Sahifa Sajjadiya 39: Seeking Pardon and Mercy

وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَحْرَمٍ

Wa-ksir shahwatī ʿan kulli maḥramin

And break my desire from every forbidden thing

وَازْوِ حِرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَمٍ

Wazwi ḥirṣī ʿan kulli maʾtham

And turn away my greed from every sin

وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ وَمُسْلِمَةٍ

Wa-mnaʿnī ʿan adhā kulli muʾminin wa muʾminatin wa muslimin wa muslimatin

And prevent me from harming any believing man, believing woman, Muslim man, or Muslim woman

أَللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ نَالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ

Allāhumma wa ayyuma ʿabdin nāla minnī mā ḥazarta ʿalayh

O Allah, whomever among Your servants gained from me what You have prohibited

وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ

Wa-intahaka minnī mā ḥajarta ʿalayh

And violated from me what You have forbidden

فَمَضَى بِظُلَامَتِي مَيِّتًا

Fa-maḍā bi-ẓulāmatī mayyitan

And so he went with my wrongdoing against him as a deceased

أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِي قِبَلَهُ حَيًّا

Aw ḥaṣalat lī qibalahu ḥayyan

Or it remains for me against him while he is alive

فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي

Faghfir lahu mā alamma bihi minnī

Then forgive him for what befell him from me

وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي

Wa-ʿfu lahu ʿammā adbara bihi ʿannī

And pardon him for what he kept away from me

وَلَا تَقِفْهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ

Wa lā taqifhu ʿalā mā irtakaba fīya

And do not hold him accountable for what he committed against me

وَلَا تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِي

Wa lā takshifhu ʿammā iktasaba bī

And do not expose him for what he gained through me

وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْوِ عَنْهُمْ

Wa-jʿal mā samaḥtu bihi mina al-ʿafwi ʿanhum

And make my forgiveness of them

وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ

Wa-tabarrʿtu bihi mina aṣ-ṣadaqati ʿalayhim

And my charity towards them

أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

Azka ṣadaqāti al-mutataṣaddiqīn

Most pure of the charities of the charitable

وَأَعْلَى صِلاتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ

Wa aʿlā ṣilāti al-mutaqarribīn

And highest of the acts of approach by those close to You

وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ

Wa-ʿawwiḍnī min ʿafwī ʿanhum ʿafwaka

And exchange my forgiveness of them with Your forgiveness for me

وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ

Wa-min duʿāʾī lahum raḥmatak

And my prayers for them for Your mercy

حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ

Ḥattā yasʿada kullu wāḥidin minnā bi-faḍlika

So that each one of us is made happy by Your grace

وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ

Wa-yanjūa kullun minnā bi-mannika

And each one of us is saved by Your bounty

أَللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ

Allāhumma wa ayyuma ʿabdin min ʿabīdika

O Allah, whichever servant of Yours

أَدْرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذًى

Adrakahu minnī darakun aw massahu min nāḥiyatī adhā

Who was touched by me or harmed by my actions

أَوْ لَحِقَهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبِي ظُلْمٌ

Aw laḥiqahu bī aw bi-sababī ẓulmun

Or was wronged by me or through my actions

فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّهِ

Fafuttuhu bi-ḥaqqihi

Or I neglected his right

أَوْ سَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ

Aw sabaqtuhu bi-maẓlamatih

Or I was quicker to wrong him

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi

So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family

وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ

Wa-arḍihi ʿannī min wujdika

And please him from Your bounty

وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ

Wa-awfihi ḥaqqahu min ʿindik

And grant him his right from Yourself

ثُمَّ قِنِي مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ

Thumma qinī mā yūjibu lahu ḥukmuk

Then protect me from what Your judgment imposes on him

وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ

Wa-khalliṣnī mimmā yaḥkumu bihi ʿadluka

And save me from what Your justice decrees

فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ

Fa-inna quwwatī lā tastaqillu bi-niqmatik

For my strength cannot withstand Your punishment

وَإِنَّ طَاقَتِي لَا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ

Wa-inna ṭāqatī lā tanhaḍu bi-sukhṭik

And my capacity cannot bear Your anger

فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُكَافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي

Fa-innaka in tukāfinī bil-ḥaqqi tuhkliknī

If You judge me by truth, You will destroy me

وَإِلَّا تَغَمَّدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي

Wa-illā taghamidnī bi-raḥmatika tūbiqni

And unless You envelop me in Your mercy, I will perish

أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي مَا لَا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ

Allāhumma innī astawhibuka yā Ilāhī mā lā yanquṣuka badhluhu

O Allah, I seek as a gift what You never lose by giving

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لَا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ

Wa-astaḥmiluka mā lā yabhaẓuka ḥamluhu

And I ask You to carry what is not heavy for You

أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوءٍ

Astawhibuka yā Ilāhī nafsī allātī lam takhluqha li-tamteniʿ bihā min sūʾin

I request from You, O my God, my soul which You didn't create to withhold from evil

أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إِلَى نَفْعٍ

Aw li-tatarraqa bihā ilā nafʿin

Or to use it for benefit

وَلَكِنْ أَنْشَأْتَهَا إِثْبَاتًا لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا

Walākin anshaʾtaha ithbātan li-qudratika ʿalā mithlihā

But You originated it to affirm Your power over its like

وَاحْتِجَاجًا بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا

Wa-iḥtijājan bihā ʿalā shaklihā

And as an argument over whatever resembles it

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ

Wa-astaḥmiluka min dhunūbī mā qad bahaẓanī ḥamluhu

And I ask You to carry for me from my sins that which burdens me

وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ

Wa-astaʿīnu bika ʿalā mā qad fadaḥanī thiquluhu

And I seek Your help for what I struggle with its weight

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi

So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family

وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِي

Wa-hab li-nafsī ʿalā ẓulmihā nafsī

And grant my soul to myself, despite its wrongdoing

وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي

Wa-wakkil raḥmataka bi-iḥtimāli iṣrī

And assign Your mercy to bear my burden

فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ

Fa-kam qad laḥiqat raḥmatuka bi-l-musīʾīn

How often Your mercy has reached the wrongdoers

وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Wa-kam qad shamil ʿafwuka aẓ-ẓālimīn

How often Your forgiveness has encompassed the transgressors

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ

Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi wa-jʿalnī uswat man qad anhaḍtahu

So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, and make me an example of those whom You have raised

بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ

Bi-tajāwuzika ʿan maṣāriʿi al-khāṭiʾīn

By Your pardon from the downfall of the erring

وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

Wa-khallaṣtahu bi-tawfīqika min waraṭāti al-mujrimīn

And You saved him, through Your guidance, from the traps of the criminals

فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ

Fa-aṣbaḥa ṭalīqa ʿafwika min isāri sukhṭika

And so he became freed by Your pardon from the bonds of Your anger

وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ

Wa-ʿatīqa ṣunʿika min wathāqi ʿadlika

And emancipated by Your favor from the chains of Your justice

إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ

Innaka in tafʿal dhalika yā Ilāhī tafʿalhu biman

If You do that, O my God, You do it for one

لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ

Lā yajḥadu istiḥqāqa ʿuqūbatika

Who does not ever deny deserving Your punishment

وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ

Wa-lā yubarriʾu nafsahu min istījābi naqimatika

And does not absolve himself of deserving Your wrath

تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ

Tafʿalu dhalika yā Ilāhī bi-man khawfuhu minka aktharu min ṭamaʿihi fīk

You treat in this way, my God, those whose fear of You is greater than their hope in You

وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ

Wa-biman ya'suhu mina an-najāti awkadu min rajā'ihi lil-khalāṣ

And those whose despair of deliverance is stronger than their hope for salvation

لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطًا

Lā an yakūna ya'suhu qunūṭan

Not because his despair is disbelief

أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَارًا

Aw an yakūna ṭamaʿuhu ightirāran

Nor his hope is recklessness

بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئَاتِهِ

Bal li-qillati ḥasanātihi bayna sayyiātihi

But due to the scarcity of his good deeds among his sins

وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ

Wa-ḍaʿfi ḥujajihi fī jamīʿi tabīʿātihi

And his weak excuses for all of his consequences

فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِلَهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ

Fa-ammā anta yā Ilāhī fa-ahlu an lā yagh-tarra bika as-ṣiddīqūn

As for You, my God, it is fitting that the sincere do not become deluded by You

وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Wa-lā yay'asa minka al-mujrimūn

And that the guilty do not despair of You

لاِنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَدًا فَضْلَهُ

Li-annaka ar-rabbu al-ʿaẓīm alladhī lā yamnaʿu aḥadan faḍlahu

For You are the Supreme Lord who never withholds His bounty from anyone

وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَقَّهُ

Wa-lā yastaqṣī min aḥadin ḥaqqahu

Nor exacts from anyone all of his due

تَعَالَى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ

Taʿālā dhikruka ʿani al-madhkūrīn

Exalted is Your remembrance above those who are mentioned

وَتَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ

Wa-taqaddasat asmāʾuka ʿani al-mansūbīn

And hallowed are Your names above those who are attributed

وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ

Wa-fashat niʿmatuka fī jamīʿi al-makhluqīn

And Your blessings have spread in all creation

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Fa-laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā dhālika yā Rabba al-ʿālamīn

So to You is all praise for that, O Lord of the worlds

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,

وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُـلِّ مَحْرَم،

wak-sir shah-watee a'n kul-li muh'ar-ram

2.break my passion for every unlawful thing,

وَازْوِ حِـرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَم،

waz-wi h'ir-s'ee a'n kul-li maa-tham

3.take away my craving for any sin,

وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُـلِّ مُؤْمِن وَمُؤْمِنَـة وَمُسْلِم وَمُسْلِمَة،

wam-naa'-nee a'n ad'a kul-li moo-miniw-wa moo-minatiw-wa mus-limiw-wa mus-limah

4.and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!

أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْد نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،

al-laahum-ma wa ay-yumaa a'b-d naala min-nee maa h'az'ar-ta a'lay-h

5.O God, if any of Your servants should harm me in what You hast forbidden

وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،

wantahaka min-nee maa h'ajar-ta a'lay-h

6.or violate me in what You hast interdicted,

فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً،

famz''aa biz'ulaamatee may-yitaa

7.and if he should pass into death with my complaint

أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِيْ قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً،

aw h'as'alat lee qibalahoo h'ay-yaa

8.or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,

فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي،

fagh-fir lahoo maaa alam-ma bihee min-nee

9.forgive him what he did to me

وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي،

waa'-fu lahoo a'm-maaa ad-bara bihee a'n-nee

10.and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!

وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ،

wa laa taqif-hoo a'laa mar-tkaba fee

11.Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me

وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ،

wa laa tak-shif-hoo a'm-mak-tasaba bee

12.and expose him not through what he earned by me!

وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ

waj-a'l maa samah'-tu bihee minal-a'f-wi a'n-hum

13.Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants

وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa tabar-raa'-tu bihee minas'-s'adaqati a'lay-him-

14.and my contribution in charity toward them

أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

az-kaa s'adaqaatil-mutas'ad-diqeen

15.the purest charity of the charitable

وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ،

wa aa'laa s'ilaatil-mutaqar-ribeen

16.and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to You!

وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ

wa a'w-wiz''-nee min a'f-wee a'n-hum a'f-wak

17.Recompense me for my pardoning them with Your pardon

وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ

wa min dua'aa-ee lahum rah'-matak

18.and for my supplicating for them with Your mercy

حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ

h'at-taa yas-a'da kul-lu waah'idim-min-naa bifaz''-lik

19.so that each one of us may gain felicity through Your bounty

وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ.

wa yanjuwa kul-lum-min-naa biman-nik

20.and each may attain deliverance through Your kindness!

أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ

al-laahum-ma wa ay-yumaa a'b-dim-min a'beedika

21.O God, if there is a servant from among Your servants

أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً،

ad-rakahoo min-nee darak aw mas-sahoo min-naah'eeateee ad'ana

22.whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction,

أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ

aw lah'iqahoo beee aw bisababee z'ul-m

23.or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,

فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ،

fafut-tuhoo bih'aq-qih

24.and should I fail to take care of his right

أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ،

aw sabaq-tuhoo bimaz'-lamatih

25.or go before him [in death] with his complaint,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

26.bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ،

wa ar-z''ihee a'n-nee miw-wuj-dik wa aw-fihee h'aq-qahoo min i'ndik

27.satisfy him toward me through Your wealth, and give him his full right from Yourself!

ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ،

thum-ma qinee maa yoojibu lahoo h'uk-muk

28.Then protect me from what Your decision mandates

وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ،

wa khal-lis'-nee mim-maa yah'-kumu bihee a'd-luk

29.and save me from what Your justice decides,

فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ،

fa in-na qoo-watee laa tas-taqil-lu binaqimatik

30.for my strength cannot bear Your vengeance

وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ،

wa in-na t'aaqatee laa tan-haz''u bisukh-t'ik

31.and my power cannot stand up to Your displeasure!

فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي،

fa in-naka in tukaafinee bil-h'aq-qi tuh-lik-nee

32.If You recompensest me with the right, You wilt destroy me,

وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي.

wa il-la tagham-mad-nee birah'-matika toobiq-nee

33.and if You dost not shield me in Your mercy, You wilt lay me waste.

أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ،

al-laahum-ma in-nee as-taw-hibuka yaaa ilaahee maa laa yanqus'uka bad'-luh

34.O God, I ask You to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease You,

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ،

wa as-tah'-miluka maa laa yab-haz'uka h'am-luh

35.and I ask You to carry that whose carrying will not weigh You down:

أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء،

as-taw-hibuka yaaa ilaahee naf-seeal-latee lam takh-luq-haa litam-tania' bihaa min sooo-in

36.My God, I ask You to give my soul, which You didst not create to keep Yourself from evil

أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع،

aw litat'ar-raqa bihaaa ilaa naf-a'

37.nor to find the way to profit.

وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا،

wa lkin anshaa-tahaa ith-baatal-liqud-ratika a'laa mith-lihaa

38.No, You brought it forth to demonstrate Your power over its like

وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا،

wah'-tijaajam-bihaa a'laa shak-lihaa

39.and to provide an argument against its similar.

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ،

wa as-tah'-miluka min d'unoobee maa qad bahaz'anee h'am-luh

40.I ask You to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down

وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ.

wa as-tae'enu bika a'laa maa qad fadah'anee thiq-luh

41.and I seek help from You in that whose heaviness oppresses me.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

42.So bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ،

wa hab linaf-see a'laa z'ul-mihaa naf-see

43.give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,

وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي،

wa wak-kir-r-rah'-mataka bih'-timaali is'-ree

44.and appoint Your mercy to carry my burden!

فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ،

fakam qad lah'iqat rah'-matuka bil-musee-een

45.How many evildoers Your mercy has overtaken!

وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ.

wa kam qad shamila a'f-wukaz'-z'aalimeen

46.How many wrongdoers Your pardon has embraced!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih waj-a'l-neee us-wata man qad an-haz''-tahoo

47.So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom You hast aroused

بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ،

bitajaawzika a'm-mas'aarii'l-khaat'i-een

48.through Your forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders

وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ،

wa khal-las'-tahoo bitawfeeqika miw-warat'aatil-muj-rimeen

49.and saved through Your giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,

فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ،

faas'-bah'a t'aleeqa a'f-wika mn isaari sukh-t'ik

50.so that I may rise up freed by Your pardon from the bonds of Your displeasure

وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ،

wa a'teeqa s'un-i'ka miw-wathaaqi a'd-lik

51.and released by Your benefaction from the ties of Your justice!

إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ

in-naka in taf-a'l d'alika yaaa ilaahee taf-a'l-hoo biman

52.Surely if You dost that, my God, You wilt do it to one

لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ،

laa yaj-h'adu as-tih'-qaaqa u'qoobatik

53.who does not deny deserving Your punishment

وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ،

wa laa yubar-ri-u naf-sahoo min as-teejaabi naqimatik

54.or acquit himself from merit for Your vengeance.

تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ،

taf-a'lu d'alika yaaa ilaahee biman khaw-fuhoo minka ak-tharu min t'amai'hee feek

55.Do that, my God, for one whose fear of You is greater than his craving from You,

وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ،

wa bimay-yaa-suhoo minan-najaati aw-kadu mir-rajaaa-ihee lil-khalaas'

56.whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!

لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً

laaa ay-yakoona yaa-suhoo qunoot'aa

57.Not that his hopelessness is despair,

أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً

aw ay-yakoona t'amau'hoo agh-tiraaraa

58.nor that his expectation is deluded.

بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ،

bal-liqil-lati h'asanaatihee bay-na say-yi-aatih

59.No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds

وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ،

wa z''aa'-fi h'ujajihee fee jameei' tabia'atih

60.and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.

فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ

faam-maaa anta yaaa ilaahee faah-lun an

61.But Thou, my God, art worthy that

لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ،

laa yagh-tar-ra bikas'-s'id-deeqoon

62.the righteous not be deluded concerning You

وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ،

wa laa yay-asa minkal-muj-rimoon

63.and the sinners not lose hope in You,

لاَِنَّكَ ألرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ

lian-nakar-rab-bul-a'z'eemul-lad'ee laa yam-nau' ah'adana faz''-lah

64.for You art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none

وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَد حَقَّـهُ.

wa laa yas-taq-s'ee min ah'adin h'aq-qah

65.and takes His full right from no one.

تَعَالى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ،

taa'alaa d'ik-ruka a'nil-mad'-kooreen

66.High exalted is Your mention above those mentioned!

وَتَقَدَّست أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ،

wa taqad-dasat as-maaaw-uka a'nil-mansoobeen

67.Holy are Your names beyond those described!

وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِيْ جَمِيْعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ،

wa fashat nia'-matuka fee jameei'l-makh-looqeen

68.Spread is Your favour among all creatures!

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

falakal-h'am-du a'laa d'alika yaa rab-bal-a'alameen

69.Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَحْرَمٍ

wa ksir shahwatī ʿan kulli maḥramin

break my passion for every unlawful thing,

وَازْوِ حِرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَمٍ

wa zwi ḥirṣī ʿan kulli maʾthamin

take away my craving for any sin,

وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ وَمُسْلِمَةٍ

wa mnaʿnī ʿan adhā kulli muʾminin wa muʾminatin wa muslimin wa muslimatin

and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!

أَللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ

Allāhumma wa ayyumā ʿabdin nāla minnī mā ḥaẓarta ʿalayhi

O God, if any of Your servants should harm me in what You hast forbidden

وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ

wa ntahaka minnī mā ḥajarta ʿalayhi

or violate me in what You hast interdicted,

فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً

fa maḍā biẓulāmatī mayyitan

and if he should pass into death with my complaint

أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِي قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً

aw ḥaṣalat lī qibalahu ḥayyan

or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,

فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي

faghfir lahu mā alamma bihi minnī

forgive him what he did to me

وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي

wa ʿfu lahu ʿammā adbara bihi ʿannī

and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!

وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ

wa lā taqifhu ʿalā mā rtakaba fiyya

Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me

وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ

wa lā takshifhu ʿammā ktasaba bī

and expose him not through what he earned by me!

وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ

wa jʿal mā samaḥtu bihi mina l-ʿafwi ʿanhum

Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants

وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa tabarraʿtu bihi mina ṣ-ṣadaqati ʿalayhim

and my contribution in charity toward them

أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

azkā ṣadaqāti l-mutaṣaddiqīna

the purest charity of the charitable

وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ

wa aʿlā ṣilāti l-mutaqarribīna

and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to You!

وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ

wa ʿawwiḍnī min ʿafwī ʿanhum ʿafwaka

Recompense me for my pardoning them with Your pardon

وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ

wa min duʿāʾī lahum raḥmataka

and for my supplicating for them with Your mercy

حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ

ḥattā yasʿada kullu wāḥidin minnā bifaḍlika

so that each one of us may gain felicity through Your bounty

وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ

wa yanjuwa kullun minnā bimannika

and each may attain deliverance through Your kindness!

أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ

Allāhumma wa ayyumā ʿabdin min ʿabīdika

O God, if there is a servant from among Your servants

أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً

adrakahu minnī darakun aw massahu min nāḥiyatī adhān

whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction,

أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ

aw laḥiqahu bī aw bisababī ẓulmun

or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,

فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ

fafuttuhu biḥaqqihi

and should I fail to take care of his right

أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ

aw sabaqtuhu bimaẓlamatihi

or go before him [in death] with his complaint,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi

bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ

wa arḍihi ʿannī min wujdika wa awfihi ḥaqqahu min ʿindika

satisfy him toward me through Your wealth, and give him his full right from Yourself!

ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ

thumma qinī mā yūjibu lahu ḥukmuka

Then protect me from what Your decision mandates

وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ

wa khalliṣnī mimmā yaḥkumu bihi ʿadluka

and save me from what Your justice decides,

فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ

fa inna quwwatī lā tastaqillu binaqimatika

for my strength cannot bear Your vengeance

وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ

wa inna ṭāqatī lā tanhaḍu bisukhtika

and my power cannot stand up to Your displeasure!

فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي

fa innaka in tukāfinī bilḥaqqi tuhliknī

If You recompensest me with the right, You wilt destroy me,

وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي

wa illā taghammadnī biraḥmatika tūbiqnī

and if You dost not shield me in Your mercy, You wilt lay me waste.

أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ

Allāhumma innī astawhibuka yā ilāhī mā lā yanquṣuka badhluhu

O God, I ask You to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease You,

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ

wa astaḥmiluka mā lā yabhaẓuka ḥamluhu

and I ask You to carry that whose carrying will not weigh You down:

أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء

astawhibuka yā ilāhī nafsiya allatī lam takhluqhā litamtanʿa bihā min sūʾin

My God, I ask You to give my soul, which You didst not create to keep Yourself from evil

أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع

aw litaṭarraqa bihā ilā nafʿin

nor to find the way to profit.

وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا

wa lakin anshaʾtahā ithbātan liqudratika ʿalā mithlihā

No, You brought it forth to demonstrate Your power over its like

وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا

wa iḥtijājan bihā ʿalā shaklihā

and to provide an argument against its similar.

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ

wa astaḥmiluka min dhunūbī mā qad bahazanī ḥamluhu

I ask You to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down

وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ

wa astaʿīnu bika ʿalā mā qad fadahanī thiqluhu

and I seek help from You in that whose heaviness oppresses me.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi

So bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ

wa hab linafsī ʿalā ẓulmihā nafsī

give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,

وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي

wa wakkil raḥmataka biʿtimāli iṣrī

and appoint Your mercy to carry my burden!

فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ

fa kam qad laḥiqat raḥmatuka bilmusīʾīna

How many evildoers Your mercy has overtaken!

وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ

wa kam qad shamila ʿafwuka aẓ-ẓālimīna

How many wrongdoers Your pardon has embraced!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ

faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa jʿalnī uswata man qad anhaḍtahu

So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom You hast aroused

بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ

bitajāwuzika ʿan maṣāriʿi l-khāṭiʾīna

through Your forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders

وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ

wa khallaṣtahu bitawfīqika min waraṭāti l-mujrimīna

and saved through Your giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,

فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ

fa aṣbaḥa ṭalīqa ʿafwika min isāri sukhṭika

so that I may rise up freed by Your pardon from the bonds of Your displeasure

وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ

wa ʿatīqa ṣunʿika min wathāqi ʿadlika

and released by Your benefaction from the ties of Your justice!

إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ

innaka in tafʿal dhālika yā ilāhī tafʿalhu biman

Surely if You dost that, my God, You wilt do it to one

لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ

lā yajḥadu istiḥqāqa ʿuqūbatika

who does not deny deserving Your punishment

وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ

wa lā yubarriʾu nafsahu mini stījābi naqimatika

or acquit himself from merit for Your vengeance.

تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ

tafʿalu dhālika yā ilāhī biman khawfuhu minka aktharu min ṭamaʿihi fīka

Do that, my God, for one whose fear of You is greater than his craving from You,

وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ

wa biman yaʾsuhu mina n-najāti awkadu min rajāʾihi lil-khalāṣi

whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!

لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً

lā an yakūna yaʾsuhu qunūṭan

Not that his hopelessness is despair,

أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً

aw an yakūna ṭamaʿuhu ightirāran

nor that his expectation is deluded.

بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ

bal liqillati ḥasanātihi bayna sayyiʾātihi

No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds

وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ

wa ḍaʿfi ḥujajihi fī jamīʿi tabiʿātihi

and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.

فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِلَٰهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ

fa ammā anta yā ilāhī fa ahlun an

But Thou, my God, art worthy that

لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ

lā yaghtarra bika aṣ-ṣiddīqūna

the righteous not be deluded concerning You

وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

wa lā yayʾasa minka l-mujrimūna

and the sinners not lose hope in You,

لِأَنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَدًا فَضْلَهُ

liʾannaka ar-rabbu l-ʿaẓīmu alladhī lā yamnaʿu aḥadan faḍlahu

for You art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none

وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَقَّهُ

wa lā yastaqṣī min aḥadin ḥaqqahu

and takes His full right from no one.

تَعَالَى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ

taʿālā dhikruka ʿani l-madhkūrīna

High exalted is Your mention above those mentioned!

وَتَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ

wa taqaddasat asmāʾuka ʿani l-mansūbīna

Holy are Your names beyond those described!

وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ

wa fashat niʿmatuka fī jamīʿi l-makhlūqīna

Spread is Your favour among all creatures!

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

falaka l-ḥamdu ʿalā dhālika yā rabba l-ʿālamīna

Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!