Wednesday Dua (4th Imam)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

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

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيلَ لِبَاساً

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī jaʿala l-layla libāsan

All praise be to Allah Who appointed the night to be a garment,

وَالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتاً

wa n-nawma subātan

and sleep for a rest,

وَجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً

wa jaʿala n-nahāra nushūran

and day He appointed for a rising!

لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ بَعَثْتَنِي مِنْ مَرْقَدِي

Laka l-ḥamdu an baʿathtanī min marqadī

To You belongs praise, for You roused me from my sleep,

وَلَوْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتَهُ سَرْمَداً

wa law shi'ta jaʿaltahu sarmadan

and had You willed, You would have made it everlasting;

حَمْداً دَائِماً لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ اَبَداً

ḥamdan dā'iman lā yanqaṭiʿu abadan

an endless praise that will never be cut off

وَلاَ يُحْصِي لَهُ الخَلائِقُ عَدَداً

wa lā yuḥṣī lahu l-khalā'iqu ʿadadan

and whose number the creatures will never count!

اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ خَلَقْتَ فَسَوَّيْتَ

Allāhumma laka l-ḥamdu an khalaqta fasawwayta

O Allah, to You belongs praise, for You created, then fashioned,

وَقَدَّرْتَ وَقَضَيْتَ

wa qaddarta wa qaḍayta

ordained and decreed,

وَ أَمَتَّ وَ أَحْيَيْتَ

wa amatta wa aḥyayta

gave death and bestowed life,

وَ أَمْرَضْتَ وَشَفَيْتَ

wa amraḍta wa shafayta

made sick and healed,

وَعَافَيْتَ وَ أَبْلَيْتَ

wa ʿāfayta wa ablayta

made well and afflicted,

وَعَلَىٰ الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَيْتَ

wa ʿalā l-ʿarshi stawayta

established the Throne

وَعَلَىٰ الْمُلْكِ احْتَوَيْتَ

wa ʿalā l-mulki ḥtawayta

and encompassed the Kingdom!

أَدْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ مَنْ ضَعُفَتْ وَسِيلَتُهُ

adʿūka duʿā'a man ḍaʿufat wasīlatuhu

I supplicate You with the supplication of one whose mediation is weak,

وَانْقَطَعَتْ حِيلَتُهُ

wa nqaṭaʿat ḥīlatuhu

whose stratagems have been cut off,

وَاقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُ

wa qtaraba ajaluhu

whose term has drawn near,

وَتَدَانَىٰ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَمَلُهُ

wa tadānā fi d-dunyā amaluhu

whose expectation from this world has shrunk,

وَاشْتَدَّتْ إِلَىٰ رَحْمَتِكَ فَاقَتُهُ

wa shtaddat ilā raḥmatika fāqatuhu

whose neediness for Your mercy has intensified,

وَعَظُمَتْ لِتَفْرِيطِهِ حَسْرَتُهُ

wa ʿaẓumat litafrīṭihi ḥasratuhu

whose remorse for his neglect has become great,

وَكَثُرَتْ زَلَّتُهُ وَعَثْرَتُهُ

wa kathurat zallatuhu wa ʿathratuhu

whose slips and stumbles have become many,

وَخَلُصَتْ لِوَجْهِكَ تَوْبَتُهُ

wa khaluṣat liwajhika tawbatuhu

and whose repentance is devoted sincerely to Your face.

فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ

fa-ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin

So, bless Muhammad,

خَاتَمِ النَّبِيّينَ

khātami n-nabiyyīna

the Seal of the Prophets,

وَعَلَىٰ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ

wa ʿalā ahli baytihi ṭ-ṭayyibīna ṭ-ṭāhirīn

and his Household, the good, the pure,

وَارْزُقْنِي شَفَاعَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa rzuqnī shafāʿata muḥammadin

and provide me with the intercession of Muhammad,

صَلَّىٰ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi

Allah bless him and his Household,

وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي صُحْبَتَهُ

wa lā taḥrimnī ṣuḥbatahu

and deprive me not of his companionship!

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

innaka anta arḥamu r-rāḥimīn

Surely, You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الأَرْبِعَاءِ اَرْبَعاً

Allāhumma qḍi lī fi l-arbiʿā'i arbaʿan

O Allah, decree for me on Wednesday four things:

إِجْعَلْ قُوَّتِي فِي طَاعَتِكَ

ijʿal quwwatī fī ṭāʿatika

Induce me to be strong in obedience to You,

وَنَشَاطِي فِي عِبَادَتِكَ

wa nashāṭī fī ʿibādatika

to be active in worshiping You,

وَرَغْبَتِي فِي ثَوَابِكَ

wa raghbatī fī thawābika

to be desirous for Your reward,

وَزُهْدِي فِيمَا يُوجِبُ لِي أَلِيمَ عِقَابِكَ

wa zuhdī fīmā yūjibu lī alīma ʿiqābika

and to abstain from that which would make incumbent upon me Your painful punishment!

إِنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِمَا تَشَاءُ

innaka laṭīfun limā tashā'u

You are Gentle to whom You will!