Sahifa Sajjadiya 38: Asking Pardon for Wronging Others
The thirty-eighth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication in asking pardon for misdeeds against All
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The thirty-eighth supplication of al-Sahifah al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyyah: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.)'s supplication in asking pardon for misdeeds against Allah's servants and for falling short in their rights, and that his neck be set free from the Fire.
English translation by William C. Chittick.
Text and Translation
اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّي اَعْتَذِرُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ اَنْصُرْهُ، وَمِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ اُسْدِيَ اِلَيَّ فَلَمْ اَشْكُرْهُ، وَمِنْ مُسِيءٍ اعْتَذَرَ اِلَيَّ فَلَمْ اَعْذِرْهُ، وَمِنْ ذِي فَاقَةٍ سَاَلَنِي فَلَمْ اُوثِرْهُ، وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذِي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ اُوَفِّرْهُ، وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فَلَمْ اَسْتُرْهُ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ اِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِي فَلَمْ اَهْجُرْهُ
ALLAAHUMMA INNEE A'TADHIRU ILAYKA MIN MAZLOOMIN ZULIMA BIHADRATEE FALAM ANSURHU WA MIN MA'ROOFIN USDIYA ILAYYA FALAM ASHKURHU WA MIN MUSEE'INI' TADHARA ILAYYA FALAM A'DHIRHU WA MIN DHEE FAAQATIN SA'ALANEE FALAM OOTHIRHU WA MIN HAQQI DHEE HAQQIN LAZIMANEE LIMU'MININ FALAM UWAFFIRHU WA MIN A'YBI MU'MININ ZAHARA LEE FALAM ASTURHU WA MIN KULLI ITHMIN A'RADA LEE FALAM AHJURH
O God, I ask pardon from Thee for the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help, the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks, the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon, the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself, the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil, the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal, and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid.
اَعْتَذِرُ اِلَيْكَ يَا اِلٰهِي مِنْهُنَّ وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ اَشْبَاهِهِنَّ
A'TADHIRU ILAYKA YAA ILAAHEE MINHUNNA WA MIN NAZAA'IRIHINNA' TIDHAARA NADAAMATIN YAKOONU WAA'IZAN LIMAA BAYNA YADAYYA MIN ASHBAAHIHINN
I ask pardon, my God, for all of these and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me.
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّلَّاتِ، وَعَزْمِي عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ، تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِي مَحَبَّتَكَ، يَا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِينَ
FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJ'AL NADAAMATEE A'LAA MAA WAQA'TU FEEHI MINAZ ZALLAATI WA A'ZMEE A'LAA TARKI MAA YA'RIDU LEE MINAS SAYYI'AATI TAWBATAN TOOJIBU LEE MAHABBATAKA YAA MUHIBBAT TAWWAABEEN
So bless Muhammad and his Household and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory O lover of those who repent!
