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THE THIRD SUPPLICATION

IT IS RECITED DURING THE DAYS OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAJAB

It was narrated from Muhammad bn Abdurrahman Al-Tastari who said: I pass by bani Rawas and some of my brothers said to me: follow me to the mosque of Sa'asa'ah so that we observe prayer in it, for the fact that it is recommended to visit this holy place that our masters has matched their honourable feet on, he said: I went along with him to the Mosque suddenly a she-camel was tied by the door of the Mosque, we entered and suddenly saw a man in Al-hijaz cloth, and his turban is like their own, sitting down while supplicating and I memorize it together with my friend.

Sheikh Tusi (may Allah elevate his position) said: "it is recommended to recite this supplication every day in the holy month of Rajab.

  أَللَّهُمَّ يا ذَا الْمِنَنِ السَّابِغَةِ، وَالْآلاءِ الْوازِعَةِ، وَالرَّحْمَةِ الْواسِعَةِ، وَالْقُدْرَةِ الْجامِعَةِ، وَالنِّعَمِ الْجَسيمَةِ ، وَالْمَواهِبِ الْعَظيمَةِ ، وَالْأَيادِي الْجَميلَةِ ، وَالْعَطايَا الْجَزيلَةِ .

  يا مَنْ لايُنْعَتُ بِتَمْثيلٍ ، وَلايُمَثَّلُ بِنَظيرٍ ، وَلايُغْلَبُ بِظَهيرٍ ، يا مَنْ خَلَقَ فَرَزَقَ ، وَأَلْهَمَ فَأَنْطَقَ ، وَابْتَدَعَ فَشَرَعَ ، وَعَلا فَارْتَفَعَ ، وَقَدَّرَ فَأَحْسَنَ ، وَصَوَّرَ فَأَتْقَنَ ، وَاحْتَجَّ فَأَبْلَغَ ، وَأَنْعَمَ فَأَسْبَغَ ، وَأَعْطى فَأَجْزَلَ ، وَمَنَحَ فَأَفْضَلَ .

  يا مَنْ سَما فِي الْعِزِّ فَفاتَ نَواظِرَ الْأَبْصارِ ، وَدَنا فِي اللُّطْفِ فَجازَ هَواجِسَ الْأَفْكارِ ، يَا مَنْ تَوَحَّدَ بِالْمُلْكِ فَلا نِدَّ لَهُ في مَلَكُوتِ سُلْطانِهِ ، وَتَفَرَّدَ بِالْآلاءِ وَالْكِبْرِياءِ ، فَلا ضِدَّ لَهُ في جَبَرُوتِ شَأْنِهِ ، يا مَنْ حَارَتْ في كِبْرِياءِ هَيْبَتِهِ دَقائِقُ لَطائِفِ الْأَوْهامِ ، وَانْحَسَرَتْ دُونَ إِدْراكِ عَظَمَتِهِ خَطائِفُ أَبْصارِ الْأَنامِ .

  يا مَنْ عَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِهَيْبَتِهِ ، وَخَضَعَتِ الرِّقابُ لِعَظَمَتِهِ ، وَوَجِلَتِ الْقُلُوبُ مِنْ خيفَتِهِ ، أَسْألُكَ بِهذِهِ الْمِدْحَةِ الَّتي لاتَنْبَغي إِلّا لَكَ ، وَبِما وَأَيْتَ بِهِ عَلى نَفْسِكَ لِداعيكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ ، وَبِما ضَمِنْتَ الْإِجابَةَ فيهِ عَلى نَفْسِكَ لِلدَّاعينَ .

  يا أَسْمَعَ السَّامِعينَ ، وَأَبْصَرَ النَّاظِرينَ ، وَأَسْرَعَ الْحاسِبينَ ، يا ذَاالْقُوَّةِ الْمَتينِ ، صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ خاتَمِ النَّبيّينَ ، وَعَلى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ] الْأَئِمَّةِ الصَّادِقينَ[ ، وَاقْسِمْ لي في شَهْرِنا هذا خَيْرَ ما قَسَمْتَ ، وَاحْتِمْ لي في قَضائِكَ خَيْرَ ما حَتَمْتَ .

  وَاخْتِمْ لي بِالسَّعادَةِ فيمَنْ خَتَمْتَ ، وَأَحْيِني ما أَحْيَيْتَني مَوْفُوراً ، وَأَمِتْني مَسْرُوراً وَمَغْفُوراً ، وَتَوَلَّ أَنْتَ نَجاتي مِنْ مُسائَلَةِ الْبَرْزَخِ ، وَادْرَأْ عَنّي مُنْكَراً وَنَكيراً ، وَأَرِ عَيْني مُبَشِّراً وَبَشيراً ، وَاجْعَلْ لي إِلى رِضْوانِكَ وَجِنانِكَ مَصيراً وَعَيْشاً قَريراً ، وَمُلْكاً كَبيراً ، وَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ كَثيراً .

“O' Allah! He who possesses abundant favours, restraint benefactions, encompassed blessing, and comprehensive strength, and immense favour and great gifts, beautiful support and plentiful offers.

O' He who is not described by comparism, and not compared with a counterpart, and He is not overcome by anything with its helpers, O' He who create and make all provision, He who inspire and make people to pronounce, He originate and commence, He ascends and elevated, He has power to punish but He do good, He who shape things and do it excellently, He who raise objection and notify, He who bestowed and accomplished it, He who give in abundant, He who grant and make it better.O' He who is elevated in prestige and was escaped by all sight, He whose kindness is near and traversed peoples notion and thought, O' He who is alone in His Kingdom and there is no any counterpart to Him in His Authority. He is alone in Benefaction and pride, there is no opposition to Him in His Omnipotence, O' He who glory of His solemnity is passionate in every movement of kind imaginations, and peoples sight diminish in perceiving His Greatness.

O' He whose Eyes are constraint to His Solemnity, and all supervision succumbed to His Greatness and the minds are apprehensive due to His favour.

I seek from You with this laudation that no one deserved it except You, for what You have made incumbent for Yourself, O' the best that hear among all hearer, O' the best that see among the viewers, O' He who possess firm strength.

Send Your blessing to the seal of the Prophets and to his holy household (the truthful leaders), grant me a portion among the goods You have distributed in this holy month and make inevitable for me Your good destiny.

Seal all my issues with felicity, let me alive with abundant life, and take my life in happiness and forgiveness, take over my rescue from the problems of the period between death and resurrection (Barzakhiy) and turn away from me the affliction of Munkar and Nakeer, and my eye be of grad tidings and hopeful, let me dwelled in your pleasure and Paradise with a firm and stable living and mighty kingdom, abundant blessing be upon Muhammad and upon his holy family.

He prostratedfor a very long time, then stood up and went on his way.

My friend said to me: we saw him to be Khidr (peace be on him) why don't we talk to him as if he has put hold to our tongue, so we came out and met with ibn Abi Rawaad Al-Rawaasi and said: where are you (both) coming from? From Sa'asa'ah Mosque we replied and told him about the incident.

He said: this man normally comes to Sa'asa'ah Mosque every two days or three but he doesn't talk. We said: who is he? Who do you think he is? He inquired, we said, we deem him to be Khidr (peace be on him), he said, to God I also deem him to be Khidr (peace be on him); later my friend said to me, to God the man was the leader of the time (may our souls be sacrificed for him).[1]

I say: Sayyid Ali bn Taaus said: this supplication was narrated from the commander of the faithful (peace be on him) but for the fact that this supplication is offered during the day of the holy month of Rajab we decided to bring it under the chapter of the monthly supplications.

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