أَعْطَانِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلِيِّ الْحَمْدِ وَ أَهْلِهِ وَ مُنْتَهَاهُ وَ مَحَلِّهِ أَخْلَصَ مَنْ وَحَّدَهُ وَ اهْتَدَى مَنْ عَبَدَهُ وَ فَازَ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ وَ أَمِنَ الْمُعْتَصِمُ بِهِ اللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْجُودِ وَ الْمَجْدِ وَ الثَّنَاءِ الْجَمِيلِ وَ الْحَمْدِ أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ مَنْ خَضَعَ لَكَ بِرَقَبَتِهِ وَ رَغِمَ لَكَ أَنْفُهُ وَ عَفَّرَ لَكَ وَجْهَهُ وَ ذَلَّلَ لَكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ فَاضَتْ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ دُمُوعُهُ وَ تَرَدَّدَتْ عَبْرَتُهُ وَ اعْتَرَفَ لَكَ بِذُنُوبِهِ وَ فَضَحَتْهُ عِنْدَكَ خَطِيئَتُهُ وَ شَانَتْهُ عِنْدَكَ جَرِيرَتُهُ وَ ضَعُفَتْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قُوَّتُهُ وَ قَلَّتْ حِيلَتُهُ وَ انْقَطَعَتْ عَنْهُ أَسْبَابُ خَدَائِعِهِ وَ اضْمَحَلَّ عَنْهُ كُلُّ بَاطِلٍ وَ أَلْجَأَتْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ إِلَى ذُلِّ مَقَامِهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ خُضُوعِهِ لَدَيْكَ وَ ابْتِهَالِهِ إِلَيْكَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ سُؤَالَ مَنْ هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَتِهِ أَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ كَرَغْبَتِهِ وَ أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ كَتَضَرُّعِهِ وَ أَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ كَأَشَدِّ ابْتِهَالِهِ اللَّهُمَّ فَارْحَمِ اسْتِكَانَةَ مَنْطِقِي وَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِي وَ مَجْلِسِي وَ خُضُوعِي إِلَيْكَ بِرَقَبَتِي أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ الْهُدَى مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ الْبَصِيرَةَ مِنَ الْعَمَى وَ الرُّشْدَ مِنَ الْغَوَايَةِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثَرَ الْحَمْدِ عِنْدَ الرَّخَاءِ وَ أَجْمَلَ الصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ الْمُصِيبَةِ وَ أَفْضَلَ الشُّكْرِ عِنْدَ مَوْضِعِ الشُّكْرِ وَ التَّسْلِيمَ عِنْدَ الشُّبُهَاتِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ الْقُوَّةَ فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ الضَّعْفَ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ الْهَرَبَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْكَ وَ التَّقَرُّبَ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَى وَ التَّحَرِّيَ لِكُلِّ مَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي فِي إِسْخَاطِ خَلْقِكَ الْتِمَاساً لِرِضَاكَ رَبِّ مَنْ أَرْجُوهُ إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي أَوْ مَنْ يَعُودُ عَلَيَّ إِنْ أَقْصَيْتَنِي أَوْ مَنْ يَنْفَعُنِي عَفْوُهُ إِنْ عَاقَبْتَنِي أَوْ مَنْ آمُلُ عَطَايَاهُ إِنْ حَرَمْتَنِي أَوْ مَنْ يَمْلِكُ كَرَامَتِي إِنْ أَهَنْتَنِي أَوْ مَنْ يَضُرُّنِي هَوَانُهُ إِنْ أَكْرَمْتَنِي رَبِّ مَا أَسْوَأَ فِعْلِي وَ أَقْبَحَ عَمَلِي وَ أَقْسَى قَلْبِي وَ أَطْوَلَ أَمَلِي وَ أَقْصَرَ أَجَلِي وَ أَجْرَأَنِي عَلَى عِصْيَانِ مَنْ خَلَقَنِي رَبِّ وَ مَا أَحْسَنَ بَلَاءَكَ عِنْدِي وَ أَظْهَرَ نَعْمَاءَكَ عَلَيَّ كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ النِّعَمُ فَمَا أُحْصِيهَا وَ قَلَّ مِنِّيَ الشُّكْرُ فِيمَا أَوْلَيْتَنِيهِ فَبَطِرْتُ بِالنِّعَمِ وَ تَعَرَّضْتُ لِلنِّقَمِ وَ سَهَوْتُ عَنِ الذِّكْرِ وَ رَكِبْتُ الْجَهْلَ بَعْدَ الْعِلْمِ وَ جُزْتُ مِنَ الْعَدْلِ إِلَى الظُّلْمِ وَ جَاوَزْتُ الْبِرَّ إِلَى الْإِثْمِ وَ صِرْتُ إِلَى الْهَرَبِ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَ الْحُزْنِ فَمَا أَصْغَرَ حَسَنَاتِي وَ أَقَلَّهَا فِي كَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِي وَ مَا أَكْثَرَ ذُنُوبِي وَ أَعْظَمَهَا عَلَى قَدْرِ صِغَرِ خَلْقِي وَ ضَعْفِ رُكْنِي رَبِّ وَ مَا أَطْوَلَ أَمَلِي فِي قِصَرِ أَجَلِي وَ أَقْصَرَ أَجَلِي فِي بُعْدِ أَمَلِي وَ مَا أَقْبَحَ سَرِيرَتِي وَ عَلَانِيَتِي رَبِّ لَا حُجَّةَ لِي إِنِ احْتَجَجْتُ وَ لَا عُذْرَ لِي إِنِ اعْتَذَرْتُ وَ لَا شُكْرَ عِنْدِي إِنِ ابْتُلِيتُ وَ أُولِيتُ إِنْ لَمْ تُعِنِّي عَلَى شُكْرِ مَا أُولِيتُ رَبِّ مَا أَخَفَّ مِيزَانِي غَداً إِنْ لَمْ تُرَجِّحْهُ وَ أَزَلَّ لِسَانِي إِنْ لَمْ تُثَبِّتْهُ وَ أَسْوَدَ وَجْهِي إِنْ لَمْ تُبَيِّضْهُ رَبِّ كَيْفَ لِي بِذُنُوبِيَ الَّتِي سَلَفَتْ مِنِّي قَدْ هَدَّتْ لَهَا أَرْكَانِي رَبِّ كَيْفَ أَطْلُبُ شَهَوَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَبْكِي عَلَى خَيْبَتِي فِيهَا وَ لَا أَبْكِي وَ تَشْتَدُّ حَسَرَاتِي عَلَى عِصْيَانِي وَ تَفْرِيطِي رَبِّ دَعَتْنِي دَوَاعِي الدُّنْيَا فَأَجَبْتُهَا سَرِيعاً وَ رَكَنْتُ إِلَيْهَا طَائِعاً وَ دَعَتْنِي دَوَاعِي الْآخِرَةِ فَتَثَبَّطْتُ عَنْهَا وَ أَبْطَأْتُ فِي الْإِجَابَةِ وَ الْمُسَارَعَةِ إِلَيْهَا كَمَا سَارَعْتُ إِلَى دَوَاعِي الدُّنْيَا وَ حُطَامِهَا الْهَامِدِ وَ هَشِيمِهَا الْبَائِدِ وَ سَرَابِهَا الذَّاهِبِ رَبِّ خَوَّفْتَنِي وَ شَوَّقْتَنِي وَ احْتَجَجْتَ عَلَيَّ بِرِقِّي وَ كَفَلْتَ لِي بِرِزْقِي فَأَمِنْتُ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ وَ تَثَبَّطْتُ عَنْ تَشْوِيقِكَ وَ لَمْ أَتَّكِلْ عَلَى ضَمَانِكَ وَ تَهَاوَنْتُ بِاحْتِجَاجِكَ اللَّهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْ أَمْنِي مِنْكَ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا خَوْفاً وَ حَوِّلْ تَثَبُّطِي شَوْقاً وَ تَهَاوُنِي بِحُجَّتِكَ فَرَقاً مِنْكَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي مِنْ رِزْقِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ رِضَاكَ عِنْدَ السَّخْطَةِ وَ الْفَرْجَةَ عِنْدَ الْكُرْبَةِ وَ النُّورَ عِنْدَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَ الْبَصِيرَةَ عِنْدَ تَشَبُّهِ الْفِتْنَةِ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ جُنَّتِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ حَصِينَةً وَ دَرَجَاتِي فِي الْجِنَانِ رَفِيعَةً وَ أَعْمَالِي كُلَّهَا مُتَقَبَّلَةً وَ حَسَنَاتِي مُضَاعَفَةً زَاكِيَةً وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ كُلِّهَا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَ مَا بَطَنَ وَ مِنْ رَفِيعِ المَطْعَمِ وَ الْمَشْرَبِ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَعْلَمُ وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ الْجَهْلَ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ الْجَفَاءَ بِالْحِلْمِ وَ الْجَوْرَ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْقَطِيعَةَ بِالْبِرِّ وَ الْجَزَعَ بِالصَّبْرِ وَ الْهُدَى بِالضَّلَالَةِ وَ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ . ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَيْضاً مِثْلَهُ وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ دُعَاءُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( صلوات الله عليه ) وَ زَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> gave me this supplication: ‘The Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> the Sovereign of the Praise, and its Rightful, and its End-point, and its (rightful) Place. He (became) sincere, the one who professed His<sup>azwj</sup> Oneness, and Guided was the one who worshipped Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and successful was the one who obeyed Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and secured was the one who attached himself with Him<sup>azwj</sup>. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! O One with the Benevolence, and the Glory, and the Laudation, and the Beauty, and the Praise! I ask You<sup>azwj</sup> by a (manner of) asking of the one who has humbled to You<sup>azwj</sup> with his neck, and rubbed his nose (in the ground) for You<sup>azwj</sup>, and covered his face (in dust) for You<sup>azwj</sup>, and disgraced himself to You<sup>azwj</sup>, and his tears flowed from Your<sup>azwj</sup> fear, and repeatedly was his crying, and acknowledged to You<sup>azwj</sup> of his sins, and exposed his mistakes in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, and reflected his audacity in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, and his strength weakend during that in Your<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, and scarce were his strategies, and the reasons of his deception were cut off from him, and every falsehood has wasted away from him, and his sins have compelled him to a lowly place in front of You<sup>azwj</sup>, and his humbleness to You<sup>azwj</sup>, and his invocation to You<sup>azwj</sup>. I ask You<sup>azwj</sup>, O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, a (manner of) asking of the one who is at his status of wishing to You<sup>azwj</sup> like his desire and is desperate to You<sup>azwj</sup> like his desperation, and is invoking to You<sup>azwj</sup> with intense invocation. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Have Mercy on the complacency of my speaking, and the lowliness of my position and my sitting, and by humbleness to You<sup>azwj</sup> with my neck. I ask You<sup>azwj</sup>, O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, for the Guidance from the straying, and the insight from the blindness, and the righteous Guidance from the temptations. And I ask You<sup>azwj</sup> for the frequency of the Praise during the prosperity and the beautiful patience during the difficulties, and the best gratefulness during the place of the thankfulness, and the submission during the confusioin. And I ask You<sup>azwj</sup> for the strength in obeying You<sup>azwj</sup>, and the weakness from disobeying You<sup>azwj</sup>, and the fleeing towards You<sup>azwj</sup> from You<sup>azwj</sup>, and the nearness to You<sup>azwj</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, in order for me to be pleased and investigate for everything what would Please You<sup>azwj</sup> from me in agering Your<sup>azwj</sup> creatures seeking Your<sup>azwj</sup> Pleasure. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! Whom can I hope to if You<sup>azwj</sup> do not have Mercy on me, or who would be cordial upon me if You<sup>azwj</sup> were to Exclude me, or whose pardon would benefit me if You<sup>azwj</sup> were to Punish me, or whose gifts can I have expectancy for if You<sup>azwj</sup> were to Deprive me, or who could control my prestige if You<sup>azwj</sup> were to Degrade me, or whose degradation would harm me if You<sup>azwj</sup> were to Honour me. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! How evil are my deeds, and how ugly are my deeds, and how harsh is my heart, and how long-term are my works and how short is my term (life-span), and these have made me to be audacious upon disobeying the One<sup>azwj</sup> Who Created me. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! And how good is Your<sup>azwj</sup> affliction with me, and the manifestation of Your<sup>azwj</sup> Bounties upon me. Abundant upon me are the the Bounties from You<sup>azwj</sup>, and I cannot (even) count them, and the gratefulness from me is little regarding what I have been Given, so I was exulted with the Bounties and exposed myself to the afflictions, and forgot from the Remembrance, and rode the ignorance after having the knowledge, and panicked from the justice to the oppression, and exceeded the righteousness to the sinning, and came to be in the fleeing from the fear and the grief. So how small are my good deeds and its scarcity regarding the abundance of my sinning, and how more are my sins and grievous upon the measurement of the smallness of my stature, and weakness of my limbs. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! And how long-term are my works during the shortness of my term (life-span), and short is my term regarding the remoteness of (the completion) of my workds, and how ugly is my secretive deeds and my public ones. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! There is no argument (left) for me that I can argue with, nor is there any excuse for me that I can offer as an excuse, nor is there any gratefulness with me if I were to be Tried and Given if You<sup>azwj</sup> do not Assist upon the thanking of what I have been Given. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! How light would be my scale tomorrow if You<sup>azwj</sup> do not Toggle it (in my favour), and how wavering is my tongue if You<sup>azwj</sup> do not Affirm it, and how black is my face if You<sup>azwj</sup> do not Whiten it. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! How would it be for me with my sins which have have been commited in the past from me, that have crushed my limbs? Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! How can I seek the lustful desires of the world and cry upon my defeat regarding (achieving) these, and I do not cry while my regrets have intensified upon my disobedience and my audciousness? Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! The temptations of the world invited me, so I responded to these quickly and turned towards these willingly, and the temptations of the Hereafter invited me, so I stayed steadfastedly away from these and was complacent in the response and being quick towards these, just as I had quickly gone to the temptations of the world and its lifeless debris, and its transitory vanities, and its disappearing mirages. Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! You<sup>azwj</sup> Frightened me, and Argued against me of my slavery, and Guaranteed for me with my sustenance, but I felt safe from Your<sup>azwj</sup> fear, and remained steadfast from Your Encouragement and did not rely upon Your<sup>azwj</sup> Guarantee and took lightly with Your<sup>azwj</sup> Arguments. O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Hasten my security from You<sup>azwj</sup> in this world from the fear and horrors which have demoralized my desires and made me take lightly with Your<sup>azwj</sup> Arguments separating from You<sup>azwj</sup>, then (Please Help) me with what You<sup>azwj</sup> have Apportioned for me from Your<sup>azwj</sup> sustenance. O Benevolent! O Benevolent! I ask You<sup>azwj</sup> by Your<sup>azwj</sup> Magnificent Name, of Your<sup>azwj</sup> Pleasure during the anger, and the relief dueing the worries, and the Light during the darkness, and the insight during the confusion of the strife. Lord<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>! Make my shield to be fortified from my mistakes, and my Levels in the Gardens to be elevated, and my works, all of them, as being Acceptable, and my good deeds to be multiplied, purifying. And I seek Refuge with You<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> from the strife, all of them, what is apparent from it and what is hidden, and from the lifting of the foods and the drinks, and from the evil of what I know and from the evil of what I do not know. And I seek Refuge with You<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> from buying the ignorance with the knowledge, and the disloyalty with the forbearance, and the tyranny with the justice, and the cutting off of relationships with the righteousness, and the panic with the patience, and the Guidance with the straying, and the disbelief with the <span class="iTxt">Eman</span>’’. Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, that he mentioned as well (a Hadeeth) similar to it, and mentioned that is it a supplication of Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, and there was an increase at the end of it of, ‘Ameen, Lord<sup>azwj</sup> of the worlds’’.
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