Sahifa Sajjadiya 35: Contentment with the Decree
The thirty-fifth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication in contentment with Allah's decree when he
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The thirty-fifth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication in contentment with Allah's decree when he looked upon the people of this world.
English translation by William C. Chittick.
Text and Translation
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رِضًى بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ، شَهِدْتُ اَنَّ اللَّهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهٖ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَاَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهٖ بِالْفَضْلِ
AL-HAMDU LILLAAHI RIDAN BIHUKMILLAAHI SHAHIDTU ANNALLAAHA QASAMA MA'AAYISHA I'BAADIHEE BIL A'DLI WA AKHADHA A'LAA JAMEE'I KHALQIHEE BIL FADL
Praise belongs to God in satisfaction with God's decision! I bear witness that God has apportioned the livelihoods of His servants with justice and undertaken bounty for all His creatures.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَلَا تَفْتِنِّي بِمَا اَعْطَيْتَهُمْ، وَلَا تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي فَاَحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَاَغْمَطَ حُكْمَكَ
ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA LAA TAFTINNEE BIMAA A'TAYTAHUM WA LAA TAFTINHUM BIMAA MANA'TANEE FA-AHSUDA KHALQAKA WA AGHMATA HUKMAK
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, tempt me not with what Thou hast given to Thy creatures and tempt them not with what Thou hast withheld from me. Lest I envy Thy creatures and despise Thy decision!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَطَيِّبْ بِقَضَائِكَ نَفْسِي، وَوَسِّعْ بِمَوَاقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي، وَهَبْ لِيَ الثِّقَةَ لِاُقِرَّ مَعَهَا بِاَنَّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ اِلَّا بِالْخِيَرَةِ، وَاجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي اَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي اِيَّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي
ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA TAYYIB BIQADAA'IKA NAFSEE WA WASSI' BIMAWAAQI'I HUKMIKA SADREE WA HAB LIYATH THIQATA LI-UQIRRA MA'AHAA BI-ANNA QADAA'AKA LAM YAJRI ILLAA BIL KHIYARATI WAJ'AL SHUKREE LAKA A'LAA MAA ZAWAYTA A'NNEE AWFARA MIN SHUKREE IYYAAKA A'LAA MAA KHAWWALTANEE
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, delight my soul through Thy decree, expand my breast through the instances of Thy decision, give to me a trust through which I may admit that Thy decree runs only to the best, and let my gratitude to Thee for what Thou hast taken away from me be more abundant than my gratitude to Thee for what Thou hast conferred upon me!
وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ اَنْ اَظُنَّ بِذِي عَدَمٍ خَسَاسَةً، اَوْ اَظُنَّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَةٍ فَضْلًا، فَاِنَّ الشَّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرَّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ، وَالْعَزِيزَ مَنْ اَعَزَّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ
WA'SIMNEE MIN AN AZUNNA BIDHEE A'DAMIN KHASAASATAN AW AZUNNA BISAAHIBI THARWATIN FADLAN FA-INNASH SHAREEFA MAN SHARRAFAT-HU TAA'ATUKA WAL A'ZEEZA MAN A'AZZAT-HU I'BAADATUK
Preserve me from imagining any meanness in someone who is destitute or imagining any superiority in someone who possesses wealth, for the noble is he whom obedience to Thee has ennobled and the exalted is he whom worship of Thee has exalted!
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَمَتِّعْنَا بِثَرْوَةٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ، وَاَيِّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لَا يُفْقَدُ، وَاسْرَحْنَا فِي مُلْكِ الْاَبَدِ، اِنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الْاَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُواً اَحَدٌ
FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA MATTI'NAA BITHARWATIN LAA TANFADU WA AYYIDNAA BI-I'ZZIN LAA YUFQADU WASRAHNAA FEE MULKIL ABADI INNAKAL WAAHIDUL AHADUS SAMADUL LADHEE LAM TALID WA LAM TOOLAD WA LAM YAKUN LAKA KUFUWAN AHAD
So bless Muhammad and his Household, give us to enjoy a wealth which does not run out, confirm us with an exaltation which will never be lost, and let us roam freely in the kingdom of everlastingness! Surely Thou art the One, the Unique, the Eternal Refuge; Thou hast not begotten, nor hast Thou been begotten, and equal to Thee is not any one!
