فَلا اِلهَ غَيْرُهُ، وَلا شَىءَ يَعْدِلُهُ، وَلَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَىءٌ، وَهُوَ السَّميعُ الْبَصيرُ، اللَّطيفُ الْخَبيرُ، وَهُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَىء قَديرٌ،

	All Praise is to God: Whose decree none can avert, and Whose gift none can prevent. None can fashion the way He fashions, and He is the All-Generous, All-Embracing.
	Allah brought forth creatures unprecedented, and (through His wisdom) He perfected and fashioned. Harbingers hide not from Him, nor their deposits are lost with Him.
	Allah repays those who produce, comforts the men content, and is graceful to the men of humility. He sends recompense and the all-encompassing Book by the radiant light.
	Allah hears the supplications, averts the afflictions, raises men in degrees, and knocks down the tyrants. For there is no god other than He, nothing is equal to Him, "Like Him there is naught, and He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing". He is the Subtle, the Aware, and "He is powerful over all things".

2. Al-Husain in gratitude of being created

اَللّهُمَّ اِنّى اَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ، وَاَشْهَدُ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ لَكَ، مُقِرّاً بِاَنَّكَ رَبّى، اِلَيْكَ مَرَدّى،

اِبْتَدَأتَنى بِنِعْمَتِكَ قَبْلَ اَنْ اَكُونَ شَيْئاًمَذكوراً، وَخَلَقْتَنى مِنَ التُّرابِ،

ثُمَّ اَسْكَنْتَنِى الاَْصْلابَ، آمِناً لِرَيْبِ الْمَنُونِ، وَاخْتِلافِ الدُّهُورِ والسِّنينَ،

فَلَمْ اَزَلْ ظاعِناً مِنْ صُلْب اِلى رَحِم، فى تَقادُم مِنَ الاَْيّامِ الْماضِيَةِ، وَالْقُرُونِ الْخالِيَةِ،

لَمْ تُخْرِجْنى لِرَأفَتِكَ بى، وَلُطْفِكَ لى، وَاِحْسانِكَ اِلَىَّ،

فى دَوْلَةِ اَئِمَّةِ الْكُفْرِ الَّذينَ نَقَضُوا عَهْدَكَ، وَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلَكَ،

لكِنَّكَ اَخْرَجْتَنى للَّذى سَبَقَ لى مِنَ الْهُدى، الَّذى لَهُ يَسَّرْتَنى، وَفيهِ اَنْشَأْتَنى،

وَمِنْ قَبْلِ رَؤُفْتَ بى بِجَميلِ صُنْعِكَ، وَسَوابِغِ نِعَمِكَ،

	O God, I beseech Thee and bear witness to Your Lordship, acknowledging that You are my Lord and to Thee is my return.
	You originated me by Your blessing before I was a thing remembered. You created me from dust, placed me in the loins of my forefathers: As such, secure from the uncertainty of Fate, the insecurity of the ages and passing years. So I remained a traveler from loin to womb in a time immemorial of past days and times bygone.
	By Your tenderness, bounty, and goodness You did not deliver me into the empire of disbelief, ─of those who broke Your covenant and cried lies to Your Messengers─. Rather, You sent me out to the guidance you had foreordained for me, by which You eased things for me and in which You nurtured me. And before that You were kind to me through Your grace in good works and abundant blessings for me.

3. Al-Husain about being created

فابْتَدَعْتَ خَلْقى مِنْ مَنِىّ يُمْنى،

وَاَسْكَنْتَنى فى ظُلُمات ثَلاث، بَيْنَ لَحْم وَدَم وَجِلْد،

لَمْ تُشْهِدْنى خَلْقى، وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ اِلَىَّ شَيْئاً مِنْ اَمْرى،

ثُمَّ اَخْرَجْتَنى لِلَّذى سَبَقَ لى مِنَ الْهُدى اِلَى الدُّنْيا تآمّاً سَوِيّاً،

وَحَفِظْتَنى فِى الْمَهْدِ طِفْلاً صَبِيّاً، وَرَزَقْتَنى مِنَ الْغِذآءِ لَبَناً مَرِيّاً،

وَعَطَفْتَ عَلَىَّ قُلُوبَ الْحَواضِنِ، وَكَفَّلْتَنِى الاُْمَّهاتِ الرَّواحِمَ،

وَكَلاْتَنى مِنْ طَوارِقِ الْجآنِّ، وَسَلَّمْتَنى مِنَ الزِّيادَةِ وَالنُّقْصانِ،

فَتَعالَيْتَ يا رَحيمُ يا رَحْمنُ،

حتّى اِذَا اسْتَهْلَلْتُ ناطِقاً بِالْكَلامِ،

اَتْمَمْتَ عَلَىَّ سَوابِغَ الانْعامِ، وَرَبَّيْتَنى آيِداً فى كُلِّ عام،

	O Lord! You began my creation from a spilled sperm-drop and made me to dwell inside a dark womb of 3 layers, among flesh, blood, and skin. You allowed me not to witness my creation, nor did You entrust me with any of my own affairs.
	Then You sent me into the world for a guidance that You had already ordained for me, complete and unimpaired. You watched over me in the cradle as an infant, provided me with food, wholesome milk, and turned the hearts of the nurse-maids toward me.
	O God! You entrusted my upbringing to compassionate mothers, guarded me from the mishaps by the jinn and kept me secure from excess and lack. Glory be to You, O Merciful! O Compassionate! Then as I learned to talk You completed for me Your abundant blessings.

4. Al-Husain about Allah's bounty during his growth

حَتّى إذَا اكْتَمَلَتْ فِطْرَتى، وَاعْتَدَلَتْ مِرَّتى،

اَوْجَبْتَ عَلَىَّ حُجَتَّكَ، بِاَنْ اَلْهَمْتَنى مَعْرِفَتَكَ، وَرَوَّعْتَنى بِعَجايِبِ حِكْمَتِكَ،

وَاَيْقَظْتَنى لِما ذَرَأتَ فى سَمآئِكَ وَاَرْضِكَ مِنْ بَدائِعِ خَلْقِكَ،

وَنَبَّهْتَنى لِشُكْرِكَ، وَذِكْرِكَ، وَاَوجَبْتَ عَلَىَّ طاعَتَكَ وَعِبادَتَكَ،

وَفَهَّمْتَنى ما جاءَتْ بِهِ رُسُلُكَ، وَيَسَّرْتَ لى تَقَبُّلَ مَرْضاتِكَ،

وَمَنَنْتَ عَلَىَّ فى جَميعِ ذلِكَ بِعَونِكَ وَلُطْفِكَ،

ثُمَّ اِذْ خَلَقْتَنى مِنْ خَيْرِ الثَّرى، لَمْ تَرْضَ لى يا اِلهى نِعْمَةً دُونَ اُخرى،

وَرَزَقْتَنى مِنْ اَنواعِ الْمَعاشِ، وَصُنُوفِ الرِّياشِ

بِمَنِّكَ الْعَظيمِ الاَْعْظَمِ عَلَىَّ، وَاِحْسانِكَ الْقَديمِ اِلَىَّ،

	O' Allah! You nurtured me ever more each year until, when my growth was completed and my strength balanced, You made Your argument incumbent upon me by inspiring me with knowledge of Thee.
	In awe I am with the marvels of Your wisdom, awakening me to the wonders of Your creation (which You had multiplied in Your Heaven and Your earth), and instructing me in thanking You and remembering.
	O' God! You made it incumbent upon me to obey and worship You, made me understand what Your Messengers had brought and made easy for me the acceptance of Your good pleasure. You were gracious to me in all of this, through Your Grace and kindness.
	Then, since You created me from the best soil, You were not satisfied, my God, that I should have one blessing with another. You provided me with varieties of sustenance and kinds of garments and You were fabulous and most graciousness to me, and so was Your eternal goodness toward me.

5. Al-Husain, still about Allah's bounty during his growth

حَتّى اِذا اَتْمَمْتَ عَلَىَّ جَميعَ النِّعَمِ، وَصَرَفْتَ عَنّى كُلَّ النِّقَمِ،

لَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ جَهْلى وَجُرْأَتى عَلَيْكَ اَنْ دَلَلْتَنى اِلى ما يُقَرِّبُنى اِلَيْكَ، وَوفَّقْتَنى لِما يُزْلِفُنى لَدَيْكَ،

فَاِنْ دَعْوَتُكَ اَجَبْتَنى، وَاِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ اَعْطَيْتَنى،

وَاِنْ اَطَعْتُكَ شَكَرْتَنى، وَاِنْ شَكَرْتُكَ زِدْتَنى،

كُلُّ ذلِكَ اِكْمالٌ لاَِنْعُمِكَ عَلَىَّ، وَاِحْسانِكَ اِلَىَّ،

فَسُبْحانَكَ سُبْحانَكَ، مِنْ مُبْدِئ مُعيد، حَميد مجيد،

تَقَدَّسَتْ اَسْمآؤُكَ، وَعَظُمَتْ آلاؤُكَ، فَأَىُّ نِعَمِكَ يا اِلهى اُحْصى عَدَداً وَذِكْراً،

أَمْ اَىُّ عَطاياكَ أَقُومُ بِها شُكْراً،

وَهِىَ يا رَبِّ اَكْثرُ مِنْ اَنْ يُحْصِيَهَا الْعآدّوُنَ، أَوْ يَبْلُغَ عِلْماً بِهَا الْحافِظُونَ،

ثُمَّ ما صَرَفْتَ وَدَرَأْتَ عَنّى اَللّهُمَّ مِنَ الضُرِّ وَالضَّرّآءِ، أَكْثَرَ مِمّا ظَهَرَ لى مِنَ الْعافِيَةِ وَالسَّرّآءِ،

And finally, O Allah! When You had completed Your blessing for me and turned away all misfortunes, You continued to guide me toward what would bring me nigh to Thee (despite my ignorance and audacity). And You continued to give me success in what would bring me close to Thee, since:

	if I prayed to Thee You answered,
	if I asked of Thee You gave,
	if I obeyed Thee You showed Your gratitude, and
	if I thanked Thee You gave me more.

All of that was to perfect Your blessings upon me and Your goodness toward me.

Glory be to Thee! Glory be to You who are Producer and Reproducer, Laudable, and Glorious. Holy are Thy Names and sublime are Your bounties.

So which of Your blessings, my Lord, can I enumerate, count, or keep mentioning? For which of Your gifts am I able to give thanks? Since Your gifts, O Lord, are more than can be reckoned with or counted, nor those who entrust to memory can attain it by knowledge.

As such, O Allah, the affliction and hardship, that You turn and avert from me are even more than the wellbeing and joy that come to me.

6. Al-Husain's organs (anatomical) are to witness:

وَاَنَا اَشْهَدُ يا اِلهى بِحَقيقَةِ ايمانى، وَعَقْدِ عَزَماتِ يَقينى،

وَخالِصِ صَريحِ تَوْحيدى، وَباطِنِ مَكْنُونِ ضَميرى،

وَعَلائِقِ مَجارى نُورِ بَصَرى، وَاَساريرِ صَفْحَةِ جَبينى،

وَخُرْقِ مَسارِبِ نَفْسى، وَخَذاريفِ مارِنِ عِرْنَينى،

وَمَسارِبِ سِماخِ سَمْعى، وَما ضُمَّتْ وَاَطبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ شَفَتاىَ، وَحرِكاتِ لَفظِ لِسانى،

وَمَغْرَزِ حَنَكِ فَمى وَفَكّى، وَمَنابِتِ اَضْراسى،

وَمَساغِ مَطْعَمى وَمَشْرَبى، وَحِمالَةِ اُمِّ رَأْسى،

وَبُلُوغِ فارِغِ حبائِلِ عُنُقى، وَمَا اشْتَمَلَ عَليْهِ تامُورُ صَدرى،

وَحمائِلِ حَبْلِ وَتينى، وَنِياطِ حِجابِ قَلْبى،

وَأَفْلاذِ حَواشى كَبِدى، وَما حَوَتْهُ شَراسيفُ اَضْلاعى،

وَحِقاقُ مَفاصِلى، وَقَبضُ عَوامِلى، وَاَطرافُ اَنامِلى وَلَحْمى وَدَمى،

وَشَعْرى وَبَشَرى، وَعَصَبى وَقَصَبى، وَعِظامى وَمُخّى وَعُرُوقى،

وَجَميعُ جَوارِحى، وَمَا انْتَسَجَ عَلى ذلِكَ اَيّامَ رَِضاعى،

And I witness, my God, by the truth of my faith, the resolutions of my certainty, my pure and unadulterated profession to Your Oneness, and so do:

	the concealed innards of my consciousness,
	the streams of the light of my eyes,
	the thoughts behind my forehead,
	the channels of my nose, and my ears,
	my lips being closed or compressed,
	the movements of my tongue,
	the joint of my jaw and the sockets of my teeth,
	the place where I swallow,
	that which bears my brain,
	the hollow passages of my neck's fibers,
	that which is contained in my chest cavity and my aorta,
	the places where my diaphragm is attached,
	the lobes of my liver,
	that which the ribs of my sides contain,
	the sockets of my joints,
	the contraction of my members,
	the tips of my fingers, my flesh, my blood, my hair, my skin, my nerves, my windpipe, my bones, my brain, my veins, and
	all of my organs, what was ordained for them since the days I was a nursing baby,

7. Al-Husain's functions (physiology) are to witness:

وَما اَقلَّتِ الاَْرْضُ مِنّى،

وَنَوْمى وَيقَظَتى وَسُكُونى وَحرَكاتِ رُكُوعى وَسُجُودى،

اَنْ لَوْ حاوَلْتُ وَاجْتَهَدْتُ مَدَى الاَْعصارِ وَالاَْحْقابِ لَوْ عُمِّرْتُها اَنْ أُؤَدِّىَ شُكْرَ واحِدَة مِنْ أَنْعُمِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ ذلِكَ

اِلاّ بِمَنِّكَ الْمُوجَبِ عَلَىَّ بِهِ شُكْرَكَ اَبَداً جَديداً، وَثَنآءً طارِفاً عَتيداً،

اَجَلْ وَلوْ حَرَصْتُ اَنَا وَالْعآدُّونَ مِنْ اَنامِكَ،

أَنْ نُحْصِىَ مَدى اِنْعامِكَ، سالِفِهِ وَآنِفِهِ ما حَصَرْناهُ عَدَداً، وَلا اَحْصَيناهُ اَمَداً،

هَيْهاتَ أنّى ذلِكَ وَاَنْتَ الُْمخْبِرُ فى كِتابِكَ النّاطِقِ، وَالنَّبَأِ الصّادِقِ،

وَاِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللهِ لا تُحْصُوها،

Al-Husain's functions continue to be the WITNESS:

	And what the earth has taken away from me,
	my sleep,
	my waking,
	my being still, and
	the movements of my bowing and prostrating, that had I taken pains and had I striven for the epochs and ages (were my life to be extended through them):
	to deliver thanks for one of Your blessings, I would not be able to do so except by Your grace. Your Grace makes it incumbent upon me for an ever renewed gratitude to Thee; fresh and ever present praise.

Indeed, were I and others of Your creatures ever eager to calculate the extent of Your gift of blessings ─past or approaching─ we would fail to encompass it. Nay! How could that be done! For You had announced in Your Holy Book and Truthful Tiding, "And if you count God's blessing, never will you enumerate it"

8 In praise of Allah's Book and its Directives

صَدَقَ كِتابُكَ اَللّهُمَّ وَاِنْبآؤُكَ،

وَبَلَّغَتْ اَنْبِيآؤُكَ وَرُسُلُكَ، ما اَنْزَلْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ وَحْيِكَ، وَشَرَعْتَ لَهُمْ وَبِهِمْ مِنْ دينِكَ،

غَيْرَ أَنّى يا اِلهى اَشْهَدُ بِجَُهْدى وَجِدّى، وَمَبْلَغِ طاعَتى وَوُسْعى،

وَأَقُولُ مُؤْمِناً مُوقِناً،

	Your Book, O God, Your Message, has spoken the Truth!
	And Your Prophets and Messengers delivered Your revelation You sent down to them, and the religion You promulgated for them and through them.
	And I witness, my God, by my effort, my diligence, and the extent of my obedience and my capacity, and I say as a believer possessing certainty:

9. Al-Husain glorifies the Almighty and Witnesses

اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً فَيَكُونَُ مَوْرُوثاً،

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَريكٌ فى مُلْكِهِ فَيُضآدَُّهُ فيَما ابْتَدَعَ،

وَلا وَلِىٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ فَيُرْفِدَهُ فيما صَنَعَ،

فَسُبْحانَهُ سُبْحانَهُ، لَوْ كانَ فيهِما آلِهَةٌ اِلاَّ الله لَفَسَدَتا وَتَفَطَّرَتا،

سُبْحانَ اللهِ الْواحِدِ الاَْحَدِ الصَّمَدِ الَّذى لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً اَحَدٌ،

اَلْحَمْدُ للهِ حَمْداً يُعادِلُ حَمْدَ مَلائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبينَ، وَاَنْبِيآئِهِ الْمُرْسَلينَ،

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلى خِيَرَتِهِ مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيّينَ،

وَآلِهِ الطَّيِبينَ الطّاهِرينَ الُْمخلَصينَ وَسَلَّمَ .

Praise be to God, who has not taken to Him a son that He might have an heir,

and who has not an associate in His dominion, who might oppose Him in what He creates,

nor any protector out of meekness to aid Him in what He fashions.

	So glory be to God, glory be to Him! "Why, were there deities in earth and heaven other than God, they would go to ruin" and be rent apart.
	Glory be to God, the Unique, the One, the Everlasting Refuge who has not begotten, nor was He begotten, and equal to Him there is none"
	Praise belongs to God, praise equal to the praise of the angels stationed nigh to Him and the Prophets sent by Him.

And may God bless His elect, Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and his virtuous, pure, and sincere household, and give them peace.

10. Al-Husain supplicates, with tears in his eyes:

ثمّ اندفع في المسألة واجتهد في الدّعاء ، وقال وعيناه سالتا دموعاً :

اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنى اَخْشاكَ كَاُنّى اَراكَ، وَاَسْعِدْنى بِتَقوايكَ،

وَلا تُشْقِنى بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَخِرْلى فى قَضآئِكَ،

وَبارِكْ لى فى قَدَرِكَ، حَتّى لا أُحِبَّ تَعْجيلَ ما اَخَّرْتَ وَلا تَأخيرَ ما عَجَّلْتَ،

اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ غِناىَ فى نَفْسى،

وَالْيَقينَ فى قَلْبى، وَالاِْخْلاصَ فى عَمَلى،

وَالنُّورَ فى بَصَرى، وَالْبَصيرَةَ فى دينى،

وَمَتِّعْنى بِجَوارِحى، وَاجْعَلْ سَمْعى وَبَصَرىَ الْوارِثَيْنِ مِنّى،

وَانْصُرْنى عَلى مَنْ ظَلَمَنى، وَاَرِنى فيهِ ثَاْرى وَمَآرِبى، وَاَقِرَّ بِذلِكَ عَيْنى،

اَللَّهُمَّ اكْشِفْ كُرْبَتى، و

َاسْتُرْ عَوْرَتى،

وَاغْفِرْ لى خَطيئَتى،

وَاخْسَأْ شَيْطانى،

وَفُكَّ رِهانى،

وَاْجَعْلْ لى يا اِلهى الدَّرَجَةَ الْعُلْيا فِى الاْخِرَةِ وَالاُْوْلى،

Then he began to supplicate. He occupied himself with prayer as tears ran from his blessed eyes. Then he said:

O God, cause me to fear Thee as if I were seeing Thee,

	Give me joy through piety toward Thee,
	Make me not wretched by disobedience toward Thee,
	Choose the best for me by Thy own Your Judgment

And O God bless me by Thy decree: that I may not hasten what You have delayed, nor wish to delay what You hasten.

O Lord!

	Appoint for me sufficiency in my soul,
	Certainty in my heart,
	Sincerity in my action,
	Light in my eyes, and insight in my religion.
	Give me enjoyment of my bodily members,
	Make my hearing and seeing as my inheritors,
	Help me against him who wrongs me,
	Show me in him my vengeance and my desires, and console thereby my soul.

O Lord!

	Remove my affliction,
	Cover up my defects,
	Forgive my offence,
	Drive Satan away from me,
	Dissolve my debt,

and give me, my God, the highest degree in the afterlife and in this life.

11. Al-Husain Praises God

اَللّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَما خَلَقْتَنى فَجَعَلْتَنى سَميعاً بَصيراً،

وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَما خَلَقْتَنى فَجَعَلْتَنى خَلْقاً سَوِيّاً رَحْمَةً بى، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ عَنْ خَلْقى غَنِيّاً،

رَبِّ بِما بَرَأْتَنْى فَعَدَّلْتَ فِطْرَتى،

رَبِّ بِما اَنَشَأْتَنى فَاَحْسَنْتَ صُورَتى،

رَبِّ بِما اَحْسَنْتَ اِلَىَّ وَفى نَفْسى عافَيْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما كَلاَتَنى وَوَفَّقْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَنَعْمَتَ عَلَىَّ فَهَدَيْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَوْلَيْتَنى وَمِنْ كُلِّ خَيْر اَعْطَيْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَطْعَمْتَنى وَسَقَيْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَغْنَيْتَنى وَاَقْنَيْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَعَنْتَنى وَاَعْزَزْتَنى،

رَبِّ بِما اَلْبَسْتَنى مِنْ سِتْرِكَ الصّافى، وَيَسَّرْتَ لى مِنْ صُنْعِكَ الْكافى،

صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد،

O Lord!

To Thee is the praise,

Just as You created me and made me hear and see;

And to Thee is the praise, just as You created me and made me a creature unimpaired as a mercy to me, ─though You had no need to do so.

	My Lord! Since You created me and bested my nature;
	My Lord! Since You caused me to grow and made good my shape;
	My Lord! Since You did good to me and gave me comfort in my soul;
	My Lord! Since You preserved me and gave me success;
	My Lord! Since You blessed me and then guided me;
	My Lord! Since You chose me and gave me of every good;
	My Lord! Since You made me to eat and drink;
	My Lord! Since You enriched me and made me content;
	My Lord! Since You aided me and elevated me;
	My Lord! Since You clothed me with Thy pure mantle and smoothed the way for me by Thy sufficient make-up:

Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad,

12. Al-Husain continues in his supplication

وَاَعِنّى عَلى بَوائِقِ الدُّهُورِ، وَصُرُوفِ اللَّيالى وَالاَْيّامِ،

وَنَجِّنى مِنْ اَهْوالِ الدُّنْيا وَكُرُباتِ الاْخِرَةِ،

وَاكْفِنى شَرَّ ما يَعْمَلُ الظّالِمُونَ فِى الاَْرْضِ،

اَللّهُمَّ ما اَخافُ فَاكْفِنى، وَما اَحْذَرُ فَقِنى،

وَفى نَفْسى وَدينى فَاحْرُسْنى،

وَفى سَفَرى فَاحْفَظْنى، وَفى اَهْلى وَمالى فَاخْلُفْنى،

وَفى ما رَزَقْتَنى فَبارِكْ لى،

وَفى نَفْسى فَذلِّلْنى، وَفى اَعْيُنِ النّاسِ فَعَظِّمْنى،

وَمِنْ شَرِّ الْجِنِّ وَالاِْنْسِ فَسَلِّمْنى، وَبِذُنُوبى فَلا تَفْضَحْنى وَبِسَريرَتى فَلا تُخْزِنى،

وَبِعَمَلى فَلا تَبْتَِلْنى، وَنِعَمَكَ فَلا تَسْلُبْنى، وَاِلى غَيْرِكَ فَلا تَكِلْنى،

اِلهى اِلى مَنْ تَكِلُنى اِلى قَريب فَيَقطَعُنى،

اَمْ اِلى بَعيد فَيَتَجَهَّمُنى،

اَمْ اِلَى الْمُسْتَضْعَفينَ لى، وَاَنْتَ رَبّى وَمَليكُ اَمْرى،

O' Lord!

	Aid me against the misfortunes of time and the mishaps of the nights and days,
	Deliver me from the tyranny of this world and the torments of the forthcoming world
	And spare me from evilness of what the evildoers do in the earth.

O Lord! As for what I fear, spare me from it,

And as for what I seek to avoid, guard me against it:

in my soul and my religion watch over me,

in my traveling protect me,

in my family and my property appoint a successor for me,

in what You have provided for me do bless me,

in my soul humble me,

in the eyes of men magnify me,

from the evil of jinn and mankind do preserve me,

for my sins do not disgrace me,

for my inward secrets do not shame me,

for my action do not try me,

of Your blessings do not deprive me and

to other than Thee do not entrust me.

My God, to whom would You entrust me?

To a relative? He who would cut me off.

Or to a stranger? He who would look down upon me.

Or to those who are arrogant with me?

But You are my Lord, O God! and the Sovereign over my affair.

13. Al-Husain supplicates and asks God

اَشْكُو اِلَيْكَ غُرْبَتى وَبُعْدَ دارى، وَهَوانى عَلى مَنْ مَلَّكْتَهُ اَمْرى،

اِلهى فَلا تُحْلِلْ عَلَىَّ غَضَبَكَ،

فَاِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ غَضِبْتَ عَلَىَّ فَلا اُبالى سُبْحانَكَ غَيْرَ اَنَّ عافِيَتَكَ اَوْسَعُ لى،

فَأَسْأَلُكَ يا رَبِّ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذى اَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ الاَْرْضُ وَالسَّماواتُ، وَكُشِفَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُماتُ، وَصَلُحَ بِهِ اَمْرُ الاَْوَّلينَ وَالاْخِرِينَ،

اَنْ لا تُميتَنى عَلى غَضَبِكَ،

وَلا تُنْزِلْ بى سَخَطَكَ،

لَكَ الْعُتْبى لَكَ الْعُتْبى حَتّى تَرْضى قَبْلَ ذلِك،

I complain to Thee O' Lord:

	of my exile and the remoteness of my abode,
	and of the one You made sovereign over me to spurns me.

My Lord! so cause not Your wrath to alight upon me.

If You are not wrathful with me I will have no care, Glory be to Thee, since Your protection is ever more embracing.

So I ask Thee, O Lord, by the Light of Thy Face ─by which the earth and the heavens are illuminated, shadows are removed, and the affairs of the early and the later folks are set aright─ I ask Thee not to let me die with Your wrath upon me, nor to send down Your anger upon me. Thine is the pleasure O Lord!, Yours is the pleasure, to be satisfied with me before that.

14. Al-Husain invokes Allah's elements

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ، رَبَّ الْبَلَدِ الْحَرامِ وَالْمَشْعَرِ الْحَرامِ،

وَالْبَيْتِ الْعَتيقِ الَّذى اَحْلَلْتَهُ الْبَرَكَةَ، وَجَعَلْتَهُ لِلنّاسِ اَمْنَاً،

يا مَنْ عَفا عَنْ عَظيمِ الذُّنُوبِ بِحِلْمِهِ،

يا مَنْ اَسْبَغَ النَّعْمآءَ بِفَضْلِهِ،

يا مَنْ اَعْطَى الْجَزيلَ بِكَرَمِهِ،

يا عُدَّتى فى شِدَّتى، يا صاحِبى فى وَحْدَتى،

يا غِياثى فى كُرْبَتى،

يا وَلِيّى فى نِعْمَتى،

يا اِلهى وَاِلهَ آبائى اِبْراهيمَ وَاِسْماعيلَ وَاِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ، وَرَبَّ جَبْرَئيلَ وَميكائيلَ وَاِسْرافيلَ، وَربَّ مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيّيينَ وَآلِهِ الْمُنْتَجَبينَ، مُنْزِلَ التَّوراةِ وَالاِْنْجيلَ، وَالزَّبُورِ وَالْفُرْقانِ، وَمُنَزِّلَ كهيعص، وَطه وَيس، وَالْقُرآنِ الْحَكيمِ،

There is no god but Thee, Lord of the Holy Abode, the Sacred Monument, and the Ancient House, upon which You sent Thy blessings and You made it a sanctuary for mankind.

	O He who pardons the greatest sins by His clemency!
	O He who lavishes blessings by His bounty!
	O He who gives abundance by His generosity!
	O Sustenance to me in my adversity!
	O Companion to me in my solitude!
	O Aid to me in my affliction!
	O Benefactor to me in my blessing!

O my God and God of my fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob! Lord of Gabriel, Michael and Israfeel! Lord of Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and his household, the chosen ones! Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms and the Criterion, and who sent down Kaf Ha' Ya' Ayn Sad, Ta' Ha', Ya' Sin, and the Quran full of Wisdom!

15. Al-Husain invokes Allah's favors upon him

اَنْتَ كَهْفى حينَ تُعيينِى الْمَذاهِبُ فى سَعَتِها، وَتَضيقُ بِىَ الاَْرْضُ بِرُحْبِها،

وَلَوْلا رَحْمَتُكَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْهالِكينَ،

وَاَنْتَ مُقيلُ عَثْرَتى، وَلَوْلا سَتْرُكَ اِيّاىَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَفْضُوحِينَ،

وَاَنْتَ مُؤَيِّدى بِالنَّصْرِ عَلى اَعْدآئى، وَلَوْلا نَصْرُكَ اِيّاىَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَغْلُوبينَ،

يا مَنْ خَصَّ نَفْسَهُ بِالْسُّمُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ، فَاَوْلِيآؤهُ بِعِزِّهِ يَعْتَزُّونَ،

يا مَنْ جَعَلَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ نَيرَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عَلى اَعْناقِهِمْ، فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطَواتِهِ خائِفُونَ،

يَعْلَمُ خائِنَةَ الاَْعْيُنِ وَما تُخْفِى الصُّدُورُ، وَغَيْبَ ما تَأتِى بِهِ الاَْزْمِنَةُ وَالدُّهُورُ،

O Lord! You are my refuge when the roads ─wide as they are─ constrict me, and the land ─for all its breadth─ is quite narrow for me.

Were it not for Your mercy, I would have been among the perishing, and yet You annul my slip.

Were it for Your cover over me, I would have been among the disgraced, and yet You help me against my foe.

And were it not for Your aiding me, I would have been among those overcome.

O Allah who appropriated Loftiness and Glory to Himself, so His servants are mighty through His might!

O Allah before whom kings place the yoke of abasement to their necks, for they fear His Might!

O Allah who knows the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal, and what the unseen brings of the ahead, by time and fate.

16. Al-Husain about Allah's favors to humanity

يا مَنْ لا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ هُوَ اِلاّ هُوَ، يا مَنْ لا يَعْلَمُ ما هُوَ اِلاّ هُوَ، يا مَنْ لا يَعْلَم يَعْلَمُهُ، اِلاّ هُوَ

يا مَنْ كَبَسَ الاَْرْضَ عَلَى الْمآءِ، وَسَدَّ الْهَوآءَ بِالسَّمآءِ،

يا مَنْ لَهُ اَكْرَمُ الاَْسْمآءِ، يا ذَا الْمَعْرُوفِ الَّذى لا يَنْقَطِعُ اَبَداً،

يا مُقَيِّضَ الرَّكْبِ لِيُوسُفَ فِى الْبَلَدِ الْقَفْرِ، وَمُخْرِجَهُ مِنَ الْجُبِّ وَجاعِلَهُ بَعْدَ الْعُبودِيَّةِ مَلِكاً،

يا رآدَّهُ عَلى يَعْقُوبَ بَعْدَ اَنِ ابْيَضَّتْ عَيْناهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظيمٌ،

يا كاشِفَ الضُّرِّ وَالْبَلْوى عَنْ اَيُّوبَ، وَمُمْسِكَ يَدَىْ اِبْرهيمَ عَنْ ذَبْحِ ابْنِهِ بَعْدَ كِبَرِ سِنِّهِ، وَفَنآءِ عُمُرِهِ،

يا مَنِ اسْتَجابَ لِزَكَرِيّا فَوَهَبَ لَهُ يَحْيى، وَلَمْ يَدَعْهُ فَرْداً وَحيداً،

يا مَنْ اَخْرَجَ يُونُسَ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ،

يا مَنْ فَلَقَ الْبَحْرَ لِبَنى اِسْرآئيلَ فَاَنْجاهُمْ، وَجَعَلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجُنُودَهُ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقينَ،

يا مَنْ اَرْسَلَ الرِّياحَ مُبَشِّرات بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِ،

يا مَنْ لَمْ يَعْجَلْ عَلى مَنْ عَصاهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،

يا مَنِ اسْتَنْقَذَ السَّحَرَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ طُولِ الْجُحُودِ، وَقَدْ غَدَوْا فى نِعْمَتِهِ يَأكُلُونَ رِزْقَهُ، وَيَعْبُدُونَ غَيْرَهُ، وَقَدْ حادُّوهُ وَنادُّوهُ وَكَذَّبُوا رُسُلَهُ،

O Allah about whom no one knows how He is but He Himself!

	O Allah about whom no one knows what He is but He Himself!
	O Allah whom no one knows but He Himself!
	O Allah who compressed the earth onto the water and bound the air by the sky!
	O Allah to whom belong the Noblest Names!
	O Allah whose kindness never stops!
	O Allah who assigned the cavalcade to Joseph in the barren land, brought him out of the well, then made him a king after being a slave!
	O Allah who returned Joseph to Jacob whose eyes had whitened ─with sorrow which he was suppressing─.
	O Allah who removed affliction and ordeal from Job and restrained Abraham's hands from sacrificing his son ─after having reached old age and his life passed by.
	O Allah who answered the prayer of Zachariah and imparted to him John, ─not leaving him childless and alone.
	O Allah who brought Jonah out from the stomach of the fish!
	O Allah who parted the sea for the Children of Israel then saved them, and drowned Pharaoh and his hosts!
	O Allah who sends winds heralding His mercy!
	O Allah who does not hurry ─to act─ against the creatures who disobey Him!
	O Allah who rescued the sorcerers after [their] long denial! Even though they had benefited from His blessings, eating His provision, yet worshipping other than Him and had opposed, denied, and cried lies to His Messengers.

17. Al-Husain about Allah's favors towards him

يا اَللهُ يا اَللهُ، يا بَدىُ يا بَديعُ، لا نِدَّلَكَ،

يا دآئِماً لا نَفَادَ لَكَ، يا حَيّاً حينَ لا حَىَّ، يا مُحْيِىَ الْمَوْتى،

يا مَنْ هُوَ قآئِمٌ عَلى كُلِّ نَفْس بِما كَسَبَتْ،

يا مَنْ قَلَّ لَهُ شُكْرى فَلَمْ يَحْرِمْنى، وَعَظُمَتْ خَطيئَتى فَلَمْ يَفْضَحْنى،

وَرَآنى عَلَى الْمَعاصى فَلَمْ يَشْهَرْنى،

يا مَنْ حَفِظَنى فى صِغَرى، يا مَنْ رَزَقَنى فى كِبَرى، يا مَنْ اَياديهِ عِنْدى لا تُحْصى، وَنِعَمُهُ لا تُجازى،

يا مَنْ عارَضَنى بِالْخَيْرِ والاِْحْسانِ، وَعارَضْتُهُ بِالاِْساءَةِ وَالْعِصْيانِ،

يا مَنْ هَدانى لِلاْيمانِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ اَعْرِفَ شُكْرَ الاِْمْتِنانِ،

يا مَنْ دَعَوْتُهُ مَريضاً فَشَفانى، وَعُرْياناً فَكَسانى،

وَجائِعاً فَاَشْبَعَنى، وَعَطْشاناً فَاَرْوانى،

وَذَليلاً فَاَعَزَّنى، وَجاهِلاً فَعَرَّفَنى،

وَوَحيداً فَكَثَّرَنى، وَغائِباً فَرَدَّنى، وَمُقِلاًّ فَاَغْنانى،

وَمُنْتَصِراً فَنَصَرَنى، وَغَنِيّاً فَلَمْ يَسْلُبْنى،

وَاَمْسَكْتُ عَنْ جَميعِ ذلِكَ فَابْتَدَاَنى، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَالشُّكْرُ،

O Allah! O Allah! O Beginner, O Creator with no compare!

	O Allah Everlasting who has no end!
	O Allah Living when nothing was alive!
	O Allah Who Quickens the dead!
	O Allah He Who is aware of the deserts of every soul

O Allah toward whom my gratitude was little, yet He deprived me not!

My transgression was great, yet He disgraced me not!

He saw me commit disobedience, yet he made me not notorious!

O Allah He who watched over me in childhood!

O Allah He who provided for me in my adulthood!

O Allah He whose favors toward me cannot be reckoned and whose blessings cannot be repaid!

O Allah He who has confronted me with the good and the fair, and in return I have confronted Him with vice and disobedience!

O Allah He who led me to faith before my expressing gratitude for His Grace

O Allah upon whom I called when I was sick and He healed me,

when naked and He clothed me,

when hungry and He satisfied me,

when thirsty and He imbibed me,

when abased and He exalted me,

when ignorant and He taught me,

when alone and He enhanced me,

when gone and He returned me,

when empty-handed and He enriched me,

when in need of help and He helped me, and

when rich and He took it not from me.

I refrained from [calling upon Thee] in all of that and You summoned me. To You is the Praise and the Gratitude!

O Allah He who overlooked my slip, relieved my distress, heard my prayer, covered my defects, forgave my sins, caused me to reach my desire, and helped me against my adversity! If I were to count Your blessings, Your favors, and Your magnitude of kindness, never would I ever be able to reckon them.

18. Al-Husain about Allah's absolute Powers over everything

يا مَنْ اَقالَ عَثْرَتى، وَنَفَّسَ كُرْبَتى،

وَاَجابَ دَعْوَتى، وَسَتَرَ عَوْرَتى، وَغَفَرَ ذُنُوبى،

وَبَلَّغَنى طَلِبَتى، وَنَصَرَنى عَلى عَدُوّى،

وَاِنْ اَعُدَّ نِعَمَكَ وَمِنَنَكَ وَكَرائِمَ مِنَحِكَ لا اُحْصيها،

يا مَوْلاىَ اَنْتَ الَّذى مَنْنْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَنْعَمْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى اَحْسَنْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَجْمَلْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى اَفْضَلْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَكْمَلْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى رَزَقْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى وَفَّقْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى اَعْطَيْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَغْنَيْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَقْنَيْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى آوَيْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى كَفَيْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى هَدَيْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى عَصَمْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى سَتَرْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى غَفَرْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى اَقَلْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى مَكَّنْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَعْزَزْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى اَعَنْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى عَضَدْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَيَّدْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى نَصَرْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى شَفَيْتَ،

اَنْتَ الَّذى عافَيْتَ، اَنْتَ الَّذى اَكْرَمْتَ،

تَبارَكْتَ وَتَعالَيْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ دآئِماً، وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ واصِباً اَبَداً،

O Allah, my Protector and my Lord! You are He who is gracious,

	You are He who has blessed,
	You are He who has worked good,
	You are He who is kind,
	You are He who is bounteous,
	You are He who has perfected,
	You are He who has provided,
	You are He who has given achievement,
	You are He who has bestowed,
	You are He who has enriched,
	You are He who has given contentment
	You are He who has sheltered,
	You are He who has sufficed,
	You are He who has guided,
	You are He who has safeguarded from sin,
	You are He who has covered my misdeeds,
	You are He who has forgiven,
	You are He who has overlooked,
	You are He who has established,
	You are He who has exalted,
	You are He who has aided,
	You are He who has supported,
	You are He who has confirmed,
	You are He who has helped,
	You are He who has healed,
	You are He who has given the well-being,
	You are He who has honored:

Blessed are Thou O Lord, and most high are You! Yours is the praise everlastingly, and

Yours is the gratitude enduringly and forever!

19. Al-Husain in acknowledging

ثُمَّ اَنَا يا اِلهَى الْمُعَتَرِفُ بِذُنُوبى فَاغْفِرْها لى،

اَنَا الَّذى اَسَأتُ، اَنَا الَّذى اَخْطَأتُ،

اَنَا الَّذى هَمَمْتُ، اَنَا الَّذى جَهِلْتُ،

اَنَا الَّذى غَفِلْتُ، اَنَا الَّذى سَهَوْتُ،

اَنَا الَّذِى اعْتَمَدْتُ، اَنَا الَّذى تَعَمَّدْتُ،

اَنَا الَّذى وَعَدْتُ، وَاَنَا الَّذى اَخْلَفْتُ،

اَنَا الَّذى نَكَثْتُ، اَنَا الَّذى اَقْرَرْتُ،

اَنَا الَّذِى اعْتَرَفْتُ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَعِنْدى، وَاَبُوءُ بِذُنُوبى فَاغْفِرْها لى،

يا مَنْ لا تَضُرُّهُ ذُنُوبُ عِبادِهِ، وهُوَ الَغَنِىُّ عَنْ طاعَتِهِمْ، وَالْمُوَفِّقُ مَنْ عَمِلَ صالِحاً مِنْهُمْ بِمَعُونَتِهِ وَرَحْمَتِه، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ اِلهى وَسيِّدى،

Then I, my Lord, confess my misdeeds, so forgive me for them.

	I am he who did vice,
	I am he who made mistakes,
	I am he who intended to sin,
	I am he who was ignorant,
	I am he who was heedless,
	I am he who was negligent,
	I am he who relied upon other than Thee,
	I am he who premeditated,
	I am he who promised,
	I am he who went back on his word,
	I am he who confessed my sins and
	I am he who acknowledged Your blessings upon me yet returned to my sins.

So forgive me for them,

	O Allah who is not decreased by the sins of His servants, nor is He increased by their obedience.
	He grants success by His Charity and Mercy to any of them who works righteousness.

So the Praise is to Thee, My God and My Lord!

20. Al-Husain about in confessing versus God's favors

اِلهى اَمَرْتَنى فَعَصَيْتُكَ، وَنَهَيْتَنى فَارْتَكَبْتُ نَهْيَكَ،

فَاَصْبَحْتُ لا ذا بَرآءَة لى فَاَعْتَذِرُ، وَلاذا قُوَّة فَاَنْتَصِرَُ،

فَبِأَىِّ شَىء اَسْتَقْبِلُكَ يا مَوْلاىَ، اَبِسَمْعى اَمْ بِبَصَرى،

َاْم بِلِسانى، اَمْ بِيَدى اَمْ بِرِجْلى،

اَلَيْسَ كُلُّها نِعَمَكَ عِندى، وَبِكُلِّها عَصَيْتُكَ يا مَوْلاىَ، فَلَكَ الْحُجَّةُ وَالسَّبيلُ عَلىَّ،

يا مَنْ سَتَرَنى مِنَ الاْباءِ وَالاُْمَّهاتِ اَنْ يَزجُرُونى،

وَمِنَ الْعَشائِرِ وَالاِْخْوانِ اَنْ يُعَيِّرُونى، وَمِنَ السَّلاطينِ اَنْ يُعاقِبُونى،

وَلَوِ اطَّلَعُوا يا مَوْلاىَ عَلى مَا اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنّى اِذاً ما اَنْظَرُونى، وَلَرَفَضُونى وَقَطَعُونى،

فَها اَنَا ذا يا اِلهى بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ يا سَيِّدى خاضِعٌ ذَليلٌ، حَصيرٌ حَقيرٌ،

لا ذُو بَرآءَة فَاَعْتَذِرَ، وَلا ذُو قُوَّة فَاَنْتَصِرَُ،

وَلا حُجَّة فَاَحْتَجُّ، بِها، وَلا قائِلٌ لَمْ اَجْتَرِحْ، وَلَمْ اَعْمَلْ سُواً،

وَما عَسَى الْجُحُودُ وَلَوْ جَحَدْتُ يا مَوْلاىَ يَنْفَعُنى،

كَيْفَ وَاَنّى ذلِكَ وَجَوارِحى كُلُّها شاهِدَةٌ عَلَىَّ بِما قَدْ عَمِلْتُ، وَعَلِمْتُ يَقيناً غَيْرَ ذى شَكٍّ اَنَّكَ سآئِلى مِنْ عَظائِمِ الاُْمُورِ،

وَاَنَّكَ الْحَكَمُ الْعَدْلُ الَّذى لا تَجُورُ، وَعَدْلُكَ مُهْلِكى، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَدْلِكَ مَهْرَبى،

فَاِنْ تُعَذِّبْنى يا اِلهى فَبِذُنُوبى بَعْدَ حُجَّتِكَ عَلَىَّ،

وَاِنْ تَعْفُ عَنّى فَبِحِلْمِكَ وَجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ،

O Allah! You commanded me yet I disobeyed, and You forbade me and yet I committed what You forbade.

I became such that I neither possessed innocence as to ask Your forgiveness, nor a power that it may assist me.

Then by what means shall I turn toward Thee, O my Protector!? What, by my ears? Or my eyes? Or my tongue? Or my hand? Or my leg? Aren't all of them blessings given by You to me? And yet with all of them I disobey Thee, O my Protector! Yours is all the argument and the means against me.

	O Allah who veiled me my sins from fathers and mothers lest they hold them against me,
	from relatives and brothers lest they rebuke me,
	and from rulers lest they punish me!

If they had seen, O my Protector, what You have seen of me, they would have given me no respite, they would have discarded and abandoned me.

So here I am, my God, standing before Thee: ─humbled, abased, constrained, despised, neither possessing enough innocence to ask for forgiveness nor having power as to be helped.

	There is no argument with which I can argue, nor can I say I committed no sins and did no vice. And denial, were I to deny, could hardly profit me. How could it be?
	Since all of my organs are witnesses against of what I have done. And I acted with certainty and without any doubt that You will ask me about great affairs, and that You are the equitable Judge who does no wrong. Your justice is exquisite and ruinous for me, and I flee from Your every just act.
	If You chastise me, O Allah it is for my sins after Your argument against me; and if You pardon me, it is by Your clemency, love and kindness.

21. In Glorifying Almighty God

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الظّالِمينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُوَحِّدينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْخائِفينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْوَجِلينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الَّراجينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الرّاغِبينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُهَلِّلينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ السّائِلينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اِنّى كُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُكَبِّرينَ،

لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ رَبّى وَرَبُّ آبائِىَ الاَْوَّلينَ،

There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am of those who pray forgiveness.

	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am of those who profess Your Oneness.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of the fearing.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of those who are afraid.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of the hopeful.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of those who yearn.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of those who say "There is no god but Thou".
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of the petitioners.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of the glorifiers.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! I am one of those who magnify.
	There is no god but Thee, glory be to You! Oh my Lord, and the Lord of my fathers, and forefathers!

22. In praise of Almighty God and acknowledging His favors

اَللّهُمَّ هذا ثَنائى عَلَيْكَ مُمَجِّداً، وَاِخْلاصى بِذِكْرِكَ مُوَحِّداً، وَاِقْرارى بِآلائكَ مَعَدِّداً،

وَاِنْ كُنْتُ مُقِرّاً اَنّى لَمْ اُحْصِها لِكَثْرَتِها وَسُبوغِها، وَتَظاهُرِها وَتَقادُمِها اِلى حادِث،

ما لَمْ تَزَلْ تَتَعَهَّدُنى بِهِ مَعَها مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنى وَبَرَأتَنى مِنْ اَوَّلِ الْعُمْرِ،

مِنَ الاِْغْنآءِ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ، وَكَشْفِ الضُّرِّ، وَتَسْبِيبِ الْيُسْرِ،

وَدَفْعِ الْعُسْرِ، وَتَفريجِ الْكَرْبِ، وَالْعافِيَةِ فِى الْبَدَنِ، وَالسَّلامَةِ فِى الدّينِ،

وَلَوْ رَفَدَنى عَلى قَدْرِ ذِكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ جَميعُ الْعالَمينَ مِنَ الاَْوَّلينَ وَالاْخِرينَ،، ما قَدَرْتُ وَلاهُمْ عَلى ذلِكَ،

تَقَدَّسْتَ وَتَعالَيْتَ مِنْ رَبٍّ كَريم، عَظيم رَحيم،

لا تُحْصى آلاؤُكَ، وَلا يُبْلَغُ ثَنآؤُكَ، وَلا تُكافى نَعْمآؤُكَ،

فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، وَاَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنا نِعَمَكَ، وَاَسْعِدْنا بِطاعَتِكَ،

My God, this is my praise of Thee exalting Your Majesty, my sincerity in remembering Thee by professing Your Unity.

I acknowledge Your bounties by measuring, though I know I cannot surmise them

	for their multitude,
	for their abundance,
	for their being so manifest and
	for their existence from previous times till the present

O Lord! You ceased not to care for me since You created me and brought me into existence

	You enriched me from poverty,
	Relieved my affliction,
	Brought me ease,
	Removed my hardships,
	Dispelled my distress, and
	Gave me wellness in body and soundness in religion.

If all the world's inhabitants, both the ancients and the later folk, to assist me in attempting to mention Your blessings, I would not be able, nor would they, to do so.

Holy are Thou and high exalted, a generous, mighty, merciful Lord. Your bounties cannot be surmised, nor Your praise realized, nor Your blessings repaid.

Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, and complete Your blessings upon us and aid us in Your obedience. Glory be to Thee!

23. In glorifying God

سُبْحانَكَ لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ، اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ تُجيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ، وَتَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ،

وَتُغيثُ الْمَكْرُوبَ، وَتَشْفِى السَّقيمَ، وَتُغْنِى الْفَقيرَ،

وَتَجْبُرُ الْكَسيرَ، وَتَرْحَمُ الصَّغيرَ، وَتُعينُ الْكَبيرَ،

وَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ ظَهيرٌ، وَلا فَوْقَكَ قَديرٌ، وَانْتَ الْعَلِىُّ الْكَبيرُ،

يا مُطْلِقَ الْمُكَبِّلِ الاَْسيرِ، يا رازِقَ الطِّفْلِ الصَّغيرِ،

يا عِصْمَةَ الْخآئِفِ الْمُسْتَجيرِ،

يا مَنْ لا شَريكَ لَهُ وَلا وَزيرَ، صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد،

There is no god but Thee! O God, You hear the needy, remove the dreadful, assist the afflicted, heal the sick, enrich the poor, mend the broken, who has mercy on the young and who helps the old.

There is no Support better than Yours and none powerful over Thee. And You are the Sublime, the Great. O Freer of the prisoner in fetters!

	O Provider for the infant child!
	O Protection of the frightened refugee!
	O He who has no associate nor assistant!

Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad,

24. Al-Husain supplicating

وَاَعْطِنى فى هذِهِ الْعَشِيَّةِ، اَفْضَلَ ما اَعْطَيْتَ وَاَنَلْتَ اَحَداً مِنْ عِبادِكَ،

مِنْ نِعْمَة تُوليها، وَآلاء تُجَدِّدُها، وَبَلِيَّة تَصْرِفُها، وَكُرْبَة تَكْشِفُها،

وَدَعْوَة تَسْمَعُها، وَحَسَنَة تَتَقَبَّلُها، وَسَيِّئَة تَتَغَمَّدُها،

اِنَّكَ لَطيفٌ بِما تَشاءُ خَبيرٌ، وَعَلى كُلِّ شَىء قَديرٌ،

اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ اَقْرَبُ مَنْ دُعِىَ، وَاَسْرَعُ مَنْ اَجابَ،

وَاَكْرَمُ مَنْ عَفى، وَاَوْسَعُ مَنْ اَعْطى، وَاَسْمَعُ مَنْ سُئِلَ،

يا رَحمنَ الدُّنْيا والاْخِرَةِ وَرحيمُهُما، لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِكَ مَسْؤولٌ، وَلا سِواكَ مَأمُولٌ،

دَعَوْتُكَ فَاَجَبْتَنى، وَسَأَلْتُكَ فَاَعْطَيْتَنى،

وَرَغِبْتُ اِلَيْكَ فَرَحِمْتَنى، وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ فَنَجَّيْتَنى،

وَفَزِعْتُ اِلَيْكَ فَكَفَيْتَنى، اَللَّهُمَّ

فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَنَبِيِّكَ، وَعَلى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبينَ الطّاهِرينَ اَجْمَعينَ،

وَتَمِّمْ لَنا نَعْمآءَكَ، وَهَنِّئْنا عَطآءَكَ،

وَاكْتُبْنا لَكَ شاكِرينَ، وَلاِلائِكَ ذاكِرينَ، آمينَ آمينَ رَبَّ الْعالَمينَ،

O Allah! Give me this evening the best of what You have provided to any of Your servants, be it:

	a blessing You assign,
	a bounty You renew,
	a trial You avert,
	an affliction You remove,
	a prayer You hear,
	a good deed You accept
	or an appalling deed You overlook.

Truly You are gracious, Aware of what You Will, and Mighty over all things!

O God, truly You are:

the nearest when called,

the swiftest to answer,

Most generous to pardon,

Most openhanded on giving and

the most hearing when asked of.

O Merciful and Compassionate in this world and the next! Like Thee none is asked of; and other than Thee none is hoped for. I prayed to Thee and You answered me, I asked of Thee and You gave to me, I set Thee as my quest and You had mercy upon me,

I depended upon Thee and You delivered me, I took refuge with Thee and You sufficed me, O God, so bless Muhammad, Your servant, messenger and Prophet, and his good and pure household, all of them.

And complete Your blessings upon us. Gladden us with Your gift and inscribe us as those who thank Thee and remember Your bounties. Amen, amen,

25. Al-Husain continues to supplicate

اَللّهُمَّ يا مَنْ مَلَكَ فَقَدَرَ، وَقَدَرَ فَقَهَرَ، وَعُصِىَ فَسَتَرَ، وَاسْتُغْفِرَ فَغَفَرَ،

يا غايَةَ الطّالِبينَ الرّاغِبينَ، وَمُنْتَهى اَمَلِ الرّاجينَ،

يا مَنْ اَحاطَ بِكُلِّ شَىء عِلْماً، وَوَسِعَ الْمُسْتَقيلينَ رَأفَةً وَحِلْماً،

اَللّهُمَّ اِنّا نَتَوَجَّهُ اِلَيْكَ فى هذِهِ الْعَشِيَّةِ الَّتى شَرَّفْتَها وَعَظَّمْتَها بِمُحَمَّد نَبِيِّكَ وَرَسُولِكَ،

وَخِيَرَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَاَمينِكَ عَلى وَحْيِكَ، الْبَشيرِ النَّذيرِ، السِّراجِ الْمُنيرِ،

الَّذى اَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمينَ، وَجَعَلْتَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمينَ،

اَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد، كَما مُحَمَّدٌ اَهْلٌ لِذلِكَ مِنْكَ

يا عَظيمُ فَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلى آلِهِ، الْمُنْتَجَبينَ الطَّيِّبينَ الطّاهِرينَ اَجْمَعينَ،

وَتَغَمَّدْنا بِعَفْوِكَ عَنّا، فَاِلَيْكَ عَجَّتِ الاَْصْواتُ بِصُنُوفِ اللُّغاتِ،

فَاجْعَلْ لَنا اَللّهُمَّ فى هذِهِ الْعَشِيَّةِ نَصيباً مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْر تَقْسِمُهُ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ،

وَنُور تَهْدى بِهِ، وَرَحْمَة تَنْشُرُها، وَبَرَكَة تُنْزِلُها،

وَعافِيَة تُجَلِّلُها، وَرِزْق تَبْسُطُهُ، يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ،

O Lord of all! O God,

	O He who Possesses and is Proficient, who is Mighty but then He subjects, is disobeyed but He overlooks, and is asked to forgive and He forgives.
	O Goal of the yearning seekers and utmost Wish of the hopeful!
	O He who Knows everything and embraces those who seek pardon with tenderness, mercy, and love!
	O God, truly we turn towards Thee this evening, which You honored and glorified through Muhammad ─Your Prophet and Messenger, the elect of Your creation, the faithful guardian of Your revelation which bears good tidings and warning and which is the light-giving lamp given to those who submit to Islam, and appointed as a mercy to the inhabitants of the world.
	O God, so bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, just as Muhammad is worthy of that from Thee. O Sublime! So bless him and his elect, good and pure household, all of them,

O Lord! Encompass us in Your pardon, for to Thee cry voices in diverse languages.

So appoint for us a share this evening, O God, of every good which You divide among Your servants, every light by which You guide, every mercy which You spread, every blessing which You send down, every well-being with which You clothe and every provision which You outspread. O Most merciful of the merciful!

26. In supplication Al-Husain keeps on his Du'aa

اَللَّهُمَّ اقْلِبْنا فى هذَا الْوَقْتِ مُنْجِحينَ مُفْلِحينَ مَبْرُورينَ غانِمينَ،

وَلا تَجْعَلْنا مِنَ الْقانِطينَ،

وَلا تُخْلِنا مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَلا تَحْرِمْنا ما نُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ،

وَلا تَجْعَلْنا مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَحْرُومينَ،

وَلا لِفَضْلِ ما نُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ عَطآئِكَ قانِطينَ،

وَلا تَرُدَّنا خائِبينَ وَلا مِنْ بابِكَ مَطْرُودينَ،

يا اَجْوَدَ الاَجْوَدينَ، وَاَكْرَمَ الاَْكْرَمينَ، اِلَيْكَ اَقْبَلْنا مُوقِنينَ،

وَلِبَيْتِكَ الْحَرامِ آمّينَ قاصِدينَ، فَاَعِنّا عَلى مَناسِكِنا، وَاَكْمِلْ لَنا حَجَّنا،

وَاْعْفُ عَنّا وَعافِنا، فَقَدْ مَدَدْنا اِلَيْكَ اَيْديَنا فَهِىَ بِذِلَّةِ الاِْعْتِرافِ مَوْسُومَةٌ،

O God, transform us into victorious men, triumphant, pious, and prosperous.

	Set us not among those who despair,
	Empty us not of Your mercy,
	Deprive us not of that bounty of Yours for which we hope,
	And set us not among those deprived of Your mercy, nor those who despair of the bounty of Your gift for which we hope.
	Reject us not with the rejected, nor those driven from Your door.

O Most Magnanimous of the most magnanimous ! O Most Generous of the most generous! Toward Thee we have turned having sure faith, repairing to and bound for Your Sacred House. So help is with our holy rites, perfect for us our pilgrimage, pardon us, and give us well-being, for we have extended toward Thee our hands branded with the mark of confession.

27. Al-Husain entreats God

اَللَّهُمَّ فَاَعْطِنا فى هذِهِ الْعَشِيَّةِ ما سَأَلْناكَ،

وَاكْفِنا مَا اسْتَكْفَيْناكَ، فَلا كافِىَ لَنا سِواكَ،

وَلا رَبَّ لَنا غَيْرُكَ، نافِذٌ فينا حُكْمُكَ، مُحيطٌ بِنا عِلْمُكَ،

عَدْلٌ فينا قَضآؤُكَ، اِقْضِ لَنَا الْخَيْرَ، وَاجْعَلْنا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ،

اَللَّهُمَّ اَوْجِبْ لَنا بِجُودِكَ عَظيمَ الاَْجْرِ، وَكَريمَ الذُّخْرِ،

وَدَوامَ الْيُسْرِ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنا ذُنُوبَنا اَجْمَعينَ، وَلا تُهْلِكْنا مَعَ الْهالِكينَ،

وَلا تَصْرِفْ عَنّا رَأفَتَكَ وَرَحْمَتَك، يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ،

O God, provide us this evening what we have asked of Thee and suffice us in that in which we have prayed Thee, for there is none to suffice us apart from Thee. We have no lord other than Thee.

	Put us into effect concerning Your decision,
	Encompassing of us is Your knowledge
	Just (for us) is Your decree.

Perform for us the good and place us among the people of the good!

O God, by Your charity let our wage be mighty, and our treasure that of honor, with a lasting ease.

Forgive us our sins, all of them, demolish us not with those who perish, and turn not Your Love and Mercy away from us, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

28. Al-Husain entreats God further

اَللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنا فى هذَا الْوَقْتِ مِمَّنْ سَاَلَكَ فَاَعْطَيْتَهُ، وَشَكَرَكَ فَزِدْتَهُ،

وَتابَ اِلَيْكَ فَقَبِلْتَهُ وَتَنَصَّلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كُلِّها فَغَفَرْتَها لَهُ

يا ذَالْجَلالِ وَالاِْكْرامِ،

اَللّهُمَّ وَنَقِّنا وَسَدِّدْنا واقْبَلْ تَضَرُّعَنا،

يا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ، وَيا اَرْحَمَ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ،

يا مَنْ لا يَخْفى عَلَيْهِ اِغْماضُ الْجُفُونِ، َولا لَحْظُ الْعُيُونِ،

وَلا مَا اسْتَقَرَّ فِى الْمَكْنُونِ، وَلا مَا انْطَوَتْ عَلَيْهِ مُضْمَراتُ الْقُلُوبِ،

اَلا كُلُّ ذلِكَ قَدْ اَحْصاهُ عِلْمُكَ، وَوَسِعَهُ حِلْمُكَ،

سُبْحانَكَ وَتَعالَيْتَ عَمّا يَقُولُ الظّالِمُونَ عُلُوّاً كَبيراً،

O Allah! Place us among those who ask of Thee and to whom You give,

	who thank Thee and whom You increase,
	who turn to Thee in repentance and whom You accept
	and who renounce all of their sins before Thee and whom You forgive,

O Lord of Majesty and Splendor! O God, purify us, show us the right way and accept our pleas.

O Best of those from whom is asked!

And O Most Merciful of those whose mercy is sought!

O He from whom nothing is hidden even the wink of the eyes, the glances of the eyes, what rests in the concealed, and what is enfolded in hearts' secrets. All that has been reckoned in Your knowledge and embraced by Your clemency? Glory be to Thee and high indeed are You exalted above what the evil-doers say!

29. Further in his Du'aa

تُسَبِّحُ لَكَ السَّماواتُ السَّبْعُ، وَالاَْرَضُونَ وَمَنْ فيهِنَّ،

وَاِنْ مِنْ شَىء اِلاّ يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ،

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَالَْمجْدُ، وَعُلُوُّ الْجَدِّ، يا ذَالْجَلالِ وَالاِْكْرامِ، وَالْفَضْلِ وَالاِْنْعامِ،

وَالاَْيادِى الْجِسامِ، وَاَنْتَ الْجَوادُ الْكَريمُ، الرَّؤُوفُ الرَّحيمُ،

اَللَّهُمَّ اَوْسِعْ عَلَىَّ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْحَلالِ، وَعافِنى فى بَدَنى وَدينى،

وَآمِنْ خَوْفى، وَاعْتِقْ رَقَبَتى مِنَ النّارِ،

اَللّهُمَّ لا تَمْكُرْ بى، وَلا تَسْتَدْرِجْنى، وَلا تَخْدَعْنى، وَادْرَأ عَنّى شَرَّ فَسَقَةِ الْجِنِّ وَالاِْنْسِ .

The seven heavens and the earth and all that is contained therein praise Thee, and there is not a thing but hymns Your praise.

So Yours is the praise, the glory, and the might of majesty, O Lord of majesty and splendor, of bounty and blessing and of great favor! And You are the Magnanimous, the Generous, the Compassionate, the Tender.

	O God, increase for me the ample of Your lawful provision,
	Let me be wholesome in body and religion,
	Safeguard me from fright and deliver me from the Fire.
	O God, devise not against me,
	Entice me not on, step by step,
	Trick me not and
	avert from me the evilness of the ungodly among jinn and mankind.

30. Al-Husain ends his Du'aa with eyes full of tears

ثمّ رفع رأسه وبصره الى السّماء وعيناه ماطرتان كأنّهما مزادتان وقال بصوت عال:

يا اَسْمَعَ السّامِعينَ، يا اَبْصَرَ النّاظِرينَ، وَيا اَسْرَعَ الْحاسِبينَ،

وَيا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ، صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد السّادَةِ الْمَيامينَ،

وَاَسْأَلُكَ اَللَّهُمَّ حاجَتِى اَّلتى اِنْ اَعْطَيْتَنيها لَمْ يَضُرَّنى ما مَنَعْتَنى،

وَاِنْ مَنَعْتَنيها لَمْ يَنْفَعْنى ما اَعْطَيْتَنى، ا

َسْأَلُكَ فَكاكَ رَقَبَتى مِنَ النّارِ، لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ، وَحْدَكَ لا شَريكَ لَكَ،

لَكَ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، وَاَنْتَ عَلى كُلِّ شَىء قَديرٌ، يا رَبُّ يا رَبُّ .

Then he lifted his head and eyes toward Heaven. Tears were flowing from his blessed eyes profusely, and he said in a loud voice:

O Most Hearing of those who hear!

O Most Seeing of those who see!

O Swiftest of prosecutors!

O Most Merciful of the merciful! Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, the leaders, the fortunate.

And, I ask of Thee, O God, my need, that if You grant it to me then what You hold back from me will cause me no harm;

and if You hold back my need from me, then what You grant me will not profit me.

I ask Thee to deliver me from the inferno. There is no god but Thee alone, You have no associate.

Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the praise, and You are the Sovereign over everything. O my Lord! O my Lord!

Then he said "O my Lord" over and over.

Then he lifted his head and eyes toward Heaven. Tears were flowing from his blessed eyes profusely, and he said in a loud voice:

	O Most Hearing of those who hear!
	O Most Seeing of those who see!
	O Swiftest of prosecutors!
	O Most Merciful of the merciful! Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, the chiefs, the fortunate.

And, I ask of Thee, O God, my need, that if You grant it to me then what You hold back from me will cause me no harm;

and if You hold back my need from me, then what You grant me will not profit me.

I ask Thee to deliver me from the inferno. There is no god but Thee alone, You have no associate. Yours is the dominion, and Yours is the praise, and You are the Sovereign over everything. O my Lord! O my Lord!
Then he said "O my Lord" over and over.