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إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ

ilahi in kuntu qad `asaytuka

O Allah, if I have disobeyed you,

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فَإِنِّي قَدْ اطَعْتُكَ فِي احَبِّ ٱلاشْيَاءِ إِلَيْكَ

fa'inni qad ata`tuka fi ahabbi al-ashya'i ilayka

I have also obeyed you in the things that You most like.

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لَمْ اتَّخِذْ لَكَ وَلَداً

lam attakhidh laka waladan

I have not claimed that You have child

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وَلَمْ ادْعُ لَكَ شَرِيكاً

wa lam ad`u laka sharikan

and I have not associated any one with You.

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وَقَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ فِي اشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةٍ

wa qad `asaytuka fi ashya'a kathiratin

Yet, I have disobeyed You in many things

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عَلَىٰ غَيْرِ وَجْهِ ٱلْمُكَابَرَةِ لَكَ

`ala ghayri wajhi almukabarati laka

on account of neither defiance,

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وَلاَ ٱلِٱسْتِكْبَارِ عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ

wa la alistikbari `an `ibadatika

nor my being too arrogant to serve You,

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وَلاَ ٱلْجُحُودِ لِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ

wa la aljuhudi lirububiyyatika

nor denial of Your Godhead,

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وَلاَ ٱلْخُرُوجِ عَنِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَكَ

wa la alkhuruji `an al`ubudiyyati laka

nor mutiny against my servitude to You;

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وَلَكِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُ هَوَايَ

wa lakin ittba`tu hawaya

rather, I only followed my lusts

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وَازَلَّنِيَ ٱلشَّيْطَانُ بَعْدَ ٱلْحُجَّةِ وَٱلْبَيَانِ

wa azallaniya alshshaytanu ba`da alhujjati walbayani

and Satan caused me to slip although You have clear argument against me.

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فَإِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَبِذُنُوبِي غَيْرَ ظَالِمٍ انْتَ لِي

fa'in tu`adhdhibni fabidhunubi ghayra zalimin anta li

Thus, if You chastise me, then it is on account of my sins and You are never unjust to me.

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وَإِنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّي وَتَرْحَمْنِي

wa in ta`fu `anni wa tarhamni

And if You pardon me and have mercy upon me,

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فَبِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ يَا كَرِيمُ

fabijudika wa karamika ya karimu

then this is out of Your magnanimity and generosity, O All-generous!

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غَدَوْتُ بِحَوْلِ ٱللهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ

ghadawtu bihawli allahi wa quwwatihi

I begin this day with the might and power of Allah.

You may also say the following:

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غَدَوْتُ بِغَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

ghadawtu bighayri hawlin minni wa la quwwatin

I do not begin it with my might or power;

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وَلَكِنْ بِحَوْلِ ٱللهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ

wa lakin bihawli allahi wa quwwatihi

rather, with Allah’s might and power.

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يَا رَبِّ اسْالُكَ بَرَكَةَ هٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَبَرَكَةَ اهْلِهِ

ya rabbi as'aluka barakata hadha albayti wa barakata ahlihi

O my Lord, I beseech You for the blessing of this house and the blessing of its people

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وَاسْالُكَ انْ تَرْزُقَنِي رِزْقاً حَلاَلاً طَيِّباً

wa as'aluka an tarzuqani rizqan halalan tayyiban

and I pray You to grant me sustenance from Your sustenance; sustenance that is legal and pleasant,

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تَسُوقُهُ إِلَيَّ بِحَوْلِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ

tasuquhu ilayya bihawlika wa quwwatika

and that You bring it to me by Your might and Power,

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وَانَا خَائِضٌ فِي عَافِيَتِكَ

wa ana kha'izun fi `afiyatika

while I experience good health.

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...إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ عَصَيْتُكَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ اطَعْتُكَ فِي احَبِّ ٱلاشْيَاءِ إِلَيْكَ

ilahi in kuntu qad `asaytuka fa'inni qad ata`tuka fi ahabbi al-ashya'i ilayka…

O my God, if I have disobeyed You, I have indeed obeyed You in the nearest thing to Yo

According to an authoritative narration, Abu-Hamzah al-Thumali reported that he was one day sitting in the grand mosque of al-Kufah when a man entered from bab kindah. His face was indeed the prettiest, he smelt the nicest perfume, and he put on the cleanest dress. He also put a turban, a shirt, and a jubbah (a type of long open cloth coat with wide sleeves). As he was also wearing Arabian slippers, he took them off when he entered the mosque. He then stopped near the sixth column of the mosque, raised his hands to the level of his ears and uttered a takbir statement (i.e. saying allahu-akbar) that was so reverent that my entire body shivered. He then offered a four-unit prayer with excellent genuflection and prostration. At accomplishment, he uttered the prayer that begins with this statement:

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يَا كَرِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ

ya karimu ya karimu ya karimu

O All-generous! O All-generous! O All-generous!He prostrated himself and repeated this word as much as one breath may take. He then said while prostrating:

u…When he reached at the statement:

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...يَا مَنْ يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ حَوَائِجِ ٱلسَّائِلِينَ

ya man yaqdiru `ala hawa'iji alssa'ilina…

O He Who has full power over granting the requests of the beseechers…

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يَا سَيِّدِي

ya sayyidi

O my Master.

He then repeated the following word seventy times:

When he raised his head, I looked at him closely and could conclude that he was Zayn al-`ªbidin (as). I thus kissed his hand and asked him what had caused him to come to the mosque. The Imam (as) answered, “As you have seen.” (i.e. I came here to offer prayers the al-Kufah Mosque)… etc. At the end of the seventh form of the untimed ziyarah of Imam `Ali (as), we have mentioned this story but with a little difference due to the difference of the reports. We have also mentioned that the Imam (`a) suggested to Abu-Hamzah al-Thumali that he would accompany him to visiting the holy tomb of Imam `Ali (as) and the man agreed… etc.