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Dua-e-Sabah
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Oh God, Oh He Who extended the morning's tongue in the speech of its
dawning, dispatched the fragments of the dark night into the gloom of its
stammering, made firm the structure of the turning spheres in the
measures of its display and beamed forth the brightness of the sun
through the light of its blazing! Oh He, Who demonstrates His Essence
by His Essence, transcends congeniality with His creatures and is
exalted beyond conformity with His qualities! Oh He Who is near to the
passing thoughts of opinions, far from the regards of eyes and knows
what will be before it comes to be! Oh He, Who has put me at ease in
the cradle of His security and sanctuary, awakened me to the favors and
kindness that He has bestowed upon me and hell from the claws of evil
with His hand and His force! Bless, oh God, the guide to You in the
darkest night, him who, of Your ropes, clings to the cord of the longest
nobility, him whose glory is evident at the summit of stout shoulders and
whose feet were entrenched in spite of slippery places in ancient time;
and [bless] his household, the good, the chosen, the pious, And open for
us, oh God, the leaves of morning's door with the keys of mercy and
prosperity! Clothe me, oh God, with the most excellent robes of
guidance and r ighteousness! Plant, oh God, through Your
tremendousness, the springs of humility in the watering place of my
hear! Cause to flow, oh God, because of Your awesomeness, tears of
moaning from the corner of my eyes! And chastise, oh God, the
recklessness of my clumsiness with the reins of contentment! My God, if
mercy from You does not begin with fair success for me, then who can
take me to You upon the evident path? If Your deliberateness would turn
me over to the guide of hope and wishes, then who will annul my slips
from the stumbles of caprice? If Your deliberateness should turn me over
to the guide of hope and wishes, then who will annul my slips from the
stumbles of caprice? If Your help should forsake me in the battle with the
soul and Satan, then Your forsaking will have entrusted me to where
there is hardship and deprivation. My God, does You see that I have
only come to You from the direction of hopes or clung to the ends of
Your cords when my sins have driven me from the house of union? So
what an evil mount upon which my soul has mounted - its caprice! Woe
upon it for being seduced by its own opinions and wishes! And
destruction be upon it for its audacity toward its Master and Protector!
My God, I have knocked upon the door of Your mercy with the hand of
my hope, fled to You seeking refuge from my excessive caprice and
fixed the fingers of my love to the ends of Your cords. So pardon, oh
God, the slips and errors I have committed and release me from the foot
tangling of my robe. For You are my Master, my Protector, my Support
and my Hope and You are the object of my search and my desire in my
ultimate end and stable abode. My God, how couldst You drive away a
poor beggar who seeks refuge in You from sins, fleeing? Or how could
You disappoint one seeking guidance who repairs to Your threshold
running? Never! For Your pools are full in the hardship of drought, Your
door is open for seeking and penetration and You are the goal of
requests and the object of hopes. My God, these are the reins of my
soul I have bound them with the ties of Your will. These are the burdens
of my sins I have averted them with Your pardon and mercy. And these
are my caprices that lead astray - I have entrusted them to the threshold
of Your gentleness and kindliness. So make this morning of mine, oh
God, descend upon me with the radiance of guidance, and with safety in
religion and this world! And [make] my evening a shield against the
deception of enemies and a protection against the destructive blows of
caprice! Verily You are able over what You will! You gives the kingdom
to whom You will, and You seizes the kingdom from whom You will; You
exalts whom You will, and You abases whom You will; in Your hand is
the good; You are powerful over all things. You make the night to enter
into the day, and You make the day to enter into the night; You bring
forth the living from the dead, and You bring forth dead from the living;
and You provides whomsoever You will without reckoning. There is no
god but You! Glory be to You, oh God, and Your is the praise! Who
knows Your measure without fearing You? Who knows what You are
without awe of You? Through Your power You have joined disparate
things, through Your gentleness You have cleaved apart the daybreak
and through Your generosity You have illumined the dark shrouds of
night. You have made waters, sweet and salt, flow forth from hard
shining stones, sent down out of rain-clouds water cascading and
appointed the sun and moon a blazing lamp for the creatures, without
experiencing in that which You originated either weariness or effort. So,
oh He Who is alone in might and subsistence and dominates His slaves
with death and annihilation, Bless Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his
household, the god fearing, answer my supplication hear my call,
destroy my enemies and actualize through Your bounty my hope and
desire. Oh best of those who is called to remove affliction and object of
hope in every difficulty and ease! I have stated my need, so do not reject
me, oh my master, despairing of Your exalted gifts. Oh All generous! Oh
All generous! Oh All generous! By Your mercy, oh Most Merciful of the
merciful! And God bless the best of His creatures, Muhammad
(s.a.w.a.), and all his household!
Then go in prostration and say:
My God, my heart is veiled, my soul deficient, my intelligence defeated,
my caprice triumphant, my obedience little, my disobedience much and
my tongue acknowledges sins. So what am I to do? Oh He Who covers
defects! Oh He Who knows the unseen things! Forgive my sins, all of
them, by the sacredness of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and the household of
Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) Oh All-forgiver! Oh All-forgiver! Oh All-forgiver! By
Your mercy, oh Most Merciful of the merciful!