A Masterpiece
from our 4th Imam a.s. about
the Beauty of the Month of Ramadhan
and the Bounties of Allah swt
Du'a from Imam
Zainul Abedin (A.S.)
He used
to invoke the following Du'a at the beginning of the Holy Month of
Ramadan
[This Du'a takes the reader to
new heights of spirituality]
All praise is due to
God who guided us to praise Him, and made us worthy of it in order that
we may be grateful for His goodness, and that He may, thereupon confer on us
the
reward of the righteous.
And all praise be to God,
who conferred on us His religion, and distinguished us with His creed, and
conducted us into the path of His goodness, in order that, through His grace we
may walk along them towards His approbation - a praise which He may accept from
us, and on account of which He may be pleased with us.
And
praise be to God who ordained His month, the month of Ramadan, the
month of fasts, the month of Islam the month of purity, the month of
purification and the month of standing up (for prayer) to be one of those
paths.
In this month the Qur'an was made to descend, as guidance to mankind and
contains clear instruction and distinction between right and
wrong).
And He manifested its superiority to all the other months by
allotting it abundant honours and celebrated excellence: therefore, He
prohibited in it what He had allowed in other months in order to exalt it; and
forbade in it food and drink, in order to honour it. And appointed for it a
definite time, which the High and Glorious doth not to be anticipated before
it,
and would not accept if delayed after it. Then He gave excellence to one
of its nights over a thousand months and named it 'Lailetul Qadr" the night of
Qadr (destiny), wherein descend the angels and the spirit by permission of
their
Lord, for every matter; peace and everlasting blessing till the dawn of the
morning to whomsoever of His servants He will, according to the decree
confirmed
by Him.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal (family)
and inspire us to know its excellence and honour its dignity, and to abstain
from whatever Thou hast forbidden in it; and help us to observe its fasts, by
restraining our limbs from disobeying Thee and employing them in that which
would please Thee So that we may not lend our ears to any vain (speech-such as
singing, etc.) and may not direct our eyes towards any amusement; and so that
we
may not stretch our hands towards anything forbidden, and may not step with our
feet towards anything prohibited; and so that nothing may fill our bellies but
what Thou hast made lawful and our tongue may not utter anything save what Thou
hast permitted; and we may cease to exert ourselves except in that which would
bring us nearer Thy reward, and stop doing everything save that which would
protect us from Thy torment. Then, purify all this from showiness loved by
the ostentatious and notoriety desired by seekers of
fame (so that) we may not, in our worship of Thee, join anyone besides Thee,
and
may not, therein desire any other object except Thee.
O
Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal (family) and give us grace to perform
timely the five prayers with due regard to their limits which Thou hast
enjoined
and ceremonies which Thou hast prescribed, and times which Thou hast fixed; and
in this respect raise us to the rank of those who performed them ( i.e.,
the five daily prayers) with success, who duly observed their essential points,
who always performed them at (proper) times, in most perfect and complete
purity
and most evident and touching humility, according to the rules laid down by Thy
servant and Thy apostle, Thy favours on him and his Aal (family), concerning
their bows and prostrations and all the other excellent
(rites).
And, O Lord, give us grace, in this month,
to show favour to our relations and do good to them, and to take care of our
neighbours with kindness and benevolence, and to purge our property of
obligations, and purify it by giving the legal alms; and to call back him who
deserted us, and be just to him who was unjust to us, and make peace with him
who was hostile to us-far be it from us to reconcile him who is abhorred on
account of Thee and for Thy sake; for, verily he is an enemy whom we will never
be on good terms. And give us grace, therein to approach Thee by means of pure
deeds, whereby Thou may purify us of sins. And guard us, therein, from,
relapsing into blemishes, so that, none of Thy angels may have occasion to
report unto Thee but such of conduct as would (necessarily) fall under the
heads
of obedience to Thee and means of approaching Thee.
O
Lord, I beg Thee for the sake of this month, and for the sake of him
who adored Thee in it, from its beginning to the time of its closing, whether
he
belonged to the class of angels whom Thou didst advance to nearness, or of
prophets whom Thou didst send, or of pious servants whom Thou didst
distinguish,
to bless Muhammad and his Aal (family) and make us, in this month, worthy of
that which Thou hast promised to Thy friend out of Thy bounty; and entitled us
to that to which Thou hast entitled those who are most diligent in Thy service;
and place us in the class of those who deserve high and exalter (rank) by Thy
mercy.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal (family),
and restrain us from unbelief in Thy unity, and deficiency in glorifying Thee
and entertaining doubt in Thy religion, and being blind to Thy path, and
neglecting to honour Thee, and being deceived by Satan, Thy enemy, the stoned
one.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal (family),
and since, in every night of the nights of this our month, there are men whom
Thy pardon doth liberate, or whom Thy forbearance forgives, therefore, let us
be
of these men; and let us be to our month the best of people and
companions.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and obliterate our sins along with the disappearance of its crescent,
and remove from us our penalties with the expiration of its days; so that the
month may pass from us while Thou hast cleansed us, within it, of guilt's, and
freed us of sins.
O Lord, bless Mohammad and his Aal
(family), and if we deviate in it then set us right; and if we hesitate make us
firm, and if Satan, Thy enemy, overwhelms us then deliver us from him.
O Lord, fill this month with our worship of Thee
alone, and adorn its moments with our service to Thee; and help us in the
day-time to observe fast, and at night to pray and beseech Thee and humble
(ourselves) unto Thee, and abase (ourselves) in thy presence; so that neither
its day may bear witness against us of negligence, nor its night of
default.
O Lord, and let us be like this in all the
months and days, as long as Thou keeps us alive; and let us be of Thy righteous
servants, who will inherit paradise, wherein they shall live forever; and who
do
give what they give with a fearing heart, for verily, they shall return to
Thee!
And let us be of those who are prompt in charity and excel
therein.
O Lord confers blessings on Mohammad and
his Aal (family), in every time and every moment, and in every condition,
greater in number to the blessings Thou didst confer on whomsoever Thou didst
bless: Verily Thou art the doer of what Thou resolves.
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