ مَا أَنْتَ تَوَلَّيْتَهُ لَهُ، وَتُمْلِي لِلْعَاصِي فِيْمَا تَمْلِكُ مُعَاجَلَتَهُ فِيْهِ، أَعْطَيْتَ كُلاًّ مِنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَجِبْ لَهُ، وَتَفَضَّلْتَ عَلَى كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا بِمَا يَقْصُرُ عَمَلُهُ عَنْهُ وَلَوْ كَافَأْتَ الْمُطِيعَ عَلَى مَا أَنْتَ تَوَلَّيْتَهُ لاَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَفْقِدَ ثَوَابَكَ، وَأَنْ تَزُولَ عَنْهُ نِعْمَتُكَ وَلكِنَّكَ بِكَرَمِكَ جَازَيْتَهُ عَلَى الْمُدَّةِ الْقَصِيرَةِ الفَانِيَةِ بِالْمُدَّةِ الطَّوِيلَةِ الْخَالِدَةِ، وَعَلَى الْغَايَةِ الْقَرِيبَةِ الزَّائِلَةِ بِالْغايَةِ الْمَدِيدَةِ الْبَاقِيَةِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ تَسُمْهُ الْقِصَاصَ فِيمَا أَكَلَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الَّذِي يَقْوَى بِهِ عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ، وَلَـمْ تَحْمِلْهُ عَلَى الْمُنَاقَشَاتِ فِي الآلاتِ الَّتِي تَسَبَّبَ بِاسْتِعْمَالِهَا إلَى مَغْفِـرَتِكَ، وَلَـوْ فَعَلْتَ ذلِكَ بِهِ لَذَهَبَ بِجَمِيْعِ مَا كَدَحَ لَهُ وَجُمْلَةِ مَا سَعَى فِيهِ، جَزَاءً لِلصُّغْرى مِنْ أَيادِيْكَ وَمِنَنِكَ، وَلَبَقِيَ رَهيناً بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ بِسَائِرِ نِعَمِكَ فَمَتَى كَانَ يَسْتَحِقُّ شَيْئاً مِنْ ثَوَابِكَ ، لا ، مَتَى؟. هَذَا يا إلهِي حَالُ مَنْ أَطَاعَكَ وَسَبِيلُ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ، فَأَمَّا الْعَاصِيْ أَمْرَكَ وَالْمُوَاقِـعُ نَهْيَكَ فَلَمْ تُعَاجِلْهُ بِنَقِمَتِكَ لِكَيْ يَسْتَبْدِلَ بِحَالِهِ فِي مَعْصِيَتِكَ حَالَ الاِنَابَـةِ إلَى طَـاعَتِـكَ، وَلَقَـدْ كَـانَ يَسْتَحِقُّ فِي أَوَّلِ مَـا هَمَّ بِعِصْيَانِكَ كُلَّ مَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ، فَجَمِيعُ مَا أَخَّرْتَ عَنْهُ مِنْ الْعَذَابِ، وَأَبْطَأتَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ النَّقِمَةِ وَالْعِقَابِ تَرْكٌ مِنْ حَقِّكَ، وَرِضىً بِدُونِ وَاجِبِكَ، فَمَنْ أكْرَمُ يَا إلهِي مِنْكَ وَمَنْ أَشْقَى مِمَّنْ هَلَكَ عَلَيْـكَ، لا ، مَنْ؟ فَتَبَارَكْتَ أَنْ تُوصَفَ إلاّ بِالإحْسَانِ، وَكَـرُمْتَ أَنْ يُخَافَ مِنْكَ إلاّ الْعَدْلُ، لا يُخْشَى جَوْرُكَ عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ، وَلاَ يُخَافُ إغْفَالُكَ ثَوَابَ مَنْ أَرْضَاكَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَهَبْ لِيْ أَمَلِي، وَزِدْنِي مِنْ هُدَاكَ مَا أَصِلُ بِهِ إلَى التَّوْفِيقِ فِي عَمَلِي، إنَّكَ مَنَّانٌ كَرِيمٌ.

    1.O God, no one reaches a limit in thanking You 2.without acquiring that of Your beneficence which enjoins upon him thanksgiving, 3.nor does anyone reach a degree in obeying You, even if he strives, 4.without falling short of what You deservest because of Your bounty. 5.The most thankful of Your servants has not the capacity to thank You, 6.and the most worshipful of them falls short of obeying You. 7.To none of them is due Your forgiveness through what he himself deserves 8.or Your good pleasure for his own merit. 9.When You forgivest someone, it is through Your graciousness, 10.and when You art pleased with someone, it is through Your bounty. 11.You showest gratitude for the paltry for which gratitude is shown to You and You rewardest the small act in which You art obeyed, 12.so that it seems as if Your servants' thanksgiving for which You hast made incumbent their reward 13.and made great their repayment 14.is an affair from which they could have held back without You, 15.and hence You wilt recompense them, and whose cause is not in Your hand, and hence You wilt repay them. 16.Nay, my God, You hadst power over their affair before they had power to worship You, 17.and You hadst prepared their reward before they began to obey You; 18.and that because Your wont is bestowal of bounty, 19.Your custom beneficence, Your way pardon. 20.So all creatures confess that You wrongest not him whom You punishest 21.and bear witness that You bestowest bounty upon him whom You pardonest. 22.Each admits that he has fallen short of what You meritest. 23.Had Satan not misled them from Your obedience, no disobeyer would have disobeyed You, 24.and had he not shown falsehood to them in the likeness of truth 25.no strayer would have gone astray from Your path. 26.So glory be to You! How manifest is Your generosity 27.in dealing with him who obeys or disobeys You! 28.You showest gratitude to the obedient for that which You undertakest for him, 29.and You grantest a respite to the disobedient in that within which You art able to hurry him. 30.You givest to each of them that which is not his due, 31.and You bestowest bounty upon each in that wherein his works fall short. 32.Wert You to counterbalance for the obedient servant that which You Yourself hadst undertaken, 33.he would be on the point of losing Your reward 34.and seeing the end of Your favour, 35.but through Your generosity You hast repaid him 36.for a short, perishing term with a long, everlasting term, 37.and for a near, vanishing limit with an extended, abiding limit. 38.Then You dost not visit him with a settling of accounts for Your provision 39.through which he gained strength to obey You, 40.nor dost You force him to make reckonings for the organs 41.he employed to find the means to Your forgiveness. 42.Wert You to do that to him, 43.it would take away everything for which he had laboured 44.and all wherein he had exerted himself 45.as repayment for the smallest of Your benefits and kindnesses, 46.and he would remain hostage before You for Your other favours. 47.So how can he deserve something of Your reward? Indeed, how? 48.This, my God, is the state of him who obeys You and the path of him who worships You. 49.But as for him who disobeys Your command and goes against Your prohibition, 50.You dost not hurry him to Your vengeance, so that he may seek to replace his state in disobeying You 51.with the state of turning back to obey You, 52.though he deserved from the time he set out to disobey You 53.every punishment which You hast prepared for all Your creatures. 54.Through each chastisement which You hast kept back from him 55.and each penalty of Your vengeance and Your punishment which You hast delayed from him, You hast refrained from Your right 56.and shown good pleasure in place of what You hast made obligatory. 57.So who is more generous, my God, than Thou? 58.And who is more wretched than he who perishes in spite of You? Indeed, who? 59.You art too blessed to be described by any but beneficence 60.and too generous for any but justice to be feared from You! 61.There is no dread that You wilt be unjust toward him who disobeys You, 62.nor any fear of Your neglecting to reward him who satisfies You. 63.So bless Muhammad and his Household, give me my hope, 64.and increase me in that of Your guidance 65.through which I may be successful in my works! 66.Surely You art All-kind, Generous.

  38. Supplications 38. His supplication in asking Pardon

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعْتَـذِرُ إلَيْـكَ مِنْ مَـظْلُوم ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ، وَمِنْ مَعْرُوف أُسْدِيَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ، وَمِنْ مُسِيء أعْتَذَرَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ، وَمِنْ ذِيْ فَاقَة سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ اُوثِرْهُ، وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِن فَلَمْ أوَفِّـرْهُ، وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِن ظَهَر لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ إثْم عَرَضَ لِيْ فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ. أَعْتَذِرُ إلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي مِنْهُنَّ وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَة يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الـزَّلاّتِ وَعَزْمِي عَلَى تَـرْكِ مَا يَعْـرِضُ لِيْ مِنَ السَّيِّئـاتِ تَوبَةً تُوجِبُ لِيْ مَحَبَّتَـكَ يا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِيْنَ.

    1.O God, I ask pardon from You for 2.the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help, 3.the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks, 4.the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon, 5.the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself, 6.the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil, 7.the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal, 8.and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid. 9.I ask pardon, my God, for all of these 10.and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse 11.which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me. 12.So bless Muhammad and his Household 13.and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen 14.and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me 15.a repentance which will make Your love for me obligatory, 16.O lover of those who repent!

  39. Supplications 39. His supplication in seeking Pardon & Mercy

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    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُـلِّ مَحْرَم، وَازْوِ حِـرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَم، وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُـلِّ مُؤْمِن وَمُؤْمِنَـة وَمُسْلِم وَمُسْلِمَة، أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْد نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ، فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً، أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِيْ قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً، فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي، وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي، وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ، وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ، وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً، أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ، أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ، وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ، فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ، وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ، فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي، وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي. أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ، وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ، أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء، أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع، وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا، وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا، وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ، وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ، وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي، فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ، وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ، وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ، فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ، وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ، إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ، وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ، تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ، وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ، لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ، وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ، فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ، وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ، لِاَنَّكَ ألرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَد حَقَّـهُ. تَعَالى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ، وَتَقَدَّست أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ، وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِيْ جَمِيْعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.break my passion for every unlawful thing, 3.take away my craving for any sin, 4.and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female! 5.O God, if any of Your servants should harm me in what You hast forbidden 6.or violate me in what You hast interdicted, 7.and if he should pass into death with my complaint 8.or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive, 9.forgive him what he did to me 10.and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me! 11.Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me 12.and expose him not through what he earned by me! 13.Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants 14.and my contribution in charity toward them 15.the purest charity of the charitable 16.and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to You! 17.Recompense me for my pardoning them with Your pardon 18.and for my supplicating for them with Your mercy 19.so that each one of us may gain felicity through Your bounty 20.and each may attain deliverance through Your kindness! 21.O God, if there is a servant from among Your servants 22.whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction, 23.or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me, 24.and should I fail to take care of his right 25.or go before him [in death] with his complaint, 26.bless Muhammad and his Household, 27.satisfy him toward me through Your wealth, and give him his full right from Yourself! 28.Then protect me from what Your decision mandates 29.and save me from what Your justice decides, 30.for my strength cannot bear Your vengeance 31.and my power cannot stand up to Your displeasure! 32.If You recompensest me with the right, You wilt destroy me, 33.and if You dost not shield me in Your mercy, You wilt lay me waste. 34.O God, I ask You to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease You, 35.and I ask You to carry that whose carrying will not weigh You down: 36.My God, I ask You to give my soul, which You didst not create to keep Yourself from evil 37.nor to find the way to profit. 38.No, You brought it forth to demonstrate Your power over its like 39.and to provide an argument against its similar. 40.I ask You to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down 41.and I seek help from You in that whose heaviness oppresses me. 42.So bless Muhammad and his Household, 43.give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing, 44.and appoint Your mercy to carry my burden! 45.How many evildoers Your mercy has overtaken! 46.How many wrongdoers Your pardon has embraced! 47.So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom You hast aroused 48.through Your forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders 49.and saved through Your giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners, 50.so that I may rise up freed by Your pardon from the bonds of Your displeasure 51.and released by Your benefaction from the ties of Your justice! 52.Surely if You dost that, my God, You wilt do it to one 53.who does not deny deserving Your punishment 54.or acquit himself from merit for Your vengeance. 55.Do that, my God, for one whose fear of You is greater than his craving from You, 56.whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation! 57.Not that his hopelessness is despair, 58.nor that his expectation is deluded. 59.No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds 60.and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts. 61.But Thou, my God, art worthy that 62.the righteous not be deluded concerning You 63.and the sinners not lose hope in You, 64.for You art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none 65.and takes His full right from no one. 66.High exalted is Your mention above those mentioned! 67.Holy are Your names beyond those described! 68.Spread is Your favour among all creatures! 69.Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!

  40. Supplications 40. When he remembered Death

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    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاكْفِنَا طُـولَ الأمَـلِ، وَقَصِّرْهُ عَنَّا بِصِدْقِ الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى لا نُؤَمِّلَ اسْتِتْمَامَ سَاعَةٍ بَعْدَ سَاعَةٍ وَلاَ اسْتِيفَاءَ يَوْمٍ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، وَلاَ اتِّصَالَ نَفَسٍ بِنَفَس، وَلا لُحُـوقَ قَدَمٍ بِقَـدَم. وَسَلِّمْنَا مِنْ غُرُورِهِ، وَآمَنَّا مِنْ شُـرُوْرِهِ، وَانْصِبِ المَوْتَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا نَصْباً، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ ذِكْرَنَا لَهُ غِبّاً، وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ صَالِحِ الأعْمَـالِ عَمَلاً نَسْتَبْطِئُ مَعَهُ الْمَصِيرَ إلَيْكَ، وَنحْـرِصُ لَهُ عَلَى وَشْكِ اللِّحَاقِ بِكَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْمَوْتُ مَأنَسَنَا الَّذِي نَأنَسُ بِهِ، وَمَألَفَنَا الَّذِي نَشْتَاقُ إلَيْهِ، وَحَامَّتَنَا الَّتِي نُحِبُّ الدُّنُوَّ مِنْهَا فَإذَا أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَيْنَا، وَأَنْزَلْتَهُ بِنَا فَأسْعِدْنَا بِهِ زَائِراً، وَآنِسْنَا بِهِ قَادِماً، وَلاَ تُشْقِنَا بِضِيافَتِهِ، وَلا تُخْزِنَا بِزِيارَتِهِ، وَاجْعَلْهُ بَاباً مِنْ أَبْوَابِ مَغْفِرَتِكَ، وَمِفْتَاحاً مِنْ مَفَاتِيحِ رَحْمَتِكَ. أَمِتْنَا مُهْتَدِينَ غَيْرَ ضَالِّينَ طائِعِينَ غَيْرَ مُسْتَكْرِهِينَ تَائِبينَ غَيْرَ عاصِينَ وَلا مُصِرِّينَ يَا ضَامِنَ جَزَاءِ الْمُحْسِنِينَ، وَمُسْتَصْلِحَ عَمَلِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ.

    1.O God, Bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.spare us drawn out expectations and cut them short in us through sincerity of works, 3.that we may not hope expectantly for completing an hour after an hour, 4.closing a day after a day, 5.joining a breath to a breath, 6.or overtaking a step with a step! 7.Keep us safe from the delusions of expectations, make us secure from their evils, 8.set up death before us in display. 9.and let not our remembering of it come and go! 10.Appoint for us from among the righteous works 11.a work through which we will feel the homecoming to You as slow 12.and crave a quick joining with You, 13.so that death may be our intimate abode with which we are intimate, 14.our familiar place toward which we yearn, and our next of kin whose coming we love! 15.When You bringest it to us and sendest it down upon us, 16.make us happy with it as a visitor, comfort us with its arrival, 17.make us not wretched through entertaining it, degrade us not through its visit, 18.and appoint it one of the gates to Your forgiveness 19.and the keys to Your mercy! 20.Make us die guided, not astray, 21.obedient, not averse, repentant, not disobedient or persisting, 22.O He who guarantees the repayment of the good-doers 23.and seeks to set right the work of the corrupt!

  41. Supplications 41. His Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection

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    أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَـرَامَتِـكَ، وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِـكَ، وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ، وَلاَ تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ، وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي بِـالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْـكَ، وَلاَ تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَـا اجْتَرَحْتُ، وَلاَ تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ، وَلا تُـبْرِزْ مَكْتُوْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي، وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزانِ الأنْصَافِ عَمَلِي، وَلاَ تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلاَءِ خَبَـرِي. أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَاراً، وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِنْدَكَ شَنَاراً، شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ، وَأكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ، وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ، وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الآمِنِينَ، وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ، وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ، آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

    1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 2.spread for me the bed of Your honour, 3.bring me to the wateringholes of Your mercy, 4.set me down in the midst of Your Garden, 5.stamp me not with rejection by You, 6.deprive me not through disappointment by You, 7.settle not accounts with me for what I have committed, 8.make no reckoning with me for what I have earned, 9.display not what I have hidden, expose not what I have covered over, 10.weigh not my works on the scales of fairness, 11.and make not my tidings known to the eyes of the crowd! 12.Conceal from them everything whose unfolding would shame me 13.and roll up before them all which would join me to disgrace with You! 14.Ennoble my degree through Your good pleasure, 15.perfect my honour through Your forgiveness, 16.rank me among the companions of the right hand, 17.direct me to the roads of the secure, 18.place me in the throng of the triumphant, 19.and through me let the sessions of the righteous thrive! 20.Amen, Lord of the worlds!

  42. Supplications 42. Upon Completing a Reading of the Qur'an

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَعَنْتَنِي عَلَى خَتْمِ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَهُ نُوراً وَجَعَلْتَهُ مُهَيْمِناً عَلَى كُلِّ كِتَاب أَنْزَلْتَهُ، وَفَضَّلْتَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ حَدِيث قَصَصْتَهُ، وَفُرْقاناً فَرَقْتَ بِهِ بَيْنَ حَلالِكَ وَحَرَامِكَ، وَقُرْآناً أَعْرَبْتَ بِهِ عَنْ شَرَائِعِ أَحْكَامِكَ، وَكِتَاباً فَصَّلْتَهُ لِعِبَادِكَ تَفْصِيلاً، وَوَحْياً أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّد صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ تَنْزِيلاً، وَجَعَلْتَهُ نُوراً نَهْتَدِي مِنْ ظُلَمِ الضَّلاَلَةِ وَالْجَهَـالَةِ بِـاتِّبَاعِـهِ، وَشِفَـاءً لِمَنْ أَنْصَتَ بِفَهْم التَّصْدِيقِ إلَى اسْتِمَاعِهِ، وَمِيزَانَ قِسْط لاَ يَحِيْفُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ لِسَانُهُ، وَنُورَ هُدىً لاَ يُطْفَأُ عَنِ الشَّاهِدِينَ بُرْهَانُهُ، وَعَلَمَ نَجَاة لاَ يَضِلُّ مَنْ أَمَّ قَصْدَ سُنَّتِهِ وَلاَ تَنَالُ أَيْدِي الْهَلَكَاتِ مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِعُرْوَةِ عِصْمَتِهِ، أَللَّهُمَّ فَإذْ أَفَدْتَنَا الْمعُونَةَ عَلَى تِلاَوَتِهِ، وَسَهَّلْتَ جَوَاسِيَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا بِحُسْنِ عِبَارَتِهِ، فَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَرْعَاهُ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهِ، وَيَدِينُ لَكَ بِاعْتِقَادِ التَّسْلِيْمِ لِمُحْكَمِ آياتِهِ، وَيَفْزَعُ إلى الإِقْرَارِ بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَمُوضَحَاتِ بَيِّناتِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّد صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مُجْمَلاً، وَأَلْهَمْتَهُ عِلْمَ عَجَائِبِهِ مُكَمَّلاً، وَوَرَّثْتَنَا عِلْمَهُ مُفَسَّراً، وَفَضَّلْتَنَا عَلَى مَنْ جَهِلَ عِلْمَهُ، وَقَوَّيْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ لِتَرْفَعَنَا فَوْقَ مَنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ حَمْلَهُ. أللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا جَعَلْتَ قُلُوبَنَا لَهُ حَمَلَةً، وَعَرَّفْتَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ شَرَفَهُ وَفَضْلَهُ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد الْخَطِيْبِ بِهِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ الْخُزّانِ لَهُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِأَنـَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ حَتَّى لاَ يُعَارِضَنَا الشَّكُّ فِي تَصْدِيقِهِ وَلاَ يَخْتَلِجَنَا الزَّيْغُ عَنْ قَصْدِ طَرِيقِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَصِمُ بِحَبْلِهِ، وَيَـأْوِي مِنَ الْمُتَشَـابِهَاتِ إلَى حِرْزِ مَعْقِلِهِ، وَيَسْكُنُ فِي ظِـلِّ جَنَاحِهِ، وَيَهْتَدِي بِضَوْءِ صَباحِهِ، وَيَقْتَدِي بِتَبَلُّج إسْفَارِهِ، وَيَسْتَصْبحُ بِمِصْباحِهِ، وَلا يَلْتَمِسُ ألْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَكَمَا نَصَبْتَ بِهِ مُحَمَّداً عَلَماً لِلدَّلالَةِ عَلَيْكَ، وَأَنْهَجْتَ بِآلِهِ سُبُلَ الرِّضَا إلَيْكَ. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلِ القُرْآنَ وَسِيلَةً لَنَا إلَى أَشْرَفِ مَنَازِلِ الْكَرَامَةِ، وَسُلَّماً نَعْرُجُ فِيهِ إلَى مَحَلِّ السَّلامَةِ، وَسَبَباً نُجْزَى بِهِ النَّجاةَ فِي عَرْصَةِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَذَرِيعَةً نُقْدِمُ بِهَا عَلَى نَعِيْمِ دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاحْطُطْ بالْقُرْآنِ عَنَّا ثِقْلَ الأوْزَارِ، وَهَبْ لَنَا حُسْنَ شَمَائِلِ الأَبْرَارِ وَاقْفُ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ قَامُوا لَكَ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى تُطَهِّرَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَس بِتَطْهِيرِهِ، وَتَقْفُوَ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَضَـآءُوْا بِنُورِهِ، وَلَمْ يُلْهِهِمُ الأَمَلُ عَنِ الْعَمَـل فَيَقْطَعَهُمْ بِخُدَعِ غُرُورِهِ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ واجْعَلِ القُرْآنَ لنا فِي ظُلَمِ اللَّيالِي مُونِساً وَمِنْ نَزَغَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَخَطَرَاتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ حَارِساً، وَلأقْدَامِنَا عَنْ نَقْلِهَا إلَى الْمَعَاصِيْ حَابِساً، وَلأِلْسِنَتِنَا عَنِ الْخَوْضِ فِي الباطِلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا آفَة مُخْرِساً، وَلِجَوَارِحِنَا عَنِ اقْتِرَافِ الآثامِ زَاجِراً، وَلِمَا طَوَتِ الغَفْلَةُ عَنَّا مِنْ تَصَفُّحِ الاعْتِبَارِ نَاشِراً حَتَّى تُوصِلَ إلَى قُلُوبِنَا فَهْمَ عَجَائِبِهِ وَزَوَاجِرَ أَمْثَـالِهِ الَّتِي ضَعُفَتِ الْجِبَالُ الرَّوَاسِي عَلَى صَلاَبَتِهَا عَنِ احْتِمَالِهِ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَدِمْ بِالْقُرْانِ صَلاَحَ ظاهِرِنا، وَاحْجُبْ بِهِ خَطَراتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ عَنْ صِحَّةِ ضَمَائِرِنَا، وَاغْسِلْ بِهِ دَرَنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَعَلاَئِقَ أَوْزَارِنَا، وَاجْمَعْ بِهِ مُنْتَشَرَ أُمُورِنَا، وَأَرْوِ بِهِ فِي مَـوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ظَمَأ هَوَاجِرِنَا، وَاكْسُنَا بِهِ حُلَلَ الأَمَانِ يَوْمَ الْفَزَعِ الأكْبَرِ فِي نشُورِنَا. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْبُرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ خَلَّتَنَا مِنْ عَدَمِ الإمْلاَقِ، وَسُقْ إلَيْنَا بِهِ رَغَدَ الْعَيْشِ وَخِصْبَ سَعَةِ الأرْزَاقِ، وَجَنِّبْنَا بِهِ الضَّرَائِبَ الْمَذْمُومَةَ وَمَدَانِيَ الأخْلاَقِ، وَاعْصِمْنَا بِهِ مِنْ هُوَّةِ الكُفْرِ وَدَوَاعِـي النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَكُوْنَ لَنَا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ إلَى رِضْوَانِكَ وَجِنَانِكَ قَائِداً وَلَنَا فِي الدُّنْيا عَنْ سَخَطِكَ وَتَعَدِّي حُدُودِكَ ذَائِداً، وَلِمَا عِنْدَكَ بِتَحْلِيلِ حَلاَلِهِ وَتَحْرِيم حَرَامِهِ شَاهِداً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَهَوِّنْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا كَرْبَ السِّيَاقِ، وَجَهْدَ الأنِينِ، وَتَرادُفَ الْحَشَارِجِ إذَا بَلَغَتِ ألنُّفُوسُ التَّراقِيَ وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاق وَتَجَلَّى مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ لِقَبْضِهَا مِنْ حُجُبِ الْغُيُوبِ، وَرَمَاهَا عَنْ قَوْسِ الْمَنَايَا بِأَسْهُمِ وَحْشَةِ الْفِرَاقِ، وَدَافَ لَهَا مِنْ ذَعَافِ الْمَوْتِ كَأْساً مَسْمُومَةَ الْمَذَاقِ، وَدَنا مِنَّا إلَى الآخِرَةِ رَحِيلٌ وَانْطِلاَقٌ، وَصَارَتِ الأعْمَالُ قَلاَئِـدَ فِي الأَعْنَاقِ، وَكَانَتِ الْقُبُورُ هِيَ الْمَأوَى إلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمِ التَّلاَقِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي حُلُولِ دَارِ البِلَى وَطُولِ الْمُقَامَـةِ بَيْنَ أَطْبَـاقِ الثَّـرى، وَاجْعَلِ القبُورَ بَعْدَ فِرَاقِ الدُّنْيَا خَيْرَ مَنَازِلِنَا، وَافْسَحْ لَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ضِيقِ مَلاَحِدِنَا، وَلا تَفْضَحْنَا فِي حَاضِرِي الْقِيَامَةِ بِمُوبِقَاتِ آثامِنَا، وَارْحَمْ بِالْقُرْانِ فِيْ مَوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِنَا، وَثَبِّتْ بِهِ عِنْدَ اضْطِرَابِ جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْمَجَازِ عَلَيْهَـا زَلَلَ أَقْدَامِنَا، وَنَوِّرْ بِهِ قَبْلَ الْبَعْثِ سُدَفَ قُبُورنا، وَنَجِّنَا بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ كَرْب يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَشَدَائِدِ أَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الطَّامَّةِ وَبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا يَوْمَ تَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهُ الظَّلَمَةِ فِي يَوْمِ الْحَسْرَةِ وَالنَّدَامَةِ، وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وُدّاً، وَلاَ تَجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ عَلَيْنَا نَكَداً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ كَمَا بَلَّغَ رِسَالَتَكَ، وَصَدَعَ بِأَمْرِكَ، وَنَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ نَبِيَّنا صَلَواتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَقْرَبَ النِّبِيِّينَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِساً، وَأَمْكَنَهُمْ مِنْكَ شَفَاعَةً، وَأَجَلَّهُمْ عِنْدَكَ قَدْراً، وَأَوْجَهَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ جَاهَاً. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد وَشَرِّفْ بُنْيَانَهُ، وَعَظِّمْ بُرْهَانَهُ، وَثَقِّلْ مِيزَانَهُ، وَتَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهُ وَقَرِّبْ وَسِيلَتَهُ، وَبَيِّضْ وَجْهَهُ، وَأَتِمَّ نُورَهُ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ، وَأَحْيِنَا عَلَى سُنَّتِهِ، وَتَوَفَّنَا عَلَى مِلَّتِهِ، وَخُذْ بِنَـا مِنْهَاجَـهُ، وَاسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَهُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِهِ، وَاحْشُرْنَا فِي زُمْرَتِهِ، وَأَوْرِدْنَا حَوْضَهُ، وَاسْقِنَا بِكَأسِهِ. أللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ صَلاةً تُبَلِّغُهُ بِهَا أَفْضَلَ مَا يَأْمُلُ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَكَرَامَتِكَ إنَّكَ ذُوْ رَحْمَة وَاسِعَة وَفَضْل كَرِيم. أللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهِ بِمَا بَلَّغَ مِنْ رِسَالاتِكَ وَأَدَّى مِنْ آيَاتِكَ وَنَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ أَفْضَلَ مَا جَزَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَأَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ. وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ الله وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

    1.O God, You hast helped me complete Your Book, 2.which You sent down as a light and appointed as a guardian 3.over every book You hast sent down, 4.preferring it over every narrative which You hast recounted, 5.a separator, through which You hast separated Your lawful from Your unlawful, 6.a Qur'an, through which You hast made plain the approaches to Your ordinances, 7.a book, which You hast distinguished very distinctly for Your servants, 8.a revelation, which You hast sent down, a sending down, upon Your prophet Muhammad (Your blessings be upon him and his Household). 9.You appointed it a light through following which we may be guided from the shadows of error and ignorance, 10.a healing for him who turns ear toward hearing it with the understanding of attestation, 11.a just balance whose tongue does not incline away from truth, 12.a light of guidance whose proof is not extinguished before the witnesses, 13.and a guidepost of deliverance, so that he who repairs straightway to its prescription will not go astray 14.and he who clings to its preservation's handhold will not be touched by the hands of disasters. 15.O God, since You hast given us help to recite it 16.and made smooth the roughness of our tongues through the beauty of its expression, 17.place us among those who observe it as it should be observed, 18.serve You by adhering in submission to the firm text of its verses, 19.and seek refuge in admitting both its ambiguous parts and the elucidations of its clear signs! 20.O God, You sent it down upon Your prophet 21.Muhammad (God bless him and his household) in summary form, 22.You inspired him with the science of its wonders to complement it, 23.You made us the heirs of its knowledge as interpreters, 24.You made us to surpass him who is ignorant of its knowledge, 25.and You gave us strength over it to raise us above those not able to carry it. 26.O God, just as You hast appointed our hearts as its carriers 27.and made known to us through Your mercy its nobility and excellence, 28.so also bless Muhammad, its preacher, 29.and his Household, its guardians, 30.and place us among those who confess that it has come from You, 31.lest doubt about attesting to it assail us, 32.or deviation from its straightforward path shake us! 33.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 34.and make us one of those who hold fast to its cord, 35.seek haven from its ambiguities in its fortified stronghold, 36.rest in the shadow of its wing, 37.find guidance in the brightness of its morning, 38.follow the shining of its disclosure, 39.acquire light from its lamp, 40.and beg not guidance from any other! 41.O God, just as through it You hast set up Muhammad as a guidepost to point to You 42.and through his Household You hast made clear Your good pleasure's roads to You, 43.so also bless Muhammad and his Household 44.and make the Qur'an our mediation to the noblest stations of Your honour, 45.a ladder by which we may climb to the place of safety, 46.a cause for our being repaid with deliverance at the Plain of Resurrection, 47.and a means whereby we may reach the bliss of the House of Permanence! 48.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 49.lessen for us through the Qur'an the weight of heavy sins, 50.give to us the excellent qualities of the pious, 51.and make us follow the tracks of those who stood before You 52.in the watches of the night and the ends of the day, 53.such that You purifiest us from every defilement through its purification 54.and makest us to follow the tracks of those who have taken illumination from its light 55.and whom expectation has not distracted from works, cutting them off through its delusions' deceptions! 56.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 57.and appoint the Qur'an for us an intimate in the shadows of nights 58.and a guardian against the instigations of Satan and confusing thoughts, 59.for our feet an obstruction from passing to acts of disobedience, 60.for our tongues a silencer without blight preventing a plunge into falsehood, 61.for our limbs a restrainer from committing sins, 62.and for the scrutiny of heedfulness rolled up in heedlessness an unroller, 63.such that You attachest to our hearts the understanding of the Qur'an's wonders 64.and its restraining similitudes which immovable mountains in all their solidity 65.were too weak to carry! 66.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 67.and through the Qur'an make permanent the rightness of our outward selves, 68.veil the ideas of confusing thoughts from the soundness of our innermost minds, 69.wash away the dirt of our hearts and the ties of our heavy sins, 70.gather our scattered affairs, 71.quench the thirst of our burning heat in the standing place of the presentation to You, 72.and clothe us in the robes of security on the Day of the Greatest Terror at our uprising! 73.God, bless Muhammad and his Household 74.and through the Qur'an redress our lack - our destitution in poverty 75.drive toward us the comforts of life and an abundance of plentiful provisions, 76.turn aside blameworthy character traits and base moral qualities, 77.and preserve us from the pit of unbelief and the motives for hypocrisy, 78.such that the Qur'an may be for us at the resurrection a leader to Your good pleasure and Your gardens, 79.for us in this world a protector against Your displeasure and transgressing Your bounds 80.and for what is with You a witness by its declaring lawful the lawful and its declaring unlawful the unlawful! 81.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household 82.and through the Qur'an make easy for our souls at death the distress of the driving, 83.the effort of the moaning, and the succession of the rattling, 84.'when souls reach the throats' (ref.75:26) "and it is said, 'Where is the enchanter"? (75:27)'; 85.when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things, 86.letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation, 87.and mixing for them from sudden death a cup poisoned to the taste; 88.and when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us, 89.works become collars around the necks, 90.and the graves become the haven until the appointed time of the Day of Encounter! 91.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 92.make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decay 93.and the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth, 94.appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our waystations, 95.make roomy for us through Your mercy the narrowness of our tombs, 96.and disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection through our ruinous sins! 97.Through the Qur'an have mercy upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to You, 98.make firm the slips of our feet during the shaking of the bridge across hell 99.on the day of passage over it, 100.illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising, 101.and deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrection 102.and from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster! 103.Whiten our faces on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened 104.during the Day of Regret and Remorse, 105.appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, 106.and make not life for us troublesome! 107.O God, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger, 108.just as He delivered Your message, executed Your command, and counselled Your servants! 109.O God, make our Prophet (Your blessings be upon him 110.and his Household) on the Day of Resurrection the nearest of the prophets to You in seat, 111.the ablest of them before You with intercession, the greatest of them with You in measure, 112.and the most eminent of them with You in rank! 113.O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, ennoble his edifice, 114.magnify his proof, make weighty his balance, 115.accept his intercession, bring near his mediation, 116.whiten his face, complete his light, 117.and raise his degree! Make us live according to his Sunna 118.make us die in his creed, take us on his road, 119.make us travel his path, place us among the people who obey him, 120.muster us in his band, 121.lead us to up his pool, and give us to drink of his cup! 122.And bless Muhammad and his Household, 123.with a blessing through which You wilt take him to the most excellent 124.of what He hopes of Your good, Your bounty, and Your generosity! 125.You art Possessor of boundless mercy and generous bounty. 126.O God, repay him for Your messages which he delivered, 127.Your signs which he passed on, the good counsel he gave to Your servants, 128.and the struggle he undertook in Your way, with the best You hast repaid 129.any of Your angels brought nigh and Your prophets sent out and chosen! 130.And upon him and his Household, the good, the pure, be peace, 131.God's mercy, and His blessings!

  43. Supplications 43. When he Looked at the New Crescent Moon

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    أَيُّهَا ٱلْخَلْقُ ٱلْمُطِيعُ ٱلدَّائِبُ ٱلسَّرِيعُ ٱلْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ ٱلتَّقْدِيرِ ٱلْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِي فَلَكِ ٱلتَّدْبِيرِ آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوَّرَ بِكَ ٱلظُّلَمَ وَأَوْضَحَ بِكَ ٱلْبُهَمَ وَجَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ وَعَلاَمَةً مِنْ عَلاَمَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ فَحَدَّ بِكَ ٱلزَّمَانَ وَٱمْتَهَنَكَ بِٱلْكَمَالِ وَٱلنُّقْصَانِ وَٱلطُّلُوعِ وَٱلأُفُولِ وَٱلإِنَارَةِ وَٱلْكُسُوفِ فِي كُلِّ ذٰلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ وَإِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبَّرَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ وَأَلْطَفَ مَا صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ فَأَسْأَلُ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكَ وَخَالِقِي وَخَالِقَكَ وَمُقَدِّرِي وَمُقَدِّرَكَ وَمُصَوِّرِي وَمُصَوِّرَكَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلاَلَ بَرَكَةٍ لاَ تَمْحَقُهَا ٱلأَيَّامُ وَطَهَارَةٍ لاَ تُدَنِّسُهَا ٱلآثَامُ هِلاَلَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ ٱلآفَاتِ وَسَلاَمَةٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّيِّئَاتِ هِلاَلَ سَعْدٍ لاَ نَحْسَ فِيهِ وَيُمْنٍ لاَ نَكَدَ مَعَهُ وَيُسْرٍ لاَ يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ وَخيْرٍ لاَ يَشُوبُهُ شَرٍّ هِلالَ أَمْنٍ وَإِيـمَانٍ وَنِعْمَةٍ وَإِحْسَانٍ وَسَلاَمَةٍ وَإِسْلاَمٍ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَىٰ مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَزْكَىٰ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ وَوَفِّقْنَا ٱللَّهُمَّ فِيهِ لِلطَّاعَةِ وَٱلتَّوْبَةِ وَٱعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلآثَامِ وَٱلْحَوْبَةِ وَأَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ وَأَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ ٱلْعَافِيَةِ وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِٱسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ ٱلْمِنَّةَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْمَنَّانُ ٱلْحَمِيدُ وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱجْعَلْ لَنَا فِيهِ عَوْناً مِنْكَ عَلَىٰ مَا نَدَبْتَنَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مُفْتَرَضِ طَاعَتِكَ وَتَقَبَّلْهَا إِنَّكَ ٱلأَكْرَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ كَرِيمٍ وَٱلأَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَحِيمٍ آمِينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ

    O obedient creature, speedy and untiring, frequenter of the mansions of determination, moving about in the sphere of governance! I have faith in Him Who lights up darkness through you, illuminates jet-black shadows by you, appointed you one of the signs of His kingdom and one of the marks of His authority, so, He identified time through You, and humbled you through increase and decrease, and rising and setting, and illumination and eclipse. In all of this you are obedient to Him, and prompt toward His will. Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in Your situation! How subtle what He has made for Your task! He has made You the key to a new month for a new situation. So I ask Allah, my Lord and Your Lord, my Creator and Your Creator, my Determiner and Your Determiner, my Form-giver and Your Form-giver, that He bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint You a crescent of blessings not effaced by days and of purity not defiled by sins; a crescent of security from blights and of safety from evil deeds; a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune, of prosperity accompanied by no adversity, of ease not mixed with difficulty, of good unstained by evil; a crescent of security and faith, favor and good-doing, safety and submission! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen, the purest of those who have looked upon it, the most fortunate of those who have worshiped You under it; give us the success during [the new month] to repent, preserve us within it from misdeeds and exposition to punishment, allot to us within it thanksgiving for Your favor, clothe us during it in the shields of well-being, and complete for us Your kindness by perfecting therein obedience to You! Surely You are All-kind, Praiseworthy. And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure. And grant us aid from You to carry out that which You have ordered us to do in it; Such as the obedience to You which You have made incumbent upon us, and accept them from us, for You are the most Generous of all those who show generosity and the most Merciful of all those who show mercy. Respond! Respond! O Lord of the Worlds.

  44. Supplications 44. For the Coming of the Month of Ramadan

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    الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِحَمْدِهِ وَجَعَلَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، لِنَكُونَ لِإِحْسَانِهِ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ وَلِيَجْزِيَنَا عَلَى ذلِكَ جَزَآءَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي حَبَانَا بِدِينِهِ، وَاخْتَصَّنَا بِمِلَّتِهِ، وَسَبَّلَنَا فِي سُبُلِ إحْسَانِهِ، لِنَسْلُكَهَا بِمَنِّهِ إلَى رِضْوَانِهِ، حَمْدَاً يَتَقَبَّلُهُ مِنَّا، وَيَرْضَى بِهِ عَنَّا. وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّه الَّذِي جَعَلَ مِنْ تِلْكَ السُّبُلِ شَهْرَهُ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ، شَهْرَ الصِّيَامِ، وَشَهْرَ الإِسْلاَم، وَشَهْرَ الطَّهُورِ، وَشَهْرَ التَّمْحِيْصِ، وَشَهْرَ الْقِيَامِ، الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدىً لِلنَّاسِ، وَبَيِّنَات مِنَ الْهُدى وَالْفُرْقَانِ، فَأَبَانَ فَضِيْلَتَهُ عَلَى سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ بِمَا جَعَلَ لَهُ مِنَ الْحُرُمَاتِ الْمَوْفُورَةِ وَالْفَضَائِلِ الْمَشْهُورَةِ، فَحَرَّمَ فِيْهِ ما أَحَلَّ فِي غَيْرِهِ إعْظَاماً، وَحَجَرَ فِيْهِ الْمَطَاعِمَ وَالْمَشَارِبَ إكْرَاماً، وَجَعَلَ لَهُ وَقْتاً بَيِّناً لاَ يُجِيزُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ أَنْ يُقَدَّمَ قَبْلَهُ، وَلا يَقْبَـلُ أَنْ يُؤَخَّرَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ فَضَّلَ لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ لَيَالِيهِ عَلَى لَيَالِي أَلْفِ شَهْر، وَسَمَّاهَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ، تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْر، سَلاَمٌ دَائِمُ الْبَرَكَةِ إلَى طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ، عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ بِمَا أَحْكَمَ مِنْ قَضَائِهِ. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَلْهِمْنَا مَعْرِفَةَ فَضْلِهِ وَإِجْلاَلَ حُرْمَتِهِ وَالتَّحَفُّظَ مِمَّا حَظَرْتَ فِيهِ وَأَعِنَّـا عَلَى صِيَامِـهِ بِكَفِّ الْجَـوَارِحِ عَنْ مَعَاصِيْكَ، وَاسْتِعْمَالِهَا فِيهِ بِمَا يُرْضِيْكَ حَتَّى لاَ نُصْغِىَ بِأَسْمَاعِنَا إلَى لَغْو، وَلا نُسْرِعَ بِأَبْصَارِنَا إلَى لَهْو، وَحَتَّى لاَ نَبْسُطَ أَيْدِيَنَا إلَى مَحْظُور، وَلاَ نَخْطُوَ بِأَقْدَامِنَا إلَى مَحْجُور، وَحَتَّى لاَ تَعِيَ بُطُونُنَا إلاَّ مَا أَحْلَلْتَ، وَلا تَنْطِقَ أَلْسِنَتُنَا إلاَّ بِمَا مَثَّلْتَ وَلا نَتَكَلَّفَ إلاَّ ما يُدْنِي مِنْ ثَوَابِكَ، وَلاَ نَتَعَاطَى إلاّ الَّذِي يَقِيْ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ، ثُمَّ خَلِّصْ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ رِئآءِ الْمُرَائِينَ وَسُمْعَةِ الْمُسْمِعِينَ، لاَ نَشْرَكُ فِيهِ أَحَداً دُونَكَ، وَلا نَبْتَغِيْ فِيهِ مُرَاداً سِوَاكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَقِفْنَـا فِيْـهِ عَلَى مَـوَاقِيْتِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْس بِحُدُودِهَا الَّتِي حَدَّدْتَ، وَفُرُوضِهَا الَّتِي فَرَضْتَ وَوَظَائِفِهَا الَّتِي وَظَّفْتَ، وَأَوْقَاتِهَا الَّتِي وَقَّتَّ، وَأَنْزِلْنَا فِيهَا مَنْزِلَةَ الْمُصِيْبينَ لِمَنَازِلِهَا الْحَافِظِينَ لاِرْكَانِهَا الْمُؤَدِّينَ لَهَـا فِي أَوْقَاتِهَـا عَلَى مَا سَنَّـهُ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُـولُكَ صَلَوَاتُـكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِـهِ فِي رُكُوعِهَا وَسُجُودِهَا وَجَمِيْعِ فَوَاضِلِهَا عَلى أَتَمِّ الطَّهُورِ، وَأَسْبَغِهِ وَأَبْيَنِ الْخُشُوعِ وَأَبْلَغِهِ، وَوَفِّقْنَا فِيهِ لاِنْ نَصِلَ أَرْحَامَنَا بِالبِرِّ وَالصِّلَةِ وَأَنْ نَتَعَاهَدَ جِيرَانَنَابِالاِفْضَالِ وَالْعَطِيَّةِ وَأَنْ نُخَلِّصَ أَمْوَالَنَا مِنَ التَّبِعَاتِ، وَأَنْ نُطَهِّرَهَا بِإخْرَاجِ الزَّكَوَاتِ، وَأَنْ نُرَاجِعَ مَنْ هَاجَرَنَـا وَأَنْ نُنْصِفَ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَأَنْ نُسَـالِمَ مَنْ عَادَانَا حَاشَا مَنْ عُودِيَ فِيْكَ وَلَكَ، فَإنَّهُ الْعَدُوُّ الَّذِي لاَ نُوالِيهِ، وَالحِزْبُ الَّذِي لاَ نُصَافِيهِ. وَأَنْ نَتَقَرَّبَ إلَيْكَ فِيْهِ مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ الزَّاكِيَةِ بِمَا تُطَهِّرُنا بِهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ، وَتَعْصِمُنَا فِيهِ مِمَّا نَسْتَأنِفُ مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ، حَتَّى لا يُورِدَ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ مَلاَئِكَتِكَ إلاّ دُونَ مَا نُورِدُ مِنْ أَبْوابِ الطَّاعَةِ لَكَ، وَأَنْوَاعِ القُرْبَةِ إلَيْكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ، وَبِحَقِّ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ مِنِ ابْتِدَائِهِ إلَى وَقْتِ فَنَائِهِ مِنْ مَلَك قَرَّبْتَهُ أَوْ نَبِيٍّ أَرْسَلْتَهُ أَوْ عَبْد صَالِح اخْتَصَصْتَهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَأَهِّلْنَا فِيهِ لِمَا وَعَدْتَ أَوْلِياءَكَ مِنْ كَرَامَتِكَ، وَأَوْجِبْ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا أَوْجَبْتَ لأِهْلِ الْمُبَالَغَةِ فِي طَاعَتِكَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا فِي نَظْمِ مَنِ اسْتَحَقَّ الرَّفِيْعَ الأعْلَى بِرَحْمَتِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَجَنِّبْنَا الإلْحَادَ فِي تَوْحِيدِكَ وَالتَّقْصِيرَ فِي تَمْجِيدِكَ وَالشَّكَّ فِي دِينِـكَ وَالْعَمَى عَنْ سَبِيْلِكَ وَالاغْفَالَ لِحُرْمَتِكَ، وَالانْخِدَاعَ لِعَدُوِّكَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَإذَا كَانَ لَكَ فِيْ كُلِّ لَيْلَة مِنْ لَيَالِيْ شَهْرِنَا هَذَا رِقَابٌ يُعْتِقُهَا عَفْوُكَ أَوْ يَهَبُهَا صَفْحُكَ فَاجْعَلْ رِقَابَنَا مِنْ تِلْكَ الرِّقَابِ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِشَهْرِنَا مِنْ خَيْرِ أَهْل وَأَصْحَاب. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَامْحَقْ ذُنُوبَنَا مَعَ امِّحاقِ هِلاَلِهِ وَاسْلَخْ عَنَّا تَبِعَاتِنَا مَعَ انْسِلاَخِ أَيَّامِهِ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِي عَنَّا وَقَدْ صَفَّيْتَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْخَطِيئاتِ وَأَخْلَصْتَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَإنْ مِلْنَا فِيهِ فَعَدِّلْنا، وَإنْ زِغْنَا فِيهِ فَقَوِّمْنَا وَإنِ اشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْنَا عَدُوُّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَاسْتَنْقِذْنَا مِنْهُ أللَهُمَّ اشْحَنْهُ بِعِبَادَتِنَا إيَّاكَ وَزَيِّنْ أَوْقَاتَهُ بِطَاعَتِنَا لَكَ، وَأَعِنَّا فِي نَهَـارِهِ عَلَى صِيَـامِـهِ، وَفِي لَيْلِهِ عَلَى الصَّـلاَةِ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ إلَيْكَ وَالخُشُوعِ لَكَ، وَالذِّلَّةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ حَتَّى لا يَشْهَدَ نَهَارُهُ عَلَيْنَا بِغَفْلَة، وَلا لَيْلُهُ بِتَفْرِيط. أللَّهُمَّ وَاجْعَلْنَا فِي سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ وَالأَيَّامِ كَذَلِكَ مَا عَمَّرْتَنَا، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ، هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ، وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُـونَ، وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، فِي كُلِّ وَقْت وَكُلِّ أَوَان وَعَلَى كُـلِّ حَال عَـدَدَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مَنْ صَلَّيْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَضْعَافَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ بِالاضْعافِ الَّتِي لا يُحْصِيهَا غَيْرُكَ، إنَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِمَا تُرِيدُ.

    Praise belongs to God who guided us to His praise and placed us among the people of praise, that we might be among the thankful for His beneficence and that He might recompense us for that with the recompense of the good-doers! And praise belongs to God who showed favour to us through His religion, singled us out for His creed, and directed us onto the roads of His beneficence, in order that through His kindness we might travel upon them to His good pleasure, a praise which He will accept from us and through which He will be pleased with us! And praise belongs to God who appointed among those roads His month, the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, the month of submission, the month of purity, the month of putting to test, the month of standing in prayer, "in which the Qur'an was sent down as guidance to the people, and as clear signs of the Guidance and the Separator" (2:185)! He clarified its excellence over other months by the many sacred things and well-known excellencies which He placed therein, for He made unlawful in it what He declared lawful in others to magnify it, He prohibited foods and drinks in it to honour it, and He appointed for it a clear time which He (majestic and mighty is He) allows not to be set forward and accepts not to be placed behind. Then He made one of its nights surpass the nights of a thousand months and named it the Night of Decree; "in it the angels and the Spirit descend by the leave of their Lord upon every command, a peace" (97:4-5) constant in blessings until the rising of the dawn upon whomsoever He will of His servants according to the decision He has made firm. O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, inspire us with knowledge of its excellence, veneration of its inviolability, and caution against what You hast forbidden within it, and help us to fast in it by our restraining our limbs from acts of disobedience toward You and our employing them in that which pleases You, so that we lend not our ears to idle talk and hurry not with our eyes to diversion, we stretch not our hands toward the forbidden and stride not with our feet toward the prohibited, our bellies hold only what You hast made lawful and our tongues speak only what You hast exemplified, we undertake nothing but what brings close to Your reward and pursue nothing but what protects from Your punishment! Then rid all of that from the false show of the false showers and the fame seeking of the fame seekers, lest we associate therein anything with You or seek therein any object of desire but You! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, in it make us attend to the appointed moments of the five prayers within the bounds You hast set, the obligations You hast decreed, the duties You hast assigned, and the times You hast specified; and in the prayers make us alight in the station of the keepers of their stations, the guardians of their pillars, their performers in their times, as Your servant and Your messenger set down in his Sunna (Your blessings be upon him and his Household) in their bowings, their prostrations, and all their excellent acts, with the most complete and ample ritual purity and the most evident and intense humility! Give us success in this month to tighten our bonds of kin with devotion and gifts, attend to our neighbours with bestowal and giving, rid our possessions from claims, purify them through paying the alms, go back to him who has gone far from us, treat justly him who has wronged us, make peace with him who shows enmity toward us (except him who is regarded as an enemy in You and for You, for he is the enemy whom we will not befriend, the party whom we will not hold dear), and seek nearness to You through blameless works which will purify us from sins and preserve us from renewing faults, so that none of Your angels will bring for You the kinds of obedience and sorts of nearness-seeking unless they be less than what we bring! O God, I ask You by the right of this month and by the right of him who worships You within it from its beginning to the time of its passing, whether angel You hast brought nigh to You, prophet You hast sent, or righteous servant You hast singled out, that You bless Muhammad and his Household, make us worthy of the generosity You hast promised Your friends, make incumbent for us what You hast made incumbent for those who go to great lengths in obeying You, and place us in the ranks of those who deserve through Your mercy the highest elevation! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, turn us aside from deviation in professing Your Unity, falling short in magnifying You, uncertainty in Your religion, blindness toward Your path, heedlessness of Your inviolability, and being deceived by Your enemy, the accursed Satan! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, and when in every night of this month's nights You hast necks which Your pardon will release and Your forgiveness disregard, place our necks among those necks and place us among the best folk and companions of this our month! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, efface our sins along with the effacing of its crescent moon, and make us pass forth from the ill effects of our acts with the passing of its days, until it leaves us behind, while within it You hast purified us of offenses and rid us of evil deeds! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, and should we go off to one side in this month, set us aright; should we swerve, point us straight; and should Your enemy Satan enwrap us, rescue us from him! O God, fill this month with our worship of You, adorn its times with our obedience toward You, help us during its daytime with its fast, and in its night with prayer and pleading toward You, humility toward You, and lowliness before You, so that its daytime may not bear witness against our heedlessness, nor its night against our neglect! O God, make us like this in the other months and days as long as You givest us life, and place us among Your righteous servants, "those who shall inherit Paradise, therein dwelling forever" (23:11), "those who give what they give, while their hearts quake, that they are returning to their Lord" (23:60), those who "..vie in good works, outracing to them" (23:61)! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household in every time, in all moments, and in every state, to the number that You hast blessed whomsoever You hast blessed and to multiples of all that, through multiples which none can count but You! Surely You art Accomplisher of what You desirest.

  45. Supplications 45. Farewell to the Month of Ramadan

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    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.

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

  46. Supplications 46. On the Day of Fast-Breaking and on Friday

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    يَا مَنْ يَرْحَمُ مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُهُ الْعِبَادُ. وَيَا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ مَنْ لا تَقْبَلُهُ الْبِلاَدُ. وَيَا مَن لاَ يَحْتَقِرُ أَهْلَ الْحَاجَةِ إلَيْهِ. وَيَا مَنْ لا يُخَيِّبُ المَلِحِّيْنَ عَلَيْـهِ، وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يَجْبَهُ بِالرَّدِّ أَهْلَ الدَّالَّةِ عَليهِ، وَيَا مَنْ يَجْتَبِي صَغِيرَ مَايُتْحَفُ بِهِ، وَيَشْكُرُ يَسِيرَ مَا يُعْمَلُ لَهُ. وَيَامَنْ يَشْكُرُ عَلَى الْقَلِيْلِ، وَيُجَازيْ بِالْجَلِيلِ، وَيَا مَنْ يَدْنُو إلَى مَنْ دَنا مِنْهُ وَيَا مَنْ يَدعُو إلَى نَفْسِهِ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ عَنْهُ، وَيَا مَنْ لا يُغَيِّرُ النِّعْمَةَ، وَلا يُبَادِرُ بِالنَّقِمَةِ، وَيَا مَنْ يُثْمِرُ الْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى يُنْمِيَهَا، وَيَتَجَاوَزُ عَنِ السَّيِّئَةِ حَتَّى يُعَفِّيَهَا. انْصَرَفَتِ الآمَالُ دُونَ مَدى كَرَمِكَ بِالحَاجَاتِ وَامْتَلاَتْ بِفَيْضِ جُودِكَ أَوْعِيَةُ الطَّلِبات، وَتَفَسَّخَتْ دُونَ بُلُوغِ نَعْتِـكَ الصِّفَاتُ، فَلَكَ الْعُلُوُّ الأعْلَى فَوْقَ كُلِّ عَال، وَالْجَلاَلُ الأمْجَدُ فَوْقَ كُلِّ جَلاَل، كُلُّ جَلِيْل عِنْدَكَ صَغِيرٌ، وَكُلُّ شَرِيف فِي جَنْبِ شَرَفِكَ حَقِيرٌ، خَابَ الْوَافِدُونَ عَلَى غَيْرِكَ، وَخَسِرَ الْمُتَعَرِّضُونَ إلاَّ لَكَ، وَضَاعَ الْمُلِمُّونَ إلاّ بِكَ، وَأَجْدَبَ الْمُنْتَجِعُـونَ إلاَّ مَنِ انْتَجَعَ فَضْلَكَ، بَابُكَ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلرَّاغِبِينَ، وَجُودُكَ مُبَاحٌ لِلسَّائِلِينَ، وَإغاثَتُكَ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغِيْثِينَ، لاَ يَخِيبُ مِنْـكَ الآمِلُونَ، وَلاَ يَيْأَسُ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ الْمُتَعَرِّضُونَ، وَلا يَشْقَى بِنَقْمَتِكَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ. رِزْقُكَ مَبْسُوطٌ لِمَنْ عَصَاكَ، وَحِلْمُكَ مُعْتَـرِضٌ لِمَنْ نَاوَاكَ، عَادَتُكَ الإحْسَـانُ إلَى الْمُسِيئينَ، وَسُنَّتُـكَ الإبْقَاءُ عَلَى الْمُعْتَدِينَ حَتَّى لَقَدْ غَرَّتْهُمْ أَنَاتُكَ عَنِ الرُّجُوعِ، وَصَدَّهُمْ إمْهَالُكَ عَن النُّزُوعِ. وَإنَّمَا تَأَنَّيْتَ بهمْ لِيَفِيئُوا إلَى أَمْرِكَ، وَأَمْهَلْتَهُمْ ثِقَةً بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِكَ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ خَتَمْتَ لَهُ بِهَا، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاوَةِ خَذَلْتَهُ لَهَا، كُلُّهُمْ صَائِرُونَ إلَى حُكْمِكَ وَأُمُورُهُمْ آئِلَةٌ إلَى أَمْـرِكَ، لَمْ يَهِنْ عَلَى طُـولِ مُـدَّتِهِمْ سُلْطَانُـكَ وَلَمْ يَـدْحَضْ لِتَـرْكِ مُعَاجَلَتِهِمْ بُرْهَانُكَ. حُجَّتُكَ قَائِمَةٌ لاَ تُدْحَضُ، وَسُلْطَانُكَ ثَابِتٌ لا يَزُولُ، فَالْوَيْلُ الدَّائِمُ لِمَنْ جَنَحَ عَنْكَ، وَالْخَيْبَةُ الْخَاذِلَةُ لِمَنْ خَابَ مِنْكَ، وَالشَّقاءُ الاشْقَى لِمَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِكَ. مَا أكْثَرَ تَصَرُّفَهُ فِي عَذَابِكَ، وَمَا أَطْوَلَ تَرَدُّدَهُ فِيْ عِقَابِكَ، وَمَا أَبْعَدَ غَايَتَهُ مِنَ الْفَرَجِ، وَمَا أَقْنَطَهُ مِنْ سُهُولَةِ الْمَخْرَجِ عَدْلاً مِنْ قَضَائِكَ لاَ تَجُورُ فِيهِ، وَإنْصَافاً مِنْ حُكْمِكَ لاَ تَحِيفُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَدْ ظَاهَرْتَ الْحُجَجَ، وَأَبْلَيْتَ الاعْذَارَ، وَقَـدْ تَقَدَّمْتَ بِـالْوَعِيْـدِ وَتَلَطَّفْتَ فِي التَّرْغِيْبِ، وَضَرَبْتَ الامْثَالَ، وَأَطَلْتَ الاِمْهَالَ، وَأَخَّرْتَ وَأَنْتَ مُسْتَطِيعٌ لِلْمُعَاجَلَةِ، وَتَأَنَّيْتَ وَأَنْتَ مَليءٌ بِالْمُبَادَرَةِ، لَمْ تَكُنْ أَنَاتُكَ عَجْزاً، وَلا إمْهَالُكَ وَهْناً، وَلاَ إمْسَاكُكَ غَفْلَةً، وَلاَ انْتِظَارُكَ مُدَارَاةً، بَلْ لِتَكُونَ حُجَّتُكَ أَبْلَغَ، وَكَرَمُكَ أكمَلَ، وَإحْسَانُكَ أَوْفَى وَنِعْمَتُكَ أَتَمَّ، كُلُّ ذلِكَ كَانَ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ، وَهُوَ كائِنٌ وَلاَ تَزَالُ ، حُجَّتُكَ أَجَلُّ مِنْ أَنْ توصَفَ بِكُلِّهَا، وَمَجْدُكَ أَرْفَـعُ مِنْ أَنْ يُحَدَّ بِكُنْهِهِ، وَنِعْمَتُكَ أكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحْصَى بِأَسْرِهَا، وَإحْسَانُكَ أكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُشْكَرَ عَلَى أَقَلِّهِ، وَقَدْ قَصَّرَ بِيَ السُّكُوتُ عَنْ تَحْمِيدِكَ، وَفَهَّهَنِي الإمْسَاكُ عَنْ تَمْجيدِكَ، وَقُصَارَايَ الإقْرَارُ بِالْحُسُورِ لاَ رَغْبَةً ـ يا إلهِي ـ بَلْ عَجْزاً، فَهَا أَنَا ذَا أَؤُمُّكَ بِالْوِفَادَةِ، وَأَسأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الرِّفَادَةِ، فَصلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَاسْمَعْ نَجْوَايَ، وَاسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِي وَلاَ تَخْتِمْ يَوْمِيَ بِخَيْبَتِي، وَلاَ تَجْبَهْنِي بِالرَّدِّ فِي مَسْأَلَتِي، وَأكْرِمْ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مُنْصَرَفِي وَإلَيْكَ مُنْقَلَبِي، إنَّكَ غَيْرُ ضَائِق بِمَا تُرِيْدُ وَلاَ عَاجِزٍ عَمَّا تُسْأَلُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيْرٌ، وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلاَّ بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ.

    1.O He who has mercy upon him toward whom the servants show no mercy! 2.O He who accepts him whom the cities will not accept! 3.O He who looks not down upon those who have need of Him! 4.O He who disappoints not those who implore Him! 5.O He who slaps not the brow of the people of boldness toward Him with rejection! 6.O He who collects the little that is given to Him 7.and shows gratitude for the paltry that is done for Him! 8.O He who shows gratitude for the small and rewards with the great! 9.O He who comes close to him who comes close to Him! 10.O He who invites to Himself him who turns his back on Him! 11.O He who changes not favour and rushes not to vengeance! 12.O He who causes the good deed to bear fruit so that He may make it grow, 13.and overlooks the evil deed so that He may efface it! 14.Hopes turn back with needs fulfilled short of the extent of Your generosity, 15.the cups of requests fill up with the overflow of Your munificence, 16.and attributes fall apart without reaching Your description. 17.For to You belongs the highest highness above everything high, 18.and the most glorious majesty beyond every majesty! 19.Everything majestic before You is small, 20.everything eminent beside Your eminence vile! 21.Those who reach other than You are disappointed, 22.those who present themselves to other than You have lost, those who stay with other than You have perished, 23.and those who retreat - except those who retreat to Your bounty - are desolate! 24.Your door is open to the beseechers, Your munificence free to the askers, 25.Your help near to the help-seekers! 26.The expectant are not disappointed by You, those who present themselves despair not of Your bestowal, 27.the forgiveness-seekers become not wretched through Your vengeance! 28.Your provision is spread among those who disobey You, 29.Your clemency presents itself to those hostile toward You, 30.Your habit is beneficence toward the evildoers, 31.and Your wont is to spare the transgressors, 32.so much so that Your lack of haste deludes them from returning, 33.and Your disregard bars them from desisting! 34.You actest without haste toward them so that they will come back to Your command 35.and You disregardest them confident in the permanence of Your kingdom, 36.so You sealest him who is worthy of it with felicity, 37.and You abandonest him who is worthy of it to wretchedness! 38.All of them come home to Your decree, their affairs revert to Your command; 39.Your authority grows not feeble through their drawn out term, 40.Your proof is not refuted by the failure to hurry after them. 41.Your argument is established, never refuted, 42.Your authority fixed, never removed. 43.Permanent woe belongs to him who inclines away from You, 44.forsaking disappointment to him who is disappointed by You, 45.and the most wretched wretchedness to him who is deluded about You! 46.How much he will move about in Your chastisement! 47.How long he will frequent Your punishment! 48.How far his utmost end from relief! 49.How he will despair of an easy exit! 50.[All of this] as justice from Your decree (Thou art not unjust in it!), 51.and equity from Your judgement (Thou dost not act wrongfully against him!). 52.You supported the arguments, tested the excuses, 53.began with threats, showed gentleness with encouragement, 54.struck similitudes, made long the respite, 55.delayed, while You art able to hurry, 56.and acted without haste, while You art full of quick accomplishment! 57.Not because of incapacity is Your slowness, feebleness Your giving respite, 58.heedlessness Your showing restraint, dissemblance Your waiting! 59.But that Your argument be more conclusive, Your generosity more perfect, 60.Your beneficence more exhaustive, Your favour more complete! 61.All of this has been and always was, is and ever will be. 62.Your argument is greater than that its totality be described, 63.Your glory more elevated than that it be limited in its core, 64.Your favour more abundant than that its entirety be counted, 65.Your beneficence more abundant than that thanks be given for its least amount! 66.Speechlessness has made me fall short of praising You, 67.restraint has made me powerless to glorify You, 68.and the most I can do is admit to inability, 69.not out of desire, my God, but out of incapacity. 70.So here I am: I repair to You by coming forward, and I ask from You good support 71.So bless Muhammad and his Household, hear my whispered words, 72.grant my supplication, seal not my day with disappointment, 73.slap not my brow by rejecting my request, 74.and make noble my coming from You and my going back to You! 75.Surely You art not constrained by what You desirest, nor incapable of what You art asked! 76.You art powerful over everything, 77.and there is no force and no strength save in God, the All-high, the All-mighty!

  47. Supplications 47. His Supplication On the Day of Arafah

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    الْحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ لَـكَ الْحَمْدُ بَدِيْعَ السَّموَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ، رَبَّ الاَرْبَابِ وَإلهَ كُلِّ مَألُوه، وَخَالِقَ كُلِّ مَخْلُوق، وَوَارِثَ كُلِّ شَيْء، لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَـيْءٌ، وَلا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ عِلْمُ شَيْء، وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْء مُحِيطٌ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء رَقِيبٌ، أَنْتَ الله لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ الاَحَـدُ الْمُتَوَحِّدُ الْفَرْدُ الْمُتَفَرِّدُ، وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ الْمُتَكَرِّمُ، الْعَظِيمُ الْمُتَعَظِّمُ، الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ. وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيُّ الْمُتَعَالِ، الْشَدِيْدُ الْمِحَـالِ. وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لا إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ الـرَّحْمنُ الرَّحِيمُ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ. وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ الْقَدِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ، وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لاَ إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ الاَكْرَمُ الدَّائِمُ الادْوَمُ، وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ الاوَّلُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ أَحَد وَالاخِرُ بَعْدَ كُلِّ عَدَد، وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لا إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ الدَّانِي فِي عُلُوِّهِ، وَالْعَالِي فِي دُنُوِّهِ، وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ ذُو الْبَهَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْحَمْدِ. وَأَنْتَ اللهُ لاَ إلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأْتَ الاشْيَاءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سِنْخ، وَصَوَّرْتَ مَا صَوَّرْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ مِثال، وَابْتَدَعْتَ الْمُبْتَدَعَاتِ بِلاَ احْتِذَآء. أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَدَّرْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء تَقْدِيراً وَيَسَّرْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء تَيْسِيراً، وَدَبَّرْتَ مَا دُونَكَ تَدْبِيْراً. وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لَمْ يُعِنْكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ شَرِيكٌ وَلَمْ يُؤازِرْكَ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَزِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ مُشَاهِدٌ وَلا نَظِيرٌ. أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَرَدْتَ فَكَانَ حَتْماً مَا أَرَدْتَ، وَقَضَيْتَ فَكَانَ عَدْلاً مَا قَضَيْتَ، وَحَكَمْتَ فَكَانَ نِصْفاً مَا حَكَمْتَ، أَنْتَ الَّـذِي لا يَحْوِيْـكَ مَكَانٌ وَلَمْ يَقُمْ لِسُلْطَانِكَ سُلْطَانٌ، وَلَمْ يُعْيِكَ بُرْهَانٌ وَلا بَيَانٌ. أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَحْصَيْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء عَدَدَاً، وَجَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ شَيْء أَمَداً، وَقَدَّرْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء تَقْدِيْراً. أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَصُرَتِ الاوْهَامُ عَنْ ذَاتِيَّتِكَ، وَعَجَزَتِ الافْهَامُ عَنْ كَيْفِيَّتِكَ ، وَلَمْ تُدْرِكِ الابْصَارُ مَوْضِعَ أَيْنِيَّتِكَ. أَنْتَ الَّذِي لا تُحَدُّ فَتَكُونَ مَحْدُوداً، وَلَمْ تُمَثَّلْ فَتَكُونَ مَوْجُوداً، وَلَمْ تَلِدْ فَتَكُونَ مَوْلُوداً. أَنْتَ الَّذِي لا ضِدَّ مَعَكَ فَيُعَانِدَكَ، وَلا عِدْلَ فَيُكَاثِرَكَ، وَلاَ نِدَّ لَكَ فَيُعَارِضَكَ. أَنْتَ الَّـذِي ابْتَدَأ وَاخْتَـرَعَ وَاسْتَحْدَثَ وَابْتَـدَعَ وَأَحْسَنَ صُنْعَ مَا صَنَعَ، سُبْحانَكَ! مَا أَجَلَّ شَأنَكَ، وَأَسْنَى فِي الامَاكِنِ مَكَانَكَ، وَأَصْدَعَ بِالْحَقِّ فُرقَانَكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ مِنْ لَطِيفٍ مَا أَلْطَفَكَ، وَرَؤُوفٍ مَا أَرْأَفَكَ، وَحَكِيمٍ مَا أَعْرَفَكَ! سُبْحَانَكَ مِنْ مَلِيْكٍ مَا أَمْنَعَكَ، وَجَوَادٍ مَا أَوْسَعَكَ، وَرَفِيعٍ مَا أَرْفَعَكَ، ذُو الْبَهاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْحَمْدِ . سُبْحَانَكَ بَسَطْتَ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ يَدَكَ وَعُرِفَتِ الْهِدَايَةُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، فَمَنِ الْتَمَسَكَ لِدِينٍ أَوْ دُنْيا وَجَدَكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ خَضَعَ لَكَ مَنْ جَرى فِي عِلْمِكَ، وَخَشَعَ لِعَظَمَتِكَ مَا دُونَ عَرْشِكَ، وَانْقَادَ لِلتَّسْلِيْمِ لَكَ كُلُّ خَلْقِكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ تُحَسَّ، وَلاَ تُجَسُّ، وَلاَ تُمَسُّ، وَلاَ تُكَادُ، وَلاَ تُمَاطُ، وَلاَ تُنَازَعُ، وَلاَ تُجَارى، وَلاَ تُمارى، وَلاَ تُخَادَعُ، وَلاَ تُمَاكَرُ. سُبْحَانَكَ سَبِيلُكَ جَدَدٌ، وَأَمْرُكَ رَشَدٌ، وَأَنْتَ حَيٌّ صَمَدٌ. سُبْحَانَكَ قَوْلُكَ حُكْمٌ، وَقَضَآؤُكَ حَتْمٌ، وَإرَادَتُكَ عَزْمٌ. سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ رَادَّ لِمَشِيَّتِكَ، وَلاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ بَاهِرَ الايآتِ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ بَارِئ، النَّسَماتِ. لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدَاً يَدُومُ بِدَوامِكَ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْداً خَالِداً بِنِعْمَتِكَ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْداً يُوَازِي صُنْعَكَ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْداً يَزِيدُ عَلَى رِضَاكَ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْداً مَعَ حَمْدِ كُلِّ حَامِد، وَشُكْراً يَقْصُرُ عَنْهُ شُكْرُ كُلِّ شَاكِر، حَمْداً لاَ يَنْبَغِي إلاَّ لَكَ، وَلاَ يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إلاَّ إلَيْكَ، حَمْداً يُسْتَدَامُ بِهِ الاَوَّلُ، وَيُسْتَدْعَى بِهِ دَوَامُ الاخِرِ، حَمْداً يَتَضَاعَفُ عَلَى كُرُورِ الاَزْمِنَةِ، وَيَتَزَايَدُ أَضْعَافَاً مُتَرَادِفَةً، حَمْداً يَعْجِزُ عَنْ إحْصَآئِهِ الْحَفَظَةُ، وَيَزِيدُ عَلَى مَا أَحْصَتْهُ فِي كِتابِكَ الْكَتَبَةُ، حَمْداً يُوازِنُ عَرْشَكَ المَجِيْدَ، وَيُعَادِلُ كُرْسِيَّكَ الرَّفِيعَ، حَمْداً يَكْمُلُ لَدَيْكَ ثَوَابُهُ، وَيَسْتَغْرِقُ كُلَّ جَزَآء جَزَآؤُهُ، حَمْداً ظَاهِرُهُ وَفْقٌ لِبَاطِنِهِ، وَبَاطِنُهُ وَفْقٌ لِصِدْقِ النِّيَّةِ، حَمْداً لَمْ يَحْمَدْكَ خَلْقٌ مِثْلَهُ، وَلاَ يَعْرِفُ أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ فَضْلَهُ، حَمْداً يُعَانُ مَنِ اجْتَهَدَ فِي تَعْدِيْدِهِ، وَيُؤَيَّدُ مَنْ أَغْرَقَ نَزْعَاً فِي تَوْفِيَتِهِ، حَمْداً يَجْمَعُ مَا خَلَقْتَ مِنَ الْحَمْدِ، وَيَنْتَظِمُ مَا أَنْتَ خَالِقُهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ، حَمْداً لاَ حَمْدَ أَقْرَبُ إلَى قَوْلِكَ مِنْهُ، وَلاَ أَحْمَدَ مِمَّنْ يَحْمَدُكَ بِهِ، حَمْداً يُوجِبُ بِكَرَمِكَ الْمَزِيدَ بِوُفُورِهِ وَتَصِلُهُ بِمَزِيْد بَعْدَ مَزِيْد طَوْلاً مِنْكَ، حَمْداً يَجِبُ لِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ، وَيُقَابِلُ عِزَّ جَلاَلِكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد الْمُنْتَجَبِ، الْمُصْطَفَى، الْمُكَرَّمِ، الْمُقَرَّبِ، أَفْضَلَ صَلَوَاتِكَ، وَبارِكْ عَلَيْهِ أَتَمَّ بَرَكاتِكَ، وَتَرَحَّمْ عَلَيْهِ أَمْتَعَ رَحَمَاتِكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، صَلاَةً زَاكِيَةً، لاَ تَكُونُ صَلاَةٌ أَزْكَى مِنْهَا، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةً نَامِيَةً، لاَ تَكُونُ صَلاةٌ أَنْمَى مِنْهَا، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ صَلاةً رَاضِيَةً، لاَ تَكُونُ صَلاةٌ فَوْقَهَا. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، صَلاَةً تُرْضِيهِ وَتَزِيدُ عَلَى رِضَاهُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةً تُرْضِيكَ وَتَزِيدُ عَلَى رِضَاكَ لَهُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةً لاَ تَرْضَى لَهُ إلاَّ بِهَا، وَلاَ تَرى غَيْرَهُ لَهَا أَهْلاً. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، صَلاَةً تُجَاوِزُ رِضْوَانَكَ، وَيَتَّصِلُ اتِّصَالُهَا بِبَقَآئِكَ، وَلاَ يَنْفَدُ كَمَا لاَ تَنْفَدُ كَلِماتُكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَآلِهِ صَلاَةً تَنْتَظِمُ صَلَوَاتِ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَأَنْبِيآئِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ. وَتَشْتَمِلُ عَلَى صَلَوَاتِ عِبَادِكَ مِنْ جِنّكَ وَإنْسِكَ وَأَهْلِ إجَابَتِكَ، وَتَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى صَلاَةِ كُلِّ مَنْ ذَرَأْتَ وَبَرَأْتَ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ خَلْقِكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ صَلاَةً تُحِيطُ بِكُلِّ صَلاَة سَالِفَة وَمُسْتَأْنَفَة، وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ صَلاَةً مَرْضِيَّةً لَكَ وَلِمَنْ دُونَكَ، وَتُنْشِئُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ صَلَوَات تُضَاعِفُ مَعَهَا تِلْكَ الصَّلَوَاتِ عِنْدَهَا، وَتَزِيدُهَا عَلَى كُرُورِ الاَيَّامِ زِيَادَةً فِي تَضَاعِيفَ لاَ يَعُدُّهَا غَيْرُكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى أَطَائِبِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَرْتَهُمْ لِاَمْرِكَ، وَجَعَلْتَهُمْ خَزَنَةَ عِلْمِكَ، وَحَفَظَةَ دِيْنِكَ، وَخُلَفَآءَكَ فِي أَرْضِكَ، وَحُجَجَكَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ، وَطَهَّرْتَهُمْ مِنَ الرِّجْسِ وَالدَّنَسِ تَطْهِيراً بِإرَادَتِكَ، وَجَعَلْتَهُمُ الْوَسِيْلَةَ إلَيْكَ وَالْمَسْلَكَ إلَى جَنَّتِكَ، رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ صَلاةً تُجْزِلُ لَهُمْ بِهَا مِنْ نِحَلِكَ وَكَرَامَتِكَ، وَتُكْمِلُ لَهُمُ الاَشْيَآءَ مِنْ عَطَاياكَ وَنَوَافِلِكَ، وَتُوَفِّرُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحَظَّ مِنْ عَوَائِدِكَ وَفَوائِدِكَ. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ صَلاَةً لاَ أَمَدَ فِي أَوَّلِهَا، وَلاَ غَايَةَ لِاَمَدِهَا، وَلاَ نِهَايَةَ لاِخِرِهَا. رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ زِنَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمَا دُونَهُ، وَمِلءَ سَموَاتِكَ وَمَا فَوْقَهُنَّ، وَعَدَدَ أَرَضِيْكَ، وَمَا تَحْتَهُنَّ، وَمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ، صَلاَةً تُقَرِّبُهُمْ مِنْكَ زُلْفى وَتَكُونُ لَكَ وَلَهُمْ رِضَىً، وَمُتَّصِلَةٌ بِنَظَائِرِهِنَّ أَبَداً. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَيَّدْتَ دِينَكَ فِي كُلِّ أَوَان بِإمَام أَقَمْتَهُ عَلَماً لِعِبَادِكَ وَّمَنارَاً فِي بِلاَدِكَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ وَصَلْتَ حَبْلَهُ بِحَبْلِكَ، وَجَعَلْتَهُ الذَّرِيعَةَ إلَى رِضْوَانِكَ، وَافْتَرَضْتَ طَاعَتَهُ، وَحَذَّرْتَ مَعْصِيَتَهُ، وَأَمَرْتَ بِامْتِثَالِ أوَاِمِرِه وَالانْتِهَآءِ عِنْدَ نَهْيِهِ، وَأَلاَّ يَتَقَدَّمَهُ مُتَقَدِّمٌ، وَلاَ يَتَأَخَّرَ عَنْهُ مُتَأَخِّرٌ،فَهُوَ عِصْمَةُ اللاَّئِذِينَ ، وَكَهْفُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَعُرْوَةُ الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ، وَبَهَآءُ الْعَالَمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ فَأَوْزِعْ لِوَلِيِّكَ شُكْرَ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَوْزِعْنَا مِثْلَهُ فِيهِ، وَآتِهِ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَاناً نَصِيراً، وَافْتَحْ لَهُ فَتْحاً يَسِيراً، وَأَعِنْهُ بِرُكْنِكَ الاعَزِّ، وَاشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ، وَقَوِّ عَضُدَهُ، وَرَاعِهِ بِعَيْنِكَ، وَاحْمِهِ بِحِفْظِكَ، وَانْصُرْهُ بِمَلائِكَتِكَ، وَامْدُدْهُ بِجُنْدِكَ الاَغْلَبِ وَأَقِمْ بِهِ كِتَابَكَ وَحُدُودَكَ، وَشَرَائِعَكَ وَسُنَنَ رَسُولِكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، وَأَحْيِ بِهِ مَا أَمَاتَهُ الظَّالِمُونَ مِنْ مَعَالِمِ دِينِكَ، وَاجْلُ بِهِ صَدَآءَ الْجَوْرِ عَنْ طَرِيقَتِكَ، وَأَبِنْ بِهِ الضَّرَّآءَ مِنْ سَبِيلِكَ، وَأَزِلْ بِهِ النَّاكِبِينَ عَنْ صِرَاطِكَ، وَامْحَقْ بِهِ بُغَاةَ قَصْدِكَ عِوَجاً، وَأَلِنْ جَانِبَهُ لِاَوْلِيَآئِكَ، وَابْسُطْ يَدَهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ، وَهَبْ لَنا رَأْفَتَهُ وَرَحْمَتَهُ وَتَعَطُّفَهُ وَتَحَنُّنَهُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ، وَفِي رِضَاهُ سَاعِينَ، وَإلَى نُصْرَتِهِ وَالْمُدَافَعَةِ عَنْهُ مُكْنِفِينَ، وَإلَيْكَ وَإلَى رَسُولِكَ صَلَواتُكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بِذَلِكَ مُتَقَرِّبِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَى أَوْلِيآئِهِمُ الْمُعْتَرِفِينَ بِمَقَامِهِمْ، الْمُتَّبِعِينَ مَنْهَجَهُمْ، الْمُقْتَفِيْنَ آثَارَهُمْ، الْمُسْتَمْسِكِينَ بِعُرْوَتِهِمْ، الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِوَلاَيَتِهِمْ، الْمُؤْتَمِّينَ بِإمَامَتِهِمْ، الْمُسَلِّمِينَ لِاَمْرِهِمْ الْمُجْتَهِدِيْنَ فِي طاعَتِهِمْ، الْمُنْتَظِرِيْنَ أَيَّامَهُمْ، الْمَادِّينَ إلَيْهِمْ أَعْيُنَهُمْ، الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمُبَارَكَاتِ الزَّاكِيَاتِ النَّامِيَاتِ الغَادِيَاتِ، الرَّائِحاتِ. وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَلَى أَرْوَاحِهِمْ، وَاجْمَعْ عَلَى التَّقْوَى أَمْرَهُمْ، وَأَصْلِحْ لَهُمْ شُؤُونَهُمْ، وَتُبْ عَلَيْهِمْ إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ وَخَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مَعَهُمْ فِي دَارِ السَّلاَمِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أللَّهُمَّ هَذَا يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ، يَوْمٌ شَرَّفْتَهُ وَكَرَّمْتَهُ وَعَظَّمْتَهُ، نَشَرْتَ فِيهِ رَحْمَتَكَ، وَمَنَنْتَ فِيهِ بِعَفْوِكَ وَأَجْزَلْتَ فِيهِ عَطِيَّتَكَ، وَتَفَضَّلْتَ بِهِ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ الَّذِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ خَلْقِكَ لَهُ، وَبَعْدَ خَلْقِكَ إيَّاهُ، فَجَعَلْتَهُ مِمَّنْ هَدَيْتَهُ لِدِينِكَ، وَوَفَّقْتَهُ لِحَقِّكَ، وَعَصَمْتَهُ بِحَبْلِكَ، وَأَدْخَلْتَهُ فِيْ حِزْبِكَ، وَأَرْشَدْتَهُ لِمُوَالاَةِ أَوْليآئِكَ، وَمُعَادَاةِ أَعْدَائِكَ، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتَهُ فَلَمْ يَأْتَمِرْ، وَزَجَرْتَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْزَجِرْ، وَنَهَيْتَهُ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ فَخَالَفَ أَمْرَكَ إلَى نَهْيِكَ، لاَ مُعَانَدَةً لَكَ وَلاَ اسْتِكْبَاراً عَلَيْكَ، بَلْ دَعَاهُ هَوَاهُ إلَى مَا زَيَّلْتَهُ، وَإلَى مَا حَذَّرْتَهُ، وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَى ذالِكَ عَدُوُّكَ وَعَدُوُّهُ، فَأَقْدَمَ عَلَيْهِ عَارِفاً بِوَعِيْدِكَ، رَاجِياً لِعَفْوِكَ، وَاثِقاً بِتَجَاوُزِكَ، وَكَانَ أَحَقَّ عِبَادِكَ ـ مَعَ مَا مَنَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ ـ أَلاَّ يَفْعَلَ، وَهَا أَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ صَاغِراً، ذَلِيلاً، خَاضِعَاً، خَاشِعاً، خَائِفَاً، مُعْتَرِفاً بِعَظِيم مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَحَمَّلْتُهُ، وَجَلِيْل مِنَ الْخَطَايَا اجْتَرَمْتُهُ، مُسْتَجِيراً بِصَفْحِكَ، لائِذاً بِرَحْمَتِكَ، مُوقِناً أَنَّهُ لاَ يُجِيرُنِي مِنْكَ مُجِيرٌ، وَلاَ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْكَ مَانِعٌ . فَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِمَا تَعُودُ بِهِ عَلَى مَنِ اقْتَرَفَ مِنْ تَغَمُّدِكَ، وَجُدْ عَلَيَّ بِمَا تَجُودُ بِهِ عَلَى مَنْ أَلْقَى بِيَدِهِ إلَيْكَ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ، وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِمَا لاَ يَتَعَاظَمُكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ بِهِ عَلَى مَنْ أَمَّلَكَ مِنْ غُفْرَانِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ لِي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ نَصِيباً أَنَالُ بِهِ حَظّاً مِنْ رِضْوَانِكَ، وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي صِفْراً مِمَّا يَنْقَلِبُ بِهِ الْمُتَعَبِّدُونَ لَكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَإنِّي وَإنْ لَمْ أُقَدِّمْ مَا قَدَّمُوهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ، فَقَد قَدَّمْتُ تَوْحِيدَكَ، وَنَفْيَ الاَضْدَادِ وَالاَنْدَادِ وَالاشْبَاهِ عَنْكَ، وَأَتَيْتُكَ مِنَ الاَبْوَابِ الَّتِي أَمَرْتَ أَنْ تُؤْتى مِنْها، وَتَقَرَّبْتُ إلَيْكَ بِمَا لاَ يَقْرُبُ ، أَحَدٌ مِنْكَ إلاَّ بِالتَّقَرُّبِ بِهِ ثُمَّ أَتْبَعْتُ ذلِكَ بِالاِنابَةِ إلَيْكَ، وَالتَّذَلُّلِ وَالاسْتِكَانَةِ لَكَ، وَحُسْنِ الظَّنِّ بِكَ، وَالثِّقَةِ بِمَا عِنْدَكَ، وَشَفَعْتُهُ بِرَجآئِكَ الَّذِي قَلَّ مَا يَخِيبُ عَلَيْهِ رَاجِيْكَ، وَسَأَلْتُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ الْحَقِيرِ الذّلِيلِ الْبَائِسِ الْفَقِيْرِ الْخَائِفِ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ، وَمَعَ ذَلِكَ خِيفَةً وَتَضَرُّعاً وَتَعَوُّذاً وَتَلَوُّذاً، لاَ مُسْتَطِيلاً بِتَكبُّرِ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ، وَلاَ مُتَعَالِياً بِدالَّةِ الْمُطِيعِينَ، وَلاَ مُسْتَطِيلاً بِشَفَاعَةِ الشَّافِعِينَ، وَأَنَا بَعْدُ أَقَلُّ الاَقَلِّيْنَ، وَأَذَلُّ الاَذَلِّينَ، وَمِثْلُ الذَّرَّةِ أَوْ دُونَهَا. فَيَا مَنْ لَمْ يَعَاجِلِ الْمُسِيئِينَ، وَلاَ يَنْدَهُ الْمُتْرَفِينَ، وَيَا مَنْ يَمُنُّ بِإقَالَةِ الْعَاثِرِينَ، وَيَتَفَضَّلُ بإنْظَارِ الْخَاطِئِينَ، أَنَا الْمُسِيءُ الْمُعْتَرِفُ الْخَاطِئُ الْعَاثِرُ، أَنَا الَّذِيْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَيْكَ مُجْتَرِئاً، أَنَا الَّذِي عَصَاكَ مُتَعَمِّداً، أَنَا الَّذِي اسْتَخْفى مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَبَارَزَكَ، أَنَا الَّذِي هَابَ عِبَادَكَ وَأَمِنَكَ أَنَا الَّذِي لَمْ يَرْهَبْ سَطْوَتَكَ وَلَمْ يَخَفْ بَأْسَكَ أَنَا الْجَانِي عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، أَنَا الْمُرْتَهَنُ بِبَلِيَّتِهِ، الْقَلِيلُ الْحَيَاءِ، أَنَا الطَّوِيلُ الْعَنآءِ، بِحَقِّ مَنِ انْتَجَبْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَبِمَنِ اصْطَفَيْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ، بِحَقِّ مَنِ اخْتَرْتَ مِنْ بَريَّتِكَ، وَمَنِ اجْتَبَيْتَ لِشَأْنِكَ، بِحَقِّ مَنْ وَصَلْتَ طَاعَتَهُ بِطَاعَتِكَ، وَمَنْ جَعَلْتَ مَعْصِيَتَهُ كَمَعْصِيَتِكَ بِحَقِّ مَنْ قَرَنْتَ مُوَالاَتَهُ بِمُوالاتِكَ، وَمَنْ نُطْتَ مُعَادَاتَهُ بِمُعَادَاتِكَ. تَغَمَّدْنِي فِي يَوْمِيَ هَذَا بِمَا تَتَغَمَّدُ بِهِ مَنْ جَارَ إلَيْكَ مُتَنَصِّلاً، وَعَاذَ بِاسْتِغْفَارِكَ تَائِباً، وَتَوَلَّنِي بِمَا تَتَوَلَّى بِهِ أَهْلَ طَاعَتِكَ، وَالزُّلْفَى لَدَيْكَ، وَالْمَكَانَةِ مِنْكَ، وَتَوَحَّدْنِي بِمَا تَتَوَحَّدُ بِهِ مَنْ وَفى بِعَهْدِكَ، وَأَتْعَبَ نَفْسَهُ فِيْ ذَاتِكَ، وَأَجْهَدَهَا فِي مَرْضَاتِكَ، وَلاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِتَفْرِيطِيْ فِي جَنْبِكَ، وَتَعَدِّي طَوْرِيْ فِي حُدودِكَ، وَمُجَاوَزَةِ أَحْكَامِكَ. وَلاَ تَسْتَدْرِجْنِي بِإمْلائِكَ لِي اسْتِدْرَاجَ مَنْ مَنَعَنِي خَيْرَ مَا عِنْدَهُ، وَلَمْ يَشْرَكْكَ فِي حُلُولِ نِعْمَتِهِ بِي، وَنَبِّهْنِي مِنْ رَقْدَةِ الْغَافِلِينَ، وَسِنَةِ الْمُسْرِفِينَ، وَنَعْسَةِ الْمَخْذُولِينَ. وَخُذْ بِقَلْبِي إلَى مَا اسْتَعْمَلْتَ بِهِ القَانِتِيْنَ، وَاسْتَعْبَدْتَ بِهِ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ، وَاسْتَنْقَذْتَ بِهِ الْمُتَهَاوِنِينَ، وَأَعِذْنِي مِمَّا يُبَاعِدُنِي عَنْكَ، وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ حَظِّي مِنْكَ، وَيَصُدُّنِي عَمَّا أُحَاوِلُ لَدَيْكَ. وَسَهِّلْ لِي مَسْلَكَ الْخَيْرَاتِ إلَيْكَ، وَالْمُسَابَقَةِ إلَيْهَا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرْتَ، وَالْمُشَاحَّةَ فِيهَا عَلَى مَا أَرَدْتَ. وَلاَ تَمْحَقْنِي فِيمَنْ تَمْحَقُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَخِفِّينَ بِمَا أَوْعَدْتَ، وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنِي مَعَ مَنْ تُهْلِكُ مِنَ الْمُتَعَرِّضِينَ لِمَقْتِكَ، وَلاَ تُتَبِّرْني فِيمَنْ تُتَبِّرُ مِنَ الْمُنْحَرِفِينَ عَنْ سُبُلِكَ. وَنَجِّنِيْ مِنْ غَمَرَاتِ الْفِتْنَةِ، وَخَلِّصْنِي مِنْ لَهَوَاتِ الْبَلْوى، وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ أَخْذِ الاِمْلاءِ، وَحُلْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَدُوٍّ يُضِلُّنِي، وَهَوىً يُوبِقُنِي، وَمَنْقَصَة تَرْهَقُنِي. وَلاَ تُعْرِضْ عَنِّي إعْرَاضَ مَنْ لاَ تَرْضَى عَنْهُ بَعْدَ غَضَبِكَ، وَلاَ تُؤْيِسْنِي مِنَ الامَلِ فِيكَ، فَيَغْلِبَ عَلَيَّ الْقُنُوطُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَلاَ تَمْنَحْنِي بِمَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لِيْ بِهِ، فَتَبْهَظَنِي مِمَّا تُحَمِّلُنِيهِ مِنْ فَضْلِ مَحَبَّتِكَ، وَلاَ تُرْسِلْنِي مِنْ يَدِكَ إرْسَالَ مَنْ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ، وَلاَ حَاجَةَ بِكَ إلَيْهِ، وَلاَ إنابَةَ لَهُ، وَلاَ تَرْمِ بِيَ رَمْيَ مَنْ سَقَطَ مِنْ عَيْنِ رِعَايَتِكَ، وَمَنِ اشْتَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْخِزْيُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، بَلْ خُذْ بِيَدِيْ مِنْ سَقْطَةِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِينَ، وَوَهْلَةِ الْمُتَعَسِّفِيْنَ، وَزَلّةِ الْمَغْرُورِينَ، وَوَرْطَةِ الْهَالِكِينَ. وَعَافِنِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَيْتَ بِهِ طَبَقَاتِ عَبِيدِكَ وَإمآئِكَ، وَبَلِّغْنِي مَبَالِغَ مَنْ عُنِيتَ بِهِ، وَأَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَرَضِيتَ عَنْهُ، فَأَعَشْتَهُ حَمِيداً، وَتَوَفَّيْتَهُ سَعِيداً، وَطَوِّقْنِي طَوْقَ الاِقْلاَعِ عَمَّا يُحْبِطُ الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَيَذْهَبُ بِالْبَرَكَاتِ، وَأَشْعِرْ قَلْبِيَ الازْدِجَارَ عَنْ قَبَائِحِ السَّيِّئاتِ، وَفَوَاضِحِ الْحَوْبَاتِ، وَلاَ تَشْغَلْنِي بِمَا لاَ أُدْرِكُهُ إلاَّ بِكَ عَمَّا لا يُرْضِيْكَ عَنِّي غَيْرُهُ، وَانْزَعْ مِنْ قَلْبِي حُبَّ دُنْيَا دَنِيَّة تَنْهى عَمَّا عِنْدَكَ، وَتَصُدُّ عَنِ ابْتِغَآءِ الْوَسِيلَةِ إلَيْكَ، وَتُذْهِلُ عَنِ التَّقَرُبِ مِنْكَ، وَزَيِّنَ لِيَ التَّفَرُّدَ بِمُنَاجَاتِكَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَهَبْ لِي عِصْمَةً تُدْنِينِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، وَتَقْطَعُنِي عَنْ رُكُوبِ مَحَارِمكَ، وَتَفُكُّنِي مِنْ أَسْرِ الْعَظَائِمِ، وَهَبْ لِي التَّطْهِيرَ مِنْ دَنَسِ الْعِصْيَانِ، وَأَذْهِبْ عَنِّي دَرَنَ الْخَطَايَا، وَسَرْبِلْنِي بِسِرْبالِ عَافِيَتِكَ، وَرَدِّنِي رِدَآءَ مُعَافاتِكَ، وَجَلِّلْنِي سَوابِغَ نَعْمَائِكَ، وَظَاهِرْ لَدَيَّ فَضْلَكَ وَطَوْلَكَ، وَأَيْدْنِي بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَتَسْدِيْدِكَ، وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى صالِحِ النِّيَّةِ وَمَرْضِيِّ الْقَوْلِ وَمُسْتَحْسَنِ الْعَمَلِ. وَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إلَى حَوْلِي وَقُوَّتِي دُونَ حَوْلِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ، وَلاَ تَخْزِنِي يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُنِي لِلِقائِكَ، وَلاَ تَفْضَحْنِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَوْلِياِئكَ، وَلاَ تُنْسِنِي ذِكْرَكَ، وَلاَ تُذْهِبْ عَنِّي شُكْرَكَ، بَلْ أَلْزِمْنِيهِ فِي أَحْوَالِ السَّهْوِ عِنْدَ غَفَلاَتِ الْجَاهِلِينَ لاِلائِكَ، وَأَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أُثْنِيَ بِمَا أَوْلَيْتَنِيهِ، وَأَعْتَرِفِ بِمَا أَسْدَيْتَهُ إلَيَّ، وَاجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي إلَيْكَ فَوْقَ رَغْبَةِ الْرَّاغِبِينَ، وَحَمْدِي إيَّاكَ فَوْقَ حَمْدِ الْحَامِدِيْنَ، وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي عِنْدَ فاقَتِي إلَيْكَ، وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنِي بِمَا أَسْدَيْتُهُ إلَيْكَ، وَلاَ تَجْبَهْنِي بِمَا جَبَهْتَ بِهِ لْمَعَانِدِينَ لَكَ، فَإنِّي لَكَ مُسَلِّمٌ، أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْحُجَّةَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّكَ أَوْلَى بِالْفَضْلِ، وَأَعْوَدُ بِالاحْسَانِ، وَأَهْلُ التَّقْوَى، وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ، وَأَنَّكَ بِأَنْ تَعْفُوَ أَوْلَى مِنْكَ بِأَنْ تُعَاقِبَ، وَأَنَّكَ بِأَنْ تَسْتُرَ أَقْرَبُ مِنْكَ إلَى أنْ تَشْهَرَ، فَأَحْيِنِي حَياةً طَيِّبَةً تَنْتَظِمُ بِما أُرِيدُ وَتَبْلُغُ مَا أُحِبُّ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ آتِي مَا تَكْرَهُ وَلاَ أَرْتَكِبُ مَا نَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ، وَأَمِتْنِي مِيْتَةَ مَنْ يَسْعَى نُورُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَعَنْ يِمِيِنهِ، وَذَلِّلْنِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَأَعِزَّنِيْ عِنْدَ خَلْقِكَ، وَضَعْنِي إذَا خَلَوْتُ بِكَ، وَارْفَعْنِي بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي عَمَّنْ هُوَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِّي، وَزِدْنِي إلَيْكَ فَاقَةً وَفَقْراً، وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الاَعْدَاءِ، وَمِنْ حُلُولِ الْبَلاءِ، وَمِنَ الذُّلِّ وَالْعَنَآءِ، تَغَمَّدني فِيمَا اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي بِمَا يَتَغَمَّدُ بِهِ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى الْبَطْشِ لَوْلاَ حِلْمُهُ، وَالاخِذُ عَلَى الْجَرِيرَةِ لَوْلاَ أَناتُهُ، وَإذَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْم فِتْنَةً أَوْ سُوءً فَنَجِّنِي مِنْهَا لِواذاً بِكَ، وَإذْ لَمْ تُقِمْنِي مَقَامَ فَضِيحَة فِي دُنْيَاكَ فَلاَ تُقِمْنِي مِثْلَهُ فِيْ آخِرَتِكَ، وَاشْفَعْ لِي أَوَائِلَ مِنَنِكَ بِأَوَاخِرِهَا، وَقَدِيمَ فَوَائِدِكَ بِحَوَادِثِهَا. وَلاَ تَمْدُدْ لِيَ مَدّاً يَقْسُو مَعَهُ قَلْبِي، وَلاَ تَقْرَعْنِي قَارِعَةً يَذْهَبُ لَها بَهَآئِي، وَلاَ تَسُمْنِي خَسِيْسَةً يَصْغُرُ لَهَا قَدْرِي، وَلاَ نَقِيصَةً يُجْهَلُ مِنْ أَجْلِهَا مَكَانِي، وَلاَ تَرُعْنِي رَوْعَةً أُبْلِسُ بِها، وَلاَ خِيْفةً أوجِسُ دُونَهَا. اجْعَلْ هَيْبَتِي في وَعِيدِكَ، وَحَذَرِي مِنْ إعْذارِكَ وَإنْذَارِكَ، وَرَهْبَتِي عِنْدَ تِلاَوَةِ آياتِكَ، وَاعْمُرْ لَيْلِي بِإيقَاظِي فِيهِ لِعِبَادَتِكَ، وَتَفَرُّدِي بِالتَّهَجُّدِ لَكَ، وَتَجَرُّدِي بِسُكُونِي إلَيْكَ، وَإنْزَالِ حَوَائِجِي بِكَ، وَمُنَازَلَتِي إيَّاكَ فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِي مِنْ نَارِكَ، وَإجَارَتِي مِمَّا فِيهِ أَهْلُهَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ. وَلاَ تَذَرْنِي فِي طُغْيَانِي عَامِهاً، وَلاَ فِي غَمْرَتِي سَاهِياً حَتَّى حِين، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي عِظَةً لِمَنِ اتَّعَظَ، وَلاَ نَكَالاً لِمَنِ اعْتَبَرَ، وَلاَ فِتْنَةً لِمَن نَظَرَ، وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ بِيَ فِيمَنْ تَمْكُرُ بِهِ، وَلاَ تَسْتَبْدِلْ بِيَ غَيْرِي، وَلاَ تُغَيِّرْ لِيْ إسْماً، وَلاَ تُبدِّلْ لِي جِسْماً، وَلاَ تَتَّخِذْنِي هُزُوَاً لِخَلْقِكَ، وَلاَ سُخْرِيّاً لَكَ، وَلاَ تَبَعاً إلاَّ لِمَرْضَاتِكَ، وَلاَ مُمْتَهَناً إلاَّ بِالانْتِقَامِ لَكَ، وَأَوْجِدْنِي بَرْدَ عَفْوِكَ، و حَلاَوَةَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَرَوْحِكَ وَرَيْحَانِكَ وَجَنَّةِ نَعِيْمِكَ، وَأَذِقْنِي طَعْمَ الْفَرَاغِ لِمَا تُحِبُّ بِسَعَة مِنْ سَعَتِكَ، وَالاجْتِهَادِ فِيمَا يُزْلِفُ لَدَيْكَ وَعِنْدَك، وَأَتْحِفْنِي بِتُحْفَة مِنْ تُحَفَاتِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ تِجَارَتِي رَابِحَةً، وَكَرَّتِي غَيْرَ خَاسِرَة، وَأَخِفْنِي مَقَامَكَ، وَشَوِّقْنِي لِقاءَكَ، وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً لاَ تُبْقِ مَعَهَا ذُنُوباً صِغِيرَةً وَلا كَبِيرَةً، وَلاَ تَذَرْ مَعَهَا عَلاَنِيَةً وَلاَ سَرِيرَةً، وَانْزَعِ الْغِلَّ مِنْ صَدْرِي لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَاعْطِفْ بِقَلْبِي عَلَى الْخَاشِعِيْنَ، وَكُنْ لِي كَمَا تَكُونُ لِلصَّالِحِينَ، وَحَلِّنِي حِلْيَةَ الْمُتَّقِينَ، وَاجْعَلْ لِيَ لِسَانَ صِدْق فِي الْغَابِرِيْنَ، وَذِكْراً نامِياً فِي الاخِرِينَ، وَوَافِ بِيَ عَرْصَةَ الاَوَّلِينَ، وَتَمِّمْ سُبُوغَ نِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَظَاهِرْ كَرَامَاتِهَا لَدَيَّ، و امْلاْ مِنْ فَوَائِدِكَ يَدَيَّ، وَسُقْ كَرَائِمَ مَوَاهِبِكَ إلَيَّ، وَجَاوِرْ بِيَ الاَطْيَبِينَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآئِكَ فِي الْجِنَاْنِ الَّتِي زَيَّنْتَهَا لِاَصْفِيآئِكَ، وَجَلِّلْنِي شَرَآئِفَ نِحَلِكَ فِي الْمَقَامَاتِ الْمُعَدَّةِ لِاَحِبَّائِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ لِيَ عِنْدَكَ مَقِيْلاً آوِي إلَيْهِ مُطْمَئِنّاً، وَمَثابَةً أَتَبَوَّأُهَا وَأَقَرُّ عَيْناً. وَلاَ تُقَايِسْنِي بِعَظِيمَاتِ الْجَرَائِرِ، وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنِي يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ، وَأَزِلْ عَنِّي كُلَّ شَكٍّ وَشُبْهَة، وَاجْعَلْ لِي فِي الْحَقِّ طَرِيقاً مِنْ كُلِّ رَحْمَة، وأَجْزِلْ لِي قِسَمَ الْمَواهِبِ مِنْ نَوَالِكَ، وَوَفِّرْ عَلَيَّ حُظُوظَ الاِحْسَانِ مِنْ إفْضَالِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ قَلْبِي وَاثِقاً بِمَا عِنْدَكَ، وَهَمِّيَ مُسْتَفْرَغاً لِمَا هُوَ لَكَ، وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِما تَسْتَعْمِلُ بِهِ خَالِصَتَكَ، وَأَشْرِبْ قَلْبِي عِنْدَ ذُهُولِ العُقُولِ طَاعَتَكَ، وَاجْمَعْ لِي الْغِنى، وَالْعَفَافَ، وَالدَّعَةَ، وَالْمُعَافَاةَ، وَالصِّحَّةَ، وَالسَّعَةَ، وَالطُّمَأْنِيْنَةَ، وَالْعَافِيَةَ، وَلاَ تُحْبِطْ حَسَنَاتِي بِمَا يَشُوبُهَا مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَلاَ خَلَواتِي بِمَا يَعْرِضُ لِيَ مِنْ نَزَغَاتِ فِتْنَتِكَ، وَصُنْ وَجْهِي عَنِ الطَّلَبِ إلَى أَحَد مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَذُبَّنِي عَنِ التِماسِ مَا عِنْدَ الفَاسِقِينَ، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي لِلظَّالِمِينَ ظَهِيراً، وَلاَ لَهُمْ عَلى مَحْوِ كِتَابِكَ يَداً وَنَصِيراً، وَحُطْنِي مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ أَعْلَمُ حِيَاطَةً تَقِيْنِي بِهَا، وَافْتَحْ لِيَ أَبْوَابَ تَوْبَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَرَأْفَتِكَ وَرِزْقِكَ الواسِعِ، إنِّي إلَيْكَ مِنَ الرَّاغِبِينَ، وَأَتْمِمْ لِي إنْعَامَكَ، إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْمُنْعِمِيْنَ، وَاجْعَلْ باقِيَ عُمْرِيْ فِي الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ ابْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِكَ يَاربَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ، وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَبَدَ الابِدِينَ.

    1."Praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds" (1:2)! 2.O God, to You belongs praise! Originator of the heavens and the earth! 3.Possessor of majesty and munificence! 4.Lord of lords! Object of worship of every worshiper! 5.Creator of every creature! 6.Inheritor of all things! "There is nothing like Him" (42:11), 7.knowledge of nothing escapes Him, 8.He "encompasses everything" (41:54), 9.and He is watchful over everything (ref.33:52). 10.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the Unique, the Alone, the Single, the Isolated. 11.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the Generous, the Generously Bestowing, 12.the All-mighty, the Mightily Exalted, the Magnificent, the Magnificently Magnified. 13.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the All-high, the Sublimely High, "the Strong in prowess" (13:13). 14.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate, the All-knowing, the All-wise. 15.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the All-hearing, the All-seeing, the Eternal, the All-aware. 16.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the Generous, the Most Generous, the Everlasting, the Most Everlasting. 17.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the First 18.before every one, the Last after every number. 19.You art God, there is no god but Thou, the Close in His highness, 20.the High in His closeness. 21.You art God, there is no god but Thou, Possessor of radiance and glory, magnificence and praise. 22.You art God, there is no god but Thou. You hast brought forth the things without root, 23.formed what You hast formed without exemplar, 24.and originated the originated things without limitation. 25.It is You who hast ordained each thing with an ordination, 26.eased each thing with an easing, 27.and governed everything below Yourself with a governing. 28.It is You whom no associate helps with Your creation 29.and no vizier aids in Your command. 30.You hast no witness and no equal. 31.It is You who willed, and what You willed was unfailing, 32.who decreed, and what You decreed was just, 33.who decided, and what You decided was fair. 34.It is You whom place does not contain, 35.before whose authority no authority stands up, 36.and whom no proof or explication can thwart. 37.It is You who hast counted everything in numbers, 38.appointed for everything a term, 39.and ordained everything with an ordination. 40.It is You before whose selfness imaginations fall short, 41.before whose howness understandings have no incapacity, 42.and the place of whose whereness eyes perceive not. 43.It is You who hast no bounds, lest You be bounded, 44.who art not exemplified, lest You be found, 45.who dost not beget, lest You be begotten. 46.It is You with whom there is no opposite, lest it contend with You, 47.who hast no equal, lest it vie with You, who hast no rival, lest it resist You. 48.It is You who art He who began, devised, 49.brought forth, originated, 50.and made well all that He made. 51.Glory be to You! How majestic is Your station! 52.How high Your place among the places! 53.How cleanly Your Separator cleaves with the truth! 54.Glory be to You! The Gentle - how gentle You art! 55.The Clement - how clement You art! The Wise - how knowing You art! 56.Glory be to You! The King - how invincible You art! 57.The Munificent - how full of plenty You art! The Elevated - how elevated You art! 58.Possessor of radiance and glory, magnificence and praise! 59.Glory be to You! You hast stretched forth Your hand with good things, 60.and from You guidance has come to be known, 61.so he who begs from You religion or this world will find You. 62.Glory be to You! Whatever passes in Your knowledge is subjected to You, 63.all below Your Throne are humbled before Your mightiness, 64.and every one of Your creatures follows You in submission. 65.Glory be to You! You art not sensed, nor touched, nor felt, 66.nor beguiled, nor held back, nor challenged, nor kept up with, 67.nor resisted, nor deceived, nor circumvented. 68.Glory be to You! Your path is smooth ground, Your command right guidance, and You art a living, eternal refuge. 69.Glory be to You! Your word is decisive, Your decree unfailing, Your will resolute. 70.Glory be to You! None can reject Your wish, none can change Your words. 71.Glory be to You, Outdazzling in signs, Creator of the heavens, Author of the spirits! 72.To You belongs praise, a praise that will be permanent with Your permanence! 73.To You belongs praise, a praise everlasting through Your favour! 74.To You belongs praise, a praise that will parallel Your benefaction! 75.To You belongs praise, a praise that will increase Your good pleasure! 76.To You belongs praise, a praise along with the praise of every praiser 77.and a thanksgiving before which falls short the thanksgiving of every thanksgiver; 78.a praise which is suitable for none but You 79.and through which nearness is sought to none but You; 80.a praise which will make permanent the first [bounty] 81.and call forth the permanence of the last; 82.a praise which will multiply through recurrence of times 83.and increase through successive doublings; 84.a praise which the guardians will not be able to number 85.and which exceeds what the writers number in Your Book; 86.a praise which will counterbalance Your glorious Throne 87.and equal Your elevated Footstool; 88.a praise whose reward with You will be complete 89.and whose recompense will comprise every recompense; 90.a praise whose outward conforms to its inward, 91.and whose inward conforms to correct intention; 92.a praise with whose like no creature has praised You 93.and whose excellence none knows but Thou; 94.a praise in which he who strives to multiply Your praise will be helped 95.and he who draws the bow to the utmost in fulfilling it will be confirmed; 96.a praise which will gather all the praise which You hast created 97.and tie together all which You wilt afterwards create; 98.a praise than which no praise is nearer to Your word 99.and than which none is greater from any who praise You; 100.a praise whose fullness will obligate increase through Your generosity 101.and to which You wilt join increase after increase as graciousness from You; 102.a praise that will befit the generosity of Your face and meet the might of Your majesty! 103.My Lord, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 104.the distinguished, the chosen, 105.the honoured, the brought nigh, with the most excellent of Your blessings, 106.benedict him with the most complete of Your benedictions, 107.and have mercy upon him with the most enjoyable of Your mercies! 108.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household with a fruitful blessing, 109.more fruitful than which there is no blessing! 110.Bless him with a growing blessing, 111.more growing than which there is no blessing! 112.And bless him with a pleasing blessing, 113.beyond which there is no blessing! 114.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household 115.with a blessing which will please him and increase his good pleasure! 116.Bless him with a blessing which will please You and increase Your good pleasure toward him! 117.And bless him with a blessing through other than which You wilt not be pleased for him, 118.and for which You seest no one else worthy! 119.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household 120.with a blessing which will pass beyond Your good pleasure, be continuous in its continuity through Your subsistence, 121.and never be spent, just as Your words will never be spent! 122.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household 123.with a blessing which will tie together the blessings of Your angels, 124.Your prophets, Your messengers, and those who obey You, 125.comprise the blessings of Your servants, 126.jinn or mankind, and those worthy of Your response, 127.and bring together the blessings of every one of the kinds of Your creatures which You hast sown and authored! 128.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household 129.with a blessing which will encompass every blessing, bygone and new! 130.Bless him and his Household 131.with a blessing which is pleasing to You and everyone below You 132.and will bring forth with all that a blessing with which You wilt multiply those blessings 133.and increase them through the recurrence of days with an increasing 134.in multiples which none can count but Thou! 135.My Lord, bless the best of his Household, 136.those whom You hast chosen for Your command, 137.appointed the treasurers of Your knowledge, the guardians of Your religion, 138.Your vicegerents in Your earth, and Your arguments against Your servants, 139.purified from uncleanness and defilement through a purification by Your desire (ref:33:33), 140.and made the mediation to You and the road to Your Garden! 141.My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household 142.with a blessing which makes plentiful Your gifts and generosity, 143.perfects for them Your bestowals and awards, 144.and fills out their share of Your kindly acts and benefits! 145.My Lord, bless him and his Household with a blessing whose first has no term, 146.whose term has no limit, and whose last has no utmost end! 147.My Lord, bless them to the weight of Your Throne and all below it, 148.the amount that fills the heavens and all above them, 149.the number of Your earths and all below and between them, 150.a blessing that will bring them near to You in proximity, please You and them, 151.and be joined to its likes forever! 152.O God, surely You hast confirmed Your religion in all times 153.with an Imam whom You hast set up as a guidepost to Your servants and a lighthouse in Your lands, 154.after his cord has been joined to Your cord! 155.You hast appointed him the means to Your good pleasure, 156.made obeying him obligatory, cautioned against disobeying him, 157.and commanded following his commands, abandoning what he has prohibited, 158.and that no forward-goer go ahead of him or back-keeper keep back from him! So he is the preservation of the shelter-seekers, 159.the cave of the faithful, the handhold of the adherents, and the radiance of the worlds! 160.O God, so inspire Your guardian to give thanks for that in which You hast favoured him, 161.inspire us with the like concerning him, grant him 'an authority from You to help him' (ref.17:80), 162.open for him an easy opening, aid him with Your mightiest pillar, 163.brace up his back, strengthen his arm, guard him with Your eye, 164.defend him with Your safeguarding, help him with Your angels, 165.and assist him with Your most victorious troops! Through him establish Your Book, Your bounds, 166.Your laws, and the norms of Your Messenger's Sunna (Your blessings, O God, be upon him and his Household), 167.bring to life the guideposts of Your religion, deadened by the wrongdoers, 168.burnish the rust of injustice from Your way, 169.sift the adversity from Your road, 170.eliminate those who deviate from Your path, 171.and erase those who seek crookedness in Your straightness! 172.Make his side mild toward Your friends, stretch forth his hand over Your enemies, 173.give us his clemency, his mercy, his tenderness, his sympathy, 174.and make us his hearers and obeyers, strivers toward his good pleasure, 175.assistants in helping him and defending him, 176.and brought near through that to You and Your Messenger 177.(Your blessings, O God, be upon him and his Household). 178.O God, and bless the friends [of the Imams], the confessors of their station, 179.the keepers to their course, the pursuers of their tracks, 180.the clingers to their handhold, the adherents to their guardianship, 181.the followers of their imamate, the submitters to their command, 182.the strivers to obey them, the awaiters of their days, 183.the directors of their eyes toward them, 184.with blessings blessed, pure, growing, fresh, and fragrant! 185.Give them and their spirits peace, 186.bring together their affair in reverential fear, 187.set right their situations, 188.turn toward them, 189."Surely You art Ever-turning, All-compassionate" (2:128) and the Best of forgivers, 190.and place us with them in the Abode of Peace, through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful! 191.O God, this is the Day of 'Arafa, 192.a day which You hast made noble, given honour, and magnified. Within it You hast spread Your mercy, 193.showed kindness through Your pardon, and made plentiful Your giving, 194.and by it You hast been bounteous toward Your servants. 195.I am Your servant whom You favoured before creating him and after creating him. 196.You madest him one of those whom You guided to Your religion, 197.gavest success in fulfilling Your right, preserved through Your cord, 198.included within Your party, and directed aright to befriend Your friends 199.and show enmity to Thine enemies. Then You commanded him, but he did not follow Your commands, 200.You restricted Him, but he did not heed Your restrictions, You prohibited him from disobedience toward You, but he broke Your command by doing what You hadst prohibited, 201.not in contention with You, nor to display pride toward You; 202.on the contrary, his caprice called him to that which You hadst set apart and cautioned against, 203.and he was helped in that by Your enemy and his enemy. 204.So he went ahead with it knowing Your threat, hoping for Your pardon, 205.and relying upon Your forbearance, though he was the most obligated of Your servants 206.- given Your kindness toward him - not to do so. 207.Here I am, then, before You, despised, 208.lowly, humble, abject, fearful, 209.confessing the dreadful sins with which I am burdened 210.and the great offenses that I have committed, 211.seeking sanctuary in Your forgiveness, asking shelter in Your mercy, 212.and certain that no sanctuary-giver will give me sanctuary from You 213.and no withholder will hold me back from You. 214.So act kindly toward me, just as You actest kindly by Your shielding him who commits sins, 215.be munificent toward me, just as You art munificent by pardoning him who throws himself before You, 216.and show kindness to me, just as it is nothing great for You 217.to show kindness by forgiving him who expectantly hopes in You! 218.Appoint for me in this day an allotment through which I may attain a share of Your good pleasure, 219.and send me not back destitute of that with which Your worshipers return from among Your servants! 220.Though I have not forwarded the righteous deeds which they have forwarded, 221.I have forwarded the profession of Your Unity 222.and the negation from You of opposites, rivals, and likenesses, 223.I have come to You by the gateways by which You hast commanded that people come, 224.and I have sought nearness to You through that, without seeking nearness through which, 225.none gains nearness to You. 226.Then I followed all this with repeated turning toward You, 227.lowliness and abasement before You, good opinion of You, and trust in what is with You; 228.and to that I coupled hope in You, 229.since the one who hopes in You is seldom disappointed! 230.I asked You with the asking of one vile, lowly, 231.pitiful, poor, fearful, seeking sanctuary; 232.all that in fear and pleading, seeking refuge and asking shelter, 233.not presumptuous through the pride of the proud, 234.nor exalting myself with the boldness of the obedient, 235.nor presumptuous of the intercession of the interceders. 236.For I am still the least of the least and the lowliest of the lowly, 237.like a dust mote or less! 238.O He who does not hurry the evildoers nor restrain those living in ease! 239.O He who shows kindness through releasing the stumblers and gratuitous bounty through respiting the offenders! 240.I am the evildoer, the confessor, the offender, the stumbler! 241.I am he who was audacious toward You as one insolent! 242.I am he who disobeyed You with forethought! 243.I am he who hid myself from Your servants and blatantly showed myself to You! 244.I am he who was awed by Your servants and felt secure from You! 245.I am he who dreaded not Your penalty and feared not Your severity! 246.I am the offender against himself! I am the hostage to his own affliction! 247.I am short in shame! I am long in suffering! 248.By the right of him whom You hast distinguished among Your creation 249.and by him whom You hast chosen for Yourself! 250.By the right of him whom You hast selected from among Your creatures and by him whom You hast picked for Your task! 251.By the right of him the obeying of whom You hast joined to obeying You, 252.and by him the disobeying of whom You hast made like disobeying You! 253.And by the right of him whose friendship You hast bound to Your friendship 254.and by him whose enmity You hast linked to Thine enmity! 255.Shield me in this day of mine, by that through which You shieldest him who prays fervently to You while disavowing 256.and him who seeks refuge in Your forgiveness while repenting! 257.Attend to me with that through which You attendest to the people of obedience toward You, 258.proximity to You, and rank with You! 259.Single me out, as You singlest him out who fulfils Your covenant, 260.fatigues himself for Your sake alone, and exerts himself in Your good pleasure! 261.Take me not to task for my neglect in respect to You, 262.my transgressing the limit in Your bounds, and stepping outside Your ordinances! 263.Draw me not on little by little by granting me a respite, 264.like the drawing on little by little of him who withholds from me the good he has 265.by not sharing with You in letting favour down upon me! 266.Arouse me from the sleep of the heedless, 267.the slumber of the prodigal, and the dozing of the forsaken! 268.Take my heart to that in which You hast employed the devout, 269.enthralled the worshipers, and rescued the remiss! 270.Give me refuge from that which will keep me far from You, 271.come between me and my share from You, 272.and bar me from that which I strive for in You! 273.Make easy for me the road of good deeds toward You, 274.racing to them from where You hast commanded, 275.and coveting them as You desirest! 276.Efface me not along with those whom You effacest for thinking lightly of what You hast promised! 277.Destroy me not with those whom You destroyest for exposing themselves to Your hate! 278.Annihilate me not among those whom You annihilatest for deviating from Your roads! 279.Deliver me from the floods of trial, 280.save me from the gullets of affliction, 281.and grant me sanctuary from being seized by respite! 282.Come between me and the enemy who misguides me, 283.the caprice which ruins me, and the failing which overcomes me! 284.Turn not away from me with the turning away in wrath from one with whom You art not pleased! 285.Let me not lose heart in expecting from You, lest I be overcome by despair of Your mercy! 286.Grant me not that which I cannot endure, 287.lest You weighest me down with the surplus of Your love which You loadest upon me! 288.Send me not from Your hand, the sending of him who possesses no good, 289.toward whom You hast no need, and who turns not back [to You]! 290.Cast me not with the casting of him who has fallen from the eye of Your regard 291.and been wrapped in degradation from You! 292.Rather take my hand [and save me] from the falling of the stumblers, 293.the disquiet of the deviators, the slip of those deluded, and the plight of the perishers! 294.Release me from that with which You hast afflicted the ranks of Your servants and handmaids 295.and make me reach the utmost degrees of him about whom You art concerned, towards whom You showest favour, and with whom You art pleased, 296.so that You lettest him live as one praiseworthy and takest him to You as one felicitous! 297.Collar me with the collar of abstaining from that which makes good deeds fail 298.and takes away blessings! 299.Impart to my heart restraint before ugly works of evil 300.and disgraceful misdeeds! 301.Divert me not by that which I cannot reach except through You from doing that which alone makes You pleased with me! 302.Root out from my heart the love of this vile world, which keeps from everything which is with You, 303.bars from seeking the mediation to You, and distracts from striving for nearness to You! 304.Embellish for me solitude in prayer whispered to You by night and by day! 305.Give me a preservation which will bring me close to dread of You, 306.cut me off from committing things made unlawful by You, 307.and spare me from captivation by dreadful sins! 308.Give me purification from the defilement of disobedience, 309.take away from me the filth of offenses, 310.dress me in the dress of Your well-being, 311.cloak me in the cloak of Your release, 312.wrap me in Your ample favours, 313.and clothe me in Your bounty and Your graciousness! 314.Strengthen me with Your giving success and Your pointing the right way, 315.help me toward righteous intention, pleasing words, and approved works, 316.and entrust me not to my force and my strength in place of Your force and Your strength! 317.Degrade me not on the day You raisest me up to meet You, 318.disgrace me not before Your friends, 319.make me not forget remembering You, take not away from me thanking You, 320.but enjoin it upon me in states of inattention when the ignorant are heedless of Your boons, 321.and inspire me to laud what You hast done for me 322.and confess to what You hast conferred upon me! 323.Place my beseeching You above the beseeching of the beseechers 324.and my praise of You above the praise of the praisers! 325.Abandon me not with my neediness for You, 326.destroy me not for what I have done for You, 327.and slap not my brow with that with which You slappest the brow of those who contend with You, 328.for I am submitted to You. I know that the argument is Thine, 329.that You art closest to bounty, most accustomed to beneficence, 330."worthy of reverent fear, and worthy of forgiveness" (75:56), 331.that You art closer to pardoning than to punishing, 332.and that You art nearer to covering over than to making notorious! 333.Let me live an agreeable life that will tie together what I want 334.and reach what I love while I not bring what You dislikest 335.and not commit what You hast prohibited; 336.and make me die the death of him whose light runs before him and on his right hand! 337.Abase me before Yourself and exalt me before Your creatures, 338.lower me when I am alone with You and raise me among Your servants, 339.free me from need for him who has no need of me 340.and increase me in neediness and poverty toward You! 341.Give me refuge from the gloating of enemies, 342.the arrival of affliction, lowliness and suffering! 343.Shield me in what You seest from me, 344.the shielding of him who would have power over violence had he no clemency, 345.and would seize for misdeeds had he no lack of haste! 346.When You desirest for a people a trial or an evil, deliver me from it, for I seek Your shelter; 347.and since You hast not stood me in the station of disgrace in this world of Thine, stand me not in such a station in the next world of Thine! 348.Couple for me the beginnings of Your kindnesses with their ends 349.and the ancient of Your benefits with the freshly risen! 350.Prolong not my term with a prolonging through which my heart will harden! 351.Strike me not with a striking that will take away my radiance! 352.Visit me not with a meanness that will diminish my worth 353.or a deficiency that will keep my rank unknown! 354.Frighten me not with a fright by which I will despair or a terror through which I will dread, 355.but make me stand in awe of Your threat, 356.take precautions against Your leaving no excuses 357.and Your warning, and tremble at the recitation of Your verses! 358.Fill my night with life by keeping me awake therein for worshipping You, 359.solitude with vigil for You, exclusive devotion to reliance upon You, 360.setting my needs before You, 361.and imploring that You wilt set my neck free from the Fire 362.and grant me sanctuary from Your chastisement, within which its inhabitants dwell! 363.Leave me not blindly wandering in my insolence 364.or inattentive in my perplexity for a time, 365.make me not an admonition to him who takes admonishment, a punishment exemplary for him who takes heed, 366.a trial for him who observes, devise not against me along with those against whom You devisest, 367.replace me not with another, change not my name, 368.transform not my body, appoint me not a mockery for Your creatures, 369.a laughing-stock for Yourself, a follower of anything but Your good pleasure, 370.a menial servant for anything but avenging You! Let me find the coolness of Your pardon 371.and the sweetness of Your mercy, Your repose, Your ease, and the garden of Your bliss! 372.Let me taste, through some of Your boundless plenty, the flavour of being free for what You lovest 373.and striving in what brings about proximity with You and to You, 374.and give me a gift from among Your gifts! 375.Make my commerce profitable and my return without loss, 376.fill me with fear of Your station, make me yearn for the meeting with You, 377.and allow me to repent with an unswerving repentance along with which You lettest no sins remain, small or large, 378.and leavest no wrongs, open or secret! 379.Root out rancour toward the faithful from my breast, 380.bend my heart toward the humble, 381.be toward me as You art toward the righteous, 382.adorn me with the adornment of the godfearing, 383.appoint for me a goodly report among those yet to come 384.and a growing remembrance among the later folk, and take me to the plain of those who came first! 385.Complete the lavishness of Your favour upon me, clothe me in its repeated generosities, 386.fill my hand with Your benefits, drive Your generous gifts to me, 387.make me the neighbour of the best of Your friends 388.in the Gardens which You hast adorned for Your chosen 389.and wrap me in Your noble presents in the stations prepared for Your beloveds! 390.Appoint for me a resting place with You where I may seek haven in serenity, 391.and a resort to which I may revert and rest my eyes, 392.weigh not against me my dreadful misdeeds, 393.destroy me not on "the day the secrets are tried" (86:9), 394.eliminate from me every doubt and uncertainty, 395.appoint for me a way in the truth from every mercy, 396.make plentiful for me the portions of gifts from Your granting of awards, 397.and fill out for me the shares of beneficence from Your bestowal of bounty! 398.Make my heart trust in what is with You 399.and my concern free for what is Thine, 400.employ me in that in which You employest Your pure friends, 401.drench my heart with Your obedience when intellects are distracted, 402.and combine within me independence, continence, ease, release, 403.health, plenty, tranquillity, and well being! 404.Make not fail my good deeds through my disobedience that stains them 405.or my private times of worship through the instigations of Your trial! 406.Safeguard my face from asking from anyone in the world, 407.and drive me far from begging for that which is with the ungodly! 408.Make me not an aid to the wrongdoers, 409.nor their hand and helper in erasing Your Book! 410.Defend me whence I know not with a defense through which You protectest me! 411.Open toward me the gates of Your repentance, Your mercy, Your clemency, and Your boundless provision! 412.Surely I am one of those who beseech You! 413.And complete Your favour toward me! Surely You art the best of those who show favour! 414.Place the rest of my life in the hajj and the 'umra 415.seeking Your face, O Lord of the worlds! 416.And may God bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure, 417.and peace be upon him and them always and forever!

  48. Supplications 48. His Supplication On the Day of Sacrifice and Friday

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    اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ مُبَارَكٌ مَيْمُونٌ وَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِيهِ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي أَقْطَارِ أَرْضِكَ، يَشْهَدُ السَّائِلُ مِنْهُمْ وَ الطَّالِبُ وَ الرَّاغِبُ وَ الرَّاهِبُ وَ أَنْتَ النَّاظِرُ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ هَوَانِ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْمُلْكَ وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ، بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ، ، مَهْمَا قَسَمْتَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ أَوْ عَافِيَةٍ أَوْ بَرَكَةٍ أَوْ هُدًى أَوْ عَمَلٍ بِطَاعَتِكَ ،أَوْ خَيْرٍ تَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ تَهْدِيهِمْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ أَوْ تَرْفَعُ لَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ دَرَجَةً ، أَوْ تُعْطِيهِمْ بِهِ خَيْراً مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ .أَنْ تُوَفِّرَ حَظِّي وَ نَصِيبِي مِنْهُ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِأَنَّ ,لَكَ الْمُلْكَ وَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ حَبِيبِكَ وَ صِفْوَتِكَ ,وَ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَبْرَارِ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ ,صَلَاةً لَا يَقْوَى عَلَى إِحْصَائِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَ أَنْ تُشْرِكَنَا فِي صَالِحِ مَنْ دَعَاكَ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ،يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ ,وَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لَنَا وَ لَهُمْ .إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَيْكَ تَعَمَّدْتُ بِحَاجَتِي وَ بِكَ أَنْزَلْتُ الْيَوْمَ فَقْرِي ،وَ فَاقَتِي وَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَ إِنِّي بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ أَوْثَقُ مِنِّي بِعَمَلِي وَ لَمَغْفِرَتُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَ تَوَلَّ قَضَاءَ كُلِّ حَاجَةٍ هِيَ لِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهَا ، وَ تَيْسِيرِ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ وَ بِفَقْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَ غِنَاكَ عَنِّي ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أُصِبْ خَيْراً قَطُّ إِلَّا مِنْكَ ، وَ لَمْ يَصْرِفْ عَنِّي سُوءاً قَطُّ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ وَ لَا أَرْجُو لِأَمْرِ آخِرَتِي وَ دُنْيَايَ سِوَاكَ اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ تَهَيَّأَ وَ تَعَبَّأَ وَ أَعَدَّ وَ اسْتَعَدَّ لِوِفَادَةٍ إِلَى مَخْلُوقٍ رَجَاءَ رِفْدِهِ وَ نَوَافِلِهِ وَ طَلَبَ نَيْلِهِ وَ جَائِزَتِهِ فَإِلَيْكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ كَانَتِ الْيَوْمَ تَهْيِئَتِي وَ تَعْبِئَتِي وَ إِعْدَادِي وَ اسْتِعْدَادِي رَجَاءَ عَفْوِكَ وَ رِفْدِكَ وَ طَلَبَ نَيْلِكَ وَ جَائِزَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تُخَيِّبِ الْيَوْمَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَجَائِي، يَا مَنْ لَا يُحْفِيهِ سَائِلٌ وَ لَا يَنْقُصُهُ نَائِلٌ فَإِنِّي لَمْ آتِكَ ثِقَةً مِنِّي بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ قَدَّمْتُهُ وَ لَا شَفَاعَةِ مَخْلُوقٍ رَجَوْتُهُ إِلَّا شَفَاعَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَلَامُكَ أَتَيْتُكَ مُقِرّاً بِالْجُرْمِ وَ الْإِسَاءَةِ إِلَى نَفْسِي أَتَيْتُكَ أَرْجُو عَظِيمَ عَفْوِكَ الَّذِي عَفَوْتَ بِهِ عَنِ الْخَاطِئِينَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ طُولُ عُكُوفِهِمْ عَلَى عَظِيمِ الْجُرْمِ أَنْ عُدْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَيَا مَنْ رَحْمَتُهُ وَاسِعَةٌ وَ عَفْوُهُ عَظِيمٌ ، يَا عَظِيمُ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عُدْ عَلَيَّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ تَعَطَّفْ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ تَوَسَّعْ عَلَيَّ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ . اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَقَامَ لِخُلَفَائِكَ وَ أَصْفِيَائِكَ وَ مَوَاضِعَ أُمَنَائِكَ فِي الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَصَصْتَهُمْ بِهَا قَدِ ابْتَزُّوهَا وَ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّرُ لِذَلِكَ لَا يُغَالَبُ أَمْرُكَ وَ لَا يُجَاوَزُ الْمَحْتُومُ مِنْ تَدْبِيرِكَ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَ أَنَّى شِئْتَ وَ لِمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ غَيْرُ مُتَّهَمٍ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ وَ لَا لِإِرَادَتِكَ حَتَّى عَادَ صِفْوَتُكَ وَ خُلَفَاؤُكَ مَغْلُوبِينَ مَقْهُورِينَ مُبْتَزِّينَ يَرَوْنَ حُكْمَكَ مُبَدَّلًا وَ كِتَابَكَ مَنْبُوذاً ، وَ فَرَائِضَكَ مُحَرَّفَةً عَنْ جِهَاتِ أَشْرَاعِكَ وَ سُنَنَ نَبِيِّكَ مَتْرُوكَةً اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِفِعَالِهِمْ وَ أَشْيَاعَهُمْ وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ كَصَلَوَاتِكَ وَ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَ تَحِيَّاتِكَ عَلَى أَصْفِيَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ عَجِّلِ الْفَرَجَ وَ الرَّوْحَ وَ النُّصْرَةَ وَ التَّمْكِينَ وَ التَّأْيِيدَ لَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّوْحِيدِ وَ الْإِيمَانِ بِكَ وَ التَّصْدِيقِ بِرَسُولِكَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ الَّذِينَ حَتَمْتَ طَاعَتَهُمْ مِمَّنْ يَجْرِي ذَلِكَ بِهِ وَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ لَيْسَ يَرُدُّ غَضَبَكَ إِلَّا حِلْمُكَ ، وَ لَا يَرُدُّ سَخَطَكَ إِلَّا عَفْوُكَ وَ لا يُجِيرُ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَتُكَ وَ لَا يُنْجِينِي مِنْكَ إِلَّا التَّضَرُّعُ إِلَيْكَ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ هَبْ لَنَا يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ فَرَجاً بِالْقُدْرَةِالَّتِي بِهَا تُحْيِي أَمْوَاتَ الْعِبَادِ وَ بِهَا تَنْشُرُ مَيْتَ الْبِلَادِ . وَ لَا تُهْلِكْنِي يَا إِلَهِي غَمّاً حَتَّى تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي وَ تُعَرِّفَنِي الْإِجَابَةَ فِي دُعَائِي وَ أَذِقْنِي طَعْمَ الْعَافِيَةِ إِلَى مُنْتَهَى أَجَلِي وَ لَا تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوِّي وَ لَا تُمَكِّنْهُ مِنْ عُنُقِي وَ لَا تُسَلِّطْهُ عَلَيَّ إِلَهِي إِنْ رَفَعْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَضَعُنِي وَ إِنْ وَضَعْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَرْفَعُنِي وَ إِنْ أَكْرَمْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُهِينُنِي وَ إِنْ أَهَنْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُكْرِمُنِي وَ إِنْ عَذَّبْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَرْحَمُنِي وَ إِنْ أَهْلَكْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَعْرِضُ لَكَ فِي عَبْدِكَ أَوْ يَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ وَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي حُكْمِكَ ظُلْمٌ وَ لَا فِي نَقِمَتِكَ عَجَلَةٌ وَ إِنَّمَا يَعْجَلُ مَنْ يَخَافُ الْفَوْتَ وَ إِنَّمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى الظُّلْمِ الضَّعِيفُ وَ قَدْ تَعَالَيْتَ يَا إِلَهِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي لِلْبَلَاءِ غَرَضاً ، وَ لَا لِنَقِمَتِكَ نَصَباً وَ مَهِّلْنِي، وَ نَفِّسْنِي وَ أَقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي وَ لَا تَبْتَلِيَنِّي بِبَلَاءٍ عَلَى أَثَرِ بَلَاءٍ فَقَدْ تَرَى ضَعْفِي وَ قِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي وَ تَضَرُّعِي إِلَيْكَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعِذْنِي. ، وَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَجِرْنِي وَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَمْناً مِنْ عَذَابِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ آمِنِّي وَ أَسْتَهْدِيكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اهْدِنِي وَ أَسْتَنْصِرُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ انْصُرْنِي وَ أَسْتَرْحِمُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ ارْحَمْنِي وَ أَسْتَكْفِيكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اكْفِنِي وَ أَسْتَرْزِقُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ ارْزُقْنِي وَ أَسْتَعِينُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعِنِّي وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا سَلَفَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ أَسْتَعْصِمُكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اعْصِمْنِي فَإِنِّي لَنْ أَعُودَ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ كَرِهْتَهُ مِنِّي إِنْ شِئْتَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ، يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اسْتَجِبْ لِي جَمِيعَ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ وَ طَلَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَ رَغِبْتُ فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَرِدْهُ وَ قَدِّرْهُ وَ اقْضِهِ وَ أَمْضِهِ وَ خِرْ لِي فِيمَا تَقْضِي مِنْه وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ وَ تَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ بِهِ وَ أَسْعِدْنِي بِمَا تُعْطِينِي مِنْهُ وَ زِدْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ سَعَةِ مَا عِنْدَكَ فَإِنَّكَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ وَ صِلْ ذَلِكَ بِخَيْرِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ نَعِيمِهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ تَدْعُو بِمَا بَدَا لَكَ، وَ تُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ هَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

    1.O God, this is a blessed and fortunate day, 2.within which the Muslims are gathered in the quarters of Your earth. 3.Among them are present the asker, the seeker, the beseecher, the fearful, 4.while You art looking upon their needs. 5.So I ask You by Your munificence and generosity and easy upon You is what I ask You! 6.- that You blessest Muhammad and his Household 7.And I ask You, O God, our Lord -for Thine is the kingdom and Thine is the praise 8.there is no god but Thou,the Clement, the Generous,the All-loving, the All-kind, 9.Possessor of majesty and munificence,Originator of the heavens and the earth 10.whenever You apportionest among Your faithful servants 11.good, well being, blessing, guidance, works in obedience to You, 12.or good through which You art kind to them by guiding them to You, 13.or raisest them up a degree with You, 14.or givest them the good of this world or the next, 15.that You givest me amply my share and allotment of it. 16.And I ask You, O God - 17.for Thine is the kingdom and the praise; 18.there is no god but You - 19.that You blessest Muhammad 20.Your servant and Your messenger, 21.Your beloved and Your selected friend, 22.Your chosen from among Your creation, 23.and the Household of Muhammad, the pious, the pure, the chosen, 24.with a blessing no one has strength to count but Thou, 25.that You associatest us with 26.the most righteous of those who supplicate You today 27.of Your faithful servants 28.- O Lord of the worlds!— 29.and that You forgivest us and them! 30."Surely You art powerful over everything" (3:26). 31.O God, toward You I aim with my need 32.and before You today I set my poverty, 33.my neediness, my misery, 34.for I have more trust in Your forgiveness and Your mercy than in my own works. 35.Your forgiveness and Your mercy are vaster than my sins. 36.So bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 37.and attend to the accomplishment of every need of mine through 38.Your power over it, 39.its easiness for You, 40.my poverty toward You, 41.and Your freedom from need for me! 42.I will come upon no good whatsoever unless through You, 43.no one other than You will turn any evil away from me, 44.and I have hope in none but You for my affair 45.in the next world and in this world. 46.O God, if anyone has ever arranged, made ready, 47.prepared, and drawn himself up 48.to be received by a creature 49.in hope of his support and awards, 50.then today toward You, my Master, 51.is my arrangement, my making ready, 52.my preparation, and my drawing up 53.in hope of Your pardon and support 54.and in seeking to attain to You and Your prize. 55.O God, so bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad 56.and disappoint not my hope in that today! 57.O He who is not troubled by those who ask 58.and diminished by those who attain their desire! 59.I come not before You trusting 60.in a righteous work I have sent ahead, 61.nor in the intercession of any creature in whom I have hope, 62.except the intercession of Muhammad and the Folk of his House 63.(upon him and upon them be Your peace). 64.I come to You admitting sin and evildoing toward myself. 65.I come to You hoping for Your abounding pardon 66.through which You hast pardoned the offenders, 67.while their long persistence in dreadful sin did not prevent You 68.from returning toward them with mercy and forgiveness! 69.O He whose mercy is wide 70.and whose pardon is abounding! 71.O All-mighty! O All-mighty! 72.O All-generous! O All-generous! 73.Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 74.return toward me through Your mercy, 75.be tender toward me through Your bounty, 76.and spread out Your forgiveness upon me! 77.O God, this station belongs to Your vicegerents, Your chosen, 78.while the places of Your trusted ones 79.in the elevated degree which You hast singled out for them 80.have been forcibly stripped! 81.But You art the Ordainer of that - 82.Your command is not overcome, 83.the inevitable in Your governing is not overstepped! 84.However You willest and whenever You willest! 85.In that which You knowest best, 86.Thou art not accused for Your creation or Your will! 87.Then Your selected friends, Your vicegerents, 88.were overcome, vanquished, forcibly stripped; 89.they see Your decree replaced, 90.Your Book discarded, 91.Your obligations distorted from the aims of Your laws, 92.and the Sunna of Your Prophet abandoned! 93.O God, curse their enemies among those of old and the later folk, 94.and all those pleased with their acts, 95.and their adherents and followers! 96.O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad 97.(surely You art All-laudable, All-glorious) 98.like Your blessing, benedictions, and salutations 99.upon Your chosen Abraham and the people of Abraham! 100.And hasten for them relief, 101.ease, help, strengthening,and confirmation! 102.O God, and make me 103.one of the people who profess Your Unity, 104.have faith in You, 105.and attest to Your Messenger 106.and the Imams toward whom You hast enjoined obedience, 107.and one of those through whom and at whose hands this takes place! 108.Amen, Lord of the worlds! 109.O God, nothing repels Your wrath but Your clemency, 110.nothing repels Your displeasure but Your pardon, 111.nothing grants sanctuary from Your punishment but Your mercy, 112.and nothing will deliver me from You 113.except pleading to You before You, 114.so bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 115.and give us on Your part, my God, relief 116.by means of the power through which You bringest the dead servants to life 117.and revivest the dead lands. 118.Destroy me not through gloom, my God, 119.before You respondest to me 120.and givest me the knowledge of Your response to my supplication! 121.Let me taste the flavour of well-being to the end of my term! 122.And let not my enemy gloat over me, 123.place not my neck in his power, 124.and give him not authority over me! 125.My God, if You raisest me up, 126.who is there to push me down? 127.If You pushest me down, 128.who is there to raise me up? 129.If You honourest me, 130.who is there to humiliate me? 131.If You humiliatest me, 132.who is there to honour me? 133.If You chastisest me, 134.who is there to have mercy upon me? 135.If You destroyest me, 136.who is there to stand up for Your servant against You 137.or ask You about his affair? 138.But I know that there is no wrong in Your decree 139.and no hurry in Your vengeance. 140.He alone hurries who fears to miss, 141.and only the weak needs to wrong. 142.But You art exalted, my God, 143.high indeed above all that! 144.O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 145.make me not the target of affliction 146.nor the object of Your vengeance, 147.respite me, comfort me, 148.release me from my stumble, 149.and afflict me not with an affliction 150.in the wake of an affliction, 151.for You hast seen my frailty, 152.the paucity of my stratagems, 153.and my pleading to You! 154.I seek refuge in You today, my God, from Your wrath, 155.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me refuge! 156.I seek sanctuary in You today from Your displeasure, 157.so bless Muhammad and his Household, and give me sanctuary! 158.I ask You security from Your chastisement, 159.so bless Muhammad and his Household, and give me security! 160.I seek guidance from You, 161.so bless Muhammad and his Household and guide me! 162.I seek help from You, 163.so bless Muhammad and his Household and help me! 164.I ask You for mercy, 165.so bless Muhammad and his Household and have mercy upon me! 166.I seek sufficiency from You, 167.so bless Muhammad and his Household and suffice me! 168.I seek provision from You, 169.so bless Muhammad and his Household and provide for me! 170.I seek assistance from You, 171.so bless Muhammad and his Household and assist me! 172.I pray forgiveness for my past sins, 173.so bless Muhammad and his Household and forgive me! 174.I ask You to preserve me from sin, 175.so bless Muhammad and his Household and preserve me, 176.for I will not return to anything You dislikest from me, if You willest that! 177.My Lord! My Lord! O All-loving! O All-kind! 178.O Possessor of majesty and munificence! 179.Bless Muhammad and his Household, 180.and grant me everything 181.that I ask from You, seek from You, 182.and beseech from You! 183.Will it, ordain it, decree it, and accomplish it! 184.Give me good in that of it which You decreest! 185.Bless me in that, 186.be gratuitously bountiful toward me through it, 187.make me happy in that of it which You givest to me, 188.and increase me in Your bounty 189.and the plenty of what is with You, 190.for You art Boundless, Generous! 191.And link that to the good and the bliss of the next world, 192.O Most Merciful of the merciful! 193.Then you supplicate as seems proper to you and you call down blessings on Muhammed and his Household one thousand times. this is what he used to do (upon him be peace).

  49. Supplications 49. Repelling the trickery of enemies

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    إلهِي هَدَيْتَنِي فَلَهَوْتُ، وَوَعَظْتَ فَقَسَوْتُ، وَأَبْلَيْتَ الْجَمِيلَ فَعَصَيْتُ، ثُمَّ عَرَفْتُ مَا أَصْدَرْتَ؟ إذْ عَرَّفْتَنِيهِ فَاسْتَغْفَرْتُ، فَأَقَلْتَ فَعُدتُ، فَسَتَرْتَ فَلَكَ إلهِي الْحَمْدُ. تَقَحَّمْتُ أَوْدِيَةَ الْهَلاَكِ، وَحَلَلْتُ شِعَابَ تَلَف تَعَرَّضْتُ فِيهَا لِسَطَوَاتِكَ، وَبِحُلُولِهَا عُقُوبَاتِكَ، وَوَسِيلَتِي إلَيْكَ التَّوْحِيدُ، وَذَرِيْعَتِي أَنِّي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِكَ شَيْئاً، وَلَمْ أَتَّخِذْ مَعَكَ إلهاً، وَقَدْ فَرَرْتُ إلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي، وَإلَيْكَ مَفَرُّ الْمُسِيءِ، وَمَفْزَعُ الْمُضَيِّعِ لِحَظِّ نَفْسِهِ، الْمُلْتَجِئِ. فَكَمْ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ انْتَضى عَلَيَّ سَيْفَ عَدَاوَتِهِ، وَشَحَذَ لِيْ ظُبَةَ مُدْيَتِهِ، وَأَرْهَفَ لِي شَبَا حَدِّهِ، وَدَافَ لِيْ قَوَاتِلَ سُمُومِهِ، وَسَدَّدَ نَحْوِي صَوَائِبَ سِهَامِهِ، وَلَمْ تَنَمْ عَنِّي عَيْنُ حِرَاسَتِهِ، وَأَضْمَرَ أَنْ يَسُومَنِي الْمَكْرُوهَ وَيُجَرِّ عَنِّي زُعَافَ مَرَارَتِهِ ، فَنَظَرْتَ يا إلهِيْ إلَى ضَعْفِي عَنِ احْتِمَـالِ الْفَـوَادِحِ ، وَعَجْزِي عَنِ الانْتِصَارِ مِمَّنْ قَصَدَنِيْ بِمُحَارَبَتِهِ، وَوَحْدَتِي فِي كَثِيرِ عَدَدِ مَنْ نَاوَانِيْ وَأَرْصَدَ لِيْ بِالْبَلاءِ فِيمَا لَمْ أُعْمِلْ فِيهِ فِكْرِي، فَابْتَدَأْتَنِي بِنَصْرِكَ، وَشَدَدْتَ أَزْرِي بِقُوَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ فَلَلْتَ لِيَ حَدَّهُ، وَصَيَّرْتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ جَمْع عَدِيْد وَحْدَهُ، وَأَعْلَيْتَ كَعْبِي عَلَيْهِ، وَجَعَلْتَ مَا سَدَّدَهُ مَرْدُوداً عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَدْتَهُ لَمْ يَشْفِ غَيْظَهُ، وَلَمْ يَسْكُنْ غَلِيلُهُ، قَدْ عَضَّ عَلَى شَوَاهُ، وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّياً قَدْ أَخْلَفَتَ سَرَاياهُ. وَكَمْ مِنْ باغ بَغانِيْ بِمَكَائِدِهِ، وَنَصَبَ لِيْ شَرَكَ مَصَائِدِهِ، وَوَكَّلَ بِيْ تَفَقُّدَ رِعَايَتِهِ، وَأَظْبَأَ إلَيَّ إظْبَآءَ السَّبُعِ لِطَرِيْدَتِهِ، انْتِظَـاراً لانْتِهَازِ الْفُرْصَةِ لِفَرِيسَتِهِ، وَهُوَ يُظْهِرُ لِيْ بَشَاشَةَ المَلَقِ، وَيَنْظُـرُنِي عَلَى شِدَّةِ الْحَنَقِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتَ يَا إلهِي تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ دَغَلْ سَرِيرَتِهِ، وَقُبْحَ مَا انْطَوى عَلَيْهِ، أَرْكَسْتَهُ لِاُمِّ رَأْسِهِ فِي زُبْيَتِهِ، وَرَدَدْتَهُ فِي مَهْوى حُفْرَتِهِ، فَانْقَمَعَ بَعْدَ اسْتِطَالَتِهِ ذَلِيلاً فِي رِبَقِ حِبالتِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُقَدِّرُ أَنْ يَرَانِي فِيهَا، وَقَدْ كَادَ أَنْ يَحُلَّ بِيْ لَوْلاَ رَحْمَتُكَ مَا حَلَّ بِسَاحَتِهِ. وَكَمْ مِنْ حَاسِد قَدْ شَرِقَ بِي بِغُصَّتِهِ، وَشَجِيَ مِنِّي بِغَيْظِهِ، وَسَلَقَنِي بِحَدِّ لِسَانِهِ، وَوَحَرَنِي بِقَرْفِ عُيُوبِهِ، وَجَعَلَ عِرْضِيْ غَرَضاً لِمَرَامِيهِ، وَقَلَّدَنِي خِلاَلاً لَمْ تَزَلْ فِيهِ، وَوَحَرنِي بِكَيْدِهِ، وَقَصَدَنِي بِمَكِيدَتِهِ، فَنَادَيْتُكَ يَا إلهِي مُسْتَغِيْثاً بِكَ، وَاثِقاً بِسُرْعَةِ إجَابَتِكَ، عَالِماً أَنَّهُ لاَ يُضْطَهَدُ مَنْ آوى إلَى ظِلِّ كَنَفِكَ، وَلاَ يَفْزَعُ مَنْ لَجَأَ إلَى مَعْقِل انْتِصَارِكَ، فَحَصَّنْتَنِي مِنْ بَأْسِهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ. وَكَمْ مِنْ سَحَائِبِ مَكْرُوه جَلَّيْتَهَا عَنِّي، وَسَحَائِبِ نِعَم أَمْطَرْتَهَا عَلَيَّ، وَجَدَاوِلِ رَحْمَة نَشَرْتَهَا، وَعَافِيَة أَلْبَسْتَهَا، وَأَعْيُنِ أَحدَاث طَمَسْتَهَا، وَغَواشي كُرُبَات كَشَفْتَهَا، وَكَمْ مِنْ ظَنٍّ حَسَن حَقَّقْتَ، وَعَدَم جَبَرْتَ، وَصَرْعَة أَنْعَشْتَ وَمَسْكَنَة، حَوَّلْتَ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ إنْعَامَاً وَتَطَوُّلاً مِنْكَ، وَفِي جَمِيعِهِ انْهِمَاكاً مِنِّي عَلَى مَعَاصِيْكَ، لَمْ تَمْنَعْكَ إساءَتِي عَنْ إتْمَامِ إحْسَانِكَ، وَلاَ حَجَرَنِي ذالِكَ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ مَسَاخِطِكَ، لاَ تُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَفْعَلُ، وَلَقَدْ سُئِلْتَ فَأَعْطَيْتَ، وَلَمْ تُسْأَلْ فابْتَدَأْتَ، وَاسْتُمِيحَ فَضْلُكَ فَمَا أَكْدَيْتَ، أَبَيْتَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ إلاَّ إحْسَانَـاً وَامْتِنَاناً وَتَطوُّلاً وَإنْعَامـاً ، وَأَبَيْتُ إلاَّ تَقَحُّماً لِحُرُماتِكَ، وَتَعَدِّياً لِحُدُودِكَ، وَغَفْلَةً عَنْ وَعِيدِكَ. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ إلهِي مِنْ مُقْتَدِر لاَ يُغْلَبُ، وَذِي أَناة لاَ تَعْجَلُ. هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ بِسبوغِ النِّعَمِ، وَقَابَلَهَا بِالتَّقْصِيرِ، وَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالتَّضْيِيْعِ. أللَّهُمَّ فَإنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إلَيْكَ بِالْمُحَمَّدِيَّةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ، وَالْعَلَوِيَّةِ الْبَيْضَآءِ، وَأَتَـوَجَّهُ إلَيْكَ بِهِمَا، تُعِيذَنِيْ مِنْ شَرِّ [كَذَا وَكَذَا] فَإنَّ ذَالِكَ لا يَضِيْقُ عَلَيْكَ فِي وُجْدِكَ، وَلاَ يَتَكَأدُّكَ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ، فَهَبْ لِي يا إلهِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَدَوَامِ تَوْفِيقِكَ، مَا أَتَّخِذُهُ سُلَّماً أَعْرُجُ بِهِ إلى رِضْوَانِكَ، وَآمَنُ بِهِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    1.My God, You guided me but I diverted myself, 2.You admonished me but my heart became hardened, 3.You tried me graciously but I disobeyed. 4.Then, when You caused me to know it, I came to know that from 5.which You hadst turned [me] away, so I prayed forgiveness and You released, and I returned 6.and You covered over. So Thine, my God, is the praise! 7.I plunged into the valleys of destruction 8.and settled in the ravines of ruin, exposing myself to Your chastisements 9.and the descent of Your punishments! 10.My mediation with You is the profession of Unity, 11.my way of coming to You that I associate nothing with You, 12.nor do I take along with You a god; 13.I have fled to You with my soul - 14.in You is the place of flight for the evildoer, 15.the place of escape for him who has squandered the share of his soul and seeks asylum. 16.How many an enemy has unsheathed the sword of his enmity toward me, 17.honed the cutting edge of his knife for me, 18.sharpened the tip of his blade for me, 19.mixed his killing potions for me, 20.pointed toward me his straight-flying arrows, 21.not allowed the eye of his watchfulness to sleep toward me, 22.and secretly thought of visiting me with something hateful and making me gulp down the bitter water of his bile! 23.So You looked my God, at my weakness in bearing oppressive burdens, 24.my inability to gain victory over him who aims to war against me, 25.and my being alone before the great numbers of him who is hostile toward me 26.and lies in wait for me with an affliction about which I have not thought. 27.You set out at once to help me 28.and You braced up my back! 29.You blunted for me his blade, 30.made him, after a great multitude, solitary, 31.raised up my heel over him, 32.and turned back upon him what he had pointed straight. 33.So You sent him back, his rage not calmed, 34.his burning thirst not quenched! 35.Biting his fingers, 36.he turned his back in flight, his columns having been of no use. 37.How many an oppressor has oppressed me with his tricks, 38.set up for me the net of his snares, 39.appointed over me the inspection of his regard, 40.and lay in ambush for me, the lying in ambush of a predator for its game, 41.waiting to take advantage of its prey, 42.while he showed me the smile of the flatterer 43.and looked at me with the intensity of fury! 44.So when You saw, my God, (blessed art You and high exalted) the depravity of his secret thoughts 45.and the ugliness of what he harboured, You threw him on his head into his own pitfall 46.and dumped him into the hole of his own digging. 47.So he was brought down low, after his overbearing, by the nooses of his own snare, 48.wherein he had thought he would see me; 49.and what came down upon his courtyard - had it not been for Your mercy - was on the point of coming down upon me! 50.How many an evier has choked upon me in his agony, 51.fumed over me in his rage, cut me with the edge of his tongue, 52.showed malice toward me by accusing me of his own faults, 53.made my good repute the target of his shots, 54.collared me with his own constant defects, 55.showed malice toward me with his trickery, and aimed at me with his tricks! 56.So I called upon You, my God, seeking aid from You, 57.trusting in the speed of Your response, 58.knowing that he who seeks haven in the shadow of Your wing will not be mistreated, 59.and he who seeks asylum in the stronghold of Your victory will not be frightened. 60.So You fortified me against his severity through Your power. 61.How many a cloud of detested things You hast dispelled from me, 62.a cloud of favour You hast made rain down upon me, 63.a stream of mercy You hast let flow, 64.a well-being in which You hast clothed me, an eye of mishap You hast blinded, 65.and a wrap of distress You hast removed! 66.How many a good opinion You hast verified, a destitution You hast redressed, 67.an infirmity You hast restored to health, and a misery You hast transformed! 68.All of that was favour and graciousness from You, 69.and in all of it I was occupied with acts of disobeying You. 70.My evildoing did not hinder You from completing Your beneficence, 71.nor was I stopped from committing acts displeasing to You. 72.You art not questioned as to what You dost! You wert asked, and You bestowed. 73.You wert not asked, and You began. Your bounty was requested, and You didst not skimp. 74.You refused, my Master, everything but beneficence, 75.kindness, graciousness, and favour, 76.and I refused everything but plunging into what You hast made unlawful, 77.transgressing Your bounds, and paying no heed to Your threat! 78.So Thine is the praise, my God, the All-powerful who is not overcome, 79.and the Possessor of patient waiting who does not hurry! 80.This is the station of one who confesses to lavishness of favours, 81.counters them with shortcomings, and bears witness to his own negligence. 82.O God, so I seek nearness to You through the elevated rank of Muhammad and the radiant degree of 'Ali, 83.and I turn to You through them so that You wilt give me 84.refuge from the evil of [so and so], 85.for that will not constrain You in Your wealth, 86.nor trouble You in Your power, 87.and You art powerful over everything! 88.So give me, my God, by Your mercy and Your lasting bestowal of success, 89.that which I may take as a ladder with which to climb to Your good pleasure 90.and be secure from Your punishment, O Most merciful of the merciful!

  50. Supplications 50. His Supplication in Fear

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    أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنِي سَوِيّاً، وَرَبَّيْتَنِي صَغِيراً، وَرَزَقْتَنِي مَكْفِيّاً. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي وَجَدْتُ فِيمَا أَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ، وَبَشَّرْتَ بِهِ عِبَادِكَ، أَنْ قُلْتَ: (يا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لاَ تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ إنَّ اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً) وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ مِنِّي مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، فَيَا سَوْأَتا مِمَّا أَحْصَاهُ عَلَيَّ كِتَابُكَ، فَلَوْلاَ الْمَوَاقِفُ الَّتِي أُؤَمِّلُ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ الَّذِي شَمِلَ كُلَّ شَيْء لاَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِي، وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَداً اسْتَطاعَ الْهَرَبَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِالهَرَبِ، وَأَنْتَ لاَ تَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ خَافِيَةٌ فِي الاَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَآءِ إلاَّ أَتَيْتَ بِهَا، وَكَفى بِكَ جَازِياً، وَكَفى بِكَ حَسِيباً. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ طَالِبِي إنْ أَنَا هَرَبْتُ، وَمُدْرِكِي إنْ أَنَا فَرَرْتُ، فَهَا أَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ خَاضِعٌ ذَلِيلٌ رَاغِمٌ، إنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَإنّي لِذلِكَ أَهْلٌ، وَهُوَ يَارَبِّ مِنْكَ عَدْلٌ، وَإنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّي فَقَدِيماً شَمَلَنِي عَفْوُكَ، سْتَنِي عَافِيَتَكَ. فَأَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِالْمَخْزونِ مِنْ أَسْمائِكَ، وَبِمَا وَارتْهُ الْحُجُبُ مِنْ بَهَائِكَ، إلاَّ رَحِمْتَ هذِهِ النَّفْسَ الْجَزُوعَةَ، وَهَذِهِ الرِّمَّةَ الْهَلُوعَةَ، الَّتِي لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ شَمْسِكَ، فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ نارِكَ؟ وَالَّتِي لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ رَعْدِكَ، فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ غَضَبِكَ؟ فَارْحَمْنِي اللَّهُمَّ فَإنِّي امْرُؤٌ حَقِيرٌ، وَخَطَرِي يَسِيرٌ، وَلَيْسَ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّة، وَلَوْ أَنَّ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ لَسَأَلْتُكَ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذلِكَ لَكَ، وَلكِنْ سُلْطَانُكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْظَمُ، وَمُلْكُكَ أَدْوَمُ مِنْ أَنْ تَزِيـدَ فِيْهِ طَاعَةُ الْمُطِيعِينَ، أَوْ تُنْقِصَ مِنْهُ مَعْصِيَةُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ. فَارْحَمْنِي يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، وَتَجاوَزْ عَنِّي يا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ، وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.

    1.O God, You created me without fault, 2.nurtured me when small, and provided me with sufficiency. 3.O God, I found in the Book which You sent down 4.and through which You gave good news to Your servants, 5.that You said, O My servants who hare been prodigal against yourselves, 6.do not despair of God's mercy, surely God forgives all sins, 7.but there has gone ahead from me what You knowest 8.(and of which You knowest more than I)! 9.O the shame of what Your Book has counted against me! 10.Were it not for the places where I expectantly hope for Your pardon, 11.which enfolds all things, I would have thrown myself down [in despair]! 12.Were anyone able to flee from his Lord, 13.I would be the most obligated to flee from You! 14.But not a secret in earth and heaven is concealed from You, 15.except that You bringest it. 16.You sufficest as a recompenser! You sufficest as a reckoner! 17.O God, surely You wouldst seek me if I flee 18.and catch me if I run. 19.So here I am before You, abject, lowly, abased. 20.If You chastisest me, I am worthy of that, 21.and it would be, my Lord, an act of justice from You. 22.But if You pardonest me, anciently has Your pardon enfolded me 23.and Your well-being garmented me! 24.So I ask You, O God, by Your names stored in Your treasury 25.and Your splendour masked by the veils! 26.If You hast no mercy upon this anxious soul 27.and these uneasy, decaying bones - 28.he cannot endure the heat of Your sun, 29.so how can he endure the heat of Your Fire? 30.He cannot endure the sound of Your thunder, 31.so how can he endure the sound of Your wrath? 32.So have mercy upon me, O God, for I am a vile man and my worth is little. 33.Chastising me will not add the weight of a dust mote to Your kingdom. 34.Were chastising me something that would add to Your kingdom, 35.I would ask You for patience to bear it 36.and would love for it to belong to You; 37.but Your authority, my God, is mightier, 38.and Your kingdom more lasting, than that the obedience of the obeyers should increase it 39.or the disobedience of the sinners diminish it! 40.So have mercy upon me, O Most Merciful of the merciful! 41.Show me forbearance, O Possessor of majesty and munificence! 42.And turn toward me, Surely You art Ever-turning, All-compassionate!

  51. Supplications 51. In Pleading and Abasement

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    إلهِي أَحْمَـدُكَ ـ وَأَنْتَ لِلْحَمْدِ أَهْلٌ ـ عَلَى حُسْنِ صَنِيعِكَ إلَيَّ، وَسُبُـوغِ نَعْمَآئِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَجَزِيْلِ عَطَآئِكَ عِنْدِي، وَعَلَى ما فَضَّلْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَسْبَغْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ، فَقَدِ اصْطَنَعْتَ عِنْدِي ما يَعْجِزُ عَنُهُ شُكْرِي، وَلَوْلاَ إحْسَانُكَ، إلَيَّ وَسُبُوغُ نَعْمَآئِـكَ عَلَيَّ مَا بَلَغْتُ إحْرازَ حَظِّي، وَلاَ إصْلاَحَ نَفْسِي، وَلكِنَّكَ ابْتَدَأْتَنِي بِالإحْسَانِ، وَرَزَقْتَنِي فِي أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا الْكِفَايَةَ، وَصَرَفْتَ عَنِّي جَهْدَ الْبَلاءِ، وَمَنَعْتَ مِنِّي مَحْذُورَ الْقَضَآءِ إلهِي فَكَمْ مِنْ بَلاء جَاهِد قَدْ صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي، وَكَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَة سَابِغَة أَقْرَرْتَ بِهَا عَيْنِي، وَكَمْ مِنْ صَنِيعَة كَرِيمَة لَكَ عِنْدِي. أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَجَبْتَ عِنْدَ الاضْطِرَارِ دَعْوَتِي، وَأَقَلْتَ عِنْدَ الْعِثَارِ زَلَّتِي، وَأَخَذْتَ لِي مِنَ الاَعْدَآءِ بِظُلاَمَتِي. إلهِي مَا وَجَدْتُكَ بَخِيلاً حِينَ سَأَلْتُكَ، وَلاَ مُنْقَبِضاً حِينَ أَرَدْتُكَ، بل وَجَدْتُكَ لِدُعَآئِي سَامِعاً، وَلِمَطَالِبِي مُعْطِياً، وَوَجَدْتُ نُعْمَاكَ عَلَيَّ سَابِغَةً، فِي كُلِّ شَأْن مِنْ شَأْنِي، وَكُلِّ زَمَان مِنْ زَمَانِي، فَأَنْتَ عِنْدِي مَحْمُودٌ، وَصَنِيعُكَ لَدَيَّ مَبْرُورٌ، تَحْمَدُكَ نَفْسِي وَلِسَانِيْ وَعَقْلِي حَمْداً يَبْلُغُ الوَفَآءَ وَحَقِيقَةَ الشُّكْرِ، حَمْداً يَكُونُ مَبْلَغَ رِضَاكَ عَنِّي، فَنَجِّنِي مِنْ سَخَطِكَ يَا كَهْفِي حِينَ تُعْيينِي الْمَذَاهِبُ، وَيَا مُقيلِي عَثْرَتِي، فَلَوْلاَ سَتْرُكَ عَوْرَتِي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَفْضُوحِينَ، وَيَا مُؤَيِّدِي بِالنَّصْرِ، فَلَوْلاَ نَصْرُكَ إيَّايَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَغْلُوبِينَ، وَيَا مَنْ وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ نِيرَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عَلى أَعْنَاقِهَا، فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطَواتِهِ خَائِفُونَ، وَيَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى، وَيَا مَنْ لَهُ الأَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنى أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَعْفُوَ عَنِّي، وَتَغْفِرَ لِي فَلَسْتُ، بَرِيئاً فَأَعْتَذِرَ، وَلاَ بِذِي قُوَّة فَأَنْتَصِرَ، وَلاَ مَفَرَّ لِي فَأَفِرَّ. وَأَسْتَقِيْلُكَ عَثَراتِي، وَأَتَنَصَّلُ إلَيْكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي قَدْ أَوْبَقَتْنِي، وَأَحَاطَتْ بِي فَأَهْلَكَتْنِي، مِنْهَا فَرَرْتُ إلَيْكَ رَبِّ تَائِباً، فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَوِّذاً، فَأَعِذْنِي مُسْتَجِيراً، فَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي سَآئِلاً، فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي مُعْتَصِماً، فَلاَ تُسْلِمْنِي دَاعِياً، فَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً، دَعوْتُكَ يَارَبِّ مِسْكِيناً، مُسْتَكِيناً، مُشْفِقاً، خَائِفاً، وَجِلاً، فَقِيراً، مُضْطَرّاً، إلَيْكَ أَشْكُو إلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي ضَعْفَ نَفْسِي عَنِ الْمُسَارَعَةِ فِيمَا وَعَدْتَهُ أَوْلِيَآءَكَ، وَالْمُجَانَبَةِ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَهُ أَعْدَآءَكَ، وَكَثْرَةَ هُمُومِي وَوَسْوَسَةَ نَفْسِي . إلهِي لَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي بِسَرِيرَتِي، وَلَمْ تُهْلِكْنِي بِجَرِيرَتِي، أَدْعُوكَ فَتُجِيبُنِي وَإنْ كُنْتُ بَطِيئاً حِيْنَ تَدْعُونِي. وَأَسْأَلُكَ كُلَّمَا شِئْتُ مِنْ حَوَائِجِي، وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُ وَضَعْتُ عِنْدَكَ سِرِّي، فَلاَ أَدْعُو سِوَاكَ، وَلاَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ، تَسْمَعُ مَنْ شَكَا إلَيْكَ، وَتَلْقى مَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ، وَتُخَلِّصُ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ، وَتُفَرِّجُ عَمَّنْ لاذَ بِكَ. إلهِي فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لِقِلَّةِ شُكْرِي، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي، إنْ تُعَذِّبْ فَأَنَا الظَّالِمُ، الْمُفَرِّطُ، الْمُضَيِّعُ، الاثِمُ، الْمُقَصِّرُ، الْمُضْجِعُ، الُمُغْفِلُ حَظَّ نَفْسِي، وَإنْ تَغْفِرْ فَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    1.My God, I praise You, - and You art worthy of praise - 2.for Your benefaction toward me, the lavishness of Your favours toward me, 3.and Your plentiful bestowal upon me, 4.and for showing bounty toward me through Your mercy 5.and lavishing Your favour upon me. 6.You hast done well toward me and I am incapable of thanking You. Were it not for Your beneficence toward me 7.and the lavishness of Your favours upon me, 8.I would not have reached the taking of my share nor would my soul have been set right, 9.but You began with beneficence toward me, 10.provided me sufficiency in all my affairs, 11.turned away from me the toil of affliction, 12.and held back from me the feared decree. 13.My God, how many a toilsome affliction which You hast turned away from me! 14.How many a lavish favour with which You hast gladdened my eye! 15.How many a generous benefaction of Thine which is present with me! 16.It is You who responded to my supplication at the time of distress, 17.released me from my slip in stumbling, 18.and took my enemies to task for doing wrong to me. 19.My God, I did not find You a miser when I asked of You 20.nor a withholder when I desired from You. 21.No, 1 found You a hearer of my supplication and a bestower of my requests; 22.I found Your favours toward me 23.lavish in my every situation and in my every time. 24.So You art praised by me and Your benefaction honoured. 25.My soul, my tongue, and my intelligence praise You, a praise that reaches fulfilment and the reality of thanksgiving, 26.a praise that attains to Your good pleasure with me - 27.so deliver me from Your displeasure! O my cave when the ways thwart me! 28.O He who releases me from my stumble! 29.Were it not for Your covering my shameful defects, I would be one of the disgraced. 30.O my confirmer through help! 31.Were it not for Your helping me, I would be one of the overcome! 32.O He before whom kings place the yoke of lowliness around their necks, 33.fearing His penalties! O worthy of reverent fear! 34.O He to whom belong the names most beautiful! I ask You to pardon me 35.and to forgive me, for I am not innocent that I should offer excuses, 36.nor a possessor of strength that I should gain victory, 37.nor have I any place of flight that I should flee! I ask You to release me from my stumbles, 38.and before You I disavow my sins, which have laid me waste, 39.encompassed me, and destroyed me! 40.I flee from them to You, my Lord, turning repentantly, 41.so turn toward me, seeking refuge, so grant me refuge, asking sanctuary, 42.so abandon me not, requesting, so deprive me not, holding fast, 43.so leave me not, supplicating, so send me not back disappointed! 44.I have supplicated You, my Lord, as one miserable, abased, 45.apprehensive, fearful, quaking, poor, driven to have recourse to You! 46.I complain to You, my God, of my soul - which is too weak 47.to hurry to that which You hast promised Your friends 48.or to avoid that against which You hast cautioned Your enemies - 49.and of the multitude of my concerns, and of my soul's confusing thoughts. 50.My God, You hast not disgraced me through my secret thoughts 51.or destroyed me because of my misdeeds! I call upon You, and You respondest, 52.even if I am slow when You callest upon me. 53.I ask You everything I want of my needs, 54.and I deposit with You my secret wherever I may be. 55.I supplicate no one besides You, and I hope for no one other than You. 56.At Your service! At Your service! You hearest him who complains to You! 57.You receivest him who has confidence in You! 58.You savest him who holds fast to You! 59.You givest relief to him who seeks shelter in You! 60.My God, so deprive me not of the good of the last world and the first because of the paucity of my thanksgiving 61.and forgive me the sins of mine which You knowest! 62.If You chastisest, I am the wrongdoer, the neglecter, 63.the negligent, the sinner, the derelict, the sluggard, 64.the heedless of the share of my soul! 65.And if You forgivest - You art the Most Merciful of the merciful!

  52. Supplications 52. His Supplication in Imploring God

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    يَا أَللهُ الَّذِي لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَآءِ، وَكَيْفَ يَخْفى عَلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي مَا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهُ؟ وَكَيْفَ لاَ تُحْصِي مَا أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ؟ أَوْ كَيْفَ يَغِيبُ عَنْكَ مَا أَنْتَ تُدَبِّرُهُ؟ أَوْ كَيْفَ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَهْرُبَ مِنْكَ مَنْ لاَ حَياةَ لَهُ إلاَّ بِرِزْقِكَ؟ أَوْ كَيْفَ يَنْجُو مِنْكَ مَنْ لاَ مَذْهَبَ لَهُ فِي غَيْرِ مُلْكِكَ؟ سُبْحَانَكَ! أَخْشى خَلْقِكَ لَكَ أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِكَ، وَأَخْضَعُهُمْ لَكَ أَعْمَلُهُمْ بِطَاعَتِكَ، وَأَهْوَنُهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مَنْ أَنْتَ تَرْزُقُهُ وَهُوَ يَعْبُدُ غَيْرَكَ، سُبْحَانَكَ! لاَ يُنْقِصُ سُلْطَانَكَ مَنْ أَشْرَكَ بِكَ، وَكَذَّبَ رُسُلَكَ، وَلَيْسَ يَسْتَطِيعُ مَنْ كَرِهَ قَضَآءَكَ أَنْ يَرُدَّ أَمْرَكَ، وَلاَ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْكَ مَنْ كَذَّبَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَلاَ يَفُوتُكَ مَنْ عَبَدَ غَيْرَكَ، وَلاَ يُعَمَّرُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَنْ كَرِهَ لِقَآءَكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ! مَا أَعْظَمَ شَأْنَكَ، وَأَقْهَرَ سُلْطَانَكَ، وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّتَكَ، وَأَنْفَذَ أَمْرَكَ! سُبْحَانَكَ! قَضَيْتَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ الْمَوْتَ: مَنْ وَحَّدَكَ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ بِكَ، وَكُلٌّ ذَائِقُ المَوْتِ، وَكُلٌّ صَائِرٌ إلَيْكَ، فَتَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ، وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكَ، وَصَدَّقْتُ رُسُلَكَ وَقَبِلْتُ كِتَابَكَ، وَكَفَرْتُ بِكُلِّ مَعْبُود غَيْرِكَ، وَبَرِئْتُ مِمَّنْ عَبَدَ سِوَاكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أُصْبحُ وَأُمْسِي مُسْتَقِلاًّ لِعَمَلِي، مُعْتَرِفاً بِذَنْبِي، مُقِرَّاً بِخَطَايَايَ، أَنَا بِإسْرَافِي عَلَى نَفْسِي ذَلِيلٌ، عَمَلِي أَهْلَكَنِي، وَهَوَايَ أَرْدَانِي، وَشَهَوَاتِي حَرَمَتْنِي. فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ سُؤالَ مَنْ نَفْسُهُ لاَهِيَةٌ لِطُولِ أَمَلِهِ، وَبَدَنُهُ غَافِلٌ لِسُكُونِ عُرُوقِهِ، وَقَلْبُهُ مَفْتُونٌ بِكَثْرَةِ النِّعَمِ عَلَيْهِ، وَفِكْرُهُ قَلِيلٌ لِمَا هُوَ صَائِرٌ إلَيْهِ، سُؤَالَ مَنْ قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الاَمَلُ، وَفَتَنَهُ الْهَوى، وَاسْتَمْكَنَتْ مِنْهُ الدُّنْيَا، وَأَظَلَّهُ الاَجَلُ، سُؤَالَ مَنِ اسْتَكْثَرَ ذُنُوبَهُ، وَاعْتَرَفَ بِخَطِيئَتِهِ، سُؤَالَ مَنْ لاَ رَبَّ لَهُ غَيْرُكَ، وَلاَ وَلِيَّ لَهُ دُونَكَ، وَلاَ مُنْقِذَ لَهُ مِنْكَ، وَلاَ مَلْجَأَ لَهُ مِنْكَ إلاَّ إلَيْكَ . إلهِي أسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّكَ الْـوَاجِبِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ، وَبِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ الَّذِي أَمَرْتَ رَسُولَكَ أَنْ يُسَبِّحَكَ بِهِ، وَبِجَلاَلِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ الذِي لاَ يَبْلى وَلاَ يَتَغَيَّرُ، وَلاَ يَحُولُ وَلاَ يَفْنى، أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَأَنْ تُغْنِيَنِي عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْء بِعِبادَتِكَ، وَأَنْ تُسَلِّيَ نَفْسِيْ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِمَخَافَتِكَ، وَأَنْ تُثْنِيَنِي بِالْكَثِيْرِ مِنْ كَرَامَتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ، فَإلَيْكَ أَفِرُّ، و مِنْكَ أَخَافُ، وَبِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، وَإيَّاكَ أَرْجُو، وَلَكَ أَدْعُو، وَإلَيْكَ أَلْجَأُ، وَبِكَ أَثِقُ، وَإيَّاكَ أَسْتَعِينُ، وَبِكَ أُؤمِنُ، وَعَلَيْكَ أَتَوَكَّلُ، وَعَلَى جُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ أَتَّكِلُ.

    1.O God, from whom nothing is concealed 2.in earth or heaven! 3.How should what You hast created, my God, be concealed from You? 4.How shouldst You not number what You hast made? 5.How should what You governest be absent from You? 6.How should one who has no life except through Your provision have the ability to flee from You? 7.How should one who has no road except in Your kingdom escape from You? 8.Glory be to You! He among Your creatures who fears You most knows You best, 9.he among them most bent in humility is most active in obeying You, 10.and he among them whom You providest while he worships another is most contemptible before You! 11.Glory be to You! He who associates others with You and denies Your messengers diminishes not Your authority. 12.He who dislikes Your decree cannot reject Your command. 13.He who denies Your power keeps himself not away from You. 14.He who worships other than You escapes You not. 15.He who dislikes meeting You will not be given endless life in this world. 16.Glory be to You! How mighty is Your station, overpowering Your authority, 17.intense Your strength, penetrating Your command! 18.Glory be to You! You hast decreed death for all Your creatures, 19.both him who professes Your Unity and him who disbelieves in You; 20.each one will taste death, 21.each one will come home to You. Blessed art You and high exalted! 22.There is no god but Thou, You alone, who hast no associate. I have faith in You, 23.I attest to Your messengers, I accept Your Book, 24.I disbelieve in every object of worship other than You, 25.I am quit of anyone who worships another! 26.O God, I rise in the morning and enter the evening making little of my good works, 27.confessing my sins, admitting my offenses; 28.I am abased because of my prodigality against myself. 29.My works have destroyed me, my caprice has ruined me, 30.my passions have deprived me. 31.So I ask You, my Master, the asking of him whose soul is diverted by his drawn out expectations, 32.whose body is heedless because of the stillness of his veins, 33.whose heart is entranced by the multitude of favours done for him, 34.whose reflection is little concerning that to which he is coming home; 35.the asking of him whom false expectation has overcome, 36.caprice has entranced, and this world has mastered, 37.and over whom death has cast its shadow; the asking of him who makes much of his sins 38.and confesses his offense; the asking of him who has no Lord but Thou, 39.no friend besides You, no one to deliver him from You, 40.and no asylum from You except in You. 41.My God, I ask You by Your right incumbent upon all Your creatures, 42.by Your mighty name with which You commanded Your messenger to glorify You, 43.and by the majesty of Your generous face, which ages not, 44.nor changes, nor alters, nor passes away, 45.that You blessest Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 46.that You freest me from need for all things through worshipping You, 47.that You distractest my soul from this world through fear of You, 48.and that You turnest me back toward Your abundant generosity through Your mercy! 49.To You I flee, You I fear, from You I seek aid, 50.in You I hope, You I supplicate, in You I seek asylum, 51.in You I trust, from You I ask help, in You I have faith, 52.in You I have placed my confidence, 53.and upon Your munificence and Your generosity I rely.

  53. Supplications 53. Abasing himself before God

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    رَبِّ أَفْحَمَتْنِيْ ذُنُوبِي، وَانْقَطَعَتْ مَقَالَتِي، فَلاَ حُجَّةَ لِي، فَأَنَا الأَسِيـرُ بِبَلِيَّتِي، الْمُـرْتَهَنُ بِعَمَلِي، الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي خَطِيئَتِي، الْمُتَحَيِّرُ عَنْ قَصْدِي، الْمُنْقَطَعُ بِي، قَدْ أَوْقَفْتُ نَفْسِي مَوْقِفَ الأَذِلاَّءِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ، مَوْقِفَ الأَشْقِيآءِ الْمُتَجَرِّينَ عَلَيْكَ، الْمُسْتَخِفِّينَ بِوَعْدِكَ. سُبْحَانَكَ! أَيَّ جُرْأَة اجْتَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ؟ وَأَيَّ تَغْرِير غَرَّرْتُ بِنَفْسِي مَوْلاَيَ إرْحَمْ كَبْوَتِيْ لِحُرِّ وَجْهِي، وَزَلَّةَ قَدَمِي، وَعُدْ بِحِلْمِكَ عَلَى جَهْلِي، وَبِإحْسَانِكَ عَلَى إسَآءَتِي، فَأَنَا الْمُقِرُّ بِذَنْبِي، الْمُعْتَرِفُ بِخَطِيئَتِي، وَهَذِهِ يَدِيْ وَنَاصِيَتِي، أَسْتَكِينُ بِالْقَـوْدِ مِنْ نَفْسِي . إرْحَمْ شَيْبَتِي، وَنَفَادَ أَيَّامِي، وَاقْتِرَابَ أَجَلِي، وَضَعْفِي، وَمَسْكَنَتِي، وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي. مَوْلاَيَ وَارْحَمْنِي إذَا انْقَطَعَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَثَرِي، وَامَّحى مِنَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ ذِكْرِي، وَكُنْتُ فِي الْمَنْسِيِّينَ، كَمَنْ قَدْ نُسِيَ. مَوْلاَيَ وَارْحَمْنِي عِنْدَ تَغَيُّرِ صُورَتِي وَحَالِي إذَا بَلِيَ جِسْمِي، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أَعْضَائِي، وَتَقَطَّعَتْ أَوْصَالِيْ، يا غَفْلَتِي عَمَّا يُرَادُ بِيَ. مَوْلاَيَ وَارْحَمْنِي فِي حَشْرِي وَنَشْرِي، وَاجْعَل فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَومِ مَعَ أَوْلِيَآئِكَ مَوْقِفِي، وَفِي أَحِبَّائِكَ مَصْدَرِي، وَفِي جِوَارِكَ مَسْكَنِي يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

    1.My Lord, my sins have silenced me, and my words have been cut off. 2.I have no argument, for I am the prisoner of my own affliction, 3.the hostage to my works, the frequenter of my own offense, 4.the confused in my intended way, the thwarted. 5.I have brought myself to a halt in the halting place of the abased sinners, 6.the halting place of the wretched and insolent, those who think lightly of Your promise. 7.Glory be to You! What insolence I have insolently shown toward You! 8.What delusion with which I have deluded myself! 9.My Master, have mercy on my falling flat on my face 10.the slipping of my foot, grant me my ignorance through Your clemency, 11.and my evildoing through Your beneficence, for I admit my sin 12.and I confess my offense: Here are my hand and my forelock! 13.I am resigned to retaliation against my soul! 14.Have mercy on my white hair, the depletion of my days, 15.the nearing of my term, my frailty, 16.my misery, and the paucity of my stratagems! 17.My Master, and have mercy upon me when my trace is cut off from this world, 18.my mention is effaced among the creatures, 19.and I join the forgotten, like the forgotten ones! 20.My Master, and have mercy upon me at the change of my form and state 21.when my body decays, my limbs are scattered, 22.and my joints are dismembered! O my heedlessness toward what was wanted from me! 23.My Master, have mercy upon me at my mustering and uprising 24.and on that day, appoint my standing place with Your friends, 25.my place of emergence with Your beloveds, 26.and my dwelling in Your neighbourhood! O Lord of the worlds!

  54. Supplications 54. Removal of Worries

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    يَا فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ وَكَاشِفَ الغَمِّ، يَا رَحْمنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَافْرُجْ هَمِّيَ، وَاكْشِفْ غَمِّيَ، يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ، يَا صَمَدُ، يَامَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ، اعْصِمْنِي وَطَهِّرْنِي، وَاْذهِبْ بِبَلِيَّتِي. [وَاقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرسِيّ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ وَقُلْ:] أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ سُؤَالَ مَنِ اشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتُهُ، وَضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتُهُ، وَكَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ، سُؤَالَ مَنْ لاَ يَجِدُ لِفَاقَتِهِ مُغِيْثاً، وَلاَ لِضَعْفِهِ مُقَوِّياً، وَلاَ لِذَنْبِهِ غَافِراً غَيْرَكَ، يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ. أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَلاً تُحِبُّ بِهِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ، وَيَقِيناً تَنْفَعُ بِهِ مَنِ اسْتَيْقَنَ بِهِ حَقَّ الْيَقِينِ فِيْ نَفَاذِ أَمْرِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَاقْبِضَ عَلَى الصِّدْقِ نَفْسِي، وَاقْطَعْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حَاجَتِي، وَاجْعَلْ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ رَغْبَتِي، شَوْقاً إلَى لِقَائِكَ، وَهَبْ لِي صِدْقَ التَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ . أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ كِتَاب قَدْ خَلاَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كِتَاب قَدْ خَلاَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَوْفَ الْعَابِدِينَ لَكَ، وَعِبَادَةَ الْخَاشِعِينَ لَكَ، وَيَقِيْنَ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْكَ، وَتَوَكُّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْكَ. أَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي فِي مَسْأَلَتِي مِثْلَ رَغْبَةِ أَوْلِيَآئِكَ فِي مَسَائِلِهِمْ، وَرَهْبَتِيْ مِثْلَ رَهْبَةِ أَوْلِيَآئِكَ، وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي فِي مَرْضَاتِكَ، عَمَلاً لاَ أَتْرُكُ مَعَهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ دِيْنِكَ مَخَافَةَ أَحْد مِنْ خَلْقِكَ. أللَّهُمَّ هَذِهِ حَاجَتِي، فَأَعْظِمْ فِيهَا رَغْبَتِي، وَأَظْهِرْ فِيهَا عُذْرِي، وَلَقِّنِي فِيهَا حُجَّتِي وَعَافِ فِيْهَا جَسَدِيْ. أللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ لَهُ ثِقَةٌ أَوْ رَجَآءٌ غَيْرُكَ، فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ وَأَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَرَجَآئِي فِي الأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، فَاقْضِ لِيْ بِخَيْرِهَا عَاقِبَةً، وَنَجِّنِيْ مِنْ مُضِلاَّتِ الْفِتَنِ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّد رُسُولِ اللهِ المُصْطَفَى، وَعَلَى آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

    1.O Reliever of worry! O Remover of grief! 2.O Merciful in this world and the next and Compassionate in both! 3.Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 4.relieve my worry, and remove my grief! 5.O One, O Unique, O Eternal Refuge! 6.O He Who has not begotten, nor has been begotten, 7.and equal to Him is not any one! 8.Preserve me, purify me, and take away my affliction! 9.HERE YOU SHOULD RECITE THE THRONE VERSE (2:255), THE TWO SURAS OF TAKING REFUGE (113-114), AND UNITY (112). THEN SAY: 10.O God, I ask You with the asking of him whose neediness is intense, 11.whose strength is frail, whose sins are many, 12.the asking of one who finds no helper in his neediness, 13.no strengthener in his frailty, 14.no forgiver of his sin other than You, 15.O Possessor of majesty and munificence! 16.I ask of You a work through which You wilt love him who works it 17.and a certainty by which You wilt profit him who is certain 18.with the truth of certainty concerning the execution of Your command! 19.O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, 20.take my soul while it is firm in sincerity, 21.cut off my need for this world, 22.make my desire for what is with You 23.become a yearning to meet You, 24.and give me true confidence in You! 25.I ask of You the good of the writ that has been made and I seek refuge with You 26.from the evil of the writ that has been made. 27.I ask of You the fear of The worshipers, 28.the worship of those humbly fearful of You, 29.the certainty of those who have confidence in You, 30.and the confidence of those who have faith in You. 31.O God, make my desire in my asking 32.like the desire of Your friends in their asking, 33.and my fear like the fear of Your friends! 34.Employ me in Your good pleasure through works 35.in which I will not leave aside anything of Your religion 36.fearing any of Your creatures! 37.God, this is my need, so make my desire for it great, 38.within it make manifest my excuse, through it instil me with my argument, and by means of it make well my body! 39.O God, some rise in the morning having trust or hope in other than You. 40.I rise in the morning, and You art my trust 41.and my hope in all affairs, 42.so decree for me those which are best in outcome 43.and deliver me from misguiding trials, 44.O Most Merciful of the merciful! 45.And God bless our chief, Muhammad the Messenger of God, the chosen, 46.and his Household, the pure!

  55. Supplications 55. One of his Glorifications

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    سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَحَنَانَيْكَ سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَتَعَالَيْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ الْعِزُّ اِزَارُكَ سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَالْعَظَمَةُ رِدآؤُكَ سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَالْكِبْرِيَآءُ سُلْطَانُكَ سُبْحَانَكَ مِنْ عَظِيْمِ مَا أَعْظَمَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبِّحْتَ فِيْ الْمَلَاِ الْأَعْلٰى، تَسْمَعُ وَتَرٰى مَا تَحْتَ الثَّرٰى سُبْحَانَكَ اَنْتَ شَاهِدُ كُلِّ نَجْوٰى سُبْحَانَكَ مَوْضِعُ كُلِّ شَكْوٰى سُبْحَانَكَ حَاضِرُ كُلِّ مَلَاٍ سُبْحَانَكَ عَظِيمُ الرَّجآءِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَرٰى مَا فِيْ قَعْرِ الْمَآءِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَسْمَعُ أَنْفَاسَ الْحِيْتَانِ فِيْ قُعُوْرِ الْبِحَارِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ السَّمَوَاتِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ الْاَرَضِيْنَ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ الشَّمْسِ وَ الْقَمَرِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَالنُّوْرِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ الْفَيْءِ وَالْهَوَآءِ سُبْحَانَكَ تَعْلَمُ وَزْنَ الرِّيْحِ كَمْ هِيَ مِنْ مِثْقَالِ ذَرَّةٍ سُبْحَانَكَ قُدُّوْسٌ قُدُّوْسٌ قُدُّوْسٌ سُبْحَانَكَ عَجَبًا مَنْ عَرَفَكَ كَيْفَ لَا يَخَافُكَ سُبْحَانَكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيْمُ. رَوَى الزُّهْرِيْ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قالَ كَانَ الْقَوْمُ لَا يَخْرُجُوْنَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ حَتّٰى يَخْرُجَ عَلِيٌّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ سَيِّدُ الْعَابِدِيْنَ، فَخَرَجَ وَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَهٗ فَنَزَلَ فِيْ بَعْضِ الْمَنَازِلِ فَصَلّٰى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَسَبَّحَ فِيْ سُجُوْدِهٖ - يَعْنِيْ بِهٰذَا التَّسْبِيْحِ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ شَجَرٌ وَ لَا مَدَرٌ اِلاَّ سَبَّحَ مَعَهٗ، فَفَزِعْنَا، فَرَفَعَ رَأسَهٗ، فَقَالَ: يَا سَعِيْدُ أَ فَزِعْتَ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ فَقَالَ: هٰذَا التَّسْبِيْحُ الْاَعْظَمُ، حَدَّثَنِيْ أَبِيْ عَنْ جَدِّيْ عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ: لَا تَبْقَى الذُّنُوْبُ مَعَ هٰذَا التَّسْبِيْحِ، وَ أَنَّ اللهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهٗ لَمَّا خَلَقَ جَبْرَئِيْلَ أَلْهَمَهٗ هٰذَا التَّسْبِيْحَ، وَ هُوَ اسْمُ اللهِ الْأَكْبَرُ.

    Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and I beg Thy loving care! Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and high art Thou exalted! Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and might is Thy loincloth![342] Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and mightiness is Thy cloak! Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and magnificence is Thy authority! Glory be to Thee, All-Mighty! How mighty Thou art! Glory be to Thee! Thou art glorified in the highest![343] Thou hearest and seest what is under the soil![344] Glory be to Thee! Thou art witness over every whispered conversation![345] Glory be to Thee, the place where every complaint is put down! Glory be to Thee, present in every assembly! Glory be to Thee, object of great hopes! Glory be to Thee! Thou seest what is at the lowest depth of the water! Glory be to Thee! Thou hearest the breaths of the fish in the lowest depths of the oceans! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the heavens! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the earths! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the sun and the moon! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the darkness and the light! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the shadow and the air! Glory be to Thee! Thou knowest the weight of the wind, how many times it is greater than the weight of a dust mote! Glory be to Thee, All-holy, All-holy, All-holy! Glory be to Thee! I wonder how any who knows Thee could fear Thee not! Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and Thine is the praise! Glory be to Allah, the All-high, the All-Mighty! Al-Zuhri related from Saeed ibn al-Musayyib.[346] He said: The people were not going out of Mecca until Ali ibn al-Husain, the chief of the worshippers (a.s.) went out. So he went out, and they went out with him. He stopped in one of the waystations and prayed two rak’as. Then he glorified Allah - I mean with this glorification - during his prostration. There was no tree and no clod of earth that did not glorify along with him, so we were frightened. He raised his head. He said: O Saeed, are you frightened? I said: Yes, O son of the Messenger of Allah! He said: This is the greatest glorification. It was related to me by my father from his grandfather from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.). No sins remain with this glorification. When Allah (majestic is His majesty) created Gabriel, He inspired him with this glorification. It is Allah’s greatest name.

  56. Supplications 56. A Supplication and Magnification by him (a.s.)

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    اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِيْ تَجَلّٰى لِلْقُلُوْبِ بِالْعَظَمَةِ وَ احْتَجَبَ عَنِ الْاَبْصَارِ بِالْعِزَّةِ وَاقْتَدَرَ عَلَى الْاَشْيآءِ بِالْقُدْرَةِ فَلَا الْاَبْصَارُ تَثْبُتُ لِرُؤْيَتِهٖ وَ لَا الْاَوْهَامُ تَبْلُغُ كُنْهَ عَظَمَتِهٖ تَجَبَّرَ بالْعَظَمَةِ وَ الْكِبْرِيآءِ وَ تَعَطَّفَ بِالْعِزِّ وَ الْبِرِّ وَ الْجَلَالِ وَ تَقَدَّسَ بِالْحُسْنِ وَ الْجَمَالِ وَ تَمَجَّدَ بِالْفَخْرِ وَ الْبَهآءِ وَ تَجَلَّلَ بِالْمَجْدِ وَ الْآلَآءِ وَ اسْتَخْلَصَ بِالنَّوْرِ وَ الضِّيَآءِ خَالِقٌ لَا نَظِيْرَ لَهٗ وَ اَحَدٌ لَا نِدَّ لَهٗ وَ وَاحِدٌ لَا ضِدَّ لَهٗ وَ صَمَدٌ لَا كُفْوَ لَهٗ وَ اِلٰهٌ لَا ثَانِيَ مَعَهٗ وَ فَاطِرٌ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهٗ وَ رَازِقٌ لَا مُعِيْنَ لَهٗ وَ الْاَوَّلُ بِلَا زَوَالٍ وَ الدَّآئِمُ بِلَا فَنَاءٍ وَ الْقَائِمُ بِلَا عَنَآءٍ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِلَا نِهَايَةٍ وَ الْمُبْدِئُ بِلَا اَمَدٍ وَ الصَّانِعُ بِلَا اَحَدٍ وَ الرَّبُّ بِلَا شَرِيْكٍ وَ الْفَاطِرُ بِلَا كُلْفَةٍ وَ الْفَعَّالُ بِلَا عَجْزٍ لَيْسَ لَهٗ حَدٌّ فِيْ مَكَانٍ وَ لَا غَايَةٌ فِيْ زَمَانٍ لَمْ يَزَلْ وَ لَا يَزُوْلُ وَ لَنْ يَزَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اَبَدًا هُوَ الْاِلٰهُ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ الدَّآئِمُ الْقَدِيْمُ الْقَادِرُ الْحَكِيْمُ اِلٰهِيْ عُبَيْدُكَ بِفِنَآئِكَ سَآئِلُكَ بِفِنَآئِكَ فَقِيْرُكَ بِفِنَآئِكَ (ثَلَاثًا) اِلٰهِيْ لَكَ يَرْهَبُ الْمُتَرَهِّبُوْنَ وَ اِلَيْكَ اَخْلَصَ الْمُسْتَهِلُّوْنَ رَهْبَةً لَكَ وَ رَجَآءً لِعَفْوِكَ يَا اِلٰهَ الْحَقِّ ارْحَمْ دُعَآءَ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِيْنَ وَاعْفُ عَنْ جَرَآئِمِ الْغَافِلِيْنَ وَ زِدْ فِيْ اِحْسَانِ الْمُنِيْبِيْنَ يَوْمَ الْوُفُوْدِ عَلَيْكَ يَا كَرِيْمُ

    Praise belongs to Allah, who disclosed Himself to hearts through mightiness, veiled Himself from eyes through might, and exercises power over the things through power! Eyes are not firm enough to see Him and imaginations reach not the core of His mightiness. He displays His overwhelming power in mightiness and magnificence, robes Himself in might, goodness, and majesty, is far removed from imperfection through comeliness and beauty, assumes His glory in pride and splendour, puts on His majesty through glory and boons, and has chosen for Himself light and radiance. He is a Creator who has no equal, a Unique who has no rival, a One who has no opposite, an Eternal Refuge who has no match, a Allah who has no second, an Initiator who has no partner, a Provider who has no helper. He is the First without disappearance, the Everlasting without annihilation, the Standing without difficulty, the Security-giver without end, the Originator without term, the Maker without anything, the Lord without partner, the Initiator without discomfort, the Accomplisher without incapacity. He has no bound in space and no limit in time; He ever was, He ever is, He ever will be the same, endlessly. He is Allah, the Living, the Self-subsistent, the Everlasting, the Eternal, the All-powerful, the All-wise. My Allah, Thy little slave is in Thy courtyard, Thy beggar is in Thy courtyard, Thy poor one is in Thy courtyard! (Three Times) My Allah, before Thee tremble the pious tremblers, to Thee devote themselves the lamenters, in fear of Thee, in hope of Thee! O Allah of Truth, have mercy upon the supplication of those who cry for help! Pardon the sins of the heedless! And increase beneficence toward those who keep turning [to Thee] on the Day they arrive before Thee, O Generous Allah!

  57. Supplications 57. His Supplication in Mentioning the Household of Muhammad (upon them be peace)

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    اَللّٰهُمَّ يَامَن خَصَّ مُحَمَّدًا وَآلَهٗ بِالْكَرَامَةِ وَ حَبَاهُمْ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَ خَصَّصْهُمْ بِالْوَسِيْلَةِ وَ جَعَلَهُمْ وَرَثَةَ الْاَنْبِيَآءِ وَ خَتَمَ بِهِمُ الْاَوْصِيَآءَ وَ الْاَئِمَّةَ وَ عَلَّمَهُمْ عِلْمَ مَا كَانَ وَ عِلْمَ مَا بَقِيَ وَ جَعَلَ أَفْئِدَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي اِلَيْهِمْ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ وَ افْعَلْ بِنَا مَا اَنْتَ أَهْلُهٗ فِي الدِّيْنِ وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ.

    O Allah, O He who singled out Muhammad and his Household for honour, showed favour toward them with messengerhood, specified them for the mediation,[347] so appointed them the heirs to the prophets, sealed with them the executors and the Imams, taught them the knowledge of what has been and what remains to be, and made the hearts of the people incline toward them! Bless Muhammad and his Household, the pure, and act toward us with that of which Thou art worthy in religion, in this world, and in the next world! Thou art powerful over everything.[348]

  58. Supplications 58. His Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon Adam

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    اَللّٰهُمَّ وَآدَمُ بَدِيْعُ فِطْرَتِكَ وَ أَوَّلُ مُعْتَرِفٍ مِّنَ الطِّيْنِ بِرُبُوْبِيَّتِكَ وَبَدْوُ حُجَّتِكَ عَلٰى عِبَادِكَ وَبَرِيَّتِكَ وَالدَّلِيْلُ عَلَى الْاِسْتِجَارَةِ بِعَفْوِكَ مِنْ عُقُوْبَتِكَ وَ النَّاهِجُ سُبُلَ تَوْبَتِكَ وَ الْمُوَسَّلُ بَيْنَ الْخَلْقِ وَ بَيْنَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَ الَّذِيْ لَقَّنْتَهٗ مَا رَضَيْتَ بِهٖ عَنْهُ بِمَنِّكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ الْمُنِيْبُ الَّذِيْ لَمْ يُصِرَّ عَلٰى مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ سَآبِقُ الْمُتَذَلِّلِيْنَ بِحَلْقِ رَأْسِهٖ فِيْ حَرَمِكَ وَ الْمُتَوَسِّلُ بَعْدَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ بِالطَّاعَةِ اِلٰى عَفْوِكَ وَ أَبُوْ الْاَنْبِيَآءِ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْذُوْا فِي جَنْبِكَ وَ اَكْثَرُ سُكَّانِ الْاَرْضِ سَعْيًا فِي طَاعَتِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ اَنْتَ يَا رَحْمٰنُ وَ مَلَائِكَتُكَ وَ سُكَّانُ سَمٰوَاتِكَ وَ أَرْضِكَ كَمَا عَظَّمَ حُرُمَاتِكَ وَ دَلَّنَا عَلٰى سَبِيْلِ مَرْضَاتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.

    O Allah, as for Adam, the marvel of Thy creation, the first made of clay to confess Thy Lordship, the beginning of Thy argument against Thy servants and creatures, the guide to seeking sanctuary in Thy pardon from Thy punishment, the opener of the paths of repentance toward Thee, the giver of the creatures access to knowledge of Thee, the one concerning whom Thou hast conveyed Thy good pleasure through Thy kindness and Thy mercy toward him, the one who turned back and did not persist in disobeying Thee, the forerunner among the self-abasers, who shaved his head in Thy sacred precinct, and among the seekers of access to Thy pardon, through obedience after disobedience, and the father of the prophets, who were made to suffer for Thy sake and who strove more than all the earth’s inhabitants in obeying Thee - bless him, Thou - O All-merciful - Thy angels and the inhabitants of Thy heavens and Thy earth, just as he magnified Thy inviolable commands and guided us upon the path of Thy good pleasure, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  59. Supplications 59. His Supplication in Distress and Seeking Release

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    اِلٰهِيْ لَا تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوِّي وَلَا تَفْجَعْ بِيْ حَمِيْمِيْ وَ صَدِيْقِيْ اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِي لَحْظَةً مِنْ لَحَظَاتِكَ تَكْشِفُ عَنِّيْ مَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِيْ بِهٖ وَتُعِيدُنِي إلَى أَحْسَنِ عَادَاتِكَ عِنْدِيْ وَاسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِيْ وَدُعَاءَ مَنْ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ دُعآءَهٗ فَقَدْ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِيْ وَقَلَّتْ حِيْلَتِيْ وَاشْتَدَّتْ حَالِيْ وَأَيِسْتُ مِمَّا عِنْدَ خَلْقِكَ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِيْ اِلَّا رَجَآؤُكَ عَلَيَّ اِلٰهِيْ اِنَّ قُدْرَتَكَ عَلٰى كَشْفِ مَا اَنَا فِيْهِ كَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلٰى مَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِيْ بِهٖ وَ اِنَّ ذِكْرَ عَوَآئِدِكَ يُوْنِسُنِيْ وَالرَّجآءُ فِيْ اِنْعَامِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ يُقَوِّيْنِيْ لاَِنِّيْ لَمْ أَخْلُ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِيْ وَ اَنْتَ اِلٰهِيْْ مَفْزَعِيْ وَمَلْجَايَ وَالْحَافِظُ لِيْ وَالذَّآبُّ عَنِّيْ الْمُتَحَنِّنُ عَلَيَّ الرَّحِيْمُ بِيَ الْمُتَكَفِّلُ بِرِزْقِيْ فِيْ قَضَآئِكَ كَانَ مَا حَلَّ بِيْ وَ بِعِلْمِكَ مَا صِرْتُ اِلَيْهِ فَاجْعَلْ يا وَلِيِّيْ وَ سَيِّدِيْ فِيْمَا قَدَّرْتَ وَ قَضَيْتَ عَلَيَّ وَحَتَمْتَ عَافِيَتِيْ وَ مَا فِيْهِ صَلَاحِيْ وَ خَلَاصِيْ مِمَّا اَنَا فِيْهِ فَاِنِّيْ لَا اَرْجُو لِدَفْعِ ذلِكَ غَيْرَكَ وَلَا أَعْتَمِدُ فِيْهِ اِلَّا عَلَيْكَ فَكُنْ يا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالاِكْرَامِ عِنْدَ اَحْسَنِ ظَنِّيْ بِكَ وَ ارْحَمْ ضَعْفِيْ وَقِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِيْ وَ اكْشِفْ كُرْبَتِيْ وَ اسْتَجِبْ دَعْوَتِيْ وَ اَقِلْنِيْ عَثْرَتِيْ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِذٰلِكَ وَ عَلٰى كُلِّ دَاعٍ لَكَ اَمَرْتَنِيْ يَا سَيِّدِيْ بِالدُّعَآءِ وَ تَكَفَّلْتَ بِالْاِجَابَةِ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِيْ لَا خُلْفَ فِيْهِ وَلا تَبْدِيْلَ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّكَ وَ عَبْدِكَ وَعَلَى الطَّاهِرِيْنَ مِنْ اَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ اَغِثْنِيْ فَإنَّكَ غِيَاثُ مَنْ لَا غِيَاثَ لَهٗ وَحِرْزُ مَنْ لَا حِرْزَ لَهٗ وَ اَنَا الْمُضْطَرُّ الَّذِيْ اَوْجَبْتَ اِجَابَتَهُ وَكَشْفَ مَا بِهٖ مِنَ السُّوْ ءِ فَاَجِبْنِيْ وَاكْشِفْ هَمِّيْ وَفَرِّجْ غَمِّيْ وَ اَعِدْ حَالِيْ اِلٰى اَحْسَنِ مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا تُجَازِنِيْ بِالْاِسْتِحْقَاقِ وَ لٰكِنْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اسْمَعْ وَ اَجِبْ يَا عَزِيْزُ

    My Allah, let not my enemy gloat over me and torment not my dear kinsman or friend through me! My Allah, of Thy glances, give me one glance, and thereby remove from me that by which Thou hast afflicted me and return me to the best of Thy customs with me! Respond to my supplication and the supplication of him who devotes his supplication sincerely to Thee, for my power has become frail, my stratagems few, my situation severe, and I despair of what is with Thy creatures, so nothing remains for me but hope in Thee! My Allah, surely Thy power to remove that in which I dwell is like Thy power in that with which Thou hast afflicted me! And surely the remembrance of Thy acts of kindliness comforts me and hope in Thy showing favour and Thy bounty strengthens me, for I have not been without Thy favour ever since Thou created me. And Thou, my Allah, art my place of flight, my asylum, my protector, my defender, the loving toward me, the compassionate, and the guarantor of my provision. In Thy decree lay what has settled upon me and in Thy knowledge that to which I have come home. So, my Patron and Master, place within that which Thou hast ordained, decreed, and made unavoidable for me, my well-being and that wherein lies my soundness and my deliverance from that in which I am! I hope for none to repel this other than Thee, and I rely in it only upon Thee. O Possessor of majesty and munificence, be with my best opinion of Thee![349] Have mercy upon my frailty and the paucity of my stratagems, remove my distress, grant my supplication, ease me from my stumble, and show kindness to me in that and to everyone who supplicates Thee! My Master, Thou hast commanded me to supplicate and undertaken to respond,[350] and Thy promise is the truth in which there is no failing, nor any change.[351] So bless Muhammad, Thy prophet and servant, and the pure, the Folk of his House, and help me, surely Thou art the help of him who has no help and the stronghold of him who has no stronghold, while I am the distressed the response to whom and the removal of evil from whom Thou hast made obligatory![352] So respond to me, remove my concern, relieve my gloom, return my state to the best it has been, and repay me not according to what I deserve, but according to Thy mercy which embracest all things,[353] O Possessor of majesty and munificence! Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, hear, and respond, O All-mighty!

  60. Supplications 60. His Supplication against that which he Feared and Dreaded

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    اِلٰهِيْ اِنَّهٗ لَيْسَ يَرُدُّ غَضَبَكَ اِلَّا حِلْمُكَ وَلَا يُنْجِيْ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ اِلَّا عَفْوُكَ وَلَا يُخَلِّصُ مِنْكَ اِلَّا رَحْمَتُكَ وَ التَّضَرُّعُ اِلَيْكَ فَهَبْ لِيْ يَا اِلٰهِيْ فَرَحًا بِالْقُدْرَةِ الَّتِيْ بِهَا تُحْيِيْ مَيْتَ الْبِلَادِ وَ بِهَا تَنْشُرُ اَرْوَاحَ الْعِبَادِ وَلا تُهْلِكْنِيْ وَ عَرِّفْنِيْ الْاِجَابَةَ يَارَبِّ وَ ارْفَعْنِيْ وَ لَا تَضَعْنِيْ وَ انْصُرْنِيْ وَ ارْزُقْنِيْ وَ عَافِنِيْ مِنَ الْآفَاتِ يَا رَبِّ اِنْ تَرْفَعْنِيْ فَمَنْ يَضَعُنِيْ وَ اِنْ تَضَعْنِيْ فَمَنْ يَرْفَعُنِيْ وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ يا اِلٰهِيْ اَنْ لَيْسَ فِيْ حُكْمِكَ ظُلْمٌ وَلَا فِيْ نَقِمَتِكَ عَجَلَةٌ اِنَّمَا يَعْجَلُ مَنْ يَخَافُ الْفَوْتَ وَ يَحْتَاجُ اِلَى الظُّلْمِ الضَّعِيْفُ وَ قَدْ تَعالَيْتَ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ يا سَيِّدِيْ عُلُوًّا كَبِيْرًا رَبِّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِيْ لِلْبَلَاءِ غَرَضًا وَ لَا لِنَقِمَتِكَ نَصَبًا وَ مَهِّلْنِيْ وَنَفِّسْنِيْ وَ اَقِلْنِيْ عَثْرَتِيْ وَ لَا تُتْبِعْنِيْ بِالْبَلَاءِ فَقَدْ تَرٰى ضَعْفِيْ وَ قِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِيْ فَصَبِّرْنِيْ فَاِنّيْ يَا رَبِّ ضَعِيْفٌ مُتَضَرِّعٌ اِلَيْكَ يا رَبِّ وَ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ فَاَعِذْنِيْ وَ اَسْتَجِيْرُ بِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَلَاءٍ فَاَجِرْنِيْ وَ اَسْتَتِرُ بِكَ فَاسْتُرْنِيْ يَا سَيِّدِيْ مِمَّا اََخَافُ وَ اََحْذَرُ وَ اَنْتَ الْعَظِيْمُ اَعْظَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ عَظِيْمٍ بِكَ بِكَ بِكَ اسْتَتَرْتُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ يا اَللَّهُ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ

    My Allah, nothing repels Thy wrath but Thy clemency, nothing delivers from Thy punishment but Thy pardon, nothing rescues from Thee but Thy mercy and pleading to Thee![355] So give me, my Allah, relief by means of the power through which Thou bringest the dead lands to life and revivest the spirits of the servants![356] Destroy me not, and give me the knowledge of Thy response, my Lord! Raise me up and push me not down, help me, provide for me, and release me from every blight! My Lord, if Thou raisest me up, who will push me down? If Thou pushest me down, who will raise me up? But I know, my Allah, that there is no wrong in Thy decree, and no hurry in Thy vengeance. He alone hurries who fears to miss, and only the weak needs to wrong. But Thou art exalted, my Master, high indeed above all that! My Lord, make me not the target of affliction nor the object of Thy vengeance, respite me, comfort me, release me from my stumble, and send not affliction after me, for Thou hast seen my frailty, and the paucity of my stratagems. So give me patience, for I, my Lord, am weak, and I plead to Thee, my Lord! ‘I seek refuge in Thee from Thee’, so give me refuge![357] I seek sanctuary in Thee from every affliction, so grant me sanctuary! I cover myself through Thee, so cover me, my Master, from what I fear and dread! Thou art the All-mighty, mightier than every mighty thing! Through Thee, through Thee, through Thee, I cover myself. O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah! Bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure!

  61. Supplications 61. His Supplication in Abasing himself

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    مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْمَوْلٰى وَ اَنَا الْعَبْدُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْعَبْدَ اِلَّا الْمَوْلٰى مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ وَ اَنَا الذَّلِيْلُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الذَّلِيْلَ اِلَّا الْعَزِيْزُ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْخَالِقُ وَ اَنَا الْمَخْلُوقُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْمَخْلُوقَ اِلَّا الْخَالِقُ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْمُعْطِيْ وَ اَنَا السَّائِلُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ السَّائِلَ اِلَّا الْمُعْطِيْ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْمُغِيْثُ وَ اَنَا الْمُسْتَغِيْثُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْمُسْتَغِيْثَ اِلَّا الْمُغِيْثُ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْباقِيْ وَ اَنَا الْفَانِيْ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْفانِيْ اِلَّا الْباقِيْ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الدَّائِمُ وَ اَنَا الزَّائِلُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الزَّآئِلَ اِلَّا الدَّآئِمُ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْحَيُّ وَ اَنَا الْمَيِّتُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْمَيِّتَ اِلَّا الْحَيُّ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْقَوِيُّ وَ اَنَا الضَّعِيْفُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الضَّعِيْفَ اِلَّا الْقَوِيُّ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَ اَنَا الْفَقِيْرُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْفَقِيْرَ اِلَّا الْغَنِيُّ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْكَبِيْرُ وَ اَنَا الصَّغِيْرُ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الصَّغِيْرَ اِلَّا الْكَبِيْرُ مَوْلَايَ مَوْلَايَ اَنْتَ الْمَالِكُ وَ اَنَا الْمَمْلُوكَ وَ هَلْ يَرْحَمُ الْمَمْلُوكَ اِلَّا الْمالِكُ

    My Master, my Master! Thou art the Master and I the servant! Has anyone mercy upon the servant but the master? My Master, my Master! Thou art the Exalted and I the abased! Has anyone mercy upon the abased but the exalted? My Master, my Master! Thou art the Creator and I the creature! Has anyone mercy upon the creature but the creator? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Giver and I the asker! Has anyone mercy upon the asker but the giver? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Helper and I the seeker of help! Has anyone mercy upon the seeker of help but the helper? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Subsistent and I the perishing! Has anyone mercy upon the perishing but the subsistent? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Everlasting and I the vanishing! Has anyone mercy upon the vanishing but the everlasting? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Living and I the dead! Has anyone mercy upon the dead but the living? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Strong and I the weak! Has anyone mercy upon the weak but the strong? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Rich and I the poor! Has anyone mercy upon the poor but the rich? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Great and I the small! Has anyone mercy upon the small but the great? My Master, My Master! Thou art the Owner and I the owned! Has anyone mercy upon the owned but the owner?

  62. 1. Munajaat Taebeen (Repenters)

    62

    إلـٰهِي أَلْبَسَتْنِي الْخَطايا ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّتِي، وَجَلَّلَنِي التَّباعُدُ مِنْكَ لِباسَ مَسْكَنَتِي، وَأَماتَ قَلْبِي عَظِيمُ جِنايَتِي، فَأَحْيِه بِتَوْبَةٍ مِنْكَ يا أَمَلِي وَبُغْيَتِي، وَيا سُؤْلِي وَمُنْيَتِي، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ ما أَجِدُ لِذُنُوبِي سِواكَ غافِراً، وَلا أَرَىٰ لِكَسْرِي غَيْرَكَ جابِراً، وَقَدْ خَضَعْتُ بِالإِنابَةِ إلَيْكَ وَعَنَوْتُ بِالاسْتِكانَةِ لَدَيْكَ، فَإنْ طَرَدْتَنِي مِنْ بابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَلُوذُ؟ وَإنْ رَدَدْتَنِي عَنْ جَنابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَعُوذُ؟ فَوَا أَسَفاهُ مِنْ خَجْلَتِي وَافْتِضَاحِي، وَوا لَهْفاهُ مِنْ سُوءِ عَمَلِي وَاجْتِراحِي. أَسْأَلُكَ يا غافِرَ الذَّنْبِ الْكَبِيرِ وَيا جابِرَ الْعَظْمِ الْكَسِيرِ، أَنْ تَهَبَ لِي مُوبِقاتِ الْجَرائِرِ، وَتَسْتُرَ عَلَيَّ فاضِحاتِ السَّرائِرِ، وَلا تُخْلِنِي فِي مَشْهَدِ الْقِيامَةِ مِنْ بَرْدِ عَفْوِكَ وَغَفْرِكَ، وَلا تُعْرِنِي مِنْ جَمِيلِ صَفْحِكَ وَسَتْرِكَ. إِلـٰهِي ظَلِّلْ عَلَىٰ ذُنُوبِي غَمامَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَرْسِلْ عَلىٰ عُيُوبِي سَحابَ رَأْفَتِكَ إِلـٰهِي هَلْ يَرْجِعُ الْعَبْدُ الأَبِقُ إلاَّ إلَىٰ مَوْلاهُ أَمْ هَلْ يُجِيرُهُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ أَحَدٌ سِواهُ؟ إِلـٰهِي إنْ كانَ النَّدَمُ عَلَىٰ الذَّنْب تَوْبَةً، فَإِنِّي وَعِزَّتِكَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الاسْتِغْفارُ مِنَ الْخَطيئَةِ حِطَّةً، فَإِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ الُمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ، لَكَ الْعُتْبىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَرْضَىٰ. إِلـٰهِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ، وَبِحِلْمِكَ عَنِّي اعْفُ عَنِّي، وَبِعِلْمِكَ بِي ارْفَقْ بِي. إِلـٰهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي فَتَحْتَ لِعِبادِكَ بَابَاً إلَىٰ عَفْوِكَ سَمَّيْتَهُ التَّوْبَةَ، فَقُلْتَ: ( تُوبُوا إلَىٰ اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحَاً )، فَما عُذْرُ مَنْ أَغْفَلَ دُخُولَ الْبابِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِهِ. إِلـٰهِي إنْ كانَ قَبُحَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ الْعَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ. إِلـٰهِي ما أَنَا بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ عَصاكَ، فَتُبْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَتَعَرَّضَ بِمَعْرُوفِكَ، فَجُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ، يا مُجِيبَ الْمُضْطَرِّ، يا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ، يا عَظِيمَ الْبِرِّ، يا عَليمَاً بِما فِي السِّرِّ، يا جَمِيلَ السِّتْرِ اسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ إلَيْكَ، وَتَوَسَّلْتُ بِجَنابِكَ وَتَرَحُّمِكَ لَدَيْكَ، فَاسْتَجِبْ دُعائِي، وَلا تُخَيِّبْ فِيكَ رَجَائِي وَتَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَكَفِّرْ خَطيئَتِي، بِمَنِّكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    My God, offenses have clothed me in the garment of my lowliness, separation from You has wrapped me in the clothing of my misery! My dreadful crimes have deadened my heart, so bring it to life by a repentance from You! O my hope and my aim! O my wish and my want! By Your might, I find no one but You to forgive my sins and I see none but You to mend my brokenness! I have subjected myself to You in repeated turning, I have humbled myself to You in abasement. If You cast me out from Your door, in whom shall I take shelter? If You repell me from Your side, in whom shall I seek refuge? O my grief at my ignominy and disgrace! O my sorrow at my evil works and what I have committed! I ask You, O Forgiver of great sins, O Mender of broken bones, to overlook my ruinous misdeeds and cover my disgraceful secret thoughts! At the witnessing place of the Resurrection, empty me not of the coolness of Your pardon and forgiveness, and strip me not of Your beautiful forbearance and covering! My God, let the cloud of Your mercy cast its shadow upon my sins and send the billow of Your clemency flowing over my faults! My God, does the fugitive servant return to anyone other than his Master? Or does anyone grant him sanctuary from his Master’s wrath other than his Master Himself? My God, if remorse for sins is a repentance, I - by Your might - am one of the remorseful! If praying forgiveness for offenses is an alleviation, I am one of those who pray forgiveness! To You I return that You may be well pleased! My God, through Your power over me, turn toward me, through Your clemency toward me, pardon me, and through Your knowledge of me, be gentle toward me! My God, You are He who has opened a door to Your pardon and named it 'repentance', for You said, Repent to God with unswerving repentance. What is the excuse of him who remains heedless of entering the door after its opening? My God, though the sins of Your servant are ugly, Your pardon is beautiful. My God, I am not the first to have disobeyed You, and You turned toward him, or to have sought to attain Your favour, and You were munificent toward him. O Responder to the distressed! O Remover of injury! O Great in goodness! O Knower of everything secret! O Beautiful through covering over! I seek Your munificence and Your generosity to intercede with You, I seek Your side and Your showing mercy to mediate with You, so grant my supplication, disappoint not my hope in You, accept my repentance, and hide my offense, through Your kindness and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful

  63. 2. Munajaat Shakeen (Complainers)

    63

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً بِٱلسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً وَإِلَىٰ ٱلْخَطِيئَةِ مُبَادِرَةً وَبِمَعَاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً تَسْلُكُ بِي مَسَالِكَ ٱلْمَهَالِكِ وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ كَثيرَةَ ٱلْعِلَلِ طَويلَةَ ٱلأَمَلِ إِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلشَّرُّ تَجْزَعْ وَإِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعْ مَيَّالَةً إِلَىٰ ٱللَّعِبِ وَٱللَّهْوِ مَمْلُوءَةً بِٱلْغَفْلَةِ وَٱلسَّهْوِ تُسْرِعُ بِي إِلَىٰ ٱلْحَوْبَةِ وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ إِلٰهِي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي وَشَيْطَاناً يُغْوينِي قَدْ مَلأَ بِٱلْوَسْوَاسِ صَدْرِي وَأَحَاطَتْ هَوَاجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي يُعَاضِدُ لِيَ ٱلْهَوَىٰ وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ٱلطَّاعَةِ وَٱلزُّلْفَىٰ إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو قَلْباً قَاسِياً مَعَ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ مُتَقَلِّباً وَبِٱلرَّيْنِ وَٱلطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً وَعَيْناً عَنِ ٱلْبُكَاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جَامِدَةً وَإِلَىٰ مَا تَسُرُّهَا طَامِحَةً إِلٰهِي لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَلاَ نَجَاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكَارِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ وَنَفَاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ أَنْ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً وَلاَ تُصَيِّرْنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ ٱلأَعْدَاءِ نَاصِراً وَعَلَىٰ ٱلْمَخَازِي وَٱلْعُيُوبِ سَاتِراً وَمِنَ ٱلْبَلاءِ وَاقِياً وَعَنِ ٱلْمَعَاصِي عَاصِماً بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, to You I complain of a soul commanding to evil, rushing to offenses, eager to disobey You, and exposing itself to Your anger. It takes me on the roads of disasters, it makes me the easiest of perishing ones before You; many its pretexts, drawn out its expectations; when evil touches it, it is anxious, when good touches it, grudging; inclining to sport and diversion, full of heedlessness and inattention, it hurries me to misdeeds and makes me delay repentance. My God, I complain to You of an enemy who misguides me and a devil who leads me astray. He has filled my breast with tempting thoughts, and his suggestions have encompassed my heart. He supports caprice against me, embellishes for me the love of this world, and separates me from obedience and proximity! My God, to You I complain of a heart that is hard, turned this way and that by tempting thoughts, clothed in rust and the seal, and of an eye too indifferent to weep in fear of You and eagerly seeking that which gladdens it! My God, there is no force and no strength except in Your power, and no deliverance for me from the detested things of this world save through Your preservation. So I ask You by Your far-reaching wisdom and Your penetrating will not to let me expose myself to other than Your munificence and not to turn me into a target for trials! Be for me a helper against enemies, a coverer of shameful things and faults, a protector against afflictions, a preserver against acts of disobedience! By Your clemency and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  64. 3. Munajaat Khaifeen (Fearful)

    64

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي أَتَرَاكَ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيـمَانِ بِكَ تُعَذِّبُنِي أَمْ بَعْدَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ تُبَعِّدُنِي أَمْ مَعَ رَجَائِي لِرَحْمَتِكَ وَصَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِي أَمْ مَعَ ٱسْتِجَارَتِي بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِي حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُخَيِّبَنِي لَيْتَ شِعْرِي! أَلِلشَّقَاءِ وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي أَمْ لِلْعَنَاءِ رَبَّتْنِي فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِي وَلَمْ تُرَبِّنِي وَلَيْتَنِي عَلِمْتُ أَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّعادَةِ جَعَلْتَنِي وَبِقُرْبِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ خَصَصْتَنِي فَتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ عَيْنِي وَتَطْمَئِنَّ لَهُ نَفْسِي إِلٰهِي هَلْ تُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهاً خَرَّتْ سَاجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ أَوْ تُخْرِسُ أَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِٱلثَّنَاءِ عَلَىٰ مَجْدِكَ وَجَلاَلَتِكَ أَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ ٱنْطَوَتْ عَلَىٰ مَحَبَّتِكَ أَوْ تُصِمُّ أَسْمَاعاً تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسَمَاعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِي إِرَادَتِكَ أَوْ تَغُلُّ أَكُفّاً رَفَعَتْهَا الآمَالُ إِلَيْكَ رَجَاءَ رَأْفَتِكَ أَوْ تُعَاقِبُ أَبْدَاناً عَمِلَتْ بِطَاعَتِكَ حَتَّىٰ نَحِلَتْ فِي مُجَاهَدَتِكَ أَوْ تُعَذِّبُ أَرْجُلاً سَعَتْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ إِلٰهِي لاَ تُغْلِقْ عَلَىٰ مُوَحِّدِيكَ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلاَ تحْجُبْ مُشْتَاقِيكَ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ جَمِيلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ إِلٰهِي نَفْسٌ أَعْزَزْتَهَا بِتَوحِيدِكَ كَيْفَ تُذِلُّهَا بِمَهَانَةِ هِجْرَانِكَ وَضَمِيرٌ ٱنْعَقَدَ عَلَىٰ مَوَدَّتِكَ كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُهُ بِحَرَارَةِ نِيرَانِكَ إِلٰهِي أَجِرْنِي مِنَ أَلِيمِ غَضَبِكَ وَعَظِيمِ سَخَطِكَ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ يَا غَفَّارُ يَا سَتَّارُ نَجِّنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ وَفَضِيحَةِ ٱلْعَارِ إِذَا ٱمْتَازَ ٱلأَخْيَارُ مِنَ ٱلأَشْرَارِ وَحَالَتِ ٱلأَحْوَالُ وَهَالَتِ ٱلأَهْوَالُ وَقَرُبَ ٱلْمُحْسِنُونَ وَبَعُدَ ٱلْمُسِيئُونَ (وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ)

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, will You chastise me after my faith in You, drive me far away after my love for You, deprive me while I hope for Your mercy and forgiveness, forsake me while I seek sanctuary in Your pardon? Far it be from Your generous face to disappoint me? Would that I knew—Did my mother bear me for wretchedness? Did she nurture me for suffering? Would then that she had not borne me and had not nurtured me! Would that I had knowledge— Have You appointed me one of the people of felicity? Have You singled me out for Your nearness and neighborhood? Then would my eyes be gladdened, and in that my soul reach serenity. My God, do You blacken faces which fall down in prostration before Your mightiness? Do You strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Your glory and majesty? Do You seal hearts which harbor Your love? Do You deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Your remembrance according to Your will? Do You manacle hands which expectations have raised to You in hope of Your clemency? Do You punish bodies which worked to obey You until they grew thin in struggling for You? Do You chastise legs which ran to worship You? My God, lock not toward those who profess Your Unity the doors of Your mercy, and veil not those who yearn for You from looking upon the vision of Your beauty! My God, a soul which You have exalted by its professing Your Unity— how will You humiliate him by leaving him? My God, a heart which has been knotted by its love for Your— how will You burn it in the heat of Your fires? My God, give me sanctuary from Your painful wrath and Your mighty anger! O All-loving, O All-kind! O Compassionate, O Merciful! O Compeller, O Subduer! O All-forgiver, O All-covering! Deliver me through Your mercy from the chastisement of the Fire and the disgrace of shame when the good are set apart from the evil, forms are transformed, terrors terrify, the good-doers are brought near, the evildoers taken far, “and every soul paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged!”

  65. 4. Munajaat Rajeen (Hopeful)

    65

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ يَا مَنْ إِذا سَأَلَهُ عَبْدٌ أَعْطَاهُ وَإِذَا أَمَّلَ مَا عِنْدَهُ بَلَّغَهُ مُنَاهُ وَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَرَّبَهُ وَأَدْنَاهُ وَإِذا جَاهَرَهُ بِٱلْعِصْيَانِ سَتَرَ عَلَىٰ ذَنْبِهِ وَغَطَّاهُ وَإِذا تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ أَحْسَبَهُ وَكَفَاهُ إِلٰهِي مَنِ ٱلَّذِي نَزَلَ بِكَ مُلْتَمِساً قِرَاكَ فَمَا قَرَيْتَهُ وَمَنِ ٱلَّذِي أَناخَ بِبَابِكَ مُرْتَجِياً نَدَاكَ فمَا أَوْلَيْتَهُ أَيَحْسُنُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ عَنْ بَابِكَ بِٱلْخَيْبَةِ مَصْرُوفاً وَلَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِوَاكَ مَوْلًىٰ بِٱلإِحْسَانِ مَوْصُوفاً كَيفَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ وَٱلْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ بِيَدِكَ وَكَيْفَ أُؤَمِّلُ سِوَاكَ وَٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلأَمْرُ لَكَ أَأَقْطَعُ رَجَائِي مِنْكَ وَقَدْ أَوْلَيْتَنِي مَا لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ أَمْ تُفْقِرُنِي إِلَىٰ مِثْلِي وَأَنَا أَعْتَصِمُ بِحَبْلِكَ يَا مَنْ سَعِدَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ ٱلْقَاصِدُونَ وَلَمْ يَشْقَ بِنَقِمَتِهِ ٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ كَيْفَ أَنْسَاكَ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ ذَاكِرِي وَكَيْفَ أَلْهُو عَنْكَ وَأَنْتَ مُرَاقِبِي إِلٰهِي بِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ أَعْلَقْتُ يَدِي وَلِنَيْلِ عَطَايَاكَ بَسَطْتُ أَمَلِي فَأَخْلِصْنِي بِخَالِصَةِ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَفْوَةِ عَبِيدِكَ يَا مَنْ كُلُّ هَارِبٍ إِلَيْهِ يَلْتَجِئُ وَكُلُّ طَالِبٍ إِيَّاهُ يَرْتجِي يَا خَيْرَ مَرْجُوٍّ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ مَدْعُوٍّ وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يُرَدُّ سَائِلُهُ وَلاَ يُخَيَّبُ آمِلُهُ يَا مَنْ بَابُهُ مَفْتُوحٌ لِدَاعِيهِ وَحِجَابُهُ مَرْفُوعٌ لِرَاجِيهِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَرَمِكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ بِما تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنِي وَمِنْ رَجَائِكَ بِما تَطْمَئِنُّ بِهِ نَفْسِي وَمِنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ بِما تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيَّ مُصِيبَاتِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَجْلُو بِهِ عَن بَصِيرَتِي غَشَوَاتِ ٱلْعَمَىٰ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful O He who gives to a servant who asks from Him, takes him to his wish when he expectantly hopes for what is with Him, brings him near and close when he approaches Him, covers over his sin and cloaks it when he shows it openly, and satisfies and suffices him when he has confidence in Him! My God, who is the one who has come before You seeking hospitality, and whom You have not received hospitably? Who is the one who has dismounted at Your door hoping for magnanimity, and to whom You have not shown it? Is it good that I come back from Your door, turned away in disappointment, while I know of no patron qualified by beneficence but You? How should I have hope in other than You, when the good—all of it—is in Your hand? How should I expect from others, when Yours are the creation and the command? Should I cut off my hope for You, when You have shown me of Your bounty that for which I have not asked? Would You make me have need for my like? But I hold fast to Your cord! O He through whose mercy the strivers reach felicity and through whose vengeance the seekers of forgiveness are not made wretched! How should I forget You, while You never cease remembering me? How should I be diverted from You while You are my constant watcher? My God, I have fastened my hand to the skirt of Your generosity, I have stretched forth my expectation toward reaching Your gifts, So, render me pure through the purest profession of Your Unity, and appoint me one of Your choice servants! O He who is the asylum of every fleer, the hope of every seeker! O Best Object of hope! O Most Generous Object of supplication! O He who asker is never rejected And whose expectant is never disappointed! O He whose door is open to His suppliants and whose veil is lifted for those who hope in Him! I ask You by Your generosity to show kindness toward me through Your gifts, with that which will gladden my eye, through hope in You, with that which will give serenity to my soul, and through certainty with that which will make easy for me the afflictions of this world and lift from my insight the veils of blindness! By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  66. 5. Munajaat Raghibeen (Beseechers)

    66

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كَانَ قَلَّ زَادِي فِي ٱلْمَسِيرِ إِلَيْكَ فَلَقَدْ حَسُنَ ظَنِّي بِٱلتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ جُرْمِي قَدْ أَخَافَنِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ فَإِنَّ رَجَائِي قَدْ أَشْعَرَنِي بِٱلأَمْنِ مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَنْبِي قَدْ عَرَّضَنِي لِعِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ آذَنَنِي حُسْنُ ثِقَتِي بِثَوَابِكَ وَإِنْ أَنامَتْنِي ٱلْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ ٱلاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَائِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِكَ وَآلاَئِكَ وَإِنْ أَوْحَشَ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ فَرْطُ ٱلْعِصْيَانِ وَٱلطُّغْيَانِ فَقَدْ آنَسَنِي بُشْرَىٰ ٱلْغُفْرَانِ وَٱلرِّضْوَانِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِسُبُحَاتِ وَجْهِكَ وَبِأَنْوارِ قُدْسِكَ وَأَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَوَاطِفِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلَطَائِفِ بِرِّكَ أَنْ تُحَقِّقَ ظَنِّي بِمَا أُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ جَزِيلِ إِكْرَامِكَ وَجَمِيلِ إِنْعَامِكَ فِي ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ مِنْكَ وَٱلزُّلْفَىٰ لَدَيْكَ وَٱلتَّمَتُّعِ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ وَهَا أَنا مُتَعَرِّضٌ لِنَفَحَاتِ رَوْحِكَ وَعَطْفِكَ وَمُنْتَجِعٌ غَيْثَ جُودِكَ وَلُطْفِكَ فَارُّ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ إِلَىٰ رِضَاكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ رَاجٍ أَحْسَنَ مَا لَدَيْكَ مُعَوِّلٌ عَلَىٰ مَواهِبِكَ مُفْتَقِرٌ إِلَىٰ رِعَايَتِكَ إِلٰهِي مَا بَدَأْتَ بِهِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَتَمِّمْهُ وَمَا وَهَبْتَ لِي مِنْ كَرَمِكَ فَلاَ تَسْلُبْهُ وَمَا سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَيَّ بِحِلْمِكَ فَلاَ تَهْتِكْهُ وَمَا عَلِمْتَهُ مِنْ قَبِيحِ فِعْلِي فَٱغْفِرْهُ إِلٰهِي ٱسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِكَ إِلَيْكَ وَٱسْتَجَرْتُ بِكَ مِنْكَ أَتَيْتُكَ طَامِعاً فِي إِحْسَانِكَ راغِباً فِي ٱمْتِنانِكَ مُسْتَسْقِياً وَابِلَ طَوْلِكَ مُسْتَمْطِراً غَمَامَ فَضْلِكَ طَالِباً مَرْضَاتَكَ قَاصِداً جَنَابَكَ وَارِداً شَرِيعَةَ رِفْدِكَ مُلْتَمِساً سَنِيَّ الْخَيْراتِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وافِداً إلىٰ حَضْرَةِ جَمالِكَ، مُرِيداً وَجْهَكَ، طارِقاً بابَكَ، مُسْتَكِيناً لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَجَلالِكَ، فَافْعَلْ بِي ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ، وَلا تَفْعَلْ بِي ما أَنَا أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْعَذابِ وَالنّـِقْمَةِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, though my stores for traveling to You are few, my confidence in You has given me a good opinion. Though my sin has made me fear Your punishment, my hope has let me feel secure from Your vengeance. Though my misdeed has exposed me to Your penalty, my excellent trust has apprised me of Your reward. Though heedlessness has put to sleep my readiness to meet You, knowledge has awakened me to Your generosity and boons. Though excessive disobedience and rebellion have estranged me from You, the glad tidings of forgiveness and good pleasure have made me feel intimate with You. I ask You by the splendors of Your face and the lights of Your holiness, and I implore You by the tenderness of Your mercy and the gentleness of Your goodness, to verify my opinion in expecting Your great generosity and Your beautiful favor, through nearness to You, proximity with You, and enjoyment of gazing upon You! Here am I, addressing myself to the breezes of Your freshness and tenderness, having recourse to the rain of Your generosity and gentleness, fleeing from Your displeasure to Your good pleasure and from You to You, hoping for the best of what is with You, relying upon Your gifts, utterly poor toward Your guarding! My God, Your bounty which You have begun; complete it! Your generosity which You have given me; strip it not away! Your cover over me through Your clemency; tear it not away! My ugly acts which You have come to know; forgive them! My God, I seek intercession from You with You, and I seek sanctuary in You from You! I have come to You craving Your beneficence, desiring Your kindness, seeking water from the deluge of Your graciousness, begging rain from the clouds of Your bounty, requesting Your good pleasure, going straight to Your side, arriving at the watering-place of Your support, seeking exalted good things from Your quarter, reaching for the presence of Your beauty, wanting Your face, knocking at Your door, abasing myself before Your mightiness and majesty! So act toward me with the forgiveness and mercy of which You are worthy! Act not toward me with the chastisement and vengeance of which I am worthy! By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  67. 6. Munajaat Shakireen (Thankful)

    67

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ وَأَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ وَشَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ وَأَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ وَقَابَلَهَا بِٱلتَّقْصِيرِ وَشَهِدَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِٱلإِهْمَالِ وَٱلتَّضْيِيعِ وَأَنْتَ ٱلرَّءُوفُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ وَلاَ يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ ٱلرَّاجِينَ وَبِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ ٱلْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ فَلاَ تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِٱلتَّخْيِيبِ وَٱلإِيَاسِ وَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ ٱلْقُنُوطِ وَٱلإِبْلاَسِ إِلٰهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي وَتَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَنَشْرِي جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الإِيـمَانِ حُلَلاً وَضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِزِّ كِلَلاً وَقَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لاَ تُحَلُّ وَطَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لاَ تُفَلُّ فَآلاَؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا وَنَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا فَضْلاً عَنِ ٱسْتِقْصَائِهَا فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ ٱلشُّكْرِ وَشُكرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَىٰ شُكْرٍ فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذٰلِكَ أَنْ أَقولَ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ إِلٰهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ وَرَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ وَٱدْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ ٱلنِّقَمِ وَآتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ ٱلدَّارَيْنِ أَرْفَعَهَا وَ جَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَآجِلاً وَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ وَسُبُوغِ نَعْمائِكَ حَمْداً يُوافِقُ رِضاكَ، وَيَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرّ ِكَ وَنَداكَ، يا عَظِيمُ يا كَرِيمُ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, the uninterrupted flow of Your graciousness hast distracted me from thanking You! The flood of Your bounty has rendered me incapable of counting Your praises! The succession of Your kind acts has diverted me from mentioning You in laudation! The continuous rush of Your benefits has thwarted me from spreading the news of Your gentle favors! This is the station of him who confesses to the lavishness of favors, meets them with shortcomings, and witnesses to his own disregard and negligence. You are the Clement, the Compassionate, the Good, the Generous, who does not disappoint those who aim for Him, nor cast out from His courtyard those who expect from Him! In Your yard are put down the saddlebags of the hopeful and in Your plain stand the hopes of the help-seekers! So, meet not our hopes by disappointing and disheartening and clothe us not in the shirt of despair and despondency! My God, my thanksgiving is small before Your great boons, and my praise and news-spreading shrink beside Your generosity toward me! Your favors have wrapped me in the robes of the lights of faith, and the gentleness of Your goodness have let down over me delicate curtains of might! Your kindnesses have collared me with collars not to be moved and adorned me with neck-rings not to be broken! Your boons are abundant; my tongue is too weak to count them! Your favors are many; my understanding falls short of grasping them, not to speak of exhausting them! So, how can I achieve thanksgiving? For my thanking You requires thanksgiving. Whenever I say, ‘To You belongs praise!’ it becomes thereby incumbent upon me to say, ‘To You belongs praise!’ My God, as You have fed us through Your gentleness and nurtured us through Your benefaction, so also complete for us lavish favors, repel from us detested acts of vengeance, and of the shares of the two abodes, give us their most elevated and their greatest, both the immediate and the deferred! To You belongs praise for Your good trial and the lavishness of Your favours, a praise conforming to Your good pleasure and attracting Your great goodness and magnanimity. O All-mighty, O All-generous! By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  68. 7. Munajaat Mutieen (Obedient)

    68

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنَا طَاعَتَكَ وَجَنِّبْنَا مَعْصِيَتَكَ وَيَسِّرْ لَنا بُلُوغَ مَا نَتَمَنَّىٰ مِنِ ٱبْتِغَاءِ رِضْوَانِكَ وَأَحْلِلْنَا بُحْبُوحَةَ جِنَانِكَ وَٱقْشَعْ عَنْ بَصَائِرِنَا سَحَابَ ٱلاِرْتِيَابِ وَٱكْشِفْ عَنْ قُلُوبِنَا أَغْشِيَةَ ٱلْمِرْيَةِ وَٱلْحِجَابِ وَأَزْهِقِ ٱلْبَاطِلَ عَنْ ضَمَائِرِنَا وَأَثْبِتِ ٱلْحَقَّ فِي سَرَائِرِنَا فَإِنَّ ٱلشُّكُوكَ وَٱلظُّنُونَ لَوَاقِحُ ٱلْفِتَنِ وَمُكَدِّرَةٌ لِصَفْوِ ٱلْمَنَائِحِ وَٱلْمِنَنِ اَللَّهُمَّ ٱحْمِلْنَا فِي سُفُنِ نَجَاتِكَ وَمَتِّعْنَا بِلَذِيذِ مُناجَاتِكَ وَأَوْرِدْنَا حِيَاضَ حُبِّكَ وَأَذِقْنَا حَلاوَةَ وُدِّكَ وَقُرْبِكَ وَٱجْعَلْ جِهَادَنا فِيكَ وَهَمَّنَا فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَأَخْلِصْ نِيَّاتِنَا فِي مُعَامَلَتِكَ فَإِنَّا بِكَ وَلَكَ وَلاَ وَسيلَةَ لَنَا إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ إِلٰهِي ٱجْعَلْنِي مِنَ ٱلْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ٱلأَخْيَارِ وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ ٱلأَبْرَارِ ٱلسَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ ٱلْمَكْرُمَاتِ ٱلْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَىٰ ٱلْخَيْراتِ ٱلْعَامِلِينَ لِلْبَاقِيَاتِ ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ ٱلسَّاعِينَ إِلىٰ رَفِيعِ ٱلدَّرَجَاتِ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَبِٱلإِجَابَةِ جَدِيرٌ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful O Allah, inspire us to obey You, turn us aside from disobeying You, make it easy for us to reach that which we wish from the seeking of Your good pleasure, set us down in the midst of Your Gardens, dispel from our insights the clouds of misgiving, uncover from our hearts the wrappings of doubt and the veil, make falsehood vanish from our innermost minds, and fix the truth in our secret thoughts, for doubts and opinions fertilize temptations and muddle the purity of gifts and kindnesses! O Allah, carry us in the ships of Your deliverance, give us to enjoy the pleasure of whispered prayer to You, make us drink at the pools of Your love, let us taste the sweetness of Your affection and nearness, allow us to struggle in You, preoccupy us with obeying You, and purify our intentions in devoting works to You, for we exist through You and belong to You, and we have no one to mediate with You but You! My God, place me among the chosen, the good, join me to the righteous, the pious, the first to reach generous gifts, the swift to come upon good things, the workers of the enduring acts of righteousness, the strivers after elevated degrees! You are powerful over everything and disposed to respond! By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  69. 8. Munajaat Murideen (Devotees)

    69

    بِسْمِ اللّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سُبْحَانَكَ! مَا أَضْيَقَ ٱلطُّرُقَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ دَلِيلَهُ وَمَا أَوْضَحَ ٱلْحَقَّ عِنْدَ مَنْ هَدَيْتَهُ سَبِيلَهُ إِلٰهِي فَٱسْلُكْ بِنَا سُبُلَ ٱلْوُصُولِ إِلَيْكَ وَسَيِّرْنَا فِي أَقْرَبِ ٱلطُّرُقِ لِلْوُفُودِ عَلَيْكَ قَرِّبْ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْبَعِيدَ وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْعَسِيرَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِعِبَادِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ بِٱلْبِدَارِ إِلَيْكَ يُسَارِعُونَ وَبَابَكَ عَلَىٰ ٱلدَّوَامِ يَطْرُقُونَ وَإِيَّاكَ فِي ٱللَّيلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ يَعبُدُونَ وَهُمْ مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ مُشْفِقُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَفَّيْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَشَارِبَ وَبَلَّغْتَهُمُ ٱلرَّغَائِبَ وَأَنْجَحْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَطَالِبَ وَقَضَيْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ٱلْمَآرِبَ وَمَلَأْتَ لَهُمْ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ مِنْ حُبِّكَ وَرَوَّيتَهُمْ مِنْ صَافِي شِرْبِكَ فَبِكَ إِلَىٰ لَذِيذِ مُنَاجَاتِكَ وَصَلُوٱ وَمِنْكَ أَقْصَىٰ مَقَاصِدِهِمْ حَصَّلُوٱ فَيَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ مُقْبِلٌ وَبِٱلْعَطْفِ عَلَيْهِمْ عَائِدٌ مُفْضِلٌ وَبِٱلْغَافِلِينَ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ رَحِيمٌ رَءُوفٌ وَبِجَذْبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ بَابِهِ وَدُودٌ عَطُوفٌ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِهِمْ مِنْكَ حَظّاً وَأَعْلاهُمْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً وَأَجْزَلِهِمْ مِنْ وُدِّكَ قِسْماً وَأَفْضَلِهِمْ فِي مَعْرِفَتِكَ نَصِيباً فَقَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَتْ إِلَيْكَ هِمَّتِي وَٱنْصَرَفَتْ نَحْوَكَ رَغْبَتِي فَأَنْتَ لاَ غَيْرُكَ مُرَادِي وَلَكَ لاَ لِسِوَاكَ سَهَرِي وَسُهَادِي وَلِقَاؤُكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي وَوَصْلُكَ مُنَىٰ نَفْسِي وَإِلَيْكَ شَوْقِي وَفِي مَحَبَّتِكَ وَلَهِي وَإِلَىٰ هَوَاكَ صَبَابَتِي وَرِضَاكَ بُغْيَتِي وَرُؤْيَتُكَ حَاجَتِي وَجِوَارُكَ طَلَبِى وَقُرْبُكَ غايَةُ سُؤْلِي وَفِي مُناجَاتِكَ رَوْحِي وَرَاحَتِي وَعِنْدَكَ دَوَاءُ عِلَّتِي وَشِفَاءُ غُلَّتِي وَبَرْدُ لَوْعَتِي وَكَشْفُ كُرْبَتِي فَكُنْ أَنِيسِي فِي وَحْشَتِي وَمُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي وَغَافِرَ زَلَّتِي وَقَابِلَ تَوْبَتِي وَمُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي وَوَلِيَّ عِصْمَتِي وَمُغْنِيَ فَاقَتِي وَلاَ تَقْطَعْنِي عَنْكَ وَلاَ تُبْعِدْنِي مِنْكَ يَا نَعِيمِي وَجَنَّتِي وَيَا دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful Glory be to You! How narrow are the paths for him whom You have not guided! How plain the truth for him whom You have guided on his way! My God, so make us travel on the roads that arrive at You and set us into motion on the paths nearest to reaching You! Make near for us the far, and make easy for us the hard and difficult! Join us to Your servants, those who hurry to You swiftly, knock constantly at Your door, and worship You by night and by day, while they remain apprehensive in awe of You! You have purified their drinking places, taken them to the objects of their desire, granted their requests, accomplished their wishes through Your bounty, filled their minds with Your love, and quenched their thirst with Your pure drink. Through You have they reached the pleasure of whispered prayer to You, and in You have they achieved their furthest goals. O He who comes toward those who come toward Him and grants gifts and bestows bounty upon them through tenderness! He is compassionate and clement toward those heedless of His remembrance and loving and tender in drawing them to His door! I ask You to place me among those of them who have the fullest share from You, the highest station with You, the most plentiful portion of Your love, and the most excellent allotment of Your knowledge, for my aspiration has been cut off from everything but You and my desire has turned toward You alone. You are my object, none other; to You alone belongs my waking and my sleeplessness. Meeting You is the gladness of my eye, and joining You is the wish of my soul. Toward You is my yearning, in love for You my passionate longing, in inclining toward You my fervent craving. Your good pleasure is the aim I seek, vision of You my need, Your neighborhood my request, and nearness to You is the utmost object of my asking. In whispered prayer to You, I find my repose and my ease. With You lies the remedy of my illness, the cure for my burning thirst, the coolness of my ardor, the removal of my distress. Be my intimate in my loneliness, the releaser of my stumble, the forgiver of my slip, the accepter of my repentance, the responder to my supplication, the patron of preserving me from sin, the one who frees me from my neediness Cut me not off from You and keep me not far from You O my bliss and my garden O my world and my hereafter O Most Merciful of the merciful

  70. 9. Munajaat Muhibeen (Lovers)

    70

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي ذَاقَ حَلاوَةَ مَحَبَّتِكَ فَرَامَ مِنْكَ بَدَلاً وَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي أَنِسَ بِقُرْبِكَ فَٱبْتَغَىٰ عَنْكَ حِوَلاً إِلٰهِي فَٱجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنِ ٱصْطَفَيْتَهُ لِقُرْبِكَ وَوِلايَتِكَ وَأَخْلَصْتَهُ لِوُدِّكَ وَمَحَبَّتِكَ وَشَوَّقْتَهُ إِلَىٰ لِقَائِكَ وَرَضَّيْتَهُ بِقَضَائِكَ وَمَنَحْتَهُ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ وَجْهِكَ وَحَبَوْتَهُ بِرِضَاكَ وَأَعَذْتَهُ مِنْ هَجْرِكَ وَقِلاكَ وَبَوَّأْتَهُ مَقْعَدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ فِي جِوَارِكَ وَخَصَصْتَهُ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَأَهَّلْتَهُ لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَهَيَّمْتَ قَلْبَهُ لإِرَادَتِكَ وَٱجْتَبَيْتَهُ لِمُشَاهَدَتِكَ وَأَخْلَيْتَ وَجْهَهُ لَكَ وَفَرَّغْتَ فُؤَادَهُ لِحُبِّكَ وَرَغَّبْتَهُ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَأَلْهَمْتَهُ ذِكْرَكَ وَأَوْزَعْتَهُ شُكْرَكَ وَشَغَلْتَهُ بِطَاعَتِكَ وَصَيَّرْتَهُ مِنْ صَالِحِي بَرِيَّتِكَ وَٱخْتَرْتَهُ لِمُنَاجَاتِكَ وَقَطَعْتَ عَنْهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَقْطَعُهُ عَنْكَ اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ دَأْبُهُمُ ٱلاِرْتِيَاحُ إِلَيْكَ وَٱلْحَنِينُ وَدَهْرُهُمُ ٱلزَّفْرَةُ وَٱلأَنِينُ جِبَاهُهُمْ سَاجِدَةٌ لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَعُيُونُهُمْ سَاهِرَةٌ فِي خِدْمَتِكَ وَدُمُوعُهُمْ سَائِلَةٌ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ مُتَعَلِّقَةٌ بِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مُنْخَلِعَةٌ مِنْ مَهَابَتِكَ يَا مَنْ أَنْوَارُ قُدْسِهِ لِأَبْصَارِ مُحِبِّيهِ رَائِقَةٌ وَسُبُحَاتُ وَجْهِهِ لِقُلُوبِ عَارِفِيهِ شَائِقَةٌ يَا مُنَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُشْتَاقِينَ وَيَا غَايَةَ آمَالِ ٱلْمُحِبِّينَ أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ يُوصِلُنِي إِلىٰ قُرْبِكَ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا سِوَاكَ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ قَائِداً إِلَىٰ رِضْوَانِكَ وَشَوْقِي إِلَيْكَ ذَائِداً عَنْ عِصْيَانِكَ وَٱمْنُنْ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ عَلَيَّ وَٱنْظُرْ بِعَيْنِ ٱلْوُدِّ وَٱلْعَطْفِ إِلَيَّ وَلاَ تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي وَجْهَكَ وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلإِسْعَادِ وَٱلْحُظْوَةِ عِنْدَكَ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, who can have tasted the sweetness of Your love, then wanted another in place of You? Who can have become intimate with Your nearness, then sought removal from You? My God, place us with him whom You have chosen for Your nearness and Your friendship, purified through Your affection and Your love, given yearning for the meeting with You, made pleased with Your decree, granted gazing upon thy face, shown the favor of Your good pleasure, given refuge from separation from You and Your loathing, settled in a sure sitting place in Your neighborhood, singled out for true knowledge of You, made worthy for worship of You, whose heart You have captivated with Your will, whom You have picked for contemplating You, whose look You have made empty for You, whose breast You have freed for Your love, whom You have made desirous of what is with You, inspired with Your remembrance, allotted thanksgiving to You, occupied with obeying You, turned into one of Your righteous creatures, chosen for whispered prayer to You, and from whom You have cut off all things which cut him off from You! O Allah, place us among those whose habit is rejoicing in You and yearning for You, whose time is spent in sighing and moaning! Their foreheads are bowed down before Your mightiness, their eyes wakeful in Your service, their tears flowing in dread of You, their hearts fixed upon Your love, their cores shaken with awe of You. O He the lights of whose holiness induce wonder in the eyes of His lovers, the glories of whose face arouse the longing of the hearts of His knowers! O Furthest Wish of the hearts of the yearners! O Utmost Limit of the hopes of the lovers! I ask from You love for You, love for those who love You, love for every work which will join me to Your nearness, and that You make Yourself more beloved to me than anything other than You and make my love for You lead to Your good pleasure, and my yearning for You protect against disobeying You! Oblige me by allowing me to gaze upon You, gaze upon me with the eye of affection and tenderness, turn not Your face away from me, and make me one of the people of happiness with You and favored position! O Responder, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  71. 10. Munajaat Mutawassileen (seeking mediation)

    71

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي لَيْسَ لِي وَسِيلَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ عَوَاطِفُ رَأْفَتِكَ وَلاَ لِي ذَرِيعَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ عَوَارِفُ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشَفَاعَةُ نَبِيِّكَ نَبِيِّ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَمُنْقِذِ ٱلأُمَّةِ مِنَ ٱلْغُمَّةِ فَٱجْعَلْهُمَا لِي سَبَباً إِلَىٰ نَيْلِ غُفْرَانِكَ وَصَيِّرْهُمَا لِي وُصْلَةً إِلَىٰ ٱلْفَوْزِ بِرِضْوَانِكَ وَقَدْ حَلَّ رَجَائِي بِحَرَمِ كَرَمِكَ وَحَطَّ طَمَعِي بِفِنَاءِ جُودِكَ فَحَقِّقْ فِيكَ أَمَلِي وَٱخْتِمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ عَمَلِي وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْلَلْتَهُمْ بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ وَبَوَّأْتَهُمْ دَارَ كَرَامَتِكَ وَأَقْرَرْتَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ وَأَوْرَثْتَهُمْ مَنَازِلَ ٱلصِّدْقِ فِي جِوَارِكَ يَا مَنْ لاَ يَفِدُ ٱلْوَافِدُونَ عَلَىٰ أَكْرَمَ مِنْهُ وَلاَ يَجِدُ ٱلْقَاصِدُونَ أَرْحَمَ مِنْهُ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ خَلا بِهِ وَحِيدٌ وَيَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ أَوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ طَرِيدٌ إِلَىٰ سَعَةِ عَفْوِكَ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَبِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ أَعْلَقْتُ كَفِّي فَلاَ تُولِنِي ٱلْحِرْمَانَ وَلاَ تُبْلِنِي بِٱلْخَيْبَةِ وَٱلْخُسْرَانِ يَا سَمِيعَ ٱلدُّعَاءِ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, I have no mediation with You but the tender acts of Your clemency, nor any way to come to You but the gentle favors of Your mercy and the intercession of Your Prophet, the prophet of mercy, who rescued the community from confusion. Make these two my tie to attaining Your forgiveness and let them take me to triumph through Your good pleasure! My hope has dismounted in the sacred precinct of Your generosity, my craving has alighted in the courtyard of Your munificence. So, actualize my expectation from You, seal my works with good, and place me among Your selected friends, those whom You have set down in the midst of Your Garden, and settled in the abode of Your honor, whose eyes You have gladdened by gazing upon You on the day of meeting You, and whom You have made heirs to the sure stations in Your neighborhood! O He none more generous than whom is reached by the reachers and none more merciful than whom is found by the aimers! O Best of those with whom the lonely are alone! O most Tender of those with whom outcasts seek haven! Toward the expanse of Your pardon have I extended my hand, upon the skirt of Your generosity have I fastened my grasp! Show me no deprivation and afflict me not with disappointment and loss! O Hearer of supplications! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  72. 11. Munajaat Muftaqireen (Utterly Poor)

    72

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي كَسْرِي لاَ يَجْبُرُهُ إِلاَّ لُطْفُكَ وَحَنَانُكَ وَفَقْرِي لاَ يُغْنِيهِ إِلاَّ عَطْفُكَ وَإِحْسَانُكَ وَرَوْعَتِي لاَ يُسَكِّنُهَا إِلاَّ أَمَانُكَ وَذِلَّتِي لاَ يُعِزُّهَا إِلاَّ سُلْطانُكَ وَأُمْنِيَتِي لاَ يُبَلِّغُنِيهَا إِلاَّ فَضْلُكَ وَخَلَّتِي لاَ يَسُدُّهَا إِلاَّ طَوْلُكَ وَحَاجَتِي لاَ يَقْضِيهَا غَيْرُكَ وَكَرْبِي لاَ يُفَرِّجُهُ سِوَىٰ رَحْمَتِكَ وَضُرِّي لاَ يَكْشِفُهُ غَيْرُ رَأْفَتِكَ وَغُلَّتِي لاَ يُبَرِّدُهَا إِلاَّ وَصْلُكَ وَلَوْعَتِي لاَ يُطْفِيهَا إِلّا لِقَاؤُكَ وَشَوْقِي إِلَيْكَ لاَ يَبُلُّهُ إِلّا ٱلنَّظَرُ إِلَىٰ وَجْهِكَ وَقَرَارِي لاَ يَقِرُّ دُونَ دُنُوِّي مِنْكَ وَلَهْفَتِي لاَ يَرُدُّهَا إِلّا رَوْحُكَ وَسُقْمِى لاَ يَشْفِيهِ إِلّا طِبُّكَ وَغَمِّي لاَ يُزِيلُهُ إِلّا قُرْبُكَ وَجُرْحِي لاَ يُبْرِئُهُ إِلّا صَفْحُكَ وَرَيْنُ قَلْبِي لاَ يَجْلُوهُ إِلّا عَفْوُكَ وَوَسْوَاسُ صَدْرِي لاَ يُزِيحُهُ إِلّا أَمْرُكَ فَيَا مُنْتَهَىٰ أَمَلِ ٱلآمِلِينَ وَيَا غَايَةَ سُؤْلِ ٱلسَّائِلينَ وَيَا أَقْصَىٰ طَلِبَةِ ٱلطَّالِبِينَ وَيَا أَعْلَىٰ رَغْبَةِ ٱلرَّاغِبِينَ وَيَا وَلِيَّ ٱلصَّالِحِينَ وَيَا أَمَانَ ٱلْخَائِفِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ ٱلْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا ذُخْرَ ٱلْمُعْدَمِينَ وَيَا كَنْزَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ وَيَا غِيَاثَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ وَيَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ ٱلْفُقَرَاءِ وَٱلْمسَاكِينِ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ ٱلأَكْرَمِينَ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ لَكَ تَخَضُّعِي وَسُؤَالِي وَإِلَيْكَ تَضَرُّعِي وَٱبْتِهَالِي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُنِيلَنِي مِنْ رَوْحِ رِضْوَانِكَ وَتُدِيمَ عَلَيَّ نِعَمَ ٱمْتِنَانِكَ وَهَا أَنَا بِبَابِ كَرَمِكَ وَاقِفٌ وَلِنَفَحَاتِ بِرِّكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ وَبِحَبْلِكَ ٱلشَّدِيدِ مُعْتَصِمٌ وَبِعُرْوَتِكَ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ مُتَمَسِّكٌ إِلٰهِي ٱرْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ ٱلذَّلِيلَ ذَا ٱللِّسَانِ ٱلْكَلِيلِ وَٱلْعَمَلِ ٱلْقَلِيلِ وَٱمْنُنْ عَلَيْهِ بِطَوْلِكَ ٱلْجَزِيلِ وَٱكْنُفْهُ تَحْتَ ظِلِّكَ ٱلظَّلِيلِ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا جَمِيلُ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, nothing will mend my fracture but Your gentleness and loving care, free me of my poverty but Your affection and beneficence, still my fright but Your security, exalt my abasement but Your sovereignty, take me to my hope but Your bounty, remedy my lack but Your graciousness, accomplish my need other than You, relieve my distress other than Your mercy, remove my injury other than Your clemency, cool my burning thirst but reaching You, quench my ardor but meeting You, damp my yearning but gazing upon Your face, settle my settling place without closeness to You, allay my worry but Your repose, cure my illness but Your medicine, eliminate my grief but Your nearness, heal my wound but Your forgiveness, remove the rust on my heart but Your pardon, banish the confusing thoughts from my breast but Your command O Utmost Hope of the hopers! O Ultimate Demand of the askers O Furthest Request of the requesters! O Highest Desire of the desirers O Patron of the righteous O Security of the fearful O Responder to the supplication of the distressed O Storehouse of the destitute O Treasure of the pitiful O Help of the help-seekers O Accomplisher of the needs of the poor and the miserable O Most Generous of the most generous O Most Merciful of the merciful To You is my humble subjection and request, to You my pleading and imploring I ask You to let me attain the repose of Your good pleasure, and to make constant toward me the favors of Your kindness Here am I, standing before the gate of Your generosity, opening myself up to the breezes of Your goodness, holding fast to Your strong cord, clinging to Your firm handle! My God, have mercy upon Your lowly slave of silent tongue and few good works, obligate him through Your plentiful graciousness, shelter him under Your plenteous shade! O Generous, O Beautiful, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  73. 12. Munajaat 'Arifeen (Knowers)

    73

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي قَصُرَتِ ٱلأَلْسُنُ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ثَنَائِكَ كَما يَلِيقُ بِجَلالِكَ وَعَجَزَتِ ٱلْعُقُولُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ كُنْهِ جَمَالِكَ وَٱنْحَسَرَتِ ٱلأَبْصَارُ دُونَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ سُبُحَاتِ وَجْهِكَ وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ لِلْخَلْقِ طَرِيقاً إِلَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ إِلاَّ بِٱلْعَجْزِ عَنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ إِلٰهِي فَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَرَسَّخَتْ أَشْجَارُ ٱلشَّوْقِ إِلَيْكَ فِي حَدَائِقِ صُدُورِهِمْ وَأَخَذَتْ لَوْعَةُ مَحَبَّتِكَ بِمَجَامِعِ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَوْكَارِ ٱلأَفْكَارِ يَأْوُونَ وَفِي رِيَاضِ ٱلْقُرْبِ وَٱلْمُكَاشَفَةِ يَرْتَعُونَ وَمِنْ حِيَاضِ ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ بِكَأْسِ ٱلْمُلاطَفَةِ يَكْرَعُونَ وَشَرَائِعَ ٱلْمُصَافَاةِ يَرِدُونَ قَدْ كُشِفَ ٱلْغِطَاءُ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَٱنْجَلَتْ ظُلْمَةُ ٱلرَّيْبِ عَنْ عَقَائِدِهِمْ وَضَمَائِرِهِمْ وَٱنْتَفَتْ مُخَالَجَةُ ٱلشَّكِّ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَرَائِرِهِمْ وَٱنْشَرَحَتْ بِتَحْقِيقِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ صُدُورُهُمْ وَعَلَتْ لِسَبْقِ ٱلسَّعَادَةِ فِي ٱلزَّهَادَةِ هِمَمُهُمْ وَعَذُبَ فِي مَعينِ ٱلْمُعَامَلَةِ شِرْبُهُمْ وَطَابَ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱلأُنْسِ سِرُّهُمْ وَأَمِنَ فِي مَوْطِنِ ٱلْمَخَافَةِ سِرْبُهُم وَٱطْمَأَنَّتْ بِٱلرُّجُوعِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلأَرْبَابِ أَنْفُسُهُمْ وَتَيَقَّنَتْ بِٱلْفَوْزِ وَٱلْفَلاحِ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ وَقَرَّتْ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ مَحْبُوبِهِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ وَٱسْتَقَرَّ بِإِدْرَاكِ ٱلسُّؤْلِ وَنَيْلِ ٱلْمَأْمُولِ قَرَارُهُمْ وَرَبِحَتْ فِي بَيْعِ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلآخِرَةِ تِجَارَتُهُمْ إِلٰهِي مَا أَلَذَّ خَوَاطِرَ ٱلإِلْهَامِ بِذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْقُلُوبِ وَمَا أَحْلَىٰ ٱلْمَسِيرَ إِلَيْكَ بِٱلأَوْهَامِ فِي مَسَالِكِ ٱلْغُيُوبِ وَمَا أَطْيَبَ طَعْمَ حُبِّكَ وَمَا أَعْذَبَ شِرْبَ قُرْبِكَ فَأَعِذْنا مِنْ طَرْدِكَ وَإِبْعَادِكَ وَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَخَصِّ عَارِفِيكَ وَأَصْلَحِ عِبَادِكَ وَأَصْدَقِ طَائِعِيكَ وَأَخْلَصِ عُبَّادِكَ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا جَلِيلُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا مُنِيلُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَمَنِّكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, tongues fall short of attaining praise of You proper to Your majesty, intellects are incapable of grasping the core of Your beauty, eyes fail before gazing upon the glories of Your face, and You have assigned to Your creatures no way to know You save incapacity to know You My God, place us among those within the trees of yearning for You taken firm root in the gardens of their hearts and the assemblies of whose hearts seized by the ardor of Your love! They seek shelter in the nests of meditation, feed upon the gardens of nearness and disclosure, drink from the pools of love with the cup of gentle favor, and enter into the watering-places of warm affection. The covering has been lifted from their eyes, the darkness of disquiet has been dispelled from their beliefs and their innermost minds, the contention of doubt has been negated from their hearts and their secret thoughts, their breasts have expanded through the verification of true knowledge, their aspirations have ascended through precedent good fortune in renunciation, their drinking is sweet from the spring of devotion to good works, their secret thoughts are delicious in the sitting-place of intimacy, their minds are secure in the place of terror, their souls are serene through the return to the Lord of lords, their spirits have reached certitude through triumph and prosperity, their eyes have been gladdened through gazing upon their Beloved, their settling place has been settled through reaching the request and attaining the expectation, and their commerce has profited through the sale of this world for the next My God, how agreeable for hearts are the thoughts inspiring Your remembrance, how sweet traveling to You through imagination upon the roads of the unseen worlds, how pleasant the taste of Your love is! How delightful the drink of Your nearness is! So, give us refuge from Your casting out and Your sending far, and place us among the most elect of Your knowers, the most righteous of Your servants, the most truthful of Your obedient, the most sincere of Your worshipers! O All-mighty, O Majestic, O Generous, O Endower! By Your mercy and kindness, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  74. 13. Munajaat Dhakireen (Rememberers)

    74

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي لَوْلاَ ٱلْوَاجِبُ مِنْ قَبُولِ أَمْرِكَ لَنَزَّهْتُكَ مِنْ ذِكْرِي إِيَّاكَ عَلَىٰ أَنَّ ذِكْرِي لَكَ بِقَدْرِي لاَ بِقَدْرِكَ وَمَا عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مِقْدَارِي حَتَّىٰ أَجْعَلَ مَحَلاًّ لِتَقْدِيسِكَ وَمِنْ أَعْظَمِ ٱلنِّعَمِ عَلَيْنَا جَرَيَانُ ذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ أَلْسِنَتِنَا وَإِذْنُكَ لَنَا بِدُعَائِكَ وَتَنْزِيهِكَ وَتَسْبِيحِكَ إِلٰهِي فَأَلْهِمْنَا ذِكْرَكَ فِي ٱلْخَلاءِ وَٱلْمَلاءِ وَٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلإِعْلانِ وَٱلإِسْرَارِ وَفِي ٱلسَّرَّاءِ وَٱلضَّرَّاءِ وَآنِسْنَا بِٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْخَفِيِّ وَٱسْتَعْمِلْنَا بِٱلْعَمَلِ ٱلزَّكِيِّ وَٱلسَّعْيِ ٱلْمَرْضِيِّ وَجَازِنَا بِٱلْمِيزَانِ ٱلْوَفِيِّ إِلٰهِي بِكَ هَامَتِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلْوَالِهَةُ وَعَلَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ جُمِعَتِ ٱلْعُقُولُ ٱلْمُتَبَايِنَةُ فَلاَ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ إِلاَّ بِذِكْرَاكَ وَلاَ تَسْكُنُ ٱلنُّفُوسُ إِلاَّ عِنْدَ رُؤْيَاكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْمُسَبَّحُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَٱلْمَعْبُودُ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَٱلْمَوْجُودُ فِي كُلِّ أَوَانٍ وَٱلْمَدْعُوُّ بِكُلِّ لِسَانٍ وَٱلْمُعَظَّمُ فِي كُلِّ جَنَانٍ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ لَذَّةٍ بِغَيْرِ ذِكْرِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ رَاحَةٍ بِغَيْرِ أُنْسِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ سُرُورٍ بِغَيْرِ قُرْبِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ شُغْلٍ بِغَيْرِ طَاعَتِكَ إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ ٱلْحَقُّ: (يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ٱذْكُرُوا ٱللَّهَ ذِكْراً كَثِيراً وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً) وَقُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ ٱلْحَقُّ: (فَٱذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ) فَأَمَرْتَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ وَوَعَدْتَنا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ تَذْكُرَنا تَشْرِيفاً لَنَا وَتَفْخِيماً وَإِعْظَاماً وَهَا نَحْنُ ذَاكِرُوكَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنَا فَأَنْجِزْ لَنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا يَا ذَاكِرَ ٱلذَّاكِرِينَ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful My God, were it not incumbent to accept Your command, I would declare You far too exalted for me to remember You. However, I remember You in my measure, not in Your measure, and my scope can hardly reach the point where I may be a locus for calling You holy! Among Your greatest favors to us is the running of Your remembrance across our tongues and Your permission to us to supplicate You, declare You exalted, and call You holy! My God, inspire with Your remembrance alone and in assemblies, by night and day, publicly and secretly, in prosperity and adversity! Make us intimate with silent remembrance, employ us in purified works and effort pleasing to You, and reward us with the full balance! My God, love-mad hearts are enraptured by You, disparate intellects are brought together by knowing You, hearts find no serenity except in remembering You, and souls find no rest except in seeing You. You are the glorified in every place, the worshiped at every time, the found at every moment, the called by every tongue, and the magnified in every heart! I pray forgiveness from You for every pleasure I could find other than remembering You, every ease but intimacy with You, every happiness but nearness to You, every occupation but obeying You! My God, You have said—and Your word is true— “O you who have faith, remember Allah with much remembrance and glorify Him at dawns and in the evening!” You have also said—and Your word is true— “Remember Me, and I will remember you!” You have commanded us to remember You, and promised us that You will remember us thereby, in order to ennoble, respect, and honor us. Here we are, remembering You as You have commanded us! So, accomplish what You have promised, O Rememberer of the rememberers! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  75. 14. Munajaat M'utasimeen ( Who hold fast)

    75

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ اَللَّهُمَّ يَا مَلاذَ ٱللَّائِذِينَ وَيَا مَعَاذَ ٱلْعَائِذِينَ وَيَا مُنْجِيَ ٱلْهَالِكينَ وَيَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ وَيَا رَاحِمَ ٱلْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ ٱلْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا كَنْزَ ٱلْمُفْتَقِرِينَ وَيَا جَابِرَ ٱلْمُنْكَسِرِينَ وَيَا مَأْوَىٰ ٱلْمُنْقَطِعِينَ وَيَا نَاصِرَ ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَيَا مُجِيرَ ٱلْخَائِفِينَ وَيَا مُغِيثَ ٱلْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا حِصْنَ ٱللَّاجِئِينَ إِنْ لَمْ أَعُذْ بِعِزَّتِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَعُوذُ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَلُذْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَلُوذُ وَقَدْ أَلْجَأَتْنِي ٱلذُّنُوبُ إِلَىٰ ٱلتَّشَبُّثِ بِأَذْيَالِ عَفْوِكَ وَأَحْوَجَتْنِي ٱلْخَطَايَا إِلَىٰ ٱسْتِفْتَاحِ أَبْوَابِ صَفْحِكَ وَدَعَتْنِي ٱلْإِسَاءَةُ إِلَىٰ ٱلْإِنَاخَةِ بِفِنَاءِ عِزِّكَ وَحَمَلَتْنِي ٱلْمَخَافَةُ مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ عَلَىٰ ٱلتَّمَسُّكِ بِعُرْوَةِ عَطْفِكَ وَمَا حَقُّ مَنِ ٱعْتَصَمَ بِحَبْلِكَ أَنْ يُخْذَلَ وَلاَ يَلِيقُ بِمَنِ ٱسْتَجَارَ بِعِزِّكَ أَنْ يُسْلَمَ أَوْ يُهْمَلَ إِلٰهِي فَلاَ تُخْلِنَا مِنْ حِمَايَتِكَ وَلاَ تُعْرِنَا مِنْ رِعَايَتِكَ وَذُدْنَا عَنْ مَوَارِدِ ٱلْهَلَكَةِ فَإِنَّا بِعَيْنِكَ وَفِي كَنَفِكَ وَلَكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَهْلِ خَاصَّتِكَ مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَٱلصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَلَيْنَا وَاقِيَةً تُنْجِينَا مِنَ ٱلْهَلَكاتِ وَتُجَنِّبُنَا مِنَ ٱلآفَاتِ وَتُكِنُّنَا مِنْ دَوَاهِي ٱلْمُصِيبَاتِ وَأَنْ تُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ سَكِينَتِكَ وَأَنْ تُغَشِّيَ وُجُوهَنَا بِأَنْوَارِ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَنْ تُؤْوِيَنَا إِلَىٰ شَدِيدِ رُكْنِكَ وَأَنْ تَحْوِيَنَا فِي أَكْنَافِ عِصْمَتِكَ بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. O Allah, O Shelter of the shelter-seekers! O Refuge of the refuge-seekers! O Deliverer of the perishing! O Preserver of the pitiful! O Merciful toward the miserable! O Responder to the distressed! O Treasure of the utterly poor! O Mender of the broken! O Haven of the cut off! O Helper of the abased! O Granter of sanctuary to the fearful! O Aide of the troubled! O Fortress of the refugees! If I seek not refuge in Your might, in whom shall I seek refuge? If I seek not shelter in Your power, in whom shall I seek shelter? Sins have made me seek asylum in laying hold on the skirts of Your pardon, offenses have compelled me to beg the opening of the doors of Your forgiveness, evildoing has summoned me to dismount in the courtyard of Your might, and fear of Your vengeance has prompted me to cling to the handhold of Your tenderness! It is not right for him who holds fast to Your cord to be abandoned, nor proper for him who seeks the sanctuary of Your might to be surrendered or disregarded. My God, empty us not of Your defending, strip us not of Your guarding, and protect us from the roads of destruction, for we are in Your eye and under Your wing! I ask You by those whom You have singled out, Your angels and the righteous among Your creatures, to assign over us a protector through which You will deliver us from destructions, turn aside from us blights, and hide us from the striking of great afflictions, to send down upon us some of Your tranquility, to wrap our faces in the lights of love for You, to give us haven in Your strong pillar, and to gather us under the wings of Your preservation! By Your clemency and Your mercy! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

  76. 15. Munajaat Zahideen (Abstainers)

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    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِلٰهِي أَسْكَنْتَنَا دَاراً حَفَرَتْ لَنَا حُفَرَ مَكْرِهَا وَعَلَّقْتَنَا بِأَيْدِي ٱلْمَنَايَا فِي حَبَائِلِ غَدْرِهَا فَإِلَيْكَ نَلْتَجِئُ مِنْ مَكَائِدِ خُدَعِهَا وَبِكَ نَعْتَصِمُ مِنَ ٱلاِغْتِرَارِ بِزَخَارِفِ زينَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا ٱلْمُهْلِكَةُ طُلاَّبَهَا ٱلْمُتْلِفَةُ حُلاّلَهَا ٱلْمَحْشُوَّةُ بِٱلآفَاتِ ٱلْمَشْحُونَةُ بِٱلنَّكَبَاتِ إِلٰهِي فَزَهِّدْنا فِيهَا وَسَلِّمْنَا مِنْهَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَعِصْمَتِكَ وَٱنْزَعْ عَنَّا جَلابِيبَ مُخَالَفَتِكَ وَتَوَلَّ أُمُورَنَا بِحُسْنِ كِفَايَتِكَ وَأَوْفِرْ مَزِيدَنَا مِنْ سَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَجْمِلْ صِلاتِنَا مِنْ فَيْضِ مَوَاهِبِكَ وَٱغْرِسْ فِي أَفْئِدَتِنَا أَشْجَارَ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَتْمِمْ لَنَا أَنْوَارَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَأَذِقْنَا حَلاوَةَ عَفْوِكَ وَلَذَّةَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَأَقْرِرْ أَعْيُنَنَا يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ بِرُؤْيَتِكَ وَأَخْرِجْ حُبَّ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا كَما فَعَلْتَ بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ وَٱلأَبْرَارِ مِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ ٱلأَكْرَمِينَ

    In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. My God, You have settled us in an abode which has dug for us pits of deception, and You have fastened us by the hands of death in the snares of that abode's treachery! In You we seek asylum from the tricks of its guile, and to You we hold fast lest we be deluded by the glitter of its ornaments! It destroys its pursuers and ruins its settlers, it is stuffed with blights and loaded with calamities. My God, induce us to renounce it and keep us safe from it by Your giving success and Your preservation from sin. Strip from us the robes of opposing You, attend to our affairs through Your good sufficiency, amplify our increase from the boundless plenty of Your mercy, be liberal in our gifts from the overflow of Your grants, plant in our hearts the trees of Your love, complete for us the lights of Your knowledge, give us to taste the sweetness of Your pardon and the pleasure of Your forgiveness, gladden our eyes on the day of meeting You with the vision of You, dislodge the love of this world from our spirits, just as You have done for the righteous, Your selected friends, and for the pious, those whom You have singled out! O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Generous of the most generous!

  77. 1. Dua of Sunday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَرْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ، وَلاَ أَخْشَى إلاَّ عَدْلَهُ، وَلا أَعْتَمِدُ إلاَّ قَوْلَهُ، وَلا أَتَمَسَّكُ إلاَّ بِحَبْلِهِ. بِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ يا ذَا الْعَفْوِ وَالرِّضْوانِ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَالْعُدْوانِ، وَمِنْ غِيَرِ الزَّمانِ، وَتَواتُرِ الاَحْزانِ، وَمِنْ طَوارِقِ الْحَدَثَانِ ، وَمِنِ انْقِضآءِ الْمُدَّةِ قَبْلَ التَّأَهُّبِ وَالْعُدَّةِ. وَإيَّاكَ أَسْتَرْشِدُ لِما فِيهِ الصَّلاحُ وَالاِصْلاحُ، وَبِكَ أَسْتَعِينُ فِيما يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ النَّجاحُ وَالاِنْجاحُ. وَإيَّاكَ أَرْغَبُ فِي لِباسِ الْعافِيَةِ وَتَمامِها، وَشُمُولِ السَّلامَةِ وَدَوامِها، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يارَبِّ مِنْ هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطِينِ، وَأَحْتَرِزُ بِسُلْطانِكَ مِنْ جَوْرِ السَّلاطِينِ، فَتَقَبَّلْ ما كانَ مِنْ صَلاتِي وَصَوْمِي، واجْعَلْ غدي وَمَا بَعْدَهُ أفَضَلَ من سَاعَتي وَيَوْمِي، وَأَعِزَّنِي فِي عَشِيرَتِي وَقَوْمِي، وَاحْفَظْنِي فِي يَقْظَتِي وَنَوْمِي، فَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حافِظاً، وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِي هذا وَ ما بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الاحادِ مِنَ الشِّرْكَ وَالالْحَادِ، وَأُخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعآئِي تَعَرُّضَاً لِلاِجابَةِ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ،الدَّاعِي إلَى حَقِّكَ، وَأَعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ الَّذِي لا يُضامُ، وَاحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِك الَّتِي لاتَنامُ، وَاخْتِمْ بِالانْقِطَاعِ إلَيْكَ أَمْرِي، وَبِالْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي، إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate In the Name of God, from whom I hope for nothing but bounty, and from whom I fear nothing but justice! I rely only upon His word, And I cling only to His cord! In Thee I seek sanctuary – O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure – from wrong and enmity, from the changes of time and the recurrence of sorrows, from the striking of mishaps, and from the expiration of my term before preparation and readiness. – From Thee I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and being set right. From Thee I seek help in that which is linked to success and favorable response. Thee I beseech for the garment of well-being and its completion and for the covering of health and its permanence. I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, from the goadings of the satans, and I seek protection in Thy sovereignty from the injustice of the sovereigns. So accept my past prayers and fasting and make my tomorrow and what is after better than my present hour and my today! Exalt me in my clan and my people and protect me in my waking and my sleeping! For Thou art God, the Best Guardian, And Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful. O God, I am quit before Thee on this day of mine and on all Sundays that follow it of associating others with Thee and of heresy, and I devote my supplication sincerely to Thee, addressing myself to Thy response. So, bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, the best of Thy creation,the summoner to Thy truth, exalt me with Thy exaltation, which is never made to suffer loss, protect me with Thy eye, which never sleeps, and seal my affair by cutting me off from everything but Thee and my life with forgiveness! Surely Thou art the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!

  78. 2. Dua of Monday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُشْهِدْ أَحَدَاً حِينَ فَطَرَ السَّمواتِ وَالاَرْضَ، وَلاَ اتَّخَذَ مُعِيناً حِينَ بَرَأَ النَّسَماتِ. لَمْ يُشارَكْ فِي الالهِيَّةِ، وَلَمْ يُظَاهَرْ فِي الْوَحْدانِيَّةِ. كَلَّتِ الاَلْسُنُ عَنْ غايَةِ صِفَتِهِ، وَ انْحَسَرَتِ الْعُقُولُ عَنْ كُنْهِ مَعْرِفَتِهِ، وَتَوَاضَعَتِ الْجَبابِرَةُ لِهَيْبَتِهِ، وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِخَشْيَتِهِ، وَانْقَادَ كُلُّ عَظِيم لِعَظَمَتِهِ. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مُتَوَاتِراً مُتَّسِقاً، وَمُتَوَالِياً مُسْتَوْسِقَاً. وَصَلَواتُهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ أَبَدَاً، وَسَلامُهُ دَآئِماً سَرْمَدَاً. أَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ يَوْمِي هذَا صَلاحَاً، وَأَوْسَطَهُ فَلاحَاً، وَآخِرَهُ نَجاحَاً، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ يَوْم أَوَّلُهُ فَزَعُ، وَأَوْسَطُهُ جَزَعٌ، وَآخِرُهُ وَجَعٌ. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ نَذْر نَذَرْتُهُ، وَلِكُلِّ وَعْد وَعَدْتُهُ، وَلِكُلِّ عَهْد عاهَدْتُهُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَفِ لَكَ بِهِ. وَأَسْأَلُكَ فِي مَظالِمِ عِبادِكَ عِنْدِي، فَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ، أَوْ أَمَة مِنْ إمآئِكَ، كَانَتْ لَهُ قِبَلِي مَظْلَمَةٌ ظَلَمْتُها إيَّاهُ فِي نَفْسِهِ، أَوْ فِي عِرْضِهِ، أَوْ فِي مالِهِ، أَوْ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ، أَوْ غَيْبَةٌ اغْتَبْتَهُ بِها، أَوْ تَحامُلٌ عَلَيْهِ بِمَيْل أَوْ هَوَىً، أَوْ أَنَفَة، أَوْ حَمِيَّة، أَوْ رِيآء، أَوْ عَصَبِيَّة غائِباً كانَ أَوْ شاهِداً، وَحَيّاً كانَ أَوْ مَيِّتاً، فَقَصُرَتْ يَدِي، وَضاقَ وُسْعِي عَنْ رَدِّها إلَيْهِ، وَالتَّحَلُّلِ مِنْهُ. فَأَسْأَلُكَ يا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الْحاجاتِ، وَهِيَ مُسْتَجِيبَةٌ بِمَشِيَّتِهِ، وَمُسْرِعَةٌ إلى إرادَتِهِ، أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد ، وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَهُ عَنِّي بِما شِئْتَ، وَتَهَبَ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ رَحْمَةً، إنَّهُ لا تَنْقُصُكَ الْمَغْفِرَةُ، وَلا تَضُرُّكَ المَوْهِبَةُ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ أَوْلِنِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ نِعْمَتَيْنِ مِنْكَ ثِنْتَيْنِ: سَعادَةً فِي أَوَّلِهِ بِطاعَتِكَ، وَنِعْمَةً فِي آخِرِهِ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ يامَنْ هُوَ الاِلهُ، وَلا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ سِواهُ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate Praise belongs to God, who allowed none to witness when He created the heavens and the earth, and who took no helper when He authored the spirits! He has no associate in Divinity and no support in Unity. Tongues fall silent before the limit of describing Him, intellects fail before the core of knowing Him, tyrants fall low in awe of Him, faces are humbled in fear of Him, and everything mighty yields to His mightiness! So to Thee belongs praise, again and again, well-measured, continually, methodically! And may His blessings be upon His Messenger endlessly, His salutation everlastingly, eternally! O God, make the beginning of this day of mine righteousness, its middle prosperity, and its end success! I seek refuge in Thee from a day whose beginning is fright, whose middle is anxiety, and whose end is pain! O God, I pray forgiveness from Thee for every vow I have vowed, every promise I have promised, and every pledge I have pledged and then failed to keep for Thee. I ask Thee concerning the complaints of Thy servants against me: If there is a servant from among Thy servants or a handmaid from among Thy handmaids, who has against me a complaint because I have wronged him in respect to himself, his reputation, his property, his wife or his child, evil words I have spoken about him in his absence, an imposition upon him through inclination, caprice, scorn, zeal, false show, bigotry, whether he be absent or present, alive or dead, such that my hand has fallen short and my capacity has been too narrow to make restitution to him or to annul my obligation to him, I ask Thee, O He who owns all objects of need which are granted by His will and hasten to His desire that Thou blessest Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, makest [the one I have wronged] satisfied with me in the manner that Thou willest, and givest me mercy from Thee! Forgiveness decreases Thee not and giving injures Thee not, O Most Merciful of the merciful! O God, give me on every Monday two favours from Thee: the felicity to obey Thee at its beginning and the favour of Thy forgiveness at its end! O He who is God and none other than whom grants forgiveness for sins!

  79. 3. Dua of Tuesday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَلْحَمْدُ للّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ حَقُّهُ كَما يَسْتَحِقُّهُ حَمْداً كَثِيراً. وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، إنَّ النَّفْسَ لاَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إلاَّ ما رَحِمَ رَبِّي، وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ الَّذِي يَزِيدُنِي ذَنْباً إلَى ذَنْبِي، وَأَحْتَرِزُ بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَّار فاجِر، وَسُلْطان جآئر، وَعَدُوٍّ قاهِر. أَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ جُنْدِكَ فَإنَّ جُنْدَكَ هُمُ الْغالِبُونَ، وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ حِزْبِكَ فَإنَّ حِزْبَكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ، وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَوْلِيآئِكَ; فَإنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ. أَللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِيْنِي فَإنَّهُ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي فَإنَّهَا دارُ مَقَرِّي، وَإلَيْها مِنْ مُجاوَرَةِ اللِّئامِ مَفَرِّي، وَاجْعَلِ الْحَياةَ زِيادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْر، وَالْوَفاةَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَتَمَامِ عِدَّةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَعَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ، وَأَصْحَابِهِ الْمُنْتَجَبِينَ وَهَبْ لِي فِي الثُلُثآءِ ثَلاثاً: لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْباً إلاَّ غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلا غَمّاً إلاَّ أَذْهَبْتَهُ، وَلا عَدُوّاً إلاَّ دَفَعْتَهُ .بِسْمِ اللهِ خَيْرِ الاَسْمآءِ، بِسْمِ اللهِ رَبِّ الاَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، أَسْتَدْفِعُ كُلَّ مَكْرُوه أَوَّلُهُ سَخَطُهُ، وَأَسْتَجْلِبُ كُلَّ مَحْبُوب أَوَّلُهُ رِضاهُ. فَاخْتِمْ لِي مِنْكَ بِالْغُفْرانِ يا وَلِيَّ الاِحْسانِ

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate Praise belongs to God and praise is His right, since He deserves it abundant praise! I seek refuge in Him from the evil of my soul, for surely the soul commands to evil except as my Lord has mercy. I seek refuge in Him from the evil of Satan who adds sins to my sin. I seek protection with Him from every wicked tyrant, unjust sovereign, and conquering enemy. O God, place me among Thy troops, for Thy troops they are the victors, place me in Thy party, for Thy party they are the ones who prosper, and place me among Thy friends, for Thy friends no fear shall be upon them, nor shall they sorrow. O God, set right for me my religion, for it is the preserving tie of my affair, set right for me my hereafter, for it is the abode of my permanent lodging and to it I flee from the neighbourhood of the vile! Make life an increase for me in every good and death an ease for me from every evil! O God, bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and the completion of the number of the envoys, his Household, the good, the pure, and his Companions, the distinguished, and give me on the Tuesday three things: Leave no sin for me unless Thou forgivest it, no grief unless Thou takest it away, and no enemy unless Thou repellest him! By means of 'in the name of "God" ', the best of the Names, in the name of God, Lord of earth and heaven, I seek to repulse every hateful thing, the first of which is His anger, and I seek to attract every loveable thing, the first of which is His good pleasure! So seal me with forgiveness from Thee, O Patron of beneficence!

  80. 4. Dua of Wednesday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ لِباساً، وَالنَّوْمَ سُباتَاً، وَجَعَلَ النَّهارَ نُشُوراً. لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ بَعَثْتَنِي مِنْ مَرْقَدِي، وَلَوْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتَهُ سَرْمَداً حَمْداً دَائِمَاً لا يَنْقَطِعُ أَبَداً، وَلا يُحْصِي لَهُ الْخَلائِقُ عَدَدَاً. أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ خَلَقْتَ فَسَوَّيْتَ، وَقَدَّرْتَ وَقَضَيْتَ، وَأَمَتَّ وَأَحْيَيْتَ، وَأَمْرَضْتَ وَشَفَيْتَ، وَعافَيْتَ وَأَبْلَيْتَ، وَعَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَيْتَ، وَعَلَى الْمُلْكِ احْتَوَيْتَ. أَدْعُوكَ دُعآءَ مَنْ ضَعُفَتْ وَسِيلَتُهُ، وَانْقَطَعَتْ حِيلَتُهُ، وَاقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُ، وَتَدانى فِي الدُّنْيا أَمَلُهُ، وَاشْتَدَّتْ إلى رَحْمَتِكَ فاقَتُهُ، وَعَظُمَتْ لِتَفْرِيطِهِ حَسْرَتُهُ، وَكَثُرَتْ زَلَّتُهُ وَعَثْرَتُهُ، وَخَلُصَتْ لِوَجْهِكَ تَوْبَتُهُ. فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَعَلى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ، وَارْزُقْنِي شَفاعَةَ مُحَمَّد صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي صُحْبَتَهُ إنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الاَرْبِعآءِ أَرْبَعَا: إجْعَلْ قُوَّتِي فِي طاعَتِكَ، وَنَشاطِي فِي عِبادَتِكَ، وَرَغْبَتِي فِي ثَوَابِكَ، وَزُهْدِي فِيما يُوجِبُ لِي أَلِيمَ عِقابِكَ، إنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِما تَشآءُ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate Praise belongs to God, who appointed the night to be a garment, and sleep for a rest, and day He appointed for a rising! To Thee belongs praise, for Thou roused me from my sleep, and hadst Thou willed, Thou wouldst have made it everlasting an everlasting praise that will never be cut off and whose number the creatures will never count! O God, to Thee belongs praise, for Thou created, then proportioned, ordained and decreed, gave death and bestowed life, made sick and healed, made well and afflicted, sat upon the Throne and encompassed the Kingdom! I supplicate Thee with the supplication of one whose mediation is weak, whose stratagems have been cut off, whose term has drawn near, whose expectation from this world has shrunk, whose neediness for Thy mercy has intensified, whose remorse for his neglect has become great, whose slips and stumbles have become many, and whose repentance is devoted sincerely to Thy face. So bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and his Household, the good, the pure, provide me with the intercession of Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) and deprive me not of his companionship! Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful! O God, decree for me on Wednesday four things: Induce me to be strong in obedience to Thee, to be joyful in worshipping Thee, to be desirous of Thy reward, and to abstain from that which would make incumbent upon me Thy painful punishment! Thou art Gentle to whom Thou wilt!

  81. 5. Dua of Thursday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلَ مُظْلِمَاً بِقُدْرَتِهِ، وَجآءَ بِالنَّهارِ مُبْصِراً بِرَحْمَتِهِ، وَكَسانِي ضِيآءَهُ وَآتانِي نِعْمَتَهُ. أَللَّهُمَّ فَكَما أَبْقَيْتَنِي لَهُ فَأَبْقِنِي لاِمْثالِهِ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَلا تَفْجَعْنِي فِيهِ وَفِي غَيْرِهِ مِنَ اللَّيالِي وَالاَيَّامِ بِارْتِكابِ الْمَحارِمِ، وَاكْتِسابِ الْمَاثِمِ، وَارْزُقْنِي خَيْرَهُ، وَخَيْرَ ما فِيهِ، وَخَيْرَ ما بَعْدَهُ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ، وَشَرَّ ما فِيهِ، وَشَرَّ ما بَعْدَهُ. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي بِذِمَّةِ الاِسْلامِ أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ، وَبِحُرْمَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْكَ، وَبِمُحَمَّد الْمُصْطَفى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ أَسْتَشْفِعُ لَدَيْكَ، فَاعْرِفِ اللَّهُمَّ ذِمَّتِي الَّتِي رَجَوْتُ بِها قَضآءَ حاجَتِي، يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الخَمِيسِ خَمْساً لا يَتَّسِعُ لَها إلاَّ كَرَمُكَ وَلا يُطِيقُها إلاَّ نِعَمُكَ: سَلامَةً أَقْوى بِها عَلَى طاعَتِكَ وَعِبادَةً أَسْتَحِقُّ بِها جَزِيلَ مَثُوبَتِكَ، وَسَعَةً فِي الْحالِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ الْحَلالِ، وَأَنْ تُؤْمِنَنِي فِي مَواقِفِ الْخَوْفِ بِأَمْنِكَ، وَتَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ طَوارِقِ الْهُمُومِ وَالْغُمُومِ فِي حِصْنِكَ، صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَل تَوَسُّلِي بِهِ شافِعَاً يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ نافِعاً، إنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate Praise belongs to God, who has taken away the shadowy night by His power and brought the sight-giving day through His mercy. He has clothed me in its brightness and given me its favour. O God, just as Thou hast spared me for this day, so also spare me for its likes, bless the prophet Muhammad and his Household, torment me not in it and in other nights and days by allowing me to commit unlawful acts and to clothe myself in sins; provide me with its good, the good of all within it, and the good of everything after it; and turn away from me its evil, the evil of all within it, and the evil of everything after it! O God, by the protective compact of Islam, I seek mediation with Thee! By the inviolability of the Qur'an, I rely upon Thee! By Muhammad the chosen (God bless him and his Household) I seek intercession with Thee! So recognize my protective compact by which I hope my need will be granted, O Most Merciful of the merciful! O God, decree for me on Thursday five things which none embraces but Thy generosity and none supports but Thy favours: health through which I may have the strength to obey Thee, worship by which I may deserve Thy plentiful reward, plenty in my state through lawful provision, and that Thou makest me secure in the places of fear through Thy security, and placest me in Thy fortress against the striking of worries and sorrows! Bless Muhammad and his Household, and make my seeking his mediation as an intercessor give profit on the Day of Resurrection! Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful!

  82. 6. Dua of Friday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الاَوَّلِ قَبْلَ الانْشآءِ وَالاحْيآءِ، وَالاخِرِ بَعْدَ فَنآءِ الاَشْيَآءِ، الْعَلِيمِ الَّذِي لا يَنْسَى مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ، وَلا يَنْقُصُ مَنْ شَكَرَه، وَلا يُخَيِّبُ مَنْ دَعاهُ، وَلا يَقْطَعُ رَجآءَ مَنْ رَجاهُ. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَكَفى بِكَ شَهِيداً، وَأُشْهِدُ جَمِيعَ مَلائِكَتِكَ، وَسُكَّانَ سَمواتِكَ، وَحَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ، وَمَنْ بَعَثْتَ مِنْ أَنْبِيآئِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَأَنْشَأْتَ مِنْ أَصْنافِ خَلْقِكَ، أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ، وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَلا عَدِيلَ وَلا خُلْفَ لِقَوْلِكَ وَلا تَبْدِيْلَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، أَدَّى ما حَمَّلْتَهُ إلَى الْعِبادِ، وَجاهَدَ فِي اللَّهِ عزّوجل حَقَّ الْجِهادِ، وَأَنَّهُ بَشَّرَ بِما هُوَ حَقٌّ مِنَ الثَّوابِ، وَأَنْذَرَ بِما هُوَ صِدْقٌ مِنَ الْعِقابِ. أَللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلى دِينِكَ ما أَحْيَيْتَنِي، وَلا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إذْ هَدَيْتَنِي، وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً، إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَتْباعِهِ وَشِيعَتِهِ وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَتِهِ وَوَفِّقْنِي لاَداءِ فَرْضِ الْجُمُعاتِ، وَما أَوْجَبْتَ عَلَيَّ فِيها مِنَ الطَّاعاتِ، وَقَسَمْتَ لاِهْلِها مِنَ الْعَطآءِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجَزآءِ، إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate All Praise belongs to God, the First before the bringing forth and the giving of life, and the Last after the annihilation of all things, the All-knowing who forgets not him who remembers Him, decreases not him who thanks Him, disappoints not him who supplicates Him, and cuts not off the hope of him who hopes in Him! O God, I call Thee to witness and Thou art sufficient witness – and I call to witness all Thy angels, the inhabitants of Thy heavens, the bearers of Thy Throne, Thy prophets and Thy messengers whom Thou hast sent out, and the various kinds of creatures Thou hast brought forth, that I bear witness that Thou art God; there is no god but Thou, Thou alone, who hast no associate nor any equal, and Thy word has no failing, nor any change; and that Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) is Thy servant and Thy messenger; he delivered to the servants that with which Thou charged him, he struggled for God as is His due, he gave the good news of the truth of reward, and he warned of the veracity of punishment. O God, make me firm in Thy religion as long as Thou keepest me alive, make not my heart to swerve after Thou hast guided me, and give me mercy from Thee, surely Thou art the Giver. Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, make me one of his followers and his partisans, muster me in his band, and give me the success of accomplishing the obligatory observance of Friday, performing the acts of obedience which Thou has made incumbent upon me within it, and [receiving] the bestowal which Thou hast apportioned for its people on the Day of Recompense! Surely Thou art Mighty, All-wise!

  83. 7. Dua of Saturday

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    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بِسْمِ الِلّهِ كَلِمَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ، وَمَقالَةِ الْمُتَحَرِّزِينَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِالِلّه تَعالى مِنْ جَوْرِ الْجآئِرِينَ، وَكَيْدِ الْحاسِدِينَ، وَبَغْيِ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَأَحْمَدُهُ فَوْقَ حَمْدِ الْحامِدِينَ. أَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْواحِدُ بِلا شَرِيك، وَالْمَلِكُ بِلا تَمْلِيك، لا تُضَادُّ فِي حُكْمِكَ، وَلا تُنازَعُ فِي مُلْكِكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ، وَأَنْ تُوزِعَنِي مِنْ شُكْرِ نُعْماكَ ما تَبْلُغُ بِي غايَةَ رِضاكَ، وَأَنْ تُعِينَنِي عَلى طاعَتِكَ، وَلُزُومِ عِبادَتِكَ، وَاسْتِحْقاقِ مَثُوبَتِكَ بِلُطْفِ عِنايَتِكَ، وَتَرْحَمَنِي، وَتَصُدَّنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي، وَتُوَفِّقَنِي لِما يَنْفَعُنِي ما أَبْقَيْتَنِي، وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِكِتابِكَ صَدْرِي، وَتَحُطَّ بِتِلاوَتِهِ وِزْرِي، وَتَمْنَحَنِي السَّلامَةَ فِي دِينِي وَنَفْسِي، وَلا تُوحِشَ بِي أَهْلَ أُنْسِي، وَتُتِمَّ إحْسَانَكَ فِيما بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِي كَما أَحْسَنْتَ فِيما مَضَى مِنْهُ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

    In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate 'In the name of God', the word of those who hold fast to Him, the speech of those who seek His protection! I seek refuge in God (high exalted is He) from the injustice of the unjust, the trickery of the enviers, and the oppression of the wrongdoers, and I praise Him beyond the praise of the praisers! O God, Thou art the One without partner, and the King without having been made sovereign; no one opposes Thee in Thy decree and no one contests Thee in Thy kingdom! I ask Thee to bless Muhammad and his Household, Thy servant and Thy messenger, inspire me with a thanksgiving for Thy favours which will take me to the utmost limit of Thy good pleasure, help me through the gentleness of Thy solitude to obey Thee, hold fast to worshipping Thee, and deserve Thy reward, have mercy upon me, bar me from acts of disobedience toward Thee as long as Thou keepest me alive, give me success in what profits me as long as Thou sparest me, expand my breast through Thy Book, lessen my burden through its recitation, bestow upon me health in my religion and my soul, estrange not my intimates from me, and complete Thy beneficence in what is left of my lifetime, just as Thou hast shown beneficence in that of it which has passed! O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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