Upon Completing the Quran

(42) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ خَتْمِ الْقُرْآنِ

1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَعَنْتَنِي عَلَى خَتْمِ كِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَهُ نُوراً ، وَ جَعَلْتَهُ مُهَيْمِناً عَلَى كُلِّ كِتَابٍ أَنْزَلْتَهُ ، وَ فَضَّلْتَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ حَدِيثٍ قَصَصْتَهُ .

   O God, Thou hast helped me complete Thy Book, which Thou sent down as a light1and appointed as a guardian over every book Thou hast sent down, preferring it over every narrative which Thou hast recounted,

2. وَ فُرْقَاناً فَرَقْتَ بِهِ بَيْنَ حَلَالِكَ وَ حَرَامِكَ ، وَ قُرْآناً أَعْرَبْتَ بِهِ عَنْ شَرَائِعِ أَحْكَامِكَ وَ كِتَاباً فَصَّلْتَهُ لِعِبَادِكَ تَفْصِيلًا ، وَ وَحْياً أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تَنْزِيلًا .

   a separator, through which Thou hast separated Thy lawful from Thy unlawful, a Qur'an, through which Thou hast made plainthe approaches to Thy ordinances, a book, which Thou hast distinguished very distinctly for Thy servants, a revelation, which Thou hast sent down, a sending down, upon Thy prophet Muhammad7(Thy blessings be upon him and his Household).

3. وَ جَعَلْتَهُ نُوراً نَهْتَدِي مِنْ ظُلَمِ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ الْجَهَالَةِ بِاتِّبَاعِهِ ، وَ شِفَاءً لِمَنْ أَنْصَتَ بِفَهَمِ التَّصْدِيقِ إِلَى اسْتِمَاعِهِ ، وَ مِيزَانَ قِسْطٍ لَا يَحِيفُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ لِسَانُهُ ، وَ نُورَ هُدًى لَا يَطْفَأُ عَنِ الشَّاهِدِينَ بُرْهَانُهُ ، وَ عَلَمَ نَجَاةٍ لَا يَضِلُّ مَنْ أَمَّ قَصْدَ سُنَّتِهِ ، وَ لا تَنَالُ أَيْدِي الْهَلَكَاتِ مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ بِعُرْوَةِ عِصْمَتِهِ .

   Thou appointed ita light through following which we may be guided from the shadows of error and ignorance, a healing for him who turns ear toward hearing it with the understanding of attestation, a just balance whose tongue does not incline away from truth, a light of guidance whose proof is not extinguished before the witnesses, and a guidepost of deliverance, so thathe who repairs straightway to its prescriptionwill not go astrayand he who clings to its preservation's handholdwill not be touched by the hands of disasters.

4. اللَّهُمَّ فَإِذْ أَفَدْتَنَا الْمَعُونَةَ عَلَى تِلَاوَتِهِ ، وَ سَهَّلْتَ جَوَاسِيَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا بِحُسْنِ عِبَارَتِهِ ، فَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَرْعَاهُ حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهِ ، وَ يَدِينُ لَكَ بِاعْتِقَادِ التَّسْلِيمِ لِمُحْكَمِ آيَاتِهِ ، وَ يَفْزَعُ إِلَى الْإِقْرَارِ بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ ، وَ مُوضَحَاتِ بَيِّنَاتِهِ .

   O God, since Thou hast given us help to recite itand made smooth the roughness of our tongues through the beauty of its expression, place us among those whoobserve it as it should be observed, serve Thee by adhering in submission to the firm text of its verses, and seek refuge in admitting both its ambiguous partsand the elucidations of its clear signs!

5. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُجْمَلًا ، وَ أَلْهَمْتَهُ عِلْمَ عَجَائِبِهِ مُكَمَّلًا ، وَ وَرَّثْتَنَا عِلْمَهُ مُفَسَّراً ، وَ فَضَّلْتَنَا عَلَى مَنْ جَهِلَ عِلْمَهُ ، وَ قَوَّيْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ لِتَرْفَعَنَا فَوْقَ مَنْ لَمْ يُطِقْ حَمْلَهُ .

   O God, Thou sent it down upon Thy prophet Muhammad(God bless him and his household) in summary form, Thou inspired him with the science of its wonders to complement it, Thou made us the heirs of its knowledge as interpreters, Thou made us to surpass him who is ignorant of its knowledge, and Thou gave us strength over it to raise us above those not able to carry it.

6. اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا جَعَلْتَ قُلُوبَنَا لَهُ حَمَلَةً ، وَ عَرَّفْتَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ شَرَفَهُ وَ فَضْلَهُ ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَطِيبِ بِهِ ، وَ عَلَى آلِهِ الْخُزَّانِ لَهُ ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِأَنَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ حَتَّى لَا يُعَارِضَنَا الشَّكُّ فِي تَصْدِيقِهِ ، وَ لَا يَخْتَلِجَنَا الزَّيْغُ عَنْ قَصْدِ طَرِيقِهِ .

   O God, just as Thou hast appointed our heartsas its carriersand made known to us through Thy mercyits nobility and excellence, so also bless Muhammad, its preacher, and his Household, its guardians, and place us among those who confess that it has come from Thee, lest doubt about attesting to it assail us, or deviation from its straightforward path shake us!

7. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَعْتَصِمُ بِحَبْلِهِ ، وَ يَأْوِي مِنَ الْمُتَشَابِهَاتِ إِلَى حِرْزِ مَعْقِلِهِ ، وَ يَسْكُنُ فِي ظِلِّ جَنَاحِهِ ، وَ يَهْتَدِي بِضَوْءِ صَبَاحِهِ ، وَ يَقْتَدِي بِتَبَلُّجِ أَسْفَارِهِ ، وَ يَسْتَصْبِحُ بِمِصْبَاحِهِ ، وَ لَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ .

   O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand make us one of those who hold fast to its cord, seek haven from its ambiguities in its fortified stronghold, rest in the shadow of its wing, find guidance in the brightness of its morning, follow the shining of its disclosure, acquire light from its lamp, and beg not guidance from any other!

8. اللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا نَصَبْتَ بِهِ مُحَمَّداً عَلَماً لِلدَّلَالَةِ عَلَيْكَ ، وَ أَنْهَجْتَ بِآلِهِ سُبُلَ الرِّضَا إِلَيْكَ ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اجْعَلِ الْقُرْآنَ وَسِيلَةً لَنَا إِلَى أَشْرَفِ مَنَازِلِ الْكَرَامَةِ ، وَ سُلَّماً نَعْرُجُ فِيهِ إِلَى مَحَلِّ السَّلَامَةِ ، وَ سَبَباً نُجْزَى بِهِ النَّجَاةَ فِي عَرْصَةِ الْقِيَامَةِ ، وَ ذَرِيعَةً نَقْدَمُ بِهَا عَلَى نَعِيمِ دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ .

   O God, just as through it Thou hast set up Muhammadas a guidepost to point to Theeand through his Household Thou hast made clear Thy good pleasure's roads to Thee, so also bless Muhammad and his Householdand make the Qur'an our mediation to the noblest stations of Thy honour, a ladder by which we may climb to the place of safety, a cause for our being repaid with deliverance at the Plain of Resurrection, and a means whereby we may reachthe bliss of the House of Permanence!

9. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ احْطُطْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عَنَّا ثِقْلَ الْأَوْزَارِ ، وَ هَبْ لَنَا حُسْنَ شَمَائِلِ الْأَبْرَارِ ، وَ اقْفُ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ قَامُوا لَكَ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافَ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى تُطَهِّرَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَسٍ بِتَطْهِيرِهِ ، وَ تَقْفُوَ بِنَا آثَارَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَضَاءُوا بِنُورِهِ ، وَ لَمْ يُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ فَيَقْطَعَهُمْ بِخُدَعِ غُرُورِهِ .

   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, lessen for us through the Qur'an the weight of heavy sins, give to us the excellent qualities of the pious, and make us follow the tracks of those who stood before Theein the watches of the night and the ends of the day, such that Thou purifiest us from every defilement through its purificationand makest us to follow the tracks of thosewho have taken illumination from its lightand whom expectation has not distracted from works, cutting them off through its delusions' deceptions!

10. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اجْعَلِ الْقُرْآنَ لَنَا فِي ظُلَمِ اللَّيَالِي مُونِساً ، وَ مِنْ نَزَغَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ خَطَرَاتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ حَارِساً ، وَ لِأَقْدَامِنَا عَنْ نَقْلِهَا إِلَى الْمَعَاصِي حَابِساً ، وَ لِأَلْسِنَتِنَا عَنِ الْخَوْضِ فِي الْبَاطِلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا آفَةٍ مُخْرِساً ، وَ لِجَوَارِحِنَا عَنِ اقْتِرَافِ الْآثَامِ زَاجِراً ، وَ لِمَا طَوَتِ الْغَفْلَةُ عَنَّا مِنْ تَصَفُّحِ الِاعْتِبَارِ نَاشِراً ، حَتَّى تُوصِلَ إِلَى قُلُوبِنَا فَهْمَ عَجَائِبِهِ ، وَ زَوَاجِرَ أَمْثَالِهِ الَّتِي ضَعُفَتِ الْجِبَالُ الرَّوَاسِي عَلَى صَلَابَتِهَا عَنِ احْتِمَالِهِ .

    O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand appoint the Qur'anfor us an intimate in the shadows of nightsand a guardian against the instigations of Satanand confusing thoughts, for our feet an obstruction from passing to acts of disobedience, for our tongues a silencer without blightpreventing a plunge in to falsehood, for our limbs a restrainer from committing sins, and for the scrutiny of heedfulnessrolled up in heedlessness an unroller, such that Thou attachest to our heartsthe understanding of the Qur'an's wondersand its restraining similitudes which immovable mountains in all their soliditywere too weak to carry!

11. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ أَدِمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ صَلَاحَ ظَاهِرِنَا ، وَ احْجُبْ بِهِ خَطَرَاتِ الْوَسَاوِسِ عَنْ صِحَّةِ ضَمَائِرِنَا ، وَ اغْسِلْ بِهِ دَرَنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَ عَلَائِقَ أَوْزَارِنَا ، وَ اجْمَعْ بِهِ مُنْتَشَرَ أُمُورِنَا ، وَ أَرْوِ بِهِ فِي مَوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ظَمَأَ هَوَاجِرِنَا ، وَ اكْسُنَا بِهِ حُلَلَ الْأَمَانِ يَوْمَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَكْبَرِ فِي نُشُورِنَا .

    O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand through the Qur'an make permanent the rightness of our outward selves, veil the ideas of confusing thoughts from the soundness of our innermost minds, wash away the dirt of our hearts and the ties of our heavy sins, gather our scattered affairs, quench the thirst of our burning heat in the standing place of the presentation to Thee, and clothe us in the robes of securityon the Day of the Greatest Terror at our uprising!

12. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ اجْبُرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ خَلَّتَنَا مِنْ عَدَمِ الْإِمْلَاقِ ، وَ سُقْ إِلَيْنَا بِهِ رَغَدَ الْعَيْشِ وَ خِصْبَ سَعَةِ الْأَرْزَاقِ ، وَ جَنِّبْنَا بِهِ الضَّرَائِبَ الْمَذْمُومَةَ وَ مَدَانِيَ الْأَخْلَاقِ ، وَ اعْصِمْنَا بِهِ مِنْ هُوَّةِ الْكُفْرِ وَ دَوَاعِي النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَنَا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَى رِضْوَانِكَ وَ جِنَانِكَ قَائِداً ، وَ لَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ سُخْطِكَ وَ تَعَدِّي حُدُودِكَ ذَائِداً ، وَ لِمَا عِنْدَكَ بِتَحْلِيلِ حَلَالِهِ وَ تَحْرِيمِ حَرَامِهِ شَاهِداً .

    O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand through the Qur'an redress our lack - our destitution in poverty -drive toward us the comforts of lifeand an abundance of plentiful provisions, turn aside blameworthy character traitsand base moral qualities, and preserve us from the pit of unbeliefand the motives for hypocrisy, such that the Qur'an may befor us at the resurrection a leader to Thy good pleasure and Thy gardens, for us in this world a protector against Thy displeasure and transgressing Thy boundsand for what is with Thee a witnessby its declaring lawful the lawfuland its declaring unlawful the unlawful!

13. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ هَوِّنْ بِالْقُرْآنِ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا كَرْبَ السِّيَاقِ ، وَ جَهْدَ الْأَنِينِ ، وَ تَرَادُفَ الْحَشَارِجِ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ النُّفُوسُ التَّرَاقِيَ ، وَ قِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ وَ تَجَلَّى مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ لِقَبْضِهَا مِنْ حُجُبِ الْغُيُوبِ ، وَ رَمَاهَا عَنْ قَوْسِ الْمَنَايَا بِأَسْهُمِ وَحْشَةِ الْفِرَاقِ ، وَ دَافَ لَهَا مِنْ ذُعَافِ الْمَوْتِ كَأْساً مَسْمُومَةَ الْمَذَاقِ ، وَ دَنَا مِنَّا إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ رَحِيلٌ وَ انْطِلَاقٌ ، وَ صَارَتِ الْأَعْمَالُ قَلَائِدَ فِي الْأَعْنَاقِ ، وَ كَانَتِ الْقُبُورُ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى إِلَى مِيقَاتِ يَوْمِ التَّلَاقِ .

    O God, bless Muhammad and his Householdand through the Qur'an make easy for our souls at deaththe distress of the driving, the effort of the moaning, and the succession of the rattling, when soulsreach the throatsand it is said, 'Where is the enchanter?'; when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things, letting loose at them from the bow of destiniesthe arrows of the terror of lonesome separation, and mixing for them from sudden deatha cup poisoned to the taste; and when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us, works become collars around the necks, and the graves become the havenuntil the appointed time of the Day of Encounter!

14. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي حُلُولِ دَارِ الْبِلَى ، وَ طُولِ الْمُقَامَةِ بَيْنَ أَطْبَاقِ الثَّرَى ، وَ اجْعَلِ الْقُبُورَ بَعْدَ فِرَاقِ الدُّنْيَا خَيْرَ مَنَازِلِنَا ، وَ افْسَحْ لَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ضِيقِ مَلَاحِدِنَا ، وَ لَا تَفْضَحْنَا فِي حَاضِرِي الْقِيَامَةِ بِمُوبِقَاتِ آثَامِنَا .

    O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decayand the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth, appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our waystations, make roomy for us through Thy mercy the narrowness of our tombs, and disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection through our ruinous sins!

15. وَ ارْحَمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ فِي مَوْقِفِ الْعَرْضِ عَلَيْكَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِنَا ، وَ ثَبِّتْ بِهِ عِنْدَ اضْطِرَابِ جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْمَجَازِ عَلَيْهَا زَلَلَ أَقْدَامِنَا ، وَ نَوِّرْ بِهِ قَبْلَ الْبَعْثِ سُدَفَ قُبُورِنَا ، وَ نَجِّنَا بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ كَرْبٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ شَدَائِدِ أَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الطَّامَّةِ

    Through the Qur'anhave mercy upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to Thee, make firm the slips of our feet during the shaking of the bridge across hell on the day of passage over it, illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising, and deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrectionand from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster!

16. وَ بَيِّضْ وُجُوهَنَا يَوْمَ تَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهُ الظَّلَمَةِ فِي يَوْمِ الْحَسْرَةِ وَ النَّدَامَةِ ، وَ اجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي صُدُورِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وُدّاً ، وَ لَا تَجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ عَلَيْنَا نَكَداً .

    Whiten our faces on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened19during the Day of Regret and Remorse, appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, and make not life for us troublesome!

17. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ كَمَا بَلَّغَ رِسَالَتَكَ ، وَ صَدَعَ بِأَمْرِكَ ، وَ نَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ .

    O God, bless Muhammad, Thy servant and Thy messenger, just as He delivered Thy message, executed Thy command, and counselled Thy servants!

18. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ نَبِيَّنَا صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى آلِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَقْرَبَ الْنَّبِيِّينَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِساً ، وَ أَمْكَنَهُمْ مِنْكَ شَفَاعَةً ، وَ أَجَلَّهُمْ عِنْدَكَ قَدْراً ، وَ أَوْجَهَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ جَاهاً .

    O God, on the Day of Resurrection make our Prophet(Thy blessings be upon him and his Household)the nearest of the prophets to Thee in seat, the ablest of them before Thee with intercession, the greatest of them with Thee in measure, and the most eminent of them with Thee in rank!

19. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَ شَرِّفْ بُنْيَانَهُ ، وَ عَظِّمْ بُرْهَانَهُ ، وَ ثَقِّلْ مِيزَانَهُ ، وَ تَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهُ ، وَ قَرِّبْ وَسِيلَتَهُ ، وَ بَيِّضْ وَجْهَهُ ، وَ أَتِمَّ نُورَهُ ، وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ

    O God, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, ennoble his edifice, magnify his proof, make weighty his balance, accept his intercession, bring near his mediation, whiten his face, complete his light, and raise his degree!

20. وَ أَحْيِنَا عَلَى سُنَّتِهِ ، وَ تَوَفَّنَا عَلَى مِلَّتِهِ وَ خُذْ بِنَا مِنْهَاجَهُ ، وَ اسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَهُ ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِهِ ، وَ احْشُرْنَا فِي زُمْرَتِهِ ، وَ أَوْرِدْنَا حَوْضَهُ ، وَ اسْقِنَا بِكَأْسِهِ

    Make us live according to his Sunna, make us die in his creed, take us on his road, make us travel his path, place us among the people who obey him, muster us in his band, lead us to up his pool, and give us to drink of his cup!

21. وَ صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، صَلَاةً تُبَلِّغُهُ بِهَا أَفْضَلَ مَا يَأْمُلُ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ وَ فَضْلِكَ وَ كَرَامَتِكَ ، إِنَّكَ ذُو رَحْمَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ ، وَ فَضْلٍ كَرِيمٍ .

    And bless Muhammad and his Household, with a blessing through which Thou wilt take him to the most excellent of Thy good, Thy bounty, and Thy generosity for which he hopes! Thou art Possessor of boundless mercyand generous bounty.

22. اللَّهُمَّ اجْزِهِ بِمَا بَلَّغَ مِنْ رِسَالَاتِكَ ، وَ أَدَّى مِنْ آيَاتِكَ ، وَ نَصَحَ لِعِبَادِكَ ، وَ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ ، أَفْضَلَ مَا جَزَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ ، وَ أَنْبِيَائِكَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ ، وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ .

    O God, repay him for Thy messages which he delivered, Thy signs which he passed on, the good counsel he gave to Thy servants, and the struggle he undertook in Thy way, with the best Thou hast repaid any of Thy angels brought nighand Thy prophets sent out and chosen! And upon him and his Household, the good, the pure, be peace, God's mercy, and His blessings!