Tuesday Dua (Imam Ali A.S)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيَّ بِاسْتِحْكَامِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī manna ʿalayya bi-stiḥkāmi l-maʿrifah

All praise is for Allah who bestowed upon me firm knowledge,

وَالْإِخْلَاصِ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ لَهُ

Wal-ikhlāṣi bit-tawḥīdi lah

And sincerity in affirming His Oneness.

وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْغَوَايَةِ وَالْغَبَاوَةِ

Wa lam yajʿalnī min ahli l-ghawāyati wal-ghabāwah

And He did not make me among those of misguidance and ignorance,

وَالشِّرْكِ وَلَا مَنِ اسْتَحْوَذَ الشَّيْطَانُ عَلَيْهِ

Wash-shirki wa lā mani-staḥwadha sh-shayṭānu ʿalayh

Nor among those overtaken by Satan,

فَأَغْوَاهُ فَأَضَلَّهُ وَاتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ

Fa-aghwāhu fa-aḍallahū wat-takhadha ilāhahu hawāh

So he misled him and led him astray, making his desire his god.

وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ وَيَكْشِفُ الضُّرَّ

Wa subḥāna llāhi lladhī yujību l-muḍṭarra wa yakshifu ḍ-ḍurr

Glory be to Allah who answers the distressed and removes harm,

وَيَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَيَمْلِكُ الْخَيْرَ وَالشَّرَّ

Wa yaʿlamu s-sirra wa yamliku l-khayra wash-sharr

And knows the secret and controls good and evil,

وَلَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

Wa lā ilāha illā llāh

And there is no god except Allah.

الَّذِي يَحْلُمُ عَنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا عَصَاهُ

Alladhī yaḥlumu ʿan ʿabdihi idhā ʿaṣāh

He who is forbearing toward His servant when he disobeys,

وَيَتَلَقَّاهُ بِالْإِسْعَافِ وَالتَّلْبِيَةِ إِذَا دَعَاهُ

Wa yatalaqqāhu bil-isʿāfi wat-talbiyati idhā daʿāh

And receives him with help and response when he calls Him,

وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْبَسِيطُ مُلْكُهُ الْمَعْدُومُ شِرْكُهُ

Wa llāhu akbaru l-basīṭu mulkuhu l-maʿdūmu shirkuh

And Allah is the Greatest; vast is His dominion, none shares it,

الْمَجِيدُ عَرْشُهُ الشَّدِيدُ بَطْشُهُ

Al-majīdu ʿarshuhu sh-shadīdu baṭshuh

Glorious is His Throne and severe is His might.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ سُؤَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ

Allāhumma innī as'aluka su'āla man lam yajid

O Allah, I ask You as one who finds none,

لِسُؤَالِهِ مَسْؤُولًا سِوَاكَ

Li-su'ālihi mas'ūlan siwāk

To answer his request except You,

وَأَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْكَ اعْتِمَادَ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ

Wa aʿtamidu ʿalayka iʿtimāda man lā yajid

And I rely upon You as one who finds none,

لِاعْتِمَادِهِ مُعْتَمَدًا غَيْرَكَ

Li-iʿtimādihi muʿtamadan ghayrak

To rely upon other than You.

لِأَنَّكَ الْأَوَّلُ الَّذِي ابْتَدَأْتَ الِابْتِدَاءَ

Li-annaka l-awwalu lladhi-btada'ta l-ibtidā'

For You are the First who originated the beginning,

فَكَوَّنْتَهُ بِأَيْدِي تَلَطُّفِكَ

Fa-kawwantahu bi-aydī talaṭṭufik

And brought it into being with the hands of Your kindness,

فَاسْتَكَانَ عَلَىٰ مَشِيَّتِكَ مُنْشَأً كَمَا أَرَدْتَ

Fa-stakāna ʿalā mashī'atika munsha'an kamā aradt

So it submitted to Your will, created as You intended,

بِإِحْكَامِ التَّقْدِيرِ

Bi-iḥkāmi t-taqdīr

With precise determination.

وَأَنْتَ أَعَزُّ وَأَجَلُّ أَنْ تُحِيطَ الْعُقُولُ

Wa anta aʿazzu wa ajallu an tuḥīṭa l-ʿuqūl

And You are too mighty and exalted for minds to encompass,

بِمَبْلَغِ وَصْفِكَ

Bi-mablaghi waṣfik

The extent of Your description.

أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ الَّذِي لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ

Anta l-ʿālimu lladhī lā yaʿzubu ʿanka mithqālu dharrah

You are the Knower from whom not even an atom escapes,

فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ

Fi l-arḍi was-samā'

In the earth or the heavens,

وَالْجَوَادُ الَّذِي لَا يُبْخِلُهُ إِلْحَاحُ الْمُلِحِّينَ

Wal-jawādu lladhī lā yubkhiluhu ilḥāḥu l-muliḥḥīn

And the Generous whom persistent asking does not make miserly.

فَإِنَّمَا أَمْرُكَ لِلشَّيْءِ إِذَا أَرَدْتَهُ

Fa-innamā amruka lish-shay'i idhā aradtah

For Your command, when You will a thing,

أَنْ تَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

An taqūla lahu kun fa-yakūn

Is only to say "Be," and it is.

أَمْرُكَ مَاضٍ وَوَعْدُكَ حَتْمٌ وَحُكْمُكَ عَدْلٌ

Amruka māḍin wa waʿduka ḥatmun wa ḥukmuka ʿadl

Your command is executed, Your promise is certain, Your judgment is just,

لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ شَيْءٌ وَإِلَيْكَ مَرَدُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Lā yaʿzubu ʿanka shay'un wa ilayka maraddu kulli shay'

Nothing escapes You, and to You is the return of all things.

احْتَجَبْتَ بِآلَائِكَ فَلَا تُرَىٰ

Iḥtajabta bi-ālā'ika fa-lā turā

You are veiled by Your blessings and are not seen,

وَشَهِدْتَ كُلَّ نَجْوَىٰ

Wa shahidta kulla najwā

Yet You witness every secret conversation,

وَتَعَالَيْتَ عَلَى الْعُلَىٰ

Wa taʿālayta ʿala l-ʿulā

And You are exalted above all heights,

وَتَفَرَّدْتَ بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ

Wa tafarradta bil-kibriyā'

And are alone in majesty,

وَتَعَزَّزْتَ بِالْقُدْرَةِ وَالْبَقَاءِ

Wa taʿazzazta bil-qudrati wal-baqā'

And are mighty in power and everlastingness.

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ

Fa-laka l-ḥamdu fi l-ākhirati wal-ūlā

So for You is praise in the Hereafter and the first life,

وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ فِي الْبَدْءِ وَالْعُقْبَىٰ

Wa laka sh-shukru fi l-bad'i wal-ʿuqbā

And for You is thanks in the beginning and the end.

أَنْتَ إِلَٰهِي حَلِيمٌ قَادِرٌ رَءُوفٌ غَافِرٌ

Anta ilāhī ḥalīmun qādirun ra'ūfun ghāfir

You are my God—Forbearing, Powerful, Kind, Forgiving,

وَمَلِكٌ قَاهِرٌ وَرَازِقٌ بَدِيعٌ

Wa malikun qāhirun wa rāziqun badīʿ

Sovereign, Subduer, Provider, Originator,

مُجِيبٌ سَمِيعٌ

Mujībun samīʿ

Responder, All-Hearing.

بِيَدِكَ نَوَاصِي الْعِبَادِ وَقَوَاصِي الْبِلَادِ

Bi-yadika nawāṣi l-ʿibādi wa qawāṣi l-bilād

In Your hand are the forelocks of servants and the far reaches of lands.

حَيٌّ قَيُّومٌ جَوَادٌ مَاجِدٌ كَرِيمٌ رَحِيمٌ

Ḥayyun qayyūmun jawādun mājidun karīmun raḥīm

Ever-Living, Self-Subsisting, Generous, Glorious, Noble, Merciful,

أَنْتَ إِلَٰهِي الْمَالِكُ الَّذِي مَلَكْتَ الْمُلُوكَ

Anta ilāhi l-māliku lladhī malakta l-mulūk

You are my God, the King who owns all kings,

فَتَوَاضَعَ لِهَيْبَتِكَ الْأَعِزَّاءُ

Fa-tawāḍaʿa li-haybatika l-aʿizzā'

So the mighty humble themselves before Your awe,

وَدَانَ لَكَ بِالطَّاعَةِ الْأَوْلِيَاءُ

Wa dāna laka biṭ-ṭāʿati l-awliyā'

And the friends submit to You in obedience.

فَاحْتَوَيْتَ بِإِلَٰهِيَّتِكَ عَلَى الْمَجْدِ وَالثَّنَاءِ

Fa-iḥtawayta bi-ilāhiyyatika ʿala l-majdi wath-thanā'

Thus, by Your divinity You encompass all glory and praise.

وَلَا يَؤُودُكَ حِفْظُ خَلْقِكَ

Wa lā ya'ūduka ḥifẓu khalqik

Guarding Your creation does not burden You,

وَلَا تُهْلِكُ عَطَايَاكَ

Wa lā tuhliku ʿaṭāyāk

Nor do Your gifts diminish,

بِمَنْ مَنَحْتَهُ سَعَةَ رِزْقِكَ

Bi-man manaḥtahu saʿata rizqik

By granting abundance of provision.

وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūb

And You are the Knower of the unseen,

سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ عُيُوبِي وَأَحْصَيْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبِي

Satarta ʿalayya ʿuyūbī wa aḥṣayta ʿalayya dhunūbī

You concealed my faults and counted my sins,

وَأَكْرَمْتَنِي بِمَعْرِفَةِ دِينِكَ

Wa akramtanī bi-maʿrifati dīnik

And honored me with knowledge of Your religion.

وَلَمْ تَهْتِكْ عَنِّي سِتْرَكَ يَا حَنَّانُ

Wa lam tahtik ʿannī sitraka yā ḥannān

And You did not tear away Your covering from me, O Most Kind,

وَلَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي يَا مَنَّانُ

Wa lam tafḍaḥnī yā mannān

And You did not disgrace me, O Bestower.

أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

As'aluka an tuṣalliya ʿalā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad

I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تُوَسِّعَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ

Wa an tuwassiʿa ʿalayya min faḍlika l-wāsiʿ

And to expand for me from Your vast bounty,

رِزْقًا وَاسِعًا حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا

Rizqan wāsiʿan ḥalālan ṭayyiban

A wide, lawful, and pure provision,

وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ ذُنُوبًا حَالَتْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ

Wa an taghfira dhunūban ḥālat baynī wa baynak

And forgive sins that stand between me and You,

بِاقْتِرَافِي لَهَا

Bi-iqtirāfī lahā

Through my committing them.

فَأَنْتَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَجُودَ عَلَيَّ بِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ

Fa-anta ahlun an tajūda ʿalayya bi-saʿati raḥmatik

For You are worthy to bestow upon me Your vast mercy,

وَتُنْقِذَنِي مِنْ أَلِيمِ عُقُوبَتِكَ

Wa tunqidhanī min alīmi ʿuqūbatik

And save me from painful punishment,

وَتُدْرِجَنِي دَرَجَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ

Wa tudrijanī daraja l-mukramīn

And raise me to the ranks of the honored.

وَتُلْحِقْنِي مَوْلَايَ بِالصَّالِحِينَ

Wa tulḥiqnī mawlāya biṣ-ṣāliḥīn

And join me, my Master, with the righteous,

الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ

Alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malā'ikatu ṭayyibīn

Those whom the angels take in a pure state,

يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ

Yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykum

Saying: Peace be upon you,

Quran 16:32.

ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Udkhulū l-jannata bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

Enter Paradise for what you used to do.

Continuation of Quran 16:32.

بِصَفْحِكَ وَتَغَمُّدِكَ

Bi-ṣafḥika wa taghammudik

Through Your pardon and covering,

يَا رَءُوفُ يَا رَحِيمُ

Yā ra'ūfu yā raḥīm

O Kind, O Merciful.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Wa as'aluka ṣ-ṣalāta ʿalā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad

And I ask You for blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تَحْتَمِلَ عَنِّي وَاجِبَ الْآبَاءِ وَالْأُمَّهَاتِ

Wa an taḥtamila ʿannī wājiba l-ābā'i wal-ummahāt

And to bear on my behalf the rights of my parents,

وَأَدِّ حُقُوقَهُمْ عَنِّي

Wa addi ḥuqūqahum ʿannī

And fulfill their dues for me,

وَأَلْحِقْنِي مَعَهُمْ بِالْأَبْرَارِ

Wa alḥiqnī maʿahum bil-abrār

And join me with them among the righteous,

وَالْإِخْوَانِ وَالْأَخَوَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

Wal-ikhwāni wal-akhawāti wal-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināt

And the brothers and sisters, the believing men and women,

وَاغْفِرْ لِي وَلَهُمْ جَمِيعًا

Wa-ghfir lī wa lahum jamīʿan

And forgive me and all of them.

إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Innaka ḥamīdun majīd

Surely, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

Wa ṣalla llāhu ʿalā muḥammadin an-nabiyyi wa ālihi ajmaʿīn

And may Allah send blessings upon Muhammad the Prophet and all his family.