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DUAS AFTER THE ZIYARAH OF H. ALI (A.S) AND AFTER THE RECITATION OF NAFILAH PRAYERS IN NAJAF ASHRAF
In his book of alMazar, Sayyid ibn Tawus says: Whenever you offer an obligatory or a supererogatory prayer during your residence in the holy shrine of Imam ‘Ali Amir alMu’minin (‘a), you are recommended to say the following supplication:
اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ اَمْرِكَ
وَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ قَدَرِكَ
O Allah, Your determination is surely unavoidable, Your destiny is unavoidable, Your act is unavoidable, and there is no power and no might except with You. So, O Allah, whatever act You decide on us and whatever decree You make on us, (please do) grant us along with it patience that repels and fends it off and make it ascend for our good toward Your Pleasure so that it shall grow up our rewards, favors, tributes, honor, glory, boon, and dignity in this world as well as the world to come. And (please) do not lessen our rewards. O Allah, whatever donation You give us, whatever virtue You confer on us, whatever endowment You bestow on us, (please) grant us with it thanksgiving that repels and fends it off. And make it ascend for our good toward Your Pleasure, and ascend in our rewards, tribute, honor, Your boon, and Your honoring (us) in this world as well as the world to come. And (please) do not make it to be for us a source of evil, ungratefulness, seditious matter, hatred, torture, or disgrace in this world as well as the world to come. O Allah, we do seek Your protection against slips of tongues, evil situations, and lightness of the Scale. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, make us meet our the rewards of good deeds at the hours of our death, do not show us the fruits of our deeds as nothing but regrets, do not disgrace us when You judge us, do not expose us because of our evildoings on the Day when we shall meet You, make our hearts remember You always and never forget You, make our hears fear You as if they can see You until we meet You, send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, change our evildoings into good deeds, make our good deeds to be grades, change our grades into chambers (in Paradise), and make our chambers high. O Allah, (please do) expand the source of sustenance for our poor people from the expansion that You have taken upon Yourself to make. O Allah, (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and endue us with true guidance as long as You grant us life, with honor as long as You keep us alive, with forgiveness when You decide to cease our lifetime, with protection in the rest of our lifetime, with blessings in the sustenance that You give us, with help to carry out what You have burdened us with, and with steadfastness against what You have imposed on us. And do not punish us for our wrongdoings, do not treat us on basis of our lack of knowledge, do not draw us near to destruction gradually on account of our sins, make the best of our words to be firm in our hearts, make us to be great persons in Your view but humble ones in our own views, make that which You have taught us to benefit us, and increase us with useful knowledge. And I seek Your protection against a heart that does not submit (to You), an eye that does not shed tears (for fear of You), and a prayer that is not admitted (by You). (Please do) rescue us from the evil seditious matters, O Manager of this world and the world to come.
وَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ قَضَاۤئِكَ
وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ فَمَا [كَمَا] قَضَيْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ قَضَاۤءٍ
اَوْ قَدَّرْتَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ قَدَرٍ
فَاَعْطِنَا مَعَهُ صَبْرًا يَقْهَرُهُ وَ يَدْمَغُهُ
وَ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا صَاعِدًا فِيْ رِضْوَانِكَ
يُنْمِيْ [يُنْمٰى] فِيْ حَسَنَاتِنَا وَ تَفْضِيْلِنَا
وَ سُؤْدَدِنَا وَ شَرَفِنَا
وَ مَجْدِنَا وَ نَعْمَاۤئِنَا
وَ كَرَامَتِنَا فِيْ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
وَ لَا تَنْقُصْ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا
اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ مَا اَعْطَيْتَنَا مِنْ عَطَاۤءٍ
اَوْ فَضَّلْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ فَضِيْلَةٍ
اَوْ اَكْرَمْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ كَرَامَةٍ
فَاَعْطِنَا مَعَهُ شُكْرًا يَقْهَرُهُ وَ يَدْمَغُهُ
وَ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا صَاعِدًا فِيْ رِضْوَانِكَ
وَ فِيْ حَسَنَاتِنَا وَ سُؤْدَدِنَا
وَ شَرَفِنَا وَ نَعْمَاۤئِكَ [نَعْمَاۤئِنَا]
وَ كَرَامَتِكَ [كَرَامَتِنَا] فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
[اللّٰهُمَ] وَ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ لَنَا اَشَرًا وَ لَا بَطَرًا
وَ لَا فِتْنَةً وَ لَا مَقْتًا
وَ لَا عَذَابًا وَ لَا خِزْيًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّا نَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَثْرَةِ اللِّسَانِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ لَقِّنَا حَسَنَاتِنَا فِي الْمَمَاتِ
وَ لَا تُرِنَا اَعْمَالَنَا حَسَرَاتٍ
وَ لَا تُخْزِنَا عِنْدَ قَضَاۤئِكَ
وَ لَا تَفْضَحْنَا بِسَيِّئَاتِنَا يَوْمَ نَلْقَاكَ
وَ اجْعَلْ قُلُوْبَنَا تَذْكُرُكَ وَ لَا تَنْسَاكَ
وَ تَخْشَاكَ كَاَنَّهَا تَرَاكَ حَتّٰى نَلْقَاكَ
وَ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ بَدِّلْ سَيِّئَاتِنَا حَسَنَاتٍ
وَ اجْعَلْ حَسَنَاتِنَا دَرَجَاتٍ
وَ اجْعَلْ دَرَجَاتِنَا غُرُفَاتٍ
وَ اجْعَلْ غُرُفَاتِنَا عَالِيَاتٍ۔
اَللّٰهُمَّ وَ اَوْسِعْ لِفَقِيْرِنَا
مِنْ سَعَةِ مَا قَضَيْتَ عَلٰى نَفْسِكَ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ مُنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِالْهُدٰى مَا اَبْقَيْتَنَا
وَ الْكَرَامَةِ مَا اَحْيَيْتَنَا
وَ الْكَرَامَةِ [وَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ] اِذَا تَوَفَّيْتَنَا
وَ الْحِفْظِ فِيْمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِنَا
وَ الْبَرَكَةِ فِيْمَا رَزَقْتَنَا
وَ الْعَوْنِ عَلٰى مَا حَمَّلْتَنَا
وَ الثَّبَاتِ عَلٰى مَا طَوَّقْتَنَا
وَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا بِظُلْمِنَا
وَ لَا تُقَايِسْنَا بِجَهْلِنَا
وَ لَا تَسْتَدْرِجْنَا بِخَطَايَانَا
وَ اجْعَلْ اَحْسَنَ مَا نَقُوْلُ ثَابِتًا فِيْ قُلُوْبِنَا
وَ اجْعَلْنَا عُظَمَاۤءَ عِنْدَكَ
وَ اَذِلَّةً فِيْ اَنْفُسِنَا
وَ انْفَعْنَا بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنَا
وَ زِدْنَا عِلْمًا نَافِعًا
وَ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ
وَ مِنْ عَيْنٍ لَا تَدْمَعُ
وَ مِنْ صَلٰوةٍ لَا تُقْبَلُ
اَجِرْنَا مِنْ سُوۤءِ الْفِتَنِ
يَا وَلِيَّ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ۔
In Misbah alZa’ir, Sayyid Ibn Tawus has mentioned another supplication that is advisably said after Ziyarah of Imam ‘Ali (‘a). As a matter of fact, this supplication is the same as the supplicatory prayer known as Du’a’ ‘Alqamah (also known as Du’a’ Safwan), which will be cited in this book immediately after the famous Ziyarah of ‘Ashura’. This supplicatory prayer begins with this statement:
يَا اَللهُ يَا اَللهُ يَا اَللهُ
O Allah! O Allah! O Allah! O He who gives answer to the cries of the persecuted...
It is also recommended to visit the head of Imam alHusayn (‘a) from the tomb of Imam ‘Ali (‘a). In the two books of alWasa’il and alMustadrak, an entire chapter has been dedicated to mentioning the forms of such Ziyarah.