Supplication of Imam al-Husayn ('a)

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ. دُعَاءُ الإِمَامِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. سَيُرِدُ هَذَا الدُّعَاءُ فِي مَلَاحِقِ الْكِتَابِ.
Imam al-Husayn's Supplication. This supplicatory prayer will be cited within the appendixes of the book.
أَنْتَ اللهُ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِآدَمَ وَ حَوَّاءَ حِينَ (قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَ تَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ)
You are Allah, Who answered Adam and Eve when they said: 'Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.'
وَ نَادَاكَ نُوحٌ فَاسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُ وَ نَجَّيْتَهُ وَ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ
And Noah called upon You, so You answered him and saved him and his family from the great distress,
وَ أَطْفَأْتَ نَارَ نُمْرُودَ عَنْ خَلِيلِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَجَعَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ (بَرْدًا وَ سَلَامًا)
and You extinguished the fire of Nimrod from Your friend Abraham, making it 'coolness and safety' for him.
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِأَيُّوبَ حِينَ نَادَاكَ (أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ)
And You are He Who answered Job when he called out to You: 'Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy.'
فَكَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَ آتَيْتَهُ أَهْلَهُ وَ مِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ
So We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him, and the like thereof with them, as a mercy from Us and a reminder for those who possess understanding.
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِذِي النُّونِ حِينَ نَادَاكَ (فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ)
And You are He Who answered Jonah (the man of the fish) when he cried out in the depths of darkness: 'There is no god but You, Glory be to You! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers.'
فَنَجَّيْتَهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِمُوسَىٰ وَ هَارُونَ دَعْوَتَهُمَا حِينَ قُلْتَ (قَدْ أُجِيبَتْ دَعْوَتُكُمَا)
So We delivered him from the distress. And You are He Who answered the prayer of Moses and Aaron when You said: 'Your prayer is accepted.'
وَ أَغْرَقْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ قَوْمَهُ وَ غَفَرْتَ لِدَاوُدَ ذَنْبَهُ وَ نَبَّهْتَ قَلْبَهُ وَ أَرْضَيْتَ خَصْمَهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْكَ [وَ ذِكْرَىٰ]
And You drowned Pharaoh and his people, and forgave David his slip, awakened his heart, and satisfied his adversary, out of mercy from You and a reminder.
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي فَدَيْتَ الذَّبِيحَ (بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ) حِينَ (أَسْلَمَا وَ تَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ) فَنَادَيْتَهُ بِالْفَرَجِ وَ الرَّوْحِ
And You are He Who ransomed the youth destined for sacrifice with 'a momentous sacrifice' when 'they had both submitted and he flung him down upon his face', then You called out to him with relief and ease.
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي نَادَاكَ زَكَرِيَّا نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا قَالَ (رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَ اشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا)
And You are He Whom Zechariah called upon in secret, saying: 'My Lord! Lo! My bones wet-rot and my head shimmers with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to You, my Lord!'
وَ قُلْتَ (وَ يَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَ رَهَبًا وَ كَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ)
And You said: 'And they used to call on Us with hope and dread, and they were humble before Us.'
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي اسْتَجَبْتَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لِتَزِيدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
And You are He Who answers those who believe and do righteous deeds, that You may increase them of Your bounty.
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي أَهْوَنَ الرَّاغِبِينَ إِلَيْكَ وَ اسْتَجِبْ لِي كَمَا اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُمْ بِحَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْكَ وَ طَهِّرْنِي
O Lord, do not make me the least of those who turn to You, and answer me as You answered them, by their right over You, and purify me,
وَ تَقَبَّلْ صَلَاتِي وَ حَسَنَاتِي وَ طَيِّبْ بَقِيَّةَ حَيَاتِي وَ طَيِّبْ وَفَاتِي وَ اخْلُفْنِي فِيمَنْ أُخَلَّفُ وَ احْفَظْهُمْ رَبِّ بِدُعَائِي
and accept my prayer and my good deeds, and make pure the remainder of my life, and make pure my death, and succeed me among those I leave behind, and protect them, O Lord, by my supplication.
وَ اجْعَلْ ذُرِّيَّتِي ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً تَحُوطُهَا بِحِيَاطَتِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا حُطْتَ مِنْهُ ذُرِّيَّةَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا رَحِيمُ [يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ]
And make my offspring a righteous offspring, guarding them with Your protection from everything against which You protect the offspring of Your friends and the people of Your obedience, by Your mercy, O Merciful [O Most Merciful of those who show mercy].
يَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ [هُوَ] عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رَقِيبٌ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ سَائِلٍ قَرِيبٌ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاعٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ مُجِيبٌ
O He Who is Powerful over all things, and [He Who] is Watchful over all things, and is Close to every asker, and is Responsive to every caller among His creation,
أَنْتَ اللهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي (لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ)
You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the One, the Eternally Besought of all, Who 'begets not nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him.'
بِالْقُدْرَةِ الَّتِي عَلَوْتَ بِهَا فَوْقَ عَرْشِكَ وَ رَفَعْتَ بِهَا سَمَاوَاتِكَ وَ أَرْسَيْتَ بِهَا جِبَالَكَ وَ فَرَشْتَ بِهَا أَرْضَكَ
By the power with which You rose above Your Throne, and with which You raised Your heavens, and with which You set firm Your mountains, and with which You spread out Your earth,
وَ أَجْرَيْتَ بِهَا الْأَنْهَارَ وَ سَخَّرْتَ بِهَا السَّحَابَ وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ وَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ وَ خَلَقْتَ بِهَا الْخَلَائِقَ
and with which You made the rivers flow, and subjugated the clouds, the sun, the moon, the night, and the day, and with which You created all creation,
أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَظَمَةِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ أَضَاءَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُمَاتُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
I ask You by the greatness of Your Noble Face, by which the heavens shined and the darkness was illuminated, that You bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad,
وَ أَنْ تَكْفِيَنِي أَمْرَ مَنْ يُعَادِينِي وَ أَمْرَ مَعَادِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَ أَصْلِحْ يَا رَبِّ شَأْنِي وَ لَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
and that You suffice me against the plot of him who shows enmity to me, and suffice me in the matter of my return (hereafter) and my livelihood, and set right, O Lord, my affairs, and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye,
وَ أَصْلِحْ أَمْرَ وُلْدِي وَ عِيَالِي وَ أَغْنِنِي وَ إِيَّاهُمْ مِنْ خَزَائِنِكَ وَ سَعَةِ رِزْقِكَ وَ فَضْلِكَ وَ ارْزُقْنِي الْفِقْهَ فِي دِينِكَ
and set right the affairs of my children and my family, and enrich me and them from Your treasures, the abundance of Your sustenance, and Your grace, and grant me understanding in Your religion,
وَ أَنْفِعْنِي بِمَا نَفَعْتَ بِهِ مَنِ ارْتَضَيْتَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي (لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا) كَمَا جَعَلْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَإِنَّ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ يَفُوزُ الْمُتَّقُونَ
and benefit me with that by which You benefited those of Your servants with whom You were pleased, and make me 'a leader for the righteous' just as You made Abraham; for indeed by Your guidance and success do the righteous triumph,
وَ يَتُوبُ التَّائِبُونَ وَ يَعْبُدُكَ الْعَابِدُونَ وَ بِتَسْدِيدِكَ وَ إِرْشَادِكَ نَجَا الصَّالِحُونَ
and those who repent turn to You, and the worshippers worship You, and by Your strengthening and guidance are the righteous saved.
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَ مَوْلَاهَا وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
O Allah, grant my soul its piety, and You are its Guardian and its Master, and You are the best of those who purify it.
اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ لَهَا رَشَادَهَا وَ تَقْوَاهَا وَ نَزِّلْهَا مِنَ الْجِنَانِ أَعْلَاهَا وَ طَيِّبْ وَفَاتَهَا وَ مَحْيَاهَا
O Allah, clarify for it its guidance and its piety, and settle it in the highest of Gardens, and make pleasant its death and its life,
وَ أَكْرِمْ مُنْقَلَبَهَا وَ مَثْوَاهَا وَ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَ مَأْوَاهَا أَنْتَ رَبُّهَا وَ مَوْلَاهَا
and honor its place of return, its dwelling, its permanent abode, and its refuge; You are its Lord and its Master.
اللَّهُمَّ اسْمَعْ وَ اسْتَجِبْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ مَنْزِلَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطْمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ
O Allah, hear and answer by Your mercy and by the status of Muhammad, 'Ali, Fatimah, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn,
وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَىٰ
and 'Ali ibn al-Husayn, Muhammad ibn 'Ali, Ja'far ibn Muhammad, Musa ibn Ja'far, 'Ali ibn Musa,
وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحُجَّةِ الْقَائِمِ صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ عِنْدَكَ وَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِمْ لَدَيْكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
and Muhammad ibn 'Ali, 'Ali ibn Muhammad, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali, and the rising Proof (al-Hujjah al-Qa'im) - may the blessings of Allah be upon him and upon them with You, and by their status in Your presence, O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.