Sahifa Sajjadiya 10: Seeking Asylum with Allah

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اللَّهُمَّ اِنْ تَشَاْ تَعْفُ عَنَّا فَبِفَضْلِكَ، وَاِنْ تَشَاْ تُعَذِّبْنَا فَبِعَدْلِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA IN TASHA' TA'FU A'NNAA FABIFADLIKA WA IN TASHA' TU'ADHDHIBNAA FABI'ADLIK

O God, if Thou willest, Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bounty and if Thou willest, Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice.

فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمَنِّكَ، وَاَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ، فَاِنَّهٗ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِعَدْلِكَ، وَلَا نَجَاةَ لِاَحَدٍ مِنَّا دُونَ عَفْوِكَ

FASAHHIL LANAA A'FWAKA BIMANNIKA WA AJIRNAA MIN A'DHAABIKA BITAJAAWUZIKA FA-INNAHOO LAA TAAQATA LANAA BI-A'DLIKA WA LAA NAJAATA LI-AHADIN MINNAA DOONA A'FWIK

So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindness and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon!

يَا غَنِيَّ الْاَغْنِيَاءِ، هَا نَحْنُ عِبَادُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَاَنَا اَفْقَرُ الْفُقَرَاءِ اِلَيْكَ، فَاجْبُرْ فَاقَتَنَا بِوُسْعِكَ، وَلَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَاءَنَا بِمَنْعِكَ، فَتَكُونَ قَدْ اَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ، وَحَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ

YAA GHANIYYAL AGHNIYAA'I HAA NAHNU I'BAADUKA BAYNA YADAYKA WA ANAA AFQARUL FUQARAA'I ILAYKA FAJBUR FAAQATANAA BIWUS'IKA WA LAA TAQTA' RAJAA'ANAA BIMAN'IKA FATAKOONA QAD ASHQAYTA MANIS TAS'ADA BIKA WA HARAMTA MANIS TARFADA FADLAK

O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee. I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee, so redress our neediness through Thy plenty and cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding, lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty!

فَاِلَى مَنْ حِينَئِذٍ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ، وَاِلَى اَيْنَ مَذْهَبُنَا عَنْ بَابِكَ، سُبْحَانَكَ نَحْنُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ الَّذِينَ اَوْجَبْتَ اِجَابَتَهُمْ، وَاَهْلُ السُّوءِ الَّذِينَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ

FA-ILAA MAN HEENA'IDHIN MUNQALABUNAA A'NKA WA ILAA AYNA MADH-HABUNAA A'N BAABIKA SUBHAANAKA NAHNUL MUDTARROONAL LADHEENA AWJABTA IJAABATAHUM WA AHLUS SOO'IL LADHEENA WA'ADTAL KASHFA A'NHUM

Then to whom would we return after Thee? Where would we go from Thy gate? Glory be to Thee! We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent, the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.

وَاَشْبَهُ الْاَشْيَاءِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ، وَاَوْلَى الْاُمُورِ بِكَ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ، وَغَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا اِلَيْكَ، وَاَغْنِنَا اِذْ طَرَحْنَا اَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

WA ASHBAHUL ASHYAA'I BIMASHIYYATIKA WA AWLAL UMOORI BIKA FEE A'ZAMATIKA RAHMATU MANIS TARHAMAKA WA GHAWTHU MANIS TAGHAATHA BIKA FARHAM TADARRU'ANAA ILAYKA WA AGHNINAA IDH TARAHNAA ANFUSANAA BAYNA YADAYK

That thing most resembling Thy will and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy and helping him who seeks help from Thee. So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee!

اللَّهُمَّ اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شَمِتَ بِنَا اِذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَلَا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا اِيَّاهُ لَكَ، وَرَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ اِلَيْكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNASH SHAYTAANA QAD SHAMITA BINAA IDH SHAAYA'NAAHU A'LAA MA'SIYATIKA FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA LAA TUSHMIT-HU BINAA BA'DA TARKINAA IYYAAHU LAKA WA RAGHBATINAA A'NHU ILAYK

O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee, so bless Muhammad and his Household and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee and beseeched Thee against him!