الصحيفة السجادية - 41
Sahifa Sajjadiya 41: Asking for Covering and Protection
39 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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وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَرَامَتِكَ
And spread beneath me the bed of Your generosity
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وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِكَ
And bring me to the springs of Your mercy
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وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ
And settle me in the spaciousness of Your Paradise
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وَلَا تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ
And do not label me as one turned away from You
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وَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي بِالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْكَ
And do not deprive me by Your rejection
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وَلَا تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَا اجْتَرَحْتُ
And do not hold me accountable for what I have committed
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وَلَا تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ
Nor debate me about what I have acquired
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وَلَا تُبْرِزْ مَكْتُومِي، وَلَا تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي
Do not expose my hidden faults, nor unveil my private matters
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وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزَانِ الْأَنْصَافِ عَمَلِي
Do not weigh my deeds with the strict scale of justice
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وَلَا تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلَاءِ خَبَرِي
Nor disclose my news before the eyes of the assembly
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أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَارًا
Hide from them what would bring me shame if made public
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وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِندَكَ شَنَارًا
And conceal from them what would disgrace me before You
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شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ
Honor my rank with Your satisfaction
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وَأَكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ
And perfect my dignity through Your forgiveness
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وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ
And enroll me among the companions of the right
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وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الْآمِنِينَ
Enable me to travel the paths of the secure
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وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ
And make me among the group of the successful
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وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Let me fill the gatherings of the righteous
- 19
آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Amen, Lord of the worlds
- 20
أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
1.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَـرَامَتِـكَ،
2.spread for me the bed of Your honour,
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وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِـكَ،
3.bring me to the wateringholes of Your mercy,
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وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ،
4.set me down in the midst of Your Garden,
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وَلاَ تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ،
5.stamp me not with rejection by You,
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وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي بِـالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْـكَ،
6.deprive me not through disappointment by You,
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وَلاَ تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَـا اجْتَرَحْتُ،
7.settle not accounts with me for what I have committed,
- 27
وَلاَ تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ،
8.make no reckoning with me for what I have earned,
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وَلا تُـبْرِزْ مَكْتُوْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي،
9.display not what I have hidden, expose not what I have covered over,
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وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزانِ الأنْصَافِ عَمَلِي،
10.weigh not my works on the scales of fairness,
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وَلاَ تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلاَءِ خَبَـرِي.
11.and make not my tidings known to the eyes of the crowd!
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أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَاراً،
12.Conceal from them everything whose unfolding would shame me
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وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِنْدَكَ شَنَاراً،
13.and roll up before them all which would join me to disgrace with You!
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شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ،
14.Ennoble my degree through Your good pleasure,
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وَأكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ،
15.perfect my honour through Your forgiveness,
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وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ،
16.rank me among the companions of the right hand,
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وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الآمِنِينَ،
17.direct me to the roads of the secure,
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وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ،
18.place me in the throng of the triumphant,
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وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ،
19.and through me let the sessions of the righteous thrive!
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آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
20.Amen, Lord of the worlds!