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The Du’a Násiri
Shaykh Muhammad – Fatha – ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Nasir ibn ‘Amr ad-Dar’i al-Aghlabi
(d. 1085 AH)
“… This supplication has been shown to ease sorrows and help to overcome difficult situations, especially when they have to do with society and are related to issues that concern all Muslims. This is the custom of Muslims: to seek refuge from Allah the Almighty in times of difficulty. Your lord says, “Call me, and I will answer you.” (40: 60)
And we ask Allah the Almighty to bring our lives and the lives of all Muslims to a good end, to make us follow the path of the best Salaf of the Muslim Community, to fill our hearts with what pleases Him, and to be kind to us in all states. Salam”.
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ar-Radani
Rabat 1399/1979
The Du’a Násiri
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
May Allah bless our Master Muhammad and his family.
You! Whose mercy is the only way out
and in Whom the one in dire need takes refuge.
You! Whose indulgence is near
and you are its Owner and you help everyone who asks for help.
To You we ask help, You who help the weak.
And You are sufficient for us, Lord, and You are Enough.
For there is nothing more majestic than the immensity of Your power,
Nor is there anything more imposing than Thy irresistible impetus.
Before the power of Your dominion, kings humble themselves.
You lower and raise the status of who you want.
All matters are referred to You.
And it is in Your hands whether they are solved or not.
We have elevated our case to You.
And to You we turn complaining of our weakness.
Have mercy on us, therefore, You who have not left
to know our weakness and you do not cease to be merciful.
Behold what afflicts us on the part of men,
our status among them you see.
Our troops are few and our resources are scarce
And we are a weak army among the others.
They have found us weak in strength and drive
And they have found us deficient in numbers and in preparation.
So we, O Thou whose dominion cannot be taken away!
We seek refuge in Your Influence that cannot be defeated.
To Thee, O helper of the needy! We appeal
And in Thee, O refuge of the weak, we lean.
It is to You that we call to remove our difficulties
You are our hope to repel sorrows.
You are the providence from which we expect no protection
that he does not come through his door.
Thou art the One at the door of Whose behalf we come
The most generous of all who enrich with His overflowing gift!
You are the One who guides when we go astray
You are the One who forgives when we err.
You encompass in knowledge all that you have created
As well as in benevolence, compassion and indulgence.
And there is no one in existence more insignificant than us
Nor are we more in need of those who are next to You than we are.
You whose goodness is immense,
You whose good fills humanity and no one else is resorted to.
You who rescue the drowning! O full of tenderness!
Thou who saves him who is to perish O full of favor!
The siege tightens, O You who hear! You who respond!
And medicine is hard, oh quick! O near!
In supplication to You, our Lord! We’ve stretched out our hands
And from You, our Lord! we expect benevolence.
Be benevolent to us in what you have decreed
And make us gladly accept what pleases You.
And it replaces the situation of difficulty with ease
And strengthen us with the wind of victory.
And make us overcome those who have abused
And may the harm of evil be only for those who have sought it.
And subjugate our enemies with force
That it breaks their cohesion and makes them fall down.
It contradicts his desire and ruins his efforts.
Defeat their troops and weaken their conviction.
And hasten, O Lord, Thy vengeance upon them
Because they cannot escape Your power.
Lord! Lord! To the rope of Thy protection we have clung
and to the power of Thy victorious help.
And may you be, Lord, for us and not against us.
And don’t leave us for a moment.
For we have no strength to defend ourselves
Nor are we capable of engineering anything for our benefit.
And we wanted to go only to Your generous door.
Nor do we expect anything other than Your all-encompassing favor.
And what of Thy goodness awaits the good opinions about Thee.
It’s just that you say: Be! And so be it.
Lord! Lord! Through You we come to what is next to You
And for you it is accessed.
Lord! You are our elevated pillar.
Lord! You are our impregnable fortress.
Lord! Make Us Safe
when we travel and when we stay.
And protect, Lord! Our crops and our livestock
And protect our commerce and make our store of goods abundant.
And make our country a country of the Din
And a rest for the needy and the poor.
And grant him among the other powers,
Inviolability, impregnability and supremacy.
And make its power come from a kept secret
And its safeguarding from a beautiful veil.
And grant that for the sad, for the qaf and for the nun
there may be a thousand veils to preserve it.
By the influencing power of the light of Thy noble face
And the power of influence of the secret of Thy immense dominion.
And the power of influence of “La ilaha illa’llah”
And the power of influence of the best of creatures, O your Lord!
And the power of influence of that for which the Prophets asked thee,
And the power of influence of what the Awliyah ask you for
And the power of influence of the worth of the Qutub and the Awtad
and of the state of the Yars and the Afrad.
And the power of influence of the Chosen and the Nuyaba
and that of the Abdal and the Nuqaba.
And the power of influence of every worshipper and summoner
And of all praise and gratitude.
And the power of influence of all whose worth thou hast raised,
both those whose reputation you have hidden and those from whom you have divulged them.
And the power of influence of the verses of the Precise Book
And of the Supreme Name, Exalted.
Lord! Lord! We have presented ourselves before You
in a state of need, weak and insignificant.
And We have beseeched Thee with the supplication of one who implores
to a Generous Lord who does not reject those who come to Him.
Accept our plea for pure favor
with the acceptance of those who do not rigorously demand the accounts.
And grant us the favor of the Generous
And give us the kindness of the Indulgent.
And display upon us Thy mercy, O Compassionate One!
And extend over us Thy grace, O Generous One!
And choose for us in all our words
And he chooses for us in all our acts.
And do Lord! Let our habit be to cling
To the Sunnah of the nobles and devotion.
And bring together in You our different purposes
And make known to us a complete knowledge of You.
And it unites knowledge and action for us
And it directs our hope toward the abode of Permanence.
And make us follow the path of the Happy
And seal our lives, O Lord! with the seal of the martyrs.
And make our children virtuous and upright
And people of knowledge who act and give advice.
And put well, O Lord! in our families
And make it easy, O Lord! our union.
Lord! And give Him Your clear opening
whoever holds the government and gives glory to Din.
And help him, You who have the supremacy,
And fill His own hearts with that which is pleasing to Thee.
And help, O Lord! to our Deen of Muhammad
And make his glory at the end just like when he started.
And protect him, O Lord! with the protection of the ‘ulama
And raise the minaret of its light to the sky.
And erase, dispense, and forgive our faults
And the faults of every Muslim, O our Lord!
And give Your grace, O Lord! to the Chosen One
Your grace with His full value.
Your grace upon him well fulfilled
As befits the loftiness of his worth.
And then to his noble family
And to their illustrious companions and those who follow them.
And praise be to Allah, the One for Whose Praise
He who procures something obtains its entire purpose.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Nasir ibn ‘Amr ad-Dar’i al-Aghlabi
(d. 1085 AH)
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