His
Supplication on the Day of Sacrifice252
and on Friday |
| 1 |
O God,
this is a blessed and
fortunate day,
within which the Muslims are
gathered
in the quarters of Thy earth.
Among them are present the
asker, the seeker,
the beseecher, the fearful,
while Thou art looking upon their needs.
So I ask Thee by Thy
munificence and generosity
and
easy upon Thee is what I ask Thee! -
that Thou blessest Muhammad
and his Household. |
| 2 |
And I ask Thee, O God, our Lord -
for
Thine is the kingdom and Thine is the praise;
there is no god but Thou,
the
Clement, the Generous,
the All-loving, the All-kind,
Possessor of majesty and munificence,
Originator of the heavens and the earth -
whenever Thou apportionest
among Thy faithful servants
good,
well being,
blessing, guidance,
works in obedience to Thee,
or good through which
Thou art kind to them by guiding them to Thee,
or raisest them up a degree with Thee,
or givest them the good of this world or the next,
that Thou givest me amply my
share and allotment of it. |
| 3 |
And I ask Thee, O God -
for Thine is the kingdom and the praise;
there is no god but Thou -
that Thou blessest Muhammad,
Thy servant and Thy messenger,
Thy beloved and Thy selected friend,
Thy chosen from among Thy creation,
and the Household of Muhammad,
the pious, the pure, the chosen,
with a blessing no one has strength to count but Thou,
that Thou associatest us with
the
most righteous of Thy faithful servants
who supplicate Thee today
- O Lord of the worlds!—
and that Thou forgivest us
and them!
Surely Thou art powerful over
everything.253 |
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O God,
toward Thee I aim with my need
and
before Thee I set my poverty, my neediness, my misery,
for I have more trust in Thy
forgiveness and Thy mercy
than
in my own works.
Thy forgiveness and Thy mercy
are vaster than my sins.
So bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
and attend to the
accomplishment of every need of mine through
Thy
power over it,
its easiness for Thee,
my poverty toward Thee,
and Thy freedom from need for me!
I will come upon no good
whatsoever unless through Thee,
no one other than Thou will turn any evil away from me,
and I have hope in none but Thee for my affair
in the next world and in this world. |
| 5 |
O God,
if anyone has ever
arranged,
made ready,
prepared,
and drawn himself up
to be received by a creature
in hope of his support and awards,
then today toward Thee, my
Master, is
my arrangement,
my making ready,
my preparation,
and my drawing up,
in hope of Thy pardon and support
and
in seeking to attain to Thee and Thy prize. |
| 6 |
O God,
so bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad
and
disappoint not my hope in that today!
O He who is not troubled by
those who ask
and diminished by those who attain their desire!
I come not before Thee
trusting
in a righteous work I have sent ahead,
nor
in the intercession of any creature in whom
I
have hope,
except
the intercession of Muhammad
and
the Folk of his House
(upon
him and upon them be Thy peace). |
| 7 |
I
come to Thee admitting sin and evildoing toward myself.
I come to Thee hoping for Thy
abounding pardon
through
which Thou hast pardoned the offenders,
while their long persistence
in dreadful sin
did not prevent Thee
from returning toward them with mercy and forgiveness! |
| 8 |
O He whose mercy is wide
and whose pardon is abounding!
O All-mighty!
O
All-mighty!
O All-generous!
O All-generous!
Bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
return
toward me through Thy mercy,
be tender toward me through Thy bounty,
and
spread out Thy forgiveness upon me! |
| 9 |
O God,
this station belongs to Thy
vicegerents, Thy chosen,
while the places of Thy
trusted ones
in
the elevated degree which Thou hast singled out for them
have been forcibly stripped!254
But Thou art the Ordainer of
that -
Thy
command is not overcome,
the inevitable in Thy governing is not overstepped!
However
Thou willest and whenever Thou willest!
In
that which Thou knowest best,
Thou
art not accused for Thy creation or Thy will!
Then Thy selected friends, Thy
vicegerents,
were overcome, vanquished, forcibly stripped;
they see Thy decree replaced,
Thy
Book discarded,
Thy
obligations distorted from the aims of Thy laws,
and the Sunna of Thy Prophet
abandoned! |
| 10 |
O God,
curse their enemies among
those of old and the later folk,
and all those pleased with their acts,
and their adherents and followers! |
| 11 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad
(surely Thou art All-laudable, All-glorious)
like Thy blessing, benedictions, and salutations
upon Thy chosen Abraham and the people of Abraham!
And hasten for them relief,
ease,
help,
strengthening,
and confirmation! |
| 12 |
O God,
and make me
one of the people who profess Thy Unity,
have
faith in Thee,
and attest to Thy Messenger
and the Imams toward whom Thou hast enjoined obedience,
and
one of those through whom and at whose hands
this takes place!255
Amen, Lord of the worlds! |
| 13 |
O God,
nothing repels Thy wrath but
Thy clemency,
nothing repels Thy
displeasure but Thy pardon,
nothing grants sanctuary from
Thy punishment but
Thy
mercy,
and nothing will deliver me
from Thee
except pleading to Thee before Thee,256
so bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
and give us on Thy part, my
God, relief by means of the power
through which Thou bringest
the dead servants to life
and revivest the dead lands.257 |
| 14 |
Destroy me not through gloom, my God,
before Thou respondest to me
and givest me the knowledge
of Thy response to
my
supplication!
Let me taste the flavour of
well-being to the end of my term!
And let not my enemy gloat
over me,
place not my neck in his power,
and give him not authority over me! |
| 15 |
My God,
if Thou raisest me up,
who is there to push me down?
If Thou pushest me down,
who is there to raise me up?
If Thou honourest me,
who is there to humiliate me?
If Thou humiliatest me,
who is there to honour me?
If Thou chastisest me,
who is there to have mercy upon me?
If Thou destroyest me,
who is there to stand up for Thy servant against Thee
or ask Thee about his affair?
But I know that there is no
wrong in Thy decree
and no hurry in Thy vengeance.
He alone hurries who fears to miss,
and only the weak needs to wrong.
But Thou art exalted, my God,
high indeed above all that! |
| 16 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
make me not the target of
affliction
nor the object of Thy vengeance,
respite me,
comfort me,
release me from my stumble,
and afflict me not with an
affliction
in the wake of an affliction,
for Thou hast seen my
frailty,
the paucity of my stratagems,
and my pleading to Thee! |
| 17 |
I seek refuge in Thee today, my God, from Thy
wrath,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and give me refuge! |
| 18 |
I seek sanctuary in Thee today from Thy displeasure,
so bless Muhammad and his Household,
and give me sanctuary! |
| 19 |
I ask Thee security from Thy chastisement,
so bless Muhammad and his Household,
and give me security! |
| 20 |
I seek guidance from Thee,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and guide me! |
| 21 |
I seek help from Thee,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and help me! |
| 22 |
I ask Thee for mercy,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and have mercy upon me! |
| 23 |
I
seek sufficiency from Thee,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and suffice me! |
| 24 |
I seek provision from Thee,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and provide for me! |
| 25 |
I seek assistance from Thee,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and assist me! |
| 26 |
I pray forgiveness for my past sins,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and forgive me! |
| 27 |
I ask Thee to preserve me from sin,
so bless Muhammad and his Household
and preserve me,
for I will not return to anything Thou dislikest from me,
if Thou willest that! |
| 28 |
My Lord!
My
Lord!
O All-loving!
O All-kind!
O Possessor of majesty and
munificence!
Bless Muhammad and his Household,
and grant me everything that I
ask from Thee,
seek from Thee,
and beseech from Thee!
Will it, ordain it, decree
it, and accomplish it!
Give me good in that of it
which Thou decreest!
Bless me in that,
be gratuitously bountiful toward me through it,
make me happy in that of it which Thou givest to me,
and increase me in Thy bounty
and the plenty of what is with Thee,
for Thou art Boundless, Generous!
And link that to the good and
the bliss of the next world,
O Most Merciful of the merciful! |
THEN YOU SUPPLICATE AS SEEMS
PROPER TO YOU AND YOU CALL DOWN BLESSINGS ON MUHAMMAD AND HIS HOUSEHOLD ONE THOUSAND
TIMES. THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO DO (UPON HIM BE PEACE) |
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