Du'a al-Simat

اللهُمَّ اِني اَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظيمِ الاَعْظَمِ الاَعَزِّ الاَجَلِّ الاَكْرَمِ اَلَّذي اِذا دُعيتَ بِهِ عَلى مَغالِقِ أبْوابِ السَماءِ لِلْفَتْحِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ انْفَتَحَتْ وَاِذا دُعيتَ بِهِ عَلى مَضَايقِ أبْوابِ الاَرضِ لِلِفَرَجِ انْفَرَجَتْ وَ إِذَا دُعِيتَ بِهِ عَلَى الْعُسْرِ لِلْيُسْرِ تَيَسَّرَتْ وَ إِذَا دُعِيتَ بِهِ عَلَى الْأَمْوَاتِ لِلنُّشُورِ انْتَشَرَتْ وَ إِذَا دُعِيتَ بِهِ عَلَى كَشْفِ الْبَأْسَاءِ وَ الضَّرَّاءِ انْكَشَفَتْ وَ بِجَلالِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ،

O God, I ask You by Your great name, the greatest, the mightiest, the most majestic, the most noble, which, when You are called upon by it to open the locked gates of heaven with mercy, they open; and when You are called upon by it to bring relief to the narrow gates of the earth, they open wide; and when You are called upon by it to turn hardship into ease, it is eased; and when You are called upon by it to raise the dead, they are raised; and when You are called upon by it to lift misery and affliction, they are lifted; and by the majesty of Your noble face,

أَكْرَمِ الْوُجُوهِ وَ أَعَزِّ الْوُجُوهِ الَّذِي عَنَتْ لَهُ الْوُجُوهُ وَ خَضَعَتْ لَهُ الرِّقَابُ وَ خَشَعَتْ لَهُ الْأَصْوَاتُ وَ وَجِلَتْ لَهُ الْقُلُوبُ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ وَ بِقُوَّتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَا تُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلا بِإِذْنِكَ وَ تُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا وَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ الَّتِي دَانَ [كَانَ ] لَهَا الْعَالَمُونَ،

the noblest of faces and the mightiest of faces, before which faces are humbled, necks are bowed, voices are hushed and hearts tremble in fear of You; and by Your strength, by which You hold back the sky from falling upon the earth except by Your leave, and hold the heavens and the earth lest they cease to be; and by Your will, to which all the worlds submit,

وَ بِكَلِمَتِكَ الَّتِي خَلَقْتَ بِهَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ وَ بِحِكْمَتِكَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَ بِهَا الْعَجَائِبَ وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا الظُّلْمَةَ وَ جَعَلْتَهَا لَيْلاً وَ جَعَلْتَ اللَّيْلَ سَكَناً [مَسْكَنا] وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا النُّورَ وَ جَعَلْتَهُ نَهَاراً وَ جَعَلْتَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً مُبْصِراً وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا الشَّمْسَ وَ جَعَلْتَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا الْقَمَرَ وَ جَعَلْتَ الْقَمَرَ نُوراً،

and by Your word, by which You created the heavens and the earth; and by Your wisdom, by which You made wonders, by which You created darkness and made it night, and made the night a time of rest; by which You created light and made it day, and made the day a time of rising and of sight; by which You created the sun and made the sun a radiance; and by which You created the moon and made the moon a light,

وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا الْكَوَاكِبَ وَ جَعَلْتَهَا نُجُوماً وَ بُرُوجاً وَ مَصَابِيحَ وَ زِينَةً وَ رُجُوماً وَ جَعَلْتَ لَهَا مَشَارِقَ وَ مَغَارِبَ وَ جَعَلْتَ لَهَا مَطَالِعَ وَ مَجَارِيَ وَ جَعَلْتَ لَهَا فَلَكا وَ مَسَابِحَ وَ قَدَّرْتَهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ مَنَازِلَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ تَقْدِيرَهَا وَ صَوَّرْتَهَا فَأَحْسَنْتَ تَصْوِيرَهَا وَ أَحْصَيْتَهَا بِأَسْمَائِكَ إِحْصَاءً وَ دَبَّرْتَهَا بِحِكْمَتِكَ تَدْبِيراً وَ أَحْسَنْتَ [فَأَحْسَنْتَ ] تَدْبِيرَهَا وَ سَخَّرْتَهَا بِسُلْطَانِ اللَّيْلِ وَ سُلْطَانِ النَّهَارِ وَ السَّاعَاتِ وَ عَدَدِ [وَ عَرَّفْتَ بِهَا عَدَدَ] السِّنِينَ وَ الْحِسَابِ وَ جَعَلْتَ رُؤْيَتَهَا لِجَمِيعِ النَّاسِ مَرْئً وَاحِداً،

and by which You created the heavenly bodies and made them stars, constellations, lamps, adornment and missiles; You gave them places of rising and places of setting, You gave them points of ascent and courses, and You gave them an orbit and paths in which they swim; You measured out for them stations in the sky and measured them well, You shaped them and shaped them well; You counted them by Your names with a full count, You ordered them by Your wisdom with careful ordering, and You ordered them well; You made them subservient to the dominion of the night and the dominion of the day, to the hours and the number of the years and the reckoning, and You made them seen by all people as a single sight,

وَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِمَجْدِكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمْتَ بِهِ عَبْدَكَ وَ رَسُولَكَ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي الْمُقَدَّسِينَ فَوْقَ إِحْسَاسِ [أَحْسَاسِ ] الْكَرُوبِينَ [الْكَرُوبِيِّينَ ] فَوْقَ غَمَائِمِ النُّورِ فَوْقَ تَابُوتِ الشَّهَادَةِ فِي عَمُودِ النَّارِ وَ فِي طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ وَ فِي [إِلَي] جَبَلِ حُورِيثَ فِي الْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِتِسْعِ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ وَ يَوْمَ فَرَقْتَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ وَ فِي الْمُنْبَجِسَاتِ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَ بِهَا الْعَجَائِبَ فِي بَحْرِ سُوفٍ ،

and I ask You, O God, by Your glory with which You spoke to Your servant and messenger Moses son of Imran, peace be upon him, among the holy ones, above the perception of the cherubim, above the clouds of light, above the Ark of the Testimony, in the pillar of fire, on Mount Sinai and on Mount Horeb, in the holy valley, in the blessed spot on the right side of the Mount, from the tree; and in the land of Egypt with nine clear signs; and on the day You parted the sea for the Children of Israel; and in the gushing springs by which You worked wonders in the Sea of Suf,

وَ عَقَدْتَ مَاءَ الْبَحْرِ فِي قَلْبِ الْغَمْرِ كَالْحِجَارَةِ وَ جَاوَزْتَ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ وَ تَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُكَ الْحُسْنَى عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَ أَوْرَثْتَهُمْ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَغَارِبَهَا الَّتِي بَارَكْتَ فِيهَا لِلْعَالَمِينَ وَ أَغْرَقْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ جُنُودَهُ وَ مَرَاكِبَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ وَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ الْأَعْظَمِ [الْأَعْظَمِ ] الْأَعَزِّ الْأَجَلِّ الْأَكْرَمِ وَ بِمَجْدِكَ الَّذِي تَجَلَّيْتَ بِهِ لِمُوسَى كَلِيمِكَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ وَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ خَلِيلِكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ،

and You froze the water of the sea in the heart of the deep like stone, You brought the Children of Israel across the sea, Your fairest word was fulfilled for them because they were patient, and You made them inherit the easts and the wests of the land which You had blessed for all the worlds, and You drowned Pharaoh, his troops and his chariots in the sea; and by Your great name, the greatest, the mightiest, the most majestic, the most noble; and by Your glory with which You revealed Yourself to Moses, the one You spoke to, peace be upon him, on Mount Sinai, and before him to Abraham, peace be upon him, Your close friend, in the Mosque of al-Khayf,

وَ لِإِسْحَاقَ صَفِيِّكَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي بِئْرِ شِيَعٍ [سَبْعٍ ] وَ لِيَعْقُوبَ نَبِيِّكَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي بَيْتِ إِيلٍ وَ أَوْفَيْتَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِمِيثَاقِكَ وَ لِإِسْحَاقَ بِحَلْفِكَ وَ لِيَعْقُوبَ بِشَهَادَتِكَ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِوَعْدِكَ وَ لِلدَّاعِينَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ فَأَجَبْتَ وَ بِمَجْدِكَ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لِمُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى قُبَّةِ الرُّمَّانِ [الزَّمَانِ ] [الْهَرْمَانِ ] وَ بِآيَاتِكَ الَّتِي وَقَعَتْ عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِمَجْدِ الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْغَلَبَةِ بِآيَاتٍ عَزِيزَةٍ وَ بِسُلْطَانِ الْقُوَّةِ وَ بِعِزَّةِ الْقُدْرَةِ وَ بِشَأْنِ الْكَلِمَةِ التَّامَّةِ،

and to Isaac, Your chosen one, peace be upon him, at the well of Shiya', and to Jacob, Your prophet, peace be upon him, at Bethel; and You fulfilled Your covenant with Abraham, peace be upon him, Your oath to Isaac, Your testimony to Jacob, Your promise to the believers, and to those who called upon You by Your names You responded; and by Your glory that appeared to Moses son of Imran, peace be upon him, on the Dome of the Pomegranate; and by Your signs that came upon the land of Egypt with the glory of might and dominance, with mighty signs, and by the dominion of strength, and by the might of power, and by the majesty of the perfect word,

وَ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ الَّتِي تَفَضَّلْتَ بِهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَهْلِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي مَنَنْتَ بِهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ وَ بِاسْتِطَاعَتِكَ الَّتِي أَقَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ وَ بِنُورِكَ الَّذِي قَدْ خَرَّ مِنْ فَزَعِهِ طُورُ سَيْنَاءَ وَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ جَلالِكَ وَ كِبْرِيَائِكَ وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ جَبَرُوتِكَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَسْتَقِلَّهَا الْأَرْضُ وَ انْخَفَضَتْ لَهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ انْزَجَرَ لَهَا الْعُمْقُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَ رَكَدَتْ لَهَا الْبِحَارُ وَ الْأَنْهَارُ وَ خَضَعَتْ لَهَا الْجِبَالُ وَ سَكَنَتْ لَهَا الْأَرْضُ بِمَنَاكِبِهَا ،

and by Your words with which You favoured the people of the heavens and the earth, the people of this world and the people of the hereafter; by Your mercy with which You have been gracious to all Your creation; by Your power with which You have stood over the worlds; by Your light, in terror of which Mount Sinai fell down; and by Your knowledge, Your majesty, Your grandeur, Your might and Your omnipotence, which the earth could not bear, before which the heavens were lowered, the greatest depth was held back, the seas and the rivers stood still, the mountains were humbled, and the earth grew calm upon its shoulders,

وَ اسْتَسْلَمَتْ لَهَا الْخَلائِقُ كُلُّهَا وَ خَفَقَتْ لَهَا الرِّيَاحُ فِي جَرَيَانِهَا وَ خَمَدَتْ لَهَا النِّيرَانُ فِي أَوْطَانِهَا وَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ الَّذِي عُرِفَتْ لَكَ بِهِ الْغَلَبَةُ دَهْرَ الدُّهُورِ وَ حُمِدْتَ بِهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ بِكَلِمَتِكَ كَلِمَةِ الصِّدْقِ الَّتِي سَبَقَتْ لِأَبِينَا آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَلِمَتِكَ الَّتِي غَلَبَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي تَجَلَّيْتَ بِهِ لِلْجَبَلِ فَجَعَلْتَهُ دَكّا وَ خَرَّ مُوسَى صَعِقاً،

before which all creatures surrendered, the winds trembled in their courses, and the fires died down in their places; and by Your authority, through which Your supremacy has been known for all ages and through which You have been praised in the heavens and the earths; and by Your word, the word of truth, which went before for our father Adam, peace be upon him, and his offspring with mercy; and I ask You by Your word which has overcome all things, and by the light of Your face with which You revealed Yourself to the mountain, so You made it crumble to dust and Moses fell down in a swoon,

وَ بِمَجْدِكَ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ عَلَى طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ فَكَلَّمْتَ بِهِ عَبْدَكَ وَ رَسُولَكَ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ وَ بِطَلْعَتِكَ فِي سَاعِيرَ وَ ظُهُورِكَ فِي جَبَلِ فَارَانَ بِرَبَوَاتِ الْمُقَدَّسِينَ وَ جُنُودِ الْمَلائِكَةِ الصَّافِّينَ وَ خُشُوعِ الْمَلائِكَةِ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ وَ بِبَرَكَاتِكَ الَّتِي بَارَكْتَ فِيهَا عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ بَارَكْتَ لِإِسْحَاقَ صَفِيِّكَ فِي أُمَّةِ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلامُ وَ بَارَكْتَ لِيَعْقُوبَ إِسْرَائِيلِكَ فِي أُمَّةِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلامُ،

and by Your glory which appeared on Mount Sinai, with which You spoke to Your servant and messenger Moses son of Imran; by Your rising in Seir and Your appearance on Mount Paran with the myriads of the holy ones, the hosts of the angels standing in ranks, and the humility of the angels who glorify You; and by Your blessings with which You blessed Abraham, Your intimate friend, peace be upon him, in the community of Muhammad, God bless him and his family, and blessed Isaac, Your chosen one, in the community of Jesus, peace be upon them both, and blessed Jacob, Your Israel, in the community of Moses, peace be upon them both,

وَ بَارَكْتَ لِحَبِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي عِتْرَتِهِ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَ [فِي ] أُمَّتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا غِبْنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ نَشْهَدْهُ وَ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَ لَمْ نَرَهُ صِدْقاً وَ عَدْلاً أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْ تُبَارِكَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَرَحَّمَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَأَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ وَ تَرَحَّمْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ فَعَّالٌ لِمَا تُرِيدُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ [شَهِيدٌ]

and blessed Your beloved Muhammad, God bless him and his family, in his Household, his offspring and his community. O God, just as we were absent from that and did not witness it, and believed in it without seeing it, in truth and in justice, I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, to grant Your benediction to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and to have mercy on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, in the best way that You blessed, granted Your benediction to and had mercy on Abraham and the family of Abraham. You are indeed Praiseworthy, Glorious, Doer of whatever You will, and You have power over all things.

اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ هَذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَ بِحَقِّ هَذِهِ الْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي لا يَعْلَمُ تَفْسِيرَهَا وَ لا يَعْلَمُ بَاطِنَهَا غَيْرُكَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ افْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَ لا تَفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنَا أَهْلُهُ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهَا وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ وَسِّعْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ حَلالِ رِزْقِكَ وَ اكْفِنِي مَئُونَةَ إِنْسَانِ سَوْءٍ وَ جَارِ سَوْءٍ وَ قَرِينِ سَوْءٍ وَ سُلْطَانِ سَوْءٍ إِنَّكَ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ وَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

O God, by the right of this supplication, and by the right of these names whose interpretation none but You knows, and whose inner meaning none but You knows, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, do with me what You are worthy of, and do not do with me what I am worthy of. Forgive me my sins, those that came before and those that came after; make Your lawful provision ample for me; and spare me the burden of an evil person, an evil neighbour, an evil companion and an evil ruler. Indeed, You have power over whatever You will, and You know all things. Amen, O Lord of the worlds.