الصحيفة السجادية - 11
Sahifa Sajjadiya 11: Seeking Good Outcomes
40 verses Source: Sahifa al-Sajjadiya
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
وَيَا مَنْ شُكْرُهُ فَوْزٌ لِلشَّاكِرِينَ
And O He whose gratitude is success for the thankful.
- 2
وَيَا مَنْ طَاعَتُهُ نَجَاةٌ لِلْمُطِيعِينَ
And O He whose obedience is salvation for the obedient.
- 3
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ
Send blessings upon Muḥammad and his family.
- 4
وَاشْغَلْ قُلُوبَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِكْرٍ
And occupy our hearts with Your remembrance from all other remembrance.
- 5
وَأَلْسِنَتَنَا بِشُكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ شُكْرٍ
And our tongues with Your thanks from all other thanks.
- 6
وَجَوَارِحَنَا بِطَاعَتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ طَاعَةٍ
And our limbs with Your obedience from all other obedience.
- 7
فَإِنْ قَدَّرْتَ لَنَا فَرَاغًا مِنْ شُغْلٍ فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاغَ سَلَامَةٍ
And if You decree for us a time free from work, then make it a time of safety.
- 8
لَا تُدْرِكْنَا فِيهِ تَبِعَةٌ وَلَا تَلْحَقْنَا فِيهِ سَآمَةٌ
In which no burden overtakes us, and no weariness afflicts us.
- 9
حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ عَنَّا كُتَّابُ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِصَحِيفَةٍ خَالِيَةٍ مِنْ ذِكْرِ سَيِّئَاتِنَا
Until the recorders of evil deeds depart from us with a scroll empty of any mention of our sins.
- 10
وَيَتَوَلَّى كُتَّابُ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَنَّا مَسْرُورِينَ بِمَا كَتَبُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا
And the recorders of good deeds depart from us rejoicing in what they have written of our good deeds.
- 11
وَإِذَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ حَيَاتِنَا وَتَصَرَّمَتْ مُدَدُ أَعْمَارِنَا
And when the days of our lives have ended, and the spans of our ages have passed.
- 12
وَاسْتَحْضَرَتْنَا دَعْوَتُكَ الَّتِي لَا بُدَّ مِنْهَا وَمِنْ إِجَابَتِهَا
And Your summons, which cannot be avoided and must be answered, has attended us.
- 13
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ
Then send blessings upon Muḥammad and his family.
- 14
وَاجْعَلْ خِتَامَ مَا تُحْصِي عَلَيْنَا كَتَبَةُ أَعْمَالِنَا تَوْبَةً مَقْبُولَةً
And make the conclusion of what the scribes of our deeds record against us a repentance accepted.
- 15
لَا تُوقِفْنَا بَعْدَهَا عَلَى ذَنْبٍ اجْتَرَحْنَاهُ
Do not expose us after it to a sin we have committed.
- 16
وَلَا مَعْصِيَةٍ اقْتَرَفْنَاهَا
Nor to a disobedience we have perpetrated.
- 17
وَلَا تَكْشِفْ عَنَّا سِتْرًا سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ
And do not uncover from us a covering You have concealed over us before witnesses.
- 18
يَوْمَ تَبْلُو أَخْبَارَ عِبَادِكَ
On the day You test the reports of Your servants.
- 19
إِنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ بِمَنْ دَعَاكَ، وَمُسْتَجِيبٌ لِمَنْ نَادَاكَ
Indeed, You are Merciful to the one who calls upon You, and Responsive to the one who invokes You.
- 20
يا مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ شَرَفٌ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ
1.O He remembering whom brings honour to those who remember!
- 21
وَيَا مَنْ شُكْرُهُ فَوْزٌ لِلشَّاكِرِينَ،
2.O He thanking whom brings triumph to those who give thanks!
- 22
وَيَا مَنْ طَاعَتُهُ نَجَاةٌ لِلْمُطِيعِينَ
3.O He obeying whom brings deliverance to those who obey!
- 23
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
4.Bless Muhammad and his Household,
- 24
وَاشْغَلْ قُلُوبَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِكْر،
5.and divert our hearts through remembering You from every act of remembrance,
- 25
وَأَلْسِنَتَنَا بِشُكْرِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ شُكْر
6.our tongues through thanking You from every act of thanksgiving,
- 26
وَجَوَارِحَنَا بِطَاعَتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ طَاعَة.
7.our limbs through obeying You from every act of obedience!
- 27
فَإنْ قَدَّرْتَ لَنَا فَرَاغاً مِنْ شُغُل فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاغَ سَلاَمَة
8.If You hast ordained for us idleness from these occupations, make it an idleness of safety,
- 28
لا تُدْرِكُنَا فِيهِ تَبِعَةٌ وَلاَ تَلْحَقُنَا فِيهِ سَاَمَةٌ
9.within which no ill consequence visits us or weariness overtakes us!
- 29
حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ عَنَّا كُتَّابُ السَّيِّئَاتِ بِصَحِيفَة خَالِيَة مِنْ ذِكْرِ سَيِّئاتِنَا
10.Then the writers of evil deeds may depart from us with a page empty of the mention of our evil deeds,
- 30
َو يَتَوَلّى كُتَّابُ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَنَّا
11.and the writers of good deeds may turn away from us
- 31
مَسْرُورِينَ بِمَا كَتَبُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا .
12.happy with the good deeds of ours which they have written.
- 32
وَإذَا انْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُ حَيَاتِنَـا وَتَصَرَّمَتْ مُـدَدُ أَعْمَارِنَـا،
13.And when the days of our life have passed by, the terms of our lifetimes have elapsed,
- 33
وَاسْتَحْضَرَتْنَا دَعْوَتُكَ الَّتِي لاَ بُدَّ مِنْهَا وَمِنْ إجَابَتِهَا ،
14.and Your call, which must come and be answered, summons us forth,
- 34
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
15.then bless Muhammad and his Household
- 35
وَاجْعَلْ خِتَامَ مَا تُحْصِي عَلَيْنَا كَتَبَةُ أَعْمَالِنَا
16.and make the outcome of what the writers of our works count against us
- 36
تَوْبَةً مَقْبُولَةً لا تُوقِفُنَا بَعْدَهَا عَلَى ذَنْب اجْتَرَحْنَاهُ،
17.an accepted repentance, which afterwards gave us no rest in a sin that we committed
- 37
وَلاَ مَعْصِيَة اقْتَرَفْنَاهَا،
18.or an act of disobedience that we performed!
- 38
وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ عَنَّا سِتْراً سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الأشْهَادِ
19.Remove not from us any covering with which You hast covered over the heads of the witnesses
- 39
يَوْمَ تَبْلُو أَخْبَارَ عِبَادِكَ
20.on the day when the records of Your servants are tried!
- 40
إنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ بِمَنْ دَعَاكَ، وَمُسْتَجيبٌ لِمَنْ نَادَاكَ .
21.Verily You art compassionate to him who supplicates You, the responder to him who calls upon You!