دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ السَّتْرِ وَ الْوِقَايَةِ


Supplication in Asking for Covering and Protection

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،


O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَـرَامَتِـكَ،


spread for me the bed of Thy honour,

وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِـكَ،


bring me to the wateringholes of Thy mercy,

وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ،


set me down in the midst of Thy Garden,

وَلاَ تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ،


stamp me not with rejection by Thee,

وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي بِـالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْـكَ،


deprive me not through disappointment by Thee,

وَلاَ تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَـا اجْتَرَحْتُ،


settle not accounts with me for what I have committed,

وَلاَ تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ،


make no reckoning with me for what I have earned,

وَلا تُـبْرِزْ مَكْتُوْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي،


display not what I have hidden, expose not what I have covered over,

وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزانِ الأنْصَافِ عَمَلِي،


weigh not my works on the scales of fairness,

وَلاَ تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلاَءِ خَبَـرِي.


and make not my tidings known to the eyes of the crowd!

أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَاراً،


Conceal from them everything whose unfolding would shame me

وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِنْدَكَ شَنَاراً،


and roll up before them all which would join me to disgrace with Thee!

شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ،


Ennoble my degree through Thy good pleasure,

وَأكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ،


perfect my honour through Thy forgiveness,

وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ،


rank me among the companions of the right hand,

وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الآمِنِينَ،


direct me to the roads of the secure,

وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ،


place me in the throng of the triumphant,

وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ،


and through me let the sessions of the righteous thrive!

آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .


Amen, Lord of the worlds!