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The month of Ramadan
شهر رَمضان

The Holy Prophet’s Sermon in Ramadan
خطبة النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) حول شهر رمضان

Sheikh al-Saduq narrated on the authority of Imam al-Ridha on the authority of his immaculate fathers on the authority of Imam Ali who said that the Holy Prophet, once, delivered a speech to the community, saying:

“O people, the month of Allah has come upon you with blessings, mercy, and forgiveness. This month is the most favorable month in the view of Almighty Allah. Its days are the best days. Its nights are the best nights. Its hours are the best hours. In this month, you have been invited to the hospitality of Almighty Allah and you have been chosen to be within the people of Almighty Allah’s honoring. Your breaths in this month are (considered) glorification (of Almighty Allah). Your sleep in this month is (considered) an act of worship. Your deeds are accepted in this month. Your prayers are responded in this month. You may thus pray Almighty Allah with sincere intentions and pure hearts that He will guide you to observing fasting (properly) and to reciting His Book in this month.

Verily, the true miserable is he whom is deprived of Almighty Allah’s forgiveness in this magnificent month. As you feel hunger and thirst in this month, you should remember the hunger and thirst of the Resurrection Day. Give alms to the poor and the needy among you. Respect those who are older than you are. Have mercy upon those who are younger than you are. Esteem your ties with your relatives. Keep your tongues from obscenity. Cast down your looks from all that which is unlawful for you to gaze and close your hearings against all that which is unlawful for you to hear.

Treat kindly the orphans among you so that your orphans will be treated kindly. Repent from your sins. Raise your hands towards Him (i.e. Almighty Allah) with supplications at the times of your prayers, for these times are the best hours at which Almighty Allah looks at His servants with mercy—He will respond to their prayers, answer their calls, and receive their supplications.

O people, truly, your souls are dependent upon your deeds; therefore, try to free them by means of imploring for forgiveness. Likewise, your backs are heavily burdened by your sins; therefore, try to lighten the burdens on your backs by means of long prostration (before your Lord). Let it be known to you that Almighty Allah has sworn by His Mighty that He shall not chastise the performers of prayers and those who prostrate before Him and that He shall not frighten them with Hellfire on that day when all humankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds.

O people, if anyone of you gives food to a faster (i.e. an observer of fasting) to break his fast in this month, he shall be awarded by Almighty Allah the reward of manumitting a bond Muslim as well as a forgiveness of all his past sins.”

The attendants asked, “O Allah’s Messenger, not all of us can do this!”

The Holy Prophet answered, “Show fearfulness of Almighty Allah even by a half of a date. Show fearfulness of Almighty Allah even by a single drink of water. Verily, Almighty Allah shall give this great reward to those who do the least of their capability if they cannot do the much.

O people, as to those among you who behave politely in this month, they shall be permitted to pass the Discriminating Bridge on the day when many feet will slip (i.e. the Resurrection Day). As to those among you who relieve their servants from a part of their jobs, Almighty Allah shall make easy for them the interrogation on the Resurrection Day. As to those who stop bothering the others, Almighty Allah shall save them from His ire on the day when they shall meet Him. As to those who honor an orphan in this month, Almighty Allah shall honor them on the day when they will meet Him. As to those who keep good ties with their relatives in this month, Almighty Allah will keep good ties with them through His mercy on the day when they will meet Him.

On the other hand, as to those who rupture their relations with their relatives in this month, Almighty Allah will prevent them from receiving His mercy on the day when they will meet Him. As to those who voluntarily offer a prayer in this month, Almighty Allah will release them from Hellfire. As to those who perform a religious rite in this month, they shall be given the reward of performing seventy religious rites in other months. As to those who very frequently invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon me in this month, Almighty Allah shall make their scales heavy (i.e. full of good deeds) when the others’ scales will be light (i.e. lacking good deeds). As to those who recite a single verse of the Quran in this month, they shall have the reward of one who has recited the whole Quran in other months.

O people, certainly, the gates of Paradise are open wide in this month; therefore, pray your Lord not to close them before you. Similarly, the gates of Hellfire are close in this month; therefore, pray your Lord not to open them for you. Devils are tied up in this month; therefore, pray your Lord not to set them up over you…”

روى الصّدوق بسند مُعتبر عن الرّضا (عليه السلام)، عن آبائه، عن أمير المؤمنين عليه وعلى أولاده السّلام قال: انّ رسول الله خطبنا ذات يوم فقال: ايّها النّاس انّه قد أقبل اليكم شهر الله بالبركة والرّحمة والمغفرة، شهر هو عند الله أفضل الشّهور، وايّامه أفضل الأيّام، ولياليه أفضل اللّيالي، وساعاته أفضل السّاعات، هو شهر دعيتم فيه الى ضيافة الله، وجعلتم فيه من أهل كرامة الله، أنفاسكم فيه تسبيح، ونومكم فيه عبادة، وعملكم فيه مقبول، ودعاؤكم فيه مستجاب، فسلوا الله ربّكم بنيّات صادقة، وقلُوب طاهرة أن يوفّقكم لصيامه، وتلاوة كتابه، فانّ الشّقي من حرم غفران الله في هذا الشّهر العظيم، واذكروا بجوعكم وعطشكم فيه جوع يوم القيامة وعطشه، وتصدّقوا على فقرائكم ومساكينكم، ووقرّوا كباركم، وارحموا صغاركم، وصلوا أرحامكم، واحفظوا ألسنتكم، وغضّوا عمّا لا يحلّ النّظر اليه أبصاركم، وعمّا لا يحلّ الاستماع اليه أسماعكم و تحننوا على أيتام الناس يتمنّن على ايتامكم وتوبوا اليه من ذنوبكم، وارفعوا اليه أيديكم بالدّعاء في أوقات صلاتكم فانّها أفضل السّاعات ينظر الله عزوجل فيها بالرّحمة الى عباده يجيبهم اذا ناجوه، ويلبّيهم اذا نادوه، ويستجيب لهم اذا دعوه.

أيّها الناس انّ أنفسكم مرهونة بأعمالكم ففكّوها باستغفاركم، وظهوركم ثقيلة من أوزاركم فخفّفوا عنها بطول سجودكم، واعلموا انّ الله تعالى ذكره أقسم بعزّته أن لا يعذّب المصلّين والسّاجدين، وأن لا يروعهم بالنّار يوم يقوم النّاس لربّ العالمين، أيّها النّاس من فطّر منكم صائماً مؤمناً في هذا الشّهر كان له بذلك عند الله عتق رقبة، ومغفرة لما مضى من ذنوبه، قيل: يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وليس كّلنا يقدر على ذلك، فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: اتّقوا النّار ولو بشقّ تمرة اتقّوا النّار ولو بشربة من ماء، فانّ الله تعالى يهب ذلك الأجر لمن عمل هذا اليسير اذا لم يقدر على اكثر منه، يا أيّها النّاس من حسّن منكم في هذا الشّهر خُلقه كان له جواز على الصّراط يوم تزلّ فيه الأقدام، ومن خفّف في هذا الشّهر عمّا ملكت يمنيه خفّف الله عليه حسابه، ومن كفّ فيه شرّه كفّ الله عنه غضبه يوم يلقاه، ومن أكرم فيه يتيماً أكرمه الله يوم يلقاه، ومن وصل فيه رحمه وصله الله برحمته يوم يلقاه، ومن قطع فيه رحمه قطع الله عنه رحمته يوم يلقاه، ومن تطوّع فيه بصلاة كتب الله له براءة من النّار، ومن أدّى فيه فرضاً كان له ثواب مَن أدّى سبعين فريضة فيما سواه من الشّهور، من اكثر فيه من الصّلاة عليّ ثقل الله ميزانه يوم تخفّ الموازين، ومن تلا فيه آية من القرآن كان له مثل أجر من ختم القرآن في غيره من الشّهور، أيّها النّاس انّ أبواب الجنان في هذا الشّهر مفتحة فسلوا ربّكم أن لا يغلقها عليكم، وأبواب النّيران مغلقة فسلوا ربّكم أن لا يفتحها عليكم، والشّياطين مغلولة فسلوا ربّكم أن لا يسلّطها عليكم، الخ

Sheikh al-Saduq has also narrated that the Holy Prophet used to release all prisoners and give all beggars when the month of Ramadan comes upon him.

وروى الصّدوق (رحمه الله) انّ النّبي  صلى الله عليه وآلهكان اذا دخل شهر رمضان فكّ كلّ أسير وأعطى كلّ سائل

To sum up, the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah. It is the most honorable of all months. In this month, the doors of heavens, gardens of Paradise, and mercy are opened while the doors of Hellfire are closed. In this month too, there is a night at which the acts of worship are more favorable than the worship of one thousand months. In view of that, you are advised to take notice of this and consider how to spend the nights and days of this month and how to keep your organs and senses against committing any act of disobedience to Almighty Allah. Beware of being one of those who spend the nights of Ramadan with sleeping and its days with negligence of mentioning your Lord. In this respect, a narration reads, “Verily, Almighty Allah releases one million persons from Hellfire at the last of each day in Ramadan and, more specifically, at the hour of breaking the fasting. At the last night and on the last day of Ramadan, He releases from Hellfire as same as the number of all those whom He has released all over the month of Ramadan.”

أقول: شهر رمضان هو شهر الله ربّ العالمين وهو أشرف الشّهور شهر يفتح فيه أبواب السّماء وأبواب الجنان وأبواب الرّحمة ويغلق فيه أبواب جهنّم، وفي هذا الشّهر ليلة تكون عبادة الله فيها خيراً من عبادته في ألف شهر فانتبه فيه لنفسك وتبصّر كيف تقضى فيه ليلك ونهارك وكيف تصون جوارحك وأعضائك عن معاصي ربّك، وايّاك وأن تكون في ليلتك من النّائمين وفي نهارك من الغافلين عن ذكر ربّك، ففي الحديث انّ الله عزوجلّ يعتق في آخر كلّ يوم من أيّام شهر رمضان عند الافطار ألف ألف رقبة من النّار فاذا كانت ليلة الجمعة ونهارها اعتق الله من النّار في كلّ ساعة ألف ألف رقبة ممّن قد استوجب العذاب ويعتق في اللّيلة ا لأخيرة من الشّهر ونهارها بعدد جميع من أعتق في الشّهر كلّه

Dear reader: Beware lest the holy month of Ramadan comes upon you and ends while you have still had some sins owing to which you will be punished. Beware lest you are included with the sinners whom are deprived of imploring for the forgiveness of their sins and praying Almighty Allah for granting your desires. Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq is reported to have said, “Verily, one whom is not forgiven in Ramadan will not be forgiven up to the next Ramadan unless (he participates in the season of the Hajj pilgrimage and thus) he witnesses the ritual of the Halting at Mount Arafat.”

فايّاك يا أيّها العزيز وأن ينقضي عنك شهر رمضان وقد بقى عليك ذنب من الذّنوب وايّاك أن تعد من المُذنبين المحرومين من الاستغفار والدّعاء، فَعَنِ الصّادق (عليه السلام) انّه: «مَنْ لَم يُغفَر لَه في شَهر رَمَضان لَم يُغفَر لَهُ الى قابِل إِلاّ أن يَشهَدَ عَرَفَةَ.»

Moreover, try to keep yourself against all that which is deemed forbidden by Almighty Allah and try your best not to break your fasting with a forbidden thing.

وصن نفسك ممّا قد حرّمه الله ومن أن تفطر بمحرّم عليك

Finally, you should act upon the following recommendation of our master, Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: “When you begin your day observing fasting, you should make sure that your hearing, your sight, your hair, your sink, and all your organs are also observing fasting, that is abstaining from not only the forbidden acts but also the discommended ones.”

واعمل بما أوصى به مولانا الصّادق صلوات الله وسلامه عليه، فقال: اذا أصبحت صائماً فليصم سمعك وبصرك وشعرك وجلدك وجميع جوارحك، أي عن المحرّمات بل المكروهات أيضاً

He also said: “Do not allow the day on which you observe fasting to be like your other days.”

وقال (عليه السلام): لا يكن يوم صومك كيوم افطارك

And he said: “Verily, fasting is not the abstinence from food and drink; rather, when you observe fasting, you should keep your tongues from uttering falsehood, keep your sights from seeing forbidden views, do not engage yourselves in disputes, do not envy each other, do not backbite each other, do not quarrel with each other, do not swear, whether falsely or truly, do not insult each other, do not revile at each other, do not wrong each other, do not engage yourselves in shameless disputes, do not be bored, do not be careless of mentioning Almighty Allah or of prayers, abide by silence, quietness, patience, truthfulness, and avoidance of the evildoers, avoid perjury, lie, slander, contention, evil thinking, backbiting, and talebearing, ready yourselves for the Next World and for your happy days; that is the Advent of the Rising Imam from the Household of Muhammad—peace be upon them all—expecting that which Almighty Allah has promised you, preparing yourselves for meeting Almighty Allah with tranquility, solemnity, piety, submission, and humiliation of the slaves who fear and hope for their masters.

وقال (عليه السلام): انّ الصّيام ليس من الطّعام والشّراب وحدهما فاذا صمتم فاحفظوا ألسنتكم عن الكذب، وغضّوا أبصاركم عمّا حرّم الله، ولا تنازعوا ولا تحاسدوا ولا تغتابوا ولا تمارُوا ولا تخالفوا (كذباً بل ولا صدقاً) ولا تسابوا ولا تشاتموا ولا تظلموا ولا تسافهوا ولا تضاجروا ولا تغفلوا عن ذكر الله وعن الصّلاة وألزموا الصّمت والسّكوت والصّبر والصدّق ومجانبة أهل الشّر، واجتنبوا قول الزّور والكذب والفرى والخصومة وظنّ السّوء والغيبة والنّميمة وكونوا مشرفين على الآخرة منتظرين لأيّامكم (ظهور القائم (عليه السلام) من آل محمّد صلى الله عليه وآله) منتظرين لما وعدكم الله متزوّدين للقاء الله، وعليكم السّكينة والوقار والخشوع والخضوع وذلّ العبيد الخيّف من مولاها خائفين راجين

O observer of fasting, purify your heart from defects, clean your inner self from filth, wash your body from dirt, disavow the enemies of Almighty Allah, act sincerely in His presence, abstain from all that which He has deemed unlawful for you to do in secret and in public, fear Almighty Allah as exactly as He deserves in secret and in public, dedicate yourself to Almighty Allah during the days of your fasting, empty your heart from all things save Him, and ready yourself to do whatever is commanded by Him and to do whatever He has ordered you to do. After you do all these, only then you are considered fasting for the sake of Almighty Allah as truly as it should be. Carry out all that which He has ordered you to do. But if you violate any of these matters, this will decline the degree of your fasting. My father—peace be upon him—narrated that when the Holy Messenger of Allah—peace be upon him and his Household—heard a woman, who claimed observing fasting, insulting one of her bondwomen, he summoned her, brought her some food, and ordered her to eat. ‘I am observing fasting!’ she stated. But the Holy Prophet—peace be upon him and his Household—answered, ‘How can you be fasting while you have insulted your bondwoman?’ Verily, fasting is not to abstain from eating and drinking; rather, Almighty Allah has decided fasting to be screen from all spoken and done evildoings. Too little is the fasting and too much is the feeling of hunger!’”

ولتكن أنت أيّها الصّائم قد طهر قلبك من العيوب وتقدّست سريرتك من الخبث ونظف جسمك من القاذورات وتبرّأت الى الله ممّن عداه وأخلصت الولاية له وصمتّ ممّا قد نهاك الله عنه في السّر والعلانية وخشيت الله حقّ خشيته في سرّك وعلانيك، ووهبت نفسك الله في أيّام صومك وفرغت قلبك له ونصبت نفسك له فيما أمرك ودعاك اليه، فاذا فعلت ذلك كلّه فأنت صائم لله بحقيقة صومه صانع له ما أمرك، وكلّمأ انقصت منها شيئاً فيما بيّنت لك فقد نقص من صومك بمقدار ذلك، وانّ أبي (عليه السلام) قال: سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله امرأة تساب جارية لها وهي صائمة فدعا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بطعام فقال لها: كُلي، فقالت: أنا صائمة يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فقال: كيف تكونين صائمة وقد سببت جاريتك انّ الصّوم ليس من الطّعام والشّراب وانّما جعل الله ذلك حجاباً عن سواهما من الفواحش من الفعل والقول، ما أقلّ الصّوم وأكثر الجّوع

Imam Ali said: “So many are the fasting ones who suffer nothing but thirst. Likewise, too many are the worshippers who suffer nothing but fatigue. How wonderful the sleeping and eating of the courteous ones are!”

وقال أمير المؤمنين صلوات الله وسلامه عليه: كم من صائم ليس له من صيامه الّا الظّماء، وكم من قائم ليس له من قيامه الّا العناء، حبّذا نوم الأكياس وافطارهم

It is narrated on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid that Imam Muhammad al-Baqir narrated that the Holy Prophet said to Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, “Listen, Jabir! This is the month of Ramadan. If one observes fasting on the days of this month, spends a part of its nights with acts of worship, wards off his stomach and private parts, and suppresses his tongue—if one does all these things, he will dispose of all his sins in the same way as the month ends.”

Jabir commented, “O Allah’s Messenger, what wonderful these words are!”

The Holy Prophet answered, “But how difficult these terms are!”

وعن جابر بن يزيد عن الباقر (عليه السلام)قال: قال النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله لجابر بن عبد الله: يا جابر هذا شهر رمضان مَن صام نهاره وقام ورداً من ليلته وصان بطنه وفرجه وحفظ لسانه لخرج من الذّنوب كما يخرج من الشّهر، قال جابر: يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ما أحسنه من حديث، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: وما أصعبها من شروط

Sayyid Ibn Tawus narrated that Imam al-Sadiq and Imam al-Kazhim instructed: Say after each and every obligatory prayer all over the month of Ramadan:
روى السّيد ابن طاووس (رحمه الله) عن الصّادق والكاظم (عليهما السلام) قالا: تقول في شهر رمضان من أوّله الى آخره بعد كلّ فريضة

O Allah, (please) confer upon me with the grace of pilgrimage to Your Holy House in this year and every year as long as You keep me alive, with easiness, good health, and expansive sustenance from You. Do not deprive me of these noble situations, holy places, and visiting the tomb of Your Prophet—may Your blessings be upon him and his Household. (Please) stand for me in all of my needs for this worldly life and the Next World. O Allah, I beseech You regarding that which You decide and determine from the inevitable decisions that You make on the Grand Night— decisions that are neither retreated nor altered— to include me with the pilgrims to Your Holy House whose pilgrimage is admitted by You, whose efforts are thankfully accepted by You, whose sins are forgiven by You, and whose offenses are pardoned by You., Within Your determined decisions, please decide for me a long life, expansive sustenance, and help to fulfill my trusts and settle my debts. Respond to me, O Lord of the worlds!
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِي هٰذَا وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةٍ وَسَعَةِ رِزْقٍ وَلاَ تُخْلِنِي مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمَوَاقِفِ الْكَرِيمَةِ وَالْمَشَاهِدِ الشَّرِيفَةِ وَزِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَفِي جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَكُنْ لِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ وَاجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرَي وَتُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي وَتُؤَدِّيَ عَنِّي أَمَانَتِي وَدَيْنِي آمِين رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

You may also say after all obligatory prayers in Ramadan:
وتَدْعُو عقيب كلّ فريضة فتقول

O Most High! O All-great! O All-forgiving! O All-merciful! You are the All-great Lord like Whom there is nothing, and He is the All-hearing, the All-aware. This is a month that You have glorified, ennobled, honored, and preferred to the other months. It is the month that You imposed upon me to observe fasting in it. It is the month of Ramadan during which You revealed the Quran as guidance for people, clear proofs on true guidance, and distinction (between the right and the wrong). You decided the Grand Night to be in it and You have decided it to be more favorable that one thousand months. So, O Lord of graces! None can ever do favor to You! please, do me a favor by releasing me from the Fire and by including me with those to whom You do this favor, and allow me to enter Paradise, on account of Your mercy. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!
يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا غَفُورُ يَا رَحِيمُ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ وَهٰذَا شَهْرٌ عَظَّمْتَهُ وَكَرَّمْتَهُ وَشَرَّفْتَهُ وَفَضَّلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ الشُّهُورِ وَهُوَ الشَّهْرُ الَّذِي فَرَضْتَ صِيَامَهُ عَلَيَّ وَهُوَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ 

 

وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ وَجَعَلْتَ فِيهِ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَجَعَلْتَهَا خَيْراً مِنَ الفِ شَهْرٍ فَيَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَلاَ يُمَنُّ عَلَيْكَ مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِفَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ فِي مَنْ تَمُنُّ عَلَيْهِ وَأَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

 

In al-Misbah and in al-Balad al-Amin, Sheikh al-Kafʿami, as well as Sheikh al-Shahid in al-Majmuʿah, narrated that the Holy Prophet said that one who says the following supplicatory prayer after each obligatory prayer in Ramadan will have all his sins forgiven up to the Resurrection Day:
وروى الكفعمي في المصباح وفي البلد الأمين كما روى الشّيخ الشّهيد في مجموعته عن النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله انّه قال: من دعا بهذا الدّعاء في رمضان بعد كلّ فريضة غفر الله له ذنوبه الى يوم القيامة

O Allah, (please do) give pleasure to the inhabitants of graves (i.e. the dead). O Allah, (please do) enhance all poor ones. O Allah, (please do) satisfy all hungry ones. O Allah, (please do) provide all the naked with clothes. O Allah, (please do) help all the debtors settle their debts. O Allah, (please do) relieve all the aggrieved ones. O Allah, (please do) help all the strangers to return home. O Allah, (please do) release all prisoners. O Allah, (please do) rectify all the Muslims’ affairs that are wrong. O Allah, (please do) heal all the ailed ones. O Allah, (please do) fill our poverty with Your richness. O Allah, (please do) change our ill manners through Your excellent manners. O Allah, (please do) help us settle our debts and save us from poverty. verily, You have power over all things.
اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ السُّرُورَ اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِ كُلَّ فَقِيرٍ اللَّهُمَّ أَشْبِعْ كُلَّ جَائِعٍ اللَّهُمَّ اكْسُ كُلَّ عُرْيَانٍ اللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ دَيْنَ كُلِّ مَدِينٍ اللَّهُمَّ فَرِّجْ عَنْ كُلِّ مَكْرُوبٍ اللَّهُمَّ رُدَّ كُلَّ غَرِيبٍ اللَّهُمَّ فُكَّ كُلَّ أَسِيرٍ اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ كُلَّ فَاسِدٍ مِنْ أُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ كُلَّ مَرِيضٍ اللَّهُمَّ سُدَّ فَقْرَنَا بِغِنَاكَ اللَّهُمَّ غَيِّرْ سُوءَ حَالِنَا بِحُسْنِ حَالِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

 

In al-Kafi, al-Kulayni narrated on the authority of Abu-Basir that Imam al-Sadiq used to say in Ramadan:
وروى الكليني في الكافي عن أبي بصير قال: كان الصّادق (عليه السلام) يدعو بهذا الدّعاء في شهر رمضان

 

O Allah, from You and by You, I beseech for settling my need. If others beg people for settling their needs, I ask none except You for settling my need; from You alone, since You have no partner with You. I thus implore You in the name of Your favor and Your pleasure, to send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and to choose for me a way to Your Holy House this year: a pilgrimage that is admitted, accepted, pure, and sincerely intended for You by which You delight me and raise my rank with You. Confer upon me with the grace of making me cast my sight down (against what is illegal for me to look at), making me act chastely, and making me stop committing any deed that You have deemed unlawful so that nothing will be more preferred in my sight than obedience to You, fear of You, doing all that which You love, and avoiding all that which You have detested and warned against. (Please) make all that take place with easiness, lenience, and good health as well as the grace that You have bestowed upon me. I beseech You to cause me to die as martyr for Your sake, under the pennon of Your Prophet and in the line of Your intimate servants. I ask You to make me a means of killing Your enemies and the enemies of Your Messenger. I ask You to honor me through humiliating any one of Your created beings that You choose, and not to humiliate me through honoring any of Your intimate servants. O Allah, find me a way with the Messenger. Allah is Sufficient unto me! Only that which Allah wants shall take place.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي بِكَ وَمِنْكَ أَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي وَمَنْ طَلَبَ حَاجَةً إِلَىٰ النَّاسِ فَإِنِّي لاَ أَطْلُبُ حَاجَتِي إِلَّا مِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِي فِي عَامِي هٰذَا إِلَىٰ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ سَبِيلاً حِجَّةً مَبْرُورَةً مُتَقَبَّلَةً زَاكِيةً خَالِصَةً لَكَ تَقَرُّ بِهَا عَيْنِي وَتَرْفَعُ بِهَا دَرَجَتِي وَتَرْزُقَنِي أَنْ أَغُضَّ بَصَرِي وَأَنْ أَحْفَظَ فَرْجِي وَأَنْ أَكُفَّ بِهَا عَنْ جَمِيعِ مَحَارِمِكَ حَتَّىٰ لاَ يَكُونَ شَيْءٌ آثَرَ عِنْدِي مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ وَخَشْيَتِكَ وَالْعَمَلِ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ وَالتَّرْكِ لِمَا كَرِهْتَ وَنَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ وَاجْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ فِي يُسْرٍ

 

وَيَسَارٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ وَمَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ وَفَاتِي قَتْلاً فِي سَبِيلِكَ تَحْتَ رَايَةِ نَبِيِّكَ مَعَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي أَعْدَاءَكَ وَأَعْدَاءَ رَسُولِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُكْرِمَنِي بِهَوَانِ مَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَلاَ تُهِنِّي بِكَرَامَةِ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلاً حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ

This supplication is called Dua al-Hajj. Sayyid Ibn Tawus in al-Iqbal wrote: Imam al-Sadiq used to say this supplicatory prayer after the Sunset Prayers in Ramadan. Moreover, Sheikh al-Kafʿami, in al-Balad al-Amin, narrated that it is recommended to say this supplicatory prayer every day in Ramadan and especially at the first night of it. As to Sheikh al-Mufid, he, in al-Muqniʿah, mentioned that this supplicatory prayer is exclusively said at the first night of Ramadan after the Sunset Prayer.
أقول: هذا الدّعاء يسمّى دعاء الحجّ وقد رواه السّيد في الاقبال عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) لليالي شهر رمضان بعد المغرب، وقال الكفعمي في البلد الأمين: يستحبّ الدّعاء به في كلّ يوم من رمضان وفي أوّل ليلة منه، وأورده المفيد في المقنعة في خصوص اللّيلة الأُولى بعد صلاة المغرب

In fact, the best of deeds at the nights and on the days of Ramadan is the recitation of the Holy Quran. It is thus highly advisable to recite it in this month in a way different from reciting it in the other months, since its revelation was in Ramadan. A narration reads that everything has a springtime; and the springtime of the Holy Quran is the month of Ramadan.

واعلم انّ أفضل الأعمال في ليالي شهر رمضان وأيّامه هو تلاوة القرآن الكريم وينبغي الاكثار من تلاوته في هذا الشّهر ففيه كان نزول القرآن وفي الحديث انّ لكلّ شيء ربيعاً وربيع القرآن هو شهر رمضان

 

It is recommended to recite the whole Quran once a month or once each six days in the other months, according to some narrations. As to the month of Ramadan, it is required to recite it wholly once every three days. If possible, it will be better if it is recited wholly every day. Allamah al-Majlisi has narrated that some of the Holy Imams used to recite the whole Quran forty times, or even more, in Ramadan. The reward of reciting the whole Quran is doubled when its recitation is dedicated to the souls of the holy Infallible Fourteen by dedicating each recitation to each one of them respectively.

ويستحبّ في سائر الأيّام ختم القرآن ختمة واحدة في كلّ شهر وأقلّ ما روى في ذلك هو ختمة في كلّ ستّة أيّام، وامّا شهر رمضان فالمسنون فيه ختمه في كلّ ثلاثة أيّام، ويحسن إن تيسّر له أن يختمه ختمة في كلّ يوم، وروى العلامة المجلسي (رحمه الله) انّ بعض الائمة الأطهار (عليهم السلام) كانوا يختمون القرآن في هذا الشّهر أربعين ختمة واكثر من ذلك، ويضاعف ثواب الختمات ان أهديت الى أرواح المعصومين الأربعة عشر يخصّ كلّ منهم بختمة.

 

According to some narrations, the reward of one who dedicates the recitation of the Holy Quran to the Holy Infallibles is that one shall be included with them on the Resurrection Day.

It is also advisable to say supplications, offer prayers, implore for Almighty Allah’s forgiveness, and confess His Oneness (by repeating the phrase la-ilaha illal-lahu; there is no god save Allah) as much as possible in Ramadan. In this regard, Imam Zayn al-Abidin used to stop talking in Ramadan except with phrases of prayers, glorification of Almighty Allah, implorations of His forgiveness, and phrases of confessing of His All-magnificence.

It is finally recommended to pay a great interest to the reported acts of worship as well as the supererogatory prayers at nights and days.

ويظهر من بعض الرّوايات انّ أجر مهديها أن يكون معهم في يوم القيامة، وليكثر المرء في هذا الشّهر من الدّعاء والصّلاة والاستغفار ومن قول لا إِله إلاّ اللهُ وقد روي انّ زين العابدين (عليه السلام) كان اذا دخل شهر رمضان لا يتكلّم إلاّ بالدّعاء والتّسبيح والاستغفار والتّكبير، وليهتم اهتماماً بالغاً بالمأثور من ا لعبادات ونوافل اللّيالي والأيّام

First: It is recommended to postpone breaking one’s fast later than the Evening Prayer unless one is too weak to keep fasting or one is being waited by people to break the fasting altogether, in an invitation for example.

الأوّل: الافطار ويستحبّ تأخيره عن صلاة العشاء الّا اذا غلب عليه الضّعف أو كان له قوم ينتظرونه

 

Second: It is recommended to begin breaking the fast with utterly legally gotten food, especially dates. This act doubles the reward of the prayer to four hundred folds.

It is also advisable to break the fast with dates, ripe dates, candy, sugar-candy, and cool water.

الثّاني: أن يفطر بالحلال الخالي من الشّبهات سيّما التّمر ليضاعف أجر صلاته أربعمائة ضعف ويحسن الافطار أيضاً بأيّ من التّمر والرّطب والحلواء والنّبات النّبات كلمة فارسيّة تعنى بلّورات خاصة من السّكر والماء الحار

 

Third: It is recommended to say the familiar supplicatory prayers of breaking the fast, such as the following:

الثّالث: أن يدعو عند الافطار بدعوات الافطار المأثورة، منها أن يقول

 

O Allah, for the sake of You have I fasted, with Your sustenance have I broken my fast, and in You have I trusted.

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَىٰ رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ

 

One who says this supplicatory prayer will be awarded, by Almighty Allah, the rewards of all those who observe fasting on that day.

ليهب الله له مثل أجر كلّ من صام ذلك اليوم

 

Sayyid ibn Tawus and al-Kafʿami narrated the supplicatory prayer to be said upon breaking one’s fast:

وروى السيد ابن طاووس والكفعمي أجراً كبيراً لمن يقرأ هذا الدعاء عند الإفطار

 

O Allah the Lord of the Great Light, the Lord of the Elevated Throne, the Lord of the swollen ocean, the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms, the Lord of shade and heat, the Revealer of the Great Quran, and the Lord of the Archangels, the Prophets, and the Messengers: O Allah, I beseech You in Your Noble Name, in the Light of Your Luminous Face and Your Eternal Kingdom. O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent! I beseech You in the name of Your Name with which the heavens and the earth have lit up and in Your Name with which the past and the coming generations have become upright! O He Who has been always alive before the existence of all living things! O He Who shall be alive after the extinction of all living things! O He Who has been always alive even when there was nothing else alive! O He Who revives the dead ones and causes the living ones to die! O Ever-living! There is no god save You. O Allah, convey to our master Imam al-Mahdi, the guide who is to undertake Your orders, may Allah’s blessings be upon him and upon his immaculate fathers, on behalf of all of the believing men and women in the east and west of the earth and in plains, mountains, lands, and seas, and on behalf of my parents (convey to him) blessings that are as weighty as Allah’s Throne, as much as the ink of His Words, and as many as that which is counted by His knowledge and encompassed by His Book. O Allah, I update to him in the beginning of this day and throughout the days of lifetime a pledge, a covenant, and allegiance to which I commit myself and from which I neither convert nor change. O Allah, (please do) make me of his supporters, sponsors, defenders, and those who hurry in carrying out his instructions, those who comply with his orders, those who uphold him, those who precede others to implementing his will, and those who will be martyred before him. O Allah, if death that You have made inevitably and certainly incumbent upon Your servants stands between me and him, then (please do) take me out of my grave using my shroud as dress, unsheathing my sword, holding my lance in my hand, and responding to the call of the Caller who shall announce (his advent) in urban areas and deserts. O Allah, (please do) show me his magnificent mien and his praiseworthy forehead, delight my eyes by letting me have a look at him. And (please) expedite his relief, make his reappearance easy, clear a spacious space for him, guide me to follow his course, give success to his issues, and confirm his strength. O Allah, construct Your lands through him and refresh Your servants through him, For You have said, and true are Your words: “Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought.” So, O Allah, (please) show us Your vicegerent, the son of Your Prophet, and the namesake of Your Messenger, peace be upon him and his Household, so that he shall tear up any wrong item that he will face and shall confirm and approve of the truth. O Allah, (please) make him the shelter to whom Your wronged servants shall resort, the supporter of those who cannot find any supporter save You, the reviver of the laws of Your Book that have been suspended, and the constructor of all signs of Your religion and instructions of Your Messenger, peace be upon him and his Household, that he will see. O Allah, (please) include him with those whom You protect from the domination of the aggressors. O Allah, (please) delight Your Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household, as well as all those who followed him in his promulgation by making (us) see him, and (please) have mercy upon our humiliation after him. O Allah, (please) relieve this community from the (current) grief through presenting him and expedite his advent for us: “Surely, they think it to be far off, and We see it nigh.” [do all that] In the name of Your mercy; O most merciful of all those who show mercy.

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النُّورِ الْعَظِيمِ وَرَبَّ الْكُرْسِيِّ الرَّفِيعِ وَرَبَّ الْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ وَرَبَّ الظِّلِّ وَالْحَرُورِ وَمُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ وَرَبَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْكَرِيـمِ وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُنِيرِ وَمُلْكِكَ الْقَدِيمِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرَضُونَ وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي يَصْلَحُ بِهِ الأَوَّلُونَ وَالآخِرُونَ يَا حَيّاً قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَيَا حَيّاً بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَيَا حَيّاً حِينَ لا حَيُّ يَا مُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَمُمِيتَ الأَحْيَاءِ يَا حَيُّ لا إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلاَنَا الإِمَامَ الْهَادِيَ الْمَهْدِيَّ الْقَائِمَ بِأَمْرِكَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آبَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فِي مَشَارِقِ الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا وَعَنِّي وَعَنْ وَالِدَيَّ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ وَمَا أَحْصَاهُ عِلْمُهُ وَأَحَاطَ بِهِ كِتَابُهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُجَدِّدُ لَهُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِي هٰذَا وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ أَيَّامِي عَهْداً وَعَقْداً وَبَيْعَةً لَهُ فِي عُنُقِي لا أَحُولُ عَنْه وَلا أَزُولُ أَبَداً اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ وَأَعْوَانِهِ وَالذَّابِّينَ عَنْهُ وَالْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِي قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِهِ وَالْمُمْتَثِلِينَ لأَوَامِرِهِ وَالْمُحَامِينَ عَنْهُ وَالسَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ وَالْمُسْتَشْهَدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ الْمَوْتُ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيّاً فَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ قَبْرِي مُؤْتَزِراً كَفَنِي شَاهِراً سَيْفِي مُجَرِّداً قَنَاتِي مُلَبِّياً دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِي فِي الْحَاضِرِ وَالْبَادِي اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي الطَّلْعَةَ الرَّشِيدَةَ وَالْغُرَّةَ الْحَمِيدَةَ وَاكْحُلْ نَاظِرِي بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهُ وَأَوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهُ وَاسْلُكْ بِي مَحَجَّتَهُ وَأَنْفِذْ أَمْرَهُ وَاشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ وَاعْمُرِ اللَّهُمَّ بِهِ بِلادَكَ وَأَحْيِ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ: ﴿ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ.﴾ فَأَظْهِرِ اللَّهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ وَابْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ الْمُسَمَّىٰ بِاسْمِ رَسُولِكَ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ حَتَّىٰ لا يَظْفَرَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ مَزَّقَهُ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ اللَّهُمَّ مَفْزَعاً لِمَظْلُومِ عِبَادِكَ وَنَاصِراً لِمَنْ لا يَجِدُ لَهُ نَاصِراً غَيْرَكَ وَمُجَدِّداً لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ وَمُشَيِّداً لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ أَعْلامِ دِينِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْهُ اللَّهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهُ مِنْ بَأْسِ الْمُعْتَدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ بِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ عَلَىٰ دَعْوَتِهِ وَارْحَمِ اسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ اكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ الْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ الأُمَّةِ بِحُضُورِهِ وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُورَهُ ﴿إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً.﴾ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

It has been narrated that Imam Ali used to say the following supplicatory prayer when he would break his fasting:

وروي انّ امير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) كان اذا أراد أن يفطر يقول:

In the Name of Allah. O Allah, for You have we fasted and with Your sustenance have we broken our fasting; so, (please) accept form us. You are surely the All-hearing, the All-knower.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْنَا وَعَلَىٰ رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْنَا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ.

Fourth: It is recommended to say the following imploration for forgiveness at the first bite of the food with which the fasting is broken:

الرّابع: أن يقول عند أوّل لقمة يأخذها:

In the Name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. O Liberal in forgiving! (Please do) forgive me.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ اغْفِرْ لِي.

Forgiveness of Almighty Allah is the reward of those who say this imploration.

ليغفر الله له.

A narration reads: Almighty Allah releases from Hellfire one million persons at the last hour of every day in Ramadan; therefore, pray Him to include you with these released ones.

وفي الحديث انّ الله تعالى يعتق في آخر ساعة من نهار كلّ يوم من شهر رمضان ألف ألف رقبة فسل الله تعالى أن يجعلك منهم.

Fifth: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Qadr at breaking the fast.

الخامس: أن يتلو سورة القدر عند الافطار.

Sixth: It is recommended to give alms at the time of breaking the fast and to offer food to the other fasters even if with a single date and a drink of water. Concerning this, the Holy Prophet is reported to have said, “Verily, any one who offers food for a faster in Ramadan will have the same reward that is decided for the faster without having any amount of his reward reduced and will have the same reward of acting good deeds according to the power of that food.”

السّادس: أن يتصدّق عند الافطار ويفطّر الصّائمين ولو بعدد من التّمر أو بشربة من الماء، وعن النّبي : انّ من فطّر صائماً فله أجر مثله من دون أن ينقص من أجره شيء وكان له مثل أجر ما عمله من الخير بقوّة ذلك الطّعام.

Allamah al-Hilli, in al-Risalah al-Saʿdiyyah, narrated that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq said: “As for any believer who feeds another believer with a single bite of food in Ramadan, Almighty Allah will decide for him the reward of manumitting thirty believing slaves and will decide to respond to his prayers.”

وروى آية الله العلاّمة الحلّي في الرّسالة السّعديّة عن الصّادق (عليه السلام): انّ أيّما مؤمن أطعم مؤمناً لقمة في شهر رمضان كتب الله له أجر من أعتق ثلاثين رقبة مؤمنة وكان له عند الله تعالى دعوة مستجابة.

Seventh: Narrations have confirmed that it is advisable to recite Surah al-Qadr one thousand times a night.

السّابع: من المأثور تلاوة سورة القدر في كلّ ليلة ألف مرّة.

Eighth: When possible, it is recommended to recite Surah al-Dukhan a hundred times a night.

الثّامن: أن يتلو سورة حم الدخّان في كلّ ليلة مائة مرّة إن تيسّرت.

Ninth: Sayyid ibn Tawus: If one says the following supplicatory prayer each night in Ramadan, his sins of forty years will be forgiven:

التّاسع: روى السّيد انّ من قال هذا الدّعاء في كلّ ليلة من شهر رمضان غفرت له ذنوب أربعين سنة:

O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan in which You have revealed the Quran and made obligatory fasting in this month upon Your servants! Please, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and provide me with the opportunity to go to Your ‘Sacred House’ for pilgrimage in this year and in all years. Forgive my overbearing sins, for verily no one other than You can forgive them. O All-beneficent! O All-knowing!

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَافْتَرَضْتَ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ فِيهِ الصِّيَامَ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي هٰذَا الْعَامِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الْعِظَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا عَلاَّمُ.

Tenth: It is recommended to say the previously mentioned supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Hajj after the Sunset Prayer.

العاشر: أن يدعو بعد المغرب بدعاء الحجّ الّذي مرّ

Eleventh: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer known as Dua al-Iftifah every night in Ramadan:

الحادي عشر: أن يدعو في كلّ ليلة من رمضان بهذا الدّعاء

 

O Allah, I begin the glorification of You with praising You and You always guide us to the right out of Your favors upon us. I am certain that You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy in situations of pardon and mercy, the harshest in punishments in situations of giving exemplary punishment and chastisement (to the wrongdoers), and the greatest Omnipotent in the domain of absolute power and might. O Allah, You have permitted me to pray and beseech You. So, listen, O All-hearer, to my words of praise, reply my prayer, O All-merciful, and overlook my slips, O Oft-Forgiving. You, O my God, have relieved so many of my grievances, dispelled so many of my sorrows, overlooked so many of my slips, spread over me many of Your mercies, and unlocked so many rings of misfortunes (in which I was detained). All praise be to Allah Who has not betaken wife or son, Who has no partner in the sovereignty nor does He have any protecting friend through dependence. And Magnify Him with all magnificence. All praise be to Allah with full gratitude for all His bounties. All praise be to Allah Who has no opposition in His rule nor there is any challenge to His commands. All praise be to Allah Who has no counsel to meddle with His operation of creation nor there is anything similar to Him in His greatness. All praise be to Allah Whose commandments and praise are active in the creation, His glory is evident through His kindness, His distinct overflowing generosity is freely available, His unlimited bestowals do not exhaust, and Whose opulent bestowals increase Him nothing but magnanimity and generosity. Verily He is Mighty, Abundantly Giver. 

 

O Allah, I beseech You for little from the much, along with my great need for it and Your needlessness for it is since eternity. For me, it is so big but for You, it is effortless and easy. O Allah, as You pardon my sins, overlook my mistakes, take a lenient view of my disorderly conduct, cover up my hideous actions, and treat my numerous offenses with forbearance, which I have committed mistakenly and willfully— all that tempted me to ask for that which I do not deserve from You, that is You may grant me part of Your mercy, show me part of Your all-powerfulness, and show me signals of Your response to me. So, I am now supplicating You with security and beseeching You with entertainment neither afraid nor fearful, insisting on You in that which I face to You. But when Your response delayed, I, out of my ignorance, would blame You although perhaps slowing down may be a blessing in disguise, because You alone know the consequences of all matters. So, I have never seen such a noble Master more accommodating to such a dissatisfied servant than You are to me. O Lord! You give an invitation but I turn down, You become familiar with me but I do not care for You, and You show affection to me but I do not correspond to You, as if You are overreaching me! Yet, all that have not stopped You from having mercy upon me, doing favors to me, and blessing me out of Your magnanimity and generosity. So, (please) have mercy on Your ignorant servant and bestow upon him with the favors of Your beneficence. Verily, You are All-magnanimous and All-generous. All praise be to Allah: the Lord of the sovereignty, Who allows arks to flow [on seas], Who controls the winds, Who causes the day to break, Who administers the authority, and Who is the Lord of the worlds. All praise be to Allah for His indulgence although He has full acquaintance with all things. All praise be to Allah for His amnesty although He has full power over all things. All praise be to Allah for the respite that He allows in spite of provocation. 

 

He is able to do whatever He wills. All praise be to Allah, the Creator of all created beings, Who makes sustenance freely available, Who starts the day, Who is the Owner of glory, might, favors and bounties; and Who is so far away that none can ever see Him and, in the same time, He is so nigh that He is fully aware of even the whispering secrets. Blessed and Exalted be He. All praise be to Allah Who has no equal to challenge Him, nor is there an image comparable to Him, nor is there a helper to assist Him. He tames the powerful by His force, and disgraced are the great ones before His Greatness. So, He, through His power, fulfills that which He wills. All praise be to Allah Who gives answer to me whenever I call Him, covers up my shortcomings, yet I disobey Him, and gives me the largest part of bounties, yet I do not show him gratitude. Many an auspicious favor had He given me, many a terrible danger had He turned off, and many a blossoming joy had He made available for me. Therefore, I praise Him with thankfulness and mention Him with exaltation. All praise be to Allah Whose screen cannot be penetrated, Whose door is not blocked, Whose beseecher is not rejected, and one who hopes Him is not disappointed. All praise be to Allah Who secures the frightened ones, comes to the help of the upright ones, promotes the cause of the weak ones, annihilates the autocrats, destroys rulers, and appoints others instead. All praise be to Allah; the Eradicator of the tyrants, the Terminator of the unjust ones, the Catcher of the fugitives, the Punisher of the unjust ones, the Aide of the aid-seekers, the Settler of the needs of the beseechers, and the support of the faithful believers. 

 

All praise be to Allah! In His awe-inspiring fear the heavens and its dwellers tremble and shiver, the earth and its inhabitants shake and quiver, and the oceans and all that which float and swim in their waters flow together in excitement and tumult. All praise be to Allah Who has guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. All praise be to Allah Who creates but He is not created, gives subsistence but He needs no provisions, feeds but He takes no nourishment, causes the living to die, and brings the dead to life, but He is the Ever-living Who never dies. In His hands is all the good and He is able to do all things. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad; Your servant, Messenger, confidant, friend, beloved intimate, the choicest of Your created beings, the bearer of Your sacraments, and the conveyor of Your messages, with the most superior, the most exquisite, the most handsomer, the most perfect, the most upright, the most prospering, the most pleasant, the most thoroughly purified, the most sublime, the most and the best blessings, advantages, mercies, affections, and salutations that You have ever bestowed upon anyone of Your servants, Prophets, Messengers, choicest people, and those honored by You from among Your created beings. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ali; the Commander of the Believers, the successor of the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds, Your servant, Your beloved representative, the brother of Your Messenger, Your decisive argument over the mankind, Your most important sign, and the great news (from You). (Please do) send blessings to the truthful and pure Lady, Fatima; the Chief of the women of the world. (Please do) send blessings to the sons of ‘the mercy to the worlds’ and the two leaders of true guidance; al-Hassan and al-Hussein, the two Chiefs of the dwellers of Paradise. (Please do) send blessings to the leaders of the Muslims; Ali bin al-Hussein, Muhammad bin Ali, Jaʿfar bin Muhammad, Musa bin Jaʿfar, Ali bin Musa, Muhammad bin Ali, Ali bin Muhammad, al-Hassan bin Ali, and the successor, the guide, and the rightly guided: (Those Imams are) Your decisive arguments over Your servants and Your trustworthy confidants in Your lands with blessings that are numerous and non-stop. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to the custodian of Your commandments, the vigilant guardian, the reliable patron, and the awaited establisher of justice. And (please) surround him with Your favorite angels and assist him with the Holy Spirit. 

 

O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, (please) choose him to be the caller to Your Book and the establisher of Your religion; make him succeed in the earth as You caused those who were before him to succeed, establish for him his faith which You have approved for him, and give him in exchange safety after the fear. He serves You. He ascribes nothing as partner to You. O Allah, (please) grant him power, make him the source of power, grant him support, make him the means of Your victory, help him with a mighty help, make him prevail over all with easiness, and delegate him Your controlling authority. O Allah, (please) make prevalent Your religion and the norms of Your Prophet through him so that he will not have to hide any item of truth for fear of any of the creatures. O Allah, we ardently desire that You confer upon us a respectful government through which You may give might to Islam and its followers, humiliate hypocrisy and its people, and include us among those who invite people to the obedience to You and and lead them to Your approved path. Give us the good of this world and the world to come. O Allah, let us bear out that which You make known to us as the truth and let us attain that which we fall short to do. O Allah, through him, set in order our disorder, gather and unite our flock, stitch together our ripped open separation, increase our few numbers, lift us up from our degradation, grant wealth to the needy among us, pull us out from our debts, set up our poverty, fill the gap of confusion among us, make easy all difficulties we may face, refine our substance and style, release us from captivity, make successful our applications, fulfill Your promises to us, give answer to our prayers, respond to our requests, make us attain our hopes in this world as well as the world to come, and grant us beyond our wishes. O Most Favorable of all those whom may be besought and Most magnanimous of all those who may grant requests! Through him, heal our breasts, remove the rage of our hearts, and in the event of dispute in the matter of truth, show us the right path. Verily, You guide whosoever You will to the Right Path. Grant us victory over Your and our enemy. 

 

O God of Truth, respond to us! O Allah, we complain to You about the departure of our Prophet, Your blessings be on him and on his Household, the absence of our leader, the big numbers of our enemies, the few number of us, widespread disorder, and vicissitudes of time against us. So, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household and help us overcome all that through victory from You that You expedite, through relieving us from our injuries, through Your help that You confirm, through bringing in the rule of justice and fair-play, through mercy that You expand over us, and through good health that You cover us with, in the name of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَفْتَتِحُ الثَّنَاءَ بِحَمْدِكَ وَأَنْتَ مُسَدِّدٌ لِلصَّوَابِ بِمَنِّكَ وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْعَفْوِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَأَشَدُّ الْمُعَاقِبِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ النَّكَالِ وَالنِّقِمَةِ وَأَعْظَمُ الْمُتَجَبِّرِينَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ اللَّهُمَّ أَذِنْتَ لِي فِي دُعَائِكَ وَمَسْأَلَتِكَ فَاسْمَعْ يَا سَمِيعُ مِدْحَتِي وَأَجِبْ يَا رَحِيمُ دَعْوَتِي وَأَقِلْ يَا غَفُورُ عَثْرَتِي فَكَمْ يَا إِلٰهِي مِنْ كُرْبَةٍ قَدْ فَرَّجْتَهَا وَهُمُومٍ قَدْ كَشَفْتَهَا وَعَثْرَةٍ قَدْ أَقَلْتَهَا وَرَحْمَةٍ قَدْ نَشَرْتَهَا وَحَلْقَةِ بَلاءٍ قَدْ فَكَكْتَهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَلاَ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِهِ كُلِّهَا عَلَىٰ جَمِيعِ نِعَمِهِ كُلِّهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ مُضَادَّ لَهُ فِي مُلْكِهِ وَلاَ مُنَازِعَ لَهُ فِي أَمْرِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَلاَ شَبِيهَ لَهُ فِي عَظَمَتِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْفَاشِي فِي الْخَلْقِ أَمْرُهُ وَحَمْدُهُ الظَّاهِرِ بِالْكَرَمِ مَجْدُهُ الْبَاسِطِ بِالْجُودِ يَدَهُ الَّذِي لاَ تَنْقُصُ خَزَائِنُهُ وَلاَ تَزِيدُهُ كَثْرَةُ الْعَطَاءِ إِلَّا جُوداً وَكَرَماً إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْوَهَّابُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مَعَ حَاجَةٍ بِي إِلَيْهِ عَظِيمَةٍ وَغِنَاكَ عَنْهُ قَدِيمٌ وَهُوَ عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنْ ذَنْبِي وَتَجَاوُزَكَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِي وَصَفْحَكَ عَنْ ظُلْمِي وَسِتْرَكَ عَلَىٰ قَبِيحِ عَمَلِي وَحِلْمَكَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ جُرْمِي عِنْدَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ خَطَإِي وَعَمْدِي أَطْمَعَنِي فِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لاَ أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ الَّذِي رَزَقْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَرَيْتَنِي مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ وَعَرَّفْتَنِي مِنْ إِجَابَتِكَ فَصِرْتُ أَدْعُوكَ آمِناً وَأَسْأَلُكَ مُسْتَأْنِساً لاَ خَائِفاً وَلاَ وَجِلاً مُدِلاًّ عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا قَصَدْتُ فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنْ أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي عَتَبْتُ بِجَهْلِي عَلَيْكَ وَلَعَلَّ الَّذِي أَبْطَأَ عَنِّي هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي لِعِلْمِكَ بِعَاقِبَةِ الأُمُورِ فَلَمْ أَرَ مَوْلَىً كَرِيماً أَصْبَرَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدٍ لَئِيمٍ مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّكَ تَدْعُونِي فَأُوَلِّي عَنْكَ وَتَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَبَغَّضُ إِلَيْكَ وَتَتَوَدَّدُ إِلَيَّ فَلاَ أَقْبَلُ مِنْكَ كَأَنَّ لِيَ التَّطَوُّلَ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ ذٰلِكَ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ لِي وَالإِحْسَانِ إِلَيَّ وَالتَّفَضُّلِ عَلَيَّ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ فَارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الْجَاهِلَ وَجُدْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ إِحْسَانِكَ إِنَّكَ جَوَادٌ كَرِيمٌ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَالِكِ الْمُلْكِ مُجْرِي الْفُلْكِ مُسَخِّرِ الرِّيَاحِ فَالِقِ الإِصْبَاحِ دَيَّانِ الدِّينِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَىٰ حِلْمِهِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَىٰ عَفْوِهِ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَىٰ طُولِ أَنَاتِهِ فِي غَضَبِهِ وَهُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ مَا يُرِيدُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ خَالِقِ الْخَلْقِ بَاسِطِ الرِّزْقِ فَالِقِ الإِصْبَاحِ ذِي الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ وَالْفَضْلِ وَالإِنْعَامِ الَّذِي بَعُدَ فَلاَ يُرَىٰ وَقَرُبَ فَشَهِدَ النَّجْوَىٰ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَىٰ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ مُنَازِعٌ يُعَادِلُهُ وَلاَ شَبِيهٌ يُشَاكِلُهُ وَلاَ ظَهِيرٌ يُعَاضِدُهُ قَهَرَ بِعِزَّتِهِ الأَعِزَّاءَ وَتَوَاضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْعُظَمَاءُ فَبَلَغَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُجِيبُنِي حِينَ أُنَادِيهِ وَيَسْتُرُ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ عَوْرَةٍ وَأَنَا أَعْصِيهِ وَيُعَظِّمُ النِّعْمَةَ عَلَيَّ فَلاَ أُجَازِيهِ فَكَمْ مِنْ مَوْهِبَةٍ هَنِيئَةٍ قَدْ أَعْطَانِي وَعَظِيمَةٍ مَخُوفَةٍ قَدْ كَفَانِي وَبَهْجَةٍ مُونِقَةٍ قَدْ أَرَانِي فَأُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ حَامِداً وَأَذْكُرُهُ مُسَبِّحاً الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يُهْتَكُ حِجَابُهُ وَلاَ يُغْلَقُ بَابُهُ وَلاَ يُرَدُّ سَائِلُهُ وَلاَ يُخَيَّبُ آمِلُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ الْخَائِفِينَ وَيُنَجِّي الصَّالِحِينَ وَيَرْفَعُ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَيَضَعُ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ وَيُهْلِكُ مُلُوكاً وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ آخَرِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ قَاصِمِ الْجَبَّارِينَ مُبِيرِ الظَّالِمِينَ مُدْرِكِ الْهَارِبِينَ نَكَالِ الظَّالِمِينَ صَرِيخِ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ مَوْضِعِ حَاجَاتِ الطَّالِبِينَ مُعْتَمَدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِهِ تَرْعُدُ السَّمَاءُ وَسُكَّانُهَا وَتَرْجُفُ الأَرْضُ وَعُمَّارُهَا وَتَمُوجُ الْبِحَارُ وَمَنْ يَسْبَحُ فِي غَمَرَاتِهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلاَ أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يَخْلُقُ وَلَمْ يُخْلَقْ وَيَرْزُقُ وَلاَ يُرْزَقُ وَيُطْعِمُ وَلاَ يُطْعَمُ وَيُمِيتُ الأَحْيَاءَ وَيُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَأَمِينِكَ وَصَفِيِّكَ وَحَبِيبِكَ وَخِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَحَافِظِ سِرِّكَ وَمُبَلِّغِ رِسَالاَتِكَ أَفْضَلَ وَأَحْسَنَ وَأَجْمَلَ وَأَكْمَلَ وَأَزْكَىٰ وَأَنْمَىٰ وَأَطْيَبَ وَأَطْهَرَ وَأَسْنَىٰ وَأَكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَبَارَكْتَ وَتَرَحَّمْتَ وَتَحَنَّنْتَ وَسَلَّمْتَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَأَنْبِيَائِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَصِفْوَتِكَ وَأَهْلِ الْكَرَامَةِ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَوَصِيِّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ عَبْدِكَ وَوَلِيِّكَ وَأَخِي رَسُولِكَ وَحُجَّتِكَ عَلَىٰ خَلْقِكَ وَآيَتِكَ الْكُبْرَىٰ وَالنَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ الصِّدِّيقَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ فَاطِمَةَ سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ سِبْطَيِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَإِمَامَيِ الْهُدَىٰ الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُوسَىٰ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَىٰ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَالْخَلَفِ الْهَادِي الْمَهْدِيِّ حُجَجِكَ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ وَأُمَنَائِكَ فِي بِلادِكَ صَلاةً كَثِيرَةً دَائِمَةً اللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ وَليِّ أَمْرِكَ الْقَائِمِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ وَالْعَدْلِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ وَحُفَّهُ بِمَلائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَأَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ الدَّاعِيَ إِلَىٰ كِتَابِكَ وَالْقَائِمَ بِدِينِكَ اسْتَخْلِفْهُ فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفْتَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مَكِّنْ لَهُ دِينَهُ الَّذِي ارْتَضَيْتَهُ لَهُ أَبْدِلْهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِ أَمْناً يَعْبُدُكَ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِكَ شَيْئاً اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّهُ وَأَعْزِزْ بِهِ وَانْصُرْهُ وَانْتَصِرْ بِهِ وَانْصُرْهُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً وَافْتَحْ لَهُ فَتْحاً يَسِيراً وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَاناً نَصِيراً اللَّهُمَّ أَظْهِرْ بِهِ دِينَكَ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ لاَ يَسْتَخْفِيَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مَخَافَةَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي دَوْلَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ تُعِزُّ بِهَا الإِسْلاَمَ وَأَهْلَهُ وَتُذِلُّ بِهَا النِّفَاقَ وَأَهْلَهُ وَتَجْعَلُنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَىٰ طَاعَتِكَ وَالْقَادَةِ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِكَ وَتَرْزُقُنَا بِهَا كَرَامَةَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ مَا عَرَّفْتَنَا مِنَ الْحَقِّ فَحَمِّلْنَاهُ وَمَا قَصُرْنَا عَنْهُ فَبَلِّغْنَاهُ اللَّهُمَّ الْمُمْ بِه شَعَثَنَا وَاشْعَبْ بِهِ صَدْعَنَا وَارْتُقْ بِهِ فَتْقَنَا وَكَثِّرْ بِهِ قِلَّتَنَا وَأَعْزِزْ بِهِ ذِلَّتَنَا وَأَغْنِ بِهِ عَائِلَنَا وَاقْضِ بِهِ عَنْ مُغْرَمِنَا وَاجْبُرْ بِهِ فَقْرَنَا وَسُدَّ بِهِ خَلَّتَنَا وَيَسِّرْ بِهِ عُسْرَنَا وَبَيِّضْ بِهِ وُجُوهَنَا وَفُكَّ بِهِ أَسْرَنَا وَأَنْجِحْ بِهِ طَلِبَتَنَا وَأَنْجِزْ بِهِ مَوَاعِيدَنَا وَاسْتَجِبْ بِهِ دَعْوَتَنَا وَأَعْطِنَا بِهِ سُؤْلَنَا وَبَلِّغْنَا بِهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ آمَالَنَا وَأَعْطِنَا بِهِ فَوْقَ رَغْبَتِنَا يَا خَيْرَ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ وَأَوْسَعَ الْمُعْطِينَ اشْفِ بِهِ صُدُورَنَا وَأَذْهِبْ بِهِ غَيْظَ قُلُوبِنَا وَاهْدِنَا بِهِ لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ وَانْصُرْنَا بِهِ عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّكَ وَعَدُوِّنَا إِلٰهَ الْحَقِّ آمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ فَقْدَ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَغَيْبَةَ وَلِيِّنَا وَكَثْرَةَ عَدُوِّنَا وَقِلَّةَ عَدَدِنَا وَشِدَّةَ الْفِتَنِ بِنَا وَتَظَاهُرَ الزَّمَانِ عَلَيْنَا فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَأَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذٰلِكَ بِفَتْحٍ مِنْكَ تُعَجِّلُهُ وَبِضُرٍّ تَكْشِفُهُ وَنَصْرٍ تُعِزُّهُ وَسُلْطَانِ حَقٍّ تُظْهِرُهُ وَرَحْمَةٍ مِنْكَ تُجَلِّلُنَاهَا وَعَافِيَةٍ مِنْكَ تُلْبِسُنَاهَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

Twelfth: It is recommended to say every night in Ramadan:

الثّاني عشر: أن يقول في كلّ ليلة

 

O Allah, (please do) include us with the righteous ones, out of Your mercy, uplift us to the rank of illiyyin (most elevated rank), serve us with water running out of spring of Salsabil, out of Your mercy, give us as wives the Paradisiacal women, make the Paradisiacal youths who never alter in age and who are like hidden pearls serve us, give us food from the fruits of Paradise and from the meat of birds there, dress us from the clothes of fine and thick silk and rich brocade, give us success to catch the Grand Night, lead us to pilgrimage to Your Holy House and martyrdom in Your way, and respond to our goodly prayer and supplication. When You shall gather the past and the coming generations on the Resurrection Day, (please) have mercy upon us. (Please) release us from Hellfire. Do not fetter us in Hell, do not try us through Your chastisement and humiliations, do not feed us from zaqqum and thorns, do not add us to the devils, do not throw us down on our faces in Hellfire, do not dress us from the clothes of fire and the shirts of tar, and save us from all evils; O He save Whom there is no god! I beseech You in the name of there is no god save You.

اللَّهُمَّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي الصَّالِحِينَ فَأَدْخِلْنَا وَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ فَارْفَعْنَا وَبِكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ مِنْ عَيْنٍ سَلْسَبِيلٍ فَاسْقِنَا وَمِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَزَوِّجْنَا وَمِنَ الْوِلْدَانِ الْمُخَلَّدِينَ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ فَأَخْدِمْنَا وَمِنْ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ وَلُحُومِ الطَّيْرِ فَأَطْعِمْنَا وَمِنْ ثِيَابِ السُّنْدُسِ وَالْحَرِيرِ وَالإِسْتَبْرَقِ فَأَلْبِسْنَا وَلَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَحَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ وَقَتْلاً فِي سَبِيلِكَ فَوَفِّقْ لَنَا وَصَالِحَ الدُّعَاءِ وَالْمَسْأَلَةِ فَاسْتَجِبْ لَنَا وَإِذَا جَمَعْتَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَارْحَمْنَا وَبَرَاءَةً مِنَ النَّارِ فَاكْتُبْ لَنَا وَفِي جَهَنَّمَ فَلاَ تَغُلَّنَا وَفِي عَذَابِكَ وَهَوَانِكَ فَلاِ تَبْتَلِنَا وَمِنَ الزُّقُّومِ وَالضَّرِيعِ فَلاَ تُطْعِمْنَا وَمَعَ الشَّيَاطِينِ فَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا وَفِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِنَا فَلاَ تَكْبُبْنَا وَمِنْ ثِيَابِ النَّارِ وَسَرَابِيلِ الْقَطِرَانِ فَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا وَمِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ يَا لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ بِحَقِّ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَنَجِّنَا

 

Thirteenth: Imam al-Sadiq: Say every night in Ramadan:

الثّالث عشر: عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) قال: تقول في كلّ ليلة من شهر رمضان:

 

O Allah, I beseech You to decide for me while taking decisions and rendering possible things and events decisively— decisions which can not be changed or bypassed— to write my name in the list of those pilgrims of Your Holy House whose pilgrimage receives Your approval, whose efforts are appreciated, whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongdoings are overlooked, and, while making decisions and rendering possible things and events, make possible for me long life, goodness, welfare, and enough means of livelihood, include me with those whom You use for backing Your Religion, and do not substitute another in my place.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ فِي الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي فِي خَيْرٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ وَتُوَسِّعَ في رِزْقِي وَتَجْعَلَنِي مِمَّنْ تَنْتَصِرُ بِهِ لِدِينِكَ وَلاَ تَسْتَبْدِلْ بِي غَيْرِي.

 

Fourteenth: According to Anis al-Salihin, it is recommended to say every night in Ramadan:

الرّابع عشر: في كتاب أنيس الصّالحين أُدع في كلّ ليلة من ليالي شهر رمضان قائلا:

 

I seek refuge with the majesty of Your Honorable Face against that the month of Ramadan elapses or dawn breaks this night, and there is still a sin or an offense in my record for which You may chastise me.

أَعُوذُ بِجَلالِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ عَنِّي شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ أَوْ يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِي هٰذِهِ وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُعَذِّبُنِي عَلَيْهِ.

 

O my God, the beseechers have stood at Your Door, the poor have resorted to Your refuge, and the ship of the needy have cast anchor near the coast of the sea of Your Magnanimity and Generosity, hoping for permission to enter the yard of Your Mercy and Favor. O my God, If You, in this holy month, will have mercy upon none but those who sincerely observe fasting and do acts of worship to You, who will then stand for the sinful and the negligent then they sink in the ocean of their sins and offenses? O my God, if you have mercy upon non but the obedient to You, who will then stand for the disobedient? If You accept none but those who do acts of worship to You, who will then stand for the negligent? O my God, the observers of fasting have won, the doers of acts of worship to You have prospered, and those who act sincerely have been saved. But we, Your sinful servants, beseech Your mercy; so, (please do) have mercy upon us, release us from the chastisement of Hellfire, out of Your pardon, and forgive our sins, in the name of Your mercy. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

إِلٰهِي وَقَفَ السَّائِلُونَ بِبَابِكَ وَلاذَ الفُقَراءُ بِجَنابِكَ وَوَقَفَتْ سَفِينَةُ المسَاكِينِ عَلَىٰ سَاحِلِ بَحْرِ جُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ يَرْجُونَ الجَوَازَ إِلَىٰ سَاحَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنِعْمَتِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَرْحَم فِي هٰذَا الشَّهْرِ الشَّرِيفِ إِلَّا مَنْ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ فِي صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ فَمَنْ لِلْمُذْنِبِ الْمُقَصِّرِ إِذَا غَرِقَ فِي بَحْرِ ذُنُوبِهِ وَآثَامِهِ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَرْحَم إِلَّا الْمُطِيعِينَ فَمَنْ لِلْعَاصِينَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَقْبَل إِلَّا مِنَ العَامِلِينَ فَمَنْ للْمُقَصِّرِينَ إِلٰهِي رَبِحَ الصَّائِمُونَ وَفَازَ القَائِمُونَ وَنَجَا الُمخْلِصُونَ وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ الْمُذْنِبُونَ فَارْحَمْنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَأَعْتِقْنَا مِنَ النَّارِ بَعَفْوِك وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

 

Fifteenth: In the margin of al-Balad al-Amin, al-Kafʿami reported on the authority of Sayyid Ibn Baqi that it is recommended to offer a two unit prayer every night in Ramadan, reciting in the first unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Tawhid three times. After accomplishment, it is recommended to say the following supplication:

الخامس عشر: روى الكفعمي في هامش كتابه البلد الأمين عن السّيد ابن باقي قال: يستحبّ في كلّ ليلة من ليالي شهر رمضان صلاة ركعتين تقرأ في كلّ ركعة الحمد والتّوحيد ثلاث مرّات فاذا سلّمت تقول:

 

Glory be to Him Who watches over, never leaves anything undone, or is neglectful. Glory be to Him Who is Merciful, never does a thing in haste. Glory be to Him Who is vigilant, never forgets one thing over another. Glory be to Him Who is alert and steady, never is engrossed with a thing so as to overlook another.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ حَفِيظٌ لاَ يَغْفُلُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ رَحِيمٌ لاَ يَعْجَلُ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ لاَ يَسْهُو سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ دَائِمٌ لاَ يَلْهُو.

 

After that, it is recommended to repeat the four glorificatory statements seven times:

ثمّ تسبّح بالتّسبيحات الأربع سبع مرّات

 

All glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no god save Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ.

 

Then, it is recommended to say:

ثمّ تقول:

 

Glory be to You! Glory be to You! Glory be to You! O All-great, forgive my grave sins.

سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ! يَا عَظِيمُ اغْفِرْ لِيَ الذَّنْبَ الْعَظِيمَ.

 

Then, it is recommended to invoke Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household ten times:

ثمّ تصلّي على النّبي وآله عشر مرّات.

 

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and upon his Household.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ.

 

Almighty Allah will forgive seventy thousand sins of those who offer this prayer in the previous form… etc.

من صلّى هذه الصّلاة غفر الله له سبعين ألف سيّئة… الخ.

 

Sixteenth: According to a narration, if one recites Surah al-Fath in a prayer, he will be saved all over that year.

السّادس عشر: في الحديث انّ من قرأ في كلّ ليلة من شهر رمضان سورة انّا فتَحنا في صلاة مسنونة كان مصُوناً في ذلك العام.

 

One of the recommended acts in the month of Ramadan is to offer the one thousand unit prayer. Master scholars have referred to this prayer in their books of jurisprudence and acts of worship. However, the way of offering this prayer has been mentioned by narrations in many forms. According to the report of Ibn Abi-Qurrah from Imam Muhammad al-Jawad that is also adopted by Sheikh al-Mufid in al-Ghariyyah wa’l-Ashraf, this prayer, in its most familiar form, is offered as follows:

واعلم انّ من أعمال ليالي شهر رمضان الصّلاة ألف ركعة وقد أشار اليها المشايخ والأعاظم في كتبهم في الفقه وفي العبادة، وأمّا كيفيّة هذه الصّلاة فقد اختلفت فيها الرّوايات وهي على ما رواها ابن أبي قرة عن الجواد (عليه السلام)واختارها المفيد في كتاب الغرية والاشراف بل واختارها المشهور هي

 

As for the first twenty nights of Ramadan, twenty units of this prayer should be offered at each night with an interval between each two units. To explain, eight units should be offered after the obligatory Sunset Prayer and the others are performed after the obligatory Evening Prayer. The total is thus seven hundred units and the remainder is three hundred. These three hundred units should be offered at the Qadr Nights, which are the nineteenth, the twenty-first, and the twenty-third nights of the month. One hundred units should be offered at each of these three Qadr Nights. Thus, one thousand units are completed.

أن يصلّي منها في كلّ ليلة من ليالي العشر الأُولى والثّانية عشرين ركعة يسلّم بين كلّ ركعتين، فيصلّي منها ثمان ركعات بعد صلاة المغرب والباقية وهي اثنتا عشرة ركعة تؤخّر عن صلاة العشاء وفي العشرة، الأخيرة يصلّي منها كلّ ليلة ثلاثين ركعة يؤتي ثمان منها بعد صلاة المغرب أيضاً ويؤخّر الباقية عن العشاء، فالمجموع يكون سبعمائة ركعة وهي تنقص عن الألف ركعة ثلاثمائة ركعة، وهي تؤدّى في ليالي القدر وهي اللّيلة التّاسعة عشرة والحادية والعشرون والثّالثة، والعشرون فيخصّ كلّ من هذه اللّيالي بمائة ركعة منها، فتتمّ الألف ركعة.

 

It is worth mentioning that other divisions of these one thousand units have been cited. Yet, these divisions will not be mentioned in this book for fear of lengthiness.

It has been narrated that it is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer after the accomplishment of every two units of the supererogatory prayers in Ramadan:

وقد وزّع هذه الصّلاة على الشّهر بنحو آخر وتفصيل ذلك في مقام اخر ولا يسعنا هنا بسط الكلام.

روي انّك تقول بعد كلّ ركعتين من نوافل شهر رمضان:

 

O Allah, at the time of taking decisions that are inevitable and rendering possible things and events decisively, at the Destiny Night, (please) write my name in the list of those pilgrims of Your ‘Sacred House’ whose pilgrimage receive Your approval, whose efforts are appreciated, whose sins are forgiven. I pray You to make possible for me long lifetime that is spent in obedience to You, and grant me enough means of livelihood. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ وَفِي مَا تَفْرُقُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَتُوَسِّعَ لِي فِي رِزْقِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

 

First: It is highly advisably not to neglect having the early dawn meal even if a single date or a drink of water are had. The best food in the early dawn meal is fine flour and dates. A narration reads that Almighty Allah and His angels bless those who implore for His forgiveness at the last hours of night and have the early dawn meal.

الأوّل: أن يتسحّر فلا يدع السّحُور ولو على حشفة تمر أو جرعة من الماء، وأفضل السّحور السّويق والتّمر وفي الحديث انّ الله وملائكته يصلّون على المستغفرين والمستسحرين بالأسحار

 

Second: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Qadr at early dawn, for a narration reads that any believer who recites Surah al-Qadr at the early dawn meal and the breaking the fast meal will be decided as sacrificing his blood for the sake of Almighty Allah between these two times.

الثّاني: أن يقرأ عند السّحور سورة انّا أنزلناه، ففي الحديث ما من مؤمن صام فقرأ «انّا أنْزَلناهُ في ليلة القدر» عند سحوره وعند افطاره الّا كان فيما بينهما كالمتشحّط بدمه في سبيل الله

 

Third: The highly considerable Dua al-Bahaa supplicatory prayer is reported from Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha who said: This is the supplicatory prayer that Imam al-Baqir used to say at the last hours of Ramadan nights:

الثّالث: أن يدعو بهذا الدّعاء العظيم الشّأن الذي روي عن الرّضا صلوات الله وسلامه عليه انّه قال: هو دعاء الباقر (عليه السلام) في أسحار شهر رمضان:

 

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your brilliance that beautifies, and all Your glories are radiantly brilliant. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your glories. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your refined good that makes more handsome, and all Your refinements are gracefully beautiful. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your beauties. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your majesty that gives grandeur, and all Your majestic powers are strongly sublime. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your powers. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your greatness that makes great, and all Your powers are extensively important. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your influences. O Allah, I beseech You to give me from Your light that enlightens, and all Your enlightenments are luminously bright. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your lights. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your mercy that gives much, and all Your kind leniencies are plenteously many. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your compassions. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Words that elaborate and conclude, and all Your words are complete and perfect. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Words. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your perfection that brings to fullness, and all Your perfections are total and whole. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your perfections. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Names that make great, and all Your Names are important. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Names. O Allah, I beseech You to give me from Your authority that surpasses in honor and power, and all Your authorities are rare and supreme. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your authorities. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Will that (simultaneously) takes effect, and all Your wills are (at once) executed. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your wills. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your that omnipotence which controls everything, and at all events Your omnipotence dominates. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your all-embracing omnipotence. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Wisdom that pierces through and enforces, and Your Wisdom is altogether effective. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Wisdom. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your promise which always is fulfilled, and all Your promises are kept and fulfilled. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your promises. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Channels which are most dear to You, and all that which is dear to You is most desirable. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Channels. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your distinctions that vie in glory, and all Your distinctions are noble. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your distinctions. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your sovereignty which lasts and continues forever, and for all times Your sovereignty is everlasting. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your absolute sovereignty. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your kingdom that surpasses in glory and nobility, and in reality Your kingdom alone is the most celebrated and magnificent. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your unlimited kingdom. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your highest height that exalts, and Your eminence is altogether sublime. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your highest sublimity. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your bounties which always move ahead, come in advance, and all Your bounties are eternal. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your bounties. O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your signs which gives out freely, and all Your signs are generous. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your signs. O Allah, I ask You to give me whereby You exercises absolute authority and power, I beseech You in the name of (Your) total exclusive omnipotence, and singular absolute authority. O Allah, I ask You to give me whereby You gives answer to my supplication whenever I turn to You; therefore, hear my prayers, O Allah!

 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ بَهَائِكَ بِأَبْهَاهُ وَكُلُّ بَهَائِكَ بَهِيٌّ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِبَهَائِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ جَمَالِكَ بِأَجْمَلِهِ وَكُلُّ جَمَالِكَ جَمِيلٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِجَمَالِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ جَلالِكَ بِأَجَلِّهِ وَكُلُّ جَلالِكَ جَلِيلٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِجَلاَلِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عَظَمَتِكَ بِأَعْظَمِهَا وَكُلُّ عَظَمَتِكَ عَظِيمَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَظَمَتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ نُورِكَ بِأَنْوَرِهِ وَكُلُّ نُورِكَ نَيِّرٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِنُورِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ بِأَوْسَعِهَا وَكُلُّ رَحْمَتِكَ وَاسِعَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِكَ بِأَتَمِّهَا وَكُلُّ كَلِمَاتِكَ تَامَّةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَلِمَاتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ كَمَالِكَ بِأَكْمَلِهِ وَكُلُّ كَمَالِكَ كَامِلٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَمَالِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ أَسْمَائِكَ بِأَكْبَرِهَا وَكُلُّ أَسْمَائِكَ كَبِيرَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عِزَّتِكَ بِأَعَزِّهَا وَكُلُّ عِزَّتِكَ عَزِيزَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزِّتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ مَشِيئَتِكَ بِأَمْضَاهَا وَكُلُّ مَشِيئَتِكَ مَاضِيَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَشِيئَتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ قُدْرَتِكَ بِالْقُدْرَةِ الَّتِي اسْتَطَلْتَ بِهَا عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكُلُّ قُدْرَتِكَ مُسْتَطِيلَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عِلْمِكَ بِأَنْفَذِهِ وَكُلُّ عِلْمِكَ نَافِذٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ بِأَرْضَاهُ وَكُلُّ قَوْلِكَ رَضِيٌّ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِقَوْلِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ مَسَائِلِكَ بِأَحَبِّهَا إِلَيْكَ وَكُلُّ مَسَائِلِكَ إِلَيْكَ حَبِيبَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَسَائِلِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ شَرَفِكَ بِأَشْرَفِهِ وَكُلُّ شَرَفِكَ شَرِيفٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِشَرَفِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ سُلْطَانِكَ بِأَدْوَمِهِ وَكُلُّ سُلْطَانِكَ دَائِمٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ مُلْكِكَ بِأَفْخَرِهِ وَكُلُّ مُلْكِكَ فَاخِرٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمُلْكِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عُلُوِّكَ بِأَعْلاهُ وَكُلُّ عُلُوِّكَ عَالٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعُلُوِّكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ مَنِّكَ بِأَقْدَمِهِ وَكُلُّ مَنِّكَ قَدِيمٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَنِّكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ آيَاتِكَ بِأَكْرَمِهَا وَكُلُّ آيَاتِكَ كَرِيمَةٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بآيَاتِكَ كُلِّهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا أَنْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّأْنِ وَالْجَبَرُوتِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ شَأْنٍ وَحْدَهُ وَجَبَرُوتٍ وَحْدَهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا تُجِيبُنِي بِهِ حِينَ أَسْأَلُكَ فَأَجِبْنِي يَا اللَّهُ

 

You may then submit your requests, for they will be completely settled, Allah willing.

ثمّ سل حاجتك فانّها تقضى البتّة.

 

Fourth: In Misbah al-Mutahajjid, it is narrated on the authority of Abu-Hamzah al-Thumali that Imam Ali ibn al-Hussein Zayn al-Abidin used to offer prayers at the nights of Ramadan wholly. At the last hour of Ramadan nights, he used to say:

الرّابع: في المصباح عن أبي حمزة الثّمالي (رحمه الله) قال: كان زين العابدين (عليه السلام) يصلّي عامّة اللّيل في شهر رمضان فاذا كان في السّحر دعا بهذا الدّعاء:

O Allah, do not discipline me by means of Your punishment and do not subject me to Your planned strategy. How can I attain welfare, O Lord, while it is not found elsewhere save with You? How can I find redemption while it cannot be attained save through You? Neither he who has done righteous deeds can dispense with Your aid and mercy nor can he who did evildoings, dare to challenge you, and did not arrive at Your pleasure find an exit out of Your power.

إِلٰهِي لاَ تُؤَدِّبْنِي بِعُقُوبَتِكَ وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ بِي فِي حِيلَتِكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ لِيَ الْخَيْرُ يَا رَبِّ وَلاَ يُوجَدُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ لِيَ النَّجَاةُ وَلاَ تُسْتَطَاعُ إِلَّا بِكَ لاَ الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ اسْتَغْنَىٰ عَنْ عَوْنِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَلاَ الَّذِي أَسَاءَ وَاجْتَرَأَ عَلَيْكَ وَلَمْ يُرْضِكَ خَرَجَ عَنْ قُدْرَتِكَ.

Repeat this phrase as many times as possible in one breath:

ثم قل حتّى ينقطع النّفس:

O Lord…

يَا رَبِّ …

Then, keep on saying:

(ثم قل)

Through You have I known You. You showed me the way to You and invited me to come towards You. Had it been not for You, I would have never known who You are. All praise be to Allah alone Who gives answer to me whenever I pray Him although I am slow whenever He invites me. All praise be to Allah alone Who gives me whenever I ask Him although I become close-fisted when He asks me. All praise be to Allah alone Whom I call whenever I need something and Whom I secretly converse whenever I want without need for an intercessor; He thus grants my need. All praise be to Allah alone other than Whom I never pray, and even if I pray anyone else, he shall never be able to respond to my prayer. All praise be to Allah alone for other than Whom I do not hope, and even if I hope for anyone else, he shall certainly disappoint me. All praise be to Allah alone Who has accepted me to depend upon Him and, thus, bestowed favors upon me. He has not left me to people who will thus definitely humiliate me. All praise be to Allah alone Who has sought my friendship while He can dispense with me. All praise be to Allah alone Who showed Himself gentle and considerate towards me as if I have not sinned. Accordingly, my Lord is the only One Whom I should thank and He is the worthiest of being thanked by me. O Allah, I find the courses to asking from You wide open, the springs to hoping for You overflowing, seeking the help of Your favors reachable for them who have hopefully looked forward to You, and the doors of praying You vulnerable for them who cry to You. I know for sure that You give favorable reply to the petitioners and relentlessly succor the aggrieved; and to long for Your beneficence and to accept Your will and judgment are well compensations for that which the close-fisted misers deny and alternative to that which is possessed by the stingy. He who travels towards You will easily reach his destination. You do not conceal Yourself against Your creatures unless their evildoings stand between them and You. I am thus turning to You carrying my appeals and directing towards You carrying my needs. I have sought the help of You alone and begging You through my prayer although I do not deserve to be observed by You or to be pardoned by You. Rather, I have full confidence in Your generosity, I have relied upon the truthfulness of Your promise, I have sought shelter with my faith in Your Oneness and my certitude in the fact -which you know- that I have no Lord other than You and there is no god save You alone, without having any partner. O Allah, It is You Who have said, and Your sayings are always true and Your promise is always valid: “Ask Allah of His bounty. Verily Allah is ever Merciful to you.” It is not Your habit, O my Chief, that You instruct us to implore You and then You stop giving us, while You are the All-benefactor Who confers upon the people of Your Kingdom with (innumerable) donations and You are the All-generous Who meets them with the kindness of Your compassion. O my God, You brought me up amid Your bounties and favors when I was little and You have mentioned me when I have grown up. So, O He Who brought me up in this world with His bounties, favors, and graces, and, in the Hereafter, will have referred to me with His amnesty and generosity! My acquaintance with You, O my Lord, is the path taking me to You and my love for You is the intermediary between You and me. I am sure of the path to which You have lead me and I rely upon my intermediary’s success before You. I pray You, O my Chief, with a tongue muted by its sins. O Lord! I confidentially speak to You with a heart degraded by its offenses. I pray You, O Lord, with terror, desire, hope, and fear. Whenever I think of my sins, O my Master, I panic, but when I think of Your generosity, I feel desirous (for Your pardon). Therefore, if You forgive me, You are already the best of those who show mercy, and If You punish me, You are then not wronging me. Yet, it is Your munificence and Your generosity, O Allah, that gave me the courage to pray You, despite that I have committed things that You dislike. It is Your kindness and mercy that I use as my means during misfortunes inflicting me despite my shamelessness. I thus hope that my expectation will not be disappointed amid these two matters. So, make my hopes become real and answer my prayers. O Greatest Besought One that has been ever besought, and the Most Favorable Hoped One! My expectation, O my Chief, has been great but my deed has been bad. So, grant me Your pardon as much as my expectation, and do not punish me for the worst of my deed. Verily, Your generosity is too great to be compared to the penalty of the guilty, and Your tolerance is too immense to be compared to the punishment of the negligent. I, O my Chief, am seeking refuge with Your benevolence, fleeing from You towards You, hoping for the amnesty that You have promised to confer upon one who keeps good idea about You. What am I? O Lord! What importance do I have? Do me a favor out of Your benevolence and be charitable to me by means of pardoning me. O my Lord! Cover me with Your protective covering and overlook reproaching me out of the generosity of Your Face. In fact, if anyone other than You has watched me while committing these sins, I may not commit them. Had I anticipated immediateness of punishment, I might have avoided doing them. Yet, this does not mean that You are the least important of those who watch over me or You are the least weighty of those who observe me. Rather, this is because You, O my Lord, are the best of those who cover up (one’s defects), the wisest of those who judge, the most generous of those who act generously, the concealer of defects, the Forgiver of sins, and the Knower of the unseen. You conceal the defects out of Your liberality and put off punishment because of Your forbearance. Hence, all praise be to You, for You act tolerably although You have full knowledge and for Your pardon even though You have the absolute authority. It is Your forbearance with me that gives me latitude and makes me dare to break Your laws. It is Your concealing my faults that makes me act shamelessly before You. It is my acquaintance with the broadness of Your mercy and the magnitude of Your pardon that make me hurry to violate that which You have deemed forbidden. O Indulgent! O Compassionate! O Ever-living! O Self-subsistent! O Forgiver of sins! O Accepter of repentance! O Owner of matchless bounties! O He who has been doing favors since eternity! Where is Your magnificent concealment (of one’s faults)? Where is Your irreversible pardon? Where is Your abrupt relief? Where is Your immediate aid? Where is Your boundless mercy? Where is Your overflowing gifts? Where are Your pleasant endowments? Where are Your beautiful benefits? Where is Your outstanding grace? Where are Your giant bounties? Where are Your eternal favors? Where is Your generous liberality? O Generous Giver! In Your name and in the name of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, save me! In the name of Your mercy, deliver me! O All-benevolent! O All-beneficent! O All-gracious! O All-compassionate! In my salvation from Your punishment, I do not rely upon my deeds; rather, I depend on Your liberal generosity to us, because You are verily the Lord of righteousness and the Lord of forgiveness. You take the initiative in doing good out of Your graciousness and overlook the sins out of Your generosity. We thus do not know which of Your graces we should thank: should it be the handsome elegance that you spread over us, or our offensive deeds that you conceal? Or should it be the fabulous favor that You grant and present, or the numerous misfortunes from which You have saved and relieved? O Beloved of those who endear themselves to Him! O delight of the eyes of those who resort to Him and communicate Him incessantly! You are the All-benevolent and we are the malevolent. So, overlook, O Lord, the offensive that we hold by means of the good that You hold. There is not definitely any foolishness that can be uncovered by Your liberality. There is no period that may be longer than Your tolerance. What value remains for our deeds if compared to Your favors? How can we ever deem much any deeds if compared to Your generosity? Moreover, how may Your broad mercy be narrow for the guilty? O Extensive Forgiver! O He Who extends both hands with mercy! By Your Majesty I swear, O my Lord, even if you chide me, I shall never leave Your Door and I shall never stop flattering You! This is because I have full acquaintance with Your (indescribable) generosity and bounty. Verily, You do whatever You will. You punish whomsoever You want however You want by whatever means You want. You have mercy upon whomsoever You want however You want by whatever means You want. None is supposed to interrogate You for whatever You do, non can ever contend with You about Your authority, none can ever have a share in that which You hold, none can ever object to Your decisions, and none can ever protest against that which You administer. To You alone are creation and determination. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the worlds. O my Lord, this is the manner of one who seeks Your shelter, resorts to Your liberality, and has been accustomed to be included with Your benevolence and graciousness. You are certainly the All-munificent Whose amnesty never shrinks, Whose favor never reduces, and Whose mercy never diminishes. We have full confidence in You on account of Your eternal habit of pardons, boundless kindness, and limitless mercy. Is it ever expectable, O Lord, that You may disappoint us or may act on the contrary of our expectations? No, never. O Compassionate! This is neither our idea about You nor our desire from You! O my Lord, verily we have hope, big and large, in You. Verily, we have great expectation in You. Albeit that we have disobeyed You, we still hope that You will cover our faults. We have prayed You hoping that You will respond to us. So, give success to our hopes, O our Lord! We now know for sure what we deserve in exchange of our deeds. Yet, Your knowledge about us and our knowledge that You shall never let us down have urged us to desire for You even if we do not deserve Your mercy. However, You are the worthiest of conferring upon us and upon the guilty with the grace of Your broad benevolence. So, confer upon us with that of which You are worthy and act generously towards us, for we are in need for Your conferral. O Oft-Forgiving, in Your light have we found the right path, due to Your favor have we dispensed with the others, and Your grace have we experienced in morns and eves. Our sins are before You; we beseech You, O Allah, to forgive them and we repent before You. Whilst You show affection to us through Your graces, we take ourselves away from You through our sins. You good descend upon us while our evildoing ascends to You. Albeit that a noble angel always carries to You our offensive deeds, this has never made you stop encompassing us with Your graces and conferring upon us your elegances. Glory be to You! How Forbearing, Magnificent, and Generous You are at all times! Sacred be Your Names. Grand be Your praise. Munificent be Your deeds and acts. You, O my God, are too expansive in graciousness and too great in forbearance to punish me for my evildoings and sins. (Here I am asking for) Amnesty! Amnesty! Amnesty! O my Lord! O my Lord! O my Lord! O Allah, cause us to be engaged with mentioning You, save us from Your wrath, deliver us from Your torture, grant us Your donations, confer upon us with Your grace, and provide us the opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Your House and to visit the tomb of Your Prophet, may Your blessings, mercy, forgiveness, and pleasure be upon him and his Household. Verily, You are nigh and ready to answer. Bless us with acting upon the obedience to You, and receive us following the rule of You and Your Prophet, blessings of Allah be on him and on his Household. O Allah, forgive me and my parents, and have mercy on them as they cared for me when I was little. Reward them generously for their good deeds and forgive their sins. O Allah, forgive the faithful men and women, be they alive or dead, and join us together in bliss and happiness. O Allah, forgive our living and dead persons, our present and absent ones, our male and female ones, our infants and adults, and our free ones and slaves. Liars are those who ascribe rivals to Allah; they have wandered far astray and they will have suffered a manifest loss. O Allah, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, seal my life with decency, help me overcome all that which aggrieves me in this world as well as the Hereafter, do not let him who does not have mercy upon me prevail on me, always keep on me an everlasting, protective covering, do not divest me of the well-mannered graces that You have conferred upon me, and provide me, out of Your grace, with lawfully gotten, delightful sustenance. O Allah, keep me under Your alert surveillance, protect me with Your support, take care of me with Your comprehensive care, grant me opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Your Holy House in this year as well as all coming years, grant me to go on pilgrimage to the tombs of Your Prophet and the Imams, peace be upon them, and do not deprive me, O Lord, of such honorable scenes and noble situations. O Allah, accept my repentance so that I will not disobey you ever again, inspire me with goodness, good-doing, and fear of You all over day and night as long as You keep me alive. O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, each time I decide to prepare and ready myself for offering prayers before You and conversing confidentially with You, You throw on me slumber whenever I stand for prayer; thus, You deprive me of conversing with You confidentially whenever I try so. What is the wrong with me? Whenever I feel that my inner self has become decent and that my session has become similar to the sessions of those who turn much to You, a misfortune would inflict me, causing my feet to be shaken, and standing against my showing servitude to You. O my Master, perhaps You have pushed me away from Your door and You have dismissed me from Your service! Or, perhaps, You have noticed that I belittled the duties that You have made incumbent upon me, and You thus set me aside! Or, perhaps, You have seen me turning away from You and thus You have turned away from me! Or, perhaps, You have found me in the manner of the liars and thus You have rejected me! Or, perhaps, You have observed me showing no gratitude for Your graces and thus You have deprived me of them! Or, perhaps, You have not found me in the meetings of the scholars and thus You have let me down! Or, perhaps, You have seen me among the inattentive ones and thus You have made me despair of Your mercy! Or, perhaps, You have found me fond of the sessions of the wrongdoers and thus You have referred me to them! Or, perhaps, You have not willed to hear my prayers and thus You have kept me away from You! Or, perhaps, You have punished me for my offenses and sins! Or, perhaps, You have penalized me for my shamelessness! If You forgive me, O Lord, then You have occasionally forgiven the sinners like me, because Your compassion, O my Lord, is too great to be compared to the punishment of the negligent. I am now seeking refuge with Your generosity and fleeing for You to You, hoping for the promise that You have taken as regards pardoning those who have good idea about You. O my God, You are too expansive in favor and too great in forbearance to punish me for my deed or to chastise me for my sin. What am I? O Master! What is my weight? Excuse me out of Your favor, O my Master, act to me charitably our of Your pardon, cover me with Your covering, and let off chiding me out of the liberality of Your Face. O my Master! I am the little that You have brought up, I am the ignorant that You have taught, I am the straying that You have guided, I am the humble that You have given rise, I am the afraid that You have given security, I am the hungry that You have satiated, I am the thirsty that You have watered, I am the naked that You have dressed, I am the poor that You have given affluence, I am the weak that You have strengthened, I am the lowly that You have given might, I am the ill that You have cured, I am the beggar that You have donated, I am the sinner that You have covered, I am the guilty that You have excused, I am the valueless that You have evaluated, I am the helpless that You have backed, and I am the expelled that You have boarded. I am, O my Lord, the one who has not felt ashamed of You in secrets and the one who has not considered Your watching over him in the public. I am the committer of the grave transgressions, I am the one who challenged his Master, I am the one who disobeyed the All-great of the heavens, I am the one who has given bribes violating the laws of the All-lofty Lord, I am the one who has been delighted for committing such sins, I am the one who, although You have respited, has not cared, I am the one whom, although You have covered him, has not felt ashamed, who committed so many acts of disobedience that he has violated (all terms), and who, although You have disregarded, has not minded. So, out of Your forbearance have You given me respite. You have concealed (my faults) with Your untouchable concealment as if You have been unaware of my acts. You have not applied to me the punishments of committing acts of disobedience (to You) as if You are ashamed to face me. O my God, as I disobeyed You, I have never denied Your Lordship, have never belittled Your ordains, have never wished for exposing myself to Your chastisement, and have never disparaged Your threat. Nevertheless, sins showed themselves desirable before me, my self commended to me, my whim overwhelmed me, my impudence helped me accordingly, and I have been deceived by Your covering that You have laid on me. So, I have exerted efforts in violating Your orders and disobeying You. Now, who can ever save me from Your chastisement? Tomorrow, who can save me from the hands of my rivals? Whose rope will I catch if You cut off the rope between You and me? Shame on me for my evildoings that Your Book has recorded. Had it not been for Your generosity, the breadth of Your mercy, and Your warning me against being desperate—the matters that I hopefully depend on, I would have despaired whenever I remember my sins. O Greatest Besought Who has been ever besought! O Most Favorable Hoped! O Allah! I beseech You in the name of the liability of Islam, I rely upon You in the name of the sanctity of the Quran, in the name of my love for the Prophet; the Ummi (inhabitant of Mecca), the Qurayshite, the Hashemite, the Arab, the Tuhamite, the Meccan, and the Madanite, I hope for proximity to You. So, do not disturb my familiarity with faith and do not make my reward the same as reward given to those who serve one other than You. Certainly, some people outwardly declared the faith so that they could prevent their blood from being shed. However, they attained their goals. We have believed in You by heart and tongue so that You may excuse us. Hence, make us attain our goals, make firm our hope for You in our hearts, make not our hearts to deviate after You have guided us aright, and grant us from You mercy. Surely, You are the most liberal Giver. By Your Majesty I swear, O my Lord, even if You chide me, I shall never leave Your Door and I shall never stop flattering You. This is because I have full acquaintance with Your (indescribable) generosity and bounty. To whom may a servant go save to his Lord? To whom may a mortal resort save to his Creator? O my God, even if You tie me with chains, deprive me of the stream of Your bounties in the presence of people, divulge all my scandalous acts before the eyes of all Your servants, order me to Hell, and prevent me from communicating the Pious ones, (in spite of all that) I will never stop hoping for You, I will never stop expecting Your pardon, and Your love will never exit my heart. I never forget Your graces that I enjoy and Your having concealed my defects in the worldly abode. O my Master, (please) expel love for the world out of my heart, join me with the Divinely-chosen Prophet and his Household, the choicest of Your creatures and the seal of the Prophets: Muhammad, blessings of Allah be on him and on his Household. Move me to the rank of repentance with You, help me weep for myself after I have come upon the last of my age, being in the manner of those who despair of any self-decency. Who is then worse than I am when I, such being my case, will be taken to a grave that I have neither paved for my long stay nor furnished with righteous deed for my extended abode. Why should I not weep while I do not know what my destiny will be? And while I notice that my self is cheating me, my days are deceiving me, and the wings of death are fluttering over my head. So, why should I not weep? I weep for my soul’s departing my body. I weep for the darkness of my grave. I weep for the narrowness of my vault. I weep for Munkar and Nakir (the two angels interrogating in graves) being interrogating me. I weep for my coming out of my grave (on the Resurrection Day) naked, humiliated, carrying my burdens on my back, distributing my sights to my right and my left. Behold! The creatures will each be engaged with matters other than mine. Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless of others. Many faces on that day shall be bright, laughing, joyous. And many faces on that day, on them shall be dust. Darkness, and humiliation shall cover them. O my Master, on You I depend and rely. In You I put my hope and faith. To Your mercy I hang. You direct Your mercy towards whomsoever You like and You guide, out of Your honoring, whomsoever You will. So, all praise be to You for You have purified my heart from polytheism. All praise be to You for You have made my tongue express utterly. How can I praise You properly while my tongue is too short to do so? How can I please You while the extent of my efforts is too short to do so? What extent can my tongue reach if compared to the limitless extent of thanking You? What amount can my efforts reach if compared to the limitless amount of Your graces and favors? O my God! It is certainly Your benevolence that has given me hope. It is my thanks to You that have granted approval for my deeds. O my Master, for You do I desire, You do I fear, and to You do I look forward. It is my hope that has driven me towards You. To You, O my One and Only God, do I direct my determination. Towards what You have in possession are my desires directed. For You is the ultimate of my hope and fear. With You have I become familiar. To You have I submitted my hand. To the rope of obedience to You have I extended my fears. O my Master, only through mentioning You have my heart lived. Only through my confidential conversations with You have I cooled the pains of my fear. So, O my Master! O my Trusty Patron! O Ultimate Hope! Separate me from my transgressions which prevent me from adhering to the obedience to You. I only pray You on account of my eternal faith in You and my desire for Your mercy and kindness that You have made incumbent upon Yourself. So, the whole affair is Yours alone. There is no partner with You at all. All the creatures are dependent upon You and are in Your grip. All things are submissive to You. Blessed be You, O Lord of the worlds. O my God, have mercy on me when my argument is proven nil, when my tongue can no longer find any answer, and when my mind scatters as soon as You start interrogating me. So, O my great hope, do not forsake me when my need terribly increases, do not reject me on account of my ignorance, and do not stop conferring upon me on account of my lack of patience. Grant me for I am poor. Have mercy upon me for I am weak. O my Master, on You do I rely and lean. You are my hope, and in You do I have faith. To Your mercy do I attach myself. In Your courtyard do I dwell. On account of Your benevolence do I declare my request. With Your generosity, O my Lord, do I begin my prayers. With You do I desire for meeting my needs. Through Your wealth do I settle my poverty. Under the shade of Your pardon do I stand. Towards Your benevolence and generosity do I raise my sight. I persistently look for Your favors; so, do not let the flames of the Fire consume me while You are my ultimate hope, and do not embed me in the deep black abyss while You are the delight of my eyes. O my Master, do not thwart my idea about Your grace and favors, for in You I trust. Do not deprive me of Your rewards, for You best know my poverty. O my God, if my death is drawing near while my deeds have not yet drawn me near You, then let my confession of having committed sins be my means of justification. O my God, if You forgive, then who is worthier than You in forgiveness? And if You punish, then who is fairer than You in judgment? Have mercy on my misery in this world, on my grief at the time of death, on my loneliness in the grave, on my lonesomeness in the underground hole, and on my humiliating situation when I shall be resurrected for account before You. Forgive my deeds that have been concealed from the other human beings, make permanent for me that on account of which You have covered my faults, have mercy on me when I am thrown on the death bed turned over at the hands of my dear ones, do a favor to me when I am laid on the table of the dead bathroom turned over at the hands of my righteous neighbors, act kindly towards me when I am carried while my relatives hold the edges of my coffin, be generous with me when I am carried, alone, to my hole, have mercy on my loneliness in that (new) dwelling so that I will not feel at ease with anyone other than You. O my Master, if You leave me for myself, I will certainly perish. O my Master, to whom will I resort if You do not overlook my slips? To whom will I run for help if I miss Your care for me in my stay (in grave)? To whom will I refer if You do not relieve my grief? O my Master! Who will be with me? Who will have mercy on me if You do not? Whose favor will I expect if I miss Your favors on the day of my neediness? To whom will I flee from my sins when my deadline comes? O my Master, do not punish me while I please You hopefully. O my God, (please do) give success to my expectations and dispel my fear. As for my numerous sins, I hope for nothing other than Your pardon. O my Master, I am asking You for things that I do not deserve and You are verily the worthiest of being feared and the worthiest of forgiving. So, forgive me and dress me, out of Your relief, a garment covering all my defects, and forgive them for me so that I will not be responsible for them. Verily, You are the Lord of eternal favoring, great pardon, and liberal exoneration. O my God, You make Your flowing graces reach those who never pray You and those who deny Your Lordship. So, O my Master, what should You do to those who pray You and believe undoubtedly that You manage all creation and all affairs! Blessed by You and Exalted be You, O Lord of the worlds! O my Master, I, Your servant, am standing at Your door owing to neediness, am knocking at it suppliantly. So, do not turn Your generous Face away from me. Accept that which I utter, for I have prayed using this supplication, hoping that You will not reject me since I have full awareness of Your kindness and mercifulness. O my God, it is You Whom is never disturbed by any suppliant and Whose kingdom is never decreased owing to donations. You are as exactly as You describe Yourself and is above all that which we say. O Allah, I beseech You for comely patience, immediate relief, truthful wording, and splendid reward. I pray You, O Lord, for all goodness, be it known by me or unknown. I pray You, O Allah, for the goodness that Your righteous servants have besought from You. O All-excellent One that is asked! O most benevolent of those who may give! (Please do) respond to my request as regards myself, my family, my parents, my children, my comrades, and my brothers-in-faith. Bless my living, manifest my integrity, set aright all my affairs, and include me with those whom You decide to live long, whose deeds are righteous, those for whom You have perfected Your favors, those with whom You are pleased, and those whom You have granted comfortable life with permanent pleasure, reputable honor, and perfect contentment. Verily, You do whatever You will, while none else can ever do what one wills. O Allah, give me exclusively the grace of private mention of You, do not let any of the things by which I seek Your nearness in the hours of the night and the ends of the days take the form of ostentation, showing off, pretension, or insolence. Include me with the humble ones. O Allah, grant me affluent means of livelihood, security in my homeland, delight in my family, property, and children, permanence of Your graces, healthy body, strong physique, and sound faith. Dedicate my affairs to the obedience to You and to Your Messenger, Muhammad—Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Household—as long as You give me life. Make me one of the most rewarded servants of You in each and every item of goodness that You have descended and You will descend during the month of Ramadan and at the Destiny Night as well as all that which You decide to descend throughout the year, including mercy that You spread, good health with which You adorn, misfortune that You repel, good deeds that You admit, and evildoings that You excuse. Bestow upon me with pilgrimage to Your Holy House in this year plus all years, grant me prosperous sustenance out of Your limitless bounty, dismiss, O my Master, all evils from me, help me settle my debts as well as my evildoings so that I will be saved from their liabilities, save me from the hearings and sights of my enemies, those who envy me, and those who intend to oppress me, back me against them, give delight to my eye and joy to my heart, grant me relief and exit against my grief and misery, make all those who intend evil to me, among all Your creatures, be under my feet, protect me against the evil of Satan, the evil of the ruling authority, and the consequences of my evildoings, purify me from all my sins, save me from Hellfire on account of Your pardon, allow me to enter Paradise on account of Your mercy, marry me off the Paradisiacal women on account of Your grace, and join me to Your righteous intimate servants—Muhammad and his Household, the purified, the immaculate, and the pious. May Your peace, mercy, and blessings be upon their bodies and souls. O my God and my Master, I swear by Your Mighty and Your Glory, if You will interrogate me for my sins, I will demand with Your pardon. If You interrogate me for my meanness, I will demand with Your kindness. If You order me to Hellfire, I will tell all the inhabitants therein that I love You. O my God and Master, if you forgive only Your intimate servants and those who obey You, to whom then will the sinful resort? If You honor none but those who act loyally to You, then whose shelter will the evildoers seek? O my God, if You decide to put me in Hellfire, this will definitely please Your enemies! But if You decide Paradise for me, then this will certainly please Your Prophet! And I—by Allah I swear it—know for sure that the pleasure of Your Prophet is more favorable for You than the pleasure of Your enemies. O Allah, I pray You for filling my heart with love for You, with fear of You, with belief in Your Book, with faith in You, with dread from You, and with eagerness to You. O Lord of Glory and Honor, (please do) make me love meeting You, (please do) love my meeting, and make my meeting You entail comfort, relief, and honoring. O Allah, join me with the righteous ones among the past generations, include me with the righteous ones of this generation, guide me to the path of the righteous ones, help me against myself in just as You help the righteous ones control themselves, seal my deed with the best of it, decide Paradise as the reward of my deeds on account of Your mercy, help me manage the good things that You have endowed upon me, make me firm, O Lord, and do not make me return to evildoing after You have saved me from it. O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, I beseech You for faith that does not stop until I meet You. As long as You grant me lifetime, (please do) connect me to that faith, and when You decide to grasp my soul, make me carry that faith with me. When You resurrect me, make me carry it with me. Release my heart from showing off, suspicion, and pretension in the affairs of Your religion so that my deed will be purely intended for Your sake. O Allah, grant me discerning awareness in Your religion, understanding of Your laws, insight in Your knowledge, two folds of Your mercy, and piety that impedes me from disobeying You. Make my face glitter on account of Your light, make me desire for nothing but that which You hold, and when I die, make me die following Your Path and carrying the principles of Your Prophet— Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Household. O Allah, I seek Your protection against laziness, failure, grief, cowardice, stinginess, inattentiveness, brutality, poverty, neediness, destitution, and against all misfortunes and all shameful deeds, whether open or secret. I seek Your protection against having unsatisfied self, insatiate stomach, fearless heart, unanswered prayers, and futile deed. I ask You, O Lord, to guard myself, my religion, my properties, and all that which You have granted me against Satan the accursed. Verily, You are the All-hearing, the All-knowing. O Allah, none can ever save me against You and I can never find any shelter against You. So, (please) do not make anything that brings about Your punishment control over me, do not let me lead myself to perdition, and do not make me deserve the painful chastisement. O Allah, accept from me, grant me reputation, elevate my rank, exonerate my offenses, do not refer to me with my faults, let the reward of my sessions, my utterance, and my prayer be Your pleasure and Paradise. Give me, O Lord, all that which I have asked for from You and grant me more favor, for I seek none but You, O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, You have ordered us in Your book that we should overlook those who wrong us. We have thus wronged ourselves; so, forgive us, for You are worthier of forgiveness than we are. You have ordered us not to reject any beggar being on our doors. Here I am begging You; so, do not reject me; rather, respond to my need. You have ordered us to act nicely to those under our authorities. We are surely under Your authority; so, release us from Hellfire. O my Shelter whenever I am aggrieved! O my Aid whenever hardships hit me! To You have I resorted. With You have I sought refuge and haven. To none save You shall I ever resort. From none save You shall I ever seek for relief. So, (please do) aid me and relieve my hardship. O He Who accepts the little (deed) and overlooks the much (wrong)! Accept my little (deed) and overlook my much (wrong). You are certainly the All-merciful, the All-forgiving. O Allah, I pray You for faith that covers my heart and for honest conviction so that I will believe that nothing will inflict me save that about which You have already known. Make me be satisfied with my livelihood that You have decided for me. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

بِكَ عَرَفْتُكَ وَأَنْتَ دَلَلْتَنِي عَلَيْكَ وَدَعَوْتَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَلَوْلا أَنْتَ لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا أَنْتَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَدْعُوهُ فَيُجِيبُنِي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ بَطِيئاً حِينَ يَدْعُونِي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَسْأَلُهُ فَيُعْطِينِي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ بَخِيلاً حِينَ يَسْتَقْرِضُنِي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أُنَادِيهِ كُلَّمَا شِئْتُ لِحَاجَتِي وَأَخْلُو بِهِ حَيْثُ شِئْتُ لِسِرِّي بِغَيْرِ شَفِيعٍ فَيَقْضِي لِي حَاجَتِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَدْعُو غَيْرَهُ وَلَوْ دَعَوْتُ غَيْرَهُ لَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِي دُعَائِي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَهُ وَلَوْ رَجَوْتُ غَيْرَهُ َلأَخْلَفَ رَجَائِي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَكَلَنِي إِلَيْهِ فَأَكْرَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكِلْنِي إِلَىٰ النَّاسِ فَيُهِينُونِي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَحَبَّبَ إِلَيَّ وَهُوَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِّي وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يَحْلُمُ عَنِّي حَتَّىٰ كَأَنِّي لاَ ذَنْبَ لِي فَرَبِّي أَحْمَدُ شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي وَأَحَقُّ بِحَمْدِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَجِدُ سُبُلَ الْمَطَالِبِ إِلَيْكَ مُشْرَعَةً وَمَنَاهِلَ الرَّجَاءِ لَدَيْكَ مُتْرَعَةً وَالاِسْتِعَانَةَ بِفَضْلِكَ لِمَنْ أَمَّلَكَ مُبَاحَةً وَأَبْوَابَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَيْكَ لِلصَّارِخِينَ مَفْتُوحَةً وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ لِلرَّاجِين بِمَوْضِعِ إِجَابَةٍ وَلِلْمَلْهُوفِينَ بِمَرْصَدِ إِغَاثَةٍ وَأَنَّ فِي اللَّهْفِ إِلَىٰ جُودِكَ وَالرِّضَا بِقَضَائِكَ عِوَضاً مِنْ مَنْعِ الْبَاخِلِينَ وَمَنْدُوحَةً عَمَّا فِي أَيْدِي الْمُسْتَأْثِرِينَ وَأَنِّ الرَّاحِلَ إِلَيْكَ قَرِيبُ الْمَسَافَةِ وَأَنَّكَ لاَ تَحْتَجِبُ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَحْجُبَهُمُ الأَعْمَالُ دُونَكَ وَقَدْ قَصَدْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِطَلِبَتِي وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِحَاجَتِي وَجَعَلْتُ بِكَ اسْتِغَاثَتِي وَبِدُعَائِكَ تَوَسُّلِي مِنْ غَيْرِ اسْتِحْقَاقٍ لاﹾِسْتِمَاعِكَ مِنِّي وَلاَ اسْتِيجَابٍ لِعَفْوِكَ عَنِّي بَلْ لِثِقَتِي بِكَرَمِكَ وَسُكُونِي إِلَىٰ صِدْقِ وَعْدِكَ وَلَجَائِي إِلَىٰ الإِيمَانِ بِتَوْحِيدِكَ وَيَقِينِي بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ مِنِّي أَنْ لاَ رَبَّ لِي غَيْرُكَ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ 

 

شَرِيكَ لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ وَوَعْدُكَ صِدْقٌ: ”وَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيماً“ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ صِفَاتِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِالسُّؤَالِ وَتَمْنَعَ الْعَطِيَّةَ وَأَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بِالْعَطِيَّاتِ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَالْعَائِدُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِتَحَنُّنِ رَأْفَتِكَ إِلٰهِي رَبَّيْتَنِي فِي نِعَمِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ صَغِيراً وَنَوَّهْتَ بِاسْمِي كَبِيراً فَيَا مَنْ رَبَّانِي فِي الدُّنْيَا بِإِحْسَانِهِ وَتَفَضُّلِهِ وَنِعَمِهِ وَأَشَارَ لِي فِي الآخِرَةِ إِلَىٰ عَفْوِهِ وَكَرَمِهِ مَعْرِفَتِي يَا مَوْلاَيَ دَلِيلِي عَلَيْكَ وَحُبِّي لَكَ شَفِيعِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا وَاثِقٌ مِنْ دَلِيلِي بِدَلاَلَتِكَ وَسَاكِنٌ مِنْ شَفِيعِي إِلَىٰ شَفَاعَتِكَ أَدْعُوكَ يَا سَيِّدِي بِلِسَانٍ قَدْ أَخْرَسَهُ ذَنْبُهُ رَبِّ أُنَاجِيكَ بِقَلْبٍ قَدْ أَوْبَقَهُ جُرْمُهُ أَدْعُوكَ يَا رَبِّ رَاهِباً رَاغِباً رَاجِياً خَائِفاً إِذَا رَأَيْتُ مَوْلاَيَ ذُنُوبِي فَزِعْتُ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتُ كَرَمَكَ طَمِعْتُ فَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَخَيْرُ رَاحِمٍ وَإِنْ عَذَّبْتَ فَغَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ حُجَّتِي يَا اللَّهُ فِي جُرْأَتِي عَلَىٰ مَسْأَلَتِكَ مَعَ إِتْيَانِي مَا تَكْرَهُ جُودُكَ وَكَرَمُكَ وَعُدَّتِي فِي شِدَّتِي مَعَ قِلَّةِ حَيَائِي رَأْفَتُكَ وَرَحْمَتُكَ وَقَدْ رَجَوْتُ أَنْ لاَ تَخِيبَ بَيْنَ ذَيْنِ وَذَيْنِ مُنْيَتِي فَحَقِّقْ رَجَائِي وَاسْمَعْ دُعَائِي يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ دَعَاهُ دَاعٍ وَأَفْضَلَ مَنْ رَجَاهُ رَاجٍ عَظُمَ يَا سَيِّدِي أَمَلِي وَسَاءَ عَمَلِي فَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ عَفْوِكَ بِمِقْدَارِ أَمَلِي وَلاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِأَسْوَءِ عَمَلِي فَإِنَّ كَرَمَكَ يَجِلُّ عَنْ مُجَازَاةِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَحِلْمَكَ يَكْبُرُ عَنْ مُكَافَأَةِ الْمُقَصِّرِينَ وَأَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي عَائِذٌ بِفَضْلِكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَجِّزٌ مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنَ الصَّفْحِ عَمَّنْ أَحْسَنَ بِكَ ظَنّاً وَمَا أَنَا يَا رَبِّ وَمَا خَطَرِي هَبْنِي بِفَضْلِكَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ جَلِّلْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ وَاعْفُ عَنْ تَوْبِيخِي بِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ فَلَوِ اطَّلَعَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَىٰ ذَنْبِي غَيْرُكَ مَا فَعَلْتُهُ وَلَوْ خِفْتُ تَعْجِيلَ الْعُقُوبَةِ لاﹾجْتَنَبْتُهُ لاَ لأَنَّكَ أَهْوَنُ النَّاظِرِينَ إِلَيَّ وَأَخَفُّ الْمُطَّلِعِينَ عَلَيَّ بَلْ لأَنَّكَ يَا رَبِّ خَيْرُ السَّاتِرِينَ وَأَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ وَأَكْرَمُ الأَكْرَمِينَ سَتَّارُ الْعُيُوبِ غَفَّارُ الذُّنُوبِ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ تَسْتُرُ الذَّنْبَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَتُؤَخِّرُ الْعُقُوبَةَ بِحِلْمِكَ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حِلْمِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ وَعَلَىٰ عَفْوِكَ بَعْدَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَيَحْمِلُنِي وَيُجَرِّئُنِي عَلَىٰ مَعْصِيَتِكَ حِلْمُكَ عَنِّي وَيَدْعُونِي إِلَىٰ قِلَّةِ الْحَيَاءِ سِتْرُكَ عَلَيَّ وَيُسْرِعُنِي إِلَىٰ التَوَثُّبِ عَلَىٰ مَحَارِمِكَ مَعْرِفَتِي بِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَظِيمِ عَفْوِكَ يَا حَلِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا غَافِرَ الذَّنْبِ يَا قَابِلَ التَّوْبِ يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَا قَدِيمَ الإِحْسَانِ أَيْنَ سِتْرُكَ الْجَمِيلُ أَيْنَ عَفْوُكَ الْجَلِيلُ أَيْنَ فَرَجُكَ الْقَرِيبُ أَيْنَ غِيَاثُكَ السَّرِيعُ أَيْنَ رَحْمَتُكَ الْوَاسِعَةُ أَيْنَ عَطَايَاكَ الْفَاضِلَةُ أَيْنَ مَوَاهِبُكَ الْهَنِيئَةُ أَيْنَ صَنَائِعُكَ السَّنِيَّةُ أَيْنَ فَضْلُكَ الْعَظِيمُ أَيْنَ مَنُّكَ الْجَسِيمُ أَيْنَ إِحْسَانُكَ الْقَدِيمُ أَيْنَ كَرَمُكَ يَا كَرِيمُ بِهِ وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَاسْتَنْقِذْنِي وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ فَخَلِّصْنِي يَا مُحْسِنُ يَا مُجْمِلُ يَا مُنْعِمُ يَا مُفْضِلُ لَسْتُ أَتَّكِلُ فِي النَّجَاةِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ عَلَىٰ أَعْمَالِنَا بَلْ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلَيْنَا لأَنَّكَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ تُبْدِئُ بِالإِحْسَانِ نِعَماً وَتَعْفُو عَنِ الذَّنْبِ كَرَماً فَمَا نَدْرِي مَا نَشْكُرُ أَجَمِيلَ مَا تَنْشُرُ أَمْ قَبِيحَ مَا تَسْتُرُ أَمْ عَظِيمَ مَا أَبْلَيْتَ وَأَوْلَيْتَ أَمْ كَثِيرَ مَا مِنْهُ نَجَّيْتَ وَعَافَيْتَ يَا حَبِيبَ مَنْ تَحَبَّبَ إِلَيْكَ وَيَا قُرَّةَ عَيْنِ مَنْ لاَذَ بِكَ وَانْقَطَعَ إِلَيْكَ أَنْتَ الْمُحْسِنُ وَنَحْنُ الْمُسِيئُونَ فَتَجَاوَزْ يَا رَبِّ عَنْ قَبِيحِ مَا عِنْدَنَا بِجَمِيلِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَأَيُّ جَهْلٍ يَا رَبِّ لاَ يَسَعُهُ جُودُكَ أَوْ أَيُّ زَمَانٍ أَطْوَلُ مِنْ أَنَاتِكَ وَمَا قَدْرُ أَعْمَالِنَا فِي جَنْبِ نِعَمِكَ وَكَيْفَ نَسْتَكْثِرُ أَعْمَالاً نُقَابِلُ بِهَا كَرَمَكَ بَلْ كَيْفَ يَضِيقُ عَلَىٰ الْمُذْنِبِينَ مَا وَسِعَهُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي لَوْ نَهَرْتَنِي مَا بَرِحْتُ مِنْ بَابِكَ وَلاَ كَفَفْتُ عَنْ تَمَلُّقِكَ لِمَا انْتَهَىٰ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَأَنْتَ الْفَاعِلُ لِمَا تَشَاءُ تُعَذِّبُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِمَا تَشَاءُ كَيْفَ تَشَاءُ وَتَرْحَمُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِمَا تشَاءُ كَيْفَ تَشَاءُ لاَ تُسْأَلُ عَنْ فِعْلِكَ وَلاَ تُنَازَعُ فِي مُلْكِكَ 

وَلاَ تُشَارَكُ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَلاَ تُضَادُّ فِي حُكْمِكَ وَلاَ يَعْتَرِضُ عَلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ فِي تَدْبِيرِكَ لَكَ الْخَلْقُ وَالأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ يَا رَبِّ هٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لاَذَ بِكَ وَاسْتَجَارَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَأَلِفَ إِحْسَانَكَ وَنِعَمَكَ وَأَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الَّذِي لاَ يَضِيقُ عَفْوُكَ وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ 

 

فَضْلُكَ وَلاَ تَقِلُّ رَحْمَتُكَ وَقَدْ تَوَثَّقْنَا مِنْكَ بِالصَّفْحِ الْقَدِيمِ وَالْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ الْوَاسِعَةِ أَفَتُرَاكَ يَا رَبِّ تُخْلِفُ ظُنُونَنَا أَوْ تُخَيِّبُ آمَالَنَا كَلَّا يَا كَرِيمُ فَلَيْسَ هٰذَا ظَنُّنَا بِكَ وَلاَ هٰذَا فِيكَ طَمَعُنَا يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ لَنَا فِيكَ أَمَلاً طَوِيلاً كَثِيراً إِنَّ لَنَا فِيكَ رَجَاءً عَظِيماً عَصَيْنَاكَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ تَسْتُرَ عَلَيْنَا وَدَعَوْنَاكَ وَنَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لَنَا فَحَقِّقْ رَجَاءَنَا مَوْلانَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا نَسْتَوْجِبُ بِأَعْمَالِنَا وَلكِنْ عِلْمُكَ فِينَا وَعِلْمُنَا بِأَنَّكَ لاَ تَصْرِفُنَا عَنْكَ حَثَّنَا عَلَىٰ الرَّغْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنْ كُنَّا غَيْرَ مُسْتَوْجِبِينَ لِرَحْمَتِكَ فَأَنْتَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَجُودَ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَىٰ الْمُذْنِبِينَ بِفَضْلِ سَعَتِكَ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَجُدْ عَلَيْنَا فَإِنَّا مُحْتَاجُونَ إِلَىٰ نَيْلِكَ يَا غَفَّارُ بِنُورِكَ اهْتَدَيْنَا وَبِفَضْلِكَ اسْتَغْنَيْنَا وَبِنِعْمَتِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَمْسَيْنَا ذُنُوبُنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْهَا وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ تَتَحَبَّبُ إِلَيْنَا بِالنِّعَمِ وَنُعَارِضُكَ بِالذُّنُوبِ خَيْرُكَ إِلَيْنَا نَازِلٌ وَشَرُّنَا إِلَيْكَ صَاعِدٌ وَلَمْ يَزَلْ وَلاَ يَزَالُ مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ يَأْتِيكَ عَنَّا بِعَمَلٍ قَبِيحٍ فَلاَ يَمْنَعُكَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَحُوطَنَا بِنِعَمِكَ وتَتَفَضَّلَ 

 

عَلَيْنَا بِآلاَئِكَ فَسُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَحْلَمَكَ وَأَعْظَمَكَ وَأَكْرَمَكَ مُبْدِئاً وَمُعِيداً تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَكَرُمَ صَنَائِعُكَ وَفِعَالُكَ أَنْتَ إِلٰهِي أَوْسَعُ فَضْلاً وَأَعْظَمُ حِلْماً مِنْ أَنْ تُقَايِسَنِي بِفِعْلِي وَخَطِيئَتِي فَالْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ الْعَفْوَ سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي اللَّهُمَّ أَشْغَلْنَا بِذِكْرِكَ وَأَعِذْنَا مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَارْزُقْنَا مِنْ مَوَاهِبِكَ وَأَنْعِمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَارْزُقْنَا حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ وَزِيَارَةَ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ وَرَحْمَتُكَ وَمَغْفِرَتُكَ وَرِضْوَانُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ وَارْزُقْنَا عَمَلاً بِطَاعَتِكَ وَتَوَفَّنَا عَلَىٰ مِلَّتِكَ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيراً إِجْزِهِمَا بِالإِحْسَانِ إِحْسَاناً وَبِالسَّيِّئَاتِ غُفْرَاناً اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الأَحْيَاءِ

 

 مِنْهُمْ وَالأَمْوَاتِ وَتَابِعْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا ذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا صَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا حُرِّنَا وَمَمْلُوكِنَا كَذَبَ الْعَادِلُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَضَلُّوا ضَلاَلاً بَعِيداً وَخَسِرُوا خُسْرَاناً مُبِيناً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاخْتِمْ لِي بِخَيْرٍ وَاكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي وَلاَ تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيَّ مَنْ لاَ يَرْحَمُنِي وَاجْعَلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ وَاقِيَةً بَاقِيَةً وَلاَ تَسْلُبْنِي صَالِحَ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً حَلاَلاً طَيِّباً اللَّهُمَّ احْرُسْنِي بِحَرَاسَتِكَ وَاحْفَظْنِي بِحِفْظِكَ وَاكْلَأْنِي بِكَلاَءَتِكَ وَارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِنَا هٰذَا وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَزِيَارَةَ قَبْرِ نَبِيِّكَ وَالأَئِمَّةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلامُ وَلاَ تُخْلِنِي يَا رَبِّ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمَشَاهِدِ الشَّرِيفَةِ وَالْمَوَاقِفِ الْكَرِيمَةِ اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَعْصِيَكَ وَأَلْهِمْنِي الْخَيْرَ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ وَخَشْيَتَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ قَدْ تَهَيَّأْتُ وَتَعَبَّأْتُ وَقُمْتُ لِلصَّلاَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَنَاجَيْتُكَ أَلْقَيْتَ عَلَيَّ نُعَاساً إِذَا أَنَا صَلَّيْتُ وَسَلَبْتَنِي مُنَاجَاتَكَ إِذَا أَنَا نَاجَيْتُ مَالِي كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ قَدْ صَلُحَتْ سَرِيرَتِي وَقَرُبَ مِنْ مَجَالِسِ التَّوَّابِينَ مَجْلِسِي عَرَضَتْ لِي بَلِيَّةٌ أَزَالَتْ قَدَمِي وَحَالَتْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خِدْمَتِكَ سَيِّدِي لَعَلَّكَ عَنْ بَابِكَ طَرَدْتَنِي وَعَنْ خِدْمَتِكَ نَحَّيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي مُسْتَخِفّاً بِحَقِّكَ فَأَقْصَيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي مُعْرِضاً عَنْكَ فَقَلَيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَنِي فِي مَقَامِ الْكَاذِبِينَ فَرَفَضْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي غَيْرَ شَاكِرٍ لِنَعْمَائِكَ فَحَرَمْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ فَقَدْتَنِي مِنْ مَجَالِسِ الْعُلَمَاءِ فَخَذَلْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي فِي الْغَافِلِينَ فَمِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ آيَسْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي آلِفَ مَجَالِسِ الْبَطَّالِينَ فَبَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ خَلَّيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ لَمْ تُحِبَّ أَنْ تَسْمَعَ دُعَائِي فَبَاعَدْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ بِجُرْمِي وَجَرِيرَتِي كَافَيْتَنِي أَوْ لَعَلَّكَ بِقِلَّةِ حَيَائِي مِنْكَ جَازَيْتَنِي فَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ يَا رَبِّ فَطَالَمَا عَفَوْتَ عَنِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ قَبْلِي لأَنَّ كَرَمَكَ أَيْ رَبِّ يَجِلُّ عَنْ مُكَافَاةِ الْمُقَصِّرِينَ وَأَنَا عَائِذٌ بِفَضْلِكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ مُتَنَجِّزٌ مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنَ الصَّفْحِ عَمَّنْ أَحْسَنَ بِكَ ظَنّاً إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ أَوْسَعُ فَضْلاً وَأَعْظَمُ حِلْماً مِنْ أَنْ تُقَايِسَنِي بِعَمَلِي أَوْ أَنْ تَسْتَزِلَّنِي بِخَطِيئَتِي وَمَا أَنَا يَا سَيِّدِي وَمَا خَطَرِي هَبْنِي بِفَضْلِكَ سَيِّدِي وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ وَجَلِّلْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ وَاعْفُ عَنْ تَوْبِيخِي بِكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ سَيِّدِي أَنَا الصَّغِيرُ الَّذِي رَبَّيْتَهُ وَأَنَا الْجَاهِلُ الَّذِي عَلَّمْتَهُ وَأَنَا الضَّالُّ الَّذِي هَدَيْتَهُ وَأَنَا الْوَضِيعُ الَّذِي رَفَعْتَهُ وَأَنَا الْخَائِفُ الَّذِي آمَنْتَهُ وَالْجَائِعُ الَّذِي أَشْبَعْتَهُ وَالْعَطْشَانُ الَّذِي أَرْوَيْتَهُ وَالْعَارِي الَّذِي كَسَوْتَهُ وَالْفَقِيرُ الَّذِي أَغْنَيْتَهُ وَالضَّعِيفُ الَّذِي قَوَّيْتَهُ وَالذَّلِيلُ الَّذِي أَعْزَزْتَهُ وَالسَّقِيمُ الَّذِي شَفَيْتَهُ وَالسَّائِلُ الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَالْمُذْنِبُ الَّذِي سَتَرْتَهُ وَالْخَاطِئُ الَّذِي أَقَلْتَهُ وَأَنَا الْقَلِيلُ الَّذِي كَثَّرْتَهُ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفُ الَّذِي نَصَرْتَهُ وَأَنَا الطَّرِيدُ الَّذِي آوَيْتَهُ أَنَا يَا رَبِّ الَّذِي لَمْ أَسْتَحْيِكَ فِي الْخَلاَءِ وَلَمْ أُرَاقِبْكَ فِي الْمَلاَءِ أَنَا صَاحِبُ الدَّوَاهِي الْعُظْمَىٰ أَنَا الَّذِي عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِهِ اجْتَرأَ أَنَا الَّذِي عَصَيْتُ جَبَّارَ السَّمَاءِ أَنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُ عَلَىٰ مَعَاصِي الْجَلِيلِ الرِّشَىٰ أَنَا الَّذِي حِينَ بُشِّرْتُ بِهَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَيْهَا أَسْعَىٰ أَنَا الَّذِي أَمْهَلْتَنِي فَمَا ارْعَوَيْتُ وَسَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ فَمَا اسْتَحْيَيْتُ وَعَمِلْتُ بِالْمَعَاصِي فَتَعَدَّيْتُ وَأَسْقَطْتَنِي مِنْ عَيْنِكَ فَمَا بَالَيْتُ فَبِحِلْمِكَ أَمْهَلْتَنِي وَبِسِتْرِكَ سَتَرْتَنِي حَتَّىٰ كَأَنَّكَ أَغْفَلْتَنِي وَمِنْ عُقُوبَاتِ الْمَعَاصِي جَنَّبْتَنِي حَتَّىٰ كَأَنَّكَ اسْتَحْيَيْتَنِي إِلٰهِي لَمْ أَعْصِكَ حِينَ عَصَيْتُكَ وَأَنَا بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ جَاحِدٌ وَلاَ بِأَمْرِكَ مُسْتَخِفٌّ وَلاَ لِعُقُوبَتِكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ وَلاَ لِوَعِيدِكَ مُتَهَاوِنٌ لَكِنْ خَطِيئَةٌ عَرَضَتْ وَسَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي وَغَلَبَنِي هَوَايَ وَأَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهَا شِقْوَتِي وَغَرَّنِي سِتْرُكَ الْمُرْخَىٰ عَلَيَّ فَقَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ وَخَالَفْتُكَ بِجُهْدِي فَالآنَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ مَنْ يَسْتَنْقِذُنِي وَمِنْ أَيْدِي الْخُصَمَاءِ غَداً مَنْ يُخَلِّصُنِي وَبِحَبْلِ مَنْ أَتَّصِلُ إِنْ أَنْتَ قَطَعْتَ حَبْلَكَ عَنِّي فَوَاسَوْأَتَا عَلَىٰ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُكَ مِنْ عَمَلِي الَّذِي لَوْلاَ مَا أَرْجُو مِنْ كَرَمِكَ وَسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنَهْيِكَ إِيَّايَ عَنِ الَّذِي لْقُنُوطِ لَقَنَطْتُ عِنْدَمَا أَتَذَكَّرُهَا يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ دَعَاهُ دَاعٍ وَأَفْضَلَ مَنْ رَجَاهُ رَاجٍ اللَّهُمَّ بِذِمَّةِ الإِسْلاَمِ أَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ وَبِحُرْمَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْكَ وَبِحُبِّي النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ الْقُرَشِيَّ الْهَاشِمِيَّ الْعَرَبِيَّ التُّهَامِيَّ الْمَكِّيَّ الْمَدَنِيَّ أَرْجُو الزُّلْفَةَ لَدَيْكَ فَلاَ تُوحِشِ اسْتِينَاسَ إِيمَانِي وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ ثَوَابِي ثَوَابَ مَنْ عَبَدَ سِوَاكَ فَإِنَّ قَوْماً آمَنُوا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ لِيَحْقِنُوا بِهِ دِمَاءَهُمْ فَأَدْرَكُوا مَا أَمَّلُوا وَإِنَّا آمَنَّا بِكَ بِأَلْسِنَتِنَا وَقُلُوبِنَا لِتَعْفُوَ عَنَّا فَأَدْرِكْنَا مَا أَمَّلْنَا وَثَبِّتْ رَجَاءَكَ فِي صُدُورِنَا وَلاَ تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوِ انْتَهَرْتَنِي مَا بَرِحْتُ مِنْ بَابِكَ وَلاَ كَفَفْتُ عَنْ تَمَلُّقِكَ لِمَا أُلْهِمَ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِكَرَمِكَ وَسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إِلَىٰ مَنْ يَذْهَبُ الْعَبْدُ إِلَّا إِلَىٰ مَوْلاهُ وَإِلَىٰ مَنْ يَلْتَجِئُ الْمَخْلُوقُ إِلَّا إِلَىٰ خَالِقِهِ إِلٰهِي لَوْ قَرَنْتَنِي بِالأَصْفَادِ وَمَنَعْتَنِي سَيْبَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَشْهَادِ وَدَلَلْتَ عَلَىٰ فَضَائِحِي عُيُونَ الْعِبَادِ وَأَمَرْتَ بِي إِلَىٰ النَّارِ وَحُلْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الأَبْرَارِ مَا قَطَعْتُ رَجَائِي مِنْكَ وَمَا صَرَفْتُ تَأْمِيلِي لِلْعَفْوِ عَنْكَ وَلاَ خَرَجَ حُبُّكَ مِنْ قَلْبِي أَنَا لاَ أَنْسَىٰ أَيَادِيَكَ عِنْدِي وَسِتْرَكَ عَلَيَّ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا سَيِّدِي أَخْرِجْ حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ قَلْبِي وَاجْمَعْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الْمُصْطَفَىٰ وَآلِهِ خِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَخَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَانْقُلْنِي إِلَىٰ دَرَجَةِ التَّوْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَأَعِنِّي بِالْبُكَاءِ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي فَقَدْ أَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِي وَقَدْ نَزَلْتُ مَنْزِلَةَ الآيِسِينَ مِنْ خَيْرِي فَمَنْ يَكُونُ أَسْوَأَ حَالاً مِنِّي إِنْ أَنَا نُقِلْتُ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِ حَالِي إِلَىٰ قَبْرٍ لَمْ أُمَهِّدْهُ لِرَقْدَتِي وَلَمْ أَفْرُشْهُ بِالْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ لِضَجْعَتِي وَمَا لِي لاَ أَبْكِي وَلاَ أَدْرِي إِلَىٰ مَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرِي وَأَرَىٰ نَفْسِي تُخَادِعُنِي وَأَيَّامِي تُخَاتِلُنِي وَقَدْ خَفَقَتْ عِنْدَ رَأْسِي أَجْنِحَةُ الْمَوْتِ فَمَا لِي لاَ أَبْكِي أَبْكِي لِخُرُوجِ نَفْسِي أَبْكِي لِظُلْمَةِ قَبْرِي أَبْكِي لِضِيقِ لَحْدِي أَبْكِي لِسُؤَالِ مُنْكَرٍ وَنَكِيرٍ إِيَّايَ أَبْكِي لِخُرُوجِي مِنْ قَبْرِي عُرْيَاناً ذَلِيلاً حَامِلاً ثِقْلِي عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِي أَنْظُرُ مَرَّةً عَنْ يَمِينِي وَأُخْرَىٰ عَنْ شِمَالِي إِذِ الْخَلائِقُ فِي شَأْنٍ غَيْرِ شَأْنِي ”لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ“ ”وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُسْفِرَةٌ ضَاحِكَةٌ مُسْتَبْشِرَةٌ وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ“ وَذِلَّةٌ سَيِّدِي عَلَيْكَ مُعَوَّلِي وَمُعْتَمَدِي وَرَجَائِي وَتَوَكُّلِي وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَلُّقِي تُصِيبُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَهْدِي بِكَرَامَتِكَ مَنْ تُحِبُّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقَّيْتَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ قَلْبِي وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ بَسْطِ لِسَانِي أَفَبِلِسَانِي هٰذَا الْكَالِّ أَشْكُرُكَ أَمْ بِغَايَةِ جُهْدِي فِي عَمَلِي أُرْضِيكَ وَمَا قَدْرُ لِسَانِي يَا رَبِّ فِي جَنْبِ شُكْرِكَ وَمَا قَدْرُ عَمَلِي فِي جَنْبِ نِعَمِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنَّ جُودَكَ بَسَطَ أَمَلِي وَشُكْرَكَ قَبِلَ عَمَلِي سَيِّدِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَتِي وَإِلَيْكَ رَهْبَتِي وَإِلَيْكَ تَأْمِيلِي وَقَدْ سَاقَنِي إِلَيْكَ أَمَلِي وَعَلَيْكَ يَا وَاحِدِي عَكَفَتْ هِمَّتِي وَفِيمَا عِنْدَكَ انْبَسَطَتْ رَغْبَتِي وَلَكَ خَالِصُ رَجَائِي وَخَوْفِي وَبِكَ أَنِسَتْ مَحَبَّتِي وَإِلَيْكَ أَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِي وَبِحَبْلِ طَاعَتِكَ مَدَدْتُ رَهْبَتِي يَا مَوْلايَ بِذِكْرِكَ عَاشَ قَلْبِي وَبِمُنَاجَاتِكَ بَرَّدْتُ أَلَمَ الْخَوْفِ عَنِّي فَيَا مَوْلايَ وَيَا مُؤَمَّلِي وَيَا مُنْتَهَىٰ سُؤْلِي فَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ذَنْبِيَ الْمَانِعِ لِي مِنْ لُزُومِ طَاعَتِكَ فَإِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ لِقَدِيمِ الرَّجَاءِ فِيكَ وَعَظِيمِ الطَّمَعِ مِنْكَ الَّذِي أَوْجَبْتَهُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِكَ مِنَ الرَّأْفَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ فَالأَمْرُ لَكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَالْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُمْ عِيَالُكَ وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ خَاضِعٌ لَكَ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ إِلٰهِي ارْحَمْنِي إِذَا انْقَطَعَتْ حُجَّتِي وَكَلَّ عَنْ جَوَابِكَ لِسَانِي وَطَاشَ عِنْدَ سُؤَالِكَ إِيَّايَ لُبِّي فَيَا عَظِيمَ رَجَائِي لاَ تُخَيِّبْنِي إِذَا اشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتِي وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي لِجَهْلِي وَلاَ تَمْنَعْنِي لِقِلَّةِ صَبْرِي أَعْطِنِي لِفَقْرِي وَارْحَمْنِي لِضَعْفِي سَيِّدِي عَلَيْكَ مُعْتَمَدِي وَمُعَوَّلِي وَرَجَائِي وَتَوَكُّلِي وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَلُّقِي وَبِفِنَائِكَ أَحُطُّ رَحْلِي وَبِجُودِكَ أَقْصِدُ طَلِبَتِي وَبِكَرَمِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْتَفْتِحُ دُعَائِي وَلَدَيْكَ أَرْجُو فَاقَتِي وَبِغِنَاكَ أَجْبُرُ عَيْلَتِي وَتَحْتَ ظِلِّ عَفْوِكَ قِيَامِي وَإِلَىٰ جُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ أَرْفَعُ بَصَرِي وَإِلَىٰ مَعْرُوفِكَ أُدِيمُ نَظَرِي فَلاَ تُحْرِقْنِي بِالنَّارِ وَأَنْتَ مَوْضِعُ أَمَلِي وَلاَ تُسْكِنِّي الْهَاوِيَةَ فَإِنَّكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي يَا سَيِّدِي لاَ تُكَذِّبْ ظَنِّي بِإِحْسَانِكَ وَمَعْرُوفِكَ فَإِنَّكَ ثِقَتِي وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي ثَوَابَكَ فَإِنَّكَ الْعَارِفُ بِفَقْرِي إِلٰهِي إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَنَا أَجَلِي وَلَمْ يُقَرِّبْنِي مِنْكَ عَمَلِي فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ الإِعْتِرَافَ إِلَيْكَ بِذَنْبِي وَسَائِلَ عِلَلِي إِلٰهِي إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَمَنْ أَوْلَىٰ مِنْكَ بِالْعَفْوِ وَإِنْ عَذَّبْتَ فَمَنْ أَعْدَلُ مِنْكَ فِي الْحُكْمِ ارْحَمْ فِي هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا غُرْبَتِي وَعِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ كُرْبَتِي وَفِي الْقَبْرِ وَحْدَتِي وَفِي اللَّحْدِ وَحْشَتِي وَإِذَا نُشِرْتُ لِلْحِسَابِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ ذُلَّ مَوْقِفِي وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا خَفِيَ عَلَىٰ الآدَمِيِّينَ مِنْ عَمَلِي وَأَدِمْ لِي مَا بِهِ سَتَرْتَنِي وَارْحَمْنِي صَرِيعاً عَلَىٰ الْفِرَاشِ تُقَلِّبُنِي أَيْدِي أَحِبَّتِي وَتَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ مَمْدُوداً عَلَىٰ الْمُغْتَسَلِ يُقَلِّبُنِي صَالِحُ جِيرَتِي وَتَحَنَّنْ عَلَيَّ مَحْمُولاً قَدْ تَنَاوَلَ الأَقْرِبَاءُ أَطْرَافَ جِنَازَتِي وَجُدْ عَلَيَّ مَنْقُولاً قَدْ نَزَلْتُ بِكَ وَحِيداً فِي حُفْرَتِي وَارْحَمْ فِي ذٰلِكَ الْبَيْتِ الْجَدِيدِ غُرْبَتِي حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَسْتَأْنِسَ بِغَيْرِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي إِنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إِلَىٰ نَفْسِي هَلَكْتُ سَيِّدِي فَبِمَنْ أَسْتَغِيثُ إِنْ لَمْ تُقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي فَإِلَىٰ مَنْ أَفْزَعُ إِنْ فَقَدْتُ عِنَايَتَكَ فِي ضَجْعَتِي وَإِلَىٰ مَنْ أَلْتَجِئُ إِنْ لَمْ تُنَفِّسْ كُرْبَتِي سَيِّدِي مَنْ لِي وَمَنْ يَرْحَمُنِي إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي وَفَضْلَ مَنْ أُؤَمِّلُ إِنْ عَدِمْتُ فَضْلَكَ يَوْمَ فَاقَتِي وَإِلَىٰ مَنِ الْفِرَارُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ إِذَا انْقَضَىٰ أَجَلِي سَيِّدِي لاَ تُعَذِّبْنِي وَأَنَا أَرْجُوكَ إِلٰهِي حَقِّقْ رَجَائِي وَآمِنْ خَوْفِي فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ ذُنُوبِي لاَ أَرْجُو فِيهَا إِلَّا عَفْوَكَ سَيِّدِي أَنَا أَسْأَلُكَ مَا لاَ أَسْتَحِقُّ وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَاغْفِرْ لِي وَأَلْبِسْنِي مِنْ نَظَرِكَ ثَوْباً يُغَطِّي عَلَيَّ التَّبِعَاتِ وَتَغْفِرُهَا لِي وَلاَ أُطَالَبُ بِهَا إِنَّكَ ذُو مَنٍّ قَدِيمٍ وَصَفْحٍ عَظِيمٍ وَتَجَاوُزٍ كَرِيمٍ إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُفِيضُ سَيْبَكَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ لاَ يَسْأَلُكَ وَعَلَىٰ الْجَاحِدِينَ بِرُبُوْبِيَّتِكَ فَكَيْفَ سَيِّدِي بِمَنْ سَأَلَكَ وَأَيْقَنَ أَنَّ الْخَلْقَ لَكَ وَالأَمْرَ إِلَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ سَيِّدِي عَبْدُكَ بِبَابِكَ أَقَامَتْهُ الْخَصَاصَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يَقْرَعُ بَابَ إِحْسَانِكَ بِدُعَائِهِ فَلاَ تُعْرِضْ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ عَنِّي وَاقْبَلْ مِنِّي مَا أَقُولُ فَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ بِهٰذَا الدُّعَاءِ وَأَنَا أَرْجُو أَنْ لاَ تَرُدَّنِي مَعْرِفَةً مِنِّي بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي لاَ يُحْفِيكَ سَائِلٌ وَلاَ يَنْقُصُكَ نَائِلٌ أَنْتَ كَمَا تَقُولُ وَفَوْقَ مَا نَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ صَبْراً جَمِيلاً وَفَرَجاً قَرِيباً وَقَوْلاً صَادِقاً وَأَجْراً عَظِيماً أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ عِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُونَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَأَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ أَعْطِنِي سُؤْلِي فِي نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَوَالِدَيَّ وَوُلْدِي وَأَهْلِ حُزَانَتِي وَإِخْوَانِي فِيكَ وَأَرْغِدْ عَيْشِي وَأَظْهِرْ مُرُوَّتِي وَأَصْلِحْ جَمِيعَ أَحْوَالِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ أَطَلْتَ عُمْرَهُ وَحَسَّنْتَ عَمَلَهُ وَأَتْمَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ نِعْمَتَكَ وَرَضِيتَ عَنْهُ وَأَحْيَيْتَهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً فِي أَدْوَمِ السُّرُورِ وَأَسْبَغِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَأَتَمِّ الْعَيْشِ إِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَلاَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ خُصَّنِي مِنْكَ بِخَاصَّةِ ذِكْرِكَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ شَيْئاً مِمَّا أَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ فِي آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَطْرَافِ النَّهَارِ رِيَاءً وَلاَ سُمْعَةً وَلاَ أَشَراً وَلاَ بَطَراً وَاجْعَلْنِي لَكَ مِنَ الْخَاشِعِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي السَّعَةَ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَالأَمْنَ فِي الْوَطَنِ وَقُرَّةَ الْعَيْنِ فِي الأَهْلِ وَالْمَالِ وَالْوَلَدِ وَالْمُقَامَ فِي نِعَمِكَ عِنْدِي وَالصِّحَّةَ فِي الْجِسْمِ وَالْقُوَّةَ فِي الْبَدَنِ وَالسَّلاَمَةَ فِي الدِّينِ وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ وَطَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ أَبَداً مَا اسْتَعْمَرْتَنِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِ عِبَادِكَ عِنْدَكَ نَصِيباً فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَنْزَلْتَهُ وَتُنْزِلُهُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَمَا أَنْتَ مُنْزِلُهُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ تَنْشُرُهَا وَعَافِيَةٍ تُلْبِسُهَا وَبَلِيَّةٍ تَدْفَعُهَا وَحَسَنَاتٍ تَتَقَبَّلُهَا وَسَيِّئَاتٍ تَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْهَا وَارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِنَا هٰذَا وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَارْزُقْنِي رِزْقاً وَاسِعاً مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي يَا سَيِّدِي الأَسْوَاءَ وَاقْضِ عَنِّي الدَّيْنَ وَالظًُّلاَمَاتِ حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَتَأَذَّىٰ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ وَخُذْ عَنِّي بِأَسْمَاعِ وَأَبْصَارِ أَعْدَائِي وَحُسَّادِي وَالْبَاغِينَ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَقِرَّ عَيْنِي وَفَرِّحْ قَلْبِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ هَمِّي وَكَرْبِي فَرَجاً وَمَخْرَجاً وَاجْعَلْ مَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوءٍ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ وَاكْفِنِي شَرَّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشَرَّ السُّلْطَانِ وَسَيِّئَاتِ عَمَلِي وَطَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كُلِّهَا وَأَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِعَفْوِكَ وَأَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَزَوِّجْنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ بِفَضْلِكَ وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِأَوْلِيَائِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الأَبْرَارِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الأَخْيَارِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ أَجْسَادِهِمْ وَأَرْوَاحِهِمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ إِلٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَعِزَّتِكَ وَجَلالِكَ لَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِي بِذُنُوبِي لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَلَئِنْ طَالَبْتَنِي بِلُؤْمِي لَأُطَالِبَنَّكَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَلَئِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي النَّارَ َلأُخْبِرَنَّ أَهْلَ النَّارِ بِحُبِّي لَكَ إِلٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَغْفِرُ إِلَّا لأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ فَإِلَىٰ مَنْ يَفْزَعُ الْمُذْنِبُونَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تُكْرِمُ إِلَّا أَهْلَ الْوَفَاءِ بِكَ فَبِمَنْ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمُسِيئُونَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي النَّارَ فَفِي ذٰلِكَ سُرُورُ عَدُوِّكَ وَإِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَفِي ذٰلِكَ سُرُورُ نَبِيِّكَ وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ سُرُورَ نَبِيِّكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ سُرُورِ عَدُوِّكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَمْلأَ قَلْبِي حُبّاً لَكَ وَخَشْيَةً مِنْكَ وَتَصْدِيقاً بِكِتَابِكَ وَإِيمَاناً بِكَ وَفَرَقاً مِنْكَ وَشَوْقاً إِلَيْكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ لِقَاءَكَ وَأَحْبِبْ لِقَائِي وَاجْعَلْ لِي فِي لِقَائِكَ الرَّاحَةَ وَالْفَرَجَ وَالْكَرَامَةَ اللَّهُمَّ أَلْحِقْنِي بِصَالِحِ مَنْ مَضَىٰ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَالِحِ مَنْ بَقِيَ وَخُذْ بِي سَبِيلَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَأَعِنِّي عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي بِمَا تُعِينُ بِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَاخْتِمْ عَمَلِي بِأَحْسَنِهِ وَاجْعَلْ ثَوَابِي مِنْهُ الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَأَعِنِّي عَلَىٰ صَالِحِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَثَبِّتْنِي يَا رَبِّ وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي فِي سُوءٍ اسْتَنْقَذْتَنِي مِنْهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَاناً لاَ أَجَلَ لَهُ دُونَ لِقَائِكَ أَحْيِنِي مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَابْعَثْنِي إِذَا بَعَثْتَنِي عَلَيْهِ وَأَبْرِئْ قَلْبِي مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ وَالشَّكِّ وَالسُّمْعَةِ فِي دِينِكَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونَ عَمَلِي خَالِصاً لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي بَصِيرَةً فِي دِينِكَ وَفَهْماً فِي حُكْمِكَ وَفِقْهاً فِي عِلْمِكَ وَكِفْلَيْنِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَوَرَعاً يَحْجُزُنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ وَبَيِّضْ وَجْهِي بِنُورِكَ وَاجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَتَوَفَّنِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَعَلَىٰ مِلَّةِ رَسُولِكَ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْفَشَلِ وَالْهَمِّ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْغَفْلَةِ وَالْقَسْوَةِ وَالْمَسْكَنَةِ وَالْفَقْرِ وَالْفَاقَةِ وَكُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ وَالْفَوَاحِشِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَقْنَعُ وَبَطْنٍ لاَ يَشْبَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لاَ يُسْمَعُ وَعَمَلٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَدِينِي وَمَالِي وَعَلَىٰ جَمِيعِ مَا رَزَقْتَنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُجِيرُنِي مِنْكَ أَحَدٌ وَلاَ أَجِدُ مِنْ دُونِكَ مُلْتَحَداً فَلاَ تَجْعَلْ نَفْسِي فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي بِهَلَكَةٍ وَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي وَأَعْلِ ذِكْرِي وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتِي وَحُطَّ وِزْرِي وَلاَ تَذْكُرْنِي بِخَطِيئَتِي وَاجْعَلْ ثَوَابَ مَجْلِسِي وَثَوَابَ مَنْطِقِي وَثَوَابَ دُعَائِي رِضَاكَ وَالْجَنَّةَ وَأَعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ جَمِيعَ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ وَزِدْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ إِنِّي إِلَيْكَ رَاغِبٌ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَنْ نَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَقَدْ 

ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا فَاعْفُ عَنَّا فَإِنَّكَ أَوْلَىٰ بِذٰلِكَ مِنَّا وَأَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ لاَ نَرُدَّ سَائِلاً عَنْ أَبْوَابِنَا وَقَدْ جِئْتُكَ سَائِلاً فَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي إِلَّا بِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِي وَأَمَرْتَنَا بِالإِحْسَانِ إِلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُنَا وَنَحْنُ أَرِقَّاؤُكَ فَأَعْتِقْ رِقَابَنَا مِنَ النَّارِ يَا مَفْزَعِي عِنْدَ كُرْبَتِي وَيَا غَوْثِي عِنْدَ شِدَّتِي إِلَيْكَ فَزِعْتُ وَبِكَ اسْتَغَثْتُ وَلُذْتُ لاَ أَلُوذُ بِسِوَاكَ وَلاَ أَطْلُبُ الْفَرَجَ إِلَّا مِنْكَ فَأَغِثْنِي وَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي يَا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ الْيَسِيرَ وَيَعْفُو عَنِ الْكَثِيرِ اقْبَلْ مِنِّيَ الْيَسِيرَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّيَ الْكَثِيرَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّحِيمُ الْغَفُورُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَاناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَيَقِيناً صَادِقاً حَتَّىٰ أَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُصِيبَنِي إِلَّا مَا كَتَبْتَ لِي وَرَضِّنِي مِنَ الْعَيْشِ بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

Fifth: Sheikh al-Tusi: The following supplicatory prayer may be said at the last hours of Ramadan nights:

الخامس: قال الشّيخ أيضاً تدعو في السّحر بهذا الدّعاء:

 

O my means in troubles! O my Companion in hardships! O the Provider of my amenities! O the utmost of my desires! It is You Who conceals my defects, relieves my apprehensions, and overlooks my slips. So, (please do) forgive my sin. O Allah, I pray You for the submission of faith before I encounter the submission of humiliation in Hellfire. O One!: O Absolute! O Besought of all! O He Who neither begets nor is He begotten, and there is none like to Him O He Who confers upon one who beseeches Him on account of His sympathy and mercy, and initially grants welfare to those who have not asked for it, on account of His liberality and generosity! I beseech You in the name of Your endless generosity to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and bestow upon me with mercy—vast and comprehensive— by which I can win the welfare of this world as well as the Next World. O Allah, I implore for Your forgiveness of the sins from which I had repented to You but I committed them again. I implore for Your forgiveness of my righteous acts that although I intended them purely for Your sake, some purposes that are not intended for You intruded upon them. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and pardon my transgression and my offenses, in the name of Your forbearance and magnanimity. O All-generous! O He Whose beseecher will never be disappointed! O He Whose His rewards will never run out! O He Who is so Elevated that nothing can ever be higher than He is and Who is so Nigh that nothing can ever be closer that He is! (Please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and have mercy upon me, O He Who split asunder the sea for (Prophet) Moses, this very night, this very night, this very night, this very hour, this very hour, this very hour. O Allah, (please do) purify my heart from hypocrisy, my acts from showing off, my tongue from telling untruths, and my eye from treason. You verily know the stealthy looks and that which the breasts conceal. O my Lord, this is the manner of him who seeks Your protection from Hellfire. This is the manner of him who seeks Your shelter against Hellfire. This is the manner of him who seeks Your aid against Hellfire. This is the manner of him who flees to You from Hellfire. This is the manner of him who returns to You carrying his offenses, confessing of his sins, and repenting to You—his Lord. This is the manner of the miserable and poor. This is the manner of the fearful and seeker of Your refuge. This is the manner of the aggrieved and distressed. This is the manner of the depressing and gloomy. This is the manner of the stranger and drowned. This is the manner of the alienated and frightened. This is the manner of him who cannot find anyone save You to forgive his sins, who cannot find anyone save You to give him power, and who cannot find anyone save You to relieve his grief. O Allah! O All-generous! (please) do not burn my face with Hellfire after I have prostrated myself before You and I have soiled my face for You. Of course, this is not a personal favor that I have done to myself; rather, it is on account of Your praiseworthy favor to and guidance of me. So, have mercy, O Lord! O Lord! O Lord…

يَا عُدَّتِي فِي كُرْبَتِي وَيَا صَاحِبِي فِي شِدَّتِي وَيَا وَلِيِّي فِي نِعْمَتِي وَيَا غَايَتِي فِي رَغْبَتِي أَنْتَ السَّاتِرُ عَوْرَتِي وَالْمُؤْمِنُ رَوْعَتِي وَالْمُقِيلُ عَثْرَتِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خُشُوعَ الإِيمَانِ قَبْلَ خُشُوعِ الذُلَّ فِي النَّارِ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ يَا مَنْ يُعْطِي مَنْ سَأَلَهُ تَحَنُّناً مِنْهُ وَرَحْمَةً وَيَبْتَدِئُ بِالْخَيْرِ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ تَفَضُّلاً مِنْهُ وَكَرَماً بِكَرَمِكَ الدَّائِمِ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهَبْ لِي رَحْمَةً وَاسِعَةً جَامِعَةً أَبْلُغُ بِهَا خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ عُدْتُ فِيهِ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَرَدْتُ بِهِ وَجْهَكَ فَخَالَطَنِي فِيهِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاعْفُ عَنْ ظُلْمِي وَجُرْمِي بِحِلْمِكَ وَجُودِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا مَنْ لاَ يَخِيبُ سَائِلُهُ وَلاَ يَنْفَدُ نَائِلُهُ يَا مَنْ عَلاَ فَلاَ شَيْءَ فَوْقَهُ وَدَنَا فَلاَ شَيْءَ دُونَهُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْحَمْنِي يَا فَالِقَ الْبَحْرِ لِمُوسَىٰ اللَّيْلَةَ اللَّيْلَةَ اللَّيْلَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنَ النِّفَاقِ وَعَمَلِي مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ وَلِسَانِي مِنَ الكَذِبِ وَعَيْنِي مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ يَا رَبِّ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْمُسْتَغِيثِ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْهَارِبِ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ النَّارِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ يَبُوءُ لَكَ بِخَطِيئَتِهِ وَيَعْتَرِفُ بِذَنْبِهِ وَيَتُوبُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْبَائِسِ الْفَقِيرِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْخَائِفِ الْمُسْتَجِيرِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْمَحْزُونِ الْمَكْرُوبِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْمَغْمُومِ الْمَهْمُومِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْغَرِيبِ الْغَرِيقِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ الْمُسْتَوْحِشِ الْفَرِقِ هٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ لاَ يَجِدُ لِذَنْبِهِ غَافِراً غَيْرَكَ وَلاَ لِضَعْفِهِ مُقَوِّياً إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَلاَ لِهَمِّهِ مُفَرِّجاً سِوَاكَ يَا اللَّهُ يَا كَرِيمُ لاَ تُحْرِقْ وَجْهِي بِالنَّارِ بَعْدَ سُجُودِي لَكَ وَتَعْفِيرِي بِغَيرِ مَنٍّ مِنِّي عَلَيْكَ بَلْ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَالْمَنُّ وَالتَّفَضُّلُ عَلَيَّ إِرْحَمْ أَيْ رَبِّ أَيْ رَبِّ أَيْ رَبِّ…

 

Keep saying this phrase (ay rabbi) as much as one breath takes. Then continue:

(كررها حتى ينقطع النفس)

… upon my weakness, upon my confusedness, upon the softness of my skin, upon the separation of my organs, upon the dispersal of my flesh, body, and corpse, upon my loneliness and lonesomeness in my grave, and upon my anxiety at the least misfortune that inflicts me. I beseech You, O Lord, for delight and happiness on the Day of regret and remorse. (Please do) whiten my face, O Lord, when some faces will be blackened. (Please do) secure me against the Gravest Horror. I beseech You for good tidings when hearts and sights shall be turned about and for good tidings when I depart this life. All praise be to Allah Whom I hope for supporting me in my life and Whom I want to act as my Provision on the day of my neediness. All praise be to Allah Whom alone do I beseech and I never beseech anyone rather than Him; and even if I beseech anyone else, he will definitely let me down. All praise be to Allah for Whom I hope and I never hope for anyone rather than Him; and even if I hope for anyone else, he will definitely disappoint me. All praise be to Allah, the All-benefactor, the All-donor, the All-favorer, the All-liberal, the Lord of Majesty and Honor, the Source of all bounties, the Cause of all good deeds, the Ultimate Goal of all desires, and the Answerer of all needs. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and grant me conviction and having good idea about You, fix my hope for You in my heart, and deprive me of putting my hope in anyone other than You, so that I shall hope for none but You and I shall trust none but You. O He Who is Benignant to whom He pleases! (Please do) have benignity to me in all my manners in the very way that You like and please. O my Lord, I am too weak to encounter Your Fire; therefore, (please) do not punish me with Your Fire. O my Lord, (please do) have mercy upon my prayers, my earnest imploring, my fear, my humiliation, my neediness, my seeking Your protection, and my seeking Your refuge. O my Lord, I am too weak to seek earnings in this world and You are Ample-giving and All-generous. I beseech You, O my Lord, in the name of Your power over that, Your supremacy over that, Your dispensing with that, and my urgent need for that to grant me sustenance in this year, in this month, on this day, at this hour— sustenance by which You may make me dispense with what the others possess, from Your sustenance, legal and nice. O my Lord, from You do I ask, for You do I desire, and for You do I hope; and You are the worthiest of being hoped. I hope for none but You and I trust in none but You. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O my Lord, I have wronged myself; so, (please do) forgive me, have mercy upon me, and grant me good health. O Hearer of all sounds! O He Who takes precedence over everything that passes away! O Reviver of all souls after death! O He Whom is not screened by murk! O He Whom is not made confused by sounds! O He Whom is not engaged by something against another thing! (Please do) grant Muhammad—peace be upon him and his Household—the best of all that for which he has besought You, the best of all that which has been asked from You for him, and the best all that which You shall be asked for him up to the Resurrection Day; and grant me good health so that I may enjoy my life, an end up my life with a happy end so that my sins may not injure me. O Allah, (please do) make me satisfied with that which You have decided for me so that I will not ask anyone else for anything. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, open to me the stores of Your mercy, cover me with mercy from You owing to which You will not punish me neither in this world nor in the Hereafter, grant me legal and pleasant sustenance from Your limitless favor owing to which You will make me dispense with anyone other than You; increasing my gratitude to You and my neediness and submission before You, and increasing my dispensing with and doing without everyone save You. O All-benefactor! O All-donor! O All-favorer! O All-liberal! O All-omnipotent! O All-sovereign! (Please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and relieve me from all grievances, decide the most excellent for me, bless all my affairs, and settle all my needs. O Allah, (please do) make easy for me all that which I anticipate to be difficult, for it is quite easy for You to make easy for me that which I anticipate to be difficult. (Please do) facilitate for me that I anticipate to be complicated, give vent to that which I anticipate to be narrow, save me from that which I anticipate to cause me distress, and guard me from that which I anticipate to cause me misfortune. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, (please do) fill in my heart with love for You, fear from You, belief in You, faith in You, dread from You, and eagerness to You. O Lord of Majesty and Honor! O Allah, I owe You some rights; so, (please do) consider them alms and excuse me from their liabilities. I also owe people some responsibilities; so, (please do) release me from their charges. You have instructed us to honor our guests, and I am Your guest at this night; so, (please do) decide Paradise for me as honor at this night. O Grantor of Paradise! O Grantor of forgiveness! There is no power nor might save with You.

ضَعْفِي وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي وَرِقَّةَ جِلْدِي وَتَبَدُّدَ أَوْصَالِي وَتَنَاثُرَ لَحْمِي وَجِسْمِي وَجَسَدِي وَوَحْدَتِي وَوَحْشَتِي فِي قَبْرِي وَجَزَعِي مِنْ صَغِيرِ الْبَلاَءِ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ قُرَّةَ الْعَيْنِ وَالاِغْتِبَاطَ يَوْمَ الْحَسْرَةِ وَالنَّدَامَةِ بَيِّضْ وَجْهِي يَا رَبِّ يَوْمَ 

تَسْوَدُّ الْوُجُوهُ آمِنِّي مِنَ الْفَزَعِ الأَكْبَرِ أَسْأَلُكَ الْبُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ الْقُلُوبُ وَالأَبْصَارُ وَالْبُشْرَىٰ عِنْدَ فِرَاقِ الدُّنْيَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَرْجُوهُ عَوْناً لِي فِي حَيَاتِي وَأُعِدُّهُ ذُخْراً لِيَوْمِ فَاقَتِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَدْعُوهُ وَلاَ أَدْعُو غَيْرَهُ وَلَوْ دَعَوْتُ 

 

غَيْرَهُ لَخَيَّبَ دُعَائِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَرْجُوهُ وَلاَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَهُ وَلَوْ رَجَوْتُ غَيْرَهُ َلأَخْلَفَ رَجَائِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمُنْعِمِ الْمُحْسِنِ الْمُجْمِلِ الْمُفْضِلِ ذِي الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ وَصَاحِبُ كُلِّ حَسَنَةٍ وَمُنْتَهَىٰ كُلِّ رَغْبَةٍ وَقَاضِي كُلِّ حَاجَةٍ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنِي الْيَقِينَ وَحُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِكَ وَأَثْبِتْ رَجَاءَكَ فِي قَلْبِي وَاقْطَعْ رَجَائِي عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَرْجُوَ غَيْرَكَ وَلاَ أَثِقَ إِلَّا بِكَ يَا لَطِيفاً لِمَا تَشَاءُ أُلْطُفْ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِي بِمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَىٰ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ عَلَىٰ النَّارِ فَلاَ تُعَذِّبْنِي بِالنَّارِ يَا رَبِّ ارْحَمْ دُعَائِي وَتَضَرُّعِي وَخَوْفِي وَذُلِّي وَمَسْكَنَتِي وَتَعْوِيذِي وَتَلْوِيذِي يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ عَنْ طَلَبِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَنْتَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ أَسْأَلُكَ يَا رَبِّ بِقُوَّتِكَ عَلَىٰ ذٰلِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَغِنَاكَ عَنْهُ وَحَاجَتِي إِلَيْهِ أَنْ تَرْزُقَنِي فِي عَامِي هٰذَا وَشَهْرِي هٰذَا وَيَوْمِي هٰذَا وَسَاعَتِي هٰذِهِ رِزْقاً تُغْنِينِي بِهِ عَنْ تَكَلُّفِ مَا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْحَلاَلِ الطَّيِّبِ أَيْ رَبِّ مِنْكَ أَطْلُبُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَرْغَبُ وَإِيَّاكَ أَرْجُو وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ ذٰلِكَ لاَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ 

 

وَلاَ أَثِقُ إِلَّا بِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ أَيْ رَبِّ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَعَافِنِي يَا سَامِعَ كُلِّ صَوْتٍ وَيَا جَامِعَ كُلِّ فَوْتٍ وَيَا بَارِئَ النُّفُوسِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ يَا مَنْ لاَ تَغْشَاهُ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَلاَ تَشْتَبِهُ عَلَيْهِ الأَصْوَاتُ وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ شَيْءٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَفْضَلَ مَا سَأَلَكَ وَأَفْضَلَ مَا سُئِلْتَ لَه وَأَفْضَلَ مَا أَنْتَ مَسْؤُولٌ لَهُ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ حَتَّىٰ تُهَنِّئَنِي الْمَعِيشَةَ وَاخْتِمْ لِي بِخَيْرٍ حَتَّىٰ لاَ تَضُرَّنِي الذُّنُوبُ اللَّهُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي حَتَّىٰ لاَ أَسْأَلَ أَحَداً شَيْئاً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَافْتَحْ لِي خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي رَحْمَةً لاَ تُعَذِّبُنِي بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ رِزْقاً حَلاَلاً طَيِّباً لاَ تُفْقِرُنِي إِلَىٰ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَهُ سِوَاكَ تَزِيدُنِي بِذٰلِكَ شُكْراً وَإِلَيْكَ فَاقَةً وَفَقْراً وَبِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ غِنَىٰ وَتَعَفُّفاً يَا مُحْسِنُ يَا مُجْمِلُ يَا مُنْعِمُ يَا مُفْضِلُ يَا مَلِيكُ يَا مُقْتَدِرُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاكْفِنِي الْمُهِمَّ كُلَّهُ وَاقْضِ لِي بِالْحُسْنَىٰ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِي وَاقْضِ لِي جَمِيعَ حَوَائِجِي اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لِي مَا أَخَافُ تَعْسِيرَهُ فَإِنَّ تَيْسِيرَ مَا أَخَافُ تَعْسِيرَهُ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ وَسَهِّلْ لِي مَا أَخَافُ حُزُونَتَهُ وَنَفِّسْ عَنِّي مَا أَخَافُ ضِيقَهُ وَكُفَّ عَنِّي مَا أَخَافُ هَمَّهُ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي مَا أَخَافُ بَلِيَّتَهُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ امْلَأْ قَلْبِي حُبّاً لَكَ وَخَشْيَةً مِنْكَ وَتَصْدِيقاً لَكَ وَإِيمَاناً بِكَ وَفَرَقاً مِنْكَ وَشَوْقاً إِلَيْكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ لَكَ حُقُوقاً فَتَصَدَّقْ بِهَا عَلَيَّ وَلِلنَّاسِ قِبَلِي تَبِعَاتٌ فَتَحَمَّلْهَا عَنِّي وَقَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِكُلِّ ضَيْفٍ قِرَىٰ وَأَنَا ضَيْفُكَ فَاجْعَلْ قِرَايَ اللَّيْلَةَ الْجَنَّةَ يَا وَهَّابَ الْجَنَّةِ يَا وَهَّابَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ.

 

Seventh: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer, which is considered the shortest supplicatory prayer to be said at the last hours of Ramadan nights. It is also mentioned in Iqbal al-Aʿmal:

السّابع: أن تدعو بهذا الدعاء الذي هو أخصر أدعية السحّر وهو مروي في الاقبال:

O my Safe haven at grievances! O my Aide at hardships! To You do I turn, Your help do I seek, and with You do I take refuge. I seek refuge with none save You and I beseech none for relief save You. So, (please) come to my help and free me from cares. O He Who accepts even the least efforts excuses the much wrongdoing! (Please do) accept my little effort excuse my much wrongdoing. Verily, You are the Oft-forgiving, Merciful (Lord). O Allah, I ask for faith with which You may fill my heart and for certitude so that I shall always know that nothing will afflict me save what You have ordained for me. (Please) make me feel satisfied with the living that You decide for me. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O my means at times of agonies! O my companion at times of hardships! O Source of my all bounties! O my ultimate goal whenever I desire for something! It is You Who is the concealer of my defects, Who secures me at times of horror, and Who overlooks my slips. So, (please do) forgive my sin. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

 

يَا مَفْزَعِي عِنْدَ كُرْبَتِي وَيَا غَوْثِي عِنْدَ شِدّتِي إِلَيْكَ فَزِعْتُ وَبِكَ اسْتَغَثْتُ وَبِكَ لُذْتُ لاَ أَلُوذُ بِسِوَاكَ وَلاَ أَطْلُبُ الْفَرَجَ إِلَّا مِنْكَ فَأَغِثْنِي وَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي يَا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ الْيَسِيرَ وَيَعْفُو عَنِ الْكَثِيرِ إِقْبَلْ مِنِّي الْيَسِيرَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي الْكَثِيرَ إِنِّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ اللِّهُمِّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَاناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَيَقِيناً حَتَّىٰ أَعْلَمَ أَنِّهُ لَنْ يُصِيبَنِي إِلَّا مَا كَتَبْتَ لِي وَرَضِّنِي مِنَ الْعَيْشِ بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا عُدِّتِي فِي كُرْبَتِي وَيَا صَاحِبِي فِي شِدِّتِي وَيَا وَلِيِّي فِي نِعْمَتِي وَيَا غَايَتِي فِي رَغْبَتِي أَنْتَ السَّاتِرُ عَوْرَتِي وَالآمِنُ رَوْعَتِي وَالْمُقِيلُ عَثْرَتِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Eighth: As mentioned in Iqbal al-Aʿmal, it is recommended to say:

الثّامن: وتسبّح أيضاً بهذه التّسبيحات المرويّة في الاقبال:

Glory be to Him Who is aware of what hearts and minds strive to obtain! Glory be to Him Who knows the exact count of the sins! Glory be to Him from whose view nothing in the heavens and the earths is concealed! Glory be to the Loving Lord! Glory be to the Unique and Single! Glory be to the Greatest and Great! Glory be to Him Who does not transgress against the inhabitants of his kingdom! Glory be to Him Who does not bring down any kind of punishment upon the inhabitants of the earth! Glory be to the Kind and Compassionate! Glory be to the Oft-Forgiving and Merciful! Glory be to the Omnipotent and All-magnanimous! Glory be to the Indulgent and Liberal! Glory be to the Discerning and Wise! Glory be to the Comprehending and All-Wise! Glory be to Allah at the time of Daybreak! Glory be to Allah at the time of sunset! Glory be to Allah in the zero hours of the departing night and in the twilight of the dawning day! To Him alone is the praise, might, greatness, and omnipotence with every breath and every twinkle of an eye, and every moment is already registered in His all embracing awareness. Glory be to You for the infinite range that covers Your Book! Glory be to You—Glory that is equal to the measure of Your Throne! Glory be to You! Glory be to You! Glory be to You!

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ جَوَارِحَ القُلُوبِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ يُحْصِي عَدَدَ الذُّنُوبِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لاَ يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ خَافِيَةٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ سُبْحَانَ الرَّبِّ الْوَدُودِ سُبْحَانَ الفَرْدِ الوِتْرِ سُبْحَانَ العَظِيمِ الأَعْظَمِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لاَ يَعْتَدِي عَلَىٰ أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِهِ سُبْحَانَ مَنْ لاَ يُؤَاخِذُ أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ بِأَلْوَانِ الْعَذَابِ سُبْحَانَ الْحَنَّانِ الْمَنَّانِ سُبْحَانَ الرَّؤُوفِ الرَّحِيمِ سُبْحَانَ الْجَبَّارِ الْجَوَادِ سُبْحَانَ الْكَرِيمِ الْحَلِيمِ سُبْحَانَ الْبَصِيرِ الْعَلِيمِ سُبْحَانَ الْبَصِيرِ الْوَاسِعِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ إِقْبَالِ 

 

النَّهَارِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ إِدْبَارِ النَّهَارِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ إِدْبَارِ اللَّيْلِ وَإِقْبَالِ النَّهَارِ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ وَالْمَجْدُ وَالعَظَمَةُ وَالكِبْرِيَاءُ مَعَ كُلِّ نَفَسٍ وَكُلِّ طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ وَكُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ سَبَقَ فِي عِلْمِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ مِلْءَ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُكَ سُبْحَانَكَ زِنَةَ عَرْشِكَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ

 

It is worth mentioning that scholars have confirmed that the intention of fasting should be preferably declared after the early dawn meal. It is also permissible to intend fasting at any hour of the night. It is sufficient, for the achievement of intention, to intend to observe fasting the next day for the sake of Almighty Allah and to abstain from having or doing any of the things or acts that break the fasting. It is also highly recommended not to neglect the Night Prayer and not to neglect the nocturnal worship.

واعلم انّ نيّة الصّوم على ما ذكره العلماء يحسن أن تكون عقيب ما تسحر، ومن الجائز أن ينوي الصّوم في أي وقت كان من اللّيل ويكفي في النيّة انّه يعلم ويقصد أن يصوم نهار الغد لله تعالى، وأن يمسك فيه عن المفطّرات وينبغي أن لا يدع صلاة اللّيل في الأسحار وأن لا يترك التهجّد فيها.

 

First: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer that is mentioned by Sheikh al-Tusi and Sayyid Ibn Tawus:

أوّلها: أن يدعو كلّ يوم بهذا الدّعاء الذي رواه الشّيخ، كما رواه السّيد:

 

O Allah, this is the month of Ramadan in which You revealed the Quran, a guidance for humankind and clear proofs of true guidance and distinction (between the right and the wrong). This is the month of observing fasting. This is the month of acts of worship. This the month of turning to You (in penitence). This is the month of repentance. This is the month of forgiveness and mercy. This is the moth of release from Hellfire and winning Paradise. This is the month in which there is the Destiny Night, which is better than one thousand months. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, help me observe fasting and do acts of worship during it, keep it upright for me, keep me safe during it, help me observe it with the best of Your help, make me succeed in doing acts of obedience to You, to Your Prophet, and Your intimate servants upon whom be Your blessings. Make me devote myself to acts of worship to You, to praying You, and to reciting Your Book, increase its blessings for me, confer upon me with good health during it, make my body healthy during it, expand my sustenance during it, save me from whatever aggrieves me during it, respond to my prayers during it, and make me attain my hope during it. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, remove from me during it drowsiness, lethargy, laziness, weariness, hardheartedness, inattentiveness, and carelessness. Put aside from me during it illnesses, sicknesses, grievances, sorrows, ailments, diseases, wrongdoings, and sins. Send away from me during it evil, indecency, fatigue, ordeals, tiredness, and suffering. Verily, You are the Hearer of prayers. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and protect me during it from Satan the cursed, his sting, his slander, his devilry, his evil inspirations, his frustration, his obstinacy, his trickeries, his deceptions, his traps, his scams, his false hopes, his vanities, his seductions, his ruses, his allies, his followers, his fans, his supporters, his partners, and all his snares. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and bestow upon us with the observance of fasting, acts of worship, attainment of our hopes during it, by means of doing acts of worship in it, accomplishment of that which brings about Your pleasure by means of steadfastness, acting for Your sake, faith and certitude. Then (please) admit all that from me with manifold rewards and great gifts. O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and grant me (the opportunity to go on) Hajj, Umrah, hard work, painstakingness, power, activity, turning to You, repentance, success, seeking Your nearness, admitted good-doing, desire (for You), fear (from You), submission (to You), meekness, tenderness, sincere intention, truthfulness, dread from You, hope for You, reliance upon You, trust in You, and abstention from committing that which You have deemed unlawful, along with decent speaking, admitted efforts, elevated deeds, and responded prayers. Do not let anything intervene between me and any of these matters, such as an accidental event, disease, grief, unhappiness, ailment, inadvertence, or oblivion; rather, (help me do all that) with observance, carefulness to You and for Your sake, adherence to that which is incumbent upon me towards You, and fulfillment of my covenant and promise to You. (let all that be) in the name of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, decide for me during this month the best of that which You decide for Your righteous servants, and give me during it the most favorable of that which You give to Your intimate and favorite servants; such as mercy, forgiveness, kindness, responding (of prayers), pardon, perpetual forgiveness, good health, continuous wellbeing, release from Hellfire, winning Paradise, and the goodness of this worldly life and the Next World. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and cause my prayers during this month to reach You, Your mercy and goodness during it to reach me, my deed to be accepted (by You), my efforts during it to be praiseworthy, and my sins during it to be forgiven so that my share (of Your awards) shall be the most abundant, and my portion the most copious. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and guide me to observe the Destiny Night adequately, being in the most favorable and most pleased state that You would like to notice from any of Your intimate servants. Then, decide it to be better for me that one thousand months, confer upon me during this night the best conferrals that You ever confer upon any one whom You guide to attain it and whom You honor during it, include me at this night it with those whom You release from Hell whom You manumit from Hellfire and with those of Your creatures who are happy due to Your forgiveness and satisfaction (that reach them). O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and grant us during this month hard working, exactness, power, activeness, and whatever You like and please. O Allah, the Lord of the Dawn, the Ten Nights, the Even and the Odd, the Lord of the month of Ramadan and the Quran that You have revealed during it, the Lord of (Archangels) Gabriel, Michael, Seraph, and Izra’il, as well as all the Favorite Angels, the Lord of (Prophets) Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob, the Lord of Moses and Jesus, as well as all the Prophets and Messengers, and the Lord of Muhammad, the seal of the Prophets, may Your blessings be upon him and upon them all. I beseech You in the name of their duty towards You Your duty towards them, and in the name of the great duty towards You to bless him and his Household and all of them, to take a merciful look at me due to which You be pleased with me so perfectly that You never be irate with me after that, to grant me all my requests, desires, hopes, and needs, to ward off all that which I despise and try to avoid and all that which I fear for myself and all that which I do not fear, and to do the same to my family members, my property, my brethren and my offspring. O Allah, to You are we running from our sins; so (please do) shelter us as we are repentant, accept our repentance as we are seeking Your forgiveness, forgive us as we are seeking Your protection, protect us as we are seeking Your aid, aid us as we are surrendering to You, never disappoint us as we are fearful of You, secure us as we are desiring for You, accept our intercession as we are begging You, and grant us (what we hope) as You are verily the Hearer of prayers, the Nigh, and the Responding. O Allah, You are my Lord and I am Your servant, and it is conventional that a servant begs from his Lord. All Your servants have never begged any one who is as generous and magnanimous as You are. O center of the complaints of the beseechers! O ultimate goal of the needs of the desirers! O Aide of the seekers of aid! O Responding to the prayers of the distressed ones! O Shelter of the fugitives! O Helper of the seekers of help! O Cherisher of the enfeebled ones! O Reliever of the grievances of the aggrieved ones! O Releaser of the agonies of the distressed ones! O Reliever of the enormous calamities! O Allah! O All-beneficent! O All-merciful! O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! (Please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, forgive my sins, my defects, my offenses, my wrongdoing, my felonies, and my extravagance in my affairs, grant me out of Your favors and mercy, for none possesses these two save You, pardon me, forgive all my past sins, save me from sinning in the rest of my lifetime, cover me as well as my parents, my children, my relatives, my friends, and all those who relate to me from the believing men and women in this worldly life and the life to come. Verily, all that is managed by You alone and You are verily the Liberal in forgiving. So, my Master, do not disappoint me, do not reject my prayer, and do not let me down; rather, (please) do all that to me, respond to me in all that which I have asked from You, and increase Your favor upon me, because You verily have power over all things and for You do we desire. O Allah, Yours are the Most Excellent Names, the Most Elevated Examples, every greatness, and all bounties. I thus beseech You by Your Name: In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. If you have decided at this night, during which the angels and the Holy Spirit are allowed to descend, to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, add my name to the (list of the) happy ones, add my soul to the martyrs, elevate my good doings exaltedly, decide my ill deeds to be forgiven, grant me conviction with which You fill in my heart, faith free of doubt, satisfaction with that which You decide for me, grant me good in this worldly life and good in the Next World, and save me from the Fire of Hell. And if You have not decided at this night, during which the angels and the Holy Spirit are allowed to descend, then (please) postpone Your decisions about me to that night, confer upon me during it with remembering You, showing gratitude to You, doing acts of obedience to You, and worshipping You in the best manner. And (please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad with Your most favorable blessings, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O One and Only! the Besought of all! O Lord of Muhammad! (please) revenge on this day for Muhammad and for the pious ones from his offspring, eradicate all of their enemies, put them all under Your reprimand, do not leave anyone of them to live on this earth, and never forgive them. O most excellent Companion! O Heir of the Prophets! You are verily the most Merciful of all those who show mercy, the Commencer, the brilliant Maker, there is none like You, You are the Eternal Who never omits anything, are the Ever-living Who never dies, on each day, You have a certain state. You are the Heir of Muhammad, the Supporter of Muhammad, and the Selector of Muhammad. I beseech You to give victory to the successor and representative of Muhammad, the Imam who shall appear with justice among the successors of Muhammad, may Your blessings be upon him and upon them. (Please) turn Your victory toward them. O He but Whom there is no god! I beseech You in the name of that there is no god but You, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, allow me to join them in this worldly life as well as the Next World and allow all my affairs to end up with Your forgiveness and mercy. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O my Master, You have ascribed the feature of kindness to Yourself. Yes, indeed! You are truly kind. So, (please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and treat me kindly as You like. O Allah, (please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, grant me (the opportunity to go on) Hajj and Umrah in this year, confer upon me with the favor of settling all my needs for the Next World and this worldly life.

اللَّهُمَّ هٰذَا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ القُرْآنَ هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالفُرْقَانِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ الصِّيَامِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ الْقِيَامِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ الإِنَابَةِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ التَّوْبَةِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ الْعِتْقِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَالْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَهٰذَا شَهْرٌ فِيهِ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَعِنِّي عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ وَسَلِّمْهُ لِي وَسَلِّمْنِي فِيهِ وَأَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ بِأَ فْضَلِ عَوْنِكَ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِطَاعَتِكَ وَطَاعَةِ رَسُولِكَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَفَرِّغْنِي فِيهِ لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَدُعَائِكَ وَتِلاوَةِ كِتَابِكَ وَأَعْظِمْ لِي فِيهِ البَرَكَةَ وَأَحْسِنْ لِي فِيهِ العَافِيَةَ وَأَصِحَّ فِيهِ بَدَنِي وَأَوْسِعْ فِيهِ رِزْقِي وَاكْفِنِي فِيهِ مَا أَهَمَّنِي وَاسْتَجِبْ فِيهِ دُعَائِي وَبَلِّغْنِي فِيهِ رَجَائِي اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَذْهِبْ عَنِّي فِيهِ النُّعَاسَ وَالْكَسَلَ وَالسَّأْمَةَ وَالْفَتْرَةَ وَالْقَسْوَةَ وَالْغَفْلَةَ وَالْغِرَّةَ وَجَنِّبْنِي فِيهِ الْعِلَلَ وَالأَسْقَامَ وَالْهُمُومَ وَالأَحْزَانَ وَالأَعْرَاضَ وَالأَمْرَاضَ وَالْخَطَايَا وَالذُّنُوبَ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي فِيهِ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ وَالْجَهْدَ وَالْبَلاَءَ وَالتَّعَبَ وَالْعَنَاءَ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَعِذْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَهَمْزِهِ وَلَمْزِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَوَسْوَسَتِهِ وَتَثْبِيطِهِ وَبَطْشِهِ وَكَيْدِهِ وَمَكْرِهِ وَحَبَائِلِهِ وَخُدَعِهِ وَأَمَانِيِّهِ وَغُرُورِهِ وَفِتْنَتِهِ وَشَرَكِهِ وَأَحْزَابِهِ وَأَتْبَاعِهِ وَأَشْيَاعِهِ وَأَوْلِيَائِهِ وَشُرَكَائِهِ وَجَمِيعِ مَكَائِدِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنَا قِيَامَهُ وَصِيَامَهُ وَبُلُوغَ الأَمَلِ فِيهِ وَفِي قِيَامِهِ وَاسْتِكْمَالَ مَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي صَبْراً وَاحْتِسَاباً وَإِيمَاناً وَيَقِيناً ثُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ ذٰلِكَ مِنِّي بِالأَضْعَافِ الْكَثِيرَةِ وَالأَجْرِ الْعَظِيمِ يَا رَبَّ العَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنِي الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ وَالْجِدَّ وَالاِجْتِهَادَ وَالْقُوَّةَ وَالنَّشَاطَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْبَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ وَالْقُرْبَةَ وَالْخَيْرَ الْمَقْبُولَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ وَالرَّهْبَةَ وَالتَّضَرُّعَ وَالْخُشُوعَ وَالرِّقَّةَ وَالنِّيَّةَ الصَّادِقَةَ وَصِدْقَ اللِّسَانِ وَالْوَجَلَ مِنْكَ وَالرَّجَاءَ لَكَ وَالتَّوَكُّلَ عَلَيْكَ وَالثِّقَةَ بِكَ وَالْوَرَعَ عَنْ مَحَارِمِكَ مَعَ صَالِحِ الْقَوْلِ وَمَقْبُولِ السَّعْيِ وَمَرْفُوعِ الْعَمَلِ وَمُسْتَجَابِ الدَّعْوَةِ وَلاَ تَحُلْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ بِعَرَضٍ وَلاَ مَرَضٍ وَلاَ هَمٍّ وَلاَ غَمٍّ وَلاَ سُقْمٍ وَلاَ غَفْلَةٍ وَلاَ نِسْيَانٍ بَلْ بِالتَّعَاهُدِ وَالتَّحَفُّظِ لَكَ وَفِيكَ وَالرِّعَايَةِ لِحَقِّكَ وَالْوَفَاءِ بِعَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاقْسِمْ لِي فِيهِ أَفْضَلَ مَا تَقْسِمُهُ لِعِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ وَأَعْطِنِي فِيهِ أَفْضَلَ مَا تُعْطِي أَوْلِيَاءَكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالتَّحَنُّنِ وَالإِجَابَةِ وَالْعَفْوِ وَالْمَغْفِرَةِ الدَّائِمَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ وَالْمُعَافَاةِ وَالْعِتْقِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَالْفَوْزِ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَخَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاجْعَلْ دُعَائِي فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَاصِلاً وَرَحْمَتَكَ وَخَيْرَكَ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ نَازِلاً وَعَمَلِي فِيهِ مَقْبُولاً وَسَعْيِي فِيهِ مَشْكُوراً وَذَنْبِي فِيهِ مَغْفُوراً حَتَّىٰ يَكُونَ نَصِيبِي فِيهِ الأَكْثَرُ وَحَظِّي فِيهِ الأَوْفَرُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِلَيْلَةِ القَدْرِ عَلَىٰ أَفْضَلِ حَالٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَأَرْضَاهَا لَكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا لِي خَيْراً مِنَ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا أَفْضَلَ مَا رَزَقْتَ أَحَداً مِمَّنْ بَلَّغْتَهُ إِيَّاهَا وَأَكْرَمْتَهُ بِهَا وَاجْعَلْنِي فِيهَا مِنْ عُتَقَائِكَ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ وَطُلَقَائِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَسُعَدَاءِ خَلْقِكَ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنَا فِي شَهْرِنَا هٰذَا الجِدَّ وَالإِجْتِهَادَ وَالقُوَّةَ وَالنَّشَاطَ وَمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَىٰ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ وَرَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَمَا أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَرَبَّ جَبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ وَعِزْرَائِيلَ وَجَمِيعِ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَرَبَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَرَبَّ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَجَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ وَرَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ 

 

خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَبِحَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْكَ وَبِحَقِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ لَمَّا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَنَظَرْتَ إِلَيَّ نَظْرَةً رَحِيمَةً تَرْضَىٰ بِهَا عَنِّي رِضَىً لاَ سَخَطَ عَلَيَّ بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً وَأَعْطَيْتَنِي جَمِيعَ سُؤْلِي وَرَغْبَتِي وَأُمْنِيَتِي وَإِرَادَتِي وَصَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مَا أَكْرَهُ وَأَحْذَرُ وَأَخَافُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَمَا لاَ أَخَافُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَإِخْوَانِي وَذُرِّيَّتِي اللَّهُمُّ إِلَيْكَ فَرَرْنَا مِنْ ذُنُوبِنَا فَآوِنَا تَائِبِينَ وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا مُسْتَغْفِرِينَ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مُتَعَوّذِينَ وَأَعِذْنَا مُسْتَجِيرِينَ وَأَجِرْنَا مُسْتَسْلِمِينَ وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنَا رَاهِبِينَ وَآمِنَّا رَاغِبِينَ وَشَفِّعْنَا سَائِلِينَ وَأَعْطِنَا إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ قرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ سَأَلَ العَبْدُ رَبَّهُ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلِ الْعِبَادُ مِثْلَكَ كَرَماً وَجُوداً يَا مَوْضِعَ شَكْوَىٰ السَّائِلِينَ وَيَا مُنْتَهَىٰ حَاجَةِ الرَّاغِبِينَ وَيَا غِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرّينَ وَيَا مَلْجَأَ الْهَارِبِينَ وَيَا صَرِيخَ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ وَيَا رَبّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَيَا كَاشِفَ كَرْبِ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا فَارِجَ هَمِّ الْمَهْمُومِينَ وَيَا كَاشِفَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ وَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَعُيُوبِي وَإِسَاءَتِي وَظُلْمِي وَجُرْمِي وَإِسْرَافِي عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَمْلِكُهَا غَيْرُكَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي وَاغْفِرْ لِي كُلَّ مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَاعْصِمْنِي فِيمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِي وَاسْتُرْ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَوَلَدِي وَقَرَابَتِي وَأَهْلِ حُزَانَتِي وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنِّي بِسَبِيلٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّ ذٰلِكَ كُلَّهُ بِيَدِكَ وَأَنْتَ وَاسِعُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ فَلاَ تُخَيِّبْنِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَلاَ تَرُدَّ دُعَائِي وَلاَ يَدِي إِلَىٰ نَحْرِي حَتَّىٰ تَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ بِي وَتَسْتَجِيبَ لِي جَمِيعَ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ وَتَزِيدَنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَإِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ إِلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنْ كُنْتَ قَضَيْتَ فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ تَنَزَّلَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ فِيهَا أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً لاَ يَشُوبُهُ شَكٌّ وَرِضَىً بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنِي عَذَابَ النَّارِ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَضَيْتَ فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ تَنَزَّلَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَالرُّوْحِ فِيهَا فَأَخِّرْنِي إِلَىٰ ذٰلِكَ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَطَاعَتَكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا رَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ إِغْضَبِ اليَوْمَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلأَبْرَارِ عِتْرَتِهِ وَاقْتُلْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ بَدَداً وَأَحْصِهِمْ عَدَداً وَلاَ تَدَعْ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً وَلاَ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَبَداً يَا حَسَنَ الصُّحْبَةِ يَا خَلِيفَةَ النَّبِيِّينَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ الْبَدِيءُ الْبَدِيعُ الَّذِي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِكَ شَيْءٌ وَالدَّائِمُ غَيْرُ الْغَافِلِ وَالْحَيُّ الَّذِي لاَ يَمُوتُ أَنْتَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ أَنْتَ خَلِيفَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَنَاصِرُ مُحمَّدٍ وَمُفَضِّلُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَنْصُرَ وَصِيَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَخَلِيفَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالقَائِمَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنْ أَوْصِيَاءِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ إِعْطِفْ عَلَيْهِمْ نَصْرَكَ يَا لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ بِحَقِّ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاجْعَلْنِي مَعَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَاجْعَلْ عَاقِبَةَ أَمْرِي إِلَىٰ غُفْرَانِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَسَبْتَ نَفْسَكَ يَا سَيِّدِي بِاللُّطْفِ بَلَىٰ إِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالطُفْ بِي لِمَا تَشَاءُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَارْزُقْنِي الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ فِي عَامِنَا هٰذَا وَتَطَوَّلْ عَلَيَّ بِجَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي لِلآخِرَةِ وَالدُّنْيَا.

Then repeat three times:

ثم تقول ثلاثاً:

I implore for the forgiveness of Allah, my Lord, and I repent before Him. Surely, my Lord is Nigh and Responding. I implore for Allah’s forgiveness, my Lord, and I repent before Him, Surely, my Lord is Merciful, Loving. I implore for Allah’s forgiveness, my Lord, and I repent before Him. He is surely All-forgiving. O Allah, (please do) forgive me. You are verily the most Merciful of all those who show mercy. O my Lord, I have committed ill deeds and wronged myself. So (please) forgive me, because none can forgive sins save You. I implore for Allah’s forgiveness save Whom there is no god, the Ever-living, the Self-Subsistent, the Indulgent, the All-great, the Noble, the forgiver of fatal sins, and I repent before Him. I implore for Allah’s forgiveness. Allah is verily Forgiver, Merciful.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّاراً اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّكَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ رَبِّ إِنِّي عَمِلْتُ سُوءاً وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ القَيُّومُ الْحَلِيمُ الْعَظِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ الْغَفَّارُ لِلذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيمِ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُوراً رَحِيماً

 

Then say:

ثم تقول:

O Allah, I beseech You to send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, to decide within the decisions that You make, from the great, inevitable affair at the Destiny Night, within the decision that is neither rejected nor altered, to write my name with the pilgrims of Your Holy House, whose Hajj is admitted, whose efforts are praiseworthy, whose sins are forgiven, and whose offenses are pardoned, to decide among the decisions that You make to grant me long lifetime, expand my sustenance, help me fulfill my trusts and settle my debts, and respond to me, O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, (please do) make for me relief and an outlet, provide for me from whence I expect and from whence I do not expect, guard me from when I take precautions and from whence I do not take precautions, and send plentiful blessings and benedictions to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْعَظِيمِ الْمَحْتُومِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمْ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمْ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمْ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي وَتُوَسِّعَ رِزْقِي وَتُؤَدِّيَ عَنِّي أَمَانَتِي وَدَيْنِي آمِينَ رَبَّ العَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ أَمْرِي فَرَجاً وَمَخْرَجاً وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْتَسِبُ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ أَحْتَسِبُ وَاحْرُسْنِي مِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْتَرِسُ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ أَحْتَرِسُ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَلِّمْ كَثِيراً

 

Second: He also said: It is recommended to say the following glorificatory prayer everyday in Ramadan. It consists of ten parts; each part comprises ten phrases of glorification of Almighty Allah:

الثّاني: وقال أيضاً تسبّح كلّ يوم من شهر رمضان الى آخره بهذه التّسبيحات وهي عشرة أجزاء كلّ جزء يحتوي على عشرة تسبيحات:

 

(1) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah, the All-hearing; there is nothing is more hearing than He is. He hears from above His Throne what is under seven layers of the earth. He hears that which is in the murk of lands and oceans. He hears the moaning and the complaints. He hears the secret and what is more veiled than secrets. He hears the inspirations of hearts. No sound can ever deafen His hearing. (2) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah, the All-seeing; there is nothing more seeing than He is. He sees from above His Throne what is under seven layers of the earth. He sees that which is in the murk of lands and oceans. Visions cannot comprehend Him. He comprehends all visions. He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware. Darkness cannot screen His sight. None can hide from Him behind any screen. No wall can ever prevent Him from seeing. No land and no ocean can ever be absent from Him. No mountain can ever conceal its root from Him or conceals its center from Him. No side of it can conceal its center from Him. Neither big nor small thing can ever hide from Him. No tiny thing can ever be unseen by Him due to its smallness. Surely, nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heavens. He it is Who fashions you in the wombs as pleases Him. There is no god save Him; the Almighty, the Wise. (3) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah Who raises the heavy clouds. The thunder declares His glory with His praise, and the angels too for awe of Him; and He sends the thunderbolts and smites with them whom He pleases. He sends forth the winds bearing good news before His mercy. He causes water to descend from the heavens through His Word. He causes plants to grow out of His power. Leaves fall down by His knowledge. Glory be to Allah: not the weight of an atom becomes absent from Him, in the heavens or in the earth, and neither less than that nor greater, but (all) is in a clear book. (4) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah Who knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and that in which they increase; and there is a measure with Him of everything. The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High. Alike to Him among you is he who conceals his words and he who speaks them openly, and he who hides himself by night and who goes forth by day. For his sake, there are angels following one another, before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah’s commandment. Glory be to Allah Who causes the alive to die and restores the dead to life. He knows indeed what the earth diminishes of them and He causes what We please to stay in the wombs till an appointed time. (5) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah, Master of the Kingdom! You give the kingdom to whomsoever You please and take away the kingdom from whomsoever You please, and You exalt whom You please and abase whom You please in You hand is the good. Surely, You have power over all things. You make the night to pass into the day and You make the day to pass into the night, and You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living, and You give sustenance to whom You please without measure. (6) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah with Whom are the keys of the unseen treasures. None knows them but He. He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but it is all in a clear book. (7) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah. No speaker can ever declare His actual praiseworthiness. All the thankful ones and worshippers cannot thank Him adequately for His (innumerable) bounties. He is as same as He has described Himself and above whatever we say about Him. Allah, the Glorified, is as same as He has praised Himself, by saying: “They cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases. His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.” (8) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah Who knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and knows that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it. That which goes down into the earth does not occupy Him from that which comes down from the heavens and that which goes up to it. That which comes down from the heavens and that which goes up to it does not occupy Him from that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it. The knowledge of anything does not occupy Him from the knowledge of something else. The creation of anything does not occupy Him from the creation of something else. The preservation of anything does not occupy Him from the preservation of something else. Nothing is equal to Him. Nothing is His match. Nothing is like Him. He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing. (9) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four. He increases in creation what He pleases. Surely, Allah has power over all things. Whatever Allah grants to men of His mercy, there is none to withhold it, and what He withholds there is none to send it forth after that. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (10) Glory be to Allah, the Shaper of breathes. Glory be to Allah, the Fashioner. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all pairs. Glory be to Allah, the Maker of darkness and light. Glory be to Allah the Causer of the grain and the stone to germinate. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of all things. Glory be to Allah, the Creator of the seen and the unseen. Glory be to Allah as much as the ink of His Words. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be to Allah Who knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are. Then, He will inform them of what they did on the Day of Resurrection. Surely, Allah is Cognizant of all things.

(1) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَسْمَعَ مِنْهُ يَسْمَعُ مِنْ فَوْقِ عَرْشِهِ مَا تَحْتَ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ وَيَسْمَعُ مَا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَيَسْمَعُ الأَنِينَ وَالشَّكْوَىٰ وَيَسْمَعُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَىٰ وَيَسْمَعُ 

 

وَسَاوِسَ الصُّدُورِ وَلاَ يُصِمُّ سَمْعَهُ صَوْتٌ (2) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْبَصِيرِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَبْصَرَ مِنْهُ يُبْصِرُ مِنْ فَوْقِ عَرْشِهِ مَا تَحْتَ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ وَيُبْصِرُ مَا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ لاَ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ وَلاَ تُغْشِي بَصَرَهُ الظُّلْمَةُ وَلاَ يُسْتَتَرُ مِنْهُ بِسِتْرٍ وَلاَ يُوَارِي مِنْهُ جِدَارٌ وَلاَ يَغِيبُ عَنْهُ بَرٌّ وَلاَ بَحْرٌ وَلاَ يَكُنُّ مِنْهُ جَبَلٌ مَا فِي أَصْلِهِ وَلاَ قَلْبٌ مَا فِيهِ وَلاَ جَنْبٌ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ وَلاَ يَسْتَتِرُ مِنْهُ صَغِيرٌ وَلاَ كَبِيرٌ وَلاَ يَسْتَخْفِي مِنْهُ صَغِيرٌ لِصِغَرِهِ وَلاَ يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (3) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يُنْشِئُ السَّحَابَ الثِّقَالَ وَيُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ وَيُرْسِلُ الصَّوَاعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْمَاءَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِكَلِمَتِهِ وَيُنْبِتُ النَّبَاتَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ وَيَسْقُطُ الْوَرَقُ بِعِلْمِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلاَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلاَ أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ (4) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِيَ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنْثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ الأَرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِمِقْدَارٍ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ سَوَاءٌ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِاللَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ لَهُ مُعَقِّبَاتٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يُمِيتُ الأَحْيَاءَ وَيُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَنْقُصُ الأَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ وَيُقِرُّ فِي الأَرْحَامِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمَّىٰ (5) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَالِكِ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيَّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ (6) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لاَ يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلاَ حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الأَرْضِ وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُبِينٍ (7) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يُحْصِي مِدْحَتَهُ الْقَائِلُونَ وَلاَ يَجْزِي بِآلاَئِهِ الشَّاكِرُونَ الْعَابِدُونَ وَهُوَ كَمَا قَالَ وَفَوْقَ مَا نَقُولُ وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ كَمَا أَثْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ وَلاَ يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ وَلاَ يَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ (8) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا عَمَّا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا عمَّا يَلِجُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ عِلْمُ شَيْءٍ عَنْ عِلْمِ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ يَشْغَلُهُ خَلْقُ شَيْءٍ عَنْ خَلْقِ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ حِفْظُ شَيْءٍ عَنْ حِفْظِ شَيْءٍ وَلاَ يُسَاوِيهِ شَيْءٌ وَلاَ يَعْدِلُهُ شَيْءٌ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ (9) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّوْرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلائِكَةِ رُسُلاً أُوْلِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ مَا يَفْتَحِ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ فَلاَ مُمْسِكَ لَهَا وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلاَ مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (10) سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بَارِئِ النَّسَمِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمُصَوِّرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ الأَزْوَاجِ كُلِّهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ جَاعِلِ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَالِقِ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ 

 

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ خَالِقِ مَا يُرَىٰ وَمَا لاَ يُرَىٰ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَىٰ ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلاَ خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلاَ أَدْنَىٰ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلاَ أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَمَا كَانُوَا ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ.

Third: Sheikh al-Tusi and Sayyid ibn Tawus: You are advised to say everyday in Ramadan:

الثّالث: وقالا أيضاً: تصلّي في كلّ يوم من رمضان على النّبي تقول:

 

“Verily, Allah and His angels send blessings to the Prophet. O you who believe, call for Divine blessings on him and salute him with a becoming salutation.” Here I am at Your service, my Lord! Doing that which pleases You, and glory be to You. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You have blessed and conferred benedictions upon (Prophet) Abraham and the Household of Abraham. You are verily worthy of all praise and full of all glory. O Allah, (please do) have mercy upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You had mercy upon (Prophet) Abraham and the Household of Abraham. You are verily worthy of all praise and full of all glory. O Allah, (please do) send peace upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You sent peace upon Noah among all the creatures. O Allah, (please do) confer favors on Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You conferred a favor upon (Prophets) Moses and Aaron. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You have honored us by him. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad just as You have guided us through him. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and send his a praiseworthy standing due to which all the past and the coming generations shall covet him. Upon Muhammad and his Household be peace whenever the sun rises and sets. Upon Muhammad and his Household be peace whenever an eye twinkles or glitters. Upon Muhammad and his Household be peace whenever peace is mentioned. Upon Muhammad and his Household be peace whenever an angel glorifies or exalts Allah. Peace be upon Muhammad and his Household among the past generations. Peace be upon Muhammad and his Household among the last generations. Peace be upon Muhammad and his Household in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah, Lord of the Holy Town, Lord of the Rukn (Corner of Kaaba) and the Maqam (Standing-place near Kaaba), and Lord of legality and sanctuary, (please do) convey our greetings to Muhammad, Your Prophet. O Allah, (please do) grant Muhammad brilliance, bloom, delight, honor, happiness, right of intervention, (exalted) rank, (exalted) position, nobility, elevation, and right of intercession before You on the Resurrection Day, in the best way You have ever granted to any of Your creations. (Please) grant Muhammad more than what You grant Your creatures with many folds of goodness that none can count save You. O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad with the most excellent, purest, most increasing, most growing, and best blessings that You have ever conferred on anyone from the past and the coming generations and on anyone of Your created beings. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ali, the Commander of the Believers, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who provoke his enmity, inflict double chastisement on any one who had a hand in the shedding of his blood. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Fatima, the daughter of Your Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his Household, be the supporter of those who support her, be the enemy of him who provoke her enmity, inflict double chastisement on those who wronged her, and curse those who injured Your Prophet as they injured her. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to al-Hassan and al-Hussein, the two leaders of the Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports them, be the enemy of any one who provoke their enmity, and inflict double chastisement on any one who had a hand in the shedding of their blood. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ali ibn al-Hussein, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad ibn Ali, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Musa ibn Jaʿfar, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who had hand in the shedding of his blood. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ali ibn Musa, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who had a hand in the shedding of his blood. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad ibn Ali, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ali ibn Muhammad, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to al-Hassan ibn Ali, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and inflict double chastisement upon any one who wronged him. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to the Successor after him, the leader of Muslims, be the supporter of any one who supports him, be the enemy of any one who invokes his enmity, and expedite his Relief. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to al-Qasim and al-Tahir, the two sons of Your Prophet. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Ruqayyah, the daughter of Your Prophet and curse those who injured Your Prophet through wronging her. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Umm-Kulthum, the daughter of Your Prophet and curse those who injured Your Prophet through wronging her. O Allah, (please do) send blessings to the offspring of Your Prophet. O Allah, (please) be the representative of Your Prophet among his Household. O Allah, (please do) grant them power in the land. O Allah, (please do) include us with their troop, their aides, and their supporters on confirming the truth secretly and openly. O Allah, (please do) retaliate upon those who wronged and slew them, and those who shed their blood. And (please) save us, them, and every believing man and women the evil of all tyrants and transgressors, and every living creature that You hold it by its forelock. Verily, You are the strongest in prowess and the strongest to give an exemplary punishment.

 

﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَىٰ النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً﴾ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَبِّ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَسُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَبَارِكْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ وَبَارَكْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا رَحِمْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا سَلَّمْتَ عَلَىٰ نُوحٍ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ امْنُنْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا مَنَنْتَ عَلَىٰ 

 

مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا هَدَيْتَنَا بِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الأَوَّلُونَ وَالآخِرُونَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ السَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ أَوْ غَرَبَتْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ السَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا طَرَفَتْ عَيْنٌ أَوْ بَرَقَتْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ السَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا ذُكِرَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ السَّلاَمُ كُلَّمَا سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ مَلَكٌ أَوْ قَدَّسَهُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي الأَوَّلِينَ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي الآخِرِينَ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ الْبَلَدِ الْحَرَامِ وَرَبَّ الرُّكْنِ وَالْمَقَامِ وَرَبَّ الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَامِ أَبْلِغْ مُحَمَّداً نَبِيَّكَ عَنَّا السَّلاَمَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً مِنَ الْبَهَاءِ وَالنَّضْرَةِ وَالسُّرُورِ وَالْكَرَامَةِ وَالْغِبْطَةِ وَالْوَسِيلَةِ وَالْمَنْزِلَةِ وَالْمَقَامِ وَالشَّرَفِ وَالرِّفْعَةِ وَالشَّفَاعَةِ عِنْدَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَفْضَلَ مَا تُعْطِي أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَأَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً فَوْقَ مَا تُعْطِي الْخَلاَئِقَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً لاَ يُحْصِيهَا غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَطْيَبَ وَأَطْهَرَ وَأَزْكَىٰ وَأَنْمَىٰ وَأَفْضَلَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ وَعَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ العَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِي دَمِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ السَّلاَمُ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهَا وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهَا وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهَا وَالعَنْ مَنْ آذَىٰ نَبِيَّكَ فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ إِمَامَيِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُمَا وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُمَا وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِي دِمَائِهِمَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِي دَمِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَىٰ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِي دَمِهِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَضَاعِفِ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ الْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِمَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَوَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ الْقَاسِمِ وَالطَّاهِرِ ابْنَيْ نَبِيِّكَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ وَالعَنْ مَنْ آذَىٰ نَبِيَّكَ فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ أُمِّ كُلْثُومَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ وَالعَنْ مَنْ آذَىٰ نَبِيَّكَ فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ ذُرِّيَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ اللَّهُمَّ اخْلُفْ نَبِيَّكَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ مَكِّنْ لَهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ عَدَدِهِمْ وَمَدَدِهِمْ وَأَنْصَارِهِمْ عَلَىٰ الْحَقِّ فِي السِّرِّ وَالْعَلانِيَةِ 

 

اللَّهُمَّ اطْلُبْ بِذَحْلِهِمْ وَوِتْرِهِمْ وَدِمَائِهِمْ وَكُفَّ عَنَّا وَعَنْهُمْ وَعَنْ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ بَأْسَ كُلِّ بَاغٍ وَطَاغٍ وَكُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا إِنَّكَ أَشَدُّ بَأْساً وَأَشَدُّ تَنْكِيلاً.

Sayyid Ibn Tawus: You may also say:

وقال السّيّد ابن طاووس وتقول:

 

O my means in troubles! O my Companion in hardships! O Provider of my amenities! O utmost of my desires! It is You Who conceals my defects, Who relieves my apprehensions, and Who overlooks my slips. So, (please do) forgive my sin. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

يَا عُدَّتِي فِي كُرْبَتِي وَيَا صَاحِبِي فِي شِدَّتِي وَيَا وَلِيِّي فِي نِعْمَتِي وَيَا غَايَتِي فِي رَغْبَتِي أَنْتَ السَّاتِرُ عَوْرَتِي وَالْمُؤْمِنُ رَوْعَتِي وَالْمُقِيلُ عَثْرَتِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

 

You may also say:

وتقول:

 

O Allah, I beseech You about a grief that none can relieve save You, for mercy that cannot be attained except through You, about hardship from which none can rescue except You, for desire that cannot be obtained except by You, and for a need that none can settle save You. O Allah, just as You have decided to allow me to pray You and had mercy upon me through allowing me to refer to You, so also, please, my Master, decide to respond to me in what I have prayed You for, confer upon me the favors for which I have hoped You, and grant me redemption from that against which I have resorted to You. But if I do not deserve to attain Your mercy, then, Your mercy is too wide to avoid including and covering me. If I do not deserve Your response, then, You are the worthiest of granting favors and Your mercy has covered all things. So, let Your mercy include me, O my God. O All-generous! I beseech You in the name of Your Noble Face to bless Muhammad and his Household, relieve my grief, release me from my hardship and agony, have mercy upon me out of Your mercy, and confer on me with Your favor. You are verily the Hearer of prayers, the Nigh, and the Responding

 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ لِهَمٍّ لاَ يُفَرِّجُهُ غَيْرُكَ وَلِرَحْمَةٍ لاَ تُنَالُ إِلَّا بِكَ وَلِكَرْبٍ لاَ يَكْشِفُهُ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَلِرَغْبَةٍ لاَ تُبْلَغُ إِلَّا بِكَ وَلِحَاجَةٍ لاَ يَقْضِيهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِكَ مَا أَذِنْتَ لِي بِهِ مِنْ مَسْأَلَتِكَ وَرَحِمْتَنِي بِهِ مِنْ ذِكْرِكَ فَلْيَكُنْ مِنْ شَأْنِكَ سَيِّدِي الإِجَابَةُ لِي فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكَ وَعَوَائِدُ الإِفْضَالِ فِيمَا رَجَوْتُكَ وَالنَّجَاةُ مِمَّا فَزِعْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَهْلاً أَنْ أَبْلُغَ رَحْمَتَكَ فَإِنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَبْلُغَنِي وَتَسَعَنِي وَإِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِلإِجَابَةِ أَهْلاً فَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الفَضْلِ وَرَحْمَتُكَ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَلْتَسَعْنِي رَحْمَتُكَ يَا إِلٰهِي يَا كَرِيمُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَأَنْ تُفَرِّجَ هَمِّي وَتَكْشِفَ كَرْبِي وَغَمِّي وَتَرْحَمَنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَتَرْزُقَنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ.

Fourth: Sheikh al-Tusi and Sayyid ibn Tawus: It is recommended to say throughout the days of Ramadan:

الرّابع: وقال الشّيخ والسّيد أيضاً: قل في كلّ يوم:

 

O Allah, I beseech You to grant me from the best of Your favors, and all Your favors are excellent. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your whole favor. O Allah, I beseech You to grant me from the most widespread of Your sustenance, and all Your sustenance is widespread. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your whole sustenance. O Allah, I beseech You to grant me from the most wholesome of Your bestowal, and Your entire bestowal is wholesome. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your entire bestowal. O Allah, I beseech You to grant me from Your most instant welfare, and Your entire welfare is instant. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your entire welfare. O Allah, I beseech You to grant me from You most excellent benevolence, and Your entire benevolence is excellent. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your entire benevolence. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all that through which You respond to me if I beseech You; therefore, (please do) respond to me, O Allah. And (please do) send blessings to Muhammad, Your pleased servant, chosen Messenger, trustee, Your confidant one among all Your beings, selected one among all Your servants, true Prophet, and Your much-loved one. And (please do) send blessings to (him); Your messenger, Your choicest among all people, the conveyor of good tidings (for the believers), the warner, and the luminous lantern; and (please do send blessings) to his Household, the pious and the immaculate; and to Your angels whom You have attached to Yourself and concealed against Your beings; and to Your Prophets who convey Your instructions truly; and to Your Messengers whom You have given exclusively Your Revelations and made excel the others by means of Your messages; and to Your righteous servants whom You have included with Your mercy, the guides, the well-guided, the orthodox, and Your pure saints; and to (Archangels) Gabriel, Michael, Seraph, and the Angel of Death; and to Ridwan the Keeper of Paradise; and to Malik the Keeper of Hell, and the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Faith, and the Favorite Bearers of Your Throne; and to the two angels who watch over me— [bless them all with] blessings that You desire that the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth pray You to send to them; blessings that are pure, abundant, holy, genuine, growing, evident, deep, honorable, and virtuous through which You obviously demonstrate their precedence over the past and the coming generations. O Allah, (please do) give Muhammad subtle way, honor, and precedence, and reward him with the best reward that You ever give to a Prophet on behalf of his nation. O Allah, (please do) give Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—an additional proximity with each proximity that You decide for him; and an additional subtle means with each means that You decide for him; and an additional merit with each merit that You decide for him; and an additional honor with each honor that You decide for him. And (please do) give Muhammad and his Household, on the Resurrection Day, the best of all that which You have given to any of Your creatures from the past and the coming generations. O Allah, (please do) choose for Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Household—the nearest position to You, the most expansive abode in Paradise in Your vicinity, and the most effective means to You. And (please do) make him the chief interceder, the chief mediator, the first speaker, and the most successful petitioner. And (please do) send him the Praiseworthy Standing due to which all the past and coming generations will envy him. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, to hear my voice, to respond to my plea, to overlook my sins, to excuse my wrongdoings, to give success to my request, to grant my needs, to fulfill Your promise to me, to let off my offense, to forgive my sins, to pardon my evildoings, to accept me and not to reject me, to have mercy upon me and not to punish me, to grant me good health and not to afflict me, and to grant me from the nicest and most extensive sustenance and not to deprive me (of Your sustenance). O my Lord, (please do) help me settle my debts, relieve me of my burdens, and do not impose on me that which I have not the strength to bear. O my Master, (please do) include me with every good item with which You have included Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and take me out of any evil from which You have taken out Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, Your blessings be upon him and them. Peace, Allah’s mercy, and blessings be upon him and them.

 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ بِأَفْضَلِهِ وَكُلُّ فَضْلِكَ فَاضِلٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ بِأَعَمِّهِ وَكُلُّ رِزْقِكَ عَامٌّ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرِزْقِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ بِأَهْنَئِهِ وَكُلُّ عَطَائِكَ هَنِيءٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي 

 

أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَطَائِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ بِأَعْجَلِهِ وَكُلُّ خَيْرِكَ عَاجِلٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِخَيْرِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ إِحْسَانِكَ بِأَحْسَنِهِ وَكُلُّ إِحْسَانِكَ حَسَنٌ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِإِحْسَانِكَ كُلِّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا تُجِيبُنِي 

 

بِهِ حِينَ أَسْأَلُكَ فَأَجِبْنِي يَا اللَّهُ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ الْمُرْتَضَىٰ وَرَسُولِكَ الْمُصْطَفَىٰ وَأَمِينِكَ وَنَجِيِّكَ دُونَ خَلْقِكَ وَنَجِيبِكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَنَبِيِّكَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَحَبِيبِكَ وَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِكَ وَخِيَرَتِكَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ الْبَشِيرِ النَّذِيرِ السِّرَاجِ الْمُنِيرِ وَعَلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الأَبْرَارِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَعَلَىٰ مَلائِكَتِكَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَخْلَصْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ وَعَلَىٰ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الَّذِينَ يُنْبِئُونَ عَنْكَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَعَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ الَّذِينَ خَصَصْتَهُمْ بِوَحْيِكَ وَفَضَّلْتَهُمْ عَلَىٰ الْعَالَمِينَ بِرِسَالاتِكَ وَعَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ الَّذِينَ أَدْخَلْتَهُمْ فِي رَحْمَتِكَ الأَئِمَّةِ الْمُهْتَدِينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ الْمُطَهَّرِينَ وَعَلَىٰ جَبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ وَمَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ وَعَلَىٰ رِضْوَانَ خَازِنِ الْجِنَانِ وَعَلَىٰ مَالِكٍ خَازِنِ النَّارِ وَرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَالرُّوحِ الأَمِينِ 

وَحَمَلَةِ عَرْشِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَعَلَىٰ الْمَلَكَيْنِ الْحَافِظَيْنِ عَلَيَّ بِالصَّلاَةِ الَّتِي تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَهْلُ الأَرَضِينَ صَلاةً طَيِّبَةً كَثِيرَةً مُبَارَكَةً زَاكِيَةً نَامِيَةً ظَاهِرَةً بَاطِنَةً شَرِيفَةً فَاضِلَةً تُبَيِّنُ بِهَا فَضْلَهُمْ عَلَىٰ الأَوَّلِينَ 

 

وَالآخِرِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالشَّرَفَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَاجْزِهِ خَيْرَ مَا جَزَيْتَ نَبِيّاً عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ وَأَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَعَ كُلِّ زُلْفَةٍ زُلْفَةً وَمَعَ كُلِّ وَسِيلَةٍ وَسِيلَةً وَمَعَ كُلِّ فَضِيلَةٍ فَضِيلَةً وَمَعَ كُلِّ شَرَفٍ شَرَفاً تُعْطِي مُحَمَّداً وَآلَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَفْضَلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ اللَّهُمَّ وَاجْعَلْ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَدْنَىٰ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِساً وَأَفْسَحَهُمْ فِي الْجَنَّةِ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً وَأَقْرَبَهُمْ إِلَيْكَ وَسِيلَةً وَاجْعَلْهُ أَوَّلَ شَافِعٍ وَأَوَّلَ مُشَفَّعٍ 

 

وَأَوَّلَ قَائِلٍ وَأَنْجَحَ سَائِلٍ وَابْعَثْهُ الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُودَ الَّذِي يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الأَوَّلُونَ وَالآخِرُونَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَسْمَعَ صَوْتِي وَتُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي وَتَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِي وَتَصْفَحَ عَنْ ظُلْمِي 

 

وَتُنْجِحَ طَلِبَتِي وَتَقْضِيَ حَاجَتِي وَتُنْجِزَ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي وَتُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي وَتَغْفِرَ ذُنُوبِي وَتَعْفُوَ عَنْ جُرْمِي وَتُقْبِلَ عَلَيَّ وَلاَ تُعْرِضَ عَنِّي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَلاَ تُعَذِّبَنِي وَتُعَافِيَنِي وَلاَ تَبْتَلِيَنِي وَتَرْزُقَنِي مِنَ الرِّزْقِ أَطْيَبَهُ وَأَوْسَعَهُ وَلاَ 

 

تَحْرِمَنِي يَارَبِّ وَاقْضِ عَنِّي دَيْنِي وَضَعْ عَنِّي وِزْرِي وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنِي مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لِي بِهِ يَا مَوْلاَيَ وَأَدْخِلْنِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ أَدْخَلْتَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ أَخْرَجْتَ مِنْهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

You may then repeat three times:

ثمّ قل ثلاثاً:

 

O Allah, I am praying You as You have ordered me to do; so, please respond to me as You have promised.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي فَاسْتَجِبْ لِي كَمَا وَعَدْتَنِي.

 

You may then say:

ثمّ قل:

 

O Allah, I ask You for a little from the very much in the midst of my many needs for which I entirely depend on You, and You, since eternity, are able to do without them, but for me, it is titanic, and for You, it is very easy and simple. So, (please do) bestow upon me with them, for You have power over all things. Respond to me, O Lord of the worlds!

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مَعَ حَاجَةٍ بِي إِلَيْهِ عَظِيمَةٍ وَغِنَاكَ عَنْهُ قَدِيمٌ وَهُوَ عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِهِ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

 

Fifth: It is recommended to say:

الخامس: أن يدعو بهذا الدّعاء:

 

O Allah, I am praying You as You have ordered me to do; so, please respond to me as You have promised…

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي فَاسْتَجِبْ لِي كَمَا وَعَدْتَنِي…

 

Because of its lengthiness, this supplicatory prayer will not be quoted herein. However, the gentle readers are advised to refer to Iqbal al-Aʿmal or Zad al-Maʿad to find it.

وقد تركناه لطوله فليطلب من كتاب الاقبال أو من زاد المعاد.

 

Sixth: In al-Muqniʿah, Sheikh al-Mufid narrated on the authority of the trustworthy master scholar, Ali ibn Mahziyar, that Imam Muhammad al-Taqi said that it is recommended to say as many times as possible during the month of Ramadan on days and at nights from the beginning of the month to its end:

السّادس: روى المفيد في المقنعة عن الثّقة الجليل عليّ بن مهزيار عن الامام محمّد التّقي (عليه السلام) انّه يستحبّ أن تكثر في شهر رمضان في ليله ونهاره من أوّله الى آخره:

 

O He Who has existed before all things, then created all things, and then stays while all things vanish! O He Whose like is not found at all! O He neither in the highest heavens nor in the lowest layers of the earth, nor above them, nor beneath them, nor there is between them any god that is worshipped save Him. To You be the praise that none can count save You. So, please bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad with blessings that none can count save You.

 

يَا ذَا الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ يَبْقَىٰ وَيَفْنَىٰ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَا ذَا الَّذِي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَيَا ذَا الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَىٰ وَلاَ فِي الأَرَضِينَ السُّفْلَىٰ وَلاَ فَوْقَهُنَّ وَلاَ تَحْتَهُنَّ وَلاَ بَيْنَهُنَّ إِلٰهٌ يُعْبَدُ غَيْرُهُ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْداً لاَ يَقْوَىٰ عَلَىٰ إِحْصَائِهِ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلاةً لاَ يَقْوَىٰ عَلَىٰ إِحْصَائِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ.

Seventh: Al-Kafʿami, in al-Balad al-Amin and al-Misbah, quoted from Kitab al-Ikhtiyar of Sayyid Ibn Baqi that if one says the following supplicatory prayer everyday in Ramadan, Almighty Allah will forgive the sins he has committed for forty years:

السّابع: روى الكفعمي في البلد الأمين وفي المصباح عن كتاب اختيار السّيد ابن باقي انّ من قرأ هذا الدّعاء في كلّ يوم من رمضان غفر الله له ذنوب أربعين سنة:

 

O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan in which You revealed the Quran and imposed fasting on Your servants! (Please) grant me opportunity to go on pilgrimage to Your Holy House, in this year and every year, and forgive my serious sins, for none can forgive them save You, O Lord of majesty and honor.

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَافْتَرَضْتَ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ فِيهِ الصِّيَامَ ارْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي هٰذَا الْعَامِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الْعِظَامَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ يَا ذَا الجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ.

 

Eighth: It is recommended to repeat the following glorificatory prayer one hundred times every day in Ramadan, as is mentioned by al-Fayd al-Kashani in Khulasat al-Adhkar.

الثّامن: أن يذكر الله تعالى في كلّ يوم مائة مرّة بهذه الأذكار التي أوردها المحدّث الفيض في كتاب خلاصة الأذكار:

Glory be to Him Who can expose anyone to loss or to gain. Glory be to the Judge with truth. Glory be to the Most High, the All-high. Glory be to Him and to glorify Him is one of His graces. Glory be to Him and most Exalted be He.

سُبْحَانَ الضَّارِّ النَّافِعِ سُبْحَانَ الْقَاضِي بِالْحَقِّ سُبْحَانَ الْعَلِيِّ الأَعْلَىٰ سُبْحَانَهُ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ.

 

Ninth: In al-Muqniʿah, Sheikh al-Mufid mentioned that one of the most advisable rites in Ramadan is to invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet at least one hundred times a day; and the more the better.

التّاسع: قال المفيد في المقنعة: انّ من سُنن شهر رمضان الصّلاة على النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله في كلّ يوم مائة مرّة، والأفضل أن يزيد عليها.

First: It is highly recommended to watch the new moon of Ramadan at the first night of it. Moreover, some scholars have decided this act as obligatory.
الأوّل: الاستهلال وقد أوجبه بعض العلماء.

 

Second: When your eyes fall on the new moon, you must not point to it. Rather, you should turn yourself towards the kiblah direction, raise both your hands towards the sky, and say:
الثّاني: اذا رأيت هلال شهر رمضان فلا تشر اليه ولكن استقبل القبلة وارفع يديك الى السّماء وخاطب الهلال تقول:

 

Your and my Lord is Allah; the Lord of the worlds. O Allah, (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security, faith, safety, Islam, and expedition to whatever You love and please. O Allah, (please do) bless us in this month, confer upon us with its goodness and aid, and save us from its harm, evil, ordeals, and sedition.
رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلامَةِ وَالإِسْلاَمِ وَالْمُسَارَعَةِ إِلَىٰ مَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَىٰ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَهْرِنَا هٰذَا وَارْزُقْنَا خَيْرَهُ وَعَوْنَهُ وَاصْرِفْ عَنَّا ضُرَّهُ وَشَرَّهُ وَبَلاَءَهُ وَفِتْنَتَهُ.

 

It has been narrated that when the Holy Prophet would see the new moon of Ramadan, he would turn his face to the kiblah direction and say:
وروي انّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله كان اذا استهلّ هلال شهر رمضان استقبل القبلة بوجهه وقال:

 

O Allah, (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security, faith, safety, Islam, encompassing wellbeing, repulsion of ailments, and assistance to offer prayers, observe fasting, do acts of worship, and recite the Quran. O Allah, (please do) keep us sound for the month of Ramadan, accept our deeds during it, and save us during it, so that the month of Ramadan will not elapse unless You have pardoned us, forgiven us, and had mercy upon us.
اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلامَةِ وَالإِسْلامِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ الْمُجَلِّلَةِ وَدِفَاعِ الأَسْقَامِ وَالْعَوْنِ عَلَىٰ الصَّلاَةِ وَالصِّيَامِ وَالْقِيَامِ وَتِلاَوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ اللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْنَا لِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنَّا وَسَلِّمْنَا فِيهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنْقَضِيَ عَنَّا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَقَدْ عَفَوْتَ عَنَّا وَغَفَرْتَ لَنَا وَرَحِمْتَنَا.

 

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq is also reported to have said: When you see the new moon of Ramadan, you may say:
وعن الصّادق (عليه السلام) قال: اذا رأيت الهلال فقل:

 

O Allah, the month of Ramadan has commenced, You have made obligatory upon us to observe fasting during it, and revealed the Quran in it as guidance for people and clear proofs of true guidance and distinction (between the right and the wrong). O Allah, (please) help us observe fasting in it, accept it from us, keep us safe during it, help us observe it adequately, and keep it sound for us with easiness and good health from You. You verily have power over all things. O All-beneficent! O All-merciful!
اللَّهُمَّ قَدْ حَضَرَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَقَدِ افْتَرضْتَ عَلَيْنَا صِيَامَهُ وَأَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا وَسَلِّمْنَا فِيهِ وَسَلِّمْنَا مِنْهُ وَسَلِّمْهُ لَنَا فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةٍ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا رَحِيمُ.

 

Third: It is recommended, at sighting the new moon of Ramadan, to say the supplication no. 43 of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah. Sayyid Ibn Tawus narrated that Imam Zayn al-Abidin, once, gazed at the new moon of Ramadan while he was walking. He therefore stopped and said:
الثّالث: أن يدعو اذا شاهد الهلال بالدّعاء الثّالث والأربعين من دعوات الصحيفة الكاملة، روى السيّد ابن طاووس انّ عليّ بن الحسين (عليه السلام) مرّ في طريقه يوماً فنظر الى هلال شهر رمضان فوقف فقال:

 

O obedient creature, speedy and untiring, frequenter of the mansions of determination, moving about in the sphere of governance! I have faith in Him Who lights up darkness through you, illuminates jet-black shadows by you, appointed you one of the signs of His kingdom and one of the marks of His authority, so, He identified time through You, and humbled you through increase and decrease, and rising and setting, and illumination and eclipse. In all of this you are obedient to Him, and prompt toward His will. Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in Your situation! How subtle what He has made for Your task! He has made You the key to a new month for a new situation. So I ask Allah, my Lord and Your Lord, my Creator and Your Creator, my Determiner and Your Determiner, my Form-giver and Your Form-giver, that He bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint You a crescent of blessings not effaced by days and of purity not defiled by sins; a crescent of security from blights and of safety from evil deeds; a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune, of prosperity accompanied by no adversity, of ease not mixed with difficulty, of good unstained by evil; a crescent of security and faith, favor and good-doing, safety and submission! O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household, place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen, the purest of those who have looked upon it, the most fortunate of those who have worshiped You under it; give us the success during [the new month] to repent, preserve us within it from misdeeds and exposition to punishment, allot to us within it thanksgiving for Your favor, clothe us during it in the shields of well-being, and complete for us Your kindness by perfecting therein obedience to You! Surely You are All-kind, Praiseworthy. And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure. And grant us aid from You to carry out that which You have ordered us to do in it; Such as the obedience to You which You have made incumbent upon us, and accept them from us, for You are the most Generous of all those who show generosity and the most Merciful of all those who show mercy. Respond! Respond! O Lord of the Worlds.

أَيُّهَا الْخَلْقُ الْمُطِيعُ الدَّائِبُ السَّرِيعُ الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التَّقْدِيرِ الْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التَّدْبِيرِ آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوَّرَ بِكَ الظُّلَمَ وَأَوْضَحَ بِكَ الْبُهَمَ وَجَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ وَعَلاَمَةً مِنْ عَلاَمَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ فَحَدَّ بِكَ الزَّمَانَ وَامْتَهَنَكَ بِالْكَمَالِ وَالنُّقْصَانِ وَالطُّلُوعِ وَالأُفُولِ وَالإِنَارَةِ 

 

وَالْكُسُوفِ فِي كُلِّ ذٰلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ وَإِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبَّرَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ وَأَلْطَفَ مَا صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكَ وَخَالِقِي وَخَالِقَكَ وَمُقَدِّرِي وَمُقَدِّرَكَ وَمُصَوِّرِي وَمُصَوِّرَكَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلاَلَ بَرَكَةٍ لاَ تَمْحَقُهَا الأَيَّامُ وَطَهَارَةٍ لاَ تُدَنِّسُهَا الآثَامُ هِلاَلَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ الآفَاتِ وَسَلاَمَةٍ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ هِلاَلَ سَعْدٍ لاَ نَحْسَ فِيهِ وَيُمْنٍ لاَ نَكَدَ مَعَهُ وَيُسْرٍ لاَ يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ وَخيْرٍ لاَ يَشُوبُهُ شَرٍّ هِلالَ أَمْنٍ وَإِيمَانٍ وَنِعْمَةٍ وَإِحْسَانٍ وَسَلاَمَةٍ 

 

وَإِسْلاَمٍ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَىٰ مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَزْكَىٰ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ وَوَفِّقْنَا اللَّهُمَّ فِيهِ لِلطَّاعَةِ وَالتَّوْبَةِ وَاعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الآثَامِ وَالْحَوْبَةِ وَأَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ النِّعْمَةِ وَأَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا 

 

بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ الْمِنَّةَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ وَصَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا فِيهِ عَوْناً مِنْكَ عَلَىٰ مَا نَدَبْتَنَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مُفْتَرَضِ طَاعَتِكَ وَتَقَبَّلْهَا إِنَّكَ الأَكْرَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ كَرِيمٍ وَالأَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَحِيمٍ آمِينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

 

Fourth: It is recommended for husbands to have sexual intercourse with their wives at this night. In fact, it is discommended to have sexual intercourse with wives at the first night of the Arabic months; rather, this exception is one of the peculiarities of the holy month of Ramadan.
الرّابع: يستحبّ أن يأتي أهله وهذا ممّا خصّ به هذا الشّهر ويكره ذلك في أوائل سائر الشّهور.


Fifth: It is highly advisable to bathe oneself at this night. A narration reads that if one washes himself at the first night of Ramadan, one will be secured against prurigo up to the next Ramadan.
الخامس: الغُسل، ففي الحديث انّ من اغتسل اوّل ليلة منه لم يصبه الحكّة الى شهر رمضان القابل.


Sixth: It is recommended to bathe oneself in a flowing river and to pour on the head thirty handfuls of water so as to be mentally pure up to the next Ramadan.
السّادس: أن يغتسل في نهر جار ويصبّ على رأسه ثلاثين كفّاً من الماء ليكون على طهر معنوي الى شهر رمضان القابل.


Seventh: It is recommended to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein so that sins will be forgiven and the like of the reward of those who undertake Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages in that year will be gained.
السّابع: أن يزور قبر الحسين (عليه السلام) لتذهب عنه ذنوبه ويكون له ثواب الحجّاج والمعتمرين في تلك السّنة.


Eighth: It is recommended, at this night, to begin with the one thousand unit prayer that has been previously mentioned at the end of the second part of the rites of Ramadan.
الثّامن: أن يبدأ في الصّلاة ألف ركعة الواردة في هذا الشّهر التي مرّت في أواخر القسم الثّاني من أعمال هذا الشّهر.


Ninth: It is recommended to offer a two unit prayer reciting in each unit Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Anʿam and to pray Almighty Allah for security against apprehensions and ailments.
التّاسع: أن يصلّي ركعتين في هذه اللّيلة يقرأ في كلّ ركعة الحمد وسورة الأنعام ويسأل الله تعالى أن يكفيه ويقيه المخاوف والأسقام.


Tenth: It is recommended to say the aforementioned supplicatory prayer that begins with:
العاشر: أن يدعُو بهذا الدعاء الذي ذكرناه في آخر ليلة من شعبان:


O Allah, this is the blessed month wherein the Holy Quran was revealed…
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هٰذَا الشَّهْرَ الْمُبَارَكَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ…


Eleventh: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer while raising the hands after the Sunset Prayer. The supplicatory prayer has been reported in al-Iqbal from Imam Muhammad al-Jawad:
الحادي عشر: أن يرفع يديه اذا فرغ من صلاة المغرب ويدعو بهذا الدّعاء المرويّ في الاقبال عن الامام الجواد (عليه السلام):


O Allah Who controls the management of all affairs and He has power over all things! O He Who knows the stealth of looks, that which breasts conceal, and that which selves hide and He is the Knower of subtle, the Aware! O Allah, (please do) include us with those who intend and carried out their intentions, and do not include us with those who are unhappy due to their laziness or with those who depend upon unreal hopes. O Allah, (please do) cure our bodies from ailments and help us carry out the deeds You have made incumbent upon us to do so that when this month, which is Your month, elapses, we shall have carried out all the duties that You have made obligatory upon us to do. O Allah, (please do) help us observe fasting in this month, guide us to practice the acts of worship (perfectly), grant us vigor to offer prayers, do not preclude us from reciting (the Holy Quran), and make easy for us to give alms. O Allah, (please) do not inflict us with fatigue, tiredness, ailment, or injury. O Allah, (please do) grant us the food with which we break our fasting from Your sustenance that is legally gotten. O Allah, (please do) make easy for us the gaining of Your sustenance that You decide for us, facilitate for us gaining that which You decide for us, and make it pure, empty of sins, and free from offenses and flaws. O Allah, (please) do not feed us except the good that is neither bad nor forbidden. (Please do) let the sustenance that You decide for us be legal, carrying neither filth nor diseases. O He Who knows the secret in the same was as He knows the public! O He Who confers upon His servants with benevolence! O He Who has power over all things and has acquaintance with all things! (Please do) bestow upon us with (ceaseless) reference to You, keep us away Your difficulty, make us obtain Your ease, guide us to the right path, lead us to righteousness, protect us against misfortunes, and safeguard us against sins and faults. O He save Whom none forgives the grave sins and none can relieve from hardships! O most Merciful of all those who show mercy and most Generous of all those who show generosity! (Please do) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household the pure and decide our fasting to be acceptable and connected to piety and godliness. Similarly, (please do) decide our efforts to be praiseworthy, our acts of worship admissible, our reciting of the Quran raised (to the heavens), and our supplications responded. (Please do) guide us to the most excellent way, save us from difficulties, facilitate for us the easy end, elevate our ranks, double the rewards for our good deeds, accept our fasting and prayers, react to our supplications, forgive our sins, overlook our wrongdoings, make us of the successful worshippers, and do not include us with those who earn Your anger nor of those who go astray so that when the month of Ramadan elapses, You shall have accepted our fasting and acts of worship, blessed our deeds, forgiven our sins, and doubled our shares from all good things. Verily, You are the God Who responds, the Lord Who is Nigh, and You encompass all things.
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ التَّدْبِيرَ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ وَتُجِنُّ الضَّمِيرُ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ نَوَىٰ فَعَمِلَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ شَقِيَ فَكَسِلَ وَلاَ مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ غَيْرِ عَمَلٍ يَتَّكِلُ اللَّهُمَّ صَحِّحْ أَبْدَانَنَا مِنَ الْعِلَلِ 

 

وَأَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ مَا افْتَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ حَتَّىٰ يَنْقَضِيَ عَنَّا شَهْرُكَ هٰذَا وَقَدْ أَدَّيْنَا مَفْرُوضَكَ فِيهِ عَلَيْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَوَفِّقْنَا لِقِيَامِهِ وَنَشِّطْنَا فِيهِ لِلصَّلاةِ وَلاَ تَحْجُبْنَا مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَسَهِّلْ لَنَا فِيهِ إِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا وَصَباً وَلاَ تَعَباً وَلاَ سَقَماً 

 

وَلاَ عَطَباً اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا الإِفْطَارَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْحَلاَلِ اللَّهُمَّ سَهِّلْ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا قَسَمْتَهُ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ وَيَسِّرْ مَا قَدَّرْتَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ وَاجْعَلْهُ حَلاَلاً طَيِّباً نَقِيّاً مِنَ الآثَامِ خَالِصاً مِنَ الآصَارِ وَالأَجْرَامِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُطْعِمْنَا إِلَّا طَيِّباً غَيْرَ خَبِيثٍ وَلاَ حَرَامٍ وَاجْعَلْ رِزْقَكَ لَنَا حَلاَلاً لاَ يَشُوبُهُ 

 

دَنَسٌ وَلاَ أَسْقَامٌ يَا مَنْ عِلْمُهُ بِالسِّرِّ كَعِلْمِهِ بِالإِعْلاَنِ يَا مُتَفَضِّلاً عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ بِالإِحْسَانِ يَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَبِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ أَلْهِمْنَا ذِكْرَكَ وَجَنِّبْنَا عُسْرَكَ وَأَنِلْنَا يُسْرَكَ وَاهْدِنَا لِلرَّشَادِ وَوَفِّقْنَا لِلسَّدَادِ وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنَ البَلاَيَا وَصُنَّا مِنَ الأَوْزَارِ 

 

وَالخَطَايَا يَا مَنْ لاَ يَغْفِرُ عَظِيمَ الذُّنُوبِ غَيْرُهُ وَلاَ يَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ إِلَّا هُوَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَأَكْرَمَ الأَكْرَمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ وَاجْعَلْ صِيَامَنَا مَقْبُولاً وَبِالْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ مَوْصُولاً وَكَذٰلِكَ فَاجْعَلْ سَعْيَنَا مَشْكُوراً وَقِيَامَنَا مَبْرُوراً وَقُرْآنَنَا مَرْفُوعاً وَدُعَاءَنَا 

 

مَسْمُوعاً وَاهْدِنَا لِلْحُسْنَىٰ وَجَنِّبْنَا الْعُسْرَىٰ وَيَسِّرْنَا لِلْيُسْرَىٰ وَأَعْلِ لَنَا الدَّرَجَاتِ وَضَاعِفْ لَنَا الْحَسَنَاتِ وَاقْبَلْ مِنَّا الصَّوْمَ وَالصَّلاَةَ وَاسْمَعْ مِنَّا الدَّعَوَاتِ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا الْخَطِيئَاتِ وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنَّا السَّيِّئَاتِ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الْعَامِلِينَ الْفَائِزِينَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ 

 

وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ حَتَّىٰ يَنْقَضِيَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ عَنَّا وَقَدْ قَبِلْتَ فِيهِ صِيَامَنَا وَقِيَامَنَا وَزَكَّيْتَ فِيهِ أَعْمَالَنَا وَغَفَرْتَ فِيهِ ذُنُوبَنَا وَأَجْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ نَصِيبَنَا فَإِنَّكَ الإِلٰهُ الْمُجِيبُ وَالرَّبُّ الْقَرِيبُ وَأَنْتَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُحِيطٌ.


Twelfth: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer that is reported from Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq as is mentioned al-Iqbal:
الثّاني عشر: أن يدعو بهذا الدّعاء المأثور عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) المروي في كتاب الاقبال:


O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan and the Revealer of the Quran. This is the month of Ramadan in which You revealed the Quran and revealed therein chapters of true guidance and distinction (between the right and the wrong). O Allah, make us observe fast in its days and remain awake in its nights to pray. O Allah, let it be peaceful for us, keep us in sound condition for it, and receive it from us with easiness and wellbeing. While taking decisions from among Your inevitable decisions and from among that which You decide from the wise affairs at the Destiny Night from the act that is neither rejected nor altered, (please) write my name in the list of those pilgrims to Your Sacred House whose pilgrimage receives Your approval, whose efforts are appreciated, whose sins are forgiven, and whose wrongdoings are overlooked. While making decisions and rendering possible things and events, (please) grant me long lifetime and expand my sustenance, making it from legal sources only.
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ مُنَزِّلَ الْقُرْآنِ هٰذَا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَأَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا صِيَامَهُ وَأَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ قِيَامِهِ اللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْهُ لَنَا وَسَلِّمْنَا فِيهِ وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنَّا فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَمُعَافَاةٍ وَاجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ 

 

الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ وَفِيمَا تَفْرُقُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ وَاجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ لِي فِي عُمْرِي 

 

وَتُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ الْحَلاَلِ.


Thirteenth: It is recommended to say the supplicatory prayer no. 44 of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah, which begins with the following statement:
الثّالث عشر: أن يدعو بالدّعاء الرابع والأربعين من أدعية الصّحيفة الكاملة:


Praise belongs to Allah who guided us to His praise…
الْحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِحمْدِهِ…


Fourteenth: It is recommended to say the lengthy supplicatory prayer that is mentioned by Sayyid Ibn Tawus in Iqbal al-Aʿmal and beings with the following statement:
الرّابع عشر: أن يدعو بالدّعاء الطّويل الذي رواه السيّد في الاقبال.


O Allah, this month of Ramadan…
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ …


Fifteenth: It is recommended to say:
الخامس عشر: يقول:


O Allah, the month of Ramadan has begun. O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan in which You have revealed the Quran making it guidance to people and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction. So, O Allah, please bless us in the month of Ramadan, help us observe fasting and offer prayers in it, and accept from us.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ قَدْ دَخَلَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَجَعَلْتَهُ بَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ اللَّهُمَّ فَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَأَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَصَلَوَاتِهِ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا.


According to a narration, the Holy Prophet used to say this supplicatory prayer at the beginning of Ramadan.
ففي الحديث انّ النّبي كان اذا دخل شهر رمضان دعا بهذا الدّعاء.


Sixteenth: The Holy Prophet is also reported to have said the following supplicatory prayer at the first night of Ramadan:
السّادس عشر: عن النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله ايضاً انّه كان يدعو في أوّل ليلة من شهر رمضان فيقول:


All praise be to Allah Who has honored us with you, O blessed month. O Allah, (please do) grant us strength to observe fasting and practice acts of worship in this month, make our steps firm, and assist us against the unbelieving people. O Allah, You are surely the One; therefore, You have not son. You are the eternally Besought of all; therefore, nothing is like You. You are the Almighty; therefore, nothing can overcome You. You are the Self-sufficient while I am poor. You are the Master while I am (Your) slave. You are the All-forgiving while I am sinful. You are the All-merciful while I am mistaken. You are the Creator while I am (Your) creature. You are the Ever-living while I am mortal. I thus beseech You in the name of Your mercy to forgive me, have mercy upon me, and excuse my offenses. You have power over all things.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَنَا بِكَ أَيُّهَا الشَّهْرُ الْمُبَارَكُ اللَّهُمَّ فَقَوِّنَا عَلَىٰ صِيَامِنَا وَقِيَامِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَىٰ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ فَلاَ وَلَدَ لَكَ وَأَنْتَ الصَّمَدُ فَلاَ شِبْهَ لَكَ وَأَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ فَلاَ يُعِزُّكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَأَنَا الْفَقِيرُ وَأَنْتَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَأَنَا الْعَبْدُ 

 

وَأَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ وَأَنَا الْمُذْنِبُ وَأَنْتَ الرَّحِيمُ وَأَنَا الْمُخْطِئُ وَأَنْتَ الْخَالِقُ وَأَنَا الْمَخْلُوقُ وَأَنْتَ الْحَيُّ وَأَنَا الْمَيِّتُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَتَتَجَاوَزَ عَنِّي إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.


Seventeenth: As has been previously mentioned in the book, it is recommended to say the Dua al-Jawshan al-Kabir supplicatory prayer at the first night of Ramadan.
السّابع عشر: قد مرّ في الباب الأوّل من الكتاب استحباب أن يدعو بدعاء الجوشن الكبير في أوّل ليلة من رمضان.


Eighteenth: It is recommended to say the Dua al-Hajj supplicatory prayer, which has previously been mentioned in this book.
الثّامن عشر: أن يدعو بدعاء الحجّ الذي مرّ في أوّل الشّهر.


Nineteenth: It is highly advisable to recite the Holy Quran very frequently at the first hours of Ramadan. In this respect, it has been narrated that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq used to say the following supplicatory prayer before he would start reciting the Holy Quran:
التّاسع عشر: ينبغي الاكثار من تلاوة القرآن اذا دخل شهر رمضان، وروي انّ الصّادق (عليه السلام) كان يقول قبلما يتلو القرآن:


O Allah, I testify that this is the Book revealed by You on Your Messenger Muhammad ibn Abdullah, blessings of Allah be on him and on his Household, (these are) Your Words, Your Prophet gave tongue to, (whom) You appointed as guide for the people, and a connected link between You and Your servants. O Allah, I am opening Your testament and Your Book. O Allah, decide my looking in it to be a kind of worship, my reciting in it to be ponderation, and my ponderation over it to be learning lessons from it. Include me with those who take lessons from the elucidation of Your preaches therein and those who accordingly avoid doing acts of disobedience to You. Do not seal on my hearing while I am reciting it, do not place covering on my sight, and do not decide my reciting to be thoughtless; rather, (please) make me ponder over its verses and laws, learning the laws of my religion. Do not decide my looking in it to be inadvertence, and do not allow my reciting to be worthless. You are verily the All-kind, the All-merciful.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ هٰذَا كِتَابُكَ الْمُنْزَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِاللَّهِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَكَلامُكَ النَّاطِقُ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِياً مِنْكَ إِلَىٰ خَلْقِكَ وَحَبْلاً مُتَّصِلاً فِيمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي نَشَرْتُ عَهْدَكَ وَكِتَابَكَ اللَّهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْ نَظَرِي فِيهِ 

 

عِبَادَةً وَقِرَاءَتِي فِيهِ فِكْراً وَفِكْرِي فِيهِ اعْتِبَاراً وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنِ اتَّعَظَ بِبَيَانِ مَوَاعِظِكَ فِيهِ وَاجْتَنَبَ مَعَاصِيَكَ وَلاَ تَطْبَعْ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَتِي عَلَىٰ سَمْعِي وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِي غِشَاوَةً وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ قِرَاءَتِي قِرَاءَةً لاَ تَدَبُّرَ فِيهَا بَلِ اجْعَلْنِي أَتَدَبَّرُ آيَاتِهِ وَأَحْكَامَهُ آخِذاً بِشَرَايِعِ 

 

دِينِكَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ نَظَرِي فِيهِ غَفْلَةً وَلاَ قِرَاءَتِي هَذَراً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّؤُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ.

 

When he finished reciting the Holy Quran, Imam al-Sadiq would say:
ويقول بعدما فرغ من تلاوته:


O Allah, I have recited that which You command in Your Book that You revealed to Your truthful Prophet, Peace of Allah be upon him and his Household. So, all praise be to You, our Lord. O Allah, (please do) make me of those who do only what is deemed legal therein, avoid that which is deemed unlawful therein, and believe in its decisive and allegorical verses. (Please) decide it to be entertainment for me in my grave and entertainment when I will be resurrected. (Please) include me with those whom You raise a rank to the most elevated position with each verse that they recite. Respond to me, O Lord of the worlds!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا قَضَيْتَ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ نَبِيِّكَ الصَّادِقِ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ رَبَّنَا اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يُحِلُّ حَلاَلَهُ وَيُحَرِّمُ حَرَامَهُ وَيُؤْمِنُ بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَاجْعَلْهُ لِي أُنْساً فِي قَبْرِي وَأُنْساً فِي حَشْرِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ تُرَقِّيهِ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ قَرَأَهَا دَرَجَةً فِي أَعْلَىٰ عِلِّيِّينَ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

First: It is recommended to bathe oneself in flowing water and to pour on the head thirty handfuls of water, for such a deed brings about security against all pains and ailments up to the next year.

الأوّل: أن يغتسل في ماء جار ويصبّ على رأسه ثلاثين كفّاً من الماء، فانّ ذلك يورث الأمن من جميع الآلام والأسقام في تلك السّنة.

 

Second: It is recommended to wash one’s face with a handful of rose water so as to be saved against humiliation and poverty, and to pour some of it on the head so as to be saved from pleurisy.

الثّاني: أن يغسل وجهه بكفّ من ماء الورد لينجو من المذلّة والفقر وأن يصب شيئاً منه على رأسه ليأمن من السِرسام.

 

Third: It is recommended to offer the prayer of the first of the month that consists of two units and to give alms after that.

الثّالث: أن يؤدي ركعتي صلاة اوّل الشّهور والصّدقة بعدهما.

 

Fourth: It is recommended to offer a two-unit prayer at the first of which Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Fath should be recited and at the second, Surah al-Fatihah and any other Quranic chapter. If one offers this prayer, Almighty Allah will save him from all evils and will keep him under His custody up to the next year.

الرّابع: أن يصلّي ركعتين يقرأ في الأُولى الحمد وسورة انّا فتحنا، وفي الثّانية الحمد وما شاء من السّور ليدرأ الله عنه كلّ سوء ويكون في حفظ الله الى العام القادم.

 

Fifth: When the dawn breaks forth, it is recommended to say:

الخامس: أن يقول اذا طلع الفجر:

 

O Allah, the month of Ramadan has commenced. You have made obligatory upon us to observe fasting during it. You revealed the Quran in it as guidance for people and clear proofs of true guidance and distinction (between the right and the wrong). O Allah, (please) help us observe fasting in it, accept it from us, receive it from us (with acceptance), and keep it sound for us with easiness and good health from You. You verily have power over all things.

اللَّهُمَّ قَدْ حَضَرَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَقَدِ افْتَرضْتَ عَلَيْنَا صِيَامَهُ وَأَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنا وَسَلِّمْهُ لَنَا فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةٍ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

 

Sixth: If one has not had the opportunity to say it at night, it is recommended to say the supplication no. 44 of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah, which has previously been cited.

السّادس: أن يدعو بالدّعاء الرّابع والأربعين من أدهية الصّحيفة الكاملة إن لم يدع به ليلا.

 

Seventh: In Zad al-Maʿad, Allamah al-Majlisi mentioned that al-Kulayni, al-Tusi, and others, through an authentic chain of authority, have reported Imam Musa al-Kazhim as saying: Say the following supplicatory prayer in the month of Ramadan (on the first day of it, as is understood by scholars), for whoever prays Almighty Allah with this supplicatory prayer purely and without associating any false purposes or showing off, will be saved throughout that year from all seditious and misleading matters as well as all afflictions that may injure his religion or his body. In addition, Almighty Allah will save him from the evils of all the misfortunes that will take place that year:

السّابع: قال العلاّمة المجلسي في كتاب زاد المعاد: روى الكليني والطّوسي وغيرهما بسند صحيح عن الامام موسى الكاظم (عليه السلام) قال: ادع بهذا الدّعاء في شهر رمضان في اوّل السّنة، أي اليوم الأوّل من الشّهر على ما فهمه العلماء وقال (عليه السلام): من دعا الله تعالى خلواً من شوائب الأغراض الفاسدة والرّياء لم تصبه في ذلك العام فتنة ولا ضلالة ولا آفة يضرّ دينه أو بدنه، وصانه الله تعالى من شرّ ما يحدث في ذلك العام من البلايا، وهو هذا الدّعاء:

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Name before which everything kneels down, in the name of Your mercy which encompasses everything, in the name of Your greatness which dwarfs everything, in the name of Your power which subdues everything, in the name of Your control which dominates everything, in the name of Your omnipotence which overreaches and possesses everything, and in the name of Your knowledge which comprehends everything. O Light! O Holy! O Foremost before everything! O Ever-living after all things! O Allah! O All-beneficent! Send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, forgive me my sins that alter the bounties, forgive me my sins that bring in punishments, forgive me my sins that cut off hope, forgive me my sins that give ascendancy to the enemies, forgive me my sins that preclude the prayers, forgive me my sins that make me liable to suffer misfortunes, forgive me my sins that stops the rain of the sky, forgive me my sins that lay bare the sealed, forgive me my sins that whip off destruction, forgive me my sins that leave behind remorse, forgive me my sins that tear up my integrity, surround me with Your impregnable and invincible shield, and keep me safe from the evil of I beware in nights and days in the beginning of this year. O Allah, the Lord of the seven skies, the Lord of the seven (layers of) earth, all that is therein, and all that is between them, the Lord of the Great Throne, the Lord of the seven oft-repeated verses and the matchless Quran, the Lord of (Archangels) Seraph, Michael, and Gabriel, and the Lord of Muhammad, blessings of Allah be on him and on his Household, the Chief of the Messengers, the Seal of Prophet! I beseech You in Your name and in the name of that which You referred to Yourself! O Great! You are He who distributes bounties freely, repels all avoided things, gives all abundant things, doubles the recompense of good deeds with little and much recompense, and does what He wills. O Omnipotent! O Allah! O All-beneficent! Send blessings to Muhammad and his Household, surround me, during this year, with Your protection, let Your light beautify my face, let Your love draw me closest to You, and let Your pleasure to reach me as well as Your excellent generosity and Your weighty rewards. Give me from the good that You have and from the good You give to any one from among Your creation, and with that kind of Your protection, keep me safe. O He Who settles all complaints! O He Who witnesses all confidential talks! O He Who knows all hidden things! O He Who repels whatever misfortune He wishes! O He Who is oft-forgiving compassionate! O He Who overlooks excellently! Make me die following religion and nature of Abraham, the faith and traditions of Muhammad, with the best departure, make me die following Your friends, and antagonizing Your enemies. O Allah, keep me far off, during his year, from every deed, word, or act that takes me away from You, bring me near to every deed, word, or act that takes me near to You in this year. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! Forbid me to do any deed, word, or act that I fear its result, and I fear Your wrath because of it; lest, You may turn Your Noble Face away from me. Then, I am restrained from obtaining my share of good fortune. O Compassionate! O Merciful! O Allah, keep me, throughout this year, under Your protection, in Your vicinity, and under Your care. Cover me with Your protective covering, and give me Your kindness. Strong is he who is in Your vicinity, glorious is Your praise, and there is no god but You. O Allah, make me follow the example of Your upright intimate servants, attach me to them, make me submissive to those who convey from You truthfully. I seek Your protection, O my God, lest I am encompassed by my sin, wrongdoing, immoderation towards myself, going after my whims, and being involved in my caprices; as a result, all that will prevent me from attained Your mercy and pleasure and I may be forsaken by You and exposed to Your wrath and chastisement. O Allah, please guide me successfully to every righteous deed due to which You be pleased with me and take me nearer to You. O Allah, just as You saved Your Prophet Muhammad—blessings of Allah be on him and his Household—from the terror of his enemies, removed his anxieties, dispersed his troubles, proved true the promise You made to him, and fulfilled Your word to him, so also, O Allah, keep me safe from the horror of this year as well as its epidemics, ailments, sedition, evils, sadnesses, and economic distress. In the name of Your mercy, make me attain perfect wellbeing through the perfection of the perpetuity of Your favors to me up to the end of my lifetime. I beseech You the beseeching of one who has made mistake and wronged, but then submitted and confessed. I beseech You to forgive those earlier sins which are counted by Your Preserving Angels and recorded by Your appointed Angels, to protect me, O Allah, against sinning in the rest of my lifetime up to my death. O Allah! O All-beneficent! O All-merciful! Send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and give me whatever I have asked from You and whatever I have desirably wanted from You, for You have ordered me to pray You and You have promised of response. O most Merciful of all those who 

show mercy!

 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي دَانَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ الَّتِي تَوَاضَعَ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَبِعِزَّتِكَ الَّتِي قَهَرَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَبِقُوَّتِكَ الَّتِي خَضَعَ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَبِجَبَرُوتِكَ الَّتِي غَلَبَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَبِعِلْمِكَ الَّذِي أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ يَا نُورُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا أَوَّلُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَيَا بَاقِياً بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُغَيِّرُ النِّعَمَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُنْزِلُ النِّقَمَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي 

تَقْطَعُ الرَّجَاءَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُدِيلُ الأَعْدَاءَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَرُدُّ الدُّعَاءَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي يُسْتَحَقُّ بِهَا نُزُولُ الْبَلاَءِ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَحْبِسُ غَيْثَ السَّمَاءِ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَكْشِفُ الْغِطَاءَ وَاغْفِرْ 

 

لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُعَجِّلُ الْفَنَاءَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تُورِثُ النَّدَمَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيَ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِي تَهْتِكُ الْعِصَمَ وَأَلْبِسْنِي دِرْعَكَ الحَصِينَةَ الَّتِي لاَ تُرَامُ وَعَافِنِي مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُحَاذِرُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ فِي مُسْتَقْبَلِ سَنَتِي هٰذِهِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ 

 

السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَرَبَّ السَّبْعِ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ وَرَبَّ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَجَبْرَائِيلَ وَرَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَخَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَ

 

 وَبِمَا سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ يَا عَظِيمُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَمُنُّ بِالْعَظِيمِ وَتَدْفَعُ كُلَّ مَحْذُورٍ وَتُعْطِي كُلَّ جَزِيلٍ وَتُضَاعِفُ الْحَسَنَاتِ بِالْقَلِيلِ وَبِالْكَثِيرِ وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ يَا قَدِيرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَأَلْبِسْنِي فِي مُسْتَقْبِلِ سَنَتِي هٰذِهِ سِتْرَكَ وَنَضِّرْ وَجْهِي بِنُورِكَ وَأَحِبَّنِي بِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَبَلِّغْنِي رِضْوَانَكَ وَشَرِيفَ كَرَامَتِكَ وَجَسِيمَ عَطِيَّتِكَ وَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَمِنْ خَيْرِ مَا أَنْتَ مُعْطِيهِ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَأَلْبِسْنِي مَعَ ذٰلِكَ عَافِيَتَكَ يَا مَوْضِعَ كُلِّ شَكْوَىٰ 

 

وَيَا شَاهِدَ كُلِّ نَجْوَىٰ وَيَا عَالِمَ كُلِّ خَفِيَّةٍ وَيَا دَافِعَ مَا تَشَاءُ مِنْ بَلِيَّةٍ يَا كَرِيمَ الْعَفْوِ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ تَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَفِطْرَتِهِ وَعَلَىٰ دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسُنَّتِهِ وَعَلَىٰ خَيْرِ الْوَفَاةِ فَتَوَفَّنِي مُوَالِياً لأَوْلِيَائِكَ 

 

وَمُعَادِياً لأَعْدَائِكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَجَنِّبْنِي فِي هٰذِهِ السَّنَةِ كُلَّ عَمَلٍ أَوْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلٍ يُبَاعِدُنِي مِنْكَ وَاجْلِبْنِي إِلَىٰ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ أَوْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلٍ يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنْكَ فِي هٰذِهِ السَّنَةَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَامْنَعْنِي مِنْ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ أَوْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ فِعْلٍ يَكُونُ مِنِّي أَخَافُ 

ضَرَرَ عَاقِبَتِهِ وَأَخَافُ مَقْتَكَ إِيَّايَ عَلَيْهِ حِذَارَ أَنْ تَصْرِفَ وَجْهَكَ الْكَرِيمَ عَنِّي فَأَسْتَوْجِبَ بِهِ نَقْصاً مِنْ حَظٍّ لِي عِنْدَكَ يَا رَؤُوفُ يَا رَحِيمُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِي مُسْتَقْبِلِ سَنَتِي هٰذِهِ فِي حِفْظِكَ وَفِي جِوَارِكَ وَفِي كَنَفِكَ وَجَلِّلْنِي سِتْرَ 

 

عَافِيَتِكَ وَهَبْ لِي كَرَامَتَكَ عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي تَابِعاً لِصَالِحِي مَنْ مَضَىٰ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِهِمْ وَاجْعَلْنِي مُسَلِّماً لِمَنْ قَالَ بِالصِّدْقِ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْ تُحِيطَ بِي خَطِيئَتِي وَظُلْمِي 

 

وَإِسْرَافِي عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَاتِّبَاعِي لِهَوَايَ وَاشْتِغَالِي بِشَهَوَاتِي فَيَحُولُ ذٰلِكَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَرِضْوَانِكَ فَأَكُونُ مَنْسِيّاً عِنْدَكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً لِسَخَطِكَ وَنِقْمَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْنِي لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ تَرْضَىٰ بِهِ عَنِّي وَقَرِّبْنِي إِلَيْكَ زُلْفَىٰ اللَّهُمَّ 

 

كَمَا كَفَيْتَ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ هَوْلَ عَدُوِّهِ وَفَرَّجْتَ هَمَّهُ وَكَشَفْتَ غَمَّهُ وَصَدَقْتَهُ وَعْدَكَ وَأَنْجَزْتَ لَهُ عَهْدَكَ اللَّهُمَّ فَبِذٰلِكَ فَاكْفِنِي هَوْلَ هٰذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَآفَاتِهَا وَأَسْقَامَهَا وَفِتْنَتَهَا وَشُرُورَهَا وَأَحْزَانَهَا وَضِيقَ الْمَعَاشِ فِيهَا 

 

وَبَلِّغْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ كَمَالَ الْعَافِيَةِ بِتَمَامِ دَوَامِ النِّعْمَةِ عِنْدِي إِلَىٰ مُنْتَهَىٰ أَجَلِي أَسْأَلُكَ سُؤَالَ مَنْ أَسَاءَ وَظَلَمَ وَاسْتَكَانَ وَاعْتَرَفَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي مَا مَضَىٰ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ الَّتِي حَصَرَتْهَا حَفَظَتُكَ وَأَحْصَتْهَا كِرَامُ مَلاَئِكَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَنْ 

 

تَعْصِمَنِي اللَّهُمَّ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ فِيمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِي إِلَىٰ مُنْتَهَىٰ أَجَلِي يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا رَحِيمُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآتِنِي كُلَّ مَا سَأَلْتُكَ وَرَغِبْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِيهِ فَإِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي بِالدُّعَاءِ وَتَكَفَّلْتَ لِي بِالإِجَابَةِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

 

It is worth mentioning that Sayyid Ibn Tawus mentioned this supplicatory prayer within the rites of the first night of Ramadan.

أقول: قد أورد السّيد هذا الدّعاء في اللّيلة الأُولى من هذا الشّهر.

 

On the sixth of Ramadan, AH 201, Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha was appointed as the crown prince. Sayyid Ibn Tawus: It is recommended to offer a thanksgiving two-unit prayer in which one should recite Surah al-Fatihah once and repeat Surah al-Tawhid twenty-five times.

في مثل هذا اليوم من سنة مائتين وواحدة بويع الامام الرّضا (عليه السلام)، وذكر السّيد انّه يصلّي فيها شكراً ركعتين يقرأ في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد سورة الاخلاص خمساً وعشرين مرّة.

 

First: It is recommended to bathe oneself at this night, which is the first of the White Nights.

الأوّل: الغسل، وهي أولى الليالي البيض.

 

Second: It is recommended to offer a four-unit prayer and to recite at each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid twenty-five times.

الثّاني: الصّلاة أربع ركعات في كلّ ركعة الحمد مرّة والتّوحيد خمساً وعشرين مرّة.

 

Third: It is recommended to offer a two-unit prayer just like the prayer to be offered at the thirteenth nights of Rajab and Shaʿban. In this prayer, it is recommended to recite Surah al-Fatihah, Surah Yasin, Surah al-Mulk, and Surah al-Tawhid.

الثّالث: صلاة ركعتين قد مرّ مثلها في اللّيلة الثّالثة عشرة من شهري رجب وشعبان تقرأ في كلّ ركعة منها بعد الفاتحة سورة يس وتبارك الملك والتّوحيد

 

It is recommended to offer at this night a prayer consisting of four units, each two alone. This prayer is similar to the previous one. As has been previously mentioned, if one says the Dua al-Mujir supplicatory prayer on the White Days of Ramadan, all his sins will be forgiven even if they are as many as rain drops, tree leaves, and desert pebbles.

تصلّي مثل ذلك أربع ركعات بسلامين وقد قدّمنا عند ذكر دعاء المجير انّ من دعا به في الأيّام البيض من شهر رمضان غفر له ذنوبه وإن كانت عدد قطر المطر وورق الشّجر ورمل البرّ



First: It is recommended to bathe oneself at this night.

الأوّل: الغُسل.

 

Second: It is recommended to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein.

الثّاني: زيارة الحسين (عليه السلام).

 

Third: It is recommended to offer a six unit prayer reciting at each unit Surah al-Fatihah, Surah Yasin, Surah al-Mulk, and Surah al-Tawhid.

الثّالث: الصّلاة ستّ ركعات بالفاتحة ويس وتبارك والتّوحيد.

 

Fourth: It is recommended to offer a one hundred unit prayer reciting at each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Tawhid ten times. In al-Muqniʿah, Sheikh al-Mufid reported Imam Ali as saying: “Whoever offers this prayer, Almighty Allah will appoint for him ten angels protecting him from his human and jinn enemies and will also appoint thirty angels to secure him against Hellfire at the hour of his death.”

الرّابع: الصّلاة مائة ركعة يقرأ في كلّ ركعة بعد الفاتحة التّوحيد عشر مرّات. روى الشّيخ المفيد في المقنعة عن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): انّ من أتى بها أرسل الله تعالى اليه عشرة املاك يدفعون عنه اعداءه من الجنّ والانس، ويرسل اليه ثلاثين ملكاً عند الموت يؤمّنونه من النّار.

 

Fifth: When he was asked about the rewards of one who attends at the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein at the fifteenth night of Ramadan, Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq said: “Congratulations be to him! At the fifteenth night of Ramadan, one who attends at the tomb of Imam al-Hussein and offers a ten unit prayer after the obligatory Evening Prayer other than the Night Prayer, reciting in each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Tawhid ten times, and then seeks Almighty Allah’s protection against Hellfire—if one does this, Almighty Allah will include him with those whom He releases from Hellfire and he will not die before he sees in dream angels conveying to him the good tidings of entering Paradise and security against Hellfire.”

الخامس: عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) انّه قيل له: ما ترى لمن حضر قبر الحسين (عليه السلام) ليلة النّصف من شهر رمضان ؟ فقال: بخّ بخّ من صلّى عند قبره ليلة النّصف من شهر رمضان عشر ركعات من بعد العشاء من غير صلاة اللّيل يقرأ في كلّ ركعة فاتحة الكتاب وقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ عشر مرّات واستجار بالله من النّار كتبه الله عتيقاً من النّار ولم يمت حتّى يرى في منامه ملائكة يبشّرونه بالجنّة وملائكة يؤمّنونه من النّار.

On the fifteenth of Ramadan, AH 2, Imam al-Hassan al-Mujtaba was born. In the word of Sheikh al-Mufid, Imam Muhammad al-Jawad was born on the fifteenth of Ramadan, AH 195. However, it is widely known that Imam Muhammad al-Jawad was not born at this date. Anyhow, the fifteenth of Ramadan is a blessed day; to give alms and to do righteous deeds on this day bring about great merits.

فيه كانت في السّنة الثّانية من الهجرة ولادة الامام الحسن المجتبى (عليه السلام) وقال المفيد فيه أيضاً في سنة مائة وخمس وتسعين كانت ولادة الامام محمّد التّقي (عليه السلام)، ولكن المشهور خلاف ذلك وعلى أيّ حال فانّ هذا اليوم يوم شريف جدّاً وللصّدقة والبرّ فيه فضل كثير.

 

At this blessed night, the two armies of Muslims, under the leadership of the Holy Prophet, and the polytheists of Quraysh faced each other at Badr Spring. On the seventeenth of Ramadan, the Battle of Badr took place when Almighty Allah gave victory to the Holy Prophet’s army over the polytheists’. That was the greatest conquest of Islam. In view of that, our master scholars declared that it is highly recommended to give alms and thank Almighty Allah on this day. Besides, to bathe oneself and to practice acts of worship at this night achieve a great reward.

According to numerous narrations, the Holy Prophet asked his companions, at the night before the Battle of Badr, to go to Badr Spring and bring some water. All the companions kept silent and none of them had the courage to undertake this mission. Imam Ali, therefore, took a skin of water and went towards that spring for getting some water. It was so murky, bitterly cold, and windy night. When Imam Ali reached that dark, deep spring, he could not find a bucket to use for taking water. He therefore had to step down that spring and fill in the skin with water.

On his way back to the Holy Prophet’s camp, he faced such a strong storm that made him sit on the ground. When it calmed down, he continued marching. Then, another storm that was as intense as the first blew so heavily that he had to sit on the ground. When it calmed down, Imam Ali continued marching. Again, a third storm that was as intense as the previous ones blew so heavily that he had to sit on the ground. When it calmed down, he continued marching until he reached the Holy Prophet who, then, asked why he had been late.

“I faced three heavy storms that made me sit to the ground three times. I therefore had to wait until they would calm down,” explained Imam Ali.

“Did you know what these three storms were, Ali?” asked the Holy Prophet.

As Imam Ali answered in the negative, the Holy Prophet explained, “The first storm was Archangel Gabriel with one thousand angels who, altogether, came to greet you. The second storm was Archangel Michael with one thousand angels who, altogether, came to greet you. The third storm was Archangel Seraph with one thousand angels who, altogether, came to greet you. All these angels descended to the earth to back us.”

To this event has a scholar referred, saying, “Imam Ali Amir al-Mu’minin had three thousand merits at one night only.”

ليلة مباركة جدّاً وفيها تقابل الجيشان في بدر، جيش رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وجيش كفّار قريش، وفي يومها كانت غزوة بدر ونصر الله جيش رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على المشركين وكان ذلك أعظم فتوح الاسلام ولذلك قال علماؤنا يستحبّ الاكثار من الصّدقة والشّكر في هذا اليوم وللغسل والعبادة في ليله أيضاً فضل عظيم.

أقول: في روايات عديدة انّ النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال لأصحابه ليلة بدر من منكم يمضي في هذه اللّيلة الى البئر فيستقي لنا؟ فصمتوا ولم يقدم منهم أحد على ذلك، فأخذ امير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) قربة وانطلق يبغي الماء، وكانت ليلة ظلمآء باردة ذات رياح حتّى ورد البئر وكان عميقاً مظلماً، فلم يجد دلواً يستقي به فنزل في البئر وملأ القربة، فارتقى وأخذ في الرّجوع، فعصفت عليه عاصفة جلس على الأرض لشدّتها حتّى سكنت، فنهض واستأنف المسير واذا بعاصفة كالأولى تعترض طريقه فتجلسه على الأرض، فلمّا هدأت العاصفة قام يواصل مسيره واذا بعاصفة ثالثة تعصف عليه فجلس على الأرض، فلمّا زالت عنه قام وسلك طريقه حتّى بلغ النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله فسأله النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: يا أبا الحسن لماذا أبطأت ؟ فقال: عصفت عليّ عواصف ثلاث زعزعتني فمكثت لكي تزول، فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: وهل علمت ما هي تلك العواصف يا علي ؟ فقال (عليه السلام): لا، فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: كانت العاصفة الأولى جبرئيل ومعه ألف ملك سلّم عليك وسلّموا، والثّانية كانت ميكائيل ومعه ألف ملك سلّم عليك وسلّموا، والثّالثة قد كانت اسرافيل ومعه ألف ملك سلّم عليك وسلّموا، وكلّهم قد هبطوا مدداً لنا.

أقول: الى هذا قد أشار من قال انّها كانت لأمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) ثلاثة آلاف منقبة في ليلة واحدة.

 

Similarly, al-Sayyid al-Himyari, the famous poet, composed a few laudatory poetic verses immortalizing this event:

I swear by Allah and His bounties. One should be responsible for what he says. Surely, Ali the son of Abu-Talib has natural propensity for piety and devotion. When war is consumed by spears, and is feared by the heroes, he would walk to the opponent, carrying in the hand a sword that is white, sharp, and glazed. Just like a lion walking between its cubs, and readying itself for hunting in the jungle. It is he (i.e. Ali) whom was greeted at one night by Michael and Gabriel; Michael with one thousand (angels) and Gabriel with one thousand followed by Seraph. That was at the Night of Badr when they were descended like birds in flocks.

ويشير اليه السّيد الحميري في مدحه له (عليه السلام) في الشّعر:

أُقسِمُ بِاللهِ وَآلائِهِ

وَالْمَرْءُ عَمّا قالَ مَسْؤُولُ

إِنَّ عَلِىَّ بنَ أَبى طالِب

عَلَى التُّقى وَالْبِرِّ مَجْبُولُ

كانَ إِذَا الْحَربُ مَرَتْهَا الْقَنا

وَأَحَجَمَتْ عَنْهَا البَهاليلُ

يَمْشي إِلَى الْقِرْنِ وَفي كَفِّهِ

أَبْيَضُ ماضِي الْحَدِّ مَصْقُولٌ

مَشْيَ الْعَفَرْنا بَيْنَ أَشْبالِهِ

أَبْرَزَهُ لِلْقَنَصِ الْغيلُ

ذاكَ الَّذي سَلَّمَ في لَيْلَة

عَلَيْهِ ميكالٌ وَجِبْريلُ

ميكالُ في أَلْف وَجِبْريلُ في

أَلْفِ وَيَتْلُوهُمْ سَرافيلُ

لَيْلَةَ بَدْر مَدَداً أُنْزِلُوا

كَأَنَّهُمْ طَيْرٌ أَبابيلُ

 

The nineteenth night of Ramadan is the first of the Qadr Nights. Of course, the Qadr Night is unmatched in merits, since to practice acts of worship at this night is equal to the acts of one thousand nights. At this night, the affairs of the whole year are decided and the angels and the Greatest Spirit are descended by the permission of Almighty Allah so as to visit Imam al-Mahdi, have the honor of being present before him, and provide the destinies of all the beings before him.

وهي اوّل ليلة من ليالي القدر، وليلة القدر هي ليلة لا يضاهيها في الفضل سواها من اللّيالي والعمل فيها خير من عمل ألف شهر، وفيها يقدّر شؤون السّنة وفيها تنزّل الملائكة والرّوح الأعظم باذن الله، فتمضي الى امام العصر (عليه السلام) وتتشرّف بالحضور لديه، فتعرض عليه ما قدر لكلّ احد من المقدّرات.

 

The recommended acts at the Qadr Nights are of two parts; the first part deals with the general acts that are advisably practiced at each of the three Qadr Nights. The second part deals with the private acts that are dedicated to each night exclusively.

وأعمال ليالي القدر نوعان: فقسم منها عام يؤدّى في كلّ ليلة من اللّيالي الثلاثة، وقسم خاص يؤتى فيما خصّ به من هذه اللّيالي، والقسم الأوّل عدّة أعمال:

 

GENERAL ACTS

الأعمال العامة

 

First: It is recommended to bathe oneself at each of the Qadr Nights. According to Allamah al-Majlisi, it is preferable to perform the bathing at sunset so as to be ready for the Evening Prayer with a bathing.

الأوّل: الغُسل، قال العلامة المجلسي (رحمه الله): الأفضل أن يغتسل عند غروب الشّمس ليكون على غسل لصلاة العشاء.

 

Second: It is recommended to offer a two unit prayer reciting at each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Tawhid seven times. After the accomplishment of the prayer, the following imploration should be repeated seventy times:

الثّاني: الصّلاة ركعتان يقرأ في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد التّوحيد سبع مرّات ويقول بعد الفراغ سبعين مرّة:

 

I implore for Allah’s forgiveness and I repent before Him.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

 

According to a narration reported from the Holy Prophet, Almighty Allah will forgive one who offers this prayer and will forgive his parents before he leaves his place.

وفي النّبوي: من فعل ذلك لا يقوم من مقامه حتّى يغفر الله له ولأبويه…

 

Third: It is recommended to open a copy of the Holy Quran between one’s hands and say:

الثّالث: تأخذ المصحف فتنشره وتضعه بين يديك وتقول:

 

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your revealed Book and that which is in it, and Your Great Name and Your (other) most excellent names are in it, and in it there is that which warns and gives hope,. to include me with those who have been set free from the Hellfire by You.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِكِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ وَمَا فِيهِ وَفِيهِ اسْمُكَ الأَكْبَرُ وَأَسْمَاؤُكَ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَمَا يُخَافُ وَيُرْجَىٰ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ عُتَقَائِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ.

 

Then, one may pray God to fulfill one’s desires.

وتدعو بما بدا لك من حاجة.

 

Fourth: It is recommended to put a copy of the Holy Quran on the head and say:

الرّابع: خذ المُصحف فدعه على رأسك وقُل:

 

O Allah, in the name of this Quran, in the name of the one through whom You sent it, in the name of every believing individual You have praised in it, and in the name of their duties towards You, for no one knows their duties towards You better than You do

اللَّهُمَّ بِحَقِّ هٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَبِحَقِّ مَنْ أَرْسَلْتَهُ بِهِ وَبِحَقِّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مَدَحْتَهُ فِيهِ وَبِحَقِّكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلاَ أَحَدَ أَعْرَفُ بِحَقِّكَ مِنْكَ.

 

Then, one should repeat each of the following ten times:

ثم قل عشر مرات:

بِكَ يَا اللَّهُ

in the name of You, O Allah, 

بِمُحَمَّدٍ

in the name of Muhammad,

بِعَلِيٍّ

in the name of Ali, 

بِفَاطِمَةَ

in the name of Fatima, 

بِالْحَسَنِ

in the name of al-Hassan,

بِالْحُسَيْنِ

in the name of al-Hussein, 

بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ

in the name of Ali ibn al-Hussein, 

بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

in the name of Muhammad ibn Ali,

بِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

in the name of Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad,

بِمُوسَىٰ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ

in the name of Musa ibn Jaʿfar,

بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَىٰ

in the name of Ali ibn Musa,

بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

in the name of Muhammad ibn Ali,

بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ

in the name of Ali ibn Muhammad,

بِالْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

in the name of al-Hassan ibn Ali,

بِالْحُجَّةِ

in the name of al-Hujjah.

وتسأل حاجتك.

One should then pray Almighty Allah to fulfill one’s desires.

الخامس: زيارة الحسين (عليه السلام) في الحديث انّه اذا كان ليلة القدر نادى مناد من السّماء السّابعة من بطنان العرش انّ الله قد غفر لمن زار قبر الحسين (عليه السلام).

 

Fifth: It is advisable to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein at these nights. A narration, in this respect, reads that at the Qadr Nights, a caller from the heavens will call from the Seventh Sky and, specifically, from the centre of the Holy Throne that Almighty Allah shall forgive whoever visits the tomb of al-Hussein.

السّادس: احياء هذه اللّيالي الثّلاثة ففي الحديث: مَنْ احيا ليلة القدر غفرت له ذنوبه ولو كانت ذنوبه عدد نجوم السّماء ومثاقيل الجبال ومكائيل البحار.

 

Sixth: It is highly advisable to spend the whole three Qadr Nights with acts of worship. A narration reads that one who spends the whole Qadr Nights with acts of worship will have all his sins forgiven even if they are as many as stars, as heavy as mountains, and as weighty as seawater.

Seventh: In order to win its remarkable reward, it is recommended to offer the one hundred unit prayer. It is preferable to recite at these units Surah al-Fatihah once and repeat Surah al-Tawhid ten times.

السّابع: الصّلاة مائة ركعة فانّها ذات فضل كثير، والأفضل أن يقرأ في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد التّوحيد عشر مرّات.

 

Eighth: It is recommended to say:

الثّامن: تقول:

 

O Allah, surely I am at this evening Your passive slave; I have no control of hurt or good to myself and I cannot drive back any evil from myself. I testify to this against myself. To You do I confess of my powerlessness and my feebleness. So, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and fulfill what You have promised me, as well as all the believing men and women; that is Your forgiveness at this night, and accomplish that which You have conferred upon me, for I am Your slave—the poor, the humble, the weak, the needy, and the humiliated. O Allah, (please) do not make me negligent of the mention of You as regards that which You have bestowed upon me, do not make me inadvertent to Your favors to me as regards that which You have given me, do not make me despair of Your responding to me, even if such response is postponed, whether I be in prosperity, adversity, hardship, comfort, wellbeing, ordeal, misery, or bliss. Verily, You are the Hearer of prayers.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَمْسَيْتُ لَكَ عَبْداً دَاخِراً لاَ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعاً وَلاَ ضَرّاً وَلاَ أَصْرِفُ عَنْهَا سُوءً أَشْهَدُ بِذٰلِكَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي وَأَعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِضَعْفِ قُوَّتِي وَقِلَّةِ حِيلَتِي فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْجِزْ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي وَجَمِيعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِنَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيَّ مَا آتَيْتَنِي فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ الْمِسكِينُ الْمُسْتَكِينُ الضَّعِيفُ الْفَقِيرُ الْمَهِينُ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي نَاسِياً لِذِكْرِكَ فِيمَا أَوْلَيْتَنِي وَلاَ غَافِلاً لإِحْسَانِكَ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي وَلاَ آيِساً مِنْ إِجَابَتِكَ وَإِنْ اَبْطَأَتْ عَنِّي فِي سَرَّاءَ أَوْ ضَرَّاءَ أَوْ شِدَّةٍ أَوْ رَخَاءٍ أَوْ عَافِيَةٍ أَوْ بَلاءٍ أَوْ بُؤْسٍ أَوْ نَعْمَاءَ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ.

 

Al-Kafʿami narrated that Imam Zayn al-Abidin used to say this supplicatory prayer very frequently at the Qadr Nights while sitting, standing, genuflecting, and prostrating.

Allamah al-Majlisi: The most favorable rite at the Qadr Nights is to implore for Almighty Allah’s forgiveness, to mention Him, to pray for the settlement of one’s worldly and religious affairs as well as for one’s parents, relatives, and brethren-in-faith; the dead and the alive, and to invoke blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household.

According to some narrations, it is recommended to say the Dua al-Jawshan al-Kabir supplicatory prayer, which has been previously cited in this book, at the three Qadr Nights. It is also narrated that when he was asked about the best prayer that one may say at the Qadr Night, the Holy Prophet said, “Pray for good health.”

وقد روى الكفعمي هذا الدّعاء عن الامام زين العابدين (عليه السلام) كان يدعو به في هذه اللّيالي قائماً وقاعداً وراكعاً وساجداً، وقال العلاّمة المجلسي (رحمه الله): انّ أفضل الأعمال في هذه اللّيالي هو الاستغفار والدّعاء لمطالب الدّنيا والآخرة للنّفس وللوالدين والأقارب وللاخوان المؤمنين الأحياء منهم والأموات والذّكر والصّلاة على محمّد وآل محمّد ما تيسّر، وقد ورد في بعض الأحاديث استحباب قراءة دعاء الجوشن الكبير في هذه اللّيالي الثّلاث.

أقول: قد أوردنا الدّعاء فيما مضى وقد روي انّ النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله قيل له: ماذا أسأل الله تعالى اذا أدركت ليلة القدر ؟ قال: العافية.

 

First: It is recommended to repeat the following imploration one hundred times:

الأوّل: أن يقول مائة مرّة:

 

I implore for Allah’s forgiveness, my Lord, and I repent before Him.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

 

Second: It is recommended to repeat one hundred times:

الثّاني: مائة مرّة:

 

O Allah, (please do) curse the slayers of the Commander of the Believers.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

 

Third: It is recommended to say the aforementioned supplicatory prayer that begins with the following statement:

الثّالث: دعاء يا ذَا الَّذي كانَ وقد مضى الدّعاء في القسم الرّابع من الكتاب:

يَا ذَا الَّذِي كَانَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ…

 

O He Who has existed before all things…

الرّابع: يقول:

 

Fourth: It is recommended to say:

O Allah, at the time of taking decisions that are inevitable and rendering possible things and events decisively, at the night of Qadr, in the decisions that are neither retreated nor altered, (please) write my name in the list of those pilgrims of Your ‘Sacred House’ whose pilgrimage receive Your approval, whose efforts are appreciated, whose sins are forgiven, and whose offenses are pardoned by You. Decide from among the decisions that You make, to grant me long lifetime, expand means of livelihood…

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ وَفِي مَا تَفْرُقُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ في الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ وَاجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي وَتُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ فِي رِزْقِي…

 

One may mention his desires after that.

ويسأل حاجته.

 

The twenty-first night of Ramadan is more meritorious that the nineteenth. It is worthwhile to practice the previously mentioned general rites of the Qadr Nights, such as bathing, spending the whole nights with acts of worship, visiting the tomb of Imam al-Hussein, offering the two unit prayer at which Surah al-Fatihah is recited once and Surah al-Tawhid repeated seven times, putting a copy of the Holy Quran on the head and saying the supplication dedicated to this practice, saying the Dua al-Jawshan al-Kabir supplicatory prayer, and so on.

According to narrations, it is strongly advisable to bathe oneself and to spend the whole night with painstaking acts of worship at this night as well as the twenty-third, since the real Qadr Night is one of these two nights. When the Holy Infallibles were asked to specify the Qadr Night, they did not specify; rather they used to say, “It is too easy to act at two nights in order to win one’s desire.”

They also used to say, “What will harm you if you do righteously at two nights?”

Dictating to his students, Sheikh al-Saduq said in one of his sessions, “It is preferable to spend these two nights with studying the religious knowledge.”

وفضلها أعظم من اللّيلة التّاسعة عشرة وينبغي أن يؤدّى فيها الأعمال العامّة لليالي القدر من الغسل والاحياء والزّيارة والصّلاة ذات التّوحيد سبع مرّات ووضع المصحف على الرّأس ودعاء الجوشن الكبير وغير ذلك وقد أكّدت الأحاديث استحباب الغُسل والاحياء والجدّ في العبادة في هذه اللّيلة واللّيلة الثّالثة والعشرين وانّ ليلة القدر هي احدهما، وقد سُئل المعصوم (عليه السلام) في عدّة أحاديث عن ليلة القدر أي اللّيلتين هي ؟ فلم يعيّن، بل قال: «ما أيسَر ليلتين فيما تطلبُ» أو قال: «ما عَليْكَ أَنْ تَفعَلَ خيراً في لَيلَتَيْنِ» ونحو ذلك، وقال شيخنا الصّدوق فيما أملى على المشايخ في مجلس واحد من مذهب الاماميّة: ومن أحيى هاتين اللّيلتين بمذاكرة العلم فهو أفضل

 

SUPPLICATORY PRAYERS AT THE LAST TEN NIGHTS OF RAMADAN

دعوات العشر الأواخر

 

  1. In al-Kafi, Sheikh al-Kulayni reported Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq as saying: At the last ten nights of Ramadan, you may say:

الكليني في الكافي عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) قال: تقول في العشر الأواخر من شهر رمضان كلّ ليلة:

أَعُوذُ بِجَلاَلِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ عَنِّي شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ أَوْ يَطْلُعَ الفَجْرُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِي هٰذِهِ وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُعَذِّبُنِي عَلَيْهِ.

 

I seek the protection of the Majesty of Your Honorable Face against that the month of Ramadan elapses or dawn puts an end to this night but there is still an offense or a sin for which I am still liable and for which You will punish me.

وروى الكفعمي في هامش كتاب البلد الأمين انّ الصّادق (عليه السلام) كان يقول في كلّ ليلة من العشر الأواخر بعد الفرائض والنّوافل:

 

  1. As a footnote in al-Balad al-Amin, al-Kafʿami mentions that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq used say the following supplicatory prayer at each of the last ten night of Ramadan after the obligatory and supererogatory prayers:

اللَّهُمَّ أَدِّ عَنَّا حَقَّ مَا مَضَىٰ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا تَقْصِيرَنَا فِيهِ وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنَّا مَقْبُولاً وَلاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَا بِإِسْرَافِنَا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَرْحُومِينَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَحْرُومِينَ.

 

O Allah, (please) help us fulfill the right of the past days of the month of Ramadan, forgive us our shortcoming during it, receive it from us with acceptance, do not blame us for our extravagance in our affairs, include us with those upon whom mercy is had, and do not include us with those deprived (of the awards of Ramadan).

وقال: من قاله غفر الله له ما صدر عنه فيما سلف من هذا الشّهر وعصمه من المعاصي فيما بقى منه.

 

He adds that Almighty Allah will forgive one who says this supplicatory prayer all the sins that he has committed in the past days of Ramadan and will protect him against sinning in the rest of it.

ومنها ما رواه السّيد ابن طاووس في الاقبال عن ابن أبي عمير، عن مرازم قال: كان الصّادق (عليه السلام) يقول في كلّ ليلة من العشر الأواخر:

 

  1. In Iqbal al-Aʿmal, Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated on the authority of Ibn Abi-Umayr on the authority of Murazim that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq used to say the following supplicatory prayer at each of the last ten nights of Ramadan:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ: ﴿شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالْفُرْقَانِ﴾ فَعَظَّمْتَ حُرْمَةَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَخَصَصْتَهُ بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَجَعَلْتَهَا خَيْراً مِنَ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ اللَّهُمَّ

 

 وَهٰذِهِ أَيَّامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ وَلَيَالِيهِ قَدْ تَصَرَّمَتْ وَقَدْ صِرْتُ يَا إِلٰهِي مِنْهُ إِلَىٰ مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي وَأَحْصَىٰ لِعَدَدِهِ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ مَلائِكَتُكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُكَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ وَعِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُونَ أَنْ

 

 تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَفُكَّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَتُدْخِلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ برَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنْ تَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَتَتَقَبَّلَ تَقَرُّبِي وَتَسْتَجِيبَ دُعَائِي وَتَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِالأَمْنِ يَوْمَ الْخَوْفِ مِنْ كُلِّ هَوْلٍ أَعْدَدْتَهُ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلٰهِي وَأَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَبِجَلاَلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ أَيَّامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَلَيَالِيهِ وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُؤَاخِذُنِي بِهِ أَوْ خَطِيئَةٌ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتَصَّهَا مِنِّي لَمْ تَغْفِرْهَا لِي سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي سَيِّدِي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ إِذْ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ إِنْ كُنْتَ رَضِيتَ عَنِّي فِي هٰذَا الشَّهْرِ فَازْدَدْ عَنِّي رِضَىً وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَضِيتَ عَنِّي فَمِنَ الآنَ فَارْضَ عَنِّي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا اَللَّهُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.

 

O Allah, You have said in Your revealed Book: “The month of Ramadan is that in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction.” You have thus rendered great the sanctity of this month of Ramadan, because You revealed the Quran in it, decided the Destiny Night to be in this month exclusively, and made it better than one thousand months. O Allah, the days of the month of Ramadan are elapsing, its nights are also elapsing, while I have become in the state that You, O my God, know better than I do, and You can count it more precisely than all the created beings. So, I beseech You in the name of that by which Your favorite angels, Your missioned Prophets, and Your righteous servants have besought You, to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, release me from Hellfire, allow me to enter Paradise by Your mercy, confer upon me with Your pardon and Your generosity, accept my seeking of nearness to You, respond to my prayer, and bestow upon me with security on the Day of Dread against all the horrors that You have prepared for the Resurrection Day. O my God, I seek the protection of Your Noble Face and Your Great Majesty against that the days and nights of the month of Ramadan elapse while there is still a sin or an offense for which You may punish me, or a wrongdoing for which You want to chastise me and You have not yet forgiven them for me., O my Master! O my Master! O my Master! I beseech You, O He save Whom there is no god, since there is indeed no god save You, if You have been pleased with me in this month, then (please) increase Your satisfaction with me; but if You have not been pleased with me, then (please) be satisfied with me from this moment. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah! O One and Only! O Besought of all! O He Who begets not, nor is He begotten, and none is like Him!

وأكثر من قول:

 

  1. You may repeat the following supplicatory prayer as many times as possible during this night:

يَا مُلَيِّنَ الْحَدِيدِ لِدَاوُودَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ يَا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ وَالْكُرَبِ الْعِظَامِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ أَيْ مُفَرِّجَ هَمِّ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ أَيْ مُنَفِّسَ غَمِّ يُوسُفَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ وَافْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَلاَ تَفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنَا أَهْلُهُ.

 

O He Who made the iron pliant for (Prophet) David, peace be upon him! O He Who took off the harm and calamity that afflict (Prophet) Job, peace be upon him! O He Who relieved the sorrow of (Prophet) Jacob, peace be upon him! O He Who removed the grief of (Prophet) Joseph, peace be upon him! (Please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad as exactly as You are worth blessing them all, do to me that which befits You, and do not do to me that which I deserve.

ومنها ما رواه في الكافي مسنداً وفي المقنعة والمصباح مرسلا، تقول أوّل ليلة منه أي في اللّيلة الحادية والعشرين:

  1. Sheikh al-Kulayni, in al-Kafi, narrated, with a complete chain of authority, that the following supplicatory prayer, which is also narrated in al-Muqniʿah and al-Misbah yet with an interruption in the chain of authority, should be said at the twenty-first night of Ramadan:

يَا مُولِجَ اللَّيْلِ فِي النَّهَارِ وَمُولِجَ النَّهَارِ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَمُخْرِجَ الْحَيِّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجَ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ يَا رَازِقَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكِّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

O He Who causes the night to enter into the day, causes the day to enter into the night, brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living! O He Who gives sustenance to whomever He please without measure! O Allah! O All-beneficent! O Allah! O All-merciful! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

 

يَا سَالِخَ النَّهَارِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ مُظْلِمُونَ وَمُجْرِيَ الشَّمْسِ لِمُسْتَقَرِّهَا بِتَقْدِيرِكَ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا عَلِيمُ وَمُقَدِّرَ الْقَمَرِ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ يَا نُورَ كُلِّ نُورٍ وَمُنْتَهَىٰ كُلِّ رَغْبَةٍ وَوَلِيَّ كُلِّ نِعْمَةٍ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا وَاحِدُ يَا فَرْدُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ 

 

وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O He Who draws forth daylight from night, and we are then in the dark, Who causes the sun to run on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance of You, O Mighty, O Knowing, and Who ordained for the moon stages until it becomes again as an old dry palm branch! O Light of every light! O ultimate goal of all desires! O Source of all graces! O Allah! O All-beneficent! O Allah! O Holy! O One and Only! O One! O Single! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

يَا رَبَّ لَيْلَةِ القَدْرِ وَجَاعِلَهَا خَيْراً مِنَ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ وَرَبَّ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْجِبَالِ وَالبِحَارِ وَالظُّلَمِ وَالأَنْوَارِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ يَا بَارِئُ يَا مُصَوِّرُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا بَدِيعُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ 

 

الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ 

 

قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O Lord of the Grand Night Who decided it to be better than one thousand months! O Lord of night, day, mountains, oceans, darkness, light, the earth, and the heavens! O Maker! O Fashioner! O All-tender! O All-favorer! O Allah! O All-beneficent! O Allah! O Self-Subsisting! O Allah! O wonderful Originator! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

 

يَا فَالِقَ الإِصْبَاحِ وَجَاعِلَ اللَّيْلِ سَكَناً وَالشَّمْسَ وَالقَمَرَ حُسْبَاناً يَا عَزِيزُ يَا عَلِيمُ يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَالطَّوْلِ وَالقُوَّةِ وَالْحَوْلِ وَالفَضْلِ وَالإِنْعَامِ وَالْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا فَرْدُ يَا وِتْرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا ظَاهِرُ يَا بَاطِنُ يَا حَيُّ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا 

 

أَنْتَ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي 

 

يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O Cleaver of the daybreak, appointer of the night for stillness and the sun and the moon for reckoning! O Almighty! O All-knowing! O Lord of favors, munificence, power, might, grace, bestowal, majesty, and honor! O Allah! O All-beneficent! O Allah! O Single! O Singular! O Allah! O Evident! O Immanent! O Ever-living! There is no god save You. To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

 

يَا جَاعِلَ اللَّيْلِ لِبَاساً وَالنَّهَارِ مَعَاشاً وَالأَرْضِ مِهَاداً وَالْجِبَالِ أَوْتَاداً يَا اللَّهُ يَا قَاهِرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا سَمِيعُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا قَرِيبُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O He Who makes night a covering, makes daylight for seeking livelihood, makes the earth an expanse, and mountains bulwarks! O Allah! O Dominant! O Allah! O Omnipotent! O Allah! O All-hearing! O Allah! O Nigh! O Allah! O Responding! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

يَا جَاعِلَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ آيَتَيْنِ يَا مَنْ مَحَا آيَةَ اللَّيْلِ وَجَعَلَ آيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِتَبْتَغُوا فَضْلاً مِنْهُ وَرِضْوَاناً يَا مُفَصِّلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ تَفْصِيلاً يَا مَاجِدُ يَا وَهَّابُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا جَوَادُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O Maker of night and daylight two portents! O He Who makes dark the portent of night and makes the portent of the daylight sight-giving so that you may seek favor and pleasure from Him! O He Who expounds everything with clear expounding! O All-glorious! O All-donor! O Allah! O All-magnanimous! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

 

يَا مَادَّ الظِّلِّ وَلَوْ شِئْتَ لَجَعَلْتَهُ سَاكِناً وَجَعَلْتَ الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلاً ثُمَّ قَبَضْتَهُ إِلَيْكَ قَبْضاً يَسِيراً يَاذَا الْجُودِ وَالطَّوْلِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالآلاَءِ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا سَلاَمُ يَا مُؤْمِنُ يَا مُهَيْمِنُ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا مُتَكَبِّرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا خَالِقُ يَا بَارِئُ يَا مُصَوِّرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O Spreader of the shade and if You willed, You could make it still, then You have made the sun its pilot, then You withdraw it to Us, a gradual withdrawal! O Lord of magnanimity, conferral, greatness, and bounties! There is no god save You! You are the Knower of the hidden and the witnessed, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful! There is no god save You. O All-holy! O (Source of) Peace! O Grantor of security! O Dominant! O Mighty! O Omnipotent! O All-great! O Allah! O Creator! O Maker! O Fashioner! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

يَا خَازِنَ اللَّيْلِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ وَخَازِنَ النُّورِ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَمَانِعَ السَّمَاءِ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَىٰ الأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ وَحَابِسَهُمَا أَنْ تَزُولاَ يَا عَلِيمُ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا غَفُورُ يَا دَائِمُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا وَارِثُ يَا بَاعِثَ مَنْ فِي القُبُورِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ 

 

وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً 

 

يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

O He Who commits the night to the custody of the atmosphere, stores light in the heavens, prevents the heavens from falling on the earth except by His permission, and prevents them from vanishing! O All-knowing! O All-great! O All-forgiving! O Everlasting! O Allah! O Inheritor (of all things)! O Resurrector of those in graves! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

يَا مُكَوِّرَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَىٰ النَّهَارِ وَمُكَوِّرَ النَّهَارِ عَلَىٰ اللَّيْلِ يَا عَلِيمُ يَا حَكِيمُ يَارَبَّ الأَرْبَابِ وَسَيِّدَ السَّادَاتِ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا أَقْرَبَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

 

O He Who makes the night overlap the day and makes the day overlap the night! O All-knowing! O All-wise! O Lord of lords and the Master of masters! There is no god save You. You are nearer to me than my life-vein. O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

الْحَمدُ لِلَّهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِكَرَمِ وَجْهِهِ وَعِزِّ جَلاَلِهِ وَكَمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ يَا قُدُّوسُ يَا نُورُ يَا نُورَ الْقُدْسِ يَا سُبُّوحُ يَا مُنْتَهَىٰ التَّسْبِيحِ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا فَاعِلَ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا اللَّهُ يَا عَلِيمُ يَا كَبِيرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا لَطِيفُ يَا جَلِيلُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا سَمِيعُ يَا بَصِيرُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ لَكَ الأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَالأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَالآلاَءُ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِي فِي هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ وَرُوحِي مَعَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِحْسَانِي فِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَإِسَاءَتِي مَغْفُورَةً وَأَنْ تَهَبَ لِي يَقِيناً تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَإِيمَاناً يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّي وَتُرْضِيَنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيقِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَشُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْكَ وَالإِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهُ مُحَمَّداً وَآلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

All praise be to Allah. There is no partner with Him. All praise be to Allah as is suiting the nobility of His Face, the might of His Majesty, and as it befits Him. O All-holy! O Light! O Light of holiness! O Glorified! O ultimate goal of glorification! O All-beneficent! O Doer of mercy! O Allah! O All-knowing! O All-big! O Allah! O All-aware! O All-majestic! O Allah! O All-hearing! O All-seeing! O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! To You are the Most Excellent Names, the most elevated examples, greatness, and bounties. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, include my name with the list of the happiest ones, add my soul to the martyrs, record my good deeds in the most exalted rank, decide my offense to be forgiven, grant me certitude that fills in my heart and faith that removes doubt from me, make me feel satisfied with that which You decide for me, grant us reward in this world and reward in the Hereafter, save us from the torment of the burning Fire, and confer upon us at this night Your mentioning, thanking You, desiring for You, turning to You, and success to that to which You led Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon him and them.

 

روى الكفعمي عن السّيّد ابن باقي: تقول في اللّيلةِ الحادية والعشرين:

  1. Al-Kafʿami quoted Sayyid Ibn Baqi as saying that it is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer at the twenty-first night of Ramadan:
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاقْسِمْ لِي حِلْماً يَسُدُّ عَنِّي بَابَ الْجَهْلِ وَهُدَىً تَمُنُّ بِهِ عَلَيَّ مِنْ كُلِّ ضَلاَلَةٍ وَغِنَىٰ تَسُدُّ بِهِ عَنِّي بَابَ كُلِّ فَقْرٍ وَقُوَّةً تَرُدُّ بِهَا عَنِّي كُلَّ ضَعْفٍ وَعِزّاً تُكْرِمُنِي بِهِ عَنْ كُلِّ ذُلٍّ وَرِفْعَةً تَرْفَعُنِي بِهَا عَنْ كُلِّ ضَعَةٍ وَأَمْناً تَرُدُّ بِهِ عَنِّي كُلَّ خَوْفٍ وَعَافِيَةً تَسْتُرُنِي بِهَا عَنْ كُلِّ بَلاَءٍ وَعِلْماً تَفْتَحُ لِي بِهِ كُلَّ يَقِينٍ وَيَقِيناً تُذْهِبُ بِهِ عَنِّي كُلَّ شَكٍّ وَدُعَاءً تَبْسُطُ لِي بِهِ الإِجَابَةَ فِي هٰذِهِ اللَيْلَةِ وَفِي هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةِ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ يَا كَرِيمُ وَخَوْفاً تَنْشُرُ لِي بِهِ كُلَّ رَحْمَةٍ وَعِصْمَةً تَحُولُ بِهَا بَيْنِي وَبيْنَ الذُّنُوبِ حَتَّىٰ أُفْلِحَ بِهَا عِنْدَ الْمَعْصومِينَ عِنْدَكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Allah, (please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and decide for me forbearance that blocks the door to ignorance against me, guidance that You confer upon me against any item of straying off, affluence that blocks the door to all poverty against me, power due to which You repel any weakness from me, might with which You honor me against all humiliation, sublimity through which You exalt me against all humbleness, security through which You protect me against any fear, wellbeing by which You cover me against any ailment, knowledge due to which You open before me all certitude, certitude due to which You remove from me any doubt, prayer through which You expand Your response to me at this very night and at this very hour, this very hour, this very hour, this very hour, O All-generous, apprehension due to which You spread over me all items of mercy, and shelter due to which You intervene between my sins and me, so that I shall succeed in the view of the Infallible ones with You, in the name of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

 

وروي عن حماد بن عثمان قال: دخلت على الصّادق (عليه السلام) ليلة احدى وعشرين من شهر رمضان فقال لي: يا حماد اغتسلت، فقلت: نعم جعلت فداك، فدعا بحصير ثمّ قال: اليّ لزقي فصلّ فلم يزل يصلّي وأنا أُصلّي الى لزقه حتّى فرغنا من جميع صلواتنا، ثمّ أخذ يدعو وأنا أُءَمِّن على دعائه الى أن اعترض الفجر، فأذّن وأقام ودعا بعض غلمانه فقمنا خلفه، فتقدّم فصلّى بنا الغداة، فقرأ بفاتحة الكتابِ وَإِنّا أَنْزَلناهُ في لَيلَةِ الْقَدْرِ في الأُولى، وفي الرّكعة الثّانية بفاتحة الكتاب وقُل هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ، فلمّا فرغنا من التّسبيح والتّحميد والتّقديس والثّناء على الله تعالى والصّلاة على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله والدّعاء لجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات خرّ ساجداً لا أسمع منه الّا النّفس ساعة طويلة، ثمّ سمعته يقول لا إِلهَ إلاّ أَنْتَ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ وَالأَبْصارِ، الى آخر الدّعاء المروي في الاقبال.

It has been narrated that Ali ibn Hammad visited Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq at the twenty-first night of Ramadan. “Have you bathed yourself, Hammad?” asked the Imam.

“Yes, I have,” answered Hammad.

The Imam then asked him to stand by him so as to imitate him in offering prayers.

Hammad did. When they finished all the prayers, the Imam began to supplicate and Hammad listened and prayed for response.

When dawn rose, the Imam declared the adhan (call to prayer), uttered the iqamah (the prefatory part of prayers), and then summoned one of his servants to participate in the prayer. They all stood behind the Imam who led their congregational Dawn Prayer reciting Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Qadr in the first unit and Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Tawhid in the second.

When he finished the post-prayer supplications, praising God, venerating Him, thanking Him, invoking His blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household, and praying Him for the good of all the believing men and women as well as all the Muslims, Imam al-Sadiq prostrated himself.

The companions could not hear anything except the Imam’s breaths for a long time.

Hammad narrated: I could then hear him saying the following:

 

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلوبِ وَالأَبْصَارِ…

There is no god save You, the Transformer of hearts and sights… 

This long supplicatory prayer is mentioned in Sayyid Ibn Tawus’s Iqbal al-Aʿmal.

 

وروى الكليني انّه كان الباقر (عليه السلام) اذا كانت ليلة احدى وعشرين وثلاث وعشرين أخذ في الدّعاء حتّى يزول اللّيل (ينتصف) فاذا زال اللّيل صلّى. وروى انّ النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله كان يغتسل في كلّ ليلة من هذا العشر، ويستحبّ الاعتكاف في هذا العشر وله فضل كثير وهو أفضل الأوقات للاعتكاف، وروي انّه يعدل حجّتين وعمرتين، وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله اذا كان العشر الأواخر اعتكف في المسجد وضُرِبت له قُبّة من شعر وشمّر المئزَر وطَوى فِراشه.

Al-Kulayni narrated that Imam Muhammad al-Baqir used to supplicate Almighty Allah at the twenty-first and twenty-third nights of Ramadan up to midnight. After that, he would offer prayers.

As for the Holy Prophet, it has been narrated that he used to bathe himself at each of the last ten nights of Ramadan. Being the best time of the ritual seclusion (i.e. iʿtikaf), it is highly recommended to practice the ritual seclution at the last ten nights of Ramadan, for this deed brings about an abundant reward.

According to narrations, its reward is as same as the reward of two times of Hajj pilgrimage and two times of Umrah pilgrimage. In this regard, it is reported that the Holy Prophet, at the last ten nights of Ramadan, used to confine himself to the mosque where a dome made of camel hair would be erected for him while he would roll up his bed and prepare himself for worship.

 

واعلم انّ هذه ليلة تتجدّد فيها أحزان آل محمّد وأشياعهم ففيها في سنة أربعين من الهجرة كانت شهادة مولانا أمير المؤمنين صلوات الله عليه.

وروى انّه ما رفع حجر عن حجر في تلك اللّيلة الّا وكان تحته دماً عبيطاً كما كان ليلة شهادة الحسين (عليه السلام).

It is worth mentioning that at the twenty-first night of Ramadan, the sadnesses of the Shia Muslims should be shown. At the twenty-first night of Ramadan, AH 40, Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib departed life as martyr. It is narrated that fresh blood would be found under any rock that was lifted at that night. The same thing happened at the night of Imam al-Hussein’s martyrdom.

 

وقال المفيد (رحمه الله): ينبغي الاكثار في هذه اللّيلة من الصّلاة على محمّد وآل محمّد والجدّ في اللّعن على ظالمي آل محمّد (عليهم السلام)واللّعن على قاتل امير المؤمنين (عليه السلام).

Sheikh al-Mufid: At this night, it is highly recommended, as frequently as possible, to invoke Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household and to invoke His curse upon those who have wronged the Ahl al-Bayt and upon the killer of Imam Ali.

الْيَومُ الحادي وَالعِشرون
THE TWENTY-FIRST OF RAMADAN
 

يوم شهادة أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) ومن المناسب أن يزار (عليه السلام) في هذا اليوم، والكلمات التي نطق بها خضر (عليه السلام) في هذا اليوم وهي كزيارة له (عليه السلام) فيه قد أودعناها كتابنا هديّة الزّائر.

This is the day on which Imam Ali departed life as martyr. It is thus appropriate to visit his holy tomb. In my book Hadiyyat al-Za’ir, I have referred to the words said by al-Khedir on this day. These words can be considered a salutatory prayer of Imam Ali on this day.

 

اللّيلة الثّالِثة وَالعِشرُون
THE TWENTY-THIRD NIGHT OF RAMADAN

وهي أفضل من اللّيلتين السّابقتين ويستفاد من أحاديث كثيرة انّها هي ليلة القدر وفيها يقدّر كلّ أمر حكيم، ولهذه اللّيلة عدّة أعمال خاصّة سوى الأعمال العامّة التي تشارك فيها اللّيلتين الماضيتين.

The twenty-third night of Ramadan, the last of the Qadr Nights, is more meritorious than the two previous ones; namely, the nineteenth and the twenty-first. Many narrations confirm that it is the Qadr Night at which all wise affairs are decided. Apart from the general acts that are advisably practiced at the three Qadr Nights, there are other acts to be practiced at the twenty-third night of Ramadan.

 

الأوّل: قراءة سورتي العنكبوت والرّوم، وقال الصّادق (عليه السلام): انّ من قرأ هاتين السّورتين في هذه اللّيلة كان من أهل الجنّة.

First: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Ankabut (no. 29) and Surah al-Rum (no. 30). Imam al-Sadiq is reported to have said, “Whoever recites these two Quranic chapters at this night, will be included with the people of Paradise.”

 

الثّاني: قراءة سورة حم دُخّان.

Second: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Dukhan.

 

الثّالث: قراءة سورة القدر ألف مرّة.

Third: It is recommended to repeat Surah al-Qadr one thousand times.

 

الرّابع: أن يكرّر في هذه اللّيلة بل في جميع الأوقات هذا الدّعاء: 

Fourth: It is highly advisable to repeat the following famous supplicatory prayer as many times as possible at this night:

 

اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ لِوَلِيِّكَ الْحُجَّةِ ابْنِ الْحَسَنِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آبَائِهِ فِي هٰذِهِ السَّاعَةِ وَفِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ وَلِيّاً وَحَافِظاً وَقَائِداً وَنَاصِراً وَدَلِيلاً وَعَيْناً حَتَّىٰ تُسْكِنَهُ أَرْضَكَ طَوْعاً وَتُمَتِّعَهُ فِيهَا طَوِيلاً.

O Allah, (please) be for Your representative, al-Hujjah the son of al-Hassan, Your blessings be on him and on his forefathers, now and at all times protector, guardian, leader, helper, guide, and watcher so that You shall allow him to prevail on Your lands willingly and You shall make him enjoy it for a long time.

 

الخامس: يقول:

Fifth: It is recommended to say:

 

اللَّهُمَّ امْدُدْ لِي فِي عُمْرِي وَأَوْسِعْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي وَأَصِحَّ لِي جِسْمِي وَبَلِّغْنِي أَمَلِي وَإِنْ كُنْتُ مِنَ الأَشْقِيَاءِ فَامْحُنِي مِنَ الأَشْقِيَاءِ وَاكْتُبْنِي مِنَ السُّعَدَاءِ فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ عَلَىٰ نَبِيِّكَ الْمُرْسَلِ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: ﴿يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ.﴾

O Allah, (please do) prolong my lifetime, expand my sustenance, make my body healthy, make me attain my hopes, and if I am written with the unhappy ones, (please) erase my name from this list write it with the happy ones, for You have said in Your Book that You revealed to Your missioned Prophet, Your peace be upon him and his Household: “Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with Him is the basis of the Book.”

 

السّادس: يقول:

Sixth: It is recommended to say:

 

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي مَا تَقْضِي وَفِي مَا تُقَدِّرُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ وَفِي مَا تَفْرُقُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لاَ يُرَدُّ وَلاَ يُبَدَّلُ أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ فِي عَامِي هٰذَا الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُهُمْ وَاجْعَلْ فِي مَا تِقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي وَتُوَسِّعَ لِي فِي رِزْقِي.

O Allah, among the matters that You decide and make from among the inevitable affairs and from among the wise matters that You make distinct at the Destiny Night from among the act that is neither rejected nor altered, (please) decide me to be with the pilgrims to Your Holy House at this year; those whose pilgrimage is admitted, whose efforts are praised, whose sins are forgiven, and whose offenses and pardoned. Among the matters that You decide and make, (please) prolong my lifetime and expand my sustenance.

 

السّابع: يدعو بهذا الدّعاء المروي في الاقبال:

Seventh: According to Iqbal al-Aʿmal, it is recommended to say:

 

يَا بَاطِناً فِي ظُهُورِهِ ويَا ظَاهِراً فِي بُطُونِهِ وَيَا بَاطِناً لَيْسَ يَخْفَىٰ وَيَا ظَاهِراً لَيْسَ يُرَىٰ يَا مَوْصُوفاً لاَ يَبْلُغُ بِكَيْنُونَتِهِ مَوْصُوفٌ وَلاَ حَدٌّ مَحْدُودٌ وَيَا غَائِباً غَيْرَ مَفْقُودٍ وَيَا شَاهِداً غَيْرَ مَشْهُودٍ يُطْلَبُ فَيُصَابُ وَلَمْ يَخْلُ مِنْهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ لاَ يُدْرَكُ بِكَيْفٍ وَلاَ يُؤَيَّنُ بِأَيْنٍ وَلاَ بِحَيْثٍ أَنْتَ نُورُ النُّورِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْبَابِ أَحَطْتَ بِجَمِيعِ الأُمورِ سُبحَانَ مَنْ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ البَصِيرُ سبحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ هٰكَذَا وَلاَ هٰكَذَا غَيْرُهُ.

O He Who is intrinsic though He is evident! O He Who is evident though He is intrinsic! O He Who is intrinsic that is not missed! O He Who is evident but He cannot be seen! O He Who is described, but neither any other described thing nor can any boundary attain His Being! O He Who is absent but not lost! O He Who is present but not witnessed! When He is sought, He shall be obtained, and neither the heavens, nor the earth, nor can anything that is between them be empty of Him. He cannot be realized by asking ‘How is He?’ His place cannot be identified by asking, ‘Where is He?’ or ‘What is His place?’ You are verily the light of all lights and the Lord of all lords. You have comprehended all things. Glory be to Him Whose like is nonexistent, and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing. Glory be to Him Who is in this state and nothing else can be ever in his state.

 

ثمّ تدعو بما تشاء.

Then, one may pray for settling his needs.

 

الثّامن: أن يأتي غسلا آخر في آخر اللّيل سوى ما يغتسله في أوّله واعلم انّ للغسل في هذه اللّيلة واحياؤها وزيارة الحسين (عليه السلام) فيها والصّلاة مائة ركعة فضل كثير وقد أكّدتها الأحاديث.

Eighth: It is recommended to do a new bathing, other than the first one, at the last hours of night. In fact, to bathe oneself, to spend the whole night with acts of worship, to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein, and to offer the one hundred unit prayer at this night—all these deeds have been confirmed by narrations to be done at the twenty-third night of Ramadan.

 

روى الشّيخ في التهذيب عن أبي بصير قال: قال لي الصّادق (عليه السلام): صلّ في اللّيلة التي يرجى أن تكون ليلة القدر مائة ركعة تقرأ في كلّ ركعة قُل هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ عشر مرّات قال: قلت: جعلت فداك فإن لم أقو عليها قائماً قال: صلّها جالساً، قلت: فإن لم أقو، قال: ادّها وأنت مستلق في فراشك.

In Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Sheikh al-Tusi has narrated that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq instructed Abu-Basir to offer at the night that is expected to be the Qadr Night a prayer of one hundred units reciting at each unit Surah al-Fatihah once and repeating Surah al-Tawhid ten times. “If I fail to do all the movements of this prayer, what will I do?” asked Abu-Basir.

“You may then offer it while sitting,” said Imam al-Sadiq.

“What if I, too, fail to offer it while sitting?” asked Abu-Basir.

“You may then offer it while lying on your bed,” said Imam al-Sadiq.

 

وعن كتاب دعائم الاسلام انّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله كان يطوي فراشه ويشدّ مئزره للعبادة في العشر الأواخر من شهر رمضان، وكان يوقظ أهله ليلة ثلاث وعشرين، وكان يرشّ وجوه النّيام بالماء في تلك اللّيلة.

In the book Daʿa’im al-Islam, it is mentioned that the Holy Prophet used to roll up his bed and tie his garment so as to dedicate all his time to acts of worship at the last ten nights of Ramadan. He also used to awaken his family members at the twenty-third night of Ramadan (so as to practice acts of worship) by splashing water on their faces.

 

وكانت فاطمة صلوات الله عليها لا تدع أهلها ينامون في تلك اللّيلة وتعالجهم بقلّة الطّعام وتتأهّب لها من النّهار، أي كانت تأمرهم بالنّوم نهاراً لئلاّ يغلب عليهم النّعاس ليلا، وتقول: محروم من حرم خيرها.

Lady Fatima al-Zahra, too, used to prevent her family members from sleeping at the twenty-third night of Ramadan by reducing the amount of food that she usually gave to them and by making them sleep at day so as not to be overcome by sleepiness at night. She then used to say, “Deprived indeed is he who is deprived of the good of this night.”

 

وروي انّ الصّادق (عليه السلام) كان مدنفاً فأمر فأخرج الى المسجد فكان فيه حتّى أصبح ليلة ثلاث وعشرين من شهر رمضان.

It has been also narrated that Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq, at the twenty-third night of Ramadan, ordered his servants to carry him to the mosque because he was ailed. He spent that night in the mosque up to the next morning.

 

قال العلامة المجلسي (رحمه الله): عليك في هذه اللّيلة أن تقرأ من القرآن ما تيسّر لك، وأن تدعو بدعوات الصّحيفة الكاملة لا سيّما دعاء مكارم الأخلاق ودعاء التّوبة.

Allamah al-Majlisi has confirmed that one should recite as much amount as possible from the Holy Quran at this night and should also pray Almighty Allah by saying the supplicatory prayers of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah in general and the supplicatory prayers known as Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq and Dua al-Tawbah in particular.

 

وينبغي أن يراعى حرمة أيّام ليالي القدر والاشتغال فيها بالعبادة وتلاوة القرآن المجيد والدّعاء.

The sanctity of the Qadr Days should be considered by engaging oneself with acts of worship, recitation of the Holy Quran, and praying Almighty Allah.

 

فقد روي بأسناد معتبرة أنّ يوم القدر مثل ليلته.

Through a considerable chain of authority, it has been narrated that the Qadr Days are as holy as the Qadr Nights.

 

اللّيلة السّابِعَة وَالعِشرُون

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH NIGHT OF RAMADAN

ورد فيها الغسل وروي انّ الامام زين العابدين (عليه السلام) كان يقول فيها من اوّل اللّيلة الى آخرها:

According to narrations, it is recommended to bathe oneself at the twenty-seventh night of Ramadan. It has been also narrated that Imam Zayn al-Abidin used to repeat the following supplicatory prayer throughout this night:

 

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي التَّجَافِيَ عَنْ دَارِ الْغُرُورِ وَالإِنَابَةَ إِلَىٰ دَارِ الْخُلُودِ وَالاِسْتِعدَادَ لِلْمَوْتِ قَبْلَ حُلُولِ الْفَوتِ.

O Allah, (please) present me alienation from the abode of delusion, turning to the abode of eternity, and readiness for death before it is too late.

 

آخر ليلة من الشّهر

THE LAST NIGHT OF RAMADAN

الأوّل: الغُسل.

First: It is recommended to bathe oneself at this night.

الثّاني: زيارة الحسين (عليه السلام).

Second: It is recommended to visit the holy tomb of Imam al-Hussein.

الثّالث: قراءة سور الأنعام والكهف ويس.

Third: It is recommended to recite Surah al-Anʿam, Surah al-Kahf, and Surah Yasin.

ومائة مرة:

Fourth: It is also recommended to repeat one hundred times:

I implore for Allah’s forgiveness and I repent before Him.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

Fifth: It is recommended to say the following supplicatory prayer that is reported by al-Kulayni from Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq:

الرّابع: أن يدعو بهذا الدّعاء الذي رواه الكليني عن الصّادق (عليه السلام):

اللَّهُمَّ هٰذَا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنَ وَقَدْ تَصَرَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ يَا رَبِّ أَنْ يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِي هٰذِهِ أَوْ يَتَصَرَّمَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُعَذِّبَنِي بِهِ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ.

O Allah, this month of Ramadan in which You revealed the Quran is about to come to its end. I seek refuge with Your Noble Face, O Lord, that it dawns tonight or the month of Ramadan elapses but I am still liable to an offense or a sin that You want to punish me for committing it when I will meet You.

الخامس: أن يدعو بالدّعاء الذي مضى في أعمال اللّيلة الثّالثة والعشرين:

Sixth: It is recommended to say the previously mentioned supplicatory prayer that begins with the following:

يَا مُدَبِّرَ الأُمُورِ…

O Director of all affairs …

السّادس: أن يودّع شهر رمضان بدعوات الوداع التي رواها الكليني والصّدوق والمفيد والطّوسي والسّيد ابن طاووس رضوان الله عليهم ولعلّ احسنها هو الدّعاء الخامس والأربعون من الصّحيفة الكاملة:

Seventh: It is recommended to bid farewell to the month of Ramadan through the supplicatory prayers dedicated to this purpose and mentioned by al-Kulayni, al-Saduq, al-Mufid, al-Tusi, and Sayyid Ibn Tawus—may Allah be pleased with them all. Yet, the best farewell prayer in this respect may be the forty-fifth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah, which begins with the following statement:

O Allah! O He who desires no repayment…

اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لاَ يَرْغَبُ فِي الْجَزَاءِ… 

Eighth: Sayyid Ibn Tawus: Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq said: Whoever bids farewell to the month of Ramadan with the following supplicatory prayer, Almighty Allah will forgive him before it dawns and will confer upon him with the bliss of submission before Him (i.e. Almighty Allah):

وروى السّيد ابن طاووس عن الصّادق (عليه السلام) قال: مَن ودّع شهر رمضان، في آخر ليلة منه… غفر الله تعالى له قبل أن يصبح ورزقه الإنابة اليه:

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ من صِيَامِي لِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَطْلُعَ فَجْرُ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ غَفَرْتَ لِي.

O Allah, (please) do not decide my fasting in this month of Ramadan to be the last of my observance of fasting. I seek Your protection against that this day dawns before You shall forgive me.

وروى السّيد والشّيخ الصّدوق عن جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري قال: دخلت على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في آخر جمعة من شهر رمضان فلمّا أبصر بي قال لي: يا جابر هذا آخر جُمعة من شهر رمضان فودّعه وقل:

Ninth: Sayyid Ibn Tawus and Sheikh al-Saduq: Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari said: I visited the Messenger of Allah on the last Friday of Ramadan. As he saw me, he said: O Jabir, this is the last Friday of Ramadan. You should thus bid farewell to it by saying the following:

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ صِيَامِنَا إِيَّاهُ فَإِنْ جَعَلْتَهُ فَاجْعَلْنِي مَرْحُوماً وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مَحْرُوماً.

O Allah, (please) do not make it the last of our fasting in this month, but if You decide so, then (please) make me enjoy (Your) mercy and do not make me deprived (of it).

فانّه من قال ذلك ظفر باحدى الحسنيين امّا ببلوغ شهر رمضان من قابل، وأمّا بغفران الله ورحمته.

Verily, whoever says this supplicatory prayer will win one of the two good things; either attaining the next Ramadan or having the forgiveness and mercy of Almighty Allah.

وروى السّيد ابن طاووس والكفعمي عن النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: من صلّى آخر ليلة من شهر رمضان عشر ركعات يقرأ في كلّ ركعة فاتحة الكتاب مرّة واحدة وقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ عشر مرّات ويقول في ركوعه وسجوده عشر مرّات:

Tenth: Sayyid Ibn Tawus and al-Kafʿami: The Holy Prophet said: At the last night of Ramadan, one may offer a prayer consisting of ten units at each of which Surah al-Fatihah is recited once and Surah al-Tawhid repeated ten times. In the genuflection of the prayer and prostration, the following glorificatory statements may be repeated ten times:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ.

All glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no god save Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.

ويتشهّد في كلّ ركعتين ثمّ يسلّم فاذا فرغ من آخر عشر ركعات وسلّم:

After each couple of units, one may say the Tashahhud and Taslim statements. After the accomplishment of the ten units, one may say the Taslim statement and repeat one thousand times:

I implore for Allah’s forgiveness and I repent before Him.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ.

After that, one may prostrate and say:

فاذا فرغ من الاستغفار سجد ويقول في سجوده:

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكرَامِ يَا رَحْمٰنَ الدُّنيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ يَا إِلٰهَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا صَلاَتَنَا وَصِيَامَنَا وَقِيَامَنَا.

O Ever-Alive! O Eternal! O Lord of Majesty and Honor! O All-beneficent of this world and the Next World and the All-merciful of them! O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O God of the past and the coming generations! (Please) forgive us our sins and accept our prayers, fasting, and worship.

قال النّبي : والذي بعثني بالحقّ نبيّاً انّ جبرئيل أخبرني عن اسرافيل عن ربّه تبارك وتعالى انّه لا يرفع رأسه من السّجود حتّى يغفر الله له ويتقبّل منه شهر رمضان ويتجاوز عن ذنوبه… الخبر.

The Holy Prophet then continued: I swear by Him Who has sent me with the truth as prophet, Archangel Gabriel has reported to me from Archangel Seraph who directly reports from Almighty Allah that one who offers that prayer will not raise his head from prostration before Almighty Allah forgives him, accepts his acts during the month of Ramadan, and overlooks his sins… etc.

وقد روّيت هذه الصّلاة في ليلة عيد الفطر أيضاً ولكن في تلك الرّواية انّه يسبّح بالتسبيحات الأربع في الرّكوع والسّجود.

It is worth mentioning that other narrations confirm that this prayer is offered at the Eid al-Fitr Night (i.e. the first night of Shawwal) with a little difference.

 

اليَوْمُ الثّلاثُون

THE THIRTIETH OF RAMADAN

روى السّيد لليوم الأخير من الشّهر دعاءاً أوّله:

For the last day of Ramadan, Sayyid Ibn Tawus mentioned a supplicatory prayer that begins with:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمينَ…

O Allah, verily You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy…

ويختم القرآن غالباً في هذا اليوم، فينبغي أن يدعى عند الختم بالدّعاء الثّاني والأربعين من الصّحيفة الكاملة:

In most cases, the recitation of the Holy Quran is accomplished on the thirtieth of Ramadan; therefore, it is highly advisable to read the supplicatory prayer no. 42 of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah, which begins with the following statement:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَعَنْتَنِي عَلَىٰ خَتْمِ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَهُ نُوراً…

O Allah, You have helped me complete Your Book, which You sent down as a light…

ولمن شاء أن يدعو بهذا الدّعاء الوجيز الذي رواه الشّيخ عن أمير المؤمنين صلوات الله وسلامه عليه:

It is also optional to say the following brief supplicatory prayer that is reported by Sheikh al-Tusi from Imam Ali:

اللَّهُمَّ اشْرَحْ بِالْقُرْآنِ صَدْرِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ بَدَنِي وَنَوِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ بَصَرِي وَأَطْلِقْ بِالْقُرْآنِ لِسَانِي وَأَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ.

O Allah, (please) expand my breast through the Quran, use my body for the Quran, enlighten my sight by the Quran, make my tongue eloquent by the Quran, and help me carry out its duty as long as You keep me alive, for there is neither power nor might save with You.

ويدعو أيضاً بهذا الدّعاء المروي عن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام):

It is recommended, too, to say the following supplicatory prayer that is reported from Imam Ali:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِخْبَاتَ الْمُخْبِتِينَ وَإِخْلاَصَ الْمُوقِنِينَ وَمُرَافَقَةَ الأَبْرَارِ وَاسْتِحْقَاقَ حَقَائِقِ الإِيمَانِ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ وَالسَّلاَمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ وَوُجُوبَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّجَاةَ مِنَ النَّارِ.

O Allah, I beseech You for the humbleness of those who humble themselves before You, for the sincerity of those possessing certainty, for the companionship of the pious ones, for the worthiness of the truths of faith, for gaining a share of all pious deeds, for safety from all sins, for the merit of Your mercy, for the qualifications of winning Your forgiveness, for winning Paradise, and for salvation from Hellfire.

صلوات ليالي شهر رمضان

PRAYERS ON RAMADAN NIGHTS

ذكرها العلاّمة المجلسي (رحمه الله) في كتاب زاد المعاد في الفصل الأخير من أعمال شهر رمضان، وانّني اقتصر هُنا على ما ذكر هُناك، قال: 

صلاة اللّيلة الأُولى اربع ركعات في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد التّوحيد خمس عشرة مرّة. 

اللّيلة الثّانية أربع ركعات في كلّ ركعة بعد الحمد عشرون مرّة انّا أَنْزَلناهُ. 

الثّالثة عشر ركعات في كلّ ركعة الحمد والتّوحيد خمسون مرّة.

الرّابعة ثمان ركعات في كلّ ركعة الحمد وانّا أَنْزَلناهُ عشرون مرّة.

الخامسة ركعتان في كلّ منهما الحمد والتّوحيد خمسون مرّة ويقول بعد الفراغ مائة مرّة:

In Zad al-Maʿad, Allamah al-Majlisi referred to the prayers of Ramadan nights in the last chapter of the recommended rites of Ramadan. Hereby, I will refer to these prayers as briefly as mentioned in the book involved:

The First Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid fifteen times.

The Second Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Qadr twenty times.

The Third Night Prayer: Ten units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid fifty times.

The Fourth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Qadr twenty times.

The Fifth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Tawhid fifty times. After accomplishment, the following invocation of blessings is repeated one hundred times:

O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

The Sixth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Mulk.

The Seventh Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Qadr thirteen times.

The Eighth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Tawhid ten times. After accomplishment, the following doxology is repeated one thousand times:

السّادسة أربع ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد وسورة تَبارَكَ الّذي بِيَدِهِ المُلْكُ.

السّابعة أربع ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد وثلاث عشرة مرّة انّا أَنْزَلناهُ. 

الثّامنة ركعتان في كلّ منهما الحمد والتّوحيد عشر مرّات ويقول بعد السّلام ألف مرّة:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ.

All glory be to Allah.

التّاسِعة ستّ ركعات بين المغرب والعشاء في كلّ منها الحمد وآية الكرسي سبع مرّات ويقول بعد الفراغ خمسين مرّة:

The Ninth Night Prayer: Six units offered between the Sunset and Evening obligatory Prayers with Surah al-Fatihah and Ayah al-Kursi seven times. After accomplishment, the following invocation of blessings is repeated fifty times:

O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

The Tenth Night Prayer: Twenty units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid thirty times.

The Eleventh Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Kawthar (no. 108) twenty times.

The Twelfth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Qadr thirty times.

The Thirteenth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid twenty-five times.

The Fourteenth Night Prayer: Six units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Zalzalah (no. 99) thirty times.

The Fifteenth Night Prayer: Four units; in the first two units, Surah al-Fatihah is recited once and Surah al-Tawhid repeated one hundred times. In the last two units, Surah al-Fatihah is recited once and Surah al-Tawhid repeated fifty times.

The Sixteenth Night Prayer: Twelve units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Takathur (no. 102) twelve times.

The Seventeenth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Fatihah once and any selected Surah in the first unit and Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid one hundred times. After accomplishment, the following statement is repeated one hundred times:

العاشرة عشرون ركعة في كلّ ركعة الحمد والتّوحيد ثلاثون مرّة. 

الحادية عشرة ركعتان في كلّ منهما الحمد وعشرون مرّة إِنّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوثَرَ.

الثّانية عشرة ثمان ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد وثلاثون مرّة انّا أَنْزَلناهُ.

الثّالثة عشرة أربع ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد والتّوحيد خمساً وعشرون مرّة.

الرّابعة عشرة ستّ ركعات في كلّ ركعة الحمد وثلاثون مرّة سورة إِذا زُلزِلَت.

الخامسة عشرة أربع ركعات في الأوّليين يقرأ بعد الحمد التّوحيد مائة مرّة، وفي الآخريين يقرؤها خمسون مرّة.

السّادسة عشرة اثنتا عشرة ركعة في كلّ ركعة الحمد واثنتا عشرة مرّة سورة أَلْهيكُمُ التَّكاثُرُ.

السّابعة عشرة ركعتان في الأولى يقرأ بعد الحمد ما شاء من السّور وفي الثّانية يقرأ بعدها التّوحيد مائة مرّة. ويقول بعد السّلام مائة مرّة:

There is no god save Allah.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ.

The Eighteenth Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Kawthar twenty-five times.

The Nineteenth Night Prayer: Fifty units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Zalzalah.

The Twentieth to Twenty-Fourth Nights Prayer: At these nights, it is recommended to offer an eight unit prayer with any selected Quranic chapters.

The Twenty-Fifth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid ten times.

The Twenty-Sixth Night Prayer: Eight units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Tawhid one hundred times.

The Twenty-Seventh Night Prayer: Four units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Surah al-Mulk. If this is impossible, replace Surah al-Mulk with repeating Surah al-Tawhid twenty-five times.

The Twenty-Eighth Night Prayer: Six units with Surah al-Fatihah once and Ayah al-Kursi one hundred times, Surah al-Tawhid one hundred times, and Surah al-Kawthar one hundred times. After accomplishment, repeat the following invocation of blessings one hundred times:

الثّامنة عشرة أربع ركعات في كلّ ركعة الحمد وخمس وعشرون مرّة سورة إِنّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوثَرَ.

التّاسعة عشرة خمسون ركعة بالحمد وخمسين مرّة سورة إِذا زُلْزِلَت والظاهر انّ المراد أن تقرأ السّورة في كلّ ركعة مرّة واحدة فانّ من الصّعب أن يقرأ سورة اذا زلزلت في ليلة واحدة الفين وخمسمائة مرّة.

صلاة اللّيلة العشرين والحادية والعشرين والثّانية والعشرين والثّالثة والعشرين والرّابعة والعشرين في كلّ من هذه اللّيالي يصلّي ثمان ركعات بما تيسّر من السّور. 

الخامسة والعشرين ثمان ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد والتّوحيد عشر مرّات. 

السّادسة والعشرين ثمان ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد والتّوحيد مائة مرّة. 

السّابعة والعشرين أربع ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد وسورة تَبارَكَ الّذي بِيَدِهِ المُلْكُ فان لم يتمكّن قرأ التّوحيد خمساً وعشرين مرّة. 

الثّامنة والعشرين ستّ ركعات في كلّ منها الحمد وآية الكرسي مائة مرّة، والتّوحيد مائة مرّة، وسورة الكوثر مائة مرّة، وبعد الصّلاة يصلّي على النّبي وآله مائة مرّة:

O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

According to my own readings in the books of narrations, I found that the prayer of the twenty-eighth night of Ramadan consists of six units with Surah al-Fatihah once, Ayah al-Kursi ten times, Surah al-Kawthar ten times, and Surah al-Tawhid ten times. After accomplishment the same aforementioned invocation is repeated one hundred times.

The Twenty-Ninth Night Prayer: Two units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Tawhid twenty times.

The Thirtieth Night Prayer: Twelve units with Surah al-Fatihah and Surah al-Tawhid twenty times. After accomplishment, the following invocation is repeated one hundred times:

أقول: صلاة اللّيلة الثّامنة والعشرين على ما وجدتها في الأحاديث ستّ ركعات بفاتحة الكتاب وآية الكرسي عشر مرّات والكوثر عشراً وقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ عشراً ويُصلّي على النّبي وآله مائة مرّة:

O Allah, (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

Note that each two units of all of the aforementioned prayers should be separated by uttering the Taslim statement.

وهذه الصّلوات كلّها يفصل بين كلّ ركعتين منها بالسّلام كما ذكر.

 

SUPPLICATORY PRAYERS ON RAMADAN DAYS

دَعَواتِ الأيّام

It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Holy Prophet referred to the great merits and rewards of observing fast on each day of Ramadan. He also mentioned supplicatory prayers that are dedicated to each of these days with the merits and rewards of saying them. Let us hereby mention these supplicatory prayers only:

فقد روي عن ابن عبّاس عن النّبي صلى الله عليه وآله فضلا كثيراً لصيام كلّ يوم من شهر رمضان وذكر لكلّ يوم منه دعاءاً يخصّه ذا فضل كثير وأجر جزيل ونحن نقتصر على ايراد الدّعوات.

 

دعاء اليوم الأوّل
THE FIRST DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صِيَامِي فِيهِ صِيَامَ الصَّائِمِينَ وَقِيَامِي فِيهِ قِيَامَ الْقَائِمِينَ وَنَبِّهْنِي فِيهِ عَنْ نَوْمَةِ الْغَافِلِينَ وَهَبْ لِي جُرْمِي فِيهِ يَا إِلٰهَ الْعَالَمِينَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي يَا عَافِياً عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) decide my fasting to be as same as the fasting of the true fasters, decide my acts of worship to be as same as the worship of the worshippers, awaken me from the slumber of the inadvertent ones, excuse my offense on this day, O God of the worlds, and pardon me, O He Who pardons the offenders!



دعاء اليوم الثاني
THE SECOND DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ قَرِّبْنِي فِيهِ إِلَىٰ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَجَنِّبْنِي فِيهِ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَنَقِمَاتِكَ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِقِرَاءَةِ آيَاتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) take me near Your pleasure, keep me away on it from Your wrath and punishments, and make me succeed in reciting Your verses, in the name of Your mercy, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!



دعاء اليوم الثالث
THE THIRD DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ الذِّهْنَ وَالتَّنْبِيهَ وَبَاعِدْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ السَّفَاهَةِ وَالتَّمْوِيهِ وَاجْعَلْ لِي نَصِيباً مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ تُنْزِلُ فِيهِ بِجُودِكَ يَا أَجْوَدَ الأَجْوَدِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) confer upon me with sound mentality and acumen, take me away from foolishness and deception, and decide for me a share from each goodness that You descend on this day, in the name of Your magnanimity, O most Magnanimous of all those who are magnanimous!



دعاء اليوم الرابع
THE FOURTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ قَوِّنِي فِيهِ عَلَىٰ إِقَامَةِ أَمْرِكَ وَأَذِقْنِي فِيهِ حَلاَوَةَ ذِكْرِكَ وَأَوْزِعْنِي فِيهِ لأَدَاءِ شُكْرِكَ بِكَرَمِكَ وَاحْفَظْنِي فِيهِ بِحِفْظِكَ وَسَتْرِكَ يَا أَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) grant me power so that I will carry out Your orders, make me taste the nice flavor of the reference to You, arouse me to be thankful for You, through Your magnanimity, and surround me with Your guarding and covering, O best Seer of all those who can see!



دعاء اليوم الخامس
THE FIFTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ بِرَأْفَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) include me with the seekers of Your forgiveness, include me on it with Your righteous, submissive servants, and include me on it with Your favorite, intimate servants, in the name of Your kindness, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!



دعاء اليوم السادس
THE SIXTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَخْذُلْنِي فِيهِ لِتَعَرِّضِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَلاَ تَضْرِبْنِي بِسِيَاطِ نَقِمَتِكَ وَزَحْزِحْنِي فِيهِ مِنْ مُوجِبَاتِ سَخَطِكَ بِمَنِّكَ وَأَيَادِيكَ يَا مُنْتَهَىٰ رَغْبَةِ الرَّاغِبِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) do not disappoint me by allowing me expose myself to acts of disobedience to You, do not beat me with the whips of Your punishment, and take me out on this day from the acts that bring about Your ire, in the name of Your favoring and bounties, O ultimate goal of the desires of the desirers!



دعاء اليوم السابع
THE SEVENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي فِيهِ عَلَىٰ صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ وَجَنِّبْنِي فِيهِ مِنْ هَفَوَاتِهِ وَآثَامِهِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ ذِكْرَكَ بِدَوَامِهِ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ يَا هَادِيَ الْمُضِلِّينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) help me observe fasting and do acts of worship, keep me away on this day from slips and sins, and grant me remembrance of You throughout it, in the name of Your guiding to success, O Guide of the misled ones!

دعاء اليوم الثامن
THE EIGHTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ رَحْمَةَ الأَيْتَامِ وَإِطْعَامَ الطَّعَامِ وَإِفْشَاءَ السَّلاَمِ وَصُحْبَةَ الْكِرَامِ بِطَوْلِكَ يَا مَلْجَأَ الآمِلِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) grant me having mercy upon the orphans, serving food, greeting the people, and accompanying the noble ones, in the name of Your favoring, O Shelter of the hopeful! ones!



دعاء اليوم التاسع
THE NINTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي فِيهِ نَصِيباً مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ الْوَاسِعَةِ وَاهْدِنِي فِيهِ لِبَرَاهِينِكَ السَّاطِعَةِ وَخُذْ بِنَاصِيَتِي إِلَىٰ مَرْضَاتِكَ الْجَامِعَةِ بِمَحَبَّتِكَ يَا أَمَلَ الْمُشْتَاقِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) decide for me a share from Your expansive mercy, guide me on this day to Your luminous proofs, and take me from the forelock to Your all-inclusive satisfaction, in the name of Your lovingness, O hope of the eager ones!

 

دعاء اليوم العاشر
THE TENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْفَائِزِينَ لَدَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ إِلَيْكَ بِإِحْسَانِكَ يَا غَايَةَ الطَّالِبِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) include me with those who rely upon You, include me on this day with those who win with You, and include me on this day with those drawn near to You, in the name of Your beneficence, O ultimate goal of the seekers!

دعاء اليوم الحادي عشر
THE ELEVENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الإِحْسَانَ وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ الْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ وَحَرِّمْ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ السَّخَطَ وَالنِّيرَانَ بِعَوْنِكَ يَا غِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) make lovable good-doing for me, make abhorrent for me wickedness and disobedience on this day, and prevent me on this day from exposing myself to wrath and the Fire, in the name of Your help, O Aide of the seekers of aid!

دعاء اليوم الثاني عشر
THE TWELFTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنِّي فِيهِ بِالسَّتْرِ وَالْعَفَافِ وَاسْتُرْنِي فِيهِ بِلِبَاسِ الْقُنُوعِ وَالْكَفَافِ وَاحْمِلْنِي فِيهِ عَلَىٰ الْعَدْلِ وَالإِنْصَافِ وَآمِنِّي فِيهِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا أَخَافُ بِعِصْمَتِكَ يَا عِصْمَةَ الْخَائِفِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) adorn me with covering and chastity, cover me on it with the dress of satisfaction and contentment, encourage me on this day to be just and impartial, secure me against whatever I fear, in the name of Your protection, O Shelter of the fearful ones!

دعاء اليوم الثالث عشر
THE THIRTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَالأَقْذَارِ وَصَبِّرْنِي فِيهِ عَلَىٰ كَائِنَاتِ الأَقْدَارِ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِلتُّقَىٰ وَصُحْبَةِ الأَبْرَارِ بِعَوْنِكَ يَا قُرَّةَ عَيْنِ الْمَسَاكِينِ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) purify me against filth and dirt, grant me on this day steadfastness against vicissitudes of time, lead me on this day to piety and companionship of the upright ones, in the name of Your assistance, O delight of the poor!

دعاء اليوم الرابع عشر
THE FOURTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي فِيهِ بِالْعَثَرَاتِ وَأَقِلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا وَالْهَفَوَاتِ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ غَرَضاً لِلْبَلاَيَا وَالآفَاتِ بِعِزَّتِكَ يَا عِزَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) do not blame me for my slips, excuse me on this day for my wrong deeds and flaws, and do not expose me on this day to misfortunes and calamities, in the name of Your might, O Might of the Muslims!

دعاء اليوم الخامس عشر
THE FIFTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ طَاعَةَ الْخَاشِعِينَ وَاشْرَحْ فِيهِ صَدْرِي بِإِنَابَةِ الْمُخْبِتِينَ بِأَمَانِكَ يَا أَمَانَ الْخَائِفِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) provide me with the obedience of those who are fearful of You and expand on this day my chest by granting me the turning of the submissive ones, in the name of Your security, O Grantor of security to the fearful ones!

دعاء اليوم السادس عشر
THE SIXTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِمُوَافَقَةِ الأَبْرَارِ وَجَنِّبْنِي فِيهِ مُرَافَقَةَ الأَشْرَارِ وَآوِنِي فِيهِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ إِلَىٰ دَارِ الْقَرَارِ بِإِلٰهِيَّتِكَ يَا إِلٰهَ العَالَمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) lead me so that I will correspond with the upright ones, keep me away on this day from the company of the evils, and lodge me on this day, on account of Your mercy, to the Abode of Perpetual Settlement, in the name of Your godhead, O God of the worlds!



دعاء اليوم السابع عشر
THE SEVENTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيهِ لِصَالِحِ الأَعْمَالِ وَاقْضِ لِي فِيهِ الْحَوَائِجَ وَالآمَالَ يَا مَنْ لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَىٰ التَّفْسِيرِ وَالسُّؤَالِ يَا عَالِماً بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ الْعَالَمِينَ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) guide me to the virtuous deeds, and settle on this day all my needs and hopes. O He Who does not require explanation or wonderment! O He Who knows what is hidden in the chest of the peoples, (please) send blessings to Muhammad and his Household the immaculate.

دعاء اليوم الثامن عشر
THE EIGHTEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ نَبِّهْنِي فِيهِ لِبَرَكَاتِ أَسْحَارِهِ وَنَوِّرْ فِيهِ قَلْبِي بِضِيَاءِ أَنْوَارِهِ وَخُذْ بِكُلِّ أَعْضَائِي إِلَىٰ اتِّبَاعِ آثَارِهِ بِنُورِكَ يَا مُنَوِّرَ قُلُوبِ الْعَارِفِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) attract my attention to the blessings at the last hours of night, enlighten my heart with the glow of its light, and lead all my organs to the following of its traces, in the name of Your light, O Grantor of light to the hearts of the connoisseurs!

دعاء اليوم التاسع عشر
THE NINETEENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّرْ فِيهِ حَظِّي مِنْ بَرَكَاتِهِ وَسَهِّلْ سَبِيلِي إِلَىٰ خَيْرَاتِهِ وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي قَبُولَ حَسَنَاتِهِ يَا هَادِياً إِلَىٰ الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) save me a share of its blessings, make easy my way to the obtainment of its goodness, and do not deprive me of Your approval of the good deeds (that I do on this day). O He Who guides to the evident truth!

دعاء اليوم العشرين
THE TWENTIETH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي فِيهِ أَبْوَابَ الْجِنَانِ وَأَغْلِقْ عَنِّي فِيهِ أَبْوَابَ النِّيرَانِ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِتِلاَوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ يَا مُنْزِلَ السَّكِينَةِ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) open for me the gates of the gardens of Paradise, shut in my face the gates of Hellfire, and lead me to recite the Quran. O He Who sends down tranquility on the hearts of the believers

دعاء اليوم الحادي والعشرين
THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي فِيهِ إِلَىٰ مَرْضَاتِكَ دَلِيلاً وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ عَلَيَّ سَبِيلاً وَاجْعَلِ الْجَنَّةَ لِي مَنْزِلاً وَمَقِيلاً يَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ الطَّالِبِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) make for me a course that takes me to Your pleasure, do not make for Satan a course to me, and make Paradise my home and dwelling. O He Who settles the needs of the beseechers!

دعاء اليوم الثاني والعشرين
THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي فِيهِ أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَوَفِّقْنِي فِيهِ لِمُوجِبَاتِ مَرْضَاتِكَ وَأَسْكِنِّي فِيهِ بُحْبُوحَاتِ جَنَّاتِكَ يَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) open before me the doors to Your graces, pour down on me Your blessings, lead me to things that bring about Your pleasure, and allow me to reside in the spacious places of the gardens of Your Paradise. O He Who responds to the prayer of the distressed ones!

دعاء اليوم الثالث والعشرين
THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَطَهِّرْنِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ وَامْتَحِنْ قَلْبِي فِيهِ بِتَقْوَىٰ الْقُلُوبِ يَا مُقِيلَ عَثَرَاتِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) cleanse me from sinning, purify me from defects, and try my heart with the cordial piety. O He Who overlooks the slips of the guilty ones!

دعاء اليوم الرابع والعشرين
THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِيهِ مَا يُرْضِيكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِمَّا يُؤْذِيكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ التَّوْفِيقَ فِيهِ لأَنْ أُطِيعَكَ وَلاَ أَعْصِيَكَ يَا جَوَادَ السَّائِلِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, I beseech You for that which pleases You, I seek Your protection against that which hurts You, and I beseech You to lead me to obey You and avoid disobeying You. O He Who treats the beseechers magnanimously!

دعاء اليوم الخامس والعشرين
THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي فِيهِ مُحِبّاً لأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَمُعَادِياً لأَعْدَائِكَ مُسْتَنّاً بِسُنَّةِ خَاتَمِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ يَا عَاصِمَ قُلُوبِ النَّبِيِّينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) make me bear love for Your intimate servants, bear enmity towards Your enemies, and follow the instructions of the seal of Your Prophets. O Protector of the Prophet’s hearts!

دعاء اليوم السادس والعشرين
THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ سَعْيِي فِيهِ مَشْكُوراً وَذَنْبِي فِيهِ مَغْفُوراً وَعَمَلِي فِيهِ مَقْبُولاً وَعَيْبِي فِيهِ مَسْتُوراً يَا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) decide my efforts to be praiseworthy, my sins to be forgiven, my deeds to be accepted, and my defects to be concealed. O most Hearing of all those who can hear!

دعاء اليوم السابع والعشرين
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ فَضْلَ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَصَيِّرْ أُمُورِي فِيهِ مِنَ الْعُسْرِ إِلَىٰ الْيُسْرِ وَاقْبَلْ مَعَاذِيرِي وَحُطَّ عَنِّي الذَّنْبَ وَالْوِزْرَ يَا رَؤُوفاً بِعِبَادِهِ الصَّالِحِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) provide me with the merits of the Destiny Night, convert my affairs from difficulty into easiness, accept my apologies, and let off my sins and burdens. O He Who is kind to His righteous servants!



March 30دعاء اليوم الثامن والعشرين
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّرْ حَظِّي فِيهِ مِنَ النَّوَافِلِ وَأَكْرِمْنِي فِيهِ بِإِحْضَارِ الْمَسَائِلِ وَقَرِّبْ فِيهِ وَسِيلَتِي إِلَيْكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْوَسَائِلِ يَا مَنْ لاَ يَشْغَلُهُ إِلْحَاحُ الْمُلِحِّينَ.

O Allah, on this day, decide for me a share of the supererogatory acts, honor me by making me care for the matters, and make near my means to You from among the other means. O He Whom is not preoccupied by the earnest entreaty of the insisters!



دعاء اليوم التاسع والعشرين
THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ غَشِّنِي فِيهِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَارْزُقْنِي فِيهِ التَّوْفِيقَ وَالْعِصْمَةَ وَطَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنْ غَيَاهِبِ التَّهَمَةِ يَا رَحِيماً بِعِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) spread out mercy over me, provide me with success and protection (against sinning), and cleanse my heart from the murk of doubt. O He Who is merciful to His faithful servants!

دعاء اليوم الثلاثين
THE THIRTIETH DAY SUPPLICATION

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صِيَامِي فِيهِ بِالشُّكْرِ وَالْقَبُولِ عَلَىٰ مَا تَرْضَاهُ وَيَرْضَاهُ الرَّسُولُ مُحْكَمَةً فُرُوعُهُ بِالأُصُولِ بِحَقِّ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

O Allah, on this day, (please) decide my fasting to be praiseworthy and approved according to what is pleased by You and Your Messenger, and decide its parts to be corresponding with its fundamentals, in the name of our master, Muhammad, and his Household the immaculate. All praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds.

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