Instructions
مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية المعتبرة.
DUA FOR FENDING OFF DISTRESS, GRIEF, AND FEAR
Twelve in number, the following supplicatory prayers are said
for imploring Almighty Allah for protection against distress,
grief, fear, and the like things.
First: Imam al-Baqir ('a) is reported to have said: Whenever a
horrifying matter inflicts you, you may turn your face towards
the kiblah direction and offer a two-unit prayer. Upon
accomplishment, you may say this supplicatory prayer
seventy times, and submit your requests each time you come
to its end:
DUA YA KUONDOA DHIKI, HUZUNI, NA HOFU. Ziko kumi na mbili kwa idadi, dua zifuatazo husomwa kwa ajili ya kumwomba Mwenyezi Mungu ulinzi dhidi ya dhiki, huzuni, hofu, na mambo kama hayo. Kwanza: Imepokewa kutoka kwa Imamu al-Baqir (a.s) kuwa amesema: Kila unapopatwa na jambo la kutisha, unaweza kuelekeza uso wako kuelekea Qibla na kuswali rakaa mbili. Ukimaliza, unaweza kusoma dua hii mara sabini, na kuwasilisha maombi yako kila unapofika mwisho wake:
يَا أَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرِيْنَ
Yā ʾabṣara an-nāẓirīna
O Most Seeing of those who see.
Ewe Mwenye kuona zaidi ya wanaoona.
يَا اَسْمَعَ السَّامِعِيْنَ
Yā asmaʿa as-sāmiʿīna
O Most Hearing of those who hear.
Ewe Mwenye kusikia zaidi ya wanaosikia.
يَا اَسْرَعَ الْحَاسِبِيْنَ
Yā asraʿa al-ḥāsibīna
O Swiftest of reckoners.
Ewe Mwepesi zaidi wa kuhisabu.
يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
Yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīna.
O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
Ewe Mwingi wa rehema kuliko wote wenye kurehemu.
اَللهُ رَبَّى لَا أَشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
Allāhu rabbā lā ʾashriku bihi shayʾan
Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything with Him.
Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Mola wangu, simshirikishi na chochote.
تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَىِّ الْذِي لَا يَمُوْتُ.
Tawakkaltu ʿalā al-ḥā adh-dhī lā yamūtu.
I rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die.
Nimetegemea kwa Aliye Hai ambaye hafi.
اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّى اَسْئَلُكَ بِانَّ لَكَ
Allāhumma innā asʾaluka biānna laka
O Allah, indeed I ask You by the fact that to You belongs...
Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, hakika mimi nakuomba kwa kuwa kwako...
الْحَمْدَ لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ
Al-ḥamda lā al-ha al-ā ʾanta al-mannānu
All praise, there is no god but You, the Bestower of favors.
Sifa zote njema, hakuna mungu isipokuwa Wewe, Mwenye kuneemesha.
بَدِيْعُ السَّمْوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ
Badīʿu as-samwāti wālārḍi
Originator of the heavens and the earth.
Muumbaji wa mbingu na ardhi.
ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ
Dhū al-jalāli wālʾikrāmi
Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
Mwenye Utukufu na Ukarimu.
آَنْ تُصَلَّى عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ وَالِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Ān tuṣallā ʿalā muḥammadi wāli muḥammadin
That You bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
Kwamba umrehemu Muhammad na jamaa zake Muhammad.
وَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِى مِمَّا أَنَا فِيْهِ فَرَجًا وَ مَخْرَجًا
Wa ʾan tajʿala liā mimmā ʾanā fīhi farajan wa makhrajan
And that You grant me relief and a way out from what I am in.
Na kwamba unijaalie nafuu na njia ya kutokea kutokana na yale niliyomo.
اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ لَا يَكْفِى مِثْكَ اَحَدٍ
Allāhumma innaka lā yakfiā mithka aḥadin
O Allah, You are such that no one suffices like You.
Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, hakika Wewe ni Ambaye hakuna wa kutosheleza kama Wewe.
وَ آَنْتَ تَكْفِى مِنْ كُلِّ آَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
Wa ānta takfiā min kulli āḥadin min khalqika
And You suffice against everyone from Your creation.
Na Wewe unatosheleza dhidi ya kila mmoja katika viumbe Vyako.
فَاكْفِنِى كَذَا وَ كَذَا.
Fākfiniā kadhā wa kadhā.
So suffice me in such and such (need).
Basi nitosheleze katika kadha wa kadha.
يَا كَافِيَا مِنْ كُلّ شَءٍ
Yā kāfiyā min kull shaʾin
O You who suffices against everything.
Ewe Mwenye kutosheleza dhidi ya kila kitu.
وَلَا يَكْفِى مِثْكَ شَءٌ
Walā yakfiā mithka shaʾun
And nothing suffices like You.
Na hakuna kitu kinachotosheleza kama Wewe.
فِي السَّمْوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
Fī as-samwāti wālʾarḍi
In the heavens and the earth.
Katika mbingu na ardhi.
اِكْفِيِن مَا اَهَمَّنِن مِنْ آَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأخِرَةِ
Ikfiyin mā ahammanin min āmri ad-dunyā wālʾkhirati
Suffice me against what concerns me regarding the affairs of this world and the Hereafter.
Nitosheleze yale yanayonihangaisha katika mambo ya dunia na akhera.
وَ صَلَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَلِهِ.
Wa ṣalla ʿalā muḥammadin wa al-hi.
And send blessings upon Muhammad and his family.
Na umrehemu Muhammad na jamaa zake.
بِاللهِ اسْتَفْتِحُ
Biāllhi astaftiḥu
By Allah, I seek to begin.
Kwa jina la Allah, natafuta kuanza.
وَ بِاللهِ اَسْتَنْجِحُ
Wa biāllhi astanjiḥu
And by Allah, I seek success.
Na kwa Allah, natafuta ufanisi.
وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ الهِ اَتَّوَجَهُ
Wa bimuḥammadin ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa al-hi attawajahu
And through Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), I turn [to Allah].
Na kupitia kwa Muhammad (rehema na amani zimshukie yeye na familia yake), naelekea [kwa Allah].
اَللَّهُمّ ذَلَّلْ لِى صُعُوْبَتَهُ
Allāhumma dhallal liā ṣuʿūbatahu
O Allah, make its difficulty easy for me.
Ewe Allah,ifanye ugumu wake kuwa mwepesi kwangu.
وَ سَهِّلْ لِى حُزُوْنَتَهُ
Wa sahhil liā ḥuzūnatahu
And make its roughness smooth for me.
Na ufanye ukali wake kuwa laini kwangu.
فَاِنِّكَ تَمْحُوْ مَا تَشَآَءُ وَ تُثْبِثُ
Fānnika tamḥū mā tashaʾāʾu wa tuthbithu
For indeed, You erase what You wish and You establish [what You wish].
Kwa hakika Wewe unafuta unavyotaka na unathibitisha [unavyotaka].
وَ عِنْدَكَ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ
Wa ʿindaka ʾummu al-kitābi
And with You is the Mother of the Book.
Na kwako kuna Ujumbe wa Kitabu (Ubao Uliohifadhiwa).
حَسبِىَ اللهُ
Ḥasbiā Allāhu
Allah is sufficient for me.
Allah anatosha kwangu.
لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ
Lā al-ha al-ā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu
There is no god except Him; upon Him I have relied.
Hakuna mungu isipokuwa Yeye; kwake Yeye nimetegemea.
وَ هُوَ رَبُّ العَرْشِ العَظِيمِ
Wa huwa rabbu al-ʿarshi al-ʿaẓīmi
And He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
Naye ni Mola wa Kiti cha Enzi Kitukufu.
وَ اَمْتَنِعُ بِحَوْلِ اللهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ
Wa amtaniʿu biḥawli Allāhi wa quwwatihi
And I seek refuge through the Might of Allah and His Power.
Na najikinga kwa uwezo wa Allah na nguvu Zake.
مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ وَ قَوَّتِهِمْ
Min ḥawlihim wa qawwatihim
From their might and their power.
Kutokana na uwezo wao na nguvu zao.
وَ اَمْتَنِعُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ
Wa amtaniʿu birabbi al-falaqi
And I seek refuge with the Lord of the Daybreak.
Na najikinga kwa Mola wa mapambazuko.
مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Min sharri mā khalaqa
From the evil of what He has created.
Kutokana na shari ya alichokiumba.
وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَا بِاللهِ.
Wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata al-ā biāllhi.
And there is no might nor power except by Allah.
Na hakuna uwezo wala nguvu isipokuwa kwa Allah.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ألِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاغْفِزْلِى وَارْحَمْنِى وَزَكٌ عَمَلِى وَ يَسِّرْ مُثْقَلَبِىٰ
Allāhumma ṣalla ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʾli muḥammadin wāghfizliā wārḥamniā wazakun ʿamaliā wa yassir muthqalabiā
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, forgive me, have mercy on me, purify my deeds, and make easy my return.
Ewe Allah, mbariki Muhammad na familia ya Muhammad, nisamehe, unirehemu, takasa matendo yangu, na ufanye wepesi marejeo yangu.
وَاهْدِ قَلْبِى وَ امِنْ خَوْفِى وَ عَافِنِى فِي عُمْرِي كُلَّهِ وَ ثَبّثْ حُجَتِى وَ اغْفِزْ خَطَايَاىَ
Wāhdi qalbiā wa amin khawfiā wa ʿāfiniā fī ʿumrī kullahi wa thabbth ḥujatiā wa aghfiz khaṭāyāā
Guide my heart, secure me from my fear, grant me well-being throughout my life, strengthen my argument, and forgive my sins.
Ongoza moyo wangu, nipa usalama kutokana na hofu yangu, nipe afya katika maisha yangu yote, imarisha hoja yangu, na usamehe makosa yangu.
وَ بَيَّض وَجْهِى وَاعْصِمْنِى فِى دِيْنِى وَ سَهَلْ مَظلَبِى وَ وَسَّغ عَلَىَّ فِي رِزْقِى فَإِنَن
Wa bayyaḍ wajhiā wāʿṣimniā fiā dīniā wa sahal maẓlabiā wa wassagh ʿalā fī rizqiā faʾinan
Whiten my face, protect me in my religion, ease my demands, and expand my provision for me, for indeed...
Uuangaze uso wangu, nilinde katika dini yangu, fanya wepesi mahitaji yangu, na uipanue riziki yangu, kwani hakika...
ضَعِيْفٌ وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئٍ مَا عِنْدِىْ بِحُسْنِ مَا عِنْدَكَ وَلَا تَفْجَعْنِن بِنَفْسِن وَلَا تَفْجَع
Ḍaʿīfun wa tajāwaz ʿan sayyiʾin mā ʿindiā biḥusni mā ʿindaka walā tafjaʿnin binafsin walā tafjaʿ
...I am weak. Overlook the evil that is with me with the good that is with You, and do not afflict me in my soul, and do not afflict...
...mimi ni dhaifu. Samehe ubaya ulio nami kwa wema ulio nawe, na usinihuzunishe katika nafsi yangu, na usihuzunishe...
لِن حَمِيْمًا وَهَبْ لِى يَا اِلْهِى لَخَظَةً مِنْ لَحَظَاتِكَ تَكْشِفُ بِهَا عَنَّى جَمِيْعَ مَابِهِ
Lin ḥamīman wahab liā yā al-hiā lakhaẓatan min laḥaẓātika takshifu bihā ʿannā jamīʿa mābihi
...anyone close to me. Grant me, O my God, a glance from Your glances, by which You remove from me all that I am in.
...yeyote niliyemkaribu. Nipe, Ewe Mola wangu, mtazamo mmoja kutoka kwa mitazamo Yako, ambao utaniondolea yote niliyo nayo.
ابْتَلَيْتَنِن وَ تَرُدُّبِهَا عَلَىَّ مَا هُوَ اَحسَنُ عَادَتِكَ عِثْدِى فَقَدْ ضَعْفَتْ قُوَتِى وَ قَلَّثْ
Abtalaytanin wa taruddubihā ʿalā mā huwa aḥsanu ʿādatika ʿithdiā faqad ḍaʿfat quwatiā wa qallath
You have tried me, and You return to me with what is better in Your custom towards me, for my strength has weakened and diminished.
Umenijaribu, na Umenirejeshea yale yaliyo bora zaidi katika ada Yako kwangu, kwani nguvu zangu zimepungua na kupunguka.
جِيْلَتِن وَانْقَطَعَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ رَجَآئِى وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ اِلَّا رَجَاؤُكَ وَ تَوَكُّلِى عَلَيْكَ، وَ قُدْرَتُكَ
Jīlatin wānqaṭaʿa min khalqika rajaʾāʾiā wa lam yabqa al-ā rajāʾuka wa tawakkuliā ʿalayka, wa qudratuka
my stratagem, and my hope in Your creation has been severed, and nothing remains except hope in You, reliance upon You, and Your power.
hila yangu, na matumaini yangu kwa viumbe Vyako yamekatika, na hapabaki isipokuwa matumaini Kwako, kutegemea Kwako, na uwezo Wako.
عَلَىَّ يَا رَبِّ اَنْ تَرْحَمَنِن وَ تُعَافِيْنِى كَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَىَّ اَنْ تُعَذَّبَنِن وَ تَبْتَلِيَنِى اِلْهِن ذِكْرُ
ʿalā yā rabbi an tarḥamanin wa tuʿāfīniā kaqudratika ʿalā an tuʿaddhabanin wa tabtaliyaniā al-hin dhikru
over me, O Lord, to have mercy on me and grant me well-being, just as You have power over me to punish me and try me. My God, the remembrance of
juu yangu, Ee Mola wangu, unirehemu na unipe afya, kama ulivyo na uwezo juu yangu wa kunitesa na kunijaribu. Mola wangu, ukumbusho wa
عَوَايِدِكَ يُؤْنِسُنِنْ وَ الرَّجَاءُ لاِ نَعَامِكَ
ʿawāyidika yuʾnisunin wa ar-rajāʾu lā naʿāmika
Your customs consoles me, and the hope of Your favors
ada Zako huniliwaza, na matumaini ya neema Zako
يُقَوِّيْنِى وَ لَمْ آَخْلُ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِى فَانْتَ رَبِّى وَ سَيِّدِىْ وَ مَفْزَعِى وَ مَلْجَاىَ
Yuqawwīniā wa lam ākhlu min niʿamika mundhu khalaqtaniā fānta rabbiā wa sayyidiā wa mafzaʿiā wa maljāā
strengthens me. I have not been devoid of Your blessings since You created me; You are my Lord, my Master, my refuge, and my shelter,
hunipa nguvu. Sijawahi kukosa neema Zako tangu Uliponiumba; Wewe ni Mola wangu, Bwana wangu, kimbilio langu, na makazi yangu,
وَ الْحَافِظُ لِن وَالذَّآبُّ عَنَّن وَالرَّحِيْمُ بِن وَ الْمُتَكَفَّلُ بِرِزْقِى وَ فِى قَضَآئِكَ وَ
Wa al-ḥāfiẓu lin wālddhaʾābbu ʿannan wālrraḥīmu bin wa al-mutakaffalu birizqiā wa fiā qaḍaʾāʾika wa
the Guardian over me, the Defender for me, the Merciful to me, the Guarantor of my provision, and in Your decree and
Mlinzi wangu, Mtetezi wangu, Mwingi wa Rehema kwangu, Mwadhamini wa riziki yangu, na katika hukumu Yako na
قُذْرَتِكَ كُلُّ مَا آَنَا فِيْهِ فَلْيَكُنُ يَا سَيَّدِىٰ وَ مَؤْلَاىَ فِيمَا قَضَيْتَ وَ قَدَّرْتَ وَ حَتَمْتَ
Qudhratika kullu mā ānā fīhi falyakunu yā sayyadiā wa maʾlāā fīmā qaḍayta wa qaddarta wa ḥatamta
power is all that I am in. So let it be, O my Master and my Protector, in what You have decreed, determined, and ordained,
uwezo Wako kipo kile ninachokipitia. Basi na iwe hivyo, Ee Bwana wangu na Mlinzi wangu, katika yale Uliyoyahukumu, Uliyopanga, na Uliyoyaamua,
تَفْجِيْلُ خَلَاصِى مِمَا آَنَا فِيْهِ جَمِيْعِهِ وَالْعَافِيَةُ لِى فَإِنَّى لَا آَجِدُ لِدَفْعِ ذَلِكَ آَحَدًا
Tafjīlu khalāṣiā mimā ānā fīhi jamīʿihi wālʿāfiyatu liā faʾinnā lā ājidu lidafʿi dhalika āḥadan
the hastened deliverance from all that I am in, and well-being for me; for I find no one to avert that
kuharakisha kuokolewa kwangu kutoka katika yote niliyonayo, na afya kwangu; kwani sipati yeyote wa kuiondoa hiyo
غَيْرَكَ وَلَا اَعْتَمِدُ فِيْهِ اِلَّا عَلَيْكَ فَكُنْ يَاذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ عِنْدَ اَخْسَنِ ظَنِّى بِكَ وَ
Ghayraka walā aʿtamidu fīhi al-ā ʿalayka fakun yādhā al-jalāli wālʾikrāmi ʿinda akhsani ẓanniā bika wa
except You, and I do not rely on anyone for it but You. So be, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, according to my best expectation of You and
isipokuwa Wewe, na sitaki msaada kwa yeyote isipokuwa Wewe. Basi uwe, Ee Mwenye Utukufu na Ukarimu, kulingana na dhana yangu njema Kwako na
رَجَآئِى لَكَ وَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعِن وَاسْتِكَانَتِى وَ ضَعْفَ رُكْنِى وَ امْنُنْ بِذَلِكَ عَلَىَّ وَ عَلَى
Rajaʾāʾiā laka wārḥam taḍarruʿin wāstikānatiā wa ḍaʿfa rukniā wa amnun bidhalika ʿalā wa ʿalā
my hope in You, and have mercy on my imploring, my humility, and the weakness of my state, and bestow that upon me and upon
matumaini yangu Kwako, na urehemu maombi yangu, unyenyekevu wangu, na udhaifu wa hali yangu, na unijalie hayo mimi na
كُلِّ دَاعِ دَعَاكَ يَا آَرحَمَ الرَّاجِمِيْنَ وَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أُلِهِ.
Kulli dāʿi daʿāka yā ārḥama ar-rājimīna wa ṣallā Allāhu ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʾulihi.
every supplicant who has called upon You, O Most Merciful of the merciful, and may God bless Muhammad and his family.
kila mwombaji aliyekuomba, Ee Mwingi wa Rehema kuliko wenye kurehemu, na Mungu ambariki Muhammad na familia yake.
