الصحيفة السجادية - 16
Sahifa Sajjadiya 16: Release from Sins, Seeking Pardon
114 verses Source: Sahifa al-Sajjadiya
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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وَيَا مَنْ إلَى ذِكْرِ إحْسَانِهِ يَفْزَعُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ،
2O He to the remembrance of whose beneficence the distressed flee!
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وَيَا مَنْ لِخِيفَتِهِ يَنْتَحِبُ الْخَاطِئُونَ،
3O He in fear of whom the offenders weep!
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يَا اُنْسَ كُلِّ مُسْتَوْحِشٍ غَرِيبٍِ،
4O Comfort of every lonely stranger!
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وَيَا فَرَجَ كُلِّ مَكْرُوبٍ كَئِيبٍ،
5O Relief of all who are downcast and distressed!
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وَيَا غَوْثَ كُلِّ مَخْذُوَلٍ فَرِيدٍ،
6O Aid of everyone abandoned and alone!
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وَيَا عَضُدَ كُلِّ مُحْتَاجٍ طَرِيدٍ .
7O Support of every needy outcast!
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أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْء رَحْمَةً وَعِلْماً،
8You art He who "embracest everything in mercy and knowledge"! (40:7)
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ مَخْلُوق فِي نِعَمِكَ سَهْماً،
9You art He who hast appointed for each creature a share of Your favours!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِيْ عَفْوُهُ أَعْلَى مِنْ عِقَابِهِ،
10You art He whose pardon is higher than His punishment!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي تَسْعَى رَحْمَتُهُ أَمَامَ غَضَبِهِ،
11You art He whose mercy runs before His wrath!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي عَطَآؤُهُ أكْثَرُ مِنْ مَنْعِهِ،
12You art He whose bestowal is greater than His withholding!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِيْ اتَّسَعَ الْخَلاَئِقُ كُلُّهُمْ فِي رَحمَتِهِ،
13You art He by whose mercy all creatures are embraced!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لا يَرْغَبُ فِي جَزَاءِ مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ،
14You art He who desires no repayment by him upon whom He bestows!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لا يُفْرِطُ فِي عِقَابِ مَنْ عَصَاهُ.
15You art He who does not overdo the punishment of him who disobeys You!
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وَأَنَا يَا إلهِي عَبْدُكَ الَّذِي أَمَرْتَهُ بِالدُّعاءِ فَقَالَ:
16And I, my God, am Your servant whom You commanded to supplicate and who said:
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لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، هَا أَنَا ذَا يَا رَبِّ مَطْرُوحٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ،
17I am at Your service and disposal! Here am I, my Lord, thrown down before You.
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أَنَا الَّذِي أَوْقَرَتِ الْخَطَايَا ظَهْرَهُ،
18I am he whose back offenses have weighed down!
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وَأَنا الَّذِي أَفْنَتِ الذُّنُوبُ عُمْرَهُ،
19I am he whose lifetime sins have consumed!
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وَأَنَا الَّذِي بِجَهْلِهِ عَصاكَ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَهْلاً مِنْهُ لِذَاكَ.
20I am he who was disobedient in his ignorance, while You didst not deserve that from him!
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هَلْ أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي رَاحِمٌ مَنْ دَعَاكَ فَأُبْلِغَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ
21Wilt Thou, my God, be merciful toward him who supplicates You, that I should bring my supplication before You?
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أَمْ أَنْتَ غَافِرٌ لِمَنْ بَكَاكَ فَأُسْرِعَ فِي الْبُكَاءِ
22Wilt You forgive him who weeps to You that I should hurry to weep?
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أَمْ أَنْتَ مُتَجَاوِزٌ عَمَّنْ عَفَّرَ لَكَ وَجْهَهُ تَذَلُّلاً
23Wilt You show forbearance toward him who puts his face in the dust before You in lowliness?
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أَم أَنْتَ مُغْن مَنْ شَكَا إلَيْكَ فَقْرَهُ تَوَكُّلاً؟
24Wilt You free from need him who complains to You of his indigent need with confidence?
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إلهِي لاَ تُخيِّبْ مَنْ لا يَجدُ مُعْطِياً غَيْرَكَ،
25My God, disappoint not him who finds no bestower other than You,
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وَلاَ تَخْذُلْ مَنْ لا يَسْتَغْنِي عَنْكَ بِأَحَدٍ دُونَكَ.
26and abandon not him who cannot be freed from his need for You through less than You!
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إلهِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
27My God, so bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَلاَ تُعْرِضْ عَنِّي وَقَدْ أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ ،
28turn not away from me when I have turned my face toward You,
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وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي وَقَـدْ رَغِبْتُ إلَيْكَ،
29deprive me not when 1 have besought You,
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وَلا تَجْبَهْنِي بِالرَّدِّ وَقَدْ انْتَصَبْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ.
30and slap not my brow with rejection when I have stood before You!
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أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَصَفْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالرَّحْمَةِ،
31You art He who has described Himself by mercy,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَارْحَمْنِي،
32so bless Muhammad and his Household and have mercy upon me!
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وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالعَفْوِ، فَاعْفُ عَنِّي.
33You art He who has named Himself by pardon so pardon me!
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قَـدْ تَرَى يَـا إلهِي فَيْضَ دَمْعِي مِنْ خِيفَتِكَ،
34You hast seen, my God, the flow of my tears in fear of You,
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وَوَجِيبَ قَلْبِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ،
35the throbbing of my heart in dread of You,
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وَانْتِفَاضَ جَوَارِحِي مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ،
36and the infirmity of my limbs in awe of You.
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كُلُّ ذَلِكَ حَيَاءٌ مِنْكَ لِسُوءِ عَمَلِي,
37All this from my shame before You because of my evil works!
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وَلِذَاكَ خَمَدَ صَوْتِي عَنِ الْجَارِ إلَيْكَ،
38So my voice has become silent, no longer crying to You,
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وَكَلَّ لِسَانِي عَنْ مُنَاجَاتِكَ
39and my tongue has gone dumb, no longer whispering in prayer.
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يَا إلهِي فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، فَكَم مِنْ عَائِبَةٍ سَتَرْتَهَا عَلَيَّ فَلَم تَفْضَحْنِي،
40My God, so to You belongs praise! How many of my flaws You hast covered over without exposing me!
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وَكَمْ مِنْ ذنْبِ غَطَّيْتَهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْنِي،
41How many of my sins You hast cloaked without making me notorious!
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وَكَمْ مِنْ شَائِبَة أَلْمَمْتُ بِهَا فَلَمْ تَهْتِكْ عَنِّي سِتْرَهَا،
42How many faults I have committed, yet You didst not tear away from me their covering,
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وَلَمْ تُقَلِّدْنِي مَكْرُوهَ شَنَارِهَا،
43collar me with their detested disgrace,
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وَلَمْ تُبْدِ سَوْأَتِهَا لِمَنْ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعَايِبِي مِنْ جِيْرَتِي،
44or make their dishonour plain to those of my neighbours who search for my defects
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وَحَسَدَةِ نِعْمَتِكَ عِنْدِي،
45and to those who envy Your favour toward me!
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ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْهَنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَنْ جَرَيْتُ إلَى سُوءِ مَا عَهِدْتَ مِنّي
46But that did not prevent me from passing on to the evil that You knowest from me!
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فَمَنْ أَجْهَلُ مِنِّي يَا إلهِيْ بِرُشْدِهِ
47So who is more ignorant than I, my God, of his own right conduct?
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وَمَنْ أَغْفَلُ مِنِّي عَنْ حَظِّهِ
48Who is more heedless than I of his own good fortune?
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وَمَنْ أَبْعَدُ مِنِّي مِنِ اسْتِصْلاَحِ نَفْسِهِ
49Who is further than I from seeking to set himself right?
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حِيْنَ اُنْفِقُ مَا أَجْرَيْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ
50For I spend the provision You deliverest to me
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فِيمَا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ
51in the disobedience You hast prohibited to me!
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وَمَنْ أَبْعَدُ غَوْراً فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَأَشَدُّ إقْدَاماً عَلَى السُّوءِ مِنّي
52Who sinks more deeply into falsehood and is more intensely audacious in evil than I?
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حِينَ أَقِفُ بَيْنَ دَعْوَتِكَ وَدَعْوَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ،
53For I hesitate between Your call and the call of Satan
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فَـأتَّبعُ دَعْوَتَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَمىً مِنّي فِيْ مَعْرِفَة بِهِ،
54and then follow his call without being blind in my knowledge of him
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وَلا نِسْيَان مِنْ حِفْظِي لَهُ وَأَنَا حِينَئِذ مُوقِنٌ
55or forgetful in my memory of him, while I am certain
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بِأَنَّ مُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِكَ إلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِهِ إلَى النَّارِ
56that Your call takes to the Garden and his call takes to the Fire!
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سُبْحَانَكَ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا أَشْهَدُ بِهِ
57Glory be to You! How marvellous the witness I bear
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عَلَى نَفْسِي وَاُعَدِّدُهُ مِنْ مَكْتُوْمِ أَمْرِي،
58against my own soul and the enumeration of my own hidden affairs!
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وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذلِكَ أَنَاتُكَ عَنِّي
59And more marvellous than that is Your lack of haste with me,
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وَإبْطآؤُكَ عَنْ مُعَاجَلَتِي وَلَيْسَ ذلِكَ
60Your slowness in attending to me! That is not because I possess
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مِنْ كَرَمِي عَلَيْكَ بَلْ تَأَنِّياً مِنْكَ لِي،
61honour with You, but because You waitest patiently for me
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وَتَفَضُّلاً مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ،
62and art bountiful toward me
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لانْ أَرْتَـدِعَ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ الْمُسْخِطَةِ
63that I may refrain from disobedience displeasing to You
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وَاُقْلِعَ عَنْ سَيِّئَـاتِي الْمُخْلِقَةِ .
64and abstain from evil deeds that disgrace me,
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وَلاَِنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنّي أَحَبُّ إلَيْكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِي،
65and because You lovest to pardon me more than to punish!
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بَلْ أَنَا يَا إلهِي أكْثَرُ ذُنُوباً
66But I, my God, am more numerous in sins,
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وَأَقْبَحُ آثاراً وَأَشْنَعُ أَفْعَالاً
67uglier in footsteps, more repulsive in acts,
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وَأَشَدُّ فِي الْباطِلِ تَهَوُّراً
68more reckless in rushing into falsehood,
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وَأَضْعَفُ عِنْدَ طَاعَتِكَ تَيَقُّظاً،
69weaker in awakening to Your obedience,
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وَأَقَلُّ لِوَعِيْدِكَ انْتِبَاهاً وَارْتِقَاباً
70and less attentive and heedful toward Your threats,
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مِنْ أَنْ أُحْصِيَ لَكَ عُيُوبِي،
71than that I could number for You my faults
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أَوْ أَقْدِرَ عَلَى ذِكْرِ ذُنُوبِي
72or have the power to recount my sins.
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وَإنَّمَا أُوبِّخُ بِهَذا نَفْسِي طَمَعَـاً فِي رَأْفَتِكَ
73I only scold my own soul, craving Your gentleness,
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الَّتِي بِهَـا صَلاَحُ أَمْرِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ،
74through which the affairs of sinners are set right,
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وَرَجَاءً لِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَا فَكَاكُ رِقَابِ الْخَاطِئِينَ.
75and hoping for Your mercy, through which the necks of the offenders are freed.
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اللَّهُمَّ وَهَذِهِ رَقَبَتِي قَدْ أَرَقَّتْهَا الذُّنُوبُ،
76O God, this is my neck, enslaved by sins,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعْتِقْهَا بِعَفْوِكَ،
77so bless Muhammad and his Household and release it through Your pardon!
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وَهَذَا ظَهْرِي قَدْ أَثْقَلَتْهُ الْخَطَايَـا،
78This is my back, weighed down by offenses,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَخَفِّفْ عَنْهُ بِمَنِّكَ.
79so bless Muhammad and his Household and lighten it through Your kindness!
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يَا إلهِي لَوْ بَكَيْتُ إلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَسْقُطَ أَشْفَارُ عَيْنَيَّ ،
80My God, were I to weep to You until my eyelids drop off,
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وَانْتَحَبْتُ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ صَوْتِي،
81wail until my voice wears out,
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وَقُمْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَنَشَّرَ قَدَمَايَ،
82stand before You until my feet swell up,
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وَرَكَعْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى يَنْخَلِعَ صُلْبِي،
83bow to You until my backbone is thrown out of joint,
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وَسَجَدْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَفَقَّأَ حَدَقَتَايَ،
84prostrate to You until my eyeballs fall out,
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وَأكَلْتُ تُرَابَ الأرْضِ طُولَ عُمْرِي،
85eat the dirt of the earth for my whole life,
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وَشَرِبْتُ مَاءَ الرَّمَادِ آخِرَ دَهْرِي
86drink the water of ashes till the end of my days,
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وَذَكَرْتُكَ فِي خِلاَلِ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَكِلَّ لِسَانِي
87mention You through all of that until my tongue fails,
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ثُمَّ لَمْ أَرْفَعْ طَرْفِي إلَى آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ اسْتِحْيَاءً مِنْكَ
88and not lift my glance to the sky's horizons in shame before You,
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مَا اسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِذَلِكَ مَحْوَ سَيِّئَة وَاحِـدَة مِنْ سَيِّئـاتِي،
89yet would I not merit through all of that the erasing of a single one of my evil deeds!
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وَإنْ كُنْتَ تَغْفِـرُ لِي حِيْنَ أَسْتَوْجِبُ مَغْفِرَتَكَ
90Though You forgivest me when I merit Your forgiveness
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وَتَعْفُو عَنِّي حِينَ أَسْتَحِقُّ عَفْوَكَ
91and pardonest me when I deserve Your pardon,
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فَإنَّ ذَلِكَ غَيْرُ وَاجِب لِيْ بِاسْتِحْقَاق،
92yet I have no title to that through what I deserve,
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وَلا أَنَا أَهْلٌ لَهُ بِـاسْتِيجَاب
93nor am I worthy of it through merit,
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إذْ كَـانَ جَزَائِي مِنْكَ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا عَصَيْتُكَ النَّارَ;
94since my repayment from You from the first that I disobeyed You is the Fire!
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فَإنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي، فَأَنْتَ غَيْرُ ظَالِم لِيْ.
95So if You punishest me, You dost me no wrong.
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إلهِي فَـإذْ قَـدْ تَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِسِتْـرِكَ فَلَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي
96My God, since You hast shielded me with Your covering and not exposed me,
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وَتَـأَنَّيْتَنِي بِكَـرَمِـكَ فَلَمْ تُعَـاجِلْنِي،
97waited patiently for me through Your generosity, and not hurried me to punishment,
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َو حَلُمْتَ عَنِّي بِتَفَضُّلِكَ فَلَمْ تُغَيِّـرْ نِعْمَتَـكَ عَلَيَّ،
98and shown me clemency through Your bounty, and not changed Your favour upon me
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وَلَمْ تُكَـدِّرْ مَعْرُوفَكَ عِنْدِي
99or muddied Your kindly acts toward me,
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فَارْحَمْ طُولَ تَضَرُّعِيْ وَشِـدَّةَ مَسْكَنَتِي وَسُوءَ مَوْقِفِيْ.
100have mercy on my drawn out pleading, my intense misery, and my evil situation!
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
101O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَقِنِي مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِالطَّاعَةِ،
102protect me from acts of disobedience, employ me in obedience,
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وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ الإِنابَةِ وَطَهِّرْنِي بِالتَّـوْبَةِ،
103provide me with excellent turning back [to You], purify me through repentance,
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وَأَيِّـدْنِي بِالْعِصْمَةِ وَاسْتَصْلِحْنِي بِالْعَافِيَةِ
104strengthen me through preservation from sin, set me right through well being,
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وَأَذِقْنِي حَلاَوَةَ الْمَغْفِـرَةِ،
105let me taste the sweetness of forgiveness,
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وَاجْعَلْنِي طَلِيقَ عَفْـوِكَ، وَعَتِيقَ رَحْمَتِكَ
106make me the freedman of Your pardon and the slave released by Your mercy,
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وَاكْتُبْ لِي أَمَاناً مِنْ سَخَطِكَ
107and write for me a security from Your displeasure!
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وَبَشِّرْنِي بِذلِكَ فِي الْعَاجِلِ دُونَ الآجِلِ بُشْرى أَعْرِفُهَا
108Give me the good news of that in the immediate, not the deferred - a good news I recognize -
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وَعَرِّفْنِي فِيهِ عَلاَمَةً أَتَبَيَّنُهَا
109and make known to me therein a sign which I may clearly see!
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إنَّ ذلِكَ لاَ يَضيقُ عَلَيْكَ فِي وُسْعِكَ ،
110That will not constrain You in Your plenty,
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وَلا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ،
111distress You in Your power,
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وَلا يَتَصَعَّدُكَ فِي أناتِكَ ،
112ascend beyond Your lack of haste,
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وَلا يَؤودُك فِي جَزِيلِ هِباتِكَ الَّتِي دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهَا آيَاتُكَ
113or tire You in Your great gifts, which are pointed to by Your signs.
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إنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ وَتَحكُمُ مَا تُرِيدُ،
114Verily You dost what You wilt, You decreest what You desirest.
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إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.
115"Thou art powerful over everything". (3:26)