Dua — 5th Moharram (Trusting Allah Alone)

Allāhumma fī hādhal-yawmi taḍāʿafat juyūshuz-ẓulmi ḥawla mawlānā l-Ḥusayn Wa inqaṭaʿati l-asbābud-dunyawiyyatu kulluhā wa lam yabqa lahu nāṣirun illā ant Fa-kāna dhālika akmala ḥālin wa atamma tawakkul — ḥīna lā turā l-asbābu yurā l-musabbib Yā ilāhī kam min marratin natakkiʾu ʿalā l-asbābi wa nansā musabbibahā Wa kam minnā man yanḥāru lammā tanḥārul-asbābu li-annahu lam yarbuṭ qalbahu bik Fa-ʿallimnā yā rabbanā annat-tawakkulas-ṣādiqa yajʿalul-arbāba zāʾilatan wa antat-bāqiy d-dāʾim Allāhumma innal-Ḥusayna raʾā nafsahu waḥīdan wa lam yara dhālika khadhhlānā Bal raʾāhu takrīman idh akhlaṣathu sh-shadāʾidu lillāhi waḥdah Allāhumma ijʿal shadāʾidanā darajātin nataqarrabu bihā ilayka lā ʿaqabātin tabʿudu binā ʿank Allāhumma thabbitil-īmāna fī qulūbinā thabātar-rawāsī Wajʿalnā minalladhīna yarjiʿūna ilayka fī kulli amr Wa ṣallallāhu ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi l-kirām

O Allah, on this day the armies of oppression multiplied around our master Husain. All worldly means fell away and not one earthly helper remained — only You. And that was the most perfect of states, the most complete of trust in Allah: when the causes disappear, the Cause-Giver becomes visible. O my God, how many times do we lean on causes and forget the One who causes them? And how many among us collapse when circumstances collapse, because they had not tied their hearts to You? Teach us, O our Lord, that true reliance on Allah makes created things transient, while You remain forever. O Allah, Husain found himself alone and did not see it as abandonment — rather he saw it as an honor, for hardship had purified him for Allah alone. O Allah, make our trials into degrees of nearness to You, not into obstacles that drive us away from You. O Allah, fix faith in our hearts as firm as mountains, and make us among those who return to You in every matter. And may Allah bless Muhammad and his noble family.