In Bidding Farewell to Ramadan
(45) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي وَدَاعِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لَا يَرْغَبُ فِي الْجَزَاءِ
O God, O He who desires no repayment!
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يَنْدَمُ عَلَى الْعَطَاءِ
O He who shows no remorse at bestowal!
وَ يَا مَنْ لَا يُكَافِئُ عَبْدَهُ عَلَى السَّوَاءِ .
O He who rewards not His servant tit for tat!
مِنَّتُكَ ابْتِدَاءٌ ، وَ عَفْوُكَ تَفَضُّلٌ ، وَ عُقُوبَتُكَ عَدْلٌ ، وَ قَضَاؤُكَ خِيَرَةٌ
Thy kindness is a new beginning, Thy pardon gratuitous bounty, Thy punishment justice, Thy decree a choice for the best!
إِنْ أَعْطَيْتَ لَمْ تَشُبْ عَطَاءَكَ بِمَنٍّ ، وَ إِنْ مَنَعْتَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَنْعُكَ تَعَدِّياً .
If Thou bestowest, Thou stainest not Thy bestowal with obligation, and if Thou withholdest, Thou withholdest not in transgression.
تَشْكُرُ مَنْ شَكَرَكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَلْهَمْتَهُ شُكْرَكَ .
Thou showest gratitude to him who thanks Thee, while Thou hast inspired him to thank Thee.
وَ تُكَافِئُ مَنْ حَمِدَكَ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَهُ حَمْدَكَ .
Thou rewardest him who praises Thee, while though Thou hast taught him Thy praise.
تَسْتُرُ عَلَى مَنْ لَوْ شِئْتَ فَضَحْتَهُ ، وَ تَجُودُ عَلَى مَنْ لَوْ شِئْتَ مَنَعْتَهُ ، وَ كِلَاهُمَا أَهْلٌ مِنْكَ لِلْفَضِيحَةِ وَ الْمَنْعِ غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ بَنَيْتَ أَفْعَالَكَ عَلَى التَّفَضُّلِ ، وَ أَجْرَيْتَ قُدْرَتَكَ عَلَى التَّجَاوُزِ .
Thou coverest him whom, if Thou willed, Thou wouldst expose, and Thou art generous toward him from whom, if Thou willed, Thou wouldst withhold. Both are worthy of Thy exposure and withholding, but Thou hast founded Thy acts upon gratuitous bounty, channelled Thy power in to forbearance,
وَ تَلَقَّيْتَ مَنْ عَصَاكَ بِالْحِلْمِ ، وَ أَمْهَلْتَ مَنْ قَصَدَ لِنَفْسِهِ بِالظُّلْمِ ، تَسْتَنْظِرُهُمْ بِأَنَاتِكَ إِلَى الْإِنَابَةِ ، وَ تَتْرُكُ مُعَاجَلَتَهُمْ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ لِكَيْلَا يَهْلِكَ عَلَيْكَ هَالِكُهُمْ ، وَ لَا يَشْقَى بِنِعْمَتِكَ شَقِيُّهُمْ إِلَّا عَنْ طُولِ الْإِعْذَارِ إِلَيْهِ ، وَ بَعْدَ تَرَادُفِ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَيْهِ ، كَرَماً مِنْ عَفْوِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ ، وَ عَائِدَةً مِنْ عَطْفِكَ يَا حَلِيمُ .
received him who disobeyed Thee with clemency, and disregarded him who intended wrongdoing against himself. Thou awaitest their turning back without hasteand refrainest from rushing them toward repentance, so that the perisher among them may not perishbecause of Theeand the wretched may not be wretched through Thy favour, but only after Thy prolonged excusing himand successive arguments against him, as an act of generosity through Thy pardon, O Generous, and an act of kindliness through Thy tenderness, O Clement!
أَنْتَ الَّذِي فَتَحْتَ لِعِبَادِكَ بَاباً إِلَى عَفْوِكَ ، وَ سَمَّيْتَهُ التَّوْبَةَ ، وَ جَعَلْتَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ دَلِيلًا مِنْ وَحْيِكَ لِئَلَّا يَضِلُّوا عَنْهُ ، فَقُلْتَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يُكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَ يُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ .
It is Thou who hast opened for Thy servantsa door to Thy pardon, which Thou hast named 'repentance'. Thou hast placed upon that doora pointer from Thy revelation, lest they stray from it: Thou hast said (blessed are Thy names), Repent toward God with unswerving repentance! It may be that Thy Lord will acquit of your evil deedsand will admit you in to gardensbeneath which rivers flow,
يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ ، نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ بِأَيْمَانِهِمْ ، يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا ، وَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا ، إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ . فَمَا عُذْرُ مَنْ أَغْفَلَ دُخُولَ ذَلِكَ الْمَنْزِلِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ الْبَابِ وَ إِقَامَةِ الدَّلِيلِ
upon the day when God will not degrade the Prophetand those who have faith along with him, their light running before them and on their right hands, and they say: 'Our Lord, complete for us our light, and forgive us! Surely Thou art powerful over everything.'2What is the excuse of him who remains heedless of entering that houseafter the opening of the doorand the setting up of the pointer?
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي زِدْتَ فِي السَّوْمِ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ لِعِبَادِكَ ، تُرِيدُ رِبْحَهُمْ فِي مُتَاجَرَتِهِمْ لَكَ ، وَ فَوْزَهُمْ بِالْوِفَادَةِ عَلَيْكَ ، وَ الزِّيَادَةِ مِنْكَ ، فَقُلْتَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا ، وَ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا .
It is Thou who hast raised the price against Thyself to the advantage of Thy servants, desiring their profit in their trade with Thee, their triumph through reaching Thee, and their increase on account of Thee, for Thou hast said (blessed is Thy Name and high art Thou exalted), Whoso brings a good deed shall have ten the like of it, and whoso brings an evil deedshall only be recompensed the like of it.
وَ قُلْتَ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ ، وَ اللَّهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ ، وَ قُلْتَ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيرَةً . وَ مَا أَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ تَضَاعِيفِ الْحَسَنَاتِ .
Thou hast said, The likeness of those who expend their wealth in the way of Godis as the likeness of a grain of cornthat sprouts seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains; so God multiplies un to whom He wills. Thou hast said, Who is he that will lend to God a good loan, and He will multiply it for him manifold? And Thou hast sent down in the Qur'ansimilar verses on the multiplying of good deeds.
وَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي دَلَلْتَهُمْ بِقَوْلِكَ مِنْ غَيْبِكَ وَ تَرْغِيبِكَ الَّذِي فِيهِ حَظُّهُمْ عَلَى مَا لَوْ سَتَرْتَهُ عَنْهُمْ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ أَبْصَارُهُمْ ، وَ لَمْ تَعِهِ أَسْمَاعُهُمْ ، وَ لَمْ تَلْحَقْهُ أَوْهَامُهُمْ ، فَقُلْتَ اذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ ، وَ اشْكُرُوا لِي وَ لَا تَكْفُرُونِ ، وَ قُلْتَ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ، وَ لَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ .
It is Thou who hast pointed them through Thy speech from Thy Unseenand Thy encouragement in which lies their good fortune toward that which- hadst Thou covered it from them -their eyes would not have perceived, their ears would not have heard, and their imaginations would not have grasped, for Thou hast said, Remember Meand I will remember yoube thankful to Me, and be you not thankless towards Me! Thou hast said, If you are thankful, surely I will increase you, but if you are thankless, My chastisement is surely terrible;
وَ قُلْتَ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ، إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ ، فَسَمَّيْتَ دُعَاءَكَ عِبَادَةً ، وَ تَرْكَهُ اسْتِكْبَاراً ، وَ تَوَعَّدْتَ عَلَى تَرْكِهِ دُخُولَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ .
And Thou hast said, Supplicate Me and I will respond to you, surely those who wax too proud to worship Meshall enter Gehenna utterly abject. Hence Thou hast named supplicating Thee 'worship'and refraining from it 'waxing proud', and Thou hast threatened that the refraining from itwould yield entrance in to Gehenna in utter abjection.
فَذَكَرُوكَ بِمَنِّكَ ، وَ شَكَرُوكَ بِفَضْلِكَ ، وَ دَعَوْكَ بِأَمْرِكَ ، وَ تَصَدَّقُوا لَكَ طَلَباً لِمَزِيدِكَ ، وَ فِيهَا كَانَتْ نَجَاتُهُمْ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ ، وَ فَوْزُهُمْ بِرِضَاكَ .
So they remember Thee for Thy kindness, they thank Thee for Thy bounty, they supplicate Thee by Thy command, and they donate for Theein order to seek Thy increase; in all this lies their deliverance from Thy wrathand their triumph through Thy good pleasure.
وَ لَوْ دَلَّ مَخْلُوقٌ مَخْلُوقاً مِنْ نَفْسِهِ عَلَى مِثْلِ الَّذِي دَلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عِبَادَكَ مِنْكَ كَانَ مَوْصُوفاً بِالْإِحْسَانِ ، وَ مَنْعُوتاً بِالِامْتِنَانِ ، وَ مَحْمُوداً بِكُلِّ لِسَانٍ ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مَا وُجِدَ فِي حَمْدِكَ مَذْهَبٌ ، وَ مَا بَقِيَ لِلْحَمْدِ لَفْظٌ تُحْمَدُ بِهِ ، وَ مَعْنًى يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَيْهِ .
Were any creature himself to direct another creature to the like of that to which Thou Thyself hast directed Thy servants, he would be described by beneficence, qualified by kindness, and praised by every tongue. So to Thee belongs praiseas long as there is found a way to praise Theeand as long as there remains for praisingwords by which Thou may be praisedand meanings which may be spent in praise!
يَا مَنْ تَحَمَّدَ إِلَى عِبَادِهِ بِالْإِحْسَانِ وَ الْفَضْلِ ، وَ غَمَرَهُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَ الطَّوْلِ ، مَا أَفْشَى فِينَا نِعْمَتَكَ ، وَ أَسْبَغَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَّتَكَ ، وَ أَخَصَّنَا بِبِرِّكَ
O He who shows Himself praiseworthy to His servants through beneficence and bounty, flooding them with kindness and graciousness! How much Thy favour has been spread about among us, Thy kindness lavished upon us, and Thy goodness singled out for us!
هَدَيْتَنَا لِدِينِكَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتَ ، وَ مِلَّتِكَ الَّتِي ارْتَضَيْتَ ، وَ سَبِيلِكَ الَّذِي سَهَّلْتَ ، وَ بَصَّرْتَنَا الزُّلْفَةَ لَدَيْكَ ، وَ الْوُصُولَ إِلَى كَرَامَتِكَ .
Thou hast guided us to Thy religion which Thou hast chosen, Thy creed with which Thou art pleased, and Thy path which Thou hast made smooth, and Thou hast shown us proximity to Theeand arrival at Thy generosity!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَنْتَ جَعَلْتَ مِنْ صَفَايَا تِلْكَ الْوَظَائِفِ ، وَ خَصَائِصِ تِلْكَ الْفُرُوضِ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِي اخْتَصَصْتَهُ مِنْ سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ ، وَ تَخَيَّرْتَهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَزْمِنَةِ وَ الدُّهُورِ ، وَ آثَرْتَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَوْقَاتِ السَّنَةِ بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ النُّورِ ، وَ ضَاعَفْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ ، وَ فَرَضْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الصِّيَامِ ، وَ رَغَّبْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْقِيَامِ ، وَ أَجْلَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ .
O God, among the choicest of those dutiesand the most special of those obligations Thou hast appointed the month of Ramadan, which Thou hast singled out from other months, chosen from among all periods and eras, and preferred over all times of the year through the Qur'an and the Light which Thou sent down within it, the faith which Thou multiplied by means of it, the fasting which Thou obligated therein, the standing in prayer which Thou encouraged at its time, and the Night of Decree which Thou magnified therein, the night which isbetter than a thousand months.
ثُمَّ آثَرْتَنَا بِهِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ ، وَ اصْطَفَيْتَنَا بِفَضْلِهِ دُونَ أَهْلِ الْمِلَلِ ، فَصُمْنَا بِأَمْرِكَ نَهَارَهُ ، وَ قُمْنَا بِعَوْنِكَ لَيْلَهُ ، مُتَعَرِّضِينَ بِصِيَامِهِ وَ قِيَامِهِ لِمَا عَرَّضْتَنَا لَهُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ ، وَ تَسَبَّبْنَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَثُوبَتِكَ ، وَ أَنْتَ الْمَلِيءُ بِمَا رُغِبَ فِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ، الْجَوَادُ بِمَا سُئِلْتَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ، الْقَرِيبُ إِلَى مَنْ حَاوَلَ قُرْبَكَ .
Through it Thou hast preferred us over the other communitiesand through its excellence Thou hast chosen us to the exclusion of the people of the creeds. We fasted by Thy command in its daylight, we stood in prayer with Thy help in its night, presenting ourselves by its fasting and its standing to the mercy which Thou hast held up before us, and we found through it the means to Thy reward. And Thou art full of what is sought from Thee, munificent with what is asked of Thy bounty, and near to him who strives for Thy nearness.
وَ قَدْ أَقَامَ فِينَا هَذَا الشَّهْرُ مُقَامَ حَمْدٍ ، وَ صَحِبَنَا صُحْبَةَ مَبْرُورٍ ، وَ أَرْبَحَنَا أَفْضَلَ أَرْبَاحِ الْعَالَمِينَ ، ثُمَّ قَدْ فَارَقَنَا عِنْدَ تَمَامِ وَقْتِهِ ، وَ انْقِطَاعِ مُدَّتِهِ ، وَ وَفَاءِ عَدَدِهِ .
This month stood among us in a standing place of praise, accompanied us with the companionship of one approved, and profited us with the most excellent profit of the world's creatures. Then it parted from us at the completion of its time, the end of its term, and the fulfilment of its number.
فَنَحْنُ مُوَدِّعُوهُ وِدَاعَ مَنْ عَزَّ فِرَاقُهُ عَلَيْنَا ، وَ غَمَّنَا وَ أَوْحَشَنَا انْصِرَافُهُ عَنَّا ، وَ لَزِمَنَا لَهُ الذِّمَامُ الْمَحْفُوظُ ، وَ الْحُرْمَةُ الْمَرْعِيَّةُ ، وَ الْحَقُّ الْمَقْضِيُّ ، فَنَحْنُ قَائِلُونَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا شَهْرَ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرَ ، وَ يَا عِيدَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ .
So we bid farewell to it with the farewell of one whose parting pains us, whose leaving fills us with gloom and loneliness, and to whom we have come to owea safeguarded claim, an observed inviolability, and a discharged right. We say: Peace be upon thee, O greatest month of God! O festival of His friends!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَكْرَمَ مَصْحُوبٍ مِنَ الْأَوْقَاتِ ، وَ يَا خَيْرَ شَهْرٍ فِي الْأَيَّامِ وَ السَّاعَاتِ .
Peace be upon thee, O most noble of accompanying times! O best of months in days and hours!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ قَرُبَتْ فِيهِ الْآمَالُ ، وَ نُشِرَتْ فِيهِ الْأَعْمَالُ .
Peace be upon thee, month in which expectations come nearand good works are scattered about!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَرِينٍ جَلَّ قَدْرُهُ مَوْجُوداً ، وَ أَفْجَعَ فَقْدُهُ مَفْقُوداً ، وَ مَرْجُوٍّ آلَمَ فِرَاقُهُ .
Peace be upon thee, Comrade who is great in worth when foundand who torments through absence when lost, anticipated friend whose parting gives pain!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَلِيفٍ آنَسَ مُقْبِلًا فَسَرَّ ، وَ أَوْحَشَ مُنْقَضِياً فَمَضَّ
Peace be upon thee, familiarwho brought comfort in coming, thus making happy, who left loneliness in going, thus giving anguish!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ مُجَاوِرٍ رَقَّتْ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ ، وَ قَلَّتْ فِيهِ الذُّنُوبُ .
Peace be upon thee, neighbourin whom hearts became tenderand sins became few!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ نَاصِرٍ أَعَانَ عَلَى الشَّيْطَانِ ، وَ صَاحِبٍ سَهَّلَ سُبُلَ الْإِحْسَانِ
Peace be upon thee, helperwho aided against Satan, companionwho made easy the paths of good-doing!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مَا أَكْثَرَ عُتَقَاءَ اللَّهِ فِيكَ ، وَ مَا أَسْعَدَ مَنْ رَعَى حُرْمَتَكَ بِكَ
Peace be upon thee -How many became freedmen of God within thee! How happy those who observed the respect due to thee!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ أَمْحَاكَ لِلذُّنُوبِ ، وَ أَسْتَرَكَ لِأَنْوَاعِ الْعُيُوبِ
Peace be upon thee -How many the sins thou erased! How many the kinds of faults thou covered over!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ أَطْوَلَكَ عَلَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ ، وَ أَهْيَبَكَ فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Peace be upon thee -How drawn out wert thou for the sinners! How awesome wert thou in the hearts of the faithful!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ لَا تُنَافِسُهُ الْأَيَّامُ .
Peace be upon thee, month with which no days compete!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ شَهْرٍ هُوَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَمْرٍ سَلَامٌ
Peace be upon thee, month which is peace in all affairs!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ غَيْرَ كَرِيهِ الْمُصَاحَبَةِ ، وَ لَا ذَمِيمِ الْمُلَابَسَةِ
Peace be upon thee, thou whose companionship is not disliked, thou whose friendly mixing is not blamed!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ كَمَا وَفَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا بِالْبَرَكَاتِ ، وَ غَسَلْتَ عَنَّا دَنَسَ الْخَطِيئَاتِ
Peace be upon thee, just as thou hast entered upon us with blessingsand cleansed us of the defilement of offenses!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مُوَدَّعٍ بَرَماً وَ لَا مَتْرُوكٍ صِيَامُهُ سَأَماً .
Peace be upon thee -Thou art not bid farewell in annoyancenor is thy fasting left in weariness!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ مَطْلُوبٍ قَبْلَ وَقْتِهِ ، وَ مَحْزُونٍ عَلَيْهِ قَبْلَ فَوْتِهِ .
Peace be upon thee, object of seeking before thy time, object of sorrow before thy passing!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ كَمْ مِنْ سُوءٍ صُرِفَ بِكَ عَنَّا ، وَ كَمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ أُفِيضَ بِكَ عَلَيْنَا
Peace be upon thee -How much evil was turned away from us through thee! How much good flowed upon us because of thee!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ الَّتِي هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
Peace be upon theeand upon the Night of Decree which isbetter than a thousand months!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ مَا كَانَ أَحْرَصَنَا بِالْأَمْسِ عَلَيْكَ ، وَ أَشَدَّ شَوْقَنَا غَداً إِلَيْكَ .
Peace be upon thee -How much we craved thee yesterday! How intensely we shall yearn for thee tomorrow!
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى فَضْلِكَ الَّذِي حُرِمْنَاهُ ، وَ عَلَى مَاضٍ مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ سُلِبْنَاهُ .
Peace be upon theeand upon thy bounty which has now been made unlawful to usand upon thy blessings gone by which have now been stripped away from us!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا أَهْلُ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ الَّذِي شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ ، وَ وَفَّقْتَنَا بِمَنِّكَ لَهُ حِينَ جَهِلَ الْأَشْقِيَاءُ وَقْتَهُ ، وَ حُرِمُوا لِشَقَائِهِمْ فَضْلَهُ .
O God, we are the people of this month. Through it Thou hast ennobled usand given us success because of Thy kindness, while the wretched are ignorant of its time. Made unlawful to them is its bounty because of their wretchedness.
أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ مَا آثَرْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِهِ ، وَ هَدَيْتَنَا لَهُ مِنْ سُنَّتِهِ ، وَ قَدْ تَوَلَّيْنَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ صِيَامَهُ وَ قِيَامَهُ عَلَى تَقْصِيرٍ ، وَ أَدَّيْنَا فِيهِ قَلِيلًا مِنْ كَثِيرٍ .
Thou art the patron of the knowledge of it by which Thou hast preferred us, and its prescribed practices to which Thou hast guided us. We have undertaken, through Thy giving success, its fasting and its standing in prayer, but with shortcomings, and we have performed little of much.
اللَّهُمَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ إِقْرَاراً بِالْإِسَاءَةِ ، وَ اعْتِرَافاً بِالْإِضَاعَةِ ، وَ لَكَ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا عَقْدُ النَّدَمِ ، وَ مِنْ أَلْسِنَتِنَا صِدْقُ الِاعْتِذَارِ ، فَأْجُرْنَا عَلَى مَا أَصَابَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ التَّفْرِيطِ أَجْراً نَسْتَدْرِكُ بِهِ الْفَضْلَ الْمَرْغُوبَ فِيهِ ، وَ نَعْتَاضُ بِهِ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الذُّخْرِ الْمَحْرُوصِ عَلَيْهِ .
O God, so to Thee belongs praise, in admission of evil doingand confession of negligence, and to Thee belongs remorse firmly knitted in our heartsand seeking of pardon sincerely uttered by our tongues. Reward us, in spite of the neglect that befell us in this month, with a reward through which we may reach the bounty desired from itand win the varieties of its craved stores!
وَ أَوْجِبْ لَنَا عُذْرَكَ عَلَى مَا قَصَّرْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَقِّكَ ، وَ ابْلُغْ بِأَعْمَارِنَا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ الْمُقْبِلِ ، فَإِذَا بَلَّغْتَنَاهُ فَأَعِنِّا عَلَى تَنَاوُلِ مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ ، وَ أَدِّنَا إِلَى الْقِيَامِ بِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّهُ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ ، وَ أَجْرِ لَنَا مِنْ صَالِحِ الْعَمَلِ مَا يَكُونُ دَرَكاً لِحَقِّكَ فِي الشَّهْرَيْنِ مِنْ شُهُورِ الدَّهْرِ .
Make incumbent upon us Thy pardonfor our falling short of Thy right in this monthand make our lives which lie before usreach the coming month of Ramadan! Once Thou hast made us reach it, help us perform the worship of which Thou art worthy, cause us to undertake the obedience which Thou deservest, and grant us righteous works that we may fulfil Thy rightin these two months of the months of time.
اللَّهُمَّ وَ مَا أَلْمَمْنَا بِهِ فِي شَهْرِنَا هَذَا مِنْ لَمَمٍ أَوْ إِثْمٍ ، أَوْ وَاقَعْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ ، وَ اكْتَسَبْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ خَطِيئَةٍ عَلَى تَعَمُّدٍ مِنَّا ، أَوْ عَلَى نِسْيَانٍ ظَلَمْنَا فِيهِ أَنْفُسَنَا ، أَوِ انْتَهَكْنَا بِهِ حُرْمَةً مِنْ غَيْرِنَا ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اسْتُرْنَا بِسِتْرِكَ ، وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا بِعَفْوِكَ ، وَ لَا تَنْصِبْنَا فِيهِ لِأَعْيُنِ الشَّامِتِينَ ، وَ لَا تَبْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا فِيهِ أَلْسُنَ الطَّاعِنِينَ ، وَ اسْتَعْمِلْنَا بِمَا يَكُونُ حِطَّةً وَ كَفَّارَةً لِمَا أَنْكَرْتَ مِنَّا فِيهِ بِرَأْفَتِكَ الَّتِي لَا تَنْفَدُ ، وَ فَضْلِكَ الَّذِي لَا يَنْقُصُ .
O God, as for the small and large sins which we have committed in this our month, the misdeeds in to which we have fallen, and the offenses which we have earnedpurposefully or in forgetfulness, wronging ourselves thereby or violating the respect due to others, bless Muhammad and his Household, cover us over with Thy covering, pardon us through Thy pardoning, place us not before the eyes of the gloaters because of that, stretch not toward us the tongues of the defamers, and employ us in that which will alleviate and expiatewhatever Thou disapprovest from us within it through Thy clemency which does not run out, and Thy bounty which does not diminish!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اجْبُرْ مُصِيبَتَنَا بِشَهْرِنَا ، وَ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي يَوْمِ عِيدِنَا وَ فِطْرِنَا ، وَ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْ خَيْرِ يَوْمٍ مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا أَجْلَبِهِ لِعَفْوٍ ، وَ أَمْحَاهُ لِذَنْبٍ ، وَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا خَفِيَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِنَا وَ مَا عَلَنَ .
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, redress our being afflicted by our month, bless us in this day of our festival and our fast-breaking, make it one of the best of days that have passed over us, the greatest in attracting Thy pardon, and the most effacing toward sins, and forgive us our sins, both the concealed and the public!
اللَّهُمَّ اسْلَخْنَا بِانْسِلَاخِ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ مِنْ خَطَايَانَا ، وَ أَخْرِجْنَا بِخُرُوجِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِنَا ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَسْعَدِ أَهْلِهِ بِهِ ، وَ أَجْزَلِهِمْ قِسْماً فِيهِ ، وَ أَوْفَرِهِمْ حَظّاً مِنْهُ .
O God, with the passing of this monthmake us pass forth from our offenses, with its departure make us depart from our evil deeds, and appoint us thereby among its most felicitous people, the most plentiful of them in portion, and the fullest of them in share!
اللَّهُمَّ وَ مَنْ رَعَى هَذَا الشَّهْرَ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهِ ، وَ حَفِظَ حُرْمَتَهُ حَقَّ حِفْظِهَا ، وَ قَامَ بِحُدُودِهِ حَقَّ قِيَامِهَا ، وَ اتَّقَى ذُنُوبَهُ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهَا ، أَوْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْكَ بِقُرْبَةٍ أَوْجَبَتْ رِضَاكَ لَهُ ، وَ عَطَفَتْ رَحْمَتَكَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَهَبْ لَنَا مِثْلَهُ مِنْ وُجْدِكَ ، وَ أَعْطِنَا أَضْعَافَهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ، فَإِنَّ فَضْلَكَ لَا يَغِيضُ ، وَ إِنَّ خَزَائِنَكَ لَا تَنْقُصُ بَلْ تَفِيضُ ، وَ إِنَّ مَعَادِنَ إِحْسَانِكَ لَا تَفْنَى ، وَ إِنَّ عَطَاءَكَ لَلْعَطَاءُ الْمُهَنَّا .
O God, when any person observes this month as it should be observed, safeguards its inviolability as it should be safeguarded, attends to its bounds as they should be attended to, fears its misdeeds as they should be feared, or seeks nearness to Thee with any act of nearness-seeking which makes incumbent upon him Thy good pleasureand bends toward him Thy mercy, give to us the like [of that]13from Thy wealthand bestow it upon us in multiples through Thy bounty, for Thy bounty does not diminish, Thy treasuries do not decrease but overflow, the mines of Thy beneficence are not exhausted, and Thy bestowal is the bestowal full of delight!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اكْتُبْ لَنَا مِثْلَ أُجُورِ مَنْ صَامَهُ ، أَوْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ .
O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand write for us the like of the wages of him who fasted in itor worshipped Thee within ituntil the Day of Resurrection!
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمِ فِطْرِنَا الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عِيداً وَ سُرُوراً ، وَ لِأَهْلِ مِلَّتِكَ مَجْمَعاً وَ مُحْتَشَداً مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْنَاهُ ، أَوْ سُوءٍ أَسْلَفْنَاهُ ، أَوْ خَاطِرِ شَرٍّ أَضْمَرْنَاهُ ، تَوْبَةَ مَنْ لَا يَنْطَوِي عَلَى رُجُوعٍ إِلَى ذَنْبٍ ، وَ لَا يَعُودُ بَعْدَهَا فِي خَطِيئَةٍ ، تَوْبَةً نَصُوحاً خَلَصَتْ مِنَ الشَّكِّ وَ الِارْتِيَابِ ، فَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنَّا ، وَ ارْضَ عَنَّا ، وَ ثَبِّتْنَا عَلَيْهَا .
O God, we repent to Thee in our day of fast-breaking, which Thou hast appointed for the faithfula festival and a joyand for the people of Thy creeda time of assembly and gathering, from every misdeed we did, ill work we sent ahead, or evil thought we secretly conceived, the repentance of one who does not harbour a return to sinand who afterwards will not go back to offense, an unswerving repentance rid of doubt and wavering. So accept it from us, be pleased with us, and fix us within it!
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا خَوْفَ عِقَابِ الْوَعِيدِ ، وَ شَوْقَ ثَوَابِ الْمَوْعُودِ حَتَّى نَجِدَ لَذَّةَ مَا نَدْعُوكَ بِهِ ، وَ كَأْبَةَ مَا نَسْتَجِيرُكَ مِنْهُ .
O God, provide us with fear of the threatened punishmentand yearning for the promised reward, so that we may find the pleasure of that for which we supplicate Theeand the sorrow of that from which we seek sanctuary in Thee!
وَ اجْعَلْنَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ لَهُمْ مَحَبَّتَكَ ، وَ قَبِلْتَ مِنْهُمْ مُرَاجَعَةَ طَاعَتِكَ ، يَا أَعْدَلَ الْعَادِلِينَ .
And place us with Thee among the repenters, those upon whom Thou hast made Thy love obligatoryand from whom Thou hast accepted the return to obeying Thee! O Most Just of the just!
اللَّهُمَّ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ آبَائِنَا وَ أُمَّهَاتِنَا وَ أَهْلِ دِينِنَا جَمِيعاً مَنْ سَلَفَ مِنْهُمْ وَ مَنْ غَبَرَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ .
O God, show forbearance toward our fathers and our mothersand all the people of our religion, those who have gone and those who will pass by, until the Day of Resurrection!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّنَا وَ آلِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ ، وَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ، وَ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ ، وَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ ، صَلَاةً تَبْلُغُنَا بَرَكَتُهَا ، وَ يَنَالُنَا نَفْعُهَا ، وَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا دُعَاؤُنَا ، إِنَّكَ أَكْرَمُ مَنْ رُغِبَ إِلَيْهِ ، وَ أَكْفَى مَنْ تُوُكِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَ أَعْطَى مَنْ سُئِلَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ، وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ .
O God, bless our prophet Muhammad and his Household, as Thou hast blessed Thy angels brought nigh, bless him and his Household, as Thou hast blessed Thy prophets sent out, bless him and his Household, as Thou hast blessed Thy righteous servants- and better than that, O Lord of the worlds! -a blessing whose benediction will reach us, whose benefit will attain to us, and through which our supplication may be granted! Thou art the most generous of those who are beseeched, the most sufficient of those in whom confidence is had, the most bestowing of those from whom bounty is asked, and Thou art powerful over everything!