Supplication Against Satan (17)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا ذُكِرَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَاسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ عَدَاوَتِهِ وَ كَيْدِهِ
His Supplication when he Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge from him and from his Enmity and Trickery
Translated by William Chittick

  اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ

O God, we seek refuge in Thee

    مِنْ نَزَغَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

from the instigations of the accursed Satan,

    وَ كَيْدِهِ وَ مَكَايِدِهِ ،

his trickery, and his traps,

    وَ مِنَ الثِّقَةِ بِأَمَانِيِّهِ وَ مَوَاعِيدِهِ وَ غُرُورِهِ وَ مَصَايِدِهِ

from trust in his false hopes, his promises, his delusions, and his snares,

     وَ أَنْ يُطْمِعَ نَفْسَهُ فِي إِضْلَالِنَا عَنْ طَاعَتِكَ ،

and lest he should make himself crave to lead us away from Thy obedience

    وَ امْتِهَانِنَا بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ ،

and to degrade us through our disobeying Thee,

    أَوْ أَنْ يَحْسُنَ عِنْدَنَا مَا حَسَّنَ لَنَا ،

and lest what he has shown us as beautiful be beautiful for us

    أَوْ أَنْ يَثْقُلَ عَلَيْنَا مَا كَرَّهَ إِلَيْنَا

and what he has shown us as detestable weigh down upon us

     اللَّهُمَّ اخْسَأْهُ عَنَّا بِعِبَادَتِكَ ،

O God, drive him away from us through Thy worship,

    وَ اكْبِتْهُ بِدُءوبِنَا فِي مَحَبَّتِكَ ،

throw him down through our perseverance in Thy love,

    وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ سِتْراً لَا يَهْتِكُهُ ،

and place between him and us a covering that he cannot tear away

    وَ رَدْماً مُصْمِتاً لَا يَفْتُقُهُ

and a solid barrier that he cannot cut through!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اشْغَلْهُ عَنَّا بِبَعْضِ أَعْدَائِكَ ،

distract Satan from us with some of Thy enemies,

    وَ اعْصِمْنَا مِنْهُ بِحُسْنِ رِعَايَتِكَ ،

preserve us from him through Thy good guarding,

    وَ اكْفِنَا خَتْرَهُ ،

spare us his treachery,

    وَ وَلِّنَا ظَهْرَهُ ،

turn his back toward us,

    وَ اقْطَعْ عَنَّا إِثْرَهُ

and cut off from us his trace!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ أَمْتِعْنَا مِنَ الْهُدَى بِمِثْلِ ضَلَالَتِهِ ،

give us to enjoy guidance the like of his misguidance,

    وَ زَوِّدْنَا مِنَ الْتَّقْوَى ضِدَّ غَوَايَتِهِ ،

increase us in piety against his seduction,

    وَ اسْلُكْ بِنَا مِنَ التُّقَى

and make us walk in reverential fear

    خِلَافَ سَبِيلِهِ مِنَ الرَّدَى

contrary to his path of ruin!

     اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْ لَهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا مَدْخَلًا

O God, assign him no place of entrance into our hearts

    وَ لَا تُوطِنَنَّ لَهُ فِيمَا لَدَيْنَا مَنْزِلًا

and do not allow him to make his home in that which is with us!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ مَا سَوَّلَ لَنَا مِنْ بَاطِلٍ فَعَرِّفْنَاهُ ،

O God, cause us to recognize the falsehood with which he tempts us,

    وَ إِذَا عَرَّفْتَنَاهُ فَقِنَاهُ ،

and once Thou hast caused us to recognize it, protect us from it!

    وَ بَصِّرْنَا مَا نُكَايِدُهُ بِهِ ،

Make us see what will allow us to outwit him,

    وَ أَلْهِمْنَا مَا نُعِدُّهُ لَهُ ،

inspire us with all that we can make ready for him,

    وَ أَيْقِظْنَا عَنْ سِنَةِ الْغَفْلَةِ بِالرُّكُونِ إِلَيْهِ ،

awaken us from the heedless slumber of relying upon him,

    وَ أَحْسِنْ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ عَوْنَنَا عَلَيْهِ

and help us well, through Thy giving success, against him!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَشْرِبْ قُلُوبَنَا إِنْكَارَ عَمَلِهِ ،

O God, saturate our hearts with the rejection of his works

    وَ الْطُفْ لَنَا فِي نَقْضِ حِيَلِهِ

and be gentle to us by destroying his stratagems!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ حَوِّلْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا ،

turn his authority away from us,

    وَ اقْطَعْ رَجَاءَهُ مِنَّا ،

cut off his hope from us,

    وَ ادْرَأْهُ عَنِ الْوُلُوعِ بِنَا

and keep him from craving for us!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اجْعَلْ آبَاءَنَا وَ أُمَّهَاتِنَا وَ أَوْلَادَنَا وَ أَهَالِيَنَا

and place our fathers, our mothers, our children, our wives,

    وَ ذَوِي أَرْحَامِنَا وَ قَرَابَاتِنَا

our siblings, our relatives,

    وَ جِيرَانَنَا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِنْهُ

and the faithful among our neighbours,

    فِي حِرْزٍ حَارِزٍ ، وَ حِصْنٍ حَافِظٍ ، وَ كَهْفٍ مَانِعٍ ،

male and female, in a sanctuary impregnable to him, a guarding fortress, a defending cave!

    وَ أَلْبِسْهُمْ مِنْهُ جُنَناً وَاقِيَةً ،

Clothe them in shields protective against him

    وَ أَعْطِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ أَسْلِحَةً مَاضِيَةً

and give them arms that will cut him down!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ اعْمُمْ بِذَلِكَ مَنْ

O God, include in that everyone who

    شَهِدَ لَكَ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ ،

witnesses to Thee as Lord,

    وَ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ بِالْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ ،

devotes himself sincerely to Thy Unity,

    وَ عَادَاهُ لَكَ بِحَقِيقَةِ الْعُبُودِيَّةِ ،

shows enmity toward him through the reality of servanthood,

    وَ اسْتَظْهَرَ بِكَ عَلَيْهِ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ الْعُلُومِ الرَّبَّانِيَّةِ

and seeks help from Thee against him through knowledge of the divine sciences!

     اللَّهُمَّ احْلُلْ مَا عَقَدَ ،

O God, undo what he ties,

    وَ افْتُقْ مَا رَتَقَ ،

unstitch what he sews up,

    وَ افْسَخْ مَا دَبَّرَ ،

dislocate what he devises,

    وَ ثَبِّطْهُ إِذَا عَزَمَ ، وَ انْقُضْ مَا أَبْرَمَ

frustrate him when he makes up his mind, and destroy what he establishes!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ اهْزِمْ جُنْدَهُ ،

O God, rout his troops, nullify his trickery,

    وَ أَبْطِلْ كَيْدَهُ وَ اهْدِمْ كَهْفَهُ ، وَ أَرْغِمْ أَنْفَهُ

make his cave collapse, and rub his nose in the ground!

     اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا فِي نَظْمِ أَعْدَائِهِ ،

O God, place us in the ranks of his enemies

    وَ اعْزِلْنَا عَنْ عِدَادِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ ،

and remove us from the number of his friends,

    لَا نُطِيعُ لَهُ إِذَا اسْتَهْوَانَا ،

that we obey him not when he entices us

    وَ لَا نَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِذَا دَعَانَا ،

and answer him not when he calls to us!

    نَأْمُرُ بِمُنَاوَأَتِهِ ، مَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمْرَنَا ،

We command everyone who obeys our command to be his enemy

    وَ نَعِظُ عَنْ مُتَابَعَتِهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ زَجْرَنَا

and we admonish everyone who follows our prohibition not to follow him!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ

O God, bless Muhammad,

    خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

the Seal of the prophets and lord of the emissaries,

    وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،

and the folk of his house, the good, the pure!

    وَ أَعِذْنَا وَ أَهَالِيَنَا وَ إِخْوَانَنَا وَ جَمِيعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِمَّا اسْتَعَذْنَا مِنْهُ ،

Give refuge to us, our families, our brothers, and all the faithful, male and female, from that from which we seek refuge,

    وَ أَجِرْنَا مِمَّا اسْتَجَرْنَا بِكَ مِنْ خَوْفِهِ

and grant us sanctuary from that through fear of which we seek sanctuary in Thee!

     وَ اسْمَعْ لَنَا مَا دَعَوْنَا بِهِ ،

Hear our supplication to Thee,

    وَ أَعْطِنَا مَا أَغْفَلْنَاهُ ،

bestow upon us that of which we have been heedless,

    وَ احْفَظْ لَنَا مَا نَسِينَاهُ ،

and safeguard for us what we have forgotten!

    وَ صَيِّرْنَا بِذَلِكَ فِي دَرَجَاتِ الصَّالِحِينَ

Through all this bring us into the ranks of the righteous

    وَ مَرَاتِبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ،

and the degrees of the faithful!

    آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Amen, Lord of the worlds!