40 Rabbana

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Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful
 
 
 
In Quran Karim, word Rabbna has come in various places. If man read it with humility and subjugation, there will be strange feeling of contentment. The best time to read is before Salat-ul-Fajar and after Salat-ul-Esha. Before reading Wazifah, must read Durood Sharif.
Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the All-knowing[2:127]
Rabbana taqabbal minna innaka antas Sameeaul Aleem
 
[رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ[البقرة :127
 
Our Lord! Make of us Muslims, bowing to Thy (Will), and of our progeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will); and show us our place for the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy); for Thou art the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful[2:128]
 
Rabbana wa-j’alna Muslimayni laka wa min Dhurriyatina ‘Ummatan Muslimatan laka wa ‘Arina Manasikana wa tub ‘alayna ‘innaka ‘antat-Tawwabu-Raheem
 
[رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ[البقرة :128]
 
Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement of the fire [2:201]
 
Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil ‘akhirati hasanatan waqina ‘adhaban-nar
 
[رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ[البقرة :201
Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk [2:250]
 
Rabbana afrigh ‘alayna sabran wa thabbit aqdamana wansurna ‘alal-qawmil-kafirin
 
[رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى القَوْمِ الكَافِرِينَ[البقرة :250
Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error [2:286]
 
Rabbana la tu’akhidhna in-nasina aw akhta’na
 
[رَبَّنَا لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا[البقرة :286
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us[2:286]
 
Rabbana wala tahmil alayna isran kama hamaltahu ‘alal-ladheena min qablina
 
[رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا[البقرة :286
 
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith[2:286]
 
Rabbana wala tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bihi wa’fu anna waghfir lana wairhamna anta mawlana fansurna ‘alal-qawmil kafireen
 
[رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلاَنَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ[البقرة :286
 
Our Lord! (they say), Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure[3:8]
 
Rabbana la tuzigh quloobana ba’da idh hadaytana wa hab lana milladunka rahmah innaka antal Wahhab
 
[رَبَّنَا لاَ تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ[8: آل عمران
 
Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a day about which there is no doubt; for Allah never fails in His promise.[3:9]
 
Rabbana innaka jami’unnasi li-Yawmil la rayba fi innAllaha la yukhliful mi’aad
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ[آل عمران :9
 
Our Lord! We have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire [3:16]
 
Rabbana innana amanna faghfir lana dhunuubana wa qinna ‘adhaban-Naar
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ[آل عمران :16
 
Our Lord! We believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the Messenger. Then write us down among those who bear witness[3:53]
 
Rabbana amanna bima anzalta wattaba ‘nar-Rusula fak-tubna ma’ash-Shahideen
 
[رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنزَلَتْ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَِ[آل عمران :53
 
Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith[3:147]
 
Rabbana-ghfir lana dhunuubana wa israfana fi amrina wa thabbit aqdamana wansurna ‘alal qawmil kafireen
 
[ربَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَِ[آل عمران :147
 
Our Lord! Not for naught Hast Thou created (all) this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire [3:191]
 
Rabbana ma khalaqta hadha batila Subhanaka faqina ‘adhaban-Naar
 
[رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ[آل عمران :191
 
Our Lord! Any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest with shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers![3:192]
 
Rabbana innaka man tudkhilin nara faqad akhzaytah wa ma liDh-dhalimeena min ansar
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ [آل عمران :192
 
Our Lord! We have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, ‘Believe ye in the Lord,’ and we have believed.[3:193]
Rabbana innana sami’na munadiyany-yunadi lil-imani an aminu bi Rabbikum fa’aamanna
 
[رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا [آل عمران :193
 
Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous[3:193]
 
Rabbana faghfir lana dhunoobana wa kaffir ‘ana sayyi’aatina wa tawaffana ma’al Abrar
 
[رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الأبْرَارِ[آل عمران :193
 
Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine apostles, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never breakest Thy promise[3:194]
 
Rabbana wa ‘atina ma wa’adtana ‘ala rusulika wa la tukhzina yawmal-Qiyamah innaka la tukhliful mi’aad
 
[رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ وَلاَ تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لاَ تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَاد[آل عمران :194
 
Our Lord! We believe; write us down among the witnesses.[5:83]
 
Rabbana aamana faktubna ma’ ash-shahideen
 
[رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ [المائدة :83
 
O Allah our Lord! Send us from heaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us – for the first and the last of us – a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide for our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)[5:114]
 
Rabbana anzil ‘alayna ma’idatam minas-Samai tuknu lana ‘idal li-awwa-lina wa aakhirna wa ayatam-minka war-zuqna wa anta Khayrul-Raziqeen
 
[رَبَّنَا أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاء تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيداً لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِّنكَ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ[المائدة :114
 
Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost.[7:23]
 
Rabbana zalamna anfusina wa il lam taghfir lana wa tarhamna lana kunan minal-khasireen
 
[رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ[الأعراف :23
 
Our Lord! Send us not to the company of the wrong-doers [7:47]
 
Rabbana la taj’alna ma’al qawwmi-dhalimeen
 
[رَبَّنَا لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ[الأعراف :47
 
Our Lord! Decide Thou between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide.[7:89]
 
Rabbanaf-tah baynana wa bayna qawmina bil haqqi wa anta Khayrul Fatiheen
 
[رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ[الأعراف :89
 
Our Lord! Pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as Muslims (who bow to thy will)![7:126]
 
Rabbana afrigh ‘alayna sabraw wa tawaffana Muslimeen
 
[رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ[الأعراف :126
 
Our Lord! Make us not a trial for those who practise oppression; And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)[10:85-86]
 
Rabbana la taj’alna fitnatal lil-qawmidh-Dhalimeen wa najjina bi-Rahmatika minal qawmil kafireen
 
[رَبَّنَا لاَ تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ ; وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ[يونس :85-86
 
O our Lord! Truly Thou dost know what we conceal and what we reveal: for nothing whatever is hidden from Allah, whether on earth or in heaven[14:38]
 
Rabbana innaka ta’lamu ma nukhfi wa ma nu’lin wa ma yakhfa ‘alal-lahi min shay’in fil-ardi wa la fis-Sama’
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ وَمَا يَخْفَى عَلَى اللّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فَي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاء[إبرهيم :38
 
O our Lord! And accept my Prayer.[14:40]
 
Rabbana wa taqabbal Du’a
 
[رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاء[إبرهيم :40
 
O our Lord! Cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness – me, my parents, and (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established![14:41]
 
Rabbana ghfir li wa li wallidayya wa lil Mu’mineena yawma yaqumul hisaab
 
[رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ[إبرهيم :41
 
Our Lord! Bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way![18:10]
 
Rabbana ‘atina mil-ladunka Rahmataw wa hayyi lana min amrina rashada
 
[رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا[الكهف :10
 
Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds[20: 45]
 
Rabbana innana nakhafu any-yafruta ‘alayna aw any-yatgha
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ أَن يَطْغَى[طه :45
 
Our Lord! We believe; then do Thou forgive us, and have mercy upon us: For Thou art the Best of those who show mercy[23: 109]
 
Rabbana amanna faghfir lana warhamna wa anta khayrur Rahimiin
 
[رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ[المؤمنون :109
 
Our Lord! Avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous,- Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in.[25: 65-66]
 
Rabbanas-rif ‘anna ‘adhaba jahannama inna ‘adhabaha kana gharama innaha sa’at musta-qarranw wa muqama
 
[رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا إِنَّهَا سَاءتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا[الفرقان :65-66
 
O my Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous[25:74]
 
Rabbana Hablana min azwaajina wadhurriy-yatina, qurrata ‘ayioni wa-jalna lil-muttaqeena Imaama
 
[رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا[الفرقان :74
 
Our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate (service)[35: 34]
 
Rabbana la Ghafurun shakur
 
[رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ[فاطر :34
 
Our Lord! Thy Reach is over all things, in Mercy and Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn in Repentance, and follow Thy Path; and preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire! [40:7]
 
Rabbana wasi’ta kulla sha’ir Rahmatanw wa ‘ilman faghfir lilladhina tabu wattaba’u sabilaka waqihim ‘adhabal-Jahiim
 
[آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ[غافر :7
 
And grant, our Lord! that they enter the Gardens of Eternity, which Thou hast promised to them, and to the righteous among their fathers, their wives, and their posterity! For Thou art (He), the Exalted in Might, Full of Wisdom. And preserve them from (all) ills; and any whom Thou dost preserve from ills that Day,- on them wilt Thou have bestowed Mercy indeed: and that will be truly (for them) the highest Achievement.[40:8-9]
 
Rabbana wa adhkhilhum Jannati ‘adninil-lati wa’attahum wa man salaha min aba’ihim wa azwajihim wa dhuriyyatihim innaka antal ‘Azizul-Hakim, waqihimus sayyi’at wa man taqis-sayyi’ati yawma’idhin faqad rahimatahu wa dhalika huwal fawzul-‘Adheem
رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُم وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَن تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ وَذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ غافر : 8-9
Our Lord! Forgive us, and our brethren who came before us into the Faith, and leave not, in our hearts, rancour (or sense of injury) against those who have believed.[59:10]
Rabbana-ghfir lana wa li ‘ikhwani nalladhina sabaquna bil imani wa la taj’al fi qulubina ghillal-lilladhina amanu
 
[رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا[الحشر :10
 
Our Lord! Thou art indeed Full of Kindness, Most Merciful.[59:10]
 
Rabbana innaka Ra’ufur Rahim
 
[رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَؤُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ[الحشر :10
 
Our Lord! In Thee do we trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee is (our) Final Goal [60:4]
 
Rabbana ‘alayka tawakkalna wa-ilayka anabna wa-ilaykal masir
 
[رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ[الممتحنة :4
 
Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers, but forgive us, our Lord! for Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise.[60:5]
 
Rabbana la taj’alna fitnatal lilladhina kafaru waghfir lana Rabbana innaka antal ‘Azizul-Hakim
 
[رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ[الممتحنة :5
 
Our Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for Thou hast power over all things.[66:8]
 
Rabbana atmim lana nurana waighfir lana innaka ‘ala kulli shay-in qadir
 

[رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ[التحريم :8

 
 
 
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Hizbul Bahr – Imam Abu Hassan ash-Shadhili ق

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Invoke the Litany of the Sea and it will show you wonders, give you ease in your affairs, and lend you strength. You will find the sea obedient and the wind submissive; You will find gentleness quickly, and your time will be joyful. – Sidi Ahmad Zarruq ash-Shadhili

And it is read by initiates of the Shadhili tariqah after asar, silently and audibly, in private and public, individually and in congregation. Hizbul Bahr (Arabic: حِزْبُ الْبَحْرِ), translated as the ‘Litany of the Sea’ is an invocation related by Imam Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili ق. It is a unique litany made of Quranic verses and Prophetic invocations found in the various authentic collection of hadith. A powerful invocation read by multitudes throughout the Muslim world. The great Imam, on his way to perform the pilgrimage, was taught the litany by the Prophet ﷺ in a dream after his voyage had been delayed by poor winds. It has a number of benefits and is used for warding off harm as well as other purposes, dependent on intention and spiritual aspiration.

 
 
Origin of Hizbul Bahr

Muhammad Ibn Abi Al-Qasim Ibn al-Sabbagh in Durrat al-Asrar wa Tuhfat al-Abrar relates how Hizbul Bahr came into existence:

The righteous Shaykh Abu al-Aza’im Madi ibn Sultan (may Allah have mercy on him) told us in the city of Tunis (may Allah watch over it), as did the righteous and blessed Shaykh Sharaf al-Din, the Shaykh’s son, in the city of Damanhur al-Wahsh in Egypt, in the year 715 AH:

The Shaykh [Abul Hasan al-Shadhili] decided to set out from Cairo to perform the pilgrimage, a little while after the main pilgrimage party had set out. He said, ‘I have been commanded to perform the pilgrimage this year, so find me a vessel on the Nile to take me across Upper Egypt.’ They searched for a vessel and found only a ship belonging to Christians on which was an elderly Christian man and his sons. He said, ‘We shall board it.’ So we boarded it and set out from Cairo. After two or three days the wind changed so that it was blowing against us, so we made berth on the Nile shore in an uninhabited place. We remained there for around a week, the hills of Cairo still within our sights. One of the pilgrims with us said, ‘How could the Shaykh say he was commanded to perform the pilgrimage this year, when it is already too late? When is this journey going to end?’

The Shaykh slept through the middle of the day, and then rose and recited this Litany. Then he asked for the captain of the ship, and asked him his name. He said his name was Mismar. The Shaykh said, ‘O blessed Mismar, unfurl the sails.’ He said, Are we going back to Cairo, sir?’ He replied, ‘We are continuing on our way, Allah willing.’ The captain said, ‘This wind will only bear us back to Cairo before the day is out, and in any case is too strong to sail in.’ The Shaykh said, ‘Unfurl the sails with the blessing of Allah.’

So we opened the sails, and Allah commanded the wind to change, and the sails were filled so suddenly that the crew had no time to untie the rope from the stake and had to chop it off instead; and we set off with a goodly wind. The captain and his brother announced that they had embraced Islam. Their father began to weep, saying, ‘I have lost my sons on this voyage!’ The Shaykh said to him, ‘Nay, you have gained them.’

That night, the elderly Christian man dreamed it was the Day of Resurrection. He saw Paradise and Hell, and saw the Shaykh leading a great throng into Paradise, his sons among them. He wanted to follow them, but was not allowed to do so, and a voice said to him, ‘You are not one of them until you enter their religion.’ He told the Shaykh about this dream and embraced Islam. The Shaykh said to him, ‘The people you saw with me are my followers until the Day of Resurrection.’

We travelled on, and the journey was made easy for us by many events which would be long in the telling, and all of us performed the pilgrimage that year.

Sidi Madi (may Allah have mercy on him) added: The elderly Christian man became a great Friend of Allah. He sold his ship and performed the pilgrimage with us along with his sons, and established a zawiya in Upper Egypt. Many miracles were granted to him, and this journey itself was one of them. May Allah have mercy on him, and be well pleased with him.

Imam Abul Hassan ash-Shadhili ق was in his 60’s when he spoke to all of the students and enjoined upon them the reading of “The Litany of the Sea” (Hizbul Bahr) saying:
“Teach it to your children for in it is the greatest name of Allah!”
“By Allah, I did not utter it except as it came from the Holy Prophet, from whose instruction I learned it.”
“ Guard it ” “For it contains the greatest name of Allah”
“It is not recited in any place without security reigning there.”

Recitation of Hizbul Bahr

It is recited individually as well as in a group, for general benefit or for specific aims. The following advice is found in Sea Without Shore – A Manual of the Sufi Path by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller ash-Shadhili ق:

Hizb al-Bahr or ‘The Litany of the Sea’ is recited after the mid-afternoon prayer (‘asr). Some read it at sunrise, at which time it possesses particular properties, and it is also read whenever one is in particular need of something, in which case one makes one’s intention at the words wa sakhkhir lana hadha l-bahr (“and subject to us this sea”). Like all of the hizbs of the tariqa, it should be memorised and recited from one’s heart as if it were one’s own words, with complete attention to whom one is addressing it. It is not a magic wand, but an expression of slavehood and poverty. In a general way, the purpose of these wirds is not only to train the heart in dua but to eventually eliminate one’s absentmindedness from Allah, and one must strive in them to have presence of heart. Though memorised, they are not rote.

Sidi Ahmad Zarruq ash-Shadhili ق wrote the following about Hizbul Bahr in his commentary:

As for how to use the Litany, it differs according to intention and spiritual aspiration. It is used for the purpose of bringing benefit and warding off harm, and the specific intention should be made at the words and subject to us this sea. This is what Ibn ‘Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him) said, as I have seen in his own handwriting, and it is correct. Ibn Ata’Allah said in Lata’if al-Minan, ‘It is a wird for after the afternoon [‘asr] prayer, while the Great Litany is for after the dawn prayer.’ I might add to this that the Munajat [concluding prayers] of the Hikam of Ibn Ata’Allah should be read in the final part of the night before dawn. Each of them has its own secret, as the one who sticks to them will discover in no short time if he holds to piety and righteousness without taking on too much; and Allah knows best.

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Hizb al-Bahr Commentaries

Aside from the popular reading among the masses, the Hizb al-Bahr also received keen interest from Muslim scholars who have focused their attention and written commentaries on it. Below is a list of just ten such commentaries – it is interesting to note that the commentators come from all the different Sunni schools of law and encompass the whole of the Muslim world from Turkey to India, to various parts of Africa. Many of them were experts in hadith as well.

  • Dawud ibn Umar ibn Bakhili (d. 733 AH/1332 CE) al-Latifa al-Mardiya

  • Abul Huda Muhammad al-Rifa’i (d. 728 AH/1328 CE) Qiladat al-Nahr fi Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Ibn Duqmaq (d. 809 AH)/1406 CE) Qatf al-Zahr min Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Sidi Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899 AH / 1493 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Shah Waliullah (d. 1114 AH/1703 CE) Hawami Sharh Hizb al-Bahr (Persian)

  • Abu al-Iqbal Hasan ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Mintawi al-Azhari al-Madabighi (d. 1170 AH/1756 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Ayub al-Izmiri (d. 1180 AH/1766 CE) Fath al-Ali al-Barr Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Mustafa al-Kamali (d. 1210 AH/1795 CE) Jannatal-Nasr Fi Khawas Hizb al-Bahr

  • Muhammad Bello ibn Usman dan Fodio (d. 1253 AH/1837 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

  • Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (d. 1317 AH/1899 CE) Hizb al-Bahr

  • Yusuf Nabhani (d. 1350 AH/1932 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

 
 
 

حِزْبُ الْبَحْرِ
الإمام أبي الحسن الشاذلي 
(قدس الله سره)

The Litany of the Sea
By Imam Abu-Hasan ash-Shadhili ق
(May Allah sanctify his secrets)

اَللَّهُمَّ يَاعَلِيُّ يَاعَظِيْمُ يَاحَلِيْمُ يَاعَلِيْمُ
أَنْتَ رَبِّيْ وَعِلْمُكَ حَسْبِيْ
فَنِعْمَ الرَّبُّ رَبِّيْ وَنِعْمَ الْحَسْبُ حَسْبِيْ
تَنْصُرُمَنْ تَشَآءُ وَأَنْتَ الْعَزِيْزُالرَّحِيْمُ

O Allah, O Highest, O Greatest, O Clement, O all-Knowing;
You are my Lord and Your knowledge is my sufficiency;
How perfect, then, is my Lord, how perfect my sufficiency;
You give victory to whom You will, and You are the Almighty, the Merciful.

نَسْأَلُكَ الْعِصْمَةَ فِي الْحَرَكَاتِ وَالسَّكَنَاتِ
وَالْكَلِمَاتِ وَالْإِرَادَاتِ وَالْخَطَرَاتِ 
مِنَ الشُّكُوْكِ وَالظُّنُوْنِ
وَالْأَوْهَامِ السَّاتِرَةِ لِلْقُلُوْبِ عَنْ مُطَالِعَةِ الْغُيُوْبِ

We ask for your protection, in movements and rests,
In words and desires and thoughts;
From the doubts and suppositions,
And fancies that veil hearts from beholding things unseen.

﴾فَقَدِ ﴿ ٱبۡتُلِيَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَزُلۡزِلُواْ زِلۡزَالًا شَدِيدًا
﴾ وَإِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَافِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورًا ﴿ 
فَثَبِّتْنَا وَانْصُرْنَا وَسَخِّرْلَنَا هَذَا الْبَحْرَ

For ( the believers were tested and mightily shaken) [33:11]
(And remember when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said:
“Allah and his Messenger did not promise us but delusion”.) [33:12]
So make us steadfast, give us victory, and subject to us this Sea! [Place Hajat]

كَمَا سَخَّرْتَ الْبَحْرَلِمُوْسَى
وَسَخَّرْتَ النَّارَ لِإِبْرَاهِيْمَ
وَسَخَّرْتَ الْجِبَالَ وَالْحَدِيْدَ لِدَاوُدَ
وَسَخَّرْتَ الرِّيْحَ وَالشَّيَاطِيْنَ وَالْجِنَّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ

As You subjected the sea to Musa (as)
The fire to Ibrahim (as)
The mountain and iron to Dawud (as)
The wind and demons and jinn to Sulaiman (as)

وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ بَحْرٍهُوَلَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ
وَالْمُلْكِ وَالْمَلَكُوْتِ وَبَحْرَالدُّنْيَا وَبَحْرَالْآخِرَةِ
وَسَخِّرْلَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
يَامَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوْتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Subject to us every sea You possess in the earth and the sky
The kingdom and the dominion, the sea of this life and the sea of the Hereafter
Subject to us everything [Place Hajat]
O You in whose hand is dominion of everything!

﴾كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ﴾ (ثلاثا)

Kaf – Kifaya (Sufficiency)
Ha – Hidayah (Guidance)
Ya – Wilaya (Succour)
Ain – Ain (Care)
Sod – Sidq (Truthfulness) 
x3
[Elucidation by Sidi Ahmad Zarruq ash-Shādhilī  ق]

اُنْصُرْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُالنَّاصِرِيْنَ
وَافْتَحْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُالْفَاتِحِيْنَ
وَاغْفِرْلَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُالْغَافِرِيْنَ
وَارْحَمْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُالرَّاحِمِيْنَ

Give us victory, for You are the best who give victory
Clear our vision, for You are the best who clear visions
Forgive us, for You are the best of forgivers
Have mercy on us, for You are the best of the Merciful

وَارْزُقْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُالرَّازِقِيْنَ
وَاهْدِنَا وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِيْنَ
وَهَبْ لَنَا رِيْحًا طَيِّبَةً كَمَاهِيَ فِيْ عِلْمِكَ
وَانْشُرْهَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَزَائِنِ رَحْمَتِكَ

Give us sustenance, for You are the best of providers
Guide us, and save us from the wrongdoing folk
Give us a goodly wind, as may be in Your knowledge
Loosen it upon us from the storehouses of Your Mercy

وَاحْمِلْنَا بِهَاحَمْلَ الْكَرَامَةِ مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ 
فِىْ الدِّيْنِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَاْلآخِرَةِ
إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ

And carry us upon it in honour, with safety and wellbeing in our religion,
In our life in this world, and in the world to come
You have power over all things

اَللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْلَنَا أُمُوْرَنَا مَعَ الرَّاحَةِ لِقُلُوْبِنَا وَأَبْدَانِنَا
وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فِي دِينِنَا وَدُنْيَانَا
وَكُنْ لَنَا صَاحِبًا فِي سَفَرِنَا
وَخَلِيْفَةً فِى أَهْلِنَا

O Allah, give us ease in our affairs, with peace in our hearts and bodies,
And safety and wellbeing in our worldly life and our religion
Be our companion in our travels, 
and keep watch over our families in our stead

وَاطْمِسْ عَلى وُجُوْهِ أَعْدَائِنَا
وَامْسَخْهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُوْنَ الْمُضِيَّ 
وَلَا الْمَجِيْءَ إِلَيْنَا

Blot out the faces of our enemies
and fix them where they stand,
So they can neither move
nor reach us.

﴾وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ﴿
﴾وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمۡ فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرۡجِعُونَ﴿

Had we willed. We would have blotted out their eyes; and they would race to the path, but how should they see? [36:66]
Or had We willed, We would have fixed them where they stood,
so they neither could go forward, not return [36:67]

﴾يسٓ .وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ﴿
﴾إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ .عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ﴿
﴾تَنزِيلَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿
﴾لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ﴿

Yaseen. By the Wise Quran. [36:1-2]
Truly, you are of the messengers upon a straight path [36:3-4]
This is a revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful. [36:5]
That you might warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they heed not. [36:6]

لَقَدۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا فِيٓ أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡ أَغۡلَلًا فَهِيَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَذۡقَانِ فَهُم مُّقۡمَحُونَ
وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ سَدًّا وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ سَدًّا فَأَغۡشَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُبۡصِرُونَ

Already has  a sentence been passed against most of them, so they believe not. [36:7]
Verily, We have placed shackles on their necks, even up to the chins, so they end not. [36:8]
And We have placed a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and enshrouded them, so that they see not [36:9]

(شَاهَتِالْوُجُوْهُ (ثلاثا
﴾ وَعَنَتِ ٱلۡوُجُوهُ لِلۡحَيِّ ٱلۡقَيُّومِ وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ حَمَلَ ظُلۡمٗا ﴿

Disfigured be those faces! x3
And faces shall be humbled before the Eternal, the All-Sustaining
While whoever bears wrongdoing shall have failed! [20:111]

﴾طسٓ﴾ ﴿حمٓ﴾ ﴿عٓسٓقٓ﴿

Ta Sin. Ha Meem. Ain. Seen. Qaf.
Ta – Taharah (Purity)
Sin – Salamah (Safety)
Ha Meem – Himayah (Protection)
Ain – Inayah (Care)
Sin – Salamah (Safety)
Qaf – Qudra (Power)
[Elucidation by Sidi Ahmad Zarruq ash-Shādhilī  ق]

﴾مَرَجَٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ. بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ﴿
(حمٓ﴾ (سبعا﴿

He has loosened the two seas; they come together, but between them is a barrier they do not cross! [55:19-20]
Ha. Meem  x7

Ha Meem is for protection which is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to
the companions at Uhud: “Let your battle cry be Ha Meem, they shall not be victorious!
[Elucidation by Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq ash-Shādhilī  ق]

حُمَّالْأَمْرُوَجَاءَالنَّصْرُفَعَلَيْنَالَايُنْصَرُوْنَ
﴾حمٓ. تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَابِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِٱلۡعَلِيمِ. غَافِرِٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوۡبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ذِي ٱلطَّوۡلِۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ﴿ 

The matter is done. The victory has come. Against us they shall not be helped.
Ha Meem. The revelation of the Book from Allah, the Almighty,
The All-Knowing, Forgiver of Sins, Accepter of Repentance,
Terrible in Punishment, infinite in Bounty;
No God is there but He; Unto Him is the final becoming.
[40: 1 – 3]

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ﴾ بَابُنَا ﴿
تَبَارَكَ ﴾ حِيْطَانُنَا ﴿
يسٓ ﴾ سَقْفُنَا ﴿
كٓهيعٓصٓ ﴾ كِفَايَتُنَا ﴿

Bismillah is our door
Tabaraka is our walls
Yaseen is our roof
Kaf Ha Ya Ayn Sad is our Sufficiency

حمٓ. عٓسٓقٓ ﴾ حِمَايَتُنَا ﴿
(فَسَيَكۡفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ﴾ (ثلاثا ﴿
سِتْرُالْعَرْشِ مَسْبُوْلٌ عَلَيْنَا
وَعَيْنُ اللَّهِ نَاظِرَةٌ إِلَيْنَا

Ha Meem. Ain Seen. Qaf. is our protection.
Allah will suffice you against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. [2:137] x3
The veil of the Throne has been dropped over us 
The eye of Allah is gazing upon us

بِحَوْلِ اللَّهِ لَا يُقْدَرُ عَلَيْنَا
﴾ وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ. بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ ﴿
﴾ فِي لَوۡحٍ مَّحۡفُوظِۢ ﴿
(فَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ حَٰفِظٗاۖ وَهُوَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّ ٰحِمِينَ ﴾ (ثلاثا ﴿

With the Power  of Allah none shall overcome us
And Allah encompasses them from behind: 
Nay it is a noble recitation, in a guarded tablet. [85 : 20-22]
For Allah is best as Protector, and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful! [12:64] (x3)

(إِنَّ وَلِـِّۧيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّلِحِينَ﴾ (ثلاثا ﴿ 
(حَسۡبِيَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ﴾ (ثلاثا ﴿

Indeed, my protector is Allah, who has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the righteous. [7:196] (x3)
Allah is my Sufficiency, there is no god but He; on Him I rely, And He is Lord of the Mighty Throne [9:129] (x3)

(بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِيْ لَا يَضُرُّمَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَافِي السَّمَآءِ وَهُوَالسَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ  (ثلاثا 
(وَلَاحَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيْمِ. (ثلاثا

In the name of Allah, against whose Name, nothing can cause harm in the earth nor the sky; And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (x3)
There is no power, and no strength, save by Allah, the Highest, the Greatest. (x3)

وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ. 
﴾سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ . وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ . وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿

And may Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family and his companion and grant them much peace
Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe. And peace upon the messengers.
And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds. [37 : 180 – 182]



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