(AL-WADhÍFATU-L-MAShÍShIYYAH)

ÍÁÁÚT D S Dh H å Ñ ’ ‘ Á

’A‘ÚDhU BI-LLÁHI MINA-Sh-ShAYTÁNI-R-RAJÍM
I seek refuge with Allah from the evil one, the rejected.

BISMI-LLÁHI-R-RAHMÁNI-R-RAHÍM
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

ALLÁHUMMA SALLI WA-SALLIM BI-JAMÍ‘I-SH-SHU’UNI FI-Dh-DhUHÚRI WA-L-BUTÚN
O Allah, send blessings and peace in all the affairs of the revealed and the hidden,

‘ALÁ MAÑ MIÑHU-Ñ-ShAQATI-L-’ASRÁRU-L-KÁMINATU FÍ DhÁTIHI-L-‘ALIYYATI DhUHÚRÁ
Upon the one from whom the secrets, which were hidden in his lofty essence, were cleft apart,

WA-Ñ-FALAQATI-L-’ANWÁRU-L-MUÑTAWIYATU FÍ SAMÁÁ’I SIFÁTIHI-S-SANIYATI BUDÚRÁ
And the lights, which are hidden in the sky of his lofty qualities, dispel the shadows of night as full moons,

WA-FiiHI-RTAQATI-L-HAQÁÁ'IQU MINXHU 'ILAYH
And in him ascended the truths, for him to Him;

WA-TANAZZALAT ‘ULUOMU 'ÁDAMA BIHIO FIOHI ‘ALAHY
And the sciences of Adam descended through him and upon him.

FA'AJAZA KULLAM-MINA-L-KhALAUAU'IQI MA 'UUDI‘A MINA-S-SIRRIHI FIOHI
Rendering the entire creation unable to comprehend that which was entrusted to him of the secret,

WA
And before him understanding is diminished; yet each one’s inability to understand suffices him.

Fi
This is the preserved secret that has not been grasped by any one of us in its existence.

WA
And none who comes after him will reach his pre-existent witnessing.

FA
Magnified is the Prophet whose glowing beauty blossoms the gardens of the dominion [al-Mulk] and the world of the kingdom [al-Malakut].

WA
And the reservoirs of the world of al-Jabarut pour forth in profusion the lights of his dazzling secret.

WA
And there is nothing which is not dependent on him,

WA
And which is not encompassed by his all-pervading Secret.

‘ID
Because if he were not the Mediator in every aspect and descent,

LA
Then, as it is said, the mediation would disappear.

SA
Bless him, a blessing worthy of You, from You to him.

Wi
And that is an unceasing and constantly renewed creation pouring out abundantly upon him.

WA
And grant him peace in accordance with this blessing, as he is worthy of its abundance and favor,

WA
And on his family, who are the suns of the heavens most high,

WA
And his companions and followers and those who came after.

‘aA
Oh Allah! Surely he is Your secret, which unites all secrets,

WA
And Your light encompassing all lights;

WA
And your guide who leads through You to You;

WA
And the leader who rides Your worlds to You;

WA
And Your great veil who stands before You,

FA
So that no one reaches except through his noble presence,

WA
And no straying person can be guided except by his shining lights.

‘aA
Oh Allah! join me to his spiritual line,

WA
And make his praised noble descent true through me.

WA
And let me know him with a knowledge with which I can witness his existence,

WA
And I become his mirror

KA
In the way that he likes and which pleases him

WA
Through which I am freed from the sources of ignorance, through his deep knowledge.

WA
And I drink directly from the watering places of the bounty, through his knowing.

WA
And carry me on swift noble mounts of Your subtlety,

WA
And on carriers of Your love and Your tender mercy,

WA
And lead me on his upright path,

WA
The straight path to his presence, which is connected to Your holy presence

lA
And which shines with the revelations of his human virtues.

HA
A carrying surrounded by the soldiers of Your victory

MA
Accompanied by the worlds of Your family.

WA
And use me, to throw me (like a stone) upon falsehood in all its manifestations, in all its places,

FA
So that I refute falsehood by the truth, in the face of the most true.

WA
And plunge me into the seas of oneness which encompass the totality of things both complex and simple.

WA
And pull me out of the morass of metaphorical unity, of words and speech, into the unlimited freedom of uniqueness,

lA
Which is beyond either releasing or binding (freeing or limitation).

WA
And drown me in the spring of the sea of the unity of witnessing,

HA
Until I do not see, and I do not hear, and I do not sense, and I do not feel, except through it, while descending and while ascending.

KA
As it is, and like this, it never ceases to exist (as it truly is and continues without ceasing).

WA
O Allah! make my absorbtion commended by him and praised by You.

WA
O Allah! make the Great Veil the life of my spirit by unveiling and eyewitnessing.

IA
Since the order is like this – a mercy and a kindness from You.

WA
And O Allah! make his spirit the secret of my reality through tasting and through state.

WA
And may his reality unify all my worlds in the places of knowledge, both now and forever.

WA
And make this true to me, according to what it with you.

BA
By the realization of the first truth and the last truth, and the revealed and the hidden.

YA
Oh First One! Nothing comes before You,

YA
Oh Last One! Nothing comes after You,

YA
Oh Revealed One! Beyond You there is nothing.

YA
Oh Hidden One! Beneath You there is nothing.

IA
Hear my calling in my subsistence and in my annihilation, even as You heard the calling of Your slave Zakariyya.

WA
And make me contented with You, and You contented with me.

WA
And help me by You and for You, over the worlds of the jinn, the human beings and the angels.

WA
And strengthen me, through You and for You, as you strengthen those who travel on the way, and who master it, and those who master it and return to travel it.

WA
And join me to You

WA
And remove Your veil from my eye.

WA
And place a barrier between me, and between everything other than You.

WA
And let nothing come between me and You.

WA
And make me one of the leaders of Your goodness and caring.

Allaaaah Allaaaah Allaaaah (hold the 'aaaa' for 12 counts)
Allah! Allah! Allah!

AA
From Allah the order begins,

AA
And to Allah the order returns.

AA
Allah is the essential requisite of existence, and nothing exists that is not He.

IA
Surely He who ordained for you the Qur’an will bring you home again.

FA
In every approaching and every going away, in every standing up and every sitting down.

RA
Oh Lord! give us, from You, mercy, and provide for us straight forwardness in our conduct.

WA
And make us of those who are rightly guided.

FA
So guided until no slightest glance falls upon anything that is not You;

WA
Until we have no desire, except for You.

WA
And guide us in the places of mounting up.

IS
Verily Allah and His angels send prayers upon the Prophet.

YA
Oh you how believe! send your prayers upon him, and greet him with your deep surrender.

AA
Oh Allah! send Your prayers upon him from us, the most befitting prayers, and greet him with the most perfect peace,

FA
For surely we cannot estimate his great degree.

WA
Nor do we know what befits him of respect and glorification.

SA
The Prayers of Allah, exalted is He, and His peace, and His mercy and His blessings be upon our master Muhammad, Your slave and Your Prophet and Your Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family and his companions, peace.

AA
To the number of the even and the odd, and the complete and blessed words of our Lord and Sustainer.





Litanies from Abu al-Hassan ash-Shadhuli
The Following dua' are recited after al-Wazifa, 3x each:


AA
I seek refuge by the perfect words of Allah, from the evils of His creatures.

TA
I am fortified by the Almighty, the supreme. I am strengthened by the Lord of the worlds and am dependent on the living One who will never die. Remove from us the harm. You are powerful over everything.

BA
In the Name of Allah in whose name nothing will cause harm in heaven or on earth; and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

HA
Sufficient unto us is Allah and an excellent trustee.

LA
no power or strength except through Allah, the High, the Great.

AA
O Lord send Your Benediction (prayers) on our Master Muhammad and his Family.

FA
So Allah will suffice thee against them and He is the Hearer, the Knower.

FA
Allah is the best protector and He is the most merciful of the merciful.

RA
O our Lord! Vouchsafe (guarantee) unto us mercy from before You and prepare for us, in our affairs, a right course.

WA
I confide my affairs unto God; verily He is the beholder of His slave.