His Supplication in Distress and Seeking Release – Sahifa Sajjadia

اِلٰهِيْ

My Allah,

لَا تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوِّي

let not my enemy gloat over me

وَلَا تَفْجَعْ بِيْ حَمِيْمِيْ وَ صَدِيْقِيْ

and torment not my dear kinsman or friend through me!

اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِي لَحْظَةً مِنْ لَحَظَاتِكَ

My Allah, of Thy glances, give me one glance, and thereby

تَكْشِفُ عَنِّيْ مَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِيْ بِهٖ

remove from me that by which Thou hast afflicted me

وَتُعِيدُنِي إلَى أَحْسَنِ عَادَاتِكَ عِنْدِيْ

and return me to the best of Thy customs with me!

وَاسْتَجِبْ دُعَائِيْ وَدُعَاءَ مَنْ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ دُعآءَهٗ فَقَدْ

Respond to my supplication and the supplication of him who devotes his supplication sincerely to Thee,

ضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِيْ

for my power has become frail,

وَقَلَّتْ حِيْلَتِيْ

my stratagems few,

وَاشْتَدَّتْ حَالِيْ

my situation severe,

وَأَيِسْتُ مِمَّا عِنْدَ خَلْقِكَ

and I despair of what is with Thy creatures,

فَلَمْ يَبْقَ لِيْ اِلَّا رَجَآؤُكَ عَلَيَّ

so nothing remains for me but hope in Thee!

اِلٰهِيْ

My Allah,

اِنَّ قُدْرَتَكَ عَلٰى كَشْفِ مَا اَنَا فِيْهِ كَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلٰى مَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِيْ بِهٖ

surely Thy power to remove that in which I dwell is like Thy power in that with which Thou hast afflicted me!

وَ اِنَّ ذِكْرَ عَوَآئِدِكَ يُوْنِسُنِيْ

And surely the remembrance of Thy acts of kindliness comforts me

وَالرَّجآءُ فِيْ اِنْعَامِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ يُقَوِّيْنِيْ

and hope in Thy showing favour and Thy bounty strengthens me,

لاَِنِّيْ لَمْ أَخْلُ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِيْ

for I have not been without Thy favour ever since Thou created me.

وَ اَنْتَ اِلٰهِيْْ

And Thou, my Allah, art

مَفْزَعِيْ وَمَلْجَايَ

my place of flight, my asylum,

وَالْحَافِظُ لِيْ وَالذَّآبُّ عَنِّيْ

my protector, my defender,

الْمُتَحَنِّنُ عَلَيَّ الرَّحِيْمُ بِيَ

the loving toward me, the compassionate,

الْمُتَكَفِّلُ بِرِزْقِيْ

and the guarantor of my provision.

فِيْ قَضَآئِكَ كَانَ مَا حَلَّ بِيْ

In Thy decree lay what has settled upon me

وَ بِعِلْمِكَ مَا صِرْتُ اِلَيْهِ

and in Thy knowledge that to which I have come home.

فَاجْعَلْ يا وَلِيِّيْ وَ سَيِّدِيْ فِيْمَا قَدَّرْتَ وَ قَضَيْتَ عَلَيَّ وَحَتَمْتَ

So, my Patron and Master, place within that which Thou hast ordained, decreed, and made unavoidable for me,

عَافِيَتِيْ وَ مَا فِيْهِ صَلَاحِيْ وَ خَلَاصِيْ مِمَّا اَنَا فِيْهِ

my well-being and that wherein lies my soundness and my deliverance from that in which I am!

فَاِنِّيْ لَا اَرْجُو لِدَفْعِ ذلِكَ غَيْرَكَ

I hope for none to repel this other than Thee,

وَلَا أَعْتَمِدُ فِيْهِ اِلَّا عَلَيْكَ

and I rely in it only upon Thee.

فَكُنْ يا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالاِكْرَامِ عِنْدَ اَحْسَنِ ظَنِّيْ بِكَ

O Possessor of majesty and munificence, be with my best opinion of Thee![349]

وَ ارْحَمْ ضَعْفِيْ وَقِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِيْ

Have mercy upon my frailty and the paucity of my stratagems,

وَ اكْشِفْ كُرْبَتِيْ

remove my distress,

وَ اسْتَجِبْ دَعْوَتِيْ

grant my supplication,

وَ اَقِلْنِيْ عَثْرَتِيْ

ease me from my stumble,

وَ امْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِذٰلِكَ وَ عَلٰى كُلِّ دَاعٍ لَكَ

and show kindness to me in that and to everyone who supplicates Thee!

اَمَرْتَنِيْ يَا سَيِّدِيْ بِالدُّعَآءِ وَ تَكَفَّلْتَ بِالْاِجَابَةِ

My Master, Thou hast commanded me to supplicate and undertaken to respond,[350]

وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ الَّذِيْ لَا خُلْفَ فِيْهِ وَلا تَبْدِيْلَ

and Thy promise is the truth in which there is no failing, nor any change.[351]

فَصَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّكَ وَ عَبْدِكَ

So bless Muhammad, Thy prophet and servant,

وَعَلَى الطَّاهِرِيْنَ مِنْ اَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ

and the pure, the Folk of his House,

وَ اَغِثْنِيْ فَإنَّكَ

and help me, surely Thou art

غِيَاثُ مَنْ لَا غِيَاثَ لَهٗ

the help of him who has no help

وَحِرْزُ مَنْ لَا حِرْزَ لَهٗ

and the stronghold of him who has no stronghold,

وَ اَنَا الْمُضْطَرُّ الَّذِيْ اَوْجَبْتَ

while I am the distressed

اِجَابَتَهُ وَكَشْفَ مَا بِهٖ مِنَ السُّوْ ءِ

the response to whom and the removal of evil from whom Thou hast made obligatory![352]

فَاَجِبْنِيْ وَاكْشِفْ هَمِّيْ

So respond to me, remove my concern,

وَفَرِّجْ غَمِّيْ

relieve my gloom,

وَ اَعِدْ حَالِيْ اِلٰى اَحْسَنِ مَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ

return my state to the best it has been,

وَ لَا تُجَازِنِيْ بِالْاِسْتِحْقَاقِ وَ لٰكِنْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

and repay me not according to what I deserve, but according to Thy mercy which embracest all things,[353]

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ

O Possessor of majesty and munificence!

صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, hear,

وَ اسْمَعْ وَ اَجِبْ يَا عَزِيْزُ

and respond, O All-mighty!