Al-Kāfi

8ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ إِذَا شَكَوْا إِلَيْهِ الْبَرَاغِيثَ أَنَّهَا تُؤْذِيهِمْ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَخَذَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَضْجَعَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ أَيُّهَا الأسْوَدُ الْوَثَّابُ الَّذِي لا يُبَالِي غَلَقاً وَلا بَاباً عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ أَلا تُؤْذِيَنِي وَأَصْحَابِي إِلَى أَنْ يَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلُ وَيَجِي‏ءَ الصُّبْحُ بِمَا جَاءَ وَالَّذِي نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَى أَنْ يَئُوبَ الصُّبْحُ مَتَى مَا آبَ.

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu al-Hassan (a.s.) who has said the following: “During certain expeditions people complained before the Messenger of Allah against fleas that irritated them. He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘When going into your bed say, “O black jumping thing that does not stop by the barrier or door I ask you by the original Book, do not irritate me and my companions until the night passes and morning comes with whatever it will bring along.’” The narrator has said, ‘As we know the last part of this Hadith has the following expression: ‘Until morning comes back when it is the time to come back.’”

9ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِذَا لَقِيتَ السَّبُعَ فَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ دَانِيَالَ وَالْجُبِّ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ أَسَدٍ مُسْتَأْسِدٍ.

9. Ali ibn has narrated from ibn Jumhur from his father from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said, ‘If you come face to face with a beast say, ‘I seek protection with the Lord of Daniel and the well against the evil of all powerful lions.” Note: Daniel was thrown in a well with wild beasts but they did not harm him.

10ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَسْأَلُهُ عُوذَةً لِلرِّيَاحِ الَّتِي تَعْرِضُ لِلصِّبْيَانِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِخَطِّهِ بِهَاتَيْنِ الْعُوذَتَيْنِ وَزَعَمَ صَالِحٌ أَنَّهُ أَنْفَذَهُمَا إِلَيَّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِخَطِّهِ الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ الله الله أَكْبَرُ الله أَكْبَرُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله وَلا رَبَّ لِي إِلا الله لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ سُبْحَانَ الله مَا شَاءَ الله كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ يَشَأْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اللهمَّ ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإكْرَامِ رَبَّ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّى إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأسْبَاطِ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ مَعَ مَا عَدَّدْتَ مِنْ آيَاتِكَ وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ وَبِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ وَبِأَنَّكَ رَبُّ النَّاسِ كُنْتَ قَبْلَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَأَنْتَ بَعْدَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تُمْسِكُ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الأرْضِ إِلا بِإِذْنِكَ وَبِكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ الَّتِي تُحْيِي بِهِ الْمَوْتَى أَنْ تُجِيرَ عَبْدَكَ فُلاناً مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأرْضِ وَمَا يَلِجُ فِيهَا وَسَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَيْضاً بِخَطِّهِ بِسْمِ الله وَبِالله وَإِلَى الله وَكَمَا شَاءَ الله وَأُعِيذُهُ بِعِزَّةِ الله وَجَبَرُوتِ الله وَقُدْرَةِ الله وَمَلَكُوتِ الله هَذَا الْكِتَابُ مِنَ الله شِفَاءٌ لِفُلانِ بْنِ فُلانٍ ابْنِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنِ أَمَتِكَ عَبْدَيِ الله صَلَّى الله عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ.

10. Muhammad ibn Ja’far abu al-‘Abbas has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Salih ibn Sa’id from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Harun who wrote to abu Ja’iar (a.s.) asking for a supplication for protection of children against bothering gasses: “The Imam wrote in his own hand writing the following supplications for protection and Salih thought that the Imam had sent them to Ibrahim: ‘Allah is greater than can be described, Allah is greater than can be described, Allah is greater than can be described. I testify that no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah. I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Allah is greater than can be described. Allah is greater than can be described. No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah. No one is my Lord, except Allah, to Him belongs the kingdom, all praise belongs to Him and He has no partner. Allah is free of all defects. As Allah willed it was, whatever He did not will did not come into being. O Lord, the Possessor of glory and magnanimity. Lord of Moses, Jesus and Ibrahim who fulfilled his duty, Lord of Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub and the tribes, no one deserves to be worshipped except You. I glorify You by means of Your signs that You have shown, by means of Your greatness, and by means of the facts with which the prophets pleaded before You for help that You are Lord of the people, that You were before everything and that You will be after everything, I plead before You through Your name with which You hold the skies from falling on earth except by Your permission, through Your perfect words with which You bring the dead to life, grant protection to Your servant so and so against the evil of whatever comes down from the sky and whatever goes up into the sky, whatever comes out of the earth and whatever enters into it, peace be with the messengers, all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.’ “He also wrote in his own handwriting, ‘In the name of Allah, with (the help of) Allah, to Allah, and as Allah wills, I seek protection (from Allah) for him with the majesty of Allah, with the might of Allah, with the power of Allah, with the possession of Allah, this writing is cure from Allah for so and so, son of male and female, two servants of Allah, O Allah, bestow al- Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family.’”

11ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ يَحْيَى الْكَاهِلِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِذَا لَقِيتَ السَّبُعَ فَاقْرَأْ فِي وَجْهِهِ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَقُلْ لَهُ عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِعَزِيمَةِ الله وَعَزِيمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَعَزِيمَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَعَزِيمَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَالأئِمَّةِ الطَّاهِرِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْكَ إِنْ شَاءَ الله قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَإِذَا السَّبُعُ قَدِ اعْتَرَضَ فَعَزَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِلا تَنَحَّيْتَ عَنْ طَرِيقِنَا وَلَمْ تُؤْذِنَا قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَدْ طَأْطَأَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأَدْخَلَ ذَنَبَهُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَانْصَرَفَ.

11. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Ali from Ali ibn Muhammad from ‘Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kahili who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Whenever you may come face to face with a wild beast, read verse 255 of Chapter 2 of the Holy Quran to its face and say, “I swear you by the oath of Allah, the oath of Muhammad (a.s.) the oath of Solomon son of David, the oath of Amir al-Mu’Mini, Ali ibn abu Talib and A ’immah, the clean ones (of all sins), after the Holy Prophet.” The beast will turn away from you by the will of Allah.’ I (the narrator) went out and a wild beast came face to face with me. I then swore it and said to it to turn and move out of the way without harming me. I looked at the beast, who had bent his head down, with the tail between the two legs and turned away.’”

12ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ فِي دُبُرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ أَسْتَوْدِعُ الله الْعَظِيمَ الْجَلِيلَ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَوُلْدِي وَمَنْ يَعْنِينِي أَمْرُهُ وَأَسْتَوْدِعُ الله الْمَرْهُوبَ الْمَخُوفَ الْمُتَضَعْضِعَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَوُلْدِي وَمَنْ يَعْنِينِي أَمْرُهُ حُفَّ بِجَنَاحٍ مِنْ أَجْنِحَةِ جَبْرَئِيلَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَحُفِظَ فِي نَفْسِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ.

12. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from la’ far ibn Muhammad from Yunus from certain individuals of our people from abu al- Jarud from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Whoever, after an obligatory prayer, says, ‘Under the trust of Allah, the Great, the Most Glorious, I place myself, family, children and all those whose affairs concern me, under the trust of Allah, whose Greatness is awesome, frightful and unapproachable, I place myself, family, children and all those whose affairs concern me,’ he will be guarded under the wing of Jibril (Gabriel), his person, family and belongings will be protected.’”

13ـ عَنْهُ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ مَنْ بَاتَ فِي دَارٍ وَبَيْتٍ وَحْدَهُ فَلْيَقْرَأْ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَلْيَقُلِ اللهمَّ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَتِي وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى وَحْدَتِي.

13. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) in a marfu ’ manner from the Imam (a.s.) who has said the following: “If one sleeps alone in a house he should read verse 255 of Chapter 2 of the Holy Quran and say, ‘O Lord, calm down my anxiety, change my concern into peace and assist me in my loneliness.’”

14ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) يَا عَلِيُّ أَ لا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا وَقَعْتَ فِي وَرْطَةٍ أَوْ بَلِيَّةٍ فَقُلْ بِسْمِ الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِالله الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَصْرِفُ بِهَا عَنْكَ مَا يَشَاءُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْبَلاءِ.

14. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Yazid ibn Murrah from Bukayr who has said the following: “I heard Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) saying, ‘The Messenger of Allah once said to me, “O Ali I should instruct you with the words that you should say in a troublesome condition or a misfortune: ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. There are no means and no power without Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will divert away from you through these words, many kinds of misfortune as He wills.’”

قَالَ : كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَدْعُو عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ كِتَابِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُتَوَحِّدُ بِالْقُدْرَةِ وَ اَلسُّلْطَانِ اَلْمَتِينِ وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُتَعَالِي بِالْعِزِّ وَ اَلْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ فَوْقَ اَلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَ اَلْعَرْشِ اَلْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ اَلْمُكْتَفِي بِعِلْمِكَ وَ اَلْمُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ ذِي عِلْمٍ رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ يَا مُنْزِلَ اَلْآيَاتِ وَ اَلذِّكْرِ اَلْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا فَلَكَ اَلْحَمْدُ بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنَا مِنَ اَلْحِكْمَةِ وَ اَلْقُرْآنِ اَلْعَظِيمِ اَلْمُبِينِ اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَنَاهُ قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا فِي تَعَلُّمِهِ وَ اِخْتَصَصْتَنَا بِهِ قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا بِنَفْعِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مَنّاً مِنْكَ وَ فَضْلاً وَ جُوداً وَ لُطْفاً بِنَا وَ رَحْمَةً لَنَا وَ اِمْتِنَاناً عَلَيْنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلِنَا وَ لاَ حِيلَتِنَا وَ لاَ قُوَّتِنَا اَللَّهُمَّ فَحَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا حُسْنَ تِلاَوَتِهِ وَ حِفْظَ آيَاتِهِ وَ إِيمَاناً بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ وَ عَمَلاً بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَ سَبَباً فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ وَ هُدًى فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ وَ بَصِيرَةً بِنُورِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا أَنْزَلْتَهُ شِفَاءً لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ شَقَاءً عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ وَ عَمًى عَلَى أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ نُوراً لِأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ اَللَّهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْهُ لَنَا حِصْناً مِنْ عَذَابِكَ وَ حِرْزاً مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ حَاجِزاً عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَ عِصْمَةً مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ دَلِيلاً عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ نَلْقَاكَ نَسْتَضِيءُ بِهِ فِي خَلْقِكَ وَ نَجُوزُ بِهِ عَلَى صِرَاطِكَ وَ نَهْتَدِي بِهِ إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ اَلشِّقْوَةِ فِي حَمْلِهِ وَ اَلْعَمَى عَنْ عَمَلِهِ وَ اَلْجَوْرِ عَنْ حُكْمِهِ وَ اَلْعُلُوِّ عَنْ قَصْدِهِ وَ اَلتَّقْصِيرِ دُونَ حَقِّهِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِحْمِلْ عَنَّا ثِقْلَهُ وَ أَوْجِبْ لَنَا أَجْرَهُ وَ أَوْزِعْنَا شُكْرَهُ وَ اِجْعَلْنَا نُرَاعِيهِ وَ نَحْفَظُهُ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْنَا نَتَّبِعُ حَلاَلَهُ وَ نَجْتَنِبُ حَرَامَهُ وَ نُقِيمُ حُدُودَهُ وَ نُؤَدِّي فَرَائِضَهُ اَللَّهُمَّ اُرْزُقْنَا حَلاَوَةً فِي تِلاَوَتِهِ وَ نَشَاطاً فِي قِيَامِهِ وَ وَجِلاً فِي تَرْتِيلِهِ وَ قُوَّةً فِي اِسْتِعْمَالِهِ فِي آنَاءِ اَللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافِ اَلنَّهَارِ اَللَّهُمَّ وَ اِشْفِنَا مِنَ اَلنَّوْمِ بِالْيَسِيرِ وَ أَيْقِظْنَا فِي سَاعَةِ اَللَّيْلِ مِنْ رُقَادِ اَلرَّاقِدِينَ وَ نَبِّهْنَا عِنْدَ اَلْأَحَايِينِ اَلَّتِي يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا اَلدُّعَاءُ مِنْ سِنَةِ اَلْوَسْنَانِينَ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْ لِقُلُوبِنَا ذَكَاءً عِنْدَ عَجَائِبِهِ اَلَّتِي لاَ تَنْقَضِي وَ لَذَاذَةً عِنْدَ تَرْدِيدِهِ وَ عِبْرَةً عِنْدَ تَرْجِيعِهِ وَ نَفْعاً بَيِّناً عِنْدَ اِسْتِفْهَامِهِ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ تَخَلُّفِهِ فِي قُلُوبِنَا وَ تَوَسُّدِهِ عِنْدَ رُقَادِنَا وَ نَبْذِهِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِنَا وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَسَاوَةِ قُلُوبِنَا لِمَا بِهِ وَعَظْتَنَا اَللَّهُمَّ اِنْفَعْنَا بِمَا صَرَفْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ اَلْآيَاتِ وَ ذَكِّرْنَا بِمَا ضَرَبْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ اَلْمَثُلاَتِ وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ اَلسَّيِّئَاتِ وَ ضَاعِفْ لَنَا بِهِ جَزَاءً فِي اَلْحَسَنَاتِ وَ اِرْفَعْنَا بِهِ ثَوَاباً فِي اَلدَّرَجَاتِ وَ لَقِّنَا بِهِ اَلْبُشْرَى بَعْدَ اَلْمَمَاتِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا زَاداً تُقَوِّينَا بِهِ فِي اَلْمَوْقِفِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ طَرِيقاً وَاضِحاً نَسْلُكُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ وَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً نَشْكُرُ بِهِ نَعْمَاءَكَ وَ تَخَشُّعاً صَادِقاً نُسَبِّحُ بِهِ أَسْمَاءَكَ فَإِنَّكَ اِتَّخَذْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا حُجَّةً قَطَعْتَ بِهِ عُذْرَنَا وَ اِصْطَنَعْتَ بِهِ عِنْدَنَا نِعْمَةً قَصُرَ عَنْهَا شُكْرُنَا اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا وَلِيّاً يُثَبِّتُنَا مِنَ اَلزَّلَلِ وَ دَلِيلاً يَهْدِينَا لِصَالِحِ اَلْعَمَلِ وَ عَوْناً هَادِياً يُقَوِّمُنَا مِنَ اَلْمَيْلِ وَ عَوْناً يُقَوِّينَا مِنَ اَلْمَلَلِ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ بِنَا أَفْضَلَ اَلْأَمَلِ اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا شَافِعاً يَوْمَ اَللِّقَاءِ وَ سِلاَحاً يَوْمَ اَلاِرْتِقَاءِ وَ حَجِيجاً يَوْمَ اَلْقَضَاءِ وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ اَلظَّلْمَاءِ يَوْمَ لاَ أَرْضَ وَ لاَ سَمَاءَ يَوْمَ يُجْزَى كُلُّ سَاعٍ بِمَا سَعَى اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا رَيّاً يَوْمَ اَلظَّمَإِ وَ فَوْزاً يَوْمَ اَلْجَزَاءِ مِنْ نَارٍ حَامِيَةٍ قَلِيلَةِ اَلْبُقْيَا عَلَى مَنْ بِهَا اِصْطَلَى وَ بِحَرِّهَا تَلَظَّى اَللَّهُمَّ اِجْعَلْهُ لَنَا بُرْهَاناً عَلَى رُءُوسِ اَلْمَلَإِ يَوْمَ يُجْمَعُ فِيهِ أَهْلُ اَلْأَرْضِ وَ أَهْلُ اَلسَّمَاءِ اَللَّهُمَّ اُرْزُقْنَا مَنَازِلَ اَلشُّهَدَاءِ وَ عَيْشَ اَلسُّعَدَاءِ وَ مُرَافَقَةَ اَلْأَنْبِيَاءِ «إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ اَلدُّعٰاءِ» 

1. He [mursal = trasmitter] said: “Abū ‘Abdillāh (‘a.s.) used to supplicate thus when reading the Book of Allāh, to Whom belong Might and Majesty: ‘O Allāh! Our Lord! All praise is due to You – You are the Only One with power and firm authority. And all praise is due to You – You are the Exalted with might and grandeur above the heavens and the Great Throne. Our Lord! All praise is due to You – You suffice with Your knowledge whereas all those who possess knowledge need You. Our Lord! All praise is due to You, O revealer of signs and the Great Reminder. Our Lord! All praise be to You for what You have taught us of wisdom and the Manifest, Glorious Qur’ān. O Allāh, You taught it to us before we sought to learn it and selected us before we sought to benefit from it. O Allāh, if this was a blessing from You and a bounty, a generosity, a kindness to us, a mercy upon us and a favour to us without our having strived or attempted [to acquire it] or exerted [any effort], then O Allāh make dear to us its beautiful recitation, the memorization of its verses, belief in its allegorical verses, action upon its clear verses, insight into its esoteric meanings, guidance in understanding its application and illumination from its light. “’O Allāh, just as You have revealed it to be a cure for Your friends, a misery for Your enemies, a blindness for the people who disobey You and a light for those who obey You, O Allāh make it [also] a fortress for us from Your chastisement, a sanctuary from Your wrath, a barrier from Your disobedience, a protection from Your anger, a guide towards Your obedience, and a light on the day we meet You by which we may be get illumination among Your creation, cross over Your bridge and get guidance to Your Paradise. O Allāh, we seek refuge with You from wretchedness in bearing it [without reading it], blindness from its knowledge, transgressing its commands, overstepping its limits and falling short of its rights. O Allāh, help us bear its heaviness, make us deserving of its reward, inspire us to be grateful for it, and make us care for it and preserve it. O Allāh, assist us to follow it in what it describes as lawful, eschew what it classifies as forbidden, establish its boundaries and fulfill its obligations. “’O Allāh grant us joy in its recitation, energy in establishing it, fear [of You] in its recital and strength in employing it during the darkness of night and light of day. O Allāh, enable us to suffice with little sleep and wake us during the night from the slumber of the sleepers, and awaken us during the moments wherein supplication is accepted from the drowsiness of the somnolent. O Allāh, make our hearts astute in encountering its wonders that never cease, delighted when we repeat it, take lessons when we review it, and gain clear benefit when we seek its understanding. O Allāh, we seek refuge with You from its relegation in our hearts, from leaving it aside as we sleep and from casting it behind our backs. We seek refuge with You from the hardness of our hearts towards Your advice for us in it. O Allāh, benefit us with what You have stated in Your verses and remind us with what You have mentioned of parables, and through its interpretation, cover up our sins and multiply our reward; and raise our station through it, and receive us with glad tidings after we die. O Allāh, make it a provision that strengthens us as we stand beforeYou, and a clear path that we can follow to reach You, and a beneficial knowledge by which we may express gratitude for Your blessings, and a true humility by which we may glorify Your names, for indeed You have taken it as a proof against us and have severed our excuse by it. You have made it such a blessing for us that our gratitude for it always falls short. O Allāh, make it a guardian for us that keeps us steadfast from lapses, a guide towards the best of actions, a guiding helper that protects us from straying and a supporter that strengthens us against ennui until it makes us attain the loftiest of [our] hopes. “’O Allāh, make it a intercessor for us on the Day of Meeting, and a weapon on the Day of Elevation, and a witness for us on the Day of Judgement, and a light on the Day of Darkness – the day when there is no earth and no sky, the day when every striver will be rewarded for what he strove. O Allāh, make it a quenching for us on the Day of Thirst, and a [means of] success for us on the Day of Recompense from the blazing Fire which has little compassion for those who burn in its inferno. O Allāh, make it an evidence for us before all the people on the day when the inhabitants of the earth and the heavens are gathered. O Allāh, grant us the station of the martyrs, the life of the felicitous, and the company of the Prophets ‒ indeed You hear all supplications.’”

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ تَقُولُ اللهمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلِ الْعِبَادُ مِثْلَكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ وَصَفِيِّكَ وَمُوسَى كَلِيمِكَ وَنَجِيِّكَ وَعِيسَى كَلِمَتِكَ وَرُوحِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِصُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَتَوْرَاةِ مُوسَى وَزَبُورِ دَاوُدَ وَإِنْجِيلِ عِيسَى وَقُرْآنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَبِكُلِّ وَحْيٍ أَوْحَيْتَهُ وَقَضَاءٍ أَمْضَيْتَهُ وَحَقٍّ قَضَيْتَهُ وَغَنِيٍّ أَغْنَيْتَهُ وَضَالٍّ هَدَيْتَهُ وَسَائِلٍ أَعْطَيْتَهُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي وَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى اللَّيْلِ فَأَظْلَمَ وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي وَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى النَّهَارِ فَاسْتَنَارَ وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي وَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ فَاسْتَقَرَّتْ وَدَعَمْتَ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَاسْتَقَلَّتْ وَوَضَعْتَهُ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ فَرَسَتْ وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي بَثَثْتَ بِهِ الأرْزَاقَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تُحْيِي بِهِ الْمَوْتَى وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ عَرْشِكَ وَمُنْتَهَى الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَنْ تَرْزُقَنِي حِفْظَ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَصْنَافَ الْعِلْمِ وَأَنْ تُثَبِّتَهَا فِي قَلْبِي وَسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَأَنْ تُخَالِطَ بِهَا لَحْمِي وَدَمِي وَعِظَامِي وَمُخِّي وَتَسْتَعْمِلَ بِهَا لَيْلِي وَنَهَارِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِكَ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ قَالَ وَفِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ زِيَادَةُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي دَعَاكَ بِهِ عِبَادُكَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَجَبْتَ لَهُمْ وَأَنْبِيَاؤُكَ فَغَفَرْتَ لَهُمْ وَرَحِمْتَهُمْ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كُتُبِكَ وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي اسْتَقَرَّ بِهِ عَرْشُكَ وَبِاسْمِكَ الْوَاحِدِ الأحَدِ الْفَرْدِ الْوَتْرِ الْمُتَعَالِ الَّذِي يَمْلأ الأرْكَانَ كُلَّهَا الطَّاهِرِ الطُّهْرِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمُقَدَّسِ الْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ نُورِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْكَبِيرِ الْمُتَعَالِ وَكِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ بِالْحَقِّ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّاتِ وَنُورِكَ التَّامِّ وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ وَأَرْكَانِكَ. وَقَالَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوعِيَهُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْعِلْمَ فَلْيَكْتُبْ هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ فِي إِنَاءٍ نَظِيفٍ بِعَسَلٍ مَاذِيٍّ ثُمَّ يَغْسِلُهُ بِمَاءِ الْمَطَرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمَسَّ الأرْضَ وَيَشْرَبُهُ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ عَلَى الرِّيقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْفَظُ ذَلِكَ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from those whom he has mentioned (in his book) from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Aban ibn Taghlib from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has, when pleading for help to memorize the Holy Quran, said that one should say, ‘O Lord, I plead before You and Your servants have never pleaded before anyone who could be like You. I plead before You through Muhammad, Your prophet, and messenger, Ibrahim, Your friend and chosen one, Moses, the party to Your conversation and whisper, Jesus, Your word and spirit, I plead before You through the books of Ibrahim, the Torah of Moses, Zabur of Dawud, Injil of Jesus, the Holy Quran of Muhammad (a.s.) and through every inspiration and revelation that You have made, determinations that You have approved, the right that You fulfilled, those whom You have made rich, the straying that You have guided, the beggars to whom You have given charity, I plead before You through Your name that You place on the night to become dark, through Your name that You place on the day to become bright, through Your name that You place on earth to settle, in the heavens to hold as pillars and in the mountains to stand firm. I plead before You through Your name with which You spread the sustenance, through Your name with which You bring the dead to life, I plead before You through the bond of majesty of Your Throne, the limits of Your mercy and kindness from Your book, I plead before You to bestow al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, to confer upon me memorization of the Holy Quran and varieties of knowledge, to establish it firmly in my heart, my hearing, and my sight and mix it with my flesh, blood, bone marrow and make me benefit thereby in my nights and days, through Your kindness and power; there are no means and no power without You, O the Living, the Guardian.’” In another Hadith additionally it is said, “I plead before You, through Your name with which Your servants whose prayer is accepted prayed and Your prophets, then You forgave them and showed them kindness. I plead before You with everyone of Your names that You have revealed in Your books, with Your name with which Your Throne stood up in place, with Your one name, the only, the single and the sole one, the Most High that fills up all corners, the purifying, the pure, the blessing, the Holy, the Living, the Guardian, the light of the heavens and earth, the Beneficent, the Merciful, the Great, the Most High, and Your revealed book with the truth, Your perfect words. Your fill light, with Your greatness and strength.” In another Hadith the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Whoever wants Allah to make him a container (proper follower of the guidance) of the Holy Quran and knowledge should write this supplication in a clean pot with white honey then wash it with rain water before reaching the earth and drink it for three days before breakfast, it will help him memorize the Holy Quran by the will of Allah.’”

2ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) أُعَلِّمُكَ دُعَاءً لا تَنْسَى الْقُرْآنَ اللهمَّ ارْحَمْنِي بِتَرْكِ مَعَاصِيكَ أَبَداً مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِي وَارْحَمْنِي مِنْ تَكَلُّفِ مَا لا يَعْنِينِي وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ الْمَنْظَرِ فِيمَا يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي وَأَلْزِمْ قَلْبِي حِفْظَ كِتَابِكَ كَمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَارْزُقْنِي أَنْ أَتْلُوَهُ عَلَى النَّحْوِ الَّذِي يُرْضِيكَ عَنِّي اللهمَّ نَوِّرْ بِكِتَابِكَ بَصَرِي وَاشْرَحْ بِهِ صَدْرِي وَفَرِّحْ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَأَطْلِقْ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْ بِهِ بَدَنِي وَقَوِّنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَأَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِ إِنَّهُ لا مُعِينَ عَلَيْهِ إِلا أَنْتَ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ. قَالَ وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ وَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ الأعْوَرِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام).

2. And from him (Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid) from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa in a marfu' manner to Amir al-Mu’minin (as) that Rasulullah (sw) said: "I will teach you a supplication (dua) that will make you not forget the Qur'an: 'Oh Allah have mercy on me by abstaining [me] from your disobedience for as long as you keep me [alive]. Have mercy on me from the burden of what does not concern me. Grant me a good outlook of that which will make you pleased with me. Hold my heart to memorising your scripture as you have taught [it to] me. Grant me [the ability] to recite it in a way that makes You pleased of me. Oh Allah, give light, with your scripture, to my vision and open my chest with it. Make my heart rejoice with it, loosen my tongue with it, free my tongue for it, make my body work for it, strengthen me for that and assist me upon it. Indeed, there is no helper for it except You. There is no god but You.' And some of our companions have narrated it from Walid ibn Sabih from Hafs al-'Awar from Abi 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as).