بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
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يَا مَنْ أَرْجُوهُ لِكُلِّ خَيْرٍ
yā man ar-jūhu likulli khayr
O He whom I hope for in every good
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وَ آمَنُ سَخَطَهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
wa āmanu sakhaṭahu `inda kulli sharr
And I am secure from His anger at every evil
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يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ الْكَثِيرَ بِالْقَلِيلِ
yā man yu`ṭil kathīra bil qalīl
O He who gives much in return for little
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يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ مَنْ سَأَلَهُ
yā man yu`ṭī man sa-alah
O He who gives to those who ask Him
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يَا مَنْ يُعْطِيْ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ
yā man yu`ṭī man lam yas-alhu waman lam ya`rifh
O He who gives to those who do not ask Him and do not know Him
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تَحَنُّنًا مِنْهُ وَرَحْمَةً
taḥannunan minhu waraḥmah
Out of His tenderness and mercy
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أَعْطِنِيْ بِمَسْأَلَتِيْ إِيَّاكَ جَمِيعَ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا
a`ṭinī bimas-alatī iyyāka jamī`a khayrid dunyā
Grant me, by my asking You, all the good of this world
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وَجَمِيعَ خَيْرِ الْآخِرَةِ
wajamī`a khayril-ākhirah
And all the good of the Hereafter
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وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّيْ بِمَسْأَلَتِيْ إِيَّاكَ
waṣrif `annī bimas-alatī iyyāk
And avert from me, by my asking You
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جَمِيعَ شَرِّ الدُّنْيَا وَشَرِّ الْآخِرَةِ
jamī`a sharrid dunyā washarril-ākhirah
All the evil of this world and the evil of the Hereafter
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فَإِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوصٍ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ
fa-innahu ghayru manqūṣin mā a`ṭayt
For indeed what You give is never diminished
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وَزِدْنِيْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ
wazidnī min faḍlika yā karīm
And increase me from Your bounty, O Generous One
Imam al-Sadiq [peace be upon him] then grasped his beard with his left hand, while saying this prayer, and moved ceaselessly the forefinger of his right hand:
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يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ
yā dhal jalāli wal-ikrām
O Possessor of Majesty and Honor
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يَا ذَا النَّعْمَاءِ وَالْجُودِ
yā dhan na`mā-i waljūd
O Possessor of Blessings and Generosity
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يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَالطَّوْلِ
yā dhal manni waṭ ṭawl
O Possessor of Favor and Power
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حَرِّمْ شَيْبَتِيْ عَلَى النَّارِ
ḥarrim shaybatī `alan nār
Forbid my gray hair (old age) from the Fire
