Supplication of Abaraat from the book ‘Balad ul Ameen’ p. 461 of Sheikh Kaf’ami (R.A.).
He writes:This is a valuable and virtuous supplication narrated from Imam Mahdi (A.S.) and should be recited at times of great sufferings and hardships; this supplication has been named as the ‘Supplication of Abaraat’.
[1] We have narrated from Allama Hilli (R.A.) that the supplication of Abaraat is associated with our master, Imam Sadiq (A.S.) and Imam Mahdi (A.S.) commanded Razi ud Deen Aavi for its recitation.

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أَللَّهُمَّ إِنّي أَسْأَلُكَ يا راحِمَ الْعَبَراتِ، وَيا كاشِفَ الزَّفَراتِ،

Allāhumma innī as'aluka yā rāḥima l-'abarāt, wa yā kāshifa z-zafarāt,

O Allāh, I ask You, O Merciful to tears, and O Remover of sighs,

أَنْتَ الَّذي تَقْشَعُ سَحابَ الْمِحَنِ، وَقَدْ أَمْسَتْ ثِقالاً،

Anta l-ladhī taqsha'u saḥāba l-miḥan, wa qad amsat thiqālā,

You are the One Who dispels the clouds of tribulations, when they have become heavy,

وَتَجْلُو ضَبابَ الْفِتَنِ، وَقَدْ سَحَبَتْ أَذْيالاً،

wa tajlū ḍabāba l-fitan, wa qad saḥabat adhyālā,

and clears the fog of seditions, when they have dragged their tails (spread widely),

وَتَجْعَلُ زَرْعَها هَشيماً، وَبُنْيانَها هَديماً، وَعِظامَها رَميماً،

wa taj'alu zar'ahā hashīman, wa bunyānahā hadīman, wa 'iẓāmahā ramīman,

and makes its crops (of tribulation) straw, its structures ruins, and its bones decayed,

وَتَرُدُّ الْمَغْلُوبَ غالِباً، وَالْمَطْلُوبَ طالِباً،

wa taruddu l-maghlūba ghāliban, wa l-maṭlūba ṭāliban,

and returns the vanquished as a victor, and the pursued as a pursuer,

وَالْمَقْهُورَ قاهِراً، وَالْمَقْدُورَ عَلَيْهِ قادِراً.

wa l-maqhūra qāhiran, wa l-maqdūra 'alayhi qādiran.

and the oppressed as an oppressor, and the overpowered as powerful.

فَكَمْ مِنْ عَبْدٍ ناداكَ رَبِّ إِنّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ،

Fakam min 'abdin nādāka rabbi innī maghlūbun fa-ntaṣir,

How many a servant called upon You: My Lord, I am vanquished, so grant victory,

فَفَتَحْتَ لَهُ مِنْ نَصْرِكَ أَبْوابَ السَّماءِ بِماءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ،

fa-fataḥta lahu min naṣrika abwāba s-samā'i bi-mā'in munhamir,

so You opened for him, from Your victory, the gates of the heaven with pouring water,

وَفَجَّرْتَ لَهُ مِنْ عَوْنِكَ عُيُوناً، فَالْتَقَى الْماءُ عَلى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ،

wa fajja'rta lahu min 'awnika 'uyūnan, fa-ltaqā l-mā'u 'alā amrin qad qudir,

and You caused springs to gush forth for him from Your aid, so the water met for an affair already decreed,

وَحَمَلْتَهُ مِنْ كِفايَتِكَ عَلى ذاتِ أَلْواحٍ وَدُسُرٍ.

wa ḥamaltahu min kifāyatika 'alā dhāti alwāḥin wa dusur.

and You carried him, out of Your sufficiency, upon that of planks and nails (the Ark).

رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،

Rabbi ṣalli 'alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad,

My Lord, bless Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad,

وَافْتَحْ لي مِنْ نَصْرِكَ أَبْوابَ السَّماءِ بِماءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ،

wa-ftaḥ lī min naṣrika abwāba s-samā'i bi-mā'in munhamir,

and open for me, from Your victory, the gates of the heaven with pouring water,

وَفَجِّرْ لي مِنْ عَوْنِكَ عُيُوناً لِيَلْتَقِيَ ماءُ فَرَجي عَلى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ،

wa fajji'r lī min 'awnika 'uyūnan li-yaltaqiya mā'u farajī 'alā amrin qad qudir,

and cause springs to gush forth for me from Your aid so the water of my relief may meet for an affair already decreed,

وَاحْمِلْني يا رَبِّ مِنْ كِفايَتِكَ عَلى ذاتِ أَلْواحٍ وَدُسُرٍ.

wa-ḥmilnī yā rabbi min kifāyatika 'alā dhāti alwāḥin wa dusur.

and carry me, O Lord, out of Your sufficiency, upon that of planks and nails.

يا مَنْ إِذا وَلَجَ الْعَبْدُ في لَيْلٍ مِنْ حَيْرَتِهِ يَهيمُ،

Yā man idhā walaja l-'abdu fī laylin min ḥīratihi yahīm,

O You, when the servant enters a night of his confusion, wandering,

وَلَمْ يَجِدْ لَهُ صَريخاً يَصْرُخُهُ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلا حَميمٍ،

wa lam yajid lahu ṣarīkhan yaṣrukhuhu min waliyyin wa lā ḥamīm,

and finds no helper to call upon, neither a guardian nor a close friend,

وَجَدَ يا رَبِّ مِنْ مَعُونَتِكَ صَريخاً مُغيثاً،

wajada yā rabbi min ma'ūnatika ṣarīkhan mughīthan,

he finds, O Lord, from Your aid, a helper who provides relief,

وَوَلِيّاً يَطْلُبُهُ حَثيثاً، يُنْجيهِ مِنْ ضيقِ أَمْرِهِ وَحَرَجِهِ،

wa waliyyan yaṭlubuhu ḥathīthan, yunjīhi min ḍīqi amrihi wa ḥarajihi,

and a guardian seeking him quickly, rescuing him from the narrowness and difficulty of his situation,

وَيُظْهِرُ لَهُ أَعْلامَ فَرَجِهِ.

wa yuẓhiru lahu a'lāma farajihi.

and revealing to him the signs of his relief.

أَللَّهُمَّ فَيا مَنْ قُدْرَتُهُ قاهِرَةٌ، وَآياتُهُ باهِرَةٌ،

Allāhumma fa-yā man qudratuhu qāhirah, wa āyātuhu bāhirah,

O Allāh, O You Whose power is overwhelming, and Whose signs are dazzling,

وَنَقِماتُهُ قاصِمَةٌ لِكُلِّ جَبَّارٍ،

wa naqimātuhu qāṣimatun li-kulli jabbār,

and Whose retaliations are crushing to every tyrant,

دامِغَةٌ لِكُلِّ كَفُورٍ خَتَّارٍ، صَلِّ يا رَبِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،

dāmighatun li-kulli kafūrin khattār, ṣalli yā rabbi 'alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad,

smashing to every ungrateful deceiver, O Lord, bless Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad,

وَانْظُرْ إِلَيَّ يا رَبِّ نَظْرَةً مِنْ نَظَراتِكَ رَحيمَةً،

wa-nẓur ilayya yā rabbi naẓratan min naẓarātika raḥīmah,

and look upon me, O Lord, with a glance from Your merciful glances,

تَجْلي بِها عَنّي ظُلْمَةً عاكِفَةً مُقيمَةً مِنْ عاهَةٍ

tajlī bi-hā 'annī ẓulmatan 'ākifatan muqīmatan min 'āhah

by which You clear away from me an abiding, persistent darkness of an affliction,

جَفَّتْ مِنْهَا الضُّروُعُ، وَتَلِفَتْ مِنْهَا الزُّرُوعُ،

jaffat minhā ḍ-ḍurū', wa talifat minhā z-zurū',

from which udders have dried up, and crops have perished,

وَانْهَمَلَتْ مِنْ أَجْلِهَا الدُّمُوعُ، وَاشْتَمَلَ لَها عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ الْيَأْسُ،

wa-nhamalat min ajlihā d-dumū', wa-shtamala lahā 'alā l-qulūbi l-ya's,

and because of which tears have streamed, and despair has enveloped the hearts,

وَخَرَّتْ بِسَبَبِهَا الْأَنْفاسُ.

wa kharrat bi-sababihā l-anfās.

and for which breaths have collapsed.

إِلهي فَحِفْظاً حِفْظاً لِغَرائِسَ غَرْسُها بِيَدِ الرَّحْمانِ،

Ilāhī fa-ḥifẓan ḥifẓan li-gharā'isa gharsuhā bi-yadi r-raḥmān,

My God, so (I beg for) protection, protection for the saplings whose planting is by the hand of the Most Merciful,

وَشُرْبُها مِنْ ماءِ الْحَيَوانِ، وَنَجاتُها بِدُخُولِ الْجِنانِ،

wa shurbuhā min mā'i l-ḥayawān, wa najātuhā bi-dukhūli l-jinān,

and whose drink is from the water of life, and whose salvation is by entering the Gardens,

أَنْ تَكُونَ بِيَدِ الشَّيْطانِ تُحَزُّ، وَبِفَأْسِهِ تُقْطَعُ وَتُجَزُّ.

an takūna bi-yadi sh-shayṭāni tuḥazz, wa bi-fa'sihi tuqṭa'u wa tujazz.

(from) being cut by the hand of Satan, and chopped and lopped by his axe.

إِلهي فَمَنْ أَوْلى مِنْكَ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ عَنْ حَريمِكَ دافِعاً،

Ilāhī fa-man awlā minka bi-an yakūna 'an ḥarīmika dāfi'an,

My God, who is worthier than You to be a defender of Your sanctuary,

وَمَنْ أَجْدَرُ مِنْكَ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ عَنْ حِماكَ حارِساً وَمانِعاً.

wa man ajdaru minka bi-an yakūna 'an ḥimāka ḥārisan wa māni'an.

and who is more deserving than You to be a guardian and preventer of Your protection?

إِلهي إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ قَدْ هالَ فَهَوِّنْهُ، وَخَشُنَ فَأَلِنْهُ،

Ilāhī inna l-amra qad hāla fa-hawwinh, wa khashuna fa-alin'h,

My God, the matter has terrified, so make it easy, and it has become rough, so soften it,

وَ إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ كاعَتْ فَطَمِّنْها، وَالنُّفُوسَ ارْتاعَتْ فَسَكِّنْها.

wa inna l-qulūba kā'at fa-ṭamminhā, wa n-nufūsa rtā'at fa-sakkinhā.

and the hearts have become weak, so reassure them, and the souls have been terrified, so calm them.

إِلهي إِلهي تَدارَكْ أَقْداماً زَلَّتْ،

Ilāhī ilāhī tadārak aqdāman zallat,

My God, my God, recover feet that have slipped,

وَأَفْكاراً في مَهامَةِ الْحَيْرَةِ ضَلَّتْ،

wa afkāran fī mahāmati l-ḥīrati ḍallat,

and thoughts that have strayed in the wilderness of confusion,

بِأَنْ رَأَتْ جَبْرَكَ عَلى كَسيرِها، وَ إِطْلاقَكَ لِأَسيرِها،

bi-an ra'at jabraka 'alā kasīrihā, wa iṭlāqaka li-asīrihā,

by them seeing Your mending of its brokenness, and Your release of its captive,

وَ إِجارَتَكَ لِمُسْتَجيرِها أَجْحَفَ الضُّرُّ بِالْمَضْرُورِ،

wa ijārataka li-mustajīrihā ajḥafa ḍ-ḍurru bi-l-maḍrūr,

and Your granting of protection to its seeker of refuge, for the harm has been severe upon the afflicted,

وَلَبَّى داعيهِ بِالْوَيْلِ وَالثُّبُورِ.

wa labba dā'īhi bi-l-wayli wa th-thubūr.

and his caller has responded with woe and destruction.

فَهَلْ يَحْسُنُ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ يا مَوْلايَ أَنْ تَدَعَهُ فَريسَةَ الْبَلاءِ وَهُوَ لَكَ راجٍ،

Fa-hal yaḥsunu min 'adlika yā mawlāya an tada'ahu farīsata l-balā'i wa huwa laka rāj,

Does it befit Your justice, O my Master, that You leave him a prey to tribulation while he is hopeful in You,

أَمْ هَلْ يَجْمُلُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ أَنْ يَخُوضَ لُجَّةَ الْغَمَّاءِ وَهُوَ إِلَيْكَ لاجٍ.

am hal yajmulu min faḍlika an yakhūḍa lujjati l-ghammā'i wa huwa ilayka lāj.

or does it befit Your favor that he plunges into the deep sea of grief while he is seeking refuge with You?

مَوْلايَ لَئِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أَشُقُّ عَلَى نَفْسِي فِي التُّقَى،

Mawlāya la-in kuntu lā ashuqqu 'alā nafsī fī t-tuqā,

My Master, if I do not exert myself in piety,

وَلَا أَبْلُغُ فِي حَمْلِ أَعْبَاءِ الطَّاعَةِ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضَى،

wa lā ablughu fī ḥamli a'bā'i ṭ-ṭā'ati mablagha r-riḍā,

nor reach the level of satisfaction in bearing the burdens of obedience,

وَلَا أَنْتَظِمُ فِي سِلْكِ قَوْمٍ رَفَضُوا الدُّنْيَا

wa lā antaẓimu fī silki qawmin rafaḍū d-dunyā,

nor join the ranks of a people who rejected the world,

فَهُمْ خُمْصُ الْبُطُونِ مِنَ الطَّوَى، ذُبْلُ الشِّفَاهِ مِنَ الظَّمَاءِ،

fa-hum khumṣu l-buṭūni mina ṭ-ṭawā, dhublu sh-shifāhi mina ẓ-ẓamā',

so their bellies are empty from hunger, their lips withered from thirst,

وَعُمْشُ الْعُيُونِ مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ،

wa 'umshu l-'uyūni mina l-bukā',

and their eyes dim from weeping,

بَلْ أَتَيْتُكَ بِضَعْفٍ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ، وَظَهْرٍ ثَقِيلٍ بِالْخَطَايَا وَالزَّلَلِ،

bal ataytuka bi-ḍa'fin mina l-'amal, wa ẓahrin thaqīlin bi-l-khaṭāyā wa z-zalal,

but rather I came to You with weak deeds, and a back heavy with sins and errors,

وَنَفْسٍ لِلرَّاحَةِ مُعْتَادَةٍ، وَلِدَوَاعِي الشَّهْوَةِ مُنْقَادَةٍ.

wa nafsin li-r-rāḥati mu'tādah, wa li-dawā'ī sh-shahwati munqādah.

and a soul accustomed to comfort, and compliant to the calls of desire.

أَمَا يَكْفِينِي يَا رَبِّ وَسِيلَةً إِلَيْكَ،

A-mā yakfīnī yā rabbi wasīlatan ilayka,

Does it not suffice me, O Lord, as a means to You,

وَذَرِيعَةً لَدَيْكَ، أَنَّنِي لِأَوْلِيَاءِ دِينِكَ مُوَالٍ،

wa dharī'atan ladayk, a-nnanī li-awliyā'i dīnika muwālin,

and an intercession before You, that I am loyal to the friends of Your religion,

وَفِي مَحَبَّتِهِمْ مُغَالٍ، وَلِجِلْبَابِ الْبَلَاءِ فِيهِمْ لَابِسٌ،

wa fī maḥabbatihim mughālin, wa li-jilbābi l-balā'i fīhim lābis,

and excessive in their love, and wearing the garment of affliction for their sake,

وَلِكِتَابِ تَحَمُّلِ الْعَنَاءِ بِهِمْ دَارِسٌ.

wa li-kitābi taḥammuli l-'anā'i bihim dāris?

and studying the script of enduring hardship because of them?

أَمَا يَكْفِينِي أَنْ أَرُوحَ فِيهِمْ مَظْلُوماً، وَأَغْدُوَ مَكْظُوماً،

A-mā yakfīnī an arūḥa fīhim maẓlūman, wa aghdū makẓūman,

Does it not suffice me that I leave among them as one wronged, and return choked with grief,

وَأَقْضِيَ بَعْدَ هُمُومٍ هُمُوماً، وَبَعْدَ وُجُومٍ وُجُوماً،

wa aqḍiya ba'da humūmin humūman, wa ba'da wujūmin wujūman,

and spend after worries, (more) worries, and after silent grief, (more) silent grief?

أَمَا عِنْدَكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ بِهَذِهِ حُرْمَةٌ لَا تُضَيَّعُ،

A-mā 'indaka yā mawlāya bi-hādhīhi ḥurmatun lā tuḍayya',

Is there not with You, O my Master, by this, a sanctity that is not neglected,

وَذِمَّةٌ بِأَدْنَاهَا تُقْتَنَعُ، فَلِمَ لَا تَمْنَعُنِي يَا رَبِّ وَهَا أَنَا ذَا غَرِيقٌ،

wa dhimmatun bi-adnāhā tuqtana', fa-li-ma lā tamna'unī yā rabbi wa hā anā dhā gharīq,

and a covenant that is satisfied with its least? So why do You not prevent (save) me, O Lord, while here I am drowning,

وَتَدَعُنِي هَكَذَا وَأَنَا بِنَارِ عَدُوِّكَ حَرِيقٌ.

wa tada'unī hākadhā wa anā bi-nāri 'aduwwika ḥarīq?

and leave me thus while I am burning in the fire of Your enemy?

مَوْلَايَ أَتَجْعَلُ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ لِأَعْدَائِكَ طَرَائِدَ،

Mawlāya a-taj'alu awliyā'aka li-a'dā'ika ṭarā'id,

My Master, do You make Your friends as prey for Your enemies,

وَلِمَكْرِهِمْ مَصَائِدَ، وَتُقَلِّدُهُمْ مِنْ خَسْفِهِمْ قَلَائِدَ،

wa li-makrihim maṣā'id, wa tuqalliduhum min khasfihim qalā'id,

and snares for their deceit, and place around them necklaces of their humiliation,

وَأَنْتَ مَالِكُ نُفُوسِهِمْ، أَنْ لَوْ قَبَضْتَهَا جَمَدُوا،

wa anta māliku nufūsihim, an law qabaḍtahā jamadū,

while You are the Owner of their souls, that if You seized them they would freeze,

وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ مَوَادُّ أَنْفَاسِهِمْ، أَنْ لَوْ قَطَعْتَهَا خَمَدُوا،

wa fī qabḍatika mawāddu anfāsihim, an law qaṭa'tahā khamadū,

and in Your grasp are the means of their breaths, that if You cut them off they would be extinguished?

فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ تَكُفَّ بَأْسَهُمْ،

Fa-mā yamna'uka yā rabbi an takuffa ba'sahum,

So what prevents You, O Lord, from restraining their might,

وَتَنْزِعَ عَنْهُمْ مِنْ حِفْظِكَ لِبَاسَهُمْ،

wa tanza'a 'anhum min ḥifẓika libāsahum,

and taking away from them the cloak of Your protection,

وَتُعَرِّيَهُمْ مِنْ سَلَامَةٍ بِهَا فِي أَرْضِكَ يَسْرَحُونَ،

wa tu'arrīyahum min salāmatin bi-hā fī arḍika yasraḥūn,

and stripping them of the safety with which they roam freely in Your land,

وَفِي مَيْدَانِ الْبَغْيِ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ يَمْرَحُونَ.

wa fī maydāni l-baghyi 'alā 'ibādika yamraḥūn.

and they revel in the field of transgression against Your servants?

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،

Allāhumma ṣalli 'alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad,

O Allāh, bless Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad,

وَأَدْرِكْنِي وَلَمَّا يُدْرِكْنِي الْغَرَقُ،

wa adriknī wa lammā yudriknī l-gharaq,

and reach me before drowning overtakes me,

وَتَدَارَكْنِي وَلَمَّا غَيَّبَ شَمْسِيَ الشَّفَقُ،

wa tadāraknī wa lammā ghayyaba shamsiya sh-shafaq,

and retrieve me before twilight hides my sun.

إِلَهِي كَمْ مِنْ خَائِفٍ الْتَجَأَ إِلَى سُلْطَانٍ

Ilāhī kam min khā'ifin iltaja'a ilā sulṭān,

My God, how many a fearful one sought refuge with a ruler,

فَآبَ عَنْهُ مَحْفُوظاً بِأَمْنٍ وَأَمَانٍ،

fa-āba 'anhu maḥfūẓan bi-amnin wa amān,

and returned from him protected with security and safety,

أَفَأَقْصُدُ يَا رَبِّ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ سُلْطَانِكَ سُلْطَاناً،

a-fa-aqṣudu yā rabbi a'ẓama min sulṭānika sulṭānan,

Do I then seek, O Lord, a ruler greater than Your rulership,

أَمْ أَوْسَعَ مِنْ إِحْسَانِكَ إِحْسَاناً،

am aws'a min iḥsānika iḥsānā,

or a kindness broader than Your kindness,

أَمْ أَكْبَرَ مِنِ اقْتِدَارِكَ اقْتِدَاراً،

am akbara mina qtidārika iqtidārā,

or a power greater than Your capability,

أَمْ أَكْرَمَ مِنِ انْتِصَارِكَ انْتِصَاراً،

am akrama mina ntiṣārika intiṣārā,

or a victory more noble than Your victory?

مَا عُذْرِي يَا إِلَهِي إِذَا حَرَمْتَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْكَرَامَةِ نَائِلَكَ،

Mā 'udhrī yā ilāhī idhā ḥaramtu min ḥusni l-karāmati nā'ilak,

What is my excuse, O my God, if I am deprived of Your bounty of noble generosity,

وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا تُخَيِّبُ آمِلَكَ وَلَا تَرُدُّ سَائِلَكَ.

wa anta l-ladhī lā tukhayyibu āmilak, wa lā taruddu sā'ilak.

while You are the One Who does not disappoint Your hopeful one and does not reject Your beggar?

إِلَهِي إِلَهِي أَيْنَ أَيْنَ كِفَايَتُكَ الَّتِي هِيَ نُصْرَةُ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الْأَنَامِ،

Ilāhī ilāhī ayna ayna kifāyatuka l-latī hiya nuṣratu l-mustaḍ'afīna mina l-anām,

My God, my God, where, where is Your sufficiency which is the help of the oppressed among mankind,

وَأَيْنَ أَيْنَ عِنَايَتُكَ الَّتِي هِيَ جُنَّةُ الْمُسْتَهْدَفِينَ بِجَوْرِ الْأَيَّامِ،

wa ayna ayna 'ināyatuka l-latī hiya junnatu l-mustahdafīna bi-jawri l-ayyām,

and where, where is Your care which is the shield of those targeted by the injustice of the days?

إِلَيَّ إِلَيَّ بِهَا يَا رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ،

Ilayya ilayya bi-hā yā rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn,

Towards me, towards me with it! O Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people,

إِنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

innī massaniya ḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamu r-rāḥimīn.

Indeed, affliction has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

مَوْلَايَ تَرَى تَحَيُّرِي فِي أَمْرِي، وَتَقَلُّبِي فِي ضُرِّي،

Mawlāya tarā taḥayyuṛī fī amrī, wa taqallubī fī ḍurrī,

My Master, You see my confusion in my affair, and my turning over in my distress,

وَانْطِوَايَ عَلَى حُرْقَةِ قَلْبِي، وَحَرَارَةِ صَدْرِي،

wa nṭiwāya 'alā ḥurqati qalbī, wa ḥarārati ṣadrī,

and my concealing of the burning of my heart, and the heat of my chest,

فَصَلِّ يَا رَبِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ،

fa-ṣalli yā rabbi 'alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad,

so bless, O Lord, Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad,

وَجُدْ لِي يَا رَبِّ بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ فَرَجاً وَمَخْرَجاً،

wa jud lī yā rabbi bi-mā anta ahluhu farajan wa makhrajan,

and be generous to me, O Lord, with what You are worthy of: relief and a way out,

وَيَسِّرْ لِي يَا رَبِّ نَحْوَ الْبُشْرَى مَنْهَجاً.

wa yassir lī yā rabbi naḥwa l-bushrā manhajan.

and facilitate for me, O Lord, a path towards good tidings.

وَاجْعَلْ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ يَنْصِبُ لِيَ الْحِبَالَةَ

Wa j'al yā rabbi man yanṣibu liya l-ḥibālah,

And make, O Lord, the one who sets the trap for me,

لِيَصْرَعَنِي بِهَا صَرِيعَ مَا مَكَرَ،

li-yaṣra'anī bihā ṣarī'a mā makar,

to strike me down with it, felled by what he plotted,

وَمَنْ يَحْفِرُ لِيَ الْبِئْرَ لِيُوقِعَنِي فِيهَا

wa man yaḥfiru liya l-bi'ra li-yūqi'anī fīhā,

and the one who digs the pit for me to make me fall into it,

وَاقِعاً فِيمَا حَفَرَ، وَاصْرِفِ اللَّهُمَّ عَنِّي مِنْ شَرِّهِ

wāqi'an fī-mā ḥafar, wa-ṣrifi llāhumma 'annī min sharrih,

fallen into what he dug, and turn away, O Allāh, from me his evil,

وَمَكْرِهِ وَفَسَادِهِ وَضُرِّهِ،

wa makrihi wa fasādihi wa ḍurrih,

and his deceit, his corruption, and his harm,

مَا تَصْرِفُهُ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُتَّقِينَ،

mā taṣrifuhu 'ani l-qawmi l-muttaqīn,

what You turn away from the God-fearing people,

وَعَمَّنْ قَادَ نَفْسَهُ لِدِينِ الدَّيَّانِ، وَمُنَادٍ يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ.

wa 'amman qāda nafsahu li-dīni d-dayyān, wa munādin yunādī li-l-īmān.

and from one who guided his soul to the religion of the Judge, and a caller who calls to faith.

إِلَهِي عَبْدُكَ عَبْدُكَ أَجِبْ دَعْوَتَهُ،

Ilāhī 'abduka 'abduka ajib da'watah,

My God, Your servant, Your servant! Answer his plea,

ضَعِيفُكَ ضَعِيفُكَ فَرِّجْ غُمَّتَهُ،

ḍa'īfuka ḍa'īfuk fa-farrij ghummatab,

Your weak one, Your weak one! Relieve his distress,

فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَ بِهِ كُلُّ حَبْلٍ إِلَّا حَبْلَكَ،

fa-qadi nqaṭa'a bihi kullu ḥablin illā ḥablak,

for every rope has been cut off for him except Your rope,

وَتَقَلَّبَ عَنْهُ كُلُّ ظِلٍّ إِلَّا ظِلَّكَ.

wa taqallaba 'anhu kullu ẓillin illā ẓillak.

and every shade has turned away from him except Your shade.

مَوْلَايَ دَعْوَتِي هَذِهِ إِنْ رَدَدْتَهَا أَيْنَ تُصَادِفُ مَوْضِعَ الْإِجَابَةِ،

Mawlāya da'watī hādhihi in radadtahā ayna tuṣādifu mawḍi'a l-ijābah,

My Master, this plea of mine, if You reject it, where will it find the place of acceptance,

وَمَخْيَلَتِي هَذِهِ إِنْ كَذَّبْتَهَا أَيْنَ تُلَاقِي مَوْضِعَ الْإِعَانَةِ،

wa makhīlatī hādhihi in kadhdhabtahā ayna tulāqī mawḍi'a l-i'ānah,

and this hope of mine, if You belie it, where will it meet the place of aid,

فَلَا تَرُدَّ عَنْ بَابِكَ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ غَيْرَهُ بَاباً،

fa-lā tarudda 'an bābika man lā ya'lamu ghayrahu bābā,

so do not turn away from Your door one who knows no door but it,

وَلَا تَمْنَعُ دُونَ جَنَابِكَ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ سِوَاهُ جَنَاباً.

wa lā tamna'u dūna janābika man lā ya'lamu siwāhu janābā.

and do not prevent from Your sanctuary one who knows no sanctuary other than it.

إِلَهِي إِنَّ وَجْهاً إِلَيْكَ فِي رَغْبَتِهِ تَوَجَّهَ خَلِيقٌ بِأَنْ تُجِيبَهُ،

Ilāhī inna wajhan ilayka fī raghbatihi tawajjaha khalīqun bi-an tujībahu,

My God, a face that has turned to You in its desire is worthy that You answer it,

وَإِنَّ جَبِيناً لَكَ بِابْتِهَالِهِ سَجَدَ حَقِيقٌ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مَا قَصَدَ،

wa inna jabīnan laka bi-btihālihi sajada ḥaqīqun an yablugha mā qaṣad,

and a forehead that prostrated to You in its supplication is deserving of reaching what it sought,

وَإِنَّ خَدّاً لَدَيْكَ بِمَسْئَلَتِهِ تَعَفَّرَ جَدِيرٌ أَنْ يَفُوزَ بِمُرَادِهِ وَيَظْفَرَ.

wa inna khaddan ladayka bi-mas'alatihi ta'affara jadīrun an yafūza bi-murādihi wa yaẓfar.

and a cheek that has smeared itself with dust before You in its request is deserving of attaining its wish and succeeding.

وَهَا أَنَا ذَا يَا إِلَهِي قَدْ تَرَى تَعْفِيرَ خَدِّي،

Wa hā anā dhā yā ilāhī qad tarā ta'fīra khaddī,

And here I am, O my God, You certainly see the smearing of my cheek,

وَاجْتِهَادِي فِي مَسْئَلَتِكَ وَجِدِّي،

wa jtihādī fī mas'alatika wa jiddī,

and my effort and earnestness in my request to You,

فَتَلَقَّ يَا رَبِّ رَغَبَاتِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ قَبُولاً،

fa-talaqqa yā rabbi raghabātī bi-raḥmatika qabūlā,

so receive, O Lord, my desires with Your mercy as acceptance,

وَسَهِّلْ إِلَى طَلِبَاتِي بِرَأْفَتِكَ وُصُولاً،

wa sahhil ilā ṭalibātī bi-ra'fatika wuṣūlā,

and make easy to my requests, with Your compassion, attainment,

وَذَلِّلْ قُطُوفَ ثَمَرَةِ إِجَابَتِكَ لِي تَذْلِيلاً.

wa dhallil quṭūfa thammarati ijābatika lī tadhīlā.

and make the bunches of the fruit of Your answer submissive for me, submission.

إِلَهِي فَإِذَا قَامَ ذُو حَاجَةٍ بِحَاجَتِهِ شَفِيعاً،

Ilāhī fa-idhā qāma dhū ḥājatin bi-ḥājatihi shafī'ā,

My God, if a person in need stands with his need as an intercessor,

فَوَجَدْتَهُ مُمْتَنِعَ النَّجَاحِ سَهْلَ الْقِيَادِ مُطِيعاً،

fa-wajadtahu mumtani'a n-najāḥi sahla l-qiyādi muṭī'ā,

and you found success difficult to attain, (but) easily led and obedient,

فَإِنِّي أَسْتَشْفِعُ إِلَيْكَ بِكَرَامَتِكَ،

fa-innī astashfi'u ilayka bi-karāmatik,

then I intercede to You by Your nobility,

وَالصَّفْوَةِ مِنْ أَنَامِكَ الَّذِينَ أَنْشَأْتَ لَهُمْ مَا تُظِلُّ وَتُقِلُّ،

wa ṣ-ṣafwati min anāmika l-ladhīna ansha'ta lahum mā tuẓillu wa tuqill,

and by the elite of Your creatures for whom You originated what overshadows and what carries,

وَبَرَأْتَ مَا يَدِقُّ وَيَجِلُّ.

wa bara'ta mā yadiqqu wa yajill.

and You created what is small and what is great.

أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ تَوَّجْتَهُ تَاجَ الْجَلَالَةِ،

Atqarrabu ilayka bi-awwali man tawwaqtahu tāja l-jalālah,

I draw near to You by the first one You crowned with the crown of majesty,

وَأَحْلَلْتَهُ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ الرُّوحَانِيَّةِ مَحَلَّ السُّلالَةِ،

wa aḥlaltahu mina l-fiṭrati r-rūḥāniyyati maḥalla s-sulālah,

and whom You placed, from the spiritual creation, in the position of the essence,

حُجَّتِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ، وَأَمِينِكَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ،

ḥujjatika fī khalqik, wa amīnika 'alā 'ibādik,

Your proof among Your creation, and Your trustee over Your servants,

مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

Muḥammadin rasūlik ṣallā llāhu 'alayhi wa ālih.

Muḥammad Your Messenger, may God bless him and his family.

وَبِمَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ لِنُورِهِ مَغْرِباً، وَعَنْ مَكْنُونِ سِرِّهِ مُعْرِباً،

Wa bi-man ja'altahu li-nūrihi maghribā, wa 'an maknūni sirrihi mu'ribā,

And by the one You made a setting-place for his light, and an expression for his hidden secret,

سَيِّدِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَإِمَامِ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ،

sayyidi l-awṣiyā'i wa imāmi l-atqiyā',

the Master of the successors and the leader of the pious,

يَعْسُوبِ الدِّينِ، وَقَائِدِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ،

ya'sūbi d-dīn, wa qā'idi l-ghurri l-muḥajjalīn,

the chief of the religion, and the leader of the bright-faced and luminous-limbed,

وَأَبِي الْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدِينَ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

wa abī l-a'immati r-rāshidīn 'Aliyyin amīri l-mu'minīn 'alayhi s-salām.

and the father of the rightly-guided Imams, 'Alī, the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him.

وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِخِيَرَةِ الْأَخْيَارِ، وَأُمِّ الْأَنْوَارِ،

Wa ataqarrabu ilayka bi-khīrati l-akhyār, wa ummi l-anwār,

And I draw near to You by the choice of the chosen ones, and the mother of the lights,

الْإِنْسِيَّةِ الْحَوْرَاءِ، الْبَتُولِ الْعَذْرَاءِ، فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ،

al-insiyyati l-ḥawrā', al-batūli l-'adhrā', Fāṭimata z-zahrā',

the human Hūri, the Batūl, Fāṭimah al-Zahrā',

وَبِقُرَّتَيْ عَيْنِ الرَّسُولِ، وَثَمَرَتَيْ فُؤَادِ الْبَتُولِ،

wa bi-qurratay 'ayni r-rasūl, wa thammaratay fu'ādi l-batūl,

and by the two joys of the Messenger's eyes, and the two fruits of the Batūl's heart,

السَّيِّدَيْنِ الْإِمَامَيْنِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ،

as-sayyidayni l-imāmayni abī Muḥammadin al-Ḥasani wa abī 'Abdillāhi l-Ḥusayn,

the two Masters, the two Imams, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan and Abū 'Abdillāh al-Ḥusayn,

وَبِالسَّجَّادِ زَيْنِ الْعِبَادِ، ذِي الثَّفَنَاتِ،

wa bi-s-sajjādi zayni l-'ibād, dhī th-thafanāt,

and by the oft-prostrating, the adornment of the worshippers, the possessor of calluses,

رَاهِبِ الْعَرَبِ، عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ.

rāhibi l-'arab, 'Aliyyi bni l-Ḥusayn.

the monk of the Arabs, 'Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ الْعَالِمِ، وَالسَّيِّدِ الْحَاكِمِ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi l-'ālim, wa s-sayyidi l-ḥākim,

And by the knowledgeable Imam, and the governing Master,

النَّجْمِ الزَّاهِرِ، وَالْقَمَرِ الْبَاهِرِ،

an-najmi z-zāhir, wa l-qamari l-bāhir,

the shining star, and the dazzling moon,

مَوْلَايَ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ.

Mawlāya Muḥammadi bni 'Aliyyi l-Bāqir.

my Master Muḥammad ibn 'Alī al-Bāqir.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ الصَّادِقِ، مُبَيِّنِ الْمُشْكِلَاتِ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi ṣ-ṣādiq, mubayyini l-mushkilāt,

And by the truthful Imam, the clarifier of difficulties,

مُظْهِرِ الْحَقَائِقِ، الْمُفْحِمِ بِحُجَّتِهِ كُلَّ نَاطِقٍ،

muẓhiri l-ḥaqā'iq, al-mufḥimi bi-ḥujjatihi kulla nāṭiq,

the manifestor of truths, the one who silences every speaker with his proof,

مُخْرِسِ أَلْسِنَةِ أَهْلِ الْجِدَالِ، مَسَاكِنِ الشَّقَاشِقِ،

mukhrisi alsinati ahli l-jidāl, masākini sh-shaqāshiq,

the one who mutes the tongues of the people of dispute, the calmer of eloquent speakers,

مَوْلَايَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ.

Mawlāya Ja'fari bni Muḥammadin aṣ-Ṣādiq.

my Master Ja'far ibn Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ التَّقِيِّ وَالْمُخْلِصِ الصَّفِيِّ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi t-taqiyy wa l-mukhliṣi ṣ-ṣafiyy,

And by the pious Imam, and the sincere, pure one,

وَالنُّورِ الْأَحْمَدِيِّ، النُّورِ الْأَنْوَرِ، وَالضِّيَاءِ الْأَزْهَرِ،

wa n-nūri l-aḥmadiyy, an-nūri l-anwar, wa ḍ-ḍiyā'i l-azhar,

and the Aḥmadī light, the most luminous light, and the most radiant glow,

مَوْلَايَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ.

Mawlāya Mūsā bni Ja'far.

my Master Mūsā ibn Ja'far.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ الْمُرْتَضَى، وَالسَّيْفِ الْمُنْتَضَى،

Wa bi-l-imāmi l-murtaḍā, wa s-sayfi l-muntaḍā,

And by the favored Imam, and the drawn sword,

وَالرَّاضِي بِالْقَضَا، مَوْلَايَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا.

wa r-rāḍī bi-l-qaḍā, Mawlāya 'Aliyyi bni Mūsā r-Riḍā.

and the one contented with the divine decree, my Master 'Alī ibn Mūsā ar-Riḍā.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ الْأَمْجَدِ، وَالْبَابِ الْأَقْصَدِ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi l-amjad, wa l-bābi l-aqṣad,

And by the most glorious Imam, and the most direct gate,

وَالطَّرِيقِ الْأَرْشَدِ، وَالْعَالِمِ الْمُؤَيَّدِ،

wa ṭ-ṭarīqi l-arshad, wa l-'ālimi l-mu'ayyad,

and the most guided path, and the supported scholar,

يَنْبُوعِ الْحِكَمِ، وَمِصْبَاحِ الظُّلَمِ، سَيِّدِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ،

yanbū'i l-ḥikam, wa miṣbāḥi ẓ-ẓulam, sayyidi l-'arabi wa l-'ajam,

the spring of wisdom, and the lamp of darkness, the master of the Arabs and non-Arabs,

الْهَادِي إِلَى الرَّشَادِ، وَالْمُوَفَّقِ بِالتَّأْيِيدِ وَالسَّدَادِ،

al-hādī ilā r-rashād, wa l-muwaffaqi bi-t-ta'yīdi wa s-sadād,

the guide to the right path, and the one granted success with support and correctness,

مَوْلَايَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْجَوَادِ.

Mawlāya Muḥammadi bni 'Aliyyi l-Jawād.

my Master Muḥammad ibn 'Alī al-Jawād.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ مِنْحَةِ الْجَبَّارِ، وَوَالِدِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْأَطْهَارِ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi minḥati l-jabbār, wa wālidi l-a'immati l-aṭhār,

And by the Imam, the gift of the Almighty, and the father of the pure Imams,

عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَوْلُودِ بِالْعَسْكَرِ، الَّذِي حَذَّرَ بِمَوَاعِظِهِ وَأَنْذَرَ.

'Aliyyi bni Muḥammadin al-mawlūdi bi-l-'Askar, al-ladhī ḥadhdhara bi-mawā'iẓihi wa anḍhar.

'Alī ibn Muḥammad, born in al-'Askar, the one who warned and cautioned with his sermons.

وَبِالْإِمَامِ الْمُنَزَّهِ عَنِ الْمَآثِمِ، الْمُطَهَّرِ مِنَ الْمَظَالِمِ،

Wa bi-l-imāmi l-munazzahi 'ani l-ma'āthim, al-muṭahhari mina l-maẓālim,

And by the Imam purified from sins, the one cleansed from injustices,

الْحِبْرِ الْعَالِمِ، رَبِيعِ الْأَنَامِ، وَبَدْرِ الظَّلَامِ،

al-ḥibri l-'ālim, rabī'i l-anām, wa badri ẓ-ẓalām,

the learned scholar, the spring of mankind, and the full moon of darkness,

التَّقِيِّ النَّقِيِّ الطَّاهِرِ الزَّكِيِّ،

at-taqiyyi n-naqiyyi ṭ-ṭāhiri z-zakiyy,

the pious, pure, immaculate, and righteous,

مَوْلَايَ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ.

Mawlāya Abī Muḥammadin al-Ḥasani bni 'Aliyyi l-'Askarī.

my Master Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn 'Alī al-'Askarī.

وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْحَفِيظِ الْعَلِيمِ،

Wa ataqarrabu ilayka bi-l-ḥafīẓi l-'alīm,

And I draw near to You by the protector, the knowing one,

الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَى خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ،

al-ladhī ja'altahu 'alā khazā'ini l-arḍ,

whom You made to be over the treasures of the earth (Yūsuf - analogy),

وَالْأَبِ الرَّحِيمِ الَّذِي مَلَّكْتَهُ أَزِمَّةَ الْبَسْطِ وَالْقَبْضِ،

wa l-abi r-raḥīmi l-ladhī mallaktahu azimmata l-basṭi wa l-qabḍ,

and the merciful father whom You made master of the reins of expansion and contraction,

صَاحِبِ النَّقِيبَةِ الْمَيْمُونَةِ، وَقَاصِفِ الشَّجَرَةِ الْمَلْعُونَةِ،

ṣāḥibi n-naqībati l-maymūnah, wa qāṣifi sh-shajarati l-mal'ūnah,

the owner of the blessed sign, and the destroyer of the cursed tree (of tyranny),

مُكَلِّمِ النَّاسِ فِي الْمَهْدِ، وَالدَّالِّ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ الرُّشْدِ.

mukallimi n-nāsi fī l-mahd, wa d-dālli 'alā minhāji r-rushd.

the one who spoke to people in the cradle, and the pointer to the path of guidance.

الْغَائِبِ عَنِ الْأَبْصَارِ، الْحَاضِرِ فِي الْأَمْصَارِ،

Al-ghā'ibi 'ani l-abṣār, al-ḥāḍiri fī l-amṣār,

The one absent from sights, the one present in the cities,

الْغَائِبِ عَنِ الْعُيُونِ، الْحَاضِرِ فِي الْأَفْكَارِ،

al-ghā'ibi 'ani l-'uyūn, al-ḥāḍiri fī l-afkār,

the one absent from the eyes, the one present in the thoughts,

بَقِيَّةِ الْأَخْيَارِ، الْوَارِثِ لِذِي الْفِقَارِ،

baqiyyati l-akhyār, al-wārithi li-dhī l-fiqār,

the remainder of the chosen ones, the inheritor of Dhū l-Fiqār (the sword of 'Alī),

الَّذِي يَظْهَرُ فِي بَيْتِ اللَّهِ ذِي الْأَسْتَارِ،

al-ladhī yaẓharu fī bayti llāhi dhī l-astār,

who will appear in the House of God, the one with curtains,

الْعَالِمِ الْمُطَهَّرِ، مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ،

al-'ālimi l-muṭahhar, Muḥammadi bni l-Ḥasan,

the knowledgeable, the purified, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan,

عَلَيْهِمْ أَفْضَلُ التَّحِيَّاتِ وَأَعْظَمُ الْبَرَكَاتِ، وَأَتَمُّ الصَّلَوَاتِ.

'alayhim afḍalu t-taḥiyyāti wa a'ẓamu l-barakāt, wa atammu ṣ-ṣalawāt.

upon them be the best of greetings, the greatest blessings, and the most complete prayers.

أَللَّهُمَّ فَهَؤُلَاءِ مَعَاقِلِي إِلَيْكَ فِي طَلِبَاتِي وَوَسَائِلِي،

Allāhumma fa-ha'ulā'i ma'āqilī ilayka fī ṭalibātī wa wasā'ilī,

O Allāh, these are my refuges to You in my requests and my means,

فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَاةً لَا يَعْرِفُ سِوَاكَ مَقَادِيرَهَا،

fa-ṣalli 'alayhim ṣalātan lā ya'rifu siwāka maqādīrahā,

so bless them with a blessing whose measure none but You knows,

وَلَا يَبْلُغُ كَثِيرُ هِمَمِ الْخَلَائِقِ صَغِيرَهَا،

wa lā yablughu kathīru himami l-khalā'iq ṣaghīrahā,

and whose smallest part the abundance of creatures' aspirations cannot reach,

وَكُنْ لِي بِهِمْ عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظَنِّي،

wa kun lī bihim 'inda aḥsani ẓannī,

and be for me, by their sake, according to my best expectation,

وَحَقِّقْ لِي بِمَقَادِيرِكَ تَهْيِئَةَ التَّمَنِّي.

wa ḥaqqiq lī bi-maqādīrika tahyi'ata t-tamannī.

and realize for me, through Your decrees, the preparation of my wish.

إِلَهِي لَا رُكْنَ لِي أَشَدُّ مِنْكَ، فَآوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ،

Ilāhī lā rukna lī ashaddu minka, fa-āwī ilā ruknin shadīd,

My God, I have no stronger pillar than You, so that I might take refuge in a firm pillar,

وَلَا قَوْلَ لِي أَسَدُّ مِنْ دُعَائِكَ، فَأَسْتَظْهِرُكَ بِقَوْلٍ سَدِيدٍ،

wa lā qawla lī asaddu min du'ā'ik, fa-astaẓhiruka bi-qawlin sadīd,

and I have no word more certain than Your call, so that I might seek support from You with an accurate word,

وَلَا شَفِيعَ لِي إِلَيْكَ أَوْجَهُ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ،

wa lā shafī'a lī ilayka awjahu min ha'ulā',

and I have no intercessor to You more eminent than these,

فَآتِيكَ بِشَفِيعٍ وَدِيدٍ، وَقَدْ أَوَيْتُ إِلَيْكَ،

fa-ātīka bi-shafī'in wadīd, wa qad awaytu ilayk,

so that I might come to You with a beloved intercessor, and I have taken refuge with You,

وَعَوَّلْتُ فِي قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِي عَلَيْكَ،

wa 'awwaltu fī qaḍā'i ḥawā'ijī 'alayk,

and I have relied on You in the fulfillment of my needs,

وَدَعَوْتُكَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ، فَاسْتَجِبْ لِي كَمَا وَعَدْتَ،

wa da'awtuka kamā amart, fa-stajib lī kamā wa'adt,

and I have called upon You as You commanded, so answer me as You promised,

فَهَلْ بَقِيَ يَا رَبِّ غَيْرَ أَنْ تُجِيبَ وَتَرْحَمَ مِنِّي الْبُكَاءَ وَالنَّحِيبَ.

fa-hal baqiya yā rabbi ghayra an tujība wa tarḥama minnī l-bukā'a wa n-naḥīb.

So, O Lord, is there anything left except that You answer and have mercy on my weeping and wailing?

يَا مَنْ لَا إِلَهَ سِوَاهُ، يَا مَنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ،

Yā man lā ilāha siwāh, yā man yujību l-muḍṭarra idhā da'āh,

O You besides Whom there is no god, O You Who answers the distressed when he calls upon Him,

يَا كَاشِفَ ضُرِّ أَيُّوبَ، يَا رَاحِمَ عَبْرَةِ يَعْقُوبَ،

yā kāshifa ḍurri Ayyūb, yā rāḥima 'abrati Ya'qūb,

O Remover of Ayyūb's distress, O Merciful to Ya'qūb's tears,

إِغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي، وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ،

ighfir lī wa rḥamnī, wa nṣurnī 'alā l-qawmi l-kāfirīn,

forgive me and have mercy on me, and grant me victory over the disbelieving people,

وَافْتَحْ لِي وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ.

wa ftaḥ lī wa anta khayru l-fātiḥīn.

and grant me success, for You are the best of those who grant success.

وَالْطُفْ بِي يَا رَبِّ وَبِجَمِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ،

Wa lṭuf bī yā rabbi wa bi-jamī'i l-mu'minīna wa l-mu'mināt,

And be gentle with me, O Lord, and with all the believing men and women,

يَا ذَا الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينِ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

yā dhā l-quwwati l-matīn, bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn,

O Possessor of firm strength, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful,

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

wa l-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi l-'ālamīn, wa ṣallā llāhu 'alā sayyidinā Muḥammadin an-nabiyyi wa ālihi ṭ-ṭāhirīn.

and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and may God bless our Master Muḥammad the Prophet and his pure family.

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أَللَّهُمَّ إِنّي أَسْأَلُكَ يا راحِمَ الْعَبَراتِ ، وَيا كاشِفَ الزَّفَراتِ ، أَنْتَ الَّذي تَقْشَعُ سَحابَ الْمِحَنِ ، وَقَدْ أَمْسَتْ ثِقالاً ، وَتَجْلُو ضَبابَ الْفِتَنِ ، وَقَدْ سَحَبَتْ أَذْيالاً ، وَتَجْعَلُ زَرْعَها هَشيماً ، وَبُنْيانَها هَديماً ، وَعِظامَها رَميماً ، وَتَرُدُّ الْمَغْلُوبَ غالِباً ، وَالْمَطْلُوبَ طالِباً ، وَالْمَقْهُورَ قاهِراً ، وَالْمَقْدُورَ عَلَيْهِ قادِراً .

O’ Allah, I beseech You, O’ He who showers Mercy upon the teardrops, O’ He who ends the sorrows of hearts, You are the One who scatters the clouds of sorrows and grief while they become extremely heavy, and you set aside the clouds of temptations while they stretch over the land, and make their group dry and breakable, and demolish its pillars, and disintegrate its bones, and help the dominated ones dominate, and the demanded one as the demander, and the suppressed one as the dominant, and the overpowered one as the Powerful.

فَكَمْ مِنْ عَبْدٍ ناداكَ رَبِّ إِنّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ ، فَفَتَحْتَ لَهُ مِنْ نَصْرِكَ‏أَبْوابَ السَّماءِ بِماءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ ، وَفَجَّرْتَ لَهُ مِنْ عَوْنِكَ عُيُوناً ، فَالْتَقَى الْماءُ عَلى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ، وَحَمَلْتَهُ مِنْ كِفايَتِكَ عَلى ذاتِ أَلْواحٍ وَدُسُرٍ ،

How many people have called out, O’ Lord, I am suppressed, help me, and You have opened the doors of the sky for his help showering its water, and split the springs for his support, and the water met the command that was made the destiny, and carried him with Your Sufficiency over the object which has boards and nails (ships),

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رَبِّ إِنّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ

O’ Lord! I am dominated, thus help me .

رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَافْتَحْ لي مِنْ نَصْرِكَ أَبْوابَ السَّماءِ بِماءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ ، وَفَجِّرْ لي مِنْ عَوْنِكَ عُيُوناً لِيَلْتَقِيَ ماءُ فَرَجي عَلى أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ ، وَاحْمِلْني يا رَبِّ مِنْ كِفايَتِكَ عَلى ذاتِ أَلْواحٍ وَدُسُرٍ .

O’ Lord! Bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and open the doors of Heaven from Your Help with showering water, and split open from Your support the springs so that the water of relief and peace meets what it has been destined for, and carry me, O’ My Lord, with Your Sufficiency, over the object having boards and nails (ships).

يا مَنْ إِذا وَلَجَ الْعَبْدُ في لَيْلٍ مِنْ حَيْرَتِهِ يَهيمُ ، وَلَمْ يَجِدْ لَهُ صَريخاً يَصْرُخُهُ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلا حَميمٍ، وَجَدَ يا رَبِّ مِنْ مَعُونَتِكَ صَريخاً مُغيثاً، وَوَلِيّاً يَطْلُبُهُ حَثيثاً ، يُنْجيهِ مِنْ ضيقِ أَمْرِهِ وَحَرَجِهِ ، وَيُظْهِرُ لَهُ أَعْلامَ فَرَجِهِ .

O’ He when his servant becomes confused with astonishment upon the arrival of night, and when he doesn’t find a supporter amongst his friend and relatives, O’ My Lord, he finds a supporter with Your Help, and a Guardian who helps him quickly, delivering him from the narrowness and entanglements of his affair, and makes the signs of his relief apparent for him.

أَللَّهُمَّ فَيا مَنْ قُدْرَتُهُ قاهِرَةٌ، وَآياتُهُ باهِرَةٌ، وَنَقِماتُهُ قاصِمَةٌ لِكُلِّ جَبَّارٍ ، دامِغَةٌ لِكُلِّ كَفُورٍ خَتَّارٍ ، صَلِّ يا رَبِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَانْظُرْ إِلَيَّ يا رَبِّ نَظْرَةً مِنْ نَظَراتِكَ رَحيمَةً ، تَجْلي بِها عَنّي ظُلْمَةً عاكِفَةً مُقيمَةً مِنْ عاهَةٍ جَفَّتْ مِنْهَا الضُّروُعُ ، وَتَلِفَتْ مِنْهَا الزُّرُوعُ ، وَانْهَمَلَتْ مِنْ أَجْلِهَا الدُّمُوعُ ، وَاشْتَمَلَ لَها عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ الْيَأْسُ ، وَخَرَّتْ بِسَبَبِهَا الْأَنْفاسُ .

O’ Allah! O’ He whose Power is Dominant, and Whose Signs are evident, and whose vengeance will destroys all the tyrants, and remove all the deceiving infidels, bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and supervise me, O’ My Lord, with a gaze of Your Merciful supervision, so that it sets aside the permanent and eternal darkness that had enveloped me, from the calamities which result in the dryness of the chests, and the destructions of cultivations, and result in bloodshed, and the overcoming of heart by hopelessness and distress, and due to which the heartbeats halt.

إِلهي فَحِفْظاً حِفْظاً لِغَرائِسَ غَرْسُها بِيَدِ الرَّحْمانِ ، وَشُرْبُها مِنْ ماءِ الْحَيَوانِ ، وَنَجاتُها بِدُخُولِ الْجِنانِ ، أَنْ تَكُونَ بِيَدِ الشَّيْطانِ تُحَزُّ ، وَبِفَأْسِهِ تُقْطَعُ وَتُجَزُّ .

O’ Lord! Protect the trees which have been placed by the divine hands, and have been watered with the reviving water, and which will be delivered by entering heaven, protect it from being demolished by the hands of Satan, and being cut down into pieces by his axe.

إِلهي فَمَنْ أَوْلى مِنْكَ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ عَنْ حَريمِكَ دافِعاً ، وَمَنْ أَجْدَرُ مِنْكَ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ عَنْ حِماكَ حارِساً وَمانِعاً .

O’ Lord, who is worthier than You for defending Your Sanctity? And who is more suitable than You to undertake the responsibility of guarding his near and dear ones.

إِلهي إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ قَدْ هالَ فَهَوِّنْهُ ، وَخَشُنَ فَأَلِنْهُ ، وَ إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ كاعَتْ فَطَمِّنْها ، وَالنُّفُوسَ ارْتاعَتْ فَسَكِّنْها .

O’ Allah! The Affair has become difficult, so make it easy; and it has become rigid, thus make it soft; the hearts have become weak and shivering, thus give them confidence; the breaths have become fearful and frightened, thus make them relaxed;

إِلهي إِلهي تَدارَكْ أَقْداماً زَلَّتْ ، وَأَفْكاراً في مَهامَةِ الْحَيْرَةِ ضَلَّتْ ، بِأَنْ رَأَتْ جَبْرَكَ عَلى كَسيرِها ، وَ إِطْلاقَكَ لِأَسيرِها ، وَ إِجارَتَكَ لِمُسْتَجيرِها أَجْحَفَ الضُّرُّ بِالْمَضْرُورِ ، وَلَبَّى داعيهِ بِالْوَيْلِ وَالثُّبُورِ .

O’ My Lord! O’ My Lord! Help the trembling feet, and help the wandering and lost thoughts, until they witness that You have compensated their defeat; and that You have released their slaves, and have provided shelter to their refugees; as helplessness has harmed the distressed more than his capability, and has responded to its invocator with moaning and wails.

فَهَلْ يَحْسُنُ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ يا مَوْلايَ أَنْ تَدَعَهُ فَريسَةَ الْبَلاءِ وَهُوَ لَكَ راجٍ ، أَمْ هَلْ يَجْمُلُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ أَنْ يَخُوضَ لُجَّةَ الْغَمَّاءِ وَهُوَ إِلَيْكَ لاجٍ .

O’ my Master! Is it appropriate for Your Justice to entangle in difficulties those who have hope in You? Or is it appropriate for Your Grace to drown in sorrows and distress those who seek shelter in You?

مَوْلايَ لَئِنْ كُنْتُ لا أَشُقُّ عَلى نَفْسي فِي التُّقى ، وَلا أَبْلُغُ في حَمْلِ أَعْباءِ الطَّاعَةِ مَبْلَغَ الرِّضى ، وَلا أَنْتَظِمُ في سِلْكِ قَوْمٍ رَفَضُوا الدُّنْيا فَهُمْ خُمْصُ الْبُطُونِ مِنَ الطَّوى ، ذُبْلُ الشِّفاهِ مِنَ الظَّماءِ ، وَعُمْشُ الْعُيُونِ مِنَ الْبُكاءِ ، بَلْ أَتَيْتُكَ بِضَعْفٍ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ ، وَظَهْرٍ ثَقيلٍ بِالْخَطايا وَالزَّلَلِ ، وَنَفْسٍ لِلرَّاحَةِ مُعْتادَةٍ ، وَلِدَواعِي الشَّهْوَةِ مُنْقادَةٍ .

O’ My Master! Although I haven’t suffered hardships for observing Piety, and haven’t obeyed you the way it would satisfy You, and haven’t joined the group which has released the world and resultantly their stomachs are facing hunger for You, and their lips have dried, and their eyes have swollen with weeping; in fact I came to You with weakness of deeds and religion, and my back has heaved from the burden of sins and mistakes, and I have habituated my soul with ease and relaxation, and I have submitted to my forces of lust.

أَما يَكْفيني يا رَبِّ وَسيلَةً إِلَيكَ ، وَذَريعَةً لَدَيْكَ ، أَ نَّني لِأَوْلِياءِ دينِكَ مُوالٍ ، وَفي مَحَبَّتِهِمْ مُغالٍ ، وَلِجِلْبابِ الْبَلاءِ فيهِمْ لابِسٌ ، وَلِكِتابِ تَحَمُّلِ الْعَناءِ بِهِمْ دارِسٌ .

O’ Lord! Is it not sufficient for me as a means towards You that I befriend You Friends, and that I am highly devoted to them, and have worn the attire of difficulties for them, and have studied the book of enduring hardships for them.

أَما يَكْفيني أَنْ أَرُوحَ فيهِمْ مَظْلُوماً، وَأَغْدُوَ مَكْظُوماً، وَأَقْضِيَ بَعْدَ هُمُومٍ هُمُوماً ، وَبَعْدَ وُجُومٍ وُجُوماً ، أَما عِنْدَكَ

Is it not sufficient for me that I have been oppressed for them, and have remained silent, and that I am continuously bearing sorrows and entanglements? And have muted myself out of extreme fear?

يا مَوْلايَ بِهذِهِ حُرْمَةٌ لاتُضَيَّعُ، وَذِمَّةٌ بِأَدْناها تُقْتَنَعُ ، فَلِمَ لاتَمْنَعُني

O’ My Master! Would all these things not create a sanctity for me which cannot be destroyed? Or would it not give me a right which would deliver me with its littleness?

يا رَبِّ وَها أَنَا ذا غَريقٌ ، وَتَدَعُني هكَذا وَأَنَا بِنارِ عَدُوِّكَ حَريقٌ .

O’ Master! Why don’t You protect me when You can see me drowning? And why don’t You protect me while You can witness that I am entangled by the fire that Your enemy has lit up?

مَوْلايَ أَتَجْعَلُ أَوْلِياءَكَ لِأَعْداءِكَ طَرائِدَ ، وَلِمَكْرِهِمْ مَصائِدَ ، وَتُقَلِّدُهُمْ مِنْ خَسْفِهِمْ قَلائِدَ ، وَأَنْتَ مالِكُ نُفُوسِهِمْ ، أَنْ لَوْ قَبَضْتَها جَمَدُوا ، وَفي قَبْضَتِكَ مَوادُّ أَنْفاسِهِمْ ، أَنْ لَوْ قَطَعْتَها خَمَدُوا ، فَما يَمْنَعُكَ

O My Master! Will You throw Your Friends before Your Enemies? And let them be deceived by their schemes? Will you let them be enslaved with their humiliation and disgrace? While all the souls are in Your hands; such that if You take their souls, they will freeze; their source of breathing is also in Your hands, such that if You stop it, they will die; then what stops You,

يا رَبِّ أَنْ تَكُفَّ بَأْسَهُمْ ، وَتَنْزِعَ عَنْهُمْ مِنْ حِفْظِكَ لِباسَهُمْ ، وَتُعَرّيهِمْ مِنْ سَلامَةٍ بِها في أَرْضِكَ يَسْرَحُونَ ، وَفي مَيْدانِ الْبَغْيِ عَلى عِبادِكَ يَمْرَحُونَ .

O’ Lord, from ending their mischief, and uncovering them from the cover of Your guardianship, and take away the good-health through which they wander on Your Earth, the same good-health that makes them stand arrogantly against Your Servants in the fields of oppression.

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَأَدْرِكْني وَلَمَّا يُدْرِكْنِي الْغَرَقُ ، وَتَدارَكْني وَلَمَّا غَيَّبَ شَمْسِيَ الشَّفَقُ ،

O’ Allah! Bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and help me before I drown, and hold me before my life’s sun disappears in the horizon.

إِلهي كَمْ مِنْ خائِفٍ إِلْتَجَئَ إِلى سُلْطانٍ فَآبَ عَنْهُ مَحْفُوظاً بِأَمْنٍ وَأَمانٍ ، أَفَأَقْصُدُ

O’ Allah! How many frightened men have sought shelter in the kings and received protection and safety from them;

يا رَبِّ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ سُلْطانِكَ سُلْطاناً ، أَمْ أَوْسَعَ مِنْ إِحْسانِكَ إِحْساناً ، أَمْ أَكْبَرَ مِنِ اقْتِدارِكَ اقْتِداراً ، أَمْ أَكْرَمَ مِنِ انْتِصارِكَ انْتِصاراً ، ما عُذْري يا إِلهي إِذا حَرَمْتَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْكَرامَةِ نائِلَكَ ، وَأَنْتَ الَّذي لاتُخَيِّبُ آمِلَكَ وَلاتَرُدُّ سائِلَكَ .

O’ Lord! Is there a King with a greater Dominion than You so that I turn towards him? Or whose favors are more extensive than You? Or whose reign is greater than Your rein? Or Whose support is more kind than Your support? What excuse would I have if You deprive someone who has come near You from Your Beneficence and kind behavior? While You are the one who never makes the hopeful hopeless, and You never reject the request of a requester.

إِلهي إِلهي أَيْنَ أَيْنَ كِفايَتُكَ الَّتي هِيَ نُصْرَةُ الْمُسْتَضْعَفينَ مِنَ الْأَنامِ ، وَأَيْنَ أَيْنَ عِنايَتُكَ الَّتي هِيَ جُنَّةُ الْمُسْتَهْدَفينَ بِجَوْرِ الْأَيَّامِ ، إِلَيَّ إِلَيَّ بِها

O’ Lord! O’ Lord! Where is Your Sufficiency which becomes the support of the weak against the people, and where is Your blessings which itself is the shield for those who are targeted by the oppressions of life? Give it to me, give it to me,

ا رَبِّ نَجِّني مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمينَ، إِنّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمينَ .

O’ Lord, deliver me from the nation of oppressors, indeed I am distressed and You are the Most Merciful of all the Merciful.

مَوْلايَ تَرى تَحَيُّري في أَمْري ، وَتَقَلُّبي في ضُرّي ، وَانْطِوايَ عَلى حُرْقَةِ قَلْبي ، وَحَرارَةِ صَدْري ، فَصَلِّ يا رَبِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَجُدْ لي يا رَبِّ بِما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ فَرَجاً وَمَخْرَجاً ، وَيَسِّرْ لي يا رَبِّ نَحْوَ الْبُشْرى مَنْهَجاً .

O’ Master! You witness my astonishment in my affair, and my struggling in entanglements, and You can witness my heart burning in flames, and the heat of my chest; thus bless Mohammad and his holy Progeny, and bestow upon me, O’ Lord, with such relief and exit that You are worthy of; and open a luminous way, O’ Lord, before our glowing faces;

وَاجْعَلْ يا رَبِّ مَنْ يَنْصِبُ لِيَ الْحِبالَةَ لِيَصْرَعَني بِها صَريعَ ما مَكَرَ ، وَمَنْ يَحْفِرُ لِيَ الْبِئْرَ لِيُوقِعَني فيها واقِعاً فيما حَفَرَ ، وَاصْرِفِ

O’ Lord! Whoever plans a trap against me so that I fall in it with his schemes, make him fall in his own trap, and whoever digs a well to trap me into falling in it, make him fall in his own well, and keep me away,

اللَّهُمَّ عَنّي مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَمَكْرِهِ وَفَسادِهِ وَضُرِّهِ ، ما تَصْرِفُهُ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُتَّقينَ ، وَعَمَّنْ قادَ نَفْسَهُ لِدينِ الدَّيَّانِ ، وَمُنادٍ يُنادي لِلْإيمانِ .

O’ Lord, from his evil and his plots and his corruption and his harm, like You keep them away from the nation of god-fearing men, and from those who have submitted themselves completely to their religion only, and to the invocator who invites towards faith.

إِلهي عَبْدُكَ عَبْدُكَ أَجِبْ دَعْوَتَهُ ، ضَعيفُكَ ضَعيفُكَ فَرِّجْ غُمَّتَهُ ، فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَ بِهِ كُلُّ حَبْلٍ إِلّا حَبْلَكَ ، وَتَقَلَّبَ عَنْهُ كُلُّ ظِلٍّ إِلّا ظِلَّكَ .

O’ Lord! Your Servant, Your Servant, answer his supplication; Your weak, Your weak, relieve his sorrows; verily all his connections have broken except his connection with You, all shadows have moved away from him except Your shadow of Mercy.

مَوْلايَ دَعْوَتي هذِهِ إِنْ رَدَدْتَها أَيْنَ تُصادِفُ مَوْضِعَ الْإِجابَةِ ، وَمَخْيَلَتي هذِهِ إِنْ كَذَّبْتَها أَيْنَ تُلاقي مَوْضِعَ الْإِعانَةِ ، فَلاتَرُدَّ عَنْ بابِكَ مَنْ لايَعْلَمُ غَيْرَهُ باباً ، وَلاتَمْنَعُ دُونَ جَنابِكَ مَنْ لايَعْلَمُ سِواهُ جَناباً .

O’ Master! If you reject our supplication, then where will our supplications be answered? If our optimism towards You is rendered false, then where will we seek help from? Do not reject from Your door someone who doesn’t know of any other door, and do not deprive from Your Courtyard those who don’t know of any other courtyard.

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Then prostrate and say

إِلهي إِنَّ وَجْهاً إِلَيْكَ في رَغْبَتِهِ تَوَجَّهَ خَليقٌ بِأَنْ تُجيبَهُ ، وَإِنَّ جَبيناً لَكَ بِابْتِهالِهِ سَجَدَ حَقيقٌ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ ما قَصَدَ ، وَ إِنَّ خَدّاً لَدَيْكَ بِمَسْئَلَتِهِ تَعَفَّرَ جَديرٌ أَنْ يَفُوزَ بِمُرادِهِ وَيَظْفَرَ .

“O Lord! The face that has turned towards You with desire is worthy of receiving a position response, and the forehead that has prostrated before You with humility is worthy of reaching his goal, and the cheek that is rubbed on the ground before Your Threshold is worthy of attaining its motive and success;

وَها أَنَا ذا يا إِلهي قَدْ تَرى تَعْفيرَ خَدّي وَاجْتِهادي في مَسْئَلَتِكَ وَجِدّي ، فَتَلَقَّ يا رَبِّ رَغَباتي بِرَحْمَتِكَ قَبُولاً ، وَسَهِّلْ إِلى طَلِباتي بِرَأْفَتِكَ وُصُولاً، وَذَلِّلْ قُطُوفَ ثَمَرَةِ إِجابَتِكَ لي تَذْليلاً .

O’ Lord! Here I am before You with my cheek rubbing the ground struggling for achieving my demand from You; O’ Lord! Accept from me that which I desire with Your Mercy, and help me reach my demand with Your exclusive benevolence and grace, and make me eat the fruit of Your acceptance.

إِلهي فَإِذا قامَ ذُو حاجَةٍ بِحاجَتِهِ شَفيعاً ، فَوَجَدْتَهُ مُمْتَنِعَ النَّجاحِ سَهْلَ الْقِيادِ مُطيعاً ، فَإِنّي أَسْتَشْفِعُ إِلَيْكَ بِكَرامَتِكَ ، وَالصَّفْوَةِ مِنْ أَنامِكَ الَّذينَ أَنْشأْتَ لَهُمْ ما تُظِلُّ وَتُقِلُّ ، وَبَرَأْتَ ما يَدُقُّ وَيَجِلُّ .

O’ Lord! When a needy introduces an intercessor for his demand, and You find him in such a state that his prosperity is prevented and he will easily become obedient; I have also taken Your Generosity and Kindness, and the chosen ones from Your Creations as my intercessors, those for whose sake You have created all that casts shadow and all the big and small things.

أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ تَوَّجْتَهُ تاجَ الْجَلالَةِ ، وَأَحْلَلْتَهُ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ الرُّوحانِيَّةِ مَحَلَّ السُّلالَةِ ، حُجَّتِكَ في خَلْقِكَ ، وَأَمينِكَ عَلى عِبادِكَ ، مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ .

I seek Your nearness by means of the first person whom You have crowned with the crown of glory, and have adorned him with a spiritual nature, who is Your apparent Proof among Your creations, and Your trusted one upon Your servants, Your Prophet, Mohammad (peace be upon him and his Progeny),

وَبِمَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ لِنُورِهِ مَغْرِباً ، وَعَنْ مَكْنُونِ سِرِّهِ مُعْرِباً ، سَيِّدِ الْأَوْصِياءِ وَ إِمامِ الْأَتْقِياءِ ، يَعْسُوبِ الدّينِ ، وَقائِدِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلينَ ، وَأَبِي الْأَئِمَّةِ الرَّاشِدينَ عَلِيٍّ أَميرِالْمُؤْمِنينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ .

and I have chosen such a person as my intercessor who is the bearer of Prophet’s Light, and who presented the hidden secret of his holiness in the most eloquent way, the Chief of all the successors and the Imam of the Pious, the ruler of the religion, the leader of the bright-faced men, and the father of all the noble Imams, Ali bin Abi Talib, the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him.

وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِخِيَرَةِ الْأَخْيارِ ، وَاُمِّ الْأَنْوارِ ، اَلْإِنْسِيَّةِ الْحَوْراءِ ، اَلْبَتُولِ الْعَذْراءِ ، فاطِمَةَ الزَّهْراءِ ، وَبِقُرَّتَيْ عَيْنِ الرَّسُولِ ، وَثَمَرَتَيْ فُؤادِ الْبَتُولِ ، اَلسَّيِّدَيْنِ الْإِمامَيْنِ أَبي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ وَأَبي عَبْدِاللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ ، وَبِالسَّجَّادِ زَيْنِ الْعِبادِ ، ذِي الثَّفَناتِ ، راهِبِ الْعَرَبِ ، عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ .

And I seek Your nearness by means of the best of the bests, the origin of the illuminating lights, the human-like nymph (Hawra), the Batool, the Pure, Lady Fatima az-Zahra; and I chose the two lights of the Prophet’s eye as my intercessors, the fruit of Lady Batool’s heart, the two Sayyids, the two Imams, Abu Mohammad al-Hasan, and Abu Abdullah al-Husain, and by the means of Sajjad, the beauty of worshippers, the one with patches (on the place of prostration), the monk of Arabs, Ali bin al-Husain,

وَبِالْإِمامِ الْعالِمِ ، وَالسَّيِّدِ الْحاكِمِ ، اَلنَّجْمِ الزَّاهِرِ ، وَالْقَمَرِ الْباهِرِ مَوْلايَ مُحَمَّدِ ابْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْباقِرِ ، وَبِالْإِمامِ الصَّادِقِ ، مُبَيِّنِ الْمُشْكِلاتِ ، مُظْهِرِ الْحَقائِقِ ، اَلْمُفْحِمِ بِحُجَّتِهِ كُلَّ ناطِقٍ ، مُخْرِسِ أَلْسِنَةِ أَهْلِ الْجِدالِ ، مَساكِنِ الشَّقاشِقِ مَوْلايَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ .

and through the Imam of the world, the Sayyid, the Ruler, the apparent star, the evident moon, my Master, Mohammad bin Ali al-Baqir, and through Imam as-Sadiq, the solver of all the difficult problems, the revealer of realities, the one who has made all the speakers silent with his proof and argument, and has muted the tongues of the debaters, the dweller of the best positions, my Master, Jafar bin Mohammad as-Sadiq,

وَبِالْإِمامِ التَّقِيِّ وَالْمُخْلِصِ الصَّفِيِّ ، وَالنُّورِ الْأَحْمَدِيِّ ، اَلنُّورِ الْأَنْوَرِ ، وَالضِّياءِ الْأَزْهَرِ مَوْلايَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ، وَبِالْإِمامِ الْمُرتَضى ، وَالسَّيْفِ الْمُنْتَضى ، وَالرَّاضي بِالقَضا مَوْلايَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا .

and through Imam at-Taqi, the pious and chosen one, the Light of Ahmad, the Light of all the Lights, the luminescent sunlight, my Master, Musa bin Ja’far, and through the Imam, the chosen one, the withdrawn sword, the content with the divine order, my Master, Ali bin Musa ar-Reza,

وَبِالْإِمامِ الْأَمْجَدِ ، وَالْبابِ الْأَقْصَدِ ، وَالطَّريقِ الْأَرْشَدِ ، وَالْعالِمِ الْمُؤَيَّدِ ، يَنْبُوعِ الْحِكَمِ ، وَمِصْباحِ الظُّلَمِ ، سَيِّدِ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ ، اَلْهادي إِلىَ الرَّشادِ ، وَالْمُوَفَّقِ بِالتَّأْييدِ وَالسِّدادِ مَوْلايَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْجَوادِ .

and through the great Imam, the intended divine door, the path of progress, the guided knower, the spring of wisdom, the lamp in darkness, the master of Arab and non-Arab, the guide towards welfare, the successful one with support and rightness, my Master, Mohammad bin Ali al-Jawad,

وَبِالْإِمامِ مِنْحَةِ الْجَبَّارِ ، وَوالِدِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْأَطْهارِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَوْلُودِ بِالْعَسْكَرِ ، اَلَّذي حَذَّرَ بِمَواعِظِهِ وأَنْذَرَ ،

and through the Imam, the divine gift, the father of noble Imams, Ali bin Mohammad, born in the enemy’s army camp, who warned people with his sermons and advices,

وَبِالْإِمامِ الْمُنَزَّهِ عَنِ الْمَآثِمِ ، اَلْمُطَهَّرِ مِنَ الْمَظالِمِ ، اَلْحِبْرِ الْعالِمِ ، رَبيعِ الْأَنامِ ، وَبَدْرِ الظَّلامِ ، اَلتَّقِيِّ النَّقِيِّ الطَّاهِرِ الزَّكِيِّ ، مَوْلايَ أَبي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ .

and through the Imam, the glorified one from all sins, the purified one from the oppressions, the expert scholar, the spring of people’s heart, the laminating full moon, the pious, the purified, the clean, the intellectual, my Master, Abi Mohammad, al-Hasan bin Ali al-Askari;

وَأَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِالْحَفيظِ الْعَليمِ الَّذي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلى خَزائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ، وَالْأَبِ الرَّحيمِ الَّذي مَلَّكْتَهُ أَزِمَّةَ الْبَسْطِ وَالْقَبْضِ ، صاحِبِ النَّقيبَةِ الْمَيْمُونَةِ ، وَقاصِفِ الشَّجَرَةِ الْمَلْعُونَةِ ، مُكَلِّمِ النَّاسِ فِي الْمَهْدِ ، وَالدَّالِّ عَلى مِنْهاجِ الرُّشْدِ . اَلْغائِبِ عَنِ الْأَبْصارِ ، اَلْحاضِرِ فِي الْأَمْصارِ ، اَلْغائِبِ عَنِ الْعُيُونِ ، اَلْحاضِرِ فِي الْأَفْكارِ ، بَقِيَّةِ الْأَخْيارِ ، اَلْوارِثِ لِذِي الْفِقارِ ، الَّذي يَظْهَرُ في بَيْتِ اللَّهِ ذِي الْأَسْتارِ ، اَلْعالِمِ الْمُطَهَّرِ ، مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَفْضَلُ التَّحِيَّاتِ وَأَعْظَمُ الْبَرَكاتِ ، وَأَتَمُّ الصَّلَواتِ .

and I seek You nearness through the protector and the knower, whom You have made the treasurer of all the earth’s treasures, the merciful father in whose hands lies the control of all the relief and narrowness, the Owner of Leadership and noble kingdom, the one who will uproot the cursed tree, who spoke to the people in his cradle, the leader towards the bright paths of excellence, who is concealed from the sights, who is present in the cities, but hidden from the eyes, and present in the thoughts, the remnant of the chosen ones, the inheritor of Zulfiqar, the one who will appear in the curtained ‘house of Allah’, the knower, the purified, Mohammad bin al-Hasan, may the best of greetings, absolute peace and greatest blessings be upon them.

أَللَّهُمَّ فَهؤُلاءِ مَعاقِلي إِلَيْكَ في طَلِباتي وَوَسائِلي ، فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلوةً لايَعْرِفُ سِواكَ مَقاديرَها ، وَلايَبْلُغُ كَثيرُ هِمَمِ الْخَلائِقِ صَغيرَها ، وَكُنْ لي بِهِمْ عِنْدَ أَحْسَنِ ظَنّي ، وَحَقِّقْ لي بِمَقاديرِكَ تَهْيِئَةَ التَّمَنّي .

O’ Allah, these noblemen are my shelters and means for presenting my requests in Your Threshold, bless them with a blessing whose quantity is not known to anyone except You, and the best of people’s effort cannot reach the least of its extent, fulfill my noblest of thoughts by their means, and fulfill my desires.

إِلهي لا رُكْنَ لي أَشَدُّ مِنْكَ ، فَآوي إِلى رُكْنٍ شَديدٍ ، وَلا قَوْلَ لي أَسَدُّ مِنْ دُعائِكَ ، فَأَسْتَظْهِرُكَ بِقَوْلٍ سَديدٍ ، وَلا شَفيعَ لي إِلَيْكَ أَوْجَهُ مِنْ هؤُلاءِ فَآتيكَ بِشَفيعٍ وَديدٍ ، وَقَدْ أَوَيْتُ إِلَيْكَ ، وَعَوَّلْتُ في قَضاءِ حَوائِجي عَلَيْكَ ، وَدَعَوْتُكَ كَما أَمَرْتَ ، فَاسْتَجِبْ لي كَما وَعَدْتَ ، فَهَلْ بَقِيَ يا رَبِّ غَيْرَ أَنْ تُجيبَ وَتَرْحَمَ مِنِّي الْبُكاءَ وَالنَّحيبَ .

O’ Lord! No pillar is stronger than You for me, thus I seek shelter in this strong base, and no speech is more noble and firm than invocating You, thus I seek you with the best speech, and there are no intercessors for me who are better than them (Mohammad and his Progeny), thus I come to you through a desirable means; I have sought shelter in You, and have relied upon You for the fulfillment of my demands, and have called You the way You commanded me, then accept me as You have Promised.

يا مَنْ لا إِلهَ سِواهُ ، يا مَنْ يُجيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذا دَعاهُ ، يا كاشِفَ ضُرِّ أَيُّوبَ ، يا راحِمَ عَبْرَةِ يَعْقُوبَ ، إِغْفِرْ لي وَارْحَمْني ، وَانْصُرْني عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرينَ ، وَافْتَحْ لي وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفاتِحينَ .

O’ Lord! Does anything remain except responding to my desires and having mercy upon my weeping and moaning? O’ He except whom there is no God, O’ He who answers the distressed when he calls Him, O’ Reliever of Jacob’s Ayyoob’s sorrow, O’ He who had mercy upon Yaqoob’s tears, forgive me and have mercy upon me, help me against the nation of oppressors, and make me victorious as You are the best victory-giver, and be kind to me,

وَالْطُفْ بي يا رَبِّ وَبِجَميعِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَالْمُؤْمِناتِ ، يا ذَا الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتينِ ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمينَ ، وَالْحَمْدُ للَّهِِ رَبِّ الْعالَمينَ ، وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلى سَيِّدِنا مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرينَ .

O’ Lord, and to all the faithful men and women, O’ Possessor of great Power, through Your Mercy, O’ the Most Merciful of all the Merciful, and Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. May Allah bless our Master, Mohammad, the Prophet, and his purified Progeny. [2]