Dua al-Sabah
The Morning Prayer by Imam Ali

In Name of Allah The Source of Mercy To All of Creation;
The Source of The Mercy To The Believing Congregation.

O' Allah Bless Muhammad?s Soul, And Rain Down Peace On His Household.

O' Allah!

O' He Who Extended the Morning's Tongue In The Speech of it?s Dawning

Dispatched The Fragments of The Dark Night Into The Gloom of It?s Stammering,

Made Firm The Structure of The Turning Spheres In The Measures of It?s Display,

And Beamed Forth The Brightness of The Sun Through The Light of It?s Blazing!

O' He Who Demonstrates His Essence By His Essence, Permeates His Creatures? Homogeneity,

And Is Exalted Beyond Conformity With His Qualities!

O' He Who Is Near To The Passing Thoughts of Opinions, Far From The Regards of Eyes,

And knows What Will Be Before It Comes To Be!

O' He Who Has Put Me At Ease In The Cradle of His security And Sanctuary,

Awakened Me To The Favors And Kindness That He Has Bestowed Upon Me,

And Held Back From the Claws of Evil With His Hand And His force!

O' Allah, bless the guide (Holy Prophet) to You in the darkest night,

Him who, of your ropes, clings to the cord of the longest nobility

Him whose glory is evident at the summit of stout shoulders

And whose feet were entrenched in spite of slippery places in ancient time;

And (Bless) his household, the good, the chosen, the pious

And open for us, O' Allah, the leaves of morning's door, with the keys of mercy and prosperity.

Clothe me, O' Allah, with the most excellent robes of guidance and righteousness.

Plant, O' Allah, through Your Tremendousness, the springs of humility in the watering place of my heart.

Cause to flow, O' Allah, because of your awesomeness, tears of piety from the corners of my eyes.

And, O' Allah, Chasten the recklessness of my clumsiness with Your reins of contentment.

O' Allah, if mercy from You does not begin with fair success for me, then who can take me to You upon the path of evidence? If your deliberatenesrought.

Your Door Is Open For Seeking And Penetration.

And You Are The Goal of Requests and The Object of Hopes.

Illahi! These are the reins of my soul. I have bound them with The Ties of Your Will.

These are the burdens of my sins.

And these are my caprices that lead astray. I have entrusted them to The Threshold of Your Gentleness And Kindliness.

So make the morning of mine, O' Allah, descend upon me with the radiance of guidance,

And with safety in religion and this world, and make my evening a shield against the deception of enemies

And a protection against the destructive blows of fickleness.

Surely you are able to dominate what ever You Will.

You give the kingdom to whomever You Will,

And you seize the kingdom from whomever You Will.

In Your Hand Is The Good. You Have Power Over All Things.

You Make The Night Enter Into The Day, And You Make The Day Enter Into The Night.

You Bring Forth The Living From The Dead, And You Bring Forth The Dead From The Living.

And You Provide Whomsoever You Will Without Calculating.

There is No God But You. Glory To You, O' Allah, And Yours Is The Praise

Who knows Your Measure without fearing You?

Who knows What You Are without awe of You? Through Your Power You Have Joined Unlike things. Through Your Gentleness You Have Cleaved

Apart The Daybreak. And Through Your Generosity You Have Illumined The Dark Shrouds of Night

You have Made Waters Sweet And Salt, Flow Forth From Hard Shining Stones,

Sent Down Out of Rain-Clouds Water Cascading

And Appointed The Sun And Moon A Blazing lamp For The Creatures,

Without experiencing in that which You originated either weariness or effort.

So, O' He Who Is Alone In Might And Subsistence, And Dominates His Slaves With Death And Annihilation,

Bless Muhammad And His Household, The God Fearing. Answer my supplication. Hear my call. Destroy my enemies.

And actualize through Your Bounty my hope and desire.

O' Best of those Who Is Called to Remove Affliction, And Object of Hope In Every Difficulty And Need, I have stated my need.

So do not reject me, O' My Master, and leave me despairing for lack of Your Exalted Gifts.

O' All Generous! O' All Generous! O' All Generous! By Your Mercy, O' Most Merciful of The Merciful!

And Allah Bless The Best of His Creatures, Muhammad, And His Household!

O' Allah!

My heart is veiled

My soul is deficient

My Intelligence is defeated

My fickleness is winning

My obedience is little

My disobedience is much

And my tongue uncovers my sins.

So what am I to do, O' He Who Covers Faults?

O' He Who Knows the Unseen Things,

O' He Who Removes Troubles,

Forgive my sins, all of them.

By The sacredness of Muhammad, And The Household of Muhammad!

O' All Forgiver! O' All Forgiver! O' All Forgiver!

By Your Mercy, O' Most Merciful of The Merciful!

O' Allah Bless Muhamad's Soul, And Rain Down Peace On His Household.