Sahifa Sajjadia Dua 44 for welcoming of the Month of Ramadhan

Transliteration

aal-h'amdu lil-laahil-lad'ee hadaanaa lih'am-dihee wa jaa'lanaa min ah-lih linakoona liih'-saanihee minash-shaakireen wa leeaj-zeeanaa a'laa d'alika jazaaa-al-muh'-sineen wal-h'am-du lil-laahil-lad'ee h'abaanaa bideenih wakh-tas'-s'anaa bimil-latih wa sab-balanaa fee subuli ih'-saanih linas-lukahaa biman-niheee ilaa riz''-waanih h'am-day-yataqab-baluhoo min-naa wa yar-z''aa bihee a'n-naa wal-h'am-du lil-laahil-lad'ee jaa'la min til-kas-subuli shah-rah shah-ra ramaz''aan shah-ras'-s'eeaam wa shah-ral-is-laam wa shah-rat'-t'ahoor wa shah-rat-tam-h'ees' wa shah-ral-qeeaam (al-lad'eee unzila feehil-qur-aaanu hudana liln-naasi wa bay-yinaatim-minal-hudaa wal-fur-qaan)

Translation

Praise belongs to God who guided us to His praise and placed us among the people of praise, that we might be among the thankful for His beneficence and that He might recompense us for that with the recompense of the good-doers! And praise belongs to God who showed favour to us through His religion, singled us out for His creed, and directed us onto the roads of His beneficence, in order that through His kindness we might travel upon them to His good pleasure, a praise which He will accept from us and through which He will be pleased with us! And praise belongs to God who appointed among those roads His month, the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, the month of submission, the month of purity, the month of putting to test, the month of standing in prayer, "in which the Qur'an was sent down as guidance to the people, and as clear signs of the Guidance and the Separator" (2:185)!

Transliteration

faabaana faz''eelatahoo a'laa saaa-irish-shuhoori bimaa jaa'la lahoo minal-h'urumaatil-maw-foorati wal-faz''aaa-ilil-mash-hoorah fah'ar-rama feehee maaa ah'al-la fee ghay-riheee ia'-z'aamaa wa h'ajara feehil-mat'aai'ma wal-mashaariba ik-raamaa wa jaa'la lahoo waq-taa bay-yinaa laa yujeezu jal-la wa a'z-za ay-yuqad-dama qab-lah wa laa yaq-balu ay-yoo-akh-khara a'n-h thum-ma faz''-z''ala lay-lataw-waah'idatam-mil-layaaleehee a'laa layaaleee al-fi shah-ri wa sam-maahaa lay-latal-qad-r (tanaz-zalul-malaaa-ikatu war-roohoo feehaa biid'-ni rab-bhim min kul-li am-rin) salaamun daaa-imul-barakati ilaa t'ulooi'l-faj-ri a'laa may-yashaaa-u min i'baadihee bimaaa ah'-kama min qaz''aaa-ih al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

Translation

He clarified its excellence over other months by the many sacred things and well-known excellencies which He placed therein, for He made unlawful in it what He declared lawful in others to magnify it, He prohibited foods and drinks in it to honour it, and He appointed for it a clear time which He (majestic and mighty is He) allows not to be set forward and accepts not to be placed behind. Then He made one of its nights surpass the nights of a thousand months and named it the Night of Decree; "in it the angels and the Spirit descend by the leave of their Lord upon every command, a peace" (97:4-5) constant in blessings until the rising of the dawn upon whomsoever He will of His servants according to the decision He has made firm. O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

Transliteration

wa al-him-naa maa'-rifata faz''-lih wa ij-laala h'ur-matih wat-tah'af-fuz'a mim-maa h'az'ar-ta feeh wa ai'n-naa a'laa s'eeaamihee bikaf-fil-jawaarihee a'm-maa'as'eeka was-tia'-maalihaa feehee bimaa yur-z''eek h'at-taa laa nus'-gheea bi s-maai'naaa ilaa lagh-w wa laa nus-ria' bi b-s'aarinaaa ilaa lah-w wa h'at-taa laa nab-sut'a ay-deeanaaa ilaa mah'-z'oor wa laa nakh-t'oo bi q-daaminaaa ilaa mah'-joor wa h'at-taa laa tae'ea but'oonunaaa il-laa maaa ah'-lal-t wa laa tant'iqa al-sinatunaaa il-laa bimaa math-thal-t wa laa natakal-lafa il-laa maa yud-nee min thawaabik wa laa nataa'at'aaa il-laal-lad'ee yaqee min i'qaabik

Translation

inspire us with knowledge of its excellence, veneration of its inviolability, and caution against what You hast forbidden within it, and help us to fast in it by our restraining our limbs from acts of disobedience toward You and our employing them in that which pleases You, so that we lend not our ears to idle talk and hurry not with our eyes to diversion, we stretch not our hands toward the forbidden and stride not with our feet toward the prohibited, our bellies hold only what You hast made lawful and our tongues speak only what You hast exemplified, we undertake nothing but what brings close to Your reward and pursue nothing but what protects from Your punishment!

Transliteration

thum-ma khal-lis' d'alika kul-lahoo min reeaaa-il-muraaa-een wa sum-a'til-mus-mie'en laa nash-raku feeheee ah'adana donak wa laa nab-taghee bihee muraadana siwaak al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa qif-naa feehee a'laa mawaaqeeti s'alawaatil-kham-si bih'udoodihaal-latee h'ad-dat-t wa furooz''ihaal-latee faraz''-t wa waz'aaa-ifihaal-latee waz'-z'af-t wa aw-qaatihaal-latee waq-qat wa anzil-naa feehaa manzilata al-mus'eebeena limanaazilihaa al-h'aafiz'eena liar-kaanihaa al-moo-ad-deena lahaa feee aw-qaatihaa a'laa maa san-nahoo a'b-duka wa rasooluka s'alawaatuka a'lay-hee wa aaalihee fee rukooi'haa wasujoodihaa wa jameei' fawaaz''ilihaa

Translation

Then rid all of that from the false show of the false showers and the fame seeking of the fame seekers, lest we associate therein anything with You or seek therein any object of desire but You! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, in it make us attend to the appointed moments of the five prayers within the bounds You hast set, the obligations You hast decreed, the duties You hast assigned, and the times You hast specified; and in the prayers make us alight in the station of the keepers of their stations, the guardians of their pillars, their performers in their times, as Your servant and Your messenger set down in his Sunna (Your blessings be upon him and his Household) in their bowings, their prostrations, and all their excellent acts,

Transliteration

a'laa atam-mit'-t'ahoori wa as-baghih wa ab-yanil-khushooi' wa ab-laghih wa waf-fiq-naa feeh lian-nas'ila ar-h'aamanaa bil-bir-ri was'-s'ilah wa an-nataa'ahada jeeraananaa bil-if-z''aali wal-a't'ee-yah wa an-nukhal-lis'a am-waalanaa minat-tabia'at wa an-nut'ah-hirahaa biikh-raajiz-zakawaat wa an-nuraajia' man haajaranaa wa an-nuns'ifa man z'alamanaa wa an-nusaalima man a'adaanaa h'aashaa man u'wdeea feeka wa laka fa in-nahu al-a'doo-wul-lad'ee laa nuwaaleeh wal-h'iz-bul-lad'ee laa nus'aafeeh wa an-nataqar-raba ilay-ka feehee minal-aa'-maaliz-zaakeeati bimaa tut'ah-hirunaa bihee minad'-d'unoob

Translation

with the most complete and ample ritual purity and the most evident and intense humility! Give us success in this month to tighten our bonds of kin with devotion and gifts, attend to our neighbours with bestowal and giving, rid our possessions from claims, purify them through paying the alms, go back to him who has gone far from us, treat justly him who has wronged us, make peace with him who shows enmity toward us (except him who is regarded as an enemy in You and for You, for he is the enemy whom we will not befriend, the party whom we will not hold dear), and seek nearness to You through blameless works which will purify us from sins

Transliteration

wa taa'-s'imunaa feehee mim-maa nas-taa-nifu minal-u'yoob h'at-taa laa yoorida a'lay-ka ah'adum-mim-malaaa-ikatika il-laa doona maa nooridu min ab-waabit'-t'aaa'ti laka wa anwaai'l-qur-bati ilay-k al-laahum-ma in-neee as-aluka bih'aq-qi had'aash-shah-r wa bih'aq-qi man taa'b-bada laka feehee mini ab-tidaaa-iheee ilaa waq-ti fanaaa-ih mim-malakin qar-rab-tah aw nabee-yin ar-sal-tah aw a'b-din s'aalih'in akh-tas'as'-tah an tus'al-leea a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa ah-hil-naa feehee limaa waa't-ta aw-leeaaa-aka min karaamatik wa aw-jib lanaa feehee maaa aw-jab-ta liah-lil-mubaalaghati fee t'aaa'tik waj-a'l-naa fee naz'-mi mani as-tah'aq-qar-rafeea'l-aa'-laa birah'-matik

Translation

and preserve us from renewing faults, so that none of Your angels will bring for You the kinds of obedience and sorts of nearness-seeking unless they be less than what we bring! O God, I ask You by the right of this month and by the right of him who worships You within it from its beginning to the time of its passing, whether angel You hast brought nigh to You, prophet You hast sent, or righteous servant You hast singled out, that You bless Muhammad and his Household, make us worthy of the generosity You hast promised Your friends, make incumbent for us what You hast made incumbent for those who go to great lengths in obeying You, and place us in the ranks of those who deserve through Your mercy the highest elevation!

Transliteration

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa jan-nib-naa al-il-h'aada fee taw-h'eedik wat-taq-s'eera fee tam-jeedik wash-shak-ka fee deenik wal-a'maa a'n sabeelik wal-igh-faala lih'ur-matik walin-khidaaa' lia'doo-wikash-shay-t'aanir-rajeem al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa id'aa kaana laka fee kul-li lay-latim-mil-layaalee shah-rinaa had'aa riqaabuy-yua'-tiquhaa a'f-wuka aw yahabuhaa s'af-h'uk faj-a'r-r-riqaabanaa min til-kar-riqaab waj-a'l-naa lishah-rinaa min khay-ri ah-liw-wa as'-h'aab al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wam-h'aq d'unoobanaa maa' im-h'aaqi hilaalih was-lakh a'n-naa tabia'atinaa maa' ansilaakhi ay-yaamih

Translation

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, turn us aside from deviation in professing Your Unity, falling short in magnifying You, uncertainty in Your religion, blindness toward Your path, heedlessness of Your inviolability, and being deceived by Your enemy, the accursed Satan! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, and when in every night of this month's nights You hast necks which Your pardon will release and Your forgiveness disregard, place our necks among those necks and place us among the best folk and companions of this our month! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, efface our sins along with the effacing of its crescent moon, and make us pass forth from the ill effects of our acts with the passing of its days,

Transliteration

h'at-taa yanqaz''eea a'n-naa waqad- s'af-fay-tanaa feehee minal-khat'ee-aat wa akh-las'-tanaa feehee minas-say-yi-aat al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa im-mil-naa feehee faa'd-dil-naa wa in zugh-naa feehee faqaw-wim-naa wa ini ash-tamala a'lay-naa a'doo-wukash-shay-t'aanu fas-tanqid'-naa min-h al-laahum-ma ash-h'an-hoo bii'baadatinaaa ee-yaak wa zay-yin aw-qaatahoo bit'aaa'tinaa laka wa ai'n-naa fee nahaarihee a'laa s'eeaamih wa fee lay-lihee a'laas'-s'alaati wat-taz''ar-rui' ilay-k wal-khushooi' laka wad'-d'il-lati bay-na yaday-k h'at-taa laa yash-hada nahaaruhoo a'lay-naa bighaf-latiw-wa laa lay-luhoo bitaf-reet'

Translation

until it leaves us behind, while within it You hast purified us of offenses and rid us of evil deeds! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, and should we go off to one side in this month, set us aright; should we swerve, point us straight; and should Your enemy Satan enwrap us, rescue us from him! O God, fill this month with our worship of You, adorn its times with our obedience toward You, help us during its daytime with its fast, and in its night with prayer and pleading toward You, humility toward You, and lowliness before You, so that its daytime may not bear witness against our heedlessness, nor its night against our neglect!

Transliteration

al-laahum-ma waj-a'l-naa fee saaa-irish-shuhoori wal-ay-yaami kad'alika maa a'm-mar-tanaa waj-a'l-naa min i'baadikas'-s'aalih'een (al-lad'eena yarithoonal-fir-daw-sa hum feehaa khaalidoon) (wal-lad'eena yoo-toona maaa aaataw-a waquloobuhum wajilatun an-nahum ilaa rab-bihim raajiu'wn) wa minal-lad'eena (yusaariu'wna fil-khay-raati wahum lahaa saabiqoon) al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih fee kul-li waq-t wakul-li awaan wa a'laa kul-li h'aal a'dada maa s'al-lay-ta a'laa man s'al-lay-ta a'lay-h wa az''-a'afa d'alika kul-lihee bil-az''-a'afi latee laa yuh'-s'eehaa ghay-ruk in-naka faa'-a'alul-limaa tureed

Translation

O God, make us like this in the other months and days as long as You givest us life, and place us among Your righteous servants, "those who shall inherit Paradise, therein dwelling forever" (23:11), "those who give what they give, while their hearts quake, that they are returning to their Lord" (23:60), those who "..vie in good works, outracing to them" (23:61)! O God, bless Muhammad and his Household in every time, in all moments, and in every state, to the number that You hast blessed whomsoever You hast blessed and to multiples of all that, through multiples which none can count but You! Surely You art Accomplisher of what You desirest.