اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا هِلَالٌ عَظَّمْتَ شَهْرَهُ وَ شَرَّفْتَ قَدْرَهُ وَ أَعْلَنْتَ ذِكْرَهُ وَ أَعْلَيْتَ أَمْرَهُ وَ مَدَحْتَ عَشْرَهُ وَ جَعَلْتَ فِيهِ تَأْدِيَةَ الْمَنَاسِكِ وَ سَعَادَةَ الْعَابِدِ وَ النَّاسِكِ
“O‟ my God! This is the crescent moon of the month which You have exalted. You honored it, declared it, raised it, praised its first ten days, and established ceremonies during it with prosperity for the worshippers.
وَ كَمُلَتْ فِيهِ كَشْفُ الْوِلَايَةِ الْمُهِمَّةِ عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ وَ زَوَالِ الْغُمَّةِ بِمَا جَرَى فِي الْغَدِيرِ ثَامِنَ عَشَرَهُ وَ إِظْهَارِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لِسِرِّهِ حَتَّى صَارَ لِلدِّينِ كَمَالًا وَ تَمَامًا وَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ عَقْدًا وَ عَهْدًا وَ نِظَامًا
You unveiled the Trusteeship to the nation and removed the sorrows during what happened in Al-Ghadir in the eighth year.The Almighty God made His Secret public and perfected the religion.
فَقُلْتَ جَلَّ جَلَالُكَ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًاً
You said, “This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”1
وَ خَصَصْتَ هَذَا الشَّهْرَ بِيَوْمِ الْمُبَاهَلَةِ الَّتِي [الَّذِي] أَظْهَرَتْ حُجَّةَ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ إِظْهَارًا مُبِينًا وَ وَهَبْتَ لِلَّذِينَ بَاهَلْتَ بِهِمْ مَقَامًا مَكِينًا وَ أَوْدَعْتَ فِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ مِنَ الْأَسْرَارِ وَ الْمُبَارِ مَا يَأْتِي ذِكْرُ بَعْضِهِ بِصَحِيحِ الْأَخْبَارِ وَ صَرِيحِ الِاعْتِبَارِ
You also made this month especial with the Invocation Day on which You clearly showed the true faith to the atheists and bestowed a noble rank on those who prepared for it. You also placed other goods and secrets in it that shall be explained with clear narrations and sound reasons
وَ جَعَلْتَهُ تَسْلِيَةً عَمَّا يَأْتِي بَعْدَهُ مِنْ شَهْرِ الِامْتِحَانِ فَبَدَأْتَ بِالْإِحْسَانِ وَ الِامْتِنَانِ قَبْلَ التَّشْرِيفِ بِالرِّضَا بِالْبَلْوَى الزَّائِدَةِ فِي جِهَادِ أَهْلِ الْعُدْوَانِ
.You also established it as a month in preparation for the next month being the month of trial. You started with Kindness and Favors after we encounter the contentment with manifold calamities that occurred in fighting the enemies.
اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا عَرَّفْتَنَا بِشَرَفِ هَذِهِ الْعَوَائِدِ وَ دَعَوْتَنَا إِلَى الضِّيَافَةِ إِلَى [عَلَى] مُقَدَّسِ تِلْكَ الْمَوَائِدِ
O‟ my God!You honored us with the knowledge of these blessings and invited us to the party in which these tables are spread.
فَطَهِّرْنَا تَطْهِيرًا نَصْلُحُ بِهِ لِمُوَافَقَةِ أَهْلِ الطَّهَارَةِ وَ مُرَافَقَةِ فَضْلِ الْبِشَارَةِ وَ هَبْ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا يَعْجِزُ مِنْهُ مَنْطِقُ أَهْلِ الْعِبَارَةِ
Please purify us such that we may deserve to be in the company of the pure ones and receive the favor of Your Glad Tidings. Please bestow on us what even the eloquent speakers are unable to express.
وَ لِيَكُونَ فَوَائِدَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ مَوَائِدَ ضِيَافَتِكَ صَافِيَةً مِنَ الْأَكْدَارِ وَ مَصُونَةٌ عَنْ خَطَرِ الْآصَارِ وَ مُنَاسِبَةً لِابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنَّوَالِ قَبْلَ السُّؤَالِ
The benefits of Your Mercy and Tablespread are free of impurities, protected from danger of sins, and is in line with bestowing before asking.
وَ ابْدَأْ فِي ذَلِكَ بِمَنْ يَسْتَفْتِحُ بِالْبِدَايَةِ أَبْوَابَ الْفَلَّاحِوَ النَّجَاحِ وَ أَشْرِكْ مَعَنَا مَنْ يُعِينُنَا أَمْرَهُ
Please start with those who first open the gates of prosperity and salvation, and let the people we care for be partners with us in this.
وَ اجْمَعْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى الصَّلَاحِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
Please unite our hearts in what is good with Your Mercy! O‟ the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.”
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ هَذَا هِلَالٌ عَظَّمْتَ شَهْرَهُ وَ شَرَّفْتَ قَدْرَهُ وَ أَعْلَنْتَ ذِكْرَهُ وَ أَعْلَيْتَ أَمْرَهُ وَ مَدَحْتَ عَشْرَهُ وَ جَعَلْتَ فِيهِ تَأْدِيَةَ الْمَنَاسِكِ وَ سَعَادَةَ الْعَابِدِ وَ النَّاسِكِ
“O‟ my God! This is the crescent moon of the month which You have exalted. You honored it, declared it, raised it, praised its first ten days, and established ceremonies during it with prosperity for the worshippers.
وَ كَمُلَتْ فِيهِ كَشْفُ الْوِلَايَةِ الْمُهِمَّةِ عَلَى الْأُمَّةِ وَ زَوَالِ الْغُمَّةِ بِمَا جَرَى فِي الْغَدِيرِ ثَامِنَ عَشَرَهُ وَ إِظْهَارِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لِسِرِّهِ حَتَّى صَارَ لِلدِّينِ كَمَالًا وَ تَمَامًا وَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ عَقْدًا وَ عَهْدًا وَ نِظَامًا
You unveiled the Trusteeship to the nation and removed the sorrows during what happened in Al-Ghadir in the eighth year.The Almighty God made His Secret public and perfected the religion.
فَقُلْتَ جَلَّ جَلَالُكَ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَ رَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًاً
You said, “This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”1
وَ خَصَصْتَ هَذَا الشَّهْرَ بِيَوْمِ الْمُبَاهَلَةِ الَّتِي [الَّذِي] أَظْهَرَتْ حُجَّةَ الْإِيمَانِ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ إِظْهَارًا مُبِينًا وَ وَهَبْتَ لِلَّذِينَ بَاهَلْتَ بِهِمْ مَقَامًا مَكِينًا وَ أَوْدَعْتَ فِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ مِنَ الْأَسْرَارِ وَ الْمُبَارِ مَا يَأْتِي ذِكْرُ بَعْضِهِ بِصَحِيحِ الْأَخْبَارِ وَ صَرِيحِ الِاعْتِبَارِ
You also made this month especial with the Invocation Day on which You clearly showed the true faith to the atheists and bestowed a noble rank on those who prepared for it. You also placed other goods and secrets in it that shall be explained with clear narrations and sound reasons
وَ جَعَلْتَهُ تَسْلِيَةً عَمَّا يَأْتِي بَعْدَهُ مِنْ شَهْرِ الِامْتِحَانِ فَبَدَأْتَ بِالْإِحْسَانِ وَ الِامْتِنَانِ قَبْلَ التَّشْرِيفِ بِالرِّضَا بِالْبَلْوَى الزَّائِدَةِ فِي جِهَادِ أَهْلِ الْعُدْوَانِ
.You also established it as a month in preparation for the next month being the month of trial. You started with Kindness and Favors after we encounter the contentment with manifold calamities that occurred in fighting the enemies.
اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا عَرَّفْتَنَا بِشَرَفِ هَذِهِ الْعَوَائِدِ وَ دَعَوْتَنَا إِلَى الضِّيَافَةِ إِلَى [عَلَى] مُقَدَّسِ تِلْكَ الْمَوَائِدِ
O‟ my God!You honored us with the knowledge of these blessings and invited us to the party in which these tables are spread.
فَطَهِّرْنَا تَطْهِيرًا نَصْلُحُ بِهِ لِمُوَافَقَةِ أَهْلِ الطَّهَارَةِ وَ مُرَافَقَةِ فَضْلِ الْبِشَارَةِ وَ هَبْ لَنَا فِيهِ مَا يَعْجِزُ مِنْهُ مَنْطِقُ أَهْلِ الْعِبَارَةِ
Please purify us such that we may deserve to be in the company of the pure ones and receive the favor of Your Glad Tidings. Please bestow on us what even the eloquent speakers are unable to express.
وَ لِيَكُونَ فَوَائِدَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ مَوَائِدَ ضِيَافَتِكَ صَافِيَةً مِنَ الْأَكْدَارِ وَ مَصُونَةٌ عَنْ خَطَرِ الْآصَارِ وَ مُنَاسِبَةً لِابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنَّوَالِ قَبْلَ السُّؤَالِ
The benefits of Your Mercy and Tablespread are free of impurities, protected from danger of sins, and is in line with bestowing before asking.
وَ ابْدَأْ فِي ذَلِكَ بِمَنْ يَسْتَفْتِحُ بِالْبِدَايَةِ أَبْوَابَ الْفَلَّاحِوَ النَّجَاحِ وَ أَشْرِكْ مَعَنَا مَنْ يُعِينُنَا أَمْرَهُ
Please start with those who first open the gates of prosperity and salvation, and let the people we care for be partners with us in this.
وَ اجْمَعْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى الصَّلَاحِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
Please unite our hearts in what is good with Your Mercy! O‟ the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.”