Sahifeh Sajjadiyeh

(Prayer Book of Imam Sajjad)

1 - When he (A.S)began to supplicate, he would begin with Praise And Laudation Of God (Mighty and Majestic is He) .he would say:

Praise belongs to GOD, the First, without a first before Him, the Last, without a last behind Him.

Beholders' eyes fell short of seeing Him, describers' imaginations are not able to depict Him.

He originated the creatures through His power with an origination, He devised them in accordance with His will with a devising.

Then He made them walk on the path of His desire, He sent them out on the way of His love.

They can not keep back from that to which He has sent them forward, nor can they go forward to that from which He has kept them back.

He assigned from His provision to each of their spirits a nourishment known and apportioned.

No decreaser decreases those whom He increases, no increaser increases those of them whom He decreases.

Then for each spirit He strikes a fixed term in life, for each He sets up a determined end; he walks toward it through the days of his span, he overtakes it through the years of his time.

Then, when he takes his final stepand embraces the reckoning of his span, O GOD seizes him to the abundant reward or the feared punishment to which He has called him, (That He may repay those who do evil for what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness) , as justice from Him holy are His names, and manifest His boons.

He shall not be questioned as to what He does, but they shall be questioned.

Praise belongs to GOD, for, had He withheld from His servants the knowledge to praise Him for the uninterrupted kindnesses with which He has tried them and the manifest favors which He has lavished upon them, they would have moved about in His kindnesses without praising Him, and spread themselves out in His provision without thanking Him.

Had such been the case, they would have left the bounds of humanity for that of beastliness and become as He has described in the firm text of His Book: (They are but as the cattle-nay, but they are further astray from the way!).

O Praise belongs to GOD, for the true knowledge of Himself He has given to us, the thanksgiving He has inspired us to offer Him, the doors to knowing His Lordship He has opened for us, the sincerity towards Him in professing His Unity to which He has led us, and the deviation and doubt in His Command from which He has turned us aside; a praise through which we may be given long life among those of His creatures who praise Him, and overtake those who have gone ahead toward His good pleasure and pardon; a praise through which He will illuminate for us the shadows of the interworld, ease for us the path of the Resurrection, and raise up our stations at the standing places of the Witnesses )on the day when every soul will be repaid for that it has earned they shall not be wronged; ()the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped(; a praise which will rise up from us to the highest of the ' ILLEEYOON )in a book inscribed, witnessed by those brought nigh(, a praise whereby our eyes may be at rest when sight is dazzled, our faces whitened when skins are blackened, a praise through which we may be released from GOD's painful Fire and enter GOD's generous neighborhood, a praise by which we may jostle the angels brought nigh and join the prophets, the envoys, in a House of Permanence that does not remove, the Place of His Generosity that does not change.

Praise belongs to GOD, who chose for us the good qualities of creation, granted us the agreeable things of provision, and appointed for us excellence through domination over all creation;every one of His creatures submits to us through His power, and comes to obey us through His might.

Praise belongs to GOD, who locked for us the gate of need except toward Him.

So how can we praise Him?When can we thank Him?Indeed, when? Praise belongs to GOD, who placed within us the organs of expansion, assigned for us the agents of contraction, gave us to enjoy the spirits of life, fixed within us the limbs of works, nourished us with the agreeable things of provision, freed us from need through His bounty, and gave us possessions through His kindness.

Then He commanded us that He might test our obedience and prohibited us that He might try our thanksgiving.

So we turned against the path of His commandments and mounted the backs of His warnings.

Yet He hurried us not to His punishment, nor hastened us on to His vengeance.

No, He went slowly with us through His mercy, in generosity, and awaited our return through His clemency, in mildness.

Praise belongs to GOD, who showed us the way to repentance, which we would not have won save through His bounty.

Had we nothing to count as His bounty but this, His trial of us would have been good, His beneficence toward us great, His bounty upon us immense.

For such was not His wont in repentance with those who went before us.

He has lifted up from us What we have not the strength to bear, charged us only to our capacity, imposed upon us nothing but ease, and left none of us with an argument or excuse.

So the perisher among us is he who perishes in spite of Him and the felicitous among us he who beseeches Him.

And praise belongs to GOD with all the praises of His angels closest to Him, His creatures most noble in His eyes, and His praisers most pleasing to Him; a praise that may surpass other praises as our Lord surpasses all His creatures.

Then to Him belongs praise, in place of His every favor upon us, and upon all His servants, past and still remaining, to the number of all things His knowledge encompasses, and in place of each of His favors, their number doubling and redoubling always and forever, to the Day of Resurrection; a praise whose bound has no utmost end, whose number has no reckoning, whose limit can not be reached, whose period can not be cut off; a praise which will become a link to His obedience and pardon, a tie to His good pleasure, a means to His forgiveness, a path to His Garden, a protector against His vengeance, a security against His wrath, an aid to obeying Him, a barrier against disobeying Him, a help in fulfilling His right and His duties; a praise that will make us felicitous among His felicitous friends, and bring us into the ranks of those martyred by the swords of His enemies.

He is a Friend, Praiseworthy!.

2 - After this praise of God, he (A.S)would supplicate by Calling Down Blessings Upon God's Messenger (God bless him and his Household)

Praise belongs to GOD, who was kind to us through MUHAMMAD )GOD bless him and his Household(to the exclusion of past communities and bygone generations, displaying thereby His power, which nothing can render incapable, though it be great, and nothing can escape, though it be subtle.

He sealed through us all He created, appointed us witnesses over those who deny, and increased us by His kindness over those who are few.

O GOD bless MUHAMMAD, entrusted by Thee with Thy revelation, distinguished by Thee among Thy creatures, devoted to Thee among Thy servants, the IMAM of mercy, the leader of good, the key to blessing, who wearied his soul for Thy affairs, exposed his body to detested things for Thy sake, showed open enmity toward his next of kin by summoning to Thee, fought against his family for Thy good pleasure, cut the ties of the womb in giving life to Thy religion, sent far those close because of their denial, brought near those far because of their response to Thee, showed friendship to the most distant for Thy sake, displayed enmity toward the nearest for Thy sake, made his soul persevere in delivering Thy message, tired it in summoning to Thy creed, busied it in counseling those worthy of Thy summons migrated to the land of exile and the place of remoteness from the home of his saddlebags, the walkway of his feet, the ground of his birth, and the intimate abode of his soul, desiring to exalt Thy religion and seeking help against those who disbelieved in Thee, until what he attempted against Thy enemies went well with him and what he arranged for Thy friends was accomplished.

He rose up against them seeking victory through Thine aid, becoming strong in spite of his weakness with Thy help.

He fought against them in the center of their cities and attacked them in the midst of their dwellings, until Thy command prevailed, and Thy word rose up, though the idolaters were averse.

O GOD, so raise him, because of his labors for Thy sake, to the highest degree of Thy Garden, that none may equal him in station, none may match him in level, and no angel brought nigh or prophet sent out may parallel him in Thy sight.

And inform him concerning his Household the pure and his community the faithful of an excellent intercession, greater than what Thou hast promised him! O Keeper of promises!O Faithful to Thy word!O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds!Thou art of bounty abounding!.

3 - His Supplication (A.S)in Calling down Blessings upon the Bearers of the Throne and Every Angel Brought Nigh

O GOD, as for the Bearers of Thy Throne, who never flag in glorifying Thee, never become weary of calling Thee holy, never tire of worshiping Thee, never prefer curtailment over diligence in Thy command, and are never heedless of passionate love for Thee; And Seraphiel, the Owner of the Trumpet, fixed in his gaze, awaiting Thy permission and the descent of the Command, that he may arouse through the Blast the hostages thrown down in the graves; And Michael, possessor of standing with Thee and a raised up place in Thy obedience; And Gabriel, entrusted with Thy revelation, obeyed by the inhabitants of Thy heavens, distinguished in Thy Presence, brought nigh to Thee; and the spirit who is over the angels of the veils; and the spirit who is of Thy command bless them and the angels below them: the residents in Thy heavens, those entrusted with Thy messages, those who become not wearied by perseverance, or exhausted and flagged by toil, whom passions distract not from glorifying Thee, and whose magnification of Thee is never cut off by the inattention of heedless moments; their eyes lowered, they do not attempt to look at Thee; their chins bowed, they have long desired what is with Thee; unrestrained in mentioning Thy boons, they remain humble before Thy mightiness and the majesty of Thy magnificence; and those who say when they look upon GEHENNAM roaring over the people who disobeyed Thee:'Glory be to Thee! , we have not worshiped Thee with the worship Thou deservest!' Bless them, and Thy angels who are the Reposeful, those of proximity to Thee, those who carry the unseen to Thy messengers, those entrusted with Thy revelation, the tribes of angels whom Thou hast singled out for Thyself, freed from need for food and drink by their calling Thee holy, and made to dwell inside Thy heavens' layers, those who will stand upon the heavens' borders when the Command descends to complete Thy promise, the keepers of the rain, the drivers of the clouds, him at whose driving's sound is heard the rolling of thunder, and when the reverberating clouds swim before his driving, bolts of lightning flash; the escorts of snow and hail, the descenders with the drops of rain when they fall, the watchers over the treasuries of the winds, those charged with the mountains lest they disappear, those whom Thou hast taught the weights of the waters and the measures contained by torrents and masses of rain; the angels who are Thy messengers to the people of the earth with the disliked affliction that comes down and the beloved ease; the devoted, noble scribes, the watchers, noble writers, the angel of death and his helpers, RUMAN, the tester in the graves, the circlers of the Inhabited House, MAALIK and the guardians, RIZ''WAAN and the gatekeepers of the gardens, those )who disobey not GOD in what He commands them and do what they are commanded(; those who say, )Peace be upon you, for that you were patient and fair is the Ultimate Abode(; the ZABANEEYA, who, when it is said to them:)take him, and jetter him, then roast him in hell( , hasten to accomplish it, nor do they give him any respite; him whom we have failed to mention, not knowing his place with Thee, nor with which command Thou hast charged him; and the residents in the air, the earth, and the water, and those of them charged over the creatures; bless them on the day when every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness, and bless them with a blessing that will add honor to their honor and purity to their purity.

O GOD, and when Thou blessest Thy angels and Thy messengers and Thou extendest our blessings to them, bless us through the good words about them which Thou hast opened up for us!Thou art Munificent, Generous.

4 - His Supplication (A.S)in Calling down Blessings upon the Followers of, and Attesters to the Messengers

O GOD, as for the followers of the messengers and those of the people of the earth who attested to them unseen )while the obstinate resisted them through crying lies(they yearned for the emissaries through the realities of faith, in every era and time in which Thou didst send a messenger and set up for the people a director from the period of Adam down to MUHAMMAD )GOD bless him and his Household( from among the IMAMs of guidance and the leaders of the God-fearing )upon them all be peace(remember them with forgiveness and good pleasure! O GOD, and as for the Companions of MUHAMMAD specifically, those who did well in companionship, who stood the good test in helping him, responded to him when he made them hear his messages' argument, separated from mates and children in manifesting his word, fought against fathers and sons in strengthening his prophecy, and through him gained victory; those who were wrapped in affection for him, hoping for a commerce that comes not to naught in love for him; those who were left by their clans when they clung to his handhold and denied by their kinsfolk when they rested in the shadow of his kinship; forget not, O GOD, what they abandoned for Thee and in Thee, and make them pleased with Thy good pleasure for the sake of the creatures they drove to Thee while they were with Thy Messenger, summoners to Thee for Thee.

Show gratitude to them for leaving the abodes of their people for Thy sake and going out from a plentiful livelihood to a narrow one, and ]show gratitude to[those of them who became objects of wrongdoing and whom Thou multiplied in exalting Thy religion.

O GOD, and give to those who have done well in following the Companions, who say: )Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith( , Thy best reward; those who went straight to the Companions' road, sought out their course, and proceeded in their manner.

No doubt concerning their sure insight diverted them and no uncertainty shook them from following in their tracks and being led by the guidance of their light.

As their assistants and supporters, they professed their religion, gained guidance through their guidance, came to agreement with them, and never accused them in what they passed on to them.

O GOD, and bless the Followers, from this day of ours to the Day of Doom, their wives, their offspring, and those among them who obey Thee, with a blessing through which Thou wilt preserve them from disobeying Thee, make room for them in the plots of Thy Garden, defend them from the trickery of SATAN, help them in the piety in which they seek help from Thee, protect them from sudden events that come by night and-day except the events which come with good and incite them to tie firmly the knot of good hope in Thee, what is with Thee, and refrain from ill thoughts ]toward Thee[because of what the hands of Thy servants' hold.

Thus Thou mayest restore them to beseeching Thee and fearing Thee, induce them to renounce the plenty of the immediate, make them love to work for the sake of the deferred and prepare for what comes after death, make easy for them every distress that comes to them on the day when souls take leave from bodies, release them from that which brings about the perils of temptation and being thrown down in the Fire and staying forever within it, and take them to security, the resting place of the God-fearing.

5 - His Supplication (A.S)For Himself And The People Under His Guardianship

O He, the wonders of whose mightiness will never end!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and prevent us from deviation concerning Thy mightiness! He, the term of whose kingdom will never cease!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and release our necks from Thy vengeance! O He, the treasuries of whose mercy will never be exhausted!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and appoint for us a portion of Thy mercy! O He, whom eyes fall short of seeing!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and bring us close to Thy nearness! O He, before whose greatness all great things are small!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and give us honor with Thee! O He, to whom all hidden tidings are manifest!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and expose us not before Thee! remove our need for the gifts of the givers through Thy gift, spare us the loneliness of those who break off through Thy joining, that we may beseech no one along with Thy free giving, that we may feel lonely at no one's absence along with Thy bounty! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, scheme for us, not against us, devise to our benefit, not to our loss, give the turn to prevail to us, not to others! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, protect us from Thyself, safeguard us through Thyself, guide us to Thyself, and take us not far from Thyself! He whom Thou protectest stays safe, he whom Thou guidest knows, and he whom Thou bringest near Thyself takes the spoils.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and spare us the cutting edge of time's turning changes, the evil of SATAN's snares, and the bitterness of the sovereign's aggression! O GOD, the spared are spared only through the bounty of Thy strength, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and spare us! The givers give only through the bounty of Thy wealth, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and give to us! The guided are guided only by the light of Thy face, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and guide us! he whom Thou be friendest will not be injured by the abandonment of the abandoners, he to whom Thou givest will not be diminished by the withholding of the withholders, he whom Thou guidest will not be misled by the misguidance of the misguiders.

So bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, defend us from Thy servants through Thy might, free us from need for other than Thee through Thy support, and make us travel the path of the Truth through Thy right guidance! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and put the soundness of our hearts into the remembrance of Thy mightiness, the idleness of our bodies into giving thanks for Thy favor, and the flow of our tongues into the description of Thy kindness! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, and make us one of Thy summoners who summon to Thee, Thy guiders who direct to Thee, and Thy special friends whom Thou hast singled out!O Most Merciful of the merciful!.

6 - His Supplication (A.S) in Morning and Evening

Praise belongs to GOD, who created night and day through His strength, set them apart through His power, and appointed for each a determined limit and a drawn-out period.

He makes each of the two enter into its companion, and makes its companion enter into it, as an ordainment from Him for His servants in that through which He feeds them and with which He makes them grow.

He created for them the night, that they might rest in it from tiring movements and wearisome exertions and He made it a garment for them that they might be clothed in its ease and its sleep, that it might be for them refreshment and strength, that they might reach therein pleasure and passion, He created for them the daytime, giving sight, that they might seek within it of His bounty, find the means to His provision, and roam freely in His earth, searching for that through which to attain the immediate in their life in this world and to achieve the deferred in their life to come.

Through all of this He sets right their situation, tries their records, and watches their state in the times for obeying Him, the waystations of His obligations, and the places of His ordinances, )That He may repay those who do evil with what they have done and repay those who do good with goodness(.

O GOD, to Thee belongs praise for the sky Thou hast split into dawn for us, giving us to enjoy thereby the brightness of daytime, showing us sought-after nourishments, and protecting us from the striking of blights.

In the morning we and all things, every one, rise for Thee, the heaven and the earth and what Thou hast scattered in each, the still and the moving, the resident and the journeying, what towers up in the air and what hides under the ground.

O We rise in the morning in Thy grasp:Thy kingdom and authority contain us and Thy will embraces us.

We move about by Thy command and turn this way and that through Thy governing.

We own nothing of the affair except what Thou hast decreed and nothing of the good except what Thou hast given.

This is a fresh, new day, over us a ready witness.

If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise, and if we do evil, it will part from us in blame.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, provide us with the day's good companionship and preserve us against parting from it badly by doing a misdeed or committing a sin, whether small or a great! Make our good deeds within it plentiful empty us therein of evil deeds, and fill what lies between its two sides for us with praise and thanksgiving, wages and stores, bounty and beneficence! O GOD, ease our burden on the Noble Writers, fill our pages for us with our good deeds, and degrade us not before them with our evil works! O GOD, appoint for us in each of the day's hours a share from Thy servants, a portion of giving thanks to Thee, and a truthful witness among Thy angels! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and safeguard us from before us and behind us, from our right hands and our left hands, and from all our directions, a safeguarding that will preserve from disobeying Thee, guide to obeying Thee, and be employed for Thy love! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and give us success in this day of ours, this night of ours, and in all our days, to employ the good, stay away from the evil, give thanks for favors, follow the SUNNA's norms, avoid innovations, enjoin good behavior, forbid the disapproved, defend Islam, diminish falsehood and abase it, help the truth and exalt it, guide the misguided, assist the weak, and reach out to the troubled! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and make this )day(the most fortunate day we have known, the most excellent companion we have accompanied, and the best time in which we have lingered! Place us among the most satisfied of all Thy creatures whom night and day have passed by, the most thankful of them for the favors Thou hast done, the firmest of them in the laws Thou hast set down in the SHAREEA'H, and the most unyielding of them toward the prohibited acts against which Thou hast cautioned! O GOD, I call Thee to witness and Thou art sufficient witness and I call Thy heaven and Thy earth to witness and Thy angels and Thy other creatures who inhabit them in this my day, this my hour, this my night, and this my resting place, that I bear witness that Thou art GOD, other than whom there is no god, Upholding justice, Equitable in judgement, Clement to the servants, Master of the kingdom, Compassionate to the creatures, and that MUHAMMAD is Thy servant and Thy messenger, Thy chosen from among Thy creatures.

Thou didst charge him with Thy message and he delivered it; Thou didst command him to counsel his community and he counseled it.

O GOD, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household more than Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures!Give him for our sake the best Thou hast given any of Thy servants, and repay him on our behalf better and more generously than Thou hast repaid any of Thy prophets on behalf of his community! Thou art All-kind with immensity, the Forgiver of the great, and Thou art more merciful than every possessor of mercy!So bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, the good, the pure, the chosen, the most distinguished!.

7 - His Supplication (A.S)when Faced with a Worrisome Task, or when Misfortune Descended, and at the Time of Distress

O He, through whom the knots of detested things are untied!O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted!O He, from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief! Intractable affairs yield to Thy power, means are made ready by Thy gentleness, the decree goes into effect through Thy power, and all things proceed according to Thy desire.

By Thy desire they follow Thy command without Thy word and by Thy will they obey Thy bans without Thy prohibition.

Thou art the supplicated in worries and the place of flight in misfortunes; none of them is repelled unless Thou repellest, none is removed unless Thou removest.

Upon me has come down, My Lord, something whose weight burdens me and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me.

Through Thy power Thou hast brought it down upon me and through Thy authority Thou hast turned it toward me.

None can send away what Thou hast brought, none can deflect what Thou hast turned, none can open what Thou hast closed, none can close what Thou hast opened, none can make easy what Thou hast made difficult, none can help him whom Thou hast abandoned.

So bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, open for me, my Lord, the door of relief through Thy graciousness, break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength, confer the beauty of Thy gaze upon my complaint, let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask, give me from Thyself mercy and wholesome relief, and appoint for me from Thyself a quick way out! Distract me not through worry from observing Thy obligations and acting in accordance with Thy prescriptions.

My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me, and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me, while Thou hast power to remove what has afflicted me and to repel that into which I have fallen.

So do that for me though I merit it not from Thee, O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!.

8 - His Supplication (A.S) in Seeking Refuge from Hateful Things, Bad Moral Qualities, and Blameworthy Acts

O GOD, I seek refuge in Thee from the agitation of craving, the violence of wrath, the domination of envy, the frailty of patience, the lack of contentment, surliness of character, urgency of passion, the disposition to vehemence, following caprice, opposing guidance, the sleep of heedlessness, undertaking the toilsome, preferring falsehood over truth, persisting in sin, making little of disobedience, making much of obedience, vying with the wealthy, disparaging the poor, guarding badly over those in our hands, failing to thank those who have done good to us, aiding a wrongdoer, abandoning someone troubled, wanting what is not rightfully ours, and speaking about knowledge without knowing.

We seek refuge in Thee from harboring dishonesty toward anyone, being pleased with our works, and stretching out our expectations.

We seek refuge in Thee from ill-mindedness, looking down on the small, SATAN's gaining mastery over us, time's afflicting us, and the sovereign's oppressing us.

We seek refuge in Thee from acting with prodigality and not having sufficiency.

We seek refuge in Thee from the gloating of enemies, indigent need for equals, living in hardship, and dying without readiness.

We seek refuge in Thee from the most dreadful remorse, the greatest affliction, the most wretched wretchedness, the evil end to the journey, the deprivation of reward, and the advent of punishment.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and through Thy mercy, give to me refuge from all of that, and to all the faithful, both men and women!O Most Merciful of the merciful!.

9 - His Supplication (A.S)in Yearning to Ask Forgiveness from God )Mighty and Majestic is He(

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, make us go to the repentance that Thou lovest and make us leave the persistence that Thou hatest! O GOD, when we halt before two decreases, in religion or in this world, let the decrease fall upon that which passes quickly and relent in that which lasts the longer! When we set out after two concerns, one of which makes Thee pleased with us and the other of which displeases Thee, incline us toward that which makes Thee pleased and weaken our strength in that which displeases Thee! Leave not our souls alone to choose in that, for they choose falsehood except inasmuch as Thou givest success, and they command to evil except inasmuch as Thou hast mercy! O GOD, Thou created us from frailty, built us up from feebleness, and began us from a mean water; we have no force except through Thy strength and no strength except through Thy help.

So confirm us by giving us success, point us the right way by Thy pointing, blind the eyes of our hearts toward everything opposed to Thy love, and set not in any of our limbs passage to disobeying Thee! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and assign the whisperings of our hearts, the movements of our members, the glances of our eyes, and the idioms of our tongues, to that which makes incumbent Thy reward, lest a good deed slip by us, through which we might deserve Thy repayment, or an evil deed remain with us, by which we might merit Thy punishment!.

10 - His Supplication (A.S)in in Seeking Asylum with God )exalted is He(

O GOD, if Thou willest, Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bounty and if Thou willest, Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice.

So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindness and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon! O Richest of the rich!Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee.

I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee, so redress our neediness through Thy plenty and cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding, lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty! Then to whom would we return after Thee?Where would we go from Thy gate? Glory be to Thee!We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent, the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.

That thing most resembling Thy will and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy and helping him who seeks help from Thee.

So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee! O GOD, SATAN will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee and beseeched Thee against him!.

11 - His Supplication (A.S) for Good Outcomes

O He remembering whom brings honor to those who remember!

O He thanking whom brings triumph to those who give thanks!O He obeying whom brings deliverance to those who obey!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, and divert our hearts through remembering Thee from every act of remembrance, our tongues through thanking Thee from every act of thanksgiving, our limbs through obeying Thee from every act of obedience! If Thou hast ordained for us idleness from these occupations, make it an idleness of safety, within which no ill consequence visits us or weariness overtakes us! Then the writers of evil deeds may depart from us with a page empty of the mention of our evil deeds, and the writers of good deeds may turn away from us happy with the good deeds of ours which they have written.

And when the days of our life have passed by, the terms of our lifetimes have elapsed, and Thy call, which must come and be answered, summons us forth, then bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and make the outcome of what the writers of our works count against us an accepted repentance, which afterwards gave us no rest in a sin that we committed, or an act of disobedience that we performed!Remove not from us any covering with which Thou hast covered over the heads of the witnesses on the day when the records of Thy servants are tried! Verily Thou art compassionate to him who supplicates Thee, the responder to him who calls upon Thee!.

12 - His Supplication (A.S) in Confession and in Seeking Repentance toward GOD )exalted is He(

O GOD, three traits have prevented me from asking Thee and one trait has urged me on: I am prevented by a command Thou hast commanded in which I have been slow, a prohibition Thou hast prohibited toward which I have hurried, and a favor through which Thou hast favored for which I have not given sufficient thanks.

I am urged to ask Thee by Thy gratuitous bounty upon him who turns his face toward Thee and comes to Thee with a good opinion, since all Thy beneficence is gratuitous bounty and every one of Thy favors a new beginning! So here I am, my God, standing at the gate of Thy might, the standing of the lowly, the surrendered, asking Thee in my shame, the asking of the destitute, the pitiful, admitting to Thee that at the time of Thy beneficence I surrendered not save through abstaining from disobedience toward Thee and in none of my states was I ever without Thy Kindness.

Will it profit me, my God, to admit to Thee the evil of what I have earned? Will it save me from Thee to confess the ugliness of what I have done? Or wilt Thou impose upon me in this my station Thy displeasure?Will Thy hate hold fast to me in the time of my supplication? Glory be to Thee!I do not despair of Thee, for Thou hast opened the door of repentance toward Thyself.

Rather, I say, the words of a lowly servant, having wronged himself and made light of his Lord's inviolability, and whose sins are dreadful, great, whose days have parted, fled, until, when he sees the term of his works expired and the limit of his lifetime reached and knows with certainty that he has no escape from Thee, no place to flee from Thee, he turns his face toward Thee in repeated turning, makes his repentance toward Thee sincere, stands before Thee with a pure and purified heart, then supplicates Thee with a feeble, quiet voice.

He is bowed before Thee, bent, his head lowered, thrown down, his legs shaking in fear, his tears flooding his cheeks.

He supplicates Thee: O Most Merciful of the merciful!O Most Merciful of those toward whom seekers of mercy keep on turning! O Tenderest of those around whom run seekers of forgiveness!O He whose pardon is greater than His vengeance!O He whose good pleasure is more abundant than His anger! O He who seeks His creatures' praise with excellent forbearance!O He who has accustomed His servants to the acceptance of their repeated turning! O He who seeks to heal their corruption through repentance!O He who is pleased with the easy of their acts!O He who recompenses with the much their little! O He who has made himself accountable to them to respond to supplication!O He who pledged Himself by His gratuitous bounty to give them excellent repayment! I am not the most disobedient of those who have disobeyed Thee and whom Thou hast forgiven, nor am I the most blameworthy to offer excuses which Thou hast accepted, nor am I the most wrongdoing of those who have repented to Thee, and to whom Thou hast returned I repent to Thee in this my station, the repentance of one remorseful over what preceded from him hastily, apprehensive of what has gathered around him, pure in shame for that into which he has fallen, knowing that pardoning great sins is nothing great for Thee.

overlooking enormous misdeeds is not difficult for Thee, putting up with indecent crimes does not trouble Thee, and the most beloved of Thy servants to Thee is he who refrains from arrogance before Thee, pulls aside from persistence, and holds fast to praying forgiveness! I am clear before Thee of arrogance, I seek refuge in Thee from persistence, I pray forgiveness from Thee for shortcomings, I seek help from Thee in incapacity! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, dispense with what is incumbent upon me toward Thee, release me from what I merit from Thee, and grant me sanctuary from what the evildoers fear! For Thou art full of pardon, the hoped-for source of forgiveness, well known for Thy forbearance.

My need has no object but Thee, my sin no forgiver other than Thee Could that be possible? I have no fear for myself except from Thee; Thou art worthy of reverential fear, and worthy to forgive!Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, grant my need, answer my request favorably, forgive my sin, and give me security from fear for myself Thou art powerful over everything, and that is easy for Thee.

Amen, Lord of the worlds!.

13 - His Supplication (A.S) in Seeking Needs from God )exalted is He(

O ultimate object of needs! He through whom requests are attained! O He whose favors are not bought by prices! O He who does not muddy His gifts by the imposition of obligations! O He along with whom nothing is needed and without whom nothing can be done! O He toward whom desire is ever directed and never turned away! O He whose treasuries can not be exhausted by demands! O He whose wisdom can not be altered by any means! O He from whom the needs of the needy are never cut off! O He who is not distressed by the supplications of the supplicators! Thou hast lauded Thyself for having no need for Thy creatures, and it suits Thee to have no need for them, and Thou hast attributed to them poverty, and it suits them to be poor toward Thee.

So he who strives to remedy his lack through what is with Thee, and wishes to turn poverty away from himself through Thee, has sought his need in the most likely place and come to his request from the right quarter.

But he who turns in his need toward one of Thy creatures or assigns the cause of its being granted to other than Thee, has exposed himself to deprivation and deserves to miss Thy beneficence.

O GOD, I have a need of Thee:My exertion has fallen short of it and my stratagems have been cut back before reaching it.

My soul induced me to present it to him who presents his needs to Thee and can do nothing without Thee in his requests, but this is one of the slips of the offenders, one of the stumbles of the sinners! Then through Thy reminding me, I was aroused from my heedlessness, through Thy giving success, I stood up from my slip, and through Thy pointing the way, I returned and withdrew from my stumble.

I said:Glory to my Lord!How can the needy ask from the needy?How can the destitute beseech the destitute? So I went straight to Thee, my God, in beseeching, and I sent Thee my hope with trust in Thee.

I came to know that the many I request from Thee are few before Thy wealth, the weighty I ask from Thee is vile before Thy plenty; Thy generosity is not constrained by anyone's asking, Thy hand is higher in bestowing gifts than every hand! O GOD, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, take me through Thy generosity to Thy gratuitous bounty and take me not through Thy justice to what I deserve! I am not the first beseecher to beseech Thee and Thou bestowed upon him while he deserved withholding, nor am I the first to ask from Thee and Thou wast bounteous toward him while he merited deprivation.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, respond to my supplication, come near my call, have mercy on my pleading, listen to my voice, cut not short my hope for Thee, sever not my thread to Thee, turn not my face in this my need, and other needs, away from Thee, attend for my sake to the fulfillment of my request, the granting of my need, and the attainment of what I have asked before I leave this place through Thy making easy for me the difficult and Thy excellent ordainment for me in all affairs! Bless MUHAMMAD and his Household with a permanent, ever-growing blessing, whose perpetuity has no cutting off and whose term knows no limit, and make that a help to me and a cause for the granting of my request!Thou art Boundless, Generous! And of my needs, My Lord, are such and such.

Thy bounty has comforted me and Thy beneficence has shown the way, So I ask Thee by Thee and by MUHAMMAD and his Household )Thy blessings be upon them(that Thou sendest me not back in disappointment!.

14 - His Supplication (A.S) when Hostility was Shown to him or when he Saw what he did not Like in Wrongdoers

O He from whom is not concealed news of the aggrieved! O He who has no need to be told about them by the witnessing of the witnesses! O He whose help is near to the wronged! O He whose aid is far from the wrongdoers! Thou knowest, my God, how so-and-so, son of so-and-so, has harmed me in that which Thou hast forbidden, and how he has violated me in that which Thou hast prohibited, showing thereby ingratitude toward Thy favor upon him and delusion concerning what Thou hast denied him.

O GOD, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, keep my wrongdoing enemy from wronging me through Thy strength, blunt his blade toward me through Thy power, and assign to him a diversion in that which is close to him and the inability to reach his enemy! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, let the wrongdoer not find it easy to wrong me, give me good help against him, preserve me from the like of his acts, and place me not in the like of his situation! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, and assist me with an immediate assistance that will heal my rage toward him and redeem my fury toward him! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, compensate me for his wronging me with Thy pardon and replace his evil action toward me with Thy mercy, for every detested thing less than Thy anger is slight and every disaster next to Thy rancor indifferent! just as Thou hast made me detest being wronged, so also protect me from doing wrong! I complain to no one but Thee, and I seek help from no ruler other than Thee how could I? So bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, join my supplication to response, and unite my complaint with change! tempt me not with despair of Thy just treatment and tempt him not with feeling secure from Thy disapproval, lest he persist in wronging me and constrain me in my rights.

Let him soon recognize what Thou hast promised the wrongdoers and let me recognize Thy promised response to the distressed! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, give me success in accepting Thy decrees for me and against me, make me pleased with what Thou takest for me and from me, guide me to that which is most upright and employ me in that which is safest! if the best for me with Thee lies in delaying the taking to task for my sake of him who has wronged me and in refraining from vengeance toward him until the Day of Decision and the Gathering of Disputants, then bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, strengthen me from Thee with true intention and lasting patience, give me refuge from evil desire and the impatience of the greedy, and form in my heart the image of Thy reward which Thou hast stored away for me and the repayment and punishment which Thou has prepared for my disputant!Make this a cause of my contentment with what Thou hast decreed and my trust in what Thou hast chosen! Amen, Lord of the worlds!Thou art of bounty abounding and Thou art powerful over everything.

15 - His Supplication (A.S) when Sick or Visited by Distress or an Affliction

O GOD, to Thee belongs praise for the good health of my body which lets me move about, and to Thee belongs praise, for the ailments which Thou causest to arise in my flesh! For I know not, my God, which of the two states deserves more my thanking Thee and which of the two times is more worthy for my praise of Thee: the time of health, within which Thou makest me delight in the agreeable things of Thy provision, through which Thou givest me the joy to seek the means to Thy good pleasure and bounty, and by which Thou strengthenest me for the acts of obedience which Thou hast given me success to accomplish; or the time of illness through which Thou puttest me to the test and bestowest upon me favors:lightening of the offenses that weigh down my back, purification of the evil deeds into which I have plunged, incitement to reach for repentance, reminder of the erasure of misdeeds through ancient favor; and , through all that, what the two writers write for me:blameless acts, which no heart had thought, no tongue had uttered, and no limb had undertaken, rather, as Thy bestowal of bounty upon me and the beneficence of Thy benefaction toward me.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, make me love what Thou hast approved for me, make easy for me what Thou hast sent down upon me, purify me of the defilement of what I have sent ahead, erase the evil of what I have done beforehand, let me find the sweetness of well-being, let me taste the coolness of safety, and appoint for me a way out from my illness to Thy pardon, transformation of my infirmity into Thy forbearance, escape from my distress to Thy refreshment, and safety from this hardship in Thy relief! Thou art gratuitously bountiful in beneficence, ever gracious in kindness, the generous, the Giver, Possessor of majesty and munificence!.

16 - His Supplication (A.S) when he Asked Release from his Sins or Pleaded in Seeking Pardon for his Defects

O He through whose Mercy sinners seek aid! O He to the remembrance of whose beneficence the distressed flee! O He in fear of whom the offenders weep! O Comfort of every lonely stranger!O Relief of all who are downcast and distressed!O Aid of everyone abandoned and alone!O Support of every needy outcast! Thou art He who embracest everything in mercy and knowledge! Thou art He who hast appointed for each creature a share of Thy favors! Thou art He whose pardon is higher than His punishment! O Thou art He whose mercy runs before His wrath! Thou art He whose bestowal is greater than His withholding! O Thou art He by whose mercy all creatures are embraced! Thou art He who desires no repayment by him upon whom He bestows! Thou art He who does not overdo the punishment of him who disobeys Thee! And I, my God, am Thy servant whom Thou commanded to supplicate and who said:I am at Thy service and disposal!Here am I, my Lord, thrown down before Thee.

I am he whose back offenses have weighed down!I am he whose lifetime sins have consumed!I am he who was disobedient in his ignorance, while Thou didst not deserve that from him! Wilt Thou, my God, be merciful toward him who supplicates Thee, that I should bring my supplication before Thee?Wilt Thou forgive him who weeps to Thee that I should hurry to weep? Wilt Thou show forbearance toward him who puts his face in the dust before Thee in lowliness?Wilt Thou free from need him who complains to Thee of his indigent need with confidence? My God, disappoint not him who finds no bestower other than Thee, and abandon not him who can not be freed from his need for Thee through less than Thee! My God, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, turn not away from me when I have turned my face toward Thee, deprive me not when I have besought Thee, and slap not my brow with rejection when I have stood before Thee! Thou art He who has described Himself by mercy, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and have mercy upon me!Thou art He who has named Himself by pardon, so pardon me! Thou hast seen, my God, the flow of my tears in fear of Thee, the throbbing of my heart in dread of Thee, and the infirmity of my limbs in awe of Thee.

All this from my shame before Thee because of my evil works!So my voice has become silent, no longer crying to Thee, and my tongue has gone dumb, no longer whispering in prayer.

My God, so to Thee belongs praise!How many of my flaws Thou hast covered over without exposing me!How many of my sins Thou hast cloaked without making me notorious! How many faults I have committed, yet Thou didst not tear away from me their covering, collar me with their detested disgrace, or make their dishonor plain to those of my neighbors who search for my defects and to those who envy Thy favor toward me! But that did not prevent me from passing on to the evil that Thou knowest from me! So who is more ignorant than I, my God, of his own right conduct?Who is more heedless than I of his own good fortune? Who is further than I from seeking to set himself right?For I spend the provision Thou deliverest to me in the disobedience Thou hast prohibited to me! Who sinks more deeply into falsehood and is more intensely audacious in evil than I?For I hesitate between Thy call and the call of SATAN and then follow his call without being blind in my knowledge of him or forgetful in my memory of him, while I am certain that Thy call takes to the Garden and his call takes to the Fire! Glory be to Thee!How marvelous the witness I bear against my own soul and the enumeration of my own hidden affairs! And more marvelous than that is Thy lack of haste with me, Thy slowness in attending to me!That is not because I possess honor with Thee, but because Thou waitest patiently for me and art bountiful toward me that I may refrain from disobedience displeasing to Thee and abstain from evil deeds that disgrace me, and because Thou lovest to pardon me more than to punish! But I, my God, am more numerous in sins, uglier in footsteps, more repulsive in acts, more reckless in rushing into falsehood, weaker in awakening to Thy obedience, and less attentive and heedful toward Thy threats, than that I could number for Thee my faults or have the power to recount my sins.

I only scold my own soul, craving Thy gentleness, through which the affairs of sinners are set right, and hoping for Thy mercy, through which the necks of the offenders are freed.

O GOD, this is my neck, enslaved by sins, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and release it through Thy pardon!This is my back, weighed down by offenses, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and lighten it through Thy kindness! My God, were I to weep to Thee until my eyelids drop off, wail until my voice wears out, stand before Thee until my feet swell up, bow to Thee until my backbone is thrown out of joint, prostrate to Thee until my eyeballs fall out, eat the dirt of the earth for my whole life, drink the water of ashes till the end of my days, mention Thee through all of that until my tongue fails, and not lift my glance to the sky's horizons in shame before Thee, yet would I not merit through all of that the erasing of a single one of my evil deeds! Though Thou forgivest me when I merit Thy forgiveness and pardonest me when I deserve Thy pardon, yet I have no title to that through what I deserve, nor am I worthy of it through merit, since my repayment from Thee from the first that I disobeyed Thee is the Fire! So if Thou punishest me, Thou dost me no wrong.

My God, since Thou hast shielded me with Thy covering and not exposed me, waited patiently for me through Thy generosity, and not hurried me to punishment, and shown me clemency through Thy bounty, and not changed Thy favor upon me or muddied Thy kindly acts toward me, have mercy on my drawn out pleading, my intense misery, and my evil situation! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, protect me from acts of disobedience, employ me in obedience, provide me with excellent turning back ]to Thee[ , purify me through repentance, strengthen me through preservation from sin, set me right through well-being, let me taste the sweetness of forgiveness, make me the freedman of Thy pardon and the slave released by Thy mercy, and write for me a security from Thy displeasure!Give me the good news of that in the immediate, not the deferred a good news I recognize and make known to me therein a sign which I may clearly see! That will not constrain Thee in Thy plenty, distress Thee in Thy power, ascend beyond Thy lack of haste, or tire Thee in Thy great gifts, which are pointed to by Thy signs.

Verily Thou dost what Thou wilt, Thou decreest what Thou desirest.

Thou art powerful over everything.

17 - His Supplication (A.S) when he Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge from him and from his Enmity and Trickery

O GOD, we seek refuge in Thee from the instigations of the accursed SATAN, his trickery, and his traps, from trust in his false hopes, his promises, his delusions, and his snares, and lest he should make himself crave to lead us away from Thy obedience and to degrade us through our disobeying Thee, and lest what he has shown us as beautiful be beautiful for us and what he has shown us as detestable weigh down upon us.

O GOD, drive him away from us through Thy worship, throw him down through our perseverance in Thy love, and place between him and us a covering that he can not tear away and a solid barrier that he can not cut through! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, distract SATAN from us with some of Thy enemies, preserve us from him through Thy good guarding, spare us his treachery, turn his back toward us, and cut off from us his trace! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, give us to enjoy guidance the like of his misguidance, increase us in piety against his seduction, and make us walk in reverential fear contrary to his path of ruin! assign him no place of entrance into our hearts and do not allow him to make his home in that which is with us! O GOD, cause us to recognize the falsehood with which he tempts us, and once Thou hast caused us to recognize it, protect us from it!Make us see what will allow us to outwit him, inspire us with all that we can make ready for him, awaken us from the heedless slumber of relying upon him, and help us well, through Thy giving success, against him! saturate our hearts with the rejection of his works and be gentle to us by destroying his stratagems! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, turn his authority away from us, cut off his hope from us, and keep him from craving for us! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, and place our fathers, our mothers, our children, our wives, our siblings, our relatives, and the faithful among our neighbors, male and female, in a sanctuary impregnable to him, a guarding fortress, a defending cave!Clothe them in shields protective against him and give them arms that will cut him down! O GOD, include in that everyone who witnesses to Thee as Lord, devotes himself sincerely to Thy Unity, shows enmity toward him through the reality of servanthood, and seeks help from Thee against him through knowledge of the divine sciences! undo what he ties, unstitch what he sews up, dislocate what he devises, frustrate him when he makes up his mind, and destroy what he establishes! rout his troops, nullify his trickery, make his cave collapse, and rub his nose in the ground! place us in the ranks of his enemies and remove us from the number of his friends, that we obey him not when he entices us and answer him not when he calls to us! We command everyone who obeys our command to be his enemy and we admonish everyone who follows our prohibition not to follow him! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD, the Seal of the prophets and lord of the emissaries, and the folk of his house, the good, the pure! Give refuge to us, our families, our brothers, and all the faithful, male and female, from that from which we seek refuge, and grant us sanctuary from that through fear of which we seek sanctuary in Thee! Hear our supplication to Thee, bestow upon us that of which we have been heedless, and safeguard for us what we have forgotten!Through all this bring us into the ranks of the righteous and the degrees of the faithful!Amen, Lord of the worlds!.

18 - His Supplication (A.S) when Perils were Repelled or Requests quickly granted

O GOD, to Thee belongs praise for Thy excellent accomplishment and for Thy trial which Thou hast turned away from me! But make not my share of Thy mercy the well-being which Thou hast quickly granted to me, lest I become wretched through what I have loved and someone else gain felicity through what I have disliked! If this well-being in which I pass the day or night should precede a trial that does not cease and a burden that does not pass away, then set before me what Thou hadst set behind and set behind me what Thou hadst set before! For that which ends in annihilation is not great and that which ends in subsistence is not little.

And bless MUHAMMAD and his Household!.

19 - His Supplication (A.S) in Asking for Water during a Drought

O GOD, water us with rain, unfold upon us Thy mercy through Thy copious rain from the driven clouds, so that Thy goodly earth may grow on all horizons! Show kindness to Thy servants through the ripening of the fruit, revive Thy land through the blossoming of the flowers, and let Thy angels the noble scribes be witness to a beneficial watering from Thee, lasting in its abundance, plenty in its flow, heavy, quick, soon, through which Thou revivest what has vanished, bringest forth what is coming, and providest plentiful foods, through heaped up, wholesome, productive clouds, in reverberating layers, the rain's downpour not without cease, the lightning's flashes not without fruit! O GOD, give us water through rain, helping, productive, fertilizing, widespread, plentiful, abundant, bringing back the risen, restoring the broken! O GOD, give us water with a watering through which Thou wilt make the stone hills pour, fill the cisterns, flood the rivers, make the trees grow, bring down prices in all the lands, invigorate the beasts and the creatures, perfect for us the agreeable things of provision, make grow for us the fields, let flow for us the teats, and add for us strength to our strength! make not the cloud's shadow over us a burning wind, allow not its coldness to be cutting, let not its pouring down upon us be a stoning, and make not its waters for us bitter! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and provide us with the blessings of the heavens and the earth!Thou art powerful over everything!.

20 - His Supplication (A.S) on Noble Moral Traits and Acts Pleasing to God

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, cause my faith to reach the most perfect faith, make my certainty the most excellent certainty, and take my intention to the best of intentions and my works to the best of works! complete my intention through Thy gentleness, rectify my certainty through what is with Thee, and set right what is corrupt in me through Thy power! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, spare me the concerns which distract me, employ me in that about which Thou wilt ask me tomorrow, and let me pass my days in that for which Thou hast created me! Free me from need, expand Thy provision toward me, and tempt me not with ingratitude!Exalt me and afflict me not with pride! Make me worship Thee and corrupt not my worship with self-admiration! Let good flow out from my hands upon the people and efface it not by my making them feel obliged!Give me the highest moral traits and preserve me from vainglory! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, raise me not a single degree before the people without lowering me its like in myself and bring about no outward exaltation for me without an inward abasement in myself to the same measure! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and MUHAMMAD's Household, give me to enjoy a sound guidance which I seek not to replace, a path of truth from which I swerve not, and an intention of right conduct in which I have no doubts! Let me live as long as my life is a free gift in obeying Thee, but if my life should become a pasture for SATAN, seize me to Thyself before Thy hatred overtakes me or Thy wrath against be becomes firm! O GOD, deposit in me no quality for which I will be faulted, unless Thou settest it right, no flaw for which I will be blamed, unless Thou makest it beautiful, no deficient noble trait, unless Thou completest it! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and MUHAMMAD's Household and replace for me the animosity of the people of hatred with love, the envy of the people of insolence with affection, the suspicion of the people of righteousness with trust, the enmity of those close with friendship, the disrespect of womb relatives with devotion, the abandonment of relatives with help, the attachment of flatterers with love set right, the rejection of fellows with generous friendliness, and the bitterness of the fear of wrongdoers with the sweetness of security! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, appoint for me a hand against him who wrongs me, a tongue against him who disputes with me, and a victory over him who stubbornly resists me! Give me guile against him who schemes against me, power over him who oppresses me, refutation of him who reviles me, and safety from him who threatens me!Grant me success to obey him who points me straight and follow him who guides me right! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and point me straight to resist him who is dishonest toward me with good counsel, repay him who separates from me with gentle devotion, reward him who deprives me with free giving, recompense him who cuts me off with joining, oppose him who slanders me with excellent mention give thanks for good, and shut my eyes to evil! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, adorn me with the adornment of the righteous, and clothe me in the ornaments of the God-fearing, through spreading justice, restraining rage, quenching the flame of hate, bringing together the people of separation, correcting discord, spreading about good behavior, covering faults, mildness of temper, lowering the wing, beauty of conduct, gravity of bearing, agreeableness in comportment, precedence in reaching excellence, preferring bounteousness, refraining from condemnation, bestowing bounty on the undeserving, speaking the truth, though it be painful, making little of the good in my words and deeds, though it be much, and making much of the evil in my words and deeds, though it be little!Perfect this for me through lasting obedience, holding fast to the community, and rejecting the people of innovation and those who act in accordance with original opinions! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, appoint for me Thy widest provision in my old age and Thy strongest strength when I am exhausted, and try me not with laziness in worship of Thee, blindness toward Thy path, undertaking what opposes love for Thee, joining with him who has separated himself from Thee, and separating from him who has joined himself to Thee! O GOD, make me leap to Thee in times of distress, ask from Thee in needs, and plead to Thee in misery!Tempt me not to seek help from other than Thee when I am distressed, to humble myself in asking from someone else when I am poor, or to plead with someone less than Thee when I fear, for then I would deserve Thy abandonment, Thy withholding, and Thy turning away, O Most Merciful of the merciful! O GOD, make the wishing, the doubt, and the envy which SATAN throws into my heart a remembrance of Thy mightiness, a reflection upon Thy power, and a devising against Thy enemy! Make everything he causes to pass over my tongue, the indecent or ugly words, the maligning of good repute, the false witness, the speaking ill of an absent man of faith or the reviling of one present, and all things similar a speech in praise of Thee, a pursual of eulogizing Thee, an excursion in magnifying Thee, a thanksgiving for Thy favor, an acknowledgment of Thy beneficence, and an enumeration of Thy kindnesses! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, let me not be wronged while Thou canst repel from me, let me not do wrong while Thou art powerful over holding me back, let me not be misguided while Thou art able to guide me, let me not be poor while with Thee is my plenty, let me not be insolent while from Thee comes my wealth! I come to Thy forgiveness, I go straight to Thy pardon, I yearn for Thy forbearance, and I trust in Thy bounty, but there is nothing with me to make me warrant Thy forgiveness, nothing in my works to make me merit Thy pardon, and nothing on my behalf after I judge my soul but Thy bounty, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and bestow Thy bounty upon me! make my speech be guidance, inspire me with reverential fear, give me success in that which is most pure, and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee! O GOD, let me thread the most exemplary path and make me live and die in Thy creed! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, give me to enjoy moderation, make me into one of the people of right behavior, the proofs of right conduct, and the servants of righteousness, and provide me with triumph at the place of Return and safety from the Ambush! take to Thyself from my soul what will purify it and leave for my soul that of my soul that will set it right, for my soul will perish unless Thou preservest it! Thou art my stores when I sorrow, Thou art my recourse when I am deprived, from Thee I seek aid when troubled and with Thee is a substitute for everything gone by, a correction for everything corrupted, and a change from everything Thou disapprovest.

So show kindness to me with well-being before affliction, wealth before asking, right conduct before misguidance; suffice me against the burden of shame toward the servants, give me security on the Day of Return, and grant me excellent right guidance! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, repel from me through Thy gentleness, feed me through Thy favor, set me right through Thy generosity, heal me through Thy benefaction, shade me in Thy shelter, wrap me in Thy good pleasure, and give me success to reach the most guided of affairs when affairs confuse me, the purest of works when works seem similar, and the most pleasing to Thee of creeds when creeds conflict! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, crown me with sufficiency, place in me excellent guardianship, give me to guide correctly, tempt me not with plenty, grant me excellent ease, make not my life toil and trouble, and refuse not my supplication in rejection, for I make none rival to Thee and I supplicate none with Thee as equal! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, hold me back from prodigality, fortify my provision against ruin, increase my possessions through blessing them, and set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, spare me the burden of earning, and provide for me without reckoning, lest I be distracted from Thy worship through seeking and carry the load of earning's ill results! bestow upon me what I seek through Thy power and grant me sanctuary from what I fear through Thy might! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, save my face through ease, and demean not my dignity through neediness, lest I seek provision from those whom Thou hast provided and ask for bestowal from the worst of Thy creatures!Then I would be tried by praising him who gave to me and afflicted with blaming him who held back from me, while Thou not they art patron of giving and holding back.

O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and provide me with soundness in worship, detachment in renunciation, knowledge put into action, and abstinence in measure! O GOD, seal my term with Thy pardon, verify my expectation in hoping for Thy mercy, smooth my paths to reach Thy good pleasure, and make my works good in all my states! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, incite me to remember Thee in times of heedlessness, employ me in Thy obedience in days of disregard, open a smooth road for me to Thy love, and complete for me thereby the good of this world and the next! O GOD, and bless MUHAMMAD and his Household the best Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures before him and wilt bless any of them after him, and give to us in this world good, and in the next world good, and protect me through Thy mercy from the chastisement of the Fire!.

21 - His Supplication (A.S) when Something Made him Sorrow and Offenses Made him Worry

O Sufficer of the isolated and weak and Protector against terrifying affairs!Offenses have isolated me, so there is none to be my companion.

I am too weak for Thy wrath and there is none to strengthen me.

I have approached the terror of meeting Thee and there is none to still my fear.

Who can make me secure from Thee when Thou hast filled me with terror?Who can come to my aid when Thou hast isolated me?Who can strengthen me when Thou hast weakened me? None can grant sanctuary to a vassal, my God, but a lord, none can give security to one dominated but a dominator, none can aid him from whom demands are made but a demander.

In Thy hand, my God, is the thread of all that, in Thee the place of escape and flight, so bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, give sanctuary to me in my flight, and grant my request! O GOD, if Thou shouldst turn Thy generous face away from me, withhold from me Thy immense bounty, forbid me Thy provision, or cut off from me Thy thread, I will find no way to anything of my hope other than Thee nor be given power over what is with Thee through another's aid, for I am Thy servant and in Thy grasp; my forelock is in Thy hand.

I have no command along with Thy command.

Accomplished is Thy judgement of me, just Thy decree for me!I have not the strength to emerge from Thy authority nor am I able to step outside Thy power.

I can not win Thy inclination, arrive at Thy good pleasure, or attain what is with Thee except through obeying Thee and through the bounty of Thy mercy.

My God, I rise in the morning and enter into evening as Thy lowly slave.

I own no profit and loss for myself except through Thee.

I witness to that over myself and I confess to the frailty of my strength and the paucity of my stratagems.

So accomplish what Thou hast promised me and complete for me what Thou hast given me, for I am Thy slave, miserable, abased, frail, distressed, vile, despised, poor, fearful, and seeking sanctuary! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and let me not forget to remember Thee in what Thou hast done for me, be heedless of Thy beneficence in Thy trying me, or despair of Thy response to me, though it keep me waiting, whether I be in prosperity or adversity, hardship or ease, well-being or affliction, misery or comfort, wealth or distress, poverty or riches! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, make me laud Thee, extol Thee, and praise Thee in all my states so that I rejoice not over what Thou givest me of this world nor sorrow over that of it which Thou withholdest from me!Impart reverential fear of Thee to my heart, employ my body in that which Thou acceptest from me, and divert my soul through obedience to Thee from all that enters upon me, so that I love nothing that displeases Thee and become displeased at nothing that pleases Thee! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, empty my heart for Thy love, occupy it with remembering Thee, animate it with fear of Thee and quaking before Thee, strengthen it with beseeching Thee, incline it to Thy obedience, set it running in the path most beloved to Thee, and subdue it through desire for what is with Thee all the days of my life! Let my provision in this world be reverential fear of Thee, my journey be toward Thy mercy, and my entrance be into Thy good pleasure! Appoint for me a lodging in Thy Garden, give me strength to bear everything that pleases Thee, make me flee to Thee and desire what is with Thee, clothe my heart in estrangement from the evil among Thy creatures, and give me intimacy with Thee, Thy friends, and those who obey Thee! Assign to no wicked person or unbeliever a kindness toward me or a hand that obliges me, nor to me a need for one of them! Rather make the stillness of my heart, the comfort of my soul, my independence and my sufficiency lie in Thee and the best of Thy creatures! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, make me their comrade, make me their helper, and oblige me with yearning for Thee and doing for Thee what Thou lovest and approvest!Thou art powerful over everything and that is easy for Thee.

22 - His Supplication (A.S) in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs

O GOD, Thou hast charged me concerning myself with that which belongs more to Thee than to me.

Thy power over it and over me is greater than my power, so give me in myself what will make Thee pleased with me and take for Thyself Thy good pleasure in my self's well-being! O GOD, I have no endurance for effort, no patience in affliction, no strength to bear poverty.

So forbid me not my provision and entrust me not to Thy creatures, but take care of my need alone and Thyself attend to sufficing me! Look upon me and look after me in all my affairs, for if Thou entrustest me to myself, I will be incapable before myself and fail to undertake that in which my best interest lies.

If Thou entrustest me to Thy creatures, they will frown upon me, and if Thou makest me resort to my kinsfolk, they will refuse to give to me; if they give, they will give little and in bad temper, making me feel long obliged and blaming me much.

So through Thy bounty, O GOD, free me from need, through Thy mightiness, lift me up, through Thy boundless plenty, open my hand, and with that which is with Thee, suffice me! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household, rid me of envy, encircle me against sins, make me abstain from things unlawful, give me not the boldness of disobedient acts, assign me love for that which is with Thee and satisfaction with that which comes to me from Thee, bless me in that which Thou providest me, that which Thou conferrest upon me, and that through which Thou favourest me, and make me in all my states safeguarded, watched, covered, defended, given refuge, and granted sanctuary! O GOD, bless MUHAMMAD and his Household and let me accomplish everything which Thou hast enjoined upon me or made obligatory for me toward Thee, in one of the ways of Thy obedience, or toward one of Thy creatures, though my body be too frail for that, my strength too feeble, my power not able to reach it, and my possessions and what my hand owns not encompass it, and whether I have remembered it or forgotten it.

It, my Lord, is among that which Thou hast counted against me while I have been heedless of it in myself.

Let me perform it through Thy plentiful giving and the abundance which is with Thee for Thou art Boundless, Generous so that nothing of it may remain against