Dua-e-Ghareeq

Dua-e-Ghareeq, the supplication of the drowning man, is a short and urgent plea for steadfastness of faith: "O Allah, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O One who turns the hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion."

It is narrated from Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (a), who taught that in a time of confusion, when the guiding signs are hidden, none will hold to the true faith except those who recite it, and so it is to be said with the urgency of one who is drowning, which gives the dua its name. It is especially associated with the period of the occultation (ghaybah) of Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf), and closes, as supplications do, with salawat upon the Prophet Muhammad and his holy progeny.