الصحيفة السجادية - 28
Sahifa Sajjadiya 28: Fleeing to God for Protection
59 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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وَأَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْـكَ،
and I have turned toward You with my whole being,
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وَصَـرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى رِفْدِكَ،
and I have turned my face away from him who is in need of Your help,
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وَقَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ،
and I have directed my request away from him who is not independent of Your favour,
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وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ
and I have seen that the request of the needy from the needy
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سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ وَضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ،
is foolishness in his opinion and an error in his intellect,
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فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَـا إِلَهِيْ
How many times have I seen, O my God,
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مِنْ أُنَاسٍ طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا،
people who sought honour from other than You and were humiliated,
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وَرَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا،
and strove for wealth from other than You and became poor,
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وَحَاوَلُوا الارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا،
and attempted elevation and were brought low!
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فَصَحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ
Thus, through the observation of their likes, a prudent man is confirmed,
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وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ
whose consideration makes him successful,
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وَأَرْشَدَهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ بِاخْتِبَارِهِ
and whose testing guides him to the path of correctness.
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فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ
So You, O my Master,
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دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْؤُولٍ مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي
are, before every person asked, the object of my request,
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وَدُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوبٍ إِلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي.
and before every person sought, the guardian of my need.
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الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي
You are the One singled out before every person prayed to with my supplication.
- 17
لاَ يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي،
No one shares with You in my hope,
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وَلاَ يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي،
and no one unites with You in my prayer,
- 19
وَلاَ يَنْظِمُهُ وَإِيَّاكَ نِدَائِي
and my call does not join him and You.
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لَكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ،
Yours, O my God, is the oneness of number,
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وَمَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ،
and the sovereignty of eternal, absolute power (aṣ-Ṣamad),
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وَفَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ،
and the pre-eminence of ability (al-ḥawl) and strength,
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وَدَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ
and the degree of exaltation and elevation.
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وَمَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمْرِهِ،
And whoever is other than You is one shown mercy in his life,
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مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأْنِهِ،
overpowered in his affair, subdued in his condition,
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مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالاَتِ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ.
differing in circumstances, shifting in attributes.
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فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الْأَشْبَاهِ وَالْأَضْـدَادِ،
So You are exalted beyond all likenesses and opposites,
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وَتَكَبَّـرْتَ عَنِ الْأَمْثَـالِ وَالْأَنْدَادِ،
and You are too majestic for parallels and peers,
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فَسُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ.
Glory be to You! There is no god but You.
- 30
اللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَخْلَصْتُ بِانْقِطَاعِي إلَيْكَ،
1.I showed sincerity by cutting myself off from everything but You.
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وَأَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْـكَ،
2.I approached You with my whole self.
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وَصَـرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى رِفْدِكَ،
3.I averted my face from everyone who needs Your support.
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وَقَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ،
4.I ceased to ask from any who cannot do without Your bounty.
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وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ
5.I saw that the needy who seeks from the needy
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سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأيِهِ وَضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ،
6.is foolish in his opinion, and misguided in his intellect.
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فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَـا إلهِيْ
7.How many people have I seen, my God,
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مِنْ أُناس طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا،
8.who sought exaltation through other than You and were abased,
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وَرَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا،
9.who wanted wealth from someone else and became poor,
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وَحَاوَلُوا الارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا،
10.who tried to rise high and fell down low!
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فَصحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ
11.Observing the likes of them corrects a prudent man;
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وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ
12.his taking heed gives him success;
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وَأَرْشَدَهُ إلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ بِاخْتِبَارِهِ
13.his choosing the best guides him to the path of right.
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فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ
14.So Thou, my Master,
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دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْؤُول مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي
15.art the object of my asking to the exclusion of all those who are asked
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وَدُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوب إلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي.
16.and the patron of my need to the exclusion of all those from whom requests are made.
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الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي
17.You art singled out for my call before all who are called;
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لاَ يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي،
18.none is associated with You in my hope,
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وَلاَ يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي،
19.none comes along with You in my supplication,
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وَلاَ يَنْظِمُهُ وَإيَّاكَ نِدَائِي
20.nor does any join with You within it, for to You is my appeal.
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لَكَ يَا إلهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ،
21.To You, my God, belongs the Unity of number,
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وَمَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ،
22.the property of eternal power,
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وَفَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ،
23.the excellence of force and strength,
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وَدَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ
24.the degree of sublimity and elevation.
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وَمَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمْرِهِ،
25.Everyone other than You is the object of compassion in his lifetime,
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مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأنِهِ،
26.overcome in his affair, overwhelmed in his situation,
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مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالاَتِ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ.
27.diverse in states, constantly changing in attributes.
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فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الأشْبَاهِ وَالاضْـدَادِ،
28.So You art high exalted above likenesses and opposites,
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وَتَكَبَّـرْتَ عَنِ الأمْثَـالِ وَالأنْدَادِ،
29.proudly magnified beyond similitudes and rivals!
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فَسُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إلهَ إلاَّ أَنْتَ.
30.Glory be to You! There is no God but Thou.