� �� َ ْ ‫م‬ �� ُ� � � �

‫ـ� ـ ـ ــا‬
‫الله ا� تل�ـ � ج‬
ِ ‫ى‬ ‫ل‬ �‫إ‬ ِ ‫ن‬ �‫ـ‬ ‫ل‬ � ‫ـا‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ �‫ن‬
‫ج‬ � �‫� � فس� ي� �ـ ــ�نة ا�ل‬
The Ship of Rescue for Those
who Take Shelter in Allah
Shaykh AÎmad ZarrÙq �
also called:
Al-WaÛÐfah az-ZarrÙqiyyah

Translation and preface by

AÎmad ‘AlÐ al-‘AdanÐ
 FOREWORD
‫الر ِحـــيْ ِم‬ َّ ِ‫ـــم الله‬
َّ ‫الرحْ ـــ �م ِن‬ ِ ‫بِ ْس‬
I praise Him and I thank Him with a praise and
a gratitude that befits His copious blessings.
May His prayer of blessing and His salutation
of peace be upon His choicest creature,
Sayyiduna Muhammad, on his family and on
his Companions.
Having said that: We have translated this
wazifah of the noble Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
from Fez, titled Safina-tun-Naja li-Man ilallah
Iltaja, for the ethaale thawab of our dear father,
grandfather and father-in-law, the late Rashid
Ahmad Mahomed, son of Molvi Suleiman from
Italva, whom we are eternally grateful to. Had it
in fact not been for his help, foresight, trust and
reliance on Allah, this work would never have
seen the light of publication in the English-
speaking world. Our beloved Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, has
in fact taught us that gratitude to the Creator is
conditional on gratitude to His creature, and the
late Rashid Ahmad Mahomed was a means for
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this effort finding actualization just as we are
through our translation and publication thereof.
We also formulate our intention that the reward
of this wazifah goes to our Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, and that
a portion thereof goes to Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
and to the marhumin. (The reader/distributor
of this work should also make intention for
Ethaale Thawab for his loved ones)
Ahmad ‘Ali
Lecce, 19/06/2017 (24 Ramadan 1438 AH)

PREFACE
ِ‫ـــم اللهِ َوالْـحَ م ُْد لِّٰله‬
ِ ‫ بِ ْس‬،‫الر ِحـــ ْي ِم‬ َّ ِ‫ـــم الله‬
َّ ‫الرحْ ـــ �م ِن‬ ِ ‫بِ ْس‬
‫ام َعلٰى َر ُس ْو ِل الله ﷺ‬ ُ ‫الس َل‬
َّ ‫َوالصَّ َلا ُة َو‬
Shaykh Zarruq’s wazifah (the Wazifah
Zarruqiyyah, as it is sometimes called) is known
to and recited by many lovers of spirituality
and practitioners of Islamic Sufism around the
globe; and that has been so across the centuries
since his instruction 600 years ago.
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Its title is Safina-tun-Naja li-Man ilallahiltaja,
i.e. The Ship of Rescue for whoever seeks
shelter in Allah.
Shaykh Zarruq himself said about it that:
• It is the wazifah of rescue and happiness, of
opening up guidance and facilitation in matters.
• It is the wazifah of victory and salvation, the
hizb of active goodness and blessings, and full
of immersion in the Prophetic Sunnah through
formulas of dhikr recited in the morning and in
the evening.
He also said that the benefit of gathering the
wazifah was three-fold:
• It gathered the meanings of what other waza’if
contained, while being short;
• It was taken mostly from many ahadith from
many people’s mouths, and both its words and
meaning are clear;
• In addition to words taken from the Prophetic
statements, there was the blessing of receiving
them from the shuyukh. It is thus short yet com-
prehensive, and the invocations gathered in it
are authentic.
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Shaykh Muhammad b. ‘Abdir-Rahman az-
Zawawi said that he read out the wazifah by
Bab ‘Urwah, one of the entrance gates to the
Makkan Haram, to the Mufti of the Muslims in
Makkah, Shaykh Barakat al-Hattab. The latter
informed him that as Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
was present at the shrine of the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬
he greeted the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, who greeted him
in return saying, “Peace be upon you, too,
Ahmad. Recite to me your wazifah.” ‘I have
many waza’if, Messenger of Allah,’ Zarruq
said, so the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, specified, “The one
that begins with ‘Wa ilÁhukum ilÁhun wÁhid-
Your God is one God.” At that time, the wazifah
was longer than it is now, containing a greater
number of Qur’anic ayat and Prophetic ahadith,
so as Shaykh Zarruq was busy reciting it to
the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, he, ‫ﷺ‬, said, “Leave out this
and keep in that,” until the end was reached.
According to Shaykh Barakat al-Hattab al-
Makki, Zarruq said to the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, ‘I have
not given it any title, O Messenger of Allah,’
so he, ‫ﷺ‬, said: “Call it Safina-tun-Naja li-Man
Arada ilallahil-Laja” - The Ship of rescue for

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those who wish for shelter in Allah [The final
title it is known by is a slightly different variant
of that].
Shaykh Zarruq said that he vouchsafed to
whoever recited it twice daily, morning and
evening, performed the five obligatory prayers
in congregation and fasted Mondays and
Thursdays, that he would die upon the shahadah
of Islam, that he would not be abased among
people (Shaykh Zarruq prayed in jama`ah every
day for forty consecutive years).
There are numerous blessings in the wazifah,
as listed by Zarruq’s disciple Sidi Muhammad
b. ‘Ali al-Kharrubi:
• Invocations to repel contingent attacks from
Shaytan;
• Beautifying the beginning of the spiritual
journey and attracting perfection at its end;
• Qur’anic ayat comprising Allah’s Greatest
Name by which He answers if invoked and He
gives if asked.
• Ayat protecting the reciter from Shaytan and
his armies;

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• Invocations that are enough as reward for
spending the whole night in worship;
• Qur’anic passages that are equal to one-quar-
ter or one-third of the Qur’an, as well as what
is equal to the Qur’an, the Torah, the Injil and
the Zabur;
• Expansion in sustenance in one’s place of res-
idence or when travelling;
• Removal of minor or major evils;
• Removal of worry and extinction of debts;
• Dhikr which, if recited in the daytime, will
ensure the Garden for one who dies on that day;
and if recited on that night, will ensure the Gar-
den for one who dies in that night;
• Dhikr for which Allah completes His bless-
ings to a servant in this world and the Next;
• Dhikr which is so rich in reward that the an-
gels are worn out by recording all of it;
• Dhikr for which the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬,will take
its reciter by the hand and make him enter the
Garden.
• Invocation protecting one from snakes, scor-

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pions and other poisonous creatures.
• Invocation for which Allah will entrust 70 000
angels to its reciter, so they will pray for him
and guard him till the end of the day or the night
as the case may be, and if he dies on the day or
at night in which he recites it he will die as a
shaheed.
• An invocation for which Allah forgives a per-
son even if his sins are as huge as the foam in
the sea.
• An invocation protecting a person from blind-
ness, insanity, leprosy and paralysis, as well as
removing loneliness in one’s place of residence
or on a journey.
• An invovation which, if recited at the end of a
gathering of falsehood, will spare its reciter the
evil of what is said in it, or which will seal him
with goodness if recited at the end of a gather-
ing of truth, etc.
May Allah accept our humble efforts and
may He forgive any errors and mistakes that
we may have incurred.
AÎmad ‘AlÐ al-‘AdanÐ

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 ‫ـــو ُذ بِاللهِ ِم َن َّ‬ ‫َ‬
‫الش ْي َطــانِ َّ‬
‫الر ِج ْي ِ‬
‫ـــم‬ ‫أ ُع ْ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞‬ ‫بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬
‫ُك ْم ِإلٰـ ٌه َّوا ِح ٌد َلآ ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا ُه َو َّ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ُن‬ ‫َو ِإلٰـه ُ‬
‫ـــو ْ‬
‫الح َ ُّي الْ َق ُّي ْــو ُم۞‬ ‫الر ِح ْي ُم ۞ اَلل ُه َلآ إِل ٰ َه إِ َّلا ُه َ‬
‫َّ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞ ال� ّ�ـم ۝ اَلل ُه َلآ‬ ‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬ ‫بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬
‫ـــو ُم ۞ َو َع َن ِت الْ ُوجُ ْ‬
‫ـــو ُه‬ ‫ـــو ْ‬
‫الح َ ُّي الْ َق ُّي ْ‬ ‫ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا ُه َ‬
‫ـــو ْ‬
‫الح َ ُّي‬ ‫ـــو ُم ۞ اَلل ُه َلآ ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا ُه َ‬ ‫لِلْ َح ِّي الْ َق ُّي ْ‬
‫ـــو ُم‪َ ،‬لا تَ ْأ ُخ ُـذ ُه ِسـ َن ٌة َّو َلا نَ ْو ٌم‪َ ،‬ل ُه مَ ـــا فِي‬ ‫الْ َق ُّي ْ‬
‫ض‪ ،‬مَ ْـن َذا َّال ِذيْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ات َومَ ـــا ِفي ْالأ ْر ِ‬ ‫ــاو ِ‬ ‫الس َم َ‬ ‫َّ‬
‫ــم مَ ــا بَي َْن َأي ِْديْ ِه ْم‬
‫يَ ْش َف ُــع ِع ْن َد ُه ِإ َّلا ِب ِإ ْذنِـ ِه‪ ،‬يَعْلَ ُ‬
‫َومَ ـــا َخـلْ َفه ُْم‪َ ،‬و َلا ُي ِح ْي ُط ْ‬
‫ـــو َن بِ َش ْي ٍء ّ ِم ْـن عِلْـمِــ ِه‬
‫‪8‬‬
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the
Most Merciful.

Your God is One God. There is no god but He,

the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.
Allah, there is no God but Him, the Living, the
Self-Sustaining.

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞ Alif-LÁm-MÐm. Allah, there
is no God but Him, the Living, the Self-Sus-
taining. ۞

Faces will be humbled to the Living, the

Self-Sustaining. ۞

Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the

Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsi-
ness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and
the earth belongs to him. Who can intercede
with Him except by His permission? He knows
what is before them and what is behind them.
but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge

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‫ات‬ ‫ـــاو ِ‬‫الس َم َ‬ ‫ـــع ُ‬
‫ك ْر ِس ُّيــ ُه َّ‬ ‫ِإ َّلا ِبمَـــا َشـــآءَ‪َ ،‬و ِس َ‬
‫َ‬
‫َو ْالأ ْر َض‪َ ،‬و َلا يَ ُئ ْو ُد ُه ِحـ ْف ُظـهُـــ َما َو ُه َــو الْعَــ ِل ُّي‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞‬ ‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬‫ـــم ۞ بِ ْس ِم الل ِه َّ‬ ‫الْع َِظ ْي ُ‬
‫اب ِم َن اللهِ الْ َعز ْي ِز الْ َعلِ ْي ِم‬ ‫حٰ �م ۝ َتنْ ِزي ُْل الْ ِ‬
‫ك َت ِ‬
‫ـــو ِب َش ِدي ِْد الْع َِق ِ‬
‫ــاب‬ ‫الذنْ ِب َو َقاب ِ ِل ال َّت ْ‬ ‫ـــر َّ‬
‫۝ َغافِ ِ‬
‫الط ْو ِل‪َ ،‬لآ إِل ٰ َه إِ َّلا ُه َــو‪ ،‬إِلَ ْيـــ ِه الْم ِ‬
‫َصي ُْر ۞ لِّٰلهِ‬ ‫ِذي َّ‬
‫َ‬
‫ض‪َ ،‬و ِإ ْن ت ُ ْب ُد ْوا‬‫ات َومَ ا ِفي ْالأ ْر ِ‬ ‫مَ ـــا ِفي َّ‬
‫السـ َم َاو ِ‬
‫ك ْم ِب ِه اللهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ك ْم َأ ْو ُت ْخ ُف ْو ُه ُيح ِ‬
‫َاس ْب ُ‬ ‫مَ ا ِف ْ�ي َأنْ ُفسِ ُ‬
‫فَ َي ْغ ِف ُـر لِم َْن يَّ َشـــآ ُء َويُع ّ َِذ ُب مَ ْن يَّ َشــآءُ‪َ ،‬والل ُه َعلٰى‬
‫الر ُس ْو ُل بِـ َمــا ُأن ْ ِز َل إِلَ ْي ِه‬
‫ك ِّل َش ْي ٍء َق ِديْ ٌر ۝ آمَ َن َّ‬
‫ُ‬

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save what He wills. His Footstool encompass-
es the heavens and the earth, and their preser-
vation does not tire Him. And He is the Most
High, the Mighty. ۞

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞

Ha Mim. The Revelation of the Book is from

Allah, The Almighty, the All-Knowing. ‫ ۝‬The
Forgiver of wrong action, the Accepter of taw-
bah, The Severe in retribution, the Possessor of
abundance. There is no god but Him. He is the
final destination. ۞

Everything in the heavens and everything in

the earth belongs to Allah. Whether you di-
vulge what is in yourselves or keep it hidden,
Allah will still call you to account for it. He
forgives whomever He wills and He punishes
whomever He wills. Allah has power over all
things. The Messenger has ÐmÁn in what has
been sent down to him from his Lord, and so
do the mu’minÙn. Each one has ÐmÁn in Allah
and His angels and His Books and His Mes-
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 ‫‪،‬ك ٌّل آمَ َن بِاللهِ َومَ َلآئِ َ‬
‫كتِ ِه‬ ‫ِم ْن َّربّ ِ ِه َوالْمُؤ ِم ُن ْو َن ُ‬
‫ك ُت ِب ِه َو ُر ُسلِهِ َ‪،‬لا نُ َف ِّـر ُق بَي َْن َأحَ ٍـد ِّم ْن ُّر ُسلِهِ ‪،‬‬
‫َو ُ‬
‫ك‬‫ك َربَّنَا َو ِإلَ ْي َ‬ ‫َو َقالُ ْوا َسـ ِم ْع َنا َو َأ َط ْع َنا ُغ ْف َرانَ َ‬
‫كلّ ُِف الل ُه نَ ْف ًسا ِإ َّلا ُو ْس َعهَـــا‪،‬‬ ‫َصي ُْر ۝ َلا يُ َ‬ ‫الْم ِ‬
‫اك َت َسب َْت‪َ ،‬ربَّنَـــا‬ ‫ك َسب َْت َو َعلَ ْيهَـــا مَ ا ْ‬ ‫لَـ َهـ ــا مَ ا َ‬
‫اخ ْذنآ إِ ْن نَسِ يْنآ َأ ْو َأ ْخ َط ْأنَــا‪َ ،‬ربَّنَا َو َلا َت ْحم ِْل‬
‫َلا تُ َؤ ِ‬
‫كمَا حَ ـ َملْ َت ُه َعلَى َّال ِذيْنَ ِم ْن َق ْبلِ َنـــا‪،‬‬
‫َعلَ ْي َنا إِصْ ًرا َ‬
‫ّربَّنَــا َو َلا ُت َح ّمِلْ َنـــا مَ ا َلا َط َاق َـة لَ َنا ِب ِه‪َ ،‬وا ْع ُف َع َّنـــا‬
‫َو ْاغف ِْر لَ َنــا َو ْارحَ ـ ْم َنآ‪َ ،‬أنْ َت مَ ْو َلانَــا فَانْصُ ْرنَـــا‬
‫كافِ ِريْنَ ۞ بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن‬ ‫َعلَى الْ َق ْــو ِم الْ َ‬

‫‪12‬‬
sengers. We do not differentiate between any
of His Messengers. They say, ‘We hear and
we obey. Forgive us, our Lord! You are our
journey’s end.’ Allah does not impose on any
self any more that it can stand. For it is what
it has earned; against it, what it has merited.
Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or
make a mistake! Our Lord, do not place on us
a load like the one You placed on those before
us! Our Lord, do not place on us a load we
have not the strength to bear! And pardon us;
and forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are
our Master so help us against the people who
are kÁfirÙn. ۞

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‫كافِ ُر ْو َن ۝ َلآ َأ ْع ُب ُد‬‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞ ُق ْل يَآ َأي ُّـهَا الْ َ‬ ‫َّ‬
‫مَ ا تَ ْع ُب ُد ْو َن ۝ َو َلآ َأن ْ ُت ْم َعاب ِ ُد ْو َن مَ آ َا ْع ُب ُد ۝‬
‫َو َلآ َأنَا َعاب ِ ٌد مَّ ا َع َب ْد ُّت ْم ۝ َو َلآ َأن ْ ُت ْم َعاب ِ ُد ْو َن مَ ــآ‬
‫ك ْم َو ِل َي ِد ْي ِن ۞ بِ ْس ِم اللهِ‬ ‫ك ْم دي ُن ُ‬ ‫َا ْع ُب ُد ۝ لَ ُ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞ ِإ َذا جَ آ َء نَصْ ُر اللهِ َوالْ َف ْت ُح‬ ‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬ ‫َّ‬
‫اس ي َْد ُخ ْلو َن فِ ْي ِديْ ِن اللهِ َأفْ َواجً ا ۝‬ ‫۝ َو َر َاي َْت ال َّن َ‬
‫ان تَ َّوابًا‬ ‫ك َ‬ ‫ك َو ْاس َت ْغف ِْر ُه‪ ،‬إِنَّ ُه َ‬ ‫َف َسِ ّب ْح بِ َحم ِْد َربِّ َ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم۞ ُق ْل ُه َو الل ُه‬ ‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬‫۞ بِ ْس ِم الل ِه َّ‬
‫َأحَ ٌد ۝ اَلّٰل ُه الصَّ م َُد ۝ لَ ْم يَل ِ ْد َولَ ْم يُ ْو َل ْد ۝ َولَ ْم‬
‫ك ْن َّل ُه ُ َ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن‬ ‫ك ُف ًوا أحَ ٌد ‪ x3‬بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬ ‫يَ ُ‬

‫‪14‬‬
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the
Most Merciful. Say: ‘KÁfirÙn! I do not wor-
ship what you worship. and you do not wor-
ship what I worship. Nor will I worship what
you worshipped nor will you worship what
I worship. You have your dÐn and I have my
dÐn.’۞

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞

When Allah’s help and victory have arrived

and you have seen people entering Allah’s dÐn
in droves, then glorify your Lord’s praise and
ask His forgiveness. He is the Ever-return-
ing.۞

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞

Say: ‘He is Allah, Absolute Oneness. Allah, the

One Utterly Independent of need. He has not
given birth and was not born. And no one is
comparable to Him.’ (Thrice) ۞

15
 ‫َ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞ ُق ْل أ ُع ْو ُذ ب ِ َر ِّب الْ َفلَ ِ‬
‫ـــق ۝ ِم ْن َش ّ ِر‬ ‫َّ‬
‫مَ ـــا َخــلَ َق ۝ َو ِم ْن َش ّ ِر َغ ِاس ٍق إِ َذا َو َق َب ۝ َو ِم ْن‬
‫ات ِفي الْع َُق ِد ۝ َو ِم ْن َش ّ ِر حَ ِ‬
‫ـــاس ٍد‬ ‫َش ّ ِر ال َّن َّفاثَ ِ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞‬ ‫ـــد ‪ x3‬بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬ ‫ِإ َذا حَ َس َ‬
‫َ‬
‫ـــاس ۝‬‫ِك ال َّن ِ‬ ‫ـــاس ۝ مَ ل ِ‬ ‫ُق ْل أ ُع ْو ُذ ب ِ َر ِّب ال َّن ِ‬
‫اس الْ َـخ َّن ِ‬
‫ـــاس‬ ‫ـــن َش ّ ِر الْ َو ْس َو ِ‬
‫ـــاس ۝ ِم ْ‬ ‫إِلَـٰ ِه ال َّن ِ‬
‫ـــاس ۝ ِم َن‬ ‫۝ َّال ِذيْ يُ َو ْس ِو ُس ِف ْي صُ ُد ْو ِر ال َّن ِ‬
‫ك‬ ‫ُـم ِإ ِنّ ْي َأ ُع ْو ُذ ِب َ‬
‫ـــاس ‪َ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬ ‫الْ ِـج َّنـــ ِة َوال َّن ِ‬
‫ك َو َأنَا َأ ْع َل ُم‪َ ،‬و َأ ْس َت ْغ ِف ُــر َ‬
‫ك لِمَا‬ ‫ك ِب َ‬ ‫َأ ْن ُأ ْش ِر َ‬
‫ُـم إِ ِنّ ْي َأ ُع ْو ُذ بِ َ‬
‫ك ِم َن الْه َِّم‬ ‫َ‬
‫َلا أ ْع َل ُم ‪َ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬

‫‪16‬‬
In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the
Most Merciful. ۞

Say: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak,

from the evil of what He has created, from the
evil of darkness when it gathers, from the evil
of women who blow on knots, and from the
evil of an envier when he envies.’ (Thrice)

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞

Say: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind,

the King of mankind, the God of mankind,
from the evil of the furtive whisperer, who
whispers in people’s breasts and comes from
the jinn and from mankind.’ (Thrice) ۞

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associat-

ing partners with You knowingly, and I seek
Your forgiveness for doing so unknowingly.
(Thrice) ۞

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and

grief, I seek refuge in You from incapacity and

17
 ‫ــز َوالْ َ‬
‫ك َس ِل‪،‬‬ ‫ك ِم َن الْعَجْ ِ‬ ‫َوالْـحَ َــزنِ ‪َ ،‬و َأ ُع ْو ُذ ِب َ‬
‫ك‬‫ك ِم َن الْ ُب ْخ ِل َوالْـجُ ب ِْن‪َ ،‬و َأ ُع ْــو ُذ بِ َ‬ ‫َو َأ ُع ْـو ُذ بِ َ‬
‫ـــال ‪َ ۞ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬
‫ُـم‬ ‫الرجَ ِ‬ ‫الديْ ِن َو َقه ِ‬
‫ْـــر ّ ِ‬ ‫ِم ْن َغلَـ َب ِة َّ‬
‫ك‬ ‫ك ْف ِر َوالْ َف ْق ِـر‪َ ،‬و َأ ُع ْو ُذ ِب َ‬‫ك ِم َن الْ ُ‬ ‫ِإ ِنّ ْي َأ ُع ْو ُذ ِب َ‬
‫َ‬
‫ُـم‬‫اب الْ َق ْب ِر َلآ ِإل ٰ َه َّإلا أنْ َت ‪َ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬ ‫ــن عَ َذ ِ‬ ‫ِم ْ‬
‫ُـم‬ ‫ُـم َعافِنِ ْي فِ ْي َسـ ْم ِع ْي‪َ ،‬اللّٰـه َ‬ ‫َعافِـ ِن ْي فِ ْي ب ََدنِ ْي‪َ ،‬اللّٰـه َ‬
‫َعافِـ ِن ْي ِف ْي بَصَ ِريْ َلآ إِل ٰ َه َّإلا َأنْ َت ‪َ x3‬اللّٰه َُّم َأنْ َت‬
‫ك‪،‬و َأنَـا‬ ‫َر ِّب ْى ‪َ ،‬لا ِإل ٰه ِا َّلا َأنْ َت َخلَ ْقــ َتنِ ْى َو َانَــا َع ْب ُد َ‬
‫ك مَ ا ْاس َت َطـعْ ُت ‪َ ،‬ا ُع ْــو ُذ‬ ‫ك َو َو ْع ِـد َ‬ ‫َعلٰى َعه ِْد َ‬
‫ِك‬ ‫ك ب ِنِعْمت َ‬ ‫ــر مَ ا صَ َنع ُْت َابُ ْو ُء لَ َ‬
‫ك ِم ْن َش ِّ‬‫بِ َ‬

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laziness, I seek refuge in You from stinginess
and cowardice and I seek refuge in You from
indebtedness and people’s coercive power.
(Thrice) ۞

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from kufr and

poverty, and I seek refuge in You from the
punishment of the grave There is no god but
You (Thrice) ۞

O Allah, grant me health in my body, O Allah,

grant me health in my hearing, O Allah, grant
me health in my sight. There is no God but
You (Thrice) ۞

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but

You. You have created me. I am Your slave
and I am upon the covenant and promise I
have pledged to you as much as I can. I seek
refuge in You from the evil I have wrought. I

19
‫الذنُ ْو َب‬ ‫َعلَى َو َأب ُ ْــو ُء ب ِ َذن ْبى فَ ْاغ ِف ْـر ِل ْى فَ ِإن َّــ ُه َلا يَ ْغ ِف ُـر ُّ‬
‫ِْ‬ ‫َّ‬
‫ِا َّلا َانْ َت ‪َ ۞ x3‬اللّٰه َُّم إِ ِنّ ْي‪َ 1 /‬أصْ َبـحْ ُت َ‪/‬امْ َسي ُْت‬
‫‪evening‬‬ ‫‪morning‬‬

‫ك‬ ‫ك ِف ْي نِعْــ َم ٍة َو َعـافِ َي ٍة َو ِستْ ٍر‪ ،‬فَ َـأتِ َّم نِ ْع َم َت َ‬ ‫ِم ْن َ‬

‫ـــر ِة‬
‫آخ َ‬ ‫الدنْيَا َو ْال ِ‬ ‫ك ِفي ُّ‬ ‫ك َو ِستْ َر َ‬ ‫َعلَ َّي َو َعافِ َي َت َ‬
‫ُـم مَ ـــا‪َ 2‬أصْ َب َح َ‪/‬امْ ٰسى ِب ْي ِم ْن نِ ْع َمـــ ٍة‬
‫‪evening morning‬‬

‫‪َ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬

‫ك َلا‬ ‫ك َوحْ َد َ‬ ‫ِك فَـ ِم ْن َ‬ ‫ــن َخلْق َ‬ ‫َأ ْو ب ِ َأحَ ٍد ّ ِم ْ‬
‫ك ُر‬ ‫الش ْ‬ ‫ك ُّ‬ ‫ك الْـحَ م ُْد َولَ َ‬ ‫ك‪ ،‬فَلَ َ‬ ‫ْك لَ َ‬ ‫َشري َ‬
‫ال‬‫كمَا يَنْ َب ِغ ْي لـ ِجَ َل ِ‬
‫ك الْـحَ م ُْد َ‬ ‫‪ x3‬يَا َر ِّب لَ َ‬
‫ك ‪َ x3‬ر ِضي ُْت بِاللهِ‬ ‫ك َو َع ِظ ْي ِم ُسلْ َطانِ َ‬
‫َوجْ ِه َ‬

‫ْت ‪1. In the morning say:‬‬‫ َامْ َسي ُْت ‪َ . In evenings say:‬اصْ َبح ُ‬
‫ َامْ ٰسى ‪َ . In the evening say:‬اصْ َب َح ‪2. In the morning say:‬‬
‫‪20‬‬
acknowledge to You Your blessing and I ac-
knowledge to You my sin. None forgives sins
but You. (Thrice) ۞

O Allah, I have woken up in a state of blessing

and well-being and covering of wrongs You
have conferred upon me, so please perfect
Your blessing, well-being and covering of
wrongs to me in this world and the Hereafter.
(Thrice) ۞

O Allah, whatever new blessing alights by me

or by some creature of Yours is purely from
You, with no partner unto You, so to You be-
long the praise and the gratitude. (Thrice) ۞

My Lord, Yours is the praise as it befits You

on account of Your Majestic Face and Your
Immense Authority. (Thrice)

21
 ‫َرب ًّـــا َّوب ِ ْال ِإ ْس َل ِ‬
‫ام ِديْنًــا َّوبِ َس ِّي ِدنَـــا مُح َمَّ ٍد صَ لَّى الل ُه‬
‫ـــو ًلا ‪ُ x3‬س ْب َحـ ـ َ‬
‫ـان اللهِ‬ ‫َعلَ ْي ِه َو َس َّل َم نَ ِب ًّيــا َّو َر ُس ْ‬
‫َوبِ َحم ِِد ِه عَ َد َد َخلْ ِقــ ِه َو ِر َضـــا نَ ْفسِ ِه َو ِزنَ َة َع ْر ِش ِه‬
‫ات‬ ‫كلِـ َم ِ‬‫كلِـ َمـــاتِـــ ِه ‪َ x3‬أ ُع ْــو ُذ ِب َ‬ ‫َو ِم َــد َاد َ‬
‫ـــر مَ ـــا َخلَ َق ‪ x3‬بِ ْس ِم‬ ‫ـــن َش ِّ‬
‫ـــات ِم ْ‬ ‫اللهِ ال َّتـــامَّ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ض‬ ‫اللهِ َّال ِذيْ َلا يَ ُض ُّــر مَ َع ْاسـ ِم ِه َش ْي ٌء فِي ْالأ ِر ِ‬
‫الس ِم ْي ُع الْ َعلِ ْي ُم ‪َ x3‬أ ُع ْو ُذ‬ ‫َو َلا ِفي َّ‬
‫السـ َما ِء َو ُه َو َّ‬
‫الش ْي َطانِ َّ‬
‫الر ِج ْي ِم‬ ‫ــم ِم َن َّ‬ ‫الس ِم ْي ِع الْ َعلِ ْي ِ‬
‫بِالل ِه َّ‬
‫ـــو الل ُه َّال ِذيْ َلا ِإلَ ٰـ َه ِإ َّلا ُه َو ۖ َعال ِ ُ‬
‫ـــم‬ ‫‪ُ x3‬ه َ‬
‫الر ِح ْي ُم ۝ ُه َ‬
‫ـــو‬ ‫الر ْح َمـٰ ُن َّ‬ ‫الشه َ‬
‫َـــاد ِة ۖ ُه َو َّ‬ ‫الْ َغ ْي ِب َو َّ‬

‫‪22‬‬
I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as
DÐn and with MuÎammad, ‫ﷺ‬, as Prophet and
Messenger. (Thrice) ۞

Glory to Allah by His praise according to the

number of His creatures, the pleasure of His
self, the weight of His Throne and the amount
of His words. (Thrice) ۞

I seek refuge in Allah’s Perfect Words from the

evil of what He has created. (Thrice) ۞

In the Name of Allah, in Whose Name nothing

in the earth or in the heaven may harm; and He
is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. ۞

I seek refuge in Allah, The All-Hearing, the

All-Knowing from the accursed Satan (Thrice)

He is Allah – there is no god but Him. He is

the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible.
He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. He
is Allah – there is no god but Him. He is the

23
‫ِك الْ ُق ُّد ْو ُس‬
‫الْ َمل ُ‬ ‫الل ُه َّال ِذيْ َلا ِإلَ ٰـ َه ِإ َّلا ُه َو‪،‬‬
‫ـــز الْـجَ َّب ُ‬
‫ـــار‬ ‫الْ َع ِزي ْ ُ‬ ‫ام الْم ُْؤ ِم ُن الْ ُم َه ْيم ُ‬
‫ِـــن‬ ‫الس َل ُ‬
‫َّ‬
‫ك ْو َن‬
‫َعـ َّمـــا يُ ْش ِر ُ‬ ‫ـــر ۚ ُس ْبح َ‬
‫َـــان اللهِ‬ ‫الْ ُم َت َ‬
‫ك ِّب ُ‬
‫ئ الْمُصَ ّ ِو ُر ۖ َل ُه‬
‫ال َخـــالِ ُق الْ َبـــا ِر ُ‬ ‫ـــو الل ُه ْ‬ ‫۝ ُه َ‬
‫ات‬ ‫السم ََاو ِ‬‫ْال َأ ْسـ َمـــا ُء الْـحُ ْس َن ٰى ۚ يُ َس ِّب ُـح َل ُه مَ ا ِفي َّ‬
‫َ‬
‫ــم ۞‬ ‫َـــز ْيزُ الْـحَ ِ‬
‫ــكي ْـ ُ‬ ‫ـــو الْع ِ‬ ‫ض ۖ َو ُه َ‬ ‫َو ْالأ ْر ِ‬
‫حـــان اللهِ الْعَظ ْي ِ‬
‫ـــم َوبِ َحم ِْد ِه ‪x3‬‬ ‫ُس ْب َ‬
‫ـــز ِة َوالْـجَ ــب َُر ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وا ْع َتصَ م ُْت‬ ‫َتحَصَّ نْ ُت ب ِ ِذي الْ ِع َّ‬
‫ك ْل ُت َعلَى ْ‬
‫الح َ ّ ِي َّال ِذيْ َلا‬ ‫ب ِ َر ِّب الْمَلَ ُ‬
‫ك ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وتَ َو َّ‬
‫ك َعلٰى‬ ‫يَـ ُم ْو ُت ‪ِ ،x1‬اصْ ِر ْف َع َّنـــا ْال َأ ٰذى ِإ َّن َ‬
‫ك ِّل َش ْي ٍء َق ِديْ ٌر ‪x3‬‬
‫ُ‬
‫‪24‬‬
King, the Most Pure, the Perfect Peace, the
Trustworthy, the Safeguarder, the Almighty,
the Compeller, the Supremely Great. Glory be
to Allah above all they associate with Him. He
is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver
of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful
Names. Everything in the heavens and earth
glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-
Wise. ۞

Glory to Allah, the Vast, according to His

praise. (Thrice) ۞

I have fortified myself through the Owner of

Might and the realm of His Names and Attrib-
utes. I have protected myself through the Lord
of the realm of spirits and souls
and I have placed my reliance on the Living
Who never dies. (once) Please remove from us
harm. You have indeed power over everything.
(Thrice) ۞

25
‫‪Now repeat same as above for the second time.‬‬

‫َتحَصَّ نْ ُت ب ِ ِذي الْ ِع َّ‬

‫ـــز ِة َوالْـجَ ــب َُر ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وا ْع َتصَ م ُْت‬
‫ك ْل ُت َعلَى ْ‬
‫الح َ ّ ِي َّال ِذيْ َلا‬ ‫ك ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وتَ َو َّ‬ ‫ب ِ َر ِّب الْمَلَ ُ‬
‫ك َعلٰى‬ ‫يَـ ُم ْو ُت ‪ِ ،x1‬اصْ ِر ْف َع َّنـــا ْال َأ ٰذى ِإنَّ َ‬
‫ك ِّل َش ْي ٍء َق ِديْ ٌر ‪x3‬‬ ‫ُ‬
‫‪Now repeat same as above for the third time.‬‬

‫َتحَصَّ نْ ُت ب ِ ِذي الْ ِع َّ‬

‫ـــز ِة َوالْـجَ ــب َُر ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وا ْع َتصَ م ُْت‬
‫ك ْل ُت َعلَى ْ‬
‫الح َ ّ ِي َّال ِذيْ َلا‬ ‫ك ْو ِت‪َ ،‬وتَ َو َّ‬ ‫ب ِ َر ِّب الْمَلَ ُ‬
‫ك َعلٰى‬ ‫يَـ ُم ْو ُت ‪ِ ،x1‬اصْ ِر ْف َع َّنـــا ْال َأ ٰذى إِنَّ َ‬
‫ك ِّل َش ْي ٍء َق ِديْ ٌر ‪x3‬‬ ‫ُ‬

‫اف ُق َريْ ٍش‬

‫الر ِح ْي ِم ۞ لِ ِإي َْل ِ‬ ‫بِ ْس ِم اللهِ َّ‬
‫الرحْ ـ ٰم ِن َّ‬
‫‪26‬‬
Now repeat same as above for the second time.
I have fortified myself through the Owner of
Might and the realm of His Names and Attrib-
utes. I have protected myself through the Lord
of the realm of spirits and souls
and I have placed my reliance on the Living
Who never dies. (once) Please remove from us
harm. You have indeed power over everything.
(Thrice) ۞
Now repeat same as above for the third time.
I have fortified myself through the Owner of
Might and the realm of His Names and Attrib-
utes. I have protected myself through the Lord
of the realm of spirits and souls
and I have placed my reliance on the Living
Who never dies. (once) Please remove from us
harm. You have indeed power over everything.
(Thrice) ۞

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the

Most Merciful. ۞
(Allah brought to nought the schemes of the

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‫الش َتآ ِء َوالصَّ ْي ِف ۝ فَلْ َي ْع ُب ُد ْوا‬
‫۝ ِإي َْلافِ ِه ْم ِرحْ َل َة ِّ‬
‫َر َّب ٰه َذا الْ َبي ِْت ۝ َّال ِذيْ� َأ ْط َع َمه ُْم ِّم ْن جُ ْو ٍع‬
‫كمَا َأ ْط َع ْم َته ُْم‬‫ُـم َ‬ ‫َّوآمَ َنه ُْم ِم ْن َخ ْو ٍف ۞ َاللّٰـه َّ‬
‫ك َمـــا آمَ ْن َته ُْم فَـآ ِم َّنــا َواجْ عَلْ َنـا‬‫فَ َأ ْط ِع ْم َنــا‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ك‬ ‫ك اللّٰه َُّم َوبِ َحم ِْد َ‬ ‫اك ِر ْينَ ۞ ُس ْبحانَ َ‬ ‫الش ِ‬ ‫ِم َن َّ‬
‫ك َو َأت ُ ْــو ُب‬ ‫َأ ْشه َُـد َأ ْن َّلا ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا َأنْ َت َو َأ ْس َت ْغ ِف ُـر َ‬
‫ك ‪َ x3‬أ ْس َت ْغ ِف ُــر الل َه الْع َِظ ْي َم َّال ِذيْ َلا ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا‬ ‫ِإلَ ْي َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ُه َو ْ‬
‫ُـم صَ ِّل‬ ‫الح َ ُّي الْ َق ُّي ْــو ُم َوأت ُ ْــو ُب ِإلَ ْي ِه ‪َ x3‬اللّٰـه َّ‬
‫ك‬‫ك َو َر ُس ْولِ َ‬ ‫ك َونَ ِي ِّي َ‬ ‫َعلٰى َس ِّي ِدنَـــا مُح َمَّ ٍد َع ْب ِد َ‬
‫ال َّن ِب ِّي ْال ُأ ّ ِم ِّي َو َعلٰى آلِهِ َو َص ْح ِب ِه َو َس ِّ‬
‫ـــل ْم تَ ْسلِ ْيـ ًما ‪x3‬‬
‫ك‬ ‫ك َو َخ َّط ِب ِه َقلَـ ُم َ‬ ‫عَ َد َد مَ ـــا َأحَ َ‬
‫ــاط ِب ِه عِلْـ ُم َ‬
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Companions of the Elephant) for the sake
of the established tradition of Quraysh, their
tradition of the winter and summer trips: So let
them worship the Lord of this House, Who has
preserved them from hunger and secured them
from fear. (Once) ۞

O Allah, feed us just as You fed them, and se-

cure us from fear just as You secured them and
make us among the grateful. ۞

O Allah, glory to You according to Your praise.

I testify that there is no god but You. I ask for
Your forgiveness and I return to You repentant-
ly. (Thrice) ۞

I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Vast, be-

sides Whom there is no god, the Living, the
Self-subsisting, and I return to Him repentant-
ly. (Thrice) ۞

O Allah, send prayers of blessing on our

Master MuÎammad, Your Slave, Prophet and
Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, on his
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‫ك ٍر‬‫الر َضـــا َعلٰى َأب ْي بَ ْ‬ ‫ك َو ّ ِ‬ ‫ك َتابُ َ‬ ‫َو َأحْ صَ ا ُه ِ‬
‫ـمان َو َعلِ ٍّي َو َع ِن الصَّ حَ ابَ ِة َأجْ ـ َم ِعي َْن‬ ‫َو ُعـ َم َر َو ُع ْث َ‬

‫َو َع ِن ال َّتــابِ ِعي َْن َوتَــابِ ِع ال َّتـابِ ِعي َْن لَه ُْم ِبإِحْ َســانٍ‬
‫ك َر ِّب‬ ‫َان َربِّ َ‬ ‫الد ْينْ ۞ ُس ْبح َ‬ ‫ـــو ِم ّ ِ‬ ‫ِإلَى ي َ ْ‬
‫ام َعلَى الْم ُْر َسلِي َْن‬ ‫ـــز ِة َعـ َّما يَ ِص ُف ْو َن‪َ ،‬و َس َــل ٌ‬
‫الْ ِع َّ‬
‫َوالْـحَ م ُْد لِّٰلهِ َر ِّب الْعَـــالَ ِمي َْن‬
‫‪Additions by Shaykh al Kharrubi‬‬

‫َلا ِإل ٰ َه ِإ َّلا الل ُه ‪ 100-1000‬مُح َمَّ ٌد َر ُس ْو ُل اللهِ ‪x1‬‬

‫َأ ْشه َُد َأ ْن َّلا إِل ٰ َه إِ َّلا الل ُه َو َأ ْشه َُد َأ َّن مُح َمَّ ًدا َر ُس ْو ُل اللهِ ‪x3‬‬
‫َصـــلَّى الل ُه َعلَ ْيـــ ِه َو َس ــلَّ ْـم ‪x1‬‬
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family and on his companions, together with
greetings of peace, (Thrice) ۞ to the extent of
what Your knowledge has encompassed, Your
Pen has written and Your Book of actions has
contained. May Your pleasure be with AbÙ
Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘UthmÁn and ‘AlÐ, with all the
Companions, the Followers and those who
follow them with goodness until the Day of
Judgment. ۞
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might,
beyond anything they describe. And peace be
upon the Messengers. And praise be to Allah,
the Lord of all the worlds! ۞

Additions by Shaykh al Kharrubi

There is no god but Allah (from 100 to 1000
times) MuÎammad is the Messenger of Allah.
(once) ۞

I testify that there is no god but Allah, and I

testify that MuÎammad is the Messenger of
Allah (Thrice) ۞ May Allah send upon him
prayers of blessing and greetings of peace.

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 Durood for attaining the full
measure of rewards and for
seeing Rasulullah ‫ﷺ‬
Abu Hurairah � reported Rasulullah ‫ ﷺ‬as
saying: if anyone would like to have the
fullest measure granted to him when he
invokes blessings on us, the members of
the Prophet’s family, he should say:

‫ــد نِ ال َّن ِــب ِّي‬

ِ ‫ـــل َعلٰى مُ ـحَ ـ َّم‬ َّ ‫َاللّٰه‬
ِّ ‫ُـــم َص‬
‫َات الْـ ُم ْؤ ِمنِــي َْن َو ُذ ّ ِريَّـــتِ ِه َو َأ ْه ِل‬ ِ ‫اجـــ ِه ُأ َّمه‬ َ
ِ ‫َوأ ْز َو‬
َ ‫ـــرا ِهي ْـ‬
‫ــم‬ َ ْ ‫ك َمـــا صَ لَّي ْـ َت َعلٰى ِآل إِب‬ َ ‫بَيْـتِـــ ِه‬
‫ك حَ ـ ِم ْي ٌــد مَّ ِـجـ ْي ٌــد‬ َ َّ‫إِن‬
O Allah, bless Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet,
his wives who are the mother of the faithful, his
off spring, and the people of his house as You
did bless the family of Ibraheem. You are indeed
Praiseworthy and Glorious. (Abu Dawud)
The Mashaaikh have said that whoever wishes to see Rasulullah
‫ ﷺ‬in a dream should to read this durood abundantly, at least 100
times a day, preferably before bedtime.

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 About the book
As Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq was present at the shrine
of the Prophet, ‫ ﷺ‬he greeted the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, who
greeted him in return saying, “Peace be upon you,
too, Ahmad. Recite to me your wazifah.” ‘I have
many waza’if, Messenger of Allah,’ Zarruq said, so
the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, specified, “The one that begins with
‘Wa ilÁhukum ilÁhun wÁhid- Your God is one God.”
At that time, the wazifah was longer than it is now,
containing a greater number of Qur’anic ayat and
Prophetic ahadith, so as Shaykh Zarruq was busy
reciting it to the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, he, ‫ﷺ‬, said, “Leave
out this and keep in that,” until the end was reached.
According to Shaykh Barakat al-Hattab al-Makki,
Zarruq said to the Prophet, ‫ﷺ‬, ‘I have not given
it any title, O Messenger of Allah,’ so he, ‫ﷺ‬, said:
“Call it Safina-tun-Naja li-Man Arada ilallahil-Laja”
- The Ship of rescue for those who wish for shelter
in Allah [The final title it is known by is a slightly
different variant of that].

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