Lightning-Fast Prayer (for Worldly Desires)

Text and Translation

It is reported that a man came to Imam Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin (a), complaining of the delay in his prayers being answered. The Imam asked, "Have you tried the swift-responded prayer?" "What prayer is that?" the man asked, and the Imam taught him to say:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْۤ اَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ الْاَعْظَمِ الْاَجَلِّ الْاَكْرَمِ الْمَخْزُوْنِ الْمَكْنُوْنِ النُّوْرِ الْحَقِّ الْبُرْهَانِ الْمُبِيْنِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE AS-ALUKA BISMIKAL A'ZEEMIL A'ZAMIL AJALLIL AKRAMIL MAKHZOONIL MAKNOONIN NOORIL HAQQIL BURHAANIL MUBEEN

O Allah, I ask You by Your Name, the Great, the Greatest, the Most Glorious, the Most Noble, the Treasured, the Hidden, the Light of Truth, the Manifest Proof,

الَّذِىْ هُوَ نُوْرٌ مَعَ نُوْرٍ وَنُوْرٌ مِنْ نُوْرٍ وَنُوْرٌ فِىْ نُوْرٍ وَنُوْرٌ عَلٰى كُلِّ نُوْرٍ وَنُوْرٌ فَوْقَ كُلِّ نُوْرٍ

AL-LAZEE HUWA NOORUM MA-A' NOOR WA NOORUM MIN NOOR WA NOORUN FEE NOOR WA NOORUN A'LAA KULLI NOOR WA NOORUN FAWQA KULLI NOOR

which is light with light, light from light, light within light, light above every light, and light beyond every light,

وَنُوْرٌ تُضِيْۤئُ بِهِ كُلُّ ظُلْمَةٍ وَيُكْسَرُ بِهِ كُلُّ شِدَّةٍ وَكُلُّ شَيْطَانٍ مَرِيْدٍ وَكُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيْدٍ

WA NOORUN TUDEEA-O BIHI KULLU ZULMATIW WA YUKSARU BIHI KULLU SHIDDATIW WA KULLU SHAYTAANIM MAREEDIW WA KULLU JABBAARIN A'NEED

a light by which every darkness is illuminated, and by which every hardship, every rebellious devil, and every obstinate tyrant is broken,

لَا تَقِرُّ بِهِ اَرْضٌ وَلَا يَقُوْمُ بِهِ سَمَاۤءٌ وَيَاْمَنُ بِهِ كُلُّ خَاۤئِفٍ

LAA TAQIRRU BIHI ARDUW WA LAA YAQOOMU BIHI SAMAAA-UW WA YA-MANU BIHI KULLU KHAAA-IF

before which the earth does not settle nor does the sky remain firm, and by which every frightened one is made secure;

يَبْطُلُ بِهِ سِحْرُ كُلِّ سَاحِرٍ وَبَغْىُ كُلِّ بَاغٍ وَحَسَدُ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ

YABTULU BIHI SIHRU KULLI SAAHIRIW WA BAGHYU KULLI BAAGHIN WA HASADU KULLI HAASID

by which the magic of every magician, the aggression of every aggressor, and the envy of every envier is nullified,

وَيَتَصَدَّعُ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْبَرُّ وَالْبَحْرُ وَيَسْتَقِلُّ بِهِ الْفُلْكُ حِيْنَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ الْمَلَكُ فَلَا يَكُوْنُ لِلْمَوْجِ عَلَيْهِ سَبِيْلٌ

WA YATASADDA-U' LI-A'ZAMATIHIL BARRU WAL BAHRU WA YASTAQILLU BIHIL FULKU HEENA YATAKALLAMU BIHIL MALAKU FALAA YAKOONU LIL MAWJI A'LAYHI SABEEL

before whose greatness land and sea split apart, and by which a vessel stands upright when an angel speaks it, so that no wave can find a way against it;

وَهُوَ اسْمُكَ الْاَعْظَمُ الْاَعْظَمُ الْاَجَلُّ الْاَجَلُّ النُّوْرُ الْاَكْبَرُ الَّذِىْ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ وَاسْتَوَيْتَ بِهِ عَلٰى عَرْشِكَ

WA HUWAS MUKAL A'ZAMUL A'ZAMUL AJALLUL AJALLUN NOORUL AKBARUL LAZEE SAMMAYTA BIHI NAFSAKA WASTAWAYTA BIHI A'LAA A'RSHIK

and it is Your Greatest Name, the Most Glorious, the Greatest Light, by which You have named Yourself and by which You are established upon Your Throne;

وَاَتَوَجَّهُ اِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَاَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَاَسْئَلُكَ بِكَ وَبِهِمْ اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِىْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

WA ATAWAJJAHU ILAYKA BI-MUHAMMADIW WA AHLI BAYTIHI WA AS-ALUKA BIKA WA BIHIM AN TUSALLIYA A'LAA MUHAMMADIW WA AALI MUHAMMADIW WA AN TAF-A'LA BEE KAZAA WA KAZAA

and I turn to You through Muhammad and his Household, and I ask You, by You and by them, to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and to do with me such-and-such.

One may then submit his requests.

Amr ibn Abi'l-Miqdam reports: Imam al-Sadiq (a) dictated this supplication, which secures benefits in this world and the next. After praising and thanking Allah, say:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْحَلِيْمُ الْكَرِيْمُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ

ALLAAHUMMA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL HALEEMUL KAREEM WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL A'ZEEZUL HAKEEM

O Allah, You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Forbearing, the Generous; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Mighty, the Wise;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ الْجَبَّارُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL WAAHIDUL QAHHAAR WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL MALIKUL JABBAAR

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Subduer; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Sovereign, the Compeller;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الرَّحِيْمُ الْغَفَّارُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الشَّدِيْدُ الْمِحَالِ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAR RAHEEMUL GHAFFAAR WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTASH SHADEEDUL MIHAAL

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Merciful, the Ever-forgiving; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, Severe in punishment;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْكَبِيْرُ الْمُتَعَالُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ السَّمِيْعُ الْبَصِيْرُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL KABEERUL MUTA-A'AL WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAS SAMEE-U'L BASEER

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Great, the Most High; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the All-hearing, the All-seeing;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْمَنِيْعُ الْقَدِيْرُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْغَفُوْرُ الشَّكُوْرُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL MANEE-U'L QADEER WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL GHAFOORUSH SHAKOOR

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Impregnable, the Powerful; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Forgiving, the Appreciative;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْحَمِيْدُ الْمَجِيْدُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيْدُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL HAMEEDUL MAJEED WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL GHANIYYUL HAMEED

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Praiseworthy, the Glorious; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Self-sufficient, the Praiseworthy;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُوْدُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL GHAFOORUL WADOOD WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL HANNAANUL MANNAAN

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Forgiving, the Loving; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Compassionate, the Bounteous;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْحَلِيْمُ الدَّيَّانُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْمَاجِدُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL HALEEMUD DAYYAAN WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL JAWAADUL MAAJID

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Forbearing, the Requiter; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Generous, the Glorious;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ الْاَحَدُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الْغَاۤئِبُ الشَّاهِدُ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL WAAHIDUL AHAD WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAL GHAAA-IBUSH SHAAHID

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Only; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Absent, the Present;

وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ الْبَاطِنُ وَاَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْتَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمٌ

WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTAZ ZAAHIRUL BAATIN WA ANTAL LAAHO LAA ILAAHA ILLAA ANTA BI-KULLI SHAY-IN A'LEEM

and You are Allah, there is no god but You, the Manifest, the Hidden; and You are Allah, there is no god but You, All-knowing of everything.

تَمَّ نُوْرُكَ فَهَدَيْتَ وَبَسَطْتَ يَدَكَ فَاَعْطَيْتَ رَبَّنَا وَجْهُكَ اَكْرَمُ الْوُجُوْهِ وَجَهَتُكَ خَيْرُ الْجِهَاتِ

TAMMA NOORUKA FAHADAYTA WA BASATTA YADAKA FA-A'TAYT RABBANAA WAJHUKA AKRAMUL WUJOOH WA JAHATUKA KHAYRUL JIHAAT

Your light was complete, so You guided; You spread out Your hand, so You gave. Our Lord, Your Countenance is the noblest of countenances, and Your direction is the best of directions,

وَعَطِيَّتُكَ اَفْضَلُ الْعَطَايَا وَاَهْنَاُهَا تُطَاعُ رَبَّنَا فَتَشْكُرُ وَتُعْصٰى رَبَّنَا فَتَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ

WA A'TIYYATUKA AFDALUL A'TAAYAA WA AHNA-UHAA TUTAA-O' RABBANAA FATASHKUR WA TU'SAA RABBANAA FATAGHFIRU LIMAN SHI-T

and Your giving is the best and most pleasant of gifts. You are obeyed, our Lord, and You are thankful; and You are disobeyed, our Lord, yet You forgive whomever You will;

تُجِيْبُ الْمُضْطَرِّيْنَ وَتَكْشِفُ السُّوْۤءَ وَتَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ وَتَعْفُوْ عَنِ الذُّنُوْبِ

TUJEEBUL MUDTARREENA WA TAKSHIFUS SOOO-A WA TAQBALUT TAWBATA WA TA'FOO A'NIZ ZUNOOB

You answer the distressed, You remove harm, You accept repentance, and You pardon sins;

لَا تُجَازٰى اَيَادِيْكَ وَلَا تُحْصٰى نِعَمُكَ وَلَا يَبْلُغُ مِدْحَتَكَ قَوْلُ قَاۤئِلٍ

LAA TUJAAZAA AYAADEEKA WA LAA TUHSAA NI-A'MUKA WA LAA YABLUGHU MIDHATAKA QAWLU QAAA-IL

Your favors cannot be repaid, Your blessings cannot be counted, and no speaker's words can reach Your praise.

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ وَرَوْحَهُمْ وَرَاحَتَهُمْ وَسُرُوْرَهُمْ وَاَذِقْنِىْ طَعْمَ فَرَجِهِمْ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIW WA AALI MUHAMMADIW WA A'JJIL FARAJAHUM WA RAWHAHUM WA RAAHATAHUM WA SUROORAHUM WA AZIQNEE TA'MA FARAJIHIM

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and hasten their relief, their comfort, their ease, and their joy, and let me taste the sweetness of their relief,

وَاَهْلِكْ اَعْدَاۤئَهُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ وَاٰتِنَا فِىْ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى الْاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النّارِ

WA AHLIK A'DAAA-AHUM MINAL JINNI WAL INSI WA AATINAA FID DUNYAA HASANATAW WA FIL AAKHIRATI HASANATAW WA QINAA A'ZAABAN NAAR

and destroy their enemies among jinn and mankind; grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,

وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ لَاخَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَاهُمْ يَحْزَنُوْنَ وَاجْعَلْنِىْ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ صَبَرُوْا وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُوْنَ

WAJ-A'LNAA MINAL LAZEENA LAA KHAWFUN A'LAYHIM WA LAA HUM YAHZANOON WAJ-A'LNEE MINAL LAZEENA SABAROO WA A'LAA RABBIHIM YATAWAKKALOON

and make us among those who have no fear nor grief, and make me among those who are patient and rely upon their Lord;

وَثَبِّتْنِىْ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِى الْاٰخِرَةِ وَبَارِكْ لِىْ فِى الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَالْمَوْقِفِ وَالنُّشُوْرِ وَالْحِسَابِ وَالْمِيْزَانِ وَاَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ

WA THABBITNEE BIL QAWLITH THAABITI FIL HAYAATID DUNYAA WA FIL AAKHIRATI WA BAARIK LEE FIL MAHYAA WAL MAMAATI WAL MAWQIFI WAN NUSHOORI WAL HISAABI WAL MEEZAANI WA AHWAALI YAWMIL QIYAAMAH

and make me firm with the firm word in this worldly life and in the Hereafter, and bless me in life and death, at the standing, the resurrection, the reckoning, the scale, and the horrors of the Day of Resurrection,

وَسَلِّمْنِىْ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَاَجِزْنِىْ عَلَيْهِ وَارْزُقْنِىْ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَيَقِيْنًا صَادِقًا وَتُقًى وَبِرًّا وَوَرَعًا

WA SALLIMNEE A'LAS SIRAATI WA AJIZNEE A'LAYHI WARZUQNEE I'LMAN NAAFI-A'W WA YAQEENAN SAADIQAW WA TUQAW WA BIRRAW WA WARA-A'

and keep me safe on the Bridge and pass me across it, and grant me beneficial knowledge, true certainty, piety, righteousness, and scrupulousness,

وَخَوْفًا مِنْكَ وَفَرَقًا يُبَلِّغُنِىْ مِنْكَ زُلْفٰى وَلَا يُبَاعِدُنِىْ عَنْكَ وَاَحْبِبْنِىْ وَلَا تُبْغِضْنِىْ وَتَوَلَّنِىْ وَلَا تَخْذُلْنِىْ

WA KHAWFAM MINKA WA FARAQAY YUBALLIGHUNEE MINKA ZULFAA WA LAA YUBAA-I'DUNEE A'NKA WA AHBIBNEE WA LAA TUBGHIDNEE WA TAWALLANEE WA LAA TAKHZULNEE

and fear and awe of You that bring me nearer to You and never distance me from You; love me and do not despise me; be my guardian and do not abandon me,

وَاَعْطِنِىْ مِنْ جَمِيْعِ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَالَمْ اَعْلَمْ وَاَجِرْنِىْ مِنَ السُّوْۤءِ كُلِّهِ بِحَذَافِيْرِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَالَمْ اَعْلَمْ

WA A'TINEE MIN JAMEE-I' KHAYRID DUNYAA WAL AAKHIRATI MAA A'LIMTU MINHU WA MAA LAM A'LAM WA AJIRNEE MINAS SOOO-I KULLIHI BI-HAZAAFEERIHI MAA A'LIMTU MINHU WA MAA LAM A'LAM

and grant me all the good of this world and the Hereafter, both what I know of it and what I do not know, and shelter me from all evil, in its entirety, both what I know of it and what I do not know.

Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar reports: he asked Imam al-Sadiq (a) to teach him a special supplication of his own, and the Imam taught him to say:

يَا وَاحِدُ يَا مَاجِدُ يَاۤ اَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُوْلَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا اَحَدٌ

YAA WAAHIDO YAA MAAJIDO YAA AHADO YAA SAMADO YAA MAL LAM YALID WA LAM YOOLAD WA LAM YAKUL LAHU KUFUWAN AHAD

O One, O Glorious, O Only, O Self-sufficient, O He Who has not begotten and was not begotten, and there is none comparable to Him,

يَا عَزِيْزُ يَا كَرِيْمُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا سَامِعَ الدَّعَوَاتِ يَاۤ اَجْوَدَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَيَا خَيْرَ مَنْ اَعْطٰى

YAA A'ZEEZO YAA KAREEMO YAA HANNAANO YAA SAAMI-A'D DA'AWAAT YAA AJWADA MAN SU-ILA WA YAA KHAYRA MAN A'TAA

O Mighty, O Generous, O Compassionate, O Hearer of supplications, O Most Generous of those who are asked, and O Best of those who give,

يَاۤ اَللهُ يَاۤ اَللهُ يَاۤ اَللهُ قُلْتَ وَلَقَدْ نَادَانَا نُوْحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيْبُوْنَ

YAA ALLAAHO YAA ALLAAHO YAA ALLAAHO QULTA WA LAQAD NAADAANAA NOOHUN FALANI'MAL MUJEEBOON

O Allah, O Allah, O Allah! You have said, "And indeed Noah called upon Us, and how excellent were the Responders!"

Commenting on this verse, Imam al-Sadiq (a) said: upon hearing it, the Holy Prophet (s) used to say:

نَعَمْ لَنِعْمَ الْمُجِيْبُ اَنْتَ وَنِعْمَ الْمَدْعُوُّ وَنِعْمَ الْمَسْؤُلُ اَسْئَلُكَ بِنُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ

NA-A'M LANI'MAL MUJEEBU ANTA WA NI'MAL MAD-U'WWU WA NI'MAL MAS-OOL AS-ALUKA BI-NOORI WAJHIK

"Yes indeed, how excellent a Responder You are, how excellent the One called upon, and how excellent the One asked; I ask You by the light of Your Countenance,

وَاَسْئَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ وَجَبَرُوْتِكَ وَاَسْئَلُكَ بِمَلَكُوْتِكَ وَدِرْعِكَ الْحَصِيْنَةِ وَبِجَمْعِكَ وَاَرْكَانِكَ كُلِّهَا

WA AS-ALUKA BI-I'ZZATIKA WA QUDRATIKA WA JABAROOTIKA WA AS-ALUKA BI-MALAKOOTIKA WA DIR-I'KAL HASEENATI WA BI-JAM-I'KA WA ARKAANIKA KULLIHAA

and I ask You by Your might, Your power, and Your sovereignty; and I ask You by Your dominion, Your protective shield, Your totality, and all Your pillars,

وَبِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَبِحَقِّ الْاَوْصِيَاۤءِ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِىْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

WA BI-HAQQI MUHAMMADIW WA BI-HAQQIL AWSIYAAA-I BA'DA MUHAMMADIN AN TUSALLIYA A'LAA MUHAMMADIW WA AALI MUHAMMADIW WA AN TAF-A'LA BEE KAZAA WA KAZAA

and by the right of Muhammad, and by the right of the successors after Muhammad, to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and to do with me such-and-such."

One may then submit his requests.

A man from Kufah named Abu-Ja'far asked Imam al-Sadiq (a) to teach him a supplication, and the Imam taught him to say:

يَا مَنْ اَرْجُوْهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَيَا مَنْ اٰمَنُ سَخَطَهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ عُسْرَةٍ

YAA MAN ARJOOHU LI-KULLI KHAYRIW WA YAA MAN AAMANU SAKHATAHU I'NDA KULLI U'SRAH

O He in Whom I hope for every good, O He whose displeasure I feel secure from at every hardship,

وَيَا مَنْ يُعْطِىْ بِالْقَلِيْلِ الْكَثِيْرَ يَا مَنْ اَعْطٰى مَنْ سَئَلَهُ تَحَنُّنًا مِنْهُ وَرَحْمَةً

WA YAA MAY YU'TEE BIL QALEELIL KATHEER YAA MAN A'TAA MAN SA-ALAHU TAHANNUNAM MINHU WA RAHMAH

O He Who gives much for little, O He Who gives whoever asks Him, out of His own tenderness and mercy,

يَا مَنْ اَعْطٰى مَنْ لَمْ يَسْئَلْهُ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

YAA MAN A'TAA MAL LAM YAS-ALHU WA LAM YA'RIFHU SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIW WA AALI MUHAMMAD

O He Who gives even to whoever does not ask Him and does not know Him — bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَاَعْطِنِىْ بِمَسْئَلَتِىْ مِنْ جَمِيْعِ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَجَمِيْعِ خَيْرِ الْاٰخِرَةِ فَاِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوْصٍ مَاۤ اَعْطَيْتَنِىْ وَزِدْنِىْ مِنْ سَعَةِ فَضْلِكَ يَا كَرِيْمُ

WA A'TINEE BI-MAS-ALATEE MIN JAMEE-I' KHAYRID DUNYAA WA JAMEE-I' KHAYRIL AAKHIRATI FA-INNAHU GHAYRU MANQOOSIM MAA A'TAYTANEE WA ZIDNEE MIN SA-A'TI FADLIKA YAA KAREEM

and grant me, by my asking, all the good of this world and all the good of the Hereafter, for what You give me is never diminished; and increase me from the vastness of Your bounty, O Generous.

Imam al-Baqir (a) is reported to have instructed his brother, Abdullah ibn Ali, to say:

اَللّٰهُمَّ ارْفَعْ ظَنِّىْ صَاعِدًا وَلَا تُطْمِعْ فِىَّ عَدُوًّا وَلَا حَاسِدًا

ALLAAHUMMAR FA' ZANNEE SAAA-I'DAW WA LAA TUTMI-A' FIYYA A'DUWWAW WA LAA HAASIDAA

O Allah, elevate my hope ever upward, and let no enemy or envier find greed for me,

وَاحْفَظْنِىْ قَاۤئِمًا وَقَاعِدًا وَيَقْظَانَ وَرَاقِدًا

WAHFAZNEE QAAA-IMAW WA QAAA-I'DAW WA YAQZAANA WA RAAQIDAA

and protect me standing and sitting, awake and asleep,

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِىْ وَارْحَمْنِىْ وَاهْدِنِىْ سَبِيْلَكَ الْاَقْوَمَ وَقِنِىْ حَرَّ جَهَنَّمَ

ALLAAHUMMAGH FIRLEE WARHAMNEE WAHDINEE SABEELAKAL AQWAM WA QINEE HARRA JAHANNAM

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me to Your most upright path, and protect me from the heat of Hell,

وَاحْطُطْ عَنِّى الْمَغْرَمَ وَالْمَاْثَمَ وَاجْعَلْنِىْ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْعَالَمِ

WAHTUT A'NNEEL MAGHRAMA WAL MA-THAM WAJ-A'LNEE MIN KHIYAARIL A'AALAM

lift from me debt and sin, and make me among the best of the world.