General Ta'qeebaat-2

Text and Translation

Additional Zikr

Tenth: It is recommended to glorify Almighty Allah with the Four Words of Glorification:

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ اَكْبَرُ

SUBHAANAL LAAHE WAL HAMDO LILLAAHE WA LAA ELAAHA ILLAL LAAHO WAL LAAHO AKBARO.

Glory be to Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.

al-Tusi, Ibn Baabwayh, and al-Himyari, through authentic chains of authority, reported Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) as quoting the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said to his companions, “If you amass all your vessels and furniture, will they reach the sky?”

“No, they will not,” they answered.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said, “May I guide you to something whose origin is in the earth and branch in the heavens?”

“Yes, you may,” they answered.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) instructed, “When you accomplish your prayers, you may say the Four Words of Glorification thirty times, because the origin of these words is in the earth while their branch is in the heavens. They fend off fire, drowning, demolishing, falling into wells, being devoured by a beast, violent death, and all evils that are sent down from the heavens at that day. These words are the ever-abiding, good works as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an.”

According to other authentic chain of authority, Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) is reported to have said, “Whoever utters these Four Words of Glorification forty times immediately after every obligatory prayer before he moves from his prayer-place, whatever he asks will be granted to him.”

According to another authentic tradition, Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) is also reported to have said, “The frequent remembering that Allah, the Exalted, has praiseworthily mentioned within His Glorious Wording is to repeat the following doxology (zikr) thirty times after every obligatory prayer:

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ

SUBHAANAL LAAHE

Glory be to Allah

al-Qutb al-Rawandi has reported that Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen (a.s.) said to al-Bara’ ibn ‘Aazib, “May I guide you to a matter that if you do, you will be a true intimate servant of Allah?”

“Yes, you may,” answered al-Bara’.

The Imam (a.s.) said, “You may glorify Almighty Allah with the Four Words of Glorification ten times after each prayer. If you do so, one thousand ordeals, one of which is apostasy, will be warded off from you; and one thousand ranks, one of which is being in the vicinity of your Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), will be hoarded for you for the Hereafter.”

Eleventh: Al-Kulayni reports Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) as saying: Whoever repeats the following supplicatory prayer three times after the obligatory prayer and then asks Almighty Allah, he will be granted what he has asked for:

يَا مَنْ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشاۤءُ وَلَايَفْعَلُ مَا يَشاۤءُ اَحَدٌ غَيْرُهٗ.

YAA MAN YAF-A’LO MAA YASHAAA-O WA LAA YAF-A’LO MAA YASHAAA-O AHADUN GHAYROHU.

O One Who does what He wills, and no one besides Him does what he wills.

Virtues of the "Effective Veneration"

Twelfth: al-Barqi, through an authenticated narration, reported Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) as saying, “Whoever repeats ten times the following statement after accomplishing his prayer and before moving his knees from their position, Almighty Allah will erase forty millions of his sins, record for him forty million rewards, and he will be regarded as having recited the Holy Qur’an entirely twelve times.” The Imam (a.s.) then turned his face towards the reporter and said, “As to me, I do not move my knees before I repeat this statement one hundred times. As to you, you may say it ten times only.”

The statement is the following:

اَشْهَدُ اَنْ لَّاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهٗ اِلٰهًا وَّاحِدًا اَحَدًا صَمَدًا لَّمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَّلَا وَلَدًا.

ASH-HADO AN LAA ELAAHA ILLAL LAAHO WAHDAHU LAA SHAREEKA LAHU ELAAHAW WAAHEDAN AHADAN SAMADAN LAM YATTAKHIZ SAAHEBATANW WA LAA WALADAN.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, Alone, He has no partner; One God, Single, Eternal, He has taken neither a companion nor a son.

Very much more merits have been reported for uttering this statement of professing Almighty Allah being the One and Only God (i.e. Tahleel), especially after the dawn (fajr) and Evening Prayers and at sunrise and sunset.

Thirteenth: al-Kulayni, Ibn Baabwayh, and others have reported through authentic chains of authority that Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, “Archangel Jibraeel came to Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) who was in the prison and taught him to say the following supplicatory prayer after each prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِىْ فَرَجًا وَّمَخْرَجًا وَّارْزُقْنِىْ مِنْ حَيْثُ اَحْتَسِبُ وَمِنْ حَيْثُ لَا اَحْتَسِبُ.

ALLAAHUMMAJ-A’L LEE FARAJANW WA MAKHRAJANW WAR ZUQNEE MIN HAYSO AHTASEBO WA MIN HAYSO LAA AHTASEBO.

O Allah, grant me a relief and a way out, and provide for me from where I expect and from where I do not expect.

Fourteenth: It is mentioned in the book of al-Balad al-Ameen that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said, “He who wishes that Almighty Allah will not stop him on the Resurrection Day for the evil deeds that he has done and that Almighty Allah will not open his record of deeds, may say this supplicatory prayer after every ritual prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ مَغْفِرَتَكَ اَرْجٰى مِنْ عَمَلِىْ وَاِنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ اَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذَنْبِىْ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ كَانَ ذَنْبِىْ عِنْدَكَ عَظِيْمًا فَعَفْوُكَ اَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَنْبِىْ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ لَمْ اَكُنْ اَهْلًا اَنْ تَرْحَمَنِىْ فَرَحْمَتُكَ اَهْلٌ اَنْ تَبْلُغَنِىْ وَتَسَعَنِىْ لِاَنَّهَا وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَاۤ اَرْحَمَ الرَّحِمِيْنَ.

ALLAAHUMMA INNA MAGHFERATAKA ARJAA MIN A’MALEE WA INNA RAHMATAKA AWSA-O’ MIN ZANBEE ALLAAHUMMA IN KAANA ZANBEE I’NDAKA A’ZEEMAN FA-A’FWOKA A-A’ZAMO MIN ZANBEE ALLAAHUMMA IN LAM AKUN AHLAN AN TARHAMANEE FARAHMATOKA AHLUN AN TABLOGHANEE WA TASA-A’NEE LE-ANNAHAA WASE-A’T KULLA SHAY-IN BERAHMATEKA YAA ARHAMAR RAAHEMEENA.

O Allah, indeed Your forgiveness is more hopeful than my deeds, and indeed Your mercy is more vast than my sins. O Allah, if my sin is great in Your sight, then Your pardon is greater than my sin. O Allah, if I am not worthy of Your mercy reaching me, then Your mercy is worthy of reaching me and encompassing me, for it encompasses all things. By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Fifteenth: al-Kaf’ami reports that a man complained to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) about his ailment and poverty. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) therefore taught him to say the following statement after the obligatory prayers:

تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَىِّ الَّذِىْ لَا يَمُوْتُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِىْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَّلَا وَلَدًا وَّلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيْرًا

TAWAKKALTO A’LAL HAYYIL LAZEE LAA YAMOOTO WAL HAMDO LILLAAHIL LAZEE LAM YATTAKHIZ SAAHEBATANW WA LAA WALADANW WA LAM YAKUL LAHU SHAREEKUN FIL MULKE WA LAM YAKUL LAHU WALIYYUM MENAZ ZULLE WA KABBIRHO TAKBEERAN.

I have placed my trust in the Ever-Living who does not die, and all praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken a companion nor a son, and Who has no partner in the sovereignty, nor has He any helper out of weakness; and magnify Him with all magnificence.

According to another report, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said, “Whenever a tribulation afflicted me, Archangel Gabriel would come to me and instruct me to say these words.”

According to other validly reported traditions, this doxology (zikr) may be repeated for fending off evil inspirations, settling debts, and saving from poverty.

According to other traditions, the following statement precedes the doxology (zikr) involved:

لَاحَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ.

LAA HAWLA WA LAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHE.

There is no power nor strength except with Allah.

Sixteenth: In his book of al-Muqne’ah, Shaykh al-Mufid has mentioned the following supplicatory prayer to be said after every prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ انْفَعْنَا بِالْعِلْمِ وَزَيِّنَّا بِالْحِلْمِ وَجَمِّلْنَا بِالْعَافِيَةِ وَكَرِّمْنَا بِالتَّقْوٰى اِنَّ وَلِيِّىَ اللّٰهُ الَّذِىْ نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِحِيْنَ.

ALLAAHUMMAN FA’NAA BIL-I’LME WA ZAYYINNAA BIL-HILME WA JAMMILNAA BIL-A’AFEYATE WA KARRIMNAA BIT-TAQWAA INNA WALIYYEYAL LAAHUL LAZEE NAZZALAL KETAABA WA HOWA YATAWALLAS SAALEHEENA.

O Allah, benefit us with knowledge, and adorn us with forbearance, and beautify us with health/well-being, and honor us with God-consciousness. Indeed, my protector is Allah, Who has sent down the Book, and He protects the righteous.

Seventeenth: Al-Tusi, Ibn Baabwayh, and others have reported through valid chains of authority that Imam Ali Ameer al-Momineen (a.s.) said, “Whoever wishes that he leaves this worldly life as pure of sins as untainted gold and none will demand him to be sued for a wrongdoing, must recite twelve times after each of the five obligatory prayers the Chapter that describes Almighty Allah; namely, [Surah al-Tawheed](A116). He may then stretch his hand and pray Almighty Allah with this supplicatory prayer, which is one of the redeeming matters that Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.a.) taught and ordered me to convey to al-Hasan and al-Husayn (a.s.):

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْ اَسْاَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْمَكْنُونِ الْمَخْزُوْنِ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE AS-ALOKA BIS-MEKAL MAKNOONIL MAKHZOONIT

O Allah, I ask You by Your hidden, treasured name,

الطَّاهِرِ الطُّهْرِ الْمُبَارَكِ

TAAHERIT TOHRIL MOBAARAKE

the pure, the purifier, the blessed.

وَاَسْاَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيْمِ

WA AS-ALOKA BIS-MEKAL A’ZEEME

And I ask You by Your Great Name

وَسُلْطَانِكَ الْقَدِيْمِ

WA SULTAANEKAL QADEEME

and Your eternal authority.

يَا وَاهِبَ الْعَطَايَا

YAA WAAHEBAL A’TAAYAA

O Bestower of gifts,

يَا مُطْلِقَ الْاُسَارٰى

YAA MUTLEQAL OSAARAA

O Liberator of captives,

يَا فَكَّاكَ الرِّقَابِ مِنْ النَّارِ

YAA FAKKAAKAR REQAABE MENAN NAARE

O Freer of necks from the Fire,

صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADINW

bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

وَّفُكَّ رَقَبَتِيْ مِنَ النَّارِ

WA FUKKA RAQABATEE MENAN NAARE

And release my neck from the Fire,

وَاَخْرِجْنِيْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا سَالِمًا

WA AKHRIJANEE MENAD DUNYAA SAALEMAN

and cause me to leave this world in peace,

وَاَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ آمِنًا

WA ADKHILNIL JANNATA AAMENAN

and admit me into Paradise in safety.

وَاجْعَلَ دُعَائِيْ اَوَّلَهٗ فَلَاحًا

WAJ-A’L DO-A’AA-EE AWWALAHU FALAAHANW

And make the beginning of my prayer prosperity,

وَّاَوْسَطَهٗ نَجَاحًا

WA AW-SATAHU NAJAAHANW

its middle success,

وَّآخِرَهٗ صَلَاحًا

WA AAKHERAHU SALAAHAN

and its end righteousness.

اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ.

INNAKA ANTA A’LLAAMUL GHOYOOB.

Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.

The same supplicatory prayer in other validly reported copies of the tradition is as follows:

يَا فَكَّاكَ الرِّقَابِ مِنْ النَّارِ

YAA FAKKAAKAR REQAABE MENAN NAARE

O Freer of necks from the Fire,

اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

AS-ALOKA AN TOSALLEYA A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADINW

I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

وَّاَنْ تُعْتِقَ رَقَبَتِيْ مِنَ النَّارِ

WA AN TO’TEQA RAQABATEE MENAN NAARE

and that You release my neck from the Fire,

وَاَنْ تُخْرِجَنِيْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا سَالِمًا

WA AN TUKHREJANEE MENAD DUNYAA SAALEMAN

and that You cause me to leave this world in peace,

وَتُدْخِلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ آمِنًا

WA TUDKHELANIL JANNATA AAMENAN

and admit me into Paradise in safety,

وَاَنْ تَجْعَلَ دُعَائِيْ اَوَّلَهٗ فَلَاحًا

WA AN TAJ-A’LA DO-A’AA-EE AWWALAHU FALAAHANW

and that You make the beginning of my prayer prosperity,

وَّاَوْسَطَهٗ نَجَاحًا

WA AWSATAHU NAJAAHANW

its middle success,

وَّآخِرَهٗ صَلَاحًا

WA AAKHERAHU SALAAHAN

and its end righteousness.

اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوْبِ.

INNAKA ANTA A’LLAAMUL GHOYOOOB.

Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.

Merits of reciting Surah Tawheed after every Namaz

Al-Kulayni has reported through a valid chain of authority that Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, “Whoever truly believes in Almighty Allah and in the Final Day must not miss reciting Surah al-Tawheed after each obligatory prayer. Verily, whoever recites it, Almighty Allah will gather for him both the wealth of this world and the goodness of the Hereafter and will forgive him, his parents, and their descendants.”

According to another tradition, whoever recites Surah al-Tawheed ten times after each obligatory prayer, Almighty Allah will give him in marriage the Paradisiacal women.

Sayyid Ibn Tawus has reported that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said, “Whoever recites Surah al-Tawheed after each prayer, mercy from the heavens will be showered on him, tranquillity will be poured down on him, Almighty Allah will look at him with the eye of mercy, forgive his sins, grant him whatever he has asked for, and he will be placed under the security of Almighty Allah.”

Miscellaneous

Eighteenth: Al-Kulayni, may Allah have mercy upon him, and others have reported the following from the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) through a considerable chain of authority:

After each obligatory prayer, one may put his right hand on his beard and raises his left hand towards the sky, repeating the following supplicatory prayer three times:

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ اِرْحَمْنِىْ مِنَ النَّارِ.

YAA ZAL JALAALE WAL IKRAAME IRHAMNEE MENAN NAARE.

O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, have mercy on me and save me from the Fire.

He may then repeat the following supplicatory phrase three times, too:

اَجِرْنِىْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَلِيْمِ.

AJERNEE MENAL A’ZAABIL ALEEME.

Protect me from the painful punishment.

He may then open his right hand by making its palm face the sky, put it under the beard, and repeat the following supplication three times:

يَا عَزِيْزُ يَا كَرِيْمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا غَفُوْرُ يَا رَحِيْمُ،

YAA A’ZEEZO YAA KAREEMO YAA RAHMAANO YAA GHAFOORO YAA RAHEEMO.

O Mighty, O Generous, O Most Gracious, O All-Forgiving, O Most Merciful.

He may then turn his hands over, by making their outer part face the sky, and repeat the following supplicatory prayer three times:

اَجِرْنِىْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَلِيْمِ.

AJERNEE MENAL A’ZAABIL ALEEME.

Protect me from the painful punishment.

He may then say the following invocation:

وَصَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰلِهٖ وَالْمَلَاۤئِكَةُ وَالرُّوْحُ.

WA SALLAL LAAHO A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALEHI WAL MALAAA-EKATO WAR ROOHO.

And may Allah bless Muhammad and his family, and the angels, and the Spirit.

If one does all that, Almighty Allah will forgive him and will be pleased with him; and all creatures, except men and jinn, will invoke forgiveness upon him until he dies.

Nineteenth: In his book of al-Majalis, al-Mufeed has reported the following narration from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (Imam Ali (a.s.)’s son):

While the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) was circumambulating the Holy House (of Allah; i.e. the Ka’bah), he saw a man handing to the curtains of the Ka’bah and praying Almighty Allah with the coming supplication.

“Has this supplication been composed by you?” Imam Ali (a.s.) asked.

“Have you heard it before?” The man replied with a question.

Imam Ali (a.s.) answered, “Yes, I have.”

The man instructed, “You may then say it after each prayer. I swear by Allah, any believing individual who supplicates Almighty Allah with this supplication after the prayers will most certainly be forgiven by Almighty Allah, even if his sins have been as many as the stars in the sky, the drops coming down from the sky, the pebbles, and the stones of the earth.”

Imam Ali (a.s.) clarified, “I have full knowledge of that. Allah is Ample-giving and Knowing.”

The man, who was Prophet Khizr (a.s.), commented, “You, O Commander of the Faithful, have said the truth. I swear it by Allah. Verily, above every one possessed of knowledge, there is a more knowledgeable one.”

Al-Kaf’ami has also reported the supplication in his book of al-Balad al-Ameen.

The supplication is the following:

يَا مَنْ لَا يَشْغَلُهٗ سَمْعٌ عَنْ سَمْعٍ

YAA MAN LAA YASH-GHALOHU SAM-U’N A’N SAM-I’N

O One Whom hearing one person does not distract from hearing another.

يَا مَنْ لَا يُغَلِّطُهُ السَّاۤئِلُوْنَ

YAA MAN LAA YOGHALLETOHUS SAA-ELOONA

O One Who is not made to err by the questioners,

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يُبْرِمُهٗ اِلْحَاحُ الْمُلِحِّيْنَ

WA YAA MAN LAA YUBREMOHU ILHAAHUL MOLEH-HEENA

and O One Who is not annoyed by the persistence of the persistent.

اَذِقْنِىْ بَرْدَ عَفْوِكَ وَمَغْفِرَتِكَ

AZIQNEE BARDA A’FWEKA WA MAGHFERATEKA

Let me taste the coolness of Your pardon and Your forgiveness,

وَحَلَاوَةَ رَحْمَتِكَ.

WA HALAAWATA RAHMATEKA.

and the sweetness of Your mercy.

Twentieth: In his book of A’alaam al-Deen, Ibn Abbas reported the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to have said, “He who recites the following three Quranic verses three times after the Sunset (Maghrib) Prayer will be regarded as having settled all that which he missed on that day and his prayer will be accepted. If he recites them after every obligatory or voluntary prayer, rewards that are as numerous as the stars of the sky, the drops of rain, the leaves of trees, and the pieces of the soil of the earth will be recorded for him. After he dies, for each single reward, ten rewards will be recorded for him in his grave. These Quranic verses are the following:

فَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ حِيْنَ تُمْسُوْنَ وَحِيْنَ تُصْبِحُوْنَ‏(17)

FA-SUBHAANAL LAAHE HEENA TUMSOONA WA HEENA TUSBEHOON.

Therefore glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time of the evening and when you enter upon the time of the morning.

وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِىْ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَّحِيْنَ تُظْهِرُوْنَ‏(18)

WA LAHUL HAMDO FIS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE WA A’SHIYYANW WA HEENA TUZHEROON.

And to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and at nightfall and when you are at midday.

يُخْرِجُ الْحَىَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَىِّ وَيُحْىِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاؕ وَكَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ‏(19)

YUKHREJUL HAYYA MENAL MAYYETE WA YUKHREJUL MAYYETA MENAL HAYYE WA YOHYIL ARZA BA’DA MAWTEHAA, WA KAZAALEKA TUKHRAJOON.

He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and gives life to the earth after its death, and thus shall you be brought forth.

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَۚ‏(180)

SUBHAANA RABBEKA RABBIL I’ZZATE AMMAA YASEFOON.

Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what they ascribe (to Him)!

وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِيْنَۚ‏(181)

WA SALAAMUN A’LAL MURSALEEN.

And Peace on the messengers!

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ‏(182)

WAL HAMDO LILLAAHE RABBIL A’ALAMEEN.

And Praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.

Twenty-first: Sayyid Ibn Tawus, through a valid chain of authority, has reported the following incident from Jameel ibn Darraaj:

A man visited Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) and said, “My master, I have become old aged, my relatives have all died, and I fear lest death will come upon me while I have no one to entertain me and to whom I may refer.”

The Imam (a.s.) answered, “Some of your brothers-in-faith are closer to you than relatives and you can find with them entertainment more pleasant than that which you may find with your relatives. However, if you wish that you and your relatives will live longer, you must say the following supplicatory prayer after each ritual prayer:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADIN

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ رَسُوْلَكَ الصَّادِقَ الْمُصَدَّقَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNA RASOOLAKAS SAADEQAL MOSADDAQA

O Allah, indeed Your Messenger, the truthful and the verified

صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ قَالَ اِنَّكَ قُلْتَ

SALAWAATOKA A’LAYHE WA AALEHI QAALA INNAKA QULTA

—Your blessings be upon him and his family—said that You said:

مَا تَرَدَّدْتُ فِىْ شَىْءٍ اَ نَا فَاعِلُهٗ كَتَرَدُّدِىْ فِى قَبْضِ رُوْحِ

MAA TARADDADTO FEE SHAY-IN ANAA FAA-E’LOHU KATARADDODEE FEE QABZE ROOHE

“I do not hesitate in anything I do as I hesitate in taking the soul of

عَبْدِىَ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ وَاَكْرَهُ مَسَاۤئَتَهٗ

A’BDEYAL MOAMENE YAKRAHUL MAWTA WA AKRAHO MASAAA-ATAHU

My believing servant; he dislikes death and I dislike to grieve him.”

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ALLAAHUMMA FASALLE A’LAA MOHAMMADINW WA AALE MOHAMMADINW

O Allah, so bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

وَّعَجِّلْ لِوَلِيِّكَ الْفَرَجَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ وَالنَّصْرَ

WA A’JJIL LE-WALIYYEKAL FARAJA WAL A’AFEYATA WAN NASRA

and hasten for Your representative (Wali) relief, well-being, and victory,

وَلَا تَسُؤْنِىْ فِىْ نَفْسِىْ وَلَا فِىْ اَحَدٍ مِّنْ اَحِبَّتِىْ.

WA LAA TASOOO-NEE FEE NAFSEE WA LAA FEE AHADIM MIN AHIBBATEE.

and do not grieve me regarding myself, nor regarding any of my loved ones.

If you wish, you may mention the persons you love by names.”

The old man thereafter said, “By Allah I take the oath, I lived for such a long time until I became bored of life.”

This ultimately considerable supplicatory prayer is mentioned in all books of supplications.