Dua of Covenant with Almighty Allah (s.w.t)

خدا سے عہد کی دعا

Eleventh: Al-Tusi, al-Kaf’ami, and other scholars have reported that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said to his companions, “Will you be too feeble to make a covenant with Almighty Allah every morning and evening?”

“How can we do that?” they asked.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) instructed, “You may say this supplicatory covenant. When you do so, the covenant will be sealed and put under the Divine Throne. On the Resurrection Day, a caller will call out at those who have made a covenant with the All-beneficent Lord. You will be then given that covenant and allowed to enter Paradise.”

Shaykh al-Tusi has mentioned this supplicatory covenant to be said after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ

O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth,

خدایا اے آسمان و زمین کے پیدا کرنے والے

عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ

Knower of the unseen and the seen,

غائب و حاضر کے جاننے والے،

الرَّحْمٰنَ الرَّحِيْمَ

All-beneficent, and All-merciful;

اے رحمٰن و رحیم،

اَعْهَدُ اِلَيْكَ فِىْ هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا

I make to You a covenant in this world

میں دنیا میں اس بات کا عہد کرتا ہوں کہ

اَنَّكَ اَنْتَ اللّٰهُ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ

that You are Allah; there is no god save You,

یقیناً تو وہ االله ہے کہ تیرے سوا کوئی معبود نہیں

وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ

One and Only and having no partner;

تو یکتا ہے تیرا کوئی شریک نہیں

وَاَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ

and that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,

حضرت محمد ﷺ

عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُوْلُكَ

is Your servant and messenger.

تیرے بندے اور رسول ہیں۔

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِهٖ

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

خدایا محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر رحمت نازل فرما

وَ لَا تَكِلْنِىْ اِلٰى نَفْسِىْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ اَبَدًا

and never relegate me to myself even for a winking of an eye

اور ہمیں پلک جھپکنے کے برابر بھی خود ہمارے حوالے نہ کردینا

وَلَاۤ اِلىٰ اَحَدٍ مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ

or to any of Your creatures,

اور نہ کسی مخلوق کے حوالے کرنا،

فَاِنَّكَ اِنْ وَكَلْتَنِىْ اِلَيْهَا

because if You relegate me to them,

اس لیے کہ اگر تو نے مخلوقات کے حوالے کردیا

تُبَاعِدْنِىْ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ

You will move me away from goodness

تو گویا مجھے خیر سے دور کردیا

وَتُقَرِّبْنِىْ مِنَ الشَّرِّ

and draw me near to evil.

اور شر سے قریب کردیا۔

اَىْ رَبِّ لَاۤ اَثِقُ اِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ

O my Lord, I trust in none but Your mercy;

خدایا میرا اعتماد صرف تیری رحمت پر ہے

فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِهِ الطَّيِّبِيْنَ

so, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

لہٰذا محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر رحمت نازل فرما

وَاجْعَلْ لِىْ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا

and keep for me a covenant with You

اور میرے لیے وہ عہد قرار دے

تُؤَدِّيْهِ اِلَىَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

that You will give it back to me on the Resurrection Day.

جس کو روزِ قیامت ادا کردے

اِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيْعَادَ۔

Verily, You never fail to fulfill Your promise.

اس لیے کہ تو اپنے وعدے کے خلاف نہیں کرتا ہے۔

Twelfth: In the book of ‘Uddat al-DAI, it is recorded that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) has said: He who invokes Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household using this form after the dawn (fajr) Prayers before speaking, Almighty Allah will save his face from being burnt with Hellfire:

رَبِّ صَلِّى عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مَحَمَّدٍ وَّ اَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔

O my Lord, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad, Muhammad’s family, and Muhammad’s Household.

پروردگارا! محمدؐ اور ان کے اہل بیتؑ پر رحمت فرما۔

In his book of Thawab al-A’mal, Ibn Baabwayh has reported the following through a valid chain of authority: In order that Almighty Allah will save your face from being burnt with Hellfire, you may repeat the following invocation of blessings one hundred times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ۔

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

پروردگارا رحمت نازل فرما محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر

According to another tradition, you may repeat the following invocation of blessing and supplicatory prayer one hundred times before you say any other word (after the accomplishment of a ritual prayer):

يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ عَلىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O my Lord, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

پروردگارا رحمت نازل فرما محمدؐ و آل محمدؐ پر

وَّ اَعْتِقْ رَقَبَتِىْ مِنَ النَّارِ۔

and set my neck free from Hellfire.

اور میری گردن کو آتشِ جہنّم سے آزاد کردے۔