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17) His Supplication Against Satan

(17) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا ذُكِرَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَاسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ عَدَاوَتِهِ وَ كَيْدِهِ

His Supplication when he Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge from him and from his Enmity and Trickery

1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ

مِنْ نَزَغَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

وَ كَيْدِهِ وَ مَكَايِدِهِ ،

وَ مِنَ الثِّقَةِ بِأَمَانِيِّهِ وَ مَوَاعِيدِهِ وَ غُرُورِهِ وَ مَصَايِدِهِ .

2. وَ أَنْ يُطْمِعَ نَفْسَهُ فِي إِضْلَالِنَا عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ ،

وَ امْتِهَانِنَا بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ ،

أَوْ أَنْ يَحْسُنَ عِنْدَنَا مَا حَسَّنَ لَنَا ،

أَوْ أَنْ يَثْقُلَ عَلَيْنَا مَا كَرَّهَ إِلَيْنَا .

3. اللَّهُمَّ اخْسَأْهُ عَنَّا بِعِبَادَتِكَ ،

وَ اكْبِتْهُ بِدُءوبِنَا فِي مَحَبَّتِكَ ،

وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ سِتْراً لَا يَهْتِكُهُ ،

وَ رَدْماً مُصْمِتاً لَا يَفْتُقُهُ .

4. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ اشْغَلْهُ عَنَّا بِبَعْضِ أَعْدَائِكَ ،

وَ اعْصِمْنَا مِنْهُ بِحُسْنِ رِعَايَتِكَ ،

وَ اكْفِنَا خَتْرَهُ ،

وَ وَلِّنَا ظَهْرَهُ ،

وَ اقْطَعْ عَنَّا إِثْرَهُ .

5. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ أَمْتِعْنَا مِنَ الْهُدَى بِمِثْلِ ضَلَالَتِهِ ،

وَ زَوِّدْنَا مِنَ الْتَّقْوَى ضِدَّ غَوَايَتِهِ ،

وَ اسْلُكْ بِنَا مِنَ التُّقَى

خِلَافَ سَبِيلِهِ مِنَ الرَّدَى .

6. اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا مَدْخَلًا

وَ لَا تُوطِنَنَّ لَهُ فِيمَا لَدَيْنَا مَنْزِلًا .

7. اللَّهُمَّ وَ مَا سَوَّلَ لَنَا مِنْ بَاطِلٍ فَعَرِّفْنَاهُ ،

وَ إِذَا عَرَّفْتَنَاهُ فَقِنَاهُ ،

وَ بَصِّرْنَا مَا نُكَايِدُهُ بِهِ ،

وَ أَلْهِمْنَا مَا نُعِدُّهُ لَهُ ،

وَ أَيْقِظْنَا عَنْ سِنَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ بِالرُّكُونِ إِلَيْهِ ،

وَ أَحْسِنْ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ عَوْنَنَا عَلَيْهِ .

8. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَشْرِبْ قُلُوبَنَا إِنْكَارَ عَمَلِهِ ،

وَ الْطُفْ لَنَا فِي نَقْضِ حِيَلِهِ .

9. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ حَوِّلْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا ،

وَ اقْطَعْ رَجَاءَهُ مِنَّا ،

وَ ادْرَأْهُ عَنِ الْوُلُوعِ بِنَا .

10. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

وَ اجْعَلْ آبَاءَنَا وَ أُمَّهَاتِنَا وَ أَوْلَادَنَا وَ أَهَالِيَنَا

وَ ذَوِي أَرْحَامِنَا وَ قَرَابَاتِنَا

وَ جِيرَانَنَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِنْهُ

فِي حِرْزٍ حَارِزٍ ، وَ حِصْنٍ حَافِظٍ ، وَ كَهْفٍ مَانِعٍ ،

وَ أَلْبِسْهُمْ مِنْهُ جُنَناً وَاقِيَةً ،

وَ أَعْطِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْلِحَةً مَاضِيَةً .

11. اللَّهُمَّ وَ اعْمُمْ بِذَلِكَ مَنْ

شَهِدَ لَكَ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ ،

وَ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ ،

وَ عَادَاهُ لَكَ بِحَقِيقَةِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ ،

وَ اسْتَظْهَرَ بِكَ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْعُلُومِ الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ .

12. اللَّهُمَّ احْلُلْ مَا عَقَدَ ،

وَ افْتُقْ مَا رَتَقَ ،

وَ افْسَخْ مَا دَبَّرَ ،

وَ ثَبِّطْهُ إِذَا عَزَمَ ، وَ انْقُضْ مَا أَبْرَمَ .

13. اللَّهُمَّ وَ اهْزِمْ جُنْدَهُ ،

وَ أَبْطِلْ كَيْدَهُ وَ اهْدِمْ كَهْفَهُ ، وَ أَرْغِمْ أَنْفَهُ .

14. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا فِي نَظْمِ أَعْدَائِهِ ،

وَ اعْزِلْنَا عَنْ عِدَادِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ ،

لَا نُطِيعُ لَهُ إِذَا اسْتَهْوَانَا ،

وَ لَا نَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِذَا دَعَانَا ،

نَأْمُرُ بِمُنَاوَأَتِهِ ، مَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمْرَنَا ،

وَ نَعِظُ عَنْ مُتَابَعَتِهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ زَجْرَنَا .

15. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ

خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،

وَ أَعِذْنَا وَ أَهَالِيَنَا وَ إِخْوَانَنَا وَ جَمِيعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِمَّا اسْتَعَذْنَا مِنْهُ ،

وَ أَجِرْنَا مِمَّا اسْتَجَرْنَا بِكَ مِنْ خَوْفِهِ

16. وَ اسْمَعْ لَنَا مَا دَعَوْنَا بِهِ ،

وَ أَعْطِنَا مَا أَغْفَلْنَاهُ ،

وَ احْفَظْ لَنَا مَا نَسِينَاهُ ،

وَ صَيِّرْنَا بِذَلِكَ فِي دَرَجَاتِ الصَّالِحِينَ

وَ مَرَاتِبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ،

آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

1- 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,

2- 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.

3- 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 cannot tear away

and a solid barrier that he cannot cut through!

4- 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!

5- 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!

6- O God, assign him no place of entrance into our hearts

and do not allow him to make his home in that which is with us!

7- 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!

8- O God, saturate our hearts with the rejection of his works

and be gentle to us by destroying his stratagems!

9- 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!

10- 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 neighbours,

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!

11- 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!

12- O God, 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!

13- O God, rout his troops,

nullify his trickery,

make his cave collapse,

and rub his nose in the ground!

14- O God,

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!

15- 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!

16- 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 in Perils

(18) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا دُفِعَ عَنْهُ مَا يَحْذَرُ ، أَوْ عُجِّلَ لَهُ مَطْلَبُهُ

His Supplication when Perils were Repelled or Requests quickly granted

1. اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ قَضَائِكَ ،

وَ بِمَا صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ بَلَائِكَ ،

فَلَا تَجْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ

مَا عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ

فَأَكُونَ قَدْ شَقِيتُ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتُ

وَ سَعِدَ غَيْرِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُ .

2. وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ مَا ظَلِلْتُ فِيهِ أَوْ بِتُّ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعَافِيَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَلَاءٍ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ وَ وِزْرٍ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ

فَقَدِّمْ لِي مَا أَخَّرْتَ ،

وَ أَخِّرْ عَنِّي مَا قَدَّمْتَ .

3. فَغَيْرُ كَثِيرٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْفَنَاءُ ،

وَ غَيْرُ قَلِيلٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْبَقَاءُ ،

وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ .

1- 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!1

2- If this well-being in which 1 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!

3- For that which ends in annihilation is not great

and that which ends in subsistence is not little.

And bless Muhammad and his Household!

Footnote

1. The terms 'wretchedness' (shiqa') and 'felicity' (sa'ada) refer to heaven and hell, not to the misery or happiness of this world.

19) His Supplication in Asking for Water during a Drought

( 19 ) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ ، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ بَعْدَ الْجَدْبِ

1. اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا الْغَيْثَ ،

وَ انْشُرْ عَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ بِغَيْثِكَ الْمُغْدِقِ

مِنَ السَّحَابِ الْمُنْسَاقِ

لِنَبَاتِ أَرْضِكَ الْمُونِقِ فِي جَمِيعِ الْآفَاقِ .

2. وَ امْنُنْ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ بِإِينَاعِ الثَّمَرَةِ ،

وَ أَحْيِ بِلَادَكَ بِبُلُوغِ الزَّهَرَةِ ،

وَ أَشْهِدْ مَلَائِكَتَكَ الْكِرَامَ السَّفَرَةَ

بِسَقْيٍ مِنْكَ نَافِعٍ ، دَائِمٍ غُزْرُهُ ، وَاسِعٍ دِرَرُهُ ، وَابِلٍ سَرِيعٍ عَاجِلٍ .

3. تُحْيِي بِهِ مَا قَدْ مَاتَ ،

وَ تَرُدُّ بِهِ مَا قَدْ فَاتَ

وَ تُخْرِجُ بِهِ مَا هُوَ آتٍ ،

وَ تُوَسِّعُ بِهِ فِي الْأَقْوَاتِ ،

سَحَاباً مُتَرَاكِماً هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً

طَبَقاً مُجَلْجَلًا ،

غَيْرَ مُلِثٍّ وَدْقُهُ ،

وَ لَا خُلَّبٍ بَرْقُهُ .

4. اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثاً مُغِيثاً

مَرِيعاً مُمْرِعاً عَرِيضاً

وَاسِعاً غَزِيراً ،

تَرُدُّ بِهِ النَّهِيضَ ، وَ تَجْبُرُ بِهِ الْمَهِيضَ .

5. اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا سَقْياً تُسِيلُ مِنْهُ الظِّرَابَ ، وَ تَمْلَأُ مِنْهُ الْجِبَابَ ، وَ تُفَجِّرُ بِهِ الْأَنْهَارَ ، وَ تُنْبِتُ بِهِ الْأَشْجَارَ ، وَ تُرْخِصُ بِهِ الْأَسْعَارَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْأَمْصَارِ ، وَ تَنْعَشُ بِهِ الْبَهَائِمَ وَ الْخَلْقَ ، وَ تُكْمِلُ لَنَا بِهِ طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ ، و تُنْبِتُ لَنَا بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَ تُدِرُّ بِهِ الضَّرْعَ وَ تَزِيدُنَا بِهِ قُوَّةً إِلَى قُوَّتِنَا .

6. اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ ظِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا سَمُوماً ،

وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ بَرْدَهُ عَلَيْنَا حُسُوماً ،

وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ صَوْبَهُ عَلَيْنَا رُجُوماً ،

وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ مَاءَهُ عَلَيْنَا أُجَاجاً .

7. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

وَ ارْزُقْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ ،

إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ .

1- 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!

2- 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,

3- through which Thou revivest what has vanished,

ringest 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!

4- O God, give us water through rain,

helping, productive, fertilizing,

widespread, plentiful, abundant,

bringing back the risen,

restoring the broken!

5- 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!

6- O God,

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!

7- O God,

bless Muhammad and his Household

and provide us with the blessings of the heavens and the earth!

Thou art powerful over everything!1

Footnote

1. 3:26