Duas
Dua Faraj
Read Dua Farajwith the full Arabic text, Roman transliteration, and English & Urdu translation — presented verse by verse so you can read and understand along. Source: Mafatih al-Jinan.
The Supplication of Relief — Imam al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s)
In his book al-Balad al-Amin, Shaykh al-Kaf'ami mentions that Imam al-Mahdi (a.t.f.s) taught this supplication to a prisoner, who was then set free. It is recited for the swift relief (faraj) of the Imam of the Age and for deliverance from every hardship.
اِلَهِي عَظُمَ الْبَلاءُ وَ بَرِحَ الْخَفَاءُ
Ilāhī ʿaẓuma al-balāʾu wa bariḥa al-khafāʾ
My God, the affliction has become severe, and its hidden distress has come into the open,
وَ انْكَشَفَ الْغِطَاءُ وَ انْقَطَعَ الرَّجَاءُ
wa-nkashafa al-ghiṭāʾu wa-nqaṭaʿa al-rajāʾ
the veil has been lifted, and hope has been cut off,
وَ ضَاقَتِ الْاَرْضُ وَ مُنِعَتِ السَّمَاءُ
wa ḍāqati al-arḍu wa muniʿati al-samāʾ
the earth has become narrow, and the heaven has withheld (its mercy).
وَ اَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَ اِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكَى وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِي الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخَاءِ
wa anta al-mustaʿānu wa ilayka al-mushtakā wa ʿalayka al-muʿawwalu fī al-shiddati wa al-rakhāʾ
You alone are the One whose help is sought, to You is my complaint, and upon You is my reliance in hardship and in ease.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ اُولِي الْاَمْرِ الَّذِينَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتَهُمْ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad, ūli al-amri alladhīna faraḍta ʿalaynā ṭāʿatahum
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad — the possessors of authority whose obedience You have made obligatory upon us,
وَ عَرَّفْتَنَا بِذَلِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ فَفَرِّجْ عَنَّا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجا عَاجِلا قَرِيبا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُ
wa ʿarraftanā bidhālika manzilatahum, fa-farrij ʿannā bi-ḥaqqihim farajan ʿājilan qarīban ka-lamḥi al-baṣari aw huwa aqrab
and through them made known to us their rank. So relieve us, by their right, with a relief swift and near — as the blink of an eye, or nearer still.
يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اكْفِيَانِي فَاِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَانِ
yā Muḥammadu yā ʿAliyyu, yā ʿAliyyu yā Muḥammadu, ikfiyānī fa-innakumā kāfiyān
O Muhammad, O Ali! O Ali, O Muhammad! Suffice me, for indeed you two are sufficient.
وَ انْصُرَانِي فَاِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَانِ
wa-nṣurānī fa-innakumā nāṣirān
And help me, for indeed you two are helpers.
يَا مَوْلانَا يَا صَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ الْغَوْثَ
yā mawlānā yā ṣāḥiba al-zamān, al-ghawtha al-ghawtha al-ghawth
O our master, O Master of the Age! Help! Help! Help!
اَدْرِكْنِي اَدْرِكْنِي اَدْرِكْنِي السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ السَّاعَةَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ
adriknī adriknī adriknī, al-sāʿata al-sāʿata al-sāʿah, al-ʿajala al-ʿajala al-ʿajal
Reach me, reach me, reach me! This very hour, this hour, this hour! Hasten, hasten, hasten!
يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ
yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn, bi-ḥaqqi Muḥammadin wa ālihi al-ṭāhirīn
O Most Merciful of the merciful — by the right of Muhammad and his purified family.
Source: Mafatih al-Jinan