Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection (41)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي طَلَبِ السِّتْرِ وَ الْوِقَايَةِ
His Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection
Translated by William Chittick

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَ أَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَرَامَتِكَ ،

spread for me the bed of Thy honour,

وَ أَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِكَ ،

bring me to the wateringholes of Thy mercy,

وَ أَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ ،

set me down in the midst of Thy Garden,

وَ لَا تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ ،

stamp me not with rejection by Thee,

وَ لَا تَحْرِمْنِي بِالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْكَ .

deprive me not through disappointment by Thee,

وَ لَا تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَا اجْتَرَحْتُ

settle not accounts with me for what I have committed,

وَ لَا تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ ،

make no reckoning with me for what I have earned,

وَ لَا تُبْرِزْ مَكْتُومِي ،

display not what I have hidden,

وَ لَا تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي ،

expose not what I have covered over,

وَ لَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزَانِ الْإِنْصَافِ عَمَلِي ،

weigh not my works on the scales of fairness,

وَ لَا تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلَإِ خَبَرِي

and make not my tidings known to the eyes of the crowd!

أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَاراً ،

Conceal from them everything whose unfolding would shame me

وَ اطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِنْدَكَ شَنَاراً

and roll up before them all which would join me to disgrace with Thee!

شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ ،

Ennoble my degree through Thy good pleasure,

وَ أَكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ ،

perfect my honour through Thy forgiveness,

وَ انْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ ،

rank me among the companions of the right hand,

وَ وَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الْآمِنِينَ ،

direct me to the roads of the secure,

وَ اجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ ،

place me in the throng of the triumphant,

وَ اعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ ،

and through me let the sessions of the righteous thrive!1

آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

Amen, Lord of the worlds!