Text:Al-'Ahd Supplication

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,	اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah the Lord of the Great Light,	اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ ٱلنُّورِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
the Lord of the Elevated Throne,	وَرَبَّ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ ٱلرَّفِيعِ
the Lord of the swollen ocean,	وَرَبَّ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms,	وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ وَٱلإِنْجِيلِ وَٱلزَّبُورِ
the Lord of shade and heat,	وَرَبَّ ٱلظِّلِّ وَٱلْحَرُورِ
the Revealer of the Great Qur'¡n,	وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلْقُرْآنِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
and the Lord of the Archangels,	وَرَبَّ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
the Prophets, and the Messengers:	وَٱلانْبِيَاءِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
O Allah, I beseech You in Your Noble Name,	اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اسْالُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلْكَرِيـمِ
in the Light of Your Luminous Face	وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ ٱلْمُنِيرِ
and Your Eternal Kingdom.	وَمُلْكِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent!	يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ
I beseech You in the name of Your Name with which the heavens and the earth have lit up	اسْالُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي اشْرَقَتْ بِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَٱلارَضُونَ
and in Your Name with which the past and the coming generations have become upright!	وَبِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَصْلَحُ بِهِ ٱلاوَّلُونَ وَٱلآخِرُونَ
O He Who has been always alive before the existence of all living things!	يَا حَيّاً قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who shall be alive after the extinction of all living things!	وَيَا حَيّاً بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who has been always alive even when there was nothing else alive!	وَيَا حَيّاً حِينَ لا حَيُّ
O He Who revives the dead ones and causes the living ones to die!	يَا مُحْيِيَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَمُمِيتَ ٱلاحْيَاءِ

O Ever-living! There is no god save You.	يَا حَيُّ لا إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ
O Allah, convey to our master Imam al-Mahd¢, the guide who is to undertake Your orders,	اَللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلاَنَا ٱلإِمَامَ ٱلْهَادِيَ ٱلْمَهْدِيَّ ٱلْقَائِمَ بِامْرِكَ
may Allah’s blessings be upon him and upon his immaculate fathers,	صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آبَائِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
on behalf of all of the believing men and women	عَنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
in the east and west of the earth	فِي مَشَارِقِ ٱلارْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا
and in plains, mountains,	سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا
lands, and seas,	وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا
and on behalf of my parents	وَعَنِّي وَعَنْ وَالِدَيَّ
(convey to him) blessings that are as weighty as Allah’s Throne,	مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوَاتِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِ ٱللَّهِ
as much as the ink of His Words,	وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
and as many as that which is counted by His knowledge and encompassed by His Book.	وَمَا احْصَاهُ عِلْمُهُ وَاحَاطَ بِهِ كِتَابُهُ
O Allah, I update to him in the beginning of this day	اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اجَدِّدُ لَهُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِي هٰذَا
and throughout the days of lifetime a pledge,	وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ ايَّامِي
a covenant, and allegiance to which I commit myself	عَهْداً وَعَقْداً وَبَيْعَةً لَهُ فِي عُنُقِي
and from which I neither convert nor change.	لا احُولُ عَنْه وَلا ازُولُ ابَداً
O Allah, (please do) make me of his supporters,	اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ انْصَارِهِ
sponsors, defenders,	وَاعْوَانِهِ وَٱلذَّابِّينَ عَنْهُ
and those who hurry in carrying out his instructions,	وَٱلْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِي قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِهِ
those who comply with his orders,	وَٱلْمُمْتَثِلِينَ لاِوَامِرِهِ
those who uphold him,	وَٱلْمُحَامِينَ عَنْهُ
those who precede others to implementing his will,	وَٱلسَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ
and those who will be martyred before him.	وَٱلْمُسْتَشْهَدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
O Allah, if death that You have made inevitably and certainly incumbent upon Your servants stands between me and him,	اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيّاً
then (please do) take me out of my grave using my shroud as dress,	فَاخْرِجْنِي مِنْ قَبْرِي مُؤْتَزِراً كَفَنِي
unsheathing my sword,	شَاهِراً سَيْفِي
holding my lance in my hand,	مُجَرِّداً قَنَاتِي
and responding to the call of the Caller who shall announce (his advent) in urban areas and deserts.	مُلَبِّياً دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِي فِي ٱلْحَاضِرِ وَٱلْبَادِي

O Allah, (please do) show me his magnificent mien	اَللَّهُمَّ ارِنِي ٱلطَّلْعَةَ ٱلرَّشِيدَةَ
and his praiseworthy forehead,	وَٱلْغُرَّةَ ٱلْحَمِيدَةَ
delight my eyes by letting me have a look at him.	وَٱكْحُلْ نَاظِرِي بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ
And (please) expedite his relief,	وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ
make his reappearance easy,	وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهُ
clear a spacious space for him,	وَاوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهُ
guide me to follow his course,	وَٱسْلُكْ بِي مَحَجَّتَهُ
give success to his issues,	وَانْفِذْ امْرَهُ
and confirm his strength.	وَٱشْدُدْ ازْرَهُ
O Allah, construct Your lands through him	وَٱعْمُرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِهِ بِلادَكَ
and refresh Your servants through him,	وَاحْيِ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ
For You have said, and true are Your words:	فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ ٱلْحَقُّ:
“Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea	«ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ
on account of what the hands of men have wrought.”	بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ايْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ.»

So, O Allah, (please) show us Your vicegerent,	فَاظْهِرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ
the son of Your Prophet,	وَٱبْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
and the namesake of Your Messenger,	ٱلْمُسَمَّىٰ بِٱسْمِ رَسُولِكَ
peace be upon him and his Household,	صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
so that he shall tear up any wrong item that he will face	حَتَّىٰ لا يَظْفَرَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ مَزَّقَهُ
and shall confirm and approve of the truth.	وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهُ
O Allah, (please) make him the shelter to whom Your wronged servants shall resort,	وَٱجْعَلْهُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَفْزَعاً لِمَظْلُومِ عِبَادِكَ
the supporter of those who cannot find any supporter save You,	وَنَاصِراً لِمَنْ لا يَجِدُ لَهُ نَاصِراً غَيْرَكَ
the reviver of the laws of Your Book that have been suspended,	وَمُجَدِّداً لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ احْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ
and the constructor of all signs of Your religion and instructions of Your Messenger,	وَمُشَيِّداً لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ اعْلامِ دِينِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ
peace be upon him and his Household, that he will see.	صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ
O Allah, (please) include him with those whom You protect from the domination of the aggressors.	وَٱجْعَلْهُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهُ مِنْ بَاسِ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
O Allah, (please) delight Your Prophet Mu¦ammad,	اَللَّهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّداً
peace be upon him and his Household,	صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ
as well as all those who followed him in his promulgation by making (us) see him,	بِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ عَلَىٰ دَعْوَتِهِ
and (please) have mercy upon our humiliation after him.	وَٱرْحَمِ ٱسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهُ

O Allah, (please) relieve this community from the (current) grief through presenting him	اَللَّهُمَّ ٱكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ ٱلْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ ٱلامَّةِ بِحُضُورِهِ
and expedite his advent for us:	وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُورَهُ
“Surely, they think it to be far off, and We see it nigh.”	«إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً.»
O most merciful of all those who show mercy.	بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
You may then slap your right thigh with your hand three times and, at each time, say the following words:
We pray for your earliest advent, earliest advent, O Patron of the Age.	الْعَجَلَ ٱلْعَجَلَ يَامَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ