Remembrance of Imam al-Mahdi in Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādyah (Supplication no. 47, parts 60-65)
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﴿60﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَيَّدْتَ دِينَكَ فِي كُلِّ أَوَانٍ بِإِمَامٍ أَقَمْتَهُ عَلَماً لِعِبَادِكَ ، وَ مَنَاراً فِي بِلَادِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ وَصَلْتَ حَبْلَهُ بِحَبْلِكَ ، وَ جَعَلْتَهُ الذَّرِيعَةَ إِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ ، وَ افْتَرَضْتَ طَاعَتَهُ ، وَ حَذَّرْتَ مَعْصِيَتَهُ ، وَ أَمَرْتَ بِامْتِثَالِ أَوَامِرِهِ ، وَ الِانْتِهَاءِ عِنْدَ نَهْيِهِ ، وَ أَلَّا يَتَقَدَّمَهُ مُتَقَدِّمٌ ، وَ لَا يَتَأَخَّرَ عَنْهُ مُتَأَخِّرٌ فَهُوَ عِصْمَةُ اللَّائِذِينَ ، وَ كَهْفُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ عُرْوَةُ الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ ، وَ بَهَاءُ الْعَالَمِينَ .
O God,
surely Thou hast confirmed Thy religion in all times
with an Imam whom Thou hast set up
as a guidepost to Thy servants
and a lighthouse in Thy lands,
after his cord has been joined to Thy cord!
Thou hast appointed him the means to Thy good pleasure,
made obeying him obligatory,
cautioned against disobeying him,
and commanded
following his commands,
abandoning his prohibitions,
and that no forward-goer go ahead of him
or back-keeper keep back from him!
So he is the preservation of the shelter-seekers,
the cave of the faithful,
the handhold of the adherents,
and the radiance of the worlds!
﴿61﴾ اللَّهُمَّ فَأَوْزِعْ لِوَلِيِّكَ شُكْرَ مَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ ، وَ أَوْزِعْنَا مِثْلَهُ فِيهِ ، وَ آتِهِ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَاناً نَصِيراً ، وَ افْتَحْ لَهُ فَتْحاً يَسِيراً ، وَ أَعِنْهُ بِرُكْنِكَ أَلْأَعَزِّ ، وَ اشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ ، وَ قَوِّ عَضُدَهُ ، وَ رَاعِهِ بِعَيْنِكَ ، وَ احْمِهِ بِحِفْظِكَ وَ انْصُرْهُ بِمَلَائِكَتِكَ ، وَ امْدُدْهُ بِجُنْدِك الْأَغْلَبِ .
O God,
so inspire Thy guardian to give thanks
for that in which Thou hast favoured him,
inspire us with the like concerning him,
grant him an authority from Thee to help him,
open for him an easy opening,
aid him with Thy mightiest pillar,
brace up his back,
strengthen his arm,
guard him with Thy eye,
defend him with Thy safeguarding,
help him with Thy angels,
and assist him with Thy most victorious troops!
﴿62﴾ وَ أَقِمْ بِهِ كِتَابَكَ وَ حُدُودَكَ وَ شَرَائِعَكَ وَ سُنَنَ رَسُولِكَ ، صَلَوَاتُكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ أَحْيِ بِهِ مَا أَمَاتَهُ الظَّالِمُونَ مِنْ مَعَالِمِ دِينِكَ ، وَ اجْلُ بِهِ صَدَاءَ الْجَوْرِ عَنْ طَرِيقَتِكَ ، وَ أَبِنْ بِهِ الضَّرَّاءَ مِنْ سَبِيلِكَ ، وَ أَزِلْ بِهِ النَّاكِبِينَ عَنْ صِرَاطِكَ ، وَ امْحَقْ بِهِ بُغَاةَ قَصْدِكَ عِوَجاً.
Through him
establish Thy Book, Thy bounds, Thy laws,
and the norms of Thy Messenger's Sunna
Thy blessings, O God,
be upon him and his Household,
bring to life the guideposts of Thy religion,
deadened by the wrongdoers,
burnish the rust of injustice from Thy way,
sift the adversity from Thy road,
eliminate those who deviate from Thy path,
and erase those who seek crookedness in Thy straightness!
﴿63﴾ وَ أَلِنْ جَانِبَهُ لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ ، وَ ابْسُطْ يَدَهُ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ ، وَ هَبْ لَنَا رَأْفَتَهُ ، وَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَ تَعَطُّفَهُ وَ تَحَنُّنَهُ ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا لَهُ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ ، وَ فِي رِضَاهُ سَاعِينَ ، وَ إِلَى نُصْرَتِهِ وَ الْمُدَافَعَةِ عَنْهُ مُكْنِفِينَ ، وَ إِلَيْكَ وَ إِلَى رَسُولِكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِذَلِكَ مُتَقَرِّبِينَ .
Make his side mild toward Thy friends,
stretch forth his hand over Thy enemies,
give us his clemency, his mercy,
his tenderness, his sympathy,
and make us
his hearers and obeyers,
strivers toward his good pleasure,
assistants in helping him and defending him,
and brought near through that to Thee
and Thy Messenger
Thy blessings, O God,
be upon him and his Household.
﴿64﴾ اللَّهُمَّ وَ صَلِّ عَلَى أَوْلِيَائِهِمُ الْمُعْتَرِفِينَ بِمَقَامِهِمُ ، الْمُتَّبِعِينَ مَنْهَجَهُمُ ، الْمُقْتَفِينَ آثَارَهُمُ ، الْمُسْتَمْسِكِينَ بِعُرْوَتِهِمُ ، الْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِوِلَايَتِهِمُ ، الْمُؤْتَمِّينَ بِإِمَامَتِهِمُ ، الْمُسَلِّمِينَ لِأَمْرِهِمُ ، الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ فِي طَاعَتِهِمُ ، الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ أَيَّامَهُمُ ، الْمَادِّينَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْيُنَهُمُ ، الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمُبَارَكَاتِ الزَّاكِيَاتِ النَّامِيَاتِ الْغَادِيَاتِ الرَّائِحَاتِ .
O God,
and bless
the friends [of the Imams],
the confessors of their station,
the keepers to their course,
the pursuers of their tracks,
the clingers to their handhold,
the adherents to their guardianship,
the followers of their imamate,
the submitters to their command,
the strivers to obey them,
the Awaiters of their days,
the directors of their eyes toward them,
with blessings blessed, pure, growing,
fresh, and fragrant!
﴿65﴾ وَ سَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى أَرْوَاحِهِمْ ، وَ اجْمَعْ عَلَى التَّقْوَى أَمْرَهُمْ ، وَ أَصْلِحْ لَهُمْ شُؤُونَهُمْ ، وَ تُبْ عَلَيْهِمْ ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ، وَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مَعَهُمْ فِي دَارِ السَّلَامِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ .
Give them and their spirits peace,
bring together their affair in reverential fear,
set right their situations,
turn toward them,
Surely Thou art Ever-turning, All-compassionate
and the Best of forgivers,
and place us with them in the Abode of Peace,
through Thy mercy,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!
