Munajat e Shabania (Shaʿbān)
It is recommended to say the following confidential prayer (Munajat) that has been narrated by Ibn Khalawayh who commented on it, saying, “This is the confidential prayer of Imam AliAmeer al-Momineen and the Holy Imams (a.s.) who used to say it in the month of Sha’ban.”
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اسْمَعْ نِدَآئي اِذَا نَادَيْتُكَ وَ اَقْبِلْ عَلَيَّ اِذَا نَاجَيْتُكَ فَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَ وَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِسْكِيْنًا لَكَ مُتَضَرِّعًا اِلَيْكَ رَاجِيًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ ثَوَابِیْ وَ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِيْ نَفْسِيْ وَ تَخْبُرُ حَاجَتِيْ وَ تَعْرِفُ ضَمِيْرِيْ وَ لَايَخْفٰى عَلَيْكَ اَمْرُ مُنْقَلَبِيْ مَثْوَاىَ وَ مَا اُرِيْدُ اَنْ اُبْدِئَی بِهٖ مِنْ مَنْطِقِيْ وَ اَتَفَوَّهُ بِهٖ مِنْ طَلِبَتِيْ وَ اَرْجُوْهُ لِعَاقِبَتِيْ وَ قَدْ جَرَتْ مَقَادِيْرُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا سَيِّدِيْ فِيْمَا يَكُوْنُ مِنِّيْ اِلٰى اٰخِرِ عُمْرِيْ مِنْ سَرِيْرَتِيْ وَ عَلَانِيَتِيْ وَ بِيَدِكَ لَا بِيَدِ غَيْرِكَ زِيَادَتِيْ وَ نَقْصِيْ وَ نَفْعِيْ وَ ضَّرِيْ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ حَرَمْتَنِيْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَرْزُقُنِيْ وَ اِنْ خَذَلْتَنِيْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَنْصُرُنِيْ اِلٰهِيْ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ حُلُوْلِ سَخَطِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ كُنْتُ غَيْرَ مُسْتَاْهِلٍ لِرَحْمَتِكَ فَاَنْتَ اَهْلٌ اَنْ تَجُوْدَ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِ سَعَتِكَ اِلٰهِيْ كَاَنِّىْ بِنَفْسِيْ وَاقِفَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ قَدْ اَظَلَّهَا حُسْنُ تَوَكُّلِيْ عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْتَ مَا اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ تَغَمَّدْتَنِيْ بِعَفْوِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَمَنْ اَوْلٰى مِنْكَ بِذٰلِكَ وَ اِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَنَا اَجَلِيْ وَ لَمْ يُدْنِنِیْ مِنْكَ عَمَلِيْ فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْاِقْرَارَ بِالذَّنْبِ اِلَيْكَ وَسِيْلَتِيْ اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ جُرْتُ عَلٰى نَفْسِيْ بِالنَّظَرِ لَهَا فَلَهَا الْوَيْلُ اِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَهَا اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ يَزَلْ بِرُّكَ عَلَيَّ اَيَّامُ حَيَاتِيْ فَلَاتَقْطَعْ بِرَّكَ عَنِّيْ فِيْ مَمَاتِيْ اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اٰيَسُ مِنْ حُسْنِ نَظَرِكَ لِيْ بَعْدَ مَمَاتِيْ وَ اَنْتَ لَمْ تُوْلَنِیْ اِلَّا الْجَمِيْلَ فِيْ حَيَاتِيْ اِلٰهِيْ تَوَلَّ مِنْ اَمْرِيْ مَا اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ وَ عُدْ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلٰى مُذْنِبٍ قَدْ غَمَرَهُ جَهْلُهُ اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوْبًا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ اَنَا اَحْوَجُ اِلٰى سَتْرِهَا عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ فِيْ الْاُخْرٰى اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ اَحْسَنْتَ اِلَيَّ اِذْ لَمْ تُظْهِرْهَا لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحيْنَ فَلَا تَفْضَحْنِيْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلٰى رُؤُوْسِ الْاَشْهَادِ اِلٰهِيْ جُوْدُكَ بَسَطَ اَمَلِيْ وَ عَفْوُكَ اَعْظَمُ مِنْ عَمَلِيْ اِلٰهِيْ فَسُرَّنِيْ بِلِقَآئِ كَ يَوْمَ تَقْضِيْ فِيْهِ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اعْتِذَارِيْ اِلَيْكَ اعْتِذَارُ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ قَبُوْلِ عُذْرِهٖ فَاَقْبَلْ عُذْرِيْ يَا کَرِیْمُ یَا اَكْرَمَ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ اِلَيْهِ الْمُسِيْئُوْنَ اِلٰهِيْ لَاتَرُدَّ حَاجَتِيْ وَ لَا تُخَيِّبْ طَمَعِيْ وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ مِنْكَ رَجَآئِيْ وَ اَمَلِيْ اِلٰهِيْ لَوْ اَرَدْتَ هَوَآئِيْ لَمْ تَهْدِنِيْ وَ لَوْ اَرَدْتَ فَضِيْحَتِيْ لَمْ تُعَافِنِيْ اِلٰهِيْ مَا اَظُنُّكَ تَرُدَّنِيْ فِيْ حَاجَةٍ قَدْ اَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِيْ فِيْ طَلَبِهَا مِنْكَ اِلٰهِيْ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ اَبَدًا دَآئِمًا سَرْمَدًا يَزِيْدُ وَ لَايَبِيْدُ كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَ تَرْضٰى اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِجُرْمِيْ اَخَذْتُكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِذُنُوْبِيْ اَخَذْتُكَ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ اِنْ اَدْخَلْتَنِيْ النَّارَ اَعْلَمْتُ اَهْلَهَا اَنِّيْ اُحِبُّكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ كَانَ صَغُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ طَاعَتِكَ عَمَلِيْ فَقَدْ كَبُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ رَجَآئِكَ اَمَلِيْ اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اَنْقَلِبُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بِالْخَيْبَةِ مَحْرُوْمًا وَ قَدْ كَانَ حُسْنُ ظَنِّيْ بِجُوْدِكَ اَنْ تَقْلِبَنِيْ بِالنَّجَاةِ مَرْحُوْمًا اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ اَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِيْ فِيْ شَرِّهِ السَّهْوِ عَنْكَ وَ اَبْلَيْتُ شَبَابِيْ فِيْ سَكْرَةِ التَّبَاعُدِ مِنْكَ اِلٰهِيْ فَلَمْ اَسْتَيْقِظْ اَيَّامَ اغْتِرَارِيْ بِكَ وَ رُكُوْنِيْ اِلٰى سَبِيْلِ سَخَطِكَ اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدَیْكَ قَآئِمٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُتَوَسِّلٌ بِكَرَمِكَ اِلَيْكَ اِلٰهِيْ اَنَا عَبْدٌ اَنْتَصَّلُ اِلَيْكَ مِمَّا كُنْتُ اُوَاجِهُكَ بِهٖ مِنْ قِلَّةِ اسْتِحْيَائِيْ مِنْ نَظَرِكَ وَ اَطْلُبُ الْعَفْوَ مِنْكَ اِذِ الْعَفْوُ نَعْتٌ لِكَرَمِكَ اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيْ حَوْلٌ فَاَنْتَقِلُ بِهٖ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ اِلَّا فِيْ وَقْتٍ اَيْقَظْتَنِيْ لِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَ كَمَا اَرَدْتَ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ كُنْتُ فَشَكَرْتُكَ بِاِدْخَالِيْ فِيْ كَرَمِكَ وَ لِتَطْهِيْرِ قَلْبِيْ مِنْ اَوْسَاخِ الْغَفْلَةِ عَنْكَ اِلٰهِيْ اُنْظُرْ اِلَيَّ نَظَرَ مَنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ بِمَعُوْنَتِكَ فَاَطَاعَكَ يَا قَرِيْبًا لَا يَبْعُدُ عَنِ الْمُغْتَرِّ بِهٖ وَ يَا جَوَادًا لَا يَبْخَلُ عَمَّنْ رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ قَلْبًا يُدْنِيْهِ مِنْكَ شَوْقُهُ وَ لِسَانًا يَرْفَعُهُ اِلَيْكَ صِدْقُهُ وَ نَظَراً يُقَرِّبُهُ مِنْكَ حَقُّهٗ اِلٰهِيْ اِنَّ مَنْ تَعَرَّفَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَجْهُوْلٍ وَ مَنْ لَاذَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَخْذُوْلٍ وَ مَنْ اَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مَمْلُوْكٍ اِلٰهِيْ اِنَّ مَنِ ابْتَهَجَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَنِيْرٌ وَ اِنَّ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَجِيْرٌ وَ قَدْ لُذْتُ بِكَ يَا اِلٰهِيْ وَ سَیِّدِیْ فَلَا تُخَيِّبُ ظَنِّيْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ لَاتَحْجُبْنِيْ عَنْ رَاْفَتِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اَقِمْنِيْ فِيْ اَهْلِ وَلَايَتِكَ مُقَامَ مَنْ رَجَا الزِّيَادَةِ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكَ اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَلْهِمْنِيْ وَلَهًا بِذِكْرِكَ اِلٰى ذِكْرِكَ وَ اجْعَلْ هِمَّتِيْ اِلٰی رَوْحِ نَجَاحِ اَسْمَآئِكَ وَ مَحَلِّ قُدْسِكَ اِلٰهِيْ بِكَ عَلَيْكَ اَنْ تُلْحِقْنِیْ بِمَحَلٍّ اَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ وَ الْمَثْوٰى الصَّالِحِ مِنْ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَاِنِّيْ لَا اَقْدِرُ لِنَفْسِيْ رَفْعًا وَّ لَااَمْلِكُ لَهَا نَفْعًا اِلٰهِيْ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ الضَّعِيْفُ الْمُذْنِبُ وَ مَمْلُوْكُكَ الْمُنِيْبُ الْمُعِیْبُ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ صَرَفْتَ عَنْهُ وَجْهَكَ وَ حَجَبَهُ سَهْوُهُ عَنْ عَفْوِكَ اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ كَمَالَ الْاِنْقِطَاعِ اِلَيْكَ وَ اَنِرْ اَبْصَارَ قُلُوْبِنَا بِضِيَآءِ نَظَرِهَا اِلَيْكَ حَتّٰٓى تَخْرِقُ اَبْصَارُ الْقُلُوْبِ حُجُبَ النُّوْرِ فَتَصِلُ اِلٰى مَعْدِنِ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ تَصِيْرَ اَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِكَ اِلٰهِيْ وَ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ لَاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلَالِكَ فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرًّا وَّ عَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْرًا اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ اُسَلِّطْ عَلٰى حُسْنِ ظَنِّيْ قُنُوْطَ الْاَيَاسِ وَ لَاانْقَطِعَ رَجَآئِيْ مِنْ جَمِيْلِ كَرَمِكَ اِلٰهِىْ اِنْ كَانَتِ الْخَطَايَا قَدْ اَسْقَطَتْنِيْ لَدَيْكَ فَاصْفَحْ عَنِّيْ بِحُسْنِ تَوَكُّلِيْ عَلَيْكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ حَطَّتْنِيْ الذُّنُوْبُ مِنْ مَكَارِمِ لُطْفِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَنِيْ الْيَقِيْنُ اِلٰى كَرَمِ عَطْفِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ اَنَامَتْنِيْ الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَآئِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِيْ الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِ اٰلَاْئِكَ اِلٰهِيْ اِنْ دَعَانِيْ اِلَى النَّارِ عَظِيْمُ عِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ دَعَانِيْ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ جَزِيْلُ ثَوَابِكَ اِلٰهِيْ فَلَكَ اَسْئَالُہُ وَ اِلَيْكَ اَبْتَهِلُ وَ اَرْغَبُ وَ اَسْئَلُكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مِمَّنَ يُّدِيْمُ ذِكْرَكَ وَ لَا يَنْقُضُ عَهْدَكَ وَ لَا يَغْفُلُ عَنْ شُكْرِكَ وَ لَا يَسْتَخِفُّ بِاَمْرِكَ اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَلْحِقْنِيْ بِنُوْرِ عِزِّكَ الْاَبْهَجِ فَاَكُوْنَ لَكَ عَارِفًا وَ عَنْ سِوَاكَ مُنْحَرِفًا وَ مِنْكَ خَآئِفًا مُرَاقِبًا يَاذَاالْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ وَ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُوْلِهٖ وَ اٰلِهٖ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ وَ سَلَّمْ تَسْلِيْمًا كَثِيْرًا اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَليٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Translation:
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful.
Allah send blessings on Mohammed and his progeny, here me whenever I beseech You and be attentive whenever I elegeuose You as I have running and have presented myself in Your Presence. I am helpless in front of You, I am a complainant in Your court. Present me the rewards which You have reserved for me and You are well aware of my inner thoughts. You are aware of my needs. You are knowing about the affairs of my heart and nothing is hidden from You, and whatever I wish to say and the thing which I intend to speak (You are fully aware of) You have decreed my destiny. & all the Expectations that I Hope for my Future, All that which You Decided Oh my Master Allah You are aware of all the actions which I will be performing till my last day. Either openly or secretly, no one has any power of it except You. Either it is in excess or in less measure, either in profit or in loss. My Lord if You deny me then who is there to sustain me, and if You make me unsuccessful then who is there to support me. My Lord I seek refuge from You in the descending of Your wrath and Your chastisement. O Allah! Although I am not eligible for Your Mercy but You can still shower You grace on me. Oh My God! I now Imagine How i will Stand before You Shaded by my good idea about you on account of my Trust in you, & you will Decide for me which is under the shade of Your forgiveness. O Allah! If You pardon me then is there any one else other than You who can forgive me, even if my death has approached, and my deeds have not made me reach Your Presence, thus I have made my acceptance of sins a means of intercession. My Lord! While taking care of my soul I have done injustice on it, and if You do not forgive it then it will be destroyed. Allah! Your obligation were on me the whole life, do not discontinue it after my death. Why should I loose hope of it when during my life-time. You have done nothing but goodness with me. My Lord! Be compassionate in my transactions and oblige this sinner who is covered by his ignorance. My Lord You have covered my sins in this world and I require this covering in the hereafter. Allah You have obliged me by covering my sins from Your pious people and so do not degrade me on the day of Judgement in front of Your creation. Allah Your grace has expanded my hopes and Your forgiveness is greater than my deeds. Allah the day on which You will account the creatures, put me among good people by Your grace. My Lord my excuse is like the excuse of a person who does not have any hope of his excuse being accepted. the Generous o all the generous to whom all go taking excuses. Allah do not turn down my requests, overtook my desires and cut down my hopes. Allah! If You had been of my desires You would have never guided me and if You had decided to degrade me, You would have never saved me. My Lord! I don't feel that You will not accept this supplication for which I have ended up my life. Allah! Praise is for You always and forever which ever increases and never lessens in the manner You approve of it. Allah! I if You have decided to punish me for my crimes then I will not leave You for Your forgiveness and if You have apprehended me for my sins then I will not leave You for Your Mercy and if You send me to Hell then I will inform Hell that I loved You. Lord! If due to my worship my deeds are low, but still my hopes are high due to Your hopefulness. my Lord! How can I go hopelessly and dejected from Your presence when I was hopeful of Your Generosity that I will return after being pardoned. Allah I spent the whole life forgetting Your presence and my youth, being away from You. Allah! I was arrogant for Your forgiveness and not being aware of treading the path of Your wrath. My Lord I am Your creature and son of Your creature, present before You and have made Your grace an intercessor before You. My Lord I am Your slave who has repented for all the sins which I have committed in Your presence after being careless of Your warnings and I seek forgiveness from You because pardoning is one of Your characteristics. My Lord! I lack the strength that I follow the same way and save myself from Your wrath, but this happened when Your love made me aware and so I have become as You wished me to be. Now I thank You for entering the door of Your grace and that my heart has become pure from the stains of carelessness about You. My Lord, look at me as You look up at those who call upon You, and he whom You have ordered a thing and he has abided by it. He who is never away from His servants and O the generous who is never miser in rewarding the doers of good. Allah grant me such a heart which brings me nearer to You and that tongue whose truthfulness raises my head in Your presence, and those eyes whose right makes me nearer to You. My Creator! He is not a stranger who has got fame due to You. And who is under Your shelter is never abandoned as upon whom You have put Your generous look he is nobody's slave. Allah who is nearer to You is alive at heart and one who is attached to You finds refuge and I have also asked protection in Your presence. O Allah, my Lord and Master don't disappoint the one who has hopes in You and don't drive away from Your favours. Allah accord me that status which You have bestowed upon Your beloved servants. Allah inculcate in me Your love after every remember. By Your name forgive me and make me near pure ones. My Lord by Your grace it is Your might that You made me reach to the position of Your obedient and pleasing servants, because I don't have the power to uplift my soul. Lord I am a dependant slave in Your kingdom. I am a repentant and seeking forgiveness, do not include me among those group from whom You have turned away and their carelessness has stopped Your forgiveness. Allah grant me the grace to cut off relations with this world and make me Yours. Grand my heart the light which inclines towards You So That the Sights of the Heart Will Penetrate the Screens of Light & arrive at the Core of Magnificence and our soul is directed towards You, My Lord put me among those people when You called Them They Responded to you , You have seen them and seeing Your Honour they have lost control of their selves. You have whispered to them and they have done difficult action for You, O Allah on my good hopes don't prevail helplessness, and don't cut my hopes by Your mercy. My Lord if my errors have put me down in Your presence,You overlook it, as I have great trust in You. O Allah Although my sins have not made me capable of Your excellent grace, but Your attention has made me bow down. My Lord! If my carelessness has made me negligent of Your meeting then recognizing Your bounties has made me alert. Allah if Your great chastisement calls me towards hell then Your great rewards have invited me towards heaven. Allah I ask from You and hope from You I have a request, send blessings on Mohammad and his progeny the pure, and include me among those who remember You. Who are never unmindful of Your remembrance, who never take Your commands for granted. O Allah grant me such a light by which I can gain Your recognition and obey You, be afraid of You, think only of You, the possessor of Honour and Might! Allah! Send blessings on Your prophet Mohammad and his progeny and grant them abundance safety. Allah! Send blessings on Your prophet Mohammad and his progeny
Explanation / Details::
This confidential prayer (Munajat), ascribed to the Holy Imams (a.s.), is highly significant since it comprises excellent meanings. It is advisable to say it with presence of heart all the time.