Ṣalwāt-e Sha’bāniyah

Ṣalwāt-e Sha’bāniyah

pray at every midday of Sha’ban and on the night of its half with the prayers reported from Al-Sajjad (AS):

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad;
شَجَرَةِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةِ

the tree of Prophethood,
وَمَوضِعِ ٱلرِّسَالَةِ

the trustees of the (Divine) Mission,
وَمُخْتَلَفِ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ

the frequently visited by the angels,
وَمَعْدِنِ ٱلْعِلْمِ

the core of knowledge,
وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِ ٱلْوَحْيِ

and the Household of the Divine Revelation.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْجَارِيَةِ فِي ٱللُّجَجِ ٱلْغَامِرَةِ

the sailing ships through the abysmal waves.
يَأْمَنُ مَنْ رَكِبَهَا

He who embarks on will be saved
وَيَغْرَقُ مَنْ تَرَكَهَا

but he who abandons will be drowned.
ٱلْمُتَقَدِّمُ لَهُمْ مَارِقٌ

He who precedes them will miss the Right Path
وَٱلْمُتَأَخِّرُ عَنْهُمْ زَاهِقٌ

and he who misses them will lose,
وَٱللاَّزِمُ لَهُمْ لاَحِقٌ

but he who adheres to them will win.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
ٱلْكَهْفِ ٱلْحَصِينِ

the impregnable shelter,
وَغِيَاثِ ٱلْمُضْطَرِّ ٱلْمُسْتَكِينِ

the succorers of the helpless, distressed ones,
وَمَلْجَإِ ٱلْهَارِبِينَ

the haven of the fugitives,
وَعِصْمَةِ ٱلْمُعْتَصِمِينَ

and the asylum of those who seek refuge.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
صَلاةً كَثِيرَةً تَكُونُ لَهُمْ رِضاً

so many blessings that please them
وَلِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَدَاءً وَقَضَاءً

and settle all (our) duties towards Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
بِحَوْلٍ مِنْكَ وَقُوَّةٍ يَا رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ

by Your might and power, O Lord of the worlds!
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
ٱلطَّيِّبِينَ ٱلأَبْرَارِ ٱلأَخْيَارِ

the pure, pious, and righteous
ٱلَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ حُقُوقَهُمْ

whose rights have been made incumbent upon us by You
وَفَرَضْتَ طَاعَتَهُمْ وَوِلايَتَهُمْ

and the obedience to whom and whose (divinely ordained) leadership have been (also) deemed obligatory upon us by You.

للَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
وَٱعْمُرْ قَلْبِي بِطَاعَتِكَ

fill my heart with obedience to You,
وَلاَ تُخْزِنِي بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ

do not disgrace me due to my acts of disobedience to You,
وَٱرْزُقْنِي مُوَاسَاةَ مَنْ قَتَّرْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ

and grant me the feeling of sympathy towards those whom You have decided to straiten their sustenance
بِمَا وَسَّعْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

for You have blessed me with affluence in livelihood
وَنَشَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ

since You have displayed Your justice on me
وَأَحْيَيْتَنِي تَحْتَ ظِلِّكَ

and bestowed life on me to live under Your shade.
وَهٰذَا شَهْرُ نَبِيِّكَ سَيِّدِ رُسُلِكَ

This is the month of Your Prophet and the Master of Your Messengers.
شَعْبَانُ ٱلَّذِي حَفَفْتَهُ مِنْكَ بِٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَٱلرِّضْوَانِ

It is Sha`ban, which You have encompassed with Your mercy and pleasure
ٱلَّذِي كَانَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

and on which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his Household,
يَدْأَبُ فِي صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ

used to observe fasting painstakingly and used to spend it with acts of worship
فِي لَيَالِيهِ وَأَيَّامِهِ

on all of its days and nights
بُخُوعاً لَكَ فِي إِكْرَامِهِ وَإِعْظَامِهِ

on account of Your honoring and dignifying this month,
إِلَىٰ مَحَلِّ حِمَامِهِ

up to his death.
اَللَّهُمَّ فَأَعِنَّا عَلَىٰ ٱلإِسْتِنَانِ بِسُنَّتِهِ فِيهِ

O Allah, (please do) help us follow the example of him (i.e. the Holy Prophet as regards the honoring of this month)
وَنَيْلِ ٱلشَّفَاعَةِ لَدَيْهِ

and help us attain his intercession for us.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَٱجْعَلْهُ لِي شَفِيعاً مُشَفَّعاً

O Allah, (please do) decide him as my interceder (before You) whose intercession for me is acceptable
وَطَرِيقاً إِلَيْكَ مَهْيَعاً

and as my clear path toward You,
وَٱجْعَلْنِي لَهُ مُتَّبِعاً

and make me follow him
حَتَّىٰ أَلْقَاكَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ عَنِّي رَاضِياً

until I meet You on the Resurrection Day in such a state that You are pleased with me
وَعَنْ ذُنُوبِي غَاضِياً

having overlooked my sins
قَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِي مِنْكَ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ وَٱلرِّضْوَانَ

and confer upon me with Your mercy and good pleasure
وَأَنْزَلْتَنِي دَارَ ٱلْقَرَارِ وَمَحَلِّ ٱلأَخْيَارِ.

settling me in the Eternal Abode and the Place of the Righteous.