His Supplication in Seeking Pardon and Mercy
دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعَفْوِ و المَغْفِرَةِ
دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعَفْوِ و المَغْفِرَةِ
His Supplication in Seeking Pardon and Mercy
1
أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُـلِّ مَحْرَم،
break my passion for every unlawful thing,
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وَازْوِ حِـرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَم،
take away my craving for any sin,
4
وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُـلِّ مُؤْمِن وَمُؤْمِنَـة وَمُسْلِم وَمُسْلِمَة،
and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!
5
أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْد نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،
O God, if any of Thy servants should harm me in what Thou hast forbidden
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وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،
or violate me in what Thou hast interdicted,
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فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً،
and if he should pass into death with my complaint
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أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِيْ قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً،
or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,
9
فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي،
forgive him what he did to me
10
وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي،
and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!
11
وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ،
Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me
12
وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ،
and expose him not through what he earned by me!
13
وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ
Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants
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وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ
and my contribution in charity toward them
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أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ
the purest charity of the charitable
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وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ،
and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to Thee!
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وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ
Recompense me for my pardoning them with Thy pardon
18
وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ
and for my supplicating for them with Thy mercy
19
حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ
so that each one of us may gain felicity through Thy bounty
20
وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ.
and each may attain deliverance through Thy kindness!
21
أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ
O God, if there is a servant from among Thy servants
22
أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً،
whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction,
23
أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ
or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,
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فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ،
and should I fail to take care of his right
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أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ،
or go before him [in death] with his complaint,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
bless Muhammad and his Household,
27
وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ،
satisfy him toward me through Thy wealth, and give him his full right from Thyself!
28
ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ،
Then protect me from what Thy decision mandates
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وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ،
and save me from what Thy justice decides,
30
فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ،
for my strength cannot bear Thy vengeance
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وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ،
and my power cannot stand up to Thy displeasure!
32
فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي،
If Thou recompensest me with the right, Thou wilt destroy me,
33
وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي.
and if Thou dost not shield me in Thy mercy, Thou wilt lay me waste.
34
أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ،
O God, I ask Thee to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease Thee,
35
وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ،
and I ask Thee to carry that whose carrying will not weigh Thee down:
36
أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء،
My God, I ask Thee to give my soul, which Thou didst not create to keep Thyself from evil
37
أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع،
nor to find the way to profit.
38
وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا،
No, Thou brought it forth to demonstrate Thy power over its like
39
وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا،
and to provide an argument against its similar.
40
وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ،
I ask Thee to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down
41
وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ.
and I seek help from Thee in that whose heaviness oppresses me.
42
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،
So bless Muhammad and his Household,
43
وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ،
give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,
44
وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي،
and appoint Thy mercy to carry my burden!
45
فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ،
How many evildoers Thy mercy has overtaken!
46
وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ.
How many wrongdoers Thy pardon has embraced!
47
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ
So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom Thou hast aroused
48
بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ،
through Thy forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders
49
وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ،
and saved through Thy giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,
50
فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ،
so that I may rise up freed by Thy pardon from the bonds of Thy displeasure
51
وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ،
and released by Thy benefaction from the ties of Thy justice!
52
إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ
Surely if Thou dost that, my God, Thou wilt do it to one
53
لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ،
who does not deny deserving Thy punishment
54
وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ،
or acquit himself from merit for Thy vengeance.
55
تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ،
Do that, my God, for one whose fear of Thee is greater than his craving from Thee,
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وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ،
whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!
57
لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً
Not that his hopelessness is despair,
58
أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً
nor that his expectation is deluded.
59
بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ،
No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds
60
وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ،
and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.
61
فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ
But Thou, my God, art worthy that
62
لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ،
the righteous not be deluded concerning Thee
63
وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ،
and the sinners not lose hope in Thee,
64
لاَِنَّكَ ألرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ
for Thou art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none
65
وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَد حَقَّـهُ.
and takes His full right from no one.
66
تَعَالى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ،
High exalted is Thy mention above those mentioned!
67
وَتَقَدَّست أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ،
Holy are Thy names beyond those described!
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وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِيْ جَمِيْعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ،
Spread is Thy favour among all creatures!
69
فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!
