The Alawite Book: His supplication for the honoured month of Shaban
(27)
His supplication for the honoured month of
Shaban
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O Allah bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny, heed my call
whenever I beseech You and be attentive whenever I eulogize You as I
have rushed towards You and have presented myself in Your Presence.
I am helpless in front of You; I am a complainant in Your court. Present
me the rewards, which You have reserved for me and You are well
aware of my inner thoughts. You are aware of my needs. You know
about the affairs of my heart and nothing is hidden from You, and
whatever I wish to say and the thing which I intend to speak (You are
fully aware of) You have decreed my destiny. O my Master, You are
aware of all the actions, which I will be performing till my last day. Either
openly or secretly, no one has any power of it except You. Either it is in
excess or in less measure, either in profit or in loss. My Lord if You deny
me who is there to sustain me, and if You make me unsuccessful then
who is there to support me? My Lord I seek refuge from You in the
descent of Your wrath and chastisement. O Allah! Although I am not
eligible for Your Mercy You can still shower Your grace on me. O Allah!
Wholeheartedly I have presented myself in Your presence which is
under the shade of Your forgiveness. O Allah! If You pardon me is there
anyone preferable to you? Even if my death has approached, and my
deeds have not made me reach Your Presence, thus I have made my
acceptance of sins a means of intercession. My Lord! While taking care
of my soul I have done injustice on it, and if You do not forgive it would
be destroyed. O Allah! Your obligation on me was for the whole life, do
not discontinue it after death. Why should I lose hope of it when during
my lifetime You have done nothing but goodness with me? My Lord! Be
compassionate in my transactions and oblige this sinner who is covered
by his ignorance. My Lord You have covered my sins in this world and I
require this covering in the hereafter. O Allah You have obliged me by
covering my sins from Your pious people and so do not degrade me on
the Day of Judgment in front of Your creation. O Allah Your grace has
expanded my hopes and Your forgiveness is greater than my deeds. O
Allah the day on which You take account of the creatures, put me among
good people by Your grace. My Lord! My excuse is like the excuse of a
person who does not have any hope of his excuse being accepted. O
the Generous of all the generous to Whom all go taking excuses. O
Allah! Do not turn down my requests, do not overlook my desires and do
not cut down my hopes. O Allah! If You had been unaware of my desires
You would have never guided me and if You had decided to degrade
me, You would have never saved me. My Lord! I don't feel that You will
not accept this supplication for which I have ended up my life. O Allah!
Praise is for You always and forever which ever increases and never
lessens in the manner You approve of it. O Allah! If You have decided to
punish me for my crimes I will not leave You for Your forgiveness and if
You have apprehended me for my sins I will not leave You for Your
Mercy and if You send me to Hell I will inform the inhabitants of Hell that
I loved You. If due to my worship my deeds are low, yet my hopes are
high due to hopefulness in You. O my Lord! How can I go hopeless and
dejected from Your presence when I was hopeful of Your Generosity
that I would return pardoned. O Allah I spent the whole life and my youth
forgetting Your presence and being away from You. O Allah! I was
arrogant for Your forgiveness and not being aware of treading the path
of Your wrath. My Lord! I am Your slave and son of Your slave, present
before You and have made Your grace an intercessor before You. My
Lord! I am Your slave who has repented for all the sins which he has
committed in Your presence after being careless of Your warnings. And I
seek forgiveness from You because forgiveness is one of Your
characteristics. My Lord! I lack the strength that I follow the same way
and save myself from Your wrath, but this happened when Your love
made me aware and so I have become as You wished me to be. Now I
thank You for entering the door of Your grace and my heart has become
pure from the stains of carelessness about You. My Lord, look at me as
You look up at those who call upon You, and he whom You have
ordered a thing and he has obeyed. O One Who is never away from His
servants and O the generous one Who is never miserly in rewarding the
good doers. O Allah grant me a heart that brings me nearer to You and a
tongue whose truthfulness raises my head in Your presence, and eyes
whose sight makes me nearer to You. My Creator! He is not a stranger
who has got fame due to You. And who is under Your shelter is never
abandoned as upon whom You have put Your generous look he is
nobody's slave. O Allah one who is nearer to You is alive at heart and
one who is attached to You finds refuge and I have also asked for
protection in Your presence. O Allah, my Lord and Master! Do not
disappoint the one who has hopes in You and don't drive him away from
Your favours. O Allah! Accord me a status which You bestowed upon
Your beloved servants. O Allah! Inculcate in me Your love after every
remembrance. By Your name, forgive me and make me near the purified
ones. My Lord by Your grace it is Your might that You made me reach to
the position of Your obedient and pleasing servants, because I don't
have the power to uplift my soul. O Lord I am a dependant slave in Your
kingdom. I am a repentant and seeking forgiveness. Do not include me
among those groups from whom You have turned away and their
carelessness has stopped Your forgiveness. O Allah grant me the grace
to cut off relations with this world and make me Yours. Grant my heart
the light which inclines towards You so much that it reaches to
understand Your greatness, and our soul is directed towards You. My
Lord put me among those people who have accepted Your message.
You have seen them and seeing Your Honour they have lost control of
their selves. You have whispered to them and they have performed
difficult deeds for You. O Allah! Do not prevail helplessness on my good
hopes, and do not cut off my hopes by Your mercy. My Lord if my errors
have put me down in Your presence, You overlook it, as I have great
trust in You. Although my sins have not made me capable of Your
excellent grace, but Your attention has made me bow down. My Lord! If
my carelessness has made me negligent of Your meeting then
recognizing Your bounties has made me alert. O Allah if Your great
chastisement calls me towards Hell Your great rewards invite me
towards Paradise. O Allah I ask from You have and hope from You. I
have a request, bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his progeny, and
include me among those who remember You. Who are never unmindful
of thanking You, who never take Your commands for granted. O Allah
grant me such a light by which I can gain Your recognition and obey
You, be afraid of You, think only of You, O the possessor of Honour and
Might! O Allah! Send blessings on Your Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)
and his progeny and grant them abundant peace.