Sahifa Sajjadiya 16: Asking Release from Sins

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اللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ بِرَحْمَتِهٖ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمُذْنِبُونَ

ALLAAHUMMA YAA MAN BIRAHMATIHEE YASTAGHEETHUL MUDHNIBOON

O God, O He through whose Mercy sinners seek aid!

وَيَا مَنْ اِلَى ذِكْرِ اِحْسَانِهٖ يَفْزَعُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ

WA YAA MAN ILAA DHIKRI IHSAANIHEE YAFZA'UL MUDTARROON

O He to the remembrance of whose beneficence the distressed flee!

وَيَا مَنْ لِخِيفَتِهٖ يَنْتَحِبُ الْخَاطِئُونَ

WA YAA MAN LIKHEEFATIHEE YANTAHIBUL KHAATI'OON

O He in fear of whom the offenders weep!

يَا اُنْسَ كُلِّ مُسْتَوْحِشٍ غَرِيبٍ، وَيَا فَرَجَ كُلِّ مَكْرُوبٍ كَئِيبٍ، وَيَا غَوْثَ كُلِّ مَخْذُولٍ فَرِيدٍ، وَيَا عَضُدَ كُلِّ مُحْتَاجٍ طَرِيدٍ

YAA UNSA KULLI MUSTAWHISHIN GHAREEBIN WA YAA FARAJA KULLI MAKROOBIN KA'EEBIN WA YAA GHAWTHA KULLI MAKHDHOOLIN FAREEDIN WA YAA A'DUDA KULLI MUHTAAJIN TAREED

O Comfort of every lonely stranger! O Relief of all who are downcast and distressed! O Aid of everyone abandoned and alone! O Support of every needy outcast!

اَنْتَ الَّذِي وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْماً

ANTAL LADHEE WASI'TA KULLA SHAY'IN RAHMATAN WA I'LMAA

Thou art He who embracest everything in mercy and knowledge!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ مَخْلُوقٍ فِي نِعَمِكَ سَهْماً

WA ANTAL LADHEE JA'ALTA LIKULLI MAKHLOOQIN FEE NI'AMIKA SAHMAA

Thou art He who hast appointed for each creature a share of Thy favours!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي عَفْوُهٗ اَعْلَى مِنْ عِقَابِهٖ

WA ANTAL LADHEE A'FWUHOO A'LAA MIN I'QAABIH

Thou art He whose pardon is higher than His punishment!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي تَسْعَى رَحْمَتُهٗ اَمَامَ غَضَبِهٖ

WA ANTAL LADHEE TAS'AA RAHMATUHOO AMAAMA GHADABIH

Thou art He whose mercy runs before His wrath!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي عَطَاؤُهٗ اَكْثَرُ مِنْ مَنْعِهٖ

WA ANTAL LADHEE A'TAA'UHOO AKTHARU MIN MAN'IH

Thou art He whose bestowal is greater than His withholding!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي اتَّسَعَ الْخَلَائِقُ كُلُّهُمْ فِي وُسْعِهٖ

WA ANTAL LADHIT TASA'AL KHALAA'IQU KULLUHUM FEE WUS'IH

Thou art He by whose mercy all creatures are embraced!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يَرْغَبُ فِي جَزَاءِ مَنْ اَعْطَاهُ

WA ANTAL LADHEE LAA YARGHABU FEE JAZAA'I MAN A'TAAH

Thou art He who desires no repayment by him upon whom He bestows!

وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يُفْرِطُ فِي عِقَابِ مَنْ عَصَاهُ

WA ANTAL LADHEE LAA YUFRITU FEE I'QAABI MAN A'SAAH

Thou art He who does not overdo the punishment of him who disobeys Thee!

وَاَنَا، يَا اِلٰهِي، عَبْدُكَ الَّذِي اَمَرْتَهٗ بِالدُّعَاءِ فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، هَا اَنَا ذَا، يَا رَبِّ، مَطْرُوحٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

WA ANAA YAA ILAAHEE A'BDUKAL LADHEE AMARTAHOO BID DU'AA'I FAQAALA LABBAYKA WA SA'DAYKA HAA ANAA DHAA YAA RABBI MATROOHUN BAYNA YADAYK

And I, my God, am Thy servant whom Thou commanded to supplicate and who said: I am at Thy service and disposal! Here am I, my Lord, thrown down before Thee.

اَنَا الَّذِي اَوْقَرَتِ الْخَطَايَا ظَهْرَهٗ، وَاَنَا الَّذِي اَفْنَتِ الذُّنُوبُ عُمُرَهٗ، وَاَنَا الَّذِي بِجَهْلِهٖ عَصَاكَ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ اَهْلًا مِنْهُ لِذَاكَ

ANAL LADHEE AWQARATIL KHATAAYAA ZAHRAHOO WA ANAL LADHEE AFNATIDH DHUNOOBU U'MURAHOO WA ANAL LADHEE BIJAHLIHEE A'SAAKA WA LAM TAKUN AHLAN MINHU LIDHAAK

I am he whose back offenses have weighed down! I am he whose lifetime sins have consumed! I am he who was disobedient in his ignorance, while Thou didst not deserve that from him!

هَلْ اَنْتَ، يَا اِلٰهِي، رَاحِمٌ مَنْ دَعَاكَ فَاُبْلِغَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ اَمْ اَنْتَ غَافِرٌ لِمَنْ بَكَاكَ فَاُسْرِعَ فِي الْبُكَاءِ اَمْ اَنْتَ مُتَجَاوِزٌ عَمَّنْ عَفَّرَ لَكَ وَجْهَهٗ تَذَلُّلًا اَمْ اَنْتَ مُغْنٍ مَنْ شَكَا اِلَيْكَ فَقْرَهٗ تَوَكُّلًا

HAL ANTA YAA ILAAHEE RAAHIMUN MAN DA'AAKA FA-UBLIGHA FID DU'AA'I AM ANTA GHAAFIRUN LIMAN BAKAAKA FA-USRI'A FIL BUKAA'I AM ANTA MUTAJAAWIZUN A'MMAN A'FFARA LAKA WAJHAHOO TADHALLULAN AM ANTA MUGHNIN MAN SHAKAA ILAYKA FAQRAHOO TAWAKKULAA

Wilt Thou, my God, be merciful toward him who supplicates Thee, that I should bring my supplication before Thee? Wilt Thou forgive him who weeps to Thee that I should hurry to weep? Wilt Thou show forbearance toward him who puts his face in the dust before Thee in lowliness? Wilt Thou free from need him who complains to Thee of his indigent need with confidence?

اِلٰهِي لَا تُخَيِّبْ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ مُعْطِياً غَيْرَكَ، وَلَا تَخْذُلْ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَغْنِي عَنْكَ بِاَحَدٍ دُونَكَ

ILAAHEE LAA TUKHAYYIB MAN LAA YAJIDU MU'TIYAN GHAYRAKA WA LAA TAKHDHUL MAN LAA YASTAGHNEE A'NKA BI-AHADIN DOONAK

My God, disappoint not him who finds no bestower other than Thee, and abandon not him who cannot be freed from his need for Thee through less than Thee!

اِلٰهِي فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَلَا تُعْرِضْ عَنِّي وَقَدْ اَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْكَ، وَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي وَقَدْ رَغِبْتُ اِلَيْكَ، وَلَا تَجْبَهْنِي بِالرَّدِّ وَقَدِ انْتَصَبْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

ILAAHEE FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA LAA TU'RID A'NNEE WA QAD AQBALTU A'LAYKA WA LAA TAHRIMNEE WA QAD RAGHIBTU ILAYKA WA LAA TAJBAHNEE BIR RADDI WA QADIN TASABTU BAYNA YADAYK

My God, so bless Muhammad and his Household, turn not away from me when I have turned my face toward Thee, deprive me not when I have besought Thee, and slap not my brow with rejection when I have stood before Thee!

اَنْتَ الَّذِي وَصَفْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالرَّحْمَةِ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاَنْتَ الَّذِي سَمَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالْعَفْوِ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

ANTAL LADHEE WASAFTA NAFSAKA BIR RAHMATI FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WARHAMNEE WA ANTAL LADHEE SAMMAYTA NAFSAKA BIL A'FWI FA'FU A'NNEE

Thou art He who has described Himself by mercy, so bless Muhammad and his Household and have mercy upon me! Thou art He who has named Himself by pardon, so pardon me!

قَدْ تَرَى يَا اِلٰهِي، فَيْضَ دَمْعِي مِنْ خِيفَتِكَ، وَوَجِيبَ قَلْبِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، وَانْتِقَاضَ جَوَارِحِي مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ

QAD TARAA YAA ILAAHEE FAYDA DAM'EE MIN KHEEFATIKA WA WAJEEBA QALBEE MIN KHASHYATIKA WANTIQAADA JAWAARIHEE MIN HAYBATIK

Thou hast seen, my God, the flow of my tears in fear of Thee, the throbbing of my heart in dread of Thee, and the infirmity of my limbs in awe of Thee.

كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ حَيَاءٌ مِنْكَ لِسُوءِ عَمَلِي، وَلِذَاكَ خَمَدَ صَوْتِي عَنِ الْجَاْرِ اِلَيْكَ، وَكَلَّ لِسَانِي عَنْ مُنَاجَاتِكَ

KULLU DHAALIKA HAYAA'UN MINKA LISOO'I A'MALEE WA LIDHAAKA KHAMADA SAWTEE A'NIL JA'RI ILAYKA WA KALLA LISAANEE A'N MUNAAJAATIK

All this from my shame before Thee because of my evil works! So my voice has become silent, no longer crying to Thee, and my tongue has gone dumb, no longer whispering in prayer.

يَا اِلٰهِي فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ فَكَمْ مِنْ عَائِبَةٍ سَتَرْتَهَا عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي، وَكَمْ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ غَطَّيْتَهٗ عَلَيَّ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْنِي، وَكَمْ مِنْ شَائِبَةٍ اَلْمَمْتُ بِهَا فَلَمْ تَهْتِكْ عَنِّي سِتْرَهَا، وَلَمْ تُقَلِّدْنِي مَكْرُوهَ شَنَارِهَا، وَلَمْ تُبْدِ سَوْءَاتِهَا لِمَنْ يَلْتَمِسُ مَعَايِبِي مِنْ جِيرَتِي، وَحَسَدَةِ نِعْمَتِكَ عِنْدِي

YAA ILAAHEE FALAKAL HAMDU FAKAM MIN A'A'IBATIN SATARTAHAA A'LAYYA FALAM TAFDAHNEE WA KAM MIN DHANBIN GHATTAYTAHOO A'LAYYA FALAM TASH-HARNEE WA KAM MIN SHAA'IBATIN ALMAMTU BIHAA FALAM TAHTIK A'NNEE SITRAHAA WA LAM TUQALLIDNEE MAKROOHA SHANAARIHAA WA LAM TUBDI SAW'AATIHAA LIMAN YALTAMISU MA'AAYIBEE MIN JEERATEE WA HASADATI NI'MATIKA I'NDEE

My God, so to Thee belongs praise! How many of my flaws Thou hast covered over without exposing me! How many of my sins Thou hast cloaked without making me notorious! How many faults I have committed, yet Thou didst not tear away from me their covering, collar me with their detested disgrace, or make their dishonour plain to those of my neighbours who search for my defects and to those who envy Thy favour toward me!

ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْهَنِي ذٰلِكَ عَنْ اَنْ جَرَيْتُ اِلَى سُوءِ مَا عَهِدْتَ مِنِّي

THUMMA LAM YANHANEE DHAALIKA A'N AN JARAYTU ILAA SOO'I MAA A'HIDTA MINNEE

But that did not prevent me from passing on to the evil that Thou knowest from me!

فَمَنْ اَجْهَلُ مِنِّي، يَا اِلٰهِي بِرُشْدِهٖ وَمَنْ اَغْفَلُ مِنِّي عَنْ حَظِّهٖ وَمَنْ اَبْعَدُ مِنِّي مِنِ اسْتِصْلَاحِ نَفْسِهٖ حِينَ اُنْفِقُ مَا اَجْرَيْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ فِيمَا نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَمَنْ اَبْعَدُ غَوْراً فِي الْبَاطِلِ، وَاَشَدُّ اِقْدَاماً عَلَى السُّوءِ مِنِّي حِينَ اَقِفُ بَيْنَ دَعْوَتِكَ وَدَعْوَةِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاَتَّبِعُ دَعْوَتَهٗ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَمًى مِنِّي فِي مَعْرِفَةٍ بِهٖ وَلَا نِسْيَانٍ مِنْ حِفْظِي لَهٗ

FAMAN AJHALU MINNEE YAA ILAAHEE BIRUSHDIHEE WA MAN AGHFALU MINNEE A'N HAZZIHEE WA MAN AB'ADU MINNEE MINIS TISLAAHI NAFSIHEE HEENA UNFIQU MAA AJRAYTA A'LAYYA MIN RIZQIKA FEEMAA NAHAYTANEE A'NHU MIN MA'SIYATIKA WA MAN AB'ADU GHAWRAN FIL BAATILI WA ASHADDU IQDAAMAN A'LAS SOO'I MINNEE HEENA AQIFU BAYNA DA'WATIKA WA DA'WATISH SHAYTAANI FA-ATTABI'U DA'WATAHOO A'LAA GHAYRI A'MAN MINNEE FEE MA'RIFATIN BIHEE WA LAA NISYAANIN MIN HIFZEE LAH

So who is more ignorant than I, my God, of his own right conduct? Who is more heedless than I of his own good fortune? Who is further than I from seeking to set himself right? For I spend the provision Thou deliverest to me in the disobedience Thou hast prohibited to me! Who sinks more deeply into falsehood and is more intensely audacious in evil than I? For I hesitate between Thy call and the call of Satan and then follow his call without being blind in my knowledge of him or forgetful in my memory of him,

وَاَنَا حِينَئِذٍ مُوقِنٌ بِاَنَّ مُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِكَ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَمُنْتَهَى دَعْوَتِهٖ اِلَى النَّارِ

WA ANAA HEENA'IDHIN MOOQINUN BI-ANNA MUNTAHAA DA'WATIKA ILAL JANNATI WA MUNTAHAA DA'WATIHEE ILAN NAAR

while I am certain that Thy call takes to the Garden and his call takes to the Fire!

سُبْحَانَكَ مَا اَعْجَبَ مَا اَشْهَدُ بِهٖ عَلَى نَفْسِي، وَاُعَدِّدُهٗ مِنْ مَكْتُومِ اَمْرِي

SUBHAANAKA MAA A'JABA MAA ASH-HADU BIHEE A'LAA NAFSEE WA U'ADDIDUHOO MIN MAKTOOMI AMREE

Glory be to Thee! How marvellous the witness I bear against my own soul and the enumeration of my own hidden affairs!

وَاَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ اَنَاتُكَ عَنِّي، وَاِبْطَاؤُكَ عَنْ مُعَاجَلَتِي، وَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ كَرَمِي عَلَيْكَ، بَلْ تَاَنِّياً مِنْكَ لِي، وَتَفَضُّلًا مِنْكَ عَلَيَّ لِاَنْ اَرْتَدِعَ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ الْمُسْخِطَةِ، وَاُقْلِعَ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِيَ الْمُخْلِقَةِ، وَلِاَنَّ عَفْوَكَ عَنِّي اَحَبُّ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِي

WA A'JABU MIN DHAALIKA ANAATUKA A'NNEE WA IBTAA'UKA A'N MU'AAJALATEE WA LAYSA DHAALIKA MIN KARAMEE A'LAYKA BAL TA'ANNIYAN MINKA LEE WA TAFADDULAN MINKA A'LAYYA LI-AN ARTADI'A A'N MA'SIYATIKAL MUSKHITATI WA UQLI'A A'N SAYYI'AATIYAL MUKHLIQATI WA LI-ANNA A'FWAKA A'NNEE AHABBU ILAYKA MIN U'QOOBATEE

And more marvellous than that is Thy lack of haste with me, Thy slowness in attending to me! That is not because I possess honour with Thee, but because Thou waitest patiently for me and art bountiful toward me that I may refrain from disobedience displeasing to Thee and abstain from evil deeds that disgrace me, and because Thou lovest to pardon me more than to punish!

بَلْ اَنَا، يَا اِلٰهِي، اَكْثَرُ ذُنُوباً، وَاَقْبَحُ آثَاراً، وَاَشْنَعُ اَفْعَالًا، وَاَشَدُّ فِي الْبَاطِلِ تَهَوُّراً، وَاَضْعَفُ عِنْدَ طَاعَتِكَ تَيَقُّظاً، وَاَقَلُّ لِوَعِيدِكَ انْتِبَاهاً وَارْتِقَاباً مِنْ اَنْ اُحْصِيَ لَكَ عُيُوبِي، اَوْ اَقْدِرَ عَلَى ذِكْرِ ذُنُوبِي

BAL ANAA YAA ILAAHEE AKTHARU DHUNOOBAN WA AQBAHU AATHAARAN WA ASHNA'U AF'AALAN WA ASHADDU FIL BAATILI TAHAWWURAN WA AD'AFU I'NDA TAA'ATIKA TAYAQQUZAN WA AQALLU LIWA'EEDIKAN TIBAAHAN WARTIQAABAN MIN AN UHSIYA LAKA U'YOOBEE AW AQDIRA A'LAA DHIKRI DHUNOOBEE

But I, my God, am more numerous in sins, uglier in footsteps, more repulsive in acts, more reckless in rushing into falsehood, weaker in awakening to Thy obedience, and less attentive and heedful toward Thy threats, than that I could number for Thee my faults or have the power to recount my sins.

وَاِنَّمَا اُوَبِّخُ بِهٰذَا نَفْسِي طَمَعاً فِي رَاْفَتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَا صَلَاحُ اَمْرِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ، وَرَجَاءً لِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي بِهَا فَكَاكُ رِقَابِ الْخَاطِئِينَ

WA INNAMAA UWABBIKHU BIHAADHAA NAFSEE TAMA'AN FEE RA'FATIKAL LATEE BIHAA SALAAHU AMRIL MUDHNIBEENA WA RAJAA'AN LIRAHMATIKAL LATEE BIHAA FAKAAKU RIQAABIL KHAATI'EEN

I only scold my own soul, craving Thy gentleness, through which the affairs of sinners are set right, and hoping for Thy mercy, through which the necks of the offenders are freed.

اللَّهُمَّ وَهٰذِهِ رَقَبَتِي قَدْ اَرَقَّتْهَا الذُّنُوبُ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاَعْتِقْهَا بِعَفْوِكَ، وَهٰذَا ظَهْرِي قَدْ اَثْقَلَتْهُ الْخَطَايَا، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَخَفِّفْ عَنْهُ بِمَنِّكَ

ALLAAHUMMA WA HAADHIHI RAQABATEE QAD ARAQQAT-HADH DHUNOOBU FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA A'TIQHAA BI-A'FWIKA WA HAADHAA ZAHREE QAD ATHQALAT-HUL KHATAAYAA FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA KHAFFIF A'NHU BIMANNIK

O God, this is my neck, enslaved by sins, bless Muhammad and his Household and release it through Thy pardon! This is my back, weighed down by offenses, bless Muhammad and his Household and lighten it through Thy kindness!

يَا اِلٰهِي لَوْ بَكَيْتُ اِلَيْكَ حَتَّى تَسْقُطَ اَشْفَارُ عَيْنَيَّ، وَانْتَحَبْتُ حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ صَوْتِي، وَقُمْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَنَشَّرَ قَدَمَايَ، وَرَكَعْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى يَنْخَلِعَ صُلْبِي، وَسَجَدْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى تَتَفَقَّاَ حَدَقَتَايَ، وَاَكَلْتُ تُرَابَ الْاَرْضِ طُولَ عُمُرِي، وَشَرِبْتُ مَاءَ الرَّمَادِ آخِرَ دَهْرِي، وَذَكَرْتُكَ فِي خِلَالِ ذٰلِكَ حَتَّى يَكِلَّ لِسَانِي، ثُمَّ لَمْ اَرْفَعْ طَرْفِي اِلَى آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ اسْتِحْيَاءً مِنْكَ مَا اسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِذٰلِكَ مَحْوَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِي

YAA ILAAHEE LAW BAKAYTU ILAYKA HATTAA TASQUTA ASHFAARU A'YNAYYA WANTAHABTU HATTAA YANQATI'A SAWTEE WA QUMTU LAKA HATTAA TATANASHSHARA QADAMAAYA WA RAKA'TU LAKA HATTAA YANKHALI'A SULBEE WA SAJADTU LAKA HATTAA TATAFAQQA'A HADAQATAAYA WA AKALTU TURAABAL ARDI TOOLA U'MUREE WA SHARIBTU MAA'AR RAMAADI AAKHIRA DAHREE WA DHAKARTUKA FEE KHILAALI DHAALIKA HATTAA YAKILLA LISAANEE THUMMA LAM ARFA' TARFEE ILAA AAFAAQIS SAMAA'IS TIHYAA'AN MINKA MAS TAWJABTU BIDHAALIKA MAHWA SAYYI'ATIN WAAHIDATIN MIN SAYYI'AATEE

My God, were I to weep to Thee until my eyelids drop off, wail until my voice wears out, stand before Thee until my feet swell up, bow to Thee until my backbone is thrown out of joint, prostrate to Thee until my eyeballs fall out, eat the dirt of the earth for my whole life, drink the water of ashes till the end of my days, mention Thee through all of that until my tongue fails, and not lift my glance to the sky's horizons in shame before Thee, yet would I not merit through all of that the erasing of a single one of my evil deeds!

وَاِنْ كُنْتَ تَغْفِرُ لِي حِينَ اَسْتَوْجِبُ مَغْفِرَتَكَ، وَتَعْفُو عَنِّي حِينَ اَسْتَحِقُّ عَفْوَكَ فَاِنَّ ذٰلِكَ غَيْرُ وَاجِبٍ لِي بِاسْتِحْقَاقٍ، وَلَا اَنَا اَهْلٌ لَهٗ بِاسْتِيجَابٍ، اِذْ كَانَ جَزَائِي مِنْكَ فِي اَوَّلِ مَا عَصَيْتُكَ النَّارَ، فَاِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَاَنْتَ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لِي

WA IN KUNTA TAGHFIRU LEE HEENA ASTAWJIBU MAGHFIRATAKA WA TA'FOO A'NNEE HEENA ASTAHIQQU A'FWAKA FA-INNA DHAALIKA GHAYRU WAAJIBIN LEE BISTIHQAAQIN WA LAA ANAA AHLUN LAHOO BISTEEJAABIN IDH KAANA JAZAA'EE MINKA FEE AWWALI MAA A'SAYTUKAN NAARA FA-IN TU'ADHDHIBNEE FA-ANTA GHAYRU ZAALIMIN LEE

Though Thou forgivest me when I merit Thy forgiveness and pardonest me when I deserve Thy pardon, yet I have no title to that through what I deserve, nor am I worthy of it through merit, since my repayment from Thee from the first that I disobeyed Thee is the Fire! So if Thou punishest me, Thou dost me no wrong.

اِلٰهِي فَاِذْ قَدْ تَغَمَّدْتَنِي بِسِتْرِكَ فَلَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي، وَتَاَنَّيْتَنِي بِكَرَمِكَ فَلَمْ تُعَاجِلْنِي، وَحَلُمْتَ عَنِّي بِتَفَضُّلِكَ فَلَمْ تُغَيِّرْ نِعْمَتَكَ عَلَيَّ، وَلَمْ تُكَدِّرْ مَعْرُوفَكَ عِنْدِي، فَارْحَمْ طُولَ تَضَرُّعِي وَشِدَّةَ مَسْكَنَتِي، وَسُوءَ مَوْقِفِي

ILAAHEE FA-IDH QAD TAGHAMMADTANEE BISITRIKA FALAM TAFDAHNEE WA TA'ANNAYTANEE BIKARAMIKA FALAM TU'AAJILNEE WA HALUMTA A'NNEE BITAFADDULIKA FALAM TUGHAYYIR NI'MATAKA A'LAYYA WA LAM TUKADDIR MA'ROOFAKA I'NDEE FARHAM TOOLA TADARRU'EE WA SHIDDATA MASKANATEE WA SOO'A MAWQIFEE

My God, since Thou hast shielded me with Thy covering and not exposed me, waited patiently for me through Thy generosity, and not hurried me to punishment, and shown me clemency through Thy bounty, and not changed Thy favour upon me or muddied Thy kindly acts toward me, have mercy on my drawn out pleading, my intense misery, and my evil situation!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَقِنِي مِنَ الْمَعَاصِي، وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِالطَّاعَةِ، وَارْزُقْنِي حُسْنَ الْاِنَابَةِ، وَطَهِّرْنِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ، وَاَيِّدْنِي بِالْعِصْمَةِ، وَاسْتَصْلِحْنِي بِالْعَافِيَةِ، وَاَذِقْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ، وَعَتِيقَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَاكْتُبْ لِي اَمَاناً مِنْ سُخْطِكَ، وَبَشِّرْنِي بِذٰلِكَ فِي الْعَاجِلِ دُونَ الْآجِلِ، بُشْرَى اَعْرِفُهَا، وَعَرِّفْنِي فِيهِ عَلَامَةً اَتَبَيَّنُهَا

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA QINEE MINAL MA'AASEE WASTA'MILNEE BIT TAA'ATI WARZUQNEE HUSNAL INAABATI WA TAHHIRNEE BIT TAWBATI WA AYYIDNEE BIL I'SMATI WASTASLIHNEE BIL A'AFIYATI WA ADHIQNEE HALAAWATAL MAGHFIRATI WAJ'ALNEE TALEEQA A'FWIKA WA A'TEEQA RAHMATIKA WAKTUB LEE AMAANAN MIN SUKHTIKA WA BASHSHIRNEE BIDHAALIKA FIL A'AJILI DOONAL AAJILI BUSHRAA A'RIFUHAA WA A'RRIFNEE FEEHI A'LAAMATAN ATABAYYANUHAA

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, protect me from acts of disobedience, employ me in obedience, provide me with excellent turning back [to Thee], purify me through repentance, strengthen me through preservation from sin, set me right through well being, let me taste the sweetness of forgiveness, make me the freedman of Thy pardon and the slave released by Thy mercy, and write for me a security from Thy displeasure! Give me the good news of that in the immediate, not the deferred - a good news I recognize - and make known to me therein a sign which I may clearly see!

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَا يَضِيقُ عَلَيْكَ فِي وُسْعِكَ، وَلَا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ، وَلَا يَتَصَعَّدُكَ فِي اَنَاتِكَ، وَلَا يَئُودُكَ فِي جَزِيلِ هِبَاتِكَ الَّتِي دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهَا آيَاتُكَ، اِنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تَشَاءُ، وَتَحْكُمُ مَا تُرِيدُ، اِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

INNA DHAALIKA LAA YADEEQU A'LAYKA FEE WUS'IKA WA LAA YATAKA''ADUKA FEE QUDRATIKA WA LAA YATASA''ADUKA FEE ANAATIKA WA LAA YA'OODUKA FEE JAZEELI HIBAATIKAL LATEE DALLAT A'LAYHAA AAYAATUKA INNAKA TAF'ALU MAA TASHAA'U WA TAHKUMU MAA TUREEDU INNAKA A'LAA KULLI SHAY'IN QADEER

That will not constrain Thee in Thy plenty, distress Thee in Thy power, ascend beyond Thy lack of haste, or tire Thee in Thy great gifts, which are pointed to by Thy signs. Verily Thou dost what Thou wilt, Thou decreest what Thou desirest. Thou art powerful over everything.