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Thirteenth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَوَائِجِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مُنْتَهَى مَطْلَبِ الْحَاجَاتِ
وَ يَا مَنْ عِنْدَهُ نَيْلُ الطَّلِبَاتِ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يَبِيعُ نِعَمَهُ بِالْأَثْمَانِ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يُكَدِّرُ عَطَايَاهُ بِالِامْتِنَانِ
وَ يَا مَنْ يُسْتَغْنَى بِهِ وَ لَا يُسْتَغْنَى عَنْهُ
وَ يَا مَنْ يُرْغَبُ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَا يُرْغَبُ عَنْهُ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا تُفْنِي خَزَائِنَهُ الْمَسَائِلُ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا تُبَدِّلُ حِكْمَتَهُ الْوَسَائِلُ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ عَنْهُ حَوَائِجُ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يُعَنِّيهِ دُعَاءُ الدَّاعِينَ
تَمَدَّحْتَ بِالْغَنَاءِ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْغِنَى عَنْهُمْ
وَ نَسَبْتَهُمْ إِلَى الْفَقْرِ وَ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْفَقْرِ إِلَيْكَ
فَمَنْ حَاوَلَ سَدَّ خَلَّتِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَ رَامَ صَرْفَ الْفَقْرِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ بِكَ فَقَدْ طَلَبَ حَاجَتَهُ فِي مَظَانِّهَا، وَ أَتَى طَلِبَتَهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهَا
وَ مَنْ تَوَجَّهَ بِحَاجَتِهِ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ جَعَلَهُ سَبَبَ نُجْحِهَا دُونَكَ فَقَدْ تَعَرَّضَ لِلْحِرْمَانِ، وَ اسْتَحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَوْتَ الْإِحْسَانِ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ قَدْ قَصَّرَ عَنْهَا جُهْدِي، وَ تَقَطَّعَتْ دُونَهَا حِيَلِي، وَ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي رَفْعَهَا إِلَى مَنْ يَرْفَعُ حَوَائِجَهُ إِلَيْكَ، وَ لَا يَسْتَغْنِي فِي طَلِبَاتِهِ عَنْكَ، وَ هِيَ زَلَّةٌ مِنْ زَلَلِ الْخَاطِئِينَ، وَ عَثْرَةٌ مِنْ عَثَرَاتِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ
ثُمَّ انْتَبَهْتُ بِتَذْكِيرِكَ لِي مِنْ غَفْلَتِي، وَ نَهَضْتُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ زَلَّتِي، وَ رَجَعْتُ وَ نَكَصْتُ بِتَسْدِيدِكَ عَنْ عَثْرَتِي
وَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي كَيْفَ يَسْأَلُ مُحْتَاجٌ مُحْتَاجاً؟ وَ أَنَّى يَرْغَبُ مُعْدِمٌ إِلَى مُعْدِمٍ؟
فَقَصَدْتُكَ يَا إِلَهِي، بِالرَّغْبَةِ، وَ أَوْفَدْتُ عَلَيْكَ رَجَائِي بِالثِّقَةِ بِكَ
وَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ كَثِيرَ مَا أَسْأَلُكَ يَسِيرٌ فِي وُجْدِكَ، وَ أَنَّ خَطِيرَ مَا أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ حَقِيرٌ فِي وُسْعِكَ، وَ أَنَّ كَرَمَكَ لَا يَضِيقُ عَنْ سُؤَالِ أَحَدٍ، وَ أَنَّ يَدَكَ بِالْعَطَايَا أَعْلَى مِنْ كُلِّ يَدٍ
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ احْمِلْنِي بِكَرَمِكَ عَلَى التَّفَضُّلِ، وَ لَا تَحْمِلْنِي بِعَدْلِكَ عَلَى الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ، فَمَا أَنَا بِأَوَّلِ رَاغِبٍ رَغِبَ إِلَيْكَ فَأَعْطَيْتَهُ وَ هُوَ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْمَنْعَ، وَ لَا بِأَوَّلِ سَائِلٍ سَأَلَكَ فَأَفْضَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ يَسْتَوْجِبُ الْحِرْمَانَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ كُنْ لِدُعَائِي مُجِيباً، وَ مِنْ نِدَائِي قَرِيباً، وَ لِتَضَرُّعِي رَاحِماً، وَ لِصَوْتِي سَامِعاً
وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَائِي عَنْكَ، وَ لَا تَبُتَّ سَبَبِي مِنْكَ، وَ لَا تُوَجِّهْنِي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ وَ غَيْرِهَا إِلَى سِوَاكَ
وَ تَوَلَّنِي بِنُجْحِ طَلِبَتِي وَ قَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي وَ نَيْلِ سُؤْلِي قَبْلَ زَوَالِي عَنْ مَوْقِفِي هَذَا بِتَيْسِيرِكَ لِيَ الْعَسِيرَ وَ حُسْنِ تَقْدِيرِكَ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ الْأُمُورِ
وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، صَلَاةً دَائِمَةً نَامِيَةً لَا انْقِطَاعَ لِأَبَدِهَا وَ لَا مُنْتَهَى لِأَمَدِهَا، وَ اجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ عَوْناً لِي وَ سَبَباً لِنَجَاحِ طَلِبَتِي، إِنَّكَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ
وَ مِنْ حَاجَتِي يَا رَبِّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا
وَ تَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ وَ تَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِكَ
فَضْلُكَ آنَسَنِي، وَ إِحْسَانُكَ
دَلَّنِي، فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، أَن لَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً
وَ تَذْكُرُ حَاجَتَكَ ثُمَّ تَسْجُدُ وَ تَقُولُ فِي سُجُودِكَ
فَضْلُكَ آنَسَنِي، وَ إِحْسَانُكَ
دَلَّنِي، فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ، أَن لَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباًHERE YOU SHOULD STATE YOUR NEEDS, THEN PROSTRATE YOURSELF, AND SAY IN YOUR PROSTRATION
Thy bounty has comforted me and Thy beneficence has shown the way, So I ask Thee by Thee and by Muhammad and his Household (Thy blessings be upon them) that Thou sendest me not back in disappointment!
His Supplication in Seeking Needs from God
O God, O ultimate object of needs!
O He through whom requests are attained!
O He whose favours are not bought by prices!
O He who does not muddy His gifts by the imposition of obligations!
O He along with whom nothing is needed and without whom nothing can be done!
O He toward whom desire is ever directed and never turned away!
O He whose treasuries cannot be exhausted by demands!
O He whose wisdom cannot be altered by any means!
O He from whom the needs of the needy are never cut off!
O He who is not distressed by the supplications of the supplicators!
Thou hast lauded Thyself for having no need for Thy creatures, and it suits Thee to have no need for them,
and Thou hast attributed to them poverty, and it suits them to be poor toward Thee.
So he who strives to remedy his lack through what is with Thee and wishes to turn poverty away from himself through Thee has sought his need in the most likely place and come to his request from the right quarter.
But he who turns in his need toward one of Thy creatures or assigns the cause of its being granted to other than Thee, has exposed himself to deprivation and deserves to miss Thy beneficence.
O God, I have a need of Thee: My exertion has fallen short of it and my stratagems have been cut back before reaching it. My soul induced me to present it to him who presents his needs to Thee and can do nothing without Thee in his requests, but this is one of the slips of the offenders, one of the stumbles of the sinners!
Then through Thy reminding me, I was aroused from my heedlessness, through Thy giving success, I stood up from my slip, and through Thy pointing the way, I returned and withdrew from my stumble.
I said: Glory to my Lord! How can the needy ask from the needy? How can the destitute beseech the destitute?
So I went straight to Thee, my God, in beseeching, and I sent Thee my hope with trust in Thee.
I came to know that the many I request from Thee are few before Thy wealth, the weighty I ask from Thee is vile before Thy plenty; Thy generosity is not constrained by anyone's asking, Thy hand is higher in bestowing gifts than every hand!
O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household, take me through Thy generosity to Thy gratuitous bounty and take me not through Thy justice to what I deserve! I am not the first beseecher to beseech Thee and Thou bestowed upon him while he deserved withholding, nor am I the first to ask from Thee and Thou wast bounteous toward him while he merited deprivation.
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, respond to my supplication, come near my call, have mercy on my pleading, listen to my voice,
cut not short my hope for Thee, sever not my thread to Thee, turn not my face in this my need, and other needs, away from Thee,
attend for my sake to the fulfillment of my request, the granting of my need, and the attainment of what I have asked before I leave this place through Thy making easy for me the difficult and Thy excellent ordainment for me in all affairs!
Bless Muhammad and his Household with a permanent, ever-growing blessing, whose perpetuity has no cutting off and whose term knows no limit, and make that a help to me and a cause for the granting of my request! Thou art Boundless, Generous!
And of my needs, My Lord, are such and such.
HERE YOU SHOULD STATE YOUR NEEDS, THEN PROSTRATE YOURSELF, AND SAY IN YOUR PROSTRATION
Thy bounty has comforted me and Thy beneficence has shown the way, So I ask Thee by Thee and by Muhammad and his Household (Thy blessings be upon them) that Thou sendest me not back in disappointment!
Twelfth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الِاعْتِرَافِ وَ طَلَبِ التَّوْبَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِكَ خِلَالٌ ثَلَاثٌ، وَ تَحْدُونِي عَلَيْهَا خَلَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
يَحْجُبُنِي أَمْرٌ أَمَرْتَ بِهِ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ، وَ نَهْيٌ نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ فَأَسْرَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَ نِعْمَةٌ أَنْعَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَصَّرْتُ فِي شُكْرِهَا
وَ يَحْدُونِي عَلَى مَسْأَلَتِكَ تَفَضُّلُكَ عَلَى مَنْ أَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَيْكَ، وَ وَفَدَ بِحُسْنِ ظَنِّهِ إِلَيْكَ، إِذْ جَمِيعُ إِحْسَانِكَ تَفَضُّلٌ، وَ إِذْ كُلُّ نِعَمِكَ ابْتِدَاءٌ
فَهَا أَنَا ذَا، يَا إِلَهِي، وَاقِفٌ بِبَابِ عِزِّكَ وُقُوفَ الْمُسْتَسْلِمِ الذَّلِيلِ، وَ سَائِلُكَ عَلَى الْحَيَاءِ مِنِّي سُؤَالَ الْبَائِسِ الْمُعِيلِ
مُقِرٌّ لَكَ بِأَنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَسْلِمْ وَقْتَ إِحْسَانِكَ إِلَّا بِالْإِقْلَاعِ عَنْ عِصْيَانِكَ، وَ لَمْ أَخْلُ فِي الْحَالَاتِ كُلِّهَا مِنِ امْتِنَانِكَ
فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُنِي، يَا إِلَهِي، إِقْرَارِي عِنْدَكَ بِسُوءِ مَا اكْتَسَبْتُ وَ هَلْ يُنْجِينِي مِنْكَ اعْتِرَافِي لَكَ بِقَبِيحِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُ أَمْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِي فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا سُخْطَكَ أَمْ لَزِمَنِي فِي وَقْتِ دُعَايَ مَقْتُكَ
سُبْحَانَكَ، لَا أَيْأَسُ مِنْكَ وَ قَدْ فَتحْتَ لِي بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ، بَلْ أَقُولُ مَقَالَ الْعَبْدِ الذَّلِيلِ الظَّالِمِ لِنَفْسِهِ الْمُسْتَخِفِّ بِحُرْمَةِ رَبِّهِ
الَّذِي عَظُمَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ فَجَلَّتْ، وَ أَدْبَرَتْ أَيَّامُهُ فَوَلَّتْ حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى مُدَّةَ الْعَمَلِ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ وَ غَايَةَ الْعُمُرِ قَدِ انْتَهَتْ، وَ أَيْقَنَ أَنَّهُ لَا مَحِيصَ لَهُ مِنْكَ، وَ لَا مَهْرَبَ لَهُ عَنْكَ، تَلَقَّاكَ بِالْإِنَابَةِ، وَ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ التَّوْبَةَ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْكَ بِقَلْبٍ طَاهِرٍ نَقِيٍّ، ثُمَّ دَعَاكَ بِصَوْتٍ حَائِلٍ خَفِيٍّ
قَدْ تَطَأْطَأَ لَكَ فَانْحَنَى، وَ نَكَّسَ رَأْسَهُ فَانْثَنَى، قَدْ أَرْعَشَتْ خَشْيَتُهُ رِجْلَيْهِ، وَ غَرَّقَتْ دُمُوعُهُ خَدَّيْهِ، يَدْعُوكَ بِيَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ، وَ يَا أَرْحَمَ مَنِ انْتَابَهُ الْمُسْتَرْحِمُونَ، وَ يَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ أَطَافَ بِهِ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ، وَ يَا مَنْ عَفْوُهُ أَكْثرُ مِنْ نَقِمَتِهِ، وَ يَا مَنْ رِضَاهُ أَوْفَرُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ
وَ يَا مَنْ تَحَمَّدَ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ بِحُسْنِ التَّجَاوُزِ، وَ يَا مَنْ عَوَّدَ عِبَادَهُ قَبُولَ الْإِنَابَةِ، وَ يَا مَنِ اسْتَصْلَحَ فَاسِدَهُمْ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَ يَا مَنْ رَضِيَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ بِالْيَسِيرِ، وَ مَنْ كَافَى قَلِيلَهُمْ بِالْكَثِيرِ، وَ يَا مَنْ ضَمِنَ لَهُمْ إِجَابَةَ الدُّعَاءِ، وَ يَا مَنْ وَعَدَهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِتَفَضُّلِهِ حُسْنَ الْجَزَاءِ
مَا أَنَا بِأَعْصَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ فَغَفَرْتَ لَهُ، وَ مَا أَنَا بِأَلْوَمِ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْكَ فَقَبِلْتَ مِنْهُ، وَ مَا أَنَا بِأَظْلَمِ مَنْ تَابَ إِلَيْكَ فَعُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ
أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا تَوْبَةَ نَادِمٍ عَلَى مَا فَرَطَ مِنْهُ، مُشْفِقٍ مِمَّا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ، خَالِصِ الْحَيَاءِ مِمَّا وَقَعَ فِيهِ
عَالِمٍ بِأَنَّ الْعَفْوَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُكَ، وَ أَنَّ التَّجَاوُزَ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ الْجَلِيلِ لَا يَسْتَصْعِبُكَ، وَ أَنَّ احْتِمَالَ الْجِنَايَاتِ الْفَاحِشَةِ لَا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ، وَ أَنَّ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِكَ إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَرَكَ الِاسْتِكْبَارَ عَلَيْكَ، وَ جَانَبَ الْإِصْرَارَ، وَ لَزِمَ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ
وَ أَنَا أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَكْبِرَ، وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُصِرَّ، وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا قَصَّرْتُ فِيهِ، وَ أَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا عَجَزْتُ عَنْهُ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ هَبْ لِي مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيَّ لَكَ، وَ عَافِنِي مِمَّا أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ، وَ أَجِرْنِي مِمَّا يَخَافُهُ أَهْلُ الْإِسَاءَةِ، فَإِنَّكَ مَلِيءٌ بِالْعَفْوِ، مَرْجُوٌّ لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ، مَعْرُوفٌ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ لَيْسَ لِحَاجَتِي مَطْلَبٌ سِوَاكَ، وَ لَا لِذَنْبِي غَافِرٌ غَيْرُكَ حَاشَاكَ
وَ لَا أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِلَّا إِيَّاكَ، إِنَّكَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَ أَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَ اقْضِ حَاجَتِي، وَ أَنْجِحْ طَلِبَتِي، وَ اغْفِرْ ذَنْبِي، وَ آمِنْ خَوْفَ نَفْسِي، إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، وَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ، آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance toward God
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.
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 station Thy 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 favourably, 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 world!
Eleventh Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِخَوَاتِمِ الْخَيْرِ
يا مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ شَرَفٌ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ، وَ يَا مَنْ شُكْرُهُ فَوْزٌ لِلشَّاكِرِينَ، وَ يَا مَنْ طَاعَتُهُ نَجَاةٌ لِلْمُطِيعِينَ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اشْغَلْ قُلُوبَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِكْرٍ، وَ أَلْسِنَتَنَا بِشُكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ شُكْرٍ، وَ جَوَارِحَنَا بِطَاعَتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ طَاعَةٍ
فَإِنْ قَدَّرْتَ لَنَا فَرَاغاً مِنْ شُغْلٍ فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاغَ سَلَامَةٍ لَا تُدْرِكُنَا فِيهِ تَبِعَةٌ، وَ لَا تَلْحَقُنَا فِيهِ سَأْمَةٌ، بِصَحِيفَةٍ خَالِيَةٍ مِنْ ذِكْرِ سَيِّئَاتِنَا، حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ عَنَّا كُتَّابُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَ يَتَوَلَّى كُتَّابُ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَنَّا مَسْرُورِينَ بِمَا كَتَبُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا
وَ إِذَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ حَيَاتِنَا، وَ تَصَرَّمَتْ مُدَدُ أَعْمَارِنَا، وَ اسْتَحْضَرَتْنَا دَعْوَتُكَ الَّتِي لَا بُدَّ مِنْهَا وَ مِنْ إِجَابَتِهَا، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْ خِتَامَ مَا تُحْصِي عَلَيْنَا كَتَبَةُ أَعْمَالِنَا تَوْبَةً مَقْبُولَةً لَا تُوقِفُنَا بَعْدَهَا عَلَى ذَنْبٍ اجْتَرَحْنَاهُ، وَ لَا مَعْصِيَةٍ اقْتَرَفْنَاهَا
وَ لَا تَكْشِفْ عَنَّا سِتْراً سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ، يَوْمَ تَبْلُو أَخْبَارَ عِبَادِكَ
إِنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ بِمَنْ دَعَاكَ، وَ مُسْتَجِيبٌ لِمَنْ نَادَاكَ
His Supplication for Good Outcomes
O He remembering whom brings honour to those who remember! O He thanking whom brings triumph to those who give thanks! O He obeying whom brings deliverance to those who obey! Bless Muhammad and his Household, and divert our hearts through remembering Thee from every act of remembrance, our tongues through thanking Thee from every act of thanksgiving, our limbs through obeying Thee from every act of obedience!
If Thou hast ordained for us idleness from these occupations, make it an idleness of safety, within which no ill consequence visits us or weariness overtakes us! with a page empty of the mention of our evil deeds, Then the writers of evil deeds may depart from us and the writers of good deeds may turn away from us happy with the good deeds of ours which they have written.
And when the days of our life have passed by, the terms of our lifetimes have elapsed, and Thy call, which must come and be answered, summons us forth, then bless Muhammad and his Household and make the outcome of what the writers of our works count against us an accepted repentance, which afterwards gave us no rest in a sin that we committed or an act of disobedience that we performed!
Remove not from us any covering with which Thou hast covered over the heads of the witnesses on the day when the records of Thy servants are tried!
Verily Thou art compassionate to him who supplicates Thee, the responder to him who calls upon Thee!
Tenth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي اللَّجَإِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تَشَأْ تَعْفُ عَنَّا فَبِفَضْلِكَ، وَ إِنْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنَا فَبِعَدْلِكَ
فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمَنِّكَ، وَ أَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِعَدْلِكَ وَ لَا نَجَاةَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَّا دُونَ عَفْوِكَ
يَا غَنِيَّ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ، هَا، نَحْنُ عِبَادُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَ أَنَا أَفْقَرُ الْفُقَرَاءِ إِلَيْكَ، فَاجْبُرْ فَاقَتَنَا بِوُسْعِكَ، وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَاءَنَا بِمَنْعِكَ، فَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ وَ حَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ
فَإِلَى مَنْ حِينَئِذٍ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ، وَ إِلَى أَيْنَ مَذْهَبُنَا عَنْ بَابِكَ، سُبْحَانَكَ نَحْنُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ إِجَابَتَهُمْ، وَ أَهْلُ السُّوءِ الَّذِينَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ
وَ أَشْبَهُ الْأَشْيَاءِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ، وَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِكَ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ وَ غَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إِلَيْكَ، وَ أَغْنِنَا إِذْ طَرَحْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شَمِتَ بِنَا إِذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إِيَّاهُ لَك، وَ رَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ إِلَيْكَ
His Supplication in Seeking Asylum with God
O God, if Thou willest, Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bounty and if Thou willest, Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice.
So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindness and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon!
O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee. I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee, so redress our neediness through Thy plenty and cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding, lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty!
Then to whom would we return after Thee? Where would we go from Thy gate? Glory be to Thee! We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent, the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.
That thing most resembling Thy will and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy and helping him who seeks help from Thee. So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee!
O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee, so bless Muhammad and his Household and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee and beseeched Thee against him!
Ninth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الِاشْتِيَاقِ إِلَى طَلَبِ الْمَغْفِرَةِ مِنَ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ صَيِّرْنَا إِلَى مَحْبُوبِكَ مِنَ التَّوْبَةِ، و أَزِلْنَا عَنْ مَكْرُوهِكَ مِنَ الْإِصْرَارِ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ مَتَى وَقَفْنَا بَيْنَ نَقْصَيْنِ فِي دِينٍ أَوْ دُنْيَا، فَأَوْقِعِ النَّقْصَ بِأَسْرَعِهِمَا فَنَاءً، وَ اجْعَلِ التَّوْبَةَ فِي أَطْوَلِهِمَا بَقَاءً
وَ إِذَا هَمَمْنَا بِهَمَّيْنِ يُرْضِيكَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنَّا، وَ يُسْخِطُكَ الْآخَرُ عَلَيْنَا، فَمِلْ بِنَا إِلَى مَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنَّا، وَ أَوْهِنْ قُوَّتَنَا عَمَّا يُسْخِطُكَ عَلَيْنَا
وَ لَا تُخَلِّ فِي ذَلِكَ بَيْنَ نُفُوسِنَا وَ اخْتِيَارِهَا، فَإِنَّهَا مُخْتَارَةٌ لِلْبَاطِلِ إِلَّا مَا وَفَّقْتَ أَمَّارَةٌ بِالسُّوءِ إِلَّا مَا رَحِمْتَ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الضُّعْفِ خَلَقْتَنَا، وَ عَلَى الْوَهْنِ بَنَيْتَنَا، وَ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَهِينٍ ابْتَدَأْتَنَا، فَلَا حَوْلَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِقُوَّتِكَ، وَ لَا قُوَّةَ لَنَا إِلَّا بِعَوْنِكَ
فَأَيِّدْنَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ، وَ سَدِّدْنَا بِتَسْدِيدِكَ، وَ أَعْمِ أَبْصَارَ قُلُوبِنَا عَمَّا خَالَفَ مَحَبَّتَكَ، وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ جَوَارِحِنَا نُفُوذاً فِي مَعْصِيَتِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْ هَمَسَاتِ قُلُوبِنَا، وَ حَرَكَاتِ أَعْضَائِنَا وَ لَمَحَاتِ أَعْيُنِنَا، وَ لَهَجَاتِ أَلْسِنَتِنَا فِي مُوجِبَاتِ ثَوَابِكَ حَتَّى لَا تَفُوتَنَا حَسَنَةٌ نَسْتَحِقُّ بِهَا جَزَاءَكَ، وَ لَا تَبْقَى لَنَا سَيِّئَةٌ نَسْتَوْجِبُ بِهَا عِقَابَكَ
His Supplication in Yearning to Ask Forgiveness from God
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make us go to the repentance that Thou lovest and make us leave the persistence that Thou hatest!
O God, when we halt before two decreases, in religion or in this world, let the decrease fall upon that which passes quickly and relent in that which lasts the longer!
When we set out after two concerns, one of which makes Thee pleased with us and the other of which displeases Thee, incline us toward that which makes Thee pleased and weaken our strength in that which displeases Thee!
Leave not our souls alone to choose in that, for they choose falsehood except inasmuch as Thou givest success, and they command to evil except inasmuch as Thou hast mercy!
O God, thou created us from frailty, built us up from feebleness, and began us from a mean water; we have no force except through Thy strength and no strength except through Thy help.
So confirm us by giving us success, point us the right way by Thy pointing, blind the eyes of our hearts toward everything opposed to Thy love, and set not in any of our limbs passage to disobeying Thee!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and assign the whisperings of our hearts, the movements of our members, the glances of our eyes, and the idioms of our tongues, to that which makes incumbent Thy reward, lest a good deed slip by us, through which we might deserve Thy repayment, or an evil deed remain with us, by which we might merit Thy punishment!
Eighth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الِاسْتِعَاذَةِ مِنَ الْمَكَارِهِ وَ سَيِّئِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَ مَذَامِّ الْأَفْعَالِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنيِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَيَجَانِ الْحِرْصِ، وَ سَوْرَةِ الْغَضَبِ، وَ غَلَبَةِ الْحَسَدِ، وَ ضَعْفِ الصَّبْرِ، وَ قِلَّةِ الْقَنَاعَةِ، وَ شَكَاسَةِ الْخُلُقِ، وَ إِلْحَاحِ الشَّهْوَةِ، وَ مَلَكَةِ الْحَمِيَّةِ
وَ مُتَابَعَةِ الْهَوَى، وَ مُخَالَفَةِ الْهُدَى، وَ سِنَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ، وَ تَعَاطِي الْكُلْفَةِ، وَ إِيثَارِ الْبَاطِلِ عَلَى الْحَقِّ، وَ الْإِصْرَارِ عَلَى الْمَأْثَمِ، وَ اسْتِصْغَارِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ، وَ اسْتِكْبَارِ الطَّاعَةِ
وَ مُبَاهَاةِ الْمُكْثِرِينَ، وَ الْإِزْرَاءِ بِالْمُقِلِّينَ، وَ سُوءِ الْوِلَايَةِ لِمَنْ تَحْتَ أَيْدِينَا، وَ تَرْكِ الشُّكْرِ لِمَنِ اصْطَنَعَ الْعَارِفَةَ عِنْدَنَا
أَوْ أَنْ نَعْضُدَ ظَالِماً، أَوْ نَخْذُلَ مَلْهُوفاً، أَوْ نَرُومَ مَا لَيْسَ لَنَا بِحَقٍّ، أَوْ نَقُولَ فِي الْعِلْمِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
.وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ نَنْطَوِيَ عَلَى غِشِّ أَحَدٍ، وَ أَنْ نُعْجِبَ بِأَعْمَالِنَا، وَ نَمُدَّ فِي آمَالِنَا
وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ السَّرِيرَةِ، وَ احْتِقَارِ الصَّغِيرَةِ، وَ أَنْ يَسْتَحْوِذَ عَلَيْنَا الشَّيْطَانُ أَوْ يَنْكُبَنَا الزَّمَانُ، أَوْ يَتَهَضَّمَنَا السُّلْطَانُ
.وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ تَنَاوُلِ الْإِسرَافِ ، وَ مِنْ فِقْدَانِ الْكَفَافِ
وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ، وَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ إِلَى الْأَكْفَاءِ، وَ مِنْ مَعِيشَةٍ فِي شِدَّةٍ وَ مِيتَةٍ عَلَى غَيْرِ عُدَّةٍ
وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْحَسْرَةِ الْعُظْمَى، وَ الْمُصِيبَةِ الْكُبْرَى، وَ أَشْقَى الشَّقَاءِ، وَ سُوءِ الْمَآبِ، وَ حِرْمَانِ الثَّوَابِ، وَ حُلُولِ الْعِقَابِ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ جَمِيعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
His Supplication in Seeking Refuge from Hateful Things, Bad Moral Qualities, and Blameworthy Acts
O God, I seek refuge in Thee from the agitation of craving, the violence of wrath, the domination of envy, the frailty of patience, the lack of contentment, surliness of character, urgency of passion, the disposition to vehemence,
following caprice, opposing guidance, the sleep of heedlessness, undertaking the toilsome, preferring falsehood over truth, persisting in sin, making little of disobedience, making much of obedience,
vying with the wealthy, disparaging the poor, guarding badly over those in our hands, failing to thank those who have done good to us,
aiding a wrongdoer, abandoning someone troubled, wanting what is not rightfully ours, and speaking about knowledge without knowing.
We seek refuge in Thee from harbouring dishonesty toward anyone, being pleased with our works, and stretching out our expectations.
We seek refuge in Thee from ill-mindedness, looking down on the small, Satan's gaining mastery over us, time's afflicting us, and the sovereign's oppressing us.
We seek refuge in Thee from acting with prodigality and not having sufficiency.
We seek refuge in Thee from the gloating of enemies, indigent need for equals, living in hardship, and dying without readiness.
We seek refuge in Thee from the most dreadful remorse, the greatest affliction, the most wretched wretchedness, the evil end to the journey, the deprivation of reward, and the advent of punishment.
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through Thy mercy, give to me refuge from all of that, and to all the faithful, both men and women! O Most Merciful of the merciful!
Seventh Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا عَرَضَتْ لَهُ مُهِمَّةٌ أَوْ نَزَلَتْ بِهِ ، مُلِمَّةٌ وَ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ
يَا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَكَارِهِ، وَ يَا مَنْ يَفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدَائِدِ، وَ يَا مَنْ يُلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إِلَى رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ
ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِكَ الصِّعَابُ، وَ تَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِكَ الْأَسْبَابُ، وَ جَرَى بِقُدرَتِكَ الْقَضَاءُ، وَ مَضَتْ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكَ الْأَشْيَاءُ
.فَهِيَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ دُونَ قَوْلِكَ مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ، وَ بِإِرَادَتِكَ دُونَ نَهْيِكَ مُنْزَجِرَةٌ
أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ، وَ أَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ فِي الْمُلِمَّاتِ، لَا يَنْدَفِعُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا دَفَعْتَ، وَ لَا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا كَشَفْتَ
.وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ بِي يَا رَبِّ مَا قَدْ تَكَأَّدَنِي ثِقْلُهُ، وَ أَلَمَّ بِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ
.وَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ وَجَّهْتَهُ إِلَيَّ
فَلَا مُصْدِرَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ، وَ لَا صَارِفَ لِمَا وَجَّهْتَ، وَ لَا فَاتِحَ لِمَا أَغْلَقْتَ، وَ لَا مُغْلِقَ لِمَا فَتَحْتَ، وَ لَا مُيَسِّرَ لِمَا عَسَّرْتَ، وَ لَا نَاصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ افْتَحْ لِي يَا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِكَ، وَ اكْسِرْ عَنِّي سُلْطَانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِكَ، وَ أَنِلْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا شَكَوْتُ، وَ أَذِقْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِيمَا سَأَلْتُ، وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَ فَرَجاً هَنِيئاً، وَ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَخْرَجاً وَحِيّاً
.وَ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي بِالِاهْتِمَامِ عَنْ تَعَاهُدِ فُرُوضِكَ ، وَ اسْتِعْمَالِ سُنَّتِكَ
فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِمَا نَزَلَ بِي يَا رَبِّ ذَرْعاً ، وَ امْتَلَأْتُ بِحَمْلِ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَيَّ هَمّاً ، وَ أَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كَشْفِ مَا مُنِيتُ بِهِ ، وَ دَفْعِ مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ ، فَافْعَلْ بِي ذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْكَ ، يَا ذَا الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
His Supplication when Faced with a Worrisome Task or when Misfortune Descended and at the Time of Distress
O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied! O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted! O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief!
Intractable affairs yield to Thy power, means are made ready by Thy gentleness, the decree goes into effect through Thy power, and all things proceed according to Thy desire.
By Thy desire they follow Thy command without Thy word and by Thy will they obey Thy bans without Thy prohibition.
Thou art the supplicated in worries and the place of flight in misfortunes; none of them is repelled unless Thou repellest, none is removed unless Thou removest.
Upon me has come down, My Lord, something whose weight burdens me and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me.
Through Thy power Thou hast brought it down upon me and through Thy authority Thou hast turned it toward me.
None can send away what Thou hast brought, none can deflect what Thou hast turned, none can open what Thou hast closed, none can close what Thou hast opened, none can make easy what Thou hast made difficult, none can help him whom Thou hast abandoned.
So bless Muhammad and his Household, open for me, my Lord, the door of relief through Thy graciousness, break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength, confer the beauty of Thy gaze upon my complaint, let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask, give me from Thyself mercy and wholesome relief, and appoint for me from Thyself a quick way out!
Distract me not through worry from observing Thy obligations and acting in accordance with Thy prescriptions.
My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me, and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me, while Thou hast power to remove what has afflicted me and to repel that into which I have fallen. So do that for me though I merit it not from Thee, O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!
Sixth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ الصَّبَاحِ وَ الْمَسَاءِ
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ بِقُوَّتِهِ
وَ مَيَّزَ بَيْنَهُمَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ
وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدّاً مَحْدُوداً ، وَ أَمَداً مَمْدُوداً
يُولِجُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي صَاحِبِهِ، وَ يُولِجُ صَاحِبَهُ فِيهِ بِتَقْدِيرٍ مِنْهُ لِلْعِبَادِ فِيمَا يَغْذُوهُمْ بِهِ، وَ يُنْشِئُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ
فَخَلَقَ لَهُمُ اللَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ مِنْ حَرَكَاتِ التَّعَبِ وَ نَهَضَاتِ النَّصَبِ، وَ جَعَلَهُ لِبَاساً لِيَلْبَسُوا مِنْ رَاحَتِهِ وَ مَنَامِهِ، فَيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ جَمَاماً وَ قُوَّةً، وَ لِيَنَالُوا بِهِ لَذَّةً وَ شَهْوَةً
وَ خَلَقَ لَهُمُ النَّهَارَ مُبْصِراً لِيَبْتَغُوا فِيهِ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَ لِيَتَسَبَّبُوا إِلَى رِزْقِهِ، وَ يَسْرَحُوا فِي أَرْضِهِ، طَلَباً لِمَا فِيهِ نَيْلُ الْعَاجِلِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ، وَ دَرَكُ الْآجِلِ فِي أُخْرَاهُمْ
بِكُلِّ ذَلِكَ يُصْلِحُ شَأْنَهُمْ، وَ يَبْلُو أَخْبَارَهُمْ، وَ يَنْظُرُ كَيْفَ هُمْ فِي أَوْقَاتِ طَاعَتِهِ، وَ مَنَازِلِ فُرُوضِهِ، وَ مَوَاقِعِ أَحْكَامِهِ، لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا، وَ يَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى
اللَّهُمَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا فَلَقْتَ لَنَا مِنَ الْإِصْبَاحِ، وَ مَتَّعْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ، وَ بَصَّرْتَنَا مِنْ مَطَالِبِ الْأَقْوَاتِ، وَ وَقَيْتَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ طَوَارِقِ الْآفَاتِ
أَصْبَحْنَا وَ أَصْبَحَتِ الْأَشْيَاءُ كُلُّهَا بِجُمْلَتِهَا لَكَ سَمَاؤُهَا وَ أَرْضُهَا، وَ مَا بَثَثْتَ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا، سَاكِنُهُ وَ مُتَحَرِّكُهُ، وَ مُقِيمُهُ وَ شَاخِصُهُ وَ مَا عَلَا فِي الْهَوَاءِ، وَ مَا كَنَّ تَحْتَ الثَّرَى
أَصْبَحْنَا فِي قَبْضَتِكَ يَحْوِينَا مُلْكُكَ وَ سُلْطَانُكَ، وَ تَضُمُّنَا مَشِيَّتُكَ، وَ نَتَصَرَّفُ عَنْ أَمْرِكَ، وَ نَتَقَلَّبُ فِي تَدْبِيرِكَ
.لَيْسَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ إِلَّا مَا قَضَيْتَ، وَ لَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ إِلَّا مَا أَعْطَيْتَ
وَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ حَادِثٌ جَدِيدٌ، وَ هُوَ عَلَيْنَا شَاهِدٌ عَتِيدٌ، إِنْ أَحْسَنَّا وَدَّعَنَا بِحَمْدٍ، وَ إِنْ أَسَأْنَا فَارَقَنَا بِذَمٍّ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ ارْزُقْنَا حُسْنَ مُصَاحَبَتِهِ، وَ اعْصِمْنَا مِنْ سُوءِ مُفَارَقَتِهِ بِارْتِكَابِ جَرِيرَةٍ، أَوِ اقْتِرَافِ صَغِيرَةٍ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٍ
وَ أَجْزِلْ لَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ، وَ أَخْلِنَا فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، وَ امْلَأْ لَنَا مَا بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ حَمْداً وَ شُكْراً وَ أَجْراً وَ ذُخْراً وَ فَضْلًا وَ إِحْسَاناً
اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ عَلَى الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ مَئُونَتَنَا، وَ امْلَأْ لَنَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا صَحَائِفَنَا، وَ لَا تُخْزِنَا عِنْدَهُمْ بِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِنَا
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِهِ حَظّاً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَ نَصِيباً مِنْ شُكْرِكَ وَ شَاهِدَ صِدْقٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ احْفَظْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِينَا وَ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا وَ عَنْ أَيْمَانِنَا وَ عَنْ شَمَائِلِنَا وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نَوَاحِينَا، حِفْظاً عَاصِماً مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، هَادِياً إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ، مُسْتَعْمِلًا لِمَحَبَّتِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ وَفِّقْنَا فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا وَ لَيْلَتِنَا هَذِهِ وَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَيَّامِنَا لِاسْتِعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ، وَ هِجْرَانِ الشَّرِّ، وَ شُكْرِ النِّعَمِ، وَ اتِّبَاعِ السُّنَنِ، وَ مُجَانَبَةِ الْبِدَعِ، وَ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَ حِيَاطَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ انْتِقَاصِ الْبَاطِلِ وَ إِذْلَالِهِ، وَ نُصْرَةِ الْحَقِّ وَ إِعْزَازِهِ، وَ إِرْشَادِ الضَّالِّ، وَ مُعَاوَنَةِ الضَّعِيفِ، وَ إِدْرَاكِ اللَّهِيفِ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْهُ أَيْمَنَ يَوْمٍ عَهِدْنَاهُ، وَ أَفْضَلَ صَاحِبٍ صَحِبْنَاهُ، وَ خَيْرَ وَقْتٍ ظَلِلْنَا فِيهِ
وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ خَلْقِكَ، أَشْكَرَهُمْ لِمَا أَوْلَيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ، وَ أَقْوَمَهُمْ بِمَا شَرَعْتَ مِنْ شرَائِعِكَ، وَ أَوْقَفَهُمْ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَ مِنْ نَهْيِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَ كَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً، وَ أُشْهِدُ سَمَاءَكَ وَ أَرْضَكَ وَ مَنْ أَسْكَنْتَهُمَا مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَ سَائِرِ خَلْقِكَ فِي يَوْمِي هَذَا وَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ وَ لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ وَ مُسْتَقَرِّي هَذَا، أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، قَائِمٌ بِالْقِسْطِ عَدْلٌ فِي الْحُكْمِ، رَءُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ، مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ، رَحِيمٌ بِالْخَلْقِ
وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُكَ وَ رَسُولُكَ و خِيَرَتُكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، حَمَّلْتَهُ رِسَالَتَكَ فَأَدَّاهَا، وَ أَمَرْتَهُ بِالنُّصْحِ لِأُمَّتِهِ فَنَصَحَ لَهَا
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، أَكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَ آتِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ مَا آتَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَ اجْزِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ وَ أَكْرَمَ مَا جَزَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بِالْجَسِيمِ، الْغَافِرُ لِلْعَظِيمِ، وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَحِيمٍ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ الْأَنْجَبِينَ
His Supplication in the Morning and Evening
Praise belongs to God, who created night and day through His strength,
set them apart through His power,
and appointed for each a determined limit and a drawn-out period.
He makes each of the two enter into its companion, and makes its companion enter into it, as an ordainment from Him for His servants in that through which He feeds them and with which He makes them grow.
He created for them the night, that they might rest in it from tiring movements and wearisome exertions and He made it a garment for them that they might be clothed in its ease and its sleep, that it might be for them refreshment and strength, that they might reach therein pleasure and passion.
He created for them the daytime, giving sight, that they might seek within it of His bounty, find the means to His provision, and roam freely in His earth, searching for that through which to attain the immediate in their life in this world and to achieve the deferred in their life to come.
Through all of this He sets right their situation, tries their records, and watches their state in the times for obeying Him, the waystations of His obligations, and the places of His ordinances, that He may repay those who do evil with what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness.
O God, to Thee belongs praise for the sky Thou hast split into dawn for us, giving us to enjoy thereby the brightness of daytime, showing us sought-after nourishments, and protecting us from the striking of blights.
In the morning we and all things, every one, rise for Thee, the heaven and the earth and what Thou hast scattered in each, the still and the moving, the resident and the journeying, what towers up in the air and what hides under the ground.
We rise in the morning in Thy grasp: Thy kingdom and authority contain us and Thy will embraces us. We move about by Thy command and turn this way and that through Thy governing.
We own nothing of the affair except what Thou hast decreed and nothing of the good except what Thou hast given.
This is a fresh, new day, over us a ready witness. If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise, and if we do evil, it will part from us in blame.
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, provide us with the day's good companionship and preserve us against parting from it badly by doing a misdeed or committing a sin, whether small or great!
Make our good deeds within it plentiful empty us therein of evil deeds, and fill what lies between its two sides for us with praise and thanksgiving, wages and stores, bounty and beneficence!
O God, ease our burden on the Noble Writers, fill our pages for us with our good deeds, and degrade us not before them with our evil works!
O God, appoint for us in each of the day's hours a share from Thy servants, a portion of giving thanks to Thee, and a truthful witness among Thy angels!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and safeguard us from before us and behind us, from our right hands and our left hands and from all our directions, a safeguarding that will preserve from disobeying Thee, guide to obeying Thee, and be employed for Thy love!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and give us success in this day of ours, this night of ours, and in all our days, to employ the good, stay away from the evil, give thanks for favours, follow the Sunna's norms, avoid innovations, enjoin good behaviour, forbid the disapproved, defend Islam, diminish falsehood and abase it, help the truth and exalt it, guide the misguided, assist the weak, and reach out to the troubled!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and make this the most fortunate day we have known, the most excellent companion we have accompanied, and the best time in which we have lingered!
Place us among the most satisfied of all Thy creatures whom night and day have passed by, the most thankful of them for the favours Thou hast done, the firmest of them in the laws Thou hast set down in the Shari'a, and the most unyielding of them toward the prohibited acts against which Thou hast cautioned!
O God, I call Thee to witness - and Thou art sufficient witness - and I call Thy heaven and Thy earth to witness and Thy angels and Thy other creatures who inhabit them in this my day, this my hour, this my night, and this my resting place, that I bear witness that Thou art God, other than whom there is no god, Upholding justice, Equitable in judgement, Clement to the servants, Master of the kingdom, Compassionate to the creatures,
and that Muhammad is Thy servant and Thy messenger, Thy chosen from among Thy creatures. Thou didst charge him with Thy message and he delivered it; Thou didst command him to counsel his community and he counselled it.
O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household more than Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures! Give him for our sake the best Thou hast given any of Thy servants, and repay him on our behalf better and more generously than Thou hast repaid any of Thy prophets on behalf of his community!
Thou art All-kind with immensity, the Forgiver of the great, and Thou art more merciful than every possessor of mercy! So bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure, the chosen, the most distinguished!
Fifth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِنَفْسِهِ و لِأَهْلِ وَلَايَتِهِ
يَا مَنْ لَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُ عَظَمَتِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ احْجُبْنَا عَنِ الْإِلْحَادِ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا تَنْتَهِي مُدَّةُ مُلْكِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَعْتِقْ رِقَابَنَا مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا تَفْنَى خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَتِهِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ اجْعَلْ لَنَا نَصِيباً فِي رَحْمَتِكَ
وَ يَا مَنْ تَنْقَطِعُ دُونَ رُؤْيَتِهِ الْأَبْصَارُ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَدْنِنَا إِلَى قُرْبِكَ
.وَ يَا مَنْ تَصْغُرُ عِنْدَ خَطَرِهِ الْأَخْطَارُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ كَرِّمْنَا عَلَيْكَ
وَ يَا مَنْ تَظْهَرُ عِنْدَهُ بَوَاطِنُ الْأَخْبَارِ، صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَا تَفْضَحْنَا لَدَيْكَ
اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِنَا عَنْ هِبَةِ الْوَهَّابِينَ بِهِبَتِكَ، وَ اكْفِنَا وَحْشَةَ الْقَاطِعِينَ بِصِلَتِكَ حَتَّى لَا نَرْغَبَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مَعَ بَذْلِكَ، وَ لَا نَسْتَوْحِشَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ مَعَ فَضْلِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ كِدْ لَنَا وَ لَا تَكِدْ عَلَيْنَا، وَ امْكُرْ لَنَا وَ لَا تَمْكُرْ بِنَا وَ أَدِلْ لَنَا وَ لَا تُدِلْ مِنَّا
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ قِنَا مِنْكَ، وَ احْفَظْنَا بِكَ، وَ اهْدِنَا إِلَيْكَ، وَ لَا تُبَاعِدْنَا عَنْكَ إِنَّ مَنْ تَقِهِ يَسْلَمْ وَ مَنْ تَهْدِهِ يَعْلَمْ، وَ مَنْ تُقَرِّبْهُ إِلَيْكَ يَغْنَمْ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اكْفِنَا حَدَّ نَوَائِبِ الزَّمَانِ، وَ شَرَّ مَصَايِدِ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَ مَرَارَةَ صَوْلَةِ السُّلْطَانِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّمَا يَكْتَفِي الْمُكْتَفُونَ بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اكْفِنَا، وَ إِنَّمَا يُعْطِي الْمُعْطُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ جِدَتِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَعْطِنَا، وَ إِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي الْمُهْتَدُونَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اهْدِنَا
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّک مَنْ وَالَیتَ لَمْ یضْرُرْهُ خِذْلَانُ الْخَاذِلِینَ، وَ مَنْ أَعْطَيْتَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ مَنْعُ الْمَانِعِينَ، وَ مَنْ هَدَيْتَ لَمْ يُغْوِهِ إِضْلَالُ الْمُضِلِّينَ
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ امْنَعْنَا بِعِزِّكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، وَ أَغْنِنَا عَنْ غَيْرِكَ بِإِرْفَادِكَ وَ اسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَ الْحَقِّ بِإِرْشَادِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْ سَلَامَةَ قُلُوبِنَا فِي ذِكْرِ عَظَمَتِكَ، وَ فَرَاغَ أَبْدَانِنَا فِي شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَ انْطِلَاقَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا فِي وَصْفِ مِنَّتِكَ
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ دُعَاتِكَ الدَّاعِينَ إِلَيْكَ، وَ هُدَاتِكَ الدَّالِّينَ عَلَيْكَ، وَ مِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ الْخَاصِّينَ لَدَيْكَ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
His Supplication for himself and the People under his Guardianship
O He the wonders of whose mightiness will never end! Bless Muhammad and his Household and prevent us from deviation concerning Thy mightiness!
O He the term of whose kingdom will never cease! Bless Muhammad and his Household and release our necks from Thy vengeance!
O He the treasuries of whose mercy will never be exhausted! Bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint for us a portion of Thy mercy!
O He whom eyes fall short of seeing! Bless Muhammad and his Household and bring us close to Thy nearness!
O He before whose greatness all great things are small! Bless Muhammad and his Household and give us honour with Thee!
O He to whom all hidden tidings are manifest! Bless Muhammad and his Household and expose us not before Thee!
O God, remove our need for the gifts of the givers through Thy gift, spare us the loneliness of those who break off through Thy joining, that we may beseech no one along with Thy free giving, that we may feel lonely at no one's absence along with Thy bounty!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, scheme for us, not against us, devise to our benefit, not to our loss, give the turn to prevail to us, not to others!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, protect us from Thyself, safeguard us through Thyself, guide us to Thyself, and take us not far from Thyself! he whom Thou protectest stays safe, he whom Thou guidest knows, and he whom Thou bringest near Thyself takes the spoils.
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and spare us the cutting edge of time's turning changes, the evil of Satan's snares, and the bitterness of the sovereign's aggression!
O God, the spared are spared only through the bounty of Thy strength, so bless Muhammad and his Household and spare us! The givers give only through the bounty of Thy wealth, so bless Muhammad and his Household and give to us! The guided are guided only by the light of Thy face, so bless Muhammad and his Household and guide us!
O God, he whom Thou befriendest will not be injured by the abandonment of the abandoners, he to whom Thou givest will not be diminished by the withholding of the withholders, he whom Thou guidest will not be misled by the misguidance of the misguiders.
So bless Muhammad and his Household, defend us from Thy servants through Thy might, free us from need for other than Thee through Thy support, and make us travel the path of the Truth through Thy right guidance!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and put the soundness of our hearts into the remembrance of Thy mightiness, the idleness of our bodies into giving thanks for Thy favour, and the flow of our tongues into the description of Thy kindness!
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and make us one of Thy summoners who summon to Thee, Thy guiders who direct to Thee, and Thy special friends whom Thou hast singled out! O Most Merciful of the merciful!
Fourth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى أَتْبَاعِ الرُّسُلِ وَ مُصَدِّقِيهِمْ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَتْبَاعُ الرُّسُلِ وَ مُصَدِّقُوهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ بِالْغَيْبِ عِنْدَ مُعَارَضَةِ الْمُعَانِدِينَ لَهُمْ بِالتَّكْذِيبِ وَ الِاشْتِيَاقِ إِلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ بِحَقَائِقِ الْإِيمَانِ
فِي كُلِّ دَهْرٍ وَ زَمَانٍ أَرْسَلْتَ فِيهِ رَسُولًا وَ أَقَمْتَ لِأَهْلِهِ دَلِيلًا مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَى، وَ قَادَةِ أَهْلِ التُّقَى، عَلَى جَمِيعِهِمُ السَّلَامُ، فَاذْكُرْهُمْ مِنْكَ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَ رِضْوَانٍ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاصَّةً الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الصَّحَابَةَ وَ الَّذِينَ أَبْلَوُا الْبَلَاءَ الْحَسَنَ فِي نَصْرِهِ، وَ اسْتَجَابُوا لَهُ حَيْثُ أَسْمَعَهُمْ حُجَّةَ رِسَالَاتِهِ
وَ فَارَقُوا الْأَزْوَاجَ وَ الْأَوْلَادَ فِي إِظْهَارِ كَلِمَتِهِ، وَ قَاتَلُوا الْآبَاءَ وَ الْأَبْنَاءَ فِي تَثْبِيتِ نُبُوَّتِهِ، وَ انْتَصَرُوا بِهِ
.وَ مَنْ كَانُوا مُنْطَوِينَ عَلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَنْ تَبُورَ فِي مَوَدَّتِهِ
وَ الَّذِينَ هَجَرَتْهُمْ الْعَشَائِرُ إِذْ تَعَلَّقُوا بِعُرْوَتِهِ، وَ انْتَفَتْ مِنْهُمُ الْقَرَابَاتُ إِذْ سَكَنُوا فِي ظِلِّ قَرَابَتِهِ
فَلَا تَنْسَ لَهُمُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا تَرَكُوا لَكَ وَ فِيكَ، وَ أَرْضِهِمْ مِنْ رِضْوَانِكَ، وَ بِمَا حَاشُوا الْخَلْقَ عَلَيْكَ، وَ كَانُوا مَعَ رَسُولِكَ دُعَاةً لَكَ إِلَيْكَ
وَ اشْكُرْهُمْ عَلَى هَجْرِهِمْ فِيكَ دِيَارَ قَوْمِهِمْ، وَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ سَعَةِ الْمَعَاشِ إِلَى ضِيقِهِ، وَ مَنْ كَثَّرْتَ فِي إِعْزَازِ دِينِكَ مِنْ مَظْلُومِهِمْ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَوْصِلْ إِلَى التَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ، الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَ لِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ خَيْرَ جَزَائِكَ
.الَّذِينَ قَصَدُوا سَمْتَهُمْ، وَ تَحَرَّوْا وِجْهَتَهُمْ، وَ مَضَوْا عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِمْ
لَمْ يَثْنِهِمْ رَيْبٌ فِي بَصِيرَتِهِمْ، وَ لَمْ يَخْتَلِجْهُمْ شَكٌّ فِي قَفْوِ آثَارِهِمْ، وَ الِائْتِمَامِ بِهِدَايَةِ مَنَارِهِمْ
مُكَانِفِينَ وَ مُوَازِرِينَ لَهُمْ، يَدِينُونَ بِدِينِهِمْ، وَ يَهْتَدُونَ بِهَدْيِهِمْ، يَتَّفِقُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ لَا يَتَّهِمُونَهُمْ فِيمَا أَدَّوْا إِلَيْهِمْ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى التَّابِعِينَ مِنْ يَوْمِنَا هَذَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ وَ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَ عَلَى مَنْ أَطَاعَكَ مِنْهُمْ
صَلَاةً تَعْصِمُهُمْ بِهَا مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَ تَفْسَحُ لَهُمْ فِي رِيَاضِ جَنَّتِكَ، وَ تَمْنَعُهُمْ بِهَا مِنْ كَيْدِ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَ تُعِينُهُمْ بِهَا عَلَى مَا اسْتَعَانُوكَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بِرٍّ، وَ تَقِيهِمْ طَوَارِقَ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ إِلَّا طَارِقاً يَطْرُقُ بِخَيْرٍ
وَ تَبْعَثُهُمْ بِهَا عَلَى اعْتِقَادِ حُسْنِ الرَّجَاءِ لَكَ، وَ الطَّمَعِ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَ تَرْكِ التُّهَمَةِ فِيمَا تَحْوِيهِ أَيْدِي الْعِبَادِ
لِتَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَى الرَّغْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ الرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ، وَ تُزَهِّدَهُمْ فِي سَعَةِ الْعَاجِلِ، وَ تُحَبِّبَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْعَمَلَ لِلْآجِلِ، وَ الِاسْتِعْدَادَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ
وَ تُهَوِّنَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ كَرْبٍ يَحِلُّ بِهِمْ يَوْمَ خُرُوجِ الْأَنْفُسِ مِنْ أَبْدَانِهَا
وَ تُعَافِيَهُمْ مِمَّا تَقَعُ بِهِ الْفِتْنَةُ مِنْ مَحْذُورَاتِهَا، وَ كَبَّةِ النَّارِ وَ طُولِ الْخُلُودِ فِيهَا
.وَ تُصَيِّرَهُمْ إِلَى أَمْنٍ مِنْ مَقِيلِ الْمُتَّقِينَ
His Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon the Followers of, and Attesters to, the Messengers
O God, as for the followers of the messengers and those of the people of the earth who attested to them unseen (while the obstinate resisted them through crying lies) they yearned for the emissaries through the realities of faith,
in every era and time in which Thou didst send a messenger and set up for the people a director from the period of Adam down to Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) from among the imams of guidance and the leaders of the godfearing (upon them all be peace) remember them with forgiveness and good pleasure!
O God, and as for the Companions of Muhammad specifically, those who did well in companionship, who stood the good test in helping him, responded to him when he made them hear his messages' argument,
separated from mates and children in manifesting his word, fought against fathers and sons in strengthening his prophecy, and through him gained victory;
those who were wrapped in affection for him, hoping for a commerce that comes not to naught in love for him;
those who were left by their clans when they clung to his handhold and denied by their kinsfolk when they rested in the shadow of his kinship;
forget not, O God, what they abandoned for Thee and in Thee, and make them pleased with Thy good pleasure for the sake of the creatures they drove to Thee while they were with Thy Messenger, summoners to Thee for Thee.
Show gratitude to them for leaving the abodes of their people for Thy sake and going out from a plentiful livelihood to a narrow one, and [show gratitude to] those of them who became objects of wrongdoing and whom Thou multiplied in exalting Thy religion.
O God, and give to those who have done well in following the Companions, who say, Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith, Thy best reward;
those who went straight to the Companions' road, sought out their course, and proceeded in their manner.
No doubt concerning their sure insight diverted them and no uncertainty shook them from following in their tracks and being led by the guidance of their light.
As their assistants and supporters, they professed their religion, gained guidance through their guidance, came to agreement with them, and never accused them in what they passed on to them.
O God, and bless the Followers, from this day of ours to the Day of Doom, their wives, their offspring, and those among them who obey Thee,
with a blessing through which Thou wilt preserve them from disobeying Thee, make room for them in the plots of Thy Garden, defend them from the trickery of Satan, help them in the piety in which they seek help from Thee, protect them from sudden events that come by night and day - except the events which come with good -
and incite them, through it (this blessing), to tie firmly the knot of good hope in Thee, desire what is with Thee, and refrain from ill thoughts [toward Thee] because of what the hands of Thy servants' hold.
Thus Thou mayest restore them to beseeching Thee and fearing Thee, induce them to renounce the plenty of the immediate, make them love to work for the sake of the deferred and prepare for what comes after death,
make easy for them every distress that comes to them on the day when souls take leave from bodies,
release them from that which brings about the perils of temptation and being thrown down in the Fire and staying forever within it,
and take them to security, the resting place of the godfearing.
Third Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ وَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ حَمَلَةُ عَرْشِک الَّذِینَ لا یفْتُرُونَ مِنْ تَسْبِیحِک، وَ لا یسْأَمُونَ مِنْ تَقْدِیسِک، وَ لا یسْتَحْسِرُونَ مِنْ عِبَادَتِک، وَ لَا یؤْثِرُونَ التَّقْصِیرَ عَلَی الْجِدِّ فِی أَمْرِک، وَ لَا یغْفُلُونَ عَنِ الْوَلَهِ إِلَیک
وَ إِسْرَافِیلُ صَاحِبُ الصُّورِ، الشَّاخِصُ الَّذِی ینْتَظِرُ مِنْک الْإِذْنَ، وَ حُلُولَ الْأَمْرِ، فَینَبِّهُ بِالنَّفْخَةِ صَرْعَی رَهَائِنِ الْقُبُورِ
وَ مِیکائِیلُ ذُو الْجَاهِ عِنْدَک، وَ الْمَکانِ الرَّفِیعِ مِنْ طَاعَتِک.
وَ جِبْرِیلُ الْأَمِینُ عَلَی وَحْیک، الْمُطَاعُ فِی أَهْلِ سَمَاوَاتِک، الْمَکینُ لَدَیک، الْمُقَرَّبُ عِنْدَک
وَ الرُّوحُ الَّذِي هُوَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَةِ الْحُجُبِ
وَ الرُّوحُ الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ مِنْ سُكَّانِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ، وَ أَهْلِ الْأَمَانَةِ عَلَى رِسَالَاتِكَ
وَالَّذِينَ لَا تَدْخُلُهُمْ سَأْمَةٌ مِنْ دُءُوبٍ، وَ لَا إِعْيَاءٌ مِنْ لُغُوبٍ وَ لَا فُتُورٌ، وَ لَا تَشْغَلُهُمْ عَنْ تَسْبِيحِكَ الشَّهَوَاتُ، وَ لَا يَقْطَعُهُمْ عَنْ تَعْظِيمِكَ سَهْوُ الْغَفَلَاتِ
الْخُشَّعُ الْأَبْصَارِ فَلَا يَرُومُونَ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْكَ، النَّوَاكِسُ الْأَذْقَانِ، الَّذِينَ قَدْ طَالَتْ رَغْبَتُهُمْ فِيمَا لَدَيْكَ، الْمُسْتَهْتَرُونَ بِذِكْرِ آلَائِكَ، وَ الْمُتَوَاضِعُونَ دُونَ عَظَمَتِكَ وَ جَلَالِ كِبْرِيَائِكَ
وَ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ إِذَا نَظَرُوا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ تَزْفِرُ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَا عَبَدْنَاكَ حَقَّ عِبَادَتِكَ
فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى الرَّوْحَانِيِّينَ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ ،وَ أَهْلِ الزُّلْفَةِ عِنْدَكَ، وَ حُمَّالِ الْغَيْبِ إِلَى رُسُلِكَ، وَ الْمُؤْتَمَنِينَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ
وَ قَبَائِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ اخْتَصَصْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَ أَغْنَيْتَهُمْ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ بِتَقْدِيسِكَ، وَ أَسْكَنْتَهُمْ بُطُونَ أَطْبَاقِ سَمَاوَاتِكَ
وَ الَّذِينَ عَلَى أَرْجَائِهَا إِذَا نَزَلَ الْأَمْرُ بِتَمَامِ وَعْدِكَ
وَ خُزَّانِ الْمَطَرِ وَ زَوَاجِرِ السَّحَابِ
وَ الَّذِي بِصَوْتِ زَجْرِهِ يُسْمَعُ زَجَلُ الرُّعُودِ، وَ إِذَا سَبَحَتْ بِهِ حَفِيفَةُ السَّحَابِ الْتَمَعَتْ صَوَاعِقُ الْبُرُوقِ
وَ مُشَيِّعِي الثَّلْجِ وَ الْبَرَدِ، وَ الْهَابِطِينَ مَعَ قَطْرِ الْمَطَرِ إِذَا نَزَلَ، وَ الْقُوَّامِ عَلَى خَزَائِنِ الرِّيَاحِ، وَ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِالْجِبَالِ فَلَا تَزُولُ
وَ الَّذِينَ عَرَّفْتَهُمْ مَثَاقِيلَ الْمِيَاهِ، وَ كَيْلَ مَا تَحْوِيهِ لَوَاعِجُ الْأَمْطَارِ وَ عَوَالِجُهَا
وَ رُسُلِكَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ بِمَكْرُوهِ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ وَ مَحْبُوبِ الرَّخَاءِ
وَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ، وَ الْحَفَظَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ، وَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ وَ أَعْوَانِهِ، وَ مُنْكَرٍ وَ نَكِيرٍ، وَ رُومَانَ فَتَّانِ الْقُبُورِ، وَ الطَّائِفِينَ بِالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ، وَ مَالِكٍ، وَ الْخَزَنَةِ، وَ رِضْوَانَ، وَ سَدَنَةِ الْجِنَانِ
وَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ، وَ يَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ
وَ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ
وَ الزَّبَانِيَةِ الَّذِينَ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ثُمَّ الْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ابْتَدَرُوهُ سِرَاعاً، وَ لَمْ يُنْظِرُوهُ
وَ مَنْ أَوْهَمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ، وَ لَمْ نَعْلَمْ مَكَانَهُ مِنْكَ، و بِأَيِّ أَمْرٍ وَكَّلْتَهُ
وَ سُكَّانِ الْهَوَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ الْمَاءِ وَ مَنْ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ
فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ يَومَ يَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَعَهَا سَائِقٌ وَ شَهِيدٌ
وَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَاةً تَزِيدُهُمْ كَرَامَةً عَلَى كَرَامَتِهِمْ وَ طَهَارَةً عَلَى طَهَارَتِهِمْ
اللَّهُمَّ وَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ وَ بَلَّغْتَهُمْ صَلَاتَنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا فَتَحْتَ لَنَا مِنْ حُسْنِ الْقَوْلِ فِيهِمْ، إِنَّكَ جَوَادٌ كَرِيمٌ
A Supplication in Calling down Blessings upon the Bearers of the Throne and Every Angel Brought Nigh
O God, as for the Bearers of Thy Throne, who never flag in glorifying Thee, never become weary of calling Thee holy, never tire of worshipping Thee, never prefer curtailment over diligence in Thy command, and are never heedless of passionate love for Thee;
Seraphiel, the Owner of the Trumpet, fixed in his gaze, awaiting Thy permission and the descent of the Command, that he may arouse through the Blast the hostages thrown down in the graves;
Michael, possessor of standing with Thee and a raised up place in Thy obedience;
Gabriel, entrusted with Thy revelation, obeyed by the inhabitants of Thy heavens, distinguished in Thy Presence, brought nigh to Thee;
the spirit who is over the angels of the veils;
and the spirit who is of Thy command bless them and the angels below them: the residents in Thy heavens, those entrusted with Thy messages,
those who become not wearied by perseverance, or exhausted and flagged by toil, whom passions distract not from glorifying Thee, and whose magnification of Thee is never cut off by the inattention of heedless moments;
their eyes lowered, they do not attempt to look at Thee; their chins bowed, they have long desired what is with Thee; unrestrained in mentioning Thy boons, they remain humble before Thy mightiness and the majesty of Thy magnificence;
those who say when they look upon Gehenna roaring over the people who disobeyed Thee: 'Glory be to Thee, we have not worshipped Thee with the worship Thou deservest!'
Bless them, and Thy angels who are the Reposeful, those of proximity to Thee, those who carry the unseen to Thy messengers, those entrusted with Thy revelation,
the tribes of angels whom Thou hast singled out for Thyself, freed from need for food and drink by their calling Thee holy, and made to dwell inside Thy heavens' layers,
those who will stand upon the heavens' borders when the Command descends to complete Thy promise,
the keepers of the rain, the drivers of the clouds,
him at whose driving's sound is heard the rolling of thunder, and when the reverberating clouds swim before his driving, bolts of lightning flash;
the escorts of snow and hail, the descenders with the drops of rain when they fall, the watchers over the treasuries of the winds, those charged with the mountains lest they disappear,
those whom Thou hast taught the weights of the waters and the measures contained by torrents and masses of rain;
the angels who are Thy messengers to the people of the earth with the disliked affliction that comes down and the beloved ease;
the devoted, noble scribes, the watchers, noble writers, the angel of death and his helpers, Munkar and Nakir, Rumaan, the tester in the graves, the circlers of the Inhabited House, Malik and the guardians, Ridwan and the gatekeepers of the gardens,
those who disobey not God in What He commands them and do What they are commanded;
those who say, Peace be upon you, for that you were patient and fair is the Ultimate Abode;
the Zabaniya, who, when it is said to them, take him, and fetter him, then roast him in hell, hasten to accomplish it, nor do they give him any respite;
him whom we have failed to mention, not knowing his place with Thee, nor with which command Thou hast charged him;
and the residents in the air, the earth, and the water, and those of them charged over the creatures;
bless them on the day when every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness,
and bless them with a blessing that will add honour to their honour and purity to their purity.
O God, and when Thou blessest Thy angels and Thy messengers and Thou extendest our blessings to them, bless us through the good words about them which Thou hast opened up for us!
Second Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
:وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بَعْدَ هَذَا التَّحْمِيدِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ دُونَ الْأُمَمِ الْمَاضِيَةِ وَ الْقُرُونِ السَّالِفَةِ، بِقُدْرَتِهِ الَّتِي لَا تَعْجِزُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ وَ إِنْ عَظُمَ، وَ لَا يَفُوتُهَا شَيْءٌ وَ إِنْ لَطُفَ
.فَخَتَمَ بِنَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَنْ ذَرَأَ، وَ جَعَلَنَا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى مَنْ جَحَدَ، وَ كَثَّرَنَا بِمَنِّهِ عَلَى مَنْ قَلَّ
اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَمِينِكَ عَلَى وَحْيِكَ، وَ نَجِيبِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَ صَفِيِّكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ، إِمَامِ الرَّحْمَةِ، وَ قَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ، وَ مِفْتَاحِ الْبَرَكَةِ
كَمَا نَصَبَ لِأَمْرِكَ نَفْسَهُ
وَ عَرَّضَ فِيكَ لِلْمَكْرُوهِ بَدَنَهُ
وَ كَاشَفَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ إِلَيْكَ حَامَّتَهُ
وَ حَارَبَ فِي رِضَاكَ أُسْرَتَهُ
.وَ قَطَعَ فِي إِحْيَاءِ 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
.وَ أَتْعَبَهَا بِالدُّعَاءِ إِلَى مِلَّتِكَ
وَ شَغَلَهَا بِالنُّصْحِ لِأَهْلِ دَعْوَتِكَ
وَ هَاجَرَ إِلَى بِلَادِ الْغُربَةِ، وَ مَحَلِّ النَّأْيِ عَنْ مَوْطِنِ رَحْلِهِ، وَ مَوْضِعِ رِجْلِهِ، وَ مَسْقَطِ رَأْسِهِ، وَ مَأْنَسِ نَفْسِهِ، إِرَادَةً مِنْهُ لِإِعْزَازِ دِينِكَ، وَ اسْتِنْصَاراً عَلَى أَهْلِ الْكُفْرِ بِكَ
حَتَّى اسْتَتَبَّ لَهُ مَا حَاوَلَ فِي أَعْدَائِكَ
.وَ اسْتَتَمَّ لَهُ مَا دَبَّرَ فِي أَوْلِيَائِكَ
فَنَهَدَ إِلَيْهِمْ مُسْتَفْتِحاً بِعَوْنِكَ، وَ مُتَقَوِّياً عَلَى ضَعْفِهِ بِنَصْرِكَ
.فَغَزَاهُمْ فِي عُقْرِ دِيَارِهِمْ
وَ هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي بُحْبُوحَةِ قَرَارِهِمْ
.«حَتَّى ظَهَرَ أَمْرُكَ، وَ عَلَتْ كَلِمَتُكَ، «وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ
اللَّهُمَّ فَارْفَعْهُ بِمَا كَدَحَ فِيكَ إِلَى الدَّرَجَةِ الْعُلْيَا مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ
.حَتَّى لَا يُسَاوَى فِي مَنْزِلَةٍ، وَ لَا يُكَافَأَ فِي مَرْتَبَةٍ، وَ لَا يُوَازِيَهُ لَدَيْكَ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ، وَ لَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ
وَ عَرِّفْهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ أُمَّتِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الشَّفَاعَةِ أَجَلَّ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ
.يَا نَافِذَ الْعِدَةِ، يَا وَافِيَ الْقَوْلِ، يَا مُبَدِّلَ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِأَضْعَافِهَا مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ إِنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
After this praise of God he (upon him be peace) would supplicate by calling down blessings upon God's Messenger (God bless him and his Household)
Praise belongs to God who was kind to us through Muhammad (God bless him and his Household) to the exclusion of past communities and bygone generations, displaying thereby His power, which nothing can render incapable, though it be great, and nothing can escape, though it be subtle.
He sealed through us all He created, appointed us witnesses over those who deny, and increased us by His kindness over those who are few.
O God, bless Muhammad, entrusted by Thee with Thy revelation, distinguished by Thee among Thy creatures, devoted to Thee among Thy servants, the imam of mercy, the leader of good, the key to blessing,
who wearied his soul for Thy affairs,
exposed his body to detested things for Thy sake,
showed open enmity toward his next of kin by summoning to Thee,
fought against his family for Thy good pleasure,
cut the ties of the womb in giving life to Thy religion,
sent far those close because of their denial,
brought near those far because of their response to Thee,
showed friendship to the most distant for Thy sake,
displayed enmity toward the nearest for Thy sake,
made his soul persevere in delivering Thy message,
tired it in summoning to Thy creed,
busied it in counselling those worthy of Thy summons,
migrated to the land of exile and the place of remoteness from the home of his saddlebags, the walkway of his feet, the ground of his birth, and the intimate abode of his soul, desiring to exalt Thy religion and seeking help against those who disbelieved in Thee,
until what he attempted against Thy enemies went well with him
and what he arranged for Thy friends was accomplished.
He rose up against them seeking victory through Thine aid, becoming strong in spite of his weakness with Thy help.
He fought against them in the centre of their cities
and attacked them in the midst of their dwellings,
until Thy command prevailed, and Thy word rose up, though the idolaters were averse.
O God, so raise him, because of his labours for Thy sake, to the highest degree of Thy Garden,
that none may equal him in station, none may match him in level, and no angel brought nigh or prophet sent out may parallel him in Thy sight.
And inform him concerning his Household the pure and his community the faithful of an excellent intercession, greater than what Thou hast promised him!
O Keeper of promises! O Faithful to Thy word! O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds! Thou art of bounty abounding!