| 1 |
Praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds!200 |
| 2 |
O God,
to Thee belongs praise!
Originator of the heavens and
the earth!
Possessor of majesty and
munificence!
Lord of lords!
Object of worship of every
worshiper!
Creator of every creature!
Inheritor of all things!201
There is nothing like Him,202
knowledge
of nothing escapes Him,203
He
encompasses everything,204
and
He is watchful over everything.205 |
| 3 |
Thou art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
Unique, the Alone,
the
Single, the Isolated. |
| 4 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
Generous, the Generously Bestowing,
the
All-mighty, the Mightily Exalted,
the
Magnificent, the Magnificently Magnified. |
| 5 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
All-high, the Sublimely High,
the
Strong in prowess. |
| 6 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
All-merciful, the All-compassionate,
the
All-knowing, the All-wise. |
| 7 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
All-hearing, the All-seeing,
the
Eternal, the All-aware. |
| 8 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
Generous, the Most Generous,
the
Everlasting, the Most Everlasting. |
| 9 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
First before every one,
the
Last after every number. |
| 10 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
the
Close in His highness,
the
High in His closeness. |
| 11 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou,
Possessor
of radiance and glory,
magnificence
and praise. |
| 12 |
Thou
art God,
there
is no god but Thou.
Thou
hast brought forth the things without root,
formed
what Thou hast formed without exemplar,
and
originated the originated things without limitation. |
| 13 |
It is Thou
who
hast ordained each thing with an ordination,206
eased
each thing with an easing,207
and
governed everything below Thyself with a governing.208
|
| 14 |
It
is Thou
whom
no associate helps with Thy creation
and
no vizier aids in Thy command.
Thou
hast no witness and no equal. |
| 15 |
It
is Thou
who
willed,
and
what Thou willed was unfailing,
who
decreed,
and
what Thou decreed was just,
who
decided,
and
what Thou decided was fair. |
| 16 |
It
is Thou
whom
place does not contain,
before whose authority no authority stands up,
and
whom no proof or explication can thwart. |
| 17 |
It
is Thou
who
hast counted everything in numbers,209
appointed
for everything a term,
and
ordained everything with an ordination. |
| 18 |
It
is Thou
before whose selfness imaginations fall short,
before whose howness understandings have no incapacity,
and the place of whose whereness eyes perceive not.210
|
| 19 |
It
is Thou
who
hast no bounds,
lest
Thou be bounded,
who
art not exemplified,
lest
Thou be found,
who
dost not beget,
lest
Thou be begotten.211 |
| 20 |
It
is Thou
with
whom there is no opposite,
lest
it contend with Thee,
who
hast no equal,
lest
it vie with Thee,
who
hast no rival,
lest
it resist Thee. |
| 21 |
It
is Thou
who
art He who began, devised,
brought
forth, originated,
and
made well all that He made. |
| 22 |
Glory be to Thee!
How
majestic is Thy station!
How
high Thy place among the places!
How
cleanly Thy Separator cleaves with the truth!212
|
| 23 |
Glory
be to Thee!
The
Gentle - how gentle Thou art!
The
Clement - how clement Thou art!
The
Wise - how knowing Thou art! |
| 24 |
Glory
be to Thee!
The
King - how invincible Thou art!
The
Munificent - how full of plenty Thou art!
The
Elevated - how elevated Thou art!
Possessor
of radiance and glory,
magnificence
and praise! |
| 25 |
Glory
be to Thee!
Thou
hast stretched forth Thy hand with good things,
and
from Thee guidance has come to be known,
so
he who begs from Thee religion or this world
will
find Thee. |
| 26 |
Glory
be to Thee!
Whatever
passes in Thy knowledge is subjected to Thee,
all
below Thy Throne are humbled before Thy mightiness,
and
every one of Thy creatures follows Thee in submission. |
| 27 |
Glory
be to Thee!
Thou
art not sensed, nor touched,
nor
felt, nor beguiled,
nor
held back, nor challenged,
nor
kept up with, nor resisted,
nor
deceived, nor circumvented. |
| 28 |
Glory
be to Thee!
Thy
path is smooth ground,
Thy
command right guidance,
and
Thou art a living, eternal refuge. |
| 29 |
Glory
be to Thee!
Thy
word is decisive,
Thy
decree unfailing,
Thy
will resolute. |
| 30 |
Glory
be to Thee!
None can reject Thy wish,
none
can change Thy words.213 |
| 31 |
Glory
be to Thee,
Outdazzling
in signs,
Creator
of the heavens,
Author
of the spirits! |
| 32 |
To Thee belongs praise,
a
praise that will be permanent with Thy permanence! |
| 33 |
To
Thee belongs praise,
a
praise everlasting through Thy favour! |
| 34 |
To
Thee belongs praise,
a
praise that will parallel Thy benefaction! |
| 35 |
To
Thee belongs praise,
a
praise that will increase Thy good pleasure! |
| 36 |
To
Thee belongs praise,
a
praise along with the praise of every praiser
and
a thanksgiving before which falls short
the
thanksgiving of every thanksgiver; |
| 37 |
a
praise which is suitable for none but Thee
and
through which nearness is sought to none but Thee; |
| 38 |
a
praise which will make permanent the first [bounty]
and
call forth the permanence of the last; |
| 39 |
a
praise which will multiply through recurrence of times
and
increase through successive doublings; |
| 40 |
a praise which the guardians will not be able to number
and
which exceeds what the writers number in Thy Book;214
|
| 41 |
a
praise which will counterbalance Thy glorious Throne
and
equal Thy elevated Footstool; |
| 42 |
a
praise whose reward with Thee will be complete
and whose recompense will comprise every recompense; |
| 43 |
a
praise whose outward conforms to its inward,
and
whose inward conforms to correct intention; |
| 44 |
a
praise with whose like no creature has praised Thee
and
whose excellence none knows but Thou; |
| 45 |
a
praise in which he who strives to multiply Thy praise
will
be helped
and
he who draws the bow to the utmost in fulfilling it
will
be confirmed; |
| 46 |
a
praise which will
gather
all the praise which Thou hast created
and
tie together all which Thou wilt afterwards create; |
| 47 |
a
praise than which no praise is nearer to Thy word
and
than which none is greater from any who praise Thee; |
| 48 |
a
praise whose fullness will obligate increase
through
Thy generosity
and
to which Thou wilt join increase after increase
as
graciousness from Thee; |
| 49 |
a
praise that will befit the generosity of Thy face
and
meet the might of Thy majesty! |
| 50 |
My Lord,
bless
Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
the
distinguished, the chosen,
the
honoured, the brought nigh,
with
the most excellent of Thy blessings,
benedict
him
with
the most complete of Thy benedictions,
and
have mercy upon him
with
the most enjoyable of Thy mercies! |
| 51 |
My
Lord,
bless
Muhammad and his Household
with
a fruitful blessing,
more
fruitful than which there is no blessing!
Bless
him
with
a growing blessing,
more
growing than which there is no blessing!
And
bless him
with
a pleasing blessing,
beyond
which there is no blessing! |
| 52 |
My
Lord,
bless Muhammad and his Household
with a blessing
which will please him
and increase his good pleasure!
Bless him
with a blessing
which will please Thee
and increase Thy good pleasure toward him!
And bless him
with a blessing
through other than which Thou wilt not be pleased for him,
and for which Thou seest no one else worthy! |
| 53 |
My
Lord,
bless
Muhammad and his Household
with
a blessing which will
pass
beyond Thy good pleasure,
be
continuous in its continuity
through
Thy subsistence,
and
never be spent,
just
as Thy words will never be spent!215 |
| 54 |
My
Lord,
bless
Muhammad and his Household
with
a blessing which will
tie
together the blessings of
Thy
angels, Thy prophets, Thy messengers,
and
those who obey Thee,
comprise
the blessings of Thy servants,
jinn
or mankind,
and
those worthy of Thy response,
and
bring together the blessings
of
every one of the kinds of Thy creatures
which
Thou hast sown and authored! |
| 55 |
My
Lord,
bless
Muhammad and his Household
with
a blessing
which
will encompass every blessing,
bygone
and new!
Bless
him and his Household
with
a blessing which
is
pleasing to Thee
and
everyone below Thee
and
will bring forth with all that
a
blessing
with
which Thou wilt multiply those blessings
and
increase them through the recurrence of days
with
an increasing in multiples
which
none can count but Thou! |
| 56 |
My
Lord,
bless the best of his Household,
those
whom Thou hast
chosen
for Thy command,
appointed
the treasurers of Thy knowledge,
the
guardians of Thy religion,
Thy
vicegerents in Thy earth,
and
Thy arguments against Thy servants,
purified
from uncleanness and defilement
through
a purification by Thy desire,216
and
made the mediation to Thee217
and
the road to Thy Garden! |
| 57 |
My
Lord,
bless Muhammad and his Household
with
a blessing which
makes
plentiful Thy gifts and generosity,
perfects for them Thy bestowals and awards,
and
fills out their share of Thy kindly acts and benefits! |
| 58 |
My
Lord,
bless him and his Household
with a blessing
whose first has no term,
whose term has no limit,
and
whose last has no utmost end! |
| 59 |
My
Lord,
bless them to
the
weight of Thy Throne and all below it,
the
amount that fills the heavens and all above them,
the number of Thy earths and all below and between them,
a
blessing that will bring them near to Thee in proximity,
please
Thee and them,
and
be joined to its likes forever! |
| 60 |
O God,
surely Thou hast confirmed Thy
religion in all times
with
an Imam whom Thou hast set up
as
a guidepost to Thy servants
and
a lighthouse in Thy lands,
after
his cord has been joined to Thy cord!
Thou hast appointed him the
means to Thy good pleasure,
made
obeying him obligatory,
cautioned
against disobeying him,
and
commanded
following
his commands,
abandoning
his prohibitions,
and
that no forward-goer go ahead of him
or
back-keeper keep back from him!218
So
he is the preservation of the shelter-seekers,
the
cave of the faithful,
the
handhold of the adherents,
and
the radiance of the worlds! |
| 61 |
O God,
so inspire Thy guardian219 to give thanks
for
that in which Thou hast favoured him,
inspire us with the like
concerning him,
grant him an authority from
Thee to help him,220
open for him an easy opening,221
aid him with Thy mightiest
pillar,
brace up his back,222
strengthen his arm,223
guard him with Thy eye,
defend him with Thy
safeguarding,
help him with Thy angels,
and assist him with Thy most
victorious troops!224 |
| 62 |
Through him
establish Thy Book, Thy
bounds, Thy laws,
and
the norms of Thy Messenger's Sunna
(Thy
blessings, O God,
be
upon him and his Household),
bring to life the guideposts
of Thy religion,
deadened by the wrongdoers,
burnish the rust of injustice
from Thy way,
sift the adversity from Thy
road,
eliminate those who deviate
from Thy path,
and erase those who seek
crookedness in Thy straightness! |
| 63 |
Make his side mild toward Thy friends,
stretch forth his hand over
Thy enemies,
give us
his
clemency, his mercy,
his
tenderness, his sympathy,
and make us
his
hearers and obeyers,
strivers
toward his good pleasure,
assistants
in helping him and defending him,
and
brought near through that to Thee
and
Thy Messenger
(Thy
blessings, O God,
be
upon him and his Household). |
| 64 |
O God,
and bless
the
friends [of the Imams],
the
confessors of their station,
the
keepers to their course,
the
pursuers of their tracks,
the
clingers to their handhold,
the
adherents to their guardianship,225
the
followers of their imamate,
the
submitters to their command,
the
strivers to obey them,
the
awaiters of their days,
the
directors of their eyes toward them,
with blessings blessed, pure,
growing,
fresh,
and fragrant! |
| 65 |
Give
them and their spirits peace,
bring together their affair
in reverential fear,
set right their situations,
turn toward them,
Surely
Thou art Ever-turning, All-compassionate226
and
the Best of forgivers,
and place us with them in the
Abode of Peace,227
through
Thy mercy,
O
Most Merciful of the merciful! |
| 66 |
O God,
this is the Day of 'Arafa,
a
day which Thou hast made noble, given honour, and magnified.
Within it Thou hast spread
Thy mercy,
showed
kindness through Thy pardon,
and
made plentiful Thy giving,
and
by it Thou hast been bounteous toward Thy servants. |
| 67 |
I
am Thy servant whom Thou favoured before creating him
and
after creating him.
Thou madest him one of those
whom Thou
guided to Thy religion,
gavest success in fulfilling Thy right,
preserved
through Thy cord,
included
within Thy party,
and
directed aright to befriend Thy friends
and
show enmity to Thine enemies. |
| 68 |
Then
Thou commanded him,
but
he did not follow Thy commands,
Thou restricted Him,
but
he did not heed Thy restrictions,
Thou prohibited him from
disobedience toward Thee,
but
he broke Thy command by doing what Thou hadst prohibited,
not in contention with Thee,
nor
to display pride toward Thee;
on the contrary, his caprice228 called him
to
that which Thou hadst set apart and cautioned against,
and
he was helped in that by Thy enemy and his enemy.
So he went ahead with it
knowing
Thy threat,
hoping
for Thy pardon,
and
relying upon Thy forbearance,
though he was the most
obligated of Thy servants
-
given Thy kindness toward him -
not
to do so. |
| 69 |
Here I am, then, before Thee,
despised, lowly, humble,
abject, fearful,
confessing the dreadful sins
with which I am burdened
and
the great offenses that I have committed,
seeking sanctuary in Thy
forgiveness,
asking shelter in Thy mercy,
and certain that
no
sanctuary-giver will give me sanctuary from Thee
and
no withholder will hold me back from Thee. |
| 70 |
So
act kindly toward me,
just
as Thou actest kindly
by
Thy shielding him who commits sins,
be munificent toward me,
just
as Thou art munificent
by
pardoning him who throws himself before Thee,
and show kindness to me,
just
as it is nothing great for Thee to show kindness
by
forgiving him who expectantly hopes in Thee! |
| 71 |
Appoint for me in this day an allotment
through
which I may attain
a
share of Thy good pleasure,
and send me not back destitute
of
that with which Thy worshipers return
from
among Thy servants! |
| 72 |
Though
I have not forwarded
the
righteous deeds
which
they have forwarded,
I have forwarded the
profession of Thy Unity
and
the negation from Thee
of
opposites, rivals, and likenesses,
I have come to Thee by the
gateways
by
which Thou hast commanded
that
people come,
and I have sought nearness to
Thee
through
that without seeking nearness through which
none
gains nearness to Thee. |
| 73 |
Then
I followed all this
with repeated turning toward
Thee,
lowliness and abasement before
Thee,
opinion of Thee,
and trust in what is with
Thee;
and to that I coupled hope in
Thee,
since the one who hopes in Thee
is
seldom disappointed! |
| 74 |
I
asked Thee with the asking of one
vile, lowly,
pitiful, poor,
fearful, seeking sanctuary;
all that in fear and pleading
seeking refuge and asking shelter,
not presumptuous through the
pride of the proud,
nor exalting myself with the boldness of the obedient,
nor presumptuous of the intercession of the interceders. |
| 75 |
For
I am still the least of the least
and the lowliest of the lowly,
like a dust mote or less!
O He who does not hurry the
evildoers
nor restrain those living in ease!229
O He who shows kindness through releasing the stumblers
and gratuitous bounty through respiting the offenders! |
| 76 |
I
am the evildoer, the confessor, the offender, the stumbler! |
| 77 |
I
am he who was audacious toward Thee as one insolent! |
| 78 |
I
am he who disobeyed Thee with forethought! |
| 79 |
I
am he who hid myself from Thy servants
and
blatantly showed myself to Thee!230 |
| 80 |
I
am he who was awed by Thy servants
and
felt secure from Thee! |
| 81 |
I
am he who dreaded not Thy penalty
and
feared not Thy severity! |
| 82 |
I
am the offender against himself! |
| 83 |
I
am the hostage to his own affliction! |
| 84 |
I
am short in shame! |
| 85 |
I
am long in suffering! |
| 86 |
By the right of him whom Thou hast distinguished
among Thy creation
and by him whom Thou hast chosen
for Thyself!
By the right of him whom Thou
hast selected
from among Thy creatures
and
by him whom Thou hast picked
for Thy task!
By the right of him the
obeying of whom Thou hast joined
to obeying Thee,
and
by him the disobeying of whom Thou hast made
like
disobeying Thee!
And by the right of him whose
friendship Thou hast bound
to Thy friendship
and
by him whose enmity Thou hast linked
to
Thine enmity!
Shield me in this day of
mine,
by
that through which Thou shieldest
him who prays fervently to Thee
while disavowing
and him who seeks refuge in Thy forgiveness
while repenting! |
| 87 |
Attend
to me
with
that through which Thou attendest to the people of
obedience
toward Thee,
proximity to Thee,
and
rank with Thee! |
| 88 |
Single
me out,
as
Thou singlest him out who
fulfils
Thy covenant,
fatigues
himself for Thy sake alone,
and
exerts himself in Thy good pleasure! |
| 89 |
Take me not to task for
my neglect in respect to Thee,
my transgressing the limit in
Thy bounds,
and stepping outside Thy
ordinances! |
| 90 |
Draw me not on little by little by granting me a
respite,231
like the drawing on little by
little
of him who withholds from me
the good he has
by not sharing with Thee in
letting favour down upon me! |
| 91 |
Arouse me from
the sleep of the heedless,
the slumber of the prodigal,
and the dozing of the
forsaken! |
| 92 |
Take my heart to that in which Thou hast
employed the devout,
enthralled the worshipers,
and rescued the remiss! |
| 93 |
Give me refuge from that which will
keep me far from Thee,
come between me and my share
from Thee,
and bar me from that which I
strive for in Thee! |
| 94 |
Make easy for me
the road of good deeds toward
Thee,
racing to them from where Thou
hast commanded,
and coveting them as Thou
desirest! |
| 95 |
Efface me not along with
those whom Thou effacest
for thinking lightly of what
Thou hast promised! |
| 96 |
Destroy me not with
those whom Thou destroyest
for exposing themselves to Thy
hate! |
| 97 |
Annihilate me not among
those whom Thou annihilatest
for deviating from Thy roads! |
| 98 |
Deliver me from the floods of trial,
save me from the gullets of
affliction,
and grant me sanctuary from
being seized by respite!232 |
| 99 |
Come between me and the enemy who misguides me,
the caprice which ruins me,
and the failing which
overcomes me! |
| 100 |
Turn not away from me
with the turning away in wrath
from one with whom Thou art
not pleased! |
| 101 |
Let me not lose heart in expecting from Thee,
lest I be overcome by despair
of Thy mercy! |
| 102 |
Grant me not that which I cannot endure,
lest Thou weighest me down
with the surplus of Thy love
which Thou loadest upon me! |
| 103 |
Send me not from Thy hand,
the sending of him who
possesses no good,
toward whom Thou hast no need,
and who turns not back [to
Thee]! |
| 104 |
Cast me not with the casting of him who has
fallen from the eye of Thy
regard
and been wrapped in
degradation from Thee!
Rather take my hand [and save
me] from
the falling of the stumblers,
the disquiet of the deviators,
the slip of those deluded,
and the plight of the
perishers! |
| 105 |
Release me from that with which Thou hast afflicted
the ranks of Thy servants and
handmaids
and make me reach the utmost degrees of him
about whom Thou art concerned,
towards whom Thou showest
favour,
and
with whom Thou art pleased,
so that Thou lettest him live
as one praiseworthy
and
takest him to Thee as one felicitous! |
| 106 |
Collar me with the collar of abstaining from that
which
makes good deeds fail
and takes away blessings! |
| 107 |
Impart to my heart restraint before
ugly works of evil
and disgraceful misdeeds! |
| 108 |
Divert me not
by that which I cannot reach
except through Thee
from doing that which alone
makes Thee pleased with me!233 |
| 109 |
Root out from my heart the love of this vile world,
which keeps from everything
which is with Thee,
bars from seeking the
mediation to Thee,234
and distracts from striving
for nearness to Thee! |
| 110 |
Embellish for me solitude
in prayer whispered to Thee
by night and by day! |
| 111 |
Give me a preservation which will
bring me close to dread of
Thee,
cut me off from committing
things made unlawful by Thee,
and spare me from captivation
by dreadful sins! |
| 112 |
Give me purification from the defilement of
disobedience,
take away from me the filth of
offenses,
dress me in the dress of Thy
well-being,
cloak me in the cloak of Thy
release,
wrap me in Thy ample favours,
and clothe me in Thy bounty
and Thy graciousness! |
| 113 |
Strengthen me with Thy giving success
and Thy pointing the right
way,
help me toward righteous
intention,
pleasing
words,
and
approved works, and entrust me not to my force and my strength
in
place of Thy force and Thy strength! |
| 114 |
Degrade me not on the day Thou raisest me up to
meet Thee,
disgrace me not before Thy friends,
make me not forget remembering Thee,
take not away from me thanking Thee,
but enjoin it upon me in
states of inattention
when the ignorant are heedless
of Thy boons,
and inspire me to
laud what Thou hast done for
me
and confess to what Thou hast
conferred upon me! |
| 115 |
Place my beseeching Thee above the beseeching of
the beseechers
and my praise of Thee above the praise of the praisers! |
| 116 |
Abandon me not with my neediness for Thee,
destroy me not for what I have
done for Thee,235
and slap not my brow with that
with which
Thou
slappest the brow of those who contend with Thee,
for
I am submitted to Thee.
I know
that the argument is Thine,
that Thou art closest to
bounty,
most
accustomed to beneficence,
worthy
of reverent fear,
and
worthy of forgiveness,236
that Thou art closer to
pardoning
than
to punishing,
and that Thou art nearer to
covering over
than
to making notorious! |
| 117 |
Let
me live an agreeable life
that
will tie together what I want
and
reach what I love
while
I not bring what Thou dislikest
and
not commit what Thou hast prohibited;
and make me die the death of
him
whose light runs before him and on his right hand!237
|
| 118 |
Abase me before Thyself
and
exalt me before Thy creatures,
lower me when I am alone with
Thee
and
raise me among Thy servants,
free me from need for him who
has no need of me
and
increase me in neediness and poverty toward Thee! |
| 119 |
Give me refuge from
the
gloating of enemies,
the
arrival of affliction,
lowliness
and suffering!
Shield me in what Thou seest
from me,
the
shielding of him who
would
have power over violence
had
he no clemency,
and
would seize for misdeeds
had
he no lack of haste! |
| 120 |
When Thou desirest for a people a trial or an evil,
deliver
me from it, for I seek Thy shelter;
and since Thou hast not stood
me in the station of disgrace
in
this world of Thine,
stand me not in such a station
in
the next world of Thine! |
| 121 |
Couple for me the beginnings of Thy kindnesses with
their ends
and
the ancient of Thy benefits with the freshly risen!
Prolong not my term with a
prolonging
through
which my heart will harden!238
Strike me not with a striking
that
will take away my radiance!239
Visit me not with
a
meanness that will diminish my worth
or
a decency that will keep my rank unknown! |
| 122 |
Frighten me not
with
a fright by which I will despair
or
a terror through which I will dread,
but make me
stand
in awe of Thy threat,
take
precautions against Thy leaving no excuses240
and
Thy warning,
and
tremble at the recitation of Thy verses! |
| 123 |
Fill my night with life by keeping me awake therein
for
worshipping
Thee,
solitude
with vigil for Thee,
exclusive
devotion to reliance upon Thee,
setting
my needs before Thee,
and
imploring that Thou wilt
set
my neck free from the Fire
and
grant me sanctuary from Thy chastisement,
within
which its inhabitants dwell! |
| 124 |
Leave me not
blindly
wandering in my insolence241
or
inattentive in my perplexity for a time,242
make me not
an
admonition to him who takes admonishment,
a
punishment exemplary for him who takes heed,
a
trial for him who observes,
devise not against me along
with those against whom Thou devisest,
replace me not with another,
change not my name,243
transform not my body,244
appoint me not
a
mockery for Thy creatures,
a laughing-stock for Thyself,
a
follower of anything but Thy good pleasure,
a
menial servant for anything but avenging Thee! |
| 125 |
Let me find
the
coolness of Thy pardon
and
the sweetness of
Thy
mercy,
Thy
repose,
Thy
ease,
and
the garden of Thy bliss!245
Let me taste,
through
some of Thy boundless plenty,
the
flavour of
being free for what Thou lovest
and striving in what brings about proximity
with Thee and to Thee,
and give me a gift from among
Thy gifts! |
| 126 |
Make my commerce profitable246
and
my return without loss,247
fill me with fear of Thy
station,
make me yearn for the meeting
with Thee,
and allow me to repent with an
unswerving repentance
along
with which Thou lettest no sins remain,
small
or large,
and
leavest no wrongs, open or secret! |
| 127 |
Root out rancour toward the faithful from my
breast,248
bend
my heart toward the humble,
be
toward me as Thou art toward the righteous,
adorn
me with the adornment of the godfearing,
appoint
for me
a goodly report249 among those yet to
come
and
a growing remembrance among the later folk,
and
take me to the plain of those who came first!250
|
| 128 |
Complete the lavishness of Thy favour upon me,
clothe me in its repeated
generosities,
fill my hand with Thy
benefits,
drive Thy generous gifts to
me,
make me the neighbour of the
best of Thy friends
in
the Gardens which Thou hast adorned for Thy chosen,
and wrap me in Thy noble
presents
in
the stations prepared for Thy beloveds! |
| 129 |
Appoint for me
a
resting place with Thee
where
I may seek haven in serenity,
and
a resort to which I may revert
and
rest my eyes,
weigh not against me my
dreadful misdeeds,
destroy me not on the day the
secrets are tried,251
eliminate from me every doubt
and uncertainty,
appoint for me a way in the
truth from every mercy,
make plentiful for me the
portions of gifts
from
Thy granting of awards,
and fill out for me the shares
of beneficence
from
Thy bestowal of bounty! |
| 130 |
Make my heart trust in what is with Thee
and
my concern free for what is Thine,
employ me in that in which
Thou employest Thy pure friends,
drench my heart with Thy
obedience when intellects are distracted,
and combine within me
independence,
continence,
ease,
release,
health,
plenty,
tranquillity,
and well being! |
| 131 |
Make not fail
my
good deeds
through
my disobedience that stains them
or my private times of worship
through
the instigations of Thy trial!
Safeguard my face from asking
from
anyone in the world,
and
drive me far from begging
for
that which is with the ungodly! |
| 132 |
Make me not an aid to the wrongdoers,
nor
their hand and helper in erasing Thy Book!
Defend me whence I know not
with a defense
through
which Thou protectest me!
Open toward me the gates of
Thy repentance, Thy mercy,
Thy
clemency, and Thy boundless provision!
Surely
I am one of those who beseech Thee!
And complete Thy favour toward
me!
Surely
Thou art the best of those who show favour! |
| 133 |
Place the rest of my life in the hajj and the 'umra
seeking
Thy face,
O
Lord of the worlds!
And may God bless Muhammad and
his Household, the good,
the pure,
and
peace be upon him and them always and forever! |