| 43) His Supplication when he Looked at the New Crescent Moon
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(43) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ
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| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
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| 1- O obedient creature,
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1. أَيُّهَا الْخَلْقُ الْمُطِيعُ ،
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| speedy and untiring,
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الدَّائِبُ السَّرِيعُ ،
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| frequenter of the mansions of determination,[1]
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الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التَّقْدِيرِ ،
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| moving about in the sphere of governance!
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الْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التَّدْبِيرِ .
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| 2- I have faith in Him who lights up darknesses through thee,
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2. آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوَّرَ بِكَ الظُّلَمَ ،
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| illuminates jet-black shadows by thee,
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وَ أَوْضَحَ بِكَ الْبُهَمَ ،
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| appointed thee one of the signs of His kingdom
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وَ جَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ ،
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| and one of the marks of His authority,
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وَ عَلَامَةً مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ ،
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| and humbled thee through increase and decrease,
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وَ امْتَهَنَكَ بِالزِّيَادَةِ وَ النُّقْصَانِ ،
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| rising and setting, illumination and eclipse.
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وَ الطُّلُوعِ وَ الْأُفُولِ ، وَ الْإِنَارَةِ وَ الْكُسُوفِ ،
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| In all of this thou art obedient to Him, prompt toward His will.
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فِي كُلِّ ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ ، وَ إِلَى إِرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ
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| 3- Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in thy situation!
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3. سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبَّرَ فِي أَمْرِكَ
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| How subtle what He has made for thy task!
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وَ أَلْطَفَ مَا صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ
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| He has made thee the key to a new month for a new situation.
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جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لِأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ
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| 4- So I ask God, my Lord and thy Lord,
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4. فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَ رَبَّكَ ،
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| my Creator and thy Creator,
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وَ خَالِقِي وَ خَالِقَكَ ،
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| my Determiner and thy Determiner,
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وَ مُقَدِّرِي وَ مُقَدِّرَكَ ،
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| my Form-giver and thy Form-giver,
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وَ مُصَوِّرِي وَ مُصَوِّرَكَ
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| that He bless Muhammad and his Household
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أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| and appoint thee a crescent of blessings not effaced by days
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وَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلَالَ بَرَكَةٍ لَا تَمْحَقُهَا الْأَيَّامُ ،
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| and of purity not defiled by sins;
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وَ طَهَارَةٍ لَا تُدَنِّسُهَا الْآثَامُ
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| 5- a crescent of security from blights and of safety from evil deeds;
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5. هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ الْآفَاتِ ، وَ سَلَامَةٍ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ،
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| a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune,
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هِلَالَ سَعْدٍ لَا نَحْسَ فِيهِ ،
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| of prosperity accompanied by no adversity, of ease not mixed with difficulty,
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وَ يُمْنٍ لَا نَكَدَ مَعَهُ ، وَ يُسْرٍ لَا يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ ،
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| of good unstained by evil;
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وَ خَيْرٍ لَا يَشُوبُهُ شَرٌّ ،
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| a crescent of security and faith, favour and good-doing, safety and submission!
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هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ وَ إِيمَانٍ وَ نِعْمَةٍ وَ إِحْسَانٍ وَ سَلَامَةٍ وَ إِسْلَامٍ .
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| 6- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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6. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen,
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وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ ،
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| the purest of those who have looked upon it,
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وَ أَزْكَى مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ،
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| the most fortunate of those who have worshipped Thee under it;
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وَ أَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ ،
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| give us the success during [the new month] to repent,
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وَ وَفِّقْنَا فِيهِ لِلتَّوْبَةِ ،
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| preserve us within it from misdeeds,
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وَ اعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَوْبَةِ ،
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| guard us therein from pursuing disobedience to Thee,
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وَ احْفَظْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ مُبَاشَرَةِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ
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| 7- allot to us within it thanksgiving for Thy favour,
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7. وَ أَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ ،
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| clothe us during it in the shields of well-being,
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وَ أَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ الْعَافِيَةِ ،
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| and complete for us Thy kindness by perfecting therein obedience to Thee!
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وَ أَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ الْمِنَّةَ ،
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| Surely Thou art All-kind, Praiseworthy.
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إِنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ ،
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| And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure.[2]
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وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ .
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