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Dua Kumayl ( ar, دعاء كميل, ) is a ''
O He in whose hand is my forelock!
O He who knows my affliction and my misery!
O He who is aware of my poverty and indigence!
My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!
I ask You by Your Truth and Your Holiness
And the greatest of Your Attributes and Names,
That You make my times in the night and the day inhabited by Your remembrance,
And joined to Your service
And my deeds acceptable to You,
So that my deeds and my litanies may all be a single litany
And my occupation with Your service everlasting.
...
...
And protect me with Your mercy!
And make my tongue remember You without ceasing
And my heart enthralled by Your love!
And be gracious to me by answering me favorably,
And nullify my slips
And forgive my lapses!
...
...
O He, whose satisfaction is quickly achieved!
Forgive him who owns nothing but supplication
For You do what You will
O He whose Name is a remedy,
And whose remembrance is a cure,
And whose obedience is wealth!
Have mercy upon him whose main wealth is hopefulness
And whose weapon is weeping!
Dua Kumayl (English translation)Dua Kumayl (recitation)
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dua
In Islam, ( ar, دعاء , plural: ' ) is a prayer of invocation, supplication or request, even asking help or assistance from God.
Role in Islam
Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. Muhammad is reported to have said ...
'' or supplication attributed to Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic
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prophet
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Muhammad
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, who taught it to his companion, Kumayl ibn Ziyad. This supplication is used by Muslims to ward off evil and is particularly well-known among Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
Muslims. The latter regard Ali as their first Imam
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and the designated successor of Muhammad.
Historical details
According to the Shia scholar Majlesi, Kumayl ibn Ziyad, a confidant ofAli
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
, attended a sermon in Basra
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...
by Ali in which he mentioned the night before mid-Sha'ban
Shaʽban ( ar, شَعْبَان, ') is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It is called as the month of "separation", as the word means "to disperse" or "to separate" because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water.
The fiftee ...
. In his sermon, Ali said
:"There is no worshiper who stays awake through this night and recites the prayer of al-Khidr who will not have his prayer answered."
After the sermon, Kumayl expressed his interest in learning this dua and Ali dictated it to him. Ali then advised Kumayl to recite this dua on the eve of every Friday, or once a month, or, at least, once a year to ward off evil and receive divine blessings and forgiveness.
Shia scholars Tusi
''Tusi'', often translated as "headmen" or "chieftains", were hereditary tribal leaders recognized as imperial officials by the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties of China, and the Later Lê and Nguyễn dynasties of Vietnam. They ruled certain et ...
and Ibn Tawus both record this prayer under the acts of worship for the night of mid-Sha'ban. In particular, Tusi refers to this prayer as dua al-Khidr and writes that Kumayl (possibly on a different occasion) saw Ali reciting this prayer while prostrating in worship.
Passages
O He in whose hand is my forelock!
O He who knows my affliction and my misery!
O He who is aware of my poverty and indigence!
My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!
I ask You by Your Truth and Your Holiness
And the greatest of Your Attributes and Names,
That You make my times in the night and the day inhabited by Your remembrance,
And joined to Your service
And my deeds acceptable to You,
So that my deeds and my litanies may all be a single litany
And my occupation with Your service everlasting.
...
...
And protect me with Your mercy!
And make my tongue remember You without ceasing
And my heart enthralled by Your love!
And be gracious to me by answering me favorably,
And nullify my slips
And forgive my lapses!
...
...
O He, whose satisfaction is quickly achieved!
Forgive him who owns nothing but supplication
For You do what You will
O He whose Name is a remedy,
And whose remembrance is a cure,
And whose obedience is wealth!
Have mercy upon him whose main wealth is hopefulness
And whose weapon is weeping!
See also
*Shia view of Ali
Ali was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a member of the '' Ahl al-Bayt''. According to Shias, Ali was the first Imam who is believed to be the rightful successor to Muhammad, divinely appointed successors of ...
* Dua Ahd
Dua Al-Ahd ( ar, دُعَاء ٱلْعَهْد) is an Arabic language allegiance supplication prayer for Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, twelfth Imam of Shia Islam.
Ja'far al-Sadiq narrates in a hadith regarding the importance of reciting the supplication ...
* Dua Nudba
* Dua al-Faraj
Du'a al-Faraj ( ar, دُعَاء ٱلْفَرَج) is a dua which is attributed to Imam Mahdi. It begins with the phrase of "ʾIlāhī ʿaẓuma l-balāʾ", meaning "O God, the calamity has become immense". The initial part of the dua was quoted fo ...
* Jawshan Saqeer
Jawshan Sagheer ( ar, ٱلْجَوْشَن ٱلصَّغِير) is an Islamic supplication which has been quoted in prominent books in a wider description than Dua Jawshan Kabir; and is named as a high dignity Dua which is profitable against the ca ...
* Dua al-Sabah
References
External links
Dua Kumayl (English translation)
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