Chapter 13   Eight Supplications for Getting Deliverance from Hardships

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ‏

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ ذُنُوْبِيْ وَ كَثْرَتَهَا قَدْ اَخْلَقَتْ وَجْهِيْ عِنْدَكَ وَ حَـجَبَتْنِيْ عَنِ اسْتِيْهَالِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ بَاعَدَتْنِيْ عَنِ اسْتِيْجَابِ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ لَوْ لَا تَعَلُّقِيْ بِآلَائِكَ وَ تَـمَسُّكِيْ بِالدُّعَآءِ وَ مَا وَعَدْتَ اَمْثَالِيْ مِنَ الْمُسْرِفِيْنَ وَ اَشْبَاهِيْ مِنَ الْـخَاطِئِيْنَ وَ اَوْعَدْتَ الْقَانِطِيْنَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ بِقَوْلِكَ ��يٰعِبَادِيَ الَّذِيْنَ اَسْرَفُوْا عَلٰٓي اَنْفُسِہِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوْا مِنْ رَّحْمَۃِ اللہِ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ جَمِيْعًا۝۰ۭ اِنَّہٗ ہُوَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ�� وَ حَذَّرْتَ الْقَانِطِيْنَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ فَقُلْتَ ��وَمَنْ يَّقْنَطُ مِنْ رَّحْمَۃِ رَبِّہٖٓ اِلَّا الضَّاۗلُّوْنَ�� ثُمَّ نَدَبْتَنَا بِرَاْفَتِكَ اِلٰى دُعَآئِكَ فَقُلْتَ ��اُدْعُوْنِيْٓ اَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ يَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِيْ سَيَدْخُلُوْنَ جَہَنَّمَ دٰخِرِيْنَ�� اِلٰهِيْ لَقَدْ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ الْاِيَاسُ عَلَيَّ مُشْتَمِلًا وَ الْقُنُوْطُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مُلْتَحِفًا. اِلٰهِيْ لَقَدْ وَعَدْتَ الْمُحْسِنَ ظَنَّهٗ بِكَ ثَوَابًا وَ اَوْعَدْتَ الْمُسِيْۗ‏ءَ ظَنَّهٗ بِكَ عِقَابًا. اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ قَدْ اَمْسَكَ رَمَقِيْ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ بِكَ فِيْ عِتْقِ رَقَبَتِيْ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ تَغَمُّدِ زَلَّتِيْ وَ اِقَالَةِ عَثْرَتِيْ. اَللّٰهُمَّ قُلْتَ فِيْ كِتَابِكَ وَ قَوْلُكَ الْـحَقُّ الَّذِيْ لَا خُلْفَ لَهٗ وَ لَا تَبْدِيْلَ ��يَوْمَ نَدْعُوْا كُلَّ اُنَاسٍؚبِـاِمَامِہِمْ�� وَ ذٰلِكَ يَوْمُ النُّشُوْرِ اِذَا نُفِخَ فِيْ الصُّوْرِ وَ ��بُعْثِرَ ما فِيْ الْقُبُوْرِ�� اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاِنِّيْ اَوْفٰي وَ اَشْهَدُ وَ اَقِرُّ وَ لَا اُنْكِرُ وَ لَا اَجْـحَدُ وَ اُسِرُّ وَ اُعْلِنُ وَ اُظْهِرُ وَ اُبْطِنُ بِاَنَّكَ اَنْتَ اللهُ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ وَ اَنَّ مُـحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَ رَسُوْلُكَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِہٖ وَ اَنَّ عَلِيًّا اَمِيْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ سَيِّدُ الْاَوْصِيَآءِ وَ وَارِثُ عِلْمِ الْاَنْبِيَآءِ عَلَمُ الدِّيْنِ وَ مُبِيْرُ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ وَ مُـمَيِّزُ الْمُنَافِقِيْنَ وَ مُـجَاهِدُ الْمَارِقِيْنَ وَ اِمَامِيْ وَ حُـجَّتِيْ وَ عُرْوَتِيْ وَ صِرَاطِيْ وَ دَلِيْلِيْ وَ حُـجَّتِيْ وَ مَنْ لَا اَثِقُ بِاَعْمَالِيْ وَ لَوْ زَكَتْ وَ لَا اَرَاهَا مُنْجِيَةً لِيْ وَ لَوْ صَلُحَتْ اِلَّا بِوِلَايَتِهٖ وَ الْاِئْتِـمَامِ بِهٖ وَ الْاِقْرَارِ بِفَضَآئِلِهٖ وَ الْقَبُوْلِ مِنْ حَمَلَتِهَا وَ التَّسْلِيْمِ لِرُوَاتِهَا وَ اُقِرُّ بِاَوْصِيَآئِهٖ مِنْ اَبْنَآئِهٖ اَئِـمَّةً وَ حُـجَجًا وَ اَدِلَّةً وَ سُرُجًا وَ اَعْلَامًا وَ مَنَارًا وَ سَادَةً وَ اَبْرَارًا وَ اُوْمِنُ بِسِرِّهِمْ وَ جَهْرِهِمْ وَ ظَاهِرِهِمْ وَ بَاطِنِهِمْ وَ شَاهِدِهِمْ وَ غَآئِبِهِمْ وَ حَيِّهِمْ وَ مَيِّتِهِمْ لَا شَكَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ وَ لَا ارْتِيَابَ عِنْدَ تَـحَوُّلِكَ وَ لَا انْقِلَابَ. اَللّٰهُمَّ فَادْعُنِيْ يَوْمَ حَشْرِيْ وَ نَشْرِيْ بِاِمَامَتِهِمْ وَ اَنْقِذْنِيْ بِهِمْ يَا مَوْلَايَ مِنْ حَرِّ النِّيْرَانِ وَ اِنْ لَمْ تَرْزُقْنِيْ رُوْحَ الْـجِنَانِ فَاِنَّكَ اِنْ اَعْتَقْتَنِيْ مِنَ النَّارِ كُنْتُ مِنَ الْفَآئِزِيْنَ. اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ قَدْ اَصْبَحْتُ يَوْمِيْ هٰذَا لَا ثِقَةَ لِيْ وَ لَا رَجَآءَ وَ لَا لَـجَاَ وَ لَا مَفْزَعَ وَ لَا مَنْجٰى غَيْرَ مَنْ تَوَسَّلْتُ بِهِمْ اِلَيْكَ مُتَقَرِّبًا اِلٰى رَسُوْلِكَ مُـحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ اٰلِهٖ ثُمَّ عَلِيٍّ اَمِيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ الزَّهْرَآءِ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَآءِ الْعَالَمِيْنَ وَ الْـحَسَنِ وَ الْـحُسَيْنِ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُـحَمَّدٍ وَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ مُوْسٰى وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُـحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْـحَسَنِ وَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ يُقِيْمُ الْمَحَجَّةَ اِلَى الْـحُجَّةِ الْمَسْتُوْرَةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ الْمَرْجُوِّ لِلْاُمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ. اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْهُمْ فِيْ هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ مَا بَعْدَهٗ حِصْنِيْ مِنَ الْمَكَارِهٖ وَ مَعْقِلِيْ مِنَ الْمَخَاوِفِ وَ نَـجِّنِيْ بِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ عَدُوٍّ وَ طَاغٍ وَ بَاغٍ وَ فَاسِقٍ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اَعْرِفُ وَ مَا اُنْكِرُ وَ مَا اسْتَتَرَ عَنِّيْ وَ مَا اَبْصُرُ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ رَبِّيْ اٰخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا اِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيْمٍ. اَللّٰهُمَّ بِتَوَسُّلِيْ بِهِمْ اِلَيْكَ وَ تَقَرُّبِيْ بِـمَحَبَّتِهِمْ وَ تَـحَصُّنِيْ بِاِمَامَتِهِمْ اِفْتَحْ عَلَيَّ فِيْ هٰذَا الْيَوْمِ اَبْوَابَ رِزْقِكَ وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيَّ رَحْمَتَكَ وَ حَبِّبْنِيْ اِلٰى خَلْقِكَ وَ جَنِّبْنِيْ بُغْضَهُمْ وَ عَدَاوَتَهُمْ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيْرٌ. اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ لِكُلِّ مُتَوَسِّلٍ ثَوَابٌ وَ لِكُلِّ ذِيْ شَفَآعَةٍ حَقٌّ فَاَسْاَلُكَ بِـمَنْ جَعَلْتُهٗ وَسِيْلَتِيْ اِلَيْكَ وَ قَدَّمْتُهٗ اَمَامَ طَلِبَتِيْ اَنْ تُعَرِّفَنِيْ بَرَكَةَ يَوْمِيْ هٰذَا وَ شَهْرِيْ هٰذَا وَ عَامِيْ هٰذَا. اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ هُمْ مَفْزَعِيْ وَ مَعُوْنَتِيْ فِيْ شِدَّتِيْ وَ رَخَآئِيْ وَ عَافِيَتِيْ وَ بَلَائِيْ وَ نَوْمِيْ وَ يَقَظَتِيْ وَ ظَعْنِيْ وَ اِقَامَتِيْ وَ عُسْرِيْ وَ يُسْرِيْ وَ عَلَانِيَتِيْ وَ سِرِّيْ وَ اِصْبَاحِيْ وَ اِمْسَآئِيْ وَ تَقَلُّبِيْ وَ مَثْوَايَ وَ سِرِّيْ وَ جَهْرِيْ. اَللّٰهُمَّ فَلَا تُـخَيِّبْنِيْ بِهِمْ مِنْ نَآئِلِكَ وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَآئِيْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ لَا تُؤْيِسْنِيْ مِنْ رُوْحِكَ وَ لَا تَبْتَلِنِيْ بِانْغِلَاقِ اَبْوَابِ الْاَرْزَاقِ وَ انْسِدَادِ مَسَالِكِهَا وَ ارْتِيَاحِ مَذَاهِبِهَا وَ افْتَحْ لِيْ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ فَتْحًا يَسِيْرًا وَ اجْعَلْ لِيْ مِنْ كُلِّ ضَنَكٍ مَـخْرَجًا وَ اِلٰى كُلِّ سِعَةٍ مَنْهَجًا اِنَّكَ اَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ وَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلٰى مُـحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ اٰمِيْنَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ.

bismil laahir rahmaanir raheem.

allaahumma inna zonoobee wa kasratahaa qad akhlaqat waj-hee i�ndaka wa haja-batnee a�nis teehaale rahmateka wa baa-a�dat-nee a�nis teejaabe maghferateka wa la laa ta-a�lloqe be-aalaa-eka wa tamassokee bid-do-a�aa-e wa maa wa-a�dta amsaalee menal musrefeena wa ashbaahee menal khaa-te-eena wa aw-a�dtal qaa-ne-teena min rahmateka be-qawleka �yaa e�baadeyal lazeena asrafoo a�laa anfosehim laa taqnatoo mir rahmatil laah, innal laah yaghferuz zonooba jamee-a�, innahu howal ghafoorur raheem� wa hazzaratal qaaneteena min rahmateka fa-qulta �wa many yaqnato mir rahmate rabbehi illaz zaal-looona� summa natab-tanaa be-raafateka elaa do-a�aa-eka faqulta �od-o�onee astajib lakum, innal lazeena yastakberoona a�n e�baadatee sa-yad-kholoona jahannama daakhereen� elaahi laqad kaana zaalekal eyaaso a�layya mushtamelan wal qonooto min rahmateka mul-tahefaa. elaahee laqad wa-a�dtal mohsena zannahu beka sawaaban wa aw-a�dtal moseee-a zannahu beka e�qaabaa. allaahumma wa qad amsaka ramaqee husnuz zanne beka fee i�tqe raqabatee menan naare wa ta-gham-mode zallatee wa eqaalate a�sratee. allaahumma qulta fee ketaabeka wa qawlokal haqqul lazee laa khulfa lahu wa laa tabdeela �yawma nad-o�o kulla onaasim be-emaamehim� wa zaaleka yawmun noshoore ezaa nofekha fis soore wa �bo�sera maa fil qoboor� allaahumma fa-innee awfaa wa ash-haod wa aqarro wa laa un-kero wa laa aj-hado wa osirro wa o-a�leno wa uz�hero wa ub-teno be-annaka antal laaho laa elaaha illaa anta wah-daka laa shareeka laka wa anna mohammadan a�bdoka wa rasooloka sallal laaho a�layhe wa aalehi wa anna a�liyyan ameeral moameneena sayyedul awse-yaaa-e wa waareso i�lmil ambeyaaa-e a�lamud deene wa mobeerul mushrekeena wa momayyezul monaafeqeena wa mojaahedul maareqeena wa emaamee wa hujjatee wa u�rwatee wa seraatee wa daleelee wa hujjatee wa man laa aseqo be-a-a�maalee wa law zakat wa laa araahaa mun-jeyatan lee wa law salohat illaa be-welaayatehi wal eatemaame behi wal iqraare be-fazaaa-elehi wal qaboole min hamalatehaa wat tasleeme le-rowaatehaa wa oqirro be-awseyaaa-ehi min abnaaa-ehi a-immatan wa hojajan wa adillatan wa sorojan wa a-a�laaman wa manaaran wa saadatan wa abraaran wa oa-meno be-sirrehim wa jahrehim wa zaaherehim wa baatenehim wa shaa-hedehim wa ghaaa-ebehim wa hayyehim wa mayyetehim laa shakka fee zaaleka wa lar teyaaba i�nda tahawwoleka wa lan qelaab. allaahumma fad-o�nee yawma hash-ree wa nash-ree be-emaamatehim wa an-qiznee behim yaa mawlaaya min harrin neeraane wa in lam tar-zuqnee roohal jenaane fa-innaka in a-a�-taqtanee menan naare kunto menal faaa-ezeen. allaahumma wa qad as-bahto yawmee haazaa laa se-qata lee wa laa rajaaa-a wa laa la-ja-a wa laa maf-za-a� wa laa manjaa ghayra man tawassalto behim elayka motaqarreban elaa rasooleka mohammadin sallal laaho a�layhe wa�aalehi summa a�liyyin ameeril moameneena waz zahraaa-e sayyedatin nesaaa-il a�alameena wal hasane wal husayne wa a�liyyin wa mohammadin wa ja�farin wa moosaa wa a�liyyin wa mohammadin wa a�liyyin wal hasane wamin ba�dahum yoqeemul ma-hajjata elal hujjatil mas-toorate min wuldehil mar-juwwe lil-ummate min ba�deh. allaahumma faj-a�lhum fee haazal yawme wa maa ba�dahu hisnee menal makaarehe wa ma�qelee menal makhaawefe wa najjenee behim min kulle a�duwwin wa taaghin wa baaghin wa faaseqin wa min sharre maa a-a�refo wa maa unkero wa mas tatara a�nnee wa maa absoro wa min sharre kulle daabbatin rabbee aakhezun be-naaseyatehaa innaka a�laa seraatin mustaqeem. allaahumma be-tawassolee behim elayka wa taqarrobee be-mahabbatehim wa tahassonee be-emaamatehim if-tah a�layya fee haazal yawme abwaaba rizqeka wan shur a�layya rahmataka wa habbib-nee elaa khalqeka wa jannib-nee bugh-zahum wa a�daa-watahum innaka a�laa kulle shay-in qadeer. allaahumma wa lekulle motawasselin sawaabun wa le-kulle zee sha-faaa-a�tin haqqun fa-as-aloka beman ja-a�ltohu waseelatee elayka wa qaddam-tohu amaama talebatee an to-a�rrefanee barakata yawmee haazaa wa shahree haazaa wa a�amee haazaa. allaahumma wa hum maf-za-e�e wa ma-o�onatee fee shiddateewa rakhaaa-ee wa a�afeyatee wa balaa-ee wa nawmee wa yaqazatee wa za�nee wa eqaamatee wa u�sree wa yusree wa a�laaneyatee wa sirree wa is-baahee wa imsaaa-ee wa taqallobee wa mas-waaya wa sirree wa jahree. allaahumma falaa tokhayyibnee behim min naaa-eleka wa laa taq-ta� rajaaa-ee min rahmateka wa laa toa-yisnee min rooheka wa laa tab-talenee bin-ghelaaqe abwaabil arzaaqe wan sedaade masaa-lekehaa war teyaahe mazaa-hebehaa waf tah lee min ladunka fat-han yaseeran waj a�l lee min kulle zanakin makhrajan wa elaa kulle se-a�tin man-hajan innaka arhamur raahemeena wa sallal laaho a�laa mohammadin wa aalehit tayyebeenat taahereena aameena rabbal a�alameen.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

O Allah! My many sins have made me lose face before You, prevented me from being worthy of Your mercy, and kept me away from deserving Your forgiveness! I have adhered to Your boons and clung to supplicating You, for You have promised those who are like me in acting extravagantly (against their own souls), making errors, and despairing of Your mercy through Your words: �Say: O My servants who have acted extravagantly against their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives the faults altogether; surely He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.�[9] You have warned those who despair of Your mercy and said: �And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones.�[10] Then You have summoned us through Your mercy to supplicate You, thus You have said: �Call upon me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud for My mercy shall soon enter hell abased.�[11] O my Lord! Hopelessness has covered me, and despair of Your mercy has wrapped me! O my Lord! You have promised to reward him who has good opinion in You and to punish him who has bad opinion in You! O Allah! My eye has been seized by good opinion of You in releasing my neck from the Fire, covering my slips, releasing (me) from my stumble! O Allah! Your words, which have neither alteration nor change, are true: �(Remember) the day when We will call every people with their Imam.�[12] That is the Day of Resurrection when the trumpet shall be blown and �what is in the graves shall be raised.�[13] O Allah! I believe, witness, confess, do not deny, do not renege, conceal, announce, manifest, and hide that You are Allah, there is no god but You, One with no partner with You, that Muhammad is Your servant and messenger, may Allah bless him and his Family, and that Ali, the Commander of the faithful, master of the testamentary trustees, inheritor of knowledge of the prophets, emblem of religion, destroyer of the hypocrites, the fighter against the Renegades (Maareqeen), my Imam, my proof, my handle, my path, my guide, and my argument. I do not trust my deeds though pure; nor do I see that they will save me though righteous but through (showing) friendship to him, following his example, acknowledging his great virtues, accepting from those who delivered them, and submitting to those who narrated them. I confess that his testamentary trustees from among his grandsons are Imams, arguments, guides, lamps, guideposts, lighthouses, masters, and pious. I believe in their secret, their openness, their outward, their inward, their present, their absent, their living, and their dead. In that there is neither doubt nor suspicion nor change when You turn away (from that). O Allah! summon me on the day of my mustering and my resurrecting through their Imamate, and save me, O My Master! From the heat of the Fires through them, and supply me with the repose of the Gardens! Surely, if You release me from the Fire, I will be one of the achievers. O Allah! I rose in the morning of this day of mine (while) I have neither confidence nor hope nor asylum nor place of flight nor shelter except those through whom I seek access to You, seeking nearness to Your Messenger Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Family, then Ali, the Commander of the faithful, al-Zahra, the mistress of the women of the worlds, al-Hasan, al-Husain, Ali, Muhammad, Ja�far, Moosa, Ali, Muhammad, Ali, al-Hasan and the one after them who will pave the way for the hidden proof from among his children, hoped for the community after him. O Allah! Make them in this day and after it my fortress against detested things and my stronghold against fears; save me through them from every enemy, tyrant, oppressor, sinner, the evil of what I know, what I deny, what has hidden from me, what I see, and the evil of every crawling creature that You have taken by the forelock! Surely You are on a straight path. O Allah! Through my seeking access through them to You, seeking nearness to You through showing love for them, fortifying myself with their Imamate, open for me the doors to Your provision; spread upon me Your mercy; make Your creatures love me; turn me aside from their detest and their enmity! Verily You are powerful over everything. O Allah! There is reward for everyone (who) seek access (through them to You); there is right for all the possessors of intercession, hence by him whom You have appointed as Your friend and placed ahead my request, I ask You to make me recognize the blessing of this day of mine, this month of mine, and this year of mine! O Allah! They are my place of flight and my help during my hardship, my ease, my well-being, my tribulation, my sleep, my wakefulness, my departure, my residence, my difficulty, my facility, my openness, my secret, my morning, my evening, my movement, my habitation, my secret, and my apparent! O Allah! Through them, disappoint me not of Your favor; cut not my hope from Your mercy; disappoint me not of Your repose; tempt me not with the closure of the doors to provisions and of the ways to them; open for me an easy opening from You; appoint for me a way out from every hardship and a road for every plenty! Surely, You are the Most Merciful of the merciful. May Allah bless Muhammad and his good and pure Household! Amen, Lord of the worlds![14]

وَعِنْدَہٗ مَفَاتِـحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُہَآ اِلَّا ہُوَ۝۰ۭ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِيْ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ۝۰ۭ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَّرَقَۃٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُہَا وَلَا حَبَّۃٍ فِيْ ظُلُمٰتِ الْاَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَّلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا فِيْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِيْنٍ۝۵۹

WA I�NDAHU MAFAATEHUL GHAYBE LAA YA�LAMOHAA ILLAA HOO, WA YA�LAMO MAA FIL BARRE WAL BAHR, WA MAA TASQOTO MINW WARAQATIN ILLAA YA�LAMOHAA WA LAA HABBATIN FEE ZOLOMAATIL ARZE WA LAA RATBINW WA LAA YAABESIN ILLAA FEE KETAABIM MOBEEN.

With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knows but He. He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf does fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read).[21]