دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ السَّتْرِ وَ الْوِقَايَةِ

His Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection

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أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālihi
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَـرَامَتِـكَ،
wa ʾafrishnī mihāda karāmatika
spread for me the bed of Thy honour,
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وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِـكَ،
wa-awridnī mashāriʿa raḥmatik
bring me to the wateringholes of Thy mercy,
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وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ،
wa ahlilnī buḥbūḥata jannatika
set me down in the midst of Thy Garden,
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وَلاَ تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ،
wa lā tasumnī bil-raddi ʿank
stamp me not with rejection by Thee,
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وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي بِـالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْـكَ،
walā taḥrimnī bil-khaybah minnak
deprive me not through disappointment by Thee,
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وَلاَ تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَـا اجْتَرَحْتُ،
walā tuqāṣṣanī bimā ijtarah-tu
settle not accounts with me for what I have committed,
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وَلاَ تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ،
wa lā tunāqishnī bimā iktasabtū
make no reckoning with me for what I have earned,
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وَلا تُـبْرِزْ مَكْتُوْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي،
walā tubriz maktūmī, walā takhshif mastūrī
display not what I have hidden, expose not what I have covered over,
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وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزانِ الأنْصَافِ عَمَلِي،
walā tahmil ʿalā mīzāni'l-ʾinsāfi ʿamalī
weigh not my works on the scales of fairness,
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وَلاَ تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلاَءِ خَبَـرِي.
wala tuʿlin ʿalā ʿuyūni al-malāʾi khabarī
and make not my tidings known to the eyes of the crowd!
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أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَاراً،
akhfī ʿanhum mā yakūnu nashruhu ʿalayya ʿāran
Conceal from them everything whose unfolding would shame me
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وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِنْدَكَ شَنَاراً،
waṭwi ʿanhum mā yulḥiqunī ʿindaka shanāran
and roll up before them all which would join me to disgrace with Thee!
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شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ،
sharraf darajati bi ridhwanika
Ennoble my degree through Thy good pleasure,
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وَأكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ،
wa-akmil karāmatī bi-ghufrānik
perfect my honour through Thy forgiveness,
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وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ،
wa anzimni fi ashabil yameen
rank me among the companions of the right hand,
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وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الآمِنِينَ،
wa wajjihni fi masalikil amineen
direct me to the roads of the secure,
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وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ،
wa-jaʿalnī fī fawj al-fāʾizīn
place me in the throng of the triumphant,
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وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ،
wāʿmur bī majālis aṣ-ṣāliḥīn
and through me let the sessions of the righteous thrive!
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آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
ʾāmīn rabbi al-ʿālamīn
Amen, Lord of the worlds!