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RECOMMENDED RITES ON FRIDAY
NIGHTS
(Note: Please download and open this PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader so
that the linked duas work properly.)
Merits of Friday Nights
General Acts for Friday Nights
Dua to be recited in the Last Hours of Thursday
Litanies for Friday Night
Surahs for Friday Night
Salaahs for Friday Night
Short Duas for Friday Night
Dua Allahumma Man Taa’bba
Dua Kumayl
Dua Ya Shahida Kulli Najwa
Ziyarah Waritha
Dua to be recited before dawn on Friday Night
Litany to be recited before Fajr on Friday
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Friday days and nights excel the other days and nights
in standing, honor, and regard. In this connection, the
Holy Prophet (saws) is reported to have said, “Surely, in
each hour of the twenty-four hours of the Friday day and
night, Almighty Allah releases from Hellfire six hundred
thousand persons.”
Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) is reported to have said, “One
who dies in the period between midday on Thursdays and
midday on Fridays will be released, by Almighty Allah,
from pressure in graves.”
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is also reported as saying, “Verily,
Fridays enjoy rights (incumbent upon people). Therefore,
beware of violating Fridays’ sanctity through showing
shortcoming in acts of worship; rather, seek nearness to
Almighty Allah by means of righteous deeds and
abandonment of all forbidden acts. Certainly, on Fridays,
Almighty Allah doubles up the rewards (of good deeds),
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erases forgivingly punishments (for evildoings), and
raises the ranks (of faith). Friday daytimes are as same as
Friday nights; therefore, you may, when possible, stay up
supplicating and offering prayers to Almighty Allah
Who, at that night, orders the angels to descend to the
lower sky in order to double up the rewards and erase the
evildoings. Most surely, Allah is Ample-giving and All-
generous.”
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is also reported, in a validly
reported tradition, to have said, “When a believing
individual prays to Him for granting him his request,
Almighty Allah may postpone the answer of that request
to Friday in order that the individual will be given all the
more due to the exclusive merit of Fridays.”
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is also reported as narrating that
when Prophet Joseph’s brothers asked their father,
Prophet Jacob, to ask Almighty Allah’s forgiveness of
their faults, he promised to do that. Yet, he postponed
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that appeal to Friday early dawn so as to guarantee
response.
Again, Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported as saying that on
Friday nights, fishes in oceans and beasts in wildernesses
raise their heads and pray Almighty Allah saying in a
loud sound, “O Our Lord; torture us not for the sins of
the human beings.”
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as) is reported to have said
that on Friday nights, Almighty Allah gives orders to an
angel—on behalf of Him—to call out, from above the
Divine Throne, throughout the night, “Is there not any
believing servant who will, right now, supplicate Me,
before dawn comes upon him, for his world and Next
World needs so that I will respond to him? Is there not
any believing servant who, right now, repents to Me,
before dawn comes upon him, and gives up his sins so
that I will accept his repentance? Is there not any
believing servant whose sustenance has been made
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reduced who will, right now, prays Me for increase,
before dawn comes upon him, so that I will increase and
develop his sustenance? Is there not any believing
servant, being ailed, who will, right now, pray Me for
healing, before dawn comes upon him, so that I will heal
him? Is there not any believing servant, being grieved
and detained, who will, right now, pray Me for relief and
release, before dawn comes upon him, so that I will
relieve and release him? Is there not any believing
servant, being oppressed, who will, right now, pray Me
for giving him victory and releasing him from
oppression, before dawn comes upon him, so that I will
back and release from oppression?” This angel will keep
saying so until dawn.
Likewise, Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu'minin (as) is reported
to have said, “As He has chosen Friday, Almighty Allah
has decided their daytimes and nights to be feasts. One of
its merits, whoever beseeches Him on Fridays will be
granted his request. Chastisement that is decided for a
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people because of an evildoing will be canceled by Him
if that evildoing is committed on Friday. All graces that
Almighty Allah decides are put into practice on Friday
nights. Hence, Friday nights are more favorable than
other nights and so are their days.”
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported as saying, “Avoid
committing any act of disobedience (to Almighty Allah)
on Friday nights, for the punishments (of evildoing) are
doubled up, and rewards (for good deeds) are also
doubled up. Whoever avoids committing an act of
disobedience at Friday nights, Almighty Allah will
forgive all of his previous sins. In the same way, whoever
challenges Almighty Allah by committing an act of
disobedience at such nights, Almighty Allah will punish
him for each and every act of disobedience that he did in
his whole lifetime and will double up the punishment for
him.”
It has been authentically narrated on the authority of
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Imam `Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha (as) that the Holy Prophet
(saws) said, “Verily, Friday is the master of days. On
Fridays, Almighty Allah doubles up the rewards (for
good deeds), erases, forgivingly, the punishments (for
evildoings), raises the ranks (of faith), responds to
prayers, relieves from misfortunes, and fulfills the grand
requests. Friday is the day of bonus. Almighty Allah, on
Fridays, releases numerous individuals from Hellfire.
When anyone prays Him on Friday while having already
appreciated the actual standing and the sanctity of this
day, it will be incumbent upon Almighty Allah to release
him/her from Hellfire. If that individual dies on that day
or night, he/she will be decided as martyr and will be
resurrected (on the Judgment Day) secured. Conversely,
if one belittles the sanctity of Friday and disrespects its
standings, it will be incumbent upon Almighty Allah to
cast him/her into Hellfire unless he/she repents
thereafter.”
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as) is reported, through an
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authentic chain of authority, to have said, “Sunlight has
never risen in a day better than Friday. When beards
meet each other on that day, they greet each other with,
Peace! Good day!”
Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) is authentically reported to
have said, “On Fridays, do not engage yourselves in
anything other than acts of worship, for the servants’
faults are forgiven and the divine mercy is sent down on
Fridays.”
Finally, the merits of Friday daytimes and nights are
too many to be cited in this brief introduction.
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General Acts for Friday Nights
It is recommended to recite Surah al-Jumu`ah (No. 62)
in the first unit of the Maghrib (Sunset) and `Isha'
(Evening) obligatory Prayers, and to recite Surah al-
Tawhid (No. 112) in the second unit of the Maghrib
Prayer and Surah al-A`la (No. 87) in the second unit of
the `Isha' Prayer.
It is highly recommended to avoid reciting poetry at
Friday nights. Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) is authentically
reported to have said that it is abominable to say poetry
for one observing fasting (Sawm), the Muhrim (entering
into Ihram: putting the pilgrimage uniform and entering
the state of being performing the obligatory rites of the
ritual Hajj), and on Fridays and at Friday nights. When
he was asked whether this instruction is effective on the
religiously acceptable poetry too, the Imam (as)
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answered affirmatively.
It has been also authentically narrated on the authority
of Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) that the Holy Prophet (saws)
said, “One who utters even one verse of poetry on
Fridays and at Friday nights will have nothing of the
rewards except that of uttering that poetry.”
According to another narration, the prayers of those
who recite poetry on Fridays will not be accepted.
It is highly recommended to pray Almighty Allah for
the good of one’s brethren-in-faith very frequently so as
to copy the deed of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra'. According to
a Hadith, one who prays for ten deceased individuals will
be unquestionably allowed to enter Paradise.
Following Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) it is recommended
to have pomegranate at Friday nights. Yet, it is preferable
to have it before going to sleep. In this respect, it has
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been narrated that to eat pomegranate before going to
sleep procures security until morning. It is also
instructive to extend a handkerchief on the ground so as
to save all the seeds of a pomegranate from loss and then
eat them all. It is also recommended not to share anyone
with it.
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Supplication for Last Hours of Thursday
Shaykh al-Tusi has also recorded that it is
recommended to say the following prayer of forgiveness
at the last hour of Thursdays:
ال اػٱقزغفؽ ا ئال ئ
I pray the forgiveness of Allah; there is no god but He,
ٱ ٱس م١
the Ever-living, the Self-Subsisting,
ا رة ئ١
and I repent to Him
ثخ ػجع غ ر ضب
as a slave who is submissive,
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كى كزى ١ ١
acquiescent, and poor,
يؽفب ال فك ػعال ال ٠كز١غ
not controlling for himself any harm or profit,
اؽ ال بفؼ ال
or benefit or damage
ال ال ر ز١بح هؼا ال ب
and not controlling death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to
life.
ي ع ٱ س ػ
May Allah send peace upon Muhammad
ٱػزؽر ١ج١ ٱ ؽ٠ ب
and his Household; the pure, the immaculate,
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ثؽاؼالٱض١بؼ الٱ
the choicest, and the pious;
رك١ بق
and may He spread thorough blessings over them.
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Litanies to be recited on Friday Night
Repeat very often the following litanies:
قجسب ٱ
All Glory be to Allah.
ا وجؽا
Allah is the Most Great.
ئال ال ئ ٱ
There is no god save Allah.
ػ ي ع آي عسا س
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his
Household.
According to another narration, one may repeat the
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invocation of blessings upon Muhammad and his
Household 100 times at least at Friday nights. The more
the better.
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported as saying, “To invoke
Almighty Allah’s blessings upon Muhammad and his
Household at Friday nights is equal to winning 1000
rewards, having 1000 evildoings erased, and having 1000
ranks raised.”
It is recommended to start these invocations
immediately after the `Asr Prayer on Thursday up to the
end of Friday daytime. In this regard, it has been
authentically narrated that Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) said,
“On Thursday afternoons, angels from the heavens
descend to the lowest space carrying golden pens and
silver papers on which they record nothing except the
invocations of blessings upon Muhammad and his
Household.”
Shaykh al-Tusi says it recommended, on Thursdays, to
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repeat the invocations of blessings upon Muhammad and
his Household 1000 times in the following form:
ع س ػ ي ع ا س آي
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
فؽخ ػد
hasten their Relief,
ا ه ػع
and destroy their enemies
ٱ إلفٱد
from both jinn and human beings,
الٱ ٢ضؽٱ١ ٠
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both the foremost and the later ones.
Great reward will be the share of him who utters this
invocation from Thursday afternoons up to the last hour
of Fridays.
In his book of al-`Arus, Shaykh Ja`far ibn Ahmad al-
Qummi has recorded that Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported
to have said that one who repeats the following litany one
hundred times between the Dawn supererogatory and
obligatory prayers will be owned, by Almighty Allah, a
house in Paradise:
ؼث ٱقجسب ع ثس ؼظ١
All glory be to Allah, the All-great and with the Praising
of Him;
ا ؼثٱقزغفؽ ا رة ئ١
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I pray the forgiveness of Allah, my Lord, and I turn
repentant to Him.
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Surahs to be recited on the Night of Friday
At Friday nights, it is recommended to recite the
following chapters (Surah) of the Holy Qur'an:
(1) Surah al-Isra’ (Bani-Isra'il; No. 17),
(2) Surah al-Kahf (No. 18),
(3) the three Surahs beginning with Ta-Sin, i.e. Surah
al-Shu`ara' (No. 26), Surah al-Naml (No. 27), and Surah
al-Qasas (No. 28),
(4) Surah al-Sajdah (No. 32),
(5) Surah Yasin (No. 36),
(6) Surah Sad (No. 38),
(7) Surah al-Ahqaf (No. 46),
(8) Surah al-Waqi`ah (No. 56),
(9) Surah Fussilat (No. 41),
(10) Surah al-Dukhan (No. 44),
(11) Surah al-Tur (No. 52),
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(12) Surah al-Qamar (No. 54), and
(13) Surah al-Jumu`ah (No. 62).
If there is not enough time to recite all these Surahs,
one may choose Surah al-Waqi`ah and those
preceding it [in the aforesaid list].
Imam al-Sadiq (as) is reported to have said that one
who recites Surah al-Isra' each Friday night will join
Imam al-Mahdi (as) as one of his companions.
He (as) is also reported as saying that one who recites
Surah al-Kahf at Friday nights will die as martyr and
will be resurrected with and in the line of the martyrs (on
the Resurrection Day).
He (as) is also reported as saying that one who recites
the three Surahs beginning with Ta-Sin at Friday
nights will be included with the intimate saints of
Almighty Allah, will be made in the vicinity and under
the protection of Him, will never be inflicted with misery
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in his worldly life, and will be given beyond his pleasure
on the Resurrection Day.
He (as) is also reported as saying that one who recites
Surah al-Sajdah at Friday nights will be given his
Record of Deeds in his right hand, will not be
interrogated about his evildoings, and will be included
with the companions of Muhammad and his
Household—peace be upon them all.
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (as) is authentically
reported to have said that one who recites Surah Sad at
Friday nights will be granted the welfare of this world as
well as the Next World in such an excellent way that
none would deserve except Prophets and archangels and
will be allowed to Paradise as well as all those whom he
loves among his household including the servants.
Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) is reported to have said that
one who recites on Fridays or at Friday nights Surah al-
Ahqaf will be saved, by Almighty Allah, from terrors in
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the worldly life and will be secured from the horror of
the Resurrection Day.
He (as) is also reported as saying that one who recites
Surah al-Waqi`ah at Friday nights will be loved by
Almighty Allah, all people will be made to love him, will
be saved from all miseries, poverty, neediness, and
misfortunes in this worldly life, and will be joined to the
companions of Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu'minin (as) because
this Surah is ascribed to him.
It has been also narrated that to recite Surah al-
Jumu`ah at Friday nights is decided as expiation
(forgiving the sins) for the evildoings committed
throughout the week. A similar merit has been narrated
for reciting Surah al-Kahf at Friday nights or after the
two obligatory Dhuhr and `Asr Prayers on Fridays.
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Salaahs for Friday Night
It is worth mentioning that it is highly recommended to
offer many (supererogatory) prayers at Friday nights
such as Imam `Ali’s Prayer, known as (Salat Amir al-
Mu'minin) and the two-unit prayer in each of which one
should recite Surah al-Fatihah once and repeat Surah al-
Zalzalah (No. 99) fifteen times. It has been narrated that
one who offers this prayer will be saved, by Almighty
Allah, from the grave torment and the horrors on the
Resurrection Day.
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Short Duas for Friday Nights
Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (as) is authentically reported as
saying that one who says the following supplicatory
prayer in the last prostration of the `Isha' supererogatory
prayer at Friday nights and repeats it 7 times will have all
his sins forgiven as soon as he accomplishes that prayer.
Yet, it is desirable to repeat this deed each night:
ئ ه قب اا خ ٱه ث ىؽ٠
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Noble Face
ه ٱ ٱق ؼظ١
and in the name of Your Sublime Name
ا آ ع س ػ ر
to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household
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ا ٱ رغفؽ غج ؼظ١
and to forgive me my grave sin.
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The Holy Prophet (saws) is reported to have said that
one who repeats the following supplicatory prayer 7
times at Friday night will be allowed Paradise if he
departs life at that night; and one who repeats it 7 times
on Friday will be also allowed Paradise if he departs life
on that day:
ا ذ ؼثا
O Allah, You are my Lord;
ئال ا ال ذئ
there is no god save You;
ا ضمز اٱب ػجعن زهث
You have created me, and I am Your slave and the son
of Your bondmaid;
زه بي١ز ث١عنف لج
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and I am in Your grip; and my forehead is in Your
Hand;
ب ك١ذ ػا ػعن عن ؼذٱ ػ قز
I come to observe my covenant and promise to You as
much as I can.
ؼذا ب ي نؽ بن ػغ ثؽ
I take refuge in Your pleasure against the evil of my
deeds.
اا زه ؼ ثء ثػجثء ث
I acknowledge Your favors and confess of my sins.
غث غفؽ ٱف
So, (please) forgive my sins,
ال ذػة ئال اٱ٠غفؽ ئ
for none can forgive sins save You.
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It is recommended to repeat the following supplicatory
prayer ten times:
ػٱ٠ب ظائ جؽ٠خٱ ف
O He Who is ever-Favorer on the beings!
ثٱ٠ب ثبق ١خٱ١ع٠ ؼ
O He Who is openhandedly Bestower of gifts!
ت ٱزت يب٠ب ا ١خٱ ك
O He Who is the Giver of sublime donations!
ػ عي س آ
Bless Muhammad and his Household,
ؼٱض١ؽ قد١خ
the best of all creatures in traits,
ب ٠ب غٱ ٱ ٱغفؽ ؼ
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and forgive us, O Lord of Highness,
ف ؼه١خٱػ
at this evening.
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Dua Allahumma Man Taa’bba
Shaykh al-Tusi, Sayyid Ibn Tawus, al-Kaf`ami, and
Sayyid Ibn Baqi have recorded that it is recommended
to say the following supplicatory prayer on Fridays
and at Friday nights and on the day and night of
`Arafat (the ninth of Dhu’l-Hijjah). However, the
supplication will be hereinafter cited as quoted from
Shaykh al-Tusi’s book of al-Misbah:
رؼجب ١ب ا ر
O Allah, One may call up, prepare,
ا قزؼعٱػع
ready oneself, and stand prepared
فبظح طقئ
for purpose of coming to a creature
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ؼخبء ؼفع
in the hope of gaining his aid
خبئؿر ت بئ
and asking for his gift and present.
قزؼعاظٱ ١ه ٠ب ؼة رؼج١زاف
As for myself, to You—O my Lord—I make my
preparations and readiness
ن ؼخبء ػف
hoping for Your pardon
ت خبئؿره ه بئ
and asking for Your gift and present.
رط١ت ظػبئ فال
So, (please) do not disappoint my entreaty.
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ال ٠ط ٠ب قبئ ١ت ػ١
O He Who never disappoints His beseechers
ال بئ م ٠
and Whose prizes never decrease His ample-giving!
اف آره ثمخ ثؼ بري ز ػ
I have not come to You with confidence of a righteous
deed that I have done
طق ال فبظح ر ؼخ
nor have I had any hope in a grant of any creature.
مؽا ار١زه إلقبءٱ ث فكػ ٱح ظ
Rather, I have come to You professing myself to be
evildoer and transgressor
ال الثب ؼزؽفب ػػؼ زدخ
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and confessing that I lack any pretext or excuse.
نؼخ ػظر١زه اا ػف ١
I have come to You hoping for Your great pardon
ػٱ ػ د ث ٱػف ئ١ طب
due to which You have pardoned the wrongdoers.
ػ ي ػىف ؼه ٠ ػظ ف ٱ١ دؽ
Hence, their long-lasting retirement to their grave
offenses has not prevented You
ثا ١ خٱ ػعد ػ ؽز
from turning to them with mercy.
اقؼخ ز ؼز ف١ب
O He Whose mercy is huge
ػظ١ ػف
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and Whose pardon is great;
ـ ٠ب ػظ١ـ ٠ب ػظ١ـ٠ب ػظ١
O All-great, O All-great, O All-great;
ه ال جه ئال ز ٠ؽظ غ
nothing can repel Your rage except Your forbearance
د ال ه ئال ٠ قط ؽع ئ١هٱ ز
and nothing can save from Your wrath except
imploring earnestly to You.
ت ٠ فؽخبف ب ئ
So, my God, (please) grant me a relief
١ذ رس١زٱمعؼح ٱث ب ظجالٱ ث
in the name of the power through which You restore to
life the derelict lands,
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ال ى بر ١ت ركزدزز غ
and do not cause me to perish out of grief until You
respond to me
ظػبئإلخبثخ فٱرؼؽف
and show me signs of Your response to my prayers.
ا غل ؼ ؼبف١خ ئٱ ز خ ا
(please) Make me taste the flavor of wellbeing up to the
end of my lifetime,
ذ ث ال ره ػع
do not make my enemies gloat over me,
رك ال ػ
do not give them a hand over me,
م ال ػ ى ر
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and do not make them control over me.
ؼز ئ غا ا ػٱ ف ٠ؽفؼ
O Allah, If You humiliate me, who can then exalt me?
ؼفؼز غا ئ ػٱ ف ؼ ٠
And if You exalt me, who can then humiliate me?
ا ئ ىز غا ه فػٱ ف ٠ؼؽ
ػجعن
If You annihilate me, who can then interfere before
You concerning the affair of me—Your slave
ا ٠كبا ه ػ ؽ
or who can intercede to ask You about it?
ذ ا ١ف فلع ػ ه ظ زى
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I have already known for sure that Your decrees are
devoid of injustice
زه ػدخ ف ال م
and Your punishment does not count on
immediateness.
٠طبف ب ٠ؼد دٱئ ف
Verily, immediateness is the work of him who fears lest
he may miss,
ب ٠سزبج ئ ٱئ ؼٱظ ١ف
and only do the weak need injustice.
ا غه ػ ػ ١ؽاوج لع رؼب١ذ ٠ب ئ
As for You, O my God, You are too exalted to be so—
Exalted and Great You are beyond all measure!
ئ ػػػغ ثه فبا ا
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O Allah, I take refuge in You; so, (please) have protection
upon me!
خؽقزد١ؽ ثه فبا
I call for Your safekeeping; so, (please) keep me under
Your security!
ٱقزؽؾله فا ؼؾل
I appeal for Your sustenance; so, (please) provide me
with sustenance!
ػ١ه فا و ٱر وف
I put trust in You; so, (please) keep me under Your
supervision!
ؽا ن ػقز ؽٱف ػع
I call for Your aid against my enemy; so, (please) grant
me support!
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ثه فبا قزؼ١ ػ
I seek Your assistance; so, (please) assist me!
فا غفؽ ٱقزغفؽن ٠ب ئ
I ask for Your forgiveness; so, (please) forgive me.
آ آ ١ آ ١ ١
So, respond! Respond! Respond!
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Dua Kumayl
اؽز١ اؽز ا ثك
In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-
compassionate
زه أقأه ئ ا قؼذ از ثؽز و
ء ن
O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which embraces all
things;
ره ؽد از ثم ب ل ث ء و ن
And by Your strength, through which You dominate all
things,
غ ب ض ء و ن
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And toward which all things are humble
ب غي ء و ن
And before which all things are lowly;
ب غجذ از ثدجؽره ث ء و ن
And by Your invincibility through which You
overwhelmest all things,
ال از ثؼؿره ب ٠م ء ن
And by Your might, which nothing can resist;
زه ألد از ثؼظ ء و ن
And by Your tremendousness, which has filled all
things;
به ػال اػ ثك ء و ن
by Your force, which towers over all things;
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ه خ بء ثؼع اجبل ث ف ء و ن
And by Your face, which subsists after the annihilation
of all things,
بئه ألد از ثأق أؼوب ء و ن
And by Your Names, which have filled the foundations
of all things;
ه اػ ثؼ أزب ء ثى ن
And by Your knowledge, which encompasses all things;
ؼ ه ث بء اػ خ أ ء و ن
And by the light of Your face, through which all things
are illumined!
ـ ٠ب ؼ ٠ب لع
O Light! O All-holy!
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ي ٠ب أ ١ األ
O First of those who are first
آضؽ ٠ب ا٢ضؽ٠
And O Last of those who are last!
رزه از اػة اغفؽ ا اؼ
O Allah, forgive me those sins which tear apart
safeguards!
ؿي از اػة اغفؽ ا ر م ا
O Allah, forgive me those sins which draw down
adversities!
رغ١ؽ از اػة اغفؽ ا ؼ ا
O Allah, forgive me those sins which alter blessings!
اعػبء رسجف از اػة اغفؽ ا
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O Allah forgive me those sins which hold back
supplication!
غ از اػة اغفؽ ا اؽخبء رم
O Allah forgive me those sins which cut down the
hopes!
ؿي از اػة اغفؽ ا اجالء ر
O Allah, forgive me those sins which draw down
tribulation!
اغفؽ ا غت و أغجز ١ئخ و ض
ب أر أض
O Allah, forgive me every sin I have committed and
every mistake I have made!
ثػوؽن ئ١ه أرمؽة ئ ا
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O Allah, verily I seek nearness to You through
remembrance of You,
فكه ئ ثه أقزهفغ
And I seek intercession from You with Yourself,
أ ثدظن أقأه لؽثه رع١
And I ask You through Your munificence to bring me
near to Your proximity,
أ نىؽن رؾػ
And to provide me with gratitude toward You
أ غوؽن ر
And to inspire me with Your remembrance.
غ قإاي أقأه ئ ا ضب أ ضبنغ زػ
س ركب رؽز
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O Allah, verily I ask You with the asking of a
submissive, abased and lowly man to show me
forbearance, to have mercy on me
ه ردؼ ١ب ثمك ١غ ف لبؼب، ؼا خ
اي ؼب األز ا ز
And to make me satisfied and content with Your
appointment and [make me] humble in every state.
قإاي أقأه ا انزعد فبلز
O Allah, I ask You the question of one whose indigence
is extreme,
ع ثه ؿيأ اهعائع ػ زبخز
And who has stated to You in difficulties his need
ب ػظ عن ف١ ػ ؼغجز
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And whose desire for what is with You has become
great.
ا به ػظ ىبه ػال ق
O Allah, Your force is tremendous, Your place is lofty,
ؽ ىؽن ضف ؽن ظ أ
And Your deception is hidden, Your command is
manifest,
ؽن غت لعؼره خؽد ل
And Your domination is overwhelming, Your power is
unhindered
ال ى افؽاؼ ٠ زهز ى
And escape from Your governance is impossible.
غبفؽا ػث أخع ال ا
O Allah, I find no forgiver of my sins,
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قبرؽا مجبئس ال
Nor concealer of my ugly acts
ء ال ه امج١ر ػ جعال ثبسك
غ١ؽن
Nor transformer of any of my ugly acts into good acts
but You
ال أذ ئال ئ
There is no god but You!
عن قجسبه ثس
Glory be to You, and Thine is the praise!
ذ فك ظ
I have wronged myself,
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ردؽأد ثد
And I have been audacious in my ignorance
ئ قىذ ه غوؽن لع٠ ػ
And I have depended upon Your ancient remembrance
of me and Your favour toward me.
ال ا
O Allah! O my Protector!
لج١ر و قزؽر
How many ugly things You hast concealed!
فبظذ و اجالء ز أل
How many burdensome tribulations You hast
abolished!
و ػثبؼ ل١ز
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And how many stumbles You hast prevented!
و ىؽ ظفؼز
And how many ordeals You hast repelled!
بء و ث ١ ال كذ خ أ هؽر
And how much beautiful praise, for which I was
unworthy, You hast spread abroad!
ا ثالئ ػظ
O Allah, my tribulation is tremendous,
زب قء ث أفؽ
And my bad state is excessive,
ؽد ب ث ل أػ
And my acts are inadequate,
أغال ث لؼعد
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And my fetters have tied me down,
ب ثؼع فؼ ػ زجك آ
And my far-fetched hopes have held me back from my
gain
ب اع١ب ضعػز ب فك ثغؽؼ ب٠ز ثد
ب
And this world with its delusions, my own soul with its
offences and my delay have deceived me.
ه ٠سدت ال أ ثؼؿره فأقأه ق١ع ٠ب ػ
قء ظػبئ فؼب ػ
O my Master! So I ask You by Your might not to let my
evil works and acts veil my supplication from You,
ال س رف ؼذ ب ثطف ا ١ ػ قؽ
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And not to disgrace me through the hidden things You
knowest of my secrets
ال ب ػ ثبؼمثخ رؼبخ ز ار ف ػ ض
And not to hasten me to punishment for what I have
done in private:
ئقبءر، فؼ قء
My evil acts in secrecy and my misdeeds
ا ظ بز رفؽ٠ خ
And my continuous negligence and my ignorance
ار وثؽح غفز ن
And my manifold passions and my forgetfulness.
و ف ثؼؿره ا اي و ؼؤفب األز
And by Your might, O Allah, be kind to me in all states
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١غ ف ػ ؼ خ فب األ ػ
And be gracious to me in all affairs!
غ١ؽن ؼث ئ ؽ وهف أقأ
ظؽ ؽ ف ا !أ
My God and my Lord! Have I any but You from whom
to ask removal of my affliction and regard for my
affairs!
ال ئ أخؽ٠ذ ارجؼذ زىب ػ ف١
فك،
My God and my Protector! You put into effect through
me a decree in which I followed the caprice of my own
soul
ـ أززؽ ف١ ، رؿ١٠ ػع
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And [I] did not remain wary of adorning my enemy.
فغؽ بث أ بء غه ػ أقؼع ام
So he deluded me through my soul's caprice and
therein destiny favoured him
ؾد ب فزدب خؽ ث ػ غه زعظن ثؼ
So, in what was put into effect through me in that
situation, I transgressed some of Your statutes
ضبفذ ؽن ثؼ ا أ
And disobeyed some of Your commands.
اسدخ فه ١غ ف ػ غه خ
So Thine is the argument against me in all of that
ب زدخ ال خؽ ف١ ػ بؤن، ف١ ل
I have no argument in what Your destiny put into effect
through me therein
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ه أؿ ثالؤن زى
nor in what Your decree and Your tribulation imposed
upon me.
٠ب أر١زه لع ١ؽ ثؼع ئ ػ ئقؽاف رم
فك
Now I have come to You, My God, after my
shortcoming and my immoderation toward myself,
بظب، ؼزػؼا
Proffering my excuse, regretful,
ىكؽا كزم١ال
Broken, apologizing,
كزغفؽا ١جب،
Asking forgiveness, repenting,
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ؼزؽفب ػػب مؽا
Acknowledging, submissive, confessing.
ب فؽا أخع ال وب
I find no place to flee from what occurred through me,
فؿػب ال خ أر ؽ ف ئ١ أ
Nor any place of escape to which I may turn in my
affairs,
ه غ١ؽ قؼخ ف ئ٠ب ئظضبه ػػؼ، لج
زه ؼز
Other than Your acceptance of my excuse and Your
entering me into the compass of Your mercy.
ػػؼ فبلج ا
O Allah, so accept my excuse,
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ؽ نعح اؼز
Have mercy upon the severity of my affliction
ثبل نع فى
And release me from the tightness of my fetters,
ؼة ٠ب ظلخ خع ؼلخ ثع ؼف اؼز
ػظ
My Lord, have mercy upon the weakness of my body,
the thinness of my skin and the frailty of my bones.
٠ب رغػ٠ز ثؽ رؽث١ز غوؽ ضم ثعأ
O You who gave rise to my creation, to the
remembrance of me, to the nurture of me, to goodness
toward me and to nourishment on me,
ه الثزعاء ج ث ثؽن قبف وؽ
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Bestow upon me for the sake of Your having given rise
[to me] with generosity and Your previous goodness to
me!
٠ب ؼث ق١ع ئ
O Allah, my Master and my Lord!
بؼن ؼػث أرؽان ز١عن ثؼع ث ر
Canst You see Yourself tormenting me with Your fire
after I have professed Your Unity
ب ثؼع ا ١ ج ػ ؼؽفزه ل
And after the knowledge of You my heart has
embraced,
ح كب ث غوؽن
And the remembrance of You my tongue has constantly
mentioned
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١ؽ اػزمع زجه
And the love of You to which my mind has clung,
ؼب ظػبئ اػزؽاف يعق ثؼع ؽثث١زه ضب
And after the sincerity of my confession and my
supplication, humble before Your lordship?
بد أذ ١ أوؽ ١غ أ ر ؼث١ز
Far be it from You! You art more generous than that
You shouldst squander him whom You hast nurtured,
رجؼع أ أظ١ز
Or banish him whom You hast brought nigh,
رهؽظ أ ٠ز آ
Or drive away him whom You hast given an abode
أ رك اجالء ئ وف١ز ز ؼز
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Or submit to tribulation him whom You hast spared
and shown mercy.
ق١ع ٠ب نؼؽ ١ذ ال ئ
Would that I knew, my Master, My God and my
Protector,
بؼ أرك ػ ا زه ضؽد خ قبخعح ؼظ
Whether You wilt give the Fire dominion over faces
fallen down prostrate before Your Tremendousness,
ػ مذ أك ز١عن ثهىؽن يبظلخ ثز
بظزخ
And over tongues voicing sincerely the profession of
Your Unity and giving thanks to You in praise,
١زه اػزؽفذ لة ػ سممخ ثا
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And over hearts acknowledging Your Divinity through
verification,
بئؽ ػ د ز يبؼد زز ثه اؼ
ضبنؼخ
And over minds encompassing knowledge of You until
they have become humble
أ ئ قؼذ خاؼذ ػ ب بئؼخ رؼجعن
خ ثبقزغفبؼن أنبؼد ػػ
And over bodily members speeding to the places of
Your worship in obedience and beckoning for Your
forgiveness in submission.
ىػا ب ه أضجؽب ال ثه اظ ػه ثف
No such opinion is held of You! Nor has such been
reported - thanks to Your bounty — concerning You,
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، ٠ب ؼة ٠ب وؽ٠
O All-generous! My Lord,
أذ ػ ؼف رؼ ١ اع١ب ثالء ل
ب، ػمثبر
And You knowest my weakness before a little of this
world's tribulations and punishments,
ب ب ٠دؽ ف١ ىبؼ ب ػ ا أ
And before those ordeals which befall its inhabitants,
ػ ، ثالء غه أ ىؽ ١ ، ل ٠ك١ؽ ىث
، ١ؽ ثمبؤ ل عر
Even though it is a tribulation and ordeal whose stay is
short, whose subsistence is but little and, whose period
is but fleeting.
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ب فى١ف ا٢ضؽح جالء ازز لع خ١
ىبؼ ب ا !ف١
So how can I endure the tribulations of the next world
and the great ordeals that occur within it?
ي ثالء ، ر عر ، ٠ع ٠طفف ال مب
ػ أ
For it is a tribulation whose period is long, whose
station endures and whose sufferers are given no
respite,
ال أل ئال ٠ى جه ػ ه غ ه ازمب قط
Since it only occurs as a result of Your wrath, Your
vengeance and Your anger,
ػا ال ب رم اد ب اك األؼ
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And these cannot be withstood by the heavens and the
earth.
ث فى١ف ق١ع ٠ب
O Master, so what about me?!
ؼ١ف ػجعن أب ا اسم١ؽ اػ١ كى١ ا
كزى١ ا
For I am Your weak, lowly, base, wretched and
miserable slave.
٠ب ق١ع ؼث ئ ال
My God! My Lord! My Master! My Protector!
ؼ أل أنى ئ١ه األ
For which things would I complain to You?
ب ب ح أثى أ
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And for which of them would I lament and weep?
اؼػاة أل١ !نعر
For the pain and severity of chastisement?
ي أ اجالء عر !
Or for the length and period of tribulation?
فئ ؼمثبد ي١ؽر أػعائه غ
So if You takest me to the punishments with Your
enemies,
ؼذ خ ث١ ث١ ثالئه أ
And gatherest me with the people of Your tribulation
فؽلذ ث١ ١بئه أزجبئه ث١ أ
And separatest me from Your friends and saints,
ج ٠ب ف ال ق١ع ئ يجؽد ؼث
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ػػاثه، ػ
Then suppose, My God, my Master, my Protector and
my Lord that I am able to endure Your chastisement,
فؽاله ػ أيجؽ فى١ف
How can I endure separation from You?
ج بؼن، زؽ ػ يجؽد
And suppose that I am able to endure the heat of Your
fire,
أيجؽ فى١ف ظؽ ػ زه ئ ا وؽا
How can I endure not gazing upon Your generosity?
و١ف أ بؼ ف أقى ن ؼخبئ ا ػف
Or how can I dwell in the Fire while my hope is Your
pardon?
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ال ق١ع ٠ب فجؼؿره ئ يبظلب، ألك
مب رؽوز ب
So by Your might, my Master and my protector, I swear
sincerely, if You leavest me with speech,
د ئ١ه أل ب ث١ د١ح أ ١ ا٢
I will lament to You from the midst of the Fire's
inhabitants with lamentation of the hopeful;
يؽاش ئ١ه أليؽض ؽض١ كز ا
I will cry to You with the cry of those crying for help;
ثىبء ػ١ه ألثى١ افبلع٠
I will weep to You with the weeping of the bereft;
ه ألبظ٠ ٠ب وذ أ٠ ١ إ ا
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And I will call to You, Where art You, O Sponsor of the
believers,
بي غب٠خ ٠ب آ اؼبؼف١
O Goal of the hopes of Your knowers,
غ١بس ٠ب كزغ١ث١ ا
O Aid of those who seek assistance,
لة زج١ت ٠ب بظل١ ا
O Friend of the hearts of the sincere
٠ب ئ ١ اؼب
And O God of all the world's inhabitants!
٠ب قجسبه أفزؽان، عن، ئ غ ثس ب رك ف١
د ػجع ي ك
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Canst You see Yourself — Glory be to You My God, and
Thine is the praised — hearing within the Fire the voice
of a slave surrendered to You,
ب قد ف١ طبفز ث
Imprisoned there because of his violations,
غاق ب ؼ ػػاث ١ز ؼ ث
Tasting the favour of its torment because of his
disobedience,
زجف ب ث١ جبل أ ثدؽ خؽ٠ؽر
And confined within its levels because of his sin and
crime,
ح د١ح ئ١ه ٠ زه إ ؽز
While he laments to You with the lament of one
hopeful for Your mercy,
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بظ٠ه ٠ كب ث ز١عن أ ر
And calls to You with the tongue of those who profess
Your Unity
ق ثؽثث١زه ئ١ه ٠ز
And entreats You by Your lordship!
ال ٠ب اؼػاة ف ٠جم فى١ف ب ٠ؽخ
قف ه ز
My Protector, so how should he remain in the
chastisement, while he has hope for Your previous
clemency?
و١ف أ بؼ رإ ا ه ٠ب زه ف ؼز
Or how should the Fire cause him pain while he expects
Your bounty and mercy?
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و١ف أ ب ٠سؽل ١ج غ أذ رك ر رؽ ي
ىب
Or how should its flames burn him, while You hearest
his voice and seest his place?
و١ف أ ٠هز ١ ب ػ أذ ؾف١ؽ رؼ ؼف
Or how should its groaning encompass him, while You
knowest his weakness?
و١ف أ م ٠زم ب ث١ جبل أذ أ رؼ يعل
Or how should he be convulsed among its levels, while
You knowest his sincerity?
و١ف أ ب رؿخؽ ؾثب١ز بظ٠ه ٠ب ٠ ؼث
Or how should its keepers torture him while he calls
out to You, O Lord?
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ه ٠ؽخ و١ف أ ف ف ب ػزم فززؽو
ب ف١
Or how should he have hope of Your bounty in freeing
him from it, while You abandonest him within it?
بد غه ب ١ ثه اظ
Far be it from You! That is not what is expected of You,
ؼؽف ال ه ا ف
Nor what is well-known of Your bounty,
ال ب هج ذ ػب ا ث زع٠ ثؽن
ئزكبه
Nor it is similar to the goodness and kindness You hast
shown to those who profess Your Unity.
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غ فجب١م١ ال أل ذ ب زى رؼػ٠ت ث
خبزع٠ه
So I declare with certainty that were it not for what You
hast decreed concerning the chastisement of Your
deniers
١ذ ل ث ؼبع٠ه ئضالظ
And what You hast foreordained concerning the
everlasting home of those who stubbornly resist,
بؼ دؼذ ب ا ،قالب ثؽظا و
You wouldst make the Fire, all of it, coolness and
safety,
ب ب ألزع وب مبب ال مؽا ف١
And no one would have a place of rest or abode within
it.
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ه بؤن رمعقذ ى ذ أق ألك ب أ أل ر
، اىبفؽ٠
But You—holy are Your Names—hast sworn that You
wilt fill it with the unbelievers,
خ ـ اد ب ا ؼ١ أخ
Both Jinn and men together,
ب رطع أ ف١ ؼبع٠ ا
And that You wilt place those who stubbornly resist
therein forever.
أذ بؤن خ ذ ث ذ جزعئب، ل ر ثبإلؼب
:زىؽب
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And You— majestic is Your eulogy— said at the
beginning and wernt gracious through kindness as a
favour,
فبقمب وب ب و إ وب أف ب ٠كز
(What? Is he who has been believer like unto him who
has been ungodly? They are not equal)
ب از ثبمعؼح فأقأه ق١ع ئ لعؼر
My God and my Master! So I ask You by the power You
hast apportioned
١خ ب از ثبم ز ب زز ز غجذ زى
١ ب ػ أخؽ٠ز
And by the decision which You hast determined and
imposed and through which You hast overcome him
toward whom it has been put into effect,
ت أ ف ، ر خ، ػ ١ ف ا اكبػخ ػ
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That You forgivest me in this night and at this hour
و خؽ ز أخؽ
Every offence I have committed,
غت و أغجز
And every sin I have performed,
لج١ر و أقؽؼر
And every ugly thing I have concealed
و ، خ ز ػ
And every folly I have enacted
ز وز ، أ أػز
Whether I have hidden or announced it,
أضف١ز أ ؽر أظ
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Or I have concealed it or manifested it
ؽد ق١ئخ و ب أ ثاثجبر اىؽا اىبرج١
And every evil act which You hast commanded the
Noble Writers to record,
اػ٠ ب ثسفظ وز ٠ى
Those whom You hast appointed to watch over what
appears from me
ز ظا خؼ ن اؼز، غ ػ خ
And whom You hast made, along with my bodily
members, witness against me.
اؽل١ت أذ وذ ، ػ ؼائ
And You wast Yourself the Watcher over me from
behind them,
ع ب اهب ، ضف ػ
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And the Witness of what is hidden from them
، زهثؽز أضف١ز
But through Your mercy You concealed it
ه ثف قزؽر
And through Your bounty You veiled it.
فؽ أ زظ ر ، ض١ؽ و ؿ ر
[And I ask You] that You bestowest upon me an
abundant share of every good You sendest down,
أ ئزكب رف
Or kindness You conferrest,
، ثؽ أ هؽ ر
Or goodness You unfoldest,
ؼؾق أ رجك
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Or provision You spreadest out,
غت أ رغفؽ
Or sin You forgivest,
أ أ ض ركزؽ
Or error You coverest.
ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب
My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!
٠ب ال ق١ع ئ به ؼل
My God! My Master! My Protector! Owner of my
bondage!
٠ب بي١ز ث١ع
O He in whose hand is my forelock!
ؽ ػ١ب ٠ب ز ث كى
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O He who knows my affliction and my misery!
فبلز ثفمؽ ضج١ؽا ٠ب
O He who is aware of my poverty and indigence!
ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب
My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!
لعقه ثسمه أقأه
I ask You by Your Truth and Your Holiness
بئه يفبره أػظ أق
And the greatest of Your Attributes and Names,
أ لبر ردؼ ف أ بؼ ا١ ثػوؽن ا
ؼح، ؼ
That You makest my times in the night and the day
inhabited by Your remembrance,
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زه خ، ثطع ي
And joined to Your service
ب عن أػ خ، ػ مج
And my works acceptable to You,
زز ب رى ؼاظ أػ ب أ ازعا، ؼظا و
So that my works and my litanies may all be a single
litany
زه ف زب عا ضع قؽ
And my occupation with Your service everlasting.
٠ب ق١ع، ٠ب ١ ػ ؼ
My Master! O He upon whom I depend!
٠ب د ئ١ ا نى أز
O He to whom I complain about my states!
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ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب ؼة ٠ب
My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!
زه ػ ل اؼز ضع خ
Strengthen my bodily members in Your service,
انعظ خ ػ اس اؼؿ٠ خ
And fortify my ribs in determination
ت ضه١زه ف ادع
And bestow upon me earnestness in my fear of You
ا بياإل ف اع زه ر ثطع
And continuity in my being joined to Your service
ف ئ١ه أقؽذ زز ١بظ٠ اكبثم١
So that I may move easily toward You in the
battlefields of the foremost
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ف ئ١ه أقؽع اجبظؼ٠
And hurry to You among the prominent
أنزبق ف لؽثه ئ هزبل١ ا
And desire fervently Your proximity among the
fervently desirous
ه أظ ظ ١ ط ا
And move nearer to You with the nearness of the
sincere
طبفخ أضبفه ١ ل ا
And fear You with the fear of those who have certitude
غ اؼن ف أخز غ خ ١ إ ا
And gather with the believers in Your vicinity.
ا ء أؼاظ ثك فأؼظ
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O Allah, whoever desires evil for me, desire [it] for
him!
وبظ فىع
whoever deceives me-deceive him!
اخؼ ١جب ػج١عن أزك عن ػ
And make me one of the most excellent of Your slaves
in Portion from You,
ؿخ ألؽث ه
And the nearest of them in station to You
ع٠ه ؾفخ أض
And the most elected of them in proximity to You.
بي ال فا ه ئال غه ٠ ثف
For that cannot be attained except by Your bounty.
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ثدظن خع
And grant generously to me through Your munificence,
ف اػ دعن ػ ث
And incline toward me with Your splendour
زه ازفظ ثؽز
And protect me with Your mercy!
دب ثػوؽن كب اخؼ
And make my tongue remember You without ceasing
ج ز١ب ثسجه ل
And my heart enthralled by Your love!
ػ ئخبثزه ثسك
And be gracious to me by answering me favourably,
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ػثؽر أل
And nullify my slips
ؾز اغفؽ
And forgive my lapses!
١ذ فاه ثؼجبظره ػجبظن ػ ل
For You hast decreed Your worship for Your servants
ؽر ثعػبئه أ
And commanded them to supplicate You
ذ اإلخبثخ
And assured them that they would be answered.
جذ ؼة ٠ب هفا١ خ
So toward You, my Lord, I have turned my face
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٠ع عظد ؼة ٠ب ئ١ه
And toward You, my Lord, I have extended my hand.
ظػبئ اقزدت فجؼؿره
So by Your might, comply with my supplication
غ ب ث
And make me attain my desires!
غ ال ه رم ؼخبئ ف
Do not severe my hoping for Your Favours
نؽ اوف اإلف اد أػعائ
And spare me the evil of my enemies from among the
jinn and men!
ب قؽ٠غ ٠ب اؽ
O He, whose pleasure is quickly achieved!
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اغفؽ ه ال اعػبء ئال ٠
Forgive him who owns nothing but supplication
ب فؼبي فاه رهبء
For You dost what You wilt.
٠ب اء اق ظ
O He whose Name is a remedy,
نفبء غوؽ
And whose remembrance is a cure,
بػز غ
And whose obedience is wealth!
ـ اؼز ؼأ اؽخبء ب
Have mercy upon him whose capital is hope
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اجىبء قالز
And whose weapon is tears!
قبثغ ٠ب ؼ ا
O Ample in blessings!
ظافغ ٠ب م ا
O Repeller of adversities!
ؼ ٠ب زه١ كز ف ا اظ
O Light of those who are lonely in the darkness!
ال ػبب ٠ب ٠ؼ
O Knower who was never taught!
ع ػ ي ع آي س س
Bless Muhammad and Muhammad's household!
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أذ ب ث افؼ أ
And do with me what is worthy of You!
ي ػ ا خ ؼق األئ ١ ١ب ا آ
And Allah bless His messenger and the holy Imams of
his household
وث١ؽا رك١ب ق
And give them abundant peace!
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Dua Ya Shahida Kulli Najwa
It is recommended to say the following supplicatory
prayer. It is narrated that Almighty Allah will forgive one
who says this supplicatory prayer at the `Arafah Night or
Friday nights:
ع و ٠ب نب ا د
O Allah Who witnesses all secrets of hearts,
غ و نى
Who is the object of all complaints,
و خضف١ ػب
Who knows all hidden things,
و ز زبخخ
and Who is the aim of all needs!
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جزعئب ثٱ ٱ٠ب ػ ؼجبظؼ
O He Who instigates favoring on the Servants!
ٱ ٠ب وؽ٠ ؼف
O He Who is All-generous in pardoning!
ٱز ؾ٠ب زك دب
O He Who is All-excellent in overlooking!
اظ ٠ب خ
O All-magnanimous!
ظاج ١ اؼ ال ٠ ٠ب
O He Who cannot be concealed by the covering
darkness of night,
ال ثسؽ ػدبج
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the roaring clamor of oceans,
بء غاد ا ثؽاجال ق
the skies along with their constellations,
غاد ٱؼرزبجال ظ
or the thunderous murk.
ٱظ ١بء٠ب ع خ ػ
O He with Whom the entire murk is light,
ه ٱقبا خ ؼ ه ث ىؽ٠
I beseech You in the name of the brightness of Your
Noble Face
ػ ردٱ ظوب١ذ ث ز فدؼ دج
through which You manifested Your glory to the
mountain; so, You made it crumble
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يؼمب ضؽ ق
and (Prophet) Moses fell down in a swoon,
ه ٱ ٱكثٱق اد ثالػ ؼفؼذ ث ع ب ػ
in the name of Your Name by which You raised the
heavens without any pillars
ٱال سذ ث عق بء خ خ ػ ؼ
and by which You flattened the earth on the surface of
solid water,
ه ٱ ٱثٱق طؿ ى
in the name of Your Name—the concealed, the stored,
ؽٱ ب ىزة ٱ
the scribed, and the pure,
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اٱ خجذػ ئغا ظػ١ذ ث
which You answer any one who beseeches You in its
name
ا ١ذئغا قئذ ث ػ
and grant any one who asks You his request,
ه ٱك ـ ٱمعٱ ذجثٱق ب جؽ
in the name of Your Name; the Praised, Holy, and
Demonstrative,
ٱ و ؼ ػ ؼ ػ
which is light over the entire light,
ؼ ؼ
which is light made of light,
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و ء ؼ ٠
and from which all lights take their brightness;
غ ٱال ٱهمئغا ث ذؼ
if it reaches the earth, it will be rent asunder,
غ ٱك اد فزسذئغا ث ب
if it reaches the heavens, they will be opened,
زؿ غ ٱؼؽل ٱ ئغا ث
and if it reaches the throne, it will quiver;
ه ٱ الئىزهثٱق فؽائى ػ رؽرؼع
and in the name of Your Name from the fear of which
the muscles of Your angels tremble.
ه ثسكبقا ئقؽاف١ ١ىبئ١ خجؽائ١
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I beseech You in the name of [Archangels] Gabriel,
Michael, and Seraph,
ثسك ع ٱس ف
in the name of Muhammad, the Divinely-chosen
Prophet,
آ ػ١ ٱ ي
peace be upon him, his Household,
١غ ٱال خ ١غ ٱػ خ ئىخالج١بء
and all prophets and angels;
ٱثٱال ٱق ث ه ٱػ ل ؽ ػ بءط
in the name of the Name through which al-Khidhr
could walk on waters
خعظ ٱال ػ ث ه ب و ؼ
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just as he used to walk on lands;
ه ٱث ٱق ق ٱجسؽ مذ ث ػ ف
in the name of You Name through which You caused
the sea to cleave asunder for Moses,
ا ل غؽلذ فؽػ
You drowned Pharaoh and his people,
ا ؽا ػ ث ق د١ذ ث ؼ
and saved Moses, the son of `Imran, and those who
accompanied him;
ه ٱ ثٱق ؽا ػ ث ق ػ ظػبن ث
in the name of Your Name by which Moses, the son of
`Imran, besought You
خبت ٱ ؼ ٱال ٠
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from the right slope of the Mount;
ا سجفٱقزدجذ هم١ذ ػ١ خ
so, You responded to him and cast down upon him love
from You;
ه ٱ اثٱق ٱػ ث ؽ٠ ث ز١ب ػ١ك ر
in the name of Your Name by which Jesus, the son of
Mary, brought life to the dead,
ع يج١ب ف ٱرى
could speak while he was a child in the cradle,
ٱالٱال ثؽاا ثؽو ثاغهو
and healed the blind and the leprous by Your
permission;
ه ٱ ثٱق خ ػؽنهػ ظػبن ث ز
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in the name of Your Name by which the bearers of Your
Throne besought You
ئقؽاف١ ١ىبئ١ خجؽائ١
and so did Gabriel, Michael, Seraph,
س زج١جه آ ١ ػ ٱ ع ي
Muhammad Your most beloved one (peace be upon
him and upon his Household)
الئىزه ٱ مؽ ث
Your favorite angels,
ج١بؤن ٱا ؽق
Your messaged Prophets,
ا بس ٱكػجبظن ٱ اد ب
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ٱال ١ ؼ
and Your righteous servants from among the
inhabitants of the heavens and the layers of the earth;
ه ٱ ثٱق غ ٱ ػ ظػبن ث
in the name of Your Name by which Dhu’l-Nun
(Prophet Jonah) besought You
جب فظ غب ت ا ئغ غ رمعؼ ػ١
when he departed in wrath: he imagined that You had
no power over him,
ف ٱظ بظ بد اف ئال ا ذ قجسبه ال ئ
but he cried through the depths of darkness, “There is
no god but You. Glory be to You.
ئ ١ ٱظب ذ و
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I was indeed one of those who are wrong!”
د فٱقزدجذ ٱغ ١ز
So, You responded to him and delivered him from the
grief
د ٱ وػه ر ١ إ
and thus do You deliver the believers;
ه ٱ ٱثٱق ؼظ١ ػ ظػبن ث ظظا
in the name of Your Great Name by which David
besought You
ضؽ غج ه قبخعا فغفؽد
and as he fell down prostrating himself to You, You
rectified it for him;
ه ٱ ؽاثٱق آق١خ ٱ ػ ظػزه ث ح فؽػ
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in the name of Your Name by which Asiyah, the wife of
Pharaoh, besought You,
عن ث١زب ف ٱ ؼة”ئغ لبذ: ػ ٱث خد
saying, “My Lord! Build for me a house with You in
Paradise,
د ػ فؽػ
deliver me from Pharaoh and his doing,
ٱد ١ ٱظب “م
and deliver me from the unjust people.”
ب ب ظػبء فٱقزدجذ
So, You responded to her prayer;
ه ٱ اثٱق ة٠ػ ظػبن ث ٱ ئغ ز ءجالث
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in the name of Your Name by which (Prophet) Job
besought You after misfortune had befallen him;
ا آر١ز فؼبف١ز ؼ ث
so, You healed him and gave him his family and the
like of them with them:
ؼبثع٠ غوؽ عن ػ خ ؼز
a mercy from You and a reminder to the worshippers;
ه ٱ ٠ؼمةثٱق ػ ظػبن ث
in the name of Your Name by which (Prophet) Jacob
besought You;
لؽ ؽ ث ١ ؼذ فؽظظد ػ خ ٠قف ح ػ١
ن
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so, You returned to him his sight and the delight of his
heart, Joseph, and You reunified him.
ه ٱ ثٱق ب ق١ ػ ظػبن ث
in the name of Your Name by which (Prophet) Solomon
besought You;
ىب ال جذ جغ ال ف ٠ ثؼع زع
So, You gifted him kingdom that none else should
never gain,
بةذ ٱه ائ
for You are verily the Granter of bounties;
ه ٱ ٱػ قطثٱق ؽد ث س عجؽاق
in the name of Your Name by which You subdued the Buraaq
to Muhammad,
ق آ ػ١ ٱ ي
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peace and blessings be upon him and his Household,
: ٱ”ئغ لبي رؼب ١الػ اقجسب ثؼجع قؽ
as Almighty Allah says, “Glory be to Him Who made
His servant to go on a night
ٱ ٱع ٱكد ئ كدع ٱالسؽا “ل
from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque.”
: ٱ”ل ػ قطقجسب ب ب و ػا ب ؽ
مؽ١
He also says, “Glory be to Him Who made this
subservient to us and we were not able to do it.
ؼث ئب ئ مج “ب
Surely, to our Lord we must return;”
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ه ٱ ؿثٱق ػ ر س ػ خجؽائ١ عي ث
in the name of Your Name by which (Archangel)
Gabriel used to ascend to Muhammad,
ٱ ي آ ػ١
peace be upon him and his Household;
ه ٱ ثٱق آظ ػ ظػبن ث
and in the name of Your Name by which Adam
besought You;
ا غج فغفؽد خ ز زهقى
so, You rectified him and allowed him to dwell in Your
Paradise.
ٱٱ ه ثسكقبا مؽآ ؼظ١
I beseech You in the name of the Great Qur'an,
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ثسك س ٱ ج١ع ضبر ١
in the name of Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets,
ثسك ١ ئثؽا
in the name of Abraham,
ٱ ثسك ه ٠ بءف م
in the name of Your Judgment on the Day of the
Administration of Justice,
جذٱ ثسك ئغا اؾ٠
in the name of the Scales when they shall be set up,
سف ئغا هؽدٱ
the Scrolls when they shall be laid open,
ٱ ثسك ب خؽ م
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the Pen and whatever has been decided,
ب اٱ ذ ز
and the Tablet and whatever it has recorded;
ٱٱال ثسك قؽاظق ٱق ػ ؼؽلػ وزجز
in the name of the Name that You had inscribed on the
pavilion of the Divine Throne
ضمه ٱ ٱعلج ١بطك
two thousand years before You created the beings, the
world,
ٱٱه ؽ ثبف م ػب ف
the sun, and the moon.
ع اا الن ئال ٱ ئ
I bear witness that there is no god save Allah,
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ال زع نؽ٠ه
alone without having any partner,
ا س ؼق عا ػجع
and that Muhammad is his servant and messenger.
ه ٱقبا هه ثٱق ف ضؿائ طؿ
I beseech You in the name of Your Name that is
hoarded in Your stores,
ٱبػ ٱقزٱ ف ػ عنثؽد ث غ١ت ػ
You have kept in the knowledge of the Unseen with You
ا ١ ؽ ػ ٠ظ ضمه زع
and it has not been shown to any of Your creatures,
مؽ ال ه ة
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be him a favorite angel,
ال ج ؽق
a missioned Prophet,
ف ال ػجع
or a chosen servant.
ه ٱقبا ٱه ثٱق جسبؼػ نممذ ث
I beseech You in the name of Your Name by which You
rent asunder the oceans,
ٱ ذ ث دجبيلب
the mountains rose,
ٱ ٱضزف ث ٱ بؼ١
and night and day follow each other,
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ٱجغ ٱٱك ثسك ٱثب مؽآ ؼظ١
in the name of the 7 of the oft-repeated verses and the
Grand Qur'an,
ٱٱ ثسك ىؽا ىبرج١
in the name of the noble, recording angels,
و١ؼى ثسك ٠ف
in the name of ±a-Ha, Ya-Sin, Kaf-Ha-Ya-`Ayn-¯ad,
ػكك ز
°a-Mim-`Ayn-Sin-Qaf,
ثسك ق ؼاح ر
and in the name of the Torah of Moses,
ػ١ك ئد١
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the Gospel of Jesus,
ظؾثؼ ظا
the Psalms of David,
س عفؽلب
the Furqan (Criterion) of Muhammad,
آ ػ١ ٱ ي
peace be upon him, his Household,
١غ ٱؽ خ ػ ١بق ١ب نؽا ثب
and all the messengers and bahiyya sharahiyya.
ئ ه ٱ ه ثسكقب اا بخبحر
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of this confidential
talk
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ٱ ؽا ػ ث ق ث١ ه ز وبذ ث١
which took place between You and Moses, the son of
`Imran,
بء ؼ ق١ ق خج ف
on the Mount ±ar Sayna',
ه ٱقبا ه ٱػ ػه ثٱق ز د مج
اذٱال ؼ
I beseech You in the name of Your Name which You
taught the Angel of Death so that he would be able to
grasp the souls,
ه ٱقبا ؼق ٱؿه ثٱق ػ وزت ػ ٠ز
I beseech You in the name of Your Name which was
written on the leaves of olive-trees;
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ؼذ ٱ زه ٱفط ؼلخ١ؽا
so, fires subdued to these leaves
قال”فمذ: ثؽظا “ب٠ب بؼ و
after You said, “O fire! Be a comfort and peace,”
ه ٱقبا قؽاظق ٱه ثٱق ػ دع ػ وزجز
خٱ ىؽا
and I beseech You in the name of Your Name that You
wrote on the canopies of Glory and Dignity.
ال ٠ب قبئ ٠طف١
O He Who cannot be annoyed by any beseecher
بئ م ال ٠
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He Who cannot be influenced by any reward (that He
presents)!
ئ١ ٠كزغبس ث د٠ب ب٠
O He Whose refuge is taken and to Whom resort is
made!
ؼبلع ٱقبا ػؽنه ؼؿه ث
I beseech You in the name of the Seats of Honor
belonging to Your Throne,
ٱؽ ز وزبثه خ ز
the utmost of mercy in Your Book,
ه ٱال ثٱق ػظ
Your All-great Name,
ن ٱالخع ػ
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Your All-high majesty,
بد ٱ بره ٱزب و ؼ
and Your most high, perfect Words.
ؼة ب غؼدٱؽ ا ٠بذ
O Allah, Lord of winds and whatever they scatter far,
ب اٱك ذظبء
Lord of the sky and whatever it covers,
ب اٱال ؼ ذل
the Lord of the earth and whatever it carries,
ب اٱه ١ ١ب ذ
the Lord of the devils and whomever they mislead,
ب خؽدٱ جسبؼ
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and the Lord of the oceans and wherever they flow.
ثسك ػ١ه زك زك و
I beseech You in the name of everything that enjoys a
right with You,
مؽئىخ ٱالٱ ثسك ث١
in the name of the favorite angels,
ٱزب١ٱؽ ث١ىؽ١ ١
the angels managing the spirits, the cherubim,
ه ثٱكجٱ س١ ٱ بؼ ال١ ٠فزؽ
and the angels praising You night and day without
showing sluggishness,
ض١ه ثسك ١ ئثؽا
in the name of Abraham, Your intimate friend,
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ثسك و ٱ بظ٠ه ث١ ٱ٠ حفب ؽ
and in the name of each and every saint who calls You
between ¯afa and Marwah
ظػبء ركزد١ت
and You respond to his/her prayer.
د١ت ا ٱال ه ثسكقب٠ب ػ ث بء ق ػ
ادٱع ػ
O Responsive Lord! I beseech You in the name of all
these names and all these prayers
ب لعا ب ب ا رغفؽ ب ؽبض
to forgive us all our past and coming sins,
ب ا ب اقؽؼب ب ػ
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including the secret and the open,
ب ا ب ا ب بثع٠ ضف١
the hidden and the public,
ب ا بذ ا ث ػ
and those whom You know better than we do.
ئ و ء لع٠ؽ ه ػ ن
Verily, You have power over all things.
زه ٠ب ا ثؽز ١ ٱؽاز ؼز
[Respond] in the name of Your mercy, O most Merciful
of all those who show mercy.
غؽ٠ت ٠ب زبفظ و
O He Who guards all strangers!
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إف و ز١ع ٠ب
O He Who brings entertainment to all lonely ones!
٠ب ل ؼ١ف ح و
O He Who is the power of all the weak!
٠ب بيؽ و ظ
O He Who is the support of all the persecuted!
٠ب ؼاؾق و سؽ
O He Who bestows upon all the deprived!
إف و زم ٠ب كز
O He Who brings entertainment to all the lonesome!
كبفؽ ٠ب يبزت و
O He Who is the company of all those on journeys!
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بظ و ؽ ٠ب ػ زب
O He Who is the pillar of all the present!
١ئخ ٠ب غبفؽ و ض غت
O He Who forgives all sins and offenses!
٠ب غ١بس ٱ كزغ١ث١
O He Who is the aid of all those begging aid!
٠ب يؽ٠ص ٱ ؽض١ كز
O He Who is the relief of all those pleading for relief!
٠ب وبنف وؽة ٱ ىؽث١
O He Who relieves the calamity of those inflicted with
calamities!
ٱ ٠ب فبؼج ١
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O He Who alleviate the distress of the distressed ones!
ٱال٠ب ثع٠غ ٱك اد ب ١ ؼ
O He Who is the Originator of the heavens and the
layers of the earth!
غب٠خ ز ٠ب بج١ ٱ
O He Who is the utmost hope of the seekers!
ح ٱ د١ت ظػ ؽ٠ب ٠
O He Who responds to the prayers of the troubled!
٠ب ا ١ ٱؽاز ؼز
O He Who is the most Merciful of all those who show
mercy!
١ ٠بؼة ٱؼب
O Lord of the worlds!
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ٱع ٠ ٠ب ظ٠ب ٠
O Master of the Judgment Day!
ظ ٱال٠ب ا خ ظ٠ خ
O most Magnanimous of all those who act
magnanimously!
ٱال٠ب ا وؽ ١ وؽ
O most Generous of all those who act generously!
غ ٠ب ا ق ؼ١ ٱكب
O most Hearing of all those who can hear!
٠ب ا بظؽ٠ ؽ ٱ ث
O most Seeing of all those who can see!
٠ب ا لعؼ ٱمبظؼ٠
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O most Powerful of all those who have power!
ٱػ ز رغ١ة ٱٱغفؽ ؽ ٱ ؼ
(Please) forgive my sins that change the bounties
ٱػ ة ٱٱغفؽ ز رؼس ٱ ع
And forgive me my sins that bring about remorse,
ٱػ ز رؼس ٱكة ٱٱغفؽ م
forgive me my sins that result in ailment,
ٱػ زه ٱة ٱٱغفؽ ز ر ؼ
forgive me my sins that tear safeguards,
ٱػ ػبءٱع ز رؽظة ٱٱغفؽ
forgive me my sins that repel prayers,
ٱػ ؽ ٱكة ٱٱغفؽ بءز رسجف ل
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forgive me my sins that withhold the drops of the sky,
ٱػ بء ٱز رؼدة ٱٱغفؽ ف
forgive me my sins that hasten extinction,
ٱػ مبءز ردت ٱهة ٱٱغفؽ
forgive me my sins that beget misery,
ٱػ اء ٱز رظة ٱٱغفؽ
forgive me my sins that darken the atmospheres,
ٱػ بءز رىهف ٱة ٱٱغفؽ غ
forgive me my sins that disclose the coverings,
ٱػ ز الة ٱٱغفؽ ب غ١ؽن ٠ب ا ٠غفؽ
forgive me my sins that none can forgive save You, O
Allah,
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ػ ٱز ضمهرجؼخ ال و زع
bear from me every offensive that I have made against
any of Your creatures,
ا ٠كؽاٱخؼ طؽخب ؽ فؽخب
make all my affairs reach at relief, exit, and easiness,
ه ف يعؼا ؿي ٠م١
make Your tranquility ascend on my chest,
ال غ١ؽنا ؼخبءن ف لج زز ؼخ
and make hope in You ascend on my heart so that I
shall never hope for anyone save You.
مب ف ػبف ٱزفظ ا
O Allah, (please) safeguard me, heal me in all my
situations,
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بؼ ف ١ ٱيسج
be my companion at nights and days,
٠ع ث١ ضف
be ahead of me, behind me,
١ ٠ بػ ن ػ
from my right side, from my left side,
رسز ل ف
from above me, and from beneath me,
ٱك٠ك ؽ ج١
make easy all the ways for me,
ٱزا ١ك١ؽزك
make excellent facilitation for me,
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ف ٱال ؼك١ؽرطػ
do not disappoint me in hardships,
ع ٠ب ض١ؽ ظ ٱ ١
guide me, O Best of all guides,
فك ف ٱال ئ ؼال رى
do not leave me alone in all my affairs,
م قؽؼ و
make me receive all pleasures,
ا ئ ج ثٱفالٱل ٱ دبذذ
and make me return to my family with prosperity,
success,
سجؼا ف ٱ ٱ٢خ ؼبخ
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and gladness in the present and in the future.
ئ و ء لع٠ؽ ه ػ ن
Verily, You have power over all things.
ه ف ٱؼؾل
(Please) bestow upon me with Your favors,
ا ١ قغ ػ جبد ؼؾله
expand for me the most favorable of Your sustenance,
بػزه ف ٱقزؼ
apply me to the obedience to You,
بؼنا ػػاثه خؽ
redeem me from Your chastisement and Fire,
ف ئغا ر ج ٱل خ ئ زه١ز زه ثؽز
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and when You grasp my soul, lead me to Your Paradise,
by Your mercy.
ئ اي اا ؾ زه ػغ ثه ؼ
O Allah, I seek Your protection against confiscation of
Your graces,
ػبف١زه ٠ رس
against alternation of Your conferral of wellbeing on
me,
زه زي م
against the befalling of Your punishment,
ؿي ػػا ثه
and against the ensuing of Your chastisement.
ع ٱا خ ءجالػغ ثه
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I seek Your protection against arduous hardships,
مبءظؼن ٱه
against coming about of misery,
قء ٱ بء م
against evil end results,
برخ ٱال ػعاءن
against my enemies’ gloating over my grief,
نؽ ٱك ؿي بءب ٠
against the evil of everything that ascends from the
heavens,
نؽ ؿيىزبة ٱب ف ٱ
and against the evils mentioned in the Revealed Book.
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الا ٱال نؽاؼردؼ
O Allah, (please) do not include me with the evil ones,
ا بؼال يسبة ٱ
do not include me with the people of Hellfire,
يسجخ ٱال ض١بؼال رسؽ
do not deprive me of the companionship of the upright
people,
١ا ز١بح جخز١
grant me a pleasant lifetime,
ف ١ر فبح ثٱال سم ثؽاؼجخ ر
decide for me a kind of death due to which You will
join me to the Pious Ones,
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ؽافمخ ٱال ج١بءٱؼؾل
and confer upon me with the companionship of the
Prophets
مزعؼ ١ه ع مؼع يعق ػ ف
in the seat of honesty with the All-powerful King.
ه ٱ ثالا زك ع ػ ؼهس ي ئه
O Allah, all praise be to You for Your pleasant trials
and deeds to us.
ٱإله ٱ ع ػ ٱرقالس خجبع ٱك
All praise be to You for my being Muslim and for my
following the Prophet’s traditions.
ه ؼة ٠ب ع٠ ع٠ز ب و
O my Lord, as You have guided them (i.e. the pious)
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ػػ عب وزبثه فٱ بز
and taught them Your Book, (please) guide us and
teach us.
ثاله ٱ زك ع ػ ع س ؼه ػ ي ئه
خضبي
All praise be to You for Your pleasant trials and deeds
to me in private,
فب ب ضمز ذ ضمو زك
as You created me, gifted me an excellent form,
فبػ ز ذ رؼ١ زك
taught me, gifted me excellent erudition,
فب ع٠ز عا٠ز ذ زك
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guided me, and gifted me excellent guidance.
فه ٱ ه ػ ئؼب ع ػ زع٠ثب س لع٠ب
So, all praise be to You for Your favors that You
conferred upon me in the past and in the present.
وؽة ٠ب ق١ ع لع فؽفى خز
Too many are the agonies that You, my Master,
relieved.
غ ع لع ف٠ب ق١ و كز
Too many are the distresses that You, my Master,
eased.
٠ب ق١ و ع لع وهفز
Too many are the sufferings that You, my Master,
alleviated.
ثال ب ق١ء ٠و ع لع يؽفز
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Too many are the hardships from which You, my
Master, saved me.
ػ١ت ٠ب ق١ و ع لع قزؽر
Too many are the defects that You, my Master, covered.
فه ٱ و ع ػ زبي س
So, all praise be to You for all conditions,
ف و ب ؾ ث
in every place and time,
مب مت
every circumstance and situation,
ٱ ػ ػ و زبي سبي
and for the current condition and all conditions.
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ا ٱخؼ ا ١جبف ػجبظن
O Allah, (please) shower upon me the best share of
every good thing
ػا ٱ ف ض١ؽ رمك ١
that You decide for Your servants on this day,
ؽا رىهف
such as harm that You decide to hold off,
ا قء ر ؽف
evil that You decide to ward off,
ثالا ء رعفؼ
ordeal that You decide to deter,
ا ض١ؽ ركل
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grace that You decide to grant,
با هؽ خ ر ؼز
item of mercy that You decide to distribute,
با جك ػبف١خ ر
and item of wellbeing that You decide to cover up (on
one of Your servants),
فا و ء لع٠ؽ ه ػ ن
for You verily have power over all things,
ٱك ٱالث١عن ضؿائ اد ب ؼ
in Your hands lie the hoards of the heavens and the
earth,
ٱازع ٱذ ٱا ىؽ٠ ؼ
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You are verily the One, the All-generous, and the Best
Bestower,
٠ؽظ ػ الٱ قبئ
You are the One Whose beseechers are not rejected,
ال ٠ط١ ت آ
and You are the One Who never disappoint those who
put hope in Him,
مى بئ ال ٠
the One Who is never influenced by the rewards that
He bestows upon anyone,
ع ب ػ فع ال ٠
and the One Whose possessions never run out;
١جب ٠ؿظاظ وثؽح ث
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rather, You always increase in quantity, excellent gift,
خظا بء ػ
conferrals, and magnanimity.
ه ٱ ضؿائ ز الٱؼؾل رف
(Please) bestow upon me from Your hoards that never
come to an end
زه ٱ ؼز اقؼخ
and from Your expansive mercy.
سظؼا ئ ٠ى بءن ػ
Your conferral shall never be confined
ا و ء لع٠ؽ ذ ػ ن
and You have power over all things;
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زه ٠ب ا ثؽز ١ ٱؽاز ؼز
in the name of Your mercy; O most Merciful of all those
who show mercy.
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Ziyarah Waritha
ح يف اؼس آظ ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Adam the choice of
Allah.
اؼس ذ ج ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Noah the prophet of
Allah.
ض١ ١ اؼس ئثؽا ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Abraham the
intimate friend of Allah.
و١ ق اؼس ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Moses the spoken by
Allah.
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ؼذ اؼس ػ١ك ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Jesus the spirit of
Allah.
ع زج١ت س اؼس ػ١ه ٠ب ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of Muhammad the most
beloved by Allah.
اؼس ا ػ١ه ٠ب ٱ١ؽ اكال ػ١ ١ إ
ٱ كال
Peace be upon you, O inheritor of the Commander of
the Faithful, peace be upon him.
ع س ػ١ه ٠ب ث فٱ اكال
Peace be upon you, O son of Muhammad the well-
chosen Prophet.
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ػ ػ١ه ٠ب ث ٱ اكال ؽر
Peace be upon you, O son of `Ali the well-pleased.
خ فب ػ١ه ٠ب ث ؽاءٱاكال ؿ
Peace be upon you, O son of Fatimah the luminous
lady.
ػ١ه ضعاكال ىجؽٱدخ ـ٠٠ب ث
Peace be upon you, O son of Khadijah the grand lady.
ػ١ه ٠ب ثبؼ ٱاكال ٱ ثبؼ ث
Peace be upon you, O vengeance of Allah, son of His
vengeance,
رؽ ٱ رؼٱ
and the unavenged so far.
ع اا ذ ه لع ان الحٱل
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I bear witness that you performed the prayers,
ؿوبحٱآر١ذ
defrayed the poor-rate,
ؼؽفٱؽد ثا
enjoined the right,
١ذ ػ ىؽٱ
forbade the wrong,
ٱؼذ ا ؼق ا ٱربن زز ١م١
and obeyed Allah and His Messenger until death came
upon you.
ؼ ٱف زها خ لز
So, may Allah curse the people who slew you.
ٱؼ زها خ ظ
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May Allah curse the people who persecuted you.
ٱؼ ؼذ ثػا خ ق ١ذ ث ه فؽ
May Allah curse the people who were pleased when
they had heard of that.
٠ب ا ال ٱثب ػجع ٠ب
O my Master, O Aba-`Abdullah!
ع اا ذ ؼان طخهٱيالة الٱف ه و ب
I bear witness that you were light in the sublime loins
الٱ ؽحٱؼزب
and purified wombs;
دكه ر ١خ ثبٱ بدب دبق
the impurities of the Ignorance Era could not object
you to filth
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جكه ر ب بد ث١بث ع
nor could it dress you its murky clothes.
ع اا ن ظػبئ ٱه ع٠
I also bear witness that you are one of the mainstays of
the religion
ا ٱؼوب ١ إ
and the supports of the faithful believers.
ع اا ٱه ن ب ٱجؽ ٱإل زم
I also bear witness that you are the God-fearing, pious,
ٱ ٱؽ ؿو
pleased, immaculate,
بظ ٱ عٱ
guide, and well-guided Imam.
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ع اا خ ئالٱ ن عن و زمٱخ
And (I bear witness) that the Imams from your progeny
are the spokesmen of piety,
ا ٱػال ع
the signs of guidance,
ح ٱ ثمٱؼؽ
the firmest handle (of Islam),
اٱ سدخ ػ ع١بٱ
and the decisive Argument against the inhabitants of
the world.
ع ا ٱن الئىز
And I call Allah, His angels,
ا ؼق ج١بء
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His Prophets, and His Messenger
ا إ ثى ثا٠بثى
to witness for me that I believe in you all and in your
Return,
ثهؽا غ ظئل ار٠ ض ػ ١
I have full confidence in the laws of my religion and in
the seals of my deeds,
ج ل ق جى م
my heart is at peace with you all,
زجغ الؽا ؽو
and all my affairs are based on your commands.
ػ١ى اد ا ا ي ػ ازى ؼ
May Allah’s benedictions be on your souls,
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ا ػ ا خكبظو ػ ى خكب
your bodies, your forms,
غبئجى ػ عو نب ػ
the present and the absent from you,
ى ثب ػ ؽو ظب ػ
and the apparent and the invisible from you.
Ziyarah of Ali ibn Hussain (as)
ؼقي ػ١ه ٠ب ث ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O son of the Messenger of Allah.
ج ػ١ه ٠ب ث ٱاكال
Peace be upon you, O son of the Prophet of Allah.
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ا ػ١ه ٠ب ث ٱ١ؽ اكال ١ إ
Peace be upon you, O son of the commander of the
faithful.
ػ١ه ٠ب ث ٱاكال ٱسك١ ١عه
Peace be upon you, O son of al-°usayn the martyr.
ػ١ه ا ب اكال ١عٱ٠ ه
Peace be upon you, O martyr.
ػ١ه ا ب اكال ٱ٠ ظ ٱ ٱث ظ
Peace be upon you, O wronged and harassed and the
son of the wrong and harassed.
ٱؼ زها خ لز
Curse of Allah be on those who killed you.
ٱؼ زها خ ظ
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Curse of Allah be on those who persecuted you.
ٱؼ ؼذ ثػا خ ق ١ذ ث ه فؽ
Curse of Allah be on those who heard this even but
rested satisfied.
Ziyarah of the Martyrs of Karbala
٠ب ا ػ١ى اٱ١بء اكال زجبئ
Peace be upon all of you, O friends and dears of Allah.
٠ب ا ػ١ى اٱيف١بء اكال ظ اء
Peace be upon all of you, O choice of Allah and
sincerely attached to Him.
٠ب ا ػ١ى بؼ ظاكال ٱ٠
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Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of Allah’s
religion.
٠ب ا ػ١ى بؼ ؼقي اكال ٱ
Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of the
Messenger of Allah.
٠ب ا ػ١ى بؼ ااكال ٱ١ؽ ١ إ
Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of the
Commander of the Faithful.
٠ب ا ػ١ى خ ق١عح كبء اكال بؼ فب
ٱ ١ ؼب
Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of Fatimah the
doyenne of the women of this world.
٠ب ا ػ١ى بؼ ااكال عث س
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Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of Aba
Muhammad,
ٱ ػ ث ٱ سك ٱ بير
al-Hasan the son of `Ali, the saintly and sincere.
٠ب ا ػ١ى بؼ ااكال ٱ ػجعث
Peace be upon all of you, O supporters of Aba-
`Abdullah.
اثثب از
My father and mother be sacrificed for you.
بثذ الٱجز ز فٱؼ ز ب ظف ١
Verily, pure be you and pure be the soil in which you
were buried.
ؾا ف ػظ١ب فؿر
You attained great success.
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فبف١ب ١ز ؼى ذ و ؼى فؾ
Would that I were with you so that I could also share
the accomplishment with you.
Ziyarah of Abbas ibn Ali (as)
ػ١ه ٠ب ا ٱ ثباكال اٱف ـ ث ١ؽ ؼجب
ٱ ١ إ
Peace be upon you, O Abu’l-Fa¤l al-`Abbas the son of
the Commander of the Faithful.
ػ١ه ٠ب ق١ اكال ي١ٱع ث ١
Peace be upon you, O son of the chief of the successors
(of the Prophets).
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ػ١ه ٠ب ا اكال ئقالٱ يث بم
Peace be upon you, O son of the foremost to Islam,
ئ٠ا ببـلع
the first to believe,
ا ثع٠ ٱل
the best to have served the religion of Allah,
ا ػ قالإلٱز
and the most careful for Islam.
الا ؽق سذ ع مع ض١هن
I bear witness that you served Allah, His Messenger,
and your brother sincerely.
ؼ اقٱش الٱف
You were the most excellent self-sacrificing brother.
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ؼ ٱف زها خ لز
So, Allah’s curse be on the group who killed you.
ٱؼ زها خ ظ
Allah’s curse be on the group who wronged you.
ٱؼ ه قزسٱخ ا ٱذ سبؼ
Allah’s curse be on the group who violated your
sanctities
خ ٱ ىذ زؽ قالإلٱز
and infringed the sanctity of Islam.
ؼ بثؽ ٱف عٱ دب
You were the most excellent steadfast fighter,
ٱ بيؽٱسب
protector, supporter,
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اٱش الٱ عافغ ػ ض١
and brother who defended his brother,
بػخ ؼثٱ د١ت ئ
responded to the obedience to his Lord,
ٱ غ١ؽ ع ف١ ب ؾ ٱاة ثٱؽاغت ف١ دؿ٠
and worked desirably for gaining the abundant reward,
which others refused,
ٱبء ثٱ ١ د
and the nice tribute.
بد ٱ سمها ثعؼخخ آثبئه ف خ ٱ ؼ١
So, Allah may attach you to the rank of your fathers in
the gardens of bliss.
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Dua to be recited just before dawn on Friday
Nights
Shaykh al-Tusi, Sayyid Ibn Tawus, and others have
mentioned the following supplicatory prayer confirming
that it is recommended to say it at Friday nights just
before dawn:
ي ع ا س ػ آ
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his
Household,
ت بنٱ غعاح ؼ
grant me Your satisfaction this very early morning,
ا فه لجقى ض
place fear of You in my heart,
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انٱ ق ػ ؼ ل
and separate it from (leaning to) anyone other than
You,
الا الزز ضبف ئال ئ٠بنا ؼخ
so that I will hope for and fear none save You.
ي ع ا س ػ آ
O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and his
Household
ت ٱثجبد ١م١
and grant me resolute faith,
س وإلضالٱ
pure sincerity (to You),
ز١عٱنؽف ز
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honorable belief in (Your) oneness,
ا خبقزمالٱظ
persistent straightness,
ؼع جؽٱ
essential tolerance,
ب ثٱ ٱؽ بء معؼٱم
and satisfaction with (Your) predetermination and
decrees.
ائح ز ٱ٠ب لب كبئ١
O He Who settles the needs of His beseechers;
ب ف ٠ؼ ٠ب ٱ١ؽ ز ب ١
O He Who knows what is in the innermost of the silent;
ع ي س ػ آ
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send blessings to Muhammad and his Household,
قزدت ظػبئٱ
respond to my prayers,
غفؽ غجٱ
forgive my sins,
قغ ؼؾلا
expand my means of livelihood,
ائدٱ ز فك فل
and settle the needs of myself
ا ظ فئض ا٠
and my brethren-in-faith and my family members.
ذ ٢بي لع ضبثذ ئال ع٠هٱئ
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O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed
except those addressed to You,
ؼبوف ذ ئال ػ١هٱ لع رؼ
all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those
relied upon You,
ت ػا ذ ئال ئ١هٱ ؼمي لع ق
and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except
those directed to You.
زدفب ئ١ه ا بذ اؽخبء
So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort.
ظ٠ب ا م كإيا وؽ ظ خ
O He Who is the noblest objective and the most
magnanimous desired,
فك ؽثذ ئ١ه ث
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I am fleeing to You from myself.
دب بؼثٱ ٠ب ثب ػةٱثمبي ١
O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the
heavy loads of sins,
ب ػا ؽز ظ
carrying my sins on my back,
ئ١ه نبفؼب خع ا ال
I cannot find any interceder for me
ؼؽفزق ه ا ثب ؼخب ٱلؽة بج
except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of
all those who are hoped by beseechers
با ؽٱع٠ اغج
and of all those whose donations are expected by the
desirous.
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فزك ٱ٠ب ؼؽفز ؼمي ث
O He Who has split the intellects on the recognition of
Him,
ك ا الٱ ع ثس ك
made tongues articulate with the praising of Him
ب فٱخؼ ػجبظ ػ ث ظ٠خ بز وفبءز
زم
and made that which He has conferred upon His
servants enough means for the fulfillment of their
duties towards Him;
ع ي س ػ آ
(please) send blessings to Muhammad and his
Household,
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ػم ال ػ ب ه١ قج١ال ردؼ
do not give Satan any way (of success) over my reason,
ػ ال جب ١الظ ػ
and do not give wrongness a way to reach my deeds.
When Friday dawns, it is recommended to say the
following:
خ ا يجسذ ف غ ٱ
I begin this morning seeking the protection of Allah,
ال خ غ ئىز
the protection of His angels,
ا غ ػ١ ؼق كالٱج١بئ
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the protections of His prophets and messengers, peace
be upon them,
س خ عغ ي ٱ آ ػ١
the protection of Muhammad, peace be upon him and
his Household,
يالٱغ ع يآ١بء س ١ كالٱػ
and the protections of the Successors from
Muhammad’s progeny, peace be upon them.
ذ ثكؽ ع آ س آي ١ ػال كالٱػ ١ز
I believe in the secrets of Muhammad’s progeny, peace
be upon them, and in their open affairs
ثب ؽ ظب
and in their exoteric and their esoteric affairs.
ع اا فن ػ ٱ بػز
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I bear witness that they, as regarding their knowledge
of Allah and their obedience to Him,
ع س و ي ٱ ١ ػ آ
are just like Muhammad, peace be upon him and his
Household.
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Litany before Fajr Prayers on Frdays
It has been also narrated that one who says the
following litany three times before the Dawn (Fajr)
Prayer on Fridays will have all his sins forgiven even if
they are as innumerable as swelling foams:
قزغفؽ ا الػٱ ٱ ئال ئ
I pray the forgiveness of Allah save Whom there is no
god;
ٱ ٱس م١
the Ever-living and Ever-subsisting,
ا رة ئ١
and I turn in repentance to Him.