Sahifa Sajjadiya 25: For Children

Text and Translation

اللَّهُمَّ وَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِبَقَاءِ وُلْدِي وَبِاِصْلَاحِهِمْ لِي وَبِاِمْتَاعِي بِهِمْ

ALLAAHUMMA WA MUNNA A'LAYYA BIBAQAA'I WULDEE WA BI-ISLAAHIHIM LEE WA BI-IMTAA'EE BIHIM

O God, be kind to me through the survival of my children, setting them right for me, and allowing me to enjoy them!

اِلٰهِي امْدُدْ لِي فِي اَعْمَارِهِمْ، وَزِدْ لِي فِي آجَالِهِمْ، وَرَبِّ لِي صَغِيرَهُمْ، وَقَوِّ لِي ضَعِيفَهُمْ، وَاَصِحَّ لِي اَبْدَانَهُمْ وَاَدْيَانَهُمْ وَاَخْلَاقَهُمْ، وَعَافِهِمْ فِي اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَفِي جَوَارِحِهِمْ وَفِي كُلِّ مَا عُنِيتُ بِهٖ مِنْ اَمْرِهِمْ، وَاَدْرِرْ لِي وَعَلَى يَدِي اَرْزَاقَهُمْ

ILAAHIM DUD LEE FEE A'MAARIHIM WA ZID LEE FEE AAJAALIHIM WA RABBI LEE SAGHEERAHUM WA QAWWI LEE DA'EEFAHUM WA ASIHHA LEE ABDAANAHUM WA ADYAANAHUM WA AKHLAAQAHUM WA A'AFIHIM FEE ANFUSIHIM WA FEE JAWAARIHIHIM WA FEE KULLI MAA U'NEETU BIHEE MIN AMRIHIM WA ADRIR LEE WA A'LAA YADEE ARZAAQAHUM

My God, make long their lives for me, increase their terms, bring up the smallest for me, strengthen the weakest for me, rectify for me their bodies, their religious dedication, and their moral traits, make them well in their souls, their limbs, and everything that concerns me of their affair, and pour out for me and upon my hand their provisions!

وَاجْعَلْهُمْ اَبْرَاراً اَتْقِيَاءَ بُصَرَاءَ سَامِعِينَ مُطِيعِينَ لَكَ، وَلِاَوْلِيَائِكَ مُحِبِّينَ مُنَاصِحِينَ، وَلِجَمِيعِ اَعْدَائِكَ مُعَانِدِينَ وَمُبْغِضِينَ، آمِينَ

WAJ'ALHUM ABRAARAN ATQIYAA'A BUSARAA'A SAAMI'EENA MUTEE'EENA LAKA WA LI-AWLIYAA'IKA MUHIBBEENA MUNAASIHEENA WA LIJAMEE'I A'DAA'IKA MU'AANIDEENA WA MUBGHIDEENA AAMEEN

Make them pious, fearing, insightful, hearing, and obedient toward Thee, loving and well-disposed toward Thy friends, and stubbornly resistant and full of hate toward all Thy enemies! Amen!

اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ بِهِمْ عَضُدِي، وَاَقِمْ بِهِمْ اَوَدِي، وَكَثِّرْ بِهِمْ عَدَدِي، وَزَيِّنْ بِهِمْ مَحْضَرِي، وَاَحْيِ بِهِمْ ذِكْرِي، وَاكْفِنِي بِهِمْ فِي غَيْبَتِي، وَاَعِنِّي بِهِمْ عَلَى حَاجَتِي، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي مُحِبِّينَ، وَعَلَيَّ حَدِبِينَ مُقْبِلِينَ مُسْتَقِيمِينَ لِي، مُطِيعِينَ، غَيْرَ عَاصِينَ وَلَا عَاقِّينَ وَلَا مُخَالِفِينَ وَلَا خَاطِئِينَ

ALLAAHUMMASH DUD BIHIM A'DUDEE WA AQIM BIHIM AWADEE WA KATHTHIR BIHIM A'DADEE WA ZAYYIN BIHIM MAHDAREE WA AHYI BIHIM DHIKREE WAKFINEE BIHIM FEE GHAYBATEE WA A'INNEE BIHIM A'LAA HAAJATEE WAJ'ALHUM LEE MUHIBBEENA WA A'LAYYA HADIBEENA MUQBILEENA MUSTAQEEMEENA LEE MUTEE'EENA GHAYRA A'ASEENA WA LAA A'AQQEENA WA LAA MUKHAALIFEENA WA LAA KHAATI'EEN

O God, through them strengthen my arm, straighten my burdened back, multiply my number, adorn my presence, keep alive my mention, suffice me when I am away, help me in my needs, and make them loving toward me, affectionate, approaching, upright, obedient, never disobedient, disrespectful, opposed, or offenders!

وَاَعِنِّي عَلَى تَرْبِيَتِهِمْ وَتَاْدِيبِهِمْ، وَبِرِّهِمْ، وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ مَعَهُمْ اَوْلَاداً ذُكُوراً، وَاجْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ خَيْراً لِي، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي عَوْناً عَلَى مَا سَاَلْتُكَ

WA A'INNEE A'LAA TARBIYATIHIM WA TA'DEEBIHIM WA BIRRIHIM WA HAB LEE MIN LADUNKA MA'AHUM AWLAADAN DHUKOORAN WAJ'AL DHAALIKA KHAYRAN LEE WAJ'ALHUM LEE A'WNAN A'LAA MAA SA'ALTUK

Help me in their upbringing, their education, and my devotion toward them, give me among them from Thyself male children, make that a good for me, and make them a help for me in that which I ask from Thee!

وَاَعِذْنِي وَذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ، فَاِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنَا وَاَمَرْتَنَا وَنَهَيْتَنَا وَرَغَّبْتَنَا فِي ثَوَابِ مَا اَمَرْتَنَا وَرَهَّبْتَنَا عِقَابَهٗ، وَجَعَلْتَ لَنَا عَدُوّاً يَكِيدُنَا، سَلَّطْتَهٗ مِنَّا عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُسَلِّطْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ، اَسْكَنْتَهٗ صُدُورَنَا، وَاَجْرَيْتَهٗ مَجَارِيَ دِمَائِنَا، لَا يَغْفُلُ اِنْ غَفَلْنَا، وَلَا يَنْسَى اِنْ نَسِينَا، يُؤْمِنُنَا عِقَابَكَ، وَيُخَوِّفُنَا بِغَيْرِكَ

WA A'IDHNEE WA DHURRIYYATEE MINASH SHAYTAANIR RAJEEMI FA-INNAKA KHALAQTANAA WA AMARTANAA WA NAHAYTANAA WA RAGHGHABTANAA FEE THAWAABI MAA AMARTANAA WA RAHHABTANAA I'QAABAHOO WA JA'ALTA LANAA A'DUWWAN YAKEEDUNAA SALLATTAHOO MINNAA A'LAA MAA LAM TUSALLITNAA A'LAYHI MINHU ASKANTAHOO SUDOORANAA WA AJRAYTAHOO MAJAARIYA DIMAA'INAA LAA YAGHFULU IN GHAFALNAA WA LAA YANSAA IN NASEENAA YU'MINUNAA I'QAABAKA WA YUKHAWWIFUNAA BIGHAYRIK

Give me and my progeny refuge from the accursed Satan, for Thou hast created us, commanded us, and prohibited us, and made us desire the reward of what Thou hast commanded, and fear its punishment! Thou assigned to us an enemy who schemes against us, gave him an authority over us in a way that Thou didst not give us authority over him, allowed him to dwell in our breasts and let him run in our blood vessels; he is not heedless, though we be heedless, he does not forget, though we forget; he makes us feel secure from Thy punishment and fills us with fear toward other than Thee.

اِنْ هَمَمْنَا بِفَاحِشَةٍ شَجَّعَنَا عَلَيْهَا، وَاِنْ هَمَمْنَا بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ ثَبَّطَنَا عَنْهُ، يَتَعَرَّضُ لَنَا بِالشَّهَوَاتِ، وَيَنْصِبُ لَنَا بِالشُّبُهَاتِ، اِنْ وَعَدَنَا كَذَبَنَا، وَاِنْ مَنَّانَا اَخْلَفَنَا، وَاِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنَّا كَيْدَهٗ يُضِلَّنَا، وَاِلَّا تَقِنَا خَبَالَهٗ يَسْتَزِلَّنَا

IN HAMAMNAA BIFAAHISHATIN SHAJJA'ANAA A'LAYHAA WA IN HAMAMNAA BI-A'MALIN SAALIHIN THABBATANAA A'NHU YATA'ARRADU LANAA BISH SHAHAWAATI WA YANSIBU LANAA BISH SHUBUHAATI IN WA'ADANAA KADHABANAA WA IN MANNAANAA AKHLAFANAA WA ILLAA TASRIF A'NNAA KAYDAHOO YUDILLANAA WA ILLAA TAQINAA KHABAALAHOO YASTAZILLANAA

If we are about to commit an indecency, he gives us courage to do so, and if we are about to perform a righteous work, he holds us back from it. He opposes us through passions, and sets up for us doubts. If he promises us, he lies, and if he raises our hopes, he fails to fulfil them. If Thou dost not turn his trickery away from us, he will misguide us, and if Thou dost not protect us from his corruption, he will cause us to slip.

اللَّهُمَّ فَاقْهَرْ سُلْطَانَهٗ عَنَّا بِسُلْطَانِكَ حَتَّى تَحْبِسَهٗ عَنَّا بِكَثْرَةِ الدُّعَاءِ لَكَ فَنُصْبِحَ مِنْ كَيْدِهٖ فِي الْمَعْصُومِينَ بِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA FAQHAR SULTAANAHOO A'NNAA BISULTAANIKA HATTAA TAHBISAHOO A'NNAA BIKATHRATID DU'AA'I LAKA FANUSBIHA MIN KAYDIHEE FIL MA'SOOMEENA BIK

O God, so defeat his authority over us through Thy authority, such that Thou holdest him back from us through the frequency of our supplication to Thee and we leave his trickery and rise up among those preserved by Thee from sin!

اللَّهُمَّ اَعْطِنِي كُلَّ سُؤْلِي، وَاقْضِ لِي حَوَائِجِي، وَلَا تَمْنَعْنِي الْاِجَابَةَ وَقَدْ ضَمِنْتَهَا لِي، وَلَا تَحْجُبْ دُعَائِي عَنْكَ وَقَدْ اَمَرْتَنِي بِهٖ، وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِكُلِّ مَا يُصْلِحُنِي فِي دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا نَسِيتُ، اَوْ اَظْهَرْتُ اَوْ اَخْفَيْتُ اَوْ اَعْلَنْتُ اَوْ اَسْرَرْتُ

ALLAAHUMMA A'TINEE KULLA SU'LEE WAQDI LEE HAWAA'IJEE WA LAA TAMNA'NIL IJAABATA WA QAD DAMINTAHAA LEE WA LAA TAHJUB DU'AA'EE A'NKA WA QAD AMARTANEE BIHEE WAMNUN A'LAYYA BIKULLI MAA YUSLIHUNEE FEE DUNYAAYA WA AAKHIRATEE MAA DHAKARTU MINHU WA MAA NASEETU AW AZHARTU AW AKHFAYTU AW A'LANTU AW ASRART

O God, grant me my every request, accomplish for me my needs, withhold not from me Thy response when Thou hast made Thyself accountable for it to me, veil not my supplication from Thyself, when Thou hast commanded me to make it, and be kind to me through everything that will set me right in this world and the next, in everything that I remember or forget, display or conceal, make public or keep secret!

وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي جَمِيعِ ذٰلِكَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ بِسُؤَالِي اِيَّاكَ، الْمُنْجِحِينَ بِالطَّلَبِ اِلَيْكَ غَيْرِ الْمَمْنُوعِينَ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ

WAJ'ALNEE FEE JAMEE'I DHAALIKA MINAL MUSLIHEENA BISU'AALEE IYYAAKAL MUNJIHEENA BIT TALABI ILAYKA GHAYRIL MAMNOO'EENA BIT TAWAKKULI A'LAYK

In all of this, place me through my asking Thee among those who set things right, those who are answered favourably when they request from Thee and from whom is not withheld when they put their trust in Thee,

الْمُعَوَّدِينَ بِالتَّعَوُّذِ بِكَ، الرَّابِحِينَ فِي التِّجَارَةِ عَلَيْكَ، الْمُجَارِينَ بِعِزِّكَ، الْمُوَسَّعِ عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّزْقُ الْحَلَالُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، الْوَاسِعِ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ، الْمُعَزِّينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ بِكَ، وَالْمُجَارِينَ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ بِعَدْلِكَ، وَالْمُعَافَيْنَ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ، وَالْمُغْنَيْنَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ بِغِنَاكَ، وَالْمَعْصُومِينَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالزَّلَلِ وَالْخَطَاءِ بِتَقْوَاكَ، وَالْمُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْرِ وَالرُّشْدِ وَالصَّوَابِ بِطَاعَتِكَ، وَالْمُحَالِ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الذُّنُوبِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، التَّارِكِينَ لِكُلِّ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، السَّاكِنِينَ فِي جِوَارِكَ

AL-MU'AWWADEENA BIT TA'AWWUDHI BIKAR RAABIHEENA FIT TIJAARATI A'LAYKAL MUJAAREENA BI-I'ZZIKAL MUWASSA'I A'LAYHIMUR RIZQUL HALAALU MIN FADLIKAL WAASI'I BIJOODIKA WA KARAMIKAL MU'AZZEENA MINADH DHULLI BIKA WAL MUJAAREENA MINAZ ZULMI BI-A'DLIKA WAL MU'AAFAYNA MINAL BALAA'I BIRAHMATIKA WAL MUGHNAYNA MINAL FAQRI BIGHINAAKA WAL MA'SOOMEENA MINADH DHUNOOBI WAZ ZALALI WAL KHATAA'I BITAQWAAKA WAL MUWAFFAQEENA LIL KHAYRI WAR RUSHDI WAS SAWAABI BITAA'ATIKA WAL MUHAALI BAYNAHUM WA BAYNADH DHUNOOBI BIQUDRATIKAT TAARIKEENA LIKULLI MA'SIYATIKAS SAAKINEENA FEE JIWAARIK

those accustomed to seek refuge in Thee, those who profit through commerce with Thee, those granted sanctuary through Thy might, those given lawful provision in plenty from Thy boundless bounty through Thy munificence and generosity, those who reach exaltation after abasement through Thee, those granted sanctuary from wrong through Thy justice, those released from affliction through Thy mercy, those delivered from need after poverty through Thy riches, those preserved from sins, slips, and offenses through reverential fear toward Thee, those successful in goodness, right conduct, and propriety through obeying Thee, those walled off from sins through Thy power, the refrainers from every act of disobedience toward Thee, the dwellers in Thy neighbourhood!

اللَّهُمَّ اَعْطِنَا جَمِيعَ ذٰلِكَ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ، وَاَعِذْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ، وَاَعْطِ جَمِيعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي سَاَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي وَلِوُلْدِي فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَآجِلِ الْآخِرَةِ، اِنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ عَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

ALLAAHUMMA A'TINAA JAMEE'A DHAALIKA BITAWFEEQIKA WA RAHMATIKA WA A'IDHNAA MIN A'DHAABIS SA'EERI WA A'TI JAMEE'AL MUSLIMEENA WAL MUSLIMAATI WAL MU'MINEENA WAL MU'MINAATI MITHLAL LADHEE SA'ALTUKA LINAFSEE WA LIWULDEE FEE A'AJILID DUNYAA WA AAJILIL AAKHIRATI INNAKA QAREEBUN MUJEEBUN SAMEE'UN A'LEEMUN A'FUWWUN GHAFOORUN RA'OOFUN RAHEEM

O God, give me all of that through Thy bestowal of success and Thy mercy, grant us refuge from the chastisement of the burning, and give to all the Muslims, male and female, and all the faithful, male and female, the like of what I have asked for myself and my children, in the immediate of this world and the deferred of the next! Verily Thou art the Near, the Responder, the All-hearing, the All-knowing, the Pardoner, the Forgiving, the Clement, the Merciful!

وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً، وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

WA AATINAA FID DUNYAA HASANATAN WA FIL AAKHIRATI HASANATAN WA QINAA A'DHAABAN NAAR

And give to us in this world good, and in the next world good, and protect us from the chastisement of the Fire!