Supplicatory prayer for Seeking Refuge with Allah Du`a’ al-I`tisam It has been reported that one who fears the persecutive power of a ruler or any other tyrannical person, recite this when he goes out of his house so that this will be protection for him.

Hold a rosary made of that clay in his hand and repeat the following supplicatory prayer three times:

اصْبَحْتُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مُعْتَصِماً بِذِمَامِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ ٱلْمَنِيعِ
O Allah, I have begun this morning([1]) seeking refuge with Your invulnerable security and vicinity
ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُطَاوَلُ وَلاَ يُحَاوَلُ
that is neither touched nor caught
مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ غَاشِمٍ وَطَارِقٍ
against the evil of all oppressive and domineering ones
مِنْ سَائِرِ مَنْ خَلَقْتَ وَمَا خَلَقْتَ
among all Your animate and inanimate creatures
مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ٱلصَّامِتِ وَٱلنَّاطِقِ
both the silent and the speaking,
في جُنَّةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مَخُوفٍ
being in protection against all terrifying things,
بِلِبَاسٍ سَابِغَةٍ حَصِينَةٍ
being in the complete and immunizing garb,
وَهِيَ وَلاَءُ اهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ
which is my loyalty to the Household of Your Prophet
مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,
مُحْتَجِزاً مِنْ كُلِّ قَاصِدٍ لِي إِلَىٰ اذِيَّةٍ
veiling myself against all those who intend harm to me
بِجِدَارٍ حَصِينٍ
behind an impervious wall,
ٱلإِخْلاَصِ فِي ٱلِٱعْتِرَافِ بِحَقِّهِمْ
which is my sincerity in the profession of their (Divinely commissioned) right (of leadership)
وَٱلتَّمَسُّكِ بَحَبْلِهِمْ جَمِيعاً
and my adherence to the Rope of all of them,
مُوقِناً انَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ
and bearing with certainty that the truth is theirs, with them,
وَمِنْهُمْ وَفِيهِمْ وَبِهِمْ
from them, in them, and amid them.
اوَالِي مَنْ وَالَوْٱ
I thus accede to those whom they accept,
وَاعَادِي مَنْ عَادَوْٱ
provoke the animosity of those whom they antagonize,
وَاجَانِبُ مَنْ جَانَبُوٱ
and depart those whom they depart.
فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ
So, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household
وَاعِذْنِي ٱللَّهُمَّ بِهِمْ
and, O Allah, protect me, in the names of them,
مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَا اتَّقيهِ يَا عَظِيمُ
against the evil of all that which I fear, O All-great.
حَجَـزْتُ ٱلاعَادِيَ عَنِّي بِبَدِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلارْضِ
I am restraining the enemies against me through the Originator of the heavens and the earth:
«إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ ايْديهِمِ سَدّاً
“And We have set a bar before them
وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدّاً
and a bar behind them,
فَاغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ.»
and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.”

He may then kiss the rosary, rub it over his eyes, and say the following supplicatory words:

الَّلهُمَّ انِّي اسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ هٰذِهِ ٱلتُّربَةِ ٱلْمُبَارَكَةِ
O Allah, I beseech You in the name of this blessed dust,
وَبِحَقِّ صَاحِبِهَا
in the name of its owner,
وبِحَقِّ جَدِّهِ وَبِحَقِّ ابِيهِ
in the name of his grandfather, in the name of his father,
وبِحَقِّ امِّهِ وبِحَقِّ اخِيهِ
in the name of his mother, in the name of his brother,
وَبِحَقِّ وُلْدِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ
and in the name of his immaculate sons
ٱجْعَلْهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ
to make it curative of every malady,
وَامَاناً مِنْ كُلِّ خَوْفٍ
security against every fear,
وَحِفْظاً مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ
and safeguard against every evil.

He may then place in on the forehead. If he does so in the morning, he will be under the security of Almighty Allah up to the evening; and if he does so in the evening, he will be under the security of Almighty Allah up to the next morning.”

([1]) In evenining, one may replace this statement with the following:
امْسَيْتُ…
amsaytu…
I receive this evening…