Dua Alqamah

يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ،

O Allah, O Allah, O Allah!

يَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ، يَا كاشِفَ كُرَبِ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ، يَا غِياثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ، يَا صَرِيخَ الْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ،

O Answerer of the prayers of the distressed, O Reliever of the sorrows of the afflicted, O Succorer of those who cry for help, O Rescuer of those who call out for rescue!

وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ، وَيَا مَنْ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ،

O You who are closer to me than my jugular vein, O You who intervene between a person and their heart!

وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ بِالْمَنْظَرِ الْأَعْلَىٰ، وَبِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ،

O You who are on the highest outlook and the manifest horizon!

وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ الرَّحْمانُ الرَّحِيمُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوىٰ،

O You who are the Compassionate, the Merciful, established upon the Throne!

وَيَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ،

O You who know the stealthy glance of the eyes and what the breasts conceal!

وَيَا مَنْ لَا يَخْفىٰ عَلَيْهِ خافِيَةٌ، يَا مَنْ لَاتَشْتَبِهُ عَلَيْهِ الْأَصْواتُ،

O You from whom nothing hidden is concealed, O You to whom voices are never confused!

وَيَا مَنْ لَاتُغَلِّطُهُ الْحاجاتُ، وَيَا مَنْ لَا يُبْرِمُهُ إِلْحَاحُ الْمُلِحِّينَ،

O You whom needs do not mislead, O You whom the persistence of the persistent does not annoy!

يَا مُدْرِكَ كُلِّ فَوْتٍ، وَيَا جامِعَ كُلِّ شَمْلٍ، وَيَا بارِئَ النُّفُوسِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ،

O Retriever of everything lost, O Gatherer of every scattered crowd, O Originator of souls after death!

يَا مَنْ هُوَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ فِي شَأْنٍ،

O You who are every day upon some matter!

يَا قاضِيَ الْحاجاتِ، يَا مُنَفِّسَ الْكُرُباتِ، يَا مُعْطِيَ السُّؤُلاتِ، يَا وَلِيَّ الرَّغَباتِ؛

O Fulfiller of needs, O Dispellet of griefs, O Giver of requests, O Master of desires!

يَا كافِيَ الْمُهِمَّاتِ، يَا مَنْ يَكْفِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَلَا يَكْفِي مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ،

O Sufficient in important matters, O You who suffice against everything while nothing in the heavens or on earth suffices against You!

أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتِمِ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَعَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَبِحَقِّ فاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ، وَبِحَقِّ الْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ،

I ask You by the right of Muhammad, the seal of the prophets, and Ali, the Commander of the Faithful, and by the right of Fatima, the daughter of Your prophet, and by the right of Hasan and Husayn,

فَإِنِّي بِهِمْ أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ فِي مَقامِي هٰذَا، وَبِهِمْ أَتَوَسَّلُ، وَبِهِمْ أَتَشَفَّعُ إِلَيْكَ،

for indeed through them I turn to You in this my station, and through them I seek nearness to You, and through them I seek intercession with You,

وَبِحَقِّهِمْ أَسْأَلُكَ وَأُقْسِمُ وَأَعْزِمُ عَلَيْكَ، وَبِالشَّأْنِ الَّذِي لَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ وَبِالْقَدْرِ الَّذِي لَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ،

and by their right I ask You, swear by You, and adjure You, and by the status they hold with You, and by the rank they possess with You,

وَبِالَّذِي فَضَّلْتَهُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ، وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عِنْدَهُمْ، وَبِهِ خَصَصْتَهُمْ دُونَ الْعَالَمِينَ،

and by that through which You favored them over the worlds, and by Your name which You placed with them and singled them out with it to the exclusion of the worlds,

وَبِهِ أَبَنْتَهُمْ وَأَبَنْتَ فَضْلَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْعَالَمِينَ حَتَّىٰ فاقَ فَضْلُهُمْ فَضْلَ الْعَالَمِينَ جَمِيعاً،

and through it You made manifest their excellence distinct from the excellence of the worlds, until their excellence surpassed the excellence of all the worlds together,

أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَكْشِفَ عَنِّي غَمِّي وَهَمِّي وَكَرْبِي،

I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and to remove from me my sorrow, my worry, and my distress,

وَتَكْفِيَنِي الْمُهِمَّ مِنْ أُمُورِي، وَتَقْضِيَ عَنِّي دَيْنِي، وَتُجِيرَنِي مِنَ الْفَقْرِ، وَتُجِيرَنِي مِنَ الْفاقَةِ، وَتُغْنِيَنِي عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ إِلَى الْمَخْلُوقِينَ؛

and to suffice me in the important matters of my affairs, to settle my debt, to grant me refuge from poverty, to grant me refuge from destitution, and to enrich me so I need not ask of creatures;

وَتَكْفِيَنِي هَمَّ مَنْ أَخافُ هَمَّهُ، وَعُسْرَ مَنْ أَخافُ عُسْرَهُ، وَحُزُونَةَ مَنْ أَخافُ حُزُونَتَهُ،

and to suffice me against the worry of the one whose worry I fear, the difficulty of the one whose difficulty I fear, the harshness of the one whose harshness I fear,

وَشَرَّ مَنْ أَخافُ شَرَّهُ، وَمَكْرَ مَنْ أَخافُ مَكْرَهُ، وَبَغْيَ مَنْ أَخافُ بَغْيَهُ، وَجَوْرَ مَنْ أَخافُ جَوْرَهُ،

the evil of the one whose evil I fear, the cunning of the one whose cunning I fear, the transgression of song whose transgression I fear, the injustice of the one whose injustice I fear,

وَسُلْطانَ مَنْ أَخافُ سُلْطانَهُ، وَكَيْدَ مَنْ أَخافُ كَيْدَهُ، وَمَقْدُرَةَ مَنْ أَخافُ مَقْدُرَتَهُ عَلَيَّ،

the authority of the one whose authority I fear, the plot of the one whose plot I fear, and the power of the one whose power I fear over me,

وَتَرُدَّ عَنِّي كَيْدَ الْكَيَدَةِ، وَمَكْرَ الْمَكَرَةِ.

and to turn away from me the plot of schemers and the deceit of deceivers.

اللّٰهُمَّ مَنْ أَرادَنِي فَأَرِدْهُ، وَمَنْ كادَنِي فَكِدْهُ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي كَيْدَهُ وَمَكْرَهُ وَبَأْسَهُ وَأَمانِيَّهُ وَامْنَعْهُ عَنِّي كَيْفَ شِئْتَ وَأَنَّىٰ شِئْتَ.

O Allah, whoever intends evil against me, intend evil against him; whoever plots against me, plot against him; and turn away from me his plot, his cunning, his might, and his desires, and prevent him from me however You will and whenever You will.

اللّٰهُمَّ اشْغَلْهُ عَنِّي بِفَقْرٍ لَاتَجْبُرُهُ، وَبِبَلاءٍ لَاتَسْتُرُهُ، وَبِفاقَةٍ لَا تَسُدُّها،

O Allah, occupy him away from me with a poverty You do not mend, a calamity You do not conceal, a destitution You do not block,

وَبِسُقْمٍ لَا تُعافِيهِ، وَذُلٍّ لَاتُعِزُّهُ، وَبِمَسْكَنَةٍ لَاتَجْبُرُها؛

a disease You do not cure, a humiliation You do not ennoble, and a misery You do not mend;

اللّٰهُمَّ اضْرِبْ بِالذُّلِّ نَصْبَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَأَدْخِلْ عَلَيْهِ الْفَقْرَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، وَالْعِلَّةَ وَالسُّقْمَ فِي بَدَنِهِ

O Allah, strike humiliation right before his eyes, cause poverty to enter his house, and illness and disease into his body,

حَتَّىٰ تَشْغَلَهُ عَنِّي بِشُغْلٍ شاغِلٍ لَافَراغَ لَهُ، وَأَنْسِهِ ذِكْرِي كَما أَنْسَيْتَهُ ذِكْرَكَ،

until You occupy him away from me with an overwhelming preoccupation that leaves him no leisure, and make him forget my memory just as You made him forget Your memory,

وَخُذْ عَنِّي بِسَمْعِهِ وَبَصَرِهِ وَلِسانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَرِجْلِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَمِيعِ جَوارِحِهِ،

and seize for me his hearing, his sight, his tongue, his hand, his foot, his heart, and all his limbs,

وَأَدْخِلْ عَلَيْهِ فِي جَمِيعِ ذٰلِكَ السُّقْمَ وَلَا تَشْفِهِ حَتَّىٰ تَجْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ لَهُ شُغْلاً شاغِلاً بِهِ عَنِّي وَعَنْ ذِكْرِي،

and cause disease to enter all of that and do not heal him until You make that an occupation keeping him busy away from me and away from remembering me,

وَاكْفِنِي يَا كافِيَ مَا لَايَكْفِي سِواكَ فَإِنَّكَ الْكافِي لَاكافِيَ سِواكَ،

and suffice me, O You who suffice against what no one else suffices, for indeed You are the Sufficient, there is no sufficient one other than You,

وَمُفَرِّجٌ لَامُفَرِّجَ سِواكَ، وَمُغِيثٌ لَامُغِيثَ سِواكَ، وَجارٌ لَاجارَ سِواكَ،

and the Reliever, there is no reliever other than You, and the Succorer, there is no succorer other than You, and the Protector, there is no protector other than You!

خابَ مَنْ كانَ جَارُهُ سِواكَ، وَمُغِيثُهُ سِواكَ، وَمَفْزَعُهُ إِلىٰ سِواكَ، وَمَهْرَبُهُ إِلىٰ سِواكَ، وَمَلْجَؤُهُ إِلىٰ غَيْرِكَ، وَمَنْجَاهُ مِنْ مَخْلُوقٍ غَيْرِكَ،

Disappointed is the one whose protector is other than You, whose succorer is other than You, whose refuge is in other than You, whose escape is to other than You, whose sanctuary is with someone other than You, and whose rescue is from a creature other than You!

فَأَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَرَجائِي وَمَفْزَعِي وَمَهْرَبِي وَمَلْجَإِي وَمَنْجايَ، فَبِكَ أَسْتَفْتِحُ، وَبِكَ أَسْتَنْجِحُ؛

So You are my trust, my hope, my refuge, my escape, my sanctuary, and my rescue. By You I open, by You I succeed;

وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَتَوَسَّلُ وَأَتَشَفَّعُ،

and through Muhammad and the family of Muhammad I turn to You, seek nearness to You, and seek intercession.

فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَلَكَ الشُّكْرُ وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكَىٰ وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعانُ،

So I ask You, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah! To You belongs praise, to You belongs gratitude, to You is the complaint, and You are the One whose help is sought.

فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰهُ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

So I ask You, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, by the right of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تَكْشِفَ عَنِّي غَمِّي وَهَمِّي وَكَرْبِي فِي مَقامِي هٰذَا كَما كَشَفْتَ عَنْ نَبِيِّكَ هَمَّهُ وَغَمَّهُ وَكَرْبَهُ، وَكَفَيْتَهُ هَوْلَ عَدُوِّهِ،

and to remove from me my grief, my worry, and my distress in this my station, just as You removed from Your prophet his worry, his grief, and his distress, and sufficed him against the dread of his enemy.

فَاكْشِفْ عَنِّي كَما كَشَفْتَ عَنْهُ، وَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي كَما فَرَّجْتَ عَنْهُ، وَاكْفِنِي كَما كَفَيْتَهُ،

So relieve me as You relieved him, grant me ease as You granted him ease, suffice me as You sufficed him,

وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي هَوْلَ مَا أَخافُ هَوْلَهُ، وَمَؤُونَةَ مَا أَخافُ مَؤُونَتَهُ، وَهَمَّ مَا أَخافُ هَمَّهُ، بِلا مَؤُونَةٍ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي مِنْ ذٰلِكَ،

and turn away from me the dread of what I fear its dread, the burden of what I fear its burden, and the worry of what I fear its worry, without any hardship upon myself from that,

وَاصْرِفْنِي بِقَضاءِ حَوائِجِي، وَكِفَايَةِ مَا أَهَمَّنِي هَمُّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ آخِرَتِي وَدُنْيَايَ،

and send me back with the fulfillment of my needs, and sufficiency in what concerned me of the matters of my hereafter and my world.

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَا أَبا عَبْدِاللّٰهِ، عَلَيْكُما مِنِّي سَلامُ اللّٰهِ أَبَداً مَا بَقِيتُ وَ بَقِيَ اللَّيْلُ والنَّهارُ،

O Commander of the Faithful and O Aba Abdillah, upon you both be the peace of Allah forever as long as I remain and as long as night and day remain,

وَلَا جَعَلَهُ اللّٰهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيارَتِكُما وَلَا فَرَّقَ اللّٰهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُما؛

and may Allah not make this the last of my visitation to you both, and may Allah not separate between me and you!

اللّٰهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي حَيَاةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ، وَأَمِتْنِي مَمَاتَهُمْ، وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَىٰ مِلَّتِهِمْ، وَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَتِهِمْ، وَلَا تُفَرِّقْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَبَداً فِي الدُّنْيا وَالْآخِرَةِ،

O Allah, make me live the life of Muhammad and his progeny, make me die their death, cause me to pass away upon their creed, gather me in their group, and do not separate between me and them even for the blinking of an eye, ever in this world and the hereafter.

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَا أَبا عَبْدِاللّٰهِ، أَتَيْتُكُما زائِراً وَمُتَوَسِّلاً إِلَى اللّٰهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُما، وَمُتَوَجِّهاً إِلَيْهِ بِكُما،

O Commander of the Faithful and O Aba Abdillah, I have come to you as a visitor, seeking nearness to Allah, my Lord and your Lord, turning toward Him through you,

وَمُسْتَشْفِعاً بِكُما إِلَى اللّٰهِ تَعالىٰ فِي حاجَتِي هٰذِهِ فَاشْفَعا لِي فَإِنَّ لَكُما عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الْمَقامَ الْمَحْمُودَ، وَالْجاهَ الْوَجِيهَ، وَالْمَنْزِلَ الرَّفِيعَ وَالْوَسِيلَةَ،

and seeking your intercession with Allah the Most High concerning this need of mine. So intercede for me, for indeed you have with Allah the praised station, the esteemed rank, the lofty position, and the means.

إِنِّي أَنْقَلِبُ عَنْكُما مُنْتَظِراً لِتَنَجُّزِ الْحاجَةِ وَقَضائِها وَنَجاحِها مِنَ اللّٰهِ بِشَفاعَتِكُما لِي إِلَى اللّٰهِ فِي ذٰلِكَ فَلا أَخِيبُ،

Verily I am departing from you, awaiting the realization of the need, its fulfillment, and its success from Allah through your intercession for me with Allah concerning that, so that I may not be disappointed,

وَلَا يَكونُ مُنْقَلَبِي مُنْقَلَباً خائِباً خاسِراً، بَلْ يَكُونُ مُنْقَلَبِي مُنْقَلَباً راجِحاً مُفْلِحاً مُنْجِحاً مُسْتَجاباً بِقَضاءِ جَمِيعِ حَوائِجِي وَتَشَفَّعا لِي إِلَى اللّٰهِ؛

and that my return may not be a disappointed, losing return, but rather my return shall be a prosperous, successful, flourishing, and answered return with the fulfillment of all my needs. So intercede for me with Allah!

انْقَلَبْتُ عَلَىٰ مَا شاءَ اللّٰهُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلّا بِاللّٰهِ، مُفَوِّضاً أَمْرِي إِلَى اللّٰهِ، مُلْجِئاً ظَهْرِي إِلَى اللّٰهِ، مُتَوَكِّلاً عَلَى اللّٰهِ،

I have returned according to what Allah willed, with no might and no power except by Allah, delegating my affair to Allah, resting my back upon Allah, relying upon Allah,

وَأَقُولُ حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ وَكَفىٰ، سَمِعَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ دَعا، لَيْسَ لِي وَراءَ اللّٰهِ وَوَراءَكُمْ يَا سادَتِي مُنْتَهى،

and I say: 'Allah is sufficient for me and He is the best Disposer of affairs, Allah hears the one who calls upon Him, there is no limit for me beyond Allah and beyond you, O my masters.'

مَا شاءَ رَبِّي كانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلّا بِاللّٰهِ

What my Lord willed came to pass, and what He did not will did not come to pass, and there is no might and no power except by Allah.

أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمَا اللّٰهَ، وَلَا جَعَلَهُ اللّٰهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنِّي إِلَيْكُما، انْصَرَفْتُ يَا سَيِّدِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَوْلايَ وَأَنْتَ يَا أَبا عَبْدِاللّٰهِ يَا سَيِّدِي وَسَلامِي عَلَيْكُما مُتَّصِلٌ مَا اتَّصَلَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهارُ؛

I entrust you both to Allah, and may Allah not make this the last covenant from me to you. I have departed, O my master, O Commander of the Faithful and my patron, and you O Aba Abdillah, O my master, and my peace upon you both is continuous as long as night and day are continuous;

وَاصِلٌ ذٰلِكَ إِلَيْكُما غَيْرَ مَحْجُوبٍ عَنْكُما سَلامِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ، وَأَسْأَلُهُ بِحَقِّكُما أَنْ يَشاءَ ذٰلِكَ وَيَفْعَلَ فَإِنَّهُ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ.

reaching you both, unmasked from you both, my peace, if Allah wills. And I ask Him by your right that He should will that and do it, for indeed He is Praiseworthy, Glorious.

انْقَلَبْتُ يَا سَيِّدَيَّ عَنْكُما تائِباً حامِداً لِلّٰهِ شاكِراً راجِياً لِلْإِجابَةِ، غَيْرَ آيِسٍ وَلَا قَانِطٍ،

I have departed, O my two masters, away from you, repentant, praising Allah, grateful, hopeful of the response, without despair or despondency,

آئِباً عائِداً راجِعاً إِلىٰ زِيارَتِكُما، غَيْرَ راغِبٍ عَنْكُما وَلَا مِنْ زِيارَتِكُما، بَلْ راجِعٌ عائِدٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلّا بِاللّٰهِ،

returning, going back once more to your visitation, not turning away from you nor from your visitation, but rather returning and coming back if Allah wills, and there is no might and no power except by Allah.

يَا سادَتِي رَغِبْتُ إِلَيْكُما وَ إِلىٰ زِيارَتِكُما بَعْدَ أَنْ زَهِدَ فِيكُما وَفِي زِيارَتِكُما أَهْلُ الدُّنْيا،

O my masters, I have longed for you and for your visitation after the people of this world turned away from you and your visitation,

فَلا خَيَّبَنِيَ اللّٰهُ مٰا رَجَوْتُ وَمَا أَمَّلْتُ فِي زِيارَتِكُما إِنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ.

so do not let Allah disappoint me in what I hoped and aspired to in your visitation, for indeed He is Near, Responsive.