{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/sal/sal063.htm","path":"isl/sal/sal063.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/sal/sal063.htm","text":"(62)\nDua-e-Sabah\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\nOh God, Oh He Who extended the morning's tongue in the speech of its\ndawning, dispatched the fragments of the dark night into the gloom of its\nstammering, made firm the structure of the turning spheres in the\nmeasures of its display and beamed forth the brightness of the sun\nthrough the light of its blazing! Oh He, Who demonstrates His Essence\nby His Essence, transcends congeniality with His creatures and is\nexalted beyond conformity with His qualities! Oh He Who is near to the\npassing thoughts of opinions, far from the regards of eyes and knows\nwhat will be before it comes to be! Oh He, Who has put me at ease in\nthe cradle of His security and sanctuary, awakened me to the favors and\nkindness that He has bestowed upon me and hell from the claws of evil\nwith His hand and His force! Bless, oh God, the guide to You in the\ndarkest night, him who, of Your ropes, clings to the cord of the longest\nnobility, him whose glory is evident at the summit of stout shoulders and\nwhose feet were entrenched in spite of slippery places in ancient time;\nand [bless] his household, the good, the chosen, the pious, And open for\nus, oh God, the leaves of morning's door with the keys of mercy and\nprosperity! Clothe me, oh God, with the most excellent robes of\nguidance and r ighteousness! Plant, oh God, through Your\ntremendousness, the springs of humility in the watering place of my\nhear! Cause to flow, oh God, because of Your awesomeness, tears of\nmoaning from the corner of my eyes! And chastise, oh God, the\nrecklessness of my clumsiness with the reins of contentment! My God, if\nmercy from You does not begin with fair success for me, then who can\ntake me to You upon the evident path? If Your deliberateness would turn\nme over to the guide of hope and wishes, then who will annul my slips\nfrom the stumbles of caprice? If Your deliberateness should turn me over\nto the guide of hope and wishes, then who will annul my slips from the\nstumbles of caprice? If Your help should forsake me in the battle with the\nsoul and Satan, then Your forsaking will have entrusted me to where\nthere is hardship and deprivation. My God, does You see that I have\nonly come to You from the direction of hopes or clung to the ends of\nYour cords when my sins have driven me from the house of union? So\nwhat an evil mount upon which my soul has mounted - its caprice! Woe\nupon it for being seduced by its own opinions and wishes! And\ndestruction be upon it for its audacity toward its Master and Protector!\nMy God, I have knocked upon the door of Your mercy with the hand of\nmy hope, fled to You seeking refuge from my excessive caprice and\nfixed the fingers of my love to the ends of Your cords. So pardon, oh\nGod, the slips and errors I have committed and release me from the foot\ntangling of my robe. For You are my Master, my Protector, my Support\nand my Hope and You are the object of my search and my desire in my\nultimate end and stable abode. My God, how couldst You drive away a\npoor beggar who seeks refuge in You from sins, fleeing? Or how could\nYou disappoint one seeking guidance who repairs to Your threshold\nrunning? Never! For Your pools are full in the hardship of drought, Your\ndoor is open for seeking and penetration and You are the goal of\nrequests and the object of hopes. My God, these are the reins of my\nsoul I have bound them with the ties of Your will. These are the burdens\nof my sins I have averted them with Your pardon and mercy. And these\nare my caprices that lead astray - I have entrusted them to the threshold\nof Your gentleness and kindliness. So make this morning of mine, oh\nGod, descend upon me with the radiance of guidance, and with safety in\nreligion and this world! And [make] my evening a shield against the\ndeception of enemies and a protection against the destructive blows of\ncaprice! Verily You are able over what You will! You gives the kingdom\nto whom You will, and You seizes the kingdom from whom You will; You\nexalts whom You will, and You abases whom You will; in Your hand is\nthe good; You are powerful over all things. You make the night to enter\ninto the day, and You make the day to enter into the night; You bring\nforth the living from the dead, and You bring forth dead from the living;\nand You provides whomsoever You will without reckoning. There is no\ngod but You! Glory be to You, oh God, and Your is the praise! Who\nknows Your measure without fearing You? Who knows what You are\nwithout awe of You? Through Your power You have joined disparate\nthings, through Your gentleness You have cleaved apart the daybreak\nand through Your generosity You have illumined the dark shrouds of\nnight. You have made waters, sweet and salt, flow forth from hard\nshining stones, sent down out of rain-clouds water cascading and\nappointed the sun and moon a blazing lamp for the creatures, without\nexperiencing in that which You originated either weariness or effort. So,\noh He Who is alone in might and subsistence and dominates His slaves\nwith death and annihilation, Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his\nhousehold, the god fearing, answer my supplication hear my call,\ndestroy my enemies and actualize through Your bounty my hope and\ndesire. Oh best of those who is called to remove affliction and object of\nhope in every difficulty and ease! I have stated my need, so do not reject\nme, oh my master, despairing of Your exalted gifts. Oh All generous! Oh\nAll generous! Oh All generous! By Your mercy, oh Most Merciful of the\nmerciful! And God bless the best of His creatures, Muhammad\n(s.a.w.a.), and all his household!\nThen go in prostration and say:\nMy God, my heart is veiled, my soul deficient, my intelligence defeated,\nmy caprice triumphant, my obedience little, my disobedience much and\nmy tongue acknowledges sins. So what am I to do? Oh He Who covers\ndefects! Oh He Who knows the unseen things! Forgive my sins, all of\nthem, by the sacredness of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and the household of\nMuhammad (s.a.w.a.) Oh All-forgiver! Oh All-forgiver! Oh All-forgiver! By\nYour mercy, oh Most Merciful of the merciful!","title":"The Alawite Book: Dua-e-Sabah","type":"page"}