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SUPPLICATION OF HIS HOLINESS AT

THE TIME OF CROSSING ‘WADI AS-SALAAM’

The Commander of the Faithful (A.S.) said:

            I can foresee him (Imam Mahdi) riding on an adorned horse with a forehead that shines brightly, crossing ‘Wadi as-Salaam’, and moving towards the Sahla river, while reciting this supplication:

لا إِلهَ إِلّاَ اللَّهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً ، لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إيماناً وَصِدْقاً ، لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تَعَبُّداً وَرِقّاً . أَللَّهُمَّ مُعِزَّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَحيدٍ ، وَمُذِلَّ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنيدٍ ، أَنْتَ كَنَفي حينَ تُعْيينِي الْمَذاهِبُ ، وَتَضيقُ عَلَيَّ الْأَرْضُ بِما رَحُبَتْ.

    أَللَّهُمَّ خَلَقْتَني وَكُنْتَ غَنِيّاً عَنْ خَلْقي ، وَلَوْلا نَصْرُكَ إِيَّايَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَغْلُوبينَ، يا مُنْشِرَ الرَّحْمَةِ مِنْ مَواضِعِها، وَمُخْرِجَ الْبَرَكاتِ مِنْ مَعادِنِها ، وَيا مَنْ خَصَّ نَفْسَهُ بِشُمُوخِ الرَّفْعَةِ ، فَأَوْلِياؤُهُ بِعِزِّهِ يَتَعَزَّزُونَ ، يا مَنْ وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ نِيْرَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عَلى أَعْناقِهِمْ ، فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطْوَتِهِ خائِفُونَ .

    أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذي فَطَرْتَ بِهِ خَلْقَكَ ، فَكُلٌّ لَكَ مُذْعِنُونَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ ، وَأَنْ تُنْجِزَ لي أَمْري ، وَتُعَجِّلَ لي فِي الْفَرَجِ ، وَتَكْفِيَني وَتُعافِيَني وَتَقْضِيَ حَوائِجي ، اَلسَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ ، اَللَّيْلَةَ اللَّيْلَةَ ، إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَديرٌ .

            “I truly accept that there is no God but Allah, I have faith and I certify that there is no God but Allah, I declare out of servitude and serfdom that there is no God but Allah. O’ Allah! O’ He who honours every lonely believer, and humiliates every adamant titan, You are my Protector while different paths trouble me, and while the Earth tightens for me with all its extensiveness. O’ Allah! You created me while You were needless of my creation, and if it wasn’t for Your support extended towards me, I would have been defeated. O’ He who spreads mercy from its positions, and extracts boons from its sources, O’ He who made sublimity and highness exclusively for Himself, thus His friend become dignified because of His Dignity, O’ He before whom all the kings bow with humiliation, and they continuously fear His Ascendancy, I ask You for the sake of Your name with which You created Your creations, and everyone has surrendered before His obedience. I request You to bless Mohammad, and solve my affair, and hasten in my relief, and suffice me and forgive me and fulfil my demands, this moment, this moment, this moment, this night, this night, indeed You have Power upon all things. ^[1]