The supplication on Sundays
This dua from Imam Zainul Abideen is to be recited on Sundays
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-compassionate, the All-merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ ارْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ
In the name of Allah, from whom I hope for nothing but bounty,
وَلاَ اخْشىٰ إِلاَّ عَدْلَهُ
I fear nothing but justice,
وَلاَ اعْتَمِدُ إِلاَّ قَوْلَهُ
I rely upon nothing but His word,
وَلاَ امْسِكُ إِلاَّ بِحَبْلِهِ
and I cling to nothing but His Rope.
بِكَ اسْتَجِيـرُ يَا ذَا ٱلْعَفْوِ وَٱلرِّضْوَانِ
In You do I seek sanctuary— O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure—
مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَانِ
from wrong and enmity,
وَمِنْ غِيَرِ ٱلزَّمَانِ
from the vicissitudes of time
وَتَوَاتُرِ ٱلاحْزَانِ
from recurrence of sorrows,
وَطَوَارِقِ ٱلْحَدَثَانِ
from the striking of mishaps,
وَمِنِ ٱنْقِضَاءِ ٱلْمُدَّةِ قَبْلَ ٱلتَّاهُّبِ وَٱلْعُدَّةِ
and from the expiration of the term before preparation and readiness.
وَإِيَّاكَ اسْتَرْشِدُ لِمَا فيهِ ٱلصَّلاَحُ وَٱلإِصْلاَحُ
From You do I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and setting aright.
وَبِكَ اسْتَعينُ فيمَا يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ ٱلنَّجَاحُ وَٱلإِنْجَاحُ
From You do I seek help in that which is linked to success and favorable response.
وَإِيَّاكَ ارْغَبُ فِي لِبَاسِ ٱلْعَافِيَةِ وَتَمَامِهَا
From You do I desire for the garment of wellbeing and its completion,
وَشُمُولِ ٱلسَّلاَمَةِ وَدَوَامِهَا
and the covering of health and its permanence.
وَ اعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ ٱلشَّيَاطينِ
I seek refuge in You, O my Lord, from the evil suggestions of the devils.
وَ احْتَرِزُ بِسُلْطَانِكَ مِنْ جَوْرِ ٱلسَّلاَطِينِ
I seek protection in Your sovereignty from the injustice of the sovereigns.
فَتَقَبَّلْ مَا كَانَ مِنْ صَلاَتِي وَصَوْمِي
So, (please) accept my past prayers and fasting,
وَٱجْعَلْ غَدِي وَمَا بَعْدَهُ افْضَلَ مِنْ سَاعَتِي وَيَوْمِي
make my morrow and what is after it better than my present hour and my day,
وَ اعِزَّنِي فِي عَشيرَتِي وَقَوْمِي
exalt me in my clan and people,
وَٱحْفَظْنِي فِي يَقْظَتِي وَنَوْمِي
and protect me in my waking and sleep,
فَانْتَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظاً
for You are Allah, the Best Guardian,
وَ انْتَ ارْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
and You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ابْرَا إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِي هٰذَا
O Allah, I repudiate, before You on this day of mine
وَمَا بَعْدَهُ مِنَ ٱلآحَادِ
and on all Sundays that follow it,
مِنَ ٱلشِّرْكِ وَٱلإلْحَادِ
polytheism and atheism.
وَاخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعَائِي
I devote my supplication sincerely to You,
تَعَرُّضَاً لِلإجَابَةِ
addressing myself to Your response.
وَاقيمُ عَلَىٰ طَاعَتِكَ
I observe the acts of obedience to You
رَجَاءً لِلإِثَابَةِ
for hope of gaining Your rewards.
فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ
So, (please) bless Muhammad, the best of Your creation
ٱلدَّاعِي إِلَىٰ حَقِّكَ
and the caller to Your truth,
وَ اعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُضَامُ
and fortify me with Your almightiness, which is invulnerable,
وَٱحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِكَ ٱلَّتِي لاَ تَنَامُ
protect me with Your Eye, which never sleeps,
وَٱخْتِمْ بِٱلإِنْقِطَاعِ إِلَيْكَ امْرِي
and seal my affair by acting devoutly to You
وَبِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي
and my life with forgiveness!
إِنَّكَ انْتَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Surely, You are the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!