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### بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

### اَللّهُمَّ يا مَنْ دَلَعَ لِسانَ الصَّباحِ بِنُطْقِ تَبَلُّجِهِ

O Allah, You who have made the tongue of the morning articulate with the sound of its dawn.

### وَ سَرَّحَ قِطَعَ الّلَيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ بِغَياهِبِ تَلَجْلُجِهِ

And have scattered the pieces of the dark night with the depths of its gloom.

### وَ اَتْقَنَ صُنْعَ الْفَلَكِ الدَّوّارِ فى مَقاديرِ تَبَرُّجِهِ

And perfected the creation of the revolving heavens in the measures of its brilliance.

### وَ شَعْشَعَ ضِيآءَ الشَّمْسِ بِنُورِ تَاَجُّجِهِ

And illuminated the light of the sun with the brightness of its glow.

### يا مَنْ دَلَّ عَلى ذاتِهِ بِذاتِهِ

O You who have indicated Your essence through Your essence.

### وَ تَنَزَّهَ عَنْ مُجانَسَةِ مَخْلُوقاتِهِ

And are exalted above resembling Your creations.

### وَ جَلَّ عَنْ مُلاَّئَمَةِ كَيْفِيّاتِهِ

And are glorified above being comparable in qualities.

### يا مَنْ قَرُبَ مِنْ خَطَراتِ الظُّنُونِ وَبَعُدَ عَنْ لَحَظاتِ الْعُيُونِ

O You who are near to the fleeting thoughts and far from the glances of the eyes.

### وَ عَلِمَ بِما كانَ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَكُونَ

And knew what was before it came to be.

### يا مَنْ اَرْقَدَنى فى مِهادِ اَمْنِهِ وَ اَمانِهِ

O You who have laid me down in the cradle of Your safety and security.

### وَ اَيْقَظَنى اِلى ما مَنَحَنى بِهِ مِنْ مِنَنِهِ وَاِحْسانِهِ

And awakened me to what You have granted me from Your blessings and kindness.

### وَ كَفَّ اَكُفَّ السُّوَّءِ عَنّى بِيَدِهِ وَ سُلْطانِهِ

And have restrained the hands of evil from me by Your hand and authority.

### صَلِّ اللّهُمَّ عَلَى الدَّليلِ اِلَيْكَ فِى اللَّيْلِ الاْلْيَلِ

O Allah, send blessings upon the guide to You in the dark of the night.

### وَالْماسِكِ مِنْ اَسْبَابِكَ بِحَبْلِ الشَّرَفِ الاْطْوَلِ

And upon the one who holds onto Your causes with the longest rope of honor.

### وَ النّاصِعِ الْحَسَبِ فى ذِرْوَةِ الْكاهِلِ الاْعْبَلِ وَ الثّابِتِ

And upon the one who is of clear lineage at the peak of the noble and steadfast.

### الْقَدَمِ عَلى زَحاليفِها فِى الزَّمَنِ الاْوَّلِ وَعَلى الِهِ الاْخْيارِ

Upon the feet that are secure in the early times and upon the lineage of the chosen.

### الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الاْبْرارِ

The selected and the righteous.

### وَ افْتَحِ اللّهُمَّ لَنا مَصاريعَ الصَّباحِ بِمَفاتيحِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ

And open for us, O Allah, the doors of the morning with the keys of mercy and

### الْفَلاحِ

Success.

### وَ اَلْبِسْنِى اللّهُمَّ مِنْ اَفْضَلِ خِلَعِ الْهِدايَةِ وَ الصَّلاحِ

And clothe me, O Allah, with the best garments of guidance and righteousness.

### وَ اَغْرِسِ اللّهُمَّ بِعَظَمَتِكَ فى شِرْبِ جَنانى يَنابيعَ

And plant, O Allah, with Your greatness in the drink of my gardens springs

### الخُشُوعِ

Of humility.

### وَ اَجْرِ اللّهُمَّ لِهَيْبَتِكَ مِنْ اماقى زَفَراتِ الدُّمُوعِ

And let flow, O Allah, for Your majesty from the corners of my tears.

### وَ اَدِّبِ اللّهُمَّ نَزَقَ الْخُرْقِ مِنّى بِاَزِمَّةِ الْقُنُوعِ

And discipline, O Allah, the stubbornness of my foolishness with the reins of contentment.

### اِلهى اِنْ لَمْ تَبْتَدِئْنِى الرَّحْمَةُ مِنْكَ بِحُسْنِ التَّوْفيقِ

My God, if Your mercy does not begin with me through the goodness of success,

### فَمَنِ السّالِكُ بى اِلَيْكَ فى واضِحِ الطَّريقِ

Then who is the one that will guide me to You on the clear path?

### وَ اِنْ اَسْلَمَتْنى اَناتُكَ لِقاَّئِدِ الاْمَلِ وَالْمُنى فَمَنِ

And if Your patience has left me to the leader of hope and desire, then who is

### الْمُقيلُ عَثَراتى مِنْ كَبَواةِ الْهَوى

The one who will support my stumbles from the pitfalls of desire?

### وَ اِنْ خَذَلَنى نَصْرُكَ عِنْدَ مُحارَبَةِ النَّفْسِ وَالشَّيْطانِ

And if Your victory has forsaken me in the battle against the self and the devil,

### فَقَدْ وَكَلَنى خِذْلانُكَ اِلى حَيْثُ النَّصَبِ وَالْحِرْمانِ

Then indeed, Your forsaking has left me in a state of toil and deprivation.

### اِلهى اَتَرانى مآ اَتَيْتُكَ اِلاّ مِنْ حَيْثُ الاْمالِ

My God, do You see me coming to You only from the direction of hopes?

### أَمْ عَلِقْتُ بِاَطْرافِ حِبالِكَ اِلاّ حينَ باعَدَتْنى ذُنُوبى

Or have I clung to the ends of Your ropes only when my sins have distanced me

### عَنْ دارِ الْوِصالِ

From the abode of connection?

### فَبِئْسَ الْمَطِيَّةُ الَّتِى امْتَطَتْ نَفْسى مِنْ هَواها

Then wretched is the mount that my soul has ridden from its desires.

### فَواهاً لَها لِما سَوَّلَتْ لَها ظُنُونُها وَ مُناها

Cursed be it for what its thoughts and desires have led it to.

### وَ تَبّاً لَها لِجُرْاَتِها عَلى سَيِّدِها وَمَوْليها

And woe to it for its audacity towards its Master and Lord.

### اِلهى قَرَعْتُ بابَ رَحْمَتِكَ بِيَدِ رَجاَّئى وَهَرَبْتُ اِلَيْكَ

My God, I have knocked on the door of Your mercy with the hand of my hope and fled to You

### لاجِئاً مِنْ فَرْطِ اَهْواَّئى وَعَلَّقْتُ بِاَطْرافِ حِبالِكَ اَنامِلَ

As a refugee from the excess of my desires, and I have hung onto the ends of Your ropes with my fingers.

### وَلاَّئى فَاْصْفَحِ اللُّهُمَّ عَمّا كُنْتُ اَجْرَمْتُهُ مِنْ زَلَلى وَ

And my loyalty, O Allah, forgive what I have committed from my mistakes and

### خَطاَّئى وَ اَقِلْنى مِنْ صَرْعَةِ [رِدآئى]

My errors, and relieve me from the throes of my disobedience.

### فَاِنَّكَ سَيِّدى وَ مَوْلاىَ وَمُعْتَمَدى وَ رَجائى وَ اَنْتَ

For indeed, You are my Lord, my Master, my reliance, and my hope, and You are

### غايَةُ مَطْلُوبى وَ مُناىَ فى مُنْقَلَبى وَ مَثْواىَ

The ultimate of what I seek and my desire in my final abode.

### اِلهى كَيْفَ تَطْرُدُ مِسْكيناً الْتَجَاءَ اِلَيْكَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ هارِباً

My God, how could You drive away a poor one who has sought refuge with You from sins, fleeing?

### أَمْ كَيْفَ تُخَيِّبُ مُسْتَرْشِداً قَصَدَ اِلى جَنابِكَ ساعِياً

Or how could You disappoint one who seeks guidance and has aimed towards Your presence, striving?

### أَمْ كَيْفَ تَرُدُّ ظَمْئانَ وَرَدَ اِلى حِياضِكَ شارِباً كَلاّ وَ

Or how could You turn away a thirsty one who has approached Your watering place, drinking? Indeed,

### حِياضُكَ مُتْرَعَةٌ فى ضَنْكِ الْمُحُولِ

Your watering places are overflowing in the adversity of the conditions.

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### وَ بابُكَ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلطَّلَبِ وَ الْوُغُولِ

And Your door is open for seeking and entering.

### وَ اَنْتَ غايَةُ الْمَسْئُولِ وَ نِهايَةُ الْمَاْمُولِ

And You are the ultimate of what is asked for and the end of what is hoped for.

### اِلهى هذِهِ اَزِمَّةُ نَفْسى عَقَلْتُها بِعِقالِ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَ هذِهِ

O my God, this is the binding of my soul that I have restrained with the reins of Your guidance, and this

### اَعْباَّءُ ذُنُوبى دَرَاْتُها بِعَفْوِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ هذِهِ اَهْوآئِىَ

Is the burden of my sins that I have carried with Your pardon and mercy, and this is my misguided desires

### الْمُضِلَّةُ وَكَلْتُها اِلى جَنابِ لُطْفِكَ وَ رَاْفَتِكَ

Which I have entrusted to the side of Your kindness and compassion.

### فَاجْعَلِ اللّهُمَّ صَباحى هذا ناِزلاً عَلَىَّ بِضِياَّءِ الْهُدى وَ

So make, O Allah, this morning descend upon me with the light of guidance and

### بِالسَّلامَةِ فِى الدّينِ وَ الدُّنْيا وَ مَساَّئى جُنَّةً مِنْ كَيْدِ

With safety in religion and the world, and my evening a shield from the plots of

### الْعِدى وَ وِقايَهً مِنْ مُرْدِياتِ الْهَوَى اِنَّكَ قادِرٌ عَلى ما

The enemies and a protection from the harmful desires. Indeed, You are capable of what

### تشآءُ

You will.

### تُؤتِى الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشآءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشآءُ وَ

You give kingship to whom You will and take away kingship from whom You will, and

### تُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشآءُ وَ تُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشآءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ اِنَّكَ عَلى

You honor whom You will and humiliate whom You will. In Your hand is all good; indeed, You are over

### كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَديرٌ

All things capable.

### تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فى النَّهَارِ وَ تُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى اللَّيْلِ وَ تُخْرِجُ

You bring the night into the day and bring the day into the night, and You bring forth

### الْحَىَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَىِّ وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ

The living from the dead, and You bring forth the dead from the living, and You provide for whom

### تشآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ

You will without account.

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### لا اِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ سُبْحانَكَ اللّهُمَّ وَ بِحَمْدِكَ مَنْ ذا يَعْرِفُ

There is no deity except You, glorified are You, O Allah, and with Your praise, who knows

### قَدْرَكَ فَلا يَخافُكَ وَ مَن ذا يَعْلَمُ ما اَنْتَ فَلا يَهابُكَ

Your greatness that does not fear You? And who knows what You are that does not revere You?

### اَلَّفْتَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ الْفِرَقَ وَ فَلَقْتَ بِلُطْفِكَ الْفَلَقَ

You created the divisions by Your power and split the dawn with Your kindness.

### وَ اَنَرْتَ بِكَرَمِكَ دَياجِىَ الْغَسَقِ

And illuminated the dark nights with Your generosity.

### وَ اَنْهَرْتَ الْمِياهَ مِنَ الصُّمِّ الصَّياخيدِ عَذْباً وَ اُجاجاً

And made the waters flow from the solid mountains, both sweet and bitter.

### وَاَنْزَلْتَ مِنَ الْمُعْصِراتِ ماءً ثَجّاجاً وَ جَعَلْتَ الشَّمْسَ

And sent down from the clouds abundant water, and made the sun

### وَ الْقَمَرَ لِلْبَرِيَّةِ سِراجاً وَهَّاجاً

And the moon a shining lamp for creation.

### مِنْ غَيْرِ اَنْ تُمارِسَ فيمَا ابْتَدَاْتَ بِهِ لُغُوباً وَ لا عِلاجاً

Without exerting in what You began with fatigue or remedy.

### فَيا مَنْ تَوَحَّدَ بِالْعِزِّ وَالْبَقَاءِ وَ قَهَرَ عِبادَهُ بِالْمَوْتِ وَ

O You who are unique in might and permanence, and who subdued His servants with death and

### الْفَنَّاءِ

Annihilation.

### صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الاَتْقِيَاءِ وَ اسْمَعْ نِدَائى و

Send blessings upon Muhammad and his pure family, and hear my call and

### اسْتَجِبْ دُعَائى وَ حَقِّقْ بِفَضْلِكَ اَمَلى وَ رَجَائى

Answer my prayer and fulfill my hope and desire with Your grace.

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### يا خَيْرَ مَنْ دُعِىَ لِكَشْفِ الضُّرِّ وَ الْمَامُولِ لِكُلِّ عُسْرٍ

O best of those who are called upon to remove harm and the one who is hoped for in every difficulty

### وَ يُسْرٍ بِكَ اَنْزَلْتُ حاجَتى

And ease; with You, I have placed my need.

### فَلا تَرُدَّنى مِنْ سَنِىِّ مَواهِبِكَ خَائِباً يا كَريمُ يا كَريمُ يا

So do not let me return empty-handed from Your precious gifts, O Generous, O Generous, O

### كَريمُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Generous, with Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

### وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى خَيْرِ خَلْقِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ اَجْمَعينَ

And may Allah send blessings upon the best of His creation, Muhammad, and all his family.

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### بگوید پس: به سجده رود و

Then he should say: And prostrate.

### اِلهى قَلْبى مَحْجُوبٌ وَنَفْسى مَعْيُوبٌ وَعَقْلى مَغْلُوبٌ

O my God, my heart is veiled, my soul is flawed, and my mind is overwhelmed.

### وَهَواَّئى غالِبٌ

And my desires are dominant.

### وَطاعَتى قَليلٌ وَمَعْصِيَتى كَثيرٌ وَلِسانى مُقِرُّ بِالذُّنُوبِ

And my obedience is little, and my disobedience is much, and my tongue admits my sins.

### فَكَيْفَ حيلَتى

So what is my state?

### يا سَتَّارَ الْعُيُوبِ

O Concealer of faults,

### وَ يا عَلاَّمَ الْغُيُوبِ

And O Knower of the unseen,

### وَيا كاشِفَ الْكُرُوبِ

And O Remover of distress,

### اِغْفِرْ ذُنُوبى كُلَّهَا بِحُرْمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Forgive all my sins for the sake of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.

### يا غَفَّارُ يا غَفَّارُ يا غَفَّارُ

O Forgiving One, O Forgiving One, O Forgiving One,

### بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

With Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.