His Supplication for his Parents (upon the two of them be peace)

1- O God, bless Muhammad, Thy slave and Thy messenger, and his Household, the pure, and single them out for the best of Thy blessings, Thy mercy, Thy benedictions, and Thy peace! 2- And single out my parents, O God, for honour with Thee and blessings from Thee, O Most Merciful of the merciful! 3- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, teach me through inspiration knowledge of everything incumbent upon me toward them, and gather within meknowledge of all that completely! Then make me act in accordancewith what Thou hast inspired meand give me the success to put into practicethe knowledge Thou hast shown to me, lest I fail to actaccording to something Thou hast taught meor my limbs feel too heavy to performthat with which Thou hast inspired me! 4- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, as Thou hast ennobled us through him, and bless Muhammad and his Household, as Thou hast made incumbent upon usrights toward the creatures because of him! 1 5- O God, fill me with awe of my parents, the awe one has toward a tyrannical sovereign, and let me be devoted to them, with the devotion of a compassionate mother! Make my obedience and devotion to themmore gladdening to my eyes than sleep to the drowsyand more refreshing to my breast than drink to the thirsty, so that I may prefer their inclination to my inclination, set their satisfaction before my satisfaction, make much of their devotion to me though it be little, and make little of my devotion to them though it be great. 6- God, lower before them my voice, make agreeable to them my words, make mild before them my temper, make tender toward them my heart, and turn me into their kind companion, their loving friend! 7- O God, thank them for my upbringing, reward them for honouring me, and guard them as they guarded me in my infancy! 8- O God, and whatever harm has touched them from me, detested thing has reached them from me, or right of theirs which has been neglected by me, allow it to alleviate their sins, raise them in their degrees, and add to their good deeds! O He who changes evil deeds into manifold good deeds! 2 9- O God, whatever word through which they have transgressed against me, act through which they have been immoderate with me, right of mine which they have left neglected, or obligation toward me in which they have fallen short, I grant it to them and bestow it upon them, and I beseech Theeto remove from them its ill consequence, for I do not accuse them concerning myself, find them slow in their devotion to