الصحيفة السجادية - 34
Sahifa Sajjadiya 34: When Afflicted by Sin
43 verses Source: Sahifa al-Sajjadiya
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
وَمُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ،
and Your granting of well-being after Your awareness.
- 2
فَكُلُّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ ،
For all of us have committed a shameful act, yet You did not make it public,
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وَارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَم تَفْضَحْهُ
and perpetrated an indecency, yet You did not disgrace him,
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وَتَسَتَّـرَ بِالْمَسَاوِي فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ،
and concealed himself with evil deeds, yet You did not point them out.
- 5
كَمْ نَهْي لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ،
How many prohibitions of Yours have we transgressed,
- 6
وَأَمْر قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدَّيْنَاهُ،
and a command upon which You made us stand, yet we exceeded it,
- 7
وَسَيِّئَة اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَخَطِيئَة ارْتَكَبْنَـاهَا،
and an evil deed we acquired, and an error we committed.
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كُنْتَ الْمُطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ،
You were the Observer of it without the sight of others,
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وَالْقَادِرَ عَلَى إعْلاَنِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ،
and the One powerful to announce it beyond all who are powerful.
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كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ،
Your well-being was a veil for us, excluding their eyes,
- 11
وَرَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ،
and a barrier excluding their ears.
- 12
فَاجْعَلْ مَا ستَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ،
So make what You covered of the faults,
- 13
وَأَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدَّخِيلَةِ وَاعِظاً لَنَا،
and what You hid of the secret sin, an admonition for us,
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وَزَاجِراً عَنْ سُوْءِ الْخُلْقِ وَاقْتِرَافِ الخَطِيئَـةِ،
and a deterrent from evil character and the commission of error,
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وَسَعْياً إلَى التَّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ وَالطَّرِيْقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ،
and a striving toward the effacing repentance and the praiseworthy path.
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وقَرِّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ ،
And bring near the time for it,
- 17
وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ
and do not burden us with heedlessness toward You.
- 18
إنَّا إلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ ، وَمِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ.
Surely we are desirous of You, and repentant from sins.
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وَصَلِّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
And bless, O God, Your chosen one from Your creation,
- 20
مُحَمَّد وَعِتْرَتِهِ الصِّفْـوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِـكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،
Muḥammad, and his progeny, the elite of Your pure creation,
- 21
وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَمُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ .
and make us attentive and obedient to them, as You commanded.
- 22
أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سِتْرِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ ،
1.O God, to You belongs praise for Your covering over after Your knowledge
- 23
وَمُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ،
2.and Your pardon after Your awareness!
- 24
فَكُلُّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ ،
3.Each of us has committed faults, but You hast not made him notorious,
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وَارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَم تَفْضَحْهُ
4.done indecencies, but You hast not disgraced him,
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وَتَسَتَّـرَ بِالْمَسَاوِي فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ،
5.and covered over evil deeds, but You hast not pointed to him.
- 27
كَمْ نهْي لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ،
6.How many are Your prohibited acts which we have performed,
- 28
وَأَمْر قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدَّيْنَاهُ،
7.Your commandments of which You hast told us which we have transgressed,
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وَسَيِّئَة اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَخَطِيئَة ارْتَكَبْنَـاهَا،
8.the evil deeds which we have earned, the offenses which we have committed!
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كُنْتَ الْمُطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ،
9.You seest them to the exclusion of all observers;
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وَالْقَادِرَ عَلَى إعْلاَنِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ،
10.You hast the power to make them public above all the powerful!
- 32
كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ،
11.By giving us safety You hast veiled their eyes
- 33
وَرَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ،
12.and stopped their ears.
- 34
فَاجْعَلْ مَا ستَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ،
13.So make the shameful things You hast covered over
- 35
وَأَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدَّخِيلَةِ وَاعِظاً لَنَا،
14.and the inward reality You hast concealed our admonisher,
- 36
وَزَاجِراً عَنْ سُوْءِ الْخُلْقِ وَاقْتِرَافِ الخَطِيئَـةِ،
15.a restrainer upon bad character traits and committing offenses,
- 37
وَسَعْياً إلَى التَّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ وَالطَّرِيْقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ،
16.and a striving toward the repentance that erases [sins] and the praiseworthy path!
- 38
وقَرِّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ ،
17.Bring the time of striving near
- 39
وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ
18.and visit us not with heedlessness of You!
- 40
إنَّا إلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ ، وَمِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ.
19.Surely we are Your beseechers, the repenters of sins.
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وَصَلِّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
20.And bless Your chosen, O God, from Your creation,
- 42
مُحَمَّد وَعِتْرَتِهِ الصِّفْـوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِـكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،
21.Muhammad and his descendants, the friends selected from among Your creatures, the pure,
- 43
وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَمُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ .
22.and make us listeners to them and obeyers, as You hast commanded!