Sahifa Sajjadiya 30: Help in Repaying Debts

وَهَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْن تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي،

wa hab liya al-‘āfiyata min daynin tukhliqu bihī wajhī,

and grant me well-being from a debt by which my face is worn out,

وَيَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي، وَيَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي،

wa yaḥāru fīhi dhihnī, wa yatasha‘‘abu lahū fikrī,

and my mind is confused therein, and my thought is scattered for it,

وَيَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي،

wa yaṭūlu bi-mumārasatihī shughlī,

and my preoccupation with practicing it is prolonged.

وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَفِكْرِهِ،

wa a‘ūdhu bika yā Rabbi min hammi ad-dayn wa fikrih,

And I seek refuge in You, O Lord, from the worry of debt and its contemplation,

وَشُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَسَهَرِهِ.

wa shughli ad-dayn wa saharih.

and the preoccupation of debt and its sleeplessness.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ.

Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa a‘idhnī minh.

So bless Muhammad and his Household, and protect me from it.

وَأَسْتَجيرُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ

wa astajīru bika yā Rabbi min dhillatihī fī al-ḥayāh

And I seek Your aid, O Lord, from its humiliation in life

وَمِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ.

wa min tabi‘atihī ba‘da al-wafāh.

and from its consequence after death.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهُ

Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa ajirnī minh

So bless Muhammad and his Household, and shelter me from it

بِوُسْع فاضِل أَوْ كَفَاف وَاصِل.

bi-wus‘in fāḍilin aw kafāfin wāṣil.

with an overflowing sufficiency or an adequate subsistence that reaches.

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَاحْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَالازْدِيَادِ،

waḥjubnī ‘ani as-saraf wa al-izdiyād,

and veil me from extravagance and increase,

وَقَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَالاقْتِصَـادِ،

wa qawwimnī bi-al-badhl wa al-iqtiṣād,

and make me upright with generosity and moderation,

وَعَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ،

wa ‘allimnī ḥusna at-taqdīr,

and teach me good estimation,

وَاقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ

waqbiḍnī bi-luṭfika ‘ani at-tabdhīr

and restrain me with Your kindness from wastefulness,

وَأَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلاَلِ أَرْزَاقِي،

wa ajri min asbābi al-ḥalāl arzāqī,

and let my provisions flow from lawful means,

وَوَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إنْفَاقِي،

wa wajjih fī abwābi al-birr infāqī,

and direct my spending in the ways of devotion,

وَازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلَةً

wa izwi ‘annī mina al-māl mā yuḥdithu lī makhīlah

and ward off from me of wealth whatever might generate vanity for me,

أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إلَى بَغْي، أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَـاناً.

aw ta’addiyan ilā baghy, aw mā ata‘aqqabu minhu ṭughyānā.

or lead to transgression, or whatever I might inherit from it of tyranny.

أَللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إلَيَّ صُحْبَـةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ،

Allāhumma ḥabbib ilayya ṣuḥbata al-fuqarā’,

O God, make the company of the poor beloved to me,

وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الْصَّبْرِ،

wa a‘innī ‘alā ṣuḥbatihīm bi-ḥusni aṣ-ṣabr,

and help me to keep their company with excellent patience,

وَمَـا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَاالفَانِيَةِ

wa mā zawayta ‘annī min matā‘i ad-dunyā al-fāniyah

and what You have withheld from me of the enjoyment of this fleeting world,

فَاذْخَرْهُ لِيْ فِي خَزَائِنِكَ البَاقِيَةِ،

fadhkhurhu lī fī khazā’inika al-bāqiyah,

then store it for me in Your everlasting treasuries,

وَاجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا،

wa ij‘al mā khawwaltanī min ḥuṭāmihā,

and make what You have granted me of its fragments,

وَعَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا بُلْغَةً إلَى جِوَارِكَ،

wa ‘ajjalta lī min matā‘ihā bulghatan ilā jiwārik,

and hastened to me of its enjoyment, a means to reach Your proximity,

وَوُصْلَةً إلَى قُرْبِكَ، وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى جَنَّتِكَ

wa wuṣlatan ilā qurbik, wa dharī‘atan ilā jannatik

and a connection to Your nearness, and a way to Your Paradise,

إنَّكَ ذو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ،

innaka dhū al-faḍli al-‘aẓīm,

Surely You are the Possessor of the immense Favor,

وَأَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيْمُ.

wa anta al-jawādu al-karīm.

and You are the Munificent, the Generous.

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَهَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْن تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي،

wa hab leeal-a'afeeata min day-nin tukh-liqu bihee waj-hee

2.and release me from a debt which makes me lose face,

وَيَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي، وَيَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي،

wa yah'aaru feehee d'ih-nee wa yatashaa'-a'bu lahoo fik-ree

3.confuses my mind, disrupts my thinking,

وَيَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي،

wa yat'oolu bimumaarasatihee shugh-lee

4.and prolongs my occupation with attending to it!

وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَفِكْرِهِ،

wa au'wd'u bika yaa rab-bi min ham-mid-day-ni wafik-rih

5.I seek refuge in You, my Lord, from worry and thought about debt,

وَشُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَسَهَرِهِ.

wa shugh-lid-day-ni wasaharih

6.from the distraction and sleeplessness of debt;

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ.

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa ai'd'-nee min-h

7.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me refuge from it!

وَأَسْتَجيرُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ

wa as-tajeeru bika yaa rab-bi min d'il-latihee fil-h'ayaah

8.I seek sanctuary in You, my Lord, from debt's abasement in life

وَمِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ.

wa min tabia'tihee baa'-dal-wafaah

9.and its ill effects after death,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهُ

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih wa ajir-nee min-hoo

10.so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me sanctuary from it

بِوُسْع فاضِل أَوْ كَفَاف وَاصِل.

biwus-i'n faaz''ilin aw kafaafiw-waas'il

11.through a bountiful plenty or a continually arriving sufficiency!

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

12.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَاحْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَالازْدِيَادِ،

wah'-jub-nee a'nis-sarafi waliz-deeaad

13.prevent me from extravagance and excess,

وَقَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَالاقْتِصَـادِ،

wa qaw-wim-nee bil-bad'-li waliq-tis'aad

14.put me on the course of generous spending and moderation,

وَعَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ،

wa a'l-lim-nee h'us-nat-taq-deer

15.teach me excellent distribution,

وَاقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ

waq-biz''-nee bilut'-fika a'nit-tab-d'eer

16.hold me back through Your gentleness from squandering,

وَأَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلاَلِ أَرْزَاقِي،

wa aj-ri min as-baabil-h'alaali ar-zaaqee

17.allow me to attain my provisions through lawful means,

وَوَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إنْفَاقِي،

wa waj-jih feee ab-waabil-bir-ri infaaqee

18.direct my spending toward the gateways of devotion,

وَازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلََةً

waz-wi a'n-nee minal-maali maa yuh'-dithu lee makhi-latan

19.and take away from me any possession which will bring forth pride in me,

أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إلَى بَغْي، أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَـاناً.

aw taad-deean ilaa bagh-yin aw maaa ataa'q-qabu min-hoo t'ugh-yaanaa

20.lead to insolence, or drag me in its heels to rebellion!

أللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إلَيَّ صُحْبَـةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ،

al-laahum-ma h'ab-bib ilay-ya s'uh'-batal-fuqaraaa-i

21.O God, make me love the companionship of the poor

وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الْصَّبْرِ،

wa ai'n-nee a'laa s'uh'-batihim bih'us-nis'-s'ab-r

22.and help me be their companion with excellent patience!

وَمَـا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَاالفَانِيَةِ

wa maa zaway-ta a'n-nee mim-mataai'd-dunyaa al-faaneeati

23.Whenever You takest away from me the goods of this perishing world,

فَاذْخَرْهُ لِيْ فِي خَزَائِنِكَ البَاقِيَةِ،

fad'-khar-hoo lee fee khazaaa-inikal-baaqeeah

24.store them for me in Your abiding treasuries!

وَاجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا،

waj-a'l maa khaw-wal-tanee min h'ut'aamihaa

25.Make this world's broken pieces which You hast conferred upon me

وَعَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا بُلْغَةً إلَى جِوَارِكَ،

wa a'j-jal-ta lee mim-mataai'haa bul-ghatan ilaa jiwaarik

26.and its goods which You hast quickly granted to me a way to reach Your neighbourhood,

وَوُصْلَةً إلَى قُرْبِكَ، وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى جَنَّتِكَ

wa wus'-latan ilaa qur-bik wa d'areea'tan ilaa jan-natik

27.a link to Your nearness, and a means to Your Garden!

إنَّكَ ذو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ،

in-naka d'ool-faz''-li ala'z'eem

28.Verily You art Possessor of bounty abounding,

وَأَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيْمُ.

wa antal-jawaadu alkareem

29.and You art the Munificent, the Generous.