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Dua-e-Mashlool

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

O Allah, I beseech You with Your Name, the Name of Allah, the Most

Merciful, the Benign. O Lord of Majesty and Generosity; O Living; O

Self-Subsisting, O Ever-living, there is no God but You. O You that are

"He" of Whom no one knows what "He" is, nor how "He" is, nor where

"He" is, except "He." O Lord of the Great Kingdom and Supremacy. O

Lord of Honour and Omnipotence: O Sovereign Lord, O Holy One! O

Peace; O Keeper of Faith; O Guardian O Revered One; O Compeller; O

Superb. O Creator; O Maker of all things from nothing; O Artist; O

Beneficent; O Administrator; O Severe (in wrath); O Inventor; O

Restorer; O Originator; O Most Loving: O Praised; O Adored. O You that

are distant yet near; O Answerer of prayer; O Observer; O Reckoner. O

Innovator; O Exalted; O Unassailable; O Hearer. O Knower; O Wise; O

Bountiful; O Forbearing; O Eternal; O Lofty; O Great. O most

Compassionate; O Giver of all good; O most perfect Requiter of good

and evil; O You Whose help is sought for. O Majestic; O Glorious; O

Trusted; O Guardian; O Alleviator of suffering; O Fulfiller of hopes; O

Guide; O Magnanimous. O Giver of guidance; O Commencer; O First; O

Last; O Evident; O Hidden. O Established; O Everlasting; O Knowing; O

Ruler; O Dispenser of justice; O Equitable; O You that disjoins and

unites; O Pure; O Purifier; O Powerful; O Almighty; O Great; O

Magnificent. O One; O Matchless; O Eternal; O Absolute; O You that

bears none and is born of none; nor is there equal to You anyone nor

hath You any spouse; nor any bearer of Your burden; nor any

consultant to give You advice; not does You need any supporter; nor is

there with You any other deity; There is no God but You, and You are

far exalted with great excellence above all that which the unjust folk do

say concerning You. O High and Lofty; O most Glorious; O Opener; O

Diffuser of fragrance; O Tolerant; O Helper; O Victorious; O Overtaker;

O Destroyer; O Avenger; O Resurrector; O Inheritor; O Seeker; O

Conqueror; O You from Whom no fugitive can escape. O Acceptor of

repentance; O Ever-forgiving; O Great Bestower; O Causer of all

causes; O Opener of doors (of relief and salvation); O You that answers

howsoever You are invoked. O Purifier; O Giver of manifold rewards; O

Excuser; O Forgiving; O Light of all lights; O Director of all affairs. O

Ever Blissful; O All-Aware; O Protector; O Luminous; O Seer; O

Supporter; O Great. O Lone; O Unique; O Everlasting; O Upholder; O

Eternal and Absolute. O Sufficer; O Healer; O Fulfiller of promises; O

Deliver. O Benefactor; O Beautifier; O Bestower of grace; O Grantor of

favors; O Gracious; O Peerless. O You that being Exalted overwhelms;

O You that being Master of all have absolute power; O You, Who being

hidden are well informed; O You that being disobeyed forgives; O You

Whom no thought can fully comprehend; nor sight perceive nor from

Whom any impression is hidden, O Nourisher of Mankind; O Ordainer of

every destiny. O You of Exalted position; O You Formidable in Your

foundations; O Changer of times; O Acceptor of sacrifice; O You full of

favors and benefactions; O Lord of Honor and Supremacy; O All

Merciful; O most Compassionate; O You that has each day a distinctive

Glory while no aspect of Your Glory is erased by the prominence of

another aspect. O You that are present in every place. O Hearer of all

voices; O Answerer of prayers; O Giver of success in all requirements;

O Fulfiller of all needs; O Bestower of blessings; O You that takes pity

on our tears. O You that raises one from the pitfalls; O You that relieves

agonies; O You that are the Cherisher of good deeds. O You that raises

men in rank and degree; O You that accedes to requests; O You that

brings the dead to life; O You that gathers together that which is

scattered. O You that are informed of all intentions; You that restores

that which has been lost; O You that are not confused by a multiplicity of

voices; O You that are not harassed by a multitude of petitions; and

Whom no darkness can hide or cover; O Light of heaven and earth. O

Perfector of blessings; O Averter of calamities; O Producer of zephyrs; O

Gatherer of nations; O Healer of disease; O Creator of light and

darkness; O Lord of generosity and munificence; O You (on) Whose

throne no one can set foot! O You more generous than the most

generous; O You more munificent than the most munificent; O You most

keen of hearing than the most keen of hearing; O You more keen of

vision than the most perceiving; O Protecting neighbor of those that

seek Your neighborhood. O Refuge of the fearful; O Giver of shelter to

those who flee unto You; O Patron of the faithful; O Helper of those that

seek Your help; O ultimate Goal of those that aspire. O Companion of all

strangers; O Friend of all the lonely ones; O Refuge of all outcasts; O

Retreat of all persecuted ones; O Guardian of all those who stray. O

You that takes pity on the aged and decrepit; O You that nourishes the

little baby; O You that joins together broken ones; O Liberator of all

prisoners; O Enricher of the miserable poor; O Protector of the

frightened refugees; O You for Whom alone are both destiny and

disposal; O You for Whom all difficult things are simple and easy; O You

that does not need any explanation. O You Mighty over all things; O You

Knower of all things. O You Seer of all things. O You that makes

breezes blow; O You that cleaves the day-break; O Reviver of the

spirits; O Lord of Generosity and Clemency; O You in Whose hands are

all keys. O Hearer of all voices; O You earlier in time than all that have

passed away; O Giver of life to every soul after death. O my Means of

defense in confronting hardships; O my Guardian in strange lands; O my

Friend in my loneliness; O my Master in my bliss; O my Refuge at the

time when the journey does tire me out and my kinsfolk hand me over to

my foes and all my comrades forsake me. O Supporter of those who

have no support; O Guarantor of those who have no guarantee; O

Wealth of those who have no wealth; O Means of those who have no

strength; O Refuge of those who have no refuge; O Treasure of those

who have no treasure; O Helper of those who have no helper; O

Neighbor of those who have no neighbor. O my Neighbor that are

adjacent; O my Support that are firm; O my God that are worshipped by

virtue of positive knowledge; O lord of the Ancient House (the Ka'ba); O

You full of loving and kindness; O nearest Friend. Liberate me from the

choking fetters, Remove from me all sorrow, suffering and grief, Protect

me from the evil that I am unable to bear, and help me in that which I am

unable to do. O You that restored Yusuf unto Yaqoob; O You that cured

Ayyub of his malady; O You that forgave the fault of Dawood; O You that

lifted up Isa and saved him from the clutches of the Jews; O You that

answered the prayer of Yunus from the darkness; O You that chose

Musa by means of Your inspired words; O You that forgave the omission

of Adam and lifted up Idris to an exalted station by Your mercy; O You

that saved Nuh from drowning; O You that destroyed the former tribe of

Ad and then Thamud, so that no trade of them remained, and destroyed

the people of Nuh aforetime, for verily they were the most unjust and

most rebellious; and overturned the ruined and deserted towns; O You

that destroyed the people of Lot; and annihilated the people of Shu’ayb;

O You that chose Ibrahim as a friend; O You that chose Musa as one

spoken unto; and chose Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) (Your blessings be upon

him and his Progeny) as Your Beloved; O You that gave unto Luqman

wisdom; and bestowed upon Sulaiman a kingdom the like of which shall

not be merited by anyone after him; O You that afforded succour unto

the two-horned one against the mighty tyrants; O You that granted unto

Khizr immortality; and brought back for Yusha, the son of Nun, the sun

after it had set; O You that gave solace unto the heart of Musa's mother;

and protected the chastity of Maryam, the daughter of Imran; O You that

fortified Yahya, the Son of Zakaria against sin; and abated the wrath for

Musa; O You that gave glad tidings of (the Birth of) Yahya unto Zakaria;

O You that saved Ismail from slaughter by substituting for him the Great

Sacrifice; O You that accepted the offering of Habeel and placed the

curse upon Qabeel. O Subduer of the alien hordes for Muhammad - the

blessings of Allah be upon him and his Progeny - bestow Your blessings

upon Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his Progeny and upon all Your

Messengers and upon the Angels that are near You and upon all Your

obedient servants. And I beg of You all the requests which anyone has

begged of You with whom You has been pleased and unto whom You

have assured the granting thereof, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Most

Merciful, O Most Merciful, O Most Merciful, O Most Beneficent, O Most

Beneficent, O Most Beneficent, O Lord of Majesty and Grace, O Lord of

Majesty and Grace, O Lord of Majesty and Grace. Through You,

Through You, Through You, Through You, Through You, Through You,

Through You I beseech You with the help of all the Names whereby You

have named Yourself, or which You have sent down in any of Your

inspired Scriptures, or Which You have inscribed in Your knowledge of

the unknown; and (I beseech You) in the name of the honored and

exalted positions of Your Throne, and in the name of the utmost extent

of Your Mercy as expressed in Your Book (the Quran) and in the name

of that which "If all the trees on earth were to become pens and all the

seven seas ink, the Words of Allah could not be fully written down."

"Verily Allah is the Honored, the Wise"; And I beseech You with the help

of Your Beautiful Names which You has praised in Your Book, saying:

Unto Allah belong the beautiful names -- so call ye Him by Them; And

You have said "Call unto Me and I shall answer You; and You has said,

"And when My servants ask something of Me, lo, I am near, and I grant

the prayer of the supplicant when he asks anything of Me, so pray ye

unto Me and believe in Me, that ye may be made perfect; And You has

said, "O My servants who have wronged yourselves, despair not of the

Mercy of Allah; verily Allah forgives all the sins; verily He is the

Forgiving, the Merciful." Therefore I pray unto You, My God, and I ask

You, My Cherisher and Sustainer, and I hope from You, my Chief, and I

crave Your acceptance of my prayer, O my Protector, even as You have

promised me, and I call upon You even as You have commanded me --

So, do unto me what pleases You to do, O Generous One! (Here the

Devotee should pray for the fulfillment of his valid desires.) And all

Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, and the

blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and all His Holy

Descendants.