NAMAZ OF IMAM MUHAMMAD TAQI (A) TO WARD OF EVIL

Nineteenth: This is the evil-averting prayer (Hijab) of Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Taqi (‘a):

The Creator is greater than the creatures.

The Sustaining Lord is more liberal than the sustained beings.

The awning over fire of Allah

in outstretched columns

will frustrate the plots of the hearts of the rebellious

and will thwart the trickeries of the envious

in the name of the Oaths, the Decrees,

the Preserved Tablet,

the Hanged Down Screen,

and the Throne of our Great Lord.

I seek the screen, the covering,

the shelter, the safeguard,

and the haven of ‘ail-lâm-mïm,’ ‘kâf-hâ’-yà'-'ayn-sàd,’

'tâ-hà,' 'tâ'-sïn-mlm,'

‘hà'-mïm,’ ‘hâ'-mïm-ayn-sin-qâf,’ ‘nün,’

‘tâ-sïn,’ ‘qàf,’ 'the Glorious Qur'àn,'

and ‘And most surely, it is a very great oath if you only knew.’

Allah is my guardian, and the most excellent protector is He.