Dua for first night of Ramadhan (Imam Sadiq)
O Allah: verily, this blessed month, in which the Quran 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,
and 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 worthy of being feared and is worthy of forgiving; I seek Your pardon, I seek Your pardon.
I 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;
and You are the Pourer of wealth and bless on the servants (of You),
and You are omnipotent and full of power;
as You have recorded all their (i.e. Your servants) deeds,
and You have decided the sustenance of each one them,
and You have 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
and 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,
and decide for me to die in the best manner of death keeping loyal to Your representatives,
and incurring the enmity of Your enemies,
and keeping desiring for You and fearing from You,
and submission, faithfulness, and compliance with You,
and keeping belief in Your Book
and following Your Prophet’s instructions.
O Allah: as for whatever I bear in my heart,
including suspicion or doubt
or denial or despair
or (excessive) joy or lavish expenditure or recklessness
or pride or arrogance or ostentation
or discord or hypocrisy
or unbelief or licentiousness or disobedience
or 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
and fulfilling of my covenant to You
and satisfaction with what You decide for me
and indifference to the worldly pleasures
and desire for that which You have
and altruism and tranquility and sincere repentance;
I beseech You for all that, O the 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 the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.
May Allah bless Muhammad and his Household with endless blessings
that are innumerable, uncountable, and none can do it save You,