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The prayer of Imam al-usayn (`a), the Chief of Martyrs, on the `Araft Day is one of the famous prayers. Bishr
and Bashr, the sons of Ghlib al-Asad, narrated that they, once, accompanied Imam al-usayn (`a) at the `Araft
Night when he left his tent with submission and reverence. He walked slowly until he, accompanied by a group of his
household, sons, and servants, stopped at the left side of Mount `Araft and turned his face towards the Holy
Ka`bah. He then raised his hands (for supplication) to the level of his face, just like a poor man begging food, and
said:
wa l li`a'ih mni`un
He is the All-magnanimous,
the All-liberal.
jz kulli ni`in
wa munzilu almanfi`i
wa lilkurubti dfi`un
wa lilddarajti rfi`un
wa liljabbirati qmi`un
wa l shay'a ya`diluh
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allafu alkhabru
ibtada'tan bini`matika
walqurni alkhliyati
wa lufika l
wa isnika ilayya
wa kadhdhab rusulaka
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and You have brought me up
in it.
wa fhi ansha'tan
bijamli un`ika
wa sawbighi ni`amika
wa askantan f ulumtin
thalthin
wa kaffaltan al-ummahti
alrrawima
bilkalmi
wa`tadalat mirrat
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You put me under the
obligation of Your Claim,
wa rawwa`tan bi`aj'ibi
ikmatika
wa nabbahtan lishukrika wa
dhikrika
wa yassarta l taqabbula
martika
bi`awnika wa lufika
wa unfi alrriyshi
jam`a alnni`ami
an dalaltan il m yuqarribun
ilayka
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and from leading me to that
which grants me proximity to
You.
wa in sa'altuka a`aytan
wa in aa`tuka shakartan
wa in shakartuka zidtan
wa isnika ilayya
fasubnaka subnaka
amdin majdin
wa taqaddasat asm'uka
wa `aumat l'uka
`adadan wa dhikran
or to be realized by
memorizers.
aw yablugha `ilman
bih alfina
`ann
al`fiyati walssarr'i
mn
wa `aqdi `azamti yaqn
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conviction
and the purity of my open
belief in Your Oneness
wa m ammat wa abaqat
`alayhi shafatya
wa manbiti ars
wa masghi ma`am wa
mashrab
adr
wa iqqi mafil
wa qabi `awmil
wa arfi anmil
wa lam wa dam
wa sha`r wa bashar
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and my nerve, and my sinews,
wa `aab wa qaab
wa jam`i jawri
m istaa`tu dhlika
bih shukruka
abadan jaddan
slifih wa nifih
m aarnhu `adadan
or count it in time.
wa l aaynhu amadan
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walnnaba'i aldiqi
wa ballaghat anbiy'uka wa
rusuluka
Nevertheless, O my God,
to be inherited,
fayakna mawrthan
fayudduh fm ibtada`a
fayurfidah fm ana`a
fasubnah subnah
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and His missioned Prophets.
wa anbiy'ih almursalna
muammadin khtami
alnnabiyyna
The Imam (`a) then besought Almighty Allah so earnestly that his eyes shed tears. He then said:
wa as`idn bitaqwka
wa l tushqin bima`iyatika
wa khir l f qa'ika
wa brik l f qadarika
wa l ta'khra m `ajjalta
conviction in my hear,
walyaqna f qalb
sincerity in my deeds,
wal-ikhla f `amal
light in my sight,
walnnra f baar
walbarata f dn
wa matti`n bijawri
make me witness my
avenge and objective in
him,
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O Allah, (please) relieve my
agony,
conceal my flaws,
wastur `awrat
forgive my sin,
waghfir l kha'at
wakhsa' shayn
redeem my mortgage,
wa fukka rihn
al`uly
f al-khirati wal-l
wa laka alamdu
kam khalaqtan
fahadaytan
saqaytan
aqnaytan
a`zaztan
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O my Lord, as you clothed
me from Your pure cover
sitrika alf
li muammadin
wa a`inn `al baw'iqi
aldduhri
wa kurubti al-khirati
O Allah, as to what I
anticipate, (please) save
me (from it).
wa m adharu faqin
Safeguard me in my soul
and religion,
wa f nafs wa dn farusn
watch over me in my
journeys,
wa f safar fafan
be in charge of my family
members and properties
during my absence,
wa f ahl wa ml fakhlufn
wa fm razaqtan fabrik l
wa f nafs fadhalliln
wa f a`yuni alnnsi
fa`aimn
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To whom do You entrust
me?
il qarbin fayaqa`un
am il ba`din
fayatajahhamun
am il almusta`ifna l
an l tumtan
`al ghaabika
wa l tunzil b sakhaaka
walmash`ari alarmi
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walbayti al`atqi
aldhdhunbi biilmih
O He Who bestowed
bounties by His favoring!
bifalih
O He Who gave in
abundance by His
generosity!
y man a` aljazla
bikaramih
O my means in my
hardship!
y `uddat f shiddat
O my companion in my
loneliness!
y ib f wadat
O my relief in my agony!
y ghiyth f kurbat
O my Benefactor in my
amenities!
y waliyy f ni`mat
Abraham, Ishmael,
ibrhma wa ism`la
wa isqa wa ya`qba
wa rabba jabr'la wa
mk'la wa isrfla
wa rabba muammadin
khtami alnnabiyyna
wa lih almuntajabna
walzzabri walfurqni
walqur'ni alakmi
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perishing.
You overlook my slips;
and without Your covering
me, I would have been of
those exposed.
You aid me with Your
support against my
enemies;
and without Your support, I
would have been of those
overwhelmed.
O He Who gives Himself
exclusively superiority and
highness;
so, His friends pride
themselves on account of
His pride.
al'azminatu waldduhru
huwa ill huwa
y man l ya`lamu m huwa
ill huwa
y man l ya`lamu
wa sadda alhaw'a
bilssam'i
asm'i
l yanqai`u abadan
y muqayyia alrrakbi
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took him out of the pit,
wa j`ilah ba`da
al`ubdiyyati malikan
O He Who responded to
Zachariah
isr'la
fa'anjhum wa ja`ala
fir`awna wa jundah min
almughraqna
y man istanqadha
ya'kulna rizqah wa
ya`budna ghayrah
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and denying His
messengers.
wa kadhdhab rusulah
O Allah! O Allah! O
Originator!
O Fashioner! There is no
equal to You.
O Everlasting! There is no
end to You.
y ayyan na l ayyu
y muyiya almawt
O He to Whom I rarely
turned thankful; yet, He did
not deprive me,
against Whom I committed
grand sins; yet, He did not
disclose me,
and Who saw me insisting
on disobeying Him; yet, He
did not divulge me.
falam yarimn
wa `aumat kha'at falam
yafan
wa ra'n `al alma`
falam yashharn
O He Who safeguarded me
in my early life!
O He Whose favors to me
are innumerable
and Whose bounties cannot
be compensated!
wal-isni
wa `ratuh bil-is'ati
wal`iyni
O He Whom I besought in
sickness; so, He restored
me to health,
fashafn
wa `urynan fakasn
wa j'i`an fa'ashba`an
wa `ashnan fa'arwn
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in humility; so, He granted
me dignity,
wa dhallan fa'a`azzan
wa jhilan fa`arrafan
in loneliness; so, He
increased my number,
wa wadan fakaththaran
wa gh'iban faraddan
wa muqillan fa'aghnn
in victory-seeking; so, He
supported me,
wa muntairan fanaaran
O He Who overlooked my
slips,
relieved my agonies,
wa naffasa kurbat
responded to my prayer,
wa ajba da`wat
covered my flaws,
wa satara `awrat
forgave my sins,
wa ghafara dhunb
settled my need,
wa ballaghan alibat
wa in a`udda ni`amaka wa
minanaka
wa kar'ima minaika
l uh
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It is You Who provided (me)
with sustenance.
tabrakta wa ta`layta
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and all thanks be to You
enduringly and eternally.
However, it is I, O my God,
who confess of my sins;
thumma an y ilh
almu`tarifu bidhunb
faghfirh l
an alladh asa'tu
an alladh akha'tu
an alladh hamamtu
an alladh jahiltu
an alladh ghafaltu
an alladh sahawtu
an alladh i`tamadtu
an alladh ta`ammadtu
It is I who promised.
an alladh wa`adtu
wa an alladh akhlaftu
It is I who breached.
an alladh nakathtu
It is I who confessed.
an alladh aqrartu
an alladh i`taraftu
wa ab'u bidhunb
faghfirh l
`ibdih
bima`natih wa ramatih
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O my God: You ordered me,
but I disobeyed You.
wa nahaytan fartakabtu
nahyaka
fa'a`tadhiru
fa'abatu l dh bar'atin l
wa l dh quwwatin
Is it by my hearing, my
sight,
abisam` am bibaar
my tongue, my hand, or my
foot?
am bilisn am biyad am
birijl
fa'antairu
wa bikullih `aaytuka
y mawlya
falaka alujjatu walssablu
`alayya
wal'ummahti an yazjurn
wa min al`ash'iri
wal'ikhwni an yu`ayyirn
wa min alssalni an
yu`qibn
idhan m anarn
wa larafan wa qaa`n
submissive, humble,
khi`un dhallun
arun aqrun
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I am now lacking neither
justification to apologize
nor power to support
myself,
nor excuse to advance as a
plea,
nor can I claim not
committing and not acting
badly.
How can denial, if I deny, O
my Master, serve me?
How and in what manner
can I do so,
while all my organs are
witnesses for what I did?
l dh bar'atin fa'a`tadhiru
wa l dh quwwatin
fa'antairu
wa l ujjatin fa'atajju bih
wa l q'ilun lam ajtari wa
lam a`mal s'an
wa m `as aljudu wa law
jaadtu y mawlya
yanfa`un
kayfa wa ann dhlika
wa jawri
kullih shhidatun `alayya
bim qad `amiltu
wa `adluka muhlik
then it is because of my
sins after Your claim
against me;
wa in ta`fu `ann
then it is on account of
Your forbearance,
magnanimity, and
generosity.
fabiilmika wa jdika wa
karamika
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I have been of those
professing Your Oneness.
`alayka mumajjidan
wa ikhl lidhikrika
muwaidan
and my acknowledgment of
Your bounties, counting
them,
wa iqrr bi'l'ika
mu`addidan
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for they are innumerable,
abundant,
continuous, and prior to a
certain event.
likathratih wa subghih
wa tahurih wa
taqdumih il dithin m
mundhu khalaqtan wa
bara'tan
through meeting my
poverty
wa kashfi alurri
giving me means of
easiness,
wa tasbbi alyusri
wa daf`i al`usri
alleviating my agonies,
wa tafrji alkarbi
granting me wellbeing in
my body,
wal`fiyati f albadani
walssalmati f alddni
taqaddasta wa ta`layta
l tu l'uka
wa l yublaghu than'uka
wa l tukfa'u na`m'uka
wa as`idn bi`atika
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All glory be to You. There is
no god save You.
wa takshifu alss'a
wa tughthu almakrba
wa tashf alssaqma
wa tughn alfaqra
wa tajburu alkasra
wa taramu alaghra
wa tu`nu alkabra
wa l fawqaka qadrun
y muliqa almukabbali
al'asri
y rziqa alifli alaghri
y `imata alkh'ifi
almustajri
y man l sharka lah wa
l wazra
alli `al muammadin wa
li muammadin
wa a`in f hdhih
al`ashiyyati
wa l'in tujaddiduh
wa baliyyatin tarifuh
wa kurbatin takshifuh
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wa da`watin tasma`uh
wa asanatin tataqabbaluh
wa sayyi'atin
tataghammaduh
wa awsa`u man a`
O All-beneficent of the
world and the Hereafter,
and All-merciful!
khirati wa ramahum
wa l siwka ma'mlun
da`awtuka fa'ajabtan
wa sa'altuka fa'a`aytan
wa raghibtu ilayka
faraimtan
wa wathiqtu bika
fanajjaytan
allhumma faalli
`al muammadin
`abdika wa raslika wa
nabiyyika
alhirna ajma`na
wa hanni'n `a'aka
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and register us as thankful
for You
wa li'l'ika dhkirna
wa qadara faqahara
wa `uiya fasatara
wastughfira faghafara
y ghyata allibna
alrrghibna
wa muntah amali alrrjna
`ilman
wa wasi`a almustaqlna
ra'fatan wa ramatan wa
ilman
allat sharraftah wa
`aamtah
bimuammadin nabiyyika wa
raslika
albashri alnnadhri
alssirji almunri
wa ja`altah ramatan
lil`lamna
allhumma faalli
`al muammadin wa li
muammadin
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forasmuch as Muammad
deserves that from You, O
All-great.
almuntajabna alayyibna
alhirna ajma`na
`ann
wa taghammadn bi`afwika
wa ramatin tanshuruh
wa barakatin tunziluh
wa `fiyatin tujalliluh
wa rizqin tabsuuh
y arama alrrimna
allhumma aqlibn f
hdh alwaqti
successful, flourishing,
munjina muflina
mabrrna ghnimna
wa
l tarimn m nu'ammiluh
min falika
wa l taj`aln min ramatika
marmna
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or despair of the favor of
what we hope from Your
gifts.
wa l lifali m nu'ammiluh
min `a'ika qnina
wa l taruddan kh'ibna
y ajwada al-ajwadna
wa akrama al-akramna
wa libaytika alarmi
mmna qidna
aydiyan
allhumma fa'a`in f
hdhih al`ashiyyati
m sa'alnka
wakfin m istakfaynka
nfidhun fn ukmuka
Your knowledge is
encompassing us,
`adlun fn qa'uka
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O Allah, decide for us, on
account of Your
magnanimity, a great
reward,
allhumma awjib
lan bijdika `ama al'ajri
a generous reserve,
wa karma aldhdhikhri
wa dawma alyusri
waghfir
lan dhunban ajma`na
wa l tuhlikn ma`a
alhlikna
wa l tarif `ann ra'fataka
wa ramataka
y arama alrrimna
wa shakaraka fazidtah
y dhaljalli wal-ikrmi
allhumma ij`aln f
allhumma wa naqqin wa
saddidn
waqbal taarru`an
ighmu aljufni
wa l lau al`uyni
wa l m istaqarra f
almaknni
wa l m inawat `alayhi
mumartu alqulbi
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Verily, all that has been
encompassed by Your
knowledge
wa wasi`ah ilmuka
subnaka wa ta`layta
`amm yaqlu allimna
in high exaltation!
`uluwwan kabran
wa in min shay'in
ill yusabbiu biamdika
wa `uluwwu aljaddi
y dhaljalli wal-ikrmi
grace, favoring,
walfali wal-in`mi
wal-ayd aljismi
alrra'fu alrramu
grant me wellbeing in my
body and my faith,
wa `fin f badan wa dn
secure my fears,
wa min khawf
allhumma l tamkur b
wa l tastadrijn
wa l takhda`n
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Imam al-usayn (`a) then raised his head and sight to the sky with teary eyes and said with an audible voice:
y asma`a alssmi`na
y abara alnnirna
wa y asra`a alsibna
wa y arama alrrimna
muammadin
alssdati almaymni
m mana`tan
O my Lord! O my Lord! O my
Lord
Imam al-usayn (`a) then repeated y-rabbi so frequently and effectively that he attracted the attentions of all
the others who, instead of praying for granting their needs, surrounded Imam al-usayn (`a) to listen to him and
pray for the response of his supplication. Then, they wept with him. At sunset, they left Mount `Araft with him.
This is the end of Imam al-usayns supplicatory prayer on the `Araft Day according to the narrations of alKaf`am in his book of al-Balad al-Amn and `Allmah al-Majlis in his book of Zd al-Ma`d. As for Sayyid Ibn
ws, he, in his book of Iqbl al-A`ml, adds the following statements to the supplicatory prayer:
ghinya
f faqr
O my God, I am ignorant
despite my knowledge;
ilh an alfaqru f
fakayfa l aknu faqran
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so, how can I not be ignorant in
my ignorance?
f jahl
wa sur`ata aw'i
maqdrika
mana` `ibdaka
al`rifna bika
afatamna`un
minhum ba`da wujdi
ilh in aharat
almasinu minn
fabifalika wa laka
alminnatu `alayya
If evildoings appear in my
conduct,
wa in aharat almaswi'u
minn
fabi`adlika wa laka
alujjatu `alayya
wa kayfa atawassalu
ilayka
a`f
yaila ilayka
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while they cannot be hidden
from You?
wa huwa
l yakhf `alayka
am kayfa utarjimu
bimaql
am kayfa tukhayyibu
ml
am kayfa l tusinu
awl
wa bika qmat
ilh m alafaka b
wa m aramaka b
wa ab`adan `anka
wa m ar'afaka b
wa tanaqqulti al'awri
att l ajhalaka f
O my God, whenever my
lowliness suppresses my voice,
Your nobility encourages me to
speak.
Whenever my features lead me
to despair (of You),
Your bestowals make me crave
for You.
shay'in
ilh kullam akhrasan
lu'm
anaqan karamuka
wa kullam yasatn
awf
ama`atn minanuka
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O my God, as for he whose
good deeds are wrongdoings;
fakayfa l taknu
maswi'uh maswi'a
fakayfa l taknu
da`whu da`wiya
maqlan
wa latin shayyadtuh
hadama i`timd
`alayh `adluka
wa kayfa l a`zimu wa
anta al'miru
O my God, my hesitation in
(following) Your traces
fajma`n `alayka
bikhidmatin tilun
ilayka
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Can any thing other than You
hold a (kind of) manifestation
that You lack
and thus it may act as an
appearance for You?
When have You ever been
absent so that You may need
something to point to You?
When have You ever been faroff so that traces may lead to
You?
wa mat ba`udta
att takna al'thru
hiya allat tilu ilayka
wa khasirat afqatu
`abdin lam taj`al lah
min ubbika naban
wa hidyati alistibri
wa marf`a alhimmati
`an ali`timdi `alayh
O my God, this is my
humiliation; it manifests itself
before You.
`alayh raqban
ilayka minh
wa hdh l
wa aqimn biidqi
al`ubdiyyati bayna
yadayka
l yakhf `alayka
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O my God, (please do) teach
me from Your veiled knowledge
wa unn bisitrika
almani
wa bikhtiyrika `an
ikhtiyr
wa `alayka atawakkalu
fal takiln
wa iyyka as'alu
fal tukhayyibn
wa f falika arghabu
fal tarimn
wa bijanbika antasibu
fal tub`idn
wa bibbika aqifu
fal tarudn
iirr
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hence, how can You not be selfsufficient from me?
ghaniyyan `anna
wa inna alhaw
biwath'iqi alshshahwati
asaran
fakayfa l taknu
att tanuran wa
tubairan
wa aghnin bifalika
alab
waadka
wa lam yalja'
il ghayrika
aythu awashat-hum
al`awlimu
wa anta alladh
hadaytahum
att `arafka wa
faqadaka
wajadaka
laqad khba man raiya
dnaka badalan
wa laqad khasira man
bagh `anka
mutaawwilan
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How can anyone other than You
be hoped
al'isna
`data alimtinni
wa anta m qaa`ta
wa anta m baddalta
aibb'ah alwata
almu'nasati
wa y man albasa
y man adhqa
awliy'ah malbisa
haybatih
wa anta alwahhbu
thumma lim wahabta
lan min almustaqrina
wajdhibn bimannika
att uqbila `alayka
`aaytuka
l yuzyilun wa in
aa`tuka
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The Worlds have pushed me
towards You
faqad dafa`atn
al`awlimu ilayka
am kayfa uhnu wa
`alayka muttakal
am kayfa l asta`izzu wa
ilayka nasabtan
am kayfa aftaqiru wa
anta alladh bijdika
aghnaytan
ghayruka
fara'aytuka hiran f
kulli shay'in
y man istaw
biramniyyatih
maaqta al'thra
bil'thri
wa maawta al'aghyra
bimuti aflki al'anwri
y man itajaba f
surdiqti `arshih
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hence, He cannot be
comprehended by visions!
O He Who has manifested
Himself with His perfect
Magnificence;
therefore, His Grandeur of
being firm in power.
How can You be hidden whilst
You are the Manifester (of all
things)?