Supplication for the Removal of Worries (54)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي اسْتِكْشَافِ الْهُمُومِ
His Supplication for the Removal of Worries
Translated by William Chittick

يَا فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ ،

O Reliever of worry!

وَ كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ ،

O Remover of grief!

يَا رَحْمَانَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ رَحِيمَهُمَا ،

O Merciful in this world and the next and Compassionate in both!

صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

Bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَ افْرُجْ هَمِّي ، وَ اكْشِفْ غَمِّي .

relieve my worry, and remove my grief!

يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ

O One, O Unique, O Eternal Refuge!

يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ

O He Who has not begotten, nor has been begotten,

وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ ،

and equal to Him is not any one!

اعْصِمْنِي وَ طَهِّرْنِي ،

Preserve me, purify me,

وَ اذْهَبْ بِبَلِيَّتِي .

and take away my affliction!

وَ اقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ، وَ قُلْ :

Here you should recite the throne verse (2:255), the two Suras of taking refuge (113-114), and unity (112). Then say:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ

O God, I ask Thee

سُؤَالَ مَنِ اشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتُهُ ،

with the asking of him whose neediness is intense,

وَ ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتُهُ ،

whose strength is frail,

وَ كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ ،

whose sins are many,

سُؤَالَ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ لِفَاقَتِهِ مُغِيثاً ،

the asking of one who finds no helper in his neediness,

وَ لَا لِضَعْفِهِ مُقَوِّياً ،

no strengthener in his frailty,

وَ لَا لِذَنْبِهِ غَافِراً غَيْرَكَ ،

no forgiver of his sin other than Thee,

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ

O Possessor of majesty and munificence!

أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَلًا تُحِبُّ بِهِ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ ،

I ask of Thee a work through which Thou wilt love him who works it

وَ يَقِيناً تَنْفَعُ بِهِ مَنِ اسْتَيْقَنَ بِهِ

and a certainty by which Thou wilt profit him who is certain

حَقَّ الْيَقِينَ فِي نَفَاذِ أَمْرِكَ .

with the truth of certainty concerning the execution of Thy command!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَ اقْبِضْ عَلَى الصِّدْقِ نَفْسِي ،

take my soul while it is firm in sincerity,

وَ اقْطَعْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حَاجَتِي ،

cut off my need for this world,

وَ اجْعَلْ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ رَغْبَتِي

make my desire for what is with Thee

شَوْقاً إِلَى لِقَائِكَ ،

become a yearning to meet Thee,

وَ هَبْ لِي صِدْقَ التَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ .

and give me true confidence in Thee!

أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ كِتَابٍ قَدْ خَلَا ،

I ask of Thee the good of the writ that has been made

وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كِتَابٍ قَدْ خَلَا ،

and I seek refuge with Thee from the evil of the writ that has been made.

أَسْأَلُكَ خَوْفَ الْعَابِدِينَ لَكَ ،

I ask of Thee the fear of The worshipers,

وَ عِبَادَةَ الْخَاشِعِينَ لَكَ ،

the worship of those humbly fearful of Thee,

وَ يَقِينَ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ عَلَيْكَ ،

the certainty of those who have confidence in Thee,

وَ تَوَكُّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْكَ .

and the confidence of those who have faith in Thee.

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ رَغْبَتِي فِي مَسْأَلَتِي

O God, make my desire in my asking

مِثْلَ رَغْبَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ فِي مَسَائِلِهِمْ ،

like the desire of Thy friends in their asking,

وَ رَهْبَتِي مِثْلَ رَهْبَةِ أَوْلِيَائِكَ ،

and my fear like the fear of Thy friends!

وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي فِي مَرْضَاتِكَ

Employ me in Thy good pleasure through works

عَمَلًا لَا أَتْرُكُ مَعَهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ دِينِكَ

in which I will not leave aside anything of Thy religion

مَخَافَةَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ .

fearing any of Thy creatures!

اللَّهُمَّ هَذِهِ حَاجَتِي فَأَعْظِمْ فِيهَا رَغْبَتِي ،

O God, this is my need, so make my desire for it great,

وَ أَظْهِرْ فِيهَا عُذْرِي ،

within it make manifest my excuse,

وَ لَقِّنِّي فِيهَا حُجَّتِي ،

through it instil me with my argument,

وَ عَافِ فِيهَا جَسَدِي .

and by means of it make well my body!

اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ لَهُ

O God, some rise in the morning

ثِقَةٌ أَوْ رَجَاءٌ غَيْرُكَ ،

having trust or hope in other than Thee.

فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُ

I rise in the morning,

وَ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَ رَجَائِي فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا ،

and Thou art my trust and my hope in all affairs,

فَاقْضِ لِي بِخَيْرِهَا عَاقِبَةً ،

so decree for me those which are best in outcome

وَ نَجِّنِي مِنْ مَضَلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ

and deliver me from misguiding trials,

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ .

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا

And God bless our chief,

مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ الْمُصْطَفَى

Muhammad the Messenger of God, the chosen,

وَ عَلَى آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ

and his Household, the pure!