Sahifa Sajjadiya 32: After the Night Prayer

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اللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمُلْكِ الْمُتَاَبِّدِ بِالْخُلُودِ

ALLAAHUMMA YAA DHAL MULKIL MUTA'ABBIDI BIL KHULOOD

O God, O Possessor of kingdom perpetual in everlastingness,

وَالسُّلْطَانِ الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِغَيْرِ جُنُودٍ وَلَا اَعْوَانٍ

WAS SULTAANIL MUMTANI'I BIGHAYRI JUNOODIN WA LAA A'WAAN

authority invincible without armies or helpers,

وَالْعِزِّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ وَخَوَالِي الْاَعْوَامِ وَمَوَاضِي الْاَزْمَانِ وَالْاَيَّامِ

WAL I'ZZIL BAAQEE A'LAA MARRID DUHOORI WA KHAWAALIL A'WAAMI WA MAWAADIL AZMAANI WAL AYYAAM

might abiding through aeons past, years gone by, times and days elapsed!

عَزَّ سُلْطَانُكَ عِزّاً لَا حَدَّ لَهٗ بِاَوَّلِيَّةٍ، وَلَا مُنْتَهَى لَهٗ بِآخِرِيَّةٍ

A'ZZA SULTAANUKA I'ZZAN LAA HADDA LAHOO BI-AWWALIYYATIN WA LAA MUNTAHAA LAHOO BI-AAKHIRIYYAH

Thy authority is mighty with a might that knows no bound by being first nor utmost end by being last!

وَاسْتَعْلَى مُلْكُكَ عُلُوّاً سَقَطَتِ الْاَشْيَاءُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ اَمَدِهٖ

WASTA'LAA MULKUKA U'LUWWAN SAQATATIL ASHYAA'U DOONA BULOOGHI AMADIH

Thy kingdom towers high with a towering before which all things fall down without reaching its term;

وَلَا يَبْلُغُ اَدْنَى مَا اسْتَاْثَرْتَ بِهٖ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ اَقْصَى نَعْتِ النَّاعِتِينَ

WA LAA YABLUGHU ADNAA MAS TA'THARTA BIHEE MIN DHAALIKA AQSAA NA'TIN NAA'ITEEN

the least of it which Thou hast kept to Thyself is not reached by the furthest description of the describers!

ضَلَّتْ فِيكَ الصِّفَاتُ، وَتَفَسَّخَتْ دُونَكَ النُّعُوتُ، وَحَارَتْ فِي كِبْرِيَائِكَ لَطَائِفُ الْاَوْهَامِ

DALLAT FEEKAS SIFAATU WA TAFASSAKHAT DOONAKAN NU'OOTU WA HAARAT FEE KIBRIYAA'IKA LATAA'IFUL AWHAAM

Attributes go astray in Thee, descriptions fall apart below Thee, the subtlest of imaginations are bewildered by Thy magnificence!

كَذٰلِكَ اَنْتَ اللَّهُ الْاَوَّلُ فِي اَوَّلِيَّتِكَ، وَعَلَى ذٰلِكَ اَنْتَ دَائِمٌ لَا تَزُولُ

KADHAALIKA ANTALLAAHUL AWWALU FEE AWWALIYYATIKA WA A'LAA DHAALIKA ANTA DAA'IMUN LAA TAZOOL

So art Thou: God, the First in Thy firstness, and so art Thou everlastingly. Thou dost not pass away.

وَاَنَا الْعَبْدُ الضَّعِيفُ عَمَلًا، الْجَسِيمُ اَمَلًا، خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِي اَسْبَابُ الْوُصُلَاتِ اِلَّا مَا وَصَلَهٗ رَحْمَتُكَ، وَتَقَطَّعَتْ عَنِّي عِصَمُ الْآمَالِ اِلَّا مَا اَنَا مُعْتَصِمٌ بِهٖ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ

WA ANAL A'BDUD DA'EEFU A'MALANIL JASEEMU AMALAN KHARAJAT MIN YADEE ASBAABUL WUSULAATI ILLAA MAA WASALAHOO RAHMATUKA WA TAQATTA'AT A'NNEE I'SAMUL AAMAALI ILLAA MAA ANAA MU'TASIMUN BIHEE MIN A'FWIK

But I am the slave, feeble in works, immense in hopes. The tying links are outside my hand, except what is tied by Thy mercy; the bonds of hopes have been cut away from me, except the pardon to which I hold fast.

قَلَّ عِنْدِي مَا اَعْتَدُّ بِهٖ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ، وَكَثُرَ عَلَيَّ مَا اَبُوءُ بِهٖ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ وَلَنْ يَضِيقَ عَلَيْكَ عَفْوٌ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ وَاِنْ اَسَاءَ، فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

QALLA I'NDEE MAA A'TADDU BIHEE MIN TAA'ATIKA WA KATHURA A'LAYYA MAA ABOO'U BIHEE MIN MA'SIYATIKA WA LAN YADEEQA A'LAYKA A'FWUN A'N A'BDIKA WA IN ASAA'A FA'FU A'NNEE

Little on my part is the obedience toward Thee upon which I count, and great against me the disobedience toward Thee to which I have reverted. But pardoning Thy slave will not constrain Thee, even if he be bad, so pardon me!

اللَّهُمَّ وَقَدْ اَشْرَفَ عَلَى خَفَايَا الْاَعْمَالِ عِلْمُكَ، وَانْكَشَفَ كُلُّ مَسْتُورٍ دُونَ خُبْرِكَ، وَلَا تَنْطَوِي عَنْكَ دَقَائِقُ الْاُمُورِ، وَلَا تَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ غَيِّبَاتُ السَّرَائِرِ

ALLAAHUMMA WA QAD ASHRAFA A'LAA KHAFAAYAL A'MAALI I'LMUKA WANKASHAFA KULLU MASTOORIN DOONA KHUBRIKA WA LAA TANTAWEE A'NKA DAQAA'IQUL UMOORI WA LAA TA'ZUBU A'NKA GHAYYIBAATUS SARAA'IR

O God, Thy knowledge watches over hidden works, every covered thing is exposed before Thy awareness, the intricacies of things are not concealed from Thee, and unseen mysteries slip not away from Thee.

وَقَدِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوُّكَ الَّذِي اسْتَنْظَرَكَ لِغَوَايَتِي فَاَنْظَرْتَهٗ، وَاسْتَمْهَلَكَ اِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ لِاِضْلَالِي فَاَمْهَلْتَهٗ

WA QADIS TAHWADHA A'LAYYA A'DUWWUKAL LADHIS TANZARAKA LIGHAWAAYATEE FA-ANZARTAHOO WASTAMHALAKA ILAA YAWMID DEENI LI-IDLAALEE FA-AMHALTAH

But over me Thy enemy has gained mastery: He asked a delay from Thee to lead me astray, and Thou gavest him the delay! He asked a respite from Thee until the Day of Doom to misguide me, and Thou gavest him the respite!

فَاَوْقَعَنِي وَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ صَغَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ مُوبِقَةٍ، وَكَبَائِرِ اَعْمَالٍ مُرْدِيَةٍ حَتَّى اِذَا قَارَفْتُ مَعْصِيَتَكَ، وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِسُوءِ سَعْيِي سَخْطَتَكَ، فَتَلَ عَنِّي عِذَارَ غَدْرِهٖ، وَتَلَقَّانِي بِكَلِمَةِ كُفْرِهٖ، وَتَوَلَّى الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنِّي، وَاَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّياً عَنِّي، فَاَصْحَرَنِي لِغَضَبِكَ فَرِيداً، وَاَخْرَجَنِي اِلَى فِنَاءِ نَقِمَتِكَ طَرِيداً

FA-AWQA'ANEE WA QAD HARABTU ILAYKA MIN SAGHAA'IRI DHUNOOBIN MOOBIQATIN WA KABAA'IRI A'MAALIN MURDIYATIN HATTAA IDHAA QAARAFTU MA'SIYATAKA WASTAWJABTU BISOO'I SA'YEE SAKHTATAKA FATALA A'NNEE I'DHAARA GHADRIHEE WA TALAQQAANEE BIKALIMATI KUFRIHEE WA TAWALLAL BARAA'ATA MINNEE WA ADBARA MUWALLIYAN A'NNEE FA-AS-HARANEE LIGHADABIKA FAREEDAN WA AKHRAJANEE ILAA FINAA'I NAQIMATIKA TAREEDAA

So he threw me down, though I had fled to Thee from small, ruinous sins and great, deadly works, until, when I had yielded to disobeying Thee and merited Thy anger through my bad efforts, he turned the bridle of his treachery away from me, met me with the word of his ingratitude, undertook to be quit of me, turned his back to flee from me, threw me to the desert of Thy wrath alone, and sent me as an outcast into the courtyard of Thy vengeance.

لَا شَفِيعٌ يَشْفَعُ لِي اِلَيْكَ، وَلَا خَفِيرٌ يُؤْمِنُنِي عَلَيْكَ، وَلَا حِصْنٌ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْكَ، وَلَا مَلَاذٌ اَلْجَاُ اِلَيْهِ مِنْكَ

LAA SHAFEE'UN YASHFA'U LEE ILAYKA WA LAA KHAFEERUN YU'MINUNEE A'LAYKA WA LAA HISNUN YAHJUBUNEE A'NKA WA LAA MALAADHUN ALJA'U ILAYHI MINK

There is no intercessor to intercede for me with Thee, no protector to make me feel secure against Thee, no fortress to veil me from Thee, no shelter in which to seek asylum apart from Thee!

فَهٰذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ، وَمَحَلُّ الْمُعْتَرِفِ لَكَ، فَلَا يَضِيقَنَّ عَنِّي فَضْلُكَ، وَلَا يَقْصُرَنَّ دُونِي عَفْوُكَ، وَلَا اَكُنْ اَخْيَبَ عِبَادِكَ التَّائِبِينَ، وَلَا اَقْنَطَ وُفُودِكَ الْآمِلِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي، اِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ

FAHAADHAA MAQAAMUL A'A'IDHI BIKA WA MAHALLUL MU'TARIFI LAKA FALAA YADEEQANNA A'NNEE FADLUKA WA LAA YAQSURANNA DOONEE A'FWUKA WA LAA AKUN AKHYABA I'BAADIKAT TAA'IBEENA WA LAA AQNATA WUFOODIKAL AAMILEENA WAGHFIR LEE INNAKA KHAYRUL GHAAFIREEN

This is the station of him who takes refuge with Thee, the place of the confessor to Thee: Let not Thy bounty be too narrow for me, let not Thy pardon fall short of me! Let me not be the most disappointed of Thy repentant servants, nor the most despairing of those who come to Thee with expectations! Forgive me, surely Thou art the best of the forgivers!

اللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ اَمَرْتَنِي فَتَرَكْتُ، وَنَهَيْتَنِي فَرَكِبْتُ، وَسَوَّلَ لِيَ الْخَطَاءَ خَاطِرُ السُّوءِ فَفَرَّطْتُ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAKA AMARTANEE FATARAKTU WA NAHAYTANEE FARAKIBTU WA SAWWALA LIYAL KHATAA'A KHAATIRUS SOO'I FAFARRATT

O God, Thou commanded me, and I refrained, Thou prohibited me, and I committed. Evil thoughts tempted me to offend, and I was negligent.

وَلَا اَسْتَشْهِدُ عَلَى صِيَامِي نَهَاراً، وَلَا اَسْتَجِيرُ بِتَهَجُّدِي لَيْلًا، وَلَا تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ بِاِحْيَائِهَا سُنَّةٌ حَاشَا فُرُوضِكَ الَّتِي مَنْ ضَيَّعَهَا هَلَكَ

WA LAA ASTASH-HIDU A'LAA SIYAAMEE NAHAARAN WA LAA ASTAJEERU BITAHAJJUDEE LAYLAN WA LAA TUTHNEE A'LAYYA BI-IHYAA'IHAA SUNNATUN HAASHAA FUROODIKAL LATEE MAN DAYYA'AHAA HALAK

I cannot call upon daytime to witness my fasting, nor can I seek sanctuary in night because of my vigil; no Sunna praises me for keeping it alive, only Thy obligations, he who neglects which has perished.

وَلَسْتُ اَتَوَسَّلُ اِلَيْكَ بِفَضْلِ نَافِلَةٍ مَعَ كَثِيرِ مَا اَغْفَلْتُ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ فُرُوضِكَ، وَتَعَدَّيْتُ عَنْ مَقَامَاتِ حُدُودِكَ اِلَى حُرُمَاتٍ انْتَهَكْتُهَا، وَكَبَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ اجْتَرَحْتُهَا، كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لِي مِنْ فَضَائِحِهَا سِتْراً

WA LASTU ATAWASSALU ILAYKA BIFADLI NAAFILATIN MA'A KATHEERI MAA AGHFALTU MIN WAZAA'IFI FUROODIKA WA TA'ADDAYTU A'N MAQAAMAATI HUDOODIKA ILAA HURUMAATININ TAHAKTUHAA WA KABAA'IRI DHUNOOBINIJ TARAHTUHAA KAANAT A'AFIYATUKA LEE MIN FADAA'IHIHAA SITRAA

I cannot seek access to Thee through the excellence of a supererogatory work, given the many duties of Thy obligations of which I have been heedless and the stations of Thy bounds which I have transgressed, thereby violating sacred things and committing great sins, though Thou hast given me safety from their disgraces as a covering.

وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَا لِنَفْسِهٖ مِنْكَ، وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهَا، وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ، فَتَلَقَّاكَ بِنَفْسٍ خَاشِعَةٍ، وَرَقَبَةٍ خَاضِعَةٍ، وَظَهْرٍ مُثْقَلٍ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ الرَّغْبَةِ اِلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ

WA HAADHAA MAQAAMU MANIS TAHYAA LINAFSIHEE MINKA WA SAKHITA A'LAYHAA WA RADIYA A'NKA FATALAQQAAKA BINAFSIN KHAASHI'ATIN WA RAQABATIN KHAADI'ATIN WA ZAHRIN MUTHQALIN MINAL KHATAAYAA WAAQIFAN BAYNAR RAGHBATI ILAYKA WAR RAHBATI MINK

This is the station of him who is ashamed of himself before Thee, angry with himself, and satisfied with Thee. He meets Thee with a humble soul, a neck bent down, a back heavy with offenses, hesitating between longing for Thee and fear of Thee.

وَاَنْتَ اَوْلَى مَنْ رَجَاهُ، وَاَحَقُّ مَنْ خَشِيَهٗ وَاتَّقَاهُ، فَاَعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ مَا رَجَوْتُ، وَآمِنِّي مَا حَذِرْتُ، وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَائِدَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ، اِنَّكَ اَكْرَمُ الْمَسْئُولِينَ

WA ANTA AWLAA MAN RAJAAHU WA AHAQQU MAN KHASHIYAHOO WATTAQAAHU FA-A'TINEE YAA RABBI MAA RAJAWTU WA AAMINNEE MAA HADHIRTU WA U'D A'LAYYA BI-A'A'IDATI RAHMATIKA INNAKA AKRAMUL MAS'OOLEEN

Thou art the most worthy of those in whom he might hope, the most deserving for him to dread and fear. So give me, my Lord, what I hope for, make me secure against what frightens me, and act kindly toward me with the kindly act of mercy! Surely Thou art the most generous of those from whom are asked!

اللَّهُمَّ وَاِذْ سَتَرْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ، وَتَغَمَّدْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ فِي دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ بِحَضْرَةِ الْاَكْفَاءِ، فَاَجِرْنِي مِنْ فَضِيحَاتِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الْاَشْهَادِ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَالرُّسُلِ الْمُكَرَّمِينَ، وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ، مِنْ جَارٍ كُنْتُ اُكَاتِمُهٗ سَيِّئَاتِي، وَمِنْ ذِي رَحِمٍ كُنْتُ اَحْتَشِمُ مِنْهُ فِي سَرِيرَاتِي

ALLAAHUMMA WA IDH SATARTANEE BI-A'FWIKA WA TAGHAMMADTANEE BIFADLIKA FEE DAARIL FANAA'I BIHADRATIL AKFAA'I FA-AJIRNEE MIN FADEEHAATI DAARIL BAQAA'I I'NDA MAWAAQIFIL ASH-HAADI MINAL MALAA'IKATIL MUQARRABEENA WAR RUSULIL MUKARRAMEENA WASH SHUHADAA'I WAS SAALIHEENA MIN JAARIN KUNTU UKAATIMUHOO SAYYI'AATEE WA MIN DHEE RAHIMIN KUNTU AHTASHIMU MINHU FEE SAREERAATEE

O God, since Thou hast covered me with Thy pardon and shielded me with Thy bounty in the abode of annihilation and the presence of equals, grant me sanctuary from the disgraces of the Abode of Subsistence at the standing places of the Witnesses (the angels brought nigh, the messengers honoured, the martyrs, the righteous) before the neighbour from whom I have hidden my evil deeds and the womb relative before whom I feel ashamed in my secret thoughts!

لَمْ اَثِقْ بِهِمْ رَبِّ فِي السِّتْرِ عَلَيَّ، وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ رَبِّ فِي الْمَغْفِرَةِ لِي، وَاَنْتَ اَوْلَى مَنْ وُثِقَ بِهٖ، وَاَعْطَى مَنْ رُغِبَ اِلَيْهِ، وَاَرْاَفُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ، فَارْحَمْنِي

LAM ATHIQ BIHIM RABBI FIS SITRI A'LAYYA WA WATHIQTU BIKA RABBI FIL MAGHFIRATI LEE WA ANTA AWLAA MAN WUTHIQA BIHEE WA A'TAA MAN RUGHIBA ILAYHI WA AR'AFU MANIS TURHIMA FARHAMNEE

I trust them not, my Lord, to cover me over, but I trust Thee, my Lord, to forgive me! Thou art the most worthy of those in whom confidence is had, the most giving of those who are besought, and the most clement of those from whom mercy is asked. So have mercy upon me!

اللَّهُمَّ وَاَنْتَ حَدَرْتَنِي مَاءً مَهِيناً مِنْ صُلْبٍ مُتَضَايِقِ الْعِظَامِ، حَرِجِ الْمَسَالِكِ اِلَى رَحِمٍ ضَيِّقَةٍ سَتَرْتَهَا بِالْحُجُبِ، تُصَرِّفُنِي حَالًا عَنْ حَالٍ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتَ بِي اِلَى تَمَامِ الصُّورَةِ، وَاَثْبَتَّ فِيَّ الْجَوَارِحَ كَمَا نَعَتَّ فِي كِتَابِكَ نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً ثُمَّ عَظْماً ثُمَّ كَسَوْتَ الْعِظَامَ لَحْماً، ثُمَّ اَنْشَاْتَنِي خَلْقاً آخَرَ كَمَا شِئْتَ

ALLAAHUMMA WA ANTA HADARTANEE MAA'AN MAHEENAN MIN SULBIN MUTADAAYIQIL I'ZAAMI HARIJIL MASAALIKI ILAA RAHIMIN DAYYIQATIN SATARTAHAA BIL HUJUBI TUSARRIFUNEE HAALAN A'N HAALIN HATTAN TAHAYTA BEE ILAA TAMAAMIS SOORATI WA ATHBATTA FIYYAL JAWAARIHA KAMAA NA'ATTA FEE KITAABIKA NUTFATAN THUMMA A'LAQATAN THUMMA MUDGHATAN THUMMA A'ZMAN THUMMA KASAWTAL I'ZAAMA LAHMAN THUMMA ANSHA'TANEE KHALQAN AAKHARA KAMAA SHI'T

O God, Thou caused me to descend as mean water from loins of narrow bones and tight passages into a constricted womb which Thou hadst covered with veils; Thou turned me about from state to state until Thou tookest me to the completion of the form and fixed within me the bodily parts, as Thou hast described in Thy Book: a drop, then a clot, then a tissue, then bones, then Thou garmented the bones with flesh, then Thou produced me as another creature as Thou willed.

حَتَّى اِذَا احْتَجْتُ اِلَى رِزْقِكَ، وَلَمْ اَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ فَضْلِكَ، جَعَلْتَ لِي قُوتاً مِنْ فَضْلِ طَعَامٍ وَشَرَابٍ اَجْرَيْتَهٗ لِاَمَتِكَ الَّتِي اَسْكَنْتَنِي جَوْفَهَا، وَاَوْدَعْتَنِي قَرَارَ رَحِمِهَا

HATTAA IDHAH TAJTU ILAA RIZQIKA WA LAM ASTAGHNI A'N GHIYAATHI FADLIKA JA'ALTA LEE QOOTAN MIN FADLI TA'AAMIN WA SHARAABIN AJRAYTAHOO LI-AMATIKAL LATEE ASKANTANEE JAWFAHAA WA AWDA'TANEE QARAARA RAHIMIHAA

Then, when I needed Thy provision, and could not do without the aid of Thy bounty, Thou appointed for me a nourishment from the bounty of the food and drink which Thou bestowed upon Thy handmaid in whose belly Thou gavest me to rest and in the lodging of whose womb Thou deposited me.

وَلَوْ تَكِلُنِي يَا رَبِّ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالَاتِ اِلَى حَوْلِي، اَوْ تَضْطَرُّنِي اِلَى قُوَّتِي لَكَانَ الْحَوْلُ عَنِّي مُعْتَزِلًا، وَلَكَانَتِ الْقُوَّةُ مِنِّي بَعِيدَةً

WA LAW TAKILUNEE YAA RABBI FEE TILKAL HAALAATI ILAA HAWLEE AW TADTARRUNEE ILAA QUWWATEE LAKAANAL HAWLU A'NNEE MU'TAZILAN WA LAKAANATIL QUWWATU MINNEE BA'EEDAH

Hadst Thou entrusted me in those states, my Lord, to my own force or driven me to have recourse to my own strength, force would have been removed from me and strength taken far away.

فَغَذَوْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ غِذَاءَ الْبَرِّ اللَّطِيفِ، تَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ بِي تَطَوُّلًا عَلَيَّ اِلَى غَايَتِي هٰذِهِ، لَا اَعْدَمُ بِرَّكَ، وَلَا يُبْطِئُ بِي حُسْنُ صَنِيعِكَ، وَلَا تَتَاَكَّدُ مَعَ ذٰلِكَ ثِقَتِي فَاَتَفَرَّغَ لِمَا هُوَ اَحْظَى لِي عِنْدَكَ

FAGHADHAWTANEE BIFADLIKA GHIDHAA'AL BARRIL LATEEFI TAF'ALU DHAALIKA BEE TATAWWULAN A'LAYYA ILAA GHAAYATEE HAADHIHI LAA A'DAMU BIRRAKA WA LAA YUBTI'U BEE HUSNU SANEE'IKA WA LAA TATA'AKKADU MA'A DHAALIKA THIQATEE FA-ATAFARRAGHA LIMAA HUWA AHZAA LEE I'NDAK

So Thou hast fed me through Thy bounty with the food of the Good, the Gentle; Thou hast done that for me in graciousness toward me up to this my present point. I do not lack Thy goodness, nor does Thy benefaction keep me waiting. Yet with all that, my trust has not become firm enough that I might free myself for that which is more favoured by Thee.

قَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنَانِي فِي سُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَضَعْفِ الْيَقِينِ، فَاَنَا اَشْكُو سُوءَ مُجَاوَرَتِهٖ لِي، وَطَاعَةَ نَفْسِي لَهٗ، وَاَسْتَعْصِمُكَ مِنْ مَلَكَتِهٖ، وَاَتَضَرَّعُ اِلَيْكَ فِي صَرْفِ كَيْدِهٖ عَنِّي

QAD MALAKASH SHAYTAANU I'NAANEE FEE SOO'IZ ZANNI WA DA'FIL YAQEENI FA-ANAA ASHKOO SOO'A MUJAAWARATIHEE LEE WA TAA'ATA NAFSEE LAHOO WA ASTA'SIMUKA MIN MALAKATIHEE WA ATADARRA'U ILAYKA FEE SARFI KAYDIHEE A'NNEE

Satan has taken possession of my reins through my distrust and frail certainty. I complain of his evil neighbourhood with me and my soul's obedience toward him! I ask Thee to preserve me against his domination, and I plead with Thee to turn his trickery away from me!

وَاَسْاَلُكَ فِي اَنْ تُسَهِّلَ اِلَى رِزْقِي سَبِيلًا، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنِّعَمِ الْجِسَامِ، وَاِلْهَامِكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الْاِحْسَانِ وَالْاِنْعَامِ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي، وَاَنْ تُقَنِّعَنِي بِتَقْدِيرِكَ لِي، وَاَنْ تُرْضِيَنِي بِحِصَّتِي فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي، وَاَنْ تَجْعَلَ مَا ذَهَبَ مِنْ جِسْمِي وَعُمُرِي فِي سَبِيلِ طَاعَتِكَ، اِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ

WA AS'ALUKA FEE AN TUSAHHILA ILAA RIZQEE SABEELAN FALAKAL HAMDU A'LAB TIDAA'IKA BIN NI'AMIL JISAAMI WA ILHAAMIKASH SHUKRA A'LAL IHSAANI WAL IN'AAMI FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA SAHHIL A'LAYYA RIZQEE WA AN TUQANNI'ANEE BITAQDEERIKA LEE WA AN TURDIYANEE BIHISSATEE FEEMAA QASAMTA LEE WA AN TAJ'ALA MAA DHAHABA MIN JISMEE WA U'MUREE FEE SABEELI TAA'ATIKA INNAKA KHAYRUR RAAZIQEEN

I ask Thee to make the path to my provision easy, since to Thee belongs praise for Thy beginning with immense favours and Thy inspiring gratitude for beneficence and bestowing favour! Bless Muhammad and his Household, and make the way to my provision easy for me! [I ask Thee] to make me content with Thy ordainment for me, to make me satisfied with my lot in that which Thou hast apportioned for me and to place what has gone of my body and my life-span into the path of Thy obedience! Surely Thou art the Best of providers!

اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّي اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَارٍ تَغَلَّظْتَ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ، وَتَوَعَّدْتَ بِهَا مَنْ صَدَفَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ، وَمِنْ نَارٍ نُورُهَا ظُلْمَةٌ، وَهَيِّنُهَا اَلِيمٌ، وَبَعِيدُهَا قَرِيبٌ، وَمِنْ نَارٍ يَاْكُلُ بَعْضَهَا بَعْضٌ، وَيَصُولُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE A'OODHU BIKA MIN NAARIN TAGHALLAZTA BIHAA A'LAA MAN A'SAAKA WA TAWA''ADTA BIHAA MAN SADAFA A'N RIDAAKA WA MIN NAARIN NOORUHAA ZULMATUN WA HAYYINUHAA ALEEMUN WA BA'EEDUHAA QAREEBUN WA MIN NAARIN YA'KULU BA'DAHAA BA'DUN WA YASOOLU BA'DUHAA A'LAA BA'D

O God, I seek refuge in Thee from the Fire through which Thou art harsh toward him who disobeys Thee and by which Thou hast threatened him who turns away from Thy good pleasure; from the Fire whose light is darkness, whose ease is pain, and whose far is near; from the Fire parts of which devour parts and parts of which leap upon parts;

وَمِنْ نَارٍ تَذَرُ الْعِظَامَ رَمِيماً، وَتَسْقِي اَهْلَهَا حَمِيماً، وَمِنْ نَارٍ لَا تُبْقِي عَلَى مَنْ تَضَرَّعَ اِلَيْهَا، وَلَا تَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتَعْطَفَهَا، وَلَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَى التَّخْفِيفِ عَمَّنْ خَشَعَ لَهَا وَاسْتَسْلَمَ اِلَيْهَا تَلْقَى سُكَّانَهَا بِاَحَرِّ مَا لَدَيْهَا مِنْ اَلِيمِ النَّكَالِ وَشَدِيدِ الْوَبَالِ

WA MIN NAARIN TADHARUL I'ZAAMA RAMEEMAN WA TASQEE AHLAHAA HAMEEMAN WA MIN NAARIN LAA TUBQEE A'LAA MAN TADARRA'A ILAYHAA WA LAA TARHAMU MANIS TA'TAFAHAA WA LAA TAQDIRU A'LAT TAKHFEEFI A'MMAN KHASHA'A LAHAA WASTASLAMA ILAYHAA TALQAA SUKKAANAHAA BI-AHARRI MAA LADAYHAA MIN ALEEMIN NAKAALI WA SHADEEDIL WABAAL

from the Fire which leaves bones decayed and lets its people drink boiling water; from the Fire which 'does not spare him who pleads to it,' has no mercy on him who seeks sympathy from it, and has no power to relieve him who humbles himself before it and yields himself to it; it meets its inhabitants with the hottest that it possesses: painful punishment and intense noxiousness.

وَاَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَقَارِبِهَا الْفَاغِرَةِ اَفْوَاهُهَا، وَحَيَّاتِهَا الصَّالِقَةِ بِاَنْيَابِهَا، وَشَرَابِهَا الَّذِي يُقَطِّعُ اَمْعَاءَ وَاَفْئِدَةَ سُكَّانِهَا، وَيَنْزِعُ قُلُوبَهُمْ، وَاَسْتَهْدِيكَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ مِنْهَا، وَاَخَّرَ عَنْهَا

WA A'OODHU BIKA MIN A'QAARIBIHAL FAAGHIRATI AFWAAHUHAA WA HAYYAATIHAS SAALIQATI BI-ANYAABIHAA WA SHARAABIHAL LADHEE YUQATTI'U AM'AA'A WA AF'IDATA SUKKAANIHAA WA YANZI'U QULOOBAHUM WA ASTAHDEEKA LIMAA BAA'ADA MINHAA WA AKHKHARA A'NHAA

I seek refuge in Thee from its gaping-jawed scorpions, its scraping-toothed serpents, and its drinks, which tear apart the intestines and hearts of its inhabitants and root out their marrows. I ask guidance from Thee to that which will keep far from it and make it retreat!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاَجِرْنِي مِنْهَا بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَاَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي بِحُسْنِ اِقَالَتِكَ، وَلَا تَخْذُلْنِي يَا خَيْرَ الْمُجِيرِينَ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA AJIRNEE MINHAA BIFADLI RAHMATIKA WA AQILNEE A'THARAATEE BIHUSNI IQAALATIKA WA LAA TAKHDHULNEE YAA KHAYRAL MUJEEREEN

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, grant me sanctuary from it through the bounty of Thy mercy, release me from my stumbles through Thy good releasing, and abandon me not, O Best of the sanctuary-granters!

اللَّهُمَّ اِنَّكَ تَقِي الْكَرِيهَةَ، وَتُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ، وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ، وَاَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAKA TAQIL KAREEHATA WA TU'TIL HASANATA WA TAF'ALU MAA TUREEDU WA ANTA A'LAA KULLI SHAY'IN QADEER

O God, Thou protectest from the disliked, givest the good, dost what Thou wilt, and Thou art powerful over everything.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، اِذَا ذُكِرَ الْاَبْرَارُ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ، صَلَاةً لَا يَنْقَطِعُ مَدَدُهَا، وَلَا يُحْصَى عَدَدُهَا، صَلَاةً تَشْحَنُ الْهَوَاءَ، وَتَمْلَاُ الْاَرْضَ وَالسَّمَاءَ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE IDHAA DHUKIRAL ABRAARU WA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE MAKH TALAFAL LAYLU WAN NAHAARU SALAATAN LAA YANQATI'U MADADUHAA WA LAA YUHSAA A'DADUHAA SALAATAN TASH-HANUL HAWAA'A WA TAMLA'UL ARDA WAS SAMAA'

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household when the pious are mentioned and bless Muhammad and his Household as long as night and day come and go with a blessing whose replenishment is never cut off and whose number cannot be counted, a blessing that will fill up the air and crowd the earth and the heaven!

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى، وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهٖ بَعْدَ الرِّضَا، صَلَاةً لَا حَدَّ لَهَا وَلَا مُنْتَهَى، يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

SALLALLAAHU A'LAYHI HATTAA YARDAA WA SALLALLAAHU A'LAYHI WA AALIHEE BA'DAR RIDAA SALAATAN LAA HADDA LAHAA WA LAA MUNTAHAA YAA ARHAMAR RAAHIMEEN

God bless him until he is well pleased and God bless him and his Household after good pleasure with a blessing that has neither bound nor utmost limit! O Most Merciful of the merciful!