Ziyara / Supplication

Makarim al-Akhlaq Supplication in English

20) His Supplication on Noble Moral Traits and Acts Pleasing to God

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

1- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

cause my faith to reach the most perfect faith,

make my certainty the most excellent certainty,

and take my intention to the best of intentions and my works to the best of works!

2- O God, complete my intention through Thy gentleness,

rectify my certainty through what is with Thee,

and set right what is corrupt in me through Thy power!

3- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

spare me the concerns which distract me,

employ me in that about which Thou wilt ask me tomorrow,

and let me pass my days in that for which Thou hast created me!

Free me from need, expand Thy provision toward me,

and tempt me not with ingratitude!

Exalt me and afflict me not with pride!

Make me worship Thee and corrupt not my worship with self-admiration!

Let good flow out from my hands upon the people

and efface it not by my making them feel obliged!

Give me the highest moral traits

and preserve me from vainglory!

4- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

raise me not a single degree before the people

without lowering me its like in myself

and bring about no outward exaltation for me

without an inward abasement in myself to the same measure!

5- O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household,

give me to enjoy a sound guidance

which I seek not to replace,

a path of truth from which I swerve not,

and an intention of right conduct in which I have no doubts!

Let me live as long as my life is a free gift in obeying Thee,

but if my life should become a pasture for Satan,

seize me to Thyself

before Thy hatred overtakes me

or Thy wrath against be becomes firm!

6- O God, deposit in me no quality for which I will be faulted,

unless Thou settest it right,

no flaw for which I will be blamed, unless Thou makest it beautiful,

no deficient noble trait, unless Thou completest it!

7- O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad’s Household and replace for me

the animosity of the people of hatred with love,

the envy of the people of insolence with affection,

the suspicion of the people of righteousness with trust,

the enmity of those close with friendship,

the disrespect of womb relatives with devotion,

the abandonment of relatives with help,

the attachment of flatterers with love set right,

the rejection of fellows with generous friendliness,

and the bitterness of the fear of wrongdoers with the sweetness of security!

8- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

appoint for me a hand against him who wrongs me,

a tongue against him who disputes with me,

and a victory over him who stubbornly resists me!

Give me guile against him who schemes against me,

power over him who oppresses me,

refutation of him who reviles me,

and safety from him who threatens me!

Grant me success to obey him who points me straight

and follow him who guides me right!

9- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

and point me straight to resist him who is dishonest toward me with good counsel,

repay him who separates from me with gentle devotion,

reward him who deprives me with free giving,

recompense him who cuts me off

with joining, oppose him who slanders me with excellent mention,

give thanks for good,

and shut my eyes to evil!

10- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

adorn me with the adornment of the righteous,

and clothe me in the ornaments of the godfearing, through

spreading justice, restraining rage,

quenching the flame of hate, bringing together the people of separation,

correcting discord,

spreading about good behaviour

covering faults,

mildness of temper,

lowering the wing,

beauty of conduct, gravity of bearing,

agreeableness in comportment, precedence in reaching excellence,

preferring bounteousness,

refraining from condemnation,

bestowing bounty on the undeserving,

speaking the truth, though it be painful,

making little of the good in my words and deeds, though it be much,

and making much of the evil in my words and deeds, though it be little!

Perfect this for me through lasting obedience,

holding fast to the community,

and rejecting the people of innovation

and those who act in accordance with original opinions!

11- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

appoint for me Thy widest provision in my old age

and Thy strongest strength when I am exhausted,

try me not with laziness in worship of Thee,

blindness toward Thy path,

undertaking what opposes love for Thee,

joining with him who has separated himself from Thee,

and separating from him who has joined himself to Thee!

12- O God, make me leap to Thee in times of distress,

ask from Thee in needs,

and plead to Thee in misery!

Tempt me not to seek help from other than Thee when I am distressed,

to humble myself in asking from someone else when I am poor,

or to plead with someone less than Thee when I fear,

for then I would deserve Thy abandonment, Thy withholding, and Thy turning away,

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

13- O God, make

the wishing, the doubt, and the envy which Satan throws into my heart

a remembrance of Thy mightiness,

a reflection upon Thy power,

and a devising against Thy enemy!

Make everything he causes to pass over my tongue,

the indecent or ugly words, the maligning of good repute, the indecent or ugly words, the maligning of good repute,

the false witness,

the speaking ill of an absent man of faith or the reviling of one present,

and all things similar – a speech in praise of Thee,

a pursual of eulogizing Thee,

an excursion in magnifying Thee,

a thanksgiving for Thy favour,

an acknowledgement of Thy beneficence,

and an enumeration of Thy kindnesses!

14- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

let me not be wronged while Thou canst repel from me,

let me not do wrong while Thou art powerful over holding me back,

let me not be misguided while Thou art able to guide me,

let me not be poor while with Thee is my plenty,

let me not be insolent while from Thee comes my wealth!

15- O God, I come to Thy forgiveness,

I go straight to Thy pardon,

I yearn for Thy forbearance,

and I trust in Thy bounty,

but there is nothing with me to make me warrant Thy forgiveness,

nothing in my works to make me merit Thy pardon,

and nothing on my behalf after I judge my soul but Thy bounty,

so bless Muhammad and his Household and bestow Thy bounty upon me!

16- O God, make my speech be guidance,

inspire me with reverential fear,

give me success in that which is most pure,

and employ me in what is most pleasing to Thee!

17- O God, let me tread the most exemplary path

and make me live and die in Thy creed!

18- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

give me to enjoy moderation,

make me into one of the people of right behaviour,

the proofs of right conduct,

and the servants of righteousness,

and provide me with triumph at the place of Return

and safety from the Ambush!

19- O God, take to Thyself from my soul

what will purify it and leave for my soul that of my soul that will set it right,

for my soul will perish unless Thou preservest it!

20- O God, Thou art my stores when I sorrow,

Thou art my recourse when I am deprived,

from Thee I seek aid when troubled

and with Thee is a substitute for everything gone by,

a correction for everything corrupted,

and a change from everything Thou disapprovest.

So show kindness to me with well-being before affliction,

wealth before asking,

right conduct before misguidance;

suffice me against the burden of shame toward the servants,

give me security on the Day of Return,

and grant me excellent right guidance!

21- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

repel from me through Thy gentleness,

feed me through Thy favour,

set me right through Thy generosity,

heal me through Thy benefaction,

shade me in Thy shelter,

wrap me in Thy good pleasure,

and give me success to reach the most guided of affairs when affairs confuse me,

the purest of works when works seem similar,

and the most pleasing to Thee of creeds when creeds conflict!

23- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

crown me with sufficiency,

place in me excellent guardianship,

give me to guide correctly,

tempt me not with plenty,

grant me excellent ease,

make not my life toil and trouble,

and refuse not my supplication in rejection,

for I make none rival to Thee and I supplicate none with Thee as equal!

23- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

hold me back from prodigality,

fortify my provision against ruin,

increase my possessions through blessing them,

and set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend!

24- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

spare me the burden of earning,

and provide for me without reckoning,

lest I be distracted from Thy worship through seeking

and carry the load of earning’s ill results!

25- O God, bestow upon me what I seek through Thy power

and grant me sanctuary from what I fear through Thy might!

26- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

save my face through ease,

and demean not my dignity through neediness,

lest I seek provision from those whom Thou hast provided

and asks for bestowal from the worst of Thy creatures!

Then I would be tried by praising him who gave to me

and afflicted with blaming him who held back from me

while Thou – not they – art patron of giving and holding back.

27- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

and provide me with soundness in worship,

detachment in renunciation,

knowledge put into action,

and abstinence in measure!

28- O God, seal my term with Thy pardon,

verify my expectation in hoping for Thy mercy,

smooth my paths to reach Thy good pleasure,

and make my works good in all my states!

29- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

incite me to remember Thee in times of heedlessness,

employ me in Thy obedience in days of disregard,

open a smooth road for me to Thy love,

and complete for me thereby the good of this world and the next!

30- O God, and bless Muhammad and his Household

the best Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures before him

and wilt bless any of them after him,

and give to us in this World good,

and in the next world good,

and protect me through Thy mercy from the chastisement of the Fire!

Ziyara / Supplication

Ramadan Daily Supplications in English

1 /O Allah , on this day make my fast the fast of those who fast sincerely , and my standing up in prayers of who stand up in prayer obediently, awaken me in it from the sleep of the heedless, and forgive me my sins , O God of the worlds and forgive
2 /O Allah , on this month , take me closer towards Your pleasure , keep me away from Your anger and punishment , grant me to opportunity to recite Your verses of the Quran, by your mercy , O the most merciful
3 /O Allah , on this day grant me ,wisdom and awareness, keep me away from foolishness and pretension , grant me a share me every blessing You send down by You generosity , O the most Generous
4 /O Allah , strengthen me in carrying out your commands , let me test your sweetness of your rememberance, grant me through Your Graciousness , that I give thanks to You , protect me on this day with Your protection and cover, O the most discerning of those who see
5 /O Allah , on this day place me among those who seek forgiveness , place me among Your righteous and obedient servants, and place me among Your close friends, by Your kindness, O the most Merciful
6/ O Allah , on this day Don’t let me abase myself by incurring your disobedience and do not strike me with the whip of Your punishment , keep me away from the causes of Your anger by Your kindness and Your power, O The ultimate wish of those who desire
7 /O Allah , on this day help me with its fasts and prayers, and keep me away from mistakes and sins of the day , grant me that I remember You continuously through day by Your assistance , O the guide of those who stray
8 /O Allah , on this day , let me have mercy on the orphans and feed the hungry , and spread peace and keep company with the nobleminded , O the shelter of the hopeful
9 /O Allah, on this day, grant me a share from Your mercy which is wide , guide me towards Your shining proofs , lead me to Your all encompassing pleasure , by Your love , O the hope of the desirous
10/ O Allah on this day make me among those who rely on You from those who You consider successful and place me among those who are near to You by Your favour, O goal of the seekers
11 /O Allah , on this day, make me love goodness, and dislike corruption and disobedience, bar me from anger and the fire, by Your help, O the helper of those who seek help
12/ O Allah, in this month, beautify me with the trimming and frills of modesty and chastity, let contentment and (self) satisfaction be my daily wear,
let me adhere to justice and fairplay in my dealings with (fellow men), and keep me safe from all that which terrify me, through Thy support, O He who gives support to the frightened

13 /O Allah remove from me, in this month, the impurities of foul immorality and tendency to turn from good with disgust; let me be calm and composed in the face of events and accidents that have to happen;
let me attach myself to piety and make friends with the pious, through Thy assistance, O the Apple of the eye of the docile.

14/ O Allah do not let indecision and confusion take hold of me, in this month, nor errors and lapses get the better of me,
nor let misfortune and disaster make me its target, through Thy power, O He who makes powerful those who willingly submit to Him.

15 /O Allah! Grant me in it the obedience of the devout, expand my chest in it with the return to You of those who abandoned You, through Your security, O One Who brings security to the fearful!
16/ O Allah associate me, in this month, with the alliance of the pious, disconnect me from the hegemony of the mischiefmakers,
and through Thy mercy welcome me with open arms in the promised land of secure dwelling, in the name of Thy divinity, O the God of the worlds.

17/ O Allah guide me to do good deeds, in this month; take a favourable decision in the matter of my needs and desires, O He who is such that there is no need to draw His attention by making a request or by giving information,
(because) He is aware of that which every human being longs for secretly in his or her heart; send blessing on Muhammad and on his pure and purified children.

18 /O Allah keep me awake, in this month, to find and get the blessings of its mornings;
enlighten my heart with the rays of its bright lights; let me )all parts of my body( yield to follow its traditions, in the name of Thy Light, O the Light of the hearts and minds of those who know.

19 /O Allah multiply my share, in this month, on account of its abundant blessings, make easy and smooth my means and ways to reach its mercy and bounties,
and do not prevent me from getting its good, O He who guides unto the clear truth.

20/ O Allah lay open the doors of peaceful sanctuary (Paradise) for me, in this month, and shut all doors of the consuming confusion (Hell),
let me recite the Holy Quran regularly, O He who puts confidence and tranquillity in the hearts of the faithfuls.

21/ O Allah, in this month, show the way to my behaviour unto Thy approval, do not let the devil (Shaytan) attract my attention unto his ways and means,
lead me to the blissful resting abode-paradise, O He who actualizes the desires of the seekers of fulfilment.

22/ O Allah throw open the doors of Thy generosity for me in this month, and make available to me multiplying blessings, keep me attached with that which obtains Thy pleasure,
allota central place for me right in the middle of the Paradise, O He who hears the cries of the distressed needy.

23 /O Allah cleanse me of immorality and remove my shortcomings in this month;
look into my sincerity to judge the “fear of God” (awareness of the governing boundaries laid down by Thee) in my heart and mind, O He who overlooks the lapses miscarried by the wrongdoers.

24 /O Allah I beseech Thee (to make me do) that which pleases Thee, in this month. I take refuge with Thee from that for which Thou may treat me with contempt.
I beseech Thee to arrange my life in such a manner that I obey Thee and never break or tamper with Thy laws, O He who liberally gives abundantly to the beseechers.

25 /O Allah let me love and cherish Thy friends, in this month, hate and discard Thy enemies, and follow the way of life of the last of Thy Prophets, O He who kept the thoughts and feelings of the Prophets flawless.
26 /O Allah render my efforts, made in this month, worthy of appreciation, my sins forgivable, my deeds acceptable, and my shortcomings coverable, O the Best Hearer.
27 /O Allah make available for me the blessings of the night of Qadr, render my affairs easy to deal with instead of becoming difficult and cumbersome,
take into consideration my apologies, and unburden my back from the heavy load of wrongdoings, O He who is compassionate while dealing with the upright.

28/ O Allah increase my enjoyment and satisfaction, in this month, in the prayers I pray out of my own free will, kindly make haste in quick disposal of my affairs in my interest,
let me be near to the “Means of Appraoch” (Muhammad and Ali Muhammad) who are the select best medium to gain Thy favours, O He who does not get confused on account of the ceaseless demands of the countless beseechers, but attend to each and every supplication.

29 /O Allah draw me near to Thy mercy, in this month, and enwrap me with it, keep me alive attached with guidance, having a clear conscience,
cleanse my heart from the vulgarity of making false accusations, O He who treats the faithful servants mercifully.

30 /O Allah, render my fasts observed in this month worthy of appreciation and acceptance, and a medium to obtain Thy pleasure and the pleasure of the Messenger, let the corollary (furu’)-a consequence or a supplement-acquire strength from the original cause (usul),
for the sake of our Leaders-in-chief, Muhammad and his pure children; (all) praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Ziyara / Supplication

Supplication of Abu Hamza in English

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

O Allah, do not discipline me by means of Your punishment and do not subject me to Your planned strategy. How can I attain welfare, O Lord, while it is not found elsewhere save with You? How can I find redemption while it cannot be attained save through You? Neither he who has done righteous deeds can dispense with Your aid and mercy nor can he who did evildoings, dare to challenge you, and did not arrive at Your pleasure find an exit out of Your power.

[Repeat this phrase as many times as possible in one breath:] O Lord, O Lord, O Lord…

I knew of You by You and You directed me to You and called me to You and without You I would not have known what You are. All Praise is for Allah whom I call upon with my needs then He answers me even though I was slow when He calls upon me All Praise is for Allah whom I supplicate and He grants me (what I plead for) even though I was stingy when He sought a loan from me. All Praise is for Allah whom I call upon with my needs whenever I wish and I entrust Him with my secrets without an intercessor and He grants me my wishes All Praise is for Allah whom I do not plead to anyone but Him for if I pleaded to others, they would not grant me

All Praise is for Allah who dignified me by becoming the Disposer of my affairs instead of making me rely on others who then would humiliate me All Praise is for Allah who endeared me even though He is not in need of me All Praise is for Allah who treats me with clemency just as if I have no sin So my Lord is the most praised by me of all and most worthy of my praise

O’ Allah! I find the roads of wishes to You wide open And the rivers of hope to You vast and running And counting on Your bountifulness (in times of need) for those who wished You freely accessible And the gates of prayer to those who are disparate, wide ajar And I know that You are for those who ask You in the position of answer And for those who are distressed, You are in a posture of rescue And in disparately seeking Your generosity and being content with Your judgment I find it compensating from the rejection of the misers and more satisfying than the handouts of the selfish And truly traveling to You is short in duration and You do not veil Yourself from Your creatures unless their own misdeeds would block them from You.

And I have sought You for my wish and directed my need to You and I depend on You for my rescue and I assign my pleading to You by praying to You doing this while knowing that I am not worthy of Your listening to me nor do I have a right on You to pardon me but I do so because I trust in Your generosity and I submit to Your true promise (to answer our prayers) and I take refuge through believing in Your unity and through my certainty of knowledge about You that indeed I have no other god or lord but You only You; there is no partner for You

O’ my Lord! You did say and all of what You say is true and what You promise is unconditional that ” O’ (believers) ask Allah of His bounty for Allah is Merciful towards you.” And it is not from Your features, O’ my Master to order me to ask and prevent the answer and You are the Grantor of all bounties on all residents of Your kingdom and the Giver of Your consoling tenderness

O’ my Lord! You have brought me up in Your gifts, and bounties since I was youthful and elevated my designation as I grew older So, O’ the One who brought me up in this life with His benevolence, bountifulness and blessings and indicated to me His forgiveness and generosity in the hereafter My knowledge, O’ my Master, is that which guides me to You and my love is my intercessor to You and I am trusting of my evidence with Your guidance and comfortable of my intercessor with Your intercession I pray to You, O’ my master, with a tongue that has been paralyzed by its sin O’ my Lord, I confide to You with a heart that has been doomed by its mischief I pray to You, O’ my Lord, frightened but wishful hopeful but fearful If I contemplate my sins, O’ my Lord, I become scared but when I remember Your generosity I yearn

So, if You forgive, You are the most merciful and if You punish, You have not unjustly judged My excuse, O’ Allah in my daring to ask You even though I have committed what You hate is Your benevolence and generosity and my preparation for my adversity given that I lack shyness (in committing sin), is Your forbearance and mercy And I am wishful that my hope will not be disappointed so fulfill my ambition and accept my prayer O’ The Best who was ever prayed to! O’ The Most bountiful who was ever wished! My hope, my Master is ever great but my deeds have worsened so grant me from Your pardon by as much as I had hoped and please, do not judge me by my worst mischief for Your generosity is greater than punishing the sinners and Your forbearance and patience is higher than recompensing the inadequates

I am, my Master, seeking refuge through Your bountifulness I am escaping from You to You while anticipating Your promise to forgive those who possessed good convictions toward You Who am I, my Lord, and what is my danger! Provide me with Your bounties and grant me charity with Your pardon O’ my Lord, cover me with Your protection and pardon me of my punishment by the honor of you face For if any one today other than You would have known of my sin I would not have sinned And if I feared that You may hasten my punishment, I would have avoided sinning Not because You are not an important watcher nor an unworthy onlooker but because You, my Lord, are the best secret keeper and the Wisest of all rulers and Most generous of all generous

O’ Protector of secrets! O’ Oft-forgiver of sins! O’ Knower of all that is hidden! You protect the secretive sin with Your generosity and You delay my punishment with Your patience So to You extends all the Praise for having known and yet been patient and for having pardoned even though You are capable (of punishing) And what motivates and dares me to disobey You is Your patience with me and what invites me to the lack of shyness (from You) is Your protection of my (concealed) sins And what rushes me towards Your forbidden actions is my awareness of the vastness of Your mercy and the greatness of Your forgiveness O’ Forbearer! O’ Generous! O’ One who is living and self-subsisting! O’ Forgiver of sin! O’ Acceptor of repentance!

O’ Greatest giver of all good! O’ Ancient in bountifulness! I call upon Your beautiful protection of secrets I call upon Your abundant pardon I call upon Your neighboring relief I call upon Your quick rescue I call upon Your vast mercy and compassion I call upon Your bountiful gifts I call upon Your blessed awards I call upon Your splendid favors I call upon Your immense bountifulness I call upon Your enormous endowments I call upon Your ancient benefaction I call upon Your benevolence, O’ Most Generous By it (what I mentioned of Your features) and in the name of Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, I seek Your rescue and by Your compassion, please relieve me O’ Benevolent! O’ Creator of beauty!

O’ Benefactor! O’ Bountiful! I do not depend on our (good) deeds to achieve salvation from Your punishment rather I trust it to Your bountifulness toward us for You are the Lord of righteousness and the Lord of forgiveness You initiate Your giving through Your graciousness and You pardon sin with Your generosity and we do not know what we should praise more is it the beauties that You distribute or the sins whose secretiveness You protect or the greatness of what You have granted and fulfilled or the many misfortunes You have averted and ills You have cured O’ The lover of whomever endeared You! O’ The delight of the eye of who sought You for refuge and dedicated himself to You!

You are the All-benevolent and we are the malevolent So pardon, O’ my Lord, the ugly that we have with the beauties that You have And what ignorance, O’ my Lord, cannot be accommodated by Your benevolence? And what era is longer than Your patience? And what significance is our deeds compared with Your awards? And how can we hail our good deeds when we observe Your generosity? Yet how can sinners despair when they are encompassed by Your vast mercy? O’ Vast Forgiver! O’ Extender of both hands with mercy! I swear with Your exalted might, O’ Master that if You rebuked me, I would not depart from Your door and I won’t cease to compliment You since I have indeed come to grasp the knowledge of Your generosity and benevolence And You are the doer of whatever You desire You punish whomever You wish, with whatever You wish and however You wish and You bestow Your mercy on whomever You wish, with whatever You wish, and however You wish

You are never questioned about Your doings neither is there any struggle in Your kingdom nor is there any partnership in Your command or conflict in Your judgment and no one can oppose You in Your disposition of affairs To You belongs all of the creation and command Indeed Allah, the Most Glorious, is the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds O’ my Lord! This is the posture of the one who sought refuge through You and allied himself with Your generosity and became accustomed to Your forbearance and favors And You are the benevolent whose forgiveness is never strained neither are Your bounties ever decreasing nor is Your mercy ever lacking And we have known with certainty of Your ancient pardon, great bountifulness and vast mercy

Would You, O’ Allah, ever disappoint our thoughts or let down our hopes? No never, O’ Most Generous! for it is not what we expect of You nor is it what we aspire for O’ Allah, we have a greater and everlasting hope in You We anticipate prolonged and immense prospect in You We anticipate great desire in You And we prayed to You and we hope You would answer us We disobeyed You and now we wish that You protect our secret (sins) So fulfill our aspiration, O’ our Master for otherwise, we realize (the punishment) we deserve as a result of our bad deeds But Your awareness of our conduct and our knowledge that You indeed won’t send us away from You has motivated us to seek You and even though we are not worthy of Your mercy You are worthy of bestowing Your generosity on us and on all the sinners due to Your vast compassion

So, award us with what You are worthy of and grant us for we are in need of Your bounty O’ Most Forgiving! With Your light we were guided and with Your bounties we became richer and with Your favors we are encountered mornings and evenings Our sins are before You and we ask You, O’ Master, for forgiveness and we hereby repent You befriend us with Your gifts but we reward You by sins Your bounty to us is ever descending but our mischief to You is (ever) ascending And from before and until now, Your honored angel still brings You the news of our ugly deeds but that does not prevent You from continuing to surround us with Your grace and kindly provide us with Your holy features

So, I glorify and praise You for the extent of Your patience greatness and generosity as a Beginner (of creation) and eventual Claimer of this world Holiest are Your names And glorified is Your praise And honored are Your favors and good deeds You, my Lord, are more vast in bounty and greater in patience and clemency than to judge me according to my wrong doing and fault So I beg You : Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness O’ my Master, O’ my Master, O’ my Master

O’ Lord! Occupy our time with Your remembrance And guard us from Your wrath And protect us from Your punishment And grant us from Your rewards And award us from Your bounties And provides us the means to conduct pilgrimage to Your house (Ka’ba) and to visit the tomb of Your Prophet may Your peace, mercy, forgiveness and graciousness be bestowed upon him and his family Indeed, You are close and forthcoming with Your answer (to our prayers) And assist us in abiding by Your obedience and claim our souls while we are in Your (righteous) congregation and followers of the tradition of Your Prophet may peace of Allah be upon him and his family O’ Lord! Forgive me and my parents and grant them mercy as they have raised me since I was youthful reward their good deeds with bountifulness and (pardon) their sins with forgiveness

O’ Lord! Forgive the believers, be they men or women living or dead and let us follow on their path with good deeds O’ Lord! Forgive (for) the living or deceased of us (believers) the present and the absent our male and female our young and old our free and our slaves Indeed the antagonists of Allah lied and enormously wandered astray and incurred a major loss O’ Lord! Bestow Your peace on Muhammad and his family and conclude my life in virtue and resolve what worries me from the affairs of this life and in the hereafter and do not allow anyone who won’t treat me justly to come in contact with me and provide me with Your everlasting protection

and do not deprive me of the best of the amenities You have graced me with and confer on me from Your bounties, vast awards that are lawful and good O’ Lord! Guard me with Your safeguard And protect me with Your protection And ally me with Your alliance And award me the ability to conduct pilgrimage to Your sacred house (Ka’ba) in this year and in every year and to visit the tomb of Your prophet and the Imams, peace be upon them and do not deprive me, Oh Lord, from visiting these honorable sanctuaries and noble positions

O’ Lord! Accept my repentance so that I may not disobey You And inspire me with righteousness and its implementation And the observance of Your presence in the night and the day as long as You let me live O’ Allah and Cherisher of the worlds O’ Lord! I, whenever I thought I was prepared and ready and rose to pray, before Your hands, and confided to You, You cast sleep on me when I prayed and You prevented me from confiding to You when I confided Why is it that whenever I felt content about the goodness of my core and my companionships have neared that of the repenters a sin would occur and cause my feet to stumble, and deprive me from Your service

O’ my Master, Maybe You have expelled me from Your door and retired me from Your service or maybe You observed my disregard of Your right on me and thus distanced me or maybe You saw me headed away from (Your path) and thus You withdrew me or maybe You found me to be in the position of the liars so You rejected me or maybe You saw that I was not grateful of Your rewards so You deprived me or maybe You observed my absence from the assembly of the scholars and thus put me down or maybe You found me to be one of the unheeding so You despaired me from Your mercy or maybe You found me to be one of the unheeding so You despaired me from Your mercy or maybe You did not like to listen to my prayers so You distanced me or maybe You equated me with my crime and sin

or maybe You punished me for my lack of shyness from You So if You forgive, O’ Lord, You have forgiven the many sinners before me For Your generosity, O’ Lord, is higher than punishing the delinquents and I am seeking refuge with Your bountifulness, and I am escaping from You to You and anticipating Your promise to pardon those who possessed good convictions about You O’ My Lord! You are more vast in bountifulness and greater in patience than to judge me according to my deed or to stumble me with my sin And who am I, my Master, and what is my danger?

award me Your benevolence, O’ my Master! And render me Your pardon and cover me with the protection of my secrets and pardon me from Your chastisement with Your benevolent face O’ Master! I am the young one whom You raised And I am the ignorant whom You educated And I am the misled whom You guided And I am the humiliated one whom You elevated And I am the frightened one whom You safeguarded And the hungry one whom You fed And the thirsty whose thirst You quenched And the naked whom You dressed And the poor whom You made wealthy And the weak whom You strengthened And the insignificant whom You honored

And the sick whom You cured And the beggar whom You provided charity to And the sinner whose secret You have protected And the wrong doer whom You aided And I am the little (creature) You made more significant And the oppressed whom You made victorious And I am the escapee whom You gave refuge to I am the one, O’ Allah, who did not revere You (when I committed sins) in my seclusions nor observed Your (commands) in public I am the committer of the grave transgressions I am the one who challenged his Master I am the one who disobeyed the All-great of the heavens I am the one who awarded the briberies upon the disobeying of the Magnificent (Allah) I am the one who when I was forewarned about it (sins), I hastily raced to it I am the one whom You awaited (His reverence) but I did not comprehend and You veiled my secret (sins) but I did not become demure and I committed sins until I belligerently insisted

and You then disregarded me but I did not care but with Your benevolence , You postponed my punishment and with Your veil, You safeguarded my secret (sins) as if You had overlooked me and You shielded me from punishment called upon me by my sins all to the extent that it appeared as if You shied off from me O’ my Lord! I did not disobey You when I did because I rejected Your divinity or because I belittled Your commands or that I was daringly challenging Your punishment or that I did not appreciate Your forewarning Yet the mistake has occurred, and my self misled me and my sinful desires won over me and my misery helped me to it and Your protective veil over my sins lured me For I have disobeyed You and opposed You with my own will Now, who can ever save me from Your chastisement? Tomorrow, who can save me from the hands of my rivals?

Whose rope will I catch if You cut off the rope between You and me? Shame on me for my evildoings that Your Book has recorded Had it not been for Your generosity, the breadth of Your mercy as well as Your ordering me not to lose hope (in Your salvation), I would have despaired whenever I remembered it (my sin) O’ the Best of whom a worshiper has ever prayed and the Foremost of whom anyone has wished! O’ Lord! In the name of the esteemed Islam I implore You I rely upon You in the name of the sanctity of the Qur’an And with my love for the unschooled Prophet (Muhammad) The Quraishian (the main tribe in Mecca) The Hashimite (The family name of Prophet Muhammad) The Arabian, The Tuhamian (the name of the region where Quraish is located) The Meccan, The Medinan (tracing prophet Muhammad’s roots to the city of Medina where He migrated to) I seek to be closer to You (I seek favor to You) So please do not disrupt the serenity of my faith

And please do not cause my ultimate destiny to be similar to that of those who worshipped other than You For, indeed there are some who believed only to the extent of their tongues so that they may save their lives and they gathered what they wished But we have believed in You with our tongues and with our hearts so that You may pardon us So grant us what we wish for And anchor our hope in You, in our hearts And do not let our hearts go astray after You have guided us And grant us Your mercy Indeed You are the Utmost Granter And I swear with Your glory, that even if You send me away that I would not depart from Your door and I would not cease to compliment You for my heart has been fully inspired with the knowledge of Your benevolence and vastness of compassion To where would a slave go but to his master To where would a creature seek refuge but to with Creator

O’ my Lord! Even if You tied me with the chains of hell And You deprived me Your flowing stream (of favors) from between the witnesses (of the day of Judgment) And divulge all my scandalous acts before the eyes of all Your servants And You ordered me to hell And You isolated me from the company of the faithful I would not end my hope in You and I would not dismiss my reassurance of Your pardon and my love for You would not depart from my heart I do not forget the helping hand You bestowed upon me and Your having concealed my defects in the worldly abode O’ my Master! Remove the adoration of worldliness from my heart And unite me with Mustafa (Muhammad: the chosen messenger) and his family the dearest of Your creatures and the last of the prophets, Muhammad, Peace from Allah upon him and his family

And move me to the rank of repentance with You And help me to cry for myself for I have wasted my life away with procrastination and false hopes And now I have come to You hopeless of my goodness Who is more worse off than me if now I am passed on in my present state to a grave that I have neither paved for my long stay nor furnished with righteous deed for my extended abode. And why would I not weep for I have no knowledge of my fate and I observe my self deceiving itself and my days are fading away and the wings of death have flapped close by So why wouldn’t I cry! I weep for my soul’s departing my body I weep for the darkness of my grave I weep for the narrowness of my vault I weep for the questioning of Munkar and Nakeer of me (the names of the two angels that question the dead after being laid in the graves)

I weep for my coming out of my grave (on the Resurrection Day) naked, humiliated and carrying my book (of deeds) on my back I look to the right once and to the left once Behold! The creatures will each be engaged with matters other than mine for every person that day has a concern of his own Many faces on that day shall be bright, laughing, joyous. And many faces on that day, on them shall be dust. Darkness, and humiliation shall cover them O’ Master! I settle my destination, dependence hope and reliance upon You And with Your mercy, I cling You bestow Your mercy on whomever You please and You guide with Your benevolence whomever You like So praise to You for Your purifying my heart from taking false partners to You And praise to You for releasing my tongue How can I praise You properly while my tongue is too short to do so?

How can I please You while the extent of my efforts is too short to do so? What extent can my tongue reach if compared to the limitless extent of thanking You? What amount can my efforts reach if compared to the limitless amount of Your graces and favors? O’ my Lord! Indeed Your generosity has expanded my hope (in You) It is my thanks to You that have granted approval for my deeds O my Master, for You do I desire You do I fear and to You do I look forward It is my hope that has driven me towards You To You, O my One and Only God, do I direct my determination And upon what You possess I unfold my desire And my ultimate hope and fear rest upon You And with You, I cheerfully contemplated Your adoration And I spread my hands wide open to You And with the rope of Your obedience I ease my fear O’ my Lord! In Your remembrance, my heart flourished Only through my confidential conversations with You have I cooled the pains of my fear So, O’ my Lord! And O’ the One whom I hope! And O’ the One who is the Ultimate Destination and Grantor of my request! Separate between me and this sin of mine that disables me from abiding by Your obedience For I only ask You due to the ancient and long resting of hope upon You as well as the great coveting of You in what You obliged yourself with from compassion and mercy Evidently, the command is yours, for You are the only One without partners

and all creatures are in Your maintenance and within Your grip and everything submits to You blessed You are O’ Lord and Cherisher of the worlds O’ my Lord! Bestow Your mercy upon me when my excuses have failed and when my tongue has ceased to be able to answer to You (on judgment day) and my intellect has subsided upon Your questioning So O’ to whom I submit my utmost hope, do not disappoint me when my tragedy has intensified and do not reject me due to my ignorance and conceit and do not deprive me (of Your mercy) due to my lack of patience and provide for me for I am poor and bestow Your mercy upon me for I am weak O’ my Master! Upon You I rest my dependence, destination hope and reliance And to Your mercy I cling And on Your grounds, I conclude my journey And to Your generosity I direct my request And with Your generosity, O’ Allah, I commence my prayer And with You I seek relief from my indigence And with Your wealth I mend my poverty And under the shadow of Your pardon, I stand And to Your generosity and benevolence, I raise my eyesight And to Your favor, I prolong my vision

So, burn me not in the hell fire because You are where I place my hope And, reside me not in the bottomless pit (hell) for You are indeed the comfort of my eye O’ my Master! Disappoint not my expectation in Your benevolence and known favor because You are my Confidant and Security And do not deprive me of Your reward for You are Aware of my poverty O’ my Lord! If the end of my life has neared and my deeds did not bring me near You then I hereby render my admission of sin as my justification ,. O’ my Lord! If You pardon (me), then no one is more worthy of pardoning than You And if You punish (me), then no one is more just than You in judgment (O’ Lord) have mercy toward my expatriation in this life and my tragedy upon death and my solitude in the grave and my loneliness in the grave and because whenever I am dispatched for judgment before Your hands, my situation is humiliated and forgive what is concealed from the humans of my (secretive bad) deeds

and prolong for me what You veiled my (secret sins) with and confer Your benevolence on me when I am (laying) motionless on the (death) bed so that the beloved of my relatives surround me and grant me Your bountifulness when I am stretched on the funeral bath so that the good-deeded of my community may wash me and bestow Your kindred tenderness upon me when I am carried while my relatives hand over the extremities of my coffin and award me Your generosity when I am transported and finally delivered and left alone in my grave and have mercy on my solitary confinement in this new residence so that I may not be comforted by anyone but You O’ my Master! If You entrusted me (with my affairs), I would perish

My Master then whom do I seek rescue with if You would not avert my stumble To whom would I seek shelter with if I lost Your kindred care in my dormancy To whom would I resort to if You did not relieve my destitution My Master! Who will be on my side and who will bestow mercy on me if You do not? And whose bounties would I anticipate if I lacked Your grants on the day of my destitution (judgment day)? And to where shall I run away from my sins when my fate is concluded? My Master! Punish me not while I am pleading to You! O’ my Lord! Fulfill my desire and secure my fright because I can not avert (the result of) my numerous sins except with Your pardon My Master! I am asking You for what I do not deserve but You are the Lord of righteousness and the Lord of forgiveness So, forgive for me and veil me from Your sight with a cloak that masks all my liabilities thus forgiving me so that I may never be reclaimed with it Indeed, You are the possessor of ancient favor great pardon and generous forgiveness

O’ my Lord! You are the One who overflows the streams (of favors) on those who do not even implore You and on those who rejected Your divinity So how would You not, O’ Master, grant the same to the one who implored You and submitted with certainty that the creation is yours and the command is to You? Praised and glorified You are, O’ Lord and Cherisher of the worlds O’ my Master! Your slave is at Your doorstep. His desperate need has rooted him before Your hands He knocks on the gate of Your generosity with his prayer and he solicits Your gracious consideration (in relieving his dilemma) through his hearty anticipation (in You) So please do not turn Your honorable face away from me and accept from me what I plead for For I have pleaded with this prayer and I am hopeful that You would not turn me down, since I have always known of Your benevolence and mercy O’ my Lord! You are the one who is never burdened by the pleas of the beseecher nor are You ever encumbered in rewarding (Your) grantee Verily, You are how You describe Yourself and above what we describe

O’ my Lord! I ask You (to grant me) a rewarding patience a neighboring relief a true affirmation and a great reward I ask You, O’ my Lord, for all the good whether I know of it or not I ask You, O’ my Lord, for the best of what have asked You Your righteous believers O’ the Foremost of whom was ever asked! and the Most Generous that has ever given Fulfill my quest in myself, my family parents, children proximate community, and my brothers (and sisters) in You And enrich my living and ascend my bravery and improve all of my affairs And cause me to be a (person) whom You have destined to have prolonged his life and improved his deeds and consummated Your gifts upon him and accepted his performance and made live a good life in permanent joy utmost integrity, and complete living

Indeed, You do as You please and not as others please. O’ Lord! Distinguish me with Your distinctive remembrance And do not allow any of what I seek closeness to You with (of good deeds) in the midst of nights or the extremes of days to be an object of pretension, seeking of reputation arrogance, or extravagance And cause me to be of those who humble themselves to You O’ my Lord! Award me vastness in sustenance And security in my homeland And the comfort of the eye in family, finances and offspring And the continued enjoyment of Your bounties And health and strength in the body And safeguard in faith And forever utilize me in (establishing) Your obedience and that of Prophet Muhammad peace of Allah upon him and his household as everlong as You advance my age And compel me to have the biggest share among Your worshipers in whatever good You ever caused to descend and especially what You award in the month of Ramadan in the Night of the Decree

and what You are awarding every year from mercy that You dispense and good health that You harness and crises that You deter and good deeds that You accept and bless and sins that You acquit And allot me with the ability to conduct pilgrimage to Your holy house in this year and every year thereafter And grant me vast sustenance from Your vast bounties And protect me, O’ my Master, from encountering the misfortunes (of life) And fulfill on my behalf all my borrowing and satisfy any injustice (I committed to others) so that I may not be harmed by any of it And preoccupy the hearing and sight of my enemies and the jealous and those who oppress me and award me victory over them And comfort my eye, And delight my heart

And award me relief and resolution in all of my misfortunes and extremities And compel any one who wishes me harm from all Your creatures, to be beneath my feet And guard me from the evil of Satan and the evil of the monarch as well as the evil brought about by my wrong doings And cleanse me from all sins And salvage me from the hell fire with Your (divine) pardon And award me paradise with Your mercy And marry me to the companions with the beautiful, big and lustrous eyes with Your bountifulness And reunite me with Your righteous servants Muhammad and his household, the righteous the virtuous, the pure and the elite Your peace, mercy and blessings be upon them, their bodies, and their souls O’ my Lord and my Master! I swear with Your exalted might and majesty that if You reclaim my sins, I will call upon Your mercy and if You reclaim my meanness, I will call upon Your generosity

and if You forward me to the hell fire, I will inform its inmates about my adoration of You O’ my Lord and my Master! If You were to not forgive but Your devotees and constant obeyers then to whom would the sinners resort to? And if You were to not honor but the people of loyalty to You then to whom the offenders would resort to? O’ my Lord! If You cause me to enter the hell fire, it will be to the pleasure of Your enemy But if You cause me to enter paradise, it will be to the pleasure of Your Prophet And verily, Oh Allah, I know that the pleasure of Your Prophet is more favorable to You than the pleasure of Your enemy

O’my Lord! I ask You to saturate my heart with Your love fearing and observing You believing in Your (holy) book faith in You fright from You and longing for You O’ the one who is full of majesty, bounty and honor! Render me loving of Your meeting and love my meeting And grant me in meeting You comfort, happiness and honor O’ my Lord! Unite me with the virtuous of those who preceded me And render me to be among the virtuous of who remained, And lead me to the way of the virtuous And aid me in restraining myself (from sin) with whatever You aid Your righteous believers with And culminate my deeds with their best And make my reward from it heaven with Your mercy And assist me in implementing the virtues that You granted me And anchor me (on the right path) O’ Lord! And return me not to an error You rescued me from before O’ the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

O Allah, I beseech You for faith that does not stop until I meet You Prolong my life as long as You maintain me on it and claim my soul as long as You claim my soul while it is on it (faith) and resurrect me as long as You resurrect me on it And purify my heart from pretension, doubt, and seeking reputation through Your religion so that all my deeds would be solely intended for You O’ my Lord! Award me insight in Your religion And understanding in Your judgment And awareness in Your knowledge And surety in Your mercy And piety that impedes me from disobeying You And brighten my face with Your light Make me desire for nothing but that which You hold And claim my soul on Your path and on the religion of Your Prophet Peace of Allah upon him and his household

O’ my Lord! I seek refuge with You from laziness, failure misery, cowardliness, stinginess inattentiveness, brutality, poverty neediness, destitution indigence and every calamity; and the exorbitant of sins whether they are apparent or concealed And I seek refuge in You from a self that is never content and a stomach that is never satisfied fearless heart and a prayer that is not accepted And a futile deed And I depend upon You O’ Lord, to safeguard my self, my religion, my finances and all of what You awarded me, from the evil of the cursed Satan Indeed, You are the One who hears and knows all things

O’ my Lord! Indeed no one can shield me from Your (punishment) and I can not find before You any other shelter So leave not in me any deed worthy of Your punishment do not let me lead myself to perdition and do not make me deserve the painful chastisement O Allah, accept from me grant me reputation elevate my rank exonerate my offenses do not refer to me with my faults let the reward of my sessions my utterances and my prayer be Your pleasure and Paradise And award me, O’ Lord, all of what I have asked from You and increase it with Your bountifulness for I seek none but You, O Lord of the worlds!

O Allah, You have ordered us in Your book that we should overlook those who wrong us and we have wronged ourselves (by sinning) so pardon our conduct, for You are more worthy of pardoning than we are And You commanded us not turn away the needy who knock on our doors and I hereby come to You needy, so turn me not away until You fulfill my need You have ordered us to act nicely to those under our authorities and You hold authority over us, so liberate our necks from the hell fire O’ the Shelter I seek whenever I am in misfortune! O my Aid whenever hardships hit me! To You have I resorted With You have I sought refuge and haven To none save You shall I ever resort From none save You shall I ever seek for relief So come to my aid, and relieve me O’ One who liberates the captives, accepts the little (of good deeds), and pardons the numerous (of sin) accept from me the little (good) I have done, and forgive for me the numerous (sins I have committed) Indeed, You are the Most Merciful and Oft-forgiving O Allah, I pray You for faith that covers my heart and for honest conviction so that I will believe that nothing will inflict me save that about which You have already known Make me be satisfied with my livelihood that You have decided for me O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

Ziyara / Supplication

Al-Sahar Supplication in English

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your brilliance that beautifies, and all Your glories are radiantly brilliant. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your glories.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your refined good that makes more handsome, and all Your refinements are gracefully beautiful. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your beauties.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your majesty that gives grandeur, and all Your majestic powers are strongly sublime. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your powers.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your greatness that makes great, and all Your powers are extensively important. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your influences.

O Allah, I beseech You to give me from Your light that enlightens, and all Your enlightenments are luminously bright. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your lights.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your mercy that gives much, and all Your kind leniencies are plenteously many. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your compassions.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Words that elaborate and conclude, and all Your words are complete and perfect. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Words.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your perfection that brings to fullness, and all Your perfections are total and whole. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your perfections.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Names that make great, and all Your Names are important. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Names.

O Allah, I beseech You to give me from Your authority that surpasses in honor and power, and all Your authorities are rare and supreme. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your authorities.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Will that (simultaneously) takes effect, and all Your wills are (at once) executed. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your wills.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your that omnipotence which controls everything, and at all events Your omnipotence dominates. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your all-embracing omnipotence.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Wisdom that pierces through and enforces, and Your Wisdom is altogether effective. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Wisdom.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your promise which always is fulfilled, and all Your promises are kept and fulfilled. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your promises.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your Channels which are most dear to You, and all that which is dear to You is most desirable. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your Channels.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your distinctions that vie in glory, and all Your distinctions are noble. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your distinctions.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your sovereignty which lasts and continues forever, and for all times Your sovereignty is everlasting. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your absolute sovereignty.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your kingdom that surpasses in glory and nobility, and in reality Your kingdom alone is the most celebrated and magnificent. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your unlimited kingdom.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your highest height that exalts, and Your eminence is altogether sublime. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your highest sublimity.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your bounties which always move ahead, come in advance, and all Your bounties are eternal. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your bounties.

O Allah, I ask You to give me from Your signs which gives out freely, and all Your signs are generous. O Allah, I beseech You in the name of all Your signs.

O Allah, I ask You to give me whereby You exercises absolute authority and power, I beseech You in the name of (Your) total exclusive omnipotence, and singular absolute authority.

O Allah, I ask You to give me whereby You gives answer to my supplication whenever I turn to You; therefore, hear my prayers, O Allah!

Ziyara / Supplication

Supplication of Umm Dawud in English

Allah the Highest, the Great has spoken the truth, there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, Grand, Glorious, the Beneficent, the Merciful the Forbearing, the Generous. There is none like Him. He is all-Hearing, All Seeing, AII-Knowing, All-aware. Allah stands witness that there is no god but He and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge. He stands firm a justice. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise. And His honored Messengers preached and stand as one of the witnesses for this.
Allah all praise is for you, all esteem is for you, only You prevail upon everything. Bounty is from you. All Greatness and all Dominance is for You, For You is all beauty, only You oblige and for You is all glorification. Holiness and recitation of tahlil (La ilah illa Allah) are only for you. All praise of greatness is for you. For you is what is seen and for you is what is not seen. For you is what is above the high Heavens and for You is what is underneath the abyss. The lowly earths are for you and for you is the Hereafter and the world. And for you is what you are pleased with by the praise (of others) and thanksgiving and bounties. O’ Allah! Bestow Your blessing on Jabra’il (Gabreal), the trustworthy on your revelations and the powerful in fulfilling your orders, obeyed in the heavens and sacred places, carrying Your words, supporter of Your Prophets, punisher of Your enemies.
O’ Allah! Bestow your blessing on Mika’il (Michael)-angel of Your mercy and Created for kindness and seeker of pardon for and supporter of the obedient people. O’ Allah! Bestow your blessings on Israfil, the holder of Your Heavenly Throne (‘arsh) the blower of the trumpet, awaiting Your order, cautious and tender out of Your fear. O’ Allah! Bestow Your blessings on the Holy carriers of Your Heavenly Throne and Your holy noble and virtuous errand carriers of You and Your angels the honored recorders (of deeds) and on the angels in charge of the Paradise and on the angels in charge of Hell and on the angel of death and his assistants. O’ Lord of Majesty and Grace! O’ Allah! Bestow your blessings on our father Adam Your novel creation whom You did honor with the prostration of Your angels and make Your Paradise lawful to Him. O’ Allah! Bestow your blessing on our mother Eve-purified from uncleanliness, free from impurities distinguished among mankind and moving about in the godly atmosphere.
O’ Allah! Bless Habil (Abel) and Shayth (Seth) and Idris (Enoch) and Nuh (Noah) and Hud and Salih and Ibrahim (Abraham) and Ishaq (Isaac) and Ya’qub (Jacob) and Yusuf (Joseph) and al-Asbat (sons of Ya’qub) and Lut (Lot) and Shua’yb and Ayyub (Jacob) and Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) and Yusha’ (Joshua) and Misha and Khidr and Dhu l-Qarnayn and Yunus (Jonah) and Ilyas (Elias) and al-Yasa’ (Elisha) and Dhu l-Kifl and Talut (Saul) and Dawud (David) and Sulayman (Solomon) and Zakariyya (Zechariah) and Sha’ya (Isaiah) and Yahya (John) and Turakh and Matta (Matthew) and Irmiya (Jeremiah) and Hayquq (Habakkuk) and Daniyal (Daniel) and ‘Uzayr and ‘Isa (Jesus) and Sham’un and Jirjis (George) and Hawariyyun (Apostels) and the followers [of the prophets] and Khalid and Hanzala and Luqman. O’ Allah! Bless Muhammad and his progeny and bestow Your mercy and favor on them in the manner you did bestow your blessings, mercy, and favor on Ibrahim and his progeny, verily you are Praiseworthy and Exalted. O’ Allah bestow blessings on the vicegerents, the virtuous, the martyrs and the Imams of guidance. O’ Allah! Bestow your blessings on your conspicuous adherents, saints, the traveling worshippers, devotees, the sincere, and the abstemious, and those who are Painstaking in seeking after the truth and Muhammad and his Ahl al-Bayt, distinguished with Your best blessings and Your greatest honour and convey to his soul and body my greetings and salutations and increase him in the nobility and honour till You grant him the highest rank among the high personages from among the prophets, messengers and the people of merits enjoying nearness to you. O’ Allah! And bless Your angels, prophets, messengers, and people obedient to You whom I have mentioned by names and those whom I have not mentioned by their names and convey blessings from me to them (their bodies) and to their souls and make them my brothers before You make them my helpers in invoking You.
O’ Allah! I seek intercession in Your name with You and in the name of Your generosity, for Your generosity and in the name of Your favors for Your favors and in the name of Your mercy for Your mercy, and to You in the name of the people obedient to You. And O’ Allah! I ask you in the name of that through which any one of them beseeched you for their noble requests having been never turned down, and through which they invoked you for a request which was granted without any disappointment.
O’ Allah! O’ the Beneficent! O’ the Merciful! O’ the Forbearing! O’ the Generous! O’ the Exalted! O’ the Glorious! O’ the Bestower! O’ the Elegant! O’ the Guardian! O’ the Trustee! O’ the Forgiving! O’ the Protector! O’ the All-Aware, O’ the Illuminator, O’ the Destroyer, O’ the Withholder! O’ who alters! O’ the Transferer! O’ the Great! O’ the Powerful! O’ the All-seeing! O’ the Appreciator! O’ the Clean, O’ the Holy! O’ the Pure, the Dominant! O’ the Manifest! O’ the Hidden! O’ the concealer (of the blemishes) O’ the Guardian! O’ the Powerful! O’ the Preserver! O’ the Grand! O’ the Near! O’ the Most loving! O the Praise-worthy! O’ the High! O’ the Originator! O’ the Witness! O’ the Benefactor! O’ the one who assembles! O’ the Bestower (of bounties)! O’ the Bountiful! O’ the Seizer! O’ the Magnanimous! O’ the Guide! O’ the Appointner of Messenger! O’ the Bestower! O’ the Unaccessible! O’ the Repealer’ O’ the Elevator! O’ the Everlasting! O’ the Protector! O’ the Creator! O’ the Bestower! O’ the Forgiving! O’ the Opener! O’ the Diffuser of the Wind! O’ the Peace! O’ in whose hand lie all the Keys! O’ the Beneficial! O’ Tender! O’ the Affectionate! O’ the Sufficient! O’ the Healer! O’ the Bestower of health! O’ the Requiter! O’ the Fulfiller! O’ the True Witness! O’ the Mighty! O’ the Dominant! O’ the Majestic! O’ Peace! (Spotless) O’ who saves from the darkness of ignorance! O’ The One! O’ the Independent! O’ the Illuminator! O’ the Administrator! O’ the Matchless! O’ the Solitary! O’ the Holiest! O’ the Succourer! O’ the Friendly! O’ the Reviver! O’ the Heir! O’ the All-Knowing! O’ the Best Judge, O’ the Beginning! O’ the High! O’ the Fashioner! O’ who accepts! O’ the Friend! O’ the Self-Subsisting! O’ the Eternal! O’ the All-Knowing! O’ the Wise! O’ the Generous! O’ the Creator! O’ the Best! O’ the Pleasing! O’ the Justice! O’ the Judge! O’ the Rewarder! O’ the Kind! O’ the Munificent! O’ the All-hearing! O’ the Innovator! O’ the Shelter! O’ the Succourer! O’ the Diffuser! O’ the Forgiving! O’ the Everlasting! O’ who makes things easy! O’ who removes obstacles! O’ Who causes death! O’ who instils life! O’ the Bestower of profits! O’ the Sustainer! O’ the Powerful! O’ the Means of Causes! O’ the Redresser! O’ who makes (people) wealthy! O’ the Guardian! O’ the Creator! O’ the Protector! O’ the Peerless! O’ the Omnipresent! O’ the All Prevalent! O’ the Preserver! O’ the Severe (in Wrath)! O’ the Redresser of grievances! O’ the visiting! O’ the Withdrawer! O’ the High who Ascended still higher and was in the farthest point O’ Who drew near and still nearer and then when farthest and became inaccessible and knows the secret and the hidden. O’ Who foretells! And accordingly fixes their measures. O’ for whom it is easy to solve the difficult problem. O’ Who is Powerful over what He wills. O’ Who makes the breezes blow! O’ the Cleaver of dawn! O’ the Reviver of the spirits! O’ the Lord of generosity and clemency! O’ the Restorer of the lost! O’ Who gives new life to the dead! O’ the Gatherer of the scattered! O’ Who grants plentiful of sustenance to whom He wishes! O’ Who does vI/hat He wishes and how He wishes! O’ Lord of Majesty and Grace! O’ the Ever-Living! O’ the Self-Subsisting! O’ the Living when there was no life. O’ the Ever-Living, O’ the Ouickener of the dead! O’ the Ever-Living There is no god but You, Originator of the heavens and of the earth.
O’ my God and my Master! Bestow your blessings on Muhammad and his progeny and bestow Your mercy on Muhammad and his Progeny and bless Muhammad and his Progeny with Your favors in the manner you did bestow your blessings on Ibrahim and his progeny and blessed them with your mercy and Your favour. Verily. You are praiseworthy and grand. And have mercy on my disgrace, indigence, poverty, loneliness, and seclusion, my humiliation before you, my confidence in you my entreaty to you. I invoke with an invocation of the humiliated, disgraced, depressed, frightened, helpless, lowly, unimportant, hungry, and poor seeking Your protection, helpless confessing his sin and hoping to be forgiven, whose confidence led his invocation to acceptance before his Lord while he was discarded by those who loved him and his agony was great. My invocation is with a burning heart, inflicted by miseries, struck with weakness, disgrace and helplessness; I am worthless before you seeking your protection. O’ Allah! I ask you for you are the sovereign and happen what you will and you are powerful over everything. And I beseech you in the name of this sacred month and in the name of the Sacred House (Ka’ba) and the Sacred Land (al-Haram al-Makki) and the Rukn and the Maqam and the grand Signs and for the sake of Your Prophet Muhammad (s)
O’ Who blessed Adam with Shayth (Sheth) and Ibrahim (Abraham) with Isma’il (Ishmael) and Ishaq (Isaac) and who restored Yusuf (Joseph) to Ya’qub (Jacob) and who removed the miseries of Ayyub (Job) after You did try him. O’ Who restored Musa (Moses) to his mother! O’ the bestower of increasing knowledge to Khidr, O’ Who blessed Dawud (David) with Sulayman (Solomon)! and Zakariyya (Zechariah) with Yahya (John) and Maryam (Mary) with ‘Isa (Jesus)! O’ who protected the daughter of Shuayb! O’ who looked after the son of the mother of Musa! I beseech You to bestow Your blessings, on Muhammad and his progeny and to forgive all my sins and protect me from Your chastisement and render Your pleasure implicit for me as also Your trust. Your benevolence, Your forgiveness and Your Paradise. And I beseech You to remove from me all such links that are between me and those who annoy me and request You to open for me every door and lighten every hardship and make every difficulty easy and save me against every evil tongue and hold back from me every rebellious person and turn upside down every enemy of mine and every jealous of me and withhold every oppressor from me and be You sufficient for me against every barrier that comes between me and my desires and tries to turn me away from obedience to You or diverts me from my devotion to You. O’ Who controlled the rebellious genies and punished the rebellious, humiliated the conceited and dispelled the devices of the powerful against the weak. I ask You in the name of Your power on whatever You will and the ease for whatever you will and howsoever You will, to fulfill my desires by Your will.
Then perform sajda and put the sides of your face on the earth after your forehead, and say:
O’ Allah! I prostrate myself before Thee in adoration and put faith in Thee, so take pity on my humiliation, helplessness, struggle against difficulties, near collapse, misery, and broken fortune, O my Lord!
Try your hardest to shed a tear, even a tiny drop, as it is the sign of acceptance of the supplication.

Ziyara / Supplication