Dua of Imam Husayn (a.s.) on the Day of Ashura بِحَقِّ يٰسٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْحَكِيْمِ

Text and Translation

Reliance upon Allah: This is the supplication which Imam Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin (a), used to say.

Praise Taught by Gabriel: It is reported that the Angel Gabriel came to the Holy Prophet (s) with this message from Almighty Allah: if you want to worship Me a whole night and day perfectly, raise your hands towards Me and say this.

Dua Bi-Haqqi Ya-Sin

In urgent need, intense grief, hardship, and difficulty, recite:

بِحَقِّ يٰسٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْحَكِيْمِ وَبِحَقِّ طٰهٰ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْعَظِيْمِ

BI-HAQQI YAASEEN WAL QUR-AANIL HAKEEM WA BI-HAQQI TAA-HAA WAL QUR-AANIL A'ZEEM

By the right of Ya-Sin and the Wise Qur'an, and by the right of Ta-Ha and the Great Qur'an,

يَا مَنْ يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى حَوَاۤئِجِ السَّاۤئِلِيْنَ يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الضَّمِيْرِ

YAA MAY YAQDIRU A'LAA HAWAAA-IJIS SAAA-ILEENA YAA MAY YA'LAMU MAA FID DAMEER

O He Who has power over the needs of those who ask, O He Who knows what is in the innermost heart,

يَا مُنَفِّسًا عَنِ الْمَكْرُوْبِيْنَ يَا مُفَرِّجًا عَنِ الْمَغْمُوْمِيْنَ

YAA MUNAFFISAN A'NIL MAKROOBEENA YAA MUFARRIJAN A'NIL MAGHMOOMEEN

O He Who relieves the distressed, O He Who removes the grief of the grieved,

يَا رَاحِمَ الشَّيْخِ الْكَبِيْرِ يَا رَازِقَ الطِّفْلِ الصَّغِيْرِ

YAA RAAHIMASH SHAYKHIL KABEERI YAA RAAZIQAT TIFLIS SAGHEER

O He Who has mercy on the elderly, O He Who sustains the young child,

يَا مَنْ لَايَحْتَاجُ اِلَى التَّفْسِيْرِ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

YAA MAL LAA YAHTAAJU ILAT TAFSEER SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALI MUHAMMAD

O He Who needs no explanation, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَافْعَلْ بِىْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

WAF-A'L BEE KAZAA WA KAZAA

and do with me such-and-such (mention your need).

Then submit your requests.

Do Not Entrust Me to Myself

Raise your hands towards the sky and recite:

رَبِّ لَاتَكِلْنِىْۤ اِلٰى نَفْسِىْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ اَبَدًا لَا اَقَلَّ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلَا اَكْثَرَ

RABBI LAA TAKILNEE ILAA NAFSEE TARFATA A'YNIN ABADAL LAA AQALLA MIN ZAALIKA WA LAA AKTHAR

My Lord, do not entrust me to myself even for the blink of an eye, ever — neither less than that nor more.

Mercy Beyond My Strength

اِرْحَمْنِىْ مِمَّا لَاطَاقَةَ لِىْ بِهِ وَلَاصَبْرَ لِىْ عَلَيْهِ

IRHAMNEE MIMMAA LAA TAAQATA LEE BIHI WA LAA SABRA LEE A'LAYH

Have mercy on me from that which I have no strength to bear and no patience for.

By Your Majesty and Beauty

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنّىْۤ اَسْئَلُكَ بِجَلَالِكَ وَجَمَالِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ اَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِىْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE AS-ALUKA BI-JALAALIKA WA JAMAALIKA WA KARAMIKA AN TAF-A'LA BEE KAZAA WA KAZAA

O Allah, I ask You by Your majesty, Your beauty, and Your generosity, to do with me such-and-such.

Then submit your requests.

Faith That Is Not Lent

Repeat this supplication frequently:

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِىْ مِنَ الْمُعَارِيْنَ وَلَا تُخْرِجْنِىْ مِنَ التَّقْصِيْرِ

ALLAAHUMMA LAA TAJ-A'LNEE MINAL MU-A'AREENA WA LAA TUKHRIJNEE MINAT TAQSEER

O Allah, do not count me among those whose faith is only lent, and do not exempt me from feeling my shortcoming.

If You Punish Me, I Deserve It

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِىْ فَاَهْلٌ لِذٰلِكَ اَنَا وَاِنْ تَغْفِرْلِىْ فَاَهْلٌ لِذٰلِكَ اَنْتَ

ALLAAHUMMA IN TU-A'ZZIBNEE FA-AHLUL LI-ZAALIKA ANAA WA IN TAGHFIRLEE FA-AHLUL LI-ZAALIKA ANT

O Allah, if You punish me, I deserve it; and if You forgive me, You are worthy of that.

Asking by the Five Persons

Whenever you press your request in prayer, ask Almighty Allah in the name of the Five Persons: the Holy Prophet, Imam Ali, Lady Fatimah, Imam al-Hasan, and Imam al-Husayn, peace be upon them.

Truthfulness, Trusts & Prayers

اَللّٰهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُمْ صِدْقَ الْحَدِيْثِ وَاٰدَاۤءَ الْاَمَانَةِ وَالْمُحَافَظَةَ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ

ALLAAHUMMAR ZUQHUM SIDQAL HADEETHI WA ADAAA-AL AMAANATI WAL MUHAAFAZATA A'LAS SALAWAAT

O Allah, grant them truthfulness in speech, the fulfilling of trusts, and the safeguarding of their prayers,

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّهُمْ اَحَقُّ خَلْقِكَ اَنْ تَفْعَلَهُ بِهِمْ اَللّٰهُمَّ افْعَلْهُ بِهِمْ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAHUM AHAQQU KHALQIKA AN TAF-A'LAHU BIHIM ALLAAHUMMAF-A'LHU BIHIM

O Allah, they are the most deserving of Your creatures for You to do this for; O Allah, do it for them.

Reliance upon Allah

اَللّٰهُمَّ مُنَّ عَلَىَّ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ وَالتَّفْوِيْضِ اِلَيْكَ وَالرِّضَا بِقَدَرِكَ وَالتَّسْلِيْمِ لِاَمْرِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA MUNNA A'LAYYA BIT TAWAKKULI A'LAYKA WAT TAFWEEDI ILAYKA WAR RIDAA BI-QADARIKA WAT TASLEEMI LI-AMRIK

O Allah, favor me with reliance upon You, entrusting my affairs to You, contentment with Your decree, and submission to Your command,

حَتّٰى لَاۤ اُحِبَّ تَعْجِيْلَ مَاۤ اَخَّرْتَ وَلَاتَاْخِيْرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ

HATTAA LAA UHIBBA TA'JEELA MAA AKHKHARTA WA LAA TA-KHEERA MAA A'JJALTA YAA RABBAL A'ALAMEEN

so that I do not wish to hasten what You have delayed, nor to delay what You have hastened, O Lord of the worlds.

Praise Taught by Gabriel

Raise your hands towards Allah and recite:

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا خَالِدًا مَعَ خُلُوْدِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU HAMDAN KHAALIDAM MA-A' KHULOODIK

O Allah, to You is praise, everlasting praise along with Your everlastingness,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا لَا مُنْتَهٰى لَهُ دُوْنَ عِلْمِكَ

WA LAKAL HAMDU HAMDAL LAA MUNTAHAA LAHU DOONA I'LMIK

and to You is praise, praise with no limit short of Your knowledge,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا لَاۤ اَمَدَ لَهُ دُوْنَ مَشِيَّتِكَ

WA LAKAL HAMDU HAMDAL LAA AMADA LAHU DOONA MASHEE-ATIK

and to You is praise, praise with no bound short of Your will,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا لَاجَزَاۤءَ لِقَاۤئِلِهِ اِلَّا رِضَاكَ

WA LAKAL HAMDU HAMDAL LAA JAZAAA-A LI-QAAA-ILIHI ILLAA RIDAAK

and to You is praise, praise whose speaker's only reward is Your good pleasure.

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ وَلَكَ الْمَنُّ كُلُّهُ وَلَكَ الْفَخْرُ كُلُّهُ

ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU KULLUHU WA LAKAL MANNU KULLUHU WA LAKAL FAKHRU KULLUH

O Allah, to You belongs all praise, to You belongs all favor, to You belongs all pride,

وَلَكَ الْبَهَاۤءُ كُلُّهُ وَلَكَ النُّوْرُ كُلُّهُ وَلَكَ الْعِزَّةُ كُلُّهَا

WA LAKAL BAHAAA-O KULLUHU WA LAKAN NOORU KULLUHU WA LAKAL I'ZZATU KULLUHAA

to You belongs all splendor, to You belongs all light, to You belongs all might,

وَلَكَ الْجَبَرُوْتُ كُلُّهَا وَلَكَ الْعَظَمَةُ كُلُّهَا

WA LAKAL JABAROOTU KULLUHAA WA LAKAL A'ZAMATU KULLUHAA

to You belongs all sovereignty, to You belongs all greatness,

وَلَكَ الدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا وَلَكَ الْاٰخِرَةُ كُلُّهَا

WA LAKAD DUNYAA KULLUHAA WA LAKAL AAKHIRATU KULLUHAA

to You belongs all of this world, to You belongs all of the Hereafter,

وَلَكَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ كُلُّهُ وَلَكَ الْخَلْقُ كُلُّهُ

WA LAKAL LAYLU WAN NAHAARU KULLUHU WA LAKAL KHALQU KULLUH

to You belongs the night and the day in their entirety, to You belongs all creation,

وَبِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ وَاِلَيْكَ يَرْجِعُ الْاَمْرُ كُلُّهُ عَلَانِيَتُهُ وَسِرُّهُ

WA BI-YADIKAL KHAYRU KULLUHU WA ILAYKA YARJI-U'L AMRU KULLUHU A'LAANIYATUHU WA SIRRUH

and in Your hand is all good; and to You all affairs return, their open and their hidden.

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا اَبَدًا اَنْتَ حَسَنُ الْبَلَاۤءِ جَلِيْلُ الثَّنَاۤءِ

ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU HAMDAN ABADAN ANTA HASANUL BALAAA-I JALEELUTH THANAAA-I

O Allah, to You is praise, everlasting praise; You are beautiful in trial, glorious in acclaim,

سَابِغُ النَّعْمَاۤءِ عَدْلُ الْقَضَاۤءِ جَزِيْلُ الْعَطَاۤءِ حَسَنُ الْاٰلَاۤءِ

SAABIGHUN NA'MAAA-I A'DLUL QADAAA-I JAZEELUL A'TAAA-I HASANUL AALAAA-I

abundant in favor, just in decree, generous in giving, beautiful in bestowals,

اِلٰهٌ فِى الْاَرْضِ وَاِلٰهٌ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ

ILAAHUN FIL ARDI WA ILAAHUN FIS SAMAAA-I

God in the earth and God in the heaven.

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى السَّبْعِ الشِّدَادِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى الْاَرْضِ الْمِهَادِ

ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU FIS SAB-I'SH SHIDAADI WA LAKAL HAMDU FIL ARDIL MIHAAD

O Allah, to You is praise in the seven firm heavens, and to You is praise in the outspread earth,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ طَاقَةَ الْعِبَادِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ سَعَةَ الْبِلَادِ

WA LAKAL HAMDU TAAQATAL I'BAADI WA LAKAL HAMDU SA-A'TAL BILAAD

and to You is praise to the utmost of Your servants' capacity, and to You is praise as vast as the lands,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى الْجِبَالِ الْاَوْتَادِ

WA LAKAL HAMDU FIL JIBAALIL AWTAAD

and to You is praise amid the mountains, the pegs of the earth,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى اللَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰى وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى النَّهَارِ اِذَا تَجَلّٰى

WA LAKAL HAMDU FIL LAYLI IZAA YAGHSHAA WA LAKAL HAMDU FIN NAHAARI IZAA TAJALLAA

to You is praise in the night when it covers, and to You is praise in the day when it shines forth,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ وَالْاُوْلٰى

WA LAKAL HAMDU FIL AAKHIRATI WAL OOLAA

and to You is praise in the Last Life and the First,

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِى الْمَثَانِىْ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْعَظِيْمِ

WA LAKAL HAMDU FIL MATHAANEE WAL QUR-AANIL A'ZEEM

and to You is praise in the oft-repeated verses and the Great Qur'an,

وَسُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ وَالْاَرْضُ جَمِيْعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِيْنِهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُوْنَ

WA SUBHAANAL LAAHI WA BI-HAMDIHI WAL ARDU JAMEE-A'N QABDATUHU YAWMAL QIYAAMATI WAS SAMAAWAATU MATWIYYAATUM BI-YAMEENIHI SUBHAANAHU WA TA-A'ALAA A'MMAA YUSHRIKOON

And glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him — the whole earth shall be in His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens shall be folded in His right hand; glory be to Him, exalted above what they associate with Him,

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ كُلُّ شَيْئٍ هَالِكٌ اِلَّا وَجْهَهُ

SUBHAANAL LAAHI WA BI-HAMDIHI KULLU SHAY-IN HAALIKUN ILLAA WAJHAH

glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him — everything is perishing except His Countenance,

سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ وَتَبَارَكْتَ وَتَقَدَّسْتَ

SUBHAANAKA RABBANAA WA TA-A'ALAYTA WA TABAARAKTA WA TAQADDAST

glory be to You, our Lord; exalted, blessed, and holy are You.

خَلَقْتَ كُلَّ شَيْئٍ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَقَهَرْتَ كُلَّ شَيْئٍ بِعِزَّتِكَ

KHALAQTA KULLA SHAY-IM BI-QUDRATIKA WA QAHARTA KULLA SHAY-IM BI-I'ZZATIK

You created everything by Your power, and You subdued everything by Your might,

وَعَلَوْتَ فَوْقَ كُلِّ شَيْئٍ بِارْتِفَاعِكَ وَغَلَبْتَ كُلَّ شَيْئٍ بِقُوَّتِكَ

WA A'LAWTA FAWQA KULLI SHAY-IM BI-IRTIFAA-I'KA WA GHALABTA KULLA SHAY-IM BI-QUWWATIK

and You rose above everything in Your loftiness, and You overpowered everything by Your strength,

وَابْتَدَعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْئٍ بِحِكْمَتِكَ وَعِلْمِكَ

WABTADA'TA KULLA SHAY-IM BI-HIKMATIKA WA I'LMIK

and You originated everything by Your wisdom and knowledge,

وَبَعَثْتَ الرُّسُلَ بِكُتُبِكَ وَهَدَيْتَ الصَّالِحِيْنَ بِاِذْنِكَ

WA BA-A'THTAR RUSULA BI-KUTUBIKA WA HADAYTAS SAALIHEENA BI-IZNIK

and You sent the messengers with Your books, and You guided the righteous by Your permission,

وَاَيَّدْتَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ بِنَصْرِكَ وَقَهَرْتَ الْخَلْقَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ

WA AYYADTAL MU'MINEENA BI-NASRIKA WA QAHARTAL KHALQA BI-SULTAANIK

and You strengthened the believers with Your aid, and You subdued creation by Your dominion.

لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ

LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTA WAHDAKA LAA SHAREEKA LAK

There is no god but You, alone, with no partner unto You;

لَا نَعْبُدُ غَيْرَكَ وَلَانَسْئَلُ اِلَّاۤ اِيَّاكَ وَلَانَرْغَبُ اِلَّاۤ اِلَيْكَ

LAA NA'BUDU GHAYRAKA WA LAA NAS-ALU ILLAA IYYAAKA WA LAA NARGHABU ILLAA ILAYK

we worship none but You, we ask none but You, and we desire none but You;

اَنْتَ مَوْضِعُ شَكْوَانَا وَمُنْتَهٰى رَغْبَتِنَا وَاِلٰهُنَا وَمَلِيْكُنَا

ANTA MAWDI-U' SHAKWAANAA WA MUNTAHAA RAGHBATINAA WA ILAAHUNAA WA MALEEKUNAA

You are the place of our complaint, the utmost of our desire, our God, and our King.

(The record of this supplication in this app's history ends here; it is traditionally reported to continue at greater length.)