A prayer to greet the new year
Jan 01, 2021
As we start this new year, I would like to share an excerpt from a beautiful supplication:
A new day
This is a fresh, new day,
over us a ready witness.
If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise,
over us a ready witness.
If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise,
and if we do evil, it will part from us in blame.
O God,
provide us with the day’s good companionship
and preserve us against ill-parting from it caused by doing a misdeed
or committing a sin, whether small or great!
provide us with the day’s good companionship
and preserve us against ill-parting from it caused by doing a misdeed
or committing a sin, whether small or great!
Make our good deeds within it plentiful,
empty us therein of evil deeds,
and fill what lies between its two sides for us with praise and thanksgiving,
bounty and beneficence!
empty us therein of evil deeds,
and fill what lies between its two sides for us with praise and thanksgiving,
bounty and beneficence!
O God,
make this
the most fortunate day we have known,
the most excellent companion we have accompanied,
make this
the most fortunate day we have known,
the most excellent companion we have accompanied,
and the best time in which we have lingered!
Place us amongst the most satisfied of all Your creatures
whom night and day have passed by,
the most thankful of them
for the favours that You have bestowed
whom night and day have passed by,
the most thankful of them
for the favours that You have bestowed
Excerpt from Dua of Imam Zainul Abedin (as)
May this new year bring to you and yours an abundance of blessings and may you enjoy it in health, peace and joy being surrounded by your loved ones.
Daily Wisdom will be on hiatus for the next few weeks. Inshallah we will be back towards the end of January. In the meantime, I will be in touch with some exciting news :)
