Sahifa Sajjadiya 39: Seeking Pardon and Mercy

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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَحْرَمٍ، وَازْوِ حِرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَاْثَمٍ، وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ اَذَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ، وَمُسْلِمٍ وَمُسْلِمَةٍ

ALLAAHUMMA SALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAKSIR SHAHWATEE A'N KULLI MAHRAMIN WAZWI HIRSEE A'N KULLI MA'THAMIN WAMNA'NEE A'N ADHAA KULLI MU'MININ WA MU'MINATIN WA MUSLIMIN WA MUSLIMAH

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, break my passion for every unlawful thing, take away my craving for any sin, and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!

اللَّهُمَّ وَاَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ نَالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَزْتَ عَلَيْهِ، فَمَضَى بِظُلَامَتِي مَيِّتاً، اَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِي قِبَلَهٗ حَيّاً فَاغْفِرْ لَهٗ مَا اَلَمَّ بِهٖ مِنِّي، وَاعْفُ لَهٗ عَمَّا اَدْبَرَ بِهٖ عَنِّي، وَلَا تَقِفْهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ، وَلَا تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِي، وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهٖ مِنَ الْعَفْوِ عَنْهُمْ، وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِهٖ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ اَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ، وَاَعْلَى صِلَاتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ

ALLAAHUMMA WA AYYUMAA A'BDIN NAALA MINNEE MAA HAZARTA A'LAYHI WANTAHAKA MINNEE MAA HAJAZTA A'LAYHI FAMADAA BIZULAAMATEE MAYYITAN AW HASALAT LEE QIBALAHOO HAYYAN FAGHFIR LAHOO MAA ALAMMA BIHEE MINNEE WA'FU LAHOO A'MMAA ADBARA BIHEE A'NNEE WA LAA TAQIFHU A'LAA MAR TAKABA FIYYA WA LAA TAKSHIFHU A'MMAK TASABA BEE WAJ'AL MAA SAMAHTU BIHEE MINAL A'FWI A'NHUM WA TABARRA'TU BIHEE MINAS SADAQATI A'LAYHIM AZKAA SADAQAATIL MUTASADDIQEENA WA A'LAA SILAATIL MUTAQARRIBEEN

O God, if any of Thy servants should harm me in what Thou hast forbidden or violate me in what Thou hast interdicted, and if he should pass into death with my complaint or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive, forgive him what he did to me and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me! Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me and expose him not through what he earned by me! Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants and my contribution in charity toward them the purest charity of the charitable and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to Thee!

وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ، وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ، وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ

WA A'WWIDNEE MIN A'FWEE A'NHUM A'FWAKA WA MIN DU'AA'EE LAHUM RAHMATAKA HATTAA YAS'ADA KULLU WAAHIDIN MINNAA BIFADLIKA WA YANJUWA KULLUN MINNAA BIMANNIK

Recompense me for my pardoning them with Thy pardon and for my supplicating for them with Thy mercy so that each one of us may gain felicity through Thy bounty and each may attain deliverance through Thy kindness!

اللَّهُمَّ وَاَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ اَدْرَكَهٗ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ، اَوْ مَسَّهٗ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي اَذًى، اَوْ لَحِقَهٗ بِي اَوْ بِسَبَبِي ظُلْمٌ فَفُتُّهٗ بِحَقِّهٖ، اَوْ سَبَقْتُهٗ بِمَظْلِمَتِهٖ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاَرْضِهٖ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَاَوْفِهٖ حَقَّهٗ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA WA AYYUMAA A'BDIN MIN A'BEEDIKA ADRAKAHOO MINNEE DARAKUN AW MASSAHOO MIN NAAHIYATEE ADHAN AW LAHIQAHOO BEE AW BISABABEE ZULMUN FAFUTTUHOO BIHAQQIHEE AW SABAQTUHOO BIMAZLIMATIHEE FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA ARDIHEE A'NNEE MIN WUJDIKA WA AWFIHEE HAQQAHOO MIN I'NDIK

O God, if there is a servant from among Thy servants whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction, or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me, and should I fail to take care of his right or go before him [in death] with his complaint, bless Muhammad and his Household, satisfy him toward me through Thy wealth, and give him his full right from Thyself!

ثُمَّ قِنِي مَا يُوجِبُ لَهٗ حُكْمُكَ، وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهٖ عَدْلُكَ، فَاِنَّ قُوَّتِي لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ، وَاِنَّ طَاقَتِي لَا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ، فَاِنَّكَ اِنْ تُكَافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي، وَاِلَّا تَغَمَّدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي

THUMMA QINEE MAA YOOJIBU LAHOO HUKMUKA WA KHALLISNEE MIMMAA YAHKUMU BIHEE A'DLUKA FA-INNA QUWWATEE LAA TASTAQILLU BINAQIMATIKA WA INNA TAAQATEE LAA TANHADU BISUKHTIKA FA-INNAKA IN TUKAAFINEE BIL HAQQI TUHLIKNEE WA ILLAA TAGHAMMADNEE BIRAHMATIKA TOOBIQNEE

Then protect me from what Thy decision mandates and save me from what Thy justice decides, for my strength cannot bear Thy vengeance and my power cannot stand up to Thy displeasure! If Thou recompensest me with the right, Thou wilt destroy me, and if Thou dost not shield me in Thy mercy, Thou wilt lay me waste.

اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّي اَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا اِلٰهِي مَا لَا يُنْقِصُكَ بَذْلُهٗ، وَاَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لَا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهٗ

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE ASTAWHIBUKA YAA ILAAHEE MAA LAA YUNQISUKA BADHLUHOO WA ASTAHMILUKA MAA LAA YABHAZUKA HAMLUH

O God, I ask Thee to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease Thee, and I ask Thee to carry that whose carrying will not weigh Thee down:

اَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا اِلٰهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوءٍ، اَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا اِلَى نَفْعٍ، وَلٰكِنْ اَنْشَاْتَهَا اِثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا، وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا

ASTAWHIBUKA YAA ILAAHEE NAFSIYAL LATEE LAM TAKHLUQHAA LITAMTANI'A BIHAA MIN SOO'IN AW LITATARRAQA BIHAA ILAA NAF'IN WA LAAKIN ANSHA'TAHAA ITHBAATAN LIQUDRATIKA A'LAA MITHLIHAA WAHTIJAAJAN BIHAA A'LAA SHAKLIHAA

My God, I ask Thee to give my soul, which Thou didst not create to keep Thyself from evil nor to find the way to profit. No, Thou brought it forth to demonstrate Thy power over its like and to provide an argument against its similar.

وَاَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهٗ، وَاَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهٗ

WA ASTAHMILUKA MIN DHUNOOBEE MAA QAD BAHAZANEE HAMLUHOO WA ASTA'EENU BIKA A'LAA MAA QAD FADAHANEE THIQLUH

I ask Thee to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down and I seek help from Thee in that whose heaviness oppresses me.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِي، وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ اِصْرِي، فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ، وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ

FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WA HAB LINAFSEE A'LAA ZULMIHAA NAFSEE WA WAKKIL RAHMATAKA BIHTIMAALI ISREE FAKAM QAD LAHIQAT RAHMATUKA BIL MUSEE'EENA WA KAM QAD SHAMILA A'FWUKAZ ZAALIMEEN

So bless Muhammad and his Household, give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing, and appoint Thy mercy to carry my burden! How many evildoers Thy mercy has overtaken! How many wrongdoers Thy pardon has embraced!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهٖ، وَاجْعَلْنِي اُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ اَنْهَضْتَهٗ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ، وَخَلَّصْتَهٗ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ، فَاَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ اِسَارِ سُخْطِكَ، وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ

FASALLI A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALIHEE WAJ'ALNEE USWATA MAN QAD ANHADTAHOO BITAJAAWUZIKA A'N MASAARI'IL KHAATI'EENA WA KHALLASTAHOO BITAWFEEQIKA MIN WARATAATIL MUJRIMEENA FA-ASBAHA TALEEQA A'FWIKA MIN ISAARI SUKHTIKA WA A'TEEQA SUN'IKA MIN WATHAAQI A'DLIK

So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom Thou hast aroused through Thy forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the Senders and saved through Thy giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners, so that I may rise up freed by Thy pardon from the bonds of Thy displeasure and released by Thy benefaction from the ties of Thy justice!

اِنَّكَ اِنْ تَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ يَا اِلٰهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ لَا يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ، وَلَا يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهٗ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ

INNAKA IN TAF'AL DHAALIKA YAA ILAAHEE TAF'ALHU BIMAN LAA YAJHADUS TIHQAAQA U'QOOBATIKA WA LAA YUBARRI'U NAFSAHOO MINIS TEEJAABI NAQIMATIK

Surely if Thou dost that, my God, Thou wilt do it to one who does not deny deserving Thy punishment or acquit himself from merit for Thy vengeance.

تَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ يَا اِلٰهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهٗ مِنْكَ اَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهٖ فِيكَ، وَبِمَنْ يَاْسُهٗ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ اَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهٖ لِلْخَلَاصِ، لَا اَنْ يَكُونَ يَاْسُهٗ قُنُوطاً، اَوْ اَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً، بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهٖ بَيْنَ سَيِّئَاتِهٖ، وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهٖ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهٖ

TAF'AL DHAALIKA YAA ILAAHEE BIMAN KHAWFUHOO MINKA AKTHARU MIN TAMA'IHEE FEEKA WA BIMAN YA'SUHOO MINAN NAJAATI AWKADU MIN RAJAA'IHEE LIL KHALAASI LAA AN YAKOONA YA'SUHOO QUNOOTAN AW AN YAKOONA TAMA'UHUGH TIRAARAN BAL LIQILLATI HASANAATIHEE BAYNA SAYYI'AATIHEE WA DA'FI HUJAJIHEE FEE JAMEE'I TABI'AATIH

Do that, my God, for one whose fear of Thee is greater than his craving from Thee, whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation! Not that his hopelessness is despair, nor that his expectation is deluded. No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.

فَاَمَّا اَنْتَ يَا اِلٰهِي فَاَهْلٌ اَنْ لَا يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ، وَلَا يَيْاَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ، لِاَنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي لَا يَمْنَعُ اَحَداً فَضْلَهٗ، وَلَا يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ اَحَدٍ حَقَّهٗ

FA-AMMAA ANTA YAA ILAAHEE FA-AHLUN AN LAA YAGHTARRA BIKAS SIDDEEQOONA WA LAA YAY'ASA MINKAL MUJRIMOONA LI-ANNAKAR RABBUL A'ZEEMUL LADHEE LAA YAMNA'U AHADAN FADLAHOO WA LAA YASTAQSEE MIN AHADIN HAQQAH

But Thou, my God, art worthy that the righteous not be deluded concerning Thee and the sinners not lose hope in Thee, for Thou art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none and takes His full right from no one.

تَعَالَى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ، وَتَقَدَّسَتْ اَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ، وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ

TA'AALAA DHIKRUKA A'NIL MADHKOOREENA WA TAQADDASAT ASMAA'UKA A'NIL MANSOOBEENA WA FASHAT NI'MATUKA FEE JAMEE'IL MAKHLOOQEENA FALAKAL HAMDU A'LAA DHAALIKA YAA RABBAL A'ALAMEEN

High exalted is Thy mention above those mentioned! Holy are Thy names beyond those described! Spread is Thy favour among all creatures! Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!