INFALLIBLE IMAM ZAIN-AL-ABEDIN (A.S.)'S SUPPLICATION ON SEEING THE CRESCENT

O obedient creature, speedy and untiring,

frequenter of the mansions of determinations,

moving about in the sphere of governance!

I have faith in Him, who lights up darkness through you,

Illuminates jet-black shadows by you,

appointed you one of the signs of His kingdom

and one of the marks of His authority,

and humbled you through increase and decrease

rising and setting, illumination and eclipse.

In all of this you are obedient to Him, prompt toward His will.

Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in your situation!

How subtle what He has made for your task!

He has made you the key to a new month for a new situation.

So I ask God, my Lord and your Lord,

my creator and your creator, my Determiner and your Determiner,

my Form-giver and your Form-giver

that He bless Muhammad and his Household

and appoint you a crescent of blessings not affected by days

and of purity not defiled by sins;

a crescent of security from blasts

and safety from evil deeds;

a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune,

of prosperity accompanied by no adversity,

of ease not mixed with difficulty,

of good unstained by evil;

a crescent of security and faith, favor and good-doing, safety and submission!

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen,

the purest of those who have looked upon it,

the most fortunate of those who have worshiped you under it;

give us the success during the new month to repent,

preserve us within it from misdeeds,

guard us therein from pursuing disobedience to You,

allot to us within it thanksgiving for Your favor,

clothe us during it in the shields of well-being,

and complete for us Your kindness by perfecting obedience to You!

Surely You are All-Kind, Praiseworthy.

And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure.

The All-Mighty Allah has emphasized in the Glorious Qur’an that He has placed the heavenly gigantic bodies’ .i.e. the sun and the moon under His Subservience. The word “Qamar” has been used in the Glorious Qur’an 27 times. Also, there is a Surah al-Qamar number 54.

If we think for a moment about ourselves compared to the moon and imagine our tiny existence and count our sins and disobedience ignoring the commands of All-Mighty!