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SUPPLICATION OF HIJAB (CONCEALMENT),

FROM IMAM MAHDI (A.S.)

  أَللَّهُمَّ احْجُبْني عَنْ عُيُونِ أَعْدائي ، وَاجْمَعْ بَيْني وَبَيْنَ أَوْلِيائي ، وَأَنْجِزْ لي ما وَعَدْتَني ، وَاحْفَظْني في غَيْبَتي إِلى أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لي في ظُهُوري ، وَأَحْيِ بي ما دَرَسَ مِنْ فُرُوضِكَ وَسُنَنِكَ ، وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجي ، وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجي .

    وَاجْعَلْ لي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطاناً نَصيراً ، وَافْتَحْ لي فَتْحاً مُبيناً ، وَاهْدِني صِراطاً مُسْتَقيماً ، وَقِني جَميعَ ما اُحاذِرُهُ مِنَ الظَّالِمينَ ، وَاحْجُبْني عَنْ أَعْيُنِ الْباغِضينَ ، اَلنَّاصِبينَ الْعَداوَةَ لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ ، وَلايَصِلْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَيَّ أَحَدٌ بِسُوءٍ .

    فَإِذا أَذِنْتَ في ظُهُوري فَأَيِّدْني بِجُنُودِكَ ، وَاجْعَلْ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُني لِنُصْرَةِ دينِكَ مُؤَيَّدينَ، وَفي سَبيلِكَ مُجاهِدينَ، وَعَلى مَنْ أَرادَني وَأَرادَهُمْ بِسُوءٍ مَنْصُورينَ، وَوَفِّقْني لِإِقامَةِ حُدُودِكَ، وَانْصُرْني عَلى مَنْ تَعَدَّى مَحْدُودَكَ.

    وَانْصُرِ الْحَقَّ ، وَأَزْهِقِ الْباطِلَ ، إِنَّ الْباطِلَ كانَ زَهُوقاً ، وَأَوْرِدْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ شيعَتي وَأَنْصاري مَنْ تَقَِرُّ بِهِمُ الْعَيْنُ ، وَيَشُدُّ بِهِمُ الْأَزْرُ ، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ في حِرْزِكَ وَأَمْنِكَ ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمينَ .

O’ Allah, hide me from the eyes of my enemies, and gather me with my friends, and fulfill that which You have promised me, and protect me in my occultation until You permit me for reappearance, and revive through me those obligations and recommendations which have turned old, and hasten in my relief, and ease my exit, and allocate a dominating support for me from Your threshold, and help me succeed with an apparent victory, and guide me to the straight path, and protect me from all those transgressors I fear, and conceal me from the eyes of those who have grudge against me, those who hold enmity against the household of Your Prophet, and do not let anyone reach me with their wickedness; thus when you permit my reappearance, strengthen me with Your army, and support those who follow me for supporting Your religion, and those who fight in Your path, and make them victorious over those who have wicked intentions for me and for them, and help me succeed in the establishment of Your regulations, and support me against those who trespass Your boundaries, and help the truth, and defeat the evil, indeed evil is ending, and bring near me those Shias and companions whose vision cools my eyes, and strengthen my back, and regard them in Your protection and safety, with Your mercy, O’ the most Merciful of the merciful. ^[1]

Honorable Sayyid Ali bin Taoos (R.A.) states in his book ‘Muhaj ud Da’waat’, after mentioning the supplication of concealment and other concealments, that: These concealments are among those things whose recitation has been revealed upon us when a flood arrived and resulted in the drowning of a number of people, and water had spread everywhere. It was extremely difficult to save one’s life in such a condition. The intensity of the flood resulted in the devastation of several flood-prone areas. The acceptance of these supplications made it possible for us to live there and repel all the difficulties, becoming the guarantor of our safety from these happenings. We thank God for it.^[2]

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