(4) Munajaat for Sustenance

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اَللَّهُمَّ ارْسِلْ عَلَيَّ سِجَالَ رِزْقِكَ مِدْرَاراً

allahumma arsil `alayya sijala rizqika midraran

O Allah, send forth on me the bails of Your sustenance in abundance,

وَامْطِرْ عَلَيَّ سَحَائِبَ إِفْضَالِكَ غِزَاراً

wa amtir `alayya saha'iba ifdalika ghizaran

make the clouds of Your favoring rain on me heavily,

وَادِمْ غَيْثَ نَيْلِكَ إِلَيَّ سِجَالاًَ

wa adim ghaytha naylika ilayya sijalan

keep continuous the drizzle of Your gifts to me plenteously,

وَاسْبِلْ مَزِيدَ نِعَمِكَ عَلَىٰ خَلَّتِي إِسْبَالاًَ

wa asbil mazida ni`amika `ala khallati isbalan

let the superfluity of Your graces to me fall on my neediness increasingly,

وَافْقِرْنِي بِجُودِكَ إِلَيْكَ

wa afqirni bijudika ilayka

make me in ceaseless need for Your magnanimity,

وَاغْنِنِي عَمَّنْ يَطْلُبُ مَا لَدَيْكَ

wa aghnini `amman yatlubu ma ladayka

make me dispense with those who are in want for what is possessed by You,

وَدَاوِ دَاءَ فَقْرِي بِدَوَاءِ فَضْلِكَ

wa dawi da'a faqri bidawa'i fadlika

medicate the malady of my poverty with the remedy of Your favors,

وَٱنْعَشْ صَرْعَةَ عَيْلَتِي بِطَوْلِكَ

wan`ash sar`ata `aylati bitawlika

refresh my dead dearth with Your conferrals,

وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَىٰ إِقْلاَلِي بِكَثْرَةِ عَطَائِكَ

wa tasaddaq `ala iqlali bikathrati `ata'ika

give as alms to my scarcity Your profuse gifts,

وَعَلَىٰ ٱخْتِلاَلِي بِكَرِيمِ حِبَائِكَ

wa `ala ikhtilali bikarimi hiba'ika

and give to my shortage Your generous grants.

وَسَهِّلْ رَبِّ سَبِيلَ ٱلرِّزْقِ إِلَيَّ

wa sahhil rabbi sabila alrrizqi ilayya

O my Lord, pave the way of sustenance towards me,

وَثَبِّتْ قَوَاعِدَهُ لَدَيَّ

wa thabbit qawa`idahu ladayya

strengthen its foundations with me,

وَبَجِّسْ لِي عُيُونَ سَعَتِهِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ

wa bajjis li `uyuna sa`atihi birahmatika

make the fountains of Your expansive mercy to gush out for me,

وَفَجِّرْ انْهَارَ رَغَدِ ٱلْعَيْشِ قِبَلِي بِرَافَتِكَ

wa fajjir anhara raghadi al`ayshi qibali bira'fatika

make the rivers of opulent living to flow before me, out of Your clemency,

وَاجْدِبْ ارْضَ فَقْرِي

wa ajdib arda faqri

cause the land of my poverty to be barren,

وَاخْصِبْ جَدْبَ ضُرِّي

wa akhsib jadba durri

fertilize my barren harsh paucity,

وَٱصْرِفْ عَنِّي فِي ٱلرِّزْقِ ٱلْعَوَائِقَ

wasrif `anni fi alrrizqi al`awa'iqa

hold off all obstacles against gaining my sustenance,

وَٱقْطَعْ عَنِّي مِنَ ٱلضِّيْقِ ٱلْعَلاَئِقَ

waqta` `anni min alddiqi al`ala'iqa

and cut off any relationship between destitution and me.

وَٱرْمِنِي مِنْ سَعَةِ ٱلرِّزْقِ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِاخْصَبِ سِهَامِهِ

warmini min sa`ati alrrizqi allahumma bi-akhsabi sihamihi

O Allah, target at me the most productive arrows of opulent sustenance

وَٱحْبُنِي مِنْ رَغَدِ ٱلْعَيْشِ بِاكْثَرِ دَوَامِهِ

wahbuni min raghadi al`ayshi bi-akthari dawamihi

and endow me with the most perpetual affluent living.

وَٱكْسُنِي ٱللَّهُمَّ سَرَابِيلَ ٱلسَّعَةِ وَجَلاَبِيبَ ٱلدَّعَةِ

waksuni allahumma sarabila alssa`ati wa jalabiba aldda`ati

O Allah, equip me with the shirts of opulence and garments of comfort,

فَإِنِّي يَا رَبِّ مُنْتَظِرٌ لإِنْعَامِكَ بِحَذْفِ ٱلمَضِيقِ

fa'inni ya rabbi muntazirun li'in`amika bihadhfi almadiqi

for, O my Lord, I expect You to do me the favor of removing my distress,

وَلِتَطَوُّلِكَ بِقَطْعِ ٱلتَّعْوِيقِ

wa litatawwulika biqat`i altta`wiqi

to bestow upon me with the grace of cutting off the impediment,

وَلِتَفَضُّلِكَ بِإِزَالَةِ ٱلتَّقْتِيرِ

wa litafaddulika bi'izalati alttaqtiri

to endue me with the errand of eliminating my impoverishment,

وَلِوُصُولِ حَبْلِي بِكَرَمِكَ بِٱلتَّيْسِيرِ

wa liwusuli habli bikaramika bilttaysiri

and to confer upon me with connecting my cord to Your generosity through facilitation of my affairs.

وَامْطِرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ عَلَيَّ سَمَاءَ رِزْقِكَ بِسِجَالِ ٱلدِّيمِ

wa amtir allahumma `alayya sama'a rizqika bisijali alddimi

O Allah, make the sky of Your sustenance shower me with large quantities of the water of Your heavy clouds,

وَاغْنِنِي عَنْ خَلْقِكَ بِعَوَائِدِ ٱلنِّعَمِ

wa aghnini `an khalqika bi`awa'idi alnni`ami