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27) His Supplication for the People of the Frontiers

(27) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِأَهْلِ الثُّغُورِ

1. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ حَصِّنْ ثُغُورَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِعِزَّتِكَ ،

وَ أَيِّدْ حُمَاتَهَا بِقُوَّتِكَ ،

وَ أَسْبِغْ عَطَايَاهُمْ مِنْ جِدَتِكَ .

2. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ كَثِّرْ عِدَّتَهُمْ ، وَ اشْحَذْ أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ ،

وَ احْرُسْ حَوْزَتَهُمْ ،

وَ امْنَعْ حَوْمَتَهُمْ ، وَ أَلِّفْ جَمْعَهُمْ ،

وَ دَبِّرْ أَمْرَهُمْ ،

وَ وَاتِرْ بَيْنَ مِيَرِهِمْ ،

وَ تَوَحَّدْ بِكِفَايَةِ مُؤَنِهِمْ ،

وَ اعْضُدْهُمْ بِالنَّصْرِ ، وَ أَعِنْهُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ ،

وَ الْطُفْ لَهُمْ فِي الْمَكْرِ .

3. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ عَرِّفْهُمْ مَا يَجْهَلُونَ ،

وَ عَلِّمْهُمْ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ،

وَ بَصِّرْهُمْ مَا لَا يُبْصِرُونَ .

4. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ أَنْسِهِمْ عِنْدَ لِقَائِهِمُ الْعَدُوَّ ذِكْرَ دُنْيَاهُمُ الْخَدَّاعَةِ الْغَرُورِ ،

وَ امْحُ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ خَطَرَاتِ الْمَالِ الْفَتُونِ ،

وَ اجْعَلِ الْجَنَّةَ نُصْبَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ ،

وَ لَوِّحْ مِنْهَا لِأَبْصَارِهِمْ

مَا أَعْدَدْتَ فِيهَا مِنْ مَسَاكِنِ الْخُلْدِ وَ مَنَازِلِ الْكَرَامَةِ

وَ الْحُورِ الْحِسَانِ

وَ الْأَنْهَارِ الْمُطَّرِدَةِ بِأَنْوَاعِ الْأَشْرِبَةِ

وَ الْأَشْجَارِ الْمُتَدَلِّيَةِ بِصُنُوفِ الثَّمَرِ

حَتَّى لَا يَهُمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِالْإِدْبَارِ ، وَ لَا يُحَدِّثَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ قِرْنِهِ بِفِرَارٍ .

5. اللَّهُمَّ افْلُلْ بِذَلِكَ عَدُوَّهُمْ ،

وَ اقْلِمْ عَنْهُمْ أَظْفَارَهُمْ ،

وَ فَرِّقْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ أَسْلِحَتِهِمْ ،

وَ اخْلَعْ وَثَائِقَ أَفْئِدَتِهِمْ ،

وَ بَاعِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ أَزْوِدَتِهِمْ ،

وَ حَيِّرْهُمْ فِي سُبُلِهِمْ ، وَ ضَلِّلْهُمْ عَنْ وَجْهِهِمْ ،

وَ اقْطَعْ عَنْهُمُ الْمَدَدَ ، وَ انْقُصْ مِنْهُمُ الْعَدَدَ ،

وَ امْلَأْ أَفْئِدَتَهُمُ الرُّعْبَ ،

وَ اقْبِضْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنِ الْبَسْطِ ،

وَ اخْزِمْ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ عَنِ النُّطْقِ ،

وَ شَرِّدْ بِهِمْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُمْ وَ نَكِّلْ بِهِمْ مَنْ وَرَاءَهُمْ ،

وَ اقْطَعْ بِخِزْيِهِمْ أَطْمَاعَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ .

6. اللَّهُمَّ عَقِّمْ أَرْحَامَ نِسَائِهِمْ ،

وَ يَبِّسْ أَصْلَابَ رِجَالِهِمْ ،

وَ اقْطَعْ نَسْلَ دَوَابِّهِمْ وَ أَنْعَامِهِمْ ،

لَا تَأْذَنْ لِسَمَائِهِمْ فِي قَطْرٍ ، وَ لَا لِأَرْضِهِمْ فِي نَبَاتٍ .

7. اللَّهُمَّ وَ قَوِّ بِذَلِكَ مِحَالَ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ ،

وَ حَصِّنْ بِهِ دِيَارَهُمْ ،

وَ ثَمِّرْ بِهِ أَمْوَالَهُمْ ،

وَ فَرِّغْهُمْ عَنْ مُحَارَبَتِهِمْ لِعِبَادَتِكَ ،

وَ عَنْ مُنَابَذَتِهِمْ لِلْخَلْوَةِ بِكَ

حَتَّى لَا يُعْبَدَ فِي بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ غَيْرُكَ ،

وَ لَا تُعَفَّرَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ جَبْهَةٌ دُونَكَ .

8. اللَّهُمَّ اغْزُ بِكُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

عَلَى مَنْ بِإِزَائِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ،

وَ أَمْدِدْهُمْ بِمَلَائِكَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مُرْدِفِينَ

حَتَّى يَكْشِفُوهُمْ إِلَى مُنْقَطَعِ التُّرَابِ

قَتْلًا فِي أَرْضِكَ وَ أَسْراً ،

أَوْ يُقِرُّوا بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ

الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ .

9. اللَّهُمَّ وَ اعْمُمْ بِذَلِكَ أَعْدَاءَكَ فِي أَقْطَارِ الْبِلَادِ

مِنَ الْهِنْدِ وَ الرُّومِ وَ التُّرْكِ

وَ الْخَزَرِ وَ الْحَبَشِ وَ النُّوبَةِ

وَ الزَّنْجِ وَ السَّقَالِبَةِ وَ الدَّيَالِمَةِ وَ سَائِرِ أُمَمِ الشِّرْكِ ،

الَّذِينَ تَخْفَى أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ وَ صِفَاتُهُمْ ،

وَ قَدْ أَحْصَيْتَهُمْ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ ،

وَ أَشْرَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ .

10. اللَّهُمَّ اشْغَلِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِالْمُشْرِكِينَ

عَنْ تَنَاوُلِ أَطْرَافِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ،

وَ خُذْهُمْ بِالنَّقْصِ عَنْ تَنَقُّصِهِمْ ،

وَ ثَبِّطْهُمْ بِالْفُرْقَةِ

عَنِ الِاحْتِشَادِ عَلَيْهِمْ .

11. اللَّهُمَّ أَخْلِ قُلُوبَهُمْ مِنَ الْأَمَنَةِ ،

وَ أَبْدَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُوَّةِ ،

وَ أَذْهِلْ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنِ الِاحْتِيَالِ ،

وَ أَوْهِنْ أَرْكَانَهُمْ عَنْ مُنَازَلَةِ الرِّجَالِ ،

وَ جَبِّنْهُمْ عَنْ مُقَارَعَةِ الْأَبْطَالِ ،

وَ ابْعَثْ عَلَيْهِمْ جُنْداً مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ بِبَأْسٍ مِنْ بَأْسِكَ

كَفِعْلِكَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ ،

تَقْطَعُ بِهِ دَابِرَهُمْ وَ تَحْصُدُ بِهِ شَوْكَتَهُمْ ،

وَ تُفَرِّقُ بِهِ عَدَدَهُمْ .

12. اللَّهُمَّ وَ امْزُجْ مِيَاهَهُمْ بِالْوَبَاءِ ،

وَ أَطْعِمَتَهُمْ بِالْأَدْوَاءِ ،

وَ ارْمِ بِلَادَهُمْ بِالْخُسُوفِ ، وَ أَلِحَّ عَلَيْهَا بِالْقُذُوفِ ،

وَ افْرَعْهَا بِالْمُحُولِ ،

وَ اجْعَلْ مِيَرَهُمْ فِي أَحَصِّ أَرْضِكَ وَ أَبْعَدِهَا عَنْهُمْ ،

وَ امْنَعْ حُصُونَهَا مِنْهُمْ ، أَصِبْهُمْ بِالْجُوعِ الْمُقِيمِ وَ السُّقْمِ الْأَلِيمِ .

13. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا غَازٍ غَزَاهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِلَّتِكَ ،

أَوْ مُجَاهِدٍ جَاهَدَهُمْ مِنْ أَتْبَاعِ سُنَّتِكَ

لِيَكُونَ دِينُكَ الْأَعْلَى

وَ حِزْبُكَ الْأَقْوَى وَ حَظُّكَ الْأَوْفَى

فَلَقِّهِ الْيُسْرَ ، وَ هَيِّئْ لَهُ الْأَمْرَ ،

وَ تَوَلَّهُ بِالنُّجْحِ ،

وَ تَخَيَّرْ لَهُ الْأَصْحَابَ ،

وَ اسْتَقْوِ لَهُ الظَّهْرَ ،

وَ أَسْبِغْ عَلَيْهِ فِي النَّفَقَةِ ،

وَ مَتِّعْهُ بِالنَّشَاطِ ،

وَ أَطْفِ عَنْهُ حَرَارَةَ الشَّوْقِ ،

وَ أَجِرْهُ مِنْ غَمِّ الْوَحْشَةِ ،

وَ أَنْسِهِ ذِكْرَ الْأَهْلِ وَ الْوَلَدِ .

14. وَ أْثُرْ لَهُ حُسْنَ النِّيَّةِ ،

وَ تَوَلَّهُ بِالْعَافِيَةِ ،

وَ أَصْحِبْهُ السَّلَامَةَ ، وَ أَعْفِهِ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ ،

وَ أَلْهِمْهُ الْجُرْأَةَ ،

وَ ارْزُقْهُ الشِّدَّةَ ،

وَ أَيِّدْهُ بِالنُّصْرَةِ ،

وَ عَلِّمْهُ السِّيَرَ وَ السُّنَنَ ،

وَ سَدِّدْهُ فِي الْحُكْمِ ،

وَ اعْزِلْ عَنْهُ الرِّيَاءَ ، وَ خَلِّصْهُ مِنَ السُّمْعَةِ ،

وَ اجْعَلْ فِكْرَهُ وَ ذِكْرَهُ وَ ظَعْنَهُ وَ إِقَامَتَهُ ، فِيكَ وَ لَكَ .

15. فَإِذَا صَافَّ عَدُوَّكَ وَ عَدُوَّهُ

فَقَلِّلْهُمْ فِي عَيْنِهِ ،

وَ صَغِّرْ شَأْنَهُمْ فِي قَلْبِهِ ،

وَ أَدِلْ لَهُ مِنْهُمْ ، وَ لَا تُدِلْهُمْ مِنْهُ ،

فَإِنْ خَتَمْتَ لَهُ بِالسَّعَادَةِ ،

وَ قَضَيْتَ لَهُ بِالشَّهَادَةِ

فَبَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْتَاحَ عَدُوَّكَ بِالْقَتْلِ ،

وَ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَجْهَدَ بِهِمُ الْأَسْرُ ،

وَ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَأْمَنَ أَطْرَافُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ،

وَ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ عَدُوُّكَ مُدْبِرِينَ .

16. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ خَلَفَ غَازِياً أَوْ مُرَابِطاً فِي دَارِهِ ،

أَوْ تَعَهَّدَ خَالِفِيهِ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ ،

أَوْ أَعَانَهُ بِطَائِفَةٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ ،

أَوْ أَمَدَّهُ بِعِتَادٍ ، أَوْ شَحَذَهُ عَلَى جِهَادٍ ،

أَوْ أَتْبَعَهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ دَعْوَةً ،

أَوْ رَعَى لَهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ حُرْمَةً ،

فَآجِرْ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِهِ

وَزْناً بِوَزْنٍ وَ مِثْلًا بِمِثْلٍ ،

وَ عَوِّضْهُ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ عِوَضاً حَاضِراً

يَتَعَجَّلُ بِهِ نَفْعَ مَا قَدَّمَ وَ سُرُورَ مَا أَتَى بِهِ ،

إِلَى أَنْ يَنْتَهِيَ بِهِ الْوَقْتُ إِلَى

مَا أَجْرَيْتَ لَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ، وَ أَعْدَدْتَ لَهُ مِنْ كَرَامَتِكَ .

17. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَهَمَّهُ أَمْرُ الْإِسْلَامِ ،

وَ أَحْزَنَهُ تَحَزُّبُ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ عَلَيْهِمْ

فَنَوَى غَزْواً ،

أَوْ هَمَّ بِجِهَادٍ فَقَعَدَ بِهِ ضَعْفٌ ،

أَوْ أَبْطَأَتْ بِهِ فَاقَةٌ ،

أَوْ أَخَّرَهُ عَنْهُ حَادِثٌ ،

أَوْ عَرَضَ لَهُ دُونَ إِرَادَتِهِ مَانِعٌ

فَاكْتُبِ اسْمَهُ فِي الْعَابِدِينَ ،

وَ أَوْجِبْ لَهُ ثَوَابَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ ،

وَ اجْعَلْهُ فِي نِظَامِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ .

18. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ

وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

صَلَاةً عَالِيَةً عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ ،

مُشْرِفَةً فَوْقَ التَّحِيَّاتِ ،

صَلَاةً لَا يَنْتَهِي أَمَدُهَا ،

وَ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ عَدَدُهَا

كَأَتَمِّ مَا مَضَى مِنْ صَلَوَاتِكَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكَ ،

إِنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ

الْمُبْدِئُ الْمُعِيدُ

الْفَعَّالُ لِمَا تُرِيدُ .

1- O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household,

fortify the frontiers of the Muslims through Thy might,

support their defenders through Thy strength,

and lavish upon them gifts through Thy wealth!

2- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

increase their number, hone their weapons, guard their territory,

defend their midst, unite their throng,

arrange their affair,

send them supplies in a steady string,

undertake Thyself to suffice them with provisions,

support them with victory, help them with patience,

and give them subtlety in guile!1

3- O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household,

give them the knowledge of that of which they are ignorant,

teach them what they do not know,

and show them what they do not see!

4- O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household,

make them forget when they meet the enemy

to remember this cheating and delusive world of theirs,

erase from their hearts the thought of enchanting possessions,

place the Garden before their eyes,

and display to their sight that part of it

which Thou hast prepared for them

- the homes of everlastingness and mansions of honour,

the beautiful houris,

the rivers gushing forth with all sorts of drinks,

the trees hanging, low with all kinds of fruits -

lest any of them think of turning his back

or suggest to himself to flee his opponent!

5- O God, defeat their enemy through that,

trim their nails from them,

separate them from their weapons,

pull out the firm ties from their hearts,

keep them far away from their stores,

bewilder them in their roads, turn them astray from their direction,

cut off reinforcements from them, chop them down in numbers,

fill their hearts with terror,

hold back their hands from stretching forth,

tie back their tongues from speaking,

scatter by them the ones behind them2

make them a lesson for those beyond them,

and through their degradation

cut off the hopes of those who come after them!

6- O God,

make the wombs of their women barren,

dry up the loins of their men,

cut off the breeding of their mounts and their cattle,

and permit not their sky to rain or their earth to grow!

7- O God, through that

strengthen the prowess3 of the People of Islam,

fortify their cities,

increase their properties,

give them ease from their fighting to worship Thee

and from their warfare to be alone with Thee,

so that none will be worshipped in the regions of the earth but Thee

and no forehead of theirs may be rubbed in dust

for less than Thee!

8- O God, send out the Muslims of every region on raids

against the idolaters who face them!

Reinforce them with angels in ranks from Thee,

till the idolaters are routed by them to the end of the land,

slain in Thy earth or taken captive,

or till they admit that Thou art God,

other than whom there is no god, Thou alone, who hast no associate!

9- O God, include in this Thy enemies in the regions of the lands,

the Indians, the Byzantines, the Turks,

the Khazars, the Abyssinians, the Nubians,

the Zanjis, the Slavs, the Daylamites, and the rest of the idol-worshipping nations,

those whose names and attributes are concealed,

but whom Thou countest in Thy cognizance

and overseest through Thy power!

10- O God, distract the idolaters from reaching for the borders of the Muslims through the idolaters,

bar them from cutting them down

through being cut down,

and hold them back from massing together against them through dissension!

11- O God, empty their hearts of security

and their bodies of strength,

distract their hearts from thinking of stratagems,

make their limbs too feeble for clashing with men,

make them too cowardly for contending with champions,

send against them a troop of Thy angels with some of Thy severity

as Thou didst on the Day of Badr,4

so that through it Thou mayest cut off their roots, harvest their thorns,

and disperse their number!

12- O God, mix their waters with pestilence

and their foods with maladies,

hurl down their cities, harass them with peltings,

hinder them through drought,

place their supplies in the most ill-omened part of Thy earth

and the farthest from them,

bar them from its fortresses,

and strike them with constant hunger and painful illness!

13- O God, if a warrior from the people of Thy creed wars against them

or a struggler from the followers of Thy prescriptions

struggles against them

so that Thy religion may be the highest,

Thy party the strongest, and Thy share the fullest,

cast ease to him, arrange his affair,

attend to him by granting success,

select for him his companions, strengthen his back,

lavish upon him livelihood,

give him enjoyment of joyous vitality,

cool for him the heat of yearning,

give him sanctuary from the gloom of loneliness,

make him forget the remembrance of wife and child,

14- pass along to him an excellent intention,

attend to him with well-being,

make safety his companion, release him from cowardice,

inspire him with boldness,

provide him with strength,

support him with help,

teach him right conduct and the norms of the Sunna,

point him straight in judgement,

remove from him hypocrisy, purify him from seeking fame,

and make his thinking and remembrance,

his departing and his staying,

be in Thee and for Thee!

15- When he stands in ranks before Thy enemy and his enemy,

make them few in his eye,

diminish their importance in his heart,

give him a turn to prevail over them, not them a turn to prevail over him!

But if Thou sealest him with felicity

and decreest for him martyrdom,

then let it be after

he has exterminated Thy enemies by slaying,

captivity has afflicted them,

the borders of the Muslims are secure,

and Thy enemy has turned his back in flight!

16- O God,

and if a Muslim should

take the place of a warrior or a soldier in his home,

or attend to those left behind in his absence,

or help him with a portion of his property,

assist him with equipment, hone him for the struggle,

send along with him a supplication for his purpose,

or guard his honour in his absence,

reward him with the like of his reward

measure for measure, like for like,

and recompense him for his act with an immediate compensation

through which he will hasten to

the profit of what he has sent forth

and the joy of what he has given,

till the present moment takes him to

the bounty Thou hast granted to him

and the generosity Thou hast prepared for him!

17- O God,

and if the affair of Islam should worry a Muslim

and the alliance of the idolaters' against Islam

should grieve him,

so that he has the intention to go to war

and is about to enter the struggle,

but frailty keeps him seated,

neediness keeps him waiting,

a mishap delays him,

or an obstruction prevents him from his wish,

write his name among the worshipers,

make incumbent for him the reward of the strugglers,

and place him among the ranks

of the martyrs and the righteous!

18- O God, bless Muhammad, Thy slave and Thy messenger,

and the Household of Muhammad,

with a blessing high above all other blessings,

towering beyond all other salutations,

a blessing whose end is never reached

and whose number is never cut off,

like the most perfect of Thy blessings that has passed

to any one of Thy friends!

Thou art All-kind, Praiseworthy,

the Originator who takes back again,

Accomplisher of what Thou desirest.

Footnotes

1. Sayyid '''Alikhan explains the expression as meaning: 'Give them lutf (gracefulness, gentleness, subtlety) in their makr (guile, stratagem) so that their enemy will not become aware of their guile, for then it will be too subtle and fine to be perceived by the intellect and the understanding; so the meaning is that God should inspire them with careful watchfulness and excellence of artful stratagems.' He suggests that the text may also be interpreted to mean: Be kind and gentle to them in relation to the guile of their enemy, so that his guile will not harm them.

2. 8:57

3. The commentator devotes a long discussion to the word mihal, which occurs in the Qur'anic name of God, shadid al-mihal (13:13). It may signify, among others, cunning, guile, stratagem, planning, managing, power, strength, dispute, enmity, punishment, vengeance, chastisement.

4. This victory of a small army of Muslims over a much larger contingent of unbelievers took place in the year 2/623. Many accounts are given of how the angels also took part in the fighting, and it is said to be in reference to Badr that God says in the Qur'an:

When thy Lord was revealing to the angels: 'I am with you, so strengthen the faithful. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers' (8:12).

28) His Supplication in Fleeing to God

(28) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مُتَفَزِّعاً إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَخْلَصْتُ بِانْقِطَاعِي إِلَيْكَ

2. وَ أَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْكَ

3. وَ صَرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى رِفْدِكَ

4. وَ قَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ

5. وَ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إِلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ

سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ وَ ضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ .

6. فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْ أُنَاسٍ

طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا ،

وَ رَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا ،

وَ حَاوَلُوا الِارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا ،

7. فَصَحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ

وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ ،

وَ أَرْشَدَهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ اخْتِيَارُهُ .

8. فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلَايَ

دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْئُولٍ مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي ،

وَ دُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوبٍ إِلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي

9. أَنْتَ الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي ،

لَا يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي ،

وَ لَا يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي ،

وَ لَا يَنْظِمُهُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نِدَائِي

10. لَكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ ،

وَ مَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ ،

وَ فَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَ الْقُوَّةِ ،

وَ دَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَ الرِّفْعَةِ .

11. وَ مَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمُرِهِ ،

مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ ،

مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأْنِهِ ،

مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالَاتِ ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ

12. فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الْأَشْبَاهِ وَ الْأَضْدَادِ ،

وَ تَكَبَّرْتَ عَنِ الْأَمْثَالِ وَ الْأَنْدَادِ ،

فَسُبْحَانَكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ .

1- O God, I showed sincerity by cutting myself off from everything but Thee.

2- I approached Thee with my whole self.

3- I averted my face from everyone who needs Thy support.

4- I ceased to ask from any who cannot do without Thy bounty.

5- I saw that the needy who seeks from the needy

is foolish in his opinion, and misguided in his intellect.

6- How many people have I seen, my God,

who sought exaltation through other than Thee

and were abased,

who wanted wealth from someone else

and became poor,

who tried to rise high and fell down low!

7- Observing the likes of them corrects a prudent man;

his taking heed gives him success;

his choosing the best guides him to the path of right.

8- So Thou, my Master,

art the object of my asking to the exclusion of all those who are asked

and the patron of my need to the exclusion of all those from whom requests are made.

9- Thou art singled out for my call before all who are called;

none is associated with Thee in my hope,

none comes along with Thee in my supplication,

nor does any join with Thee within it,

for to Thee is my appeal.

10- To Thee, my God, belongs

the Unity of number,

the property of eternal power,

the excellence of force and strength,

the degree of sublimity and elevation.

11- Everyone other than Thee is the object of compassion in his lifetime,

overcome in his affair,

overwhelmed in his situation,

diverse in states,

constantly changing in attributes.

12- So Thou art high exalted above likenesses and opposites,

proudly magnified beyond similitudes and rivals!

Glory be to Thee!

There is no God but Thou.

29) His Supplication when his Provision was Stinted

(29) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا قُتِّرَ عَلَيْهِ الرِّزْقُ

1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا فِي أَرْزَاقِنَا بِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ ،

وَ فِي آجَالِنَا بِطُولِ الْأَمَلِ

حَتَّى الْتَمَسْنَا أَرْزَاقَكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ ،

وَ طَمِعْنَا بِآمَالِنَا فِي أَعْمَارِ الْمُعَمَّرِينَ .

2. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ هَبْ لَنَا يَقِيناً صَادِقاً

تَكْفِينَا بِهِ مِنْ مَئُونَةِ الطَّلَبِ ،

وَ أَلْهِمْنَا ثِقَةً خَالِصَةً تُعْفِينَا بِهَا مِنْ شِدَّةِ النَّصَبِ

3. وَ اجْعَلْ مَا صَرَّحْتَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَتِكَ فِي وَحْيِكَ ،

وَ أَتْبَعْتَهُ مِنْ قَسَمِكَ فِي كِتَابِكَ ،

قَاطِعاً لِاهْتِمَامِنَا بِالرِّزْقِ

الَّذِي تَكَفَّلْتَ بِهِ ،

وَ حَسْماً لِلِاشْتِغَالِ بِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْكِفَايَةَ لَهُ

4. فَقُلْتَ وَ قَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ الْأَصْدَقُ ،

وَ أَقْسَمْتَ

وَ قَسَمُكَ الْأَبَرُّ الْأَوْفَى

وَ فِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَ مَا تُوعَدُونَ .

5. ثُمَّ قُلْتَ

فَوَ رَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ

1- O God, Thou hast tried us with

distrust in our provisions

and the expectation of long lives,

until we begged for provisions from those who are provided

and craved in our expectations

the life-spans of the long-lived!

2- So bless Muhammad and his Household,

give us a true certainty

that will suffice us the burden of seeking,

and inspire us with a sincere trust

that will release us from the hardship of exertion!

3- Let Thy clear promise in Thy Revelation

which Thou hast followed in Thy Book with Thy oath

cut off our worry about the provision

for which Thou hast made Thyself responsible

and sever our occupation with everything

whose sufficiency Thou hast guaranteed!

4- For Thou hast said

- and Thy word is the most truthful truth -

and Thou hast sworn

- and Thy oath is the most kept and fulfilled -

In the heaven are your provision and everything you are promised!

5- And then Thou hast said,

So by the Lord of heaven and earth,

it is as surely true as that you have speech!1

Footnote

1. 51:22-3

30) His Supplication for Help in Repaying Debts

(30) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الْمَعُونَةِ عَلَى قَضَاءِ الدَّيْنِ

1. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ هَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي ،

وَ يَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي ،

وَ يَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي ،

وَ يَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي ،

2. وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ

مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَ فِكْرِهِ ،

وَ شُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَ سَهَرِهِ ،

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ ،

وَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ ، يَا رَبِّ ،

مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ ،

وَ مِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ ،

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ أَجِرْني مِنْهُ بِوُسْعٍ فَاضِلٍ أَوْ كَفَافٍ وَاصِلٍ .

3. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ احْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَ الِازْدِيَادِ ،

وَ قَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَ الِاقْتِصَادِ ،

وَ عَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ ،

وَ اقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ ،

وَ أَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلَالِ أَرْزَاقِي ،

وَ وَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إِنْفَاقِي ،

وَ ازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ

مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلَةً أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إِلَى بَغْيٍ

أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَاناً .

4. اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ صُحْبَةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ ،

وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الصَّبْرِ

5. وَ مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ

فَاذْخَرْهُ لِي فِي خَزَائِنِكَ الْبَاقِيَةِ

6. وَ اجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا ،

وَ عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا

بُلْغَةً إِلَى جِوَارِكَ

وَ وُصْلَةً إِلَى قُرْبِكَ وَ ذَرِيعَةً إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ ،

إِنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ،

وَ أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيمُ .

1- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

and release me from a debt

which makes me lose face,

confuses my mind,

disrupts my thinking,

and prolongs my occupation with attending to it!

2- I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord,

from worry and thought about debt,

from the distraction and sleeplessness of debt;

so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me refuge from it!

I seek sanctuary in Thee, my Lord, from

debt's abasement in life

and its ill effects after death,

so bless Muhammad and his Household

and give me sanctuary from it through

a bountiful plenty

or a continually arriving sufficiency!

3- O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household

prevent me from extravagance and excess,

put me on the course of generous spending and moderation,

teach me excellent distribution,

hold me back through Thy gentleness from squandering,

allow me to attain my provisions through lawful means,

direct my spending toward the gateways of devotion,

and take away from me any possession

which will bring forth pride in me,

lead to insolence,

or drag me in its heels to rebellion!

4- O God,

make me love the companionship of the poor

and help me be their companion with excellent patience!

5- Whenever Thou takest away from me

the goods of this perishing world,

store them for me in Thy abiding treasuries!

6- Make this world's broken pieces which Thou hast conferred upon me

and its goods which Thou hast quickly granted to me

a way to reach Thy neighbourhood,

a link to Thy nearness, and a means to Thy Garden!

Verily Thou art Possessor of bounty abounding,

and Thou art the Munificent, the Generous.