Ramadan, 22nd Day: Dua and Amaal

اللّهُمّ افْتَحْ لِي فِيهِ أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ،

allahumma aftah li fihi abwaba fadlika

O Allah; on this day, (please) open before me the doors to Your graces,

وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيّ فِيهِ بَرَكَاتِكَ،

wa anzil `alayya fihi barakatika

And pour down on me Your blessings,

وَوَفّقْنِي فِيهِ لِمُوجِبَاتِ مَرْضَاتِكَ،

wa waffiqny fihi limujibati mardatika

And lead me to things that bring about Your pleasure,

وَ أَسْكِنّي فِيهِ بُحْبُوحَاتِ جَنَّاتِكَ،

wa askinny fihi buhbuhati jannatika

And allow me to reside in the spacious places from the gardens of Your Paradise;

يَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ المُضْطَرّينَ.

ya mujiba da`wati almudtarrina

O He Who responds to the prayer of the distressed ones.

أَنْتَ سَيِّدِي جَبَّارٌ غَفَّارٌ قَادِرٌ قَاهِرٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

O‟ my Master! You are the Compeller! Forgiver! Powerful! Subduer! All-Hearing! All-Knowing! All-Forgiving!

غَافِرُ الذَّنْبِ وَ قَابِلُ التَّوْبِ

O‟ Merciful! O‟ Forgiver of sins! O‟ Acceptor of repentance! O‟ Strict in punishment!

شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ‌ فالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَ النَّوى

The One who splits grains and seeds!

‌ مُولِجُ اللَّيْلِ فِي النَّهَارِ وَ مُولِجُ النَّهَارِ فِي اللَّيْلِ

O‟ He who merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night.

وَ مُخْرِجُ الْحَيِّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَ مُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ

O‟ He who brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living.

وَ رَازِقُ الْعِبَادِ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Provider of sustenance for the people without measure.

يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا جَبَّارُ

O‟ Compeller! O‟ Compeller! O‟ Compeller! O‟ Compeller! O‟ Compeller! O‟ Compeller!

صَلِ‌ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Please bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Progeny (a).

وَ اعْفُ عَنِّي وَ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ ارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Please pardon me, forgive me and have mercy on me as You are All-Forgiving, Merciful!”

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَا تَحْتَهُنَّ

O Allah, I ask You, O He for whom the seven earths and all that is within them, and all that is between them, and all that is beneath them, glorify

وَ يَا مَنْ‌ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صَاحِبَةً وَ لَا وَلَداً

O He who has not taken a consort nor a son,

وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ

and there is no partner in His dominion,

وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً

and He has no ally out of humility, and magnify Him with a great magnification,

يَا مَنْ‌ أَنْزَلَ عَلى‌ عَبْدِهِ الْكِتابَ

O He who revealed the Book upon His servant

وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِوَجاً قَيِّماً

without any crookedness, straight,

يَا مَنْ‌ لا يُشْرِكُ فِي حُكْمِهِ أَحَداً

O He who does not share His rule with anyone,

يَا مَنْ نَادَى مُوسَى‌ مِنْ جانِبِ الطُّورِ الْأَيْمَنِ‌ وَ قَرَّبَهُ نَجِيّاً

O He who called Moses from the right side of Mount Sinai and drew him near for conversation,

يَا مَنْ رَفَعَ إِدْرِيسَ‌ مَكاناً عَلِيًّا

O He who raised Enoch to a high place,

يَا مَنْ‌ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ

O He to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and on the earth

وَ ما بَيْنَهُما وَ ما تَحْتَ الثَّرى‌

and between them and under the soil,

يَا مَنْ‌ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَ أَخْفى‌

O He who knows the secret and what is even more hidden,

أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

You are Allah, there is no deity except You,

لَكَ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى

Yours are the most beautiful names,

يَا مَنْ‌ أَعْطى‌ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدى‌

O He who gave everything its creation and then guided it,

يَا مَنْ خَشَعَتْ لَهُ الْأَصْوَاتُ‌ فَلا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْساً

O He for whom the voices are subdued, you hear nothing but whispers,

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا نَاجَيْتُكَ بِهِ مِنْ مِدْحَتِكَ [وَ نَاجَاكَ بِهِ مَنْ مَدَحَكَ‌] فِي يَوْمِي هَذَا

O Allah, I ask You by what I have privately conversed with You from Your praise today,

طَلَباً لِعَفْوِكَ وَ خَوْفاً مِنْ عَذَابِكَ

seeking Your pardon, fearing Your punishment,

وَ طَمَعاً فِي إِحْسَانِكَ وَ رَجَاءً لِمَا عِنْدَك

hoping for what is with You, longing for Your benevolence,

وَ رَغْبَةً فِي رِضَاكَ وَ سَعَةً فِي رِزْقِكَ وَ تَفَضُّلِكَ

desiring Your pleasure, expanding in Your sustenance and Your grace,

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ

to bless Muhammad and his pure family,

وَ تُؤْنِسَ وَحْشَتِي وَ تَصِلَ وَحْدَتِي

to comfort my solitude, to connect my isolation,

وَ تُعِزُّ ذِلَّتِي وَ تَسْتُرَ عَوْرَتِي وَ تَجْبُرَ فَاقَتِي

to honor my humility, to cover my flaws, to compensate for my need,

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَجَائِي وَ ثِقَتِي

O Allah, You are my hope and my trust,

فَأَعِنِّي عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنِي

so assist me against those who oppress me,

وَ انْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ

support me against those who seek to harm me,

وَ أَرَادَ أَذِيَّتِي وَ احْفَظْنِي فِي نَفْسِي وَ مَالِي وَ دِينِي

and guard me in my soul, wealth, religion,

وَ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ أَعْتِقْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

family, and children, and free me from the Fire,

وَ ارْزُقْنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَ الْأَمْنَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

and grant me Paradise and security in this world and the Hereafter,

وَ لَا تُحْوِجْنِي إِلَى غَيْرِكَ

and do not make me in need of anyone other than You

بِفَضْلِكَ الْمَبْذُولِ‌ وَ إِحْسَانِكَ الْمَأْمُولِ

by Your freely bestowed grace and anticipated benevolence,

‌ إِنَّكَ عَلى‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ

indeed, You are capable of all things, and it is easy for You,

وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

and may Allah send blessings upon our master Muhammad and his pure family.

يَا سَالِخَ اللَّيْلِ مِنَ النَّهَارِ فَإِذَا هُمْ مُظْلِمُونَ

Yā sālikha al-layli mina al-nahār, fa-idhā hum muẓlimūn

O You who strips the night from the day, and suddenly they are in darkness.

يَا مُجْرِيَ الشَّمْسِ لِمُسْتَقَرِّهَا بِتَقْدِيرِكَ

Yā mujriya al-shamsi limustaqarrīhā bi-taqdīrik

O You who causes the sun to move towards its resting place by Your decree.

يَا عَلِيمُ يَا مُنْتَهَى رَغْبَةِ الرَّاغِبِينَ

Yā ‘Alīm, yā muntahā raghbati al-rāghibīn

O All-Knowing, O ultimate desire of those who seek!

وَ يَا وَلِيَّ النِّعْمَةِ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

Wa yā waliyy al-ni‘mah ‘ala al-‘ālamīn

O Guardian of blessings over all the worlds!

يَا رَحْمَانُ يَا قُدُّوسُ

Yā Raḥmān, yā Quddūs

O Most Merciful, O Most Holy!

يَا وَاحِدُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا فَرْدُ يَا صَمَدُ يَا وَتْرُ

Yā Wāḥid, yā Aḥad, yā Fard, yā Ṣamad, yā Witr

O One, O Unique, O Indivisible, O Self-Sufficient, O Singular!

يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ يَا اللَّهُ

Yā Allāh, yā Allāh, yā Allāh

O Allah, O Allah, O Allah!

لَكَ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى وَ الْأَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ وَ الْآلَاءُ

Laka al-asmā’u al-ḥusnā wa al-amthālu al-‘ulyā wa al-kibriyā’u wa al-ālā’

To You belong the Most Beautiful Names, the highest attributes, majesty, and blessings.

وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَ الْأُولَى

Wa laka al-ḥamdu fī al-ākhirati wa al-ūlā

And to You belongs all praise in the Hereafter and the first life.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka bi-annaka ḥayy lā yamūt

O Allah, I ask You because You are the Ever-Living who never dies.

وَ خَالِقٌ لَا يُغْلَبُ وَ بَصِيرٌ لَا يَرْتَابُ

Wa khāliqun lā yughlab, wa baṣīrun lā yartāb

The Creator who is never defeated, the All-Seeing who never doubts.

وَ سَمِيعٌ لَا يَشُكُّ وَ صَادِقٌ لَا يَكْذِبُ وَ قَاهِرٌ لَا يُضَادُّ

Wa samī‘un lā yashukk, wa ṣādiqun lā yakdhib, wa qāhirun lā yuḍādd

The All-Hearing who never hesitates, the Truthful who never lies, the Supreme who is never opposed.

وَ بَدِي‌ءُ لَا يَنْفَدُ وَ قَرِيبٌ لَا يَبْعُدُ

Wa badī’un lā yanfad, wa qarīb lā yab‘ud

The Originator who never ceases, the Near One who is never distant.

وَ قَادِرٌ لَا يَظْلِمُ وَ صَمَدٌ لَا يُطْعَمُ

Wa qādirun lā yaẓlim, wa ṣamadun lā yuṭ‘am

The All-Powerful who never oppresses, the Self-Sufficient who needs no sustenance.

وَ قَيُّومٌ لَا يَنَامُ وَ عَالِمٌ لَا يُعَلَّمُ وَ قَوِيٌّ لَا يَضْعُفُ

Wa qayyūmun lā yanām, wa ‘ālimun lā yu‘allam, wa qawiyyun lā yaḍ‘uf

The Self-Sustaining who never sleeps, the All-Knowing who is never taught, the Strong who never weakens.

وَ عَظِيمٌ لَا تُوصَفُ وَ وَفِيٌّ لَا تُخْلِفُ

Wa ‘aẓīmun lā tuṣaf, wa wafiyyun lā tukhlif

The Great who cannot be described, the Faithful who never breaks His promise.

وَ عَدْلٌ لَا تَحِيفُ وَ غَنِيٌّ لَا يَفْتَقِرُ

Wa ‘adlun lā taḥīf, wa ghanīyun lā yaftaqir

The Just who never oppresses, the Rich who never needs.

وَ مَلِكٌ لَا تَعْذِرُ وَ حَلِيمٌ لَا تَجُورُ

Wa malikun lā ta‘dhir, wa ḥalīmun lā tajūr

The King who never wrongs, the Forbearing who never transgresses.

أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

As’aluka an tuṣalliya ‘alā Muḥammad wa Āli Muḥammad

I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and his family.

وَ أَنْ تَرْحَمَنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ تُعْتِقَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ

Wa an tarḥamanī bi raḥmatika wa tu‘tiqanī mina al-nār bi jūdika wa karamika

And to have mercy on me by Your mercy, and free me from the Fire by Your generosity and kindness.

وَ تُدْخِلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَ إِحْسَانِكَ

Wa tudkhilani al-jannata bi faḍlika wa iḥsānik

And admit me into Paradise by Your grace and beneficence.

فَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ بِعَزِيزٍ

Famā dhālika ‘alayka bi-‘azīz

For that is not difficult for You.

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا رَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً

Wa ṣallā Allāhu ‘alā sayyidinā rasūlihi Muḥammad al-nabiyy wa ālihi wa sallam taslīman

And may Allah send blessings upon our master, His messenger Muhammad, the Prophet, and his family, and grant them peace.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ تَبْهَرُ قُدْرَتُهُ الْأَفْكَارَ وَ تَمْلَأُ عَجَائِبُهُ الْأَبْصَارَ

“Glory be to God whose Power is dominant over the thoughts, whose wonders have filled the eyes,

الَّذِي لَا يَنْقُصُهُ الْعَطَاءُ وَ لَا يَعْتَرِضُ جُودَهُ الذَّكَاءُ [الذَّكَّاءُ]

His Bestowals do not diminish and smart asking does not force Him to bestow!

الَّذِي أَنْطَقَ الْأَلْسُنَ بِصِفَاتِهِ وَ اقْتَدَرَ بِالْفِعْلِ عَلَى مَفْعُولَاتِهِ

He Himself who made the tongues to speak about His Attributes, and He was Powerful to do what He did with His Own Acts.

وَ أَدْخَلَ فِي صَلَاحِهَا الْفَسَادَ وَ عَلَى مُجْتَمَعِهَا الشَّتَاتَ وَ عَلَى مُنْتَظَمِهَا الِانْفِصَامَ لِيَدُلَّ الْمُبْصِرِينَ [الْمُتَبَصِّرِينَ‌] عَلَى أَنَّهَا فَانِيَةٌ مِنْ صَنْعَةِ بَاقٍ مَخْلُوقَةٌ مِنْ إِنْشَاءِ خَلْقٍ [خَالِقٍ‌]

And He joined corruption with their correctness, scattering with their union, and discord with their orderliness so as to guide the blind ones that all of them shall be destroyed and they are the created by the Creator.

لَا بَقَاءَ وَ لَا دَوَامَ إِلَّا لَهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْغَالِبُ الَّذِي لَا يُغْلَبُ وَ الْمَالِكُ الَّذِي لَا يُمْلَكُ

There is no survival or lasting except for Him - the Only, the Winner who cannot be defeated. You are the Ruler who cannot be ruled!

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بَلَّغَنِيكِ [بَلَّغَنِي‌] لَيْلَةً طَوَيْتُ يَوْمَهَا عَلَى صِيَامٍ وَ رُزِقْتُ فِيهِ الْيَقَظَةَ مِنَ الْمَنَامِ

Praise be to God, Who let me reach this night that I spent its day with fasting. He blessed me with staying up instead of sleeping on it and with all-night vigil

وَ قَصَدْتُ رَبَّ الْعِزَّةِ بِالْقِيَامِ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنْهُ تَخُصُّنِي وَ نِعْمَةٍ أُلْبِسَتْنِي وَ حُسْنَى نَعَشَتْنِي وَ أَسْأَلُهُ إِتْمَامَ ابْتِدَائِهِ وَ زِيَادَةً لِي مِنِ اجْتِبَائِهِ فَإِنَّهُ الْمَلِيكُ الْقَدِيرُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ كَثِيراً.

I ask my Lord of Honor to allocate His Special Mercy to me, bless me with His Blessings, and cover me with His Kindness. I ask Him to finish the beginning of this night with increased things which He has granted me because He is the Powerful King. God send salutations be upon Muhammad and his Progeny (a) with plenty of peace.”