Munajat of the Thankful

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

إِلَهِي أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ وَ أَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ وَ شَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ وَ أَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ وَ هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ وَ قَابَلَهَا بِالتَّقْصِيرِ وَ شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْإِهْمَالِ وَ التَّضْيِيعِ وَ أَنْتَ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ الْبَرُّ الْكَرِيمُ الَّذِي لا يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ وَ لا يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ الرَّاجِينَ وَ بِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ الْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ فَلا تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِالتَّخْيِيبِ وَ الْإِيَاسِ وَ لا تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ الْقُنُوطِ وَ الْإِبْلاسِ

My God, the succession of Your bounty has distracted me from offering You due thanks, the flood of Your grace has left me unable to count Your praises, the stream of Your recurring favours has kept me from recalling Your praiseworthy acts, and the constant flow of Your gifts has worn me out from proclaiming Your kindnesses. This is the station of one who has acknowledged the fullness of blessings, has met them with shortcoming, and has borne witness against himself to neglect and squandering. And You are the Kind, the Merciful, the Good, the Generous, who does not disappoint those who seek Him, nor drive away from His courtyard those who hope in Him. In Your courtyard the hopeful set down their saddles, and in Your open court the hopes of those who seek Your gifts come to rest. So do not meet our hopes with disappointment and despair, and do not clothe us in the garment of hopelessness and despondency.

إِلَهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي وَ تَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَ نَشْرِي جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الْإِيمَانِ حُلَلاً وَ ضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ الْعِزِّ كِلَلاً وَ قَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لا تُحَلُّ وَ طَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لا تُفَلُّ فَآلاؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا وَ نَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا،

My God, my thanks have grown small before the greatness of Your bounties, and my praise and proclaiming have dwindled beside Your honouring of me. Your blessings have robed me in garments of the lights of faith, the subtleties of Your goodness have spread over me canopies of might, Your favours have hung on me necklaces that cannot be undone, and have collared me with collars that cannot be broken. For Your bounties are abundant, my tongue too weak to count them, and Your blessings are many, my understanding too short to grasp them,

فَضْلاً عَنِ اسْتِقْصَائِهَا فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ الشُّكْرِ وَ شُكْرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى شُكْرٍ فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذَلِكَ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ إِلَهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ وَ رَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ النِّعَمِ وَ ادْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ النِّقَمِ وَ آتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ الدَّارَيْنِ أَرْفَعَهَا وَ أَجَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَ آجِلا وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ وَ سُبُوغِ نَعْمَائِكَ حَمْداً يُوَافِقُ رِضَاكَ وَ يَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرِّكَ وَ نَدَاكَ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

let alone fathom them all. So how can I attain thanksgiving, when my thanking You itself calls for thanks? For every time I say, 'To You belongs praise,' it becomes my duty, for that, to say, 'To You belongs praise.' My God, just as You have nourished us with Your gentleness and reared us by Your handiwork, so complete for us the ample blessings, ward off from us the hateful afflictions of punishment, and give us, of the portions of the two abodes, the highest and the most glorious, both now and in time to come. And to You belongs praise for Your good testing and for the fullness of Your blessings, a praise that accords with Your good pleasure and draws forth the immensity of Your goodness and generosity. O Great, O Generous, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.