LAST NIGHT OF SHABAN & 1ST NIGHT OF RAMADHAN

Shaykh al-Tusi has narrated on the authority of Harith ibn Mughirah al-Nadri on the authority of Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) who used to say the following supplicatory prayer at the last night of Sha’ban and the first night of Ramadan:

O Allah, this blessed month

in which the Qur'an was revealed

and was made guidance for people

and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right and wrong),

has commenced.

So, (please) keep us out of blemish during it,

keep it sound for us,

and receive it from us with means of easiness and good health from You.

O He Who has accepted the little (deed) and thanked for the much,

(please) accept from me the little (deed).

O Allah, I beseech You

to make for me a path to every decency,

and to make for me a barrier against everything that You do not like.

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

O He Who has pardoned me and overlooked the misdeeds that I have committed secretly!

O He Who has not punished me for my committing acts of disobedience to Him!

I seek Your pardon, I seek Your pardon, I seek Your pardon, O All-generous!

O my God, You advised me, but I have not followed Your advice

and You rebuked me for violating that which You have deemed forbidden, but I have not stopped.

Now, what is my excuse?

So, (please) pardon me, O All-generous!

I seek Your pardon, I seek Your pardon!

O Allah, I beseech You

for rest at death

and for pardon at calling to account.

Great is the sin of Your servant;

so, let Your overlooking him be excellent.

O He Who is worth being feared and is worth forgiving!

I seek Your pardon, I seek Your pardon.

O Allah, I am Your servant and the son of Your servant and Your she-servant

and I am weak and in need for Your mercy;

while You are the Pourer of wealth and bless on the servants (of You),

You are omnipotent and full of power,

You have recorded all their (i.e. Your servants) deeds,

decided the sustenance of each one them,

and made them of different languages and colors

in different stages of creation.

Your servants can never attain Your knowledge

and Your servants can never recognize the real estimate that is due to You.

All of us are needy for Your mercy.

So, (please) do not turn Your Face away from me

and include me with the virtuous creatures of You

in deeds, hopes,

and Your decisions (for me).

O Allah, (please) keep me alive in the best manner of living,

decide for me to die in the best manner of death keeping loyal to Your representatives,

incurring the enmity of Your enemies,

keeping desiring for You, fearing from You,

and submitting to You, being loyal to You, complying with You,

believing in Your Book,

and following Your Prophet’s instructions.

O Allah, as for whatever I bear in my heart,

including suspicion, doubt,

denial, despair,

(excessive) joy, lavish expenditure or recklessness,

pride, arrogance, ostentation,

discord, hypocrisy,

unbelief, licentiousness, disobedience,

conceit, or anything else that You do not like;

I thus beseech You, O my Lord, to substitute all that with belief in Your promise,

fulfillment of my covenant to You,

satisfaction with what You decide for me,

indifference to the worldly pleasures,

desire for that which You have,

altruism, tranquility,

and sincere repentance.

I beseech You for all that, O Lord of the worlds!

O my God, because You are so forbearing, You are disobeyed as if You are not present,

and because You are so generous and magnanimous, You are obeyed as if You have not been disobeyed at all.

Both those who have not disobeyed You and I are the inhabitants of Your lands;

so, (please) confer magnanimously upon us with Your favors

and always refer to us with Your goodness.

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

May Allah bless Muhammad and his Household withendless blessings

that are innumerable, uncountable,

and none can do it save You.

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!