BB00182: Du’a’a’l-Vahhabiyya

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate

O my God! I bear witness before Thee, with Thy testimony to Thine Own Self, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, with no partner. Thou hast ever been in the state of pre-existence; none can know Thee as Thou art, for Thou art One, and none can describe Thee as Thou art, for Thou art the Eternal One. Thy Being hath ever been concealed in Thine Essence and Identity, and shall forever remain hidden in Thine Identity. No attributes in all creation can describe Thee, nor can knowledge of Thee be attained therein, for Thou hast ever been unassociated with anything, and nothing hath existed beside Thee, and now Thou art as Thou hast ever been.

Glorified and exalted art Thou! Those who attribute positive qualities to Thine Essence while negating their opposites have not truly known Thee, for attributes, by their very nature in their own realm, are distinct from that which they describe.

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I love Thee and worship Thee though I have neither the power nor the knowledge to do so as befitteth Thee. Glorified and exalted art Thou! Thy Reality is sanctified and Thine Identity is exalted above being known by anyone through anything save Thine Own Essence, and mighty is Thine Identity.

Glorified, glorified art Thou, as Thou lovest for Thyself, above all that Thy knowledge encompasseth, and I am of those who believe in this before Thee. And I bear witness to Muhammad, Thy Beloved, may Thy blessings be upon him and his family, as becometh Thee, for Thou hast made him the manifestation of Thy revelation in every circumstance, in origination through divine decree and in destiny through execution, and none knoweth this save Thee.

Therefore, O God, bless him as he bore Thy revelation, delivered Thy message, showed patience in Thy path, and was content with Thy decree, according to the might and power Thou hast over him. And bestow Thy peace, O God, upon his chosen successors: Ali, Hassan, Hussein, Ali, Muhammad, Ja’far, Musa, Ali, Muhammad, Ali, Hassan, and the Proof, the Qaim—Thy blessings be upon them with all Thy signs and bestowals, for they delivered what they were charged with of Thy wisdom, and by virtue of what Thou hast ordained regarding their rights, which none knoweth save Thee.

O God! Bestow Thy blessings upon the daughter of Thy beloved one, Fatima the Radiant, and upon her mother Khadija the Great, by virtue of Thy might, power, oneness and divinity. Verily, Thou art the Most High, the Great. And I bear witness, O my God, on behalf of the followers of the family of God—peace be upon them—including the Prophets, the Trustees, the Martyrs and the Righteous ones, to that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. I believe in naught save what Thou lovest, and Thou sufficeth as a witness over me. And I testify that among the branches of the religion of Muhammad—Thy blessings be upon them—with Thee has been faith in Thy Book and adherence to Thy commandments, including prayer, almsgiving, fasting, pilgrimage, payment of the Right of God, holy war, love of goodness and hatred of evil. Therefore forgive me, O God, and those whom Thou lovest, for our shortcomings in fulfilling Thy ordinances and our remoteness from Thy gifts. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Bountiful. Nothing in the heavens or on earth is too great for Thee, and Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised.

I bear witness that all Thou hast ordained for me after death is truth, even as Thy Reality is truth. Thou hast not granted anyone such exalted stations except through Thy bounty, to deliver those servants who point to Thy stations in this temporal world yet are veiled from meeting Thee. Therefore make easy, O God, and forgive me and those whom Thou lovest in all circumstances, that I may come before Thee on the Day of Resurrection without sin. Through Thy gifts, lift from me the wrongs of Thy servants, for in my rank there are rights due to the servants, and my heart shall not be unburdened of them except through Thy concealment and forgiveness.

O my God! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if I should appear before Thee with any sin! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if Thou shouldst reckon what my hands have wrought in Thy path! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if Thou shouldst judge me with justice! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if on the field of gathering it should be proclaimed:

“Seize him and fetter him, then cast him into the blazing fire, then into a chain seventy cubits long thread him!”

Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if the fire should be my dwelling, scalding water my drink, pitch my garment, and devils my companions! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if my station should be in the fire! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, from a fire wherein is no light, whose heat is never quenched, and whose burning never ceases! Alas, alas! Woe unto me, then woe unto me, if scalding water should be [my drink] and hypocrites my brothers!

O my God! By Thy might and Thy majesty, if Thou shouldst punish me in the fire with all Thy torments, and enlarge my body until it fills all the fire with Thy wrath, and extend me in the fire at every moment through Thy power and Thy dominion throughout the eternity of Thine Own Self, […] I would still declare in the fire as I now declare before Thee: Thou art God, the Just in judgment, the Obeyed in deed, and that judgment from Thee upon me regarding my right is truth, even as Thy Reality is truth, and this stems only from Thy love for me.

O my God! Since I have sought the dawning of Thy forgiveness, I commune with Thee through these remote words, that Thy mercy and protection may be made manifest. Otherwise, what thought could there be save of Thy forgiveness!

Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou lift from me and forgive the transgressions of my turning away. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou transform my evil deeds into good ones. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou gather me before Thee, forgiven of all my misdeeds. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou take my hand upon the Bridge, that I might not stand before the witnesses on the Day when the Herald calls out in the land of resurrection. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou admit me into Thy paradise and clothe me in crimson silk through Thy grace, and feed me of fresh meat through Thy bounty, and give me to drink of pure wine from the cup of Thy mercy. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou wed me to the holy maidens in the green pavilion of Thy loving-kindness. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou cause me to dwell upon the white couch before the throne of Muhammad and his family, the loci of Thy knowledge. Blessed am I, then blessed am I, shouldst Thou efface from around my heart every remembrance and condition save the sweetness of Thy remembrance and Thy beauty.

Say: Nay, truth hath come and falsehood hath perished. All praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds. O God! Thou verily knowest that I have composed this prayer for those of Thy faithful and tested servants who have asked of me in their precious letter. Write down, O my God, for him and for those who have asked in his letter, all the good that Thy knowledge encompasseth, and protection from all the evil that Thy knowledge encompasseth, and cause to flow for him the means of what Thou lovest before Thy beauty. Verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou bestowest upon whom Thou willest as Thou willest through the mention of Thy forgiveness in Thy Book, and Thou withholdest from whom Thou willest as Thou willest without the descent of Thy verses.

Forgive, O my God, me and those who have entered the house of my love, that which Thy knowledge hath encompassed and Thy Book hath numbered, for the sake of Muhammad and his family, the people of Thy authority. Verily Thou art the Munificent, the Great. Glory be to God, the Lord of the Throne, above what they describe. I seek forgiveness of God, my Lord, the Lord of the Messengers. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.