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Amaal for the First Night and Day
of the Holy Month of Ramadhan
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First Night of the Holy Month of
Ramadhan
• Duas to be recited on Sighting the New
Moon
- First Dua on Sighting the New
Moon
- Dua of the Holy Prophet صىل هللا عليه وآله و سلم
- Dua of Imam Ja’far Sadiq عليه السالم
- Dua 43 – Sahifa Sajjadiyah
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• Dua after Maghrib Prayer for the 1st
Night
• General Acts for the 1st Night of Month
of Ramadhan
• Supplication for Last Night of Sha’ban
and 1st Night of Month of Ramadhan
• Dua of Imam Ja’far Sadiq عليه السالم for 1st
Night
• Another Dua for the 1st Night
• Dua of Holy Prophet صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم for 1st
Night
• Another Dua of the Holy Prophet صىل هللا عليه
for 1st Night وآله وسلم
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• Dua to Welcome Month of Ramdhan –
Sahifa Sajjadiyah
• Dua Hajj
• Tawassul to the Ahlulbayt عليه السالم
specific for 1st Night
It is highly recommend to recite as much
Qur’an as possible tonight – Dua before
Recitation of the Holy Qur’an / Dua After
Recitation of Holy Qur’an
Reciting Jawshan Kabir tonight has great
rewards.
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First Day of the Holy Month of
Ramadhan
• General Acts for the 1st Day
• Dua to be recited at Dawn
• Supplication of Imam Musa Kadhim عليه
for the 1st Day السالم
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Duas on Sighting the New Moon of
the Month of Ramadhan
When your eyes fall on the new moon,
you must not point to it; rather you
should turn yourself towards the kiblah,
raise both your hands towards the sky,
and address the new moon with the
following words:
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رب ٱلعالميي ربي وربك ٱللهYour and my Lord is Allah; the Lord of
the worlds.
نا بي أ اللههمه ي ماني لي ٱمني و ٱل هيلهه علي O Allah, (please do) cause this crescent
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to carry with it for us security, faith,
سالمي وٱلسهالمةي وٱليsafety, Islam,
وٱلمسارعةي إيل ما تيب وت رضى and expedition to whatever You love
and please.
ن هذاا في شهري بريك لن اللههمه O Allah, (please do) bless us in this
month,
وٱرزق نا خيه وعونه confer upon us with its goodness and
aid,
ن ته وٱصريف عنها ضرهه وشرهه وبالءه وفيت
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and save us from its harm, evil, ordeals, and
sedition.
رب ٱلعالميي ربي وربك ٱللهYour and my Lord is Allah; the Lord of
the worlds.
نا أ اللههمه ي ماني ٱو مني ٱل بي هيلهه علي ليO Allah, (please do) cause this crescent
to carry with it for us security, faith,
سالمي ٱلي و وٱلسهالمةي safety, Islam,
وٱلمسارعةي إيل ما تيب وت رضى and expedition to whatever You love
and please.
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بريك لنا في شهرين هذا اللههمه O Allah, (please do) bless us in this
month,
خيه وعونه وٱرزق ناconfer upon us with its goodness and
aid,
ن ته وٱصريف عنها ضرهه وشرهه وبالءه وفيت and save us from its harm, evil, ordeals,
and sedition.
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It has been narrated that when the Holy
Prophet صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم would see the new
moon of the Month of Ramadhan, he
would turn his face to the kiblah
direction and say the following:
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نا أ اللههمه ي ماني ٱو مني ٱل بي هيلهه علي ليO Allah, (please do) cause this crescent
to carry with it for us security, faith,
سالمي وٱلسهالمةي وٱليsafety, Islam,
سقامي ٱل وٱلعافييةي ٱلمجليلةي وديفاعي encompassing wellbeing, repulsion of
ailments,
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يامي وٱلقييامي وٱلعوني على ٱلصهالةي وٱلصيand assistance to offer prayers, observe
fasting, do acts of worship,
وتيالوةي ٱلقرآني and recite the Qur'an.
ان سليمنا ليشهري رمض اللههمه O Allah, (please do) keep us sound for
the month of Ramadhan,
نها وتسلهمه ميaccept our deeds during it,
وسليمنا فييهي and save us during it,
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ي عنها شهر رمضان قضي حته ي ن so that the month of Ramadhan will
not elapse
ت نا وقد عفوت عنها وغفرت لنا ورحيunless You have pardoned us, forgiven
us, and had mercy upon us.
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Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq عليه السالم is also
reported to have said: When you see the
new moon of the Month of Ramadhan,
you may say the following:
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ان قد حضر شهر رمض اللههمه O Allah, the month of Ramadhan has
commenced,
يامه نا صي وقدي ٱفتضت علي You have made obligatory upon us to
observe fasting during it,
ن زلت فييهي ٱلقرآن أ و and revealed the Qur'an in it
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وٱلفرقاني هدى ليلنهاسي وب يينات مين ٱلدى as guidance for people and clear proofs
of true guidance and distinction
(between the right and the wrong).
ياميهي أ للههمه ا عينها على صيO Allah, (please) help us observe
fasting in it,
وت قب هله مينهاaccept it from us,
فييهي مناوسلي keep us safe during it,
نه وسليمنا ميhelp us observe it adequately,
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نك وعافيية وسليمه لنا في يسر ميand keep it sound for us with easiness
and good health from You.
إينهك على كلي شيء قديير You verily have power over all things.
يم ي رحن ي رحيO All-beneficent! O All-merciful!
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Dua 43 – Sahifa Sajjadiyah – Upon
Sighting the New Moon of Month of
Ramdhan
It is recommended, at the sight of the
new moon of Ramadhan, to say the
supplication number forty-three of the al-
Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah.
Sayyid Ibn Tawus narrated that Imam
`Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin عليه
once, gazed at the new moon of ,السالم
Ramadhan while he was walking. He
therefore stopped and said the following:
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ي ها ٱللق ٱلمطييع أ
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O obedient creature,
ٱلدهائيب ٱلسهرييع speedy and untiring,
د في منازيلي ٱلت هقدييري ٱلمتديfrequenter of the mansions of
determination,
ريف في ف لكي ٱلتهدبييي تص ٱلم moving about in the sphere of
governance!
آمنت بين ن وهر بيك ٱلظلم I have faith in Him Who lights up
darkness through you,
وضح بيك ٱلب هم أ و
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illuminates jet-black shadows by you,
آيتي ملكيهي جعلك آية مين و appointed you one of the signs of His
kingdom
وعالمة مين عالماتي سلطانيهي and one of the marks of His authority,
فحده بيك ٱلزهمان so, He identified time through You,
صاني وٱمت هنك بيٱلكمالي وٱلن ق and humbled you through increase and
decrease,
فولي ٱل وٱلطلوعي و and rising and setting,
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نرةي وٱلكسوفي ٱلي و and illumination and eclipse.
نت له مطييع أ في كلي ذليك In all of this you are obedient to Him,
إيرادتيهي سرييع وإيل and prompt toward His will.
مريك أ عجب ما دب هر مين أ سبحانه ما Glory be to Him! How wonderful is
what He has arranged in Your
situation!
نيك أ لطف ما صنع في ش أ و How subtle what He has made for Your
task!
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فتاح شهر حاديث جع مر لك مي حاديث ليHe has made You the key to a new
month for a new situation.
ل ٱلله ربي وربهك أ س أ ف So I ask Allah, my Lord and Your Lord,
وخاليقيي وخاليقك my Creator and Your Creator,
رك ومقديريي ومقدي my Determiner and Your Determiner,
ومصويريي ومصويرك my Form-giver and Your Form-giver,
ن يصليي على ممهد وآلي ممهد أ
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that He bless Muhammad and his
Household
م ٱل تحقها ل ن يعلك هيالل ب ركة أ و يهand appoint You a crescent of blessings
not effaced by days
ثم ٱل تدنيسها ل وطهارة and of purity not defiled by sins;
فاتي ٱل من مين أ هيالل a crescent of security from blights
وسالمة مين ٱلسهييئاتي and of safety from evil deeds;
فييهي نس ل هيالل سعد a crescent of auspiciousness containing
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no misfortune,
نكد معه ل وين of prosperity accompanied by no
adversity,
يازيجه عسر ل ويسر of ease not mixed with difficulty,
يشوبه شر ل وخي of good unstained by evil;
من وإيي مان أ الل هي a crescent of security and faith,
ونيعمة وإيحسان favor and good-doing,
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م ال مة وإيس ال وس safety and submission!
صلي على ممهد وآلي ممهد اللههمه O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
ن وٱجعلن رضى من طلع عليهي أ ا ميplace us among the most satisfied of
those over whom the crescent has
risen,
من نظر إيليهي زكى أ و the purest of those who have looked
upon it,
سعد من ت عبهد لك فييهي أ و
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the most fortunate of those who have
worshiped You under it;
ووفيقنا ٱللههمه فييهي ليلطهاعةي وٱلت هوبةي give us the success during [the new
month] to repent,
منا فييهي مين ثمي وٱلوبةي ٱل وٱعصيpreserve us within it from misdeeds
and exposition to punishment,
وزيعنا فييهي شكر ٱلنيعمةي أ و allot to us within it thanksgiving for
Your favor,
عافييةي لبيسنا فييهي جنن ٱل أ و clothe us during it in the shields of
well-being,
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نا بيٱستيكمالي طاعتيك فييهي ٱلمينهة أ و تيم علي and complete for us Your kindness by
perfecting therein obedience to You!
نت ٱلمنهان ٱلمييد أ إينهك Surely You are All-kind, Praiseworthy.
على ممهد وآليهي ٱلطهييبيي وصلهى ٱللهAnd bless Muhammad and his
Household, the good, the pure.
نك على ما ندب ت نا إيليهي ٱج و عل لنا فييهي عون ميAnd grant us aid from You to carry out
that which You have ordered us to do in
it;
مين مفتضي طاعتيك
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Such as the obedience to You which
You have made incumbent upon us,
مين كلي كريي كرم ٱل ا إينهك وت قب هله and accept them from us, for You are
the most Generous of all those who
show generosity
يم ٱل و رحم مين كلي رحيand the most Merciful of all those who
show mercy.
آميي آميي ربه ٱلعالميي Respond! Respond! O Lord of the
Worlds.
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General Acts for the 1st Night of the
Month of Ramadhan
• It is recommended to take a Ghusl
tonight.
• It is recommended to bathe oneself in
a flowing river and to pour on the
head thirty handfuls of water so as to
be mentally pure up to the next Month
of Ramadhan.
• It is recommended to visit the holy
tomb of Imam al-Husayn عليه السالم so
that the sins will be forgiven and the
like of the reward of those who
undertake the Hajj and the `Umrah in
that year will be recorded for him.
Recite Ziyarah.
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• Recite a two Rak`ah prayer reciting in
each Rak`ah Surah of al-Fatihah and
Surah of al-An`am (No. 6) and pray
to Almighty Allah for security against
ailments.
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Dua after Maghrib Prayer for the
First Night of Month of Ramadhan
It is recommended to say the following
supplication while raising the hands after
the Maghrib Prayer. The supplication has
been reported in ‘al-Iqbal’ from Imam
Muhammad Jawad (al-Taqi) عليه السالم
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ي من يليك ٱلتهدبيي اللههمه O Allah Who controls the management
of all affairs
وهو على كلي شيء قديير and He has power over all things!
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عيي ٱل ي من ي علم خائينة O He Who knows the stealth of looks,
وما تفيي ٱلصدور وتين ٱلضهميي that which breasts conceal, and that
which selves hide
وهو ٱللهطييف ٱلبيي and He is the Knower of subtle, the
Aware!
ٱجعلنا ميهن ن وى ف عميل اللههمه O Allah, (please do) include us with
those who intend and carried out their
intentions,
ل ول تعلنا ميهن شقيي فكسي
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and do not include us with those who
are unhappy due to their laziness
و على غيي عمل ي تهكيل ن ه ول ميه or with those who depend upon unreal
hopes.
ح اللههمه بدان نا مين ٱلعيللي أ صحيO Allah, (please do) cure our bodies
from ailments
نا مين ٱلع أ و ملي عينها على ما ٱفتضت علي and help us carry out the deeds You
have made incumbent upon us to do
ي عنها شهرك هذا وقد قضي دهي نا أ حته ي ن نا مفروضك فييهي علي
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so that when this month, which is Your
month, elapses, we shall have carried
out all the duties that You have made
obligatory upon us to do.
ياميهي أ اللههمه عينها على صيO Allah, (please do) help us observe
fasting in this month,
ووفيقنا ليقيياميهي guide us to practice the acts of worship
(perfectly),
طنا فييهي ليلصهالةي ونشيgrant us vigor to offer prayers,
نا مين ٱلقيراءةي ول تجب do not preclude us from reciting (the
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Holy Qur'an),
ل لنا فييهي إييتاء ٱلزهكاةي وسهيand make easy for us to give alms.
نا وصبا ول ت عبا ل اللههمه تسليط علي O Allah, (please) do not inflict us with
fatigue, tiredness,
عطبا ل سقما و ل ولailment, or injury.
نا اللههمه مين ريزقيك ٱلاللي فطار ٱلي ٱرزق O Allah, (please do) grant us the food
with which we break our fasting from
Your sustenance that is legally gotten.
ل لنا فييهي ما قسمته مين ريزقيك اللههمه سهي
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O Allah, (please do) make easy for us
the gaining of Your sustenance that You
decide for us,
رته مين ر ما قده مريك أ ويسيfacilitate for us gaining that which You
decide for us,
لثمي ٱ وٱجعله حالل طييبا نقييا مين and make it pure, empty of sins,
جرامي ٱل صاري و ٱل خاليصا مين and free from offenses and flaws.
تطعيمنا إيله طييبا غي خبييث ول ل اللههمه حرام
O Allah, (please) do not feed us except
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the good that is neither bad nor
forbidden.
يشوبه دنس ول ل وٱجعل ريزقك لنا حالل سقام أ
(Please do) let the sustenance that You
decide for us be legal, carrying neither
filth nor diseases.
ري ك ي من عيلم عالني ٱلي بي عيلميهي ه بيٱلسيO He Who knows the secret in the same
was as He knows the public!
ال على عيباديهي حساني ٱلي بي ي مت فضيO He Who confers upon His servants
with benevolence!
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ي من هو على كلي شيء قديير O He Who has power over all things
وبيكلي شيء علييم خبيي and has acquaintance with all things!
ليمنا ذيكرك أ (Please do) bestow upon us with
(ceaseless) reference to You,
نا عسرك وجنيب keep us away Your difficulty,
نيلنا يسرك أ و make us obtain Your ease,
وٱهدين ليلرهشادي
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guide us to the right path,
ووفيقنا ليلسهدادي lead us to righteousness,
منا مين ٱلبالي وٱعصيprotect us against misfortunes,
طاي ٱل وزاري و ٱل وصنها مين and safeguard us against sins and
faults.
ي غفير عظييم ٱلذنوبي غيه ل ي من O He save Whom none forgives the
grave sins
ف ٱلسوء إيله هو ول يكشيand none can relieve from hardships!
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رحم ٱلرهاحييي أ ي O most Merciful of all those who show
mercy
كرميي ٱل كرم أ و and most Generous of all those who
show generosity!
هلي ب يتيهي ٱلطهييبيي أ صلي على ممهد و (Please do) send blessings to
Muhammad and his Household the
pure
يامنا مقبول وٱجعل صيand decide our fasting to be acceptable
ي وٱلت هقوى موصول وبيٱلبي
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and connected to piety and godliness.
وكذليك فٱجعل سعي نا مشكورا Similarly, (please do) decide our efforts
to be praiseworthy,
وقييامنا مبورا our acts of worship admissible,
رفوعا ن نا م وق رآour reciting of the Qur'an raised (to the
heavens),
ودعاءن مسموعا and our supplications responded.
وٱهدين ليلحسن (Please do) guide us to the most
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excellent way,
نا ٱلعسرى وجنيب save us from difficulties,
ليليسرى رن ويسي facilitate for us the easy end,
علي لنا ٱلدهرجاتي أ و elevate our ranks,
وضاعيف لنا ٱلسناتي double the rewards for our good deeds,
نها ٱلصهوم وٱلصهالة وٱق بل ميaccept our fasting and prayers,
ٱلدهعواتي وٱسع مينها
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react to our supplications,
طييئاتي وٱغفير لنا ٱلforgive our sins,
وتاوز عنها ٱلسهييئاتي overlook our wrongdoings,
ن ٱلعاميليي ٱلفائيزيين و ٱجعلنا ميmake us of the successful worshippers,
ول ٱلضهاليي ٱلمغضوبي عليهيم ول تعلنا مين and do not include us with those who
earn Your anger nor of those who go
astray
ي شهر رمضان عنها حته قضي ي ن so that when the month of Ramadhan
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elapses,
يامنا وقييامنا وقد قبيلت فييهي صيYou shall have accepted our fasting and
acts of worship,
عمالناأ وزكهيت فييهي blessed our deeds,
ذنوب ناوغفرت فييهي forgiven our sins,
يب ناأ و جزلت فييهي مين كلي خي نصيand doubled our shares from all good
things.
له فإينهك يب الي ٱلمجيVerily, You are the God Who responds,
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وٱلرهب ٱلقرييب the Lord Who is Nigh,
ء مييط نت بيكلي شي أ و and You encompass all things.
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Supplication for Last Night of
Sha’ban and First Night of Month
of Ramadhan
Shaykh al-Tusi has narrated on the
authority of Harith ibn Mughirah al-
Nadhriy that Imam al-Sadiq عليه السالم used
to say the following supplication at the
last night of Sha`ban and the first night
of the Month ofRamadhan:
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إينه هذا ٱلشههر ٱلمبارك اللههمه O Allah, this blessed month
نزيل فييهي ٱلقرآن أ ٱلهذيي
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in which the Qur'an was revealed
وجعيل هدى ليلنهاسي and was made guidance for people
ٱلفرقاني وب يينات مين ٱلدى و and clear proofs of the guidance, and
the Criterion (of right and wrong),
قد حضر has commenced.
فسليمنا فييهي So, (please) keep us out of blemish
during it,
وسلهمه لناkeep it sound for us,
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ن ك وعافيية وتسلهمه مينها في يسر ميand receive it from us with means of
easiness and good health from You.
خذ ٱلقلييل وشكر ٱلكثيي أ ي من O He Who has accepted the little
(deed) and thanked for the much,
ي ايق بل ميني ٱليسي(please) accept from me the little
(deed).
لك أ س أ إيني اللههمه O Allah, I beseech You
كلي خي سبييال ن تعل لي إيل أ to make for me a path to every
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decency,
تيب مانيعا ل ومين كلي ما and to make for me a barrier against
everything that You do not like.
رحم ٱلرهاحييي أ ي O most Merciful of all those who
show mercy!
فا عني وعمها خلوت بيهي مين ٱلسهييئاتي ي من ع O He Who has pardoned me and
overlooked the misdeeds that I have
committed secretly!
ذني بيٱ يي من ل ي ؤاخي رتيكابي ٱلمعاصيO He Who has not punished me for
my committing acts of disobedience
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to Him!
عفوك عفوك عفوك ي كريي I seek Your pardon, I seek Your
pardon, I seek Your pardon, O All-
generous!
تهعيظ أ إيليي وعظتني ف لم O my God, You advised me, but I
have not followed Your advice
ر أ وزجرتني عن ماريميك ف لم ن زجيand You rebuked me for violating
that which You have deemed
forbidden, but I have not stopped.
فما عذرييNow, what is my excuse?
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كريي فٱعف عني ي So, (please) pardon me, O All-
generous!
عفوك عفوك I seek Your pardon, I seek Your
pardon!
لك أ س أ إين اللههمه O Allah, I beseech You
ٱلرهاحة عيند ٱلموتي for rest at death
وٱلعفو عيند ٱليسابي and for pardon at calling to account.
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نب مين عبديك عظم ٱلذهGreat is the sin of Your servant;
ف ليحسني ٱلتهجاوز مين عينديك so, let Your overlooking him be
excellent.
هل ٱلمغفيرةي أ هل ٱلت هقوى وي أ ي O He Who is worth being feared and
is worth forgiving!
عفوك عفوك I seek Your pardon, I seek Your
pardon.
متيك أ إيني عبدك ٱبن عبديك ٱبن اللههمه O Allah, I am Your servant and the
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son of Your servant and Your she-
servant
ضعييف فقيي إيل رحتيك and I am weak and in need for Your
mercy;
نت منزيل ٱلغين وٱلبكةي على ٱلعيبادي أ و while You are the Pourer of wealth
and bless on the servants (of You),
قاهير مقتدير You are omnipotent and full of
power,
عمالم أ حصيت أ You have recorded all their (i.e. Your
servants) deeds,
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رزاق هم أ وقسمت decided the sustenance of each one
them,
ن ت هم و أ وجعلت هم متليفة لوانم أ لسيand made them of different languages
and colors
خلقا مين ب عدي خلق in different stages of creation.
ول ي علم ٱلعيباد عيلمك Your servants can never attain Your
knowledge
ول ي قدير ٱلعيباد قدرك and Your servants can never
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recognize the real estimate that is due
to You.
ك وكلنا فقيي إيل رحتي All of us are needy for Your mercy.
فال تصريف عني وجهك So, (please) do not turn Your Face
away from me
وٱجعلني مين صالييي خلقيك and include me with the virtuous
creatures of You
ملي ٱل في ٱلعملي و in deeds, hopes,
اءي وٱلقدري وٱلقض
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and Your decisions (for me).
بقيني خي ٱلب قاءي أ اللههمه O Allah, (please) keep me alive in the
best manner of living,
ولييائيك أ فنيني خي ٱلفناءي على موالةي أ و decide for me to die in the best
manner of death keeping loyal to
Your representatives,
عدائيك أ ومعاداةي incurring the enmity of Your
enemies,
وٱلرهغبةي إيليك وٱلرههبةي مينك keeping desiring for You, fearing
from You,
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وٱلشوعي وٱلوفاءي وٱلتهسلييمي لك and submitting to You, being loyal to
You, complying with You,
وٱلتهصدييقي بيكيتابيك believing in Your Book,
وٱتيباعي سنهةي رسوليك and following Your Prophet’s
instructions.
ما كان في ق لبي اللههمه O Allah, as for whatever I bear in my
heart,
و رييبة أ مين شك including suspicion, doubt,
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و ق نوط أ و جحود أ denial, despair,
و بطر أ و بذخ أ و ف رح أ (excessive) joy, lavish expenditure or
recklessness,
و سعة أ و رييء أ و خيالء أ pride, arrogance, ostentation,
قاق أ ق و نيفاأ و شيdiscord, hypocrisy,
و عيصيان أ و فسوق أ و كفر أ unbelief, licentiousness,
disobedience,
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تيب و شيء لأ و عظمة أ conceit, or anything else that You do
not like;
لني مكانه إيي مان ن أ لك ي ربي أ س أ ف ت بدي ديك بيوع
I thus beseech You, O my Lord, to
substitute all that with belief in Your
promise,
ووفاء بيعهديك fulfillment of my covenant to You,
وريضا بيقضائيك satisfaction with what You decide for
me,
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ن ياوزهدا في ٱلدindifference to the worldly pleasures,
ورغبة فييما عيندك desire for that which You have,
نيينة أ ث رة وطم أ و altruism, tranquility,
وت وبة نصوحا and sincere repentance.
ٱلعالميي لك ذليك ي ربه أ س أ I beseech You for all that, O Lord of
the worlds!
لميك ت عصى فك أ إيليي نهك ل ت ر أ نت مين حي
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O my God, because You are so
forbearing, You are disobeyed as if
You are not present,
ل ت عص نهك أ ومين كرميك وجوديك تطاع فك and because You are so generous and
magnanimous, You are obeyed as if
You have not been disobeyed at all.
ك سكهان أ و رضيك أ ن ومن ل ي عصيBoth those who have not disobeyed
You and I are the inhabitants of Your
lands;
نا بيٱلفضلي جوادا فكن علي so, (please) confer magnanimously
upon us with Your favors
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يي عوهادا وبيٱلand always refer to us with Your
goodness.
رحم ٱلرهاحييي أ ي O most Merciful of all those who
show mercy!
على ممه د وآليهي صالة دائيمة وصلهى ٱللهMay Allah bless Muhammad and his
Household with endless blessings
تصى ول ت عد ل that are innumerable, uncountable,
ول ي قدير قدرها غيك and none can do it save You.
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ٱلرهاحييي رحم أ ي O most Merciful of all those who
show mercy!
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Dua of Imam Ja’far Sadiq عليه السالم
for the 1st Night of the Month of
Ramadhan
It is recommended to say the following
supplication that is reported from Imam
Ja`far al-Sadiq عليه السالم as is mentioned in
the book of ‘al-Iqbal’:
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ربه شهري رمضان اللههمه O Allah, the Lord of the month of
Ramadhan
من زيل ٱلقرآني and the Revealer of the Qur'an.
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هذا شهر رمضان This is the month of Ramadhan
ن زلت فييهي ٱلقرآن أ ٱلهذيي in which You revealed the Qur'an
ن زلت فييهي آيت ب يينات مين ٱلدى وٱلفرقاني أ و and revealed therein chapters of true
guidance and distinction (between the
right and the wrong).
يامه اللههمه نا صي ٱرزق O Allah, make us observe fast in its
days
ياميهي عينها على قي أ و and remain awake in its nights to pray.
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سليمه لنا اللههمه O Allah, let it be peaceful for us,
وسليمنا فييهي keep us in sound condition for it,
نك ومعافاة وتسلهمه مينها في يسر ميand receive it from us with easiness
and wellbeing.
ر ي وت قدي وٱجعل في ما ت قضيWhile taking decisions
مري ٱلمحتومي ٱل مين from among Your inevitable decisions
مري ٱلكييمي ٱل وفييما ت فرق مين
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and from among that which You decide
from the wise affairs
لةي ٱلقدري في لي at the Destiny Night
ي رد ول ي بدهل ل مين ٱلقضاءي ٱلهذيي from the act that is neither rejected nor
altered,
ن تكت بني مين حجهاجي ب يتيك ٱلرامي أ (please) write my name in the list of
those pilgrims to Your Sacred House
ٱلمبوري حجهم whose pilgrimage receives Your
approval,
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ٱلمشكوري سعي هم whose efforts are appreciated,
ٱلمغفوري ذنوبم whose sins are forgiven,
هم سييئاتم ٱلمكفهري عن and whose wrongdoings are
overlooked.
ر ي وت قدي وٱجعل في ما ت قضيWhile making decisions and rendering
possible things and events,
ن تطييل لي في عمرييأ (please) grant me long lifetime
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ع عليه مين ٱلريزقي ٱلاللي وت وسيand expand my sustenance, making it
from legal sources only.
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Dua to Welcome the Month of
Ramadhan from Sahifa Sajjadiyah
It is recommended to say the supplication
number forty-four of the al-Sahifah al-
Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah, which is as
follows:
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مدي هي المد لليي الهذيى هدان ليPraise belongs to Allah who guided us to
His praise
ن اهلي هي و جعلنا ميand placed us among the people of
praise,
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حساني الشهاكيريين مين هي لينكون لييthat we might be among the thankful for
His beneficence
نيي و لييجزيي نا على ذليك جزآء المحسيand that He might recompense us for
that with the recompense of the good-
doers!
والمد لليي الهذيى And praise belongs to Allah who
هي حبان بيدييني showed favour to us through His
religion,
هي واختصهنا بييلهتي
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singled us out for His creed,
سبلي ايحساني هي وسب هلنا فيand directed us onto the roads of His
beneficence,
ني هي ريضواني ايل هي لينسلكها بيin order that through His kindness we
might travel upon them to His good
pleasure,
عنها هي مينها و ي رضى بي ه حدا ي ت قب هل a praise which He will accept from us
and through which He will be pleased
with us!
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والمد لليي الهذيى جعل مين تيلك السبلي شهره
And praise belongs to Allah who
appointed among those roads His
month,
شهر رمضان the month of Ramadhan,
يامي شهر الصيthe month of fasting,
سالمي و شهر اليthe month of submission,
و شهر الطهوري
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the month of purity,
يصي و شهر التهمحيthe month of putting to test,
و شهر القييامي the month of standing in prayer,
الهذيى انزيل فييهي القرآن هدى ليلنهاسي و بيينات مين الدى والفرقاني
in which the Qur’an was sent down as
guidance to the people, and as clear
signs of the Guidance and the Separator!
لته ي ا جعل على سائيري الشهو فابن فضي له ري بيHe clarified its excellence over other
months by the
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الموف ورةي مين الرماتي many sacred things and
والفضائيلي المشهورةي well-known excellencies which He
placed therein,
غيي له في ايعظاما هي فحرهم فييهي ما احيfor He made unlawful in it what He
declared lawful in others to magnify it,
و حجر فييهي المطاعيم والمشاريب ايكراماHe prohibited foods and drinks in it to
honour it,
تا بييناوق له و جعل and He appointed for it a clear time
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م ق ب ز جله و عزه ان ي قده له ل ييي which He (majestic and mighty is He)
allows not to be set forward
ول ي قبل ان ي ؤخهر عنه and accepts not to be placed behind.
دة مين ليالييهي على ليالي لة واحي ثه فضهل لي الفي شهر و سهاها
Then He made one of its nights surpass
the nights of a thousand months and
named it
لة القدري لي the Night of Decree;
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ها بييذني ربييم مين ح في و الر ت ن زهل الملئيكة و ي كلي امر
in it the angels and the Spirit descend by
the leave of their Lord upon every
command,
سالم دآئيم البكةي ايل طلوعي الفجري على من ا هي يشآء مين عيبادي هي قضائي مين احكم بي
a peace constant in blessings until the
rising of the dawn upon whomsoever He
will of His servants according to the
decision He has made firm.
هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد و آلي
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O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
و اليمناinspire us with
هي معريفة فضلي knowledge of its excellence,
هي و ايجالل حرمتي veneration of its inviolability,
والتهحفظ ميها حظرت فييهي and caution against what Thou hast
forbidden within it,
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يامي عن الواريحي بيكفي هي و اعينها على صييك ا معاصي ا فييهي واستيعمالي يك بي حت ي رضي
and help us to fast in it by our
restraining our limbs from acts of
disobedience toward Thee and our
employing them in that which pleases
Thee, so that
ساعينا ايل لغو ل نصغيى بيwe lend not our ears to idle talk
بصارين ايل لو و ل نسريع بيand hurry not with our eyes to diversion,
ي نا ايل مظور و حت ل ن بسط ايدي
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we stretch not our hands toward the
forbidden
نا ايل م قدامي جور ول نطو بيand stride not with our feet toward the
prohibited,
و حت ل تعيى بطون نا ايله ما احللت our bellies hold only what Thou hast
made lawful
ا مث هلت و ل ن ت نا ايله بي ت نطيق السيand our tongues speak only what Thou
hast exemplified,
مين ث وابيك و ل ن تكلهف ايله ما يديينيwe undertake nothing but what brings
close to Thy reward
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قابيك و ل ن ت عاطى ايله الهذيى مين عي and pursue nothing but what protects
from Thy punishment!
مين كلهه ك ثه خليص ذلي Then rid all of that from
رييءي المرائيي the false show of the false showers
و سعةي المسميعيي and the fame seeking of the fame
seekers,
ل نشرك فييهي احدا دونك lest we associate therein anything with
Thee
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تغيى بي ل و واك مرادا هي ن ب سيor seek therein any object of desire but
Thee!
هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد و آلي O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
وقفينا فييهي على مواقييتي الصهلواتي المسي in it make us attend to the appointed
moments of the five prayers within
حدهدت دوديها الهتي بيthe bounds Thou hast set,
ف رضت ها الهتي و ف روضيthe obligations Thou hast decreed,
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وظهفت و وظائيفيها الهتيthe duties Thou hast assigned,
ا اله وقهته و اوقاتي تيand the times Thou hast specified;
ها منزيلة و انزيلنا فيي and in the prayers make us alight in the
station of
يبيي ليمن االمصي ازيليthe keepers of their stations,
ا رك اني الافيظيي ليthe guardians of their pillars,
ا على ما اوقاتي ين لا في المؤدي
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their performers in their times,
هي صلواتك عليهي و آلي عبدك و رسولك ه سنه يعي و سجوديها و ركوعيها في ليها جي على ف واضي
as Thy servant and Thy messenger set
down in his Sunna (Thy blessings be
upon him and his Household) in their
bowings, their prostrations, and all their
excellent acts,
هي اتي الطهوري و اسبغي with the most complete and ample ritual
purity
هي و ابيي الشوعي و اب لغي and the most evident and intense
humility!
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و وفيقنا فييهي Give us success in this month to
لةي ي و الصي لبي ل ارحامنا بي ن نصي ليtighten our bonds of kin with devotion
and gifts,
فضالي و العطييهةي لي يان نا بي و ان ن ت عاهد جيattend to our neighbours with bestowal
and giving,
نليص اموالنا مين التهبيعاتي و ان rid our possessions from claims,
رها بييخراجي الزهكواتي و ان ن طهيpurify them through paying the alms,
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ع من هاجرن و ان ن راجيgo back to him who has gone far from
us,
ف من ظلمنا و ان ن نصيtreat justly him who has wronged us,
من عادان و ان نساليmake peace with him who shows enmity
toward us
حاشى من عوديى فييك و لك فاينهه(except him who is regarded as an
enemy in Thee and for Thee, for he is
الهذيى ل ن والييهي العدو the enemy whom we will not befriend,
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و اليزب الهذيى ل نصافييهي the party whom we will not hold dear),
ةي ن ت قرهب ايليك فييهي مين العمالي الزهاكيي و ان رن بي ا تطهي ن وبي مين هي بي الذ
and seek nearness to Thee through
blameless works which will purify us
from sins
منا فييهي ميها نستانيف مين العي وبي و ت عصيand preserve us from renewing faults,
مين مالئيكتيك ايله حت ل ي وريد عليك احد ما ن وريد مين دون
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so that none of Thy angels will bring for
Thee
اب وابي الطهاعةي لك the kinds of obedience and
القربةي ايليك و ان واعي sorts of nearness-seeking unless they be
less than what we bring!
همه ايني اسالك لل ا O Allah, I ask Thee
قي هذا الشههري بيby the right of this month
قي من ت عبهد لك فييهي و بي
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and by the right of him who worships
Thee within it
هي ف نائي وقتي ايل هي مين ايبتيدائي from its beginning to the time of its
passing,
مين ملك ق رهب تهwhether angel Thou hast brought nigh
to Thee,
ارسلته اونبيprophet Thou hast sent,
او عبد صاليح اختصصتهor righteous servant Thou hast singled
out,
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هي ان تصليى على ممهد وآلي that Thou bless Muhammad and his
Household,
لنا فييهي ليما وعدت اولييآئك مين كرامتيك و اهيmake us worthy of the generosity Thou
hast promised Thy friends,
هلي المبالغةي في ب لنا فييهي ما اوجبت لي و اوجي طاعتيك
make incumbent for us what Thou hast
made incumbent for those who go to
great lengths in obeying Thee,
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نظمي مين استحقه الرهفييع العلى واجعلنا في بيرحتيك
and place us in the ranks of those who
deserve through Thy mercy the highest
elevation!
هي ى ممهد و آلي اللهمه صلي عل O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
نا و جنيب turn us aside from
يديك ت وحي لاد في اليdeviation in professing Thy Unity,
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يديك تجي ي في والت هقصيfalling short in magnifying Thee,
ديينيك و الشهكه فيin Thy religion,
و العمى عن سبييليك blindness toward Thy path,
غفال الرمتيك و اليheedlessness of Thy inviolability,
يمي و الينيداع ليعدويك الشهيطاني الرهجيand being deceived by Thy enemy, the
accursed Satan!
هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد وه آلي
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O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
شهرين لة مين ليالي كلي لي و ايذا كان لك في هذا ريقاب ي عتيقها عفوك او ي هب ها صفحك and when in every night of this month’s
nights Thou hast necks which Thy
pardon will release and Thy forgiveness
disregard,
فاجعل ريقابينا مين تيلك الريقابي place our necks among those necks
و اجعلنا ليشهرين مين خيي اهل و اصحاب and place us among the best folk and
companions of this our month!
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هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد و آلي O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
هي وامق ذن وب نا مع امهاقي هياللي efface our sins along with the effacing of
its crescent moon,
الخي ايمي عنها تبيع واسلخ هي اتينا مع انسيand make us pass forth from the ill
effects of our acts with the passing of its
days,
ى عنها و قد قضي حت ي ن until it leaves us behind, while within it
Thou hast
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ئ طيي ت نا فييهي مين ال اتي صفهي purified us of offenses
واخلصت نا فييهي مين السهييئاتي and rid us of evil deeds!
هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد و آلي O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household,
لنا لنا فييهي ف عدي و اين ميand should we go off to one side in this
month, set us aright;
و اين زغنا فييهي ف قويمناshould we swerve, point us straight;
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نا عدوك الشهيطان و ايني اشتمل علي نه فاست نقيذن مي
and should Thy enemy Satan enwrap
us, rescue us from him!
اللهمه O Allah,
ك ايشحنه بيعيبادتينا اييهfill this month with our worship of Thee,
بيطاعتينا لك ه و زيين اوقات adorn its times with our obedience
toward Thee,
ناري يامي على هي و اعينها في هي صي
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help us during its daytime with its fast,
على هي يلي ل و في and in its night with
الصهلوةي والتهضرعي ايليك prayer and pleading toward Thee,
لهةي بي يديك والشوعي لك والذيhumility toward Thee, and lowliness
before Thee,
نا بيغفلة و ل ه حت ل يشهد نار ل علي ه لي بيت فريي ط
so that its daytime may not bear witness
against our heedlessness, nor its night
against our neglect!
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اللهمه O Allah,
مي كذليك سائيري الشهوري و اليه ما واجعلنا في عمهرت نا
make us like this in the other months
and days as long as Thou givest us life,
و اجعلنا مين عيباديك الصهالييي and place us among Thy righteous
servants,
ها خاليدون ين يريث ون الفيردوس هم فيي الهذيthose who shall inherit Paradise, therein
dwelling forever,
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م لة انه ين ي ؤت ون مآ ات و و ق لوبم وجي و الهذيعون ايل ربييم راجي
those who give what they give, while
their hearts quake, that they are
returning to their Lord,
ياتي و ه و ال ين يساريعون في م لا مين الهذي سابيقون
those who vie in good works, outracing
to them!
في هي اللهمه صلي على ممهد و آلي O Allah, bless Muhammad and his
Household
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كلي وقت in every time,
اوان و كلي in all moments,
و على كلي حال and in every state,
عدد ما صلهيت على من صلهيت عليهي to the number that Thou hast blessed
whomsoever Thou hast blessed
لضعافي هي و اضعاف ذليك كلي بي ل الهتيها ي ك غي يصي
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and to multiples of all that, through
multiples which none can count but
Thee!
اينهك ف عهال ليما ترييد. Surely Thou art Accomplisher of what
Thou desirest.
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Another Dua for the 1st Night of the
Month of Ramadhan
It is recommended to say the following
supplication that is mentioned by Sayyid
Ibn Tawus in ‘Iqbal al-A`mal’:
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رمضان اللهمه إنه هيذا شهر O Allah: This month of Ramadhan,
ن زلت فييهي القرآن،أ الهذي in which You revealed the Qur'an,
هدى ليلناسي وب يينات مين الدى والفرقاني As guidance for people and clear proofs of
true guidance and distinction (between the
right and the wrong),
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قد حضر.Has commenced.
،أ ي ربي عوذ بيك فيهي مين الشهيطاني الرهجيميO Allah: in this month, I seek Your
protection against Satan, the accursed,
يليهي، ومين مكريهي وحيAnd against his tricks and his ruses,
داعيهي وحبائيليهي، وخيAnd his deception and his trickeries,
وجنوديهي وخيليهي،And his parties and his riding forces,
هي،و ريجليهي ووساويسي
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And his on foot forces and his evil
inspirations,
ومين الضهاللي ب عد الدى،And against straying off after being guided,
ياني ب عد الكفري ومين ،اليAnd against atheism after belief,
،نايتي والي ومين النيفاقي والرييءي And against hypocrisy and showing off and
felonies,
،النهاسي الويسواسي الناسي الويسواسي ومين شري And against the evil of the whisperings of
the slinking Devil,
،نهاالهذي ي وسويس ف صدوري ال سي
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Who whispers into the hearts of men;
.نهامين الينهةي وال سيFrom among the jinn and the men.
يامه وقييامه، اللهمه وارزقن صيO Allah: and confer upon me with the
fasting and the doing of acts of worship
during this month,
فيهي بيطاعتيك، والعمل And with the doing of acts of obedience to
You,
،المري وأولوطاعةي رسوليك And to Your Messenger and the Men in
Authority,
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م السهالم،عليهي وعليهيMay peace be upon him and them,
وما ق رهب مينك،And the doing of whatever act that takes
me near You,
يك،وجني بن معاصيAnd (please) take me away from acts of
disobedience to You.
نبة وارزقن فيهي .واليجابة واليAnd confer upon me in this month with
repentance, turning to You, and responding
to Your instructions.
،والفشلي الكسلي و الغيبةي وأعيذن فيهي مين
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And protect me in it against backbiting and
lethargy and failure.
ب ل في هي الدعاء،واستجيAnd respond my prayers in it.
سمي وعقلي وأصيحه ل فيهي جيAnd grant me well-being for my body and
my intellect.
طاعتيك وما ق رهب مينك،وف ريغن فيهي لي And grant me time to do acts of obedience
to You as well as acts that take me near
You.
ي كري ي جواد.O the All-generous; O the All-
magnanimous.
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ي كري، O the All-generous:
مهد صلي على ممهد وعلى أهلي ب يتي م (please) send blessings upon Muhammad
and the Household of Muhammad,
م السهالم،عليهي وعليهيPeace be upon him and them,
وكذاليك فاف عل بيناAnd do all that to us,
ي .ي أرحم الراحي
O the most Merciful of all those who
show mercy
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Dua of Holy Prophet صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم
for the 1st Night
According to a Hadith, the Holy Prophet
used to say this supplication صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم
at the beginning of the Month of
Ramadhan:
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إينهه قد دخل شهر رمضان اللههمه O Allah, the month of Ramadhan has
begun.
ربه شهري رمضان اللههمه O Allah, the Lord of the month of
Ramadhan
ن زلت فييهي ٱلقرآن أ ٱلهذيي
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in which You have revealed the Qur'an
مين ٱلدى وٱلفرقاني وجعلته ب يينات making it guidance to people and clear
proofs of the guidance and the
distinction.
ف باريك لنا في شهري رمضان اللههمه So, O Allah, please bless us in the
month of Ramadhan,
ياميهي وصلواتيهي نها على عي أ و صيhelp us observe fasting and offer
prayers in it,
وت قب هله مينهاand accept from us.
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Another Dua of the Holy Prophet
for the 1st Night صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم
The Holy Prophet صىل هللا عليه وآله وسلم is also
reported to have said the following
supplicatory prayer at the first night of
the Month of Ramadhan:
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كرمنا بيك أ لليهي ٱلهذيي المد All praise be to Allah Who has honored
us with you,
ي ها ٱلشههر ٱلمبارك أ O blessed month.
نا اللههمه نا وقييامي يامي ف قوين على صيO Allah, (please do) grant us strength
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to observe fasting and practice acts of
worship in this month,
قدامناأ وث بيت make our steps firm,
وٱنصرن على ٱلقومي ٱلكافيريين and assist us against the unbelieving
people.
د فال ولد لك أ اللههمه نت ٱلواحيO Allah, You are surely the One;
therefore, You have not son.
به لك أ و نت ٱلصهمد فال شيYou are the eternally Besought of all;
therefore, nothing is like You.
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نت ٱلعزييز فال يعيزك شيء أ و You are the Almighty; therefore,
nothing can overcome You.
و أ و ن ٱلفقيي أ نت ٱلغنيYou are the Self-sufficient while I am
poor.
ن ٱلعبد أ ل و نت ٱلمو أ و You are the Master while I am (Your)
slave.
ن ٱلمذنيب أ نت ٱلغفور و أ و You are the All-forgiving while I am
sinful.
يم و أ و ن ٱلمخطيئ أ نت ٱلرهحي
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You are the All-merciful while I am
mistaken.
ن ٱلمخلوق أ و نت ٱلاليق أ و You are the Creator while I am (Your)
creature.
ن ٱلمييت أ نت ٱلي و أ و You are the Ever-living while I am
mortal.
لك بيرحتيك أ س أ I thus beseech You in the name of Your
mercy
تجاوز عني فير لي وت رحني وت ن ت غ أ to forgive me, have mercy upon me,
and excuse my offenses.
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إينهك على كلي شيء قديير You have power over all things.
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Dua Hajj
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همه إي ،الل نك أطلب حاجتي ني بيك ومي O Allah: From You and by You, I
beseech for settling my need,
النهاسي إيل ومن طلب حاجة If others beg people for settling their
needs,
فإيني ل أطلب حاجتي إل مينك I ask none except You for settling my
need;
وحدك ل شرييك لك،
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From You alone, since You have no
partner with You
وأسألك بيفضليك وريضوانيك and I thus implore You in the name of
Your favor and Your pleasure,
وأهلي ب يتيهي ممهد علىأن تصليي to send blessings upon Muhammad and
his Household,
ب يتيك الرامي إيل وأن تعل لي في عاميي هذا سبييال
And to choose for me a way to Your
Holy House this year:
جهة مبورة مت قب هلة زاكيية خاليصة لك حي
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A pilgrimage that is admitted, accepted,
pure, and sincerely for You
، ا عيني ت قر بيBy which You delight me,
، ا درجتي وت رفع بيAnd raise my rank with You
رزقني أن أغضه بصريي،وت And to confer upon me with the grace
of making me cast my sight down
(against what is illegal for me to look
at)
ي، وأن أحفظ ف رجيAnd making me act chastely
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يعي ماريميك ا عن جي وأن أكفه بيAnd making me stop committing any
deed that You have deemed unlawful
حته ل يكون شيء آث ر عينديي مين طاعتيك وخشيتيك
So that nothing will be more preferred
in my sight than the obedience to You
and the fear of You
ا أحب بت،والعملي بيAnd doing all that which You love,
والتهكي ليما كريهت ونيت عنه،And avoiding all that which You have
detested and warned against.
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واجعل ذليك في يسر ويسار وعافيية وما ، أن عمت بيهي عليه
And (please) make all that take place
with easiness, lenience, and good
health as well as the grave that You
have bestowed upon me.
أن تعل وفاتي ق تال في سبييليك وأسألك And I beseech You to cause me to die as
martyr for Your sake,
ك مع أولييائيك،تت رايةي نبييي Under the pennon of Your Prophet and
in the line of Your intimate servants.
أعداءك وأعداء وأسألك أن ت قتل بي
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رسوليك،And I ask You to make me the means of
killing Your enemies and the enemies
of Your Messenger.
ئت مين واني من شي وأسألك أن تكريمني بي خلقيك
And I ask You to honor me through
humiliating any one of Your created
beings that You choose,
ول تيني بيكرامةي أحد مين أولييائيك.And not to humiliate me through
honoring any of Your intimate servants.
مه اجعل لي مع الرهسولي سبييال،الله
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O Allah: find me a way with the
Messenger.
ح .الل ، ما شاء الل سبيAllah is Sufficient unto me! Only that
which Allah wants shall take place.
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Tawassul to the Ahlulbayt عليه السالم on
the 1st Night of Ramadhan
This is an excerpt from the book Spiritual
Journey of the Mystics (Saluk-e-Arifan) -
which is the translation of Arabic
book: al-Muraqebat fi Amal al-Sunnah,
written by the most eminent perfect
mystic Late Haj Mirza Javad Agha
Maliki Tabrizi;
Another thing which a prudent wayfarer
should not forget during the first night
of this holy month is resorting
(Tawassul) to the impeccable
ones (Ma'sumin) in that night. It is up to
him to stretch his hand sincerely
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towards the threshold of those exalted
saintly personalities by offering
salutations and thanks should open our
tongues for needs, and saying the
following sincerely and honestly:
أنت ي سيدي ف هذه الليلة حامي المة وخفيهم
O' my masters! Tonight you are the
support and shelter of everyone
وأكرم الالئق ، تب الضيافةyou are the most exalted and generous
among all exalted and generous ones,
you like inviting guests and want to be
generous towards them
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عبدك ومأمور من هللا جل جالله بلجارة ، وجار هللا وجارك ضيف هللا وضيفك ،
Allah (the Glorious, the Exalted), has
commanded you to provide refuge and
shelter for the wretched and
unsheltered people
فأجر عبدك وأضفهnow here is one of the Allah's
unsheltered servants who has came to
attend your as well as Allah's feast has
attached his heart upon your support
and well as Allah's support and
hospitality
يلة أن تدخلن ف مهك واجعل قراي منك الل
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وحزبك ، ودعائك وحايتك ، وشفاعتك وشيعتك ووليتك
be hospitable and allow him to sit upon
the table of your generosity and treat
him in the following manner:
Consider him as your friend and
supporter and do not deprive him from
your best support and endeavors; do not
deprive him from your prayer, backing,
and intercession
وارغب إل هللا ل ف كرم عفوه ، وقبوله ، ورضاه
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ask Allah (the Glorious, the Exalted), not
to deprive him from His Forgiveness
and Benevolence; shouldn't deprive him
from His mercy and compassion
وأن ينظر إل نظرة رحيمة با عن رضا ل سخط علي بعده أبدا ، ويلحقن بشيعتكم
املقربي ، وأوليائكم السابقيthen look at him with love and pleasure;
becoming so happy and pleased with
him that after that He should never
become unhappy and angry with him,
should regard him as His sincere friend
and worthy servant...
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فإنه ل يرد شفاعتك ، فإن لك عند هللا شأن ق هذا من الشأن ، وقدرا من القدر ، فبح الشأن الذي جعل هللا لك
O' my masters! Please beseech Allah (the
Glorious, the Exalted), to bestow upon
me these things; He will accept your
prayer and intercession, because your
splendour and majesty, and your worth
and prestige before Him is far greater
than what could be perceived by the
human mind and understanding.
ن تسمح ف حقي با ي مولي أسألك أ سألتك ، وتزيدن بقدار كرامتك
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I swear to you by your splendour and
majesty, which Allah (the Glorious, the
Exalted), has bestowed upon you, to
look towards me with kindness
ول تنظر ي سيدي إل حقارت وذل مقامي وسوء حال
and do not deprive me from whatever I
have desired; reward me more than
whatever I have asked in accordance
with your generosity
ول تنظر ي سيدي إل حقارت وذل مقامي إن الكرام ل يعظم عليهم ف وسوء حال ، ف
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قرى ضيفهم شيء من العطاي ، ول يقدرون قدر الضيوف السائلي ، كرامتهم وعطايهم ب
فإن العطاء بقدر املعطي ، والقرى بقدر .املضيف
don't look upon my worthlessness,
disobedience, and deviations, because
the generosity of the generous ones and
the hospitality shown by the exalted
ones are in accordance with their
generosity and exaltedness and not in
proportion with the worth and merit of
their recipients.
سادت أنتم الذين علمتم الكرام آداب
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الكرامة ، والجواد شيم الود والسماحةO' my masters! You are the ones who
have taught greatness to the exalted
ones, generosity to the generous ones,
and benevolence to the benevolent ones;
إن ذكر الود كنتم أوله وآخره ، وأصله وفرعه ومنتهاه
if there is a discussion about the
benevolence you are the first and the
last as well as the roots and the branches
نه ومأواهوإن قيل الكرم فأنتم معد
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if there is a discussion about the
magnanimity and greatness you are
their fountainhead;
. ل يرد سائلكم ول خييب آملكم
you are the ones who never returned any
one hopeless and empty-handed
سادت أنتم الذين قلتمas you yourself have proclaimed:
مثل املعروف مثل املطر ، يصيب الب والفاجر
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"Your generosity and reward like rain
water pour upon the righteous ones as
well as upon the bad ones, likewise;"
افتكمفال تنعون سحائب ر do not deprive me from the rain of your
generosity
فليصبن أمطار جودكمsaturate me with the rain of your
generosity,
فإن من جودكم جائع ، ومن كرمكم ظمآن( do not deprive me from the pouring of
your love ) because I am thirsty for your
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generosity and hungry for your love and
affection;
ل ترضوا لضيفكم أن يبيت ف حاكم جائعا ن ضمآ
you don't like that your guests who have
taken shelter in your threshold and have
tied their hopes upon your benevolence
should remain thirsty and hungry.
ما منعتن قراك ، بت فأنت ي مولي مت طاوي ف حاك ، ووصلت إل الالك ،
O' my masters! If you will deprive me
from your hospitality I will die with
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hunger under your shelter sitting upon
the side of your tablecloth.
حاشاك من هذه املعاملة مع ضيفك ث . حاشاك
No! No! You wouldn't treat me in this
manner; you are not the ones who
would deprive the guests from your
hospitality so that he would return
heart-broken, hopeless and hungry.
Never! Never!
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Dua before Reciting the Holy
Qur’an
It is highly advisable to recite the Holy
Qur'an very frequently at the first hours
of the Month of Ramadhan. In this
respect, it has been narrated that Imam
Ja`far al-Sadiq عليه السالم used to say the
following supplication before he would
start reciting the Holy Qur'an:
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زل مين أ شهد أ إيني اللههمه نه هذا كيتابك ٱلمن عينديك
O Allah, I testify that this is the Book
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revealed by You
عليهي على رسوليك ممهدي بني عبديٱللهي صلهى ٱلله وآليهي
on Your Messenger Muhammad ibn
`Abdullah, blessings of Allah be on him
and on his Household,
وكالمك ٱلنهاطيق على ليساني نبيييك (these are) Your Words, Your Prophet
gave tongue to,
نك إيل خلقي ك جعلته هاديي مي(whom) You appointed as guide for the
people,
نك وبي عيباديك ال فييما ب ي وحبال متهصي
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and a connected link between You and
Your servants.
إيني نشرت عهدك وكيتابك اللههمه O Allah, I am opening Your testament
and Your Book.
فٱجعل نظريي فييهي عيبادة اللههمه O Allah, decide my looking in it to be a
kind of worship,
وقيراءتي فييهي فيكرا my reciting in it to be ponderation,
وفيكريي فييهي اعتيبارا and my ponderation over it to be
learning lessons from it.
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وٱجعلني ميهني ٱت هعظ بيب ياني مواعيظيك فييهي Include me with those who take lessons
from the elucidation of Your preaches
therein
يك وٱجت نب معاصيand those who accordingly avoid doing
acts of disobedience to You.
قيراءتي على سعيي ول تطبع عيند Do not seal on my hearing while I am
reciting it,
ول تعل على بصريي غيشاوة do not place covering on my sight,
ول تعل قيراءتي قيراءة ل تدب ر فييها
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and do not decide my reciting to be
thoughtless;
حكامه أ تدب هر آيتيهي و أ بلي ٱجعلني rather, (please) make me ponder over
its verses and laws,
ذا بيشراييعي ديينيك آخيlearning the laws of my religion.
غفلة ول تعل نظريي فييهي Do not decide my looking in it to be
inadvertence,
ول قيراءتي هذرا and do not allow my reciting to be
worthless.
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يم أ إينهك نت ٱلرهؤوف ٱلرهحيYou are verily the All-kind, the All-
merciful.
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Dua after Reciting the Holy Qur’an
When he finished reciting the Holy
Qur’an, Imam al-Sadiq عليه السالم used to
say the following supplication:
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ت ما قضيت مين كيتابيك أ إيني قد ق ر اللههمه O Allah, I have recited that which You
command in Your Book
لته على نبيييك ٱلصهاديقي ن ز أ ٱلهذيي that You revealed to Your truthful
Prophet,
عليهي وآليهي صلهى ٱللهPeace of Allah be upon him and his
Household.
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ف لك ٱلمد رب هناSo, all praise be to You, our Lord.
ل حالله ٱجعلني ميهن يي اللههمه O Allah, (please do) make me of those
who do only what is deemed legal
therein,
ويريم حرامه avoid that which is deemed unlawful
therein,
حكميهي ومتشابييهي وي ؤمين بيand believe in its decisive and
allegorical verses.
نسا في قبييأ جعله لي وٱ
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(Please) decide it to be entertainment
for me in my grave
نسا في حشرييأ و and entertainment when I will be
resurrected.
ها درجة في أ ٱجعلني ميهن ت رقييهي بيكلي آية ق ر و على عيليييي أ
(Please) include me with those whom
You raise a rank to the most elevated
position with each verse that they
recite.
آميي ربه ٱلعالميي Respond to me, O Lord of the worlds!
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General Acts for the First Day of
the Holy Month of Ramadhan
Take a Ghusl in flowing water and to
pour on the head thirty handfuls of water,
for such a deed brings about security
against all pains and ailments up to the
next year.
It is recommended to wash one’s face
with a handful of rose water so as to be
saved against humiliation and poverty,
and to pour some of it on the head so as
to be saved from pleurisy.
It is recommended to offer the first of the
month prayer that consists of two
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Rak`ahs and to give alms (sadqa) after it.
It is recommended to offer a prayer of
two Rak`ahs at the first of which Surah
of al-Fatihah and Surah of al-Fath (No.
48) should be recited and at the second
Rak`ah, Surah of al-Fatihah and any
other Surah should be reicted. If one
offers this prayer, Almighty Allah will
save him from all evils and will keep him
under His custody up to the next year.
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Supplication at Dawn on the First
Day of the Month of Ramadhan
When the dawn breaks forth, it is
recommended to say the following
supplication:
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قد حضر شهر رمضان اللههمه O Allah, the month of Ramadhan has
commenced.
يامه وقدي ٱفتضت نا صي علي You have made obligatory upon us to
observe fasting during it.
ن زلت فييهي ٱلقرآن أ و You revealed the Qur'an in it
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هدى ليلنهاسي وب يينات مين ٱلدى وٱلفرقاني as guidance for people and clear proofs
of true guidance and distinction
(between the right and the wrong).
ياميهي أ اللههمه عينها على صيO Allah, (please) help us observe
fasting in it,
وت قب هله مينهاaccept it from us,
نا وتسلهمه ميreceive it from us (with acceptance),
نك وعافيية وسليمه لن ا في يسر ميand keep it sound for us with easiness
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and good health from You.
إينهك على كلي شيء قديير You verily have power over all things.
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Dua of Imam Musa Kadhim عليه السالم
for the First Day of the Month of
Ramadhan
In his book of ‘Zad al-Ma`ad’, `Allamah
al-Majlisiy has mentioned that al-
Kulayniy, al-Tusiy, and others, through
an authentic series of narrators, have
reported Imam Musa al-Ka¨im عليه السالم as
saying, “Say the following supplication
in the month of Ramadhan—on the first
day of it, as is understood by scholars—
for if one prays Almighty Allah with this
supplication purely and without
associating any false purposes or
showing off, he will be saved, throughout
that year, from all seditious and
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misleading matters as well as all
afflictions that may injure his religion or
his body; and Almighty Allah will save
him from the evils of all the misfortunes
that will occur in that year.” The
supplication is as follows:
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ك ٱلهذيي دان له كل أ س أ إيني اللههمه لك بيٱسي شيء
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of
Your Name before which everything
kneels down,
عت كله شيء وبيرحتيك ٱلهتي وسي
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in the name of Your mercy which
encompasses everything,
وبيعظمتيك ٱلهتي ت واضع لا كل شيء in the name of Your greatness which
dwarfs everything,
وبيعيزهتيك ٱلهتي ق هرت كله شيء in the name of Your power which
subdues everything,
وبيقوهتيك ٱلهتي خضع لا كل شيء in the name of Your control which
dominates everything,
بوتيك ٱلهتي غلبت كله شيء وبيin the name of Your omnipotence
which overreaches and possesses
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everything,
حاط بيكلي شيء أ وبيعيلميك ٱلهذيي and in the name of Your knowledge
which comprehends everything.
ي نور ي قدوس O Light! O Holy!
وهل ق بل كلي شيء أ ي O Foremost before everything!
وي بقييا ب عد كلي شيء O Ever-living after all things!
ي رحن ي اللهO Allah! O All-beneficent!
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صلي على ممهد وآلي ممهد Send blessings to Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
ٱلذ ٱلنيعم وٱغفير لي نوب ٱلهتي ت غييforgive me my sins that alter the
bounties,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي ت نزيل ٱلنيقم واغفير ليforgive me my sins that bring in
punishments,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي ت قطع ٱلرهجاء وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that cut off hope,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي تدييل عداء ٱل وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that give
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ascendancy to the enemies,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي ت رد ٱلدعاء وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that preclude the
prayers,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي ا ن زول وٱغفير لي يستحق بي ٱلبالءي
forgive me my sins that make me liable
to suffer misfortunes,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي تبيس غيث ٱلسهماءي وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that stops the rain
of the sky,
ف ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي تكشي ٱلغيطاء وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that lay bare the
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sealed,
ل ٱلفناء ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي ت عجي وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that whip off
destruction,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي توريث ٱلنهدم وٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that leave behind
remorse,
ٱلذنوب ٱلهتي تتيك ٱلعيصم و ٱغفير ليforgive me my sins that tear up my
integrity,
ينة الهتي لأ و ت رام لبيسني ديرعك ٱلصيsurround me with Your impregnable
and invincible shield,
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وٱلن ههاري في حاذير بيٱللهيلي أ وعافيني مين شري ما مست قبلي سنتي هذيهي
and keep me safe from the evil of which
I beware in nights and days in the
beginning of this year.
ربه ٱلسهماواتي ٱلسهبعي اللههمه O Allah, the Lord of the seven skies,
ي ٱلسهبعي ٱل وربه ن هنه رضي وما فييهينه وما ب ي the Lord of the seven (layers of) earth,
all that is therein, and all that is
between them,
وربه ٱلعرشي ٱلعظييمي the Lord of the Great Throne,
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وربه ٱلسهبعي ٱلمثاني وٱلقرآني ٱلعظييمي the Lord of the seven oft-repeated
verses and the matchless Quran,
وربه إيسرافييل ومييكائييل وجبائييل the Lord of (Archangels) Seraph,
Michael, and Gabriel,
عليهي وآليهي سييدي وربه ممهد صلهى ٱلله ٱلمرسليي وخاتي ٱلنهبيييي
and the Lord of Muhammad, blessings
of Allah be on him and on his
Household, the Chief of the
Messengers, the Seal of Prophet!
ا سهيت بيهي ن فسك أ س أ لك بيك وبي
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I beseech You in Your name and in the
name of that which You referred to
Yourself!
نت ٱلهذيي تن بيٱلعظييمي أ عظييم ي O Great! You are He who distributes
bounties freely,
وتدفع كله مذور repels all avoided things,
وت عطيي كله جزييل gives all abundant things,
ثييي وتضاعيف ٱلسناتي بيٱلقلييلي وبيٱلك doubles the recompense of good deeds
with little and much recompense,
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وت فعل ما تشاء and does what He wills.
ي رحن ي قديير ي اللهO Omnipotent! O Allah! O All-
beneficent!
هلي ب يتيهي أ صلي على ممهد و Send blessings to Muhammad and his
Household,
تك أ و لبيسني في مست قبيلي سنتي هذيهي سيsurround me, during this year, with
Your protection,
ر وجهيي بينوريك ونضيlet Your light beautify my face,
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بهني بيحبهتيك أ و حيlet Your love draw me closest to You,
وب ليغني ريضوانك and let Your pleasure to reach me
وشرييف كرامتيك as well as Your excellent generosity
يم عطييهتيك وجسيand Your weighty rewards.
عطيني مين خيي ما عيندك أ و Give me from the good that You have
حدا مين خلقيك أ نت معطييهي أ ما ومين خيي and from the good You give to any one
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from among Your creation,
لبيسني مع ذليك عافيي تك أ و and with that kind of Your protection,
keep me safe.
ع كلي شكوى ي موضيO He Who settles all complaints!
وي شاهيد كلي نوى O He Who witnesses all confidential
talks!
كلي خفييهة وي عاليO He Who knows all hidden things!
وي دافيع ما تشاء مين بلييهة O He Who repels whatever misfortune
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He wishes!
كريي ٱلعفوي ي O He Who is oft-forgiving
compassionate!
ي حسن ٱلتهجاوزي O He Who overlooks excellently!
ت وفهني على ميلهةي إيب راهييم وفيطرتيهي Make me die following religion and
nature of Abraham,
عليهي وآليهي وعلى وسنهتيهي دييني ممهد صلهى ٱللهthe faith and traditions of Muhammad,
ولييائيك وعلى خيي ٱلوفاةي ف ت وفهني موالييا ل with the best departure, make me die
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following Your friends,
عدائيك ومعاديي ل and antagonizing Your enemies.
ني في هذيهي السهنةي وجنيب اللههمه O Allah, keep me far off, during his
year,
و فيعل ي باعيدني مينك أ و ق ول أ كله عمل from every deed, word, or act that takes
me away from You,
و فيعل أ و ق ول أ وٱجليبني إيل كلي عمل bring me near to every deed, word, or
act
ي قريبني مينك في هذيهي ٱلسهنة
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that takes me near to You in this year.
رحم ٱلرهاحييي أ ي O most Merciful of all those who show
mercy!
و فيعل أ و ق ول أ ن عني مين كلي عمل وٱم Forbid me to do any deed, word, or act
خاف ضرر عاقيبتيهي أ يكون ميني that I fear its result,
ي عليهي أ و خاف مقتك إييهand I fear Your wrath because of it;
ذار هك ٱلكريي عني ن تصريف وج أ حيlest, You may turn Your Noble Face
away from me.
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ب بيهي ن قصا مين حظ لي عيندك أ ف ست وجيThen, I am restrained from obtaining
my share of good fortune.
يم ي رؤوف ي رحيO Compassionate! O Merciful!
ٱجعلني في مست قبيلي سنتي هذيهي في اللههمه فظيك حي
O Allah, keep me, throughout this year,
under Your protection,
واريك وفي كنفيك وفي جيin Your vicinity, and under Your care.
ت عافييتيك وجليلني سي
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Cover me with Your protective
covering,
وهب لي كرامتك and give me Your kindness.
عزه جارك Strong is he who is in Your vicinity,
وجله ث ناؤك glorious is Your praise,
ول إيله غيك and there is no god but You.
ي من مضى مين ٱجعلني تبيعا ليصاليي اللههمه ولييائيك أ
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O Allah, make me follow the example of
Your upright intimate servants,
ليقني بييم أ و attach me to them,
دقي عليك وٱجعلني مسليما ليمن قال بيٱلصيهم ن مي
make me submissive to those who
convey from You truthfully.
ن تييط بي خطييئتي وظلمييأ عوذ بيك ٱللههمه أ و I seek Your protection, O my God, lest I
am encompassed by my sin,
wrongdoing,
واي ي وٱتيباعيي لي وإيسرافي على ن فسي
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immoderation towards myself, going
after my whims,
وٱشتيغالي بيشهواتي and being involved in my caprices;
وبي رحتيك وريضوانيك ف يحول ذليك ب يني as a result, all that will prevent me
from attained Your mercy and pleasure
يا عيندك أ ف كون منسيand I may be forsaken by You
مت عريضا ليسخطيك ونيقمتيك and exposed to Your wrath and
chastisement.
وفيقني ليكلي عمل صاليح ت رضى بيهي عني همه الله
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O Allah, please guide me successfully to
every righteous deed due to which You
be pleased with me
وق ريبني إيليك زلفى and take me nearer to You.
عليهي كما كفيت نبييهك اللههمه ممهدا صلهى ٱلله وآليهي هول عدويهي
O Allah, just as You saved Your Prophet
Muhammad—blessings of Allah be on
him and his Household—from the
terror of his enemies,
وف رهجت مههه removed his anxieties,
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وكشفت غمهه dispersed his troubles,
وصدق ته وعدك proved true the promise You made to
him,
نزت له عهدك أ و and fulfilled Your word to him,
ك فٱكفيني هول هذيهي ٱلسهنةي فبيذلي اللههمه so also, O Allah, keep me safe from the
horror of this year
ا و سقامهاأ وآفاتيas well as its epidemics, ailments,
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ن ت ها وشرورها وفيت sedition, evils,
يق ٱلمعاشي فييهاأ و حزانا وضيsadnesses, and economic distress.
وب ليغني بيرحتيك كمال ٱلعافييةي In the name of Your mercy, make me
attain perfect wellbeing
ت هى جلييأ بيتمامي دوامي ٱلنيعمةي عينديي إيل من through the perfection of the perpetuity
of Your favors to me up to the end of
my lifetime.
ساء وظلم وٱستكان أ لك سؤال من أ س أ
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ف وٱعت I beseech You the beseeching of one
who has made mistake and wronged,
but then submitted and confessed.
ى مين ٱلذنوبي ن ت غفير لي ما مض أ لك أ س أ و I beseech You to forgive those earlier
sins
ٱلهتي حصرتا حفظتك which are counted by Your Preserving
Angels
ها كيرام مالئيكتيك عليه أ و حصت and recorded by Your appointed
Angels,
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مني ٱللههمه مين أ و ٱلذنوبي ن ت عصيto protect me, O Allah, against sinning
ت هى جلييأ فييما بقيي مين عمريي إيل من in the rest of my lifetime up to my
death.
يم ي رحن ي رحي ي اللهO Allah! O All-beneficent! O All-
merciful!
لي ب يتي ممهد ه أ صلي على ممهد و Send blessings to Muhammad and the
Household of Muhammad,
رغيبت إيليك فييهي لتك و أ وآتيني كله ما س and give me whatever I have asked