BB00380: Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih

Glorified art Thou, O God! Thou art the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Ordainer of command and creation. There hath never been for Thee any likeness, equal, peer, partner or comparison. Far be it that the highest essences of contingent beings should ascend to the atmosphere of Thy holy air, or that the supreme realities of created things should soar to the horizon of Thy glory, or that the most exalted summits of existence should rise up before Thee, or that the most precious substances Thou hast created in the kingdoms of earth and heaven should descend into Thy presence.

I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou didst create Muhammad, Thy Beloved One, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst create Ali, Thy Friend, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst create Fatimih, the Luminous Leaf from the Tree of Thy Prophethood and the Celestial Fruit from the Tree of Thy Providence—she whom Thou didst ennoble, beautify, exalt, honor and place above all the women of the world, whom Thou didst magnify and illumine with Thy light—to send upon her such prayers as would satisfy her heart concerning the sovereignty of Thy oneness, her spirit concerning her father, the Sign of Thy dominion, her soul concerning Ali, Thy Friend, whom Thou didst join with her, and the Imams who came after him, and her body concerning the radiance of the First Pillar, the loftiness of the Second Pillar, the splendor of the Third Pillar, and the names of the Fourth Pillar, for none but Thee possesseth this power and none but Thee is able to accomplish this.

And do Thou, O my God, satisfy her heart with Thee, her spirit with Thy Prophet, her soul with the Imams who came after Thy Prophet, and her body with the shining lights of the pillars of Thy House. Comfort her eyes by purifying the earth and all that is thereon, that there might remain in her knowledge naught but the letters of the most high, that her ears might hear naught but Thy verses, that her eyes might behold naught but Thy words, that her heart might witness naught but the garments of Thy countenance, that her tongue might speak naught but Thy praise and the King of the holy realm of Thy oneness, that naught might dwell in her breast save love for Thee and loyalty to Thee, naught in her liver save Thy spirit and the sweet fragrance of the court of Thy holy oneness, and naught in the essence of her being save that which delighteth her through the manifestations of Thy holy favor and the dawning-places of the sun of Thy exaltation. For were there to remain in her heart aversion to anything which she did not rid herself of, she would not be free for Thy worship. And this is something which none knoweth save Thee, and none but Thee hath power over this.

Therefore, O my God, deal with her and send prayers upon her as Thou didst send prayers upon her father and bestow distinction upon him whom Thou didst join with her. For this is easier with Thee than to say “Be!” and it is. And send down, O my God, that which is best with Thee upon her and upon her father and upon him whom Thou didst join with her, and send prayers upon the Imams who came after her and upon the shining Pillars who came after the Imams. For Thou art the Creator of all things, there is no God but Thee. Thou knowest all things and hast power over all things. Nothing escapeth Thee and nothing is beyond Thy grasp. Glorified art Thou, there is no God but Thee, and Thou art the Lord of all the worlds.