Du‘a’ al-‘Ahd

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.

اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النُّوْرِ الْعَظِيْمِ وَرَبَّ الْكُرْسِىِّ الرَّفِيْعِ

O God, Lord of the mighty light, Lord of the lofty Seat,

وَرَبَّ الْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُوْرِ وَمُنْزِلَ التَّوْرٰيةِ وَالْاِنْجِيْلِ وَالزَّبُوْرِ

Lord of the swelling sea, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel and the Psalms,

وَرَبَّ الظِّلِّ وَالْحَرُوْرِ وَمُنْزِلَ الْقُرْاٰنِ الْعَظِيْمِ

Lord of the shade and the heat, Revealer of the mighty Qur’an,

وَرَبَّ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ وَالْاَنْبِيَآءِ وَالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ

Lord of the angels brought near, of the prophets and the messengers:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اَسْئَلُكَ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيْمِ وَبِنُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُنِيْرِ

O God, I ask You by Your noble Face, by the light of Your radiant Face

وَبِمُلْكِكَ الْقَدِيْمِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ اَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِىْ

and by Your eternal kingdom, O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting; I ask You by Your name

اَشْرَقَتْ بِهٖ السَّمٰوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُوْنَ

through which the heavens and the earths shine,

وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِىْ يَصْلُحُ بِهٖ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ وَالْآخِرُوْنَ

and by Your name through which the first and the last are set right.

يَا حَيًّا قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَىٍّ وَيَا حَيًّا بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَىٍّ

O Living before every living thing, O Living after every living thing,

وَيَا حَيًّا حِيْنَ لَا حَىَّ يَا مُحْيِىَ الْمَوْتٰى وَمُمِيْتَ الْاَحْيَآءِ يَا حَىُّ لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ

O Living when there was no living thing, O Giver of life to the dead and Taker of life from the living, O Living One, there is no god but You.

اَللّٰهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلَانَا الْاِمَامَ الْهَادِىَ الْمَهْدِىَّ الْقَآئِمَ بِاَمْرِكَ

O God, convey to our master, the Imam, the guide, the guided one, who rises by Your command —

صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلٰى اٰبَآئِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ

the blessings of God be upon him and upon his pure forefathers —

عَنْ جَمِيْعِ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ فِىْ مَشَارِقِ الْاَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا

on behalf of all believing men and women in the easts and wests of the earth,

سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا وَعَنِّىْ وَعَنْ وَالِدَىَّ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ

its plains and its mountains, its land and its sea, and on behalf of me and my parents, blessings

زِنَةَ عَرْشِ اللهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهٖ وَمَا اَحْصَاهُ عِلْمُهٗ وَاَحَاطَ بِهٖ كِتَابُهٗ

equal to the weight of God’s Throne and the ink of His words, and all that His knowledge has counted and His Book has encompassed.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اُجَدِّدُ لَهٗ فِىْ صَبِيْحَةِ يَوْمِىْ هٰذَا وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ اَيَّامِىْ عَهْدًا

O God, on the morning of this day of mine and for as long as I live, I renew for him a pledge,

وَعَقْدًا وَبَيْعَةً لَهٗ فِىْ عُنُقِىْ لَا اَحُوْلُ عَنْهَا وَلَا اَزُوْلُ اَبَدًا

a covenant and an oath of allegiance upon my neck, from which I will never turn away or waver.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِىْ مِنْ اَنْصَارِهٖ وَاَعْوَانِهٖ وَالذَّابِّيْنَ عَنْهُ

O God, make me among his helpers and supporters, those who defend him,

وَالْمُسَارِعِيْنَ اِلَيْهِ فِىْ قَضَآءِ حَوَآئِجِهٖ وَالْمُمْتَثِلِيْنَ لِاَوَامِرِهٖ

those who hasten to him to fulfil his needs, those who carry out his commands,

وَالْمُحَامِيْنَ عَنْهُ وَالسَّابِقِيْنَ اِلٰى اِرَادَتِهٖ وَالْمُسْتَشْهَدِيْنَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

those who protect him, those who race to do his will, and those martyred before him.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِىْ وَبَيْنَهُ الْمَوْتُ الَّذِىْ جَعَلْتَهٗ عَلٰى عِبَادِكَ

O God, if death, which You have made for Your servants

حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا فَاَخْرِجْنِىْ مِنْ قَبْرِىْ مُؤْتَزِرًا كَفَنِىْ شَاهِرًا سَيْفِىْ

an inevitable decree, comes between me and him, then bring me out of my grave wrapped in my shroud, my sword drawn,

مُجَرِّدًا قَنَاتِىْ مُلَبِّيًا دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِىْ فِى الْحَاضِرِ وَالْبَادِىْ

my spear bared, answering the call of the caller in town and desert.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَرِنِى الطَّلْعَةَ الرَّشِيْدَةَ وَالْغُرَّةَ الْحَمِيْدَةَ

O God, show me the rightly guided countenance and the praiseworthy brow;

وَاكْحُلْ نَاظِرِىْ بِنَظْرَةٍ مِّنِّىْ اِلَيْهِ وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهٗ

brighten my eyes with a look at him; hasten his relief,

وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهٗ وَاَوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهٗ وَاسْلُكْ بِىْ مَحَجَّتَهٗ

make his emergence easy, widen his way, and lead me along his path;

وَاَنْفِذْ اَمْرَهٗ وَاشْدُدْ اَزْرَهٗ وَاعْمُرِ اللّٰهُمَّ بِهٖ بِلَادَكَ وَاَحْىِ بِهٖ عِبَادَكَ

carry out his command, strengthen his back, and through him, O God, make Your lands flourish and revive Your servants;

فَاِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِىْ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ

for You have said, and Your word is the truth: “Corruption has appeared on land and sea

بِمَا كَسَبَتْ اَيْدِى النَّاسِ فَاَظْهِرِ اللّٰهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ وَابْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ

because of what people’s hands have earned” (30:41). So, O God, make manifest for us Your friend and the son of Your Prophet’s daughter,

الْمُسَمّٰى بِاسْمِ رَسُوْلِكَ حَتّٰى لَا يَظْفَرَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ الْبَاطِلِ اِلَّا مَزَّقَهٗ

who bears the name of Your Messenger, so that he finds nothing of falsehood without tearing it apart,

وَيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهٗ وَاجْعَلْهُ اللّٰهُمَّ مَفْزَعًا لِمَظْلُوْمِ عِبَادِكَ

and establishes the truth and makes it firm. O God, make him a refuge for the oppressed among Your servants,

وَنَاصِرًا لِمَنْ لَا يَجِدُ لَهٗ نَاصِرًا غَيْرَكَ وَمُجَدِّدًا لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ اَحْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ

a helper for whoever finds no helper but You, a renewer of the laws of Your Book that have been abandoned,

وَمُشَيِّدًا لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ اَعْلَامِ دِيْنِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ

and a builder of the signs of Your religion and the ways of Your Prophet that have come down to us,

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهٖ وَاجْعَلْهُ اللّٰهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهٗ مِنْ بَاْسِ الْمُعْتَدِيْنَ

God bless him and his family; and make him, O God, among those You have fortified against the might of the aggressors.

اَللّٰهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ بِرُؤْيَتِهٖ

O God, gladden Your Prophet Muhammad, God bless him and his family, with the sight of him

وَمَنْ تَبِعَهٗ عَلٰى دَعْوَتِهٖ وَارْحَمِ اسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهٗ

and of those who follow him in his call, and have mercy on our helplessness after him.

اَللّٰهُمَّ اكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ الْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ الْاُمَّةِ بِحُضُوْرِهٖ

O God, remove this grief from this community through his presence,

وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُوْرَهٗ اِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهٗ بَعِيْدًا وَّنَرٰيهُ قَرِيْبًا

and hasten his appearance for us; they see it as far off, and we see it as near (cf. 70:6–7),

بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

اَلْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ يَا مَوْلاىَ يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ

Hasten, hasten, O my master, O Master of the Age!