الصحيفة السجادية - 35
Sahifa Sajjadiya 35: Satisfaction with God's Decree
23 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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الْحَمْدُ للهِ رِضىً بِحُكْمِ اللهِ ،
1Praise belongs to God in satisfaction with God's decision!
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شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ ،
2I bear witness that God has apportioned the livelihoods of His servants with justice
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وَأَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ خَلْقِهِ بِالْفَضْلِ.
3and undertaken bounty for all His creatures.
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أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
4O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّي بِمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ
5tempt me not with what You hast given to Your creatures
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وَلا تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي فَأحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَأَغْمِطَ حُكْمَكَ.
6and tempt them not with what You hast withheld from me, lest I envy Your creatures and despise Your decision!
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أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ،
7O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَطَيِّبْ بِقَضَائِـكَ نَفْسِي
8delight my soul through Your decree,
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وَوَسِّعْ بِمَـواقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي
9expand my breast through the instances of Your decision,
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وَهَبْ لِي الثِّقَةَ لأُقِرَّ مَعَهَا
10give to me a trust through which I may admit
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بِأََنَّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ إلاَّ بِالْخِيَرَةِ
11that Your decree runs only to the best,
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وَاجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنّي
12and let my gratitude to You for what You hast taken away from me
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أَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي إيَّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي
13be more abundant than my gratitude to You for what You hast conferred upon me!
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وَاعْصِمْنِي مِن أنْ أظُنَّ بِذِي عَدْم خَسَاسَةً،
14Preserve me from imagining any meanness in someone who is destitute
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أَوْ أَظُنَّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَة فَضْلاً،
15or imagining any superiority in someone who possesses wealth,
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فَإنَّ الشَّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرَّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ،
16for the noble is he whom obedience to You has ennobled
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وَالْعَزِيزَ مَنْ أَعَزَّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ.
17and the exalted is he whom worship of You has exalted!
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
18So bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَمَتِّعْنَا بِثَرْوَة لاَ تَنْفَدُ، وَأَيِّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لاَ يُفْقَدُ
19give us to enjoy a wealth which does not run out, confirm us with an exaltation which will never be lost,
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وَأَسْرِحْنَا فِيْ مُلْكِ الأَبَدِ
20and let us roam freely in the kingdom of everlastingness!
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إنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ
21Surely You art the One, 'the Unique, the Eternal Refuge;
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الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ
22You hast not begotten, nor hast You been begotten,
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وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.
23and equal to You is not any one' (ref.112:1-4)!