Du'a Abu Hamza al-Thumali

إِلَهِي لا تُؤَدِّبْنِي بِعُقُوبَتِكَ وَ لا تَمْكُرْ بِي فِي حِيلَتِكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِيَ الْخَيْرُ يَا رَبِّ وَ لا يُوجَدُ إِلّا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِيَ النَّجَاةُ وَ لا تُسْتَطَاعُ إِلّا بِكَ لا الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ عَوْنِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ لا الَّذِي أَسَاءَ وَ اجْتَرَأَ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَمْ يُرْضِكَ خَرَجَ عَنْ قُدْرَتِكَ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ -

My God, do not discipline me with Your punishment, and do not outwit me with Your stratagem. From where can good come to me, O Lord, when it is found nowhere but with You? And from where can deliverance come to me, when it cannot be attained except through You? Neither has the one who did good become free of need for Your help and Your mercy, nor has the one who did evil and dared to defy You and did not please You passed beyond Your power. O Lord, O Lord, O Lord.

بِكَ عَرَفْتُكَ وَ أَنْتَ دَلَلْتَنِي عَلَيْكَ وَ دَعَوْتَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَ لَوْ لا أَنْتَ لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا أَنْتَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَدْعُوهُ فَيُجِيبُنِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتُ بَطِيئاً حِينَ يَدْعُونِي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَسْأَلُهُ فَيُعْطِينِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتُ بَخِيلاً حِينَ يَسْتَقْرِضُنِي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أُنَادِيهِ كُلَّمَا شِئْتُ لِحَاجَتِي وَ أَخْلُو بِهِ حَيْثُ شِئْتُ لِسِرِّي بِغَيْرِ شَفِيعٍ فَيَقْضِي لِي حَاجَتِي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لا أَدْعُو غَيْرَهُ وَ لَوْ دَعَوْتُ غَيْرَهُ لَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِي دُعَائِي ،

Through You I have known You. You guided me to Yourself and called me to Yourself, and were it not for You, I would not know what You are. Praise be to God, whom I call upon and He answers me, even though I am slow when He calls me. And praise be to God, whom I ask and He gives to me, even though I am miserly when He asks me for a loan. And praise be to God, to whom I call out whenever I wish for my need, and with whom I am alone wherever I wish for my secret, without any intercessor, and He fulfils my need for me. And praise be to God, besides whom I call upon no other, and had I called upon another, he would not have answered my prayer.

وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لا أَرْجُو غَيْرَهُ وَ لَوْ رَجَوْتُ غَيْرَهُ لَأَخْلَفَ رَجَائِي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَكَلَنِي إِلَيْهِ فَأَكْرَمَنِي وَ لَمْ يَكِلْنِي إِلَى النَّاسِ فَيُهِينُونِي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَحَبَّبَ إِلَيَّ وَ هُوَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِّي وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يَحْلُمُ عَنِّي حَتَّى كَأَنِّي لا ذَنْبَ لِي فَرَبِّي أَحْمَدُ شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي وَ أَحَقُّ بِحَمْدِي.

And praise be to God, besides whom I place my hope in no other, and had I hoped in another, he would have disappointed my hope. And praise be to God, who entrusted me to Himself and so honoured me, and did not entrust me to people so that they would humiliate me. And praise be to God, who made Himself beloved to me though He has no need of me. And praise be to God, who is forbearing with me until it is as though I had no sin. So my Lord is the most praised of all things to me and the most deserving of my praise.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَجِدُ سُبُلَ الْمَطَالِبِ إِلَيْكَ مُشْرَعَةً وَ مَنَاهِلَ الرَّجَاءِ إِلَيْكَ [لَدَيْكَ ] مُتْرَعَةً وَ الاسْتِعَانَةَ بِفَضْلِكَ لِمَنْ أَمَّلَكَ مُبَاحَةً وَ أَبْوَابَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَيْكَ لِلصَّارِخِينَ مَفْتُوحَةً وَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لِلرَّاجِي [لِلرَّاجِينَ ] بِمَوْضِعِ إِجَابَةٍ وَ لِلْمَلْهُوفِينَ [لِلْمَلْهُوفِ ] بِمَرْصَدِ إِغَاثَةٍ وَ أَنَّ فِي اللَّهْفِ إِلَى جُودِكَ وَ الرِّضَا بِقَضَائِكَ عِوَضاً مِنْ مَنْعِ الْبَاخِلِينَ وَ مَنْدُوحَةً عَمَّا فِي أَيْدِي الْمُسْتَأْثِرِينَ وَ أَنَّ الرَّاحِلَ إِلَيْكَ قَرِيبُ الْمَسَافَةِ وَ أَنَّكَ لا تَحْتَجِبُ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ إِلّا أَنْ تَحْجُبَهُمُ الْأَعْمَالُ [الْآمَالُ ] دُونَكَ وَ قَدْ قَصَدْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِطَلِبَتِي،

O God, I find the paths of requests to You open, the springs of hope towards You brimming, seeking help through Your bounty permitted to whoever places his hope in You, and the doors of supplication to You open for those who cry out. And I know that for the one who hopes You are at the place of answering, and for the distressed You are on the watch to give relief; that in yearning for Your generosity and contentment with Your decree there is compensation for the withholding of the misers and release from need of what is in the hands of those who keep everything for themselves; that the one who journeys to You is near in distance; and that You do not veil Yourself from Your creation unless their deeds veil them from You. I have set out towards You with my request,

وَ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَاجَتِي وَ جَعَلْتُ بِكَ اسْتِغَاثَتِي وَ بِدُعَائِكَ تَوَسُّلِي مِنْ غَيْرِ اسْتِحْقَاقٍ لاسْتِمَاعِكَ مِنِّي وَ لا اسْتِيجَابٍ لِعَفْوِكَ عَنِّي بَلْ لِثِقَتِي بِكَرَمِكَ وَ سُكُونِي إِلَى صِدْقِ وَعْدِكَ وَ لَجَئِي إِلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِتَوْحِيدِكَ وَ يَقِينِي [وَ ثِقَتِي ] بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ مِنِّي أَنْ لا رَبَّ لِي غَيْرُكَ وَ لا إِلَهَ [لِي ] إِلّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ وَ قَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ وَ وَعْدُكَ صِدْقٌ [الصِّدْقُ ] وَ اسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيماً وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ صِفَاتِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِالسُّؤَالِ وَ تَمْنَعَ الْعَطِيَّةَ وَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بِالْعَطِيَّاتِ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ

turned to You with my need, directed my cry for help to You and made calling upon You my means of approach, without deserving that You should listen to me or meriting that You should pardon me, but because of my trust in Your generosity, my being at rest in the truthfulness of Your promise, my refuge in faith in Your oneness, and my certainty, through my knowledge of You, that I have no lord other than You and no god but You alone, who have no partner. O God, You are the One who said, and Your word is truth and Your promise is true: And ask God of His bounty; truly God is ever merciful to you. It is not among Your attributes, my Lord, that You should command asking and withhold the gift, when You are the One who bestows gifts upon the people of Your kingdom

وَ الْعَائِدُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِتَحَنُّنِ رَأْفَتِكَ [بِحُسْنِ نِعْمَتِكَ ] إِلَهِي رَبَّيْتَنِي فِي نِعَمِكَ وَ إِحْسَانِكَ صَغِيراً وَ نَوَّهْتَ بِاسْمِي كَبِيراً فَيَا مَنْ رَبَّانِي فِي الدُّنْيَا بِإِحْسَانِهِ وَ تَفَضُّلِهِ [بِفَضْلِهِ ] وَ نِعَمِهِ وَ أَشَارَ لِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَى عَفْوِهِ وَ كَرَمِهِ مَعْرِفَتِي يَا مَوْلايَ دَلِيلِي [دَلَّتْنِي ] عَلَيْكَ وَ حُبِّي لَكَ شَفِيعِي إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنَا وَاثِقٌ مِنْ دَلِيلِي بِدَلالَتِكَ وَ سَاكِنٌ مِنْ شَفِيعِي إِلَى شَفَاعَتِكَ أَدْعُوكَ يَا سَيِّدِي بِلِسَانٍ قَدْ أَخْرَسَهُ ذَنْبُهُ رَبِّ أُنَاجِيكَ بِقَلْبٍ قَدْ أَوْبَقَهُ جُرْمُهُ أَدْعُوكَ يَا رَبِّ رَاهِباً رَاغِباً رَاجِياً خَائِفاً إِذَا رَأَيْتُ مَوْلايَ ذُنُوبِي فَزِعْتُ وَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُ كَرَمَكَ طَمِعْتُ

and returns to them with the tenderness of Your compassion. My God, You raised me amid Your blessings and Your kindness when I was small, and made my name renowned when I was grown. So O He who raised me in this world with His kindness, His favour and His blessings, and pointed me in the hereafter towards His pardon and His generosity! My knowledge of You, my Master, is my guide to You, and my love for You is my intercessor with You. Through my guide I am confident of Your guidance, and through my intercessor I am at rest in Your intercession. I call upon You, my Lord, with a tongue struck dumb by its sin. O Lord, I speak to You in secret with a heart ruined by its crime. I call upon You, O Lord, in awe and in longing, hoping and fearing. When I see my sins, my Master, I am struck with fear, and when I see Your generosity, I am filled with hope.

فَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ [غَفَرْتَ ] فَخَيْرُ رَاحِمٍ وَ إِنْ عَذَّبْتَ فَغَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ حُجَّتِي يَا اللَّهُ فِي جُرْأَتِي عَلَى مَسْأَلَتِكَ مَعَ إِتْيَانِي مَا تَكْرَهُ جُودُكَ وَ كَرَمُكَ وَ عُدَّتِي فِي شِدَّتِي مَعَ قِلَّةِ حَيَائِي رَأْفَتُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ وَ قَدْ رَجَوْتُ أَنْ لا تَخِيبَ بَيْنَ ذَيْنِ وَ ذَيْنِ مُنْيَتِي فَحَقِّقْ رَجَائِي وَ اسْمَعْ دُعَائِي يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ دَعَاهُ دَاعٍ وَ أَفْضَلَ مَنْ رَجَاهُ رَاجٍ عَظُمَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَمَلِي وَ سَاءَ عَمَلِي فَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ عَفْوِكَ بِمِقْدَارِ أَمَلِي وَ لا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِأَسْوَإِ عَمَلِي فَإِنَّ كَرَمَكَ يَجِلُّ عَنْ مُجَازَاةِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَ حِلْمَكَ يَكْبُرُ عَنْ مُكَافَاةِ الْمُقَصِّرِينَ ،

If You pardon, You are the best of those who show mercy, and if You punish, You are not unjust. My plea, O God, for my boldness in asking of You despite my doing what You dislike, is Your generosity and Your nobility; and my provision in my hardship, despite my lack of shame, is Your kindness and Your mercy. I have hoped that between these two and these two my wish will not be disappointed. So fulfil my hope and hear my supplication, O Best of those whom a supplicant has called upon, and Most Excellent of those in whom a hopeful one has hoped. My hope has grown great, my Lord, and my deeds have been evil, so grant me of Your pardon in the measure of my hope, and do not take me to task for the worst of my deeds, for Your generosity is too exalted to requite the sinners, and Your forbearance is too great to repay the negligent in kind.

وَ أَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي عَائِذٌ بِفَضْلِكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَجِّزٌ مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنَ الصَّفْحِ عَمَّنْ أَحْسَنَ بِكَ ظَنّاً وَ مَا أَنَا يَا رَبِّ وَ مَا خَطَرِي هَبْنِي بِفَضْلِكَ وَ تَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ جَلِّلْنِي بِسَتْرِكَ وَ اعْفُ عَنْ تَوْبِيخِي بِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ فَلَوِ اطَّلَعَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى ذَنْبِي غَيْرُكَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ وَ لَوْ خِفْتُ تَعْجِيلَ الْعُقُوبَةِ لَاجْتَنَبْتُهُ لا لِأَنَّكَ أَهْوَنُ النَّاظِرِينَ [إِلَيَ ] وَ أَخَفُّ الْمُطَّلِعِينَ [عَلَيَ ] بَلْ لِأَنَّكَ يَا رَبِّ خَيْرُ السَّاتِرِينَ وَ أَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ وَ أَكْرَمُ الْأَكْرَمِينَ ،

And I, my Lord, seek refuge in Your bounty, fleeing from You to You, claiming what You have promised of overlooking the faults of whoever thinks well of You. What am I, O Lord, and what is my worth? Forgive me through Your bounty, and bestow Your pardon on me as charity. O Lord, cover me with Your veil, and spare me Your rebuke by the generosity of Your face. Had anyone other than You seen my sin today, I would not have committed it, and had I feared a swift punishment, I would have avoided it. This is not because You are the least significant of those who look and the least weighty of those who observe, but because You, O Lord, are the best of those who conceal, the wisest of judges and the most generous of the generous.

سَتَّارُ الْعُيُوبِ غَفَّارُ الذُّنُوبِ عَلامُ الْغُيُوبِ تَسْتُرُ الذَّنْبَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَ تُؤَخِّرُ الْعُقُوبَةَ بِحِلْمِكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حِلْمِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ وَ عَلَى عَفْوِكَ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ يَحْمِلُنِي وَ يُجَرِّئُنِي عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ حِلْمُكَ عَنِّي وَ يَدْعُونِي إِلَى قِلَّةِ الْحَيَاءِ سَتْرُكَ عَلَيَّ وَ يُسْرِعُنِي إِلَى التَّوَثُّبِ عَلَى مَحَارِمِكَ مَعْرِفَتِي بِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ عَظِيمِ عَفْوِكَ يَا حَلِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا غَافِرَ الذَّنْبِ يَا قَابِلَ التَّوْبِ،

Concealer of faults, Forgiver of sins, Knower of the unseen: You conceal the sin by Your generosity and delay the punishment by Your forbearance. So to You belongs praise for Your forbearance after Your knowledge, and for Your pardon after Your power. What drives me and emboldens me to disobey You is Your forbearance towards me; what calls me to lack of shame is Your covering of me; and what hastens me to leap upon what You have forbidden is my knowledge of the vastness of Your mercy and the greatness of Your pardon. O Forbearing, O Generous, O Living, O Self-Subsisting, O Forgiver of sin, O Accepter of repentance,

يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَا قَدِيمَ الْإِحْسَانِ أَيْنَ سَتْرُكَ الْجَمِيلُ أَيْنَ عَفْوُكَ الْجَلِيلُ أَيْنَ فَرَجُكَ الْقَرِيبُ أَيْنَ غِيَاثُكَ السَّرِيعُ أَيْنَ رَحْمَتُكَ الْوَاسِعَةُ أَيْنَ عَطَايَاكَ الْفَاضِلَةُ أَيْنَ مَوَاهِبُكَ الْهَنِيئَةُ أَيْنَ صَنَائِعُكَ السَّنِيَّةُ أَيْنَ فَضْلُكَ الْعَظِيمُ أَيْنَ مَنُّكَ الْجَسِيمُ أَيْنَ إِحْسَانُكَ الْقَدِيمُ أَيْنَ كَرَمُكَ يَا كَرِيمُ بِهِ [وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ] فَاسْتَنْقِذْنِي وَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَخَلِّصْنِي يَا مُحْسِنُ يَا مُجْمِلُ،

O You of immense favour, O You of age-old kindness, where is Your beautiful covering? Where is Your majestic pardon? Where is Your near relief? Where is Your swift aid? Where is Your vast mercy? Where are Your excellent gifts? Where are Your delightful bestowals? Where are Your splendid benefactions? Where is Your great bounty? Where is Your tremendous favour? Where is Your age-old kindness? Where is Your generosity, O Generous? By it rescue me, and by Your mercy deliver me, O Doer of good, O Gracious One,

يَا مُنْعِمُ يَا مُفْضِلُ لَسْتُ أَتَّكِلُ فِي النَّجَاةِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِنَا بَلْ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلَيْنَا لِأَنَّكَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَ أَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ تُبْدِئُ بِالْإِحْسَانِ نِعَما وَ تَعْفُو عَنِ الذَّنْبِ كَرَما فَمَا نَدْرِي مَا نَشْكُرُ أَ جَمِيلَ مَا تَنْشُرُ أَمْ قَبِيحَ مَا تَسْتُرُ أَمْ عَظِيمَ مَا أَبْلَيْتَ وَ أَوْلَيْتَ أَمْ كَثِيرَ مَا مِنْهُ نَجَّيْتَ وَ عَافَيْتَ يَا حَبِيبَ مَنْ تَحَبَّبَ إِلَيْكَ وَ يَا قُرَّةَ عَيْنِ مَنْ لاذَ بِكَ وَ انْقَطَعَ إِلَيْكَ أَنْتَ الْمُحْسِنُ،

O Bestower of blessings, O Giver of bounty, I do not rely on our deeds for deliverance from Your punishment, but on Your bounty towards us, for You are worthy to be feared and worthy to forgive. You initiate kindness as blessings and pardon sin out of generosity. We do not know what to thank You for: the beauty You spread abroad, or the ugliness You conceal, or the great things You have bestowed and granted, or the many things from which You have saved us and kept us safe. O Beloved of whoever seeks Your love, O Delight of the eye of whoever takes refuge in You and devotes himself wholly to You, You are the Doer of good,

وَ نَحْنُ الْمُسِيئُونَ فَتَجَاوَزْ يَا رَبِّ عَنْ قَبِيحِ مَا عِنْدَنَا بِجَمِيلِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَ أَيُّ جَهْلٍ يَا رَبِّ لا يَسَعُهُ جُودُكَ أَوْ أَيُّ زَمَانٍ أَطْوَلُ مِنْ أَنَاتِكَ وَ مَا قَدْرُ أَعْمَالِنَا فِي جَنْبِ نِعَمِكَ وَ كَيْفَ نَسْتَكْثِرُ أَعْمَالا نُقَابِلُ بِهَا كَرَمَكَ [كَرَامَتَكَ ] بَلْ كَيْفَ يَضِيقُ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ مَا وَسِعَهُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ فَوَ عِزَّتِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي لَوْ نَهَرْتَنِي [انْتَهَرْتَنِي ] مَا بَرِحْتُ مِنْ بَابِكَ وَ لا كَفَفْتُ عَنْ تَمَلُّقِكَ لِمَا انْتَهَى إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ وَ أَنْتَ الْفَاعِلُ لِمَا تَشَاءُ تُعَذِّبُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِمَا تَشَاءُ كَيْفَ تَشَاءُ وَ تَرْحَمُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِمَا تَشَاءُ كَيْفَ تَشَاءُ لا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ فِعْلِكَ وَ لا تُنَازَعُ فِي مُلْكِكَ وَ لا تُشَارَكُ فِي أَمْرِكَ،

and we are the doers of wrong. So overlook, O Lord, the ugliness that is with us by the beauty that is with You. What ignorance, O Lord, does Your generosity not encompass? Or what span of time is longer than Your patience? What is the worth of our deeds beside Your blessings? How can we think much of deeds with which we meet Your generosity? Indeed, how can the mercy of Yours that has encompassed the sinners become narrow for them? O Vast in forgiveness, O You whose hands are outspread with mercy! By Your might, my Lord, were You to drive me away, I would not leave Your door, nor would I cease to entreat You, because of the knowledge of Your generosity and nobility that has reached me. You are the Doer of whatever You will: You punish whom You will, with what You will, how You will, and You have mercy on whom You will, with what You will, how You will. You are not questioned about what You do, You are not contested in Your kingdom, and none shares with You in Your command.

وَ لا تُضَادُّ فِي حُكْمِكَ وَ لا يَعْتَرِضُ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ فِي تَدْبِيرِكَ لَكَ الْخَلْقُ وَ الْأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ يَا رَبِّ هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لاذَ بِكَ وَ اسْتَجَارَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَ أَلِفَ إِحْسَانَكَ وَ نِعَمَكَ وَ أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الَّذِي لا يَضِيقُ عَفْوُكَ وَ لا يَنْقُصُ فَضْلُكَ وَ لا تَقِلُّ رَحْمَتُكَ وَ قَدْ تَوَثَّقْنَا مِنْكَ بِالصَّفْحِ الْقَدِيمِ وَ الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ،

and You are not opposed in Your judgement, nor does anyone object to You in Your governance. Yours are the creation and the command; blessed is God, Lord of the worlds. O Lord, this is the station of one who has sought refuge with You, sought protection in Your generosity, and grown accustomed to Your kindness and Your blessings. You are the Generous One whose pardon does not grow narrow, whose favour does not diminish, and whose mercy does not lessen. We have placed our trust in You for the ancient forgiveness, the immense favour,

وَ الرَّحْمَةِ الْوَاسِعَةِ أَ فَتَرَاكَ [تُرَاكَ ] يَا رَبِّ تُخْلِفُ ظُنُونَنَا أَوْ تُخَيِّبُ آمَالَنَا كَلّا يَا كَرِيمُ فَلَيْسَ هَذَا ظَنَّنَا بِكَ وَ لًا هَذَا فِيكَ طَمَعَنَا يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ لَنَا فِيكَ أَمَلاً طَوِيلاً كَثِيراً إِنَّ لَنَا فِيكَ رَجَاءً عَظِيماً عَصَيْنَاكَ وَ نَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ تَسْتُرَ عَلَيْنَا وَ دَعَوْنَاكَ وَ نَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لَنَا فَحَقِّقْ رَجَاءَنَا مَوْلانَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا نَسْتَوْجِبُ بِأَعْمَالِنَا وَ لَكِنْ عِلْمُكَ فِينَا وَ عِلْمُنَا بِأَنَّكَ لا تَصْرِفُنَا عَنْكَ وَ إِنْ كُنَّا غَيْرَ مُسْتَوْجِبِينَ لِرَحْمَتِكَ فَأَنْتَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَجُودَ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ بِفَضْلِ سَعَتِكَ ،

and the vast mercy. Do You then see Yourself, O Lord, belying our expectations or dashing our hopes? Never, O Generous One! This is not what we think of You, nor is this what we hope for from You. O Lord, we have in You a long and abundant hope; we have in You a great hope. We disobeyed You, yet we hope that You will cover our faults; we called upon You, and we hope that You will answer us. So fulfil our hope, our Master. We know what our deeds have earned us, but there is Your knowledge of us, and our knowledge that You will not turn us away from You; and though we do not deserve Your mercy, You are worthy to be generous to us and to the sinners out of the abundance of Your bounty.

فَامْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ جُدْ عَلَيْنَا فَإِنَّا مُحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى نَيْلِكَ يَا غَفَّارُ بِنُورِكَ اهْتَدَيْنَا وَ بِفَضْلِكَ اسْتَغْنَيْنَا وَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ [فِي نِعَمِكَ ] أَصْبَحْنَا وَ أَمْسَيْنَا ذُنُوبُنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْهَا وَ نَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ تَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيْنَا بِالنِّعَمِ وَ نُعَارِضُكَ بِالذُّنُوبِ خَيْرُكَ إِلَيْنَا نَازِلٌ وَ شَرُّنَا إِلَيْكَ صَاعِدٌ وَ لَمْ يَزَلْ وَ لا يَزَالُ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ يَأْتِيكَ [عَنَّا] بِعَمَلٍ قَبِيحٍ فَلا يَمْنَعُكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَحُوطَنَا بِنِعَمِكَ وَ تَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بِآلائِكَ فَسُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَحْلَمَكَ وَ أَعْظَمَكَ وَ أَكْرَمَكَ،

So grant us favour as befits You, and be generous to us, for we are in need of Your gifts, O All-Forgiving. By Your light we have been guided, by Your favour we have been freed from need, and by Your blessing we have reached our mornings and our evenings. Our sins are before You; we seek Your forgiveness for them, O God, and we turn to You in repentance. You endear Yourself to us through blessings, and we confront You with sins. Your good descends to us, and our evil ascends to You. A noble angel has never ceased, and will never cease, bringing You an ugly deed, yet that does not keep You from encompassing us with Your blessings and bestowing Your bounties upon us. So glory be to You! How forbearing You are, how great and how generous,

مُبْدِئاً وَ مُعِيداً تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَ كَرُمَ صَنَائِعُكَ وَ فِعَالُكَ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي أَوْسَعُ فَضْلاً وَ أَعْظَمُ حِلْماً مِنْ أَنْ تُقَايِسَنِي بِفِعْلِي وَ خَطِيئَتِي فَالْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي.

as the One who originates and restores. Holy are Your names, majestic is Your praise, and noble are Your works and Your deeds. You, my God, are more vast in favour and greater in forbearance than to measure me by my deed and my sin. So pardon, pardon, pardon, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord.

اللَّهُمَّ اشْغَلْنَا بِذِكْرِكَ وَ أَعِذْنَا مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ أَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنَا مِنْ مَوَاهِبِكَ وَ أَنْعِمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنَا حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ وَ زِيَارَةَ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ وَ مَغْفِرَتُكَ وَ رِضْوَانُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ وَ ارْزُقْنَا عَمَلاً بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ تَوَفَّنَا عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوَالِدَيَّ وَ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا إِجْزِهِمَا بِالْإِحْسَانِ إِحْسَاناً وَ بِالسَّيِّئَاتِ غُفْرَاناً ،

O God, occupy us with Your remembrance, shelter us from Your displeasure, protect us from Your punishment, provide for us from Your gifts, bestow on us from Your favour, and grant us pilgrimage to Your House and visitation of the tomb of Your Prophet, Your blessings, mercy, forgiveness and good pleasure be upon him and upon the people of his household; for You are Near and Answering. Grant us deeds of obedience to You, and take us in death upon Your religion and the Sunna of Your Prophet, God bless him and his family. O God, forgive me and my parents, and have mercy on them as they raised me when I was small. Repay them for good with good, and for evil deeds with forgiveness.

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الْأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَ الْأَمْوَاتِ وَ تَابِعْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ [فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ ] اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَ مَيِّتِنَا وَ شَاهِدِنَا وَ غَائِبِنَا ذَكَرِنَا وَ أُنْثَانَا [إِنَاثِنَا] صَغِيرِنَا وَ كَبِيرِنَا حُرِّنَا وَ مَمْلُوكِنَا كَذَبَ الْعَادِلُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ ضَلُّوا ضَلالاً بَعِيداً وَ خَسِرُوا خُسْرَاناً مُبِينا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اخْتِمْ لِي بِخَيْرٍ وَ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي وَ لا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيَّ مَنْ لا يَرْحَمُنِي وَ اجْعَلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ وَاقِيَةً بَاقِيَةً،

O God, forgive the believing men and the believing women, the living among them and the dead, and join us and them in a succession of good things. O God, forgive our living and our dead, our present and our absent, our male and our female, our young and our old, our free and our slave. Those who ascribe equals to God have lied; they have strayed far astray and suffered a manifest loss. O God, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, seal my life with good, suffice me in what concerns me of the affairs of my world and my hereafter, do not give power over me to one who will not have mercy on me, and place over me from You a lasting protection,

وَ لا تَسْلُبْنِي صَالِحَ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ وَ ارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً حَلالاً طَيِّباً اللَّهُمَّ احْرُسْنِي بِحَرَاسَتِكَ وَ احْفَظْنِي بِحِفْظِكَ وَ اكْلَأْنِي بِكِلاءَتِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنِي حِجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِنَا هَذَا وَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَ زِيَارَةَ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلامُ وَ لا تُخْلِنِي يَا رَبِّ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمَشَاهِدِ الشَّرِيفَةِ وَ الْمَوَاقِفِ الْكَرِيمَةِ.

and do not strip me of the good things You have blessed me with, and provide me from Your favour with ample, lawful and wholesome provision. O God, guard me with Your guarding, preserve me with Your preservation, watch over me with Your watchfulness, and grant me pilgrimage to Your Sacred House in this year of ours and in every year, and visitation of the tomb of Your Prophet and of the Imams, peace be upon them. Do not deprive me, O Lord, of those noble shrines and those honoured stations.

اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ حَتَّى لا أَعْصِيَكَ وَ أَلْهِمْنِي الْخَيْرَ وَ الْعَمَلَ بِهِ وَ خَشْيَتَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ قَدْ تَهَيَّأْتُ وَ تَعَبَّأْتُ [تَعَبَّيْتُ ] وَ قُمْتُ لِلصَّلاةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ نَاجَيْتُكَ أَلْقَيْتَ عَلَيَّ نُعَاساً إِذَا أَنَا صَلَّيْتُ وَ سَلَبْتَنِي مُنَاجَاتَكَ إِذَا أَنَا نَاجَيْتُ مَا لِي كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ قَدْ صَلَحَتْ سَرِيرَتِي وَ قَرُبَ مِنْ مَجَالِسِ التَّوَّابِينَ مَجْلِسِي عَرَضَتْ لِي بَلِيَّةٌ أَزَالَتْ قَدَمِي وَ حَالَتْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ خِدْمَتِكَ

O God, turn to me in forgiveness so that I do not disobey You, and inspire me with good and with acting upon it, and with fear of You by night and by day for as long as You keep me alive, O Lord of the worlds. O God, every time I say that I have made myself ready and prepared, and have stood to pray before You and conversed intimately with You, You cast drowsiness upon me when I pray, and You strip me of intimate converse with You when I converse with You. What is wrong with me? Every time I say that my inner self has become sound and my seat has drawn near to the gatherings of the repentant, an affliction comes upon me that makes my foot slip and comes between me and Your service.

سَيِّدِي لَعَلَّكَ عَنْ بَابِكَ طَرَدْتَنِي وَ عَنْ خِدْمَتِكَ نَحَّيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي مُسْتَخِفّاً بِحَقِّكَ فَأَقْصَيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي مُعْرِضاً عَنْكَ فَقَلَيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَنِي فِي مَقَامِ الْكَاذِبِينَ [الْكَذَّابِينَ ] فَرَفَضْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي غَيْرَ شَاكِرٍ لِنَعْمَائِكَ فَحَرَمْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ فَقَدْتَنِي مِنْ مَجَالِسِ الْعُلَمَاءِ فَخَذَلْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي فِي الْغَافِلِينَ فَمِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ آيَسْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي آلِفَ مَجَالِسِ الْبَطَّالِينَ فَبَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُمْ خَلَّيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ لَمْ تُحِبَّ أَنْ تَسْمَعَ دُعَائِي فَبَاعَدْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ بِجُرْمِي وَ جَرِيرَتِي كَافَيْتَنِي،

My Lord, perhaps You have driven me from Your door and removed me from Your service; or perhaps You saw me making light of Your right, so You sent me far away; or perhaps You saw me turning away from You, so You came to loathe me; or perhaps You found me in the station of the liars, so You rejected me; or perhaps You saw me ungrateful for Your blessings, so You deprived me; or perhaps You missed me in the gatherings of the scholars, so You forsook me; or perhaps You saw me among the heedless, so You made me despair of Your mercy; or perhaps You saw me fond of the gatherings of the idle, so You left me alone with them; or perhaps You did not love to hear my supplication, so You kept me at a distance; or perhaps You requited me for my crime and my offence;

أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ بِقِلَّةِ حَيَائِي مِنْكَ جَازَيْتَنِي فَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ يَا رَبِّ فَطَالَمَا عَفَوْتَ عَنِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ قَبْلِي لِأَنَّ كَرَمَكَ أَيْ رَبِّ يَجِلُّ عَنْ مُكَافَاةِ الْمُقَصِّرِينَ وَ أَنَا عَائِذٌ بِفَضْلِكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَجِّزٌ [مُنْتَجِزٌ] مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنَ الصَّفْحِ عَمَّنْ أَحْسَنَ بِكَ ظَنّاً إِلَهِي أَنْتَ أَوْسَعُ فَضْلاً وَ أَعْظَمُ حِلْماً مِنْ أَنْ تُقَايِسَنِي بِعَمَلِي أَوْ أَنْ تَسْتَزِلَّنِي بِخَطِيئَتِي وَ مَا أَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي وَ مَا خَطَرِي هَبْنِي بِفَضْلِكَ سَيِّدِي ،

or perhaps You repaid me for my lack of shame before You. Yet if You pardon, O Lord, how often You have pardoned sinners before me, for Your generosity, O Lord, is too exalted to requite those who fall short. I seek refuge in Your bounty, fleeing from You to You, seeking the fulfilment of what You promised: forgiveness for whoever thinks well of You. My God, You are too vast in bounty and too great in forbearance to measure me by my deeds or to make me fall because of my sin. What am I, my Lord, and what is my worth? Pardon me through Your bounty, my Lord,

وَ تَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ جَلِّلْنِي بِسَتْرِكَ وَ اعْفُ عَنْ تَوْبِيخِي بِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ سَيِّدِي أَنَا الصَّغِيرُ الَّذِي رَبَّيْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الْجَاهِلُ الَّذِي عَلَّمْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الضَّالُّ الَّذِي هَدَيْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الْوَضِيعُ الَّذِي رَفَعْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الْخَائِفُ الَّذِي آمَنْتَهُ وَ الْجَائِعُ الَّذِي أَشْبَعْتَهُ وَ الْعَطْشَانُ الَّذِي أَرْوَيْتَهُ وَ الْعَارِي الَّذِي كَسَوْتَهُ وَ الْفَقِيرُ الَّذِي أَغْنَيْتَهُ وَ الضَّعِيفُ الَّذِي قَوَّيْتَهُ وَ الذَّلِيلُ الَّذِي أَعْزَزْتَهُ،

and grant me Your pardon as charity, cover me with Your veil, and spare me reproach by the generosity of Your Face. My Lord, I am the small one whom You raised, I am the ignorant one whom You taught, I am the one astray whom You guided, I am the lowly one whom You lifted up, I am the fearful one whom You made safe, the hungry one whom You fed, the thirsty one whom You gave drink, the naked one whom You clothed, the poor one whom You enriched, the weak one whom You strengthened, the abased one whom You honoured,

وَ السَّقِيمُ الَّذِي شَفَيْتَهُ وَ السَّائِلُ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَ الْمُذْنِبُ الَّذِي سَتَرْتَهُ وَ الْخَاطِئُ الَّذِي أَقَلْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الْقَلِيلُ الَّذِي كَثَّرْتَهُ وَ الْمُسْتَضْعَفُ الَّذِي نَصَرْتَهُ وَ أَنَا الطَّرِيدُ الَّذِي آوَيْتَهُ أَنَا يَا رَبِّ الَّذِي لَمْ أَسْتَحْيِكَ فِي الْخَلاءِ وَ لَمْ أُرَاقِبْكَ فِي الْمَلَإِ أَنَا صَاحِبُ الدَّوَاهِي الْعُظْمَى أَنَا الَّذِي عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ اجْتَرَى أَنَا الَّذِي عَصَيْتُ جَبَّارَ السَّمَاءِ أَنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُ عَلَى مَعَاصِي الْجَلِيلِ الرُّشَا أَنَا الَّذِي حِينَ بُشِّرْتُ بِهَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهَا أَسْعَى أَنَا الَّذِي أَمْهَلْتَنِي فَمَا ارْعَوَيْتُ وَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ فَمَا اسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَ عَمِلْتُ بِالْمَعَاصِي فَتَعَدَّيْتُ

the sick one whom You healed, the beggar to whom You gave, the sinner whom You covered, the wrongdoer whose stumble You forgave; I am the meagre one whom You increased, the oppressed one whom You helped to victory, and I am the outcast whom You sheltered. I am the one, O Lord, who felt no shame before You in private and was not mindful of You in public. I am the perpetrator of the great calamities. I am the one who was bold against his Lord. I am the one who disobeyed the Almighty of the heavens. I am the one who paid bribes to disobey the Majestic One. I am the one who, when given the good news of sins, went out hurrying towards them. I am the one whom You gave respite, yet I did not refrain; You covered for me, yet I felt no shame; I committed sins and transgressed;

وَ أَسْقَطْتَنِي مِنْ عَيْنِكَ [عِنْدِكَ ] فَمَا بَالَيْتُ فَبِحِلْمِكَ أَمْهَلْتَنِي وَ بِسِتْرِكَ سَتَرْتَنِي حَتَّى كَأَنَّكَ أَغْفَلْتَنِي وَ مِنْ عُقُوبَاتِ الْمَعَاصِي جَنَّبْتَنِي حَتَّى كَأَنَّكَ اسْتَحْيَيْتَنِي إِلَهِي لَمْ أَعْصِكَ حِينَ عَصَيْتُكَ وَ أَنَا بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ جَاحِدٌ وَ لا بِأَمْرِكَ مُسْتَخِفٌّ وَ لا لِعُقُوبَتِكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ وَ لا لِوَعِيدِكَ مُتَهَاوِنٌ لَكِنْ خَطِيئَةٌ عَرَضَتْ وَ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي وَ غَلَبَنِي هَوَايَ وَ أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهَا شِقْوَتِي وَ غَرَّنِي سِتْرُكَ الْمُرْخَى عَلَيَّ فَقَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ وَ خَالَفْتُكَ بِجُهْدِي فَالْآنَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ مَنْ يَسْتَنْقِذُنِي وَ مِنْ أَيْدِي الْخُصَمَاءِ غَدا مَنْ يُخَلِّصُنِي،

and You dropped me from Your sight, yet I did not care. Yet by Your forbearance You gave me respite, and with Your veil You covered me, until it was as if You had overlooked me, and You kept me away from the punishments of sins, until it was as if You were ashamed before me. My God, when I disobeyed You, I did not disobey You denying Your lordship, nor making light of Your command, nor exposing myself to Your punishment, nor taking Your threat lightly; rather, a sin presented itself, my soul enticed me, my desire overcame me, my wretchedness helped me towards it, and Your veil let down over me deceived me. So I have disobeyed You and opposed You with all my effort. Now, who will rescue me from Your punishment, and who will save me tomorrow from the hands of the adversaries?

وَ بِحَبْلِ مَنْ أَتَّصِلُ إِنْ أَنْتَ قَطَعْتَ حَبْلَكَ عَنِّي فَوَا سَوْأَتَا [أَسَفَا] عَلَى مَا أَحْصَى كِتَابُكَ مِنْ عَمَلِيَ الَّذِي لَوْ لا مَا أَرْجُو مِنْ كَرَمِكَ وَ سَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ نَهْيِكَ إِيَّايَ عَنِ الْقُنُوطِ لَقَنَطْتُ عِنْدَ مَا أَتَذَكَّرُهَا يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ دَعَاهُ دَاعٍ وَ أَفْضَلَ مَنْ رَجَاهُ رَاجٍ اللَّهُمَّ بِذِمَّةِ الْإِسْلامِ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ وَ بِحُرْمَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْتَمِدُ إِلَيْكَ وَ بِحُبِّي النَّبِيَّ االْأُمِّيَّ الْقُرَشِيَّ الْهَاشِمِيَّ الْعَرَبِيَّ التِّهَامِيَّ الْمَكِّيَّ الْمَدَنِيَّ أَرْجُو الزُّلْفَةَ لَدَيْكَ فَلا تُوحِشْ اسْتِينَاسَ إِيمَانِي،

And by whose rope shall I hold fast if You cut Your rope off from me? Oh, the shame for what Your book has recorded of my deeds, which, were it not for what I hope for from Your generosity and the vastness of Your mercy, and Your forbidding me to despair, would make me despair whenever I recall them. O best of those whom a caller has called upon, and most excellent of those in whom a hoper has hoped! O God, by the bond of Islam I seek a means to You, by the sanctity of the Quran I rely upon You, and by my love for the Prophet, the unlettered, of Quraysh, of Hashim, the Arab, of Tihama, of Mecca, of Medina, I hope for nearness to You. So do not turn the intimacy of my faith into desolation,

وَ لا تَجْعَلْ ثَوَابِي ثَوَابَ مَنْ عَبَدَ سِوَاكَ فَإِنَّ قَوْماً آمَنُوا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ لِيَحْقِنُوا بِهِ دِمَاءَهُمْ فَأَدْرَكُوا مَا أَمَّلُوا وَ إِنَّا آمَنَّا بِكَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا وَ قُلُوبِنَا لِتَعْفُوَ عَنَّا فَأَدْرِكْنَا [فَأَدْرِكْ بِنَا] مَا أَمَّلْنَا وَ ثَبِّتْ رَجَاءَكَ فِي صُدُورِنَا وَ لا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَ هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ فَوَ عِزَّتِكَ لَوِ انْتَهَرْتَنِي مَا بَرِحْتُ مِنْ بَابِكَ وَ لا كَفَفْتُ عَنْ تَمَلُّقِكَ لِمَا أُلْهِمَ قَلْبِي [يَا سَيِّدِي ] مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِكَرَمِكَ وَ سَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إِلَى مَنْ يَذْهَبُ الْعَبْدُ إِلّا إِلَى مَوْلاهُ وَ إِلَى مَنْ يَلْتَجِئُ الْمَخْلُوقُ إِلّا إِلَى خَالِقِهِ.

and do not make my reward the reward of one who worshipped other than You. For a people believed with their tongues to spare their blood thereby, and they attained what they hoped for; and we have believed in You with our tongues and our hearts so that You may pardon us, so let us attain what we have hoped for, make hope in You firm in our breasts, do not let our hearts swerve after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Your presence; surely You are the Bestower. So by Your might, were You to rebuke me, I would not leave Your door, nor would I cease beseeching You, because of the knowledge of Your generosity and the vastness of Your mercy that has been inspired in my heart. To whom does the servant go but to his Master, and with whom does the creature take refuge but with its Creator?

إِلَهِي لَوْ قَرَنْتَنِي بِالْأَصْفَادِ وَ مَنَعْتَنِي سَيْبَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَشْهَادِ وَ دَلَلْتَ عَلَى فَضَائِحِي عُيُونَ الْعِبَادِ وَ أَمَرْتَ بِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَ حُلْتَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ الْأَبْرَارِ مَا قَطَعْتُ رَجَائِي مِنْكَ وَ مَا صَرَفْتُ تَأْمِيلِي لِلْعَفْوِ عَنْكَ وَ لا خَرَجَ حُبُّكَ مِنْ قَلْبِي أَنَا لا أَنْسَى أَيَادِيَكَ عِنْدِي وَ سَتْرَكَ عَلَيَّ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا سَيِّدِي أَخْرِجْ حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ قَلْبِي وَ اجْمَعْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ الْمُصْطَفَى وَ آلِهِ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

My God, were You to bind me in fetters, withhold Your gifts from me in front of the witnesses, point out my disgraces to the eyes of the servants, order me to the Fire, and come between me and the righteous, I would not cut off my hope in You, I would not turn my expectation of pardon away from You, and love for You would not leave my heart. I do not forget Your favours to me and Your covering of my faults in the abode of this world. My Lord, drive love of this world out of my heart, and bring me together with the Chosen One and his family, Your elect from among Your creation, and the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, God bless him and his family.

وَ انْقُلْنِي إِلَى دَرَجَةِ التَّوْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَعِنِّي بِالْبُكَاءِ عَلَى نَفْسِي فَقَدْ أَفْنَيْتُ بِالتَّسْوِيفِ وَ الْآمَالِ عُمُرِي وَ قَدْ نَزَلْتُ مَنْزِلَةَ الْآيِسِينَ مِنْ خَيْرِي [حَيَاتِي ] فَمَنْ يَكُونُ أَسْوَأَ حَالاً مِنِّي إِنْ أَنَا نُقِلْتُ عَلَى مِثْلِ حَالِي إِلَى قَبْرِي [قَبْرٍ] لَمْ أُمَهِّدْهُ لِرَقْدَتِي وَ لَمْ أَفْرُشْهُ بِالْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ لِضَجْعَتِي وَ مَا لِي لا أَبْكِي وَ لا أَدْرِي إِلَى مَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرِي وَ أَرَى نَفْسِي تُخَادِعُنِي وَ أَيَّامِي تُخَاتِلُنِي وَ قَدْ خَفَقَتْ عِنْدَ [فَوْقَ ] رَأْسِي أَجْنِحَةُ الْمَوْتِ فَمَا لِي لا أَبْكِي أَبْكِي لِخُرُوجِ نَفْسِي أَبْكِي لِظُلْمَةِ قَبْرِي أَبْكِي لِضِيقِ لَحْدِي أَبْكِي لِسُؤَالِ مُنْكَرٍ وَ نَكِيرٍ إِيَّايَ،

Move me to the rank of repentance to You, and help me to weep over myself, for I have used up my life in procrastination and hopes, and I have come down to the station of those who despair of any good in me. Who could be in a worse state than I, if I am carried in a state like mine to my grave, which I have not prepared for my sleep, nor spread with righteous deeds for my lying down? Why should I not weep, when I do not know what my destination will be, and I see my soul deceiving me and my days beguiling me, while the wings of death have already beaten beside my head? So why should I not weep? I weep for the departure of my soul, I weep for the darkness of my grave, I weep for the narrowness of my tomb, I weep for Munkar and Nakir's questioning of me,

أَبْكِي لِخُرُوجِي مِنْ قَبْرِي عُرْيَاناً ذَلِيلاً حَامِلاً ثِقْلِي عَلَى ظَهْرِي أَنْظُرُ مَرَّةً عَنْ يَمِينِي وَ أُخْرَى عَنْ شِمَالِي إِذِ الْخَلائِقُ فِي شَأْنٍ غَيْرِ شَأْنِي لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ وَ وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ وَ ذِلَّةٌ سَيِّدِي عَلَيْكَ مُعَوَّلِي وَ مُعْتَمَدِي وَ رَجَائِي وَ تَوَكُّلِي وَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَلُّقِي تُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَ تَهْدِي بِكَرَامَتِكَ مَنْ تُحِبُّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا نَقَّيْتَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ قَلْبِي وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى بَسْطِ لِسَانِي أَ فَبِلِسَانِي هَذَا الْكَالِّ أَشْكُرُكَ،

I weep for my coming out of my grave naked and abased, carrying my burden on my back, looking once to my right and again to my left, when all creatures are occupied with a concern other than mine. Every man among them that Day will have a concern sufficient for him. Some faces that Day will be shining, laughing, rejoicing; and some faces that Day will have dust upon them, covered in darkness and abasement. My Lord, on You is my reliance, my dependence, my hope and my trust, and to Your mercy I cling. You reach with Your mercy whom You will, and You guide with Your honour whom You love. So Yours is the praise for cleansing my heart of associating partners with You, and Yours is the praise for loosening my tongue. Is it with this weary tongue of mine that I thank You,

أَمْ بِغَايَةِ جُهْدِي [جَهْدِي ] فِي عَمَلِي أُرْضِيكَ وَ مَا قَدْرُ لِسَانِي يَا رَبِّ فِي جَنْبِ شُكْرِكَ وَ مَا قَدْرُ عَمَلِي فِي جَنْبِ نِعَمِكَ وَ إِحْسَانِكَ [إِلَيَ ] إِلَهِي إِنَّ [إِلا أَنَ ] جُودَكَ بَسَطَ أَمَلِي وَ شُكْرَكَ قَبِلَ عَمَلِي سَيِّدِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَتِي وَ إِلَيْكَ [مِنْكَ ] رَهْبَتِي وَ إِلَيْكَ تَأْمِيلِي وَ قَدْ سَاقَنِي إِلَيْكَ أَمَلِي وَ عَلَيْكَ [إِلَيْكَ ] يَا وَاحِدِي عَكَفَتْ [عَلِقَتْ ] هِمَّتِي وَ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ انْبَسَطَتْ رَغْبَتِي وَ لَكَ خَالِصُ رَجَائِي وَ خَوْفِي وَ بِكَ أَنِسَتْ مَحَبَّتِي وَ إِلَيْكَ أَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِي وَ بِحَبْلِ طَاعَتِكَ مَدَدْتُ رَهْبَتِي [يَا] مَوْلايَ بِذِكْرِكَ عَاشَ قَلْبِي وَ بِمُنَاجَاتِكَ بَرَّدْتُ أَلَمَ الْخَوْفِ عَنِّي فَيَا مَوْلايَ وَ يَا مُؤَمَّلِي وَ يَا مُنْتَهَى سُؤْلِي فَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ ذَنْبِيَ الْمَانِعِ لِي مِنْ لُزُومِ طَاعَتِكَ فَإِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ لِقَدِيمِ الرَّجَاءِ فِيكَ وَ عَظِيمِ الطَّمَعِ مِنْكَ الَّذِي أَوْجَبْتَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ مِنَ الرَّأْفَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ فَالْأَمْرُ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ لا شَرِيكَ لَكَ

Or is it by the utmost of my effort in my deeds that I could please You? What is the worth of my tongue, O Lord, beside thanking You, and what is the worth of my deeds beside Your blessings and Your kindness? My God, Your generosity has widened my hope, and Your gratitude has accepted my deeds. My Lord, to You is my longing, to You is my fear, and to You is my hope, and my hope has led me to You. Upon You, O my One, my resolve is fixed, and in what is with You my longing has spread wide. To You belong the purest of my hope and my fear, in You my love has found intimacy, to You I have surrendered my hand, and by the rope of Your obedience I have stretched out my fear. My Master, by Your remembrance my heart lives, and by intimate converse with You I have cooled the pain of fear within me. So O my Master, O my Hope, O utmost end of my asking, separate me from my sin that keeps me from holding fast to Your obedience. For I ask You only because of my long-held hope in You and my great expectation of You, for the tenderness and mercy that You have made binding on Yourself. The command is Yours alone; You have no partner.

وَ الْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ عِيَالُكَ وَ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ خَاضِعٌ لَكَ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ إِلَهِي ارْحَمْنِي إِذَا انْقَطَعَتْ حُجَّتِي وَ كَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِكَ لِسَانِي وَ طَاشَ عِنْدَ سُؤَالِكَ إِيَّايَ لُبِّي فَيَا عَظِيمَ رَجَائِي لا تُخَيِّبْنِي إِذَا اشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتِي وَ لا تَرُدَّنِي لِجَهْلِي وَ لا تَمْنَعْنِي لِقِلَّةِ صَبْرِي أَعْطِنِي لِفَقْرِي وَ ارْحَمْنِي لِضَعْفِي سَيِّدِي عَلَيْكَ مُعْتَمَدِي وَ مُعَوَّلِي وَ رَجَائِي وَ تَوَكُّلِي وَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَلُّقِي وَ بِفِنَائِكَ أَحُطُّ رَحْلِي وَ بِجُودِكَ أَقْصِدُ [أَقْصُرُ] طَلِبَتِي وَ بِكَرَمِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْتَفْتِحُ دُعَائِي وَ لَدَيْكَ أَرْجُو فَاقَتِي [ضِيَافَتِي ] وَ بِغِنَاكَ أَجْبُرُ عَيْلَتِي وَ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ عَفْوِكَ قِيَامِي وَ إِلَى جُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ أَرْفَعُ بَصَرِي وَ إِلَى مَعْرُوفِكَ أُدِيمُ نَظَرِي،

All creatures are Your dependants and in Your grasp, and everything is humbled before You. Blessed are You, O Lord of the worlds. My God, have mercy on me when my argument fails, when my tongue falters in answering You, and when my mind is bewildered as You question me. So O my great Hope, do not disappoint me when my need grows severe, do not turn me away for my ignorance, and do not withhold from me for my little patience. Give to me for my poverty, and have mercy on me for my weakness. My Lord, on You is my reliance, my dependence, my hope and my trust; to Your mercy I cling; in Your courtyard I set down my baggage; through Your generosity I pursue my request; by Your nobility, O Lord, I open my supplication; with You I hope for my need to be met; by Your richness I mend my destitution; beneath the shade of Your pardon I stand; to Your generosity and nobility I raise my eyes; and on Your favour I keep my gaze fixed.

فَلا تُحْرِقْنِي بِالنَّارِ وَ أَنْتَ مَوْضِعُ أَمَلِي وَ لا تُسْكِنِّي الْهَاوِيَةَ فَإِنَّكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي يَا سَيِّدِي لا تُكَذِّبْ ظَنِّي بِإِحْسَانِكَ وَ مَعْرُوفِكَ فَإِنَّكَ ثِقَتِي وَ لا تَحْرِمْنِي ثَوَابَكَ فَإِنَّكَ الْعَارِفُ بِفَقْرِي إِلَهِي إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَنَا أَجَلِي وَ لَمْ يُقَرِّبْنِي مِنْكَ عَمَلِي فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ الاعْتِرَافَ إِلَيْكَ بِذَنْبِي وَسَائِلَ عِلَلِي إِلَهِي إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَمَنْ أَوْلَى مِنْكَ بِالْعَفْوِ وَ إِنْ عَذَّبْتَ فَمَنْ أَعْدَلُ مِنْكَ فِي الْحُكْمِ ارْحَمْ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا غُرْبَتِي وَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ كُرْبَتِي وَ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَحْدَتِي وَ فِي اللَّحْدِ وَحْشَتِي وَ إِذَا نُشِرْتُ لِلْحِسَابِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ ذُلَّ مَوْقِفِي وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا خَفِيَ عَلَى الْآدَمِيِّينَ مِنْ عَمَلِي،

So do not burn me with the Fire when You are the object of my hope, and do not make me dwell in the Abyss, for You are the delight of my eye. O my Lord, do not belie my expectation of Your kindness and favour, for You are my trust, and do not deprive me of Your reward, for You know my poverty. My God, if my appointed time has drawn near and my deeds have not brought me close to You, then I have made my confession to You of my sin the means of my excuse. My God, if You pardon, who is more worthy of pardon than You? And if You punish, who is more just in judgement than You? Have mercy on my estrangement in this world, on my anguish at death, on my loneliness in the grave, on my desolation in the tomb-niche, and, when I am raised for the reckoning before You, on the abasement of my standing. And forgive me those of my deeds that were hidden from human beings,

وَ أَدِمْ لِي مَا بِهِ سَتَرْتَنِي وَ ارْحَمْنِي صَرِيعا عَلَى الْفِرَاشِ تُقَلِّبُنِي أَيْدِي أَحِبَّتِي وَ تَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ مَمْدُودا عَلَى الْمُغْتَسَلِ يُقَلِّبُنِي [يُغَسِّلُنِي ] صَالِحُ جِيرَتِي وَ تَحَنَّنْ عَلَيَّ مَحْمُولاً قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ الْأَقْرِبَاءُ أَطْرَافَ جَنَازَتِي وَ جُدْ عَلَيَّ مَنْقُولاً قَدْ نَزَلْتُ بِكَ وَحِيداً فِي حُفْرَتِي وَ ارْحَمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ الْجَدِيدِ غُرْبَتِي حَتَّى لا أَسْتَأْنِسَ بِغَيْرِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي إِنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي هَلَكْتُ،

and continue for me that with which You have covered me. Have mercy on me when I lie stricken on the bed, turned over by the hands of my loved ones; be gracious to me when I am stretched out on the washing slab, turned over by the righteous among my neighbours; be tender to me when I am carried, the relatives having taken hold of the edges of my bier; and be generous to me when I am taken away, having come down alone to You in my pit. Have mercy on my estrangement in that new house, so that I find intimacy with none but You. O my Lord, if You leave me to myself, I will perish,

سَيِّدِي فَبِمَنْ أَسْتَغِيثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي فَإِلَى مَنْ أَفْزَعُ إِنْ فَقَدْتُ عِنَايَتَكَ فِي ضَجْعَتِي وَ إِلَى مَنْ أَلْتَجِئُ إِنْ لَمْ تُنَفِّسْ كُرْبَتِي سَيِّدِي مَنْ لِي وَ مَنْ يَرْحَمُنِي إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي وَ فَضْلَ مَنْ أُؤَمِّلُ إِنْ عَدِمْتُ فَضْلَكَ يَوْمَ فَاقَتِي وَ إِلَى مَنِ الْفِرَارُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ إِذَا انْقَضَى أَجَلِي سَيِّدِي لا تُعَذِّبْنِي وَ أَنَا أَرْجُوكَ إِلَهِي [اللَّهُمَ ] حَقِّقْ رَجَائِي وَ آمِنْ خَوْفِي فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ ذُنُوبِي لا أَرْجُو فِيهَا [لَهَا] إِلا عَفْوَكَ سَيِّدِي أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ مَا لا أَسْتَحِقُّ وَ أَنْتَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَ أَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَاغْفِرْ لِي وَ أَلْبِسْنِي مِنْ نَظَرِكَ ثَوْبا يُغَطِّي عَلَيَّ التَّبِعَاتِ وَ تَغْفِرُهَا لِي وَ لا أُطَالَبُ بِهَا إِنَّكَ ذُو مَنٍّ قَدِيمٍ وَ صَفْحٍ عَظِيمٍ وَ تَجَاوُزٍ كَرِيمٍ.

My Lord, from whom then shall I seek help if You do not overlook my stumbling? To whom shall I flee if I lose Your care when I am laid down to rest? And to whom shall I turn for refuge if You do not relieve my distress? My Lord, who is there for me, and who will have mercy on me if You do not have mercy on me? Whose bounty shall I hope for if I am deprived of Your bounty on the day of my need? And to whom can I flee from my sins when my term has come to an end? My Lord, do not punish me while I place my hope in You. My God, fulfil my hope and make me safe from what I fear, for in the multitude of my sins I hope for nothing but Your pardon. My Lord, I ask You for what I do not deserve, and You are worthy of being feared and worthy of forgiving, so forgive me, and clothe me from Your gaze in a garment that covers over the liabilities I owe, and You forgive them for me, and I am not called to account for them. Surely You are the Possessor of ancient favour, great pardon and generous overlooking.

إِلَهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُفِيضُ سَيْبَكَ عَلَى مَنْ لا يَسْأَلُكَ وَ عَلَى الْجَاحِدِينَ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ فَكَيْفَ سَيِّدِي بِمَنْ سَأَلَكَ وَ أَيْقَنَ أَنَّ الْخَلْقَ لَكَ وَ الْأَمْرَ إِلَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ سَيِّدِي عَبْدُكَ بِبَابِكَ أَقَامَتْهُ الْخَصَاصَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يَقْرَعُ بَابَ إِحْسَانِكَ بِدُعَائِهِ [وَ يَسْتَعْطِفُ جَمِيلَ نَظَرِكَ بِمَكْنُونِ رَجَائِكَ ] فَلا تُعْرِضْ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ عَنِّي وَ اقْبَلْ مِنِّي مَا أَقُولُ فَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ [دَعْوَتُكَ ] بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ أَنَا أَرْجُو أَنْ لا تَرُدَّنِي مَعْرِفَةً مِنِّي بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ إِلَهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي لا يُحْفِيكَ سَائِلٌ وَ لا يَنْقُصُكَ نَائِلٌ أَنْتَ كَمَا تَقُولُ وَ فَوْقَ مَا نَقُولُ.

My God, You are the One who pours out Your gifts upon those who do not ask of You and upon those who deny Your lordship, so how then, my Lord, will You treat one who has asked of You and is certain that creation is Yours and the command belongs to You? Blessed are You and exalted, O Lord of the worlds. My Lord, Your servant is at Your door; destitution has made him stand before You. He knocks at the door of Your kindness with his supplication, so do not turn Your generous face away from me, and accept from me what I say, for I have called upon You with this supplication hoping that You will not turn me away, since I know Your tenderness and Your mercy. My God, You are the One whom no asker wearies and no gift diminishes. You are as You say, and above what we say.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ صَبْراً جَمِيلاً وَ فَرَجاً قَرِيباً وَ قَوْلاً صَادِقاً وَ أَجْراً عَظِيماً أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَ مَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ عِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُونَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَ أَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَى أَعْطِنِي سُؤْلِي فِي نَفْسِي وَ أَهْلِي وَ وَالِدَيَّ وَ وُلْدِي [وَلَدِي ] وَ أَهْلِ حُزَانَتِي وَ إِخْوَانِي فِيكَ [وَ] أَرْغِدْ عَيْشِي وَ أَظْهِرْ مُرُوَّتِي وَ أَصْلِحْ جَمِيعَ أَحْوَالِي وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ أَطَلْتَ عُمُرَهُ وَ حَسَّنْتَ عَمَلَهُ وَ أَتْمَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ نِعْمَتَكَ وَ رَضِيتَ عَنْهُ وَ أَحْيَيْتَهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً فِي أَدْوَمِ السُّرُورِ وَ أَسْبَغِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ أَتَمِّ الْعَيْشِ

O God, I ask You for beautiful patience, near relief, truthful speech and a great reward. I ask You, O Lord, for all of the good, what I know of it and what I do not know. I ask You, O God, for the best of what Your righteous servants have asked You for. O Best of those who are asked, and Most Generous of those who give, grant me my request for myself, my family, my parents, my children, the people in my care and my brothers in You. Make my life comfortable, make my nobility of character manifest, set right all my affairs, and make me among those whose lives You have prolonged, whose deeds You have made good, upon whom You have completed Your favour, with whom You are pleased, and whom You have given a good life, in the most lasting joy, the most abundant honour and the most complete living.

إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَ لا تَفْعَلُ [يَفْعَلُ ] مَا يَشَاءُ غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ خُصَّنِي مِنْكَ بِخَاصَّةِ ذِكْرِكَ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ شَيْئا مِمَّا أَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ فِي آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافِ النَّهَارِ رِيَاءً وَ لا سُمْعَةً وَ لا أَشَرا وَ لا بَطَرا وَ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ مِنَ الْخَاشِعِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي السَّعَةَ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَ الْأَمْنَ فِي الْوَطَنِ وَ قُرَّةَ الْعَيْنِ فِي الْأَهْلِ وَ الْمَالِ وَ الْوَلَدِ وَ الْمُقَامَ فِي نِعَمِكَ عِنْدِي وَ الصِّحَّةَ فِي الْجِسْمِ وَ الْقُوَّةَ فِي الْبَدَنِ وَ السَّلامَةَ فِي الدِّينِ وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ وَ طَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَبَدا مَا اسْتَعْمَرْتَنِي وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِ عِبَادِكَ عِنْدَكَ نَصِيبا فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَنْزَلْتَهُ وَ تُنْزِلُهُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ،

Surely You do what You will, and You do not do what anyone other than You wills. O God, single me out, from Yourself, with the special remembrance of You, and do not let anything by which I seek nearness to You in the hours of the night and at the ends of the day be for show, or for reputation, or out of arrogance, or out of vanity, and make me among those who are humble before You. O God, give me abundance in provision, security in my homeland, delight of the eye in my family, my wealth and my children, continuance in Your blessings upon me, health in my body, strength in my frame and soundness in my religion. Employ me in obedience to You and obedience to Your Messenger Muhammad, God bless him and his family, forever, as long as You keep me alive, and make me among those of Your servants who have the most abundant share with You in every good You have sent down and will send down in the month of Ramadan, on the Night of Qadr,

وَ مَا أَنْتَ مُنْزِلُهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ تَنْشُرُهَا وَ عَافِيَةٍ تُلْبِسُهَا وَ بَلِيَّةٍ تَدْفَعُهَا وَ حَسَنَاتٍ تَتَقَبَّلُهَا وَ سَيِّئَاتٍ تَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْهَا وَ ارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِنَا [عَامِي ] هَذَا وَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَ ارْزُقْنِي رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ وَ اصْرِفْ عَنِّي يَا سَيِّدِي الْأَسْوَاءَ وَ اقْضِ عَنِّي الدَّيْنَ وَ الظُّلامَاتِ حَتَّى لا أَتَأَذَّى بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ وَ خُذْ عَنِّي بِأَسْمَاعِ وَ أَبْصَارِ أَعْدَائِي وَ حُسَّادِي وَ الْبَاغِينَ عَلَيَّ وَ انْصُرْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ وَ أَقِرَّ عَيْنِي [وَ حَقِّقْ ظَنِّي ] وَ فَرِّحْ قَلْبِي،

and in what You send down every year: mercy that You spread, well-being with which You clothe, affliction that You repel, good deeds that You accept and evil deeds that You overlook. Grant me pilgrimage to Your Sacred House in this year of ours and in every year. Grant me ample provision from Your ample bounty. Turn away from me, O my Lord, the evils, and settle for me my debts and the wrongs I owe, so that I am not harmed by any of them. Seize, on my behalf, the hearing and the sight of my enemies, those who envy me and those who transgress against me, and help me against them. Bring delight to my eyes and gladden my heart,

وَ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ هَمِّي وَ كَرْبِي فَرَجاً وَ مَخْرَجاً وَ اجْعَلْ مَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوءٍ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ وَ اكْفِنِي شَرَّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ شَرَّ السُّلْطَانِ وَ سَيِّئَاتِ عَمَلِي وَ طَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كُلِّهَا وَ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ زَوِّجْنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ أَلْحِقْنِي بِأَوْلِيَائِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الْأَبْرَارِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى أَجْسَادِهِمْ وَ أَرْوَاحِهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ جَلالِكَ لَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِي بِذُنُوبِي لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ لَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِي بِلُؤْمِي لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِكَرَمِكَ،

And grant me relief and a way out from my worry and my distress, place beneath my feet whoever among all Your creatures intends me harm, and spare me the evil of Satan, the evil of the ruler and my own evil deeds. Purify me of all sins, protect me from the Fire by Your pardon, admit me into Paradise by Your mercy, wed me to the wide-eyed houris by Your grace, and join me to Your righteous friends, Muhammad and his family, the virtuous, the good, the pure, the best; Your blessings be upon them, upon their bodies and their souls, and the mercy of God and His blessings. My God and my Lord, by Your might and Your majesty, if You hold me to account for my sins, I will hold You to Your pardon, and if You hold me to account for my baseness, I will hold You to Your generosity.

وَ لَئِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي النَّارَ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ أَهْلَ النَّارِ بِحُبِّي لَكَ إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لا تَغْفِرُ إِلّا لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ فَإِلَى مَنْ يَفْزَعُ الْمُذْنِبُونَ وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لا تُكْرِمُ إِلّا أَهْلَ الْوَفَاءِ بِكَ فَبِمَنْ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمُسِيئُونَ إِلَهِي إِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي النَّارَ فَفِي ذَلِكَ سُرُورُ عَدُوِّكَ وَ إِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَفِي ذَلِكَ سُرُورُ نَبِيِّكَ وَ أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ سُرُورَ نَبِيِّكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ سُرُورِ عَدُوِّكَ ،

And if You send me into the Fire, I will tell the people of the Fire of my love for You. My God and my Lord, if You forgive only Your friends and those who obey You, then to whom will the sinners flee? And if You honour only those who keep faith with You, then to whom will the wrongdoers cry for help? My God, if You send me into the Fire, in that is the delight of Your enemy, and if You admit me into Paradise, in that is the delight of Your Prophet; and I, by God, know that the delight of Your Prophet is dearer to You than the delight of Your enemy.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَمْلَأَ قَلْبِي حُبّاً لَكَ وَ خَشْيَةً مِنْكَ وَ تَصْدِيقاً بِكِتَابِكَ وَ إِيمَاناً بِكَ وَ فَرَقاً مِنْكَ وَ شَوْقاً إِلَيْكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ لِقَاءَكَ وَ أَحْبِبْ لِقَائِي وَ اجْعَلْ لِي فِي لِقَائِكَ الرَّاحَةَ وَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْكَرَامَةَ اللَّهُمَّ أَلْحِقْنِي بِصَالِحِ مَنْ مَضَى وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَالِحِ مَنْ بَقِيَ وَ خُذْ بِي سَبِيلَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى نَفْسِي بِمَا تُعِينُ بِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ اخْتِمْ عَمَلِي بِأَحْسَنِهِ وَ اجْعَلْ ثَوَابِي مِنْهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى صَالِحِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَ ثَبِّتْنِي يَا رَبِّ وَ لا تَرُدَّنِي فِي سُوءٍ اسْتَنْقَذْتَنِي مِنْهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

O God, I ask You to fill my heart with love for You, fear of You, belief in Your Book, faith in You, dread of You and longing for You. O Possessor of majesty and honour, make meeting You beloved to me, love to meet me, and place for me in meeting You rest, relief and honour. O God, join me to the righteous who have passed on, make me one of the righteous who remain, lead me on the path of the righteous, help me against my own self with that by which You help the righteous against their selves, seal my deeds with the best of them, make Paradise my reward for them by Your mercy, help me to do good with what You have given me, keep me steadfast, O Lord, and do not return me to any evil from which You have rescued me, O Lord of the worlds.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَاناً لا أَجَلَ لَهُ دُونَ لِقَائِكَ أَحْيِنِي مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ تَوَفَّنِي إِذَا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ ابْعَثْنِي إِذَا بَعَثْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ أَبْرِئْ قَلْبِي مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ وَ الشَّكِّ وَ السُّمْعَةِ فِي دِينِكَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ عَمَلِي خَالِصاً لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي بَصِيرَةً فِي دِينِكَ وَ فَهْماً فِي حُكْمِكَ وَ فِقْهاً فِي عِلْمِكَ وَ كِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ وَرَعاً يَحْجُزُنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ وَ بَيِّضْ وَجْهِي بِنُورِكَ وَ اجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَ تَوَفَّنِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ .

O God, I ask You for a faith that has no end before I meet You. Keep me alive upon it as long as You keep me alive, take me upon it when You take me, and raise me upon it when You raise me. Free my heart of showing off, doubt and seeking repute in Your religion, so that my deeds are purely for You. O God, give me insight into Your religion, understanding of Your rulings, deep knowledge of Your knowledge, a double share of Your mercy, and piety that holds me back from disobeying You. Brighten my face with Your light, let my desire be for what is with You, and take me in Your way and upon the creed of Your Messenger, God bless him and his family.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَ الْفَشَلِ وَ الْهَمِّ وَ الْجُبْنِ وَ الْبُخْلِ وَ الْغَفْلَةِ وَ الْقَسْوَةِ [وَ الذِّلَّةِ] وَ الْمَسْكَنَةِ وَ الْفَقْرِ وَ الْفَاقَةِ وَ كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ وَ الْفَوَاحِشِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَ مَا بَطَنَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لا تَقْنَعُ وَ بَطْنٍ لا يَشْبَعُ وَ قَلْبٍ لا يَخْشَعُ وَ دُعَاءٍ لا يُسْمَعُ وَ عَمَلٍ لا يَنْفَعُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَ دِينِي وَ مَالِي وَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَا رَزَقْتَنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ .

O God, I seek refuge in You from laziness, faintheartedness, worry, cowardice, miserliness, heedlessness, hardness of heart, wretchedness, poverty, want, every affliction, and indecencies, both open and hidden. I seek refuge in You from a soul that is never content, a stomach that is never full, a heart that is never humble, a supplication that is not heard and a deed that does not benefit. And I seek refuge in You, O Lord, for my soul, my religion, my wealth and all that You have provided me, from Satan the accursed; indeed You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لا يُجِيرُنِي مِنْكَ أَحَدٌ وَ لا أَجِدُ مِنْ دُونِكَ مُلْتَحَداً فَلا تَجْعَلْ نَفْسِي فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ لا تَرُدَّنِي بِهَلَكَةٍ وَ لا تَرُدَّنِي بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي وَ أَعْلِ [كَعْبِي وَ] ذِكْرِي وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي وَ حُطَّ وِزْرِي وَ لا تَذْكُرْنِي بِخَطِيئَتِي وَ اجْعَلْ ثَوَابَ مَجْلِسِي وَ ثَوَابَ مَنْطِقِي وَ ثَوَابَ دُعَائِي رِضَاكَ وَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ أَعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ جَمِيعَ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ وَ زِدْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ إِنِّي إِلَيْكَ رَاغِبٌ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

O God, no one can protect me from You, and I find no refuge besides You, so do not place my soul in any of Your punishment, do not turn me back in ruin, and do not turn me back with a painful punishment. O God, accept from me, exalt my name, raise my rank, remove my burden, do not remember me for my sin, and make the reward of my sitting, the reward of my speech and the reward of my supplication Your good pleasure and Paradise. Give me, O Lord, all that I have asked of You, and increase me from Your bounty; indeed I long for You, O Lord of the worlds.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ [الْعَفْوَ وَ أَمَرْتَنَا] أَنْ نَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَ قَدْ ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا فَاعْفُ عَنَّا فَإِنَّكَ أَوْلَى بِذَلِكَ مِنَّا وَ أَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ لا نَرُدَّ سَائِلاً عَنْ أَبْوَابِنَا وَ قَدْ جِئْتُكَ سَائِلا فَلا تَرُدَّنِي إِلّا بِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي وَ أَمَرْتَنَا بِالْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُنَا وَ نَحْنُ أَرِقَّاؤُكَ فَأَعْتِقْ رِقَابَنَا مِنَ النَّارِ يَا مَفْزَعِي عِنْدَ كُرْبَتِي وَ يَا غَوْثِي عِنْدَ شِدَّتِي إِلَيْكَ فَزِعْتُ وَ بِكَ اسْتَغَثْتُ وَ لُذْتُ لا أَلُوذُ بِسِوَاكَ وَ لا أَطْلُبُ الْفَرَجَ إِلّا مِنْكَ فَأَغِثْنِي وَ فَرِّجْ عَنِّي يَا مَنْ يَفُكُّ الْأَسِيرَ [يَقْبَلُ الْيَسِيرَ] وَ يَعْفُو عَنِ الْكَثِيرِ اقْبَلْ مِنِّي الْيَسِيرَ وَ اعْفُ عَنِّي الْكَثِيرَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّحِيمُ الْغَفُورُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانا تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَ يَقِينا [صَادِقا] حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُصِيبَنِي إِلّا مَا كَتَبْتَ لِي وَ رَضِّنِي مِنَ الْعَيْشِ بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O God, You revealed in Your Book that we should pardon those who have wronged us, and we have wronged ourselves, so pardon us, for You are more worthy of that than we are. You commanded us not to turn a beggar away from our doors, and I have come to You as a beggar, so do not turn me away except with my need fulfilled. You commanded us to be kind to those whom our right hands possess, and we are Your slaves, so free our necks from the Fire. O my refuge in my distress, O my rescuer in my hardship, to You I have fled, from You I have sought rescue, and in You I have taken shelter; I take shelter in none but You and I seek relief from none but You, so rescue me and relieve me. O He who frees the captive and pardons much, accept from me the little and pardon me the much, for You, You alone, are the Merciful, the Forgiving. O God, I ask You for a faith with which You touch my heart directly, and a certainty such that I know that nothing will ever befall me except what You have written for me, and make me content with the livelihood You have allotted me, O Most Merciful of the merciful.