# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 1: In Praise of Allah

- **Arabic title:** الصحيفة السجادية 1 — التحميد لله عز وجل
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-01-praise-allah

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 1: in praise of Allah. Transmitted through the chain given in the Sahifa's preface; standard printed editions.

## Source

Arabic text, translation and transliteration from [duas.org](https://www.duas.org/mobile/sahifasajjadia-dua1-praise-of-god.html).

## Text

Each line gives the Arabic, then the transliteration in italics, then the English.

1. أَلْحَمْدُ للهِ\
   *Al-hamdu lillāh*\
   All praise belongs to Allah

2. الاوَّلِ بِلا أَوَّل كَانَ قَبْلَهُ،\
   *Al-awwali bilā awwal kāna qablahu*\
   The First, without there being a first before Him

3. وَ الاخِر بِلاَ آخِر يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ\
   *Wal-ākhiri bilā ākhir yakūnu ba‘dahu*\
   And the Last, without there being a last after Him

4. الَّذِي قَصُرَتْ عَنْ رُؤْيَتِهِ أَبْصَارُ النَّاظِرِينَ\
   *Alladhī qaṣurat ‘an ru’yatihi abṣāru an-nāẓirīn*\
   The One whom the eyes of those who look cannot perceive

5. وَ عَجَزَتْ عَنْ نَعْتِهِ أَوهامُ اَلْوَاصِفِينَ\
   *Wa ‘ajazat ‘an na‘tihi awhāmu al-wāṣifīn*\
   And the imaginations of describers fall short of His description

6. ابْتَدَعَ بِقُدْرَتِهِ الْخَلْقَ اَبتِدَاعَاً،\
   *Ibtada‘a biqudratihi al-khalqa ibtidā‘an*\
   By His power, He originated creation from nothing

7. وَاخْتَرَعَهُمْ عَلَى مَشِيَّتِهِ اخترَاعاً،\
   *Wa ikhtara‘ahum ‘alā mashīyatihi ikhtirā‘an*\
   And He invented them according to His will

8. ثُمَّ سَلَكَ بِهِمْ طَرِيقَ إرَادَتِهِ،\
   *Thumma salaka bihim ṭarīqa irādatihi*\
   Then He led them on the path of His will

9. وَبَعَثَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ مَحَبَّتِهِ\
   *Wa ba‘athahum fī sabīli maḥabbatihi*\
   And dispatched them in the way of His love

10. لايَمْلِكُونَ تَأخِيراً عَمَا قَدَّمَهُمْ إليْهِ\
   *Lā yamlikūna ta’khīran ‘ammā qaddamahum ilayhi*\
   They have no power to delay what He has brought them to

11. وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَقَدُّماً إلَى مَا أَخَّرَهُمْ عَنْهُ،\
   *Wa lā yastaṭī‘ūna taqadduman ilā mā akhkhara-hum ‘anhu*\
   Nor can they advance to what He has held them back from

12. وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ رُوْح مِنْهُمْ\
   *Wa ja‘ala likulli rūḥin minhum*\
   And He made for every soul among them

13. قُوتَاً مَعْلُوماً مَقْسُوماً مِنْ رِزْقِهِ\
   *Qūtan ma‘lūman maqsūman min rizqihi*\
   A known sustenance apportioned from His provision

14. لاَ يَنْقُصُ مَنْ زادَهُ نَاقِصٌ،\
   *Lā yanquṣu man zādahu nāqiṣ*\
   What He increases is not diminished by any who take

15. وَلاَ يَزِيدُ مَنْ نَقَصَ منْهُمْ زَائِدٌ\
   *Wa lā yazīdu man naqaṣa minhum zā’id*\
   And what He decreases is not added to by any who add

16. ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ لَهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ أَجَلاً مَوْقُوتاً،\
   *Thumma ḍaraba lahu fil-ḥayāti ajalan mawqūtan*\
   Then He set for him in life a fixed term

17. وَ نَصَبَ لَهُ أَمَداً مَحْدُوداً،\
   *Wa naṣaba lahu amadan maḥdūdan*\
   And established for him a limited span

18. يَتَخَطَّأُ إلَيهِ بِأَيَّامِ عُمُرِهِ،\
   *Yatakhatta ilaihi bi-ayyāmi ‘umrihi*\
   He proceeds towards it with the days of his life

19. وَيَرْهَقُهُ بِأَعْوَامِ دَهْرِهِ،\
   *Wa yarhaquhu bi-a‘wāmi dahrīhi*\
   And he is driven to it with the years of his age

20. حَتَّى إذَا بَلَغَ أَقْصَى أَثَرِهِ،\
   *Ḥattā idhā balagha aqṣā atharihi*\
   Until, when he reaches the furthest extent of his trace

21. وَ اسْتَوْعَبَ حِسابَ عُمُرِهِ،\
   *Wa istaw‘aba ḥisāba ‘umrihi*\
   And completes the measure of his years

22. قَبَضهُ إلَى ما نَدَبَهُ إلَيْهِ\
   *Qabaḍahu ilā mā nadabahu ilayhi*\
   He seizes him to that which He has summoned him

23. مِنْ مَوْفُورِ ثَوَابِهِ أَوْ مَحْذُورِ عِقَابِهِ،\
   *Min mawfūri thawābihi aw maḥdhūri ‘iqābihi*\
   Either to His abundant reward, or to His feared punishment

24. لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَساءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا\
   *Li-yajziyal-laḏīna asā’ū bimā ‘amilū*\
   So that He may recompense those who did evil for what they did

25. وَ يَجْزِىَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى\
   *Wa yajziyal-laḏīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā*\
   And reward those who did good with the best

26. عَدْلاً مِنْهُ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَآؤُهُ،\
   *‘Adlan minhu taqaddasat asmā’uhu*\
   As justice from Him—sacred are His Names

27. وَتَظَاهَرَتْ ألاؤُهُ،\
   *Wa taẓāharat ālā’uhu*\
   And His blessings are manifest

28. لاَ يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ\
   *Lā yus’alu ‘ammā yaf‘al wa hum yus’alūn*\
   He is not asked about what He does, but they will be asked

29. وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي لَوْ حَبَسَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ مَعْرِفَةَ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī law ḥabasa ‘an ‘ibādihi ma‘rifata*\
   And praise belongs to Allah, who if He withheld from His servants the knowledge

30. حَمْدِهِ عَلَى مَا أَبْلاَهُمْ مِنْ مِنَنِهِ الْمُتَتَابِعَةِ\
   *Ḥamdihi ‘alā mā ablāhum min minnihi al-mutatābi‘ah*\
   Of praising Him for the continuous favors He bestowed upon them

31. وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِن نِعَمِهِ الْمُتَظَاهِرَة\
   *Wa asbaga ‘alayhim min ni‘amihi al-mutazāhirah*\
   And the numerous blessings He spread upon them

32. لَتَصرَّفُوا فِي مِنَنِهِ فَلَمْ يَحْمَدُوهُ\
   *Lataṣarrafoo fī minanihi falam yaḥmadūhu*\
   They would use His bounties but not praise Him

33. وَتَوَسَّعُوا فِي رِزْقِهِ فَلَمْ يَشْكُرُوهُ،\
   *Wa tawassa‘ū fī rizqihi falam yashkurūhu*\
   And widen themselves in His provision, but not thank Him

34. وَلَوْ كَانُوا كَذلِكَ لَخَرَجُوا مِنْ حُدُودِ الانْسَانِيَّةِ\
   *Wa law kānū kaḏālika lakharaǧū min ḥudūd al-insāniyyah*\
   And had they been such, they would have left the bounds of humanity

35. إلَى حَدِّ الْبَهِيمِيَّةِ،\
   *Ilā ḥadd al-bahīmiyyah*\
   And reached the level of animality

36. :فَكَانُوا كَمَا وَصَفَ فِي مُحْكَم كِتَابِهِ\
   *Fakānū kamā waṣafa fī muḥkam kitābihi*\
   And they would be as He has described in His mighty Book

37. ( إنْ هُمْ إلا كَالانْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلا )\
   *In hum illā kal-an‘ām bal hum aḍallu sabīlā*\
   “They are nothing but as cattle, rather they are further astray from the path”

38. وَالْحَمْدُ لله عَلَى مَا عَرَّفَنا من نفسه\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ‘alā mā ‘arrafanā min nafsihi*\
   And all praise to Allah for what He made us know of Himself

39. وَأَلْهَمَنَا مِنْ شُكْرِهِ\
   *Wa alhāmanā min shukrihi*\
   And for inspiring us to thank Him

40. وَفَتَحَ لَنَا من أبوَابِ الْعِلْمِ بِرُبُوبِيّته\
   *Wa fataḥa lanā min abwābil-‘ilmi birubūbiyyatihi*\
   And for opening to us the doors of knowledge of His Lordship

41. وَدَلَّنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الاِخْلاَصِ لَهُ فِي تَوْحِيدِهِ\
   *Wa dallanā ‘alayhi mina al-ikhlāṣi lahu fī tawḥīdihi*\
   And guiding us to Him through sincerity in His Oneness

42. وَجَنَّبَنا مِنَ الالْحَادِ وَالشَّكِّ فِي أَمْرِهِ،\
   *Wa jannabanā minal-ilḥādi wash-shakki fī amrihi*\
   And sparing us from atheism and doubt in His command

43. حَمْداً نُعَمَّرُ بِهِ فِيمَنْ حَمِدَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ\
   *Ḥamdan nu‘ammaru bihi fīman ḥamidahu min khalqihi*\
   A praise by which we live among those of His creation who praised Him

44. وَنَسْبِقُ بِـهِ مَنْ سَبَقَ إلَى رِضَاهُ وَعَفْوِهِ\
   *Wa nasbiqu bihi man sabaqa ilā riḍāhu wa ‘afwihi*\
   And overtake those who hastened to His pleasure and pardon

45. حَمْداً يُضِيءُ لَنَا بِهِ ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرْزَخِ\
   *Ḥamdan yuḍī’u lanā bihi ẓulumāti al-barzakh*\
   A praise that illuminates for us the darkness of the grave

46. وَيُسَهِّلُ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ سَبِيلَ الْمَبْعَثِ\
   *Wa yusahhilu ‘alaynā bihi sabīlal-mab‘ath*\
   And eases for us the path of resurrection

47. وَيُشَرِّفُ بِهِ مَنَازِلَنَا عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الاشْهَادِ\
   *Wa yusharrifu bihi manāzilana ‘inda mawāqifil-ashhād*\
   And honors our places at the stations of witnesses

48. يَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْس بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لا يُظْلَمُونَ\
   *Yawma tujzā kullu nafsin bimā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn*\
   On the day when every soul will be recompensed for what it earned, and they will not be wronged

49. (يَوْمَ لاَ يُغْنِي مَوْلىً عَنْ مَوْلىً شَيْئاً وَلاَ هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ)\
   *Yawma lā yughni mawlā ‘an mawlā shay’an wa lā hum yunṣarūn*\
   “The day when no relative shall avail another in anything, nor shall they be helped”

50. حَمْداً يَرْتَفِعُ مِنَّا إلَى أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ\
   *Ḥamdan yartafi‘u minnā ilā a‘lā ‘illiyyīn*\
   A praise that rises from us to the highest of ‘Illiyīn

51. فِي كِتَاب مَرْقُوم يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ،\
   *Fī kitābin marqūm yash-haduhu al-muqarrabūn*\
   In a written book witnessed by those brought near

52. حَمْداً تَقَرُّ بِهِ عُيُونُنَا إذَا بَرِقَت الابْصَارُ\
   *Ḥamdan taqarru bihi ‘uyūnunā idhā bariqat al-abṣār*\
   A praise with which our eyes will be delighted when the eyes stare in fear

53. وَتَبْيَضُّ بِهِ وُجُوهُنَا إذَا اسْوَدَّتِ الابْشَارُ،\
   *Wa tabyaḍḍu bihi wujūhuna idhā iswad-datil-abshār*\
   And with which our faces will shine when faces are darkened

54. حَمْداً نُعْتَقُ بِهِ مِنْ أَلِيمِ نار الله\
   *Ḥamdan nu‘taqu bihi min alīmi nārillāh*\
   A praise by which we are freed from the painful fire of Allah

55. الى كَرِيمِ جِوَارِ اللهِ\
   *Ilā karīmi jiwaari Allāh*\
   Into the noble neighborhood of Allah

56. حَمْداً نُزَاحِمُ بِهِ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ\
   *Ḥamdan nuzāḥimu bihi malā’ikatahu al-muqarrabīn*\
   A praise by which we jostle with His nearest angels

57. وَنُضَامُّ بِـهِ أَنْبِيآءَهُ الْمُـرْسَلِيْنَ\
   *Wa nuḍāmmbihi anbiyā’ahu al-mursalīn*\
   And join with His sent prophets

58. فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ الَّتِي لا تَزُولُ\
   *Fī dār al-muqāmati allatī lā tazūl*\
   In the abode of permanence that never fades

59. وَمَحَلِّ كَرَامَتِهِ الَّتِي لاَ تَحُولُ\
   *Wa maḥalli karāmatihi allatī lā taḥūl*\
   And in His place of honor that never changes

60. وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي اخْتَارَ لَنَا مَحَاسِنَ الْخَلْقِ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi allathee ikhtāra lanā maḥāsina al-khalq*\
   And praise be to Allah, who chose for us the best forms

61. وَأَجرى عَلَيْنَا طَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ\
   *Wa ajrā ‘alaynā ṭayyibāti ar-rizq*\
   And made flow upon us the wholesome provisions

62. وَجَعَلَ لَنَا الفَضِيلَةَ بِالْمَلَكَةِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْخَلْقِ\
   *Wa ja‘ala lanā al-faḍīlata bil-malakāti ‘alā jamī‘il-khalq*\
   And granted us superiority with domination over all creatures

63. فَكُلُّ خَلِيقَتِهِ مُنْقَادَةٌ لَنَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ،\
   *Fa kullu khalīqatihi munqādatun lanā biqudratihi*\
   So that all His creation is made submissive to us by His power

64. وَصَآئِرَةٌ إلَى طَاعَتِنَا بِعِزَّتِهِ\
   *Wa ṣā’iratan ilā ṭā‘atinā bi‘izzatihi*\
   And responsive to our obedience by His might

65. وَالْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي أَغْلَقَ عَنَّا بَابَ الْحَّاجَةِ إلاّ إلَيْهِ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī aghlaqa ‘annā bāba al-ḥājati illā ilayhi*\
   And praise be to Allah, who closed from us the door of need except towards Him

66. فَكَيْفَ نُطِيقُ حَمْدَهُ أَمْ مَتَى نُؤَدِّي شُكْرَهُ؟ لا، مَتى؟\
   *Fa kayfa nuṭīqu ḥamdahu am matā nu’addī shukrahu? Lā, matā?*\
   So how can we bear His praise, or when shall we fulfill His thanks? Never, when?

67. وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي رَكَّبَ فِينَا آلاَتِ الْبَسْطِ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī rakkaba fīnā ālāti al-basṭ*\
   And praise be to Allah, who placed within us the means of expansion

68. وَجَعَلَ لَنَا أدَوَاتِ الْقَبْضِ،\
   *Wa ja‘ala lanā adawāti al-qabḍ*\
   And made for us the tools of contraction

69. وَمَتَّعَنا بِاَرْواحِ الْحَياةِ\
   *Wa matta‘anā bi-arwāḥi al-ḥayāh*\
   And delighted us with the spirits of life

70. وَأثْبَتَ فِينَا جَوَارِحَ الْأعْمَال\
   *Wa athbata fīnā jawāriḥa al-a‘māl*\
   And established within us the limbs of action

71. وَغَذَّانَا بِطَيِّبَاتِ الرِّزْقِ ،\
   *Wa ghadānā bi-ṭayyibāti ar-rizq*\
   And nourished us with the wholesome provisions

72. وَأغْنانَا بِفَضْلِهِ\
   *Wa aghnāna bi-faḍlihi*\
   And enriched us with His bounty

73. وَأقْنانَا بِمَنِّهِ\
   *Wa aqnāna bi-mannihi*\
   And granted us sufficiency by His grace

74. ثُمّ أَمَرَنَا لِيَخْتَبِرَ طاعَتَنَا،\
   *Thumma amaranā li-yakhtabira ṭā‘atanā*\
   Then He commanded us to test our obedience

75. وَنَهَانَا لِيَبْتَلِيَ شُكْرَنَا\
   *Wa nahānā li-yabtaliya shukranā*\
   And forbade us to try our gratitude

76. فَخَالَفْنَا عَنْ طَرِيْقِ أمْرِهِ\
   *Fa khālafnā ‘an ṭarīqi amrihi*\
   But we opposed the way of His command

77. وَرَكِبْنا مُتُونَ زَجْرهِ\
   *Wa rakibnā mutūna zajrihi*\
   And we mounted upon the backs of His prohibitions

78. فَلَم يَبْتَدِرْنابِعُقُوبَتِه وَلَمْ يُعَاجِلْنَا بِنِقْمَتِهِ\
   *Falam yabtadirnā bi-‘uqūbatihi walam yu‘ājilnā bi-niqmatihi*\
   Yet He did not hasten us with His punishment, nor rush upon us with His vengeance

79. بَلْ تَانَّانا بِرَحْمَتِهِ تَكَرُّماً، وَانْتَظَرَ مُراجَعَتَنَا بِرَأفَتِهِ حِلْماً.\
   *Bal tānānā bi-raḥmatihi takarruman, wa-intaẓara murāja‘atanā bi-ra’fatihi ḥilman*\
   Rather, He deferred us with His mercy graciously, and waited for our return with compassion patiently

80. وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي دَلَّنَاعَلَى التَّوْبَةِ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī dallanā ‘alā at-tawbah*\
   And praise be to Allah, who guided us to repentance

81. الَّتِي لَمْ نُفِدْهَا إلاّ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ،\
   *Allatī lam nufid’hā illā min faḍlihi*\
   Which we would not have attained except by His grace

82. فَلَوْ لَمْ نَعْتَدِدْ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ إلاّ بِهَا\
   *Fa law lam na‘tidid min faḍlihi illā bihā*\
   If we counted nothing of His grace except it

83. لَقَدْ حَسُنَ بَلاؤُهُ عِنْدَنَا،\
   *Laqad ḥasuna balā’uhu ‘indanā*\
   Indeed His trial would be beautiful for us

84. وَ جَلَّ إحْسَانُهُ إلَيْنَا،\
   *Wa jalla iḥsānuhu ilaynā*\
   And His beneficence great upon us

85. وَ جَسُمَ فَضْلُهُ عَلَيْنَا\
   *Wa jasuma faḍluhu ‘alaynā*\
   And His favor immense upon us

86. فَمَا هكذا كَانَتْ سُنَّتُهُ فِي التَّوْبَةِ لِمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَنَا\
   *Famā hakadhā kānat sunnatuhu fi at-tawbati liman kāna qablana*\
   For such was not His custom in repentance with those who were before us

87. لَقَدْ وَضَعَ عَنَّا مَا لا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ،\
   *Laqad waḍa‘a ‘annā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bihi*\
   Indeed, He has lifted from us that which we had no strength to bear

88. وَلَمْ يُكَلِّفْنَا إلاّ وُسْعاً،\
   *Walam yukallifnā illā wus‘an*\
   And imposed upon us only what is within our capacity

89. وَ لَمْ يُجَشِّمْنَا إلاّ يُسْراً\
   *Walam yujashshimnā illā yusran*\
   And burdened us with nothing but ease

90. وَلَمْ يَدَعْ لاَحَـد مِنَّا حُجَّةً وَلاَ عُذْراً\
   *Walam yada‘ li-aḥadin minnā ḥujjatan wa lā ‘udhrā*\
   And He left no proof nor excuse for anyone among us

91. فَالْهَالِكُ مِنَّا مَنْ هَلَكَ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Fal-hāliku minnā man halaka ‘alayh*\
   So the doomed among us is he who perishes against Him

92. وَ السَّعِيدُ مِنَّا مَنْ رَغِبَ إلَيْهِ\
   *Was-sa‘īdu minnā man raghiva ilayh*\
   And the happy among us is he who turns in desire toward Him

93. وَ الْحَمْد للهِ بِكُلِّ مَا حَمِدَهُ بِهِ\
   *Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi bikulli mā ḥamidahu bihi*\
   And praise be to Allah with every praise with which

94. أدْنَى مَلائِكَتِهِ إلَيْهِ\
   *Adnā malā’ikatihi ilayhi*\
   The nearest of His angels to Him

95. وَ أَكْرَمُ خَلِيقَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Wa akramu khalīqatihi ‘alayh*\
   And the noblest of His creatures from Him

96. وَأرْضَى حَامِدِيْهِ لَدَيْهِ\
   *Wa arḍā ḥāmidīhi ladayh*\
   And the most pleasing of those who praise Him before Him

97. حَمْداً يَفْضُلُ سَآئِرَ الْحَمْدِ\
   *Ḥamdan yafḍulu sā’ira al-ḥamd*\
   A praise that excels all other praise

98. كَفَضْلِ رَبِّنا عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ\
   *Kafaḍli rabbinā ‘alā jamī‘ khalqihi*\
   Like the superiority of our Lord over all His creation

99. ثُمَّ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ نِعْمَة لَهُ عَلَيْنَا\
   *Thumma lahu al-ḥamdu makāna kulli ni‘matin lahu ‘alaynā*\
   Then His is the praise in place of every blessing He has given us

100. وَ عَلى جَمِيعِ عِبَادِهِ الْمَاضِينَ وَالْبَاقِينَ\
   *Wa ‘alā jamī‘i ‘ibādihi al-māḍīna wal-bāqīn*\
   And upon all His servants, those past and those remaining

101. عَدَدَ مَا أَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْاشْيَآءِ\
   *‘Adada mā aḥāṭa bihi ‘ilmuhu min jamī‘il-ashyā’*\
   According to the number encompassed by His knowledge of all things

102. وَ مَكَانَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَة مِنْهَا عَدَدُهَا أَضْعافَاً مُضَاعَفَةً أَبَداً سَرْمَداً إلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ\
   *Wa makāna kulli wāḥidatin minhā ‘adaduha aḍ‘āfan muḍā‘afatan abadan sarmadan ilā yawmil-qiyāmah*\
   And in place of each one of them multiplied times, forever, endlessly, until the Day of Resurrection

103. حَمْداً لاَ مُنْتَهَى لِحَدِّهِ\
   *Ḥamdan lā muntahā liḥaddihi*\
   A praise without limit to its boundary

104. وَ لا حِسَابَ لِعَدَدِهِ\
   *Wa lā ḥisāba li‘adadihi*\
   No reckoning for Its number

105. وَ لاَ مَبْلَغَ لِغَايَتِهِ\
   *Wa lā mablagha lighāyatihi*\
   No reaching of its goal

106. وَ لا انْقِطَاعَ لاَمَدِهِ\
   *Wa lā inqiṭā‘ li-amadihi*\
   And no end to its duration

107. حَمْدَاً يَكُونُ وُصْلَةً إلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَعَفْوِهِ\
   *Ḥamdan yakūnu wuṣlatan ilā ṭā‘atihi wa ‘afwihi*\
   A praise that may be a means to His obedience and pardon

108. وَ سَبَباً إلَى رِضْوَانِهِ\
   *Wa sababān ilā riḍwānihi*\
   And a cause for His pleasure

109. وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى مَغْفِرَتِهِ\
   *Wa ẓarī‘atan ilā maghfiratihi*\
   And a way to His forgiveness

110. وَ طَرِيقاً إلَى جَنَّتِهِ\
   *Wa ṭarīqan ilā jannatihi*\
   And a path to His Garden

111. وَخَفِيْراً مِنْ نَقِمَتِهِ\
   *Wa khafīran min niqmatihi*\
   And a shield from His wrath

112. وَ أَمْناً مِنْ غَضَبِهِ\
   *Wa amnan min ghaḍabihi*\
   And a security from His anger

113. وَ ظَهِيْراً عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ\
   *Wa ẓahīran ‘alā ṭā‘atihi*\
   And an aid to His obedience

114. وَ حَاجِزاً عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ\
   *Wa ḥājizan ‘an ma‘ṣiyatihi*\
   And a barrier against disobedience to Him

115. وَعَوْناً عَلَى تَأدِيَةِ حَقِّهِ وَ وَظائِفِهِ\
   *Wa ‘awnan ‘alā ta’diyati ḥaqqihi wa waẓā’ifihi*\
   And a support in fulfilling His right and duties

116. حَمْداً نَسْعَدُ بِهِ فِي السُّعَدَاءِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآئِهِ\
   *Ḥamdan nas‘adu bihi fi-s-su‘adā’i min awliyā’ihi*\
   A praise by which we may be among His happy friends

117. وَنَصِيرُ بِهِ فِي نَظْمِ الشُّهَدَآءِ بِسُيُوفِ أَعْدَائِهِ\
   *Wa naṣīru bihi fī naẓmi-sh-shuhadā’i bisuyūfi a‘dā’ihi*\
   And by which we may join the martyrs in line, by the swords of His enemies

118. إنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ\
   *Innahū waliyyun ḥamīd*\
   Indeed, He is the Praiseworthy Guardian

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 11: His Supplication for Good Outcomes](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-11.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 12: His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance Toward God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-12.md)