Sahifa Sajjadiya 18: When Perils Are Repelled
The eighteenth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication when perils were repelled or requests quickl
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The eighteenth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication when perils were repelled or requests quickly granted.
English translation by William C. Chittick.
Text and Translation
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ قَضَائِكَ، وَبِمَا صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ بَلَائِكَ، فَلَا تَجْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ فَاَكُونَ قَدْ شَقِيتُ بِمَا اَحْبَبْتُ وَسَعِدَ غَيْرِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُ
ALLAAHUMMA LAKAL HAMDU A'LAA HUSNI QADAA'IKA WA BIMAA SARAFTA A'NNEE MIN BALAA'IKA FALAA TAJ'AL HAZZEE MIN RAHMATIKA MAA A'JJALTA LEE MIN A'AFIYATIKA FA-AKOONA QAD SHAQEETU BIMAA AHBABTU WA SA'IDA GHAYREE BIMAA KARIHT
O God, to Thee belongs praise for Thy excellent accomplishment and for Thy trial which Thou hast turned away from me! But make not my share of Thy mercy the well-being which Thou hast quickly granted to me, lest I become wretched through what I have loved and someone else gain felicity through what I have disliked!
وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مَا ظَلِلْتُ فِيهِ اَوْ بِتُّ فِيهِ مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْعَافِيَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَلَاءٍ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ وَوِزْرٍ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ فَقَدِّمْ لِي مَا اَخَّرْتَ، وَاَخِّرْ عَنِّي مَا قَدَّمْتَ
WA IN YAKUN MAA ZALILTU FEEHI AW BITTU FEEHI MIN HAADHIHIL A'AFIYATI BAYNA YADAY BALAA'IN LAA YANQATI'U WA WIZRIN LAA YARTAFI'U FAQADDIM LEE MAA AKHKHARTA WA AKHKHIR A'NNEE MAA QADDAMT
If this well-being in which I pass the day or night should precede a trial that does not cease and a burden that does not pass away, then set before me what Thou hadst set behind and set behind me what Thou hadst set before!
فَغَيْرُ كَثِيرٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْفَنَاءُ، وَغَيْرُ قَلِيلٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْبَقَاءُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ
FAGHAYRU KATHEERIN MAA A'AQIBATUHUL FANAA'U WA GHAYRU QALEELIN MAA A'AQIBATUHUL BAQAA'U WA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIH
For that which ends in annihilation is not great and that which ends in subsistence is not little. And bless Muhammad and his Household!
