Hadith 380

(The book) ‘Al Iqbal’ –
‘From Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws in a supplication of the day of Arafaat: ‘You-azwj Began me with Your-azwj bounty before I-asws was a mentionable thing, and You-azwj Created me from the soil, then Settled me in the loins, secure from the death and the changing times. I did not cease to fall from a loin to a womb in the olden days of the past and the generations gone by. You-azwj did not Extract me due to You-azwj Kindness with me, and Your‑azwj Compassion for me, and Your‑azwj Favour to me in the state of the days of Kafirs, those who broke Your-azwj Covenant, and they belied Your-azwj Rasool-saww. But You-azwj Extracted me as a Kindness from You-azwj and an Affection upon me for the guidance which had preceded for me, which You-azwj Concealed me, and Grew me in it, and from before that You-azwj were Kind with me with Your-azwj Majestic Making, and Graciousness of Your-azwj bounties. You-azwj Began my creation as seminal fluid gushing out? [75: 37], then You-azwj Settled me in triple darkness. [39: 6] between flesh and skin and blood. You-azwj did not Publicise me with my creation and did not Make anything of my affairs up to me. Then You-azwj Extracted me to the world, complete, even, and Protected me in the cradles as a young child, and Sustained me from the feed, palatable milk, and inclined upon me the hearts of the hugging ones, and Allocated me to the merciful mothers, and Kept me away from the paths of the Jinn, and Kept me safe from the increase and the decrease. You-azwj are Exalted, O Merciful, O Beneficent, until when I was transformed as speaking with the speech, You-azwj Completed upon me the exaggerated Favours. You-azwj Nourished me increasingly during every year until when You-azwj Perfected my nature and Straightened my bed, You-azwj Obligated Your-azwj Argument upon me by Inspiring me Your-azwj recognition, and Your-azwj Frightened me with wonders of Your-azwj Naturing, and Caused me to speak when You-azwj Sprouted for me in Your-azwj sky and Your-azwj earth, from the initiations of Your-azwj creation, and Alerted me to remember You-azwj and thank You-azwj, and the obligation of obeying You-azwj and worshipping You-azwj. And You-azwj Made me understand what Your-azwj Messengers-as had come with, and Eased for me to accept Your-azwj Pleasure, and Conferred upon me in entirety of that by Your-azwj Assistance and Your-azwj Kindness. Then, when You-azwj Created me from heat of the soil, You-azwj were not Pleased for me, O my God-azwj, the bounty besides others, and Sustained me from (various) tyres of the livelihood, and types of clothing by Your-azwj Conferment upon me, and Your-azwj Ancient Favours to me, until when You-azwj Completed upon me entirety of the Favours, and Turned away from me every malice. My ignorance and my audacity upon You-azwj did not Prevent You-azwj from Pointing me upon what drew me closer to You-azwj, and You-azwj Harmonised me to what brought me closer to You-azwj’ – up to the end of the supplication’’. [103]