الدعاء
Supplication
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ،
O My God! Sustainer of the high sky
وَالْجَوِّ المَكْفُوفِ،
and the suspended firmament
الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ مَغِيضاً لِلَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ،
which Thou hast made a shelter for the night and the day,
وَمَجْرىً لِلشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ،
an orbit for the sun and the moon
وَمُخْتَلَفاً لِلنُّجُومِ السَّيَّارَةِ،
and a path for the rotating stars,
وَجَعَلْتَ سُكَّانَهُ سِبْطاً مِنْ مَلاَئِكَتِكَ،
and for populating it Thou hast created a group of Thy angels
لاَ يَسْأَمُونَ مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ.
who do not get weary of worshipping Thee.
وَرَبَّ هذِهِ الاْرْضِ الَّتي جَعَلْتَهَا قَرَاراً لِلاْنَامِ،
O Sustainer of this earth which Thou hast made an abode for people
وَمَدْرَجاً لِلْهَوَامِّ والاْنْعَامِ،
and a place for the movement of insects and beasts
وَمَا لاَ يُحْصَى مِمَّا يُرَى وَمَا لاَ يُرَى.
and countless other creatures seen and unseen.
وَرَبَّ الجِبَالِ الرَّوَاسِي الَّتي جَعَلْتَهَا لِلاْرْضِ أَوْتَاداً،
O Sustainer of strong mountains which Thou hast made as pegs for the earth
وَلِلْخَلْق اعْتِماداً.
and (a means of) support for people.
إِنْ أَظْهَرْتَنَا عَلَى عَدُوِّنَا
If Thou givest us victory over our enemy,
فَجَنِّبْنَا الْبَغْيَ وَسَدِّدْنَا لِلْحَقِّ،
save us from excesses and keep us on the straight path of truth.
وَإِنْ أَظْهَرْتَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا
But if Thou givest them victory over us,
فَارْزُقْنَا الشهَادَةَ وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ.ِ
then grant us martyrdom and save us from mischief.
الدعوة للقتال
Calling men to battle
أَيْنَ الْمَانِعُ لِلذِّمَارِ،
Where are those who protect honour,
وَالْغَائِرُ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ الْحَقَائِقِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الحِفَاظِ؟!
and those self-respecting persons who defend respectable persons in the time of hardship?
العَارُ وَرَاءَكُمْ، وَالْجَنَّةُ أَمَامَكُمْ!
Shame is behind you while Paradise is in front of you.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 171: Nasr ibn Muzahim, Siffin, 232; al-Tabari, Ta'rikh, VI, 8, events of 37 H.; Ibn Tawus, in Muhaj from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id al-'Ahwazi, Kitab al-du’a' wa al-dhikr.
