Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book of Supplication · The Expressions with Which the Lord, the Most Blessed, the Most High, Has Glorified Himself · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 35, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يُمَجِّدُ نَفْسَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَمَنْ مَجَّدَ الله بِمَا مَجَّدَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ كَانَ فِي حَالِ شِقْوَةٍ حَوَّلَهُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى سَعَادَةٍ يَقُولُ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ مَالِكُ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ مِنْكَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقُ وَإِلَيْكَ يَعُودُ أَنْتَ الله الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ وَلا تَزَالُ أَنْتَ الله الَّذِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ خَالِقُ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ خَالِقُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ أَحَدٌ صَمَدٌ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَانَ الله عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ هُوَ الله الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الأسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ أَنْتَ الله لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ الْكَبِيرُ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَاؤُكَ.

Published English translation

2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘A’Yun from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, glorifies Himself three times every-day and night. Whoever glorifies Allah with the words with which He has glorified Himself, and happens to be in a condition of misfortune, Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will turn him into a condition of good fortune. “He should say, ‘You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Cherisher of the worlds. You are Allah; no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Beneficent, the Merciful. You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Most Majestic, the Most (High) Great, You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Owner of the Day of Judgment. You are Allah. No one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Forgiving, the Merciful. You are Allah; no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Majestic, the Wise. You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, from You began the creatures and to You they return. You are Allah, (besides whom) no one deserves to be worshipped. You have always been and will always be. You are Allah, (besides whom) no one deserves to be worshipped, the Creator of the good and evil. You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Creator of paradise and fire. You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the One, Self-sufficient, who has not given birth to any one and is not born from anyone and no one is His partner. ‘. . . You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the King, the Holy, the Peace, the Protector, the Dominant, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Proud. Allah is by far more Glorious than what they call His partners. He is Allah, the Creator, the Designer, the Shape-giver; His are the most beautiful names. All that is in heavens and in the earth glorify Him and He is the Majestic, the Wise ... - to be read to the end of Chapter 59. You are Allah, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, the Most Great for whom greatness is the dress.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن موثق

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/196)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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