DUA ADILAH

The Supplication for saving from deviation.

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

“Allah bears witness that there is no god but He,

and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge,

maintaining His creation with justice;

there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

Surely, the (true) religion with Allah is Islam.”

I am the slave—feeble, sinful,

disobedient, needy, and ignoble—

I testify to my Benefactor, Creator,

Provider of me with my sustenance, and my Honorer,

as same as He has testified to Himself

and the angels have testified to Him

so have those possessed with knowledge amongst His servants

that there is no god save Him

the Lord of bounties, favors,

generosity, and kindness.

He is Omnipotent, Eternal,

All-knowing, Everlasting,

Ever-living, One and Only,

Self-existent, Endless,

All-hearing, All-Seeing,

Willing, Discriminating,

All-aware, and eternally Besought of all.

He is worthy of all these attributes,

and He, characterized by all these sublime attributes,

was All-powerful prior to the existence of might and power,

and All-knowing before the origination of knowledge and reason.

He has been always Authority when there was neither sovereignty nor wealth.

He has been always Glorious under all circumstances.

His Being is before all precedence in the preeternity of sempiternity.

His Remaining will be after all endings without any extinction or disappearance.

He is self-Sufficient at the beginning and at the end

and All-independent inwardly and outwardly.

There is no injustice in His Judgement,

nor is there unfairness in His management,

nor is there unfairness in His administration,

nor is there any escape from His sovereignty,

nor is there any shelter against His firm grip,

nor is there any salvation from His punishment.

His mercy overtakes His Wrath.

None can escape Him when He summons.

He covers all logics for His obligatory decrees,

treats absolutely equally the weak and the noble,

makes capable to carry out His commands,

and makes easy to abstain from His prohibitions.

He does not make obedience a burden but according to one's real capacity.

All glory be to Him! How manifest His generosity is!

How sublime His standing is!

All glory be to Him! How magnificent to seek Him is!

How splendid His favors are!

He has sent the Prophets in order to show His justice,

and appointed successors [for the Prophets] in order to make known His munificence and grace.

He has made us of the community of the Chief of Prophets,

the most favorable of His saints,

the best of His elite ones,

and the most sublime of the pure ones;

that is Muhammad, may Allah send blessings and benedictions upon him and his Household.

We thus believe in him, in all that to which he has called us,

in the Qur'an which He revealed to him,

and in his Successor whom he appointed on the Ghadir Day

and to whom he referred by saying, “This is 'Ali.”

I also bear witness that the Imams—the pious

and benign vicegerents [of Allah]

after the Chosen Prophet are:

'Ali, the subduer of the infidels.

Following him is the chief of his sons, al-Hasan, the son of 'Ali.

Then comes his brother, the grandson and seeker of Allah’s pleasure; al-Husayn.

Then comes 'Ali, the [distinctive] worshipper [of Allah].

Then comes the Cleaver (of knowledge), Muhammad.

Then comes the veracious Ja'far.

Then comes the suppressor of rage, Musa.

Then comes the pleased, 'Ali.

Then comes the pious, Muhammad.

Then comes the refined, 'Ali.

Then comes the pure resident of 'Askar, al-Hasan.

Then comes the Argument, Successor, Assumer,

Awaited, Well-guided, and Expected

on account of whose existence, this world is kept in existence,

on account of whose blessing, the created beings are provided sustenance,

and on account of whose existence, the earth and the sky are kept in firmness.

Through him, Allah shall fill the earth withequity and justice

after it will be filled with inequity and injustice.

I also bear witness that their words are decisive arguments,

to comply with their orders is obligatory,

the obedience to them is commissioned [by Allah],

to love them is necessary and preordained,

and to pattern after them will definitely achieve salvation,

but to oppose them will definitely bring about destruction.

They are, moreover, the chiefs of all the inhabitants of Paradise,

the interceders on the Judgement Day,

and, undoubtedly, the leaders of the inhabitants of the earth,

and the best of the satisfied Successors [of the Prophets].

I also bear witness that death is certain,

the interrogation by Munkar and Naklr in the grave is certain,

the raising of the dead is certain,

the final assemblage is certain,

the Discriminating Bridge is certain,

the Scales [of deeds] is certain,

the calling into account is certain,

the record book [of deeds] is certain,

Paradise is certain,

Hellfire is certain,

the Hour [of resurrection] will certainly come, without any dispute,

and Allah shall raise up those who are in graves.

O Allah, in Your favor do I put my hope,

Your generosity and mercy do I expect confidently,

I have no single deed by which I deserve Paradise,

nor do I have any act of obedience [to You] due to which I deserve Your pleasure;

except that I believe in Your Oneness and Your Justice

and I hope for Your benevolence and Your favor.

I thus seek the Prophet and his Household, Your most-beloved ones, to intercede for me before You;

and You are verily the most Generous of all those who treat generously

and the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

May Allah send blessings to Our Prophet, Muhammad

and upon all of his Household,

the pure and immaculate,

and send upon them many many benedictions.

There is no might and no power except with Allah, the All-high, the All-great.

O Allah! O most Merciful of all those who show mercy,

I am depositing with You this faith of mine and my firmness on this belief;

and You are the ever-best of all those who keep deposits.

You have commanded us to keep safe deposits that are put with us;

so, (please) keep for me this deposit to give it back to me at the time of my death

and at the time of the interrogation of Munkar and Naklr;

[I beseech You] in the name of Your mercy; O most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

Many authentically reported supplications have comprised the following statement:

O Allah, I seek Your protection against deviation at the hour of death.

Deviation at the hour of death stands for shifting from the right to the wrong at the hour of death. To explain, Satan attends at the hour of death in order to deceive the moribund and suggest evil to him in order to make him doubt about his religion. If Satan succeeds, he will pull out faith from the heart of the dying person. To avoid that, many supplications have comprised statements of seeking Almighty Allah’s protection against deviation at death. Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin says, “To escape deviation at the hour of death, one should bethink the proofs of creed in which he believes, as well as the five principles of the religion with all of their irrefutable evidences, with absolute sincerity and purity and should then trust them with Almighty Allah beseeching Him for giving them back at the hour of dying. This can be done by saying the following supplicatory prayer:

O Allah, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy,

I am depositing with You this faith of mine and my firmness on this belief;

and You are the ever-best of all those who keep deposits.

You have commanded us to keep safe deposits that are put with us;

so, (please) keep for me this deposit to give it back to me at the time of my death