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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Last Luminary and Ways to Delve Into the Light Responsibility 61: Making Supplication for an Early Advent Thee believers should supplicate for an early return of Imam al-Zaman (ajtf) and this should be carried out every day and night rather if possible, it should be done every hour of the day!

There are numerous supplications which have been related from the Infallibles (as) and have been preserved in the books of prayers and supplications in regards to praying for an early advent, however in this work, we relate the prayer[^1] given to us from Imam ‘Ali b.

Musa al-Riďa (as): بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful أَللّٰـهُمَّ ادْفَعْ عَنْ وَلِيِّكَ وَخَلِيفَتِكَ وَحُجَّتِكَ عَلىٰ خَلْقِكَ وَلِسَانِكَ الْـمُعَبِّرِ عَنْكَ النَّاطِقِ بِحِكْمَتِكَ، وَعَـيْنِكَ النَّاظِرَةِ بِإِذْنِكَ، وَشَاهِدِكَ عَلىٰ عِبَادِكَ، الْـجَحْجَاحِ الْـمُجَاهِدِ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ الْعَابِدِ عِنْدَكَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ شَرِّ جَمِيعِ مَا خَلَقْتَ وَبَرَأْتَ وَأَنْشَأْتَ وَصَوَّرْتَ “O Allah!

Defend Your close servant, Your representative and Your proof over your creation, Your mouthpiece who speaks on Your behalf, the speaker with Your wisdom, Your eye that sees with Your permission, Your witness on Your servants, the master and the striver (for the sake of Allah) the seeker of Your protection, Your sincere worshipper. Keep him safe from the evil of all that which you have created and made, and that which You fashioned and formed.

وَاحْفَظْهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَعَنْ يَـمِيـنِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَمِنْ فَوْقِهِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِ بِحِفْظِكَ الَّذِي لاَ يَضِيعُ مَنْ حَفِظْتَهُ بِهِ، وَاحْفَظْ فِيهِ رَسُولَكَ وَآبَاءَهُ أَئِمَّـتَكَ وَدَعَائِمَ دِيـنِكَ، وَاجْعَلْهُ فِي وَدِيعَتِكَ الَّتِي لاَ تَضِيعُ وَفِي جِوَارِكَ الَّذِي لاَ يُخْفَرُ وَفِي مَنْعِكَ وَعِزِّكَ الَّذِي لاَ يُقْهَرُ And protect him from his front and from behind, from his right and his left, from above him and from beneath; with your protection that preserves the one whom you protect!

And keep your messenger and his (i.e. Imam al-Mahdi) forefathers, the pillars of your religion, safe through him. Include him in your deposit that never diminishes, and with your proximity that is never covered, and with your protection and power that are never defeated!

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