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Taken from the book "A Shi'ite Anthology"
Concerning this du'a 'Allamah Jawaad al
Mulki al Tabreezi (alayh rahmah)
says that it is a du'a that by it many doors of knowledge
are opened for
those that are worthy.
Shaykh al-Tusi has related that this noble
writing came out of the Sacred Precinct on the hand of that
great Shaykh,
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Uthmaan ibn Sa'id - may God be pleased
with him. Recite it on each day of the month of Rajab.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the
Compassionate
O God, I ask Thee by the meaning of all
that by which Thou art called upon by those who govern with
Thy authority: those who are entrusted with Thy mystery, welcome
Thy command, extol Thy power, and proclaim Thy majesty.
I ask Thee by Thy will which speaks within
them, for Thou hast appointed them mines for Thy words, and
pillars of the profession of Thy Unity, Thy signs and Thy
stations, which are never interrupted in any place. Through
them knows he who knows Thee. There is no difference between
Thee and them, save that they are Thy servants and Thy creation,
their doing and undoing is in Thy hand, their origin is from
Thee and their return is to Thee. They are aides, witnesses,
testers, defenders, protectors and searchers.
With them Thou filled Thy heaven and Thy
earth until it became manifest that there is no god but Thou.
So I ask Thee by (all of) that, and by
the positions of Thy mercy's might and by Thy Stations and
Marks that Thou bless Muhammad and His household and increase
me in faith and steadfastness.
O Inward in His outwardness and Outward
in His inwardness and hiddenness! O Separator of light and
darkness ! O described by other than (His) Essence
and well-known in other than (His) likeness! Delimitator of
every delimited thing ! Witness of all that is witnessed!
Bringer into existence of every existent! Counter of everything
counted! Depriver of all that is deprived!
There is none worshipped but Thou, Possessor of Grandeur and
Generosity! O He who is not conditioned by "how"
or determined by "where"! O veiled from every eye!
O Everlasting! O eternally Self-subsistent and Knower of all
that is known! Bless Muhammad and his household and Thy elect
servants, Thy mankind in veils, Thy angels brought nigh, and
the untold multitudes (of angels) set in ranks and encircling
(the Throne).
And bless us in this our venerated and
honored month and the sacred months that follow it In it bestow
blessings upon us copiously, make large our portions, and
fulfill for us (our) oaths, by Thy most tremendous, most tremendous,
greatest and noblest Name, which Thou placed upon the day,
and it brightened, and upon the night, and it darkened.
And forgive us that of ourselves
which Thou knowest and we know not, preserve us from sins
with the best of preservations, suffice us with the sufficiencies
of Thy determination, favor us with Thy fair regard, leave
us not to other than Thee, hold us not back from Thy goodness,
bless us in the lifespans Thou hast written for us, set aright
for us the inmost center of our hearts, give us protection
from Thee, cause us to act with the fairest of faith, and
bring us to the month of fasting and the days and years that
come after it, O Lord of Majesty and Splendor !

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