Rites on Monday (Taqeeb)

Praise be to Allah Who allowed none to witness

when He created the heavens and the earth,

and Who took no helper when He authored the spirits!

He has no associate in Divinity

and no support in Unity.

Tongues fall silent before the limit of describing Him,

intellects fail before the core of knowing Him,

tyrants fall low in awe of Him,

faces are humbled in fear of Him,

and everything mighty yields to His mightiness!

So, to You belongs praise, again and again, well-measured,

continually, methodically!

And may His blessings be upon His Messenger endlessly,

and His salutation (be upon him) everlastingly, eternally!

O Allah, (please) make the beginning of this day of mine righteousness,

its middle prosperity,

and its end success!

I seek refuge in You from a day whose beginning is fright,

whose middle is anxiety,

and whose end is pain!

O Allah, I pray forgiveness from You for every vow I have vowed,

every promise I have made,

and every pledge I have pledged

and then I failed to keep for You.

I ask You concerning the complaints of Your servants against me:

If there is a servant from among Your servants

or a bondmaid from among Your bondmaids,

who has against me a complaint

because I have wronged him in respect to himself, his reputation,

his property, his wife or his child,

or because evil words I have spoken about him in his absence,

an imposition upon him through inclination, caprice,

scorn, zeal,

false show, bigotry,

whether he be absent or present,

alive or dead,

such that my hand has fallen short

and my capacity has been too narrow to make restitution to him

or to annul my obligation to him,

I ask You, O He who owns all objects of need,

which are granted by His will

and hasten to His desire

that You bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

and make [the one I have wronged] satisfied with me in the manner that You will,

and gift me mercy from You,

because, indeed, forgiveness decreases You not

and giving injures You not.

O Most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

O Allah, bestow upon me on every Monday

with two favors from You:

the felicity to obey You at its beginning

and the favor of Your forgiveness at its end!

O He who is the God

and none other than Whom grants forgiveness for sins!

Peace be on you, O son of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds!

Peace be on you, O son of the Commander of the Believers!

Peace be on you, O son of Fatimah, the luminous lady!

Peace be on you, O beloved of Allah!

Peace be on you, O choice of Allah!

Peace be on you, O trustee of Allah!

Peace be on you, O Argument of Allah!

Peace be on you, O Light of Allah!

Peace be on you, O Path of Allah!

Peace be on you, O elucidation of the rule of Allah!

Peace be on you, O supporter of the religion of Allah!

Peace be on you, O pure master!

Peace be on you, O self-righteous and truthful!

Peace be on you, O practiser (of God’s commands) and trustee!

Peace be on you, O well-experienced in the interpretation (of the Qur'an)!

Peace be on you, O guide and well-guided!

Peace be on you, O immaculate and pure!

Peace be on you, O pious and infallible!

Peace be on you, O veritable truth!

Peace be on you, O martyr and veracious!

Peace be on you, O Abu-Muhammad al-Hasan, the son of 'Ali!

Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you!

Peace be upon you, O son of Allah’s Messenger!

Peace be upon you, O son of the Commander of the Believers!

Peace be upon you, O son of the doyenne of the women of the world!

I bear witness that you performed the prayers [duly],

defrayed the poor-rate,

enjoined the right,

forbade the wrong,

worshipped Allah sincerely,

and strove for the sake of Allah with due striving

until death came upon you.

So, peace from me be upon you

as long as I am alive and as long as day and night remain,

and peace be upon your Household, the pure, the immaculate.

O my master, I am a servant of you and of your Household,

peaceful with those who keep peace with you,

at war against those who are at war against you,

and believing in your secret and open affairs

and your inward and outward affairs.

May Allah curse your enemies

from the past and late generations.

And I release myself from them before Almighty Allah!

O my master, Abu-Muhammad;

and my master, Abu-'Abdullah!

Today is Monday,

which is the day of both of you and carrying your names.

On this day, I am your guest;

therefore, receive me as your guest and treat me hospitably.

Verily, you both are the most excellent hosts a guest may gain.

On this day too, I am in your vicinity; so, treat me as your neighbor,

since you are commanded to receive your guests and neighbors hospitably.

May Allah’s peace be upon you both and upon your immaculate household.

Glory be to the Kind, Compassionate, and the All-magnanimous!

Glory be to the Generous and the most generous!

Glory be to the Discerning and the Wise!

Glory be to him, the all-hearing and immense!

Glory be to him upon daytime and nighttime arriving!

Glory be to Allah upon the time of sunset and the zero hours of the departing night.

There is no God except Allah in the watches of the night and day.

For Him alone is; the praise, might, greatness and omnipotence.

With every breath and twinkle of an eye

and every moment already registered in His all-embracing awareness,

Glory be counted to you!

Glory be to you equal to the measure and the infinite range that covers Your Book!

Glory be to You; that is equal to the measure of Your Throne!

Glorified be our Allah, the Glorious and Gracious.

Glory be to Allah with a proper glorification due to His distinct Munificence and His Excellent Glory!

Glory be to Allah with a righteous and holy glorification.

Glory be to Allah the ever-living and clement!

Glory be to him who has written upon himself The Mercy!

Glory be to him who Created Adam and bought us from his essence.

Glory be to him who revives the deceased's and causes the living to die.

Glory be to Him Who is Merciful, never does a thing in haste.

Glory be to you, who is watchful and never misses.

Glory be to you, The Generous who is never a miser.

Glory be to you, The Forbearing who never forgets.

Glory be to you, who He-great is His praise.

And for him is the conclusive praise in his every Glory that is praised.

Glory be to Allah, The forbearing,

and God bless our chief, Muhammad; and his immaculate Household.

I seek protection for me, in my Lord, the Most Great from; the evil of what is hidden and apparent,

the evil of every female and male,

the evil of what the sun and moon behold.

Most Holy, Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit.

I call on you, O jinn, if you are hearing, obedient,

and I call you, O humankind, to the Gracious, the All-knowing.

I call you, O humankind and jinn,

to Him Who is obeyed by all creation stamped with the seal of the Lord of the Worlds,

and the seal of Jibrail, Mikail, and Israfil,

and the seal of Sulayman b. Dawud, peace be upon them

and the seal of Muhammad, the chief of the Prophets,

blessings of Allah on Muhammad and his Ahl Al-Bayt, the good and pure.

Remove from so-and-so, son of so-and-so, every female jinn with a rebellious spirit, a jinn or demon or rebellious enchanter, or obstinate ruler or an accursed devil.

Remove from so-and-so, which is seen and unseen;

seen by an eye, sleeping or awake, by the will of Allah, the Gracious, the All-knowing.

There is no way for you over him, nor over what is feared for him. Allah, no partner has He, and Allah bless Muhammad and his Ahl Al-Bayt.

O, Allah, glory be to You and praise.

You are Allah; the Truth king,

You are the King without a king with nor a partner

and no God besides You; the creation confessed to You.

O, Lord to You belongs praise, and For You; is the Great Kingdom which doesn't change,

The great rich Whom doesn't wail,

The mighty King Whom is never overpowered,

The indomitable superiority which never leaves,

The immense might which doesn't constrain,

The excellent strength which doesn't get weak,

The great grandeur which can't be described,

and the excellent greatness!

Hence, Your Throne Pillars are surrounded with light and solemnity;

before the heavens and earth were created.

And Your throne was above the water;

Your seat was glowing with the light!

Your pavilions were pavillions of light and greatness,

and the surrounding diadem has; the King's entity,

pride, and glorification.

There is no God save You, the Lord of the Great Throne

(Owner of); elegance, light, comeliness, beauty,

highness, greatness, grandeur, power, supremacy, and ability.

You indeed are the generous Allmighty.

(The All-Capable) upon everything You created,

nothing can measure Your loftiness

and weak Your greatness.

You created everything with Your desire;

fulfilled in Your creation Your knowledge, surrounded by Your announcement,

completed it by Your command and extended over Your force and strength!

ForYou; belong the creation and command, the Most Excellent Names,

the loftiest likenesses, bounties, and grandeur.

You are the possessor of; majesty and munificence, great blessings,

and the pride that doesn't leave.

Glory and praise be to You, blessed You are, and splendid be the praising of You.

O, Allah (please) do send blessings upon Muhammed, Your servant, messenger,

and Prophet; the seal of prophets who trace their footsteps,

the proof upon their nations,

the ruler upon their believing,

and the helper for them before the error of who claims it without a right; and walked opposite their path.

A blessing that; glorifies his light upon their,

decreases his honor upon their,

will take him with the most excellent from what other Prophet reached and upon his Household.

O, Allah does increase Muhammed blessings upon him and his Household;

with every merit another merit,

and with every nobility another nobility;

until The people of dignity will realize his merit and nobility for You on the Day of Resurrection.

Bless him, blessings of Allah upon him and his Household;

the best of greatness,

the best of satisfaction,

raise his highest degree,

accept his great intercession,

and grant him his request in the end and the beginning.

May it be so; Allah of Truth, Lord of the worlds!

O, Allah, I beseech you by Your enormous saved great name;

that opens Your heavens door and mercy,

demands by it Your satisfaction that You like,

desire, and accept upon whom prayed for You!

And it is the right that You do not deny the one who asks from you,

and by every name was called on You by; the trustworthy spirit,

the close Angels,

the recorders of deeds,

Your sent Prophets, the chosen good.

And all who are in your heavens, the quarters of the earth,

and queues around Your throne indeed do glorify You to;

send Your blessings upon Muhammed and his Household

and look into my need from You.

Bestow upon me with Your favor of blisses of the end,

the splendid reward of its people in the home that is made from Your Bounties,

and the high standing of the best in a safe shade!

You are indeed The One who created me and will send me back to You.

To You have I; submitted myself, and I entrusted my affairs with You.

To You have I; commend my cause

and rely and trust on You!

O, Allah, I supplicate You with the supplication of a compelled weak one!

And Your mercy is much more trusted to me than my prayer.

O, Allah, therefore; permit my prayer to rise to You,

permit my words to reach You,

and turn away Your sight from my sins.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad;

I do seek Your refuge upon astray this night;

of disobedience or luring a believer!

Or to do deeds in what You don't like

because You are; the God of the high heavens,

Verily You see but cannot be seen while You are in the Highest Prospect;

splits the grain and the date-stone.

O Allah, I beseech You this night;

the best of the destinies,

completing in blisses,

the best praise in the ease,

the best patience in the adversity,

and the best return to the best house of Permanence!

O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

I ask; the love for Your well-beloved,

the hindering of which You have deemed forbidden,

be apprehended from Your fear,

fearing Your chastisement,

salvation from Your punishment,

desire in a proper reward for You,

knowledge in Your religion, understanding Your book,

feeling the satisfaction in Your livelihood, God-fearing of which You have deemed forbidden,

deeming permissible for Your unforbidden, Forebodement of what You have deemed forbidden,

preventing sinful deeds, living up to Your will,

credence to Your promise, fulfillment of Your oath,

holding fast to Your bond, sticking at Your admonition,

restrain from Your prohibitions,

patience upon Your worshipping

and working on all Your commands.

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

And send Your blessings upon Muhammed; the seal of prophets

and his leading Household

and peace be upon them with God's mercy and blessings.