وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِجِيرَانِهِ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ إِذَا ذَكَرَهُمْ
His Supplication for his Neighbours and Friends when he Mentioned them
Translated by William Chittick
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household
وَ تَوَلَّنِي فِي جِيرَانِي وَ مَوَالِيَّ
and attend to me with Thy best attending in my neighbours and friends
الْعَارِفِينَ بِحَقِّنَا ،
who recognize our right
وَ الْمُنَابِذِينَ لِأَعْدَائِنَا بِأَفْضَلِ وَلَايَتِكَ .
and war against our enemies!
2. وَ وَفِّقْهُمْ لِإِقَامَةِ سُنَّتِكَ ،
Give [my neighbours and friends] success in performing Thy prescriptions
وَ الْأَخْذِ بِمَحَاسِنِ أَدَبِكَ
and taking on the beauties of Thy courtesy through
فِي إِرْفَاقِ ضَعِيفِهِمْ ،
acting gently with their weak,
وَ سَدِّ خَلَّتِهِمْ ،
remedying their lacks,
وَ عِيَادَةِ مَرِيضِهِمْ ،
visiting their sick,
وَ هِدَايَةِ مُسْتَرْشِدِهِمْ ،
guiding their seeker of right guidance,
وَ مُنَاصَحَةِ مُسْتَشِيرِهِمْ ،
giving good counsel to their seeker of advice,
وَ تَعَهُّدِ قَادِمِهِمْ ،
attending to the one among them who returns from travel,
وَ كِتْمَانِ أَسْرَارِهِمْ ،
hiding their secrets,
وَ سَتْرِ عَوْرَاتِهِمْ ،
covering over their shameful things,
وَ نُصْرَةِ مَظْلُومِهِمْ ،
helping their wronged,
وَ حُسْنِ مُوَاسَاتِهِمْ بِالْمَاعُونِ ،
sharing kindly with them in goods,
وَ الْعَوْدِ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْجِدَةِ وَ الْإِفْضَالِ ،
turning toward them with wealth and bestowal of bounty,
وَ إِعْطَاءِ مَا يَجِبُ لَهُمْ قَبْلَ السُّؤَالِ
and giving what is due to them before they ask!
وَ اجْعَلْنِي اللَّهُمَّ أَجْزِي بِالْإِحْسَانِ مُسِيئَهُمْ ،
Let me, O God, repay their evildoer with good-doing,
وَ أُعْرِضُ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ عَنْ ظَالِمِهِمْ ،
turn away from their wrongdoer with forbearance.
وَ أَسْتَعْمِلُ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ فِي كَافَّتِهِمْ ،
have a good opinion of every one of them,
وَ أَتَوَلَّى بِالْبِرِّ عَامَّتَهُمْ ،
attend to all of them with devotion,
وَ أَغُضُّ بَصَرِي عَنْهُمْ عِفَّةً ،
lower my eyes before them in continence,
وَ أُلِينُ جَانِبِي لَهُمْ تَوَاضُعاً ،
make mild my side toward them in humility,
وَ أَرِقُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَلَاءِ مِنْهُمْ رَحْمَةً ،
be tender toward the afflicted among them in mercy,
وَ أُسِرُّ لَهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ مَوَدَّةً ،
make them happy in absence through affection,
وَ أُحِبُّ بَقَاءَ النِّعْمَةِ عِنْدَهُمْ نُصْحاً ،
love that they continue to receive favour through good will,
وَ أُوجِبُ لَهُمْ مَا أُوجِبُ لِحَامَّتِي ،
grant them what I grant my next of kin,
وَ أَرْعَى لَهُمْ مَا أَرْعَى لِخَاصَّتِي .
and observe for them what I observe for my special friends!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
وَ ارْزُقْنِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ ،
provide me the like of that from them,
وَ اجْعَلْ لِي أَوْفَى الْحُظُوظِ فِيمَا عِنْدَهُمْ ،
appoint for me the fullest share of what is with them,
وَ زِدْهُمْ بَصِيرَةً فِي حَقِّي ،
increase them in insight toward my right
وَ مَعْرِفَةً بِفَضْلِي
and knowledge of my excellence
حَتَّى يَسْعَدُوا بِي وَ أَسْعَدَ بِهِمْ ،
so that they will be fortunate through me and I fortunate through them!
آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
Amen, Lord of the worlds!
