{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal029.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal029.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal029.htm","text":"(28)\nHis supplication on the 15th Shaban and\nThursday night (Dua-e-Kumail)\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nO Allah! Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny. O Allah! I\nbeseech You by Your mercy, which encompasses all things. And by\nYour power by which You overcome all things and submit to it all things\nand humble before it all things And by Your might by which You have\nconquered all things And by Your majesty against which nothing can\nstand up And by Your grandeur which prevails upon all things And by\nYour authority which is exercised over all things And by Your own self\nthat shall endure forever after all things have vanished. And by Your\nNames which manifest Your power over all things. And by Your\nknowledge which pervades all things. And by the light of Your\ncountenance which illuminates everything. O You Who are the light! O\nYou Who are the most holy! O You Who existed before the first! O You\nWho shall exist after the last! O Allah! Forgive me my such sins as\nwould affront my continency O Allah! Forgive me my such sins as would\nbring down calamity O Allah! Forgive me my such sins as would change\ndivine favours (into calamities). O Allah! Forgive me my such sins as\nwould hinder my supplication. O Allah! Forgive me such sins as bring\ndown misfortunes (or afflictions). O Allah! Forgive my such sins as would\nsuppress hope. O Allah! Forgive every sin that I have committed and\nevery error that I have erred. O Allah! I endeavour to draw myself nigh to\nYou through Your invocation. And I pray to You to intercede on my\nbehalf. And I entreat You by Your benevolence to draw me nearer to\nYou. And grant me that I should be grateful to You and inspire me to\nremember and to invoke You. O Allah! I entreat You begging You\nsubmissively, humbly and awestricken to treat me with clemency and\nmercy, and to make me pleased and contented with what You have\nallotted to me. And cause me to be modest and unassuming in all\ncircumstances. O Allah! I beg You as one who is passing through\nextreme privation and who supplicates his needs to You and his hope\nhas been greatly raised by that which is with You. O Allah! Great is Your\nkingdom and exalted is Your greatness Your plan is secret, Your\nauthority is manifest, Your might is victorious and subduing and Your\npower is prevalent throughout and it is not possible to escape from Your\ndominion. O Allah! Except You I do not find anyone able to pardon my\nsins nor to conceal my loathsome acts. Nor have I anyone except You to\nchange my evil deeds into virtues. There is no god but You, glory and\npraise be to You. I have made my own soul to suffer. I had the audacity\n(to sin) by my ignorance relying upon my past remembrance of You and\nYour grace towards me. O Allah! My Lord! How many of my loathsome\nacts have You screened (from public gaze). How many of my grievous\nafflictions (distresses) have You reduced in severity. And how many of\nmy stumbling have You protected, how many of my detestable acts has\nYou averted, and how many of my undeserving praises have You\nspread abroad! O Allah! My trials and sufferings have increased and my\nevilness has worsened, my good deeds have diminished and my yokes\n(of misdeeds) have become firm. And remote hopes restrain me to profit\n(by good deeds) and the world has deceived me with its allurements and\nmy own self has been affected by treachery and procrastination.\nTherefore, my Lord! I implore You by Your greatness not to let my sins\nand my misdeeds shut out access to my prayers from reaching Your\nrealm and not to disgrace me by exposing those (hidden ones) of which\nYou have knowledge nor to hasten my retribution for those vices and\nmisdeeds committed by me in secret which were due to\nevil-mindedness, ignorance, excessive lustfulness and my negligence. O\nAllah! I beg You by Your greatness to be compassionate to me in all\ncircumstances and well disposed towards me in all matters. My God! My\nNourisher! Have I anyone except You from whom I can seek the\ndislodging of my evils and understanding of my problems? My God! My\nMaster! You decreed a law for me but instead I obeyed my own low\ndesires. And I did not guard myself against the allurements of my enemy.\nHe deceived me with vain hopes whereby I was led astray and fate\nhelped him in that respect. Thus I transgressed some of its limits set for\nme by You and I disobeyed some of Your commandments; You have\ntherefore a (just) cause against me in all those matters and I have no\nplea against Your judgment passed against me. I have therefore become\n(justifiably) liable to Your judgment and afflictions. But now I have turned\nto You, my Lord, after being guilty of omissions and transgressions\nagainst my soul, apologetically, repentantly, broken heartedly, entreating\nearnestly for forgiveness, yieldingly confessing (to my guilt) as I can find\nno escape from that which was done by me and having no refuge to\nwhich I could turn except seeking Your acceptance of my excuse and\nadmitting me into the realm of Your capacious mercy. O Allah! Accept\nmy apology and have pity on my intense sufferings and set me free from\nmy heavy fetters (of evil deeds). My Nourisher! Have mercy on the\ninfirmity of my body, the delicacy of my skin and the brittleness of my\nbones. O' You! Who originated my creation and (accorded me) my\nindividuality, and (ensured) my upbringing and welfare (and provided)\nmy sustenance (I beg You) to restore Your favours and blessings upon\nme as You did in the beginning of my life. O' my God! My master! My\nLord! And my Nourisher! What! Will You see me punished with the fire\nkindled by You despite my belief in Your unity? And despite the fact that\nmy heart has been filled with (pure) knowledge of You and when my\ntongue has repeatedly praised You and my conscience has\nacknowledged Your love and despite my sincere confessions (of my\nsins) and my humble entreaties submissively made to Your divinity?\nNay, You are far too kind and generous to destroy one whom Yourself\nnourished and supported, or to drive away from Yourself one whom You\nhave kept under Your protection, or to scare away one whom Yourself\nhave given shelter, or to abandon in affliction one You have maintained\nand to whom You have been merciful. I wish I had known O' my Master,\nmy God and my Lord! Will You inflict fire upon faces which have\nsubmissively bowed in prostration to Your greatness, or upon the\ntongues which have sincerely confirmed Your unity and have always\nexpressed gratitude to You, or upon hearts which have acknowledged\nYour divinity with conviction, or upon the minds which accumulated so\nmuch knowledge of You until they became submissive to You, or upon\nthe limbs which strove, at the places appointed for Your worship, to\nadore You willingly and seek Your forgiveness submissively? Such sort\n(of harshness) is not expected from You as it is remote from Your grace,\nO' generous one! O' Lord! You are aware of my weakness to bear even\na minor affliction of this world and its consequence and adversity\naffecting the denizen of this earth, although such afflictions are\nmomentary, short-lived and transient. How then can I bear the\nretributions and the punishments of the hereafter which are enormous\nand of intensive sufferings, of prolonged period and perpetual duration,\nand which shall never be alleviated for those who deserve the same as\nthose retributions will be the result of Your wrath; and Your punishment\nwhich neither the heavens nor the earth can withstand and bear! My\nLord! How can I, a weak, insignificant, humble, poor and destitute\ncreature of Yours be able to bear them? O' my God! My Lord! My King!\nAnd Master! Which of the matters shall I complain to You and for which\nof them shall I bewail and weep? Shall I bewail for the pains and pangs\nof the punishment and their intensity or for the length of sufferings and\ntheir duration? Therefore (my Lord!) If You subject me to the penalties\n(of hell) in company of Your enemies and cast me with those who\nmerited Your punishments and tear me apart from Your friends and\nthose who will be near to You, then my God, my Lord and my Master,\nthough I may patiently bear Your punishments, how can I calmly accept\nbeing kept away from You? I reckon that though I may patiently endure\nthe scorching fire of Your hell, yet how can I resign myself to the denial\nof Your pity and clemency? How can I remain in the fire while I have\nhopes of Your forgiveness? O' my Lord! By Your honour truly do I swear\nthat, if You allow my power of speech to be retained by me in the hell, I\nshall amongst its inmates cry out bewailing unto You like the cry of those\nwho have faith in Your kindness and compassion. And I shall bemoan for\nYou (for being deprived of nearness to You) the lamentation of those\nwho are bereaved, and I shall keep on calling unto You: \"Where are You\nO' Friend of the believers! O' (You Who are) the last hope and resort of\nthose who acknowledge You and have faith in Your clemency and\nkindness; O' You Who are the helper of those seeking help! O' You Who\nare dear to the hearts of those who truly believe in You! And O' You\nWho are the Lord of the universe. \"My Lord! Glory and praise be to You,\nwould You (wish) to be seen (disregarding) the voice of a Muslim\nbondman, incarcerated therein (the hell) for his disobedience and\nimprisoned within its pits for his evildoings and misdeeds, crying out to\nYou the utterance of one who has faith in Your mercy and calling out to\nYou in the language of those who believe in Your unity and seeking to\napproach You by means of Your epithet \"the Creator, the Nourisher, the\nAccomplisher and the Protector of the entire existence\"? My Lord! Then\nhow could he remain in torments when he hopefully relies upon Your\npast forbearance, compassion and mercy? And how can the fire cause\nhim suffering when he hopes for Your grace and mercy and how can its\nroaring flames char him when You hear his voice and see his plight?\nAnd how can he withstand its roaring flames when You know his frailty?\nAnd how can he be tossed about between its layers when You know his\nsincerity? And how can the guards of hell threaten him when he calls out\nto You? \"My Lord\", and how would You abandon him therein (the hell)\nwhen he has faith in Your grace to set him free? Alas! That is not the\nconcept (held by us) of You nor has Your grace such a reputation nor\ndoes it resemble that which You have awarded by Your kindness and\ngenerosity to those who believe in Your unity. I definitely conclude that\nhad You not ordained punishment for those who disbelieved in You, and\nhad You not decreed Your enemies to remain in hell, You would have\nmade the hell cold and peaceful and there would never have been an\nabode or place for anyone in it. But sanctified be Your Names, You have\nsworn to fill the hell with the disbelievers from amongst the jinns and\nmankind together and to place forever Your enemies therein. And You,\nexalted be Your praises, had made manifest, out of Your generosity and\nkindness, that a believer is not like unto him who is an evil-liver. My\nLord! My Master! I, therefore implore You by that power which You\ndetermined and by the decree which You have finalized and ordained\nwhereby You have prevailed upon whom You have imposed it, to\nbestow upon me this night and this very hour the forgiveness for all the\ntransgressions that I have been guilty of, for all the sins that I have\ncommitted, for all the loathsome acts that I have kept secret and for all\nthe evils done by me, secretly or openly, in concealment or outwardly\nand for every evil action that You have ordered the two noble scribes to\nconfirm whom You have appointed to record all my actions and to be\nwitnesses over me along with the limbs of my body, while You observe\nover me besides them and was witness to those acts concealed from\nthem? Which You in Your mercy have kept secret and through Your\nkindness unexposed and I pray to You to make my share plentiful in all\nthe good that You do bestow; in all the favours that You grant; and in all\nthe virtues that You allow to be known everywhere; and in all the\nsustenance and livelihood that You expand and in respect of all the sins\nthat You forgive and the wrongs that You cover up. O' Lord! O' Lord! O'\nLord! O' my God! My Lord! My King! O' Master of my freedom! O' You\nWho hold my destiny and Who are aware of my suffering and poverty, O'\nYou Who know my destitution and starvation, O' my Lord! O' Lord, O'\nLord! I beseech You by Your glory and Your honour, by Your supremely\nhigh attributes and by Your names to cause me to utilise my time, day\nand night, in Your remembrance, by engaging myself in serving You\n(Your cause) and to let my deeds be such as to be acceptable to You,\nso much so that all my actions and offerings (prayers) may be\ntransformed into one continuous and sustained effort and my life may\ntake the form of constant and perpetual service to You. O' my Master! O'\nYou upon Whom I rely! O' You unto Whom I express my distress! O' my\nLord! My Lord! My Lord! Strengthen my limbs for Your service and\nsustain the strength of my hands to persevere in Your service and\nbestow upon me the eagerness to fear You and constantly to serve You.\nSo that I may lead myself towards You in the field with the vanguards\nwho are in the fore rank and be swift towards You among those who\nhasten towards You and urge eagerly to be near You and draw myself\ntowards You like them who sincerely draw themselves towards You and\nto fear You like the fear of those who believe firmly in You and thus I\nmay join the congregation of the faithful congregated near You (for\nprotection). O' Allah! Whosoever intends evil against me, let ill befall on\nhim and frustrate him who plots against me and assign for me a place in\nYour presence with the best of Your bondsmen and nearer abode to\nYou, for verily that position cannot be attained except through Your\ngrace and treat me benevolently, and through Your greatness extend\nYour munificence towards me and through Your mercy protect me and\ncause my tongue to accentuate Your remembrance and my heart filled\nwith Your love and be liberal to me by Your gracious response and\ncause my evils to appear fewer and forgive me my errors. For verily, You\nhave ordained for Your bondsmen Your worship and bidden them to\nsupplicate unto You and have assured them (of Your) response. So, my\nLord! I look earnestly towards You and towards You, my Lord! I have\nstretched forth my hands therefore, by Your honour, respond to my\nsupplication and let me attain my wishes and, by Your bounty, frustrate\nnot my hopes and protect me from the evils of my enemies, from among\nthe jinns and mankind. O' You! Who readily pleased, forgive one who\nowns nothing but supplication for You does what You will. O' You!\nWhose Name is the remedy (for all ills) and Whose remembrance is a\nsure cure for all ailments and obedience to Whom makes one self\nsufficient; have mercy on one whose only asset is hope and whose only\narmour is lamentation. O' You! Who perfects all bounties and Who\nwards off all misfortunes! O' Light! Who illuminates those who are in\nbewilderment! O' Omniscient! Who knows without (acquisition of)\nlearning! Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and the Descendants of\nMuhammad (s.a.w.a.) and do unto me in accordance with that which\nbefits You, and deal with me not in accordance to my worth. May the\nblessings of Allah be bestowed upon His Apostle and the Rightful Imams\nfrom his Descendants and His peace be upon them plentifully.","title":"The Alawite Book: Dua-e-Kumail","type":"page"}