دعای عهد · Dua Ahad

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النُّورِ الْعَظِيمِ

O Allah, Lord of the Great Light

وَرَبَّ الْكُرْسِيِّ الرَّفِيعِ

And Lord of the Exalted Throne

وَرَبَّ الْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُورِ

And Lord of the Swelling Sea

وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ

And the One who sent down the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms

وَرَبَّ الظِّلِّ وَالْحَرُورِ

And Lord of the Shade and the Heat

وَمُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ

And the One who sent down the Great Quran

وَرَبَّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

And Lord of the close angels

وَالْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

And the prophets and messengers

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ

O Allah, I ask You by Your Noble Face

وَبِنُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُنِيرِ

And by the Light of Your Radiant Face

وَمُلْكِكَ الْقَدِيمِ

And Your Eternal Kingdom

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting

أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرَضُونَ

I ask You by Your Name through which the heavens and earths shine

وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ يَصْلَحُ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ

And by Your Name through which the first and the last are set right

يَا حَيًّا قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ

O Living before every living thing

وَيَا حَيًّا بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ

And O Living after every living thing

وَيَا حَيًّا حِيْنَ لَاحَيَّ

And O Living when there is no living

يَا مُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتىٰ وَمُمِيتَ الْأَحْيَاءِ

O Giver of life to the dead and Bringer of death to the living

يَا حَيُّ لَاإِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

O Ever-Living, there is no god but You

اَللّٰهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلاَنَا الْإِمَامَ الْهَادِيَ الْمَهْدِيَّ الْقَائِمَ بِأَمْرِكَ

O Allah, convey to our Master, the Imam, the Guide, the Guided, the One Entrusted with Your Command

صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى آبَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ

May the blessings of Allah be upon him and upon his pure forefathers

عَنْ جَمِيْعِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

From all believing men and believing women

فِيْ مَشَارِقِ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا

In the east and west of the earth

سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا

Its plains and its mountains

وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا

Its lands and its seas

وَعَنِّيْ وَعَنْ وَالِدَيَّ

And from me and my parents

مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ

Of the prayers equal to the weight of Allah's Throne

وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

And the ink of His words

وَمَا أَحْصَاهُ عِلْمُهُ وَأَحَاطَ بِهِ كِتَابُهُ

And what His knowledge has enumerated and His Book encompasses

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أُجَدِّدُ لَهُ فِيْ صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِيْ هٰذَا

O Allah, I renew for him on this morning of my day

وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ أَيَّامِي

And for as long as I live from my days

عَهْدًا وَعَقْدًا وَبَيْعَةً لَهُ فِيْ عُنُقِي

A pledge, a covenant, and an allegiance to him upon my neck

لَا أَحُولُ عَنْهَا وَلَا أَزُولُ أَبَدًا

From which I will never turn away nor deviate ever

اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ

O Allah, make me among his helpers

وَأَعْوَانِهِ وَالذَّابِّينَ عَنْهُ

And his supporters and defenders

وَالْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِيْ قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِهِ

And those who hasten to fulfill his needs

وَالْمُمْتَثِلِينَ لِأَوَامِرِهِ

And those who comply with his commands

وَالْمُحَامِيْنَ عَنْهُ

And those who protect him

وَالسَّابِقِينَ إِلٰى إِرَادَتِهِ

And those who hasten to his will

وَالْمُسْتَشْهَدِيْنَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

And those who attain martyrdom before him

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَهُ الْمَوْتُ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ عَلٰى عِبَادِكَ حَتْمًا مَقْضِيًّا

O Allah, if death, which You have decreed upon Your servants as inevitable, comes between me and him

فَأَخْرِجْنِيْ مِنْ قَبْرِيْ مُؤْتَزِرًا كَفَنِي

Then bring me out from my grave, wrapped in my shroud

شَاهِرًا سَيْفِي

With my sword unsheathed

مُجَرِّدًا قَنَاتِي

My spear drawn

مُلَبِّيًا دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِيْ فِيْ الْحَاضِرِ وَالْبَادِي

Answering the call of the caller in cities and deserts

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَرِنِيْ الطَّلْعَةَ الرَّشِيدَةَ

O Allah, show me the rightly guided countenance

وَالْغُرَّةَ الْحَمِيدَةَ

And the praiseworthy appearance

وَاكْحُلْ نَاظِرِيْ بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنِّيْ إِلَيْهِ

And delight my eyes with a glance from me to him

وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ

And hasten his relief

وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهُ

And ease his emergence

وَأَوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهُ

And make his path wide

وَاسْلُكْ بِيْ مَحَجَّتَهُ

And let me follow his way

وَأَنْفِذْ أَمْرَهُ

And implement his command

وَاشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ

And strengthen his back

وَاعْمُرِ اللَّهُمَّ بِهِ بِلادَكَ

And O Allah, through him, cultivate Your lands

وَأَحْيِ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ

And revive Your servants

فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ

For You have said, and Your word is the truth:

ظَهَرَ الْفَسٰادُ فِيْ الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ

"Corruption has appeared on land and sea

بِمٰا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيْ النّٰاسِ

Because of what the hands of people have earned"

فَأَظْهِرِ اللَّهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ

So O Allah, show us Your representative

وَابْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ

The son of Your Prophet's daughter

اَلْمُسَمَّىٰ بِاسْمِ رَسُولِكَ

Named after Your Messenger

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ

May Allah's blessings be upon him and his family

حَتَّىٰ لَايَظْفَرَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ إِلَّا مَزَّقَهُ

So that he leaves no falsehood without tearing it apart

وَيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهُ

And establishes truth and confirms it

وَاجْعَلْهُ اللَّهُمَّ مَفْزَعًا لِمَظْلُومِ عِبَادِكَ

And O Allah, make him a refuge for Your oppressed servants

وَنَاصِرًا لِمَنْ لَايَجِدُ لَهُ نَاصِرًا غَيْرَكَ

And a helper for those who find no helper other than You

وَمُجَدِّدًا لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ

And a reviver of what has been abandoned from the rulings of Your Book

وَمُشَيِّدًا لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ أَعْلاَمِ دِينِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ

And a reinforcer of what has come of the signs of Your religion and the traditions of Your Prophet

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ

May Allah's blessings be upon him and his family

وَاجْعَلْهُ اللَّهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهُ مِنْ بَأْسِ الْمُعْتَدِيْنَ

And O Allah, make him among those whom You have protected from the might of the transgressors

اَللّٰهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّدًا

O Allah, gladden Your Prophet Muhammad

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ

May Allah's blessings be upon him and his family

بِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ عَلٰى دَعْوَتِهِ

By the sight of him and those who follow his call

وَارْحَمِ اسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهُ

And have mercy on our weakness after him

اَللَّهُمَّ اكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ الْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بِحُضُورِهِ

O Allah, remove this distress from this nation by his presence

وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُورَهُ

And hasten for us his appearance

إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيدًا وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيبًا

They see it as distant, but we see it as near

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful

Slap your right thigh with your hand three times and, at each time, say the following:

اَلْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ يَا مَوْلَايَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ

Hasten, hasten, O my Master, O Master of the Time

Repeat 3 times