Wednesday Dua (Imam Ali A.S)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

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

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیْ مَرَضَاتُہٗ فِی الطَّلَبِ اِلَیْہِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī marḍātuhu fī ṭ-ṭalabi ilayh

Praise be to Allah, Whose pleasure lies in seeking Him,

وَ اِلْتِمَاسِ مَا لَدَیہِ وَسَخْطُہٗ فِیْ تَرْکِ الْاِلْحَاحِ

wa iltimāsi mā ladayhi wa sakhaṭuhu fī tarki l-ilḥāḥ

and in seeking what is with Him, and whose wrath lies in abandoning persistence

فِیْ الْمَسْئَلَۃِ عَلَیْہِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّہِ شَاہِدُ کُلِّ نَجْوٰی

fī l-mas'alati ʿalayh, wa subḥāna llāhi shāhidu kulli najwā

in supplication to Him. Glory be to Allah, the Witness of every secret conversation,

بِعِلْمِہٖ وَ مُبَآئِنِ کُلِّ ذِیْ جِسْمٍ بِنَفْسِہٖ

biʿilmihī, wa mubā'ini kulli dhī jismin binafsih

through His knowledge, and distinct in His Essence from every corporeal being,

وَلَآ اِلٰہَ اِلاَّ اللَّہُ الَّذِیْ لاَ یُدْرَکُ بِالْعُیُوْنِ

wa lā ilāha illā llāhu alladhī lā yudraku bil-ʿuyūni

and there is no god but Allah, Who cannot be perceived by eyes

وَالْاَبْصَارِ وَ لاَ یُجْہَلُ بِالْعُقُوْلِ وَالْاَلْبَابِ

wal-abṣāri, wa lā yujhalu bil-ʿuqūli wal-albābi

and sights, and He is never unknown to intellects and understanding minds.

وَ یُخْلَقُ مِنَ الضَّمِیْرِ

wa yukhlaqu mina ḍ-ḍamīr

and He is conceived within the inner conscience,

وَ یَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَۃَ الْاَعْیَنِ وَمَا تَخْفِی الصُّدُوْرِ

wa yaʿlamu khā'inata l-aʿyuni wa mā tukhfī ṣ-ṣudūr

and He knows the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal.

وَاللَّہُ اَکْبَرُ الْمُتَجَلِّلُ عَنْ صِفَاتِ الْمَخْلُوْقِیْنَ

wa llāhu akbaru l-mutajallilu ʿan ṣifāti l-makhlūqīn

Allah is the Greatest, exalted above the attributes of created beings,

الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلٰی مَافِیْ قُلُوْبِ الْخَلَآئِقِ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

al-muṭṭaliʿu ʿalā mā fī qulūbi l-khalā'iqi ajmaʿīn

fully aware of what is in the hearts of all creation.

اَللّٰہُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْئَلُکَ سُؤَالَ مَنْ لاَ یَمِلُّ دُعَآءَ رَبِّہٖ

Allāhumma innī as'aluka su'āla man lā yamillu duʿā'a rabbih

O Allah, I ask You as one who never tires of supplicating to his Lord asks,

وَ اَتَضَرَّعُ اِلَیْکَ تَضَرَّعُ غَرِیْقٍ یَرْجُوْا کَشْفَ کُرْبِہٖ

wa ataḍarraʿu ilayka taḍarruʿa gharīqin yarjū kashfa kurbih

and I plead to You with the pleading of a drowning man who hopes for the removal of his distress,

وَ اَبْتَہِلُ اِلَیْکَ اِبْتِہَالِ تَآئِبٍ مِنْ ذُنُوْبِہٖ

wa abtahilu ilayka ibtihāla tā'ibin min dhunūbih

and I implore You with the imploring of one repenting from his sins

وَ خَطَایَاہُ وَ اَنْتَ الرَّئُوْفُ الَّذِیْ مَلَکْتَ الْخَلَآئِقَ

wa khaṭāyāhu, wa anta r-ra'ūfu alladhī malakta l-khalā'iqa

and his errors. You are the Most Kind, Who possesses all creation,

كَلُّہُمْ وَفَطَرْتَہُمْ أَجْنَاسًا مُخْتَلِفَاتِ الْأَلْوَانِ

kulluhum, wa faṭartahum ajnāsan mukhtalifāti l-alwāni

all of them, and You created them in different kinds and colors,

وَالْأَقْدَارِ عَلَى مَشِيَّتِكَ وَقَدَّرْتَ آجَالَہُمْ

wal-aqdāri ʿalā mashī'atika, wa qaddarta ājālahum

and destinies, according to Your will, and You determined their lifespans

وَأَرْزَاقَہُمْ فَلَمْ يَتَعَاظَمْكَ خَلْقُ خَلْقٍ

wa arzāqahum, fa lam yataʿāẓamka khalqu khalqin

and their provisions, and the creation of no creature was too great for You,

حَتَّى كَوَّنْتَہُ كَمَا شِئْتَ مُخْتَلِفًا مِمَّا شِئْتَ

ḥattā kawwantahu kamā shi'ta mukhtalifan mimmā shi'ta

until You formed it as You willed, differing from what You willed for another,

فَتَعَالَيْتَ وَتَجَبَّرْتَ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ وَزِيرٍ

fa-taʿālayta wa tajabbarta ʿani ttikhādhi wazīrin

So You are exalted and mighty, beyond taking any minister,

وَتَعَزَّزْتَ عَنْ مُوَازَرَةِ شَرِيكٍ

wa taʿazzazta ʿan muwāzarati sharīkin

and You are mighty, beyond needing the assistance of a partner,

وَتَنَزَّہْتَ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْأَبْنَاءِ

wa tanazzahta ʿani ttikhādhi l-abnā'i

and You are pure, beyond having sons,

وَتَقَدَّسْتَ عَنْ مَلَامَسَةِ النِّسَاءِ

wa taqaddasta ʿan mulāmasati n-nisā'i

and You are sanctified, beyond any contact with women.

فَلَيْسَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ بِمُدْرِكَةٍ لَكَ

falaysati l-abṣāru bimudrikatin lak

Eyes cannot perceive You,

وَلَيْسَتِ الْأَوْہَامُ بِوَاقِعَةٍ عَلَيْكَ

wa laysati l-awhāmu biwāqiʿatin ʿalayk

nor can imaginations grasp You;

وَلَيْسَ لَكَ شَرِيكٌ وَلَا نِدٌّ وَلَا عَدِيلٌ

wa laysa laka sharīkun wa lā niddun wa lā ʿadīlun

You have no partner, no rival, and no equal,

وَلَا نَظِيرٌ وَأَنْتَ الْفَرْدُ الْوَاحِدُ الدَّائِمُ

wa lā naẓīrun, wa anta l-fardu l-wāḥidu d-dā'imu

nor any likeness. You are the Single, the One, the Everlasting,

الْأَوَّلُ الْآخِرُ وَالْعَالِمُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ

al-awwalu l-ākhiru wal-ʿālimu l-aḥadu ṣ-ṣamadu

the First, the Last, the All-Knowing, the One, the Eternally Besought,

الْقَائِمُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ

al-qā'imu alladhī lam talid wa lam tūlad

the Self-Subsisting, Who neither begets nor is begotten,

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

wa lam yakun laka kufuwan aḥadun

and there is none comparable to You.

لاَ تَنَالُ بِوَصْفٍ وَلاَ تُدْرَكُ بِوَہْمٍ

lā tanālu biwaṣfin wa lā tudraku biwahmin

You cannot be attained through description, nor grasped by imagination;

وَلاَ تُغَيِّرُكَ فِي مَرِّ الدُّہُورِ صَرْفٌ

wa lā tughayyiruka fī marri d-duhūri ṣarfun

and the passage of ages does not change You.

كُنْتَ أَزَلِيًّا لَمْ تَزَلْ وَلَا تَزَالُ

kunta azaliyyan lam tazal wa lā tazālu

You have always been eternal, ever-existing, and will remain forever,

وَعِلْمُكَ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ فِي الْخِفَاءِ

wa ʿilmuka bil-ashyā'i fī l-khafā'i

and Your knowledge of things in their hidden state

كَعِلْمِكَ بِہَا فِي الْإِجْہَارِ وَالْإِعْلَانِ

kaʿilmika bihā fī l-ijhāri wal-iʿlāni

is like Your knowledge of them when open and declared.

فَيَا مَنْ ذَلَّتْ لِعَظَمَتِہِ الْعُظَمَاءُ

fayā man dhallat liʿaẓamatihi l-ʿuẓamā'u

So, O He before Whose greatness the greatest are humbled,

وَخَضَعَتْ لِعِزَّتِہِ الرُّؤَسَاءُ

wa khaḍaʿat liʿizzatihi r-ru'asā'u

and before Whose might the leaders bow down,

وَمَنْ كَلَّتْ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ذَاتِہِ أَلْسُنُ الْبُلَغَاءِ

wa man kallat ʿan bulūghi dhātihi alsunu l-bulaghā'i

and the tongues of the eloquent fall short of describing His Essence,

وَمَنْ أَحْكَمَ تَدْبِيرَ الْأَشْيَاءِ

wa man aḥkama tadbīra l-ashyā'i

and He Who perfected the management of all things,

وَاسْتَعْجَمَتْ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِہِ عِبَارَةُ عُلُومِ الْعُلَمَاءِ

wastaʿjamat ʿan idrākihi ʿibāratu ʿulūmi l-ʿulamā'i

and the expression of scholars' knowledge fails to comprehend Him:

يَا سَيِّدِي أَتُعَذِّبُنِي بِالنَّارِ وَأَنْتَ أَمَلِي

yā sayyidī, a-tuʿadhdhibunī bin-nāri wa anta amalī

O my Master, will You punish me with the Fire while You are my hope,

أَوْ تُسَلِّطُہَا عَلَيَّ بَعْدَ إِقْرَارِي بِالتَّوْحِيدِ

aw tusalliṭuhā ʿalayya baʿda iqrārī bit-tawḥīdi

or set it upon me after my acknowledgment of Your Oneness,

وَخُضُوعِي وَخُشُوعِي لَكَ بِالسُّجُودِ

wa khuḍūʿī wa khushūʿī laka bis-sujūdi

and after my submission and humility toward You through prostration,

اَوْ تُلَجْلِجُ لِسَانِي فِي الْمَوْقِفِ

aw tulajliju lisānī fī l-mawqifi

or will You make my tongue falter at the standing before You,

وَقَدْ مَہَّدْتَ لِي بِمَنِّكَ سُبُلَ الْوُصُولِ

wa qad mahhadta lī bimannika subula l-wuṣūli

while You have paved for me, through Your grace, the paths to reaching You,

إِلَى التَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّمْجِيدِ

ilā t-tasbīḥi wat-taḥmīdi wat-tamjīdi

toward glorification, praise, and exaltation of You?

فَيَا غَايَةَ الطَّالِبِينَ وَأَمَانَ الْخَائِفِينَ

fayā ghāyata ṭ-ṭālibīna wa amāna l-khā'ifīna

O Ultimate Goal of seekers, and Security of the fearful,

وَعِمَادَ الْمَلْہُوفِينَ وَغِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ

wa ʿimāda l-malhūfīna wa ghiyātha l-mustaghīthīna

Support of the distressed, and Aid of those seeking help,

وَجَارَ الْمُسْتَجِيرِينَ وَكَاشِفَ ضُرِّ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ

wa jāra l-mustajīrīna wa kāshifa ḍurri l-makrūbīna

Protector of those who seek refuge, and Remover of distress from the afflicted,

وَرَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَأَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

wa rabba l-ʿālamīna wa arḥama r-rāḥimīna

Lord of the worlds, and the Most Merciful of the merciful!

صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammadin

send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَأَلْبِسْنِي الْعَافِيَةَ

wa tub ʿalayya wa albisnī l-ʿāfiyata

accept my repentance, and clothe me in well-being,

وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رِزْقًا وَاسِعًا

warzuqnī min faḍlika rizqan wāsiʿan

and grant me from Your bounty an abundant provision,

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ

waj'alnī mina t-tawwābīna

and make me among those who constantly repent.

اَللَّہُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنِي شَقِيًّا عِنْدَكَ

allāhumma in kunta katabtanī shaqiyyan ʿindaka

O Allah, if You have recorded me among the wretched with You,

فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ

fa-innī as'aluka bimaʿāqidi l-ʿizzi min raḥmatika

then I ask You by the bonds of honor from Your mercy,

بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ الَّتِي لَا يُقَاوِمُہَا أَحَدٌ

bil-kibriyā'i wal-ʿaẓamati l-latī lā yuqāwimuhā aḥadun

and by the majesty and greatness which none can resist,

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

an tuṣalliya ʿalā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammadin

that You send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تُحَوِّلَنِي سَعِيدًا

wa an tuḥawwilanī saʿīdan

and that You transform me into one of the fortunate,

فَإِنَّكَ تُجْرِي الْأُمُورَ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكَ

fa-innaka tujri l-umūra ʿalā irādatika

for indeed, You conduct all affairs according to Your will;

وَتُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْكَ

wa tujīru wa lā yujāru ʿalayk

and You grant protection, while none can grant protection against You;

وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

wa anta ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīrun

and You have power over all things.

وَأَنْتَ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ

wa anta r-ra'ūfu r-raḥīmu l-khabīru

and You are the Most Kind, the Most Merciful, the All-Aware,

تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ

taʿlamu mā fī nafsī wa lā aʿlamu mā fī nafsika

You know what is within my soul, while I do not know what is within Yours;

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

innaka anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūbi

indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.

فَالْطُفْ بِي فَقَدِيمًا لَطُفْتَ بِمُسْرِفٍ عَلَى نَفْسِہِ

falṭuf bī, faqadīman laṭufta bimusrifin ʿalā nafsihi

So be gentle with me, for You have long been gentle with one who wronged himself,

فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ فَقَدْ مَنَنْتَ عَلَى غَرِيقٍ

famnun ʿalayya, faqad mananta ʿalā gharīqin

so bestow Your favor upon me, for You have bestowed favor upon one drowning,

فِي بُحُورِ خَطِيئَةٍ ہَائِمًا

fī buḥūri khaṭī'atin hā'iman

wandering lost in oceans of sin,

أَسْلَمْتَہُ لِلْحُتُوفِ كَثْرَةُ زَلَلِہِ

aslamathu lil-ḥutūfi kathratu zalalihi

whom the multitude of his slips had delivered to destruction.

وَتَطَوَّلْ عَلَيَّ يَا مُتَطَوِّلًا عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ

wa taṭawwal ʿalayya, yā mutaṭawwilan ʿalā l-mudhnibīna

and be generous with me, O You Who are generous with sinners,

بِالصَّفْحِ وَالْعَفْوِ

biṣ-ṣafḥi wal-ʿafwi

with pardon and forgiveness,

فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ آخِذًا بِالْفَضْلِ عَلَى الْخَاطِئِينَ

fa-innaka lam tazal ākhidhan bil-faḍli ʿalā l-khāṭi'īna

for You have never ceased to deal graciously with wrongdoers,

وَالصَّفْحِ عَلَى الْعَاثِرِينَ

waṣ-ṣafḥi ʿalā l-ʿāthirīna

and with pardon toward those who stumble.

وَمَنْ وَجَبَ لَہُ بِاجْتِرَائِہِ عَلَى الْآثَامِ

wa man wajaba lahu bijtirā'ihi ʿalā l-āthāmi

And what of one for whom, through his boldness in committing sins,

حُلُولَ دَارِ الْبَوَارِ

ḥulūla dāri l-bawāri

dwelling in the abode of ruin has become due —

يَا عَالِمَ الْخَفِيَّاتِ وَالْأَسْرَارِ

yā ʿālima l-khafiyyāti wal-asrāri

O Knower of hidden things and secrets,

يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَہَّارُ

yā jabbāru yā qahhāru

O Compeller, O Subduer,

وَمَا أَلْزَمْتَنِي مِنْ فَرْضِ الْآبَاءِ وَالْأُمَّہَاتِ

wa mā alzamtanī min farḍi l-ābā'i wal-ummahāti

And whatever obligations You have placed upon me regarding fathers and mothers,

وَوَاجِبِ حُقُوقِہِمْ مَعَ الْإِخْوَانِ وَالْأَخَوَاتِ

wa wājibi ḥuqūqihim maʿa l-ikhwāni wal-akhawāti

and their obligatory rights, along with those of brothers and sisters,

فَاحْتَمِلْ ذَلِكَ عَنِّي إِلَيْہِمْ وَأَدِّہِ

faḥtamil dhālika ʿannī ilayhim wa addihi

bear that on my behalf toward them and fulfill it,

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

yā dhā l-jalāli wal-ikrāmi

O Possessor of Majesty and Honor,

وَاغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

waghfir lil-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti

and forgive the believing men and women,

إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

innaka ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīrun

indeed, You have power over all things.