Sahifa Sajjadia - Dua 42 - Completion of reading of Quran

Transliteration

al-laahum-ma in-naka aa'ntanee a'laa khat-mi kitaabika lad'ee anzal-tahoo nooraa wa jaa'l-tahoo muhay-minan a'laa kul-li kitaabin anazal-tah wa faz''-z''al-tahoo a'laa kul-li h'adeethin qas'as'-tah wa fur-qaanana faraq-ta bihee bay-na h'alaalika wa h'araamik wa qur-aaanan aa'-rab-ta bihee a'n sharaaa-ii' ah'-kaamik wa kitaabana fas'-s'al-tahoo lii'baadika taf-s'eelaa wa wah'-yan anzal-tahoo a'laa nabee-yika muh'am-madin s'alawaatuka a'lay-hee wa aaalihee tanzeelaa wa jaa'l-tahoo nooran-nah-tadee min z'ulamiz''-z''alaalati wal-jahaalati bit-tibaai'h wa shifaaa-al-liman ans'ata bifah-mit-tas'-deeqi ilaa as-timaai'h wa meezaana qis-t'il-laa yah'eefu a'nil-h'aq-qi lisaanuh wa noora hudana laa yat'-faa a'nish-shaahideena bur-haanuh

Translation

O God, You have helped me complete Your Book, which You sent down as a light and appointed as a guardian over every book You have sent down, preferring it over every narrative which You have recounted, a separator, through which You have separated Your lawful from Your unlawful, a Qur'an, through which You have made plain the approaches to Your ordinances, a book, which You have distinguished very distinctly for Your servants, a revelation, which You have sent down, a sending down, upon Your prophet Muhammad (Your blessings be upon him and his Household). You appointed it a light through following which we may be guided from the shadows of error and ignorance, a healing for him who turns ear toward hearing it with the understanding of attestation, a just balance whose tongue does not incline away from truth, a light of guidance whose proof is not extinguished before the witnesses,

Transliteration

wa a'lama najaatin laa yaz''il-lu man am-ma qas'-da sun-natih wa laa tanaalu ay-deel-halakaati man taa'l-laqa biu'r-wati i's'-matih al-laahum-ma faad'- afat-tanaal-mau'wnata a'laa tilaawatih wa sah-hal-ta jawaaseea al-sinatinaa bih'us-ni i'baaratih faj-a'l-naa mim-man yar-a'ahoo h'aq-qa ria'ayatih wa yadeenu laka bia'-tiqaadit-tas-leemi limuh'-kami aaayaatih wa yaf-zau' ilaal-iq-raari bamutashaabihihee wamooz''ah'aati bay-yinaatih al-laahum-ma in-naka anzal-tahoo a'laa nabee-yika muh'am-madin s'al-laal-laahoo a'lay-hee wa aaalihee muj-malaa wa al-ham-tahoo i'l-ma a'jaaa-ibihee mukam-malaa wa war-rath-tanaa i'l-mahoo mufas-saraa wa faz''-z''al-tanaa a'laa man jahila i'l-mah

Translation

and a guidepost of deliverance, so that he who repairs straightway to its prescription will not go astray and he who clings to its preservation's handhold will not be touched by the hands of disasters. O God, since You have given us help to recite it and made smooth the roughness of our tongues through the beauty of its expression, place us among those who observe it as it should be observed, serve You by adhering in submission to the firm text of its verses, and seek refuge in admitting both its ambiguous parts and the elucidations of its clear signs! O God, You sent it down upon Your prophet Muhammad (God bless him and his household) in summary form, You inspired him with the science of its wonders to complement it, You made us the heirs of its knowledge as interpreters, You made us to surpass him who is ignorant of its knowledge,

Transliteration

wa qaw-way-tanaa a'lay-hee litar-faa'naa faw-qa mal-lam yut'iq h'am-lah al-laahum-ma fakamaa jaa'l-ta quloobanaa lahoo h'amalah wa a'r-raf-tanaa birah'-matika sharafahoo wafaz''-lah fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madinl-khat'eebi bihee wa a'laaa aaalihil-khuz-zaani lah waj-a'l-naa mim-may-yaa'-tarifu bi n-nahoo min i'ndika h'at-taa laa yua'ariz''anaash-shak-ku fee tas'-deeqih wa laa yakh-talijanaaz-zay-ghu a'n qas'-di t'areeqih al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih waj-a'l-naa mim-man yaa'-tas'imu bih'ab-lih wa yaa-wee minal-mutashaabihaati ilaa h'ir-zi maa'-qilih wa yas-kunu fee z'il-li janaah'ih

Translation

and You gave us strength over it to raise us above those not able to carry it. O God, just as You have appointed our hearts as its carriers and made known to us through Your mercy its nobility and excellence, so also bless Muhammad, its preacher, and his Household, its guardians, and place us among those who confess that it has come from You, lest doubt about attesting to it assail us, or deviation from its straightforward path shake us! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and make us one of those who hold fast to its cord, seek haven from its ambiguities in its fortified stronghold, rest in the shadow of its wing,

Transliteration

wa yah-tadee biz''aw-i s'abaah'ih wa yaq-tadee bitabal-luji is-faarih wa yas-tas'-bihoo bimis'-baah'ih wa laa yal-tamisul-hudaa fee ghay-rih al-laahum-ma wa kamaa nas'ab-ta bihee muh'am-madana a'lamal-lild-dalaati a'lay-k wa an-haj-ta bi aalihee subular-riz''aaa ilay-k fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih waj-a'lil-qur-aaan waseelatal-lanaaa ilaaa ash-rafi manaazilil-karaamah wa sul-laman-naa'-ruju feeheee ilaa mah'al-lis-salaamah wa sababan-nuj-zaa bihin-najaata fee a'r-s'atil-qeeaamah wa d'areea'tan-naq-dumu bihaa a'laa nae'emi daaril-muqaamah al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

Translation

find guidance in the brightness of its morning, follow the shining of its disclosure, acquire light from its lamp, and beg not guidance from any other! O God, just as through it You have set up Muhammad as a guidepost to point to You and through his Household You have made clear Your good pleasure's roads to You, so also bless Muhammad and his Household and make the Qur'an our mediation to the noblest stations of Your honour, a ladder by which we may climb to the place of safety, a cause for our being repaid with deliverance at the Plain of Resurrection, and a means whereby we may reach the bliss of the House of Permanence! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

Transliteration

wah'-t'ut' bil-qur-aaani a'n-naa thiq-lal-aw-zaar wa hab lanaa h'us-na shamaaa-ilil-ab-raar waq-fu binaaa aaathaaral-lad'eena qaamoo laka biheee aaanaaa-al-lay-li wa at'-raafan-nahaar h'at-taa tut'ah-hiranaa min kul-li danasim-bitat'-heerih wa taq-fuwa binaaa aaathaaral-lad'eena as-taz''aaa-oo binoorih wa lam yul-hihimul-amalu a'nil-a'mali fayaq-t'aa'hum bikhudai' ghuroorih al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih waj-a'lil-qur-aaana lanaa fee z'ulamil-layaalee moo-nisaa wa min-nazaghaatish-shay-t'aani wa khat'araatil-wasaawisi h'aarisaa wa liaq-daaminaa a'n-naq-lihaaa ilaal-maa'as'ee h'aabisaa wa lial-sinatinaa a'nil-khaw-z''i fil-baat'ili min ghay-ri maaa aaafatim-mukh-risaa

Translation

lessen for us through the Qur'an the weight of heavy sins, give to us the excellent qualities of the pious, and make us follow the tracks of those who stood before You in the watches of the night and the ends of the day, such that You purify us from every defilement through its purification and make us to follow the tracks of those who have taken illumination from its light and whom expectation has not distracted from works, cutting them off through its delusions' deceptions! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and appoint the Qur'an for us an intimate in the shadows of nights and a guardian against the instigations of Satan and confusing thoughts, for our feet an obstruction from passing to acts of disobedience, for our tongues a silencer without blight preventing a plunge into falsehood,

Transliteration

wa lijawaarih'inaa a'ni aq-tiraafil-aaathaami zaajiraa wa limaa t'awatil-ghaf-latu a'n-naa min tas'af-fuh'ilia'-tibaari naashiraa h'at-taa toos'ila ilaa quloobinaa fah-ma a'jaaa-ibihee wa zawaajira am-thaalihil-latee z''au'fatil-jibaalur-rawaasee laa s'alaabatihaa a'ni ah'-timaalih al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa adim bil-qur-aaani s'alaah'a z'aahirinaa wah'-jub bihee khat'araatil-wasaawisi a'n s'ih'-h'ati z''amaaa-irinaa wagh-sil bihee darana quloobinaa wa a'laaa-iqa aw-zaarinaa waj-maa' bihee muntashara umoorinaa war-wi bihee fee maw-qifil-a'r-z''i a'lay-ka z'amaa hawaajirinaa wak-sunaa bihee h'ulalal-amaani yaw-mal-fazai'l-ak-bari fee nushoorinaa

Translation

for our limbs a restrainer from committing sins, and for the scrutiny of heedfulness rolled up in heedlessness an unroller, such that You attach to our hearts the understanding of the Qur'an's wonders and its restraining similitudes which immovable mountains in all their solidity were too weak to carry! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an make permanent the rightness of our outward selves, veil the ideas of confusing thoughts from the soundness of our innermost minds, wash away the dirt of our hearts and the ties of our heavy sins, gather our scattered affairs, quench the thirst of our burning heat in the standing place of the presentation to You, and clothe us in the robes of security on the Day of the Greatest Terror at our uprising!

Transliteration

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih waj-bur bil-qur-aaani khal-latanaa min a'damil-im-laaq wa suq ilay-naa bihee raghadal-a'y-shi wakhis'-ba saa'til-ar-zaaq wa jan-nib-naa bihiz''-z''araaa-ibal-mad'-moomata wa madaaneeal-akh-laaq waa'-s'im-naa bihee min hoo-watil-kuf-ri wa dawaae'en-nifaaq h'at-taa yakoona lanaa fil-qeeaamati ilaa riz''-waanika wa jinaanika qaaa-idaa wa lanaa fid-dunyaa a'n sukh-t'ika wa taa'd-dee h'udoodika d'aaa-idaa wa limaa i'ndaka bitah'-leeli h'alaalihee watah'-reemi h'araamihee shaahidaa al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa haw-wim-bil-qur-aaani i'ndal-maw-ti a'laaa anfusinaa kar-bas-seeaaq wa jah-dal-aneen wa taraadufal-h'ashaarij (id'aa balaghatin-nufoosut-taraaqeea waqeela mar-raaq)

Translation

God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an redress our lack - our destitution in poverty drive toward us the comforts of life and an abundance of plentiful provisions, turn aside blameworthy character traits and base moral qualities, and preserve us from the pit of unbelief and the motives for hypocrisy, such that the Qur'an may be for us at the resurrection a leader to Your good pleasure and Your gardens, for us in this world a protector against Your displeasure and transgressing Your bounds and for what is with You a witness by its declaring lawful the lawful and its declaring unlawful the unlawful! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household and through the Qur'an make easy for our souls at death the distress of the driving, the effort of the moaning, and the succession of the rattling, 'when souls reach the throats' (ref.75:26) "and it is said, 'Where is the enchanter"? (75:27)';

Transliteration

watajal-laa malakul-maw-ti liqab-z''ihaa min h'ujubil-ghuyoob wa ramaahaa a'n qaw-sil-manaayaa bi s-humi wah'-shatil-firaaq wa daafa lahaa min d'ua'afil-maw-ti kaa-sam-mas-moomatal-mad'aaq wa danaa min-naaa ilaal-aaakhirati rah'eeloo-want'ilaaq wa s'aaratil-aa'-maalu qalaaa-ida fil-aa'-naaq wa kaanatil-qubwru heeal-maa-waaa ilaa meeqaati yaw-mit-talaaq al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa baarik lanaa fee h'ulooli daaril-bilaa wa t'oolil-muqaamati bay-na at'-baaqith-tharaa waj-a'lil-qubwra baa'-da firaaqid-dunyaa khay-ra manaazilinaa waf-sah' lanaa birah'-matika fee z''eeqi malaah'idinaa wa laa taf-z''ah'-naa fee h'aaz''iril-qeeaamati bimoobiqaati aaathaaminaa

Translation

when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things, letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation, and mixing for them from sudden death a cup poisoned to the taste; and when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us, works become collars around the necks, and the graves become the haven until the appointed time of the Day of Encounter! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decay and the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth, appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our waystations, make roomy for us through Your mercy the narrowness of our tombs, and disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection through our ruinous sins!

Transliteration

war-h'am bil-quraaani fee maw-qifil-a'r-z''i a'lay-ka d'ul-la maqaaminaa wa thab-bit bihee i'nda az''-t'iraabi jis-ri jahan-nama -mal-majaazi a'lay-haa zalala aq-daaminaa wa naw-wir bihee qab-lal-baa'-thi sudafa quboorinaa wa naj-jinaa bihee min kul-li kar-bee-yaw-mal-qeeaamati wa shadaaa-idi ah-waali yaw-mit'-t'aaam-mah wa bay-yiz'' wjoohanaa yaw-ma tas-wad-du wujoohuz'-z'alamati fee yaw-mil-h'as-rati wan-nadaamah waj-a'l-lanaa fee s'udooril-moo-mineena wud-daa wa laa taj-a'lil-h'ayaata a'lay-naa nakadaa al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madin a'b-dika warasoolika kamaa bal-lagha risaalatak wa s'adaa' bi m-rik wa nas'ah'a lii'baadik

Translation

Through the Qur'an have mercy upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to You, make firm the slips of our feet during the shaking of the bridge across hell on the day of passage over it, illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising, and deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrection and from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster! Whiten our faces on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened during the Day of Regret and Remorse, appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, and make not life for us troublesome! O God, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger, just as He delivered Your message, executed Your command, and counselled Your servants!

Transliteration

al-laahum-ma aj-a'l nabee-yanaa s'alawaatuka a'lay-hee waa'laaa aaalihee yaw-mal-qeeaamati aq-raban-nabee-yeena minka maj-lisaa wa am-kanahum minka shafaaa'h wa ajal-lahum i'ndaka qad-raa wa aw-jahahum i'ndaka jaahaa al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-waaali muh'am-mad wa shar-rif bunyaanah wa a'z'-z'im bur-haanah wa thaq-qil meezaanah wa taqab-bal shafaaa'tah wa qar-rib waseelatah wa bay-yz'' waj-hah wa atim-ma noorah war-faa' darajatah wa ah'-yinaa a'laa sun-natih wa tawaf-fanaa a'laa mil-latih wa khud' binaa min-haajah was-luk binaa sabeelah waj-a'l-naa min ah-li t'aaa'tih wah'-shur-naa fee zum-ratih

Translation

O God, make our Prophet (Your blessings be upon him and his Household) on the Day of Resurrection the nearest of the prophets to You in seat, the ablest of them before You with intercession, the greatest of them with You in measure, and the most eminent of them with You in rank! O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, ennoble his edifice, magnify his proof, make weighty his balance, accept his intercession, bring near his mediation, whiten his face, complete his light, and raise his degree! Make us live according to his Sunna make us die in his creed, take us on his road, make us travel his path, place us among the people who obey him, muster us in his band,

Transliteration

wa aw-rid-naa h'aw-z''ah was-qinaa bikaa-sih wa s'al-lil-laahum-ma a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalihee s'alaatan tubal-lighuhoo bihaaa af-z''ala maa yaa-mulu min khay-rika wafaz''-lika wakaraamatik in-naka d'oo rah'-matiw-waasii'tiw-wafaz''-lin kareem al-laahum-ma aj-zihee bimaa bal-lagha mir-risaalaatik wa ad-daa min aaayaatik wa nas'ah' lii'baadik wa jaahada fee sabeelik af-z''ala maa jazay-ta ah'adana mim-malaaa-ikatikal-muqar-rabeen wa ambeeaaa-ikal-mur-saleenal-mus'-t'afay-n was-salaamu a'lay-h waa'laaa aaalihit'-t'ay-yibeenat'-t'aahireena warah'-matul-laahee wabarakaatuh

Translation

lead us to up his pool, and give us to drink of his cup! And bless Muhammad and his Household, with a blessing through which You will take him to the most excellent of what He hopes of Your good, Your bounty, and Your generosity! You are Possessor of boundless mercy and generous bounty. O God, repay him for Your messages which he delivered, Your signs which he passed on, the good counsel he gave to Your servants, and the struggle he undertook in Your way, with the best You have repaid any of Your angels brought nigh and Your prophets sent out and chosen! And upon him and his Household, the good, the pure, be peace, God's mercy, and His blessings!