Publisher’s Foreword

Author’s Preface

Note from Translator

Du’a’ (supplication) in a Glance

Kumayl Ibn Ziyad Nakha’i

Du’a’ Kumayl

Commentary of: “Bismillah, ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim”

Commentary of: “Allahumma Inni Asaluka bi rahmatika allati wa si’at kulla shay”

Commentary of: “Wa biquwwatika’llati qaharta biha kulla shay”

Commentary of: “Wa khadha’a laha kulla shay..”

Commentary of: “Wa bi jabarutika’llati ghalabta biha kulla shay”

Commentary of:  “Wa bi ‘izzatika’llati la yaqawm laha shay”

Commentary of: “Wa bi Sultanika’alladhi ‘ala kulla shay”

Commentary of: “Wa bi wajhika’lbaqia ba’da fana’i kully shay”

Commentary of: “Wa bia’smaa’ika’llati malat Arkana kully shay”

Commentary of:

The Meaning of ‘bala' (tribulation)’

Complete text of Du’a’ Kumayl in Arabic with Trasliteration and English Translation

This book presents a detailed commentary- phrase by phrase- of Dua
(Supplication of ) Kumayl taught to the esteemed companion Kumayl ibn
Ziyad by Imam Ali (AS).


Commentary On Kumayl Supplication

Commentary of: “Wa bi wajhika’lbaqia ba’da fana’i kully shay”
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وَبِوَجْهِكَ الْبَاقِى بَعْدَ فَنَآءِ كُلِّ شَيٍْء
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*(I ask You) by Your Face, which subsists after annihilation of all
things.*

Allah’s Holy Essence is the core of existence. His Existence is
Preexisting and Eternal. He has always existed without any counterpart,
and will always exist so. He has willed to create all things wisely,
while He is independent of all things. Everything will come to an end,
except He, Who will be forever.

Nothing in this world exists independently; the life of all beings is a
blowing of the Divine Soul, and therefore everything is doomed to
mortality. Mortality is an attribute of deficiency, while eternity is an
attribute of perfection. Hence the Absolute Perfection has Absolute
Eternity, and mortality is the attribute of all the beings and their
lives.


