২৭. সীমান্তরক্ষী ও মুজাহিদদের জন্য পঠিত দোয়া

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family,

fortify the frontiers of the Muslims by Your might,

strengthen their defenders by Your power,

and pour out gifts on them from Your wealth.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family,

increase their numbers, sharpen their weapons,

guard their land,

defend their heartland, bind their ranks together,

set their affairs in order,

send them supplies one after another,

take upon Yourself alone the burden of their needs,

back them with victory, help them with patience,

and make them subtle in their strategy.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family,

make known to them what they are unaware of,

teach them what they do not know,

and show them what they cannot see.

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family,

when they meet the enemy, make them forget this cheating, deceiving world of theirs,

wipe from their hearts every thought of enchanting wealth,

set the Garden before their eyes,

and let their eyes catch sight of

what You have prepared there: homes of everlasting life and mansions of honour,

the beautiful houris,

the rivers flowing with every kind of drink,

and the trees bending low with all kinds of fruit,

so that none of them thinks of turning back,

or tells himself to flee from his opponent.

O Allah, through this break their enemy,

clip their claws away from them,

part them from their weapons,

pull loose the firm ties of their hearts,

keep them far from their provisions,

bewilder them on their roads, lead them astray from where they are heading,

cut off their reinforcements, reduce their numbers,

fill their hearts with terror,

hold back their hands from reaching out,

tie their tongues from speaking,

scatter through them those who are behind them (8:57),

make them a lesson for those beyond them,

and through their disgrace cut off the hopes of those who come after them.

O Allah, make the wombs of their women barren,

dry up the loins of their men,

cut off the breeding of their mounts and their cattle,

and do not let their sky rain or their earth grow.

O Allah, through this strengthen the might of the people of Islam,

fortify their lands,

make their wealth grow,

free them from their fighting to worship You

and from their warfare to be alone with You,

so that none but You is worshipped anywhere on earth,

and no forehead of theirs is laid in the dust for any but You.

O Allah, send out the Muslims of every region

against the idolaters who face them,

and reinforce them with angels from You, rank upon rank (8:9),

until they drive them back to the ends of the land,

slain in Your earth or taken captive,

or until they confess that You are Allah,

there is no god but You, You alone, with no partner.

O Allah, include in this Your enemies in every region of the lands,

among Hind, Rum and the Turks,

the Khazars, Abyssinia and Nubia,

the Zanj, the Slavs, the Daylamites and all the other nations of idolatry,

whose names and descriptions are hidden,

yet You have counted them in Your knowledge

and watch over them by Your power.

O Allah, keep the idolaters busy with the idolaters,

away from reaching for the borders of the Muslims,

hold them back from wearing the Muslims down by wearing them down,

and hold them back through division

from massing together against them.

O Allah, empty their hearts of security

and their bodies of strength,

distract their minds from scheming,

make their limbs too weak to face men in battle,

make them too fearful to clash with champions,

send against them a troop of Your angels with some of Your might,

as You did on the Day of Badr (8:12),

by which You cut off their roots and reap their thorny might,

and scatter their numbers.

O Allah, mix their waters with plague

and their food with disease,

strike their lands with cave-ins and pelt them without pause,

overwhelm them with drought,

place their supplies in the barest part of Your earth and the farthest from them,

keep its fortresses out of their reach,

and strike them with lasting hunger and painful sickness.

O Allah, whatever warrior of Your faith goes out against them,

or whatever striver among the followers of Your way struggles against them,

so that Your religion is the highest,

Your party the strongest and Your share the fullest,

then bring ease to meet him, set his affairs in order,

look after him with success,

choose his companions for him,

make his back strong,

give him his provisions in abundance,

give him the joy of high spirits,

quench in him the heat of longing,

shelter him from the gloom of loneliness,

make him forget the thought of family and children,

grant him a good intention,

look after him with well-being,

make safety his companion, free him from cowardice,

inspire him with courage,

give him firmness,

support him with help,

teach him the rules of conduct and the ways of the Sunnah,

keep him right in his judgements,

keep showing off far from him, free him from seeking fame,

and let his thoughts and his remembrance, his marching and his staying, be in You and for You.

When he lines up facing Your enemy and his,

make them few in his eyes (8:44),

make them small in his heart,

give him the upper hand over them, and do not give them the upper hand over him.

And if You seal his life with happiness

and decree martyrdom for him,

then let it be after he has swept away Your enemy in battle,

after captivity has worn them down,

after the borders of the Muslims are safe,

and after Your enemy has turned his back and fled.

O Allah, any Muslim who takes the place of a warrior or a frontier guard in his home,

or looks after those he left behind while he is away,

or helps him with part of his wealth,

or supplies him with equipment, or spurs him on to the struggle,

or sends a prayer after him on his way,

or guards his honour behind his back,

give him a reward like the warrior's reward,

weight for weight, like for like,

and repay him for his deed with a reward here and now,

through which he quickly tastes the benefit of what he sent ahead and the joy of what he has done,

until time brings him to the bounty You have made flow for him

and the honour You have prepared for him.

O Allah, any Muslim who is troubled by the state of Islam

and grieved to see the idolaters band together against the Muslims,

so that he intends to go out to fight,

or resolves on the struggle, but weakness keeps him seated,

or poverty holds him back,

or some mishap delays him,

or an obstacle stands between him and his wish,

then write his name among the worshippers,

make the reward of those who strive his by right,

and place him in the ranks of the martyrs and the righteous.

O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Your Messenger,

and the family of Muhammad,

with a blessing that rises above all blessings

and towers over all greetings,

a blessing whose term never ends

and whose number never runs out,

like the most perfect of the blessings You have ever sent upon any of Your friends.

Surely You are the Bestower of favour, the Praiseworthy,

the One who begins creation and brings it back again,

who does whatever You will (85:16).