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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Jihad al-Akbar, The Greatest Jihad: Combat with the Self The Intimate Devotions of the Month of Sha‘ban (Al-Munajat Ash-Sha‘baniyyah) In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful My Lord, bestow Your blessings on Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad. Hear my prayer when I pray to You, And hear my call when I call to You. Turn to me when I whisper to You my devotions.

For I have fled to You And am standing before You, Imploring You in humility In hope of that which You have as my reward. You know what is in my soul And You are aware of my need. You are acquainted with my mind, And nothing of my returning and my destination is hidden from You: Not that with which I intend to begin speaking, Nor the request I would utter, And of the hopes I have for the hereafter. O my Lord!

Whatever You have destined for me until the end of my life Concerning the secret and open aspects of my life, It is in Your Hand and in the hand of none else, My abundance and my deficiency, My benefit and my harm. My God! If You deprive me Who will provide for me? And if You forsake me Who will help me? My God! I seek refuge in You from Your wrath And from the arrival of Your displeasure. My God!

I am unworthy of Your Mercy, You are certainly worthy of generosity to me by the virtue of Your Graciousness. My God! It is as though I myself were standing before You And were in the shade of my trust in You, Then You said that of which You are worthy And You covered me with Your forgiveness. My God! If you forgive me, then who is more suited for that than You?

And if the moment of death has come near But my deeds have not yet brought me near to You, Then I make this confession of my sins to You my vehicle. My God! I have recklessly failed to look after my soul, So it is doomed if You do not forgive it. My God! Your favor has been constant throughout the days of my life, So do not cut off Your favor from me at the time of my death! My God!

How can I despair of Your watching well over me after my death, When You have wrought nothing but beauty in my life? My God! Do that of which You are worthy in my case And bestow Your grace upon a sinner engulfed in his ignorance. My God! You have concealed my sins in this world, While I am in greater need of their concealment in the hereafter. As You have not exposed my sins to any of Your righteous servants, Do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection before everyone. My God!