اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ ٱلنُّورِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
O Allah the Lord of the Great Light,
وَرَبَّ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ ٱلرَّفِيعِ
the Lord of the Elevated Throne,
وَرَبَّ ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
the Lord of the swollen ocean,
وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ وَٱلإِنْجِيلِ وَٱلزَّبُورِ
the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Psalms,
وَرَبَّ ٱلظِّلِّ وَٱلْحَرُورِ
the Lord of shade and heat,
وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلْقُرْآنِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
the Revealer of the Great Qur’an,
وَرَبَّ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةِ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
and the Lord of the Archangels,
وَٱلأَنْبِيَاءِ وَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
the Prophets, and the Messengers:
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلْكَرِيـمِ
O Allah, I beseech You in Your Noble Name,
وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ ٱلْمُنِيرِ
in the Light of Your Luminous Face
وَمُلْكِكَ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
and Your Eternal Kingdom.
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ
O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent!
أَسْأَلُكَ بِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَٱلأَرَضُونَ
I beseech You in the name of Your Name with which the heavens and the earth have lit up
وَبِٱسْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَصْلَحُ بِهِ ٱلأَوَّلُونَ وَٱلآخِرُونَ
and in Your Name with which the past and the coming generations have become upright!
يَا حَيّاً قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who has been always alive before the existence of all living things!
وَيَا حَيّاً بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ
O He Who shall be alive after the extinction of all living things!
وَيَا حَيّاً حِينَ لا حَيُّ
O He Who has been always alive even when there was nothing else alive!
يَا مُحْيِيَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَمُمِيتَ ٱلأَحْيَاءِ
O He Who revives the dead ones and causes the living ones to die!
يَا حَيُّ لا إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
O Ever-living! There is no god save You.
اَللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ مَوْلاَنَا ٱلإِمَامَ ٱلْهَادِيَ ٱلْمَهْدِيَّ ٱلْقَائِمَ بِأَمْرِكَ
O Allah, convey to our master Imam al-Mahdi, the guide who is to undertake Your orders,
صَلَوَاتُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آبَائِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
may Allah’s blessings be upon him and upon his immaculate fathers,
عَنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
on behalf of all of the believing men and women
فِي مَشَارِقِ ٱلأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا
in the east and west of the earth
سَهْلِهَا وَجَبَلِهَا
and in plains, mountains,
وَبَرِّهَا وَبَحْرِهَا
lands, and seas,
وَعَنِّي وَعَنْ وَالِدَيَّ
and on behalf of my parents
مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوَاتِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِ ٱللَّهِ
(convey to him) blessings that are as weighty as Allah’s Throne,
وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ
as much as the ink of His Words,
وَمَا أَحْصَاهُ عِلْمُهُ وَأَحَاطَ بِهِ كِتَابُهُ
and as many as that which is counted by His knowledge and encompassed by His Book.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُجَدِّدُ لَهُ فِي صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِي هٰذَا
O Allah, I update to him in the beginning of this day
وَمَا عِشْتُ مِنْ أَيَّامِي
and throughout the days of lifetime a pledge,
عَهْداً وَعَقْداً وَبَيْعَةً لَهُ فِي عُنُقِي
a covenant, and allegiance to which I commit myself
لا أَحُولُ عَنْه وَلا أَزُولُ أَبَداً
and from which I neither convert nor change.
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَنْصَارِهِ
O Allah, (please do) make me of his supporters,
وَأَعْوَانِهِ وَٱلذَّابِّينَ عَنْهُ
sponsors, defenders,
وَٱلْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِي قَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِهِ
and those who hurry in carrying out his instructions,
وَٱلْمُمْتَثِلِينَ لأَوَامِرِهِ
those who comply with his orders,
وَٱلْمُحَامِينَ عَنْهُ
those who uphold him,
وَٱلسَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ إِرَادَتِهِ
those who precede others to implementing his will,
وَٱلْمُسْتَشْهَدِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
and those who will be martyred before him.
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلْتَهُ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ حَتْماً مَقْضِيّاً
O Allah, if death that You have made inevitably and certainly incumbent upon Your servants stands between me and him,
فَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ قَبْرِي مُؤْتَزِراً كَفَنِي
then (please do) take me out of my grave using my shroud as dress,
شَاهِراً سَيْفِي
unsheathing my sword,
مُجَرِّداً قَنَاتِي
holding my lance in my hand,
مُلَبِّياً دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِي فِي ٱلْحَاضِرِ وَٱلْبَادِي
and responding to the call of the Caller who shall announce (his advent) in urban areas and deserts.
اَللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِي ٱلطَّلْعَةَ ٱلرَّشِيدَةَ
O Allah, (please do) show me his magnificent mien
وَٱلْغُرَّةَ ٱلْحَمِيدَةَ
and his praiseworthy forehead,
وَٱكْحُلْ نَاظِرِي بِنَظْرَةٍ مِنِّي إِلَيْهِ
delight my eyes by letting me have a look at him.
وَعَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُ
And (please) expedite his relief,
وَسَهِّلْ مَخْرَجَهُ
make his reappearance easy,
وَأَوْسِعْ مَنْهَجَهُ
clear a spacious space for him,
وَٱسْلُكْ بِي مَحَجَّتَهُ
guide me to follow his course,
وَأَنْفِذْ أَمْرَهُ
give success to his issues,
وَٱشْدُدْ أَزْرَهُ
and confirm his strength.
وَٱعْمُرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِهِ بِلادَكَ
O Allah, construct Your lands through him
وَأَحْيِ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ
and refresh Your servants through him,
فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ ٱلْحَقُّ:
For You have said, and true are Your words:
«ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ
“Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea
بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ.»
on account of what the hands of men have wrought.”
فَأَظْهِرِ ٱللَّهُمَّ لَنَا وَلِيَّكَ
So, O Allah, (please) show us Your vicegerent,
وَٱبْنَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
the son of Your Prophet,
ٱلْمُسَمَّىٰ بِٱسْمِ رَسُولِكَ
and the namesake of Your Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
peace be upon him and his Household,
حَتَّىٰ لا يَظْفَرَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَاطِلِ إِلاَّ مَزَّقَهُ
so that he shall tear up any wrong item that he will face
وَيُحِقُّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُحَقِّقَهُ وَٱجْعَلْهُ
and shall confirm and approve of the truth.
ٱللَّهُمَّ مَفْزَعاً لِمَظْلُومِ عِبَادِكَ
O Allah, (please) make him the shelter to whom Your wronged servants shall resort,
وَنَاصِراً لِمَنْ لا يَجِدُ لَهُ نَاصِراً غَيْرَكَ
the supporter of those who cannot find any supporter save You,
وَمُجَدِّداً لِمَا عُطِّلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ كِتَابِكَ
the reviver of the laws of Your Book that have been suspended,
وَمُشَيِّداً لِمَا وَرَدَ مِنْ أَعْلامِ دِينِكَ وَسُنَنِ نَبِيِّكَ
and the constructor of all signs of Your religion and instructions of Your Messenger,
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ وَٱجْعَلْهُ
peace be upon him and his Household, that he will see.
ٱللَّهُمَّ مِمَّنْ حَصَّنْتَهُ مِنْ بَأُسِ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
O Allah, (please) include him with those whom You protect from the domination of the aggressors.
اَللَّهُمَّ وَسُرَّ نَبِيَّكَ مُحَمَّداً
O Allah, (please) delight Your Prophet Muhammad,
صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِهِ
peace be upon him and his Household,
بِرُؤْيَتِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ عَلَىٰ دَعْوَتِهِ
as well as all those who followed him in his promulgation by making (us) see him,
وَٱرْحَمِ ٱسْتِكَانَتَنَا بَعْدَهُ
and (please) have mercy upon our humiliation after him.
اَللَّهُمَّ ٱكْشِفْ هٰذِهِ ٱلْغُمَّةَ عَنْ هٰذِهِ ٱلأُمَّةِ بِحُضُورِهِ
O Allah, (please) relieve this community from the (current) grief through presenting him
وَعَجِّلْ لَنَا ظُهُورَهُ
and expedite his advent for us:
«إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَعِيداً وَنَرَاهُ قَرِيباً.»
“Surely, they think it to be far off, and We see it nigh.”
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
[do all that] In the name of Your mercy; O most merciful of all those who show mercy.
You may then slap your right thigh with your hand (3x) three times and, at each time, say the following:
الْعَجَلَ ٱلْعَجَلَ يَامَوْلايَ يَا صَاحِبَ ٱلزَّمَانِ
(We pray for Your) earliest advent, earliest advent, O Patron of the Age.
Benefits of Reciting: Dua e Ahad (دُعَاء ٱلْعَهْد) is a daily morning supplication prayer for seeking the reappearance of Imam Al-Mahdi (Imam e Zamana AJTFS).
Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq (a.s) narrates in a hadith: “If one person read the supplication for 40 mornings, will be considered and accounted as helpers of Imam Mahdi and if he dies before the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi, Allah will raise him up from the grave.”