For his Children

(25) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِوُلْدِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

1. اللَّهُمَّ وَ مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِبَقَاءِ وُلْدِي وَ بِإِصْلَاحِهِمْ لِي و بِإِمْتَاعِي بِهِمْ .

   O God, be kind to me throughthe survival of my children, setting them right for me, and allowing me to enjoy them!

2. إِلَهِي امْدُدْ لِي فِي أَعْمَارِهِمْ ، وَ زِدْ لِي فِي آجَالِهِمْ ، وَ رَبِّ لِي صَغِيرَهُمْ ، وَ قَوِّ لِي ضَعِيفَهُمْ ، وَ أَصِحَّ لِي أَبْدَانَهُمْ وَ أَدْيَانَهُمْ وَ أَخْلَاقَهُمْ ، وَ عَافِهِمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ فِي جَوَارِحِهِمْ وَ فِي كُلِّ مَا عُنِيتُ بِهِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ، وَ أَدْرِرْ لِي وَ عَلَى يَدِي أَرْزَاقَهُمْ .

   My God, make long their lives for me, increase their terms, bring up the smallest for me, strengthen the weakest for me, rectify for me their bodies, their religious dedication, and their moral traits, make them well in their souls, their limbs, and everything that concerns me of their affair, and pour out for me and upon my hand their provisions!

3. وَ اجْعَلْهُمْ أَبْرَاراً أَتْقِيَاءَ بُصَرَاءَ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ لَكَ ، وَ لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ مُحِبِّينَ مُنَاصِحِينَ ، وَ لِجَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكَ مُعَانِدِينَ وَ مُبْغِضِينَ ، آمِينَ .

   Make them pious, fearing, insightful, hearing, and obedient toward Thee, loving and well-disposed toward Thy friends, and stubbornly resistant and full of hate toward all Thy enemies! Amen!

4. اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ بِهِمْ عَضُدِي ، وَ أَقِمْ بِهِمْ أَوَدِي ، وَ كَثِّرْ بِهِمْ عَدَدِي ، وَ زَيِّنْ بِهِمْ مَحْضَرِي ، وَ أَحْيِ بِهِمْ ذِكْرِي ، وَ اكْفِنِي بِهِمْ فِي غَيْبَتِي ، وَ أَعِنِّي بِهِمْ عَلَى حَاجَتِي ، وَ اجْعَلْهُمْ لِي مُحِبِّينَ ، وَ عَلَيَّ حَدِبِينَ مُقْبِلِينَ مُسْتَقِيمِينَ لِي ، مُطِيعِينَ ، غَيْرَ عَاصِينَ وَ لَا عَاقِّينَ وَ لَا مُخَالِفِينَ وَ لَا خَاطِئِينَ .

   O God, through themstrengthen my arm, straighten my burdened back, multiply my number, adorn my presence, keep alive my mention, suffice me when I am away, help me in my needs, and make themloving toward me, affectionate, approaching, upright, obedient, never disobedient, disrespectful, opposed, or offenders!

5. وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى تَرْبِيَتِهِمْ وَ تَأْدِيبِهِمْ ، وَ بِرِّهِمْ ، وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ مَعَهُمْ أَوْلَاداً ذُكُوراً ، وَ اجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ خَيْراً لِي ، وَ اجْعَلْهُمْ لِي عَوْناً عَلَى مَا سَأَلْتُكَ .

   Help me in their upbringing, their education, and my devotion toward them, give me among them from Thyself male children, make that a good for me, and make them a help for mein that which I ask from Thee!

6. وَ أَعِذْنِي وَ ذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ، فَإِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنَا وَ أَمَرْتَنَا وَ نَهَيْتَنَا وَ رَغَّبْتَنَا فِي ثَوَابِ مَا أَمَرْتَنَا وَ رَهَّبْتَنَا عِقَابَهُ ، وَ جَعَلْتَ لَنَا عَدُوّاً يَكِيدُنَا ، سَلَّطْتَهُ مِنَّا عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُسَلِّطْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ ، أَسْكَنْتَهُ صُدُورَنَا ، وَ أَجْرَيْتَهُ مَجَارِيَ دِمَائِنَا ، لَا يَغْفُلُ إِنْ غَفَلْنَا ، وَ لَا يَنْسَى إِنْ نَسِينَا ، يُؤْمِنُنَا عِقَابَكَ ، وَ يُخَوِّفُنَا بِغَيْرِكَ .

   Give me and my progeny refuge from the accursed Satan, for Thou hast created us, commanded us, and prohibited us, and made us desire the reward of what Thou hast commanded, and fear its punishment! Thou assigned to us an enemy who schemes against us, gave him an authority over us in a way that Thou didst not give us authority over him, allowed him to dwell in our breastsand let him run in our blood vessels; he is not heedless, though we be heedless, he does not forget, though we forget; he makes us feel secure from Thy punishmentand fills us with fear toward other than Thee.

7. إِنْ هَمَمْنَا بِفَاحِشَةٍ شَجَّعَنَا عَلَيْهَا ، وَ إِنْ هَمَمْنَا بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ ثَبَّطَنَا عَنْهُ ، يَتَعَرَّضُ لَنَا بِالشَّهَوَاتِ ، وَ يَنْصِبُ لَنَا بِالشُّبُهَاتِ ، إِنْ وَعَدَنَا كَذَبَنَا ، وَ إِنْ مَنَّانَا أَخْلَفَنَا ، وَ إِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنَّا كَيْدَهُ يُضِلَّنَا ، وَ إِلَّا تَقِنَا خَبَالَهُ يَسْتَزِلَّنَا .

   If we are about to commit an indecency, he gives us courage to do so, and if we are about to perform a righteous work, he holds us back from it. He opposes us through passions, and sets up for us doubts. If he promises us, he lies, and if he raises our hopes, he fails to fulfil them. If Thou dost not turn his trickery away from us, he will misguide us, and if Thou dost not protect us from his corruption, he will cause us to slip.

8. اللَّهُمَّ فَاقْهَرْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا بِسُلْطَانِكَ حَتَّى تَحْبِسَهُ عَنَّا بِكَثْرَةِ الدُّعَاءِ لَكَ فَنُصْبِحَ مِنْ كَيْدِهِ فِي الْمَعْصُومِينَ بِكَ .

   O God, so defeat his authority over us through Thy authority, such that Thou holdest him back from us through the frequency of our supplication to Theeand we leave his trickery and rise up among those preserved by Thee from sin!

9. اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي كُلَّ سُؤْلِي ، وَ اقْضِ لِي حَوَائِجِي ، وَ لَا تَمْنَعْنِي الْإِجَابَةَ وَ قَدْ ضَمِنْتَهَا لِي ، وَ لَا تَحْجُبْ دُعَائِي عَنْكَ وَ قَدْ أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ ، وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِكُلِّ مَا يُصْلِحُنِي فِي دُنْيَايَ وَ آخِرَتِي مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْهُ وَ مَا نَسِيتُ ، أَوْ أَظْهَرْتُ أَوْ أَخْفَيْتُ أَوْ أَعْلَنْتُ أَوْ أَسْرَرْتُ .

   O God, grant me my every request, accomplish for me my needs, withhold not from me Thy responsewhen Thou hast made Thyself accountable for it to me, veil not my supplication from Thyself, when Thou hast commanded me to make it, and be kind to me through everything that will set me right in this world and the next, in everything that I remember or forget, display or conceal, make public or keep secret!

10. وَ اجْعَلْنِي فِي جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ بِسُؤَالِي إِيَّاكَ ، الْمُنْجِحِينَ بِالطَّلَبِ إِلَيْكَ غَيْرِ الْمَمْنُوعِينَ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ .

    In all of this, place me through my asking Thee among those who set things right, those who are answered favourably when they request from Theeand from whom is not withheldwhen they put their trust in Thee,

11. الْمُعَوَّدِينَ بِالتَّعَوُّذِ بِكَ ، الرَّابِحِينَ فِي التِّجَارَةِ عَلَيْكَ ، الْمُجَارِينَ بِعِزِّكَ ، الْمُوَسَّعِ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّزْقُ الْحَلَالُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ، الْوَاسِعِ بِجُودِكَ وَ كَرَمِكَ ، الْمُعَزِّينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ بِكَ ، وَ الْمُجَارِينَ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ بِعَدْلِكَ ، وَ الْمُعَافَيْنَ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ ، وَ الْمُغْنَيْنَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ بِغِنَاكَ ، وَ الْمَعْصُومِينَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَ الزَّلَلِ وَ الْخَطَاءِ بِتَقْوَاكَ ، وَ الْمُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْرِ وَ الرُّشْدِ وَ الصَّوَابِ بِطَاعَتِكَ ، وَ الْمُحَالِ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ الذُّنُوبِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ ، التَّارِكِينَ لِكُلِّ مَعْصِيَتِكَ ، السَّاكِنِينَ فِي جِوَارِكَ .

    those accustomed to seek refuge in Thee, those who profit through commerce with Thee, those granted sanctuary through Thy might, those given lawful provision in plenty from Thy boundless bounty through Thy munificence and generosity, those who reach exaltation after abasement through Thee, those granted sanctuary from wrong through Thy justice, those released from affliction through Thy mercy, those delivered from need after poverty through Thy riches, those preserved from sins, slips, and offenses through reverential fear toward Thee, those successful in goodness, right conduct, and propriety through obeying Thee, those walled off from sins through Thy power, the refrainers from every act of disobedience toward Thee, the dwellers in Thy neighbourhood!

12. اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا جَمِيعَ ذَلِكَ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ ، وَ أَعِذْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ ، وَ أَعْطِ جَمِيعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي وَ لِوُلْدِي فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَ آجِلِ الْآخِرَةِ ، إِنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ عَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ .

    O God, give me all of that through Thy bestowal of success and Thy mercy, grant us refuge from the chastisement of the burning, and give toall the Muslims, male and female, and all the faithful, male and female, the like of what I have asked for myself and my children, in the immediate of this worldand the deferred of the next! Verily Thou art the Near, the Responder, the All-hearing, the All-knowing, the Pardoner, the Forgiving, the Clement, the Merciful!

13. وَ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ، وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَ قِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ .

    Andgive to us in this world good, and in the next world good, and protect us from the chastisement of the Fire!