Monday Dua (4th Imam)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يُشْهِدْ أَحَدًا

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī lam yush-hid aḥadan

Praise be to Allah Who allowed none to witness

حِينَ فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ

Ḥīna faṭara s-samāwāti wal-arḍ

when He created the heavens and the earth,

وَلَا اتَّخَذَ مُعِينًا حِينَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَاتِ

Wa la-ttakhadha muʿīnan ḥīna bara'a n-nasamāt

and Who took no helper when He authored the spirits!

لَمْ يُشَارَكْ فِي الْإِلَٰهِيَّةِ

Lam yushārak fi l-ilāhiyyah

He has no associate in Divinity

وَلَمْ يُظَاهَرْ فِي الْوَحْدَانِيَّةِ

Wa lam yuẓāhar fi l-waḥdāniyyah

and no support in Unity.

كَلَّتِ الْأَلْسُنُ عَنْ غَايَةِ صِفَتِهِ

Kallati l-alsunu ʿan ghāyati ṣifatih

Tongues fall silent before the limit of describing Him,

وَانْحَسَرَتِ الْعُقُولُ عَنْ كُنْهِ مَعْرِفَتِهِ

Wan-ḥasarati l-ʿuqūlu ʿan kunhi maʿrifatih

intellects fail before the core of knowing Him,

وَتَوَاضَعَتِ الْجَبَابِرَةُ لِهَيْبَتِهِ

Wa tawāḍaʿati l-jabābiratu li-haybatih

tyrants fall low in awe of Him,

وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِخَشْيَتِهِ

Wa ʿanati l-wujūhu li-khashyatih

faces are humbled in fear of Him,

وَانْقَادَ كُلُّ عَظِيمٍ لِعَظَمَتِهِ

Wan-qāda kullu ʿaẓīmin li-ʿaẓamatih

and everything mighty yields to His mightiness!

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مُتَوَاتِرًا مُتَّسِقًا

Fa-laka l-ḥamdu mutawātiran muttasiqan

So, to You belongs praise, again and again, well-measured,

وَمُتَوَالِيًا مُسْتَوْسِقًا

Wa mutawāliyan mustawsiqan

continually, methodically!

وَصَلَوَاتُهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ أَبَدًا

Wa ṣalawātuhu ʿalā rasūlihi abadan

And may His blessings be upon His Messenger endlessly,

وَسَلَامُهُ دَائِمًا سَرْمَدًا

Wa salāmuhu dā'iman sarmadan

and His salutation (be upon him) everlastingly, eternally!

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ يَوْمِي هَٰذَا صَلَاحًا

Allāhumma jʿal awwala yawmī hādhā ṣalāḥan

O Allah, (please) make the beginning of this day of mine righteousness,

وَأَوْسَطَهُ فَلَاحًا

Wa awsaṭahu falāḥan

its middle prosperity,

وَآخِرَهُ نَجَاحًا

Wa ākhirahu najāḥan

and its end success!

وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ يَوْمٍ أَوَّلُهُ فَزَعٌ

Wa aʿūdhu bika min yawmin awwaluhu fazaʿ

I seek refuge in You from a day whose beginning is fright,

وَأَوْسَطُهُ جَزَعٌ

Wa awsaṭuhu jazaʿ

whose middle is anxiety,

وَآخِرُهُ وَجَعٌ

Wa ākhiruhu wajaʿ

and whose end is pain!

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِكُلِّ نَذْرٍ نَذَرْتُهُ

Allāhumma innī astaghfiruka li-kulli nadhrin nadhartuh

O Allah, I pray forgiveness from You for every vow I have vowed,

وَلِكُلِّ وَعْدٍ وَعَدْتُهُ

Wa li-kulli waʿdin waʿadtuh

every promise I have made,

وَلِكُلِّ عَهْدٍ عَاهَدْتُهُ

Wa li-kulli ʿahdin ʿāhadtuh

and every pledge I have pledged

ثُمَّ لَمْ أَفِ لَكَ بِهِ

Thumma lam afi laka bih

and then I failed to keep for You.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ فِي مَظَالِمِ عِبَادِكَ عِنْدِي

Wa as'aluka fī maẓālimi ʿibādika ʿindī

I ask You concerning the complaints of Your servants against me:

فَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ

Fa-ayyumā ʿabdin min ʿabīdik

If there is a servant from among Your servants

أَوْ أَمَةٍ مِنْ إِمَائِكَ

Aw amatin min imā'ik

or a bondmaid from among Your bondmaids,

كَانَتْ لَهُ قِبَلِي مَظْلَمَةٌ ظَلَمْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ

Kānat lahu qibalī maẓlamatun ẓalamtuhā iyyāh

who has against me a complaint

This line and the next several unpack the nature of the complaint.

فِي نَفْسِهِ أَوْ فِي عِرْضِهِ

Fī nafsihi aw fī ʿirḍih

because I have wronged him in respect to himself, his reputation,

أَوْ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ

Aw fī mālihi aw fī ahlihi wa waladih

his property, his wife or his child,

أَوْ غِيبَةٍ اغْتَبْتُهُ بِهَا

Aw ghībatin ightabtuhu bihā

or because evil words I have spoken about him in his absence,

أَوْ تَحَامُلٍ عَلَيْهِ بِمَيْلٍ أَوْ هَوًى

Aw taḥāmulin ʿalayhi bi-maylin aw hawan

an imposition upon him through inclination, caprice,

أَوْ أَنَفَةٍ أَوْ حَمِيَّةٍ

Aw anafatin aw ḥamiyyah

scorn, zeal,

أَوْ رِيَاءٍ أَوْ عَصَبِيَّةٍ

Aw riyā'in aw ʿaṣabiyyah

false show, bigotry,

غَائِبًا كَانَ أَوْ شَاهِدًا

Ghā'iban kāna aw shāhidan

whether he be absent or present,

وَحَيًّا كَانَ أَوْ مَيِّتًا

Wa ḥayyan kāna aw mayyitan

alive or dead,

فَقَصُرَتْ يَدِي

Fa-qaṣurat yadī

such that my hand has fallen short

وَضَاقَ وُسْعِي عَنْ رَدِّهَا إِلَيْهِ

Wa ḍāqa wusʿī ʿan raddihā ilayh

and my capacity has been too narrow to make restitution to him

وَالتَّحَلُّلِ مِنْهُ

Wat-taḥalluli minh

or to annul my obligation to him,

فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الْحَاجَاتِ

Fa-as'aluka yā man yamliku l-ḥājāt

I ask You, O He who owns all objects of need,

وَهِيَ مُسْتَجِيبَةٌ بِمَشِيَّتِهِ

Wa hiya mustajībatun bi-mashī'atih

which are granted by His will

وَمُسْرِعَةٌ إِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ

Wa musriʿatun ilā irādatih

and hasten to His desire

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

An tuṣalliya ʿalā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad

that You bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَهُ عَنِّي بِمَا شِئْتَ

Wa an turḍiyahu ʿannī bimā shi't

and make [the one I have wronged] satisfied with me in the manner that You will,

وَتَهَبَ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ رَحْمَةً

Wa tahaba lī min ʿindika raḥmah

and gift me mercy from You,

إِنَّهُ لَا تَنْقُصُكَ الْمَغْفِرَةُ

Innahu lā tanquṣuka l-maghfirah

because, indeed, forgiveness decreases You not

وَلَا تَضُرُّكَ الْمَوْهِبَةُ

Wa lā taḍurruka l-mawhibah

and giving injures You not.

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اللَّهُمَّ أَوْلِنِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ

Allāhumma awlinī fī kulli yawmi thnayn

O Allah, bestow upon me on every Monday

نِعْمَتَيْنِ مِنْكَ اثْنَتَيْنِ

Niʿmatayni minka thnatayn

with two favors from You:

سَعَادَةً فِي أَوَّلِهِ بِطَاعَتِكَ

Saʿādatan fī awwalihi bi-ṭāʿatik

the felicity to obey You at its beginning

وَنِعْمَةً فِي آخِرِهِ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ

Wa niʿmatan fī ākhirihi bi-maghfiratik

and the favor of Your forgiveness at its end!

يَا مَنْ هُوَ الْإِلَٰهُ

Yā man huwa l-ilāh

O He who is the God

وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ سِوَاهُ

Wa lā yaghfiru dh-dhunūba siwāh

and none other than Whom grants forgiveness for sins!