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ِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

bismillahir rahmanir raheem.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

In ‘Iqbal al-A`mal’ Sayyid Ibn Tawus has narrated on the authority of Ibn Abi-`Umayr on the authority of Murazim that Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq (a.s) used to say the following at each of the last ten nights of Ramadan

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammad

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

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اللّهُمّ إِنّكَ قُلْتَ فِي كِتَابِكَ المُنْزَلِ:

allahumma innaka qulta fi kitabika almunzali:

O Allah: You have said in Your revealed Book:

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(شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ القُرْآنُ

(shahru ramadhana alladhy ‘unzila fihi alqur’anu

“The month of Ramadhan is that in which the Qur'an was revealed,

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هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيّنَاتٍ مِنَ الهُدَى وَالفُرْقَانِ)

hudan lilnnasi wa bayyinatin mina alhuda wal-furqani)

a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction.”

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فَعَظّمْتَ حُرْمَةَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ

fa-`azzamta hurmata shahri ramadhana

You have thus rendered great the sanctity of this month of Ramadhan,

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بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ القُرْآنِ

bima anzalta fihi mina alqur’ani

Because You revealed the Qur'an in it,

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وَخَصَصْتَهُ بِلَيْلَةِ القَدْرِ

wa khasastahu bilaylati alqadri

And You decided the Grand Night to be in this month exclusively,

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وَجَعَلْتَهَا خَيْراً مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ.

wa ja`altaha khayran min alfi shahrin

And You made it better than one thousand months.

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اللّهُمّ وَهذِهِ أَيَّامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ،

allahumma wa hadhihi aiyyamu shahri ramadhana slat a’ukhra qadi anqadhat

O Allah: the days of the month of Ramadhan are elapsing,

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وَلَيَالِيهِ قَدْ تَصَرّمَتْ،

wa layalihi qad tasarramat

And its nights are also elapsing,

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وَقَدْ صِرْتُ يَا إِلهِي مِنْهُ إِلَى مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنّي

wa qad sirtu ya ilahy minhu ila ma anta a`lamu bihi minny

While I have become in the state that You, O my God, know better than I do,

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وَأَحْصَى لِعَدَدِهِ مِنَ الخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ،

wa ahsa li`adadihi mina alkhalqi ajma`ina

And You can count it more precisely than all the created beings.

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فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ مَلائِكَتُكَ المُقَرّبُونَ،

fa-as’aluka bima salaka bihi mala’ikatuka almuqarrabuna

So, I beseech You in the name of that by which Your favorite angels,

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وَأَنْبِيَاؤُكَ المُرْسَلُونَ،

wa anbiya’uka almursaluna

And Your missioned Prophets,

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وَعِبَادُكَ الصَّالِحُونَ

wa `ibaduka alssalihuna

And Your righteous servants have besought You,

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أَنْ تُصَلّيَ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

an tusalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

That You may bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

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وَأَنْ تَفُكّ رَقَبَتِي مِنَ النَّارِ،

wa an tafukka raqabaty mina alnnari

And You may release me from Hellfire,

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وَتُدْخِلَنِي الجَنّةَ برَحْمَتِكَ،

wa tudkhilany aljannata brahmatika

And allow me to enter Paradise, by Your mercy,

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وَأَنْ تَتَفَضّلَ عَلَيّ بِعَفْوِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ،

wa an tatafadhdhala `alayya bi`afwika wa karamika

And confer upon me with Your pardon and Your generosity,

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وَتَتَقَبّلَ تَقَرّبِي،

wa tataqabbala taqarrubi

And accept my seeking of nearness to You,

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وَتَسْتَجِيبَ دُعَائِي،

wa tastajiba du`a’y

And respond to my prayer,

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وَتَمُنّ عَلَيّ بِالأَمْنِ يَوْمَ الخَوْفِ

wa tamunna `alayya bil-amni yawma alkhawfi

And bestow upon me with security on the Day of Dread

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مِنْ كُلّ هَوْلٍ أَعْدَدْتَهُ لِيَوْمِ القِيَامَةِ.

min kulli hawlin a`dadtahu liyawmi alqiyamati

Against all the horrors that You have prepared for the Resurrection Day.

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إِلهِي وَأَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الكَرِيمِ،

ilahy wa a`udhu biwajhika alkarimi

O my God: I seek the protection of Your Noble Face,

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وَبِجَلالِكَ العَظِيمِ

wa bijalalika al`azimi

And Your Great Majesty,

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أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ أَيَّامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَلَيَالِيهِ

an tanqadhiya aiyyamu shahri ramadhana wa layalihi

Against that the days and nights of the month of Ramadhan elapse,

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وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُؤَاخِذُنِي بِهِ،

wa laka qibaly tabi`atun aw dhanbun tu´akhidhuny bihi

While there is still a sin or an offense for which You may punish me,

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أَوْ خَطِيئَةٌ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتَصّهَا مِنّي لَمْ تَغْفِرْهَا لِي،

aw khathyiatun turidu an taqtassaha minny lam taghfirha li

Or a wrongdoing for which You want to chastise me; and You have not yet forgiven them for me,

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سَيّدِي سَيّدِي سَيّدِي،

sayyidy sayyidy sayyidi

O my Master; O my Master; O my Master;

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أَسْأَلُكَ يَا لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

as’aluka ya la ilaha illa anta

I beseech You, O He save Whom there is no god,

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إِذْ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

idh la ilaha illa anta

Indeed, there is no god save You,

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إِنْ كُنْتَ رَضِيتَ عَنّي فِي هذَا الشّهْرِ

in kunta radhita `anni fi hadha alshshahri

If You have been pleased with me in this month,

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فَازْدَدْ عَنّي رِضَىً،

fazdad `anni ridhan

Then (please) increase Your satisfaction with me;

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وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَضِيتَ عَنّي

wa in lam takun radhita `anni

And if You have not been pleased with me,

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فَمِنَ الآنَ فَارْضَ عَنّي

famina al-ana fardha `anni

Then (please) be satisfied with me from this moment,

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يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

ya arhama alrrahimina

O the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

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يَا اللّهُ يَا أَحَدُ يَا صَمَدُ

ya allahu ya ahadu ya samadu

O Allah; O the One and Only; O the Besought of all;

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يَا مَنْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

ya man lam yalid wa lam yulad

O He Who begets not, nor is He begotten,

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وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.

wa lam yakun lahu kufwan ahadun

And none is like Him