His Supplication for Well-Being (23)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ وَ شُكْرَهَا
His Supplication when he Asked God for Well-Being and Thanked Him for it
Translated by William Chittick

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَ أَلْبِسْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ ،

clothe me in Thy well-being,

وَ جَلِّلْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ ،

wrap me in Thy well-being,

وَ حَصِّنِّي بِعَافِيَتِكَ ،

fortify me through Thy well-being,

وَ أَكْرِمْنِي بِعَافِيَتِكَ ،

honour me with Thy well-being,

وَ أَغْنِنِي بِعَافِيَتِكَ ،

free me from need through Thy well-being,

وَ تَصَدَّقْ عَلَيَّ بِعَافِيَتِكَ ،

donate to me Thy well-being,

وَ هَبْ لِي عَافِيَتَكَ

bestow upon me Thy well-being,

وَ أَفْرِشْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ ،

spread out for me Thy well-being,

وَ أَصْلِحْ لِي عَافِيَتَكَ ،

set Thy well-being right for me,

وَ لَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ عَافِيَتِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ .

and separate me not from Thy well-being in this world and the next!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God bless Muhammad and his Household

وَ عَافِنِي عَافِيَةً كَافِيَةً شَافِيَةً عَالِيَةً نَامِيَةً ،

and make me well with a well-being sufficient, healing, sublime, growing,

عَافِيَةً تُوَلِّدُ فِي بَدَنِي الْعَافِيَةَ ،

a well-being that will give birth to well-being in my body,

عَافِيَةَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ .

a well-being in this world and the next!

وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالصِّحَّةِ وَ الْأَمْنِ وَ السَّلَامَةِ

Oblige me through health, security, and safety

فِي دِينِي وَ بَدَنِي ،

in my religion and body,

وَ الْبَصِيرَةِ فِي قَلْبِي ،

insight in my heart,

وَ النَّفَاذِ فِي أُمُورِي ،

penetration in my affairs,

وَ الْخَشْيَةِ لَكَ ، وَ الْخَوْفِ مِنْكَ ،

dread of Thee, fear of Thee,

وَ الْقُوَّةِ عَلَى مَا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ ،

strength for the obedience which Thou hast commanded for me,

وَ الِاجْتِنَابِ لِمَا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ .

and avoidance of the disobedience which Thou hast prohibited for me!

اللَّهُمَّ وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِالْحَجِّ وَ الْعُمْرَةِ ،

O God, oblige me through the hajj, the umra,

وَ زِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ رَسُولِكَ ،

and visiting the graves of Thy Messenger

صَلَواتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ وَ بَرَكَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى آلِهِ ،

Thy blessings, mercy, and benedictions upon him and upon his Household

وَ آلِ رَسُولِكَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

and the Household of Thy Messenger (upon them be peace)

أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي

for as long as Thou causest me to live,

فِي عَامِي هَذَا وَ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ،

in this year of mine and in every year,

وَ اجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ مَقْبُولًا مَشْكُوراً ، مَذْكُوراً لَدَيْكَ ،

and make that accepted, thanked, and mentioned before Thee

مَذْخُوراً عِنْدَكَ .

and stored away with Thee!

وَ أَنْطِقْ بِحَمْدِكَ وَ شُكْرِكَ

Make my tongue utter Thy praise, Thy thanksgiving,

وَ ذِكْرِكَ وَ حُسْنِ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانِي ،

Thy remembrance, and Thy excellent laudation,

وَ اشْرَحْ لِمَرَاشِدِ دِينِكَ قَلْبِي .

and expand my heart toward the right goals of Thy religion!

وَ أَعِذْنِي وَ ذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ،

Give me and my progeny refuge from the accursed Satan,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ السَّامَّةِ وَ الْهَامَّةِ و الْعَامَّةِ وَ اللَّامَّةِ ،

the evil of venomous vermin, threatening pests, swarming crowds, and evil eyes,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَرِيدٍ ،

the evil of every rebel satan,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ سُلْطَانٍ عَنِيدٍ ،

the evil of every refractory sovereign,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مُتْرَفٍ حَفِيدٍ ،

the evil of everyone living in ease and served,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ضَعِيفٍ وَ شَدِيدٍ ،

the evil of everyone weak or strong,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَرِيفٍ وَ وَضِيعٍ ،

the evil of everyone born high or low,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ صَغِيرٍ وَ كَبِيرٍ ،

the evil of everyone small or great,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ قَرِيبٍ وَ بَعِيدٍ ،

the evil of everyone near or far,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَنْ نَصَبَ لِرَسُولِكَ وَ لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ حَرْباً مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ ،

the evil of everyone, jinn or man, who declares war on Thy Messenger and his Household,

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا ،

and the evil of every crawling creature that Thou hast taken by the forelock!

إِنَّكَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ .

Surely Thou art on a straight path.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَ مَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوءٍ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي ،

and if someone desires ill for me turn him away from me,

وَ ادْحَرْ عَنِّي مَكْرَهُ ،

drive away from me his deception,

وَ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ ، وَ رُدَّ كَيْدَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ .

avert from me his evil, send his trickery back to his own throat,

وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ سُدّاً حَتَّى تُعْمِيَ عَنِّي بَصَرَهُ ،

and place before him a barricade, so that Thou mayest blind his eyes toward me,

وَ تُصِمَّ عَنْ ذِكْرِي سَمْعَهُ ،

deafen his ears toward my mention,

وَ تُقْفِلَ دُونَ إِخْطَارِي قَلْبَهُ ،

lock his heart toward recalling me,

وَ تُخْرِسَ عَنِّي لِسَانَهُ ،

silence his tongue against me,

وَ تَقْمَعَ رَأْسَهُ ، وَ تُذِلَّ عِزَّهُ ،

restrain his head, abase his exaltation,

وَ تَكْسُرَ جَبَرُوتَهُ ، وَ تُذِلَّ رَقَبَتَهُ ، وَ تَفْسَخَ كِبْرَهُ ،

break his arrogance, abase his neck, disjoint his pride,

وَ تُؤْمِنَنِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ ضَرِّهِ

and make me secure from all his injury,

وَ شَرِّهِ وَ غَمْزِهِ

his evil, his slander,

وَ هَمْزِهِ وَ لَمْزِهِ

his backbiting, his faultfinding,

وَ حَسَدِهِ وَ عَدَاوَتِهِ

his envy, his enmity,

وَ حَبَائِلِهِ وَ مَصَايِدِهِ

his snares, his traps,

وَ رَجِلِهِ وَ خَيْلِهِ ،

his foot soldiers, and his cavalry!

إِنَّكَ عَزِيزٌ قَدِيرٌ .

Surely Thou art Mighty, Powerful!