Sahifa Sajjadiya 42: On Completing the Quran

Text and Translation

اللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ اَعَنْتَنِي عَلَى خَتْمِ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي اَنْزَلْتَهٗ نُوراً، وَجَعَلْتَهٗ مُهَيْمِناً عَلَى كُلِّ كِتَابٍ اَنْزَلْتَهٗ، وَفَضَّلْتَهٗ عَلَى كُلِّ حَدِيثٍ قَصَصْتَهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAKA A'ANTANEE A'LAA KHATMI KITAABIKAL LADHEE ANZALTAHOO NOORAN WA JA'ALTAHOO MUHAYMINAN A'LAA KULLI KITAABIN ANZALTAHOO WA FADDALTAHOO A'LAA KULLI HADEETHIN QASASTAH

O God, Thou hast helped me complete Thy Book, which Thou sent down as a light and appointed as a guardian over every book Thou hast sent down, preferring it over every narrative which Thou hast recounted,

وَفُرْقَاناً فَرَقْتَ بِهٖ بَيْنَ حَلَالِكَ وَحَرَامِكَ، وَقُرْآناً اَعْرَبْتَ بِهٖ عَنْ شَرَائِعِ اَحْكَامِكَ وَكِتَاباً فَصَّلْتَهٗ لِعِبَادِكَ تَفْصِيلًا، وَوَحْياً اَنْزَلْتَهٗ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهٖ تَنْزِيلًا

WA FURQAANAN FARAQTA BIHEE BAYNA HALAALIKA WA HARAAMIKA WA QUR'AANAN A'RABTA BIHEE A'N SHARAA'I'I AHKAAMIKA WA KITAABAN FASSALTAHOO LI-I'BAADIKA TAFSEELAN WA WAHYAN ANZALTAHOO A'LAA NABIYYIKA MUHAMMADIN SALAWAATUKA A'LAYHI WA AALIHEE TANZEELAA

a separator, through which Thou hast separated Thy lawful from Thy unlawful, a Qur'an, through which Thou hast made plain the approaches to Thy ordinances, a book, which Thou hast distinguished very distinctly for Thy servants, a revelation, which Thou hast sent down, a sending down, upon Thy prophet Muhammad (Thy blessings be upon him and his Household).

وَجَعَلْتَهٗ نُوراً نَهْتَدِي مِنْ ظُلَمِ الضَّلَالَةِ وَالْجَهَالَةِ بِاتِّبَاعِهٖ، وَشِفَاءً لِمَنْ اَنْصَتَ بِفَهَمِ التَّصْدِيقِ اِلَى اسْتِمَاعِهٖ، وَمِيزَانَ قِسْطٍ لَا يَحِيفُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ لِسَانُهٗ، وَنُورَ هُدًى لَا يَطْفَاُ عَنِ الشَّاهِدِينَ بُرْهَانُهٗ، وَعَلَمَ نَجَاةٍ لَا يَضِلُّ مَنْ اَمَّ قَصْدَ سُنَّتِهٖ، وَلَا تَنَالُ اَيْدِي الْهَلَكَاتِ مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِعُرْوَةِ عِصْمَتِهِ

WA JA'ALTAHOO NOORAN NAHTADEE MIN ZULAMID DALAALATI WAL JAHAALATI BITTIBAA'IHEE WA SHIFAA'AN LIMAN ANSATA BIFAHAMIT TASDEEQI ILAS TIMAA'IHEE WA MEEZAANA QISTIN LAA YAHEEFU A'NIL HAQQI LISAANUHOO WA NOORA HUDAN LAA YATFA'U A'NISH SHAAHIDEENA BURHAANUHOO WA A'LAMA NAJAATIN LAA YADILLU MAN AMMA QASDA SUNNATIHEE WA LAA TANAALU AYDIL HALAKAATI MAN TA'ALLAQA BI-U'RWATI I'SMATIH

Thou appointed it a light through following which we may be guided from the shadows of error and ignorance, a healing for him who turns ear toward hearing it with the understanding of attestation, a just balance whose tongue does not incline away from truth, a light of guidance whose proof is not extinguished before the witnesses, and a guidepost of deliverance, so that he who repairs straightway to its prescription will not go astray and he who clings to its preservation's handhold will not be touched by the hands of disasters.

اللَّهُمَّ فَاِذْ اَفَدْتَنَا الْمَعُونَةَ عَلَى تِلَاوَتِهٖ، وَسَهَّلْتَ جَوَاسِيَ اَلْسِنَتِنَا بِحُسْنِ عِبَارَتِهٖ، فَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَرْعَاهُ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهٖ، وَيَدِينُ لَكَ بِاعْتِقَادِ التَّسْلِيمِ لِمُحْكَمِ آيَاتِهٖ، وَيَفْزَعُ اِلَى الْاِقْرَارِ بِمُتَشَابِهِهٖ، وَمُوضَحَاتِ بَيِّنَاتِهِ

ALLAAHUMMA FA-IDH AFADTANAL MA'OONATA A'LAA TILAAWATIHEE WA SAHHALTA JAWAASIYA ALSINATINAA BIHUSNI I'BAARATIHEE FAJ'ALNAA MIMMAN YAR'AAHU HAQQA RI'AAYATIHEE WA YADEENU LAKA BI'TIQAADIT TASLEEMI LIMUHKAMI AAYAATIHEE WA YAFZA'U ILAL IQRAARI BIMUTASHAABIHIHEE WA MOODAHAATI BAYYINAATIH

O God, since Thou hast given us help to recite it and made smooth the roughness of our tongues through the beauty of its expression, place us among those who observe it as it should be observed, serve Thee by adhering in submission to the firm text of its verses, and seek refuge in admitting both its ambiguous parts and the elucidations of its clear signs!

اللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ اَنْزَلْتَهٗ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهٖ مُجْمَلًا، وَاَلْهَمْتَهٗ عِلْمَ عَجَائِبِهٖ مُكَمَّلًا، وَوَرَّثْتَنَا عِلْمَهٗ مُفَسَّراً، وَفَضَّلْتَنَا عَلَى مَنْ جَهِلَ عِلْمَهٗ، وَقَوَّيْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ لِتَرْفَعَنَا فَوْقَ مَنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ حَمْلَهُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAKA ANZALTAHOO A'LAA NABIYYIKA MUHAMMADIN SALLALLAAHU A'LAYHI WA AALIHEE MUJMALAN WA ALHAMTAHOO I'LMA A'JAA'IBIHEE MUKAMMALAN WA WARRATHTANAA I'LMAHOO MUFASSARAN WA FADDALTANAA A'LAA MAN JAHILA I'LMAHOO WA QAWWAYTANAA A'LAYHI LITARFA'ANAA FAWQA MAN LAM YUTIQ HAMLAH

O God, Thou sent it down upon Thy prophet Muhammad (God bless him and his household) in summary form, Thou inspired him with the science of its wonders to complement it, Thou made us the heirs of its knowledge as interpreters, Thou made us to surpass him who is ignorant of its knowledge, and Thou gave us strength over it to raise us above those not able to carry it.

اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا جَعَلْتَ قُلُوبَنَا لَهٗ حَمَلَةً، وَعَرَّفْتَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ شَرَفَهٗ وَفَضْلَهٗ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَطِيبِ بِهٖ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ الْخُزَّانِ لَهٗ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِاَنَّهٗ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ حَتَّى لَا يُعَارِضَنَا الشَّكُّ فِي تَصْدِيقِهٖ، وَلَا يَخْتَلِجَنَا الزَّيْغُ عَنْ قَصْدِ طَرِيقِهِ

ALLAAHUMMA FAKAMAA JA'ALTA QULOOBANAA LAHOO HAMALATAN WA A'RRAFTANAA BIRAHMATIKA SHARAFAHOO WA FADLAHOO FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADINIL KHATEEBI BIHEE WA A'LAA AALIHIL KHUZZAANI LAHOO WAJ'ALNAA MIMMAN YA'TARIFU BI-ANNAHOO MIN I'NDIKA HATTAA LAA YU'AARIDANASH SHAKKU FEE TASDEEQIHEE WA LAA YAKHTALIJANAZ ZAYGHU A'N QASDI TAREEQIH

O God, just as Thou hast appointed our hearts as its carriers and made known to us through Thy mercy its nobility and excellence, so also bless Muhammad, its preacher, and his Household, its guardians, and place us among those who confess that it has come from Thee, lest doubt about attesting to it assail us, or deviation from its straightforward path shake us!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَصِمُ بِحَبْلِهٖ، وَيَاْوِي مِنَ الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ اِلَى حِرْزِ مَعْقِلِهٖ، وَيَسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ جَنَاحِهٖ، وَيَهْتَدِي بِضَوْءِ صَبَاحِهٖ، وَيَقْتَدِي بِتَبَلُّجِ اَسْفَارِهٖ، وَيَسْتَصْبِحُ بِمِصْبَاحِهٖ، وَلَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJ'ALNAA MIMMAN YA'TASIMU BIHABLIHEE WA YA'WEE MINAL MUTASHAABIHAATI ILAA HIRZI MA'QILIHEE WA YASKUNU FEE ZILLI JANAAHIHEE WA YAHTADEE BIDAW'I SABAAHIHEE WA YAQTADEE BITABALLUJI ASFAARIHEE WA YASTASBIHU BIMISBAAHIHEE WA LAA YALTAMISUL HUDAA FEE GHAYRIH

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and make us one of those who hold fast to its cord, seek haven from its ambiguities in its fortified stronghold, rest in the shadow of its wing, find guidance in the brightness of its morning, follow the shining of its disclosure, acquire light from its lamp, and beg not guidance from any other!

اللَّهُمَّ وَكَمَا نَصَبْتَ بِهٖ مُحَمَّداً عَلَماً لِلدَّلَالَةِ عَلَيْكَ، وَاَنْهَجْتَ بِآلِهٖ سُبُلَ الرِّضَا اِلَيْكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْعَلِ الْقُرْآنَ وَسِيلَةً لَنَا اِلَى اَشْرَفِ مَنَازِلِ الْكَرَامَةِ، وَسُلَّماً نَعْرُجُ فِيهِ اِلَى مَحَلِّ السَّلَامَةِ، وَسَبَباً نُجْزَى بِهِ النَّجَاةَ فِي عَرْصَةِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَذَرِيعَةً نَقْدَمُ بِهَا عَلَى نَعِيمِ دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ

ALLAAHUMMA WA KAMAA NASABTA BIHEE MUHAMMADAN A'LAMAN LID DALAALATI A'LAYKA WA ANHAJTA BI-AALIHEE SUBULAR RIDAA ILAYKA FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJ'ALIL QUR'AANA WASEELATAN LANAA ILAA ASHRAFI MANAAZILIL KARAAMATI WA SULLAMAN NA'RUJU FEEHI ILAA MAHALLIS SALAAMATI WA SABABAN NUJZAA BIHIN NAJAATA FEE A'RSATIL QIYAAMATI WA DHAREE'ATAN NAQDAMU BIHAA A'LAA NA'EEMI DAARIL MUQAAMAH

O God, just as through it Thou hast set up Muhammad as a guidepost to point to Thee and through his Household Thou hast made clear Thy good pleasure's roads to Thee, so also bless Muhammad and his Household and make the Qur'an our mediation to the noblest stations of Thy honour, a ladder by which we may climb to the place of safety, a cause for our being repaid with deliverance at the Plain of Resurrection, and a means whereby we may reach the bliss of the House of Permanence!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاحْطُطْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عَنَّا ثِقْلَ الْاَوْزَارِ، وَهَبْ لَنَا حُسْنَ شَمَائِلِ الْاَبْرَارِ، وَاقْفُ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ قَامُوا لَكَ بِهٖ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَاَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى تُطَهِّرَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَسٍ بِتَطْهِيرِهٖ، وَتَقْفُوَ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَضَاءُوا بِنُورِهٖ، وَلَمْ يُلْهِهِمُ الْاَمَلُ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ فَيَقْطَعَهُمْ بِخُدَعِ غُرُورِهِ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAHTUT BIL QUR'AANI A'NNAA THIQLAL AWZAARI WA HAB LANAA HUSNA SHAMAA'ILIL ABRAARI WAQFU BINAA AATHAARAL LADHEENA QAAMOO LAKA BIHEE AANAA'AL LAYLI WA ATRAAFAN NAHAARI HATTAA TUTAHHIRANAA MIN KULLI DANASIN BITAT-HEERIHEE WA TAQFUWA BINAA AATHAARAL LADHEENAS TADAA'OO BINOORIHEE WA LAM YULHIHIMUL AMALU A'NIL A'MALI FAYAQTA'AHUM BIKHUDA'I GHUROORIH

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, lessen for us through the Qur'an the weight of heavy sins, give to us the excellent qualities of the pious, and make us follow the tracks of those who stood before Thee in the watches of the night and the ends of the day, such that Thou purifiest us from every defilement through its purification and makest us to follow the tracks of those who have taken illumination from its light and whom expectation has not distracted from works, cutting them off through its delusions' deceptions!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْعَلِ الْقُرْآنَ لَنَا فِي ظُلَمِ اللَّيَالِي مُونِساً، وَمِنْ نَزَغَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَخَطَرَاتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ حَارِساً، وَلِاَقْدَامِنَا عَنْ نَقْلِهَا اِلَى الْمَعَاصِي حَابِساً، وَلِاَلْسِنَتِنَا عَنِ الْخَوْضِ فِي الْبَاطِلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا آفَةٍ مُخْرِساً، وَلِجَوَارِحِنَا عَنِ اقْتِرَافِ الْآثَامِ زَاجِراً، وَلِمَا طَوَتِ الْغَفْلَةُ عَنَّا مِنْ تَصَفُّحِ الِاعْتِبَارِ نَاشِراً، حَتَّى تُوصِلَ اِلَى قُلُوبِنَا فَهْمَ عَجَائِبِهٖ، وَزَوَاجِرَ اَمْثَالِهِ الَّتِي ضَعُفَتِ الْجِبَالُ الرَّوَاسِي عَلَى صَلَابَتِهَا عَنِ احْتِمَالِهِ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJ'ALIL QUR'AANA LANAA FEE ZULAMIL LAYAALEE MOONISAN WA MIN NAZAGHAATISH SHAYTAANI WA KHATARAATIL WASAAWISI HAARISAN WA LI-AQDAAMINAA A'N NAQLIHAA ILAL MA'AASEE HAABISAN WA LI-ALSINATINAA A'NIL KHAWDI FIL BAATILI MIN GHAYRI MAA AAFATIN MUKHRISAN WA LIJAWAARIHINAA A'NIQ TIRAAFIL AATHAAMI ZAAJIRAN WA LIMAA TAWATIL GHAFLATU A'NNAA MIN TASAFFUHIL I'TIBAARI NAASHIRAN HATTAA TOOSILA ILAA QULOOBINAA FAHMA A'JAA'IBIHEE WA ZAWAAJIRA AMTHAALIHIL LATEE DA'UFATIL JIBAALUR RAWAASEE A'LAA SALAABATIHAA A'NIH TIMAALIH

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint the Qur'an for us an intimate in the shadows of nights and a guardian against the instigations of Satan and confusing thoughts, for our feet an obstruction from passing to acts of disobedience, for our tongues a silencer without blight preventing a plunge into falsehood, for our limbs a restrainer from committing sins, and for the scrutiny of heedfulness rolled up in heedlessness an unroller, such that Thou attachest to our hearts the understanding of the Qur'an's wonders and its restraining similitudes which immovable mountains in all their solidity were too weak to carry!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاَدِمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ صَلَاحَ ظَاهِرِنَا، وَاحْجُبْ بِهٖ خَطَرَاتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ عَنْ صِحَّةِ ضَمَائِرِنَا، وَاغْسِلْ بِهٖ دَرَنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَعَلَائِقَ اَوْزَارِنَا، وَاجْمَعْ بِهٖ مُنْتَشَرَ اُمُورِنَا، وَاَرْوِ بِهٖ فِي مَوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ظَمَاَ هَوَاجِرِنَا، وَاكْسُنَا بِهٖ حُلَلَ الْاَمَانِ يَوْمَ الْفَزَعِ الْاَكْبَرِ فِي نُشُورِنَا

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA ADIM BIL QUR'AANI SALAAHA ZAAHIRINAA WAHJUB BIHEE KHATARAATIL WASAAWISI A'N SIHHATI DAMAA'IRINAA WAGHSIL BIHEE DARANA QULOOBINAA WA A'LAA'IQA AWZAARINAA WAJMA' BIHEE MUNTASHARA UMOORINAA WA ARWI BIHEE FEE MAWQIFIL A'RDI A'LAYKA ZAMA'A HAWAAJIRINAA WAKSUNAA BIHEE HULALAL AMAANI YAWMAL FAZA'IL AKBARI FEE NUSHOORINAA

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an make permanent the rightness of our outward selves, veil the ideas of confusing thoughts from the soundness of our innermost minds, wash away the dirt of our hearts and the ties of our heavy sins, gather our scattered affairs, quench the thirst of our burning heat in the standing place of the presentation to Thee, and clothe us in the robes of security on the Day of the Greatest Terror at our uprising!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْبُرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ خَلَّتَنَا مِنْ عَدَمِ الْاِمْلَاقِ، وَسُقْ اِلَيْنَا بِهٖ رَغَدَ الْعَيْشِ وَخِصْبَ سَعَةِ الْاَرْزَاقِ، وَجَنِّبْنَا بِهِ الضَّرَائِبَ الْمَذْمُومَةَ وَمَدَانِيَ الْاَخْلَاقِ، وَاعْصِمْنَا بِهٖ مِنْ هُوَّةِ الْكُفْرِ وَدَوَاعِي النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَنَا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ اِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ وَجِنَانِكَ قَائِداً، وَلَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ سُخْطِكَ وَتَعَدِّي حُدُودِكَ ذَائِداً، وَلِمَا عِنْدَكَ بِتَحْلِيلِ حَلَالِهٖ وَتَحْرِيمِ حَرَامِهٖ شَاهِداً

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJBUR BIL QUR'AANI KHALLATANAA MIN A'DAMIL IMLAAQI WA SUQ ILAYNAA BIHEE RAGHADAL A'YSHI WA KHISBA SA'ATIL ARZAAQI WA JANNIBNAA BIHID DARAA'IBAL MADHMOOMATA WA MADAANIYAL AKHLAAQI WA'SIMNAA BIHEE MIN HUWWATIL KUFRI WA DAWAA'IN NIFAAQI HATTAA YAKOONA LANAA FIL QIYAAMATI ILAA RIDWAANIKA WA JINAANIKA QAA'IDAN WA LANAA FID DUNYAA A'N SUKHTIKA WA TA'ADDEE HUDOODIKA DHAA'IDAN WA LIMAA I'NDAKA BITAHLEELI HALAALIHEE WA TAHREEMI HARAAMIHEE SHAAHIDAA

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an redress our lack - our destitution in poverty - drive toward us the comforts of life and an abundance of plentiful provisions, turn aside blameworthy character traits and base moral qualities, and preserve us from the pit of unbelief and the motives for hypocrisy, such that the Qur'an may be for us at the resurrection a leader to Thy good pleasure and Thy gardens, for us in this world a protector against Thy displeasure and transgressing Thy bounds and for what is with Thee a witness by its declaring lawful the lawful and its declaring unlawful the unlawful!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَهَوِّنْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ عَلَى اَنْفُسِنَا كَرْبَ السِّيَاقِ، وَجَهْدَ الْاَنِينِ، وَتَرَادُفَ الْحَشَارِجِ اِذَا بَلَغَتِ النُّفُوسُ التَّرَاقِيَ، وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ وَتَجَلَّى مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ لِقَبْضِهَا مِنْ حُجُبِ الْغُيُوبِ، وَرَمَاهَا عَنْ قَوْسِ الْمَنَايَا بِاَسْهُمِ وَحْشَةِ الْفِرَاقِ، وَدَافَ لَهَا مِنْ ذُعَافِ الْمَوْتِ كَاْساً مَسْمُومَةَ الْمَذَاقِ، وَدَنَا مِنَّا اِلَى الْآخِرَةِ رَحِيلٌ وَانْطِلَاقٌ، وَصَارَتِ الْاَعْمَالُ قَلَائِدَ فِي الْاَعْنَاقِ، وَكَانَتِ الْقُبُورُ هِيَ الْمَاْوَى اِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمِ التَّلَاقِ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA HAWWIN BIL QUR'AANI I'NDAL MAWTI A'LAA ANFUSINAA KARBAS SIYAAQI WA JAHDAL ANEENI WA TARAADUFAL HASHAARIJI IDHAA BALAGHATIN NUFOOSUT TARAAQIYA WA QEELA MAN RAAQIN WA TAJALLAA MALAKUL MAWTI LIQABDIHAA MIN HUJUBIL GHUYOOBI WA RAMAAHAA A'N QAWSIL MANAAYAA BI-AS-HUMI WAHSHATIL FIRAAQI WA DAAFA LAHAA MIN DHU'AAFIL MAWTI KA'SAN MASMOOMATAL MADHAAQI WA DANAA MINNAA ILAL AAKHIRATI RAHEELUN WANTILAAQUN WA SAARATIL A'MAALU QALAA'IDA FIL A'NAAQI WA KAANATIL QUBOORU HIYAL MA'WAA ILAA MEEQAATI YAWMIT TALAAQ

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an make easy for our souls at death the distress of the driving, the effort of the moaning, and the succession of the rattling, when souls reach the throats and it is said, 'Where is the enchanter?'; when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things, letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation, and mixing for them from sudden death a cup poisoned to the taste; and when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us, works become collars around the necks, and the graves become the haven until the appointed time of the Day of Encounter!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي حُلُولِ دَارِ الْبِلَى، وَطُولِ الْمُقَامَةِ بَيْنَ اَطْبَاقِ الثَّرَى، وَاجْعَلِ الْقُبُورَ بَعْدَ فِرَاقِ الدُّنْيَا خَيْرَ مَنَازِلِنَا، وَافْسَحْ لَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ضِيقِ مَلَاحِدِنَا، وَلَا تَفْضَحْنَا فِي حَاضِرِي الْقِيَامَةِ بِمُوبِقَاتِ آثَامِنَا

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA BAARIK LANAA FEE HULOOLI DAARIL BILAA WA TOOLIL MUQAAMATI BAYNA ATBAAQITH THARAA WAJ'ALIL QUBOORA BA'DA FIRAAQID DUNYAA KHAYRA MANAAZILINAA WAFSAH LANAA BIRAHMATIKA FEE DEEQI MALAAHIDINAA WA LAA TAFDAHNAA FEE HAADIRIL QIYAAMATI BIMOOBIQAATI AATHAAMINAA

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decay and the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth, appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our waystations, make roomy for us through Thy mercy the narrowness of our tombs, and disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection through our ruinous sins!

وَارْحَمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي مَوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِنَا، وَثَبِّتْ بِهٖ عِنْدَ اضْطِرَابِ جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْمَجَازِ عَلَيْهَا زَلَلَ اَقْدَامِنَا، وَنَوِّرْ بِهٖ قَبْلَ الْبَعْثِ سُدَفَ قُبُورِنَا، وَنَجِّنَا بِهٖ مِنْ كُلِّ كَرْبٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَشَدَائِدِ اَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الطَّامَّةِ

WARHAM BIL QUR'AANI FEE MAWQIFIL A'RDI A'LAYKA DHULLA MAQAAMINAA WA THABBIT BIHEE I'NDAD TIRAABI JISRI JAHANNAMA YAWMAL MAJAAZI A'LAYHAA ZALALA AQDAAMINAA WA NAWWIR BIHEE QABLAL BA'THI SUDAFA QUBOORINAA WA NAJJINAA BIHEE MIN KULLI KARBIN YAWMAL QIYAAMATI WA SHADAA'IDI AHWAALI YAWMIT TAAMMAH

Through the Qur'an have mercy upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to Thee, make firm the slips of our feet during the shaking of the bridge across hell on the day of passage over it, illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising, and deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrection and from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster!

وَبَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا يَوْمَ تَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهُ الظَّلَمَةِ فِي يَوْمِ الْحَسْرَةِ وَالنَّدَامَةِ، وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وُدّاً، وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ عَلَيْنَا نَكَداً

WA BAYYID WUJOOHANAA YAWMA TASWADDU WUJOOHUZ ZALAMATI FEE YAWMIL HASRATI WAN NADAAMATI WAJ'AL LANAA FEE SUDOORIL MU'MINEENA WUDDAN WA LAA TAJ'ALIL HAYAATA A'LAYNAA NAKADAA

Whiten our faces on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened during the Day of Regret and Remorse, appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, and make not life for us troublesome!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ كَمَا بَلَّغَ رِسَالَتَكَ، وَصَدَعَ بِاَمْرِكَ، وَنَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN A'BDIKA WA RASOOLIKA KAMAA BALLAGHA RISAALATAKA WA SADA'A BI-AMRIKA WA NASAHA LI-I'BAADIK

O God, bless Muhammad, Thy servant and Thy messenger, just as He delivered Thy message, executed Thy command, and counselled Thy servants!

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ نَبِيَّنَا صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهٖ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ اَقْرَبَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِساً، وَاَمْكَنَهُمْ مِنْكَ شَفَاعَةً، وَاَجَلَّهُمْ عِنْدَكَ قَدْراً، وَاَوْجَهَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ جَاهاً

ALLAAHUMMAJ A'L NABIYYANAA SALAWAATUKA A'LAYHI WA A'LAA AALIHEE YAWMAL QIYAAMATI AQRABAN NABIYYEENA MINKA MAJLISAN WA AMKANAHUM MINKA SHAFAA'ATAN WA AJALLAHUM I'NDAKA QADRAN WA AWJAHAHUM I'NDAKA JAAHAA

O God, on the Day of Resurrection make our Prophet (Thy blessings be upon him and his Household) the nearest of the prophets to Thee in seat, the ablest of them before Thee with intercession, the greatest of them with Thee in measure, and the most eminent of them with Thee in rank!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَشَرِّفْ بُنْيَانَهٗ، وَعَظِّمْ بُرْهَانَهٗ، وَثَقِّلْ مِيزَانَهٗ، وَتَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهٗ، وَقَرِّبْ وَسِيلَتَهٗ، وَبَيِّضْ وَجْهَهٗ، وَاَتِمَّ نُورَهٗ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALI MUHAMMADIN WA SHARRIF BUNYAANAHOO WA A'ZZIM BURHAANAHOO WA THAQQIL MEEZAANAHOO WA TAQABBAL SHAFAA'ATAHOO WA QARRIB WASEELATAHOO WA BAYYID WAJHAHOO WA ATIMMA NOORAHOO WARFA' DARAJATAH

O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, ennoble his edifice, magnify his proof, make weighty his balance, accept his intercession, bring near his mediation, whiten his face, complete his light, and raise his degree!

وَاَحْيِنَا عَلَى سُنَّتِهٖ، وَتَوَفَّنَا عَلَى مِلَّتِهٖ وَخُذْ بِنَا مِنْهَاجَهٗ، وَاسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَهٗ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ اَهْلِ طَاعَتِهٖ، وَاحْشُرْنَا فِي زُمْرَتِهٖ، وَاَوْرِدْنَا حَوْضَهٗ، وَاسْقِنَا بِكَاْسِهٖ

WA AHYINAA A'LAA SUNNATIHEE WA TAWAFFANAA A'LAA MILLATIHEE WA KHUDH BINAA MINHAAJAHOO WASLUK BINAA SABEELAHOO WAJ'ALNAA MIN AHLI TAA'ATIHEE WAHSHURNAA FEE ZUMRATIHEE WA AWRIDNAA HAWDAHOO WASQINAA BIKA'SIH

Make us live according to his Sunna, make us die in his creed, take us on his road, make us travel his path, place us among the people who obey him, muster us in his band, lead us up to his pool, and give us to drink of his cup!

وَصَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، صَلَاةً تُبَلِّغُهٗ بِهَا اَفْضَلَ مَا يَاْمُلُ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَكَرَامَتِكَ، اِنَّكَ ذُو رَحْمَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ، وَفَضْلٍ كَرِيمٍ

WA SALLILLAAHUMMA A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE SALAATAN TUBALLIGHUHOO BIHAA AFDALA MAA YA'MULU MIN KHAYRIKA WA FADLIKA WA KARAAMATIKA INNAKA DHOO RAHMATIN WAASI'ATIN WA FADLIN KAREEM

And bless Muhammad and his Household, with a blessing through which Thou wilt take him to the most excellent of Thy good, Thy bounty, and Thy generosity for which he hopes! Thou art Possessor of boundless mercy and generous bounty.

اللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهٖ بِمَا بَلَّغَ مِنْ رِسَالَاتِكَ، وَاَدَّى مِنْ آيَاتِكَ، وَنَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ، وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، اَفْضَلَ مَا جَزَيْتَ اَحَداً مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَاَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

ALLAAHUMMAJ ZIHEE BIMAA BALLAGHA MIN RISAALAATIKA WA ADDAA MIN AAYAATIKA WA NASAHA LI-I'BAADIKA WA JAAHADA FEE SABEELIKA AFDALA MAA JAZAYTA AHADAN MIN MALAA'IKATIKAL MUQARRABEENA WA ANBIYAA'IKAL MURSALEENAL MUSTAFAYNA WAS SALAAMU A'LAYHI WA A'LAA AALIHIT TAYYIBEENAT TAAHIREENA WA RAHMATULLAAHI WA BARAKAATUH

O God, repay him for Thy messages which he delivered, Thy signs which he passed on, the good counsel he gave to Thy servants, and the struggle he undertook in Thy way, with the best Thou hast repaid any of Thy angels brought nigh and Thy prophets sent out and chosen! And upon him and his Household, the good, the pure, be peace, God's mercy, and His blessings!