The Eighth Hizb on Monday
By
al-Qutb al-Kamil Sidi
Mohammed b. Sulayman al-Jazouli (d.
869/1454)
O Allah, bless our master Mohammed, the ascetic
Prophet, the Messenger of the Eternal King, the One. May Allah bless him and
grant him peace with a blessing lasting until the end of eternity without
interruption or depletion, a prayer by which we are saved from the heat of
Jahannam, the worst resting-place.
O Allah, bless our master Mohammed, the unlettered
Prophet, and his family and grant them peace with a blessing which cannot be
counted nor scope counted.
O Allah, bless our master Mohammed with a blessing
which ennobles his place of abode and on the Day of Resurrection brings pleasure
with his intercession.
O Allah, bless our master Mohammed, the Prophet of pure
origin, the noble master who brought inspiration and revelation, clarified the
elucidation of interpretation, and to whom the trusty Jibril, peace be upon him,
brought nobility and preference, and whom the Glorious King conveyed in the long
jet-black night, and so disclosed to him the highest of the Malakut and showed
him the glory of the Jabarut, and he looked at the power of the Living, the
Enduring, the Lasting who never dies. May Allah bless him and grant him peace
with a blessing accompanied by beauty, goodness, perfection, blessing and
bounty.
O Allah, bless our master Mohammed and the family of
our master Mohammed in quantity as great as the drops of rain, bless our master
Mohammed and the family of our master Mohammed in quantity as great as the
leaves of the trees, bless our master Mohammed and the family of our master
Mohammed in quantity as great as the foam of the seas, bless our master Mohammed
and the family of our master Mohammed in quantity as great as the rivers, bless
our master Mohammed and the family of our master Mohammed in quantity as great
as the sand of the deserts and wastelands, bless our master Mohammed and the
family of our master Mohammed in quantity as great as the weight of the
mountains and rocks, bless our master Mohammed and the family of our master
Mohammed in quantity as great as the inhabitants of the Garden and the
inhabitants of the Fire, bless our master Mohammed and the family of our master
Mohammed in quantity as great as the righteous and the dissolute, and bless our
master Mohammed and the family of our master Mohammed in quantity as great as
the alternation of day and night.
O Allah, make our prayer on him a veil from the
punishment of the Fire and a reason for permission to enter the Abode of Repose.
You are the Almighty, the Forgiving. May Allah bless our master Mohammed and his
good family, blessed descendants, noble Companions and his wives, the Mothers of
the Believers with a continual blessing which repeats itself until the Day of
Repayment.
O Allah, bless the lord of the righteous, and the
adornment of the good Messengers and the noblest of whomever the darkens and day
brightens. (3 times)
O Allah, O Possessor of favour whose graciousness
cannot be equalled and generosity whose blessing and kindness cannot be repaid,
we ask You by Yourself, and we do not ask by other than You, to loosen our
tongues in asking, grant us righteous deeds, and make us among the faithful on
the Day of tremor and earthquake, O Possessor of Might and Majesty! We ask You,
O Light of the Light before all types of time, You are the Enduring without
passing, the Rich without like, the Holy, the Pure, the High, the Victor Who is
not contained by place nor included by time. I ask You by all Your most
beautiful Names, and by the greatest of Your Names, noblest with You in rank,
most abundant in reward with You, and quickest in response, and by Your hidden,
treasured, pure Name, the most Glorious, the Great, the most Great, the Mighty,
the Most Mighty which You love and by which You are pleased with whoever calls
on You by it, and so You answer his prayer.
O Allah, I ask You by, "There is no god but You,
the Loving, Gracious, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Master of
Majesty and Honour, the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Great, the
Self-Exalted." I ask You by Your mightiest Name which You answer when You
are called up by it, and if You are asked by it, You grant the request. I ask
You by Your Name which to whose majesty the powerful are abased, as are kings,
beasts of prey, reptiles, and all which You created, O Allah, O Lord, answer my
prayer! O You Who possesses might and the Jabarut! O Possessor of the Mulk and
the Malakut! O You Who are Living and never dies! Glory be to You, my Lord! How
mighty is Your affair and exalted Your place! You are my Lord. O You who is pure
in His Jabarut, it is You I desire and You I fear! O Mighty, O Great, O
Compeller, O Powerful, O Strong! You are blessed, O Mighty. You are
self-exalted, O Knower. Glory be to You, O Immense! Glory be to You! O Majestic!
I ask You by Your complete mighty great Name that You do not give power over us
to any stubborn tyrant, any rebellious Satan, any envious man, any weak or
strong among Your creation, any righteous or the dissolute, slave, or stubborn
one.
O Allah, I ask You, and I testify that You are Allah.
There is no god except You, the One, the Unique, the Eternal who did not beget
nor was He begotten and there is no equal to Him. O He! O He of whom there is no
He except Him, O One who there is no god except Him, O Post-eternal, O
Pre-eternal, O Very Ancient, O Lasting, O He Who is the Living Who never dies, O
our God and the God of everything Who is one God, and there is no god except
You.
O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower
of the Unseen and Visible, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, the Living, the
Self-Sustaining, the Judge, the Loving, the Generous, the Raiser, the Inheritor,
the Master of Majesty and Nobility, who has control over the hearts of the
creatures, You cultivate good in their hearts and efface evil from them when You
wish.
So I ask You, O Allah, to efface everything You dislike
from my heart and to fill my heart with fear of You, Your gnosis, dread of You,
desire for what is with You, security and well-being. Incline to us with mercy
and baraka from You, and inspire us with right action and wisdom.
O Allah, we ask You for the knowledge of the fearful,
repentance of the humble, sincerity of the certain, the gratitude of the patient
and the repentance of the truthful.
O Allah, we ask You by the light of Your face which
fills the corners of Your Throne, to cultivate Your gnosis in my heart until I
know You with the truth of gnosis as one must know You by it, and may Allah
bless our master Mohammed, the Seal of the Prophets and the Imam of the
Messengers, and his family and companions and grant them peace. Praise be to
Allah, the Lord of the worlds. He is not enough for us and the best Protector
and there is no power nor strength except by Allah, the High, the Immense.





