O Allah...

O Allah: My first need from You is that I implore to You to forgive all my previous sins although they are numerous, And to protect me (against sinning) in my coming life, and to purify my religion from whatsoever stains or disgraces or degrades it, and to save it from suspect, doubt, corruption and blasphemy, and to make me stand firm on the obedience to You and to Your Messenger and to his Progeny, the pure and the happy-may Your blessings and mercy and peace and favors be upon them-and to make me live, as long as You grant me life, on the obedience to them, and to make me die, when You decide so, on the obedience to them, and not to erase from my heart my love and affection for them and my aversion to their enemies and my companionship to their adherents and my acting piously towards them.

Wa-As'aluka Yaa Rabbi An Taqbala Dhaalika Minnee Watuh'abbiba Ilayya 'Ibaadataka Wal-Muwaaz'abata 'Alayhaa, Watunashshit'anee Lahaa, Watubaghghid'a Ilayya Ma'aas'eeka Wamah'aarimaka Watadfa'anee 'Anhaa, Watujannibanit-Taqs'eera Fee S'alawaatee Walistihaanata Bihaa Wattaraakhiya 'Anhaa, Watuwaffiqanee Lita'diyatihaa Kamaa Farad'ta Wa-Amarta Bihee 'Alaa Sunnati Rasoolika S'alawaatuka 'Alayhi Wa-Aalihee Warah'matuka Wabarakaatuka, Watashrah'a S'adree Lreetaa'iz-Zakaati Wa-Ft'aa'is'-S'adaqaati Wabadhlil-Mairoofi Wal-Ih'saani Ilaa Sheerati Aali Muh'ammadin 'Alayhimus-Salaamu Wamuwaasaatihim, Walaa Tatawaffaanee Illaa Ba'da An Tarzuqanee Baytikal-H'araami Waziyaarata Qabri Nabiyyika Waqubooril-A'immati 'Alayhimus-Salaam.

And I implore to You, O Lord, to accept that from me, and to make me loathe acts of disobedience to You and acts that You have deemed forbidden and to take me away from these acts, And to save me against negligence, belittling and slackening in the performance of my prayers, and to lead me to perform them as perfect as You have made incumbent upon me and as You have commanded according to the Sunnah (traditions) of Your Messenger-may Your blessings, mercy and favors be upon him and his Family-with obedience and reverence, and to expand my breast for defraying the Zakat and almsgiving and doing favors and good turns for the adherents of the Family of Muhammad- peace be upon them-and for consoling them, and not to take me up (i.e.

cause me to die) before You bestow upon me the favor of going on pilgrimage to Your Sacred House and to the tomb of Your Prophet and the tombs of the Imams-peace be upon them.