مناجاة المريدين

In Communion of the Devotees

Arabic by way of http://www.shiaweb.org/doaa/al-sajadia

Translation by way of Duas.org

Edited and categorized by Dr. Hashim

سُبْحانَكَ ما أَضْيَقَ الطُّرُقَ عَلى مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ دَلِيلَهُ! وَما أَوْضَحَ الْحَقَّ عِنْدَ مَنْ هَدَيْتَهُ سَبِيلَه!
إلهِي فاسْلُكْ بِنا سُبُلَ الْوُصُولِ إلَيْكَ، وَسَيِّرْنا فِي أَقْرَبِ الطُّرُقِ لِلْوُفُودِ عَلَيْكَ،
قَرِّبْ عَلَيْنَا الْبَعِيدَ، وَسَهِّلَ عَلَيْنَا الْعَسِيرَ الشَّدِيدَ،
وَأَلْحِقْنا بِعِبادِكَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِالْبِدارِ إلَيْكَ يُسارِعُونَ وَبابَكَ عَلَى الدَّوامِ يَطْرُقُونَ،
وَإيَّاكَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهارِ يَعْبُدُونَ، وَهُمْ مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ مُشْفِقُونَ،
الَّذِينَ صَفَّيْتَ لَهُمُ الْمَشارِبَ،
وَبَلَّغْتَهُمُ الرَّغآئِبَ،
وَأَنْجَحْتَ لَهُمُ الْمَطالِبَ،
وَقَضَيْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْمَآرِبَ،
وَمَلأْتَ لَهُمْ ضَمآئِرَهُمْ مِنْ حُبِّكَ
وَرَوَّيْتَهُمْ مِنْ صافِي شِرْبِكَ،
فَبِكَ إلى لَذِيذِ مُناجاتِكَ وَصَلُوا،
وَمِنْكَ أَقْصى مَقاصِدِهِمْ حَصَّلُوا،
فَيا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى الْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ مُقْبِلٌ،
وَبِالْعَطْفِ عَلَيْهِمْ عآئِدٌ مُفْضِلٌ،
وَبِالْغافِلِينَ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ رَحِيمٌ رَؤُوفٌ، وَبِجَذْبِهمْ إلى بابِهِ وَدُودٌ عَطُوفٌ،

أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِهِمْ مِنْكَ حَظّاً، وَأَعْلاهُمْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً،
وَأَجْزَلِهِـمْ مِنْ وُدِّكَ قِسَمـاً،
وَأَفْضَلِهِمْ فِي مَعْرِفَتِكَ نَصِيباً،
فَقَدِ انْقطَعَتْ إلَيْكَ هِمَّتِي،
وَانْصَرَفَتْ نَحْوَكَ رَغْبَتِي،
فَأَنْتَ لاَ غَيْرُكَ مُرادِي، وَلَكَ لا لِسِواكَ سَهَرِي وَسُهادِي،
وَلِقاؤُكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْني،
وَوَصْلُكَ مُنى نَفْسِي،
وَإلَيْكَ شَوْقِي،
وَفِي مَحَبَّتِكَ وَلَهِي،
وَإلى هَواكَ صَبابَتِي،
وَرِضاكَ بُغْيَتي،
وَرُؤْيَتُكَ حاجَتِي،
وَجِوارُكَ طَلَبِي، وَقُرْبُكَ غايَةُ سُؤْلِي،

وَفِي مُنَاجَاتِكَ رَوْحِي وَراحَتِي،
وَعِنْدَكَ دَوآءُ عِلَّتِي،
وَشِفآءُ غُلَّتِي،
وَبَرْدُ لَوْعَتِي،
وَكَشْفُ كُرْبَتِي.
فَكُنْ أَنِيْسِي فِي وَحْشَتِي، وَمُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي، وَغافِرَ زَلَّتِي،
وَقابِلَ تَوْبَتِي،
وَمُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي،
وَوَلِيَّ عِصْمَتِي،
وَمُغْنِيَ فاقَتِي،
وَلا تَقْطَعْنِي عَنْكَ،
وَلا تُبْعِدْنِي مِنْكَ يا نَعِيمِي وَجَنَّتِي،
وَيا دُنْيايَ وَآخِرَتِي، يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

Glory be to Thee! How narrow are the paths for him whom You have not guided! And how obvious the truth is for him whom You have guided his way!

My God, so let us take the paths that lead to Thee, and set us into motion on the paths nearest to reaching Thee!

Make near for us the far, and ease for us the arduous and the hard!

And join us with Thy servants, who swiftly hurry to Thee, who knock at Thy door constantly,

And worship Thee day and night, remaining apprehensive in awe of Thee!

The ones whom You have purified their intake,

And taken them to their objective and desire,

And granted them their requests,

And fulfilled their wishes through Thy bounty,

And filled their hearts with Thy love,

and quenched their thirst with Thy pure drink.

Through Thee have they reached the sweetness of Munajat (inner) prayer to Thee,

and in Thee have they achieved their furthest goals.

O He who hastens toward those who hasten toward Him

And Who repeatedly grants His gifts and bounty through His compassion for them!

Who is compassionate and clement even toward the heedless of His remembrance, and loving and tender in drawing them to His door!

I ask Thee, dear Lord, to place me among those who have the fullest share from Thee, and the highest station with Thee,

	And the most plentiful portion of Thy love,
	And the highest allotment of Thy knowledge,
	Since my aspiration has been severed from everything but Thee
	And my desire has turned solely toward Thee.

You are my object and none other; and for only Thee I keep awake and sleepless.

	Meeting Thee is the bliss of my eye,
	And joining Thee is the wish of my soul.
	And toward Thee is my yearning,
	And in love for Thee is my passionate longing,
	And in inclining toward Thee is my fervent craving.
	And Thy good pleasure is the aim I seek,
	And the vision of Thee is my need,
	And Thy neighborhood is my request, and nearness to Thee is the utmost object of my asking.

Lord! In the whispered prayer to Thee I find ease and repose.

	And with Thee lies the remedy of my illness,
	And the cure for my burning thirst,
	And the coolness of my ardor,
	And the removal of my distress.

Be my intimate friend in my loneliness, the releaser of my stumble, and the forgiver of my slip,

	And be the accepter of my repentance,
	And the responder to my supplication,
	And the patron to preserve me from sin,
	And the one who frees me from my needs!
	Do not cut me off from Thee
	And keep me not far from Thee, O my bliss and my ecstasy!

O You are my this world and my hereafter! O Most Merciful of the merciful!