The Supplication for Thursday

دعاء يوم الخميس
The Supplication for Thursday
Translated by William C. Chittick

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

     أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلَ مُظْلِمَاً بِقُدْرَتِهِ،

 Praise belongs to God, who has taken away the shadowy night by His power

    وَجآءَ بِالنَّهارِ مُبْصِراً بِرَحْمَتِهِ،

and brought the sight-giving day through His mercy.

    وَكَسانِي ضِيآءَهُ

He has clothed me in its brightness

    وَآتانِي نِعْمَتَهُ.

and given me its favour.

     أَللَّهُمَّ فَكَما أَبْقَيْتَنِي لَهُ

 O God, just as Thou hast spared me for this day,

    فَأَبْقِنِي لاِمْثالِهِ،

so also spare me for its likes,

    وَصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

bless the prophet Muhammad and his Household,

    وَلا تَفْجَعْنِي فِيهِ وَفِي غَيْرِهِ مِنَ اللَّيالِي وَالاَيَّامِ

torment me not in it and in other nights and days

    بِارْتِكابِ الْمَحارِمِ، وَاكْتِسابِ الْمَاثِمِ،

by allowing me to commit unlawful acts and to clothe myself in sins;

    وَارْزُقْنِي خَيْرَهُ، وَخَيْرَ ما فِيهِ، وَخَيْرَ ما بَعْدَهُ،

provide me with its good, the good of all within it, and the good of everything after it;

    وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ، وَشَرَّ ما فِيهِ، وَشَرَّ ما بَعْدَهُ.

and turn away from me its evil, the evil of all within it, and the evil of everything after it!

     أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي بِذِمَّةِ الاِسْلامِ

 O God, by the protective compact of Islam,

    أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ،

I seek mediation with Thee!

    وَبِحُرْمَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْكَ،

By the inviolability of the Qur'an, I rely upon Thee!

    وَبِمُحَمَّد الْمُصْطَفى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ

By Muhammad the chosen (God bless him and his Household) I seek intercession with Thee!

    أَسْتَشْفِعُ لَدَيْكَ،

So recognize my protective compact

    فَاعْرِفِ اللَّهُمَّ ذِمَّتِي

by which I hope my need will be granted,

    الَّتِي رَجَوْتُ بِها قَضآءَ حاجَتِي، يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

     أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الخَمِيسِ خَمْساً

 O God, decree for me on Thursday five things

    لا يَتَّسِعُ لَها إلاَّ كَرَمُكَ

which none embraces but Thy generosity

    وَلا يُطِيقُها إلاَّ نِعَمُكَ:

and none supports but Thy favours:

    سَلامَةً أَقْوى بِها عَلَى طاعَتِكَ

health through which I may have the strength to obey Thee,

    وَعِبادَةً أَسْتَحِقُّ بِها جَزِيلَ مَثُوبَتِكَ،

worship by which I may deserve Thy plentiful reward,

    وَسَعَةً فِي الْحالِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ الْحَلالِ،

plenty in my state through lawful provision,

    وَأَنْ تُؤْمِنَنِي فِي مَواقِفِ الْخَوْفِ بِأَمْنِكَ،

and that Thou makest me secure in the places of fear through Thy security,

    وَتَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ طَوارِقِ الْهُمُومِ وَالْغُمُومِ فِي حِصْنِكَ،

and placest me in Thy fortress against the striking of worries and sorrows!

    صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

Bless Muhammad and his Household,

    وَاجْعَل تَوَسُّلِي بِهِ شافِعَاً

and make my seeking his mediation as an intercessor

    يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ نافِعاً،

give profit on the Day of Resurrection!

    إنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful!