Sunday Dua (4th Imam)

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the All-compassionate, the All-merciful.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَرْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ

Bismi-llāhi lladhī lā arjū illā faḍlah

In the name of Allah, from whom I hope for nothing but bounty,

وَلاَ أَخْشىٰ إِلاَّ عَدْلَهُ

Wa lā akhshā illā ʿadlah

I fear nothing but justice,

وَلاَ أَعْتَمِدُ إِلاَّ قَوْلَهُ

Wa lā aʿtamidu illā qawlah

I rely upon nothing but His word,

وَلاَ أُمْسِكُ إِلاَّ بِحَبْلِهِ

Wa lā umsiku illā bi-ḥablih

and I cling to nothing but His Rope.

بِكَ أَسْتَجِيـرُ يَا ذَا ٱلْعَفْوِ وَٱلرِّضْوَانِ

Bika astajīru yā dhā l-ʿafwi wa-r-riḍwān

In You do I seek sanctuary— O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure—

مِنَ ٱلظُّلْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَانِ

Mina ẓ-ẓulmi wa-l-ʿudwān

from wrong and enmity,

وَمِنْ غِيَرِ ٱلزَّمَانِ

Wa min ghiyari z-zamān

from the vicissitudes of time

وَتَوَاتُرِ ٱلأَحْزَانِ

Wa tawāturi l-aḥzān

from recurrence of sorrows,

وَطَوَارِقِ ٱلْحَدَثَانِ

Wa ṭawāriqi l-ḥadathān

from the striking of mishaps,

وَمِنِ ٱنْقِضَاءِ ٱلْمُدَّةِ قَبْلَ ٱلتَّأَهُّبِ وَٱلْعُدَّةِ

Wa mini nqiḍāʾi l-muddati qabla t-taʾahhubi wa-l-ʿuddah

and from the expiration of the term before preparation and readiness.

وَإِيَّاكَ أَسْتَرْشِدُ لِمَا فيهِ ٱلصَّلاَحُ وَٱلإِصْلاَحُ

Wa iyyāka astarshidu limā fīhi ṣ-ṣalāḥu wa-l-iṣlāḥ

From You do I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and setting aright.

وَبِكَ أَسْتَعينُ فيمَا يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ ٱلنَّجَاحُ وَٱلإِنْجَاحُ

Wa bika astaʿīnu fīmā yaqtarinu bihi n-najāḥu wa-l-injāḥ

From You do I seek help in that which is linked to success and favorable response.

وَإِيَّاكَ أَرْغَبُ فِي لِبَاسِ ٱلْعَافِيَةِ وَتَمَامِهَا

Wa iyyāka arghabu fī libāsi l-ʿāfiyati wa tamāmihā

From You do I desire for the garment of wellbeing and its completion,

وَشُمُولِ ٱلسَّلاَمَةِ وَدَوَامِهَا

Wa shumūli s-salāmati wa dawāmihā

and the covering of health and its permanence.

وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ ٱلشَّيَاطينِ

Wa aʿūdhu bika yā rabbi min hamazāti sh-shayāṭīn

I seek refuge in You, O my Lord, from the evil suggestions of the devils.

وَ أَحْتَرِزُ بِسُلْطَانِكَ مِنْ جَوْرِ ٱلسَّلاَطِينِ

Wa aḥtarizu bi-sulṭānika min jawri s-salāṭīn

I seek protection in Your sovereignty from the injustice of the sovereigns.

فَتَقَبَّلْ مَا كَانَ مِنْ صَلاَتِي وَصَوْمِي

Fataqabbal mā kāna min ṣalātī wa ṣawmī

So, (please) accept my past prayers and fasting,

وَٱجْعَلْ غَدِي وَمَا بَعْدَهُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سَاعَتِي وَيَوْمِي

Wa-jʿal ghadī wa mā baʿdahu afḍala min sāʿatī wa yawmī

make my morrow and what is after it better than my present hour and my day,

وَ أَعِزَّنِي فِي عَشيرَتِي وَقَوْمِي

Wa aʿizzanī fī ʿashīratī wa qawmī

exalt me in my clan and people,

وَٱحْفَظْنِي فِي يَقْظَتِي وَنَوْمِي

Wa-ḥfaẓnī fī yaqẓatī wa nawmī

and protect me in my waking and sleep,

فَأَنْتَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظاً

Fa-anta llāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓan

for You are Allah, the Best Guardian,

وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

Wa anta arḥamu r-rāḥimīn

and You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِي هٰذَا

Allāhumma innī abraʾu ilayka fī yawmī hādhā

O Allah, I repudiate, before You on this day of mine

وَمَا بَعْدَهُ مِنَ ٱلآحَادِ

Wa mā baʿdahu mina l-āḥād

and on all Sundays that follow it,

مِنَ ٱلشِّرْكِ وَٱلإلْحَادِ

Mina sh-shirki wa-l-ilḥād

polytheism and atheism.

وَأُخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعَائِي

Wa ukhliṣu laka duʿāʾī

I devote my supplication sincerely to You,

تَعَرُّضَاً لِلإجَابَةِ

Taʿarruḍan li-l-ijābah

addressing myself to Your response.

وَأُقيمُ عَلَىٰ طَاعَتِكَ

Wa uqīmu ʿalā ṭāʿatik

I observe the acts of obedience to You

رَجَاءً لِلإِثَابَةِ

Rajāʾan li-l-ithābah

for hope of gaining Your rewards.

فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ

Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin khayri khalqik

So, (please) bless Muhammad, the best of Your creation

ٱلدَّاعِي إِلَىٰ حَقِّكَ

Ad-dāʿī ilā ḥaqqik

and the caller to Your truth,

وَ أَعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُضَامُ

Wa aʿizzanī bi-ʿizzika lladhī lā yuḍām

and fortify me with Your almightiness, which is invulnerable,

وَٱحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِكَ ٱلَّتِي لاَ تَنَامُ

Wa-ḥfaẓnī bi-ʿaynika llatī lā tanām

protect me with Your Eye, which never sleeps,

وَٱخْتِمْ بِٱلإِنْقِطَاعِ إِلَيْكَ أَمْرِي

Wa-khtim bi-l-inqiṭāʿi ilayka amrī

and seal my affair by acting devoutly to You

وَبِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي

Wa bi-l-maghfirati ʿumrī

and my life with forgiveness!

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Innaka anta l-ghafūru r-raḥīm

Surely, You are the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!