Supplication on Noble Moral Traits and Acts Pleasing to God (20)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي مَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَ مَرْضِيِّ الْأَفْعَالِ
His Supplication on Noble Moral Traits and Acts Pleasing to God
Translated by William Chittick

    اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ بَلِّغْ بِإِيمَانِي أَكْمَلَ الْإِيمَانِ ،

cause my faith to reach the most perfect faith,

    وَ اجْعَلْ يَقِينِي أَفْضَلَ الْيَقِينِ ،

make my certainty the most excellent certainty,

    وَ انْتَهِ بِنِيَّتِي إِلَى أَحْسَنِ النِّيَّاتِ ، وَ بِعَمَلِي إِلَى أَحْسَنِ الْأَعْمَالِ

and take my intention to the best of intentions and my works to the best of works!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَفِّرْ بِلُطْفِكَ نِيَّتِي ،

O God, complete my intention through Thy gentleness,

    وَ صَحِّحْ بِمَا عِنْدَكَ يَقِينِي ،

rectify my certainty through what is with Thee,

    وَ اسْتَصْلِحْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ مَا فَسَدَ مِنِّي

and set right what is corrupt in me through Thy power!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اكْفِنِي مَا يَشْغَلُنِي الِاهْتِمَامُ بِهِ ،

spare me the concerns which distract me,

    وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا تَسْأَلُنِي غَداً عَنْهُ ،

employ me in that about which Thou wilt ask me tomorrow,

    وَ اسْتَفْرِغْ أَيَّامِي فِيمَا خَلَقْتَنِي لَهُ ،

and let me pass my days in that for which Thou hast created me!

    وَ أَغْنِنِي وَ أَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ فِي رِزْقِكَ ،

Free me from need, expand Thy provision toward me,

    وَ لَا تَفْتِنِّي بِالنَّظَرِ ،

and tempt me not with ingratitude!

    وَ أَعِزَّنِي وَ لَا تَبْتَلِيَنِّي بِالْكِبْرِ ،

Exalt me and afflict me not with pride!

    وَ عَبِّدْنِي لَكَ وَ لَا تُفْسِدْ عِبَادَتِي بِالْعُجْبِ ،

Make me worship Thee and corrupt not my worship with selfadmiration!

    وَ أَجْرِ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى يَدِيَ الْخَيْرَ

Let good flow out from my hands upon the people

    وَ لَا تَمْحَقْهُ بِالْمَنِّ ،

and efface it not by my making them feel obliged!

    وَ هَبْ لِي مَعَالِيَ الْأَخْلَاقِ ،

Give me the highest moral traits

    وَ اعْصِمْنِي مِنَ الْفَخْرِ

and preserve me from vainglory!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ لَا تَرْفَعْنِي فِي النَّاسِ دَرَجَةً

raise me not a single degree before the people

    إِلَّا حَطَطْتَنِي عِنْدَ نَفْسِي مِثْلَهَا ،

without lowering me its like in myself

    وَ لَا تُحْدِثْ لِي عِزّاً ظَاهِراً

and bring about no outward exaltation for me

    إِلَّا أَحْدَثْتَ لِي ذِلَّةً بَاطِنَةً عِنْدَ نَفْسِي بِقَدَرِهَا

without an inward abasement in myself to the same measure!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household,

    وَ مَتِّعْنِي بِهُدًى صَالِحٍ

give me to enjoy a sound guidance

    لَا أَسْتَبْدِلُ بِهِ ،

which I seek not to replace,

    وَ طَرِيقَةِ حَقٍّ لَا أَزِيغُ عَنْهَا ،

a path of truth from which I swerve not,

    وَ نِيَّةِ رُشْدٍ لَا أَشُكُّ فِيهَا ،

and an intention of right conduct in which I have no doubts!

    وَ عَمِّرْنِي مَا كَانَ عُمُرِي بِذْلَةً فِي طَاعَتِكَ ،

Let me live as long as my life is a free gift in obeying Thee,

    فَإِذَا كَانَ عُمُرِي مَرْتَعاً لِلشَّيْطَانِ

but if my life should become a pasture for Satan,

    فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ

seize me to Thyself

    قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ مَقْتُكَ إِلَيَّ ،

before Thy hatred overtakes me

    أَوْ يَسْتَحْكِمَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَيَّ

or Thy wrath against be becomes firm!

     اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَدَعْ خَصْلَةً تُعَابُ مِنِّي

O God, deposit in me no quality for which I will be faulted,

    إِلَّا أَصْلَحْتَهَا ،

unless Thou settest it right,

    وَ لَا عَائِبَةً أُوَنَّبُ بِهَا إِلَّا حَسَّنْتَهَا ،

no flaw for which I will be blamed, unless Thou makest it beautiful,

    وَ لَا أُكْرُومَةً فِيَّ نَاقِصَةً إِلَّا أَتْمَمْتَهَا

no deficient noble trait, unless Thou completest it!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household

    وَ أَبْدِلْنِي مِنْ بِغْضَةِ أَهْلِ الشَّنَآنِ الْمَحَبَّةَ ،

and replace for me the animosity of the people of hatred with love,

    وَ مِنْ حَسَدِ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ الْمَوَدَّةَ ،

the envy of the people of insolence with affection,

    وَ مِنْ ظِنَّةِ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاحِ الثِّقَةَ ،

the suspicion of the people of righteousness with trust,

    وَ مِنْ عَدَاوَةِ الْأَدْنَيْنَ الْوَلَايَةَ ،

the enmity of those close with friendship,

    وَ مِنْ عُقُوقِ ذَوِي الْأَرْحَامِ الْمَبَرَّةَ ،

the disrespect of womb relatives with devotion,

    وَ مِنْ خِذْلَانِ الْأَقْرَبِينَ النُّصْرَةَ ،

the abandonment of relatives with help,

    وَ مِنْ حُبِّ الْمُدَارِينَ تَصْحِيحَ الْمِقَةِ ،

the attachment of flatterers with love set right,

    وَ مِنْ رَدِّ الْمُلَابِسِينَ كَرَمَ الْعِشْرَةِ ،

the rejection of fellows with generous friendliness,

    وَ مِنْ مَرَارَةِ خَوْفِ الظَّالِمِينَ حَلَاوَةَ الْأَمَنَةِ

and the bitterness of the fear of wrongdoers with the sweetness of security!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اجْعَلْ لِي يَداً عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنِي ،

appoint for me a hand against him who wrongs me,

    وَ لِسَاناً عَلَى مَنْ خَاصَمَنِي ،

a tongue against him who disputes with me,

    وَ ظَفَراً بِمَنْ عَانَدَنِي ،

and a victory over him who stubbornly resists me!

    وَ هَبْ لِي مَكْراً عَلَى مَنْ كَايَدَنِي ،

Give me guile against him who schemes against me,

    وَ قُدْرَةً عَلَى مَنِ اضْطَهَدَنِي ،

power over him who oppresses me,

    وَ تَكْذِيباً لِمَنْ قَصَبَنِي ،

refutation of him who reviles me,

    وَ سَلَامَةً مِمَّنْ تَوَعَّدَنِي ،

and safety from him who threatens me!

    وَ وَفِّقْنِي لِطَاعَةِ مَنْ سَدَّدَنِي ،

Grant me success to obey him who points me straight

    وَ مُتَابَعَةِ مَنْ أَرْشَدَنِي

and follow him who guides me right!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

    وَ سَدِّدْنِي لِأَنْ أُعَارِضَ مَنْ غَشَّنِي بِالنُّصْحِ ،

and point me straight to resist him who is dishonest toward me with good counsel,

    وَ أَجْزِيَ مَنْ هَجَرَنِي بِالْبِرِّ ،

repay him who separates from me with gentle devotion,

    وَ أُثِيبَ مَنْ حَرَمَنِي بِالْبَذْلِ ،

reward him who deprives me with free giving,

    وَ أُكَافِيَ مَنْ قَطَعَنِي بِالصِّلَةِ ،

recompense him who cuts me off with joining,

    وَ أُخَالِفَ مَنِ اغْتَابَنِي إِلَى حُسْنِ الذِّكْرِ ،

oppose him who slanders me with excellent mention,

    وَ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ الْحَسَنَةَ ،

give thanks for good,

    وَ أُغْضِيَ عَنِ السَّيِّئَةِ

and shut my eyes to evil!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ حَلِّنِي بِحِلْيَةِ الصَّالِحِينَ ،

adorn me with the adornment of the righteous,

    وَ أَلْبِسْنِي زِينَةَ الْمُتَّقِينَ ، فِي

and clothe me in the ornaments of the godfearing, through

    بَسْطِ الْعَدْلِ ، وَ كَظْمِ الغَيْظِ ،

spreading justice, restraining rage,

    وَ إِطْفَاءِ النَّائِرَةِ ، وَ ضَمِّ أَهْلِ الْفُرْقَةِ ،

quenching the flame of hate, bringing together the people of separation,

    وَ إِصْلَاحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ ،

correcting discord,

    وَ إِفْشَاءِ الْعَارِفَةِ ،

spreading about good behaviour,

    وَ سَتْرِ الْعَائِبَةِ ،

covering faults,

    وَ لِينِ الْعَرِيكَةِ ،

mildness of temper,

    وَ خَفْضِ الْجَنَاحِ ،

lowering the wing,

    وَ حُسْنِ السِّيرَةِ ، وَ سُكُونِ الرِّيحِ ،

beauty of conduct, gravity of bearing,

    وَ طِيبِ الْمُخَالَقَةِ ، وَ السَّبْقِ إِلَى الْفَضِيلَةِ ،

agreeableness in comportment, precedence in reaching excellence,

    وَ إِيثَارِ التَّفَضُّلِ ،

preferring bounteousness,

    وَ تَرْكِ التَّعْيِيرِ ،

refraining from condemnation,

    وَ الْإِفْضَالِ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْمُسْتَحِقِّ ،

bestowing bounty on the undeserving,

    وَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْحَقِّ وَ إِنْ عَزَّ ،

speaking the truth, though it be painful,

    وَ اسْتِقْلَالِ الْخَيْرِ وَ إِنْ كَثُرَ مِنْ قَوْلِي وَ فِعْلِي ،

making little of the good in my words and deeds, though it be much,

    وَ اسْتِكْثَارِ الشَّرِّ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ مِنْ قَوْلِي وَ فِعْلِي ،

and making much of the evil in my words and deeds, though it be little!

    وَ أَكْمِلْ ذَلِكَ لِي بِدَوَامِ الطَّاعَةِ ،

Perfect this for me through lasting obedience,

    وَ لُزُومِ الْجَمَاعَةِ ،

holding fast to the community,

    وَ رَفْضِ أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ ،

and rejecting the people of innovation

    وَ مُسْتَعْمِلِ الرَّأْيِ الْمُخْتَرَعِ

and those who act in accordance with original opinions!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اجْعَلْ أَوْسَعَ رِزْقِكَ عَلَيَّ إِذَا كَبِرْتُ ،

appoint for me Thy widest provision in my old age

    وَ أَقْوَى قُوَّتِكَ فِيَّ إِذَا نَصِبْتُ ،

and Thy strongest strength when I am exhausted,

    وَ لَا تَبْتَلِيَنِّي بِالْكَسَلِ عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ ،

try me not with laziness in worship of Thee,

    وَ لَا الْعَمَى عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ ،

blindness toward Thy path,

    وَ لَا بِالتَّعَرُّضِ لِخِلَافِ مَحَبَّتِكَ ،

undertaking what opposes love for Thee,

    وَ لَا مُجَامَعَةِ مَنْ تَفَرَّقَ عَنْكَ ،

joining with him who has separated himself from Thee,

    وَ لَا مُفَارَقَةِ مَنِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْكَ

and separating from him who has joined himself to Thee!

     اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَصُولُ بِكَ عِنْدَ الضَّرُورَةِ ،

O God, make me leap to Thee in times of distress,

    وَ أَسْأَلُكَ عِنْدَ الْحَاجَةِ ،

ask from Thee in needs,

    وَ أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ عِنْدَ الْمَسْكَنَةِ ،

and plead to Thee in misery!

    وَ لَا تَفْتِنِّي بِالِاسْتِعَانَةِ بِغَيْرِكَ إِذَا اضْطُرِرْتُ ،

Tempt me not to seek help from other than Thee when I am distressed,

    وَ لَا بِالْخُضُوعِ لِسُؤَالِ غَيْرِكَ إِذَا افْتَقَرْتُ ،

to humble myself in asking from someone else when I am poor,

    وَ لَا بِالتَّضَرُّعِ إِلَى مَنْ دُونَكَ إِذَا رَهِبْتُ ،

or to plead with someone less than Thee when I fear,

    فَأَسْتَحِقَّ بِذَلِكَ خِذْلَانَكَ وَ مَنْعَكَ وَ إِعْرَاضَكَ ،

for then I would deserve Thy abandonment, Thy withholding, and Thy turning away,

    يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

     اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ

O God, make

    مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِي رُوعِي مِنَ التَّمَنِّي وَ التَّظَنِّي وَ الْحَسَدِ

the wishing, the doubt, and the envy which Satan throws into my heart

    ذِكْراً لِعَظَمَتِكَ ،

a remembrance of Thy mightiness,

    وَ تَفَكُّراً فِي قُدْرَتِكَ ،

a reflection upon Thy power,

    وَ تَدْبِيراً عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ ،

and a devising against Thy enemy!

    وَ مَا أَجْرَى عَلَى لِسَانِي

Make everything he causes to pass over my tongue,

    مِنْ لَفْظَةِ فُحْشٍ أَوْ هُجْرٍ أَوْ شَتْمِ عِرْضٍ

the indecent or ugly words, the maligning of good repute,

    أَوْ شَهَادَةِ بَاطِلٍ

the false witness,

    أَوِ اغْتِيَابِ مُؤْمِنٍ غَائِبٍ أَوْ سَبِّ حَاضِرٍ

the speaking ill of an absent man of faith or the reviling of one present,

    وَ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ نُطْقاً بِالْحَمْدِ لَكَ ،

and all things similar  a speech in praise of Thee,

    وَ إِغْرَاقاً فِي الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكَ ،

a pursual of eulogizing Thee,

    وَ ذَهَاباً فِي تَمْجِيدِكَ ،

an excursion in magnifying Thee,

    وَ شُكْراً لِنِعْمَتِكَ ،

a thanksgiving for Thy favour,

    وَ اعْتِرَافاً بِإِحْسَانِكَ ،

an acknowledgement of Thy beneficence,

    وَ إِحْصَاءً لِمِنَنِكَ

and an enumeration of Thy kindnesses!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ لَا أُظْلَمَنَّ وَ أَنْتَ مُطِيقٌ لِلدَّفْعِ عَنِّي ،

let me not be wronged while Thou canst repel from me,

    وَ لَا أَظْلِمَنَّ وَ أَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى الْقَبْضِ مِنِّي ،

let me not do wrong while Thou art powerful over holding me back,

    وَ لَا أَضِلَّنَّ وَ قَدْ أَمْكَنَتْكَ هِدَايَتِي ،

let me not be misguided while Thou art able to guide me,

    وَ لَا أَفْتَقِرَنَّ وَ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وُسْعِي ،

let me not be poor while with Thee is my plenty,

    وَ لَا أَطْغَيَنَّ وَ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وُجْدِي

let me not be insolent while from Thee comes my wealth!

     اللَّهُمَّ إِلَى مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَفَدْتُ ،

O God, I come to Thy forgiveness,

    وَ إِلَى عَفْوِكَ قَصَدْتُ ،

I go straight to Thy pardon,

    وَ إِلَى تَجَاوُزِكَ اشْتَقْتُ ،

I yearn for Thy forbearance,

    وَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَثِقْتُ ،

and I trust in Thy bounty,

    وَ لَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَا يُوجِبُ لِي مَغْفِرَتَكَ ،

but there is nothing with me to make me warrant Thy forgiveness,

    وَ لَا فِي عَمَلِي مَا أَسْتَحِقُّ بِهِ عَفْوَكَ ،

nothing in my works to make me merit Thy pardon,

    وَ مَا لِي بَعْدَ أَنْ حَكَمْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي إِلَّا فَضْلُكَ ،

and nothing on my behalf after I judge my soul but Thy bounty,

    فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ تَفَضَّلْ عَلَيَّ

so bless Muhammad and his Household and bestow Thy bounty upon me!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَنْطِقْنِي بِالْهُدَى ،

O God, make my speech be guidance,

    وَ أَلْهِمْنِي التَّقْوَى ،

inspire me with reverential fear,

    وَ وَفِّقْنِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَزْكَى ،

give me success in that which is most pure,

    وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا هُوَ أَرْضَى

and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee!

     اللَّهُمَّ اسْلُكْ بِيَ الطَّرِيقَةَ الْمُثْلَى ،

O God, let me tread the most exemplary path

    وَ اجْعَلْنِي عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ أَمُوتُ وَ أَحْيَا

and make me live and die in Thy creed!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ مَتِّعْنِي بِالِاقْتِصَادِ ،

give me to enjoy moderation,

    وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّدَادِ ،

make me into one of the people of right behaviour,

    وَ مِنْ أَدِلَّةِ الرَّشَادِ ،

the proofs of right conduct,

    وَ مِنْ صَالِحِ الْعِبَادِ ،

and the servants of righteousness,

    وَ ارْزُقْنِي فَوْزَ الْمَعَادِ ،

and provide me with triumph at the place of Return

    وَ سلَامَةَ الْمِرْصَادِ

and safety from the Ambush!

     اللَّهُمَّ خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا يُخَلِّصُهَا ،

O God, take to Thyself from my soul what will purify it

    وَ أَبْقِ لِنَفْسِي مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا يُصْلِحُهَا ،

and leave for my soul that of my soul that will set it right,

    فَإِنَّ نَفْسِي هَالِكَةٌ أَوْ تَعْصِمَهَا

for my soul will perish unless Thou preservest it!

     اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عُدَّتِي إِنْ حَزِنْتُ ،

O God, Thou art my stores when I sorrow,

    وَ أَنْتَ مُنْتَجَعِي إِنْ حُرِمْتُ ،

Thou art my recourse when I am deprived,

    وَ بِكَ اسْتِغَاثَتِي إِنْ كَرِثْتُ ،

from Thee I seek aid when troubled

    وَ عِنْدَكَ مِمَّا فَاتَ خَلَفٌ ،

and with Thee is a substitute for everything gone by,

    وَ لِمَا فَسَدَ صَلَاحٌ ،

a correction for everything corrupted,

    وَ فِيمَا أَنْكَرْتَ تَغْيِيرٌ ،

and a change from everything Thou disapprovest

    فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ قَبْلَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالْعَافِيَةِ ،

So show kindness to me with wellbeing before affliction,

    وَ قَبْلَ الْطَّلَبِ بِالْجِدَةِ ،

wealth before asking,

    وَ قَبْلَ الضَّلَالِ بِالرَّشَادِ ،

right conduct before misguidance;

    وَ اكْفِنِي مَئُونَةَ مَعَرَّةِ الْعِبَادِ ،

suffice me against the burden of shame toward the servants,

    وَ هَبْ لِي أَمْنَ يَوْمِ الْمَعَادِ ،

give me security on the Day of Return,

    وَ امْنَحْنِي حُسْنَ الْإِرْشَادِ

and grant me excellent right guidance!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي بِلُطْفِكَ ،

repel from me through Thy gentleness,

    وَ اغْذُنِي بِنِعْمَتِكَ ،

feed me through Thy favour,

    وَ أَصْلِحْنِي بِكَرَمِكَ ،

set me right through Thy generosity,

    وَ دَاوِنِي بِصُنْعِكَ ،

heal me through Thy benefaction,

    وَ أَظِلَّنِي فِي ذَرَاكَ ،

shade me in Thy shelter,

    وَ جَلِّلْنِي رِضَاكَ ،

wrap me in Thy good pleasure,

    وَ وَفِّقْنِي إِذَا اشْتَكَلَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأُمُورُ لِأَهْدَاهَا ،

and give me success to reach the most guided of affairs when affairs confuse me,

    وَ إِذَا تَشَابَهَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ لِأَزْكَاهَا ،

the purest of works when works seem similar,

    وَ إِذَا تَنَاقَضَتِ الْمِلَلُ لِأَرْضَاهَا

and the most pleasing to Thee of creeds when creeds conflict!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ تَوِّجْنِي بِالْكِفَايَةِ ،

crown me with sufficiency,

    وَ سُمْنِي حُسْنَ الْوِلَايَةِ ،

place in me excellent guardianship,

    وَ هَبْ لِي صِدْقَ الْهِدَايَةِ ،

give me to guide correctly,

    وَ لَا تَفْتِنِّي بِالسَّعَةِ ،

tempt me not with plenty,

    وَ امْنَحْنِي حُسْنَ الدَّعَةِ ،

grant me excellent ease,

    وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ عَيْشِي كَدّاً كَدّاً ،

make not my life toil and trouble,

    وَ لَا تَرُدَّ دُعَائِي عَلَيَّ رَدّاً ،

and refuse not my supplication in rejection,

    فَإِنِّي لَا أَجْعَلُ لَكَ ضِدّاً ، وَ لَا أَدْعُو مَعَكَ نِدّاً

for I make none rival to Thee and I supplicate none with Thee as equal!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

  O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ امْنَعْنِي مِنَ السَّرَفِ ،

hold me back from prodigality,

    وَ حَصِّنْ رِزْقِي مِنَ التَّلَفِ ،

fortify my provision against ruin,

    وَ وَفِّرْ مَلَكَتِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ فِيهِ ،

increase my possessions through blessing them,

    وَ أَصِبْ بِي سَبِيلَ الْهِدَايَةِ لِلْبِرِّ فِيمَا أُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ

and set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ اكْفِنِي مَئُونَةَ الِاكْتِسَابِ ،

spare me the burden of earning,

    وَ ارْزُقْنِي مِنْ غَيْرِ احْتِسَابٍ ،

and provide for me without reckoning,

    فَلَا أَشْتَغِلَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ بِالطَّلَبِ ،

lest I be distracted from Thy worship through seeking

    وَ لَا أَحْتَمِلَ إِصْرَ تَبِعَاتِ الْمَكْسَبِ

and carry the load of earning's ill results!

     اللَّهُمَّ فَأَطْلِبْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ مَا أَطْلُبُ ،

O God, bestow upon me what I seek through Thy power

    وَ أَجِرْنِي بِعِزَّتِكَ مِمَّا أَرْهَبُ

and grant me sanctuary from what I fear through Thy might!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ صُنْ وَجْهِي بِالْيَسَارِ ،

save my face through ease,

    وَ لَا تَبْتَذِلْ جَاهِي بِالْإِقْتَارِ

and demean not my dignity through neediness,

    فَأَسْتَرْزِقَ أَهْلَ رِزْقِكَ ،

lest I seek provision from those whom Thou hast provided

    وَ أَسْتَعْطِيَ شِرَارَ خَلْقِكَ ،

and asks for bestowal from the worst of Thy creatures!

    فَأَفْتَتِنَ بِحَمْدِ مَنْ أَعْطَانِي ،

Then I would be tried by praising him who gave to me

    و أُبْتَلَى بِذَمِّ مَنْ مَنَعَنِي ،

and afflicted with blaming him who held back from me,

    وَ أَنْتَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ وَلِيُّ الْإِعْطَاءِ وَ الْمَنْعِ

while Thou  not they  art patron of giving and holding back

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

  وَ ارْزُقْنِي صِحَّةً فِي عِبَادَةٍ ،

and provide me with soundness in worship,

    وَ فَرَاغاً فِي زَهَادَةٍ ،

detachment in renunciation,

    وَ عِلْماً فِي اسْتِعْمَالٍ ،

knowledge put into action,

    وَ وَرَعاً فِي إِجْمَالٍ

and abstinence in measure!

     اللَّهُمَّ اخْتِمْ بِعَفْوِكَ أَجَلِي ،

O God, seal my term with Thy pardon,

    وَ حَقِّقْ فِي رَجَاءِ رَحْمَتِكَ أَمَلِي ،

verify my expectation in hoping for Thy mercy,

    وَ سَهِّلْ إِلَى بُلُوغِ رِضَاكَ سُبُلِي ،

smooth my paths to reach Thy good pleasure,

    وَ حَسِّنْ فِي جَمِيعِ أَحْوَالِي عَمَلِي

and make my works good in all my states!

     اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَ نَبِّهْنِي لِذِكْرِكَ فِي أَوْقَاتِ الْغَفْلَةِ ،

incite me to remember Thee in times of heedlessness,

    وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِ الْمُهْلَةِ ،

employ me in Thy obedience in days of disregard,

    وَ انْهَجْ لِي إِلَى مَحَبَّتِكَ سَبِيلًا سَهْلَةً ،

open a smooth road for me to Thy love,

    أَكْمِلْ لِي بِهَا خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

and complete for me thereby the good of this world and the next!

     اللَّهُمَّ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, and bless Muhammad and his Household

    كَأَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ قَبْلَهُ ،

the best Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures before him

    وَ أَنْتَ مُصَلٍّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بَعْدَهُ ،

and wilt bless any of them after him,

    وَ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً

and give to us in this World good,

    وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً ،

and in the next world good,

    وَ قِنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ عَذَابَ النَّارِ

and protect me through Thy mercy from the chastisement of the Fire!