Hizbul Bahr

Attributed to	Abul Hasan Ash-Shadhili
Tariqa	Shadhili

Hizbul Bahr

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Hizbul Bahr (Arabic: حِزْبُ الْبَحْرِ), translated as the ‘Litany of the Sea’ is an invocation related by Imam Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili X. The great Imam, on his way to perform the pilgrimage, was taught the litany by the Prophet ﷺ in a dream after his voyage had been delayed by poor winds. It has a number of benefits and is used for warding off harm as well as other purposes, dependent on intention and spiritual aspiration.

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The Hizbul Bahr itself consists mostly of Quranic verses and Prophetic invocations to be found in the various authentic collection of hadith. It is clear that it has found acceptance in the Ummah due to huge popularity that it has achieved. But the Shadhili shaykhs are keen to point out that the Hizbul Bahr ‘Is not a magic wand, but an expression of slavehood and poverty’.

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Origin of Hizbul Bahr

Muhammad Ibn Abi Al-Qasim Ibn al-Sabbagh in Durrat al-Asrar wa Tuhfat al-Abrar relates how Hizbul Bahr came into existence:

The righteous Shaykh Abu al-Aza’im Madi ibn Sultan (may Allah have mercy on him) told us in the city of Tunis (may Allah watch over it), as did the righteous and blessed Shaykh Sharaf al-Din, the Shaykh’s son, in the city of Damanhur al-Wahsh in Egypt, in the year 715 AH:

The Shaykh [Abul Hasan al-Shadhili] decided to set out from Cairo to perform the pilgrimage, a little while after the main pilgrimage party had set out. He said, ‘I have been commanded to perform the pilgrimage this year, so find me a vessel on the Nile to take me across Upper Egypt.’ They searched for a vessel and found only a ship belonging to Christians on which was an elderly Christian man and his sons. He said, ‘We shall board it.’ So we boarded it and set out from Cairo. After two or three days the wind changed so that it was blowing against us, so we made berth on the Nile shore in an uninhabited place. We remained there for around a week, the hills of Cairo still within our sights. One of the pilgrims with us said, ‘How could the Shaykh say he was commanded to perform the pilgrimage this year, when it is already too late? When is this journey going to end?’

The Shaykh slept through the middle of the day, and then rose and recited this Litany. Then he asked for the captain of the ship, and asked him his name. He said his name was Mismar. The Shaykh said, ‘O blessed Mismar, unfurl the sails.’ He said, Are we going back to Cairo, sir?’ He replied, ‘We are continuing on our way, Allah willing.’ The captain said, ‘This wind will only bear us back to Cairo before the day is out, and in any case is too strong to sail in.’ The Shaykh said, ‘Unfurl the sails with the blessing of Allah.’

So we opened the sails, and Allah commanded the wind to change, and the sails were filled so suddenly that the crew had no time to untie the rope from the stake and had to chop it off instead; and we set off with a goodly wind. The captain and his brother announced that they had embraced Islam. Their father began to weep, saying, ‘I have lost my sons on this voyage!’ The Shaykh said to him, ‘Nay, you have gained them.’

That night, the elderly Christian man dreamed it was the Day of Resurrection. He saw Paradise and Hell, and saw the Shaykh leading a great throng into Paradise, his sons among them. He wanted to follow them, but was not allowed to do so, and a voice said to him, ‘You are not one of them until you enter their religion.’ He told the Shaykh about this dream and embraced Islam. The Shaykh said to him, ‘The people you saw with me are my followers until the Day of Resurrection.’

We travelled on, and the journey was made easy for us by many events which would be long in the telling, and all of us performed the pilgrimage that year.

Sidi Madi (may Allah have mercy on him) added: The elderly Christian man became a great Friend of Allah. He sold his ship and performed the pilgrimage with us along with his sons, and established a zawiya in Upper Egypt. Many miracles were granted to him, and this journey itself was one of them. May Allah have mercy on him, and be well pleased with him.

The Shaykh said, ‘By Allah, I received [this Litany] from none other than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who dictated it to me directly. He said to me, “Guard it, for it contains the Supreme Name of Allah.” Wherever it is recited, there is security. Had the people of Baghdad known it, the Tartars would not have taken the city.’

Recitation of Hizbul Bahr

It is related by Ibn ‘Ayyad in al-Mafakhir al-‘aliyya fi ma’athir al-Shadiliyya that:

Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami said about Hizbul Bahr, ‘It has spread out in the land and become renowned and esteemed, and has been recited in many mosques and proclaimed in all kinds of places.’ The scholars have said that it contains the Supreme Name and the Great Universal Secret, to the point where it is related that Shaykh Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili himself said, ‘Had my Litany been invoked in Baghdad, it would not have been conquered.’ It is the ample provision and the invincible shield, and through it all woes can be relieved by the subtlest unseen means. Wherever it is recited, that place is safe from blights and protected from calamities. To beginners on the spiritual path it gives curative secrets, and to those at the end of the path it gives dazzling illuminations. Whoever invokes it every day after sunrise, Allah hears his call, relieves his distress, raises his rank among the people, expands his breast with knowledge of the divine Oneness, gives him ease in his affairs, lightens his difficulties, protects him from the evil of men and jinn, and keeps him safe from the mishaps of night and day. Anyone who looks upon him will love him. If he recites it in the presence of a tyrant, he will be safe from his evil. Whoever invokes it after every prayer, Allah Almighty enriches him from having need for His creatures, keeps him safe from the vicissitudes of time, and eases him towards happiness in every movement and rest. Whoever invokes it in the first hour of Friday, Allah puts love for him in the hearts of the people. One scholar said that whoever writes it on something, that thing will be protected by Allah’s power and might. Whoever continues to recite it regularly will not die by choking, drowning, burning or being struck by lightning. If the wind fails for people in a ship and they invoke it, a goodly wind will come to them, by Allah’s leave. Whoever writes it on the wall of a city or house, Allah will protect that city or house from the evil of sudden mishaps and blights. It has powerful benefits at times of war. It is a prayer of succour and victory against all foes, whether jinn or men. We have only briefly touched upon its benefits here, and may Allah bless the one who said:

Invoke the Litany of the Sea and it will show you wonders,
Give you ease in your affairs, and lend you strength.
You will find the sea obedient and the wind submissive;
You will find gentleness quickly, and your time will be joyful.

It is recited individually as well as in a group, for general benefit or for specific aims. The following advice is found in Sea Without Shore – A Manual of the Sufi Path by Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim Keller:

Hizb al-Bahr or ‘The Litany of the Sea’ is recited after the mid-afternoon prayer (‘asr). Some read it at sunrise, at which time it possesses particular properties, and it is also read whenever one is in particular need of something, in which case one makes one’s intention at the words wa sakhkhir lana hadha l-bahr (“and subject to us this sea”). Like all of the hizbs of the tariqa, it should be memorised and recited from one’s heart as if it were one’s own words, with complete attention to whom one is addressing it. It is not a magic wand, but an expression of slavehood and poverty. In a general way, the purpose of these wirds is not only to train the heart in dua but to eventually eliminate one’s absentmindedness from Allah, and one must strive in them to have presence of heart. Though memorised, they are not rote.

Sidi Ahmad Zarruq wrote the following about Hizbul Bahr in his commentary:

As for how to use the Litany, it differs according to intention and spiritual aspiration. It is used for the purpose of bringing benefit and warding off harm, and the specific intention should be made at the words and subject to us this sea. This is what Ibn ‘Abbad (may Allah have mercy on him) said, as I have seen in his own handwriting, and it is correct. Ibn Ata’Allah said in Lata’if al-Minan, ‘It is a wird for after the afternoon [‘asr] prayer, while the Great Litany is for after the dawn prayer.’ I might add to this that the Munajat [concluding prayers] of the Hikam of Ibn Ata’Allah should be read in the final part of the night before dawn. Each of them has its own secret, as the one who sticks to them will discover in no short time if he holds to piety and righteousness without taking on too much; and Allah knows best.

Hizb al-Bahr Commentaries

Aside from the popular reading among the masses, the Hizb al-Bahr also received keen interest from Muslim scholars who have focused their attention and written commentaries on it. Below is a list of just ten such commentaries – it is interesting to note that the commentators come from all the different Sunni schools of law and encompass the whole of the Muslim world from Turkey to India, to various parts of Africa. Many of them were experts in hadith as well.

Dawud ibn Umar ibn Bakhili (d. 733 AH/1332 CE) al-Latifa al-Mardiya
Abul Huda Muhammad al-Rifa’i (d. 728 AH/1328 CE) Qiladat al-Nahr fi Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Ibn Duqmaq (d. 809 AH)/1406 CE) Qatf al-Zahr min Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Sidi Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899 AH / 1493 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Shah Waliullah (d. 1114 AH/1703 CE) Hawami Sharh Hizb al-Bahr (Persian)
Abu al-Iqbal Hasan ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Mintawi al-Azhari al-Madabighi (d. 1170 AH/1756 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Ahmad ibn Umar ibn Ayub al-Izmiri (d. 1180 AH/1766 CE) Fath al-Ali al-Barr Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Mustafa al-Kamali (d. 1210 AH/1795 CE) Jannatal-Nasr Fi Khawas Hizb al-Bahr
Muhammad Bello ibn Usman dan Fodio (d. 1253 AH/1837 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr
Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (d. 1317 AH/1899 CE) Hizb al-Bahr
Yusuf Nabhani (d. 1350 AH/1932 CE) Sharh Hizb al-Bahr

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Arabic Text, Transliteration and English Translation

یَا اللّٰهُ یَاعَلِيُّ یَاعَظِیمُ یَاحَلِیمُ یَاعَلِیمُ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَعِلْمُكَ حَسْبِي، فَنِعْمَ الرَّبُّ رَبِّي وَنِعْمَ الْحَسْبُ حَسْبِي، تَنْصُرُ مَنْ تَشَآءُ وَأَنْتَ الْعَزِیزُ الرَّحِیمُ

Yā Allāhu Yā ʿAliyyu Yā ʿAẓīmu Yā Ḥalīmu Ya ʿAlīm, Anta Rabbī wa ʿilmuka ḥasbī, fa niʿma r-Rabbu Rabbī wa niʿma l-ḥasbu ḥasbī, tanṣuru man tashā'u wa Anta l-ʿAzīzu r-Raḥīm.

1. O Allah, O High, O Great, O Clement, O All-Knowing; You are my Lord and Your knowledge is my sufficiency; how perfect, then, is my Lord, how perfect my sufficiency! You give victory to whom You will, and You are the Almighty, the Merciful.

نَسْأَلُكَ الْعِصْمَةَ فِي الْحَرَكَاتِ وَالسَّكَنَاتِ وَالْكَلِمَاتِ وَالْإِرَادَاتِ وَالْخَطَرَاتِ مِنَ الشُّكُوكِ وَالظُّنُونِ وَالْأَوْهَامِ السَّآتِرَةِ لِلْقُلُوبِ عَنْ مُطَالَعَةِ الْغُیُوبِ

Nas'āluka l-ʿiṣmata fi l-ḥarakati wa s-sakanāti wa l-kalimāti wa l-irādāti wa l-khaṭarāti mina sh-shukūki wa ẓ-ẓunūni wa l-awhāmi s-sātirati li-l-qulūbi ʿan muṭālaʿati l-ghuyūb.

2. We ask Your protection in movements and rests, in words and desires and thoughts; from the doubts, suppositions, and fancies that veil hearts from beholding things unseen.

فَقَدِ ﴿ٱبْتُلِيَ الْمُؤمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالًا شَدِیدًا، وَإِذْ یَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِینَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا﴾

Fa-qadi-btuliya l-mu'minūna wa zulzilū zilzālan shadīdan, wa idh yaqūlu l-munāfiqūna wa lladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun ma waʿadana Llāhu wa Rasūluhu illā ghurūrā.

3. For the believers have been tried, and mightily shaken and lo, the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts say: Allah and His Messenger have promised us nothing but delusion. [33:11-12].

فَثَبِّتْنَا وَانْصُرْنَا وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا ھذَا الْبَحْرَ كَمَا سَخَّرْتَ الْبَحْرَ لِمُوْسَى، وَسَخَّرْتَ النَّارَ لِإِبْرَاهِیمَ، وَسَخَّرْتَ الْجِبَالَ وَالْحَدِیدَ لِدَاوُدَ، وَسَخَّرْتَ الرِّیحَ وَالشَّیَاطِینَ وَالْجِنَّ لِسُلَیْمَانَ

Fa thabbitnā wa-nṣurnā wa sakhkhir lanā hadha l-baḥra kamā sakhkharta l-baḥra li-Mūsā, wa sakhkharta n-nāra li-Ibrāhīma, wa sakhkharta l-jibāla wa l-ḥadīda li-Dāwūda, wa sakhkharta r-rīḥa wa sh-shayāṭīna wa l-jinna li-Sulaymān.

4. So make us steadfast, give us victory, and subject to us this sea, as You subjected the sea to Moses, the fire to Abraham, the mountains and Iron to David, the wind and demons and jinn to Solomon.

وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ بَحْرٍ هُوَ لَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالْمُلْكِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ، وَبَحْرَ الدُّنْیَا وَبَحْرَ الْآخِرَةِ، وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، يَا مَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Wa sakhkhir lanā kulla baḥrin huwa laka fi l-arḍi wa s-samā'i wa l-mulki wa l-malakūti, wa baḥra d-dunyā wa baḥra l-ākhirati, wa sakhkhir lanā kulla shay'in, ya man bi yadihi malakūtu kulli shay'.

5. Subject to us every sea You possess, in the earth and the sky, the kingdom and the dominion, the sea of this life and the sea of the life to come. Subject to us everything, O You in whose hand is dominion of everything.

﴿كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ﴾ (٣)

Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Sād, (x3).

6. Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Sād. (Three times)
[19:1]

اُنْصُرْنَا فَاِنَّكَ خَیْرُ النَّاصِرِینَ، وَافْتَحْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَیْرُ الْغَافِرِینَ، وَارْحَمْنَا فَاِنَّكَ خَیْرُ الرَّاحِمِینَ، وَارْزُقْنَا فَاِنَّكَ خَیْرُ الرَّازِقِینَ، وَاهْدِنَا وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِینَ

Unṣurnā fa innaka khayru n-Nāṣirīna, wa-ftaḥ lanā fa innaka khayru l-Fātiḥīna, wa-ghfir lanā fa innaka khayru l-Ghāfirīna, wa-rḥamnā fa innaka khayru r-Rāḥimīna, wa-rzuqnā fa innaka khayru r-Rāziqīna, wa-hdinā wa najjinā mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn.

7. Give us victory, for You are the best who give victory. Clear our vision, for You are the best who clear visions. Forgive us, for You are the best of forgivers. Have mercy on us, for You are the best of the merciful. Give us sustenance, for You are the best of providers. Guide us, and save us from the wrongdoing folk.

وَهَبْ لَنَا رِیحًا طَیِّبَةً كَمَا هِيَ فِي عِلْمِكَ، وَانْشُرْهَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَزَآئِنِ رَحْمَتِكَ، واحْمِلْنَا بِهَا حَمْلَ الْكَرَامَةِ مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِیَّةِ فِي الدِّینِ وَالدُّنْیَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِیرٌ

Wa hab lanā rīḥan ṭayyibatan kamā hiya fī ʿilmika, wa-nshurhā ʿalaynā min khazā'ini raḥmatika, wa-ḥmilnā bihā ḥamla l-karāmati maʿa s-salāmati wa l-ʿāfiyati fi d-dīni wa d-dunyā wa l-ākhirati, innaka ʿalā kulli shay'in Qadīr.

8. Give us a goodly wind, as may be in Your knowledge; loose it upon us from the storehouses of Your mercy; and carry us upon it in honour, with safety and wellbeing in our religion, in our life in this world, and in the world to come. Truly, You have power over all things.

اللَّهُمَّ یَسِّرْ لَنَا أُمُورَنَا مَعَ الرَّاحَةِ لِقُلُوبِنَا وَأَبْدَانِنَا وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فِي دِينِنَا وَدُنيَانَا، وَكُنْ لَنَا صَاحِبًا فِي سَفَرِنَا وَخَلِیفَةً فِي أَهْلِنَا، وَاطْمِسْ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِ أَعْدَآئِنَا وَامْسَخْهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَلَا یَسْتَطِیعُونَ الْمُضِيَّ وَلَا الْمَجِيءَ إِلَیْنَا

Allāhumma yassir lanā umūrana maʿa r-rāḥati li qulūbinā wa abdāninā wa s-salāmati wa l-ʿāfiyati fī dīninā wa dunyānā, wa kun lanā Ṣāḥiban fī safarinā wa khalīfatan fī ahlinā, wa-ṭmis ʿalā wujūhi aʿdā'inā wa-msakhhum ʿalā makānatihim falā yastaṭīʿūna l-muḍiyya wa la l-majī'a ilaynā.

9. O Allah, give us ease in our affairs, with peace for our hearts and bodies, and safety and wellbeing in our worldly life and our religion. Be our companion in our travels, and keep watch over our families in our stead. Blot out the faces of our enemies, and fix them where they stand, so they can neither move nor reach us.

﴿وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ، وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾

Wa law nashā'u la-ṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fa-stbaqū ṣ-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yubṣirūna, wa law nashā'u la masakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim fama-staṭāʿū muḍiyyan wa lā yarjiʿūn.

10. Had We willed, We would have blotted out their eyes; and they would race to the path, but how should they see? Or had We willed, We would have fixed them where they stood, so they neither could go forward, nor return.
[36:66-67]

﴿يٰسٓ، وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ، إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ، لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنْذِرَ اٰبَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ، لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ، إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُّقْمَحُونَ، وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ﴾

Yā Sīn, wa l-Qur'āni l-Ḥakīmi, innaka la-mina l-mursalīna, ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm, tanzīla l-ʿAzīzi r-Raḥīmi, li-tundhira qawman mā undhira ābā'uhum fa-hum ghāfilūna, la-qad ḥaqqa l-qawlu ʿalā aktharihim fa-hum lā yu'minūna, innā jaʿalnā fī aʿnāqihim aghlālan fa-hiya ila l-adhqāni fa-hum muqmaḥūna, wa jaʿalnā min bayni aydīhim saddan wa min khalfihim saddan fa-aghshaynāhum fa-hum lā yubṣirūn.

11. Yā Sīn. By the Wise Qur’an, truly you are of the messengers, upon a straight path. This is a revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful; that you might warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they heed not. Already has sentence been passed against most of them, so they believe not. Verily We have placed shackles on their necks, even up to the chins, so they bend not. And We have placed a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and enshrouded them, so that they see not.
[36:1-9]

شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ (٣)

Shāhati l-wujūh. (x3)

12. Disfigured be those faces! (Three times)

﴿وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَیُّومِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا﴾

Wa ʿanati l-wujūhu li-l-Ḥayyi l-Qayyūmi wa qad khāba man ḥamala ẓulmā.

13. And faces shall be humbled before the Eternal Living, the All-Sustaining; while whoever bears wrongdoing shall have failed.
[20:111]

طٰسٓ، حٰمٓ، عٓسٓقٓ

Ṭā Sīn, Hā Mīm, ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.

14. Ṭā Sīn, Hā Mīm, ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.

﴿مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ، بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ﴾

Maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni, baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān.

15. He has loosed the two seas; they come together, but between them is a barrier they do not cross. [55:19-20]

حٰمٓ (٧)

Hā Mīm (x7)

16. Hā Mīm. (Seven times)

حُمَّ الْأَمْرُ وَجَآءَ النَّصْرُ فَعَلَیْنَا لَا يُنْصَرُونَ

Ḥumma l-amru, wajā'a n-naṣru fa ʿalaynā lā yunṣarūn.

17. The matter is done, the victory come. Against us they shall not be helped.

﴿حٰمٓ، تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ، غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ﴾

Hā Mīm, tanzīlu l-Kitābi mina Llāhi l-ʿAzīzi l-ʿAlīmi, Ghāfiri dh-dhanbi wa qābili t-tawbi shadīdi l-ʿiqābi dhi ṭ-ṭawli lā ilāha illa Huwa ilayhi l-maṣīr.

18. Ha Mim. The revelation of the Book from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Knowing: Forgiver of Sins, Accepter of Repentance, Terrible in Punishment, Infinite in Bounty: no god is there but He; unto Him is the final becoming.
[40:1-3]

بِسْمِ اللهِ بَابُنَا

Bismi Llāhi bābunā.

19. Bismi Llāh is our door.

تَبَارَكَ حِیطَانُنَا

Tabāraka ḥīṭānunā.

20. Tabāraka our walls.

يٰسٓ سَقْفُنَا

Yā Sīn saqfunā.

21. Yā Sīn our roof.

كٓهٰیٰعٓصٓ كِفَایَتُنَا

Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Sād kifāyatunā.

22. Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Sād our sufficiency.

حٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ حِمَایَتُنَا

Hā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf ḥimāyatunā.

23. Hā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf our protection.

﴿فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾ (٣)

Fa-sayakfīkahumu Llāhu wa Huwa s-Samīʿu l-ʿAlīm. (x3)

24. Allah will suffice you against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (Three times)
[2:137]

سِتْرُ الْعَرْشِ مَسْبُولٌ عَلَیْنَا، وعَيْنُ اللهِ نَاظِرَةٌ إِلَیْنَا، بِحَوْلِ اللهِ لَا یُقْدَرُ عَلَیْنَا

Sitru l-ʿArshi masbūlun ʿalayna, wa ʿaynu Llāhi nāẓiratun ilaynā, bi-ḥawli Llāhi lā yuqdaru ʿalaynā.

25. The veil of the Throne has been dropped over us; the eye of Allah is gazing upon us; by the power of Allah none shall overcome us.

﴿وَاللهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌ، بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ، فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ﴾

Wa Llāhu min warā'ihim muḥīṭun, bal Huwa Qur'ānun Majīdun, fī lawḥin Maḥfūẓ.

26. And Allah encompasses them from behind: Nay, it is a noble recitation, in a guarded tablet.
[85:20-22]

﴿فَاللهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ﴾ (٣)

Fa-Llāhu khayrun Hāfiẓan wa Huwa Arḥamu r-Rāḥimīn. (x3).

27. For Allah is best as protector, and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful. (Three times)
[12:64]

﴿إِنَّ وَلِيِّيَ اللهُ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِحِينَ﴾ (٣)

Inna waliyyiya Llāhu lladhī nazzala l-Kitāba wa Huwa yatawalla ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. (x3).

28. Verily, Allah is my Patron, He who revealed down the Book; and He looks after the righteous. (Three times)
[7:196]

﴿حَسْبِيَ اللهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ﴾ (٣)

Ḥasbiya Llāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa Huwa Rabbu l-ʿArshi l-ʿAẓīm. (x3)

29. Allah is my Sufficiency, there is no god but He; on Him I rely, and He is Lord of the Mighty Throne. (Three times)
[9 :129]

بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا یَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَآءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِیعُ الْعَلِيمُ (٣)

Bismi Llāhi lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shay'un fi l-arḍi wa lā fi s-samā'i wa Huwa s-Samīʿu l-ʿAlīm. (x3).

30. In the name of Allah, against whose Name nothing can cause harm in the earth nor the sky; and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

أَعُوذُ بكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (٣)

Aʿūdhu bi kalimāti Llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq. (x3).

31. I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created. (Three times)

وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِیمِ (٣)

Wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-Llāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAẓīm. (x3)

32. There is no power, and no strength, save by Allah, the High, the Great. (Three times)

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَىٰ سَیِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Wa ṣalla Llāhu ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa ṣallam.

33. And may Allah bless our master Muhammad and his family and his companions and grant them peace.

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Sidi Ahmad Zarruq's Commentary on Shaykh al-Shadhili's Hizb al Bahr - Translation by Khalid Williams

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19th September 2024 at 5:13 pm

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11th October 2022 at 5:19 pm

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Great dua ,I wouldn’t be fare to God if I say he didn’t answer my prayers through this dua,imam shadhili where ever he is now God would should bless him

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14th January 2022 at 11:31 am

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Video not Moroccan style but Tunisian style in the Sidi Belhassen Chedhili zaouia in Tunis, Tunisia
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