Munajat Shabaniyah
O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, You listen to my supplication whenever I pray to you, listen to my call whenever I call…
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0:00 / 0:00اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَٱسْمَعْ دُعَائِي إِذَا دَعَوْتُكَ وَٱسْمَعْ نِدَائِي إِذَا نَادَيْتُكَ وَأَقْبِلْ عَلَيَّ إِذَا نَاجَيْتُكَ فَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَوَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُسْتَكِيناً لَكَ مُتَضَرِّعاً إِلَيْكَ رَاجِياً لِمَا لَدَيْكَ ثَوَابِي وَتَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَتَخْبُرُ حَاجَتِي وَتَعْرِفُ ضَمِيرِي وَلاَ يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْكَ أَمْرُ مُنْقَلَبِي وَمَثْوَايَ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُبْدِئَ بِهِ مِنْ مَنْطِقِي وَأَتَفَوَّهَ بِهِ مِنْ طَلِبَتِي وَأَرْجُوهُ لِعَاقِبَتِي وَقَدْ جَرَتْ مَقَادِيرُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا سَيِّدِي فِيمَا يَكُونُ مِنِّي إِلَىٰ آخِرِ عُمْرِي مِنْ سَرِيرَتِي وَعَلانِيَتِي وَبِيَدِكَ لاَ بِيَدِ غَيْرِكَ زِيَادَتِي وَنَقْصِي وَنَفْعِي وَضَرِّي إِلٰهِي إِنْ حَرَمْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرْزُقُنِي وَإِنْ خَذَلْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَنْصُرُنِي إِلٰهِي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَحُلُولِ سَخَطِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتُ غَيْرَ مُسْتَأْهِلٍ لِرَحْمَتِكَ فَأَنْتَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَجُودَ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِ سَعَتِكَ إِلٰهِي كَأَنِّي بِنَفْسِي وَاقِفَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَظَلَّهَا حُسْنُ تَوَكُّلِي عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْتَ مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَتَغَمَّدْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَمَنْ أَوْلَىٰ مِنْكَ بِذٰلِكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَنَا أَجَلِي وَلَمْ يُدْنِنِي مِنْكَ عَمَلِي فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلإِقْرَارَ بِٱلذَّنْبِ إِلَيْكَ وَسِيلَتِي إِلٰهِي قَدْ جُرْتُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي فِي ٱلنَّظَرِ لَهَا فَلَهَا ٱلْوَيْلُ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَهَا إِلٰهِي لَمْ يَزَلْ بِرُّكَ عَلَيَّ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِي فَلاَ تَقْطَعْ بِرَّكَ عَنِّي فِي مَمَاتِي إِلٰهِي كَيفَ آيَسُ مِنْ حُسْنِ نَظَرِكَ لِي بَعْدَ مَمَاتِي وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تُوَلِّنِي إِلاَّ ٱلْجَمِيلَ فِي حَيَاتِي إِلٰهِي تَوَلَّ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلَىٰ مُذْنِبٍ قَدْ غَمَرَهُ جَهْلُهُ إِلٰهِي قَدْ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوباً فِي ٱلدُّنْيَا وَأَنَا أَحْوَجُ إِلَىٰ سَتْرِهَا عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ فِي ٱلأُخْرَىٰ إِلٰهِى قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَىَّ إِذْ لَمْ تُظْهِرْها لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ فَلاَ تَفْضَحْنِي يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ عَلَىٰ رُؤُوسِ ٱلْأَشْهَادِ إِلٰهِي جُودُكَ بَسَطَ أَمَلِي وَعَفْوُكَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِي إِلٰهِي فَسُرَّنِي بِلِقَائِكَ يَوْمَ تَقْضِي فِيهِ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ إِلٰهِي ٱعْتِذَارِي إِلَيْكَ ٱعْتِذَارُ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ قَبُولِ عُذْرِهِ فَٱقْبَلْ عُذْرِي يَا أَكْرَمَ مَنِ ٱعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمُسِيئُونَ إِلٰهِي لاَ تَرُدَّ حَاجَتِي وَلاَ تُخَيِّبْ طَمَعِي وَلاَ تَقْطَعْ مِنْكَ رَجَائِي وَأَمَلِي إِلٰهِي لَوْ أَرَدْتَ هَوَانِي لَمْ تَهْدِنِي وَلَوْ أَرَدْتَ فَضِيحَتِي لَمْ تُعَافِنِي إِلٰهِي مَا أَظُنُّكَ تَرُدُّنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ قَدْ أَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِي فِي طَلَبِهَا مِنْكَ إِلٰهِي فَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ أَبَداً أَبَداً دَائِماً سَرْمَداً يَزِيدُ وَلاَ يَبِيدُ كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضَىٰ إِلٰهِي إِنْ أَخَذْتَنِي بِجُرْمِي أَخَذْتُكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَإِنْ أَخَذْتَنِي بِذُنُوبِي أَخَذْتُكَ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَإِنْ أَدْخَلْتَنِي ٱلنَّارَ أَعْلَمْتُ أَهْلَهَا أَنِّي أُحِبُّكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كَانَ صَغُرَ فِي جَنْبِ طَاعَتِكَ عَمَلِي فَقَدْ كَبُرَ فِي جَنْبِ رَجَائِكَ أَمَلِي إِلٰهِي كَيْفَ أَنْقَلِبُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بِٱلْخَيْبَةِ مَحْرُوماً وَقَدْ كَانَ حُسْنُ ظَنِّي بِجُودِكَ أَنْ تَقْلِبَنِي بِٱلنَّجَاةِ مَرْحُوماً إِلٰهِي وَقَدْ أَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِي فِي شِرَّةِ ٱلسَّهْوِ عَنْكَ وَأَبْلَيْتُ شَبَابِي فِي سَكْرَةِ ٱلتَّبَاعُدِ مِنْكَ إِلٰهِي فَلَمْ أَسْتَيْقِظْ أَيَّامَ ٱغْتِرَارِي بِكَ وَرُكُونِي إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ سَخَطِكَ إِلٰهِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَٱبْنُ عَبْدِكَ قَائِمٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُتَوَسِّلٌ بِكَرَمِكَ إِلَيْكَ إِلٰهِي أَنَا عَبْدٌ أَتَنَصَّلُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا كُنْتُ أُوَاجِهُكَ بِهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ ٱسْتِحْيَائِي مِنْ نَظَرِكَ وَأَطْلُبُ ٱلْعَفْوَ مِنْكَ إِذ ِٱلْعَفْوُ نَعْتٌ لِكَرَمِكَ إِلٰهِي لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي حَوْلٌ فَأَنْتَقِلَ بِهِ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ إِلاَّ فِي وَقْتٍ أَيْقَظْتَنِي لِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَكَمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ أَكُونَ كُنْتُ فَشَكَرْتُكَ بِإِدْخَالِي فِي كَرَمِكَ وَلِتَطْهِيرِ قَلْبِي مِنْ أَوْسَاخِ ٱلْغَفْلَةِ عَنْكَ إِلٰهِي ٱنْظُرْ إِلَيَّ نَظَرَ مَنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَأَجَابَكَ وَٱسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ بِمَعُونَتِكَ فَأَطَاعَكَ يَا قَرِيباً لاَ يَبْعُدُ عَنِ ٱلْمُغْتَرِّ بِهِ وَيَا جَوَاداً لاَ يَبْخَلُ عَمَّنْ رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ إِلٰهِي هَبْ لِي قَلْباً يُدْنِيهِ مِنْكَ شَوْقُهُ وَلِسَاناً يُرْفَعُ إِلَيْكَ صِدْقُهُ وَنَظَراً يُقَرِّبُهُ مِنْكَ حَقُّهُ إِلٰهِي إِنَّ مَنْ تَعَرَّفَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَجْهُولٍ وَمَنْ لاَذَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَخْذُولٍ وَمَنْ أَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مَمْلُولٍ إِلٰهِي إِنَّ مَنِ ٱنْتَهَجَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَنِيرٌ وَإِنَّ مَنِ ٱعْتَصَمَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَجِيرٌ وَقَدْ لُذْتُ بِكَ يَا إِلٰهِي فَلاَ تُخَيِّبْ ظَنِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلاَ تَحْجُبْنِي عَنْ رَأْفَتِكَ إِلٰهِي أَقِمْنِي فِي أَهْلِ وِلايَتِكَ مُقَامَ مَنْ رَجَا ٱلزِّيَادَةَ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكَ إِلٰهِي وَأَلْهِمْنِي وَلَهاً بِذِكْرِكَ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِكَ وَهِمَّتِي فِي رَوْحِ نَجَاحِ أَسْمَائِكَ وَمَحَلِّ قُدْسِكَ إِلٰهِي بِكَ عَلَيْكَ إِلاَّ أَلْحَقْتَنِي بِمَحَلِّ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ وَٱلْمَثْوَىٰ ٱلصَّالِحِ مِنْ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَإِنِّي لاَ أَقْدِرُ لِنَفْسِي دَفْعاً وَلاَ أَمْلِكُ لَهَا نَفْعاً إِلٰهِي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ ٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلْمُذْنِبُ وَمَمْلُوكُكَ ٱلْمُنِيبُ فَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ صَرَفْتَ عَنْهُ وَجْهَكَ وَحَجَبَهُ سَهْوُهُ عَنْ عَفْوِكَ إِلٰهِي هَبْ لي كَمَالَ ٱلاِنْقِطَاعِ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنِرْ أَبْصَارَ قُلُوبِنَا بِضِيَاءِ نَظَرِهَا إِلَيْكَ حَتَّىٰ تَخْرِقَ أَبْصَارُ ٱلْقُلُوبِ حُجُبَ ٱلنُّورِ فَتَصِلَ إِلَىٰ مَعْدِنِ ٱلْعَظَمَةِ وَتَصِيرَ أَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِكَ إِلٰهِي وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَأَجَابَكَ وَلاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلالِكَ فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرّاً وَعَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْراً إِلٰهِي لَمْ أُسَلِّطْ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ ظَنِّي قُنُوطَ ٱلأَيَاسِ وَلاَ ٱنْقَطَعَ رَجَائِي مِنْ جَمِيلِ كَرَمِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كَانَتِ ٱلْخَطَايَا قَدْ أَسْقَطَتْنِي لَدَيْكَ فَٱصْفَحْ عَنِّي بِحُسْنِ تَوَكُّلِي عَلَيْكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ حَطَّتْنِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبُ مِنْ مَكَارِمِ لُطْفِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَنِي ٱلْيَقِينُ إِلَىٰ كَرَمِ عَطْفِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ أَنَامَتْنِيَ ٱلْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ ٱلإِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَائِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي ٱلْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِ آلاَئِكَ إِلٰهِي إِنْ دَعَانِي إِلَىٰ ٱلنَّارِ عَظِيمُ عِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ دَعَانِي إِلَىٰ ٱلْجَنَّةِ جَزِيلُ ثَوَابِكَ إِلٰهِي فَلَكَ أَسْأَلُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَبْتَهِلُ وَأَرْغَبُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِمَّنْ يُدِيمُ ذِكْرَكَ وَلاَ يَنْقُضُ عَهْدَكَ وَلاَ يَغْفُلُ عَنْ شُكْرِكَ وَلاَ يَسْتَخِفُّ بِأَمْرِكَ إِلٰهِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِنُورِ عِزِّكَ ٱلأَبْهَجِ فَأَكُونَ لَكَ عَارِفاً وَعَنْ سِوَاكَ مُنْحَرِفاً وَمِنْكَ خَائِفاً مُرَاقِباً يَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلإِكْرَامِ وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِهِ وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً
Phonetic transliteration
allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wasma` du`a'i idha da`awtuka wasma` nida'i idha nadaytuka wa aqbil `alayya idha najaytuka faqad harabtu ilayka wa waqaftu bayna yadayka mustakinan laka mutadarri`an ilayka rajiyan lima ladayka thawabi wa ta`lamu ma fi nafsi wa takhburu hajati wa ta`rifu damiri wa la yakhfa `alayka amru munqalabi wa mathwaya wa ma uridu an ubdi'a bihi min mantiqi wa atafawwaha bihi min talibati wa arjuhu li`aqibati wa qad jarat maqadiruka `alayya ya sayyidi fima yakunu minni ila akhiri `umri min sarirati wa `alaniyati wa biyadika la biyadi ghayrika ziyadati wa naqsi wa naf`i wa darri ilahi in haramtani faman dha alladhi yarzuquni wa in khadhaltani faman dha alladhi yansuruni ilahi a`udhu bika min ghadabika wa hululi sakhatika ilahi in kuntu ghayra musta'hilin lirahmatika fa-anta ahlun an tajuda `alayya bifadli sa`atika ilahi ka-anni binafsi waqifatun bayna yadayka wa qad azallaha husnu tawakkuli `alayka faqulta ma anta ahluhu wa taghammadtani bi`afwika ilahi in `afawta faman awla minka bidhalika wa in kana qad dana ajali wa lam yudnini minka `amali faqad ja`altu al-iqrara bildhdhanbi ilayka wasilati ilahi qad jurtu `ala nafsi fi alnnazari laha falaha alwaylu in lam taghfir laha ilahi lam yazal birruka `alayya ayyama hayati fala taqta` birraka `anni fi mamati ilahi kayfa ayasu min husni nazarika li ba`da mamati wa anta lam tuwallini illa aljamila fi hayati ilahi tawalla min amri ma anta ahluhu wa `ud `alayya bifadlika `ala mudhnibin qad ghamarahu jahluhu ilahi qad satarta `alayya dhunuban fi alddunya wa ana ahwaju ila satriha `alayya minka fi al-ukhra Ilahee qad ahsanta ilayya idh lam tudhhirha li-ahadin min `ibadika alssalihina fala tafdahni yawma alqiyamati `ala ru'usi al-ashhadi ilahi juduka basata amali wa `afwuka afdalu min `amali ilahi fasurrani biliqa'ika yawma taqdi fihi bayna `ibadika ilahi i`tidhari ilayka i`tidharu man lam yastaghni `an qabuli `udhrihi faqbal `udhri ya akrama man i`tadhara ilayhi almusi'una ilahi la tarudda hajati wa la tukhayyib tama`i wa la taqta` minka raja'i wa amali ilahi law aradta hawani lam tahdini wa law aradta fadihati lam tu`afini ilahi ma azunnuka tarudduni fi hajatin qad afnaytu `umri fi talabiha minka ilahi falaka alhamdu abadan abadan da'iman sarmadan yazidu wa la yabidu kama tuhibbu wa tarda ilahi in akhadhtani bijurmi akhadhtuka bi`afwika wa in akhadhtani bidhunubi akhadhtuka bimaghfiratika wa in adkhaltani alnnara a`lamtu ahlaha anni uhibbuka ilahi in kana saghura fi janbi ta`atika `amali faqad kabura fi janbi raja'ika amali ilahi kayfa anqalibu min `indika bilkhaybati mahruman wa qad kana husnu zanni bijudika an taqlibani bilnnajati marhuman ilahi wa qad afnaytu `umri fi shirrati alssahwi `anka wa ablaytu shababi fi sakrati alttaba`udi minka ilahi falam astayqiz ayyama ightirari bika wa rukuni ila sabili sakhatika ilahi wa ana `abduka wabnu `abdika qa'imun bayna yadayka mutawassilun bikaramika ilayka ilahi ana `abdun atanassalu ilayka mimma kuntu uwajihuka bihi min qillati istihya'i min nazarika wa atlubu al`afwa minka idh al`afwu na`tun likaramika ilahi lam yakun li hawlun fa-antaqila bihi `an ma`siyatika illa fi waqtin ayqaztani limahabbatika wa kama aradta an akuna kuntu fashakartuka bi-idkhali fi karamika wa litathiri qalbi min awsakhi alghaflati `anka ilahi unzur ilayya nazara man nadaytahu fa-ajabaka wasta`maltahu bima`unatika fa-ata`aka ya qariban la yab`udu `an almughtarri bihi wa ya jawadan la yabkhalu `amman raja thawabahu ilahi hab li qalban yudnihi minka shawquhu wa lisanan yurfa`u ilayka sidquhu wa nazaran yuqarribuhu minka haqquhu ilahi inna man ta`arrafa bika ghayru majhulin wa man ladha bika ghayru makhdhulin wa man aqbalta `alayhi ghayru mamlulin ilahi inna man intahaja bika lamustanirun wa inna man i`tasama bika lamustajirun wa qad ludhtu bika ya ilahi fala tukhayyib zanni min rahmatika wa la tahjubni `an ra'fatika ilahi aqimni fi ahli wilayatika muqama man raja alzziyadata min mahabbatika ilahi wa alhimni walahan bidhikrika ila dhikrika wa himmati fi rawhi najahi asma'ika wa mahalli qudsika ilahi bika `alayka illa alhaqtani bimahalli ahli ta`atika walmathwa alssalihi min mardatika fa'inni la aqdiru linafsi daf`an wa la amliku laha naf`an ilahi ana `abduka aldda`ifu almudhnibu wa mamlukuka almunibu fala taj`alni mimman sarafta `anhu wajhaka wa hajabahu sahwuhu `an `afwika ilahi hab li kamala alinqita`i ilayka wa anir absara qulubina bidiya'i nazariha ilayka hatta takhriqa absaru alqulubi hujuba alnnuri fatasila ila ma`dini al`azamati wa tasira arwahuna mu`allaqatan bi`izzi qudsika ilahi waj`alni mimman nadaytahu fa-ajabaka wa lahaztahu fasa`iqa lijalalika fanajaytahu sirran wa `amila laka jahran ilahi lam usallit `ala husni zanni qunuta al-ayasi wa la inqata`a raja'i min jamili karamika ilahi in kanat alkhataya qad asqatatni ladayka fasfah `anni bihusni tawakkuli `alayka ilahi in hattatni aldhdhunubu min makarimi lutfika faqad nabbahani alyaqinu ila karami `atfika ilahi in anamatni alghaflatu `an alisti`dadi liliqa'ika faqad nabbahatni alma`rifatu bikarami ala'ika ilahi in da`ani ila alnnari `azimu `iqabika faqad da`ani ila aljannati jazilu thawabika ilahi falaka as'alu wa ilayka abtahilu wa arghabu wa as'aluka an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa an taj`alani mimman yudimu dhikraka wa la yanqudu `ahdaka wa la yaghfulu `an shukrika wa la yastakhiffu bi-amrika ilahi wa alhiqni binuri `izzika al-abhaji fa-akuna laka `arifan wa `an siwaka munharifan wa minka kha'ifan muraqiban ya dha aljalali wal-ikrami wa salla allahu `ala muhammadin rasulihi wa alihi alttahirina wa sallama tasliman kathiran
English translation
O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, You listen to my supplication whenever I pray to you, listen to my call whenever I call upon you, and accept from me whenever I make my submission to you in confidence, I have escaped towards you and stood before you, standing before You, showing submission to You, imploring You, and hoping for the reward that You have for me. You know what is in my inner self, and you are aware of my needs, and You know what is in my conscience, and all my moves and stillness are known by You. So are all the utterances which I want to begin with, all the requests that I want to express, and all the expectation that I hope for my future. O my Master, all Your decsions in relation to me have come to pass in all that happens to me up to the end of my life, including my secret and open matters, shall be experienced by me. And it is in Your hands, not anybody else’s, that are all my gains and losses and all the benefits and harms that come upon me. My Lord, if You deprive me (of Your sustenance), then who else can ever provide me with sustenance? If You forsake me, then who else will help me? My Lord, I do seek Your protection against Your wrath and earning your displeasure. O my Lord, if I am not deserving of Your mercy, You are certainly fit to be generous to me by virtue of your magnanimity. My Lord, its like I see myself standing before You It has been shaded by the goodness of my trust in you, You said what befitted You and sheltered me with your forgiveness. My Lord, if you pardon me, then who else is worthier than You are in pardoning. If my time of death is near and my deeds have not brought me close to You I make this confession of my sins to be a means of approaching You. My Lord, I have been unjust to my soul for I have not looked after it; It will be doomed if You do not forgive me. My Lord, You have never ceased Your favors from me all my lifetime; So do not cease Your goodness towards me at the time of my death. My Lord, how can I despair of Your benevolent attention towards me after my death while You have always been good to me throughout my lifetime? My Lord, (please) manage my affairs in the very way that befits You, and confer upon me—a sinful person who is covered by his ignorance—with Your favors. My Lord, You have concealed my sins in this world, but I am in greater need of their being concealed in the Next Life. My Allah, You have been gracious to me by not revealing it to any of Your righteous servants, so do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection before the witnesses. My Lord, it is Your magnanimity that expanded my hope, and surely Your pardon is superior to my deeds. My Lord, therefore gladden my heart when I meet You on the day when You shall judge between Your servants. My Lord, I submit to You the apology of one who cannot dispense with the acceptance of his excuse; so, (please) accept my excuse, O most Magnanimous of all those before whom the guilty make an apology. My Lord, (please) do not reject my request, do not dissapoint my hope for You, and do not cut off from You my hope and expectations from You. My Lord, had You wanted to humiliate me, You would not have guided me (to You). Had You decided to humiliate me,You would not have excused me. My Lord, I do not expect You to reject my request that I spent my whole lifetime asking for it from You. My Lord, all praise be to You, forever, forever, perpetually, everlastingly, increasingly, and imperishably, as exactly as You like and please. My Lord, if You punish me for my offense, I shall cling to Your pardon, if You cease me for my sins, I shall take hold of Your forgiveness, and if You put me to the fire, I shall declare to its inmates that I love You. My Lord, should my deeds be insignificant with respect to obedience to You, Great indeed is my hope with respect to my expectations from You. My Lord, how can it be that I return from You with disappointment and deprivation for indeed my beautiful opinion about Your generosity was that You shall reverse my fate by savng me mercifully. My Lord, I have spent my entire lifetime in being negligent to You and I have spent my whole youth with the stupor of being distant from You. My Lord, I did not wake up from my delusions and did not desist from pursuing the path of Your displeasure. My Lord, nevertheless, I am—Your servant and the son of Your servant,now standing before You and begging You in the name of Your generosity. My Lord, I am a servant, disavowing before You of my past attitude of lack of shame in Your sight seek Your pardon as it is the attribute of Your magnanimty to pardon; My Lord, I had no strength to desist from Your disobedience except when You awakened me for Your love Hence, I desired, that I become exactly as You want me to be. I have thus thanked You, for You admitting me into Your generosity and You have purified my heart from the filth of being inattentive to You. My Lord, (please) look upon me in the same way as You have looked at one whom You called and he has responded to You and whom You used him in Your service with Your aid and so he obeys You. O the Near one who is not far away from those who love Him ardently O He Who is too magnanimous to deprive one who hopes for His reward! My Lord, (please) grant me a heart whose longing for You will draw one close to You, a tongue whose truthfulness ascends towards You, and a sight whose trueness brings it close to You. My Lord, certainly he who recognizes You shall never be anonymous, he who seeks Your shelter shall never be disappointed, and he to whom You turn to does not fall victim to servility(dejection). My Lord, certainly he who abides by Your Path shall be enlightened, and he who resorts in You finds refuge. Indeed certainly I have taken shelter in You, My Lord! So, (please) do not let down my opinion in Your mercy and do not exclude me from Your compassion. My Lord, place me, among those who show servitude to You, the position of those who (incessantly) hope to increase Your love. My Lord, (please) inspire me with a mounting passion for Your rememberance, and (please) with an ardour for the refreshing resort to Your names and the station of Your Holiness. My Lord, I beseech You in Your name to put me in the abode of those who are obedient to You and to the righteous sanctuary of Your good pleasure, for I,certainly I have no power to repel any harm nor to obtain any benefit for it. My Lord, I am Your weak and sinful servant— and Your repenting slave. So, (please) do not include me amongst those from whom You have turned away Your face and those who are excluded from Your pardon because of their lapses. My Lord, (please) grant me absolute devotion to You and illumine the vision of our hearts by the light of their gaze looking towards You until the vision of our hearts pierces the curtains of light to reach the core of supremacy, and that our souls become suspended by the majesty of Your Holiness. My Lord, (please) appoint me of those who responded to You when You called them, and at whom You glanced so he swoons before Your Majesty So You speak to him secretly and he works for You openly. My Lord, do not let the dejection of despair overshadow my beautiful opinion and do not cut my hope from Your generosity My Lord, if my lapses have made me to fall from Your grace, So please pardon me for the beauty of my reliance upon You. My Lord, if my wrongdoings have excluded me from the generosity of Your grace, So certainly my conviction reassures me of Your generosity and gentleness. My Lord, if my neglect has lulled me into slumber preventing me from preparing myself for my meeting with You, So certainly my recognition apprises me of your generous bounties has awakened me. My Lord, if Your grave chastisement calls me to the Hellfire, So Your plentious reward has called me to Paradise. My Lord, so to You I beg and I implore and I request. I beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and to include me with those who always remember You, and those who never break their promise to You, and who do not neglect to thank You, and who never belittle Your commands. My Lord, (please do) submerge me in the most blissful lights of Your majesty, so that I will recognize You and renounce all else except You, and that I will be fearful of and careful with You. O Lord of Majesty and Honor! May Allah send blessings to Muhammad, His Messenger, and upon his Household the Infallible, and may countless greetings be to them.
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Citation:Iqbal al-A’mal (by Sayyid Ibn Tawus)
Source:Duas.orgIn the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful Oh Allah! Send your choicest mercy upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad S. Hear my prayer when I supplicate to you, and Hear my cry when I call out to you And turn towards me when I whisper to you! (as) surely I have come fleeing to you and (now) stand before you (in a state that I am) desperately pleading towards You, beseeching You, (being) hopeful towards what you have rewarding for me, (while) You know what is in my soul and You have news of my need and You are aware of my hidden reality. And the affairs of my turns and stations are not hidden from You (and likewise) what I want to begin expressing, and bring to utterance in asking, and the hopes for my ultimate culmination (are not hidden from You) And Your Preordained measured capacities for me will transpire, Oh My Master, in what is going to ensue from me till the end of my life, in account of my affairs (both) hidden and apparent, And in Your Hand and not in the hand of other than You, lies the increase, decrease, benefit and harm (in the affairs of my life – hidden and apparent) My God! If you hold back from me, then who will provide me with sustenance? And if you forsake me, then who will come to my assistance? My God! I seek Your Protection from Your Wrath, and from becoming eligible for Your Displeasure My God! If I am not worthy of Your Mercy, You are (indeed) worthy of generosity towards me by the expansiveness of Your Grace. My God! As if I myself stand in your Presence while my high degree of trust and reliance upon You has shaded me; so You said [did] what You are worthy of, and (thereby) wrapped me in Your Pardon. My God! If You pardon, then who is more suited than You to do so? And if my death has come near, and my deeds did not yet bring me close to You, then I make this confession of my sins to You a means of approaching You. My God! I have been unjust upon my soul due to fixation (on base needs) for its sake, and it will certainly be doomed if You do not forgive it. My God! You have continually been kind to me in my lifetime, so do not cut off Your favour from me at the time of my death. My God! How can I despair from your good attention towards me after my death, while you have not left me (with anything) but beauty in my lifetime. My God! Undertake guardianship of my affairs in a way that befits You and return favourably with your Grace towards a sinner whose ignorance has become immersive. My God! You surely covered my sins in the temporal life, while I am in greater need of Your covering them for me in the Next. ( My God! You acted benevolently towards me) when you did not make them apparent to anyone from Your Virtuous Servants, so do not expose me on the day of Rising, before the faces of onlookers. My God! Your Generosity has increased my aspiration, and Your Pardon is worthier than my action. My God! So make me exhilarated by Your Meeting on the day wherein You will judge between Your Servants. My God! My apology to You is the seeking excuse of someone who cannot afford the non-acceptance of his apology, thus accept my excuse, O the Most Honouring One that the sinners seek excuse from. My God! Don’t turn my request down, and don’t undermine my yearning, and don’t cut off my hope and aspirations from You. My God! If You had wanted my disgrace, You would not have guided me, and if You had wanted to expose me, You would not have kept me well. My God! I don’t reckon You will turn down a request I have expended my whole life in seeking it from You. My God! To You belongs All Praise, everlastingly, eternally, forever, perpetually, increasing and not diminishing, the way You Love and Please. My God! If You take me to task for my crimes, I will cling to You by Your Pardon, and if You hold me responsible for my sins, I will cling to You by Your Forgiveness, And if You make me enter Hell, I will announce to its inmates that I surely love You! My God! If my deeds fall short before (the suitability of) Your Obedience, my aspirations are uplifted due to (the degree of) Hope I hold in You. My God! How can I turn away from You, failed and denied, while my Good opinion of Your Generosity made me sure of becoming successful and blessed. My God! I have perished my life in the greed of oblivion (away) from You, and I have decayed my youth in the intoxication of becoming distant from You. My God! I did not wake up while arrogant towards You and while seeking the path of Your displeasure. My God! I am your servant, the son of Your servant, standing before You, interceding by means of Your Magnanimity towards You. My God! I am a servant seeking elimination from You of all what was committed by me in Your Presence unashamedly, with low regard for Your Watch, And I seek Pardon from You, as Pardon is a characteristic of Your Magnanimity. My God! I did not have the ability (by which) I could move away from Your disobedience, except in moments that You woke me up to Your Love. And the way you Willed that I be, I was, thus I thanked You for including me in Your Magnanimity, and for purifying my heart from the filth of negligence towards You. My God! Look at me the look of a person who You have called out to, and he answered you, and who You empowered to serve You and he obeyed You. O the Near who is not away from the one infatuated with Him! O the Generous who does not withhold from the one who hopes for His reward. My God! Grant me a heart that is drawn near to You by its passion, and a tongue whose truthfulness raises it towards You, and a sight whose authenticity brings it close to You. My God! Indeed the one who recognizes through You is not unknown, the one who takes shelter in You is not forsaken, and the one who You turn towards is not owned by another (or, is not fatigued). My God! Indeed the one who treads the path through You is surely enlightened, the one who holds onto You has surely sought refuge, and certainly I have sought refuge with You my God! So do not disappoint my notions from Your Mercy, and do not veil me from Your Kindness.
Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu'minin and the Holy Imams (peace be upon them) who used to recite it in the month of Shaban.” It is advisable to recite it with presence of heart all the time. It is recommended to say the following whispered prayer (munajat) that has been narrated by Ibn Khalawayh who commented on it, saying, “This is the confidential prayer of Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu'minin and the Holy Imams (peace be upon them) who used to recite it in the month of Shaban.” It is advisable to recite it with presence of heart all the time. The late Mirza Agha Maliki Tabrizi, one of the teachers of Imam Khomeini, especially in the fields of ethics and spirituality, says that Munajat Sha‘baniyyah contains a wealth of knowledge and the etiquettes and manners of beseeching Allah, and how one can pray and ask for forgiveness from Him.
Recited on
Shaban; Night-Eve