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DUA FOR REPAYMENT OF DEBTS

Twenty-fifth: Sayyid ‘Ali ibn Fazlullah al-Husayni al-Rawandi has mentioned the following incident in his book entitled Nathr al-La’ali:

When a man complained to Prophet Jesus the son of Mary, peace be upon them, about the debts, Prophet Jesus (‘a) taught him to say this supplicatory prayer, adding, “If your debts are filling the globe, Almighty Allah will certainly help you to settle them after you say this supplicatory prayer constantly.” This is the supplicatory prayer involved:

اَللّٰهُمَّ يَا فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ

O Allah, O remover of suffering,

وَ مُنَفِّسَ الغَمِّ

reliever from agony,

وَ مُذْهِبَ الْاَحْزَانِ

dispeller of grievances,

وَ مُجِيْبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّيْنَ

responding to the prayers of the distressed ones,

يَا رَحْمٰنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ وَ رَحِيْمَهُمَا

and All-beneficent and All-merciful in this world and the other world,

اَنْتَ رَحْمٰنِىْ وَ رَحْمٰنُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ

You are beneficent to me and beneficent to all things;

فَارْحَمْنِىْ رَحْمَةً تُغْنِيْنِىْ بِهَا عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكَ

so, (please) have mercy upon me due to which I dispense with the mercy of any other one than You

وَ تَقْضِىْ بِهَا عَنِّىْ الدَّيْنَ۔

and by which You may help me settle my debts.