Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu’minin | Everyday Morning-Evening

This supplication, is reported from Imam `Ali Amir al-Mu’minin (peace be upon him) at the Night of Hijrah, is said each morning and evening.]

أَصْبَحْتُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مُعْتَصِماً بِذِمَامِكَ ٱلْمَنِيعِ
asbahtu allahumma mu`tasiman bidhimamika almani`i
O Allah, I have begun this morning seeking refuge with Your invulnerable security
ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُطَاوَلُ وَلاَ يُحَاوَلُ
alladhi la yutawalu wa la yuhawalu
that is neither touched nor caught
مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ غَاشِمٍ وَطَارِقٍ
min sharri kulli ghashimin wa tariqin
against the evil of all oppressive and domineering ones
مِنْ سَائِرِ مَنْ خَلَقْتَ وَمَا خَلَقْتَ
min sa’iri man khalaqta wa ma khalaqta
from among all Your animate and inanimate creatures
مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ٱلصَّامِتِ وَٱلنَّاطِقِ
min khalqika alssamiti walnnatiqi
both the silent and the speaking;
في جُنَّةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مَخُوفٍ
fi junnatin min kulli makhufin
and being in protection against all terrifying things;
بِلِبَاسٍ سَابِغَةٍ
bilibasin sabighatin
and being in the complete garb
وَلاَءِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
wa la’i ahli bayti nabiyyika
of my loyalty to the Household of Your Prophet;
مُحْتَجِباً مِنْ كُلِّ قَاصِدٍ لِي إِلىٰ أَذِيَّةٍ
muhtajiban min kulli qasidin li ila adhiyyatin
and veiling myself against all those who intend harm to me,
بِجِدَارٍ حَصِينٍ
bijidarin hasinin
behind an impervious wall,
ٱلإِخْلاَصِ فِي ٱلإِعْتِرَافِ بِحَقِّهِمْ
al-ikhlasi fil-i`tirafi bihaqqihim
which is my sincerity in the profession of their (Divinely commissioned) right (of leadership)
وَٱلتَّمَسُّكِ بَحَبْلِهِمْ
walttamassuki bihablihim
and my adherence to their Rope,
مُوقِناً أَنَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ
muqinan anna alhaqqa lahum wa ma`ahum
and bearing with certainty that the Right is theirs, with them,
وَفيهِمْ وَبِهِمْ
wa fihim wa bihim
in them, and amid them.
أُوَالِي مَنْ وَالَوْٱ
uwali man walaw
I thus accede to those whom they accept
وَأُجَانِبُ مَنْ جَانَبُوٱ
wa ujanibu man janabu
and depart those whom they depart.
فَأَعِذْنِي اَللَّهُمَّ بِهِمْ
fa-a`idhni allahumma bihim
O Allah, protect me, in the names of them,
مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَا أَتَّقيهِ يَا عَظِيمُ
min sharri kulli ma attaqihi ya `azimu
against the evil of all that which I fear, O All-great.
حَجَزْتُ ٱلأَعَادِيَ عَنِّي بِبَدِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ
hajaztu al-a`adiya `anni bibadi`i alssamawati wal-ardi
I am restraining the enemies against me through the Originator of the heavens and the earth;
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْديهِمِ سَدّاً
inna ja`alna min bayni aydihim saddan
“And We have set a bar before them
وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدّاً
wa min khalfihim saddan
and a bar behind them,
فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ
fa-aghshaynahum fahum la yubsiruna
and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.”