Al-Kafi 3482

Translation

Ali Bin Hamza, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws that a man came over to Amir Al-Momineen^asws and he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen^asws! There used to be wealth for me. I had inherited it and did not spend a Dirham from it in the obedience of Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic. Then I earned wealth from it, but I did not spend Dirham from it in the obedience of Allah^azwj. So teach me a supplication replacing upon me what is past and He^azwj would Forgive me what I have done or work that I am doing’. He^asws said: ‘Say!’ He said, ‘And which thing should I be saying, O Amir Al-Momineen^asws?’ He^asws said: ‘Say just as I^asws am saying: ‘O my Light in every darkness, and O my Comfort in every loneliness, and O my Hope in every distress, and of My Reliance in every difficulty, and O my Direction during the straying! You^azwj are my Guidance when the guidance of the guides is cut off, for Your^azwj Guidance doe not  get cut off, nor does he go astray, the one whom You^azwj Guide. You^azwj Bestowed upon me, so You^azwj were Liberal, and You^azwj Graced me sustenance, so You^azwj were Ample in provision, and You^azwj Fed me with excellent of my food, and You Gave to me, so You^azwj (Chose) the best without me being deserving of that by any deed from me, but Initiated from You^azwj due to Your^azwj Benevolence and Your^azwj generousity. Thus, I was strengthened upon my disobedience due to Your^azwj Benevolence, and was strengthened upon Your^azwj Wrath by Your^azwj sustenance, and I finished my life regarding what You^azwj do not Love, but You^azwj did not Deprive me despite my audacity to You^azwj and my indulging in what You^azwj had Forbidden from and my entering into what You^azwj had Prohibited upon me, You^azwj (still) Returned upon me with Your^azwj Grace, and did not Deprive me of Your^azwj Forbearance from me and Your^azwj Cordiality upon me with Your^azwj Grace even when I returned to be in Your^azwj disobedience. So You^azwj are the Liberal with the Grace and I am the liberal in my disobedience. So O Benevolent to the one who acknowledges with Him^azwj, and Honourable to the one who succumbs to Him^azwj with humiliation to Your^azwj Benevolence, I hereby acknowledge with my sins and I humble myself to Your^azwj Might with my humbleness. So whatever You^azwj Do with me in Your^azwj Benevolence and my acknowledgement with my sins, and Your^azwj Mighty and my subservience with my humiliation, Treat me with what You^azwj are Rightful of and do not Treat with me what I am deserving of’’.

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