Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya • 9 of 9 • Fifteen Munājāt
الصَّحِيفَةُ السَّجَّادِيَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ
Al-Ṣaḥīfatu al-Sajjādiyyatu al-kāmilatu
The Complete Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya
الْإِمَامُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ زَيْنُ الْعَابِدِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
Al-imāmu ʿAliyyu bnu al-Ḥusayni Zaynu al-ʿābidīna ʿalayhi al-salāmu
Imam ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, peace be upon him
الْمُنَاجَاةُ الْخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ
Al-munājātu al-khamsa ʿashrata
The Fifteen Whispered Prayers
الْمُنَاجَاةُ الْخَمْسَ عَشْرَةُ، وَيَتْبَعُهَا تَنْبِيهُ النَّاشِرِ وَبَيَانَاتُ الطَّبْعَةِ وَمَصَادِرُ النَّصِّ.
Al-munājātu al-khamsa ʿashratu, wa-yatbaʿuhā tanbīhu al-nāshiri wa-bayānātu al-ṭabʿati wa-maṣādiru al-naṣṣi.
The Fifteen Whispered Prayers, followed by the publisher's notice, edition details, and textual sources.
تَرْتِيبُ الْقِرَاءَةِ: هٰذَا هُوَ الْجُزْءُ الْأَخِيرُ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ.
Tartību al-qirāʾati: hādhā huwa al-juzʾu al-akhīru mina al-kitābi.
Reading order: this is the final document in the book.
Reading the three lines
Every passage appears in three consecutive paragraphs: fully vocalized Arabic, English-script transliteration, and modern English translation. Each whispered prayer begins on a new page and continues in source order.
ā ī ū mark long vowels; ʿ marks ʿayn and ʾ marks hamza within a word. Initial hamza is represented by its vowel. ḥ ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ distinguish Arabic consonants; th dh kh sh gh represent single Arabic sounds. Doubled consonants are held longer.
The transliteration retains grammatical endings and the written article al. In connected recitation, initial helping vowels often disappear and al assimilates before sun letters. At a full pause, final short case vowels are normally dropped.
God translates Allāh. The prayers retain the voice of the person praying. Qurʾanic quotations are kept within the supplied text.
الْمُنَاجَاةُ الْخَمْسَ عَشْرَةُ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ السَّاجِدِينَ
Al-munājātu al-khamsa ʿashratu min kalāmi sayyidi al-sājidīna
The Fifteen Whispered Prayers from the Words of the Master of Those Who Prostrate
1 مُنَاجَاةُ التَّائِبِينَ
1 Munājātu al-tāʾibīna
1. The Whispered Prayer of the Repenters
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي أَلْبَسَتْنِي الْخَطايا ثَوْبَ مَذَلَّتِي، وَجَلَّلَنِي التَّباعُدُ مِنْكَ لِباسَ مَسْكَنَتِي، وَأَماتَ قَلْبِي عَظِيمُ جِنايَتِي، فَأَحْيِه بِتَوْبَةٍ مِنْكَ يا أَمَلِي وَبُغْيَتِي، وَيا سُؤْلِي وَمُنْيَتِي، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ ما أَجِدُ لِذُنُوبِي سِواكَ غافِراً، وَلا أَرَىٰ لِكَسْرِي غَيْرَكَ جابِراً، وَقَدْ خَضَعْتُ بِالإِنابَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَعَنَوْتُ بِالاسْتِكانَةِ لَدَيْكَ، فَإِنْ طَرَدْتَنِي مِنْ بابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَلُوذُ؟
Ilāhī albasatnī al-khaṭāyā thawba madhallatī, wajallalanī al-tabāʿudu minka libāsa maskanatī, wa-amāta qalbī ʿaẓīmu jināyatī, fa-aḥyih bitawbatin minka yā amalī wabughyatī, wayā suʾlī wamunyatī, fawaʿizzatika mā ajidu lidhunūbī siwāka ghāfiran, walā arā likasrī ghayraka jābiran, waqad khaḍaʿtu bi-al-inābati ilayka waʿanawtu bi-al-istikānati ladayka, fa-in ṭaradtanī min bābika fabiman alūdhu?
My God, my sins have clothed me in the garment of humiliation, and distance from You has wrapped me in the dress of poverty. The enormity of my offense has killed my heart, so bring it back to life through repentance from You—O my hope and my quest, my request and my deepest wish. By Your might, I find no one but You to forgive my sins and no one but You to mend my brokenness. I have bowed to You in return and humbled myself before You in submission. If You drive me from Your door, with whom shall I seek shelter?
وَإِنْ رَدَدْتَنِي عَنْ جَنابِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَعُوذُ؟ فَوَا أَسَفاهُ مِنْ خَجْلَتِي وَافْتِضَاحِي، وَوا لَهْفاهُ مِنْ سُوءِ عَمَلِي وَاجْتِراحِي. أَسْأَلُكَ يا غافِرَ الذَّنْبِ الْكَبِيرِ وَيا جابِرَ الْعَظْمِ الْكَسِيرِ، أَنْ تَهَبَ لِي مُوبِقاتِ الْجَرائِرِ، وَتَسْتُرَ عَلَيَّ فاضِحاتِ السَّرائِرِ، وَلا تُخْلِنِي فِي مَشْهَدِ الْقِيامَةِ مِنْ بَرْدِ عَفْوِكَ وَغَفْرِكَ، وَلا تُعْرِنِي مِنْ جَمِيلِ صَفْحِكَ وَسَتْرِكَ.
Wa-in radadtanī ʿan janābika fabiman aʿūdhu? fawā asafāhu min khajlatī wa-iftiḍāḥī, wawā lahfāhu min sūʾi ʿamalī wa-ijtirāḥī. asʾaluka yā ghāfira al-dhanbi al-kabīri wayā jābira al-ʿaẓmi al-kasīri, an tahaba lī mūbiqāti al-jarāʾiri, watastura ʿalayya fāḍiḥāti al-sarāʾiri, walā tukhlinī fī mashhadi al-qiyāmati min bardi ʿafwika waghafrika, walā tuʿrinī min jamīli ṣafḥika wasatrika.
If You turn me away from Your presence, with whom shall I seek refuge? Alas for my shame and exposure; alas for my evil deeds and what I have committed! I ask You, Forgiver of the great sin and Mender of the broken bone, to pardon my ruinous offenses and conceal my disgraceful secrets. At the gathering of Resurrection, do not deprive me of the cool relief of Your pardon and forgiveness, and do not strip me of the beauty of Your forbearance and concealment.
إِلٰهِي ظَلِّلْ عَلَىٰ ذُنُوبِي غَمامَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَرْسِلْ عَلىٰ عُيُوبِي سَحابَ رَأْفَتِكَ إِلٰهِي هَلْ يَرْجِعُ الْعَبْدُ الأَبِقُ إِلَّا إِلَىٰ مَوْلاهُ أَمْ هَلْ يُجِيرُهُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ أَحَدٌ سِواهُ؟ إِلٰهِي إِنْ كانَ النَّدَمُ عَلَىٰ الذَّنْب تَوْبَةً، فَإِنِّي وَعِزَّتِكَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الاسْتِغْفارُ مِنَ الْخَطِيئَةِ حِطَّةً، فَإِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ، لَكَ الْعُتْبىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَرْضَىٰ.
Ilāhī ẓallil ʿalā dhunūbī ghamāma raḥmatika, wa-arsil ʿalā ʿuyūbī saḥāba raʾfatika ilāhī hal yarjiʿu al-ʿabdu al-abiqu illā ilā mawlāhu am hal yujīruhu min sakhaṭihi aḥadun siwāhu? ilāhī in kāna al-nadamu ʿalā al-dhanb tawbatan, fa-innī waʿizzatika mina al-nādimīna, wa-in kāna al-istighfāru mina al-khaṭīʾati ḥiṭṭatan, fa-innī laka mina al-mustaghfirīna, laka al-ʿutbā ḥattā tarḍā.
My God, spread the cloud of Your mercy over my sins and send the raincloud of Your tenderness across my faults. My God, does a runaway servant return to anyone but his master? Can anyone but the master protect him from the master's anger? My God, if remorse for sin is repentance, then by Your might I am among the remorseful. If asking forgiveness for an offense removes it, then I am among those who ask Your forgiveness. The right to reproach is Yours until You are pleased.
إِلٰهِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيَّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ، وَبِحِلْمِكَ عَنِّي اعْفُ عَنِّي، وَبِعِلْمِكَ بِي ارْفَقْ بِي. إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِي فَتَحْتَ لِعِبادِكَ بَابًا إِلَىٰ عَفْوِكَ سَمَّيْتَهُ التَّوْبَةَ، فَقُلْتَ: ( تُوبُوا إِلَىٰ اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَصُوحًا )، فَما عُذْرُ مَنْ أَغْفَلَ دُخُولَ الْبابِ بَعْدَ فَتْحِهِ.
Ilāhī biqudratika ʿalayya tub ʿalayya, wabiḥilmika ʿannī iʿfu ʿannī, wabiʿilmika bī irfaq bī. ilāhī anta al-ladhī fataḥta liʿibādika bāban ilā ʿafwika sammaytahu al-tawbata, faqulta: ( tūbū ilā Allāhi tawbatan naṣūḥan ), famā ʿudhru man aghfala dukhūla al-bābi baʿda fatḥihi.
My God, through Your power over me, turn toward me; through Your forbearance with me, pardon me; and through Your knowledge of me, deal gently with me. My God, You are the One who opened for Your servants a door into Your pardon and named it repentance. You said: “Turn to God in sincere repentance.” What excuse remains for one who neglects to enter after the door has been opened?
إِلٰهِي إِنْ كانَ قَبُحَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ الْعَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ. إِلٰهِي ما أَنَا بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ عَصاكَ، فَتُبْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَتَعَرَّضَ بِمَعْرُوفِكَ، فَجُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ، يا مُجِيبَ الْمُضْطَرِّ، يا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ، يا عَظِيمَ الْبِرِّ، يا عَلِيمًا بِما فِي السِّرِّ، يا جَمِيلَ السِّتْرِ اسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ إِلَيْكَ، وَتَوَسَّلْتُ بِجَنابِكَ وَتَرَحُّمِكَ لَدَيْكَ، فَاسْتَجِبْ دُعائِي، وَلا تُخَيِّبْ فِيكَ رَجَائِي وَتَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي
Ilāhī in kāna qabuḥa al-dhanbu min ʿabdika falyaḥsuni al-ʿafwu min ʿindika. ilāhī mā anā biʾawwali man ʿaṣāka, fatubta ʿalayhi, wataʿarraḍa bimaʿrūfika, fajudta ʿalayhi, yā mujība al-muḍṭarri, yā kāshifa al-ḍurri, yā ʿaẓīma al-birri, yā ʿalīman bimā fī al-sirri, yā jamīla al-sitri istashfaʿtu bijūdika wakaramika ilayka, watawassaltu bijanābika wataraḥḥumika ladayka, fa-istajib duʿāʾī, walā tukhayyib fīka rajāʾī wataqabbal tawbatī
My God, though the sin of Your servant is ugly, let the pardon from You be beautiful. My God, I am not the first to disobey You and then receive Your return, nor the first to seek Your kindness and then receive Your generosity. O Answerer of the distressed, Remover of harm, Possessor of immense goodness, Knower of what lies within the secret, Beautiful in concealment: I make Your generosity and munificence my intercessors before You, and I approach You through Your majesty and the mercy that is Yours. Answer my prayer, do not disappoint my hope in You, and accept my repentance.
وَكَفِّرْ خَطِيئَتِي، بِمَنِّكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
Wakaffir khaṭīʾatī, bimannika waraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna.
Erase my offense through Your favor and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
2 مُنَاجَاةُ الشَّاكِينَ
2 Munājātu al-shākīna
2. The Whispered Prayer of Those Who Complain
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً بِالسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً وَإِلَىٰ الْخَطِيئَةِ مُبَادِرَةً وَبِمَعَاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً تَسْلُكَ بِي مَسَالِكَ الْمَهَالِكِ وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ كَثِيرَةَ الْعِلَلِ طَوِيلَةَ الْأَمَلِ إِنْ مَسَّهَا الشَّرُّ تَجْزَعْ وَإِنْ مَسَّهَا الْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعْ مَيَّالَةً إِلَىٰ اللَّعِبِ وَاللَّهْوِ مَمْلُوءَةً بِالْغَفْلَةِ وَالسَّهْوِ تُسْرِعُ بِي إِلَىٰ الْحَوْبَةِ وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ إِلٰهِي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي وَشَيْطَاناً يُغْوِينِي قَدْ مَلأَ بِالْوَسْوَاسِ صَدْرِي
Ilāhī ilayka ashkū nafsan bi-al-sūʾi ammāratan wa-ilā al-khaṭīʾati mubādiratan wabimaʿāṣīka mūlaʿatan walisakhaṭika mutaʿarriḍatan tasluka bī masālika al-mahāliki watajʿalunī ʿindaka ahwana hālikin kathīrata al-ʿilali ṭawīlata al-amali in massahā al-sharru tajzaʿ wa-in massahā al-khayru tamnaʿ mayyālatan ilā al-laʿibi wa-al-lahwi mamlūʾatan bi-al-ghaflati wa-al-sahwi tusriʿu bī ilā al-ḥawbati watusawwifunī bi-al-tawbati ilāhī ashkū ilayka ʿaduwwan yuḍillunī washayṭānan yughwīnī qad malaʾa bi-al-waswāsi ṣadrī
My God, to You I complain of a soul that constantly commands evil, rushes toward sin, is infatuated with disobedience to You, and exposes itself to Your displeasure. It leads me along paths of destruction and makes me, before You, the most insignificant of the ruined. Its excuses are many and its hopes are long: when evil touches it, it panics; when good touches it, it withholds. It leans toward play and distraction, is filled with heedlessness and forgetfulness, hurries me toward guilt, and keeps postponing my repentance. My God, to You I complain of an enemy who misleads me and a devil who seduces me; he has filled my breast with whisperings.
وَأَحَاطَتْ هَوَاجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي يُعَاضِدُ لِيَ الْهَوَىٰ وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الطَّاعَةِ وَالزُّلْفَىٰ إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو قَلْباً قَاسِياً مَعَ الْوَسْوَاسِ مُتَقَلِّباً وَبِالرَّيْنِ وَالطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً وَعَيْناً عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جَامِدَةً وَإِلَىٰ مَا تَسُرُّهَا طَامِحَةً إِلٰهِي لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَلَا نَجَاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكَارِهِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا بِعِصْمَتِكَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ وَنَفَاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ
Wa-aḥāṭat hawājisuhu biqalbī yuʿāḍidu liya al-hawā wayuzayyinu lī ḥubba al-dunyā wayaḥūlu baynī wabayna al-ṭāʿati wa-al-zulfā ilāhī ilayka ashkū qalban qāsiyan maʿa al-waswāsi mutaqalliban wabi-al-rayni wa-al-ṭabʿi mutalabbisan waʿaynan ʿani al-bukāʾi min khawfika jāmidatan wa-ilā mā tasurruhā ṭāmiḥatan ilāhī lā ḥawla walā quwwata illā biqudratika walā najāta lī min makārihi al-dunyā illā biʿiṣmatika fa-asʾaluka bibalāghati ḥikmatika wanafādhi mashiyyatika
His promptings surround my heart. He supports desire against me, makes love of this world attractive to me, and comes between me and obedience and nearness. My God, to You I complain of a hard heart, unsettled by whispering, coated with rust and sealed; of an eye dry of tears from fear of You yet stretching toward whatever pleases it. My God, there is no power and no strength except through Your power, and I have no deliverance from the hardships of this world except through Your protection. I ask You by the eloquence of Your wisdom and the irresistible reach of Your will
أَنْ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً وَلَا تُصَيِّرْنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ الأَعْدَاءِ نَاصِراً وَعَلَىٰ الْمَخَازِي وَالْعُيُوبِ سَاتِراً وَمِنَ الْبَلايَا وَاقِياً وَعَنِ الْمَعَاصِي عَاصِماً بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
An lā tajʿalnī lighayri jūdika mutaʿarriḍan walā tuṣayyirnī li-l-fitani gharaḍan wakun lī ʿalā al-aʿdāʾi nāṣiran waʿalā al-makhāzī wa-al-ʿuyūbi sātiran wamina al-balāyā wāqiyan waʿani al-maʿāṣī ʿāṣiman biraʾfatika waraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
not to leave me exposed to anything but Your generosity, not to make me a target for trials, but to be my helper against enemies, my concealer from disgraces and faults, my shield against afflictions, and my guardian from acts of disobedience—through Your tenderness and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
3 مُنَاجَاةُ الْخَائِفِينَ
3 Munājātu al-khāʾifīna
3. The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي أَتَرَاكَ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ بِكَ تُعَذِّبُنِي أَمْ بَعْدَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ تُبَعِّدُنِي أَمْ مَعَ رَجَائِي لِرَحْمَتِكَ وَصَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِي أَمْ مَعَ اسْتِجَارَتِي بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِي حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُخَيِّبَنِي لَيْتَ شِعْرِي! أَلِلشَّقَاءِ وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي أَمْ لِلْعَنَاءِ رَبَّتْنِي فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِي وَلَمْ تُرَبِّنِي وَلَيْتَنِي عَلِمْتُ أَمِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعادَةِ جَعَلْتَنِي وَبِقُرْبِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ خَصَصْتَنِي فَتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ عَيْنِي وَتَطْمَئِنَّ لَهُ نَفْسِي
Ilāhī atarāka baʿda al-īmāni bika tuʿadhdhibunī am baʿda ḥubbī iyyāka tubaʿʿidunī am maʿa rajāʾī liraḥmatika waṣafḥika taḥrimunī am maʿa istijāratī biʿafwika tuslimunī ḥāshā liwajhika al-karīmi an tukhayyibanī layta shiʿrī! a-li-l-shaqāʾi waladatnī ummī am li-l-ʿanāʾi rabbatnī falaytahā lam talidnī walam turabbinī walaytanī ʿalimtu amin ahli al-saʿādati jaʿaltanī wabiqurbika wajiwārika khaṣaṣtanī fataqarra bidhālika ʿaynī wataṭmaʾinna lahu nafsī
My God, can I imagine that after I have believed in You, You will punish me; that after my love for You, You will banish me; that while I hope for Your mercy and pardon, You will deprive me; or that while I seek sanctuary in Your forgiveness, You will abandon me? Far be it from Your noble countenance to disappoint me! If only I knew: did my mother bear me for wretchedness, or rear me for toil? Would that she had neither borne nor reared me! If only I knew whether You have made me one of the blessed and singled me out for nearness to You and residence beside You, so that my eye may be delighted and my soul made tranquil.
إِلٰهِي هَلْ تُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهاً خَرَّتْ سَاجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ أَوْ تُخْرِسُ أَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِالثَّنَاءِ عَلَىٰ مَجْدِكَ وَجَلَالَتِكَ أَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ انْطَوَتْ عَلَىٰ مَحَبَّتِكَ أَوْ تُصِمُّ أَسْمَاعاً تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسَمَاعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِي إِرَادَتِكَ أَوْ تَغُلُّ أَكُفّاً رَفَعَتْهَا الآمَالُ إِلَيْكَ رَجَاءَ رَأْفَتِكَ أَوْ تُعَاقِبُ أَبْدَاناً عَمِلَتْ بِطَاعَتِكَ حَتَّىٰ نَحِلَتْ فِي مُجَاهَدَتِكَ أَوْ تُعَذِّبُ أَرْجُلاً سَعَتْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ إِلٰهِي لَا تُغْلِقْ عَلَىٰ مُوَحِّدِيكَ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Ilāhī hal tusawwidu wujūhan kharrat sājidatan liʿaẓamatika aw tukhrisu alsinatan naṭaqat bi-al-thanāʾi ʿalā majdika wajalālatika aw taṭbaʿu ʿalā qulūbin inṭawat ʿalā maḥabbatika aw tuṣimmu asmāʿan taladhdhadhat bisamāʿi dhikrika fī irādatika aw taghullu akuffan rafaʿat-hā al-āmālu ilayka rajāʾa raʾfatika aw tuʿāqibu abdānan ʿamilat biṭāʿatika ḥattā naḥilat fī mujāhadatika aw tuʿadhdhibu arjulan saʿat fī ʿibādatika ilāhī lā tughliq ʿalā muwaḥḥidīka abwāba raḥmatika
My God, will You blacken faces that fell prostrate before Your greatness? Will You silence tongues that spoke in praise of Your glory and majesty? Will You seal hearts that held love for You? Will You deafen ears that delighted in hearing Your remembrance for the sake of Your will? Will You shackle hands raised to You by hope of Your tenderness? Will You punish bodies that worked in obedience to You until they grew thin in striving for You? Will You chastise feet that hastened in Your worship? My God, do not close the doors of Your mercy upon those who affirm Your oneness.
وَلَا تَحْجُبْ مُشْتَاقِيكَ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ جَمِيلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ إِلٰهِي نَفْسٌ أَعْزَزْتَهَا بِتَوحِيدِكَ كَيْفَ تُذِلُّهَا بِمَهَانَةِ هِجْرَانِكَ وَضَمِيرٌ انْعَقَدَ عَلَىٰ مَوَدَّتِكَ كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُهُ بِحَرَارَةِ نِيرَانِكَ إِلٰهِي أَجِرْنِي مِنَ أَلِيمِ غَضَبِكَ وَعَظِيمِ سَخَطِكَ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ يَا غَفَّارُ يَا سَتَّارُ نَجِّنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَفَضِيحَةِ الْعَارِ إِذَا امْتَازَ الأَخْيَارُ مِنَ الأَشْرَارِ
Walā taḥjub mushtāqīka ʿani al-naẓari ilā jamīli ruʾyatika ilāhī nafsun aʿzaztahā bitawḥīdika kayfa tudhilluhā bimahānati hijrānika waḍamīrun inʿaqada ʿalā mawaddatika kayfa tuḥriquhu biḥarārati nīrānika ilāhī ajirnī mina alīmi ghaḍabika waʿaẓīmi sakhaṭika yā ḥannānu yā mannānu yā raḥīmu yā raḥmānu yā jabbāru yā qahhāru yā ghaffāru yā sattāru najjinī biraḥmatika min ʿadhābi al-nāri wafaḍīḥati al-ʿāri idhā imtāza al-akhyāru mina al-ashrāri
Do not veil those who yearn for You from beholding the beauty of Your vision. My God, how can a soul You honored by affirming Your oneness be abased through the humiliation of abandonment by You? How can a conscience bound to Your love be burned by the heat of Your fires? My God, protect me from the pain of Your anger and the greatness of Your displeasure. O Tender, O Bestower, O Merciful, O All-Merciful, O Compeller, O Subduer, O Forgiver, O Concealer—save me by Your mercy from the punishment of the Fire and the disgrace of shame,
وَحَالَتِ الأَحْوَالُ وَهَالَتِ الأَهْوَالُ وَقَرُبَ الْمُحْسِنُونَ وَبَعُدَ الْمُسِيئُونَ (وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ)
Waḥālati al-aḥwālu wahālati al-ahwālu waqaruba al-muḥsinūna wabaʿuda al-musīʾūna (wawuffiyat kullu nafsin mā kasabat wahum lā yuẓlamūna)
when the good are separated from the evil, conditions are transformed, terrors overwhelm, the doers of good are brought near, the evildoers are driven far, and “every soul is paid in full for what it earned, and they are not wronged.”
4 مُنَاجَاةُ الرَّاجِينَ
4 Munājātu al-rājīna
4. The Whispered Prayer of the Hopeful
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
يَا مَنْ إِذا سَأَلَهُ عَبْدٌ أَعْطَاهُ وَإِذَا أَمَّلَ مَا عِنْدَهُ بَلَّغَهُ مُنَاهُ وَإِذَا أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَرَّبَهُ وَأَدْنَاهُ وَإِذا جَاهَرَهُ بِالْعِصْيَانِ سَتَرَ عَلَىٰ ذَنْبِهِ وَغَطَّاهُ وَإِذا تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ أَحْسَبَهُ وَكَفَاهُ إِلٰهِي مَنِ الَّذِي نَزَلَ بِكَ مُلْتَمِساً قِرَاكَ فَمَا قَرَيْتَهُ وَمَنِ الَّذِي أَناخَ بِبَابِكَ مُرْتَجِياً نَدَاكَ فَمَا أَوْلَيْتَهُ أَيَحْسُنُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ عَنْ بَابِكَ بِالْخَيْبَةِ مَصْرُوفاً وَلَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ سِوَاكَ مَوْلًىٰ بِالإِحْسَانِ مَوْصُوفاً
Yā man idhā saʾalahu ʿabdun aʿṭāhu wa-idhā ammala mā ʿindahu ballaghahu munāhu wa-idhā aqbala ʿalayhi qarrabahu wa-adnāhu wa-idhā jāharahu bi-al-ʿiṣyāni satara ʿalā dhanbihi waghaṭṭāhu wa-idhā tawakkala ʿalayhi aḥsabahu wakafāhu ilāhī mani al-ladhī nazala bika multamisan qirāka famā qaraytahu wamani al-ladhī anākha bibābika murtajiyan nadāka famā awlaytahu ayaḥsunu an arjiʿa ʿan bābika bi-al-khaybati maṣrūfan walastu aʿrifu siwāka mawlan bi-al-iḥsāni mawṣūfan
O You who, when a servant asks, gives to him; when he hopes for what is with You, brings him to his desire; when he turns toward You, draws him close and brings him near; when he openly defies You, covers and veils his sin; and when he relies on You, is sufficient for him and sustains him. My God, who has come down as Your guest seeking Your hospitality and not been received? Who has tethered his mount at Your door, hoping for Your bounty, and not been favored? Would it be fitting for me to return from Your door turned away in disappointment, when I know no master but You who is renowned for beneficence?
كَيْفَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ بِيَدِكَ وَكَيْفَ أُؤَمِّلُ سِوَاكَ وَالْخَلْقُ وَالأَمْرُ لَكَ أَأَقْطَعُ رَجَائِي مِنْكَ وَقَدْ أَوْلَيْتَنِي مَا لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ أَمْ تُفْقِرُنِي إِلَىٰ مِثْلِي وَأَنَا أَعْتَصِمُ بِحَبْلِكَ يَا مَنْ سَعِدَ بِرَحْمَتِهِ الْقَاصِدُونَ وَلَمْ يَشْقَ بِنَقِمَتِهِ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ كَيْفَ أَنْسَاكَ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ ذَاكِرِي وَكَيْفَ أَلْهُو عَنْكَ وَأَنْتَ مُرَاقِبِي إِلٰهِي بِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ أَعْلَقْتُ يَدِي وَلِنَيْلِ عَطَايَاكَ بَسَطْتُ أَمَلِي
Kayfa arjū ghayraka wa-al-khayru kulluhu biyadika wakayfa uʾammilu siwāka wa-al-khalqu wa-al-amru laka aʾaqṭaʿu rajāʾī minka waqad awlaytanī mā lam asʾalhu min faḍlika am tufqirunī ilā mithlī wa-anā aʿtaṣimu biḥablika yā man saʿida biraḥmatihi al-qāṣidūna walam yashqa binaqimatihi al-mustaghfirūna kayfa ansāka walam tazal dhākirī wakayfa alhū ʿanka wa-anta murāqibī ilāhī bidhayli karamika aʿlaqtu yadī walinayli ʿaṭāyāka basaṭtu amalī
How could I hope in anyone but You when every good is in Your hand? How could I expect from anyone but You when creation and command belong to You? Shall I cut off my hope from You when, from Your grace, You have granted me what I never asked? Or will You make me dependent on one like myself while I hold fast to Your cord? O You whose mercy makes those who seek You happy, and whose retribution does not make those who ask forgiveness wretched: how could I forget You when You have never ceased remembering me? How could I be distracted from You when You watch over me? My God, I have fastened my hand to the hem of Your generosity and extended my hope toward receiving Your gifts.
فَأَخْلِصْنِي بِخَالِصَةِ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَفْوَةِ عَبِيدِكَ يَا مَنْ كُلُّ هَارِبٍ إِلَيْهِ يَلْتَجِئُ وَكُلُّ طَالِبٍ إِيَّاهُ يَرْتَجِي يَا خَيْرَ مَرْجُوٍّ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ مَدْعُوٍّ وَيَا مَنْ لَا يُرَدُّ سَائِلُهُ وَلَا يُخَيَّبُ آمِلُهُ يَا مَنْ بَابُهُ مَفْتُوحٌ لِدَاعِيهِ وَحِجَابُهُ مَرْفُوعٌ لِرَاجِيهِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكَرَمِكَ أَنْ تَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ بِما تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنِي وَمِنْ رَجَائِكَ بِما تَطْمَئِنُّ بِهِ نَفْسِي
Fa-akhliṣnī bikhāliṣati tawḥīdika wa-ijʿalnī min ṣafwati ʿabīdika yā man kullu hāribin ilayhi yaltajiʾu wakullu ṭālibin iyyāhu yartajī yā khayra marjuwwin wayā akrama madʿuwwin wayā man lā yuraddu sāʾiluhu walā yukhayyabu āmiluhu yā man bābuhu maftūḥun lidāʿīhi waḥijābuhu marfūʿun lirājīhi asʾaluka bikaramika an tamunna ʿalayya min ʿaṭāʾika bimā taqarru bihi ʿaynī wamin rajāʾika bimā taṭmaʾinnu bihi nafsī
So purify me through the pure reality of Your oneness and make me one of the elect among Your servants. O You to whom every fugitive flees for shelter and whom every seeker hopes to find; O best object of hope, most generous One invoked, whose petitioner is never rejected and whose hopeful one is never disappointed; O You whose door stands open to those who call and whose veil is lifted for those who hope: I ask You by Your generosity to bestow upon me from Your gifts what will delight my eye, from hope in You what will bring my soul to rest,
وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ بِما تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيَّ مُصِيبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَجْلُو بِهِ عَن بَصِيرَتِي غَشَوَاتِ الْعَمَىٰ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wamina al-yaqīni bimā tuhawwinu bihi ʿalayya muṣībāti al-dunyā watajlū bihi ʿan baṣīratī ghashawāti al-ʿamā biraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
and from certainty what will make the misfortunes of this world easy for me and clear the veils of blindness from my inward sight—through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
5 مُنَاجَاةُ الرَّاغِبِينَ
5 Munājātu al-rāghibīna
5. The Whispered Prayer of the Longing
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي إِنْ كَانَ قَلَّ زَادِي فِي الْمَسِيرِ إِلَيْكَ فَلَقَدْ حَسُنَ ظَنِّي بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ جُرْمِي قَدْ أَخَافَنِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ فَإِنَّ رَجَائِي قَدْ أَشْعَرَنِي بِالأَمْنِ مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَنْبِي قَدْ عَرَّضَنِي لِعِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ آذَنَنِي حُسْنُ ثِقَتِي بِثَوَابِكَ وَإِنْ أَنامَتْنِي الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَائِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِكَ وَآلَائِكَ وَإِنْ أَوْحَشَ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ فَرْطُ الْعِصْيَانِ وَالطُّغْيَانِ
Ilāhī in kāna qalla zādī fī al-masīri ilayka falaqad ḥasuna ẓannī bi-al-tawakkuli ʿalayka wa-in kāna jurmī qad akhāfanī min ʿuqūbatika fa-inna rajāʾī qad ashʿaranī bi-al-amni min naqimatika wa-in kāna dhanbī qad ʿarraḍanī liʿiqābika faqad ādhananī ḥusnu thiqatī bithawābika wa-in anāmatnī al-ghaflatu ʿani al-istiʿdādi liliqāʾika faqad nabbahatnī al-maʿrifatu bikaramika wa-ālāʾika wa-in awḥasha mā baynī wabaynaka farṭu al-ʿiṣyāni wa-al-ṭughyāni
My God, though my provisions for the journey to You are meager, my confidence in relying upon You is good. Though my crime has made me fear Your punishment, my hope has made me feel safe from Your vengeance. Though my sin has exposed me to Your penalty, my trust in You has announced the promise of Your reward. Though heedlessness has lulled me to sleep instead of preparing to meet You, knowledge of Your generosity and favors has awakened me. Though excessive disobedience and rebellion have made the space between us desolate,
فَقَدْ آنَسَنِي بُشْرَىٰ الْغُفْرَانِ وَالرِّضْوَانِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِسُبُحَاتِ وَجْهِكَ وَبِأَنْوارِ قُدْسِكَ وَأَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَوَاطِفِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلَطَائِفِ بِرِّكَ أَنْ تُحَقِّقَ ظَنِّي بِمَا أُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ جَزِيلِ إِكْرَامِكَ وَجَمِيلِ إِنْعَامِكَ فِي الْقُرْبَىٰ مِنْكَ وَالزُّلْفَىٰ لَدَيْكَ وَالتَّمَتُّعِ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ وَهَا أَنا مُتَعَرِّضٌ لِنَفَحَاتِ رَوْحِكَ وَعَطْفِكَ وَمُنْتَجِعٌ غَيْثَ جُودِكَ وَلُطْفِكَ فَارُّ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ إِلَىٰ رِضَاكَ هَارِبٌ مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ رَاجٍ أَحْسَنَ مَا لَدَيْكَ
Faqad ānasanī bushrā al-ghufrāni wa-al-riḍwāni asʾaluka bisubuḥāti wajhika wabiʾanwāri qudsika wa-abtahilu ilayka biʿawāṭifi raḥmatika walaṭāʾifi birrika an tuḥaqqiqa ẓannī bimā uʾammiluhu min jazīli ikrāmika wajamīli inʿāmika fī al-qurbā minka wa-al-zulfā ladayka wa-al-tamattuʿi bi-al-naẓari ilayka wahā anā mutaʿarriḍun linafaḥāti rawḥika waʿaṭfika wamuntajiʿun ghaytha jūdika waluṭfika fārru min sakhaṭika ilā riḍāka hāribun minka ilayka rājin aḥsana mā ladayka
the good news of forgiveness and good pleasure has brought me companionship. I ask You by the radiances of Your countenance and the lights of Your holiness; I implore You by the tender movements of Your mercy and the subtleties of Your goodness to fulfill my hope for Your abundant honor and beautiful favor: nearness to You, closeness in Your presence, and the delight of beholding You. Here I stand exposed to the breezes of Your refreshment and tenderness, seeking the rain of Your generosity and gentleness, fleeing from Your displeasure to Your good pleasure, escaping from You to You, hoping for the finest thing that is with You,
مُعَوِّلٌ عَلَىٰ مَواهِبِكَ مُفْتَقِرٌ إِلَىٰ رِعَايَتِكَ إِلٰهِي مَا بَدَأْتَ بِهِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَتَمِّمْهُ وَمَا وَهَبْتَ لِي مِنْ كَرَمِكَ فَلَا تَسْلُبْهُ وَمَا سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَيَّ بِحِلْمِكَ فَلَا تَهْتِكْهُ وَمَا عَلِمْتَهُ مِنْ قَبِيحِ فِعْلِي فَاغْفِرْهُ إِلٰهِي اسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِكَ إِلَيْكَ وَاسْتَجَرْتُ بِكَ مِنْكَ أَتَيْتُكَ طَامِعاً فِي إِحْسَانِكَ راغِباً فِي امْتِنانِكَ مُسْتَسْقِياً وَابِلَ طَوْلِكَ مُسْتَمْطِراً غَمَامَ فَضْلِكَ طَالِباً مَرْضَاتَكَ قَاصِداً جَنَابَكَ
Muʿawwilun ʿalā mawāhibika muftaqirun ilā riʿāyatika ilāhī mā badaʾta bihi min faḍlika fatammimhu wamā wahabta lī min karamika falā taslubhu wamā satartahu ʿalayya biḥilmika falā tahtik-hu wamā ʿalimtahu min qabīḥi fiʿlī fa-ighfirhu ilāhī istashfaʿtu bika ilayka wa-istajartu bika minka ataytuka ṭāmiʿan fī iḥsānika rāghiban fī imtinānika mustasqiyan wābila ṭawlika mustamṭiran ghamāma faḍlika ṭāliban marḍātaka qāṣidan janābaka
relying upon Your gifts and in need of Your care. My God, complete the favor with which You began; do not take away the generosity You granted me; do not uncover what Your forbearance concealed; and forgive the ugly acts You know of me. My God, I have made You my intercessor before You and sought Your protection from You. I have come desiring Your beneficence, longing for Your gracious gift, asking for the downpour of Your bounty and the raincloud of Your grace, seeking Your pleasure and making for Your presence,
وَارِداً شَرِيعَةَ رِفْدِكَ مُلْتَمِساً سَنِيَّ الْخَيْراتِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وافِداً إِلَىٰ حَضْرَةِ جَمالِكَ، مُرِيداً وَجْهَكَ، طارِقاً بابَكَ، مُسْتَكِيناً لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَجَلالِكَ، فَافْعَلْ بِي ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ، وَلا تَفْعَلْ بِي ما أَنَا أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْعَذابِ وَالنِّقْمَةِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wāridan sharīʿata rifdika multamisan saniyya al-khayrāti min ʿindika, wāfidan ilā ḥaḍrati jamālika, murīdan wajhaka, ṭāriqan bābaka, mustakīnan liʿaẓamatika wajalālika, fa-ifʿal bī mā anta ahluhu mina al-maghfirati wa-al-raḥmati, walā tafʿal bī mā anā ahluhu mina al-ʿadhābi wa-al-niqmati biraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
coming to the watering place of Your support, seeking the splendid blessings that are with You, arriving at the court of Your beauty, desiring Your face, knocking at Your door, and humbling myself before Your greatness and majesty. So deal with me as befits You—with forgiveness and mercy—and do not deal with me as befits me—with punishment and vengeance—through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
6 مُنَاجَاةُ الشَّاكِرِينَ
6 Munājātu al-shākirīna
6. The Whispered Prayer of the Thankful
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ وَأَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ وَشَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ وَأَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ وَقَابَلَهَا بِالتَّقْصِيرِ وَشَهِدَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِالإِهْمَالِ وَالتَّضْيِيعِ وَأَنْتَ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ الْبَرُّ الْكَرِيمُ الَّذِي لَا يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ وَلَا يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ الرَّاجِينَ
Ilāhī adhhalanī ʿan iqāmati shukrika tatābuʿu ṭawlika wa-aʿjazanī ʿan iḥṣāʾi thanāʾika fayḍu faḍlika washaghalanī ʿan dhikri maḥāmidika tarādufu ʿawāʾidika wa-aʿyānī ʿan nashri ʿawārifika tawālī ayādīka wahādhā maqāmu mani iʿtarafa bisubūghi al-naʿmāʾi waqābalahā bi-al-taqṣīri washahida ʿalā nafsihi bi-al-ihmāli wa-al-taḍyīʿi wa-anta al-raʾūfu al-raḥīmu al-barru al-karīmu al-ladhī lā yukhayyibu qāṣidīhi walā yaṭrudu ʿan fināʾihi āmilīhi bisāḥatika taḥuṭṭu riḥālu al-rājīna
My God, the unbroken succession of Your bounty has distracted me from giving You proper thanks; the flood of Your grace has made me unable to number Your praises; the repeated arrival of Your kindness has occupied me from recounting Your laudable gifts; and the continuing course of Your favors has exhausted me before I could publish Your beneficence. This is the station of one who acknowledges the fullness of blessings, answers them with shortcoming, and testifies against himself for negligence and waste. Yet You are the Tender, the Merciful, the Good, the Generous, who does not disappoint those who seek Him and does not drive hopeful visitors from His court. In Your precinct the hopeful set down their traveling loads,
وَبِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ الْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ فَلَا تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِالتَّخْيِيبِ وَالإِيَاسِ وَلَا تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ الْقُنُوطِ وَالإِبْلَاسِ إِلٰهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي وَتَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَنَشْرِي جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الإِيمَانِ حُلَلاً وَضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ الْعِزِّ كِلَلاً وَقَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لَا تُحَلُّ وَطَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لَا تُفَلُّ فَآلَاؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا
Wabiʿarṣatika taqifu āmālu al-mustarfidīna falā tuqābil āmālanā bi-al-takhyībi wa-al-iyāsi walā tulbisnā sirbāla al-qunūṭi wa-al-iblāsi ilāhī taṣāghara ʿinda taʿāẓumi ālāʾika shukrī wataḍāʾala fī janbi ikrāmika iyyāya thanāʾī wanashrī jallalatnī niʿamuka min anwāri al-īmāni ḥulalan waḍarabat ʿalayya laṭāʾifu birrika mina al-ʿizzi kilalan waqalladatnī minanuka qalāʾida lā tuḥallu waṭawwaqatnī aṭwāqan lā tufallu fa-ālāʾuka jammatun ḍaʿufa lisānī ʿan iḥṣāʾihā
and in Your courtyard stand the hopes of those who seek aid. Do not meet our hopes with disappointment and despair, and do not clothe us in the garment of hopelessness and despondency. My God, my gratitude looks small beside the magnitude of Your favors, and my praise and proclamation shrink beside Your honoring of me. Your blessings have dressed me in robes woven from the lights of faith; the subtleties of Your goodness have spread canopies of dignity over me; Your gracious gifts have hung about me necklaces that cannot be removed and encircled me with collars that cannot be broken. Your favors are abundant—my tongue is too weak to count them.
وَنَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا فَضْلاً عَنِ اسْتِقْصَائِهَا فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ الشُّكْرِ وَشُكْرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَىٰ شُكْرٍ فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذٰلِكَ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ إِلٰهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ وَرَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ النِّعَمِ وَادْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ النِّقَمِ وَآتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ الدَّارَيْنِ أَرْفَعَهَا وَأَجَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَآجِلاً وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ
Wanaʿmāʾuka kathīratun qaṣura fahmī ʿan idrākihā faḍlan ʿani istiqṣāʾihā fakayfa lī bitaḥṣīli al-shukri washukrī iyyāka yaftaqiru ilā shukrin fakullamā qultu laka al-ḥamdu wajaba ʿalayya lidhālika an aqūla laka al-ḥamdu ilāhī fakamā ghadhdhaytanā biluṭfika warabbaytanā biṣunʿika fatammim ʿalaynā sawābigha al-niʿami wa-idfaʿ ʿannā makāriha al-niqami wa-ātinā min ḥuẓūẓi al-dārayni arfaʿahā wa-ajallahā ʿājilan wa-ājilan walaka al-ḥamdu ʿalā ḥusni balāʾika
Your blessings are many—my understanding falls short of grasping them, let alone surveying them all. How, then, can I attain true gratitude when my very gratitude to You calls for more gratitude? Each time I say, “Praise belongs to You,” that statement itself obliges me to say again, “Praise belongs to You.” My God, just as You have nourished us by Your gentleness and raised us by Your beneficent care, complete for us the fullness of Your blessings, ward off from us the hateful blows of retribution, and give us the highest and most glorious shares of both abodes, now and hereafter. To You belongs praise for the beauty of Your testing
وَسُبُوغِ نَعْمائِكَ حَمْداً يُوافِقُ رِضاكَ، وَيَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرِّكَ وَنَداكَ، يا عَظِيمُ يا كَرِيمُ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
Wasubūghi naʿmāʾika ḥamdan yuwāfiqu riḍāka, wayamtarī al-ʿaẓīma min birrika wanadāka, yā ʿaẓīmu yā karīmu, biraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna.
and the fullness of Your blessings—a praise that accords with Your good pleasure and draws forth the immensity of Your goodness and generosity. O Magnificent, O Generous, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
7 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُطِيعِينَ لِلَّهِ
7 Munājātu al-muṭīʿīna li-llāhi
7. The Whispered Prayer of Those Obedient to God
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
اللَّهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنَا طَاعَتَكَ وَجَنِّبْنَا مَعْصِيَتَكَ وَيَسِّرْ لَنا بُلُوغَ مَا نَتَمَنَّىٰ مِنِ ابْتِغَاءِ رِضْوَانِكَ وَأَحْلِلْنَا بُحْبُوحَةَ جِنَانِكَ وَاقْشَعْ عَنْ بَصَائِرِنَا سَحَابَ الاِرْتِيَابِ وَاكْشِفْ عَنْ قُلُوبِنَا أَغْشِيَةَ الْمِرْيَةِ وَالْحِجَابِ وَأَزْهِقِ الْبَاطِلَ عَنْ ضَمَائِرِنَا وَأَثْبِتِ الْحَقَّ فِي سَرَائِرِنَا فَإِنَّ الشُّكُوكَ وَالظُّنُونَ لَوَاقِحُ الْفِتَنِ وَمُكَدِّرَةٌ لِصَفْوِ الْمَنَائِحِ وَالْمِنَنِ اَللَّهُمَّ احْمِلْنَا فِي سُفُنِ نَجَاتِكَ وَمَتِّعْنَا بِلَذِيذِ مُناجَاتِكَ وَأَوْرِدْنَا حِيَاضَ حُبِّكَ
Allāhumma alhimnā ṭāʿataka wajannibnā maʿṣiyataka wayassir lanā bulūgha mā natamannā mini ibtighāʾi riḍwānika wa-aḥlilnā buḥbūḥata jinānika wa-iqshaʿ ʿan baṣāʾirinā saḥāba al-irtiyābi wa-ikshif ʿan qulūbinā aghshiyata al-miryati wa-al-ḥijābi wa-azhiqi al-bāṭila ʿan ḍamāʾirinā wa-athbiti al-ḥaqqa fī sarāʾirinā fa-inna al-shukūka wa-al-ẓunūna lawāqiḥu al-fitani wamukaddiratun liṣafwi al-manāʾiḥi wa-al-minani Allāhumma iḥmilnā fī sufuni najātika wamattiʿnā biladhīdhi munājātika wa-awridnā ḥiyāḍa ḥubbika
O God, inspire us to obey You, keep us far from disobeying You, and make it easy for us to reach what we long for in seeking Your good pleasure. Settle us in the spacious heart of Your gardens; sweep the clouds of doubt from our inner sight; lift from our hearts the coverings of uncertainty and veiling; drive falsehood from our consciences and establish truth in our inmost selves. Doubts and suspicions breed temptations and muddy the purity of gifts and favors. O God, carry us aboard the vessels of Your deliverance, let us enjoy the sweetness of intimate prayer to You, and bring us to the pools of Your love.
وَأَذِقْنَا حَلاوَةَ وُدِّكَ وَقُرْبِكَ وَاجْعَلْ جِهَادَنا فِيكَ وَهَمَّنَا فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَأَخْلِصْ نِيَّاتِنَا فِي مُعَامَلَتِكَ فَإِنَّا بِكَ وَلَكَ وَلَا وَسِيلَةَ لَنَا إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ إِلٰهِي اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الأَخْيَارِ وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ الأَبْرَارِ السَّابِقِينَ إِلَىٰ الْمَكْرُمَاتِ الْمُسَارِعِينَ إِلَىٰ الْخَيْراتِ الْعَامِلِينَ لِلْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ السَّاعِينَ إِلىٰ رَفِيعِ الدَّرَجَاتِ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَبِالإِجَابَةِ جَدِيرٌ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wa-adhiqnā ḥalāwata wuddika waqurbika wa-ijʿal jihādanā fīka wahammanā fī ṭāʿatika wa-akhliṣ niyyātinā fī muʿāmalatika fa-innā bika walaka walā wasīlata lanā ilayka illā anta ilāhī ijʿalnī mina al-muṣṭafayna al-akhyāri wa-alḥiqnī bi-al-ṣāliḥīna al-abrāri al-sābiqīna ilā al-makrumāti al-musāriʿīna ilā al-khayrāti al-ʿāmilīna li-l-bāqiyāti al-ṣāliḥāti al-sāʿīna ilā rafīʿi al-darajāti innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun wabi-al-ijābati jadīrun biraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
Let us taste the sweetness of Your affection and nearness. Make our striving be for You and our concern be obedience to You; purify our intentions in our dealings with You, for we exist through You and belong to You, and we have no means to You except You. My God, place me among the chosen and good; join me to the righteous and devout—those first to noble deeds, swift toward good things, laboring for lasting acts of righteousness and striving toward exalted ranks. You have power over all things and are worthy to answer, through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
8 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُرِيدِينَ
8 Munājātu al-murīdīna
8. The Whispered Prayer of the Devoted
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
سُبْحَانَكَ! مَا أَضْيَقَ الطُّرُقَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ دَلِيلَهُ وَمَا أَوْضَحَ الْحَقَّ عِنْدَ مَنْ هَدَيْتَهُ سَبِيلَهُ إِلٰهِي فَاسْلُكْ بِنَا سُبُلَ الْوُصُولِ إِلَيْكَ وَسَيِّرْنَا فِي أَقْرَبِ الطُّرُقِ لِلْوُفُودِ عَلَيْكَ قَرِّبْ عَلَيْنَا الْبَعِيدَ وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا الْعَسِيرَ الشَّدِيدَ وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِعِبَادِكَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِالْبِدَارِ إِلَيْكَ يُسَارِعُونَ وَبَابَكَ عَلَىٰ الدَّوَامِ يَطْرُقُونَ وَإِيَّاكَ فِي اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهَارِ يَعْبُدُونَ وَهُمْ مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ مُشْفِقُونَ
Subḥānaka! mā aḍyaqa al-ṭuruqa ʿalā man lam takun dalīlahu wamā awḍaḥa al-ḥaqqa ʿinda man hadaytahu sabīlahu ilāhī fa-usluk binā subula al-wuṣūli ilayka wasayyirnā fī aqrabi al-ṭuruqi li-l-wufūdi ʿalayka qarrib ʿalaynā al-baʿīda wasahhil ʿalaynā al-ʿasīra al-shadīda wa-alḥiqnā biʿibādika al-ladhīna hum bi-al-bidāri ilayka yusāriʿūna wabābaka ʿalā al-dawāmi yaṭruqūna wa-iyyāka fī al-layli wa-al-nahāri yaʿbudūna wahum min haybatika mushfiqūna
Glory be to You! How narrow the roads are for one whom You do not guide, and how clear the truth is to one whose way You direct. My God, lead us along the paths that arrive at You and move us by the nearest roads toward presenting ourselves before You. Bring what is distant near and make what is difficult and severe easy for us. Join us to Your servants who hasten eagerly toward You, knock continually at Your door, worship You by night and day, and remain apprehensive before Your awe—
الَّذِينَ صَفَّيْتَ لَهُمُ الْمَشَارِبَ وَبَلَّغْتَهُمُ الرَّغَائِبَ وَأَنْجَحْتَ لَهُمُ الْمَطَالِبَ وَقَضَيْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْمَآرِبَ وَمَلَأْتَ لَهُمْ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ مِنْ حُبِّكَ وَرَوَّيتَهُمْ مِنْ صَافِي شِرْبِكَ فَبِكَ إِلَىٰ لَذِيذِ مُنَاجَاتِكَ وَصَلُوا وَمِنْكَ أَقْصَىٰ مَقَاصِدِهِمْ حَصَّلُوا فَيَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ الْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ مُقْبِلٌ وَبِالْعَطْفِ عَلَيْهِمْ عَائِدٌ مُفْضِلٌ وَبِالْغَافِلِينَ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ رَحِيمٌ رَءُوفٌ وَبِجَذْبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ بَابِهِ وَدُودٌ عَطُوفٌ أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِهِمْ مِنْكَ حَظّاً
Al-ladhīna ṣaffayta lahumu al-mashāriba waballaghtahumu al-raghāʾiba wa-anjaḥta lahumu al-maṭāliba waqaḍayta lahum min faḍlika al-maʾāriba wamalaʾta lahum ḍamāʾirahum min ḥubbika warawwaytahum min ṣāfī shirbika fabika ilā ladhīdhi munājātika waṣalū waminka aqṣā maqāṣidihim ḥaṣṣalū fayā man huwa ʿalā al-muqbilīna ʿalayhi muqbilun wabi-al-ʿaṭfi ʿalayhim ʿāʾidun mufḍilun wabi-al-ghāfilīna ʿan dhikrihi raḥīmun raʾūfun wabijadhbihim ilā bābihi wadūdun ʿaṭūfun asʾaluka an tajʿalanī min awfarihim minka ḥaẓẓan
those for whom You have purified the drinking places, brought them to what they desire, fulfilled their requests, supplied their needs from Your grace, filled their consciences with Your love, and quenched them from Your pure drink. Through You they attained the delight of intimate prayer to You, and from You they gained their highest aims. O You who turns toward those who turn to Him and returns to them with tenderness and favor; who is gentle and merciful to those heedless of His remembrance, lovingly and compassionately drawing them to His door: I ask You to give me, among them, the fullest share from You,
وَأَعْلاهُمْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً وَأَجْزَلِهِمْ مِنْ وُدِّكَ قِسْماً وَأَفْضَلِهِمْ فِي مَعْرِفَتِكَ نَصِيباً فَقَدِ انْقَطَعَتْ إِلَيْكَ هِمَّتِي وَانْصَرَفَتْ نَحْوَكَ رَغْبَتِي فَأَنْتَ لَا غَيْرُكَ مُرَادِي وَلَكَ لَا لِسِوَاكَ سَهَرِي وَسُهَادِي وَلِقَاؤُكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي وَوَصْلُكَ مُنَىٰ نَفْسِي وَإِلَيْكَ شَوْقِي وَفِي مَحَبَّتِكَ وَلَهِي وَإِلَىٰ هَوَاكَ صَبَابَتِي وَرِضَاكَ بُغْيَتِي وَرُؤْيَتُكَ حَاجَتِي وَجِوَارُكَ طَلِبَتِي وَقُرْبُكَ غايَةُ سُؤْلِي وَفِي مُناجَاتِكَ رَوْحِي وَرَاحَتِي وَعِنْدَكَ دَوَاءُ عِلَّتِي
Wa-aʿlāhum ʿindaka manzilan wa-ajzalihim min wuddika qisman wa-afḍalihim fī maʿrifatika naṣīban faqadi inqaṭaʿat ilayka himmatī wa-inṣarafat naḥwaka raghbatī fa-anta lā ghayruka murādī walaka lā lisiwāka saharī wasuhādī waliqāʾuka qurratu ʿaynī wawaṣluka munā nafsī wa-ilayka shawqī wafī maḥabbatika walahī wa-ilā hawāka ṣabābatī wariḍāka bughyatī waruʾyatuka ḥājatī wajiwāruka ṭalibatī waqurbuka ghāyatu suʾlī wafī munājātika rawḥī warāḥatī waʿindaka dawāʾu ʿillatī
the highest station with You, the richest portion of Your love, and the finest allotment of knowledge of You. My aspiration has become wholly directed toward You and my desire has turned entirely to You. You—not another—are what I seek. For You—not anyone else—are my wakefulness and sleeplessness. Meeting You is the delight of my eye and union with You is my soul's desire. Toward You is my yearning; in love of You is my bewilderment; toward Your affection is my ardor. Your good pleasure is my quest, the vision of You my need, residence beside You my request, and nearness to You the utmost of my asking. In intimate prayer to You are my relief and repose; with You lie the medicine for my sickness,
وَشِفَاءُ غُلَّتِي وَبَرْدُ لَوْعَتِي وَكَشْفُ كُرْبَتِي فَكُنْ أَنِيسِي فِي وَحْشَتِي وَمُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي وَغَافِرَ زَلَّتِي وَقَابِلَ تَوْبَتِي وَمُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي وَوَلِيَّ عِصْمَتِي وَمُغْنِيَ فَاقَتِي وَلَا تَقْطَعْنِي عَنْكَ وَلَا تُبْعِدْنِي مِنْكَ يَا نَعِيمِي وَجَنَّتِي وَيَا دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Washifāʾu ghullatī wabardu lawʿatī wakashfu kurbatī fakun anīsī fī waḥshatī wamuqīla ʿathratī waghāfira zallatī waqābila tawbatī wamujība daʿwatī wawaliyya ʿiṣmatī wamughniya fāqatī walā taqṭaʿnī ʿanka walā tubʿidnī minka yā naʿīmī wajannatī wayā dunyāya wa-ākhiratī yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
the healing of my thirst, the cooling of my burning grief, and the removal of my distress. Be my companion in loneliness, cancel my stumble, forgive my lapse, accept my repentance, answer my prayer, take charge of my protection, and enrich my poverty. Do not cut me off from You or send me far from You—O my bliss and my garden, my world and my hereafter, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
9 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُحِبِّينَ
9 Munājātu al-muḥibbīna
9. The Whispered Prayer of the Lovers
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي ذَاقَ حَلاوَةَ مَحَبَّتِكَ فَرَامَ مِنْكَ بَدَلاً وَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي أَنِسَ بِقُرْبِكَ فَابْتَغَىٰ عَنْكَ حِوَلاً إِلٰهِي فَاجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنِ اصْطَفَيْتَهُ لِقُرْبِكَ وَوِلايَتِكَ وَأَخْلَصْتَهُ لِوُدِّكَ وَمَحَبَّتِكَ وَشَوَّقْتَهُ إِلَىٰ لِقَائِكَ وَرَضَّيْتَهُ بِقَضَائِكَ وَمَنَحْتَهُ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ وَجْهِكَ وَحَبَوْتَهُ بِرِضَاكَ وَأَعَذْتَهُ مِنْ هَجْرِكَ وَقِلاكَ وَبَوَّأْتَهُ مَقْعَدَ الصِّدْقِ فِي جِوَارِكَ وَخَصَصْتَهُ بِمَعْرِفَتِكَ وَأَهَّلْتَهُ لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَهَيَّمْتَ قَلْبَهُ لإِرَادَتِكَ وَاجْتَبَيْتَهُ لِمُشَاهَدَتِكَ
Ilāhī man dhā al-ladhī dhāqa ḥalāwata maḥabbatika farāma minka badalan waman dhā al-ladhī anisa biqurbika fa-ibtaghā ʿanka ḥiwalan ilāhī fa-ijʿalnā mimmani iṣṭafaytahu liqurbika wawilāyatika wa-akhlaṣtahu liwuddika wamaḥabbatika washawwaqtahu ilā liqāʾika waraḍḍaytahu biqaḍāʾika wamanaḥtahu bi-al-naẓari ilā wajhika waḥabawtahu biriḍāka wa-aʿadhtahu min hajrika waqilāka wabawwaʾtahu maqʿada al-ṣidqi fī jiwārika wakhaṣaṣtahu bimaʿrifatika wa-ahhaltahu liʿibādatika wahayyamta qalbahu li-irādatika wa-ijtabaytahu limushāhadatika
My God, who has tasted the sweetness of Your love and then desired another in Your place? Who has found intimacy in nearness to You and then sought to turn away? My God, make us among those You have chosen for nearness and friendship, made sincere for Your affection and love, filled with longing to meet You, contented with Your decree, granted the vision of Your face, favored with Your good pleasure, protected from abandonment and rejection by You, settled in a truthful seat beside You, singled out for knowledge of You, made fit to worship You, whose hearts You have captivated for Your will, and whom You have selected for contemplation of You;
وَأَخْلَيْتَ وَجْهَهُ لَكَ وَفَرَّغْتَ فُؤَادَهُ لِحُبِّكَ وَرَغَّبْتَهُ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ وَأَلْهَمْتَهُ ذِكْرَكَ وَأَوْزَعْتَهُ شُكْرَكَ وَشَغَلْتَهُ بِطَاعَتِكَ وَصَيَّرْتَهُ مِنْ صَالِحِي بَرِيَّتِكَ وَاخْتَرْتَهُ لِمُنَاجَاتِكَ وَقَطَعْتَ عَنْهُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يَقْطَعُهُ عَنْكَ اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ دَأْبُهُمُ الاِرْتِيَاحُ إِلَيْكَ وَالْحَنِينُ وَدَهْرُهُمُ الزَّفْرَةُ وَالأَنِينُ جِبَاهُهُمْ سَاجِدَةٌ لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَعُيُونُهُمْ سَاهِرَةٌ فِي خِدْمَتِكَ وَدُمُوعُهُمْ سَائِلَةٌ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ مُتَعَلِّقَةٌ بِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مُنْخَلِعَةٌ مِنْ مَهَابَتِكَ
Wa-akhlayta wajhahu laka wafarraghta fuʾādahu liḥubbika waraghghabtahu fīmā ʿindaka wa-alhamtahu dhikraka wa-awzaʿtahu shukraka washaghaltahu biṭāʿatika waṣayyartahu min ṣāliḥī bariyyatika wa-ikhtartahu limunājātika waqaṭaʿta ʿanhu kulla shayʾin yaqṭaʿuhu ʿanka Allāhumma ijʿalnā mimman daʾbuhumu al-irtiyāḥu ilayka wa-al-ḥanīnu wadahruhumu al-zafratu wa-al-anīnu jibāhuhum sājidatun liʿaẓamatika waʿuyūnuhum sāhiratun fī khidmatika wadumūʿuhum sāʾilatun min khashyatika waqulūbuhum mutaʿalliqatun bimaḥabbatika wa-afʾidatuhum munkhaliʿatun min mahābatika
those whose faces You have freed for You alone, whose hearts You have emptied for Your love, whom You have made desire what is with You, inspired to remember You, prompted to thank You, occupied in obeying You, placed among the righteous of Your creation, chosen for intimate prayer to You, and severed from everything that would cut them off from You. O God, make us among those whose constant practice is joyfully turning toward You and yearning for You, whose days are sighing and moaning, whose foreheads bow before Your greatness, whose eyes remain awake in Your service, whose tears flow from fear of You, whose hearts cling to Your love, and whose inmost beings tremble at Your majesty.
يَا مَنْ أَنْوَارُ قُدْسِهِ لأَبْصَارِ مُحِبِّيهِ رَائِقَةٌ وَسُبُحَاتُ وَجْهِهِ لِقُلُوبِ عَارِفِيهِ شَائِقَةٌ يَا مُنَىٰ قُلُوبِ الْمُشْتَاقِينَ وَيَا غَايَةَ آمَالِ الْمُحِبِّينَ أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ يُوصِلُنِي إِلىٰ قُرْبِكَ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا سِوَاكَ وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ قَائِداً إِلَىٰ رِضْوَانِكَ وَشَوْقِي إِلَيْكَ ذَائِداً عَنْ عِصْيَانِكَ وَامْنُنْ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ عَلَيَّ وَانْظُرْ بِعَيْنِ الْوُدِّ وَالْعَطْفِ إِلَيَّ
Yā man anwāru qudsihi li-abṣāri muḥibbīhi rāʾiqatun wasubuḥātu wajhihi liqulūbi ʿārifīhi shāʾiqatun yā munā qulūbi al-mushtāqīna wayā ghāyata āmāli al-muḥibbīna asʾaluka ḥubbaka waḥubba man yuḥibbuka waḥubba kulli ʿamalin yūṣilunī ilā qurbika wa-an tajʿalaka aḥabba ilayya mimmā siwāka wa-an tajʿala ḥubbī iyyāka qāʾidan ilā riḍwānika washawqī ilayka dhāʾidan ʿan ʿiṣyānika wa-umnun bi-al-naẓari ilayka ʿalayya wa-unẓur biʿayni al-wuddi wa-al-ʿaṭfi ilayya
O You whose holy lights delight the eyes of those who love You and whose radiant countenance awakens longing in the hearts of those who know You; O desire of yearning hearts and utmost hope of lovers: I ask You for love of You, love of those who love You, and love of every deed that brings me near You. Make Yourself dearer to me than anything besides You. Make my love for You a guide to Your good pleasure, and my longing for You a guard against disobeying You. Bestow on me the vision of You and look upon me with the eye of affection and tenderness.
وَلَا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّي وَجْهَكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الإِسْعَادِ وَالْحُظْوَةِ عِنْدَكَ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Walā taṣrif ʿannī wajhaka wa-ijʿalnī min ahli al-isʿādi wa-al-ḥuẓwati ʿindaka yā mujību yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
Do not turn Your face from me. Make me one of those who receive happiness and favor with You, O Answerer, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
10 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُتَوَسِّلِينَ
10 Munājātu al-mutawassilīna
10. The Whispered Prayer of Those Who Seek a Means
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي لَيْسَ لِي وَسِيلَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا عَوَاطِفُ رَأْفَتِكَ وَلَا لِي ذَرِيعَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا عَوَارِفُ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشَفَاعَةُ نَبِيِّكَ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمُنْقِذِ الأُمَّةِ مِنَ الْغُمَّةِ فَاجْعَلْهُمَا لِي سَبَباً إِلَىٰ نَيْلِ غُفْرَانِكَ وَصَيِّرْهُمَا لِي وُصْلَةً إِلَىٰ الْفَوْزِ بِرِضْوَانِكَ وَقَدْ حَلَّ رَجَائِي بِحَرَمِ كَرَمِكَ وَحَطَّ طَمَعِي بِفِنَاءِ جُودِكَ فَحَقِّقْ فِيكَ أَمَلِي وَاخْتِمْ بِالْخَيْرِ عَمَلِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ الَّذِينَ أَحْلَلْتَهُمْ بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ
Ilāhī laysa lī wasīlatun ilayka illā ʿawāṭifu raʾfatika walā lī dharīʿatun ilayka illā ʿawārifu raḥmatika washafāʿatu nabiyyika nabiyyi al-raḥmati wamunqidhi al-ummati mina al-ghummati fa-ijʿalhumā lī sababan ilā nayli ghufrānika waṣayyirhumā lī wuṣlatan ilā al-fawzi biriḍwānika waqad ḥalla rajāʾī biḥarami karamika waḥaṭṭa ṭamaʿī bifināʾi jūdika faḥaqqiq fīka amalī wa-ikhtim bi-al-khayri ʿamalī wa-ijʿalnī min ṣafwatika al-ladhīna aḥlaltahum buḥbūḥata jannatika
My God, I have no means to You except the tender impulses of Your compassion, no avenue to You except the known gifts of Your mercy and the intercession of Your Prophet—the Prophet of mercy and rescuer of the community from distress. Make these two a cause for me to attain Your forgiveness and a bond that brings me to triumph through Your good pleasure. My hope has entered the sanctuary of Your generosity and my desire has alighted in the courtyard of Your munificence. Fulfill my hope in You, seal my work with goodness, and make me one of Your chosen ones whom You have settled in the spacious center of Your garden,
وَبَوَّأْتَهُمْ دَارَ كَرَامَتِكَ وَأَقْرَرْتَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ وَأَوْرَثْتَهُمْ مَنَازِلَ الصِّدْقِ فِي جَوَارِكَ يَا مَنْ لَا يَفِدُ الْوَافِدُونَ عَلَىٰ أَكْرَمَ مِنْهُ وَلَا يَجِدُ الْقَاصِدُونَ أَرْحَمَ مِنْهُ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ خَلا بِهِ وَحِيدٌ وَيَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ آوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ طَرِيدٌ إِلَىٰ سَعَةِ عَفْوِكَ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي وَبِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ أَعْلَقْتُ كَفِّي فَلَا تُولِنِي الْحِرْمَانَ وَلَا تُبْلِنِي بِالْخَيْبَةِ وَالْخُسْرَانِ
Wabawwaʾtahum dāra karāmatika wa-aqrarta aʿyunahum bi-al-naẓari ilayka yawma liqāʾika wa-awrathtahum manāzila al-ṣidqi fī jawārika yā man lā yafidu al-wāfidūna ʿalā akrama minhu walā yajidu al-qāṣidūna arḥama minhu yā khayra man khalā bihi waḥīdun wayā aʿṭafa man āwā ilayhi ṭarīdun ilā saʿati ʿafwika madadtu yadī wabidhayli karamika aʿlaqtu kaffī falā tūlinī al-ḥirmāna walā tublinī bi-al-khaybati wa-al-khusrāni
lodged in the abode of Your honor, delighted by beholding You on the day they meet You, and given an inheritance of true stations beside You. O You to whom no visitors ever come upon one more generous, and in whom no seekers ever find one more merciful; best companion for one who is alone, most tender refuge for one cast out: I stretch my hand toward the breadth of Your pardon and cling with my palm to the hem of Your generosity. Do not make deprivation my lot, and do not afflict me with disappointment and loss.
يَا سَمِيعَ الدُّعَاءِ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Yā samīʿa al-duʿāʾi yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
O Hearer of prayer, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
11 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُفْتَقِرِينَ
11 Munājātu al-muftaqirīna
11. The Whispered Prayer of the Needy
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي كَسْرِي لَا يَجْبُرُهُ إِلَّا لُطْفُكَ وَحَنَانُكَ وَفَقْرِي لَا يُغْنِيهِ إِلَّا عَطْفُكَ وَإِحْسَانُكَ وَرَوْعَتِي لَا يُسَكِّنُهَا إِلَّا أَمَانُكَ وَذِلَّتِي لَا يُعِزُّهَا إِلَّا سُلْطانُكَ وَأُمْنِيَتِي لَا يُبَلِّغُنِيهَا إِلَّا فَضْلُكَ وَخَلَّتِي لَا يَسُدُّهَا إِلَّا طَوْلُكَ وَحَاجَتِي لَا يَقْضِيهَا غَيْرُكَ وَكَرْبِي لَا يُفَرِّجُهُ سِوَىٰ رَحْمَتِكَ وَضُرِّي لَا يَكْشِفُهُ غَيْرُ رَأْفَتِكَ وَغُلَّتِي لَا يُبَرِّدُهَا إِلَّا وَصْلُكَ وَلَوْعَتِي لَا يُطْفِيهَا إِلَّا لِقَاؤُكَ
Ilāhī kasrī lā yajburuhu illā luṭfuka waḥanānuka wafaqrī lā yughnīhi illā ʿaṭfuka wa-iḥsānuka warawʿatī lā yusakkinuhā illā amānuka wadhillatī lā yuʿizzuhā illā sulṭānuka wa-umniyatī lā yuballighunīhā illā faḍluka wakhallatī lā yasudduhā illā ṭawluka waḥājatī lā yaqḍīhā ghayruka wakarbī lā yufarrijuhu siwā raḥmatika waḍurrī lā yakshifuhu ghayru raʾfatika waghullatī lā yubarriduhā illā waṣluka walawʿatī lā yuṭfīhā illā liqāʾuka
My God, nothing can mend my brokenness except Your gentleness and tender care; nothing can enrich my poverty except Your kindness and beneficence; nothing can calm my fear except Your security; nothing can give honor to my abasement except Your sovereignty; nothing can bring me to my wish except Your grace; nothing can fill my want except Your bounty; no one but You can meet my need; nothing but Your mercy can relieve my anguish; nothing but Your tenderness can remove my harm; nothing but union with You can cool my thirst; and nothing but meeting You can extinguish my burning grief.
وَشَوْقِي إِلَيْكَ لَا يَبُلُّهُ إِلَّا النَّظَرُ إِلَىٰ وَجْهِكَ وَقَرَارِي لَا يَقِرُّ دُونَ دُنُوِّي مِنْكَ وَلَهْفَتِي لَا يَرُدُّهَا إِلَّا رَوْحُكَ وَسَقَمِي لَا يَشْفِيهِ إِلَّا طِبُّكَ وَغَمِّي لَا يُزِيلُهُ إِلَّا قُرْبُكَ وَجُرْحِي لَا يُبْرِئُهُ إِلَّا صَفْحُكَ وَرَيْنُ قَلْبِي لَا يَجْلُوهُ إِلَّا عَفْوُكَ وَوَسْوَاسُ صَدْرِي لَا يُزِيحُهُ إِلَّا أَمْرُكَ فَيَا مُنْتَهَىٰ أَمَلِ الآمِلِينَ وَيَا غَايَةَ سُؤْلِ السَّائِلِينَ وَيَا أَقْصَىٰ طِلْبَةِ الطَّالِبِينَ
Washawqī ilayka lā yabulluhu illā al-naẓaru ilā wajhika waqarārī lā yaqirru dūna dunuwwī minka walahfatī lā yarudduhā illā rawḥuka wasaqamī lā yashfīhi illā ṭibbuka waghammī lā yuzīluhu illā qurbuka wajurḥī lā yubriʾuhu illā ṣafḥuka waraynu qalbī lā yajlūhu illā ʿafwuka wawaswāsu ṣadrī lā yuzīḥuhu illā amruka fayā muntahā amali al-āmilīna wayā ghāyata suʾli al-sāʾilīna wayā aqṣā ṭilbati al-ṭālibīna
My longing for You is refreshed only by beholding Your face; I find no rest short of drawing near to You; nothing but Your refreshment can turn away my sorrow; nothing but Your medicine can cure my sickness; nothing but Your nearness can remove my grief; nothing but Your pardon can heal my wound; nothing but Your forgiveness can polish the rust of my heart; and nothing but Your command can drive away the whispering in my breast. O utmost hope of those who hope, final request of those who ask, highest quest of those who seek;
وَيَا أَعْلَىٰ رَغْبَةِ الرَّاغِبِينَ وَيَا وَلِيَّ الصَّالِحِينَ وَيَا أَمَانَ الْخَائِفِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا ذُخْرَ الْمُعْدَمِينَ وَيَا كَنْزَ الْبَائِسِينَ وَيَا غِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ وَيَا قَاضِيَ حَوَائِجِ الْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ الْأَكْرَمِينََ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ لَكَ تَخَضُّعِي وَسُؤَالِي وَإِلَيْكَ تَضَرُّعِي وَابْتِهَالِي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُنِيلَنِي مِنْ رَوْحِ رِضْوَانِكَ وَتُدِيمَ عَلَيَّ نِعَمَ امْتِنَانِكَ وَهَا أَنَا بِبَابِ كَرَمِكَ وَاقِفٌ
Wayā aʿlā raghbati al-rāghibīna wayā waliyya al-ṣāliḥīna wayā amāna al-khāʾifīna wayā mujība daʿwati al-muḍṭarrīna wayā dhukhra al-muʿdamīna wayā kanza al-bāʾisīna wayā ghiyātha al-mustaghīthīna wayā qāḍiya ḥawāʾiji al-fuqarāʾi wa-al-masākīni wayā akrama al-akramīna wayā arḥama al-rāḥimīna laka takhaḍḍuʿī wasuʾālī wa-ilayka taḍarruʿī wa-ibtihālī asʾaluka an tunīlanī min rawḥi riḍwānika watudīma ʿalayya niʿama imtinānika wahā anā bibābi karamika wāqifun
O loftiest desire of those who desire, Guardian of the righteous, security of the fearful, Answerer of the distressed, provision of the destitute, treasure of the miserable, aid of those who cry for help, Fulfiller of the needs of the poor and needy, Most Generous of the generous, Most Merciful of the merciful: to You belong my humility and my request, and toward You go my pleading and supplication. I ask You to grant me the refreshment of Your good pleasure and to make the blessings of Your gracious gifts continuous upon me. Here I am, standing at the door of Your generosity,
وَلِنَفَحَاتِ بِرِّكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ وَبِحَبْلِكَ الشَّدِيدِ مُعْتَصِمٌ وَبِعُرْوَتِكَ الْوُثْقَىٰ مُتَمَسِّكٌ إِلٰهِي ارْحَمْ عَبْدَكَ الذَّلِيلَ ذَا اللِّسَانِ الْكَلِيلِ وَالْعَمَلِ الْقَلِيلِ وَامْنُنْ عَلَيْهِ بِطَوْلِكَ الْجَزِيلِ وَاكْنُفْهُ تَحْتَ ظِلِّكَ الظَّلِيلِ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا جَمِيلُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Walinafaḥāti birrika mutaʿarriḍun wabiḥablika al-shadīdi muʿtaṣimun wabiʿurwatika al-wuthqā mutamassikun ilāhī irḥam ʿabdaka al-dhalīla dhā al-lisāni al-kalīli wa-al-ʿamali al-qalīli wa-umnun ʿalayhi biṭawlika al-jazīli wa-uknufhu taḥta ẓillika al-ẓalīli yā karīmu yā jamīlu yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
exposed to the breezes of Your goodness, holding firmly to Your strong cord and clinging to Your most trustworthy handhold. My God, have mercy on Your lowly servant, whose tongue is weary and whose deeds are few. Favor him with Your abundant bounty and shelter him under Your spreading shade, O Generous, O Beautiful, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
12 مُنَاجَاةُ الْعَارِفِينَ
12 Munājātu al-ʿārifīna
12. The Whispered Prayer of Those Who Know God
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي قَصُرَتِ الأَلْسُنُ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ثَنَائِكَ كَما يَلِيقُ بِجَلالِكَ وَعَجَزَتِ الْعُقُولُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ كُنْهِ جَمَالِكَ وَانْحَسَرَتِ الأَبْصَارُ دُونَ النَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ سُبُحَاتِ وَجْهِكَ وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ لِلْخَلْقِ طَرِيقاً إِلَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ إِلَّا بِالْعَجْزِ عَنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ إِلٰهِي فَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ تَرَسَّخَتْ أَشْجَارُ الشَّوْقِ إِلَيْكَ فِي حَدَائِقِ صُدُورِهِمْ وَأَخَذَتْ لَوْعَةُ مَحَبَّتِكَ بِمَجَامِعِ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَوْكَارِ الأَفْكَارِ يَأْوُونَ وَفِي رِيَاضِ الْقُرْبِ وَالْمُكَاشَفَةِ يَرْتَعُونَ
Ilāhī qaṣurati al-alsunu ʿan bulūghi thanāʾika kamā yalīqu bijalālika waʿajazati al-ʿuqūlu ʿan idrāki kunhi jamālika wa-inḥasarati al-abṣāru dūna al-naẓari ilā subuḥāti wajhika walam tajʿal li-l-khalqi ṭarīqan ilā maʿrifatika illā bi-al-ʿajzi ʿan maʿrifatika ilāhī fa-ijʿalnā mina al-ladhīna tarassakhat ashjāru al-shawqi ilayka fī ḥadāʾiqi ṣudūrihim wa-akhadhat lawʿatu maḥabbatika bimajāmiʿi qulūbihim fahum ilā awkāri al-afkāri yaʾwūna wafī riyāḍi al-qurbi wa-al-mukāshafati yartaʿūna
My God, tongues fall short of attaining praise of You as befits Your majesty; minds are unable to grasp the reality of Your beauty; eyes fail before beholding the radiances of Your countenance. You have given creation no path to knowing You except the recognition that they cannot fully know You. My God, make us among those in whose hearts the trees of longing for You have taken deep root and whose whole hearts are seized by the burning of Your love. They retire to the nests of reflection, pasture in the gardens of nearness and unveiling,
وَمِنْ حِيَاضِ الْمَحَبَّةِ بِكَأْسِ الْمُلاطَفَةِ يَكْرَعُونَ وَشَرَائِعَ الْمُصَافَاةِ يَرِدُونَ قَدْ كُشِفَ الْغِطَاءُ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَانْجَلَتْ ظُلْمَةُ الرَّيْبِ عَنْ عَقَائِدِهِمْ وَضَمَائِرِهِمْ وَانْتَفَتْ مُخَالَجَةُ الشَّكِّ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَرَائِرِهِمْ وَانْشَرَحَتْ بِتَحْقِيقِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ صُدُورُهُمْ وَعَلَتْ لِسَبْقِ السَّعَادَةِ فِي الزَّهَادَةِ هِمَمُهُمْ وَعَذُبَ فِي مَعينِ الْمُعَامَلَةِ شِرْبُهُمْ وَطَابَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الأُنْسِ سِرُّهُمْ وَأَمِنَ فِي مَوْطِنِ الْمَخَافَةِ سِرْبُهُمْ وَاطْمَأَنَّتْ بِالرُّجُوعِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّ الأَرْبَابِ أَنْفُسُهُمْ
Wamin ḥiyāḍi al-maḥabbati bikaʾsi al-mulāṭafati yakraʿūna washarāʾiʿa al-muṣāfāti yaridūna qad kushifa al-ghiṭāʾu ʿan abṣārihim wa-injalat ẓulmatu al-raybi ʿan ʿaqāʾidihim waḍamāʾirihim wa-intafat mukhālajatu al-shakki ʿan qulūbihim wasarāʾirihim wa-insharaḥat bitaḥqīqi al-maʿrifati ṣudūruhum waʿalat lisabqi al-saʿādati fī al-zahādati himamuhum waʿadhuba fī maʿyni al-muʿāmalati shirbuhum waṭāba fī majlisi al-unsi sirruhum wa-amina fī mawṭini al-makhāfati sirbuhum wa-iṭmaʾannat bi-al-rujūʿi ilā rabbi al-arbābi anfusuhum
drink from the pools of love with the cup of gentle favor, and come to the watering places of pure devotion. The covering has been lifted from their sight; the darkness of doubt has cleared from their convictions and consciences; the disturbance of uncertainty has vanished from their hearts and secrets; their breasts have expanded through the realization of knowledge; their aspirations have risen, through prior felicity, in renunciation; their drink has grown sweet at the flowing spring of service; their secret has become pleasant in the gathering of intimacy; their path is safe in the place of fear; and their souls are tranquil in returning to the Lord of lords.
وَتَيَقَّنَتْ بِالْفَوْزِ وَالْفَلاحِ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ وَقَرَّتْ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ مَحْبُوبِهِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ وَاسْتَقَرَّ بِإِدْرَاكِ السُّؤْلِ وَنَيْلِ الْمَأْمُولِ قَرَارُهُمْ وَرَبِحَتْ فِي بَيْعِ الدُّنْيَا بِالآخِرَةِ تِجَارَتُهُمْ إِلٰهِي مَا أَلَذَّ خَوَاطِرَ الإِلْهَامِ بِذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ الْقُلُوبِ وَمَا أَحْلَىٰ الْمَسِيرَ إِلَيْكَ بِالأَوْهَامِ فِي مَسَالِكِ الْغُيُوبِ وَمَا أَطْيَبَ طَعْمَ حُبِّكَ وَمَا أَعْذَبَ شِرْبَ قُرْبِكَ فَأَعِذْنا مِنْ طَرْدِكَ وَإِبْعَادِكَ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَخَصِّ عَارِفِيكَ وَأَصْلَحِ عِبَادِكَ
Watayaqqanat bi-al-fawzi wa-al-falāḥi arwāḥuhum waqarrat bi-al-naẓari ilā maḥbūbihim aʿyunuhum wa-istaqarra biʾidrāki al-suʾli wanayli al-maʾmūli qarāruhum warabiḥat fī bayʿi al-dunyā bi-al-ākhirati tijāratuhum ilāhī mā aladhdha khawāṭira al-ilhāmi bidhikrika ʿalā al-qulūbi wamā aḥlā al-masīra ilayka bi-al-awhāmi fī masāliki al-ghuyūbi wamā aṭyaba ṭaʿma ḥubbika wamā aʿdhaba shirba qurbika fa-aʿidhnā min ṭardika wa-ibʿādika wa-ijʿalnā min akhaṣṣi ʿārifīka wa-aṣlaḥi ʿibādika
Their spirits are certain of triumph and flourishing; their eyes are delighted by beholding their Beloved; their repose is established through obtaining what they asked and reaching what they hoped; and their commerce profits by exchanging this world for the hereafter. My God, how delightful for hearts are the thoughts inspired by remembering You; how sweet is the inward journey toward You along unseen paths; how pleasant is the taste of Your love; how refreshing is the drink of Your nearness. Protect us from being driven away and banished by You, and make us among the most intimate of those who know You and the soundest of Your servants,
وَأَصْدَقِ طَائِعِيكَ وَأَخْلَصِ عُبَّادِكَ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا جَلِيلُ يَا كَرِيمُ يَا مُنِيلُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَمَنِّكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wa-aṣdaqi ṭāʾiʿīka wa-akhlaṣi ʿubbādika yā ʿaẓīmu yā jalīlu yā karīmu yā munīlu biraḥmatika wamannika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
the truest of those who obey You and the sincerest of Your worshippers. O Magnificent, O Majestic, O Generous, O Giver—through Your mercy and favor, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
13 مُنَاجَاةُ الذَّاكِرِينَ
13 Munājātu al-dhākirīna
13. The Whispered Prayer of Those Who Remember
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي لَوْلَا الْوَاجِبُ مِنْ قَبُولِ أَمْرِكَ لَنَزَّهْتُكَ مِنْ ذِكْرِي إِيَّاكَ عَلَىٰ أَنَّ ذِكْرِي لَكَ بِقَدْرِي لَا بِقَدْرِكَ وَمَا عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ مِقْدَارِي حَتَّىٰ أَجْعَلَ مَحَلاًّ لِتَقْدِيسِكَ وَمِنْ أَعْظَمِ النِّعَمِ عَلَيْنَا جَرَيَانُ ذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ أَلْسِنَتِنَا وَإِذْنُكَ لَنَا بِدُعَائِكَ وَتَنْزِيهِكَ وَتَسْبِيحِكَ إِلٰهِي فَأَلْهِمْنَا ذِكْرَكَ فِي الْخَلاءِ وَالْمَلاءِ وَاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالإِعْلانِ وَالإِسْرَارِ وَفِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَآنِسْنَا بِالذِّكْرِ الْخَفِيِّ
Ilāhī lawlā al-wājibu min qabūli amrika lanazzahtuka min dhikrī iyyāka ʿalā anna dhikrī laka biqadrī lā biqadrika wamā ʿasā an yablugha miqdārī ḥattā ajʿala maḥalan litaqdīsika wamin aʿẓami al-niʿami ʿalaynā jarayānu dhikrika ʿalā alsinatinā wa-idhnuka lanā biduʿāʾika watanzīhika watasbīḥika ilāhī fa-alhimnā dhikraka fī al-khalāʾi wa-al-malāʾi wa-al-layli wa-al-nahāri wa-al-iʿlāni wa-al-isrāri wafī al-sarrāʾi wa-al-ḍarrāʾi wa-ānisnā bi-al-dhikri al-khafiyyi
My God, were accepting Your command not obligatory, I would declare You too exalted even for my remembrance of You, for my remembrance is according to my measure, not Yours. How could my worth ever reach a level that makes me a place for hallowing You? Among Your greatest blessings to us is that remembrance of You flows upon our tongues and that You have permitted us to call upon You, declare You transcendent, and glorify You. My God, inspire us to remember You in solitude and in company, by night and by day, openly and secretly, in ease and adversity. Give us intimacy through hidden remembrance.
وَاسْتَعْمِلْنَا بِالْعَمَلِ الزَّكِيِّ وَالسَّعْيِ الْمَرْضِيِّ وَجَازِنَا بِالْمِيزَانِ الْوَفِيِّ إِلٰهِي بِكَ هَامَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْوَالِهَةُ وَعَلَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ جُمِعَتِ الْعُقُولُ الْمُتَبَايِنَةُ فَلَا تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ إِلَّا بِذِكْرَاكَ وَلَا تَسْكُنُ النُّفُوسُ إِلَّا عِنْدَ رُؤْيَاكَ أَنْتَ الْمُسَبَّحُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَالْمَعْبُودُ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَالْمَوْجُودُ فِي كُلِّ أَوَانٍ وَالْمَدْعُوُّ بِكُلِّ لِسَانٍ وَالْمُعَظَّمُ فِي كُلِّ جَنَانٍ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ لَذَّةٍ بِغَيْرِ ذِكْرِكَ
Wa-istaʿmilnā bi-al-ʿamali al-zakiyyi wa-al-saʿyi al-marḍiyyi wajāzinā bi-al-mīzāni al-wafiyyi ilāhī bika hāmati al-qulūbu al-wālihatu waʿalā maʿrifatika jumiʿati al-ʿuqūlu al-mutabāyinatu falā taṭmaʾinnu al-qulūbu illā bidhikrāka walā taskunu al-nufūsu illā ʿinda ruʾyāka anta al-musabbaḥu fī kulli makānin wa-al-maʿbūdu fī kulli zamānin wa-al-mawjūdu fī kulli awānin wa-al-madʿuwwu bikulli lisānin wa-al-muʿaẓẓamu fī kulli janānin wa-astaghfiruka min kulli ladhdhatin bighayri dhikrika
Employ us in pure deeds and approved striving, and reward us with a full measure. My God, through You, hearts consumed with love wander in ecstasy, and upon knowing You, divergent minds are gathered. Hearts find tranquility only in remembering You, and souls find repose only when beholding You. You are glorified in every place, worshipped at every time, present in every moment, invoked in every tongue, and magnified in every heart. I ask Your forgiveness for every pleasure apart from remembering You,
وَمِنْ كُلِّ رَاحَةٍ بِغَيْرِ أُنْسِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ سُرُورٍ بِغَيْرِ قُرْبِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ شُغْلٍ بِغَيْرِ طَاعَتِكَ إِلٰهِي أَنْتَ قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ: (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْراً كَثِيراً وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلاً) وَقُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ: (فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ) فَأَمَرْتَنَا بِذِكْرِكَ وَوَعَدْتَنا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ تَذْكُرَنا تَشْرِيفاً لَنَا وَتَفْخِيماً وَإِعْظَاماً وَهَا نَحْنُ ذَاكِرُوكَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَنَا فَأَنْجِزْ لَنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا
Wamin kulli rāḥatin bighayri unsika wamin kulli surūrin bighayri qurbika wamin kulli shughlin bighayri ṭāʿatika ilāhī anta qulta waqawluka al-ḥaqqu: (yā ayyuhā al-ladhīna āmanū idhkurū Allāha dhikran kathīran wasabbiḥūhu bukratan wa-aṣīlan) waqulta waqawluka al-ḥaqqu: (fa-udhkurūnī adhkurkum) fa-amartanā bidhikrika wawaʿadtanā ʿalayhi an tadhkuranā tashrīfan lanā watafkhīman wa-iʿẓāman wahā naḥnu dhākirūka kamā amartanā fa-anjiz lanā mā waʿadtanā
for every rest apart from intimacy with You, for every joy apart from nearness to You, and for every occupation apart from obeying You. My God, You have said—and Your word is truth: “O you who believe, remember God with much remembrance, and glorify Him morning and evening.” You have also said—and Your word is truth: “Remember Me, and I will remember you.” You commanded us to remember You and promised in return to remember us, thereby honoring, ennobling, and magnifying us. Here we are, remembering You as You commanded; so fulfill for us what You promised,
يَا ذَاكِرَ الذَّاكِرِينَ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Yā dhākira al-dhākirīna wayā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
O You who remembers those who remember, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
14 مُنَاجَاةُ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ
14 Munājātu al-muʿtaṣimīna
14. The Whispered Prayer of Those Who Hold Fast
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
اَللَّهُمَّ يَا مَلاذَ اللَّائِذِينَ وَيَا مَعَاذَ الْعَائِذِينَ وَيَا مُنْجِيَ الْهَالِكِينَ وَيَا عَاصِمَ الْبَائِسِينَ وَيَا رَاحِمَ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا كَنْزَ الْمُفْتَقِرِينَ وَيَا جَابِرَ الْمُنْكَسِرِينَ وَيَا مَأْوَىٰ الْمُنْقَطِعِينَ وَيَا نَاصِرَ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَيَا مُجِيرَ الْخَائِفِينَ وَيَا مُغِيثَ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا حِصْنَ اللَّاجِئِينَ إِنْ لَمْ أَعُذْ بِعِزَّتِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَعُوذُ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَلُذْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ فَبِمَنْ أَلُوذُ وَقَدْ أَلْجَأَتْنِي الذُّنُوبُ إِلَىٰ التَّشَبُّثِ بِأَذْيَالِ عَفْوِكَ
Allāhumma yā malādha al-lāʾidhīna wayā maʿādha al-ʿāʾidhīna wayā munjiya al-hālikīna wayā ʿāṣima al-bāʾisīna wayā rāḥima al-masākīna wayā mujība al-muḍṭarrīna wayā kanza al-muftaqirīna wayā jābira al-munkasirīna wayā maʾwā al-munqaṭiʿīna wayā nāṣira al-mustaḍʿafīna wayā mujīra al-khāʾifīna wayā mughītha al-makrūbīna wayā ḥiṣna al-lājiʾīna in lam aʿudh biʿizzatika fabiman aʿūdhu wa-in lam aludh biqudratika fabiman alūdhu waqad aljaʾatnī al-dhunūbu ilā al-tashabbuthi biʾadhyāli ʿafwika
O God, Shelter of those who seek shelter, Refuge of those who seek refuge, Deliverer of those who are perishing, Protector of the miserable, Merciful to the needy, Answerer of the distressed, Treasure of the poor, Mender of the broken, Haven of the cut off, Helper of the oppressed, Giver of sanctuary to the fearful, Aid of the anguished, Fortress of those who flee for refuge: if I do not seek protection in Your might, with whom shall I seek protection? If I do not take shelter in Your power, with whom shall I take shelter? My sins have compelled me to cling to the skirts of Your pardon.
وَأَحْوَجَتْنِي الْخَطَايَا إِلَىٰ اسْتِفْتَاحِ أَبْوَابِ صَفْحِكَ وَدَعَتْنِي الْإِسَاءَةُ إِلَىٰ الْإِنَاخَةِ بِفِنَاءِ عِزِّكَ وَحَمَلَتْنِي الْمَخَافَةُ مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ عَلَىٰ التَّمَسُّكِ بِعُرْوَةِ عَطْفِكَ وَمَا أَحَقُّ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِحَبْلِكَ أَنْ يُخْذَلَ وَلَا يَلِيقُ بِمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ بِعِزِّكَ أَنْ يُسْلَمَ أَوْ يُهْمَلَ إِلٰهِي فَلَا تُخْلِنَا مِنْ حِمَايَتِكَ وَلَا تُعْرِنَا مِنْ رِعَايَتِكَ وَذُدْنَا عَنْ مَوَارِدِ الْهَلَكَةِ فَإِنَّا بِعَيْنِكَ وَفِي كَنَفِكَ وَلَكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَهْلِ خَاصَّتِكَ
Wa-aḥwajatnī al-khaṭāyā ilā istiftāḥi abwābi ṣafḥika wadaʿatnī al-isāʾatu ilā al-inākhati bifināʾi ʿizzika waḥamalatnī al-makhāfatu min naqimatika ʿalā al-tamassuki biʿurwati ʿaṭfika wamā aḥaqqu mani iʿtaṣama biḥablika an yukhdhala walā yalīqu bimani istajāra biʿizzika an yuslama aw yuhmala ilāhī falā tukhlinā min ḥimāyatika walā tuʿrinā min riʿāyatika wadhudnā ʿan mawāridi al-halakati fa-innā biʿaynika wafī kanafika walaka asʾaluka biʾahli khāṣṣatika
My offenses have made me need the opening of the doors of Your forgiveness; my wrongdoing has summoned me to dismount in the courtyard of Your might; and fear of Your retribution has driven me to grasp the handhold of Your tenderness. One who holds fast to Your cord should not be abandoned, nor should one who seeks sanctuary in Your might be surrendered or neglected. My God, do not leave us empty of Your protection or strip us of Your care. Keep us from the watering places of destruction, for we are before Your eye and within Your shelter. And by You, I ask You through those You have specially chosen—
مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَلَيْنَا وَاقِيَةً تُنْجِينَا مِنَ الْهَلَكاتِ وَتُجَنِّبُنَا مِنَ الآفَاتِ وَتُكِنُّنَا مِنْ دَوَاهِي الْمُصِيبَاتِ وَأَنْ تُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ سَكِينَتِكَ وَأَنْ تُغَشِّيَ وُجُوهَنَا بِأَنْوَارِ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَنْ تُؤْوِيَنَا إِلَىٰ شَدِيدِ رُكْنِكَ وَأَنْ تَحْوِيَنَا فِي أَكْنَافِ عِصْمَتِكَ بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Min malāʾikatika wa-al-ṣāliḥīna min bariyyatika an tajʿala ʿalaynā wāqiyatan tunjīnā mina al-halakāti watujannibunā mina al-āfāti watukinnunā min dawāhī al-muṣībāti wa-an tunzila ʿalaynā min sakīnatika wa-an tughashshiya wujūhanā biʾanwāri maḥabbatika wa-an tuʾwiyanā ilā shadīdi ruknika wa-an taḥwiyanā fī aknāfi ʿiṣmatika biraʾfatika waraḥmatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna
Your angels and the righteous among Your creatures—to appoint over us a guard that will save us from destruction, keep afflictions away from us, shelter us from the blows of calamity, send down upon us some of Your tranquility, cover our faces with the lights of Your love, lodge us against Your strong support, and gather us within the embrace of Your protection—through Your tenderness and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
15 مُنَاجَاةُ الزَّاهِدِينَ
15 Munājātu al-zāhidīna
15. The Whispered Prayer of the Renunciants
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi
In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
إِلٰهِي أَسْكَنْتَنَا دَاراً حَفَرَتْ لَنَا حُفَرَ مَكْرِهَا وَعَلَّقْتَنَا بِأَيْدِي الْمَنَايَا فِي حَبَائِلِ غَدْرِهَا فَإِلَيْكَ نَلْتَجِئُ مِنْ مَكَائِدِ خُدَعِهَا وَبِكَ نَعْتَصِمُ مِنَ الِاغْتِرَارِ بِزَخَارِفِ زِينَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا الْمُهْلِكَةُ طُلَاّبَهَا الْمُتْلِفَةُ حُلاّلَهَا الْمَحْشُوَّةُ بِالآفَاتِ الْمَشْحُونَةُ بِالنَّكَبَاتِ إِلٰهِي فَزَهِّدْنا فِيهَا وَسَلِّمْنَا مِنْهَا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَعِصْمَتِكَ وَانْزَعْ عَنَّا جَلابِيبَ مُخَالَفَتِكَ وَتَوَلَّ أُمُورَنَا بِحُسْنِ كِفَايَتِكَ وَأَوْفِرْ مَزِيدَنَا مِنْ سَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَجْمِلْ صِلاتِنَا مِنْ فَيْضِ مَوَاهِبِكَ
Ilāhī askantanā dāran ḥafarat lanā ḥufara makrihā waʿallaqtanā biʾaydī al-manāyā fī ḥabāʾili ghadrihā fa-ilayka naltajiʾu min makāʾidi khudaʿihā wabika naʿtaṣimu mina al-ightirāri bizakhārifi zīnatihā fa-innahā al-muhlikatu ṭulabahā al-mutlifatu ḥullahā al-maḥshuwwatu bi-al-āfāti al-mashḥūnatu bi-al-nakabāti ilāhī fazahhidnā fīhā wasallimnā minhā bitawfīqika waʿiṣmatika wa-inzaʿ ʿannā jalābība mukhālafatika watawalla umūranā biḥusni kifāyatika wa-awfir mazīdanā min saʿati raḥmatika wa-ajmil ṣilātinā min fayḍi mawāhibika
My God, You have settled us in an abode that digs pits of deception for us and has hung us, by the hands of death, in the snares of its treachery. To You we flee from the schemes of its deceit, and through You we hold fast against being deluded by the ornaments of its adornment. It destroys those who pursue it, ruins those who settle in it, is crammed with afflictions, and laden with calamities. My God, make us renounce it and keep us safe from it through Your enabling grace and protection. Strip from us the garments of opposition to You; attend to our affairs through the beauty of Your sufficiency; enlarge our increase from the breadth of Your mercy; and beautify our gifts from the overflow of Your bestowals.
وَاغْرِسْ فِي أَفْئِدَتِنَا أَشْجَارَ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَأَتْمِمْ لَنَا أَنْوَارَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَأَذِقْنَا حَلاوَةَ عَفْوِكَ وَلَذَّةَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَأَقْرِرْ أَعْيُنَنَا يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ بِرُؤْيَتِكَ وَأَخْرِجْ حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا كَما فَعَلْتَ بِالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ وَالأَبْرَارِ مِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ وَيَا أَكْرَمَ الْأَكْرَمِينَ
Wa-ighris fī afʾidatinā ashjāra maḥabbatika wa-atmim lanā anwāra maʿrifatika wa-adhiqnā ḥalāwata ʿafwika waladhdhata maghfiratika wa-aqrir aʿyunanā yawma liqāʾika biruʾyatika wa-akhrij ḥubba al-dunyā min qulūbinā kamā faʿalta bi-al-ṣāliḥīna min ṣafwatika wa-al-abrāri min khāṣṣatika yā arḥama al-rāḥimīna wayā akrama al-akramīna
Plant in our hearts the trees of Your love; complete for us the lights of knowing You; let us taste the sweetness of Your pardon and the pleasure of Your forgiveness; gladden our eyes on the day we meet You by beholding You; and remove the love of this world from our hearts, as You have done for the righteous among Your chosen and the virtuous among those You have singled out. O Most Merciful of the merciful, O Most Generous of the generous.
تَنْبِيهُ النَّاشِرِ وَبَيَانَاتُ الطَّبْعَةِ
Tanbīhu al-nāshiri wa-bayānātu al-ṭabʿati
Publisher's Notice and Edition Details
تَنْبِيهُ النَّاشِرِ فِي الطَّبْعَةِ الْمُصَوَّرَةِ
Tanbīhu al-nāshiri fī al-ṭabʿati al-muṣawwarati
Publisher's Notice in the Facsimile Edition
لَقَدْ أَنْجَزَ طِبَاعَةَ هٰذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ السَّجَّادِيَّةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ بَعْدَ مُقَابَلَتِهَا مَعَ عِدَّةِ نُسَخٍ مَخْطُوطَةٍ وَمَطْبُوعَةٍ، فَجَاءَ بِحَمْدِ اللهِ تَعَالَىٰ خَالِيًا مِنَ الْأَغْلَاطِ الْمَطْبَعِيَّةِ وَغَيْرِهَا.
Laqad anjaza ṭibāʿata hādhihi al-ṣaḥīfati al-sajjādiyyati al-mubārakati baʿda muqābalatihā maʿa ʿiddati nusakhin makhṭūṭatin wa-maṭbūʿatin, fa-jāʾa biḥamdi Allāhi taʿālā khāliyan mina al-aghlāṭi al-maṭbaʿiyyati wa-ghayrihā.
The printing of this blessed Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya was completed after comparison with several manuscript and printed copies; by praise of God Most High, it came free of typographical and other errors.
النَّاشِرُ
Al-nāshiru
The Publisher
الطَّبْعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ. جَمِيعُ الْحُقُوقِ عَلَىٰ هٰذِهِ الطَّبْعَةِ الْمُحَقَّقَةِ الْمُمْتَازَةِ مَحْفُوظَةٌ وَمُسَجَّلَةٌ لِلنَّاشِرِ. ١٤٢٢ هـ / ٢٠٠١ م.
Al-ṭabʿatu al-thāniyatu. Jamīʿu al-ḥuqūqi ʿalā hādhihi al-ṭabʿati al-muḥaqqaqati al-mumtāzati maḥfūẓatun wa-musajjalatun li-l-nāshiri. 1422 H / 2001 CE.
Second edition. All rights in this outstanding critical edition are reserved and registered to the publisher. 1422 AH / 2001 CE.
مَنْشُورَاتُ مُؤَسَّسَةِ الْأَعْلَمِيِّ لِلْمَطْبُوعَاتِ. بَيْرُوتُ، لُبْنَانُ. ص. ب. ٧١٢٠.
Manshūrātu muʾassasati al-Aʿlamiyyi li-l-maṭbūʿāti. Bayrūtu, Lubnānu. Ṣ. B. 7120.
Al-Aʿlamī Publications Foundation. Beirut, Lebanon. P.O. Box 7120.
مَصَادِرُ النَّصِّ
Maṣādiru al-naṣṣi
Textual Sources
الْأَصْلُ الْمُصَوَّرُ هُوَ طَبْعَةُ مُؤَسَّسَةِ الْأَعْلَمِيِّ لِلْمَطْبُوعَاتِ، بَيْرُوتَ، الطَّبْعَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ، ١٤٢٢ هـ / ٢٠٠١ م، فِي ٣٣٧ صَفْحَةً، مَعَ تَقْدِيمِ السَّيِّدِ مُحَمَّدٍ بَاقِرٍ الصَّدْرِ. أُعِيدَ تَنْسِيقُ النَّصِّ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ وَالتَّحْرِيرِ، وَاسْتُبْدِلَ فِهْرِسُ صَفَحَاتِ الْمَطْبُوعِ بِفِهْرِسٍ مُرْتَبِطٍ بِعَنَاوِينِ هٰذَا الْمَلَفِّ. يَخْتَلِفُ تَرْقِيمُ صَفَحَاتِ هٰذِهِ النُّسْخَةِ عَنِ الْمَطْبُوعِ.
Al-aṣlu al-muṣawwaru huwa ṭabʿatu muʾassasati al-Aʿlamiyyi li-l-maṭbūʿāti, Bayrūta, al-ṭabʿatu al-thāniyatu, 1422 H / 2001 CE, fī 337 ṣafḥatan, maʿa taqdīmi al-sayyidi Muḥammadin Bāqirin al-Ṣadri. Uʿīda tansīqu al-naṣṣi li-l-qirāʾati wa-al-taḥrīri, wa-ustubdila fihrisu ṣafaḥāti al-maṭbūʿi bi-fihrisin murtabiṭin biʿanāwīni hādhā al-malaffi. Yakhtalifu tarqīmu ṣafaḥāti hādhihi al-nuskhati ʿani al-maṭbūʿi.
The facsimile source is the second edition published by the Al-Aʿlamī Publications Foundation, Beirut, 1422 AH / 2001 CE, in 337 pages, with an introduction by Sayyid Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr. The text was reformatted for reading and editing, and the printed-page index was replaced by an index linked to the headings in this file. The page numbering of this version differs from the printed edition.
اسْتُعِينَ بِالنُّصُوصِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْمَنْشُورَةِ فِي مَوْقِعِ الْأَدْعِيَةِ، مَعَ الرُّجُوعِ إِلَىٰ صُوَرِ الطَّبْعَةِ فِي التَّقْدِيمِ وَالسَّنَدِ وَالتَّعْلِيمَاتِ وَالْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي احْتَاجَتْ إِلَىٰ مُرَاجَعَةٍ. وَتَحْتَفِظُ هٰذِهِ النُّسْخَةُ بِدُعَاءِ ذِكْرِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي مَوْضِعَيْهِ فِي الْمَطْبُوعِ. هٰذِهِ إِعَادَةُ إِعْدَادٍ نَصِّيَّةٌ مُسْتَقِلَّةٌ وَلَيْسَتْ إِصْدَارًا رَقْمِيًّا مُعْتَمَدًا مِنَ النَّاشِرِ.
Ustuʿīna bi-al-nuṣūṣi al-ʿarabiyyati al-manshūrati fī mawqiʿi al-adʿiyati, maʿa al-rujūʿi ilā ṣuwari al-ṭabʿati fī al-taqdīmi wa-al-sanadi wa-al-taʿlīmāti wa-al-mawāḍiʿi allatī iḥtājat ilā murājaʿatin. Wa-taḥtafiẓu hādhihi al-nuskhatu bi-duʿāʾi dhikri āli Muḥammadin fī mawḍiʿayhi fī al-maṭbūʿi. Hādhihi iʿādatu iʿdādin naṣṣiyyatun mustaqillatun wa-laysat iṣdāran raqamiyyan muʿtamadan mina al-nāshiri.
The Arabic texts published at the Duas website were consulted, with reference back to images of the edition for the introduction, chain of transmission, instructions, and passages requiring review. This version retains the prayer mentioning the family of Muhammad in both places where it appears in the printed edition. This is an independent textual re-preparation, not a digital edition authorized by the publisher.
النَّصُّ الْعَرَبِيُّ لِلْأَدْعِيَةِ فِي مَوْقِعِ الْأَدْعِيَةِ
Al-naṣṣu al-ʿarabiyyu li-l-adʿiyati fī mawqiʿi al-adʿiyati
فِهْرِسُ طَبْعَةٍ أُخْرَىٰ فِي الْمَكْتَبَةِ الشِّيعِيَّةِ التَّابِعَةِ لِمُؤَسَّسَةِ الْمِيلَانِيِّ
Fihrisu ṭabʿatin ukhrā fī al-maktabati al-shīʿiyyati al-tābiʿati li-muʾassasati al-Mīlāniyyi
Index of another edition in the Shia Online Library of the Milani Foundation
الصَّحِيفَةُ السَّجَّادِيَّةُ فِي مَوْقِعِ الْإِسْلَامِ
Al-ṣaḥīfatu al-sajjādiyyatu fī mawqiʿi al-islāmi
Textual notes
Source and completeness
The base text is 09_Sahifa_Fifteen_Munajat.docx. All fifteen whispered prayers are preserved in their source order. The Arabic prayer body consists of all 55 supplied body paragraphs, plus all fifteen opening basmalas. The publisher's notice, edition information, source notes, and all five linked source labels follow the prayers in their original order.
The layout and transliteration follow 04_Sahifa_Prayers_25-36_Vocalized_Transliteration_English.docx. The English is newly worded from the supplied Arabic. Source attributions are retained without adding a separate historical claim.
Readings and vocalization
Short vowels, shadda, sukūn, grammatical endings, punctuation, hamza spelling, spacing, and conventional accusative spelling have been reviewed. Evident typographical defects were regularized without adding or removing substantive words. These include the broken forms in al-mustaghfirīna, al-amali, al-masākīni, and al-akramīna, and the malformed tanwīn spellings in bāban, naṣūḥan, and ʿalīman.
In the prayer of the thankful, the supplied Arabic reads yamtarī al-ʿaẓīma min birrika wa-nadāka. This uncommon expression is preserved; the English “draws forth the immensity of Your goodness and generosity” follows its contextual sense. In the prayer of those who hold fast, the compressed source reading wa-laka asʾaluka bi-ahli khāṣṣatika is also preserved and rendered without silently deleting wa-laka.
The Qurʾanic quotations in the prayers of the repenters, the fearful, and those who remember are retained within the prayer text. The source links reproduce the destinations embedded in the supplied document.
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