In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Most Merciful. These are blessed supplications based on words said by the Prophet ﷺ and some of them spoken by the Righteous Forebears, that are tried and tested for achieving Spiritual Openings in quick memorisation and understanding for whosoever maintains their recitation consistently. It is a must upon each Seeker of Knowledge that they recite the below before each class and after (see the sub-headings) and to ensure that they recite the Intentions for the Seeker of Knowledge that is attributed to Imam al-Haddad (may God sanctify his secret).

Transliteration

Bismillāh-ir-raḥmān ar-raḥīm

Al-ḥamdulillāhi rabbil `ālamīn

Allāhumma ṣallī `alā sayyidinā Muḥammad wa `ala ‘ālihī wa ṣaḥbihī wa sallim

Nawaytu at-ta`allum wat-ta`līm, wat-ta’addub wat-ta’dīb, wat-tadhakkur wat-tadhkīr, wan-naf` wal-intifā`, wal-ifāda wal-istifāda, wad-da`watu il-al-hudā, wad-dalālatu `alal-khayr, wal-ḥathi `alat-tamassuki bikitābi-llāhi wa sunnati rasūlihi ṣall-Allāhu `alāyhi wa ālihi wasallam ibtighā’a mardāt-illāhi wa qurbihī wa thawābihī subḥānahū wa ta`ālā.

Transliteration

Subḥān Allāh wal-ḥamdulillāh wa lā ilāha ill-Allāh w-Allāhu akbar wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illa billāh il-`aliyy il-`aẓīm `adada kulli ḥarfin kutiba wa yaktubu ilā abad il-‘abidīn.

Subḥānaka lā `ilma lanā illā mā `allamtanā innaka antal `alīm ul-ḥakīm.

Allāhumma-ghninā bil-`ilmi wa zayyinnā bil-ḥilmi wa akrimna bit-taqwā, wa jammilnā bil-`āfiya, war-zuqnā fahm an-nabiyyīna wa ḥifẓ al-mursalīn wa ilhām al-malā’ikat il-muqarrabīn,

Allāhumm-aftaḥ `alayya futūḥ al-`Ārifīn bi-hukmik, wan-shur `alayya raḥmataka wa dhakkirnī ma nussītu ya dhal jalāli wal-ikrām,

Allāhumm-akhrijnā min ẓulumāt il-wahm, wa akrimnā bi nūr al-fahm, waftaḥ `alaynā bi ma`rifat il-`ilmi wa ḥassin akhlaqanā bil-ḥilmi, wa sahhil lanā abwāb faḍlika, wan-shur `alaynā min khazā’ini raḥmatika ya arḥam ar-rāḥimīn.

Allāhumma al-himnī `ilman a‘rifu bihī awāmiruk, wa a`rifu bihī nawahīk, warzuqnī-llāhumma bilāghata fahm an-nabiyyīna wa faṣāḥata hifẓ al-mursalīn wa sir`ata ilhām al-malā’ikatal muqarrabīn, wa akrimnī-llāhumma bi nūr al-`ilmi wa sir`atil fahmi wa akhrijnī min ẓulumāti al-wahmi waftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatika wa `allimnī asrāra raḥmatika ya Rabb al-`Ālamīn.

Transliteration

Allāhumma innī qad istawda`tuka ma `allamtanīhi far-dudhu ilayya `inda ḥājati ilayhi wa lā tansīnīhi ya Rabb al-`Ālamīn.

Allāhumma innaka ta`lamu sirrī wa `ilāniyatī faqbil ma`dhiratī wa ta`lamu ḥājati fa a`ṭinī su’lī wa ta`lamu ma fī nafsī fagh-firlī dhanbī yā man:

۝ ya`lamu khā’inat al-a`yuni wa mu tukh-fiṣ-ṣudūr ۝
۝ wAllāhu yaqḍī bil-haqqi walladhīna yad`ūna min dūnihi lā yaqḍūna bishay’in inn Allāha huwas-samī` ul-baṣīr
۝ fa fahham-nāhā Sulaymān, wa kullan ātayna hukman wa `ilmā, wa sakhkharnā ma` Dāwūd al-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayr, wa kunnā fā`ilīn ۝

 Yā Hayyu Yā Qayyūm,

Yā rabbi Mūsā wa Hārūn wa Nūḥ wa Ibrāhīm wa `Īsā wa Muḥammad ṣall-Allāhu `alayhi wasallam, akrimnī bi-jūda  til-ḥifẓ, wa sir`at il-fahm, war-zuqnil ḥikmata wa ma`rifat al-`ilm wa thibāt adh-dhahn wal-`aql wal-ḥilm bi-ḥaqqi Muḥammadin ṣall-Allāhu `alayhi wasallam yā Rabb al-`Alamīn.

Allāhumm-aj`al nafsī nafsan ṭayyibatan mu’minatan qāni`atan ḥafiẓatan ṭā’i`atan tu’minu biliqā’ika wa taqna`u bi`aṭa’ika wa tarḍā biqaḍā’ik,

Allāhumma nawwir bil-kitābi baṣarī, washraḥ bihi ṣadrī, wasta`mil bihī badanī wa aṭliq bihī lisānī wa qawwi bihī jinānī wa asri` bihī fahmī wa qawwi bihī `azmī bi ḥawliki wa quwwatika fa innahū la ḥawla wa la quwwata illa bika ya arḥam ar-Rāḥimīn.

Wa ṣallAllāhu `alā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa `alā ‘ālihī wa ṣaḥbihī wasallim.

Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbi l-`Ālamīn.