Read every night of Ramadan
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَفْتَتِحُ الثَّنَاءَ بِحَمْدِكَ وَ أَنْتَ مُسَدِّدٌ لِلصَّوَابِ بِمَنِّكَ وَ أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْعَفْوِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ أَشَدُّ الْمُعَاقِبِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ النَّكَالِ وَ النَّقِمَةِ وَ أَعْظَمُ الْمُتَجَبِّرِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْعَظَمَةِ اللَّهُمَّ أَذِنْتَ لِي فِي دُعَائِكَ وَ مَسْأَلَتِكَ فَاسْمَعْ يَا سَمِيعُ مِدْحَتِي وَ أَجِبْ يَا رَحِيمُ دَعْوَتِي وَ أَقِلْ يَا غَفُورُ عَثْرَتِي فَكَمْ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ كُرْبَةٍ قَدْ فَرَّجْتَهَا وَ هُمُومٍ [غُمُومٍ ] قَدْ كَشَفْتَهَا وَ عَثْرَةٍ قَدْ أَقَلْتَهَا وَ رَحْمَةٍ قَدْ نَشَرْتَهَا وَ حَلْقَةِ بَلاءٍ قَدْ فَكَكْتَهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لا وَلَداً وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً.
O God, I begin the praise with Your praise, and You guide to what is right through Your grace. I am certain that You are the Most Merciful of the merciful in the place of pardon and mercy, the severest of punishers in the place of retribution and vengeance, and the greatest of the overpowering in the place of grandeur and greatness. O God, You have permitted me to call upon You and to ask of You, so hear, O All-Hearing, my praise; answer, O Ever-Merciful, my call; and overlook, O All-Forgiving, my stumbling. How many a distress, O my God, have You relieved, how many worries have You dispelled, how many a stumble have You overlooked, how many a mercy have You spread, and how many a ring of affliction have You broken apart! Praise be to God, who has taken neither consort nor son, who has no partner in the kingdom, and who has no protector out of weakness; and magnify Him with all magnificence.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ كُلِّهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ كُلِّهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لا مُضَادَّ لَهُ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَ لا مُنَازِعَ لَهُ فِي أَمْرِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَ لا شَبِيهَ [شِبْهَ ] لَهُ فِي عَظَمَتِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْفَاشِي فِي الْخَلْقِ أَمْرُهُ وَ حَمْدُهُ الظَّاهِرِ بِالْكَرَمِ مَجْدُهُ الْبَاسِطِ بِالْجُودِ يَدَهُ الَّذِي لا تَنْقُصُ خَزَائِنُهُ وَ لا تَزِيدُهُ [يَزِيدُهُ ] كَثْرَةُ الْعَطَاءِ إِلا جُودا وَ كَرَما إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْوَهَّابُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلِيلا مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مَعَ حَاجَةٍ بِي إِلَيْهِ عَظِيمَةٍ وَ غِنَاكَ عَنْهُ قَدِيمٌ وَ هُوَ عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ.
Praise be to God with all His praises, every one of them, for all His blessings, every one of them. Praise be to God, who has no opponent in His kingdom and no rival in His command. Praise be to God, who has no partner in His creation and none like Him in His greatness. Praise be to God, whose command and praise are spread throughout creation, whose glory is manifest through generosity, whose hand is outspread with bounty, whose treasuries never diminish, and whom abundant giving only increases in bounty and generosity; truly He is the Mighty, the Bestower. O God, I ask You for a little out of much, with a great need of mine for it, while You have been free of need of it from eternity; to me it is much, and for You it is easy and simple.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنْ ذَنْبِي وَ تَجَاوُزَكَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِي وَ صَفْحَكَ عَنْ ظُلْمِي وَ سَتْرَكَ عَلَى [عَنْ ] قَبِيحِ عَمَلِي وَ حِلْمَكَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ [كَبِيرِ] جُرْمِي عِنْدَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ خَطَايَ [خَطَئِي ] وَ عَمْدِي أَطْمَعَنِي فِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لا أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ الَّذِي رَزَقْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ أَرَيْتَنِي مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ وَ عَرَّفْتَنِي مِنْ إِجَابَتِكَ فَصِرْتُ أَدْعُوكَ آمِنا وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مُسْتَأْنِساً لا خَائِفاً وَ لا وَجِلاً مُدِلَّاً عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا قَصَدْتُ فِيهِ [بِهِ ] إِلَيْكَ فَإِنْ أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي [عَلَيَ ] عَتَبْتُ بِجَهْلِي عَلَيْكَ وَ لَعَلَّ الَّذِي أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي لِعِلْمِكَ بِعَاقِبَةِ الْأُمُورِ فَلَمْ أَرَ مَوْلًى [مُؤَمَّلا] كَرِيما أَصْبَرَ عَلَى عَبْدٍ لَئِيمٍ مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّكَ تَدْعُونِي فَأُوَلِّي عَنْكَ وَ تَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَبَغَّضُ إِلَيْكَ وَ تَتَوَدَّدُ إِلَيَّ فَلا أَقْبَلُ مِنْكَ كَأَنَّ لِيَ التَّطَوُّلَ عَلَيْكَ،
O God, Your pardon of my sin, Your overlooking of my transgression, Your forgiveness of my wrongdoing, Your covering of my ugly deeds, and Your forbearance toward my many offences, whether committed by mistake or on purpose, have made me hope to ask You for what I do not deserve from You, that which You have granted me of Your mercy, shown me of Your power, and made known to me of Your answering. So I came to call upon You feeling secure and to ask of You at ease, neither fearful nor anxious, presuming upon You in what I have come to You for. If it is delayed from me, in my ignorance I reproach You, and perhaps what has been delayed from me is better for me, because You know the outcome of affairs. I have never seen a generous master more patient with a base servant than You are with me. O Lord, You call me and I turn away from You; You show me love and I make myself hateful to You; You show me affection and I do not accept it from You, as though I were the one doing You a favour.
فَلَمْ [ثُمَّ لَمْ ] يَمْنَعْكَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ لِي وَ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَيَّ وَ التَّفَضُّلِ عَلَيَّ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ فَارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْجَاهِلَ وَ جُدْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ إِحْسَانِكَ إِنَّكَ جَوَادٌ كَرِيمٌ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَالِكِ الْمُلْكِ مُجْرِي الْفُلْكِ مُسَخِّرِ الرِّيَاحِ فَالِقِ الْإِصْبَاحِ دَيَّانِ الدِّينِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى حِلْمِهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى عَفْوِهِ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى طُولِ أَنَاتِهِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَ هُوَ قَادِرٌ [الْقَادِرُ] عَلَى مَا يُرِيدُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ بَاسِطِ الرِّزْقِ فَالِقِ الْإِصْبَاحِ ذِي الْجَلالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ وَ الْفَضْلِ [وَ التَّفَضُّلِ ] وَ الْإِنْعَامِ [الْإِحْسَانِ ] الَّذِي بَعُدَ فَلا يُرَى وَ قَرُبَ فَشَهِدَ النَّجْوَى تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مُنَازِعٌ يُعَادِلُهُ وَ لا شَبِيهٌ يُشَاكِلُهُ وَ لا ظَهِيرٌ يُعَاضِدُهُ قَهَرَ بِعِزَّتِهِ الْأَعِزَّاءَ وَ تَوَاضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْعُظَمَاءُ فَبَلَغَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ.
Yet that did not keep You from showing mercy to me, doing good to me, and favouring me through Your bounty and generosity. So have mercy on Your ignorant servant and be bountiful to him with the abundance of Your goodness; truly You are Bountiful, Generous. Praise be to God, Owner of the kingdom, who makes the ships sail, who subjugates the winds, who splits the dawn, the Requiter of the Judgement, Lord of the worlds. Praise be to God for His forbearance after His knowledge, praise be to God for His pardon after His power, and praise be to God for His long patience in His anger, while He has power over whatever He wills. Praise be to God, Creator of creation, who spreads out sustenance, who splits the dawn, Possessor of majesty and honour, of grace and blessing, who is far, so He is not seen, and near, so He witnesses what is whispered in secret; blessed is He and exalted. Praise be to God, who has no rival to equal Him, no likeness to resemble Him, and no helper to support Him; by His might He has subdued the mighty, and before His greatness the great have humbled themselves, so by His power He attains whatever He wills.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُجِيبُنِي حِينَ أُنَادِيهِ وَ يَسْتُرُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ عَوْرَةٍ وَ أَنَا أَعْصِيهِ وَ يُعَظِّمُ النِّعْمَةَ عَلَيَّ فَلا أُجَازِيهِ فَكَمْ مِنْ مَوْهِبَةٍ هَنِيئَةٍ قَدْ أَعْطَانِي وَ عَظِيمَةٍ مَخُوفَةٍ قَدْ كَفَانِي وَ بَهْجَةٍ مُونِقَةٍ قَدْ أَرَانِي فَأُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ حَامِدا وَ أَذْكُرُهُ مُسَبِّحاً الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لا يُهْتَكُ حِجَابُهُ وَ لا يُغْلَقُ بَابُهُ وَ لا يُرَدُّ سَائِلُهُ وَ لا يُخَيَّبُ [يَخِيبُ ] آمِلُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ الْخَائِفِينَ وَ يُنَجِّي [يُنْجِي ] الصَّالِحِينَ [الصَّادِقِينَ ] وَ يَرْفَعُ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَ يَضَعُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ وَ يُهْلِكُ مُلُوكا وَ يَسْتَخْلِفُ آخَرِينَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ قَاصِمِ الْجَبَّارِينَ مُبِيرِ الظَّالِمِينَ مُدْرِكِ الْهَارِبِينَ نَكَالِ الظَّالِمِينَ صَرِيخِ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ مَوْضِعِ حَاجَاتِ الطَّالِبِينَ مُعْتَمَدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِهِ تَرْعَدُ السَّمَاءُ وَ سُكَّانُهَا وَ تَرْجُفُ الْأَرْضُ وَ عُمَّارُهَا وَ تَمُوجُ الْبِحَارُ وَ مَنْ يَسْبَحُ فِي غَمَرَاتِهَا.
Praise be to God, who answers me when I call upon Him, who covers every fault of mine while I disobey Him, and who makes His blessing upon me great though I do not repay Him. How many a pleasant gift He has given me, how many a fearsome calamity He has spared me, and how many a delightful joy He has shown me! So I extol Him with praise and remember Him with glorification. Praise be to God, whose veil is not torn, whose door is not shut, whose petitioner is not turned away and whose hopeful one is not disappointed. Praise be to God, who gives safety to the fearful, rescues the righteous, raises the oppressed, brings down the arrogant, destroys kings and appoints others in their place. And praise be to God, the Breaker of tyrants, the Destroyer of wrongdoers, the Overtaker of fugitives, the Punisher of wrongdoers, the Helper of those who cry for help, the Place where seekers lay their needs, the Support of the believers. Praise be to God, in awe of whom the sky and its dwellers tremble, the earth and its inhabitants quake, and the seas and those who swim in their depths surge.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَذَا وَ مَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْ لا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يَخْلُقُ وَ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ وَ يَرْزُقُ وَ لا يُرْزَقُ وَ يُطْعِمُ وَ لا يُطْعَمُ وَ يُمِيتُ الْأَحْيَاءَ وَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ لا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ وَ أَمِينِكَ وَ صَفِيِّكَ وَ حَبِيبِكَ وَ خِيَرَتِكَ [خَلِيلِكَ ] مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَ حَافِظِ سِرِّكَ وَ مُبَلِّغِ رِسَالاتِكَ أَفْضَلَ وَ أَحْسَنَ وَ أَجْمَلَ وَ أَكْمَلَ وَ أَزْكَى وَ أَنْمَى وَ أَطْيَبَ وَ أَطْهَرَ وَ أَسْنَى وَ أَكْثَرَ [أَكْبَرَ] مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ وَ تَرَحَّمْتَ وَ تَحَنَّنْتَ وَ سَلَّمْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ [خَلْقِكَ ] وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ وَ رُسُلِكَ وَ صِفْوَتِكَ وَ أَهْلِ الْكَرَامَةِ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ وَصِيِّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ،
Praise be to God, who guided us to this; we would never have been guided had God not guided us. Praise be to God, who creates and was not created, who provides and is not provided for, who feeds and is not fed, who causes the living to die and brings the dead to life, and He is the Living who does not die. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things. O God, bless Muhammad, Your servant, Your Messenger, Your trusted one, Your pure friend, Your beloved, Your best choice from among Your creation, the keeper of Your secret and the conveyor of Your messages, with the most excellent, the finest, the most beautiful, the most perfect, the purest, the most increasing, the most wholesome, the most immaculate, the most sublime and the most abundant of all the blessing, grace, mercy, tenderness and peace You have bestowed upon any of Your servants, Your prophets, Your messengers, Your elect and those of Your creation honoured before You. O God, and bless Ali, the Commander of the Faithful and the successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,
عَبْدِكَ وَ وَلِيِّكَ وَ أَخِي رَسُولِكَ وَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ وَ آيَتِكَ الْكُبْرَى وَ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى الصِّدِّيقَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ فَاطِمَةَ [الزَّهْرَاءِ] سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى سِبْطَيِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ إِمَامَيِ الْهُدَى الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى أَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْخَلَفِ الْهَادِي الْمَهْدِيِّ حُجَجِكَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ وَ أُمَنَائِكَ فِي بِلادِكَ صَلاةً كَثِيرَةً دَائِمَةً اللَّهُمَّ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى وَلِيِّ أَمْرِكَ الْقَائِمِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ وَ الْعَدْلِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ وَ حُفَّهُ [وَ احْفُفْهُ ] بِمَلائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ الدَّاعِيَ إِلَى كِتَابِكَ وَ الْقَائِمَ بِدِينِكَ اسْتَخْلِفْهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفْتَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مَكِّنْ لَهُ دِينَهُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَيْتَهُ لَهُ أَبْدِلْهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِ أَمْنا يَعْبُدُكَ لا يُشْرِكُ بِكَ شَيْئا.
Your servant, Your friend, the brother of Your Messenger, Your Proof over Your creation, Your greatest sign and the great tidings. And bless the truthful and pure Fatima, the leader of the women of the worlds. And bless the two grandsons of mercy and the two Imams of guidance, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, the two masters of the youth of the people of Paradise. And bless the Imams of the Muslims: Ali ibn al-Husayn, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ja'far ibn Muhammad, Musa ibn Ja'far, Ali ibn Musa, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ali ibn Muhammad, al-Hasan ibn Ali, and the guiding successor, al-Mahdi, Your Proofs over Your servants and Your trustees in Your lands, with abundant and everlasting blessing. O God, and bless the guardian of Your command, the hoped-for Riser and the awaited justice. Surround him with Your angels who are brought near, and support him with the Holy Spirit, O Lord of the worlds. O God, make him the one who calls to Your Book and who upholds Your religion. Make him Your successor on the earth as You made those before him successors. Establish for him his religion, which You have approved for him. After his fear, give him security in its place; he worships You, associating nothing with You.
اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّهُ وَ أَعْزِزْ بِهِ وَ انْصُرْهُ وَ انْتَصِرْ بِهِ وَ انْصُرْهُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً وَ افْتَحْ لَهُ فَتْحاً يَسِيراً وَ اجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَانا نَصِيرا اللَّهُمَّ أَظْهِرْ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ حَتَّى لا يَسْتَخْفِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَخَافَةَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي دَوْلَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ تُعِزُّ بِهَا الْإِسْلامَ وَ أَهْلَهُ وَ تُذِلُّ بِهَا النِّفَاقَ وَ أَهْلَهُ وَ تَجْعَلُنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ الْقَادَةِ إِلَى سَبِيلِكَ وَ تَرْزُقُنَا بِهَا كَرَامَةَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ .
O God, grant him might and grant might through him; help him and take victory through him; help him with a mighty help, open for him an easy conquest, and grant him from Yourself a helping authority. O God, make Your religion and the Sunna of Your Prophet prevail through him, so that he hides nothing of the truth for fear of anyone among creation. O God, we turn to You in longing for a noble state through which You give might to Islam and its people and humble hypocrisy and its people, in which You make us among those who call to Your obedience and lead to Your path, and through which You grant us the honour of this world and the hereafter.
اللَّهُمَّ مَا عَرَّفْتَنَا مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَحَمِّلْنَاهُ وَ مَا قَصُرْنَا عَنْهُ فَبَلِّغْنَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ الْمُمْ بِهِ شَعَثَنَا وَ اشْعَبْ بِهِ صَدْعَنَا وَ ارْتُقْ بِهِ فَتْقَنَا وَ كَثِّرْ بِهِ قِلَّتَنَا وَ أَعْزِزْ [أَعِزَّ] بِهِ ذِلَّتَنَا وَ أَغْنِ بِهِ عَائِلَنَا وَ اقْضِ بِهِ عَنْ مُغْرَمِنَا [مَغْرَمِنَا] وَ اجْبُرْ بِهِ فَقْرَنَا وَ سُدَّ بِهِ خَلَّتَنَا وَ يَسِّرْ بِهِ عُسْرَنَا وَ بَيِّضْ بِهِ وُجُوهَنَا وَ فُكَّ بِهِ أَسْرَنَا وَ أَنْجِحْ بِهِ طَلِبَتَنَا وَ أَنْجِزْ بِهِ مَوَاعِيدَنَا وَ اسْتَجِبْ بِهِ دَعْوَتَنَا وَ أَعْطِنَا بِهِ سُؤْلَنَا وَ بَلِّغْنَا بِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ آمَالَنَا وَ أَعْطِنَا بِهِ فَوْقَ رَغْبَتِنَا يَا خَيْرَ الْمَسْئُولِينَ وَ أَوْسَعَ الْمُعْطِينَ اشْفِ بِهِ صُدُورَنَا وَ أَذْهِبْ بِهِ غَيْظَ قُلُوبِنَا وَ اهْدِنَا بِهِ لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ وَ انْصُرْنَا بِهِ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ وَ عَدُوِّنَا إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ [الْخَلْقِ ] آمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ فَقْدَ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ غَيْبَةَ وَلِيِّنَا [إِمَامِنَا] وَ كَثْرَةَ عَدُوِّنَا وَ قِلَّةَ عَدَدِنَا،
O God, whatever of the truth You have made known to us, make us bear it, and whatever of it we have fallen short of, make us attain it. O God, through him gather our scattered state, through him mend our rift, through him sew up our breach, through him make many our fewness, through him turn our abasement into honour, through him enrich our needy, through him settle the debts of those of us in debt, through him make good our poverty, through him fill our want, through him ease our hardship, through him brighten our faces, through him free us from our captivity, through him grant success to our requests, through him fulfil what has been promised to us, through him answer our prayer, through him give us what we ask, through him bring us to our hopes in this world and the hereafter, and through him give us more than we desire, O Best of those who are asked and Most Bountiful of those who give. Through him heal our breasts, through him remove the rage of our hearts, and through him guide us, by Your leave, to the truth concerning which there has been dispute; surely You guide whom You will to a straight path. Through him help us against Your enemy and our enemy, O God of truth, Amen. O God, we complain to You of the loss of our Prophet, Your blessings be upon him and his family, of the occultation of our guardian, of the great number of our enemies and the smallness of our number,
وَ شِدَّةَ الْفِتَنِ بِنَا وَ تَظَاهُرَ الزَّمَانِ عَلَيْنَا فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ [آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ] وَ أَعِنَّا عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِفَتْحٍ مِنْكَ تُعَجِّلُهُ وَ بِضُرٍّ تَكْشِفُهُ وَ نَصْرٍ تُعِزُّهُ وَ سُلْطَانِ حَقٍّ تُظْهِرُهُ وَ رَحْمَةٍ مِنْكَ تُجَلِّلُنَاهَا وَ عَافِيَةٍ مِنْكَ تُلْبِسُنَاهَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ .
of the severity of the trials upon us and of the times ranged against us. So bless Muhammad and his family, and help us against this with a victory from You that You hasten, with harm that You remove, with aid that You make mighty, with rightful authority that You make manifest, with mercy from You with which You cover us, and with well-being from You with which You clothe us, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O God, bless Muhammad and his family