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DUA E FARAJ - DUA SAHIB AL AMR (A.T.F.S.)
The Supplication of the Patron of the Matter; i.e. Imam al-Mahdi(a.s.):
In his book of al-Balad al-Amin, Shaykh al-Kaf’ami has mentioned that Imam al-Mahdi(a.s.) taught this supplicatory prayer to a prisoner who was then set free:
اِلٰهِيْ عَظُمَ الْبَلَاۤءُ
O my God, ordeal has become immeasurable.
وَ بَرِحَ الْخَفَاۤءُ
The hidden has become exposed.
وَ انْكَشَفَ الْغِطَاۤءُ
The covered has been disclosed.
وَ انْقَطَعَ الرَّجَاۤءُ
Hope has been cut off.
وَ ضَاقَتِ الْاَرْضُ
The earth has become narrow (despite its vastness).
وَ مُنِعَتِ السَّمَاۤءُ
The sky has. been prevented (from giving its blessings),
وَ اَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ
(among all that) Your help is only sought,
وَ اِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكٰى
to You is the complaint,
وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِيْ الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخَاۤءِ
and upon You is the reliance in hardships and leisure.
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
O Allah, (please do) Send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
اُوْلِيْ الْاَمْرِ الَّذِيْنَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتَهُمْ
the men in authority the obedience to whom has been made obligatory upon us by You
وَ عَرَّفْتَنَا بِذٰلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ
and whose (special) rank has been made known for us by You;
فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا بِحَقِّهِمْ
so, (please do) relieve our ordeals in the name of them,
فَرَجًا عَاجِلًا قَرِيْبًا
a relief that is as immediate and forthcoming
كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ
as the twinkling of an eye or even closer.
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ
O Muhammad! O 'Ali!
يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ
O 'Ali! O Muhammad!
اِكْفِيَانِيْ فَاِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَانِ
(please do) save me, for you both do save,
وَ انْصُرَانِيْ فَاِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَانِ
and support me, for you both do support.
يَا مَوْلَانَا يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ
O our master, the Patron of the Age,
اَلْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ
(I beseech you for) relief! (I beseech you for) relief! (I beseech you for) relief!
اَدْرِكْنِيْۤ اَدْرِكْنِيْۤ اَدْرِكْنِيْ
(Please do) aid me! (Please do) aid me! (Please do) aid me!
اَلسَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ
This hour! This hour! This hour!
اَلْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ
Immediately! Immediately! Immediately!
يَاۤ اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ
O (Allah the) most Merciful of all those who show mercy,
بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ۔
in the name of Muhammad and his Immaculate Household (respond).