ভূমিকা

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ اَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ اِلهِي غَارَتْ نُجُوْمُ سَمَائِكَ وَ نَامَتْ عُيُوْنُ اَنَامِكَ وَ هَدَاَتْ اَصْوَاتُ عِبَادِكَ وَ اَنْعَامِكَ وَ غَلَّقَتِ الْمُلُوْكُ عَلَيْهَا اَبْوَابَهَا وَ طَافَ عَلَيْهَا حُرَّاسُهَا وَ احْتَجَبُوا عَمَّنْ يَسْئَلُهُمْ حَاجَةً English translation of Du’a before Salatul Layl In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful O Allah bless Muhammad and his family My God, the stars of Your sky have sunk and the eyes of Your people are sleeping and the voices of Your servants and Your animals have become silent and the kings have locked their doors and its guards are moving around it and they are covered from he who wishes to ask them for a need اَوْ يَنْتَجِعُ مِنْهُمْ فَائِدَةً وَ اَنْتَ اِلهِي حَيٌّ قَيُّوْمٌ لاَ تَاْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَ لاَ نَوْمٌ وَ لاَ يَشْغَلُكَ شَيْئٌ عَنْ شَيْئٍ اَبْوَابُ سَمَائِكَ لِمَنْ دَعَاكَ مُفَتَّحَاتٌ وَ خَزَائِنُكَ غَيْرُ مُغَلَّقَاتٍ وَ اَبْوَابُ رَحْمَتِكَ غَيْرُ مَحْجُوْبَاتٍ وَ فَوَائِدُكَ لِمَنْ سَأَلَكَ غَيْرُ مَحْظُوْرَاتٍ بَلْ هِيَ مَبْذُوْلاَتٌ اَنْتَ اِلهِي اَلْكَرِيْمُ or to get a benefit from them But You my God, are Ever Living, Subsistent **,** slumber or sleep does not overtake you (2:255) and one thing does not occupy You from another the doors of Your sky are open for he who asks You and Your treasures are never locked and the doors of Your mercy are never covered and Your benefits are never forbidden for he who asks You rather they are given generously You are my God, the Generous الَّذِي لاَ تَرُدُّ سَائِلاً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ سَأَلَكَ وَ لاَ تَحْتَجِبُ عَنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ اَرَادَكَ لاَ وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ جَلاَلِكَ وَ لاَ تُخْتَزَلُ حَوَائِجَهُمْ دُوْنَكَ وَ لاَ يَقْضِيْهَا اَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ اَللّهُمَّ وَ قَدْ تَرَانِي وَ وُقُوْفِي وَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ تَعْلَمُ سَرِيْرَتِي وَ تَطَّلِعُ عَلى مَا فِي قَلْبِي وَ مَا يَصْلِحُ بِهِ اَمْرُ آخِرَتِي وَ دُنْيَايَ اَللّهُمَّ اِنَّ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ وَ اَهْوَالِ الْمُطَّلِعِ وَالْوُقُوْفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ who does not turn away a beseecher who asks from You and You do not conceal Yourself from anyone of the believers who intends You No, by Your Honor and Your Majesty no one removes their needs other than You and no one fulfills their needs apart from You O Allah You see me, and my standing (before You) and my humble position in front of You and You know my secrets and are aware of what is in my heart and of what will improve my affairs of the Hereafter and the world O Allah, the remembrance of death and the frightening conditions of the observer and standing before You نَغَّصَنِي مَطْعَمِي وَ مَشْرَبِي وَ اَغَصَّنِي بِرِيْقِي اَقْلَقَنِي عَنْ وِسَادِي وَ مَنَعَنِي رُقَادِي كَيْفَ يَنَامُ مَنْ يَخَافُ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فِي طَوَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ وَ طَوَارِقِ النَّهَارِ بَلْ كَيْفَ يَنَامُ الْعَاقِلُ وَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ لاَ يَنَامُ لاَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لاَ بِالنَّهَارِ وَ يَطْلُبُ رُوْحَهُ بِالْبَيَاتِ وَ فِي آنَاءِ السَّاعَاتِ اَسْأََلُكَ الرَّوْحَ وَ الرَّاحَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَ الْعَفْوَ عَنِّي حِيْنَ اَلْقَاكَ makes me stay away from my food and drink and makes me choke keeps me away from my pillow and prevents me from sleeping How can one sleep who fears the angel of death?