The following is narrated through a chain of documents to my grandfather Abi Ja‟far al-Tusi – may God be pleased with him – in Tahzib ul-Ahkam through a chain of documents to our Master As-Sadiq (as),“God‟s Prophet (as) asked Ali (as), "Do you want me to teach you the supplications for the day of Arafa that the Prophets before me used?" Then say the following:
لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ
There is no God but God. He is One and there are no partners for Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and Praise belongs to Him
يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
He gives life and causes to die. And He is the Everlasting for Whom there is no death and in His Hands is all goodness and He has power over all things.
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَالَّذِي تَقُولُ وَ خَيْراً مِمَّا نَقُولُ وَ فَوْقَ مَا يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُونَ
my God! All praise belongs to You as we say and better than what we say, and above and beyond what the best orators say
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صَلَاتِي وَ نُسُكِي وَ مَحْيَايَ وَ مَمَاتِي وَ لَكَ بَرَاءَتِي وَ لَكَ [بِكَ] حَوْلِي وَ مِنْكَ قُوَّتِي
my God! Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are all for You. I abstain by You and I hold myself. I get my strength from You
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَ مِنْ وَسْوَاسِ الصَّدْرِ وَ مِنْ شَتَاتِ الْأَمْرِ وَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
my God! I take refuge in You from poverty and temptations of the heart, dispersion of the affairs, and torture of the grave
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الرِّيَاحِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَجِيءُ بِهِ الرِّيَاحُ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ
my God! I ask You for the best wind. And I take refuge in You from the evils of things by which winds flow in the air. And I ask You for the best night and day
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُوراً وَ فِي سَمْعِي وَ بَصَرِي نُوراً وَ فِي لَحْمِي وَ عِظَامِي نُوراً وَ فِي عُرُوقِي وَ مَقْعَدِي وَ مَقَامِي وَ مَدْخَلِي وَ مَخْرَجِي نُوراً
O‟ my God! Please let a light shine upon my heart, light in my hearing and sight, light in my flesh and bones, light in my veins, position, entrance and exit.
وَ أَعْظِمْ لِي نُوراً يَا رَبِّ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
O my Lord! Please brighten my light on the Day I shall meet You as You have power over all things.
Imam Ali Ridha (as) dua on Arafah:
اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ
"O‟ my God! As You covered from me what I do not know of, please forgive me for which You know of.
وَ كَمَا وَسِعَنِي عِلْمُكَ فَلْيَسَعْنِي عَفْوُكَ وَ كَمَا بَدَأْتَنِي بِالْإِحْسَانِ فَأَتِمَّ نِعْمَتَكَ بِالْغُفْرَانِ
As Your Knowledge encompasses me, please let Your Pardon encompass me, too.
وَ كَمَا أَكْرَمْتَنِي بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ فَاشْفَعْهَا بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ
As You initiated Your Kindness for me, please perfect the blessing of Your Bounties by forgiving.
وَ كَمَا عَرَّفْتَنِي وَحْدَانِيَّتَكَ فَأَكْرِمْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ [لماعيتك]
As You let me know about Your Oneness, please honor me with Your Obedience:
وَ كَمَا عَصَمْتَنِي مَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْتَصِمُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا بِعِصْمَتِكَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لَوْ شِئْتَ عَصَمْتَنِي مِنْهُ
As You protected me from what I could not protect myself except by Your support. Thuzs, please forgive me for what You could have protected me against if You wished!
يَا جَوَادُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ.
O‟ Munificent! O‟ the All-Generous! O‟ Lord of Majesty, Bounty and Honor!”
May God have Mercy upon you! Look at those whom you follow, are guided by their light, and try to be like them when you pray and adhere to their humble characteristics when they pray.
The following is narrated through a chain of documents to my grandfather Abi Ja‟far al-Tusi – may God be pleased with him – in Tahzib ul-Ahkam through a chain of documents to our Master As-Sadiq (as),“God‟s Prophet (as) asked Ali (as), "Do you want me to teach you the supplications for the day of Arafa that the Prophets before me used?" Then say the following:
لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ
There is no God but God. He is One and there are no partners for Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and Praise belongs to Him
يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ وَ هُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
He gives life and causes to die. And He is the Everlasting for Whom there is no death and in His Hands is all goodness and He has power over all things.
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَالَّذِي تَقُولُ وَ خَيْراً مِمَّا نَقُولُ وَ فَوْقَ مَا يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُونَ
my God! All praise belongs to You as we say and better than what we say, and above and beyond what the best orators say
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صَلَاتِي وَ نُسُكِي وَ مَحْيَايَ وَ مَمَاتِي وَ لَكَ بَرَاءَتِي وَ لَكَ [بِكَ] حَوْلِي وَ مِنْكَ قُوَّتِي
my God! Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are all for You. I abstain by You and I hold myself. I get my strength from You
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَ مِنْ وَسْوَاسِ الصَّدْرِ وَ مِنْ شَتَاتِ الْأَمْرِ وَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
my God! I take refuge in You from poverty and temptations of the heart, dispersion of the affairs, and torture of the grave
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الرِّيَاحِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَجِيءُ بِهِ الرِّيَاحُ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ
my God! I ask You for the best wind. And I take refuge in You from the evils of things by which winds flow in the air. And I ask You for the best night and day
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُوراً وَ فِي سَمْعِي وَ بَصَرِي نُوراً وَ فِي لَحْمِي وَ عِظَامِي نُوراً وَ فِي عُرُوقِي وَ مَقْعَدِي وَ مَقَامِي وَ مَدْخَلِي وَ مَخْرَجِي نُوراً
O‟ my God! Please let a light shine upon my heart, light in my hearing and sight, light in my flesh and bones, light in my veins, position, entrance and exit.
وَ أَعْظِمْ لِي نُوراً يَا رَبِّ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
O my Lord! Please brighten my light on the Day I shall meet You as You have power over all things.
Imam Ali Ridha (as) dua on Arafah:
اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ
"O‟ my God! As You covered from me what I do not know of, please forgive me for which You know of.
وَ كَمَا وَسِعَنِي عِلْمُكَ فَلْيَسَعْنِي عَفْوُكَ وَ كَمَا بَدَأْتَنِي بِالْإِحْسَانِ فَأَتِمَّ نِعْمَتَكَ بِالْغُفْرَانِ
As Your Knowledge encompasses me, please let Your Pardon encompass me, too.
وَ كَمَا أَكْرَمْتَنِي بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ فَاشْفَعْهَا بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ
As You initiated Your Kindness for me, please perfect the blessing of Your Bounties by forgiving.
وَ كَمَا عَرَّفْتَنِي وَحْدَانِيَّتَكَ فَأَكْرِمْنِي بِطَاعَتِكَ [لماعيتك]
As You let me know about Your Oneness, please honor me with Your Obedience:
وَ كَمَا عَصَمْتَنِي مَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْتَصِمُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا بِعِصْمَتِكَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لَوْ شِئْتَ عَصَمْتَنِي مِنْهُ
As You protected me from what I could not protect myself except by Your support. Thuzs, please forgive me for what You could have protected me against if You wished!
يَا جَوَادُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ.
O‟ Munificent! O‟ the All-Generous! O‟ Lord of Majesty, Bounty and Honor!”
May God have Mercy upon you! Look at those whom you follow, are guided by their light, and try to be like them when you pray and adhere to their humble characteristics when they pray.