DUA-E-SABAH BY THE COMMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL IMAM ALI (A.S.)

According to the Gateway of Knowledge, the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.), the person who recites this Dua’a will achieve success; will be relieved of sorrow, grief and troubles. He will leave this world in right faith and will be entitled to Heave. It is recommended to recite the Dua’a in Arabic followed by translation for comprehension.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

O Allah! Send your blessings on Muhammad and on the children of Muhammad

O Allah! O He who extended the morning’s tongue in the speech of its dawning’

dispatched the fragments of the dark night into the gloom of its stammering,

made firm the structure of its turning spheres in the measures of its display

and beamed forth the brightness of the sun through the light of its blazing!

O He who demonstrates His Essence by His Essence,

transcends congeniality with His creatures

and is exalted beyond conformity with His qualities!

O He who is near to the passing thoughts of opinions,

far from the sight of eyes

and knows what will be before it comes to be!

O He who has put me at ease in the cradle of His security and sanctuary,

awakened me to the favors and kindness that He has bestowed upon me

and held me from the claws of evil with His Hand and His Sultan!

Bless, O Allah, the guide to You in the darkest night,

Him who, of Your ropes, cling to the cord of longest nobility,

Him whose glory is evident at the summit of stout shoulders

And whose feet were entrenched in spite of slippery places in ancient time;

And bless his household, the good, the chosen, the pious,

And open for us, O Allah, the leaves of morning’s doors with the keys of mercy and prosperity!

Clothe me, O Allah, with the most excellent robes of guidance and righteousness!

Plant, Oh Allah, through Your tremendousness, the springs of humility in the watering place of my heart!

Cause to flow, Oh Allah, because of Your awesomeness, tears of sorrow from the corners of my eyes!

And chastise, Oh Allah, the recklessness of my clumsiness with the reins of contentment!

My Allah, if mercy from You does not begin with fair success for me,

Then who can take me to You upon the clear path?

If Your patience would turn me over to the guide of hope and wishes,

Then who will annul my slips from the stumbles of desire?

If Your help should forsake me in the battle with the soul and Shaitan,

Then Your forsaking will have entrusted me to where there is hardship and deprivation.

My Allah, do You see that I have only come to You from the direction of hope

Or clung to the ends of Your ropes when my sins have driven me from the house of union?

So what an evil mount upon which my soul has mounted-its desires!

Woe upon it for being seduced by its own opinions and wishes!

And destruction be upon it for its audacity towards its Master and Protector!

My Allah, I have knocked upon the door of Your mercy with the hand of my hope,

Fled to You seeking refuge from my excessive desires

and fixed the fingers of my love to the ends of Your ropes.

So pardon, oh Allah, the slips and errors I have committed

and release me from foot-dangling of my robe

For You are my Master, my Protector, my Support and my Hope

and You are the object of my search and my desire in my ultimate end and stable abode.

                Bihar-ul-Anwar                                                by Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (r.a.)