# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 14: When Hostility Was Shown to Him

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الظُّلَامَاتِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Protection](https://duasonline.org/category/protection.md), [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-14

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 14: when wronged. 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-dua14-hostility-shown.html).

## Text

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

1. يَا مَنْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ أَنْبَاءُ الْمُتَظَلِّمِينَ\
   *Yā man lā yakhfā ‘alayhi anbā’u al-mutaẓallimīna*\
   O He whom the complaints of the oppressed are not hidden from.

2. وَيَا مَنْ لَا يَحْتَاجُ فِي قِصَصِهِمْ\
   *Wa yā man lā yaḥtāju fī qiṣaṣihim*\
   And O He who does not need in their accounts.

3. إِلَى شَهَادَاتِ الشَّاهِدِينَ\
   *Ilā shahādāti ash-shāhidīna*\
   To the testimonies of witnesses.

4. وَيَا مَنْ قَرُبَتْ نُصْرَتُهُ مِنَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ\
   *Wa yā man qarubat nuṣratuhu mina al-maẓlūmīna*\
   And O He whose help is near to the oppressed.

5. وَيَا مَنْ بَعُدَ عَوْنُهُ عَنِ الظَّالِمِينَ\
   *Wa yā man ba‘uda ‘awnuhu ‘ani aẓ-ẓālimīna*\
   And O He whose aid is far from the oppressors.

6. قَدْ عَلِمْتَ يَا إِلَهِي مَا نَالَنِي\
   *Qad ‘alimta yā ilāhī mā nālanī*\
   You know, O my God, what has befallen me.

7. مِنْ فُلَانٍ بْنِ فُلَانٍ مِمَّا حَظَرْتَ\
   *Min fulānin bni fulānin mimmā ḥaẓarta*\
   From such-and-such of what You forbade.

8. وَانْتَهَكَهُ مِنِّي مِمَّا حَجَزْتَ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Wa intahakahu minnī mimmā ḥajazta ‘alayhi*\
   And he violated against me what You prohibited.

9. بَطَرًا فِي نِعْمَتِكَ عِنْدَهُ\
   *Baṭaran fī ni‘matika ‘indahu*\
   Arrogantly in Your blessings upon him.

10. وَاغْتِرَارًا بِنَكِيرِكَ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Wa ightirāran binakīrika ‘alayhi*\
   And deceived by Your disapproval of him.

11. أَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma faṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family.

12. وَخُذْ ظَالِمِي وَعَدُوِّي عَنْ ظُلْمِي\
   *Wa khudh ẓālimī wa ‘aduwwī ‘an ẓulmī*\
   And seize my oppressor and enemy from my oppression.

13. بِقُوَّتِكَ وَافْلُلْ حَدَّهُ عَنِّي\
   *Biquwwatika wa aflul ḥaddahu ‘annī*\
   With Your strength, and blunt his edge against me.

14. بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَاجْعَلْ لَهُ شُغْلًا\
   *Biqudratika wa ij‘al lahu shughlan*\
   With Your power, and make him preoccupied.

15. فِيمَا يَلِيهِ وَعَجْزًا عَمَّا يُنَاوِيهِ\
   *Fīmā yalīhi wa ‘ajzan ‘ammā yunāwīhi*\
   With what concerns him and incapable of opposing.

16. أَللَّهُمَّ وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma wa ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family.

17. وَلَا تُسَوِّغْ لَهُ ظُلْمِي\
   *Wa lā tusawwigh lahu ẓulmī*\
   And do not permit him my oppression.

18. وَأَحْسِنْ عَلَيْهِ عَوْنِي\
   *Wa aḥsin ‘alayhi ‘awnī*\
   And improve my aid against him.

19. وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ مِثْلِ أَفْعَالِهِ\
   *Wa a‘ṣimnī min mithli af‘ālihi*\
   And protect me from deeds like his.

20. وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي فِي مِثْلِ حَالِهِ\
   *Wa lā taj‘alnī fī mithli ḥālihi*\
   And do not place me in his state.

21. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family.

22. وَأَعِدْنِي عَلَيْهِ عَدْوَى حَاضِرَةً\
   *Wa a‘idnī ‘alayhi ‘adwan ḥāḍiratan*\
   And grant me against him a present retribution.

23. تَكُونُ مِنْ غَيْظِي بِهِ شِفَاءً\
   *Takūnu min ghayẓī bihi shifā’an*\
   That serves as healing from my anger toward him.

24. وَمِنْ حَنَقِي عَلَيْهِ وَفَاءً\
   *Wa min ḥanaqī ‘alayhi wafā’an*\
   And fulfillment of my resentment against him.

25. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family.

26. وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ ظُلْمِهِ لِي عَفْوَكَ\
   *Wa ‘awwiḍnī min ẓulmihi lī ‘afwaka*\
   And compensate me for his oppression with Your pardon.

27. وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِسُوءِ صَنِيعِهِ بِي\
   *Wa abdilnī bisū’i ṣanī‘ihi bī*\
   And replace his evil deed toward me.

28. رَحْمَتَكَ فَكُلُّ مَكْرُوهٍ جَلَلٌ\
   *Raḥmataka fakullu makrūhin jalalun*\
   With Your mercy, for every harm is great.

29. دُونَ سَخَطِكَ وَكُلُّ مُرْزِئَةٍ\
   *Dūna sakhaṭika wa kullu murzi’atin*\
   Compared to Your displeasure, and every affliction.

30. سَوَاءٌ مَعَ مَوْجِدَتِكَ\
   *Sawā’un ma‘a mawjidatika*\
   Is equal with Your wrath.

31. أَللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا كَرَّهْتَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ\
   *Allāhumma fakamā karrahta ilayya an aẓlima*\
   O Allah, as You made oppression detestable to me.

32. فَقِنِي مِنْ أَنْ أُظْلَمَ\
   *Faqinī min an uẓlama*\
   Protect me from being oppressed.

33. أَللَّهُمَّ لَا أَشْكُو إِلَى أَحَدٍ سِوَاكَ\
   *Allāhumma lā ashkū ilā aḥadin siwāka*\
   O Allah, I complain to none but You.

34. وَلَا أَسْتَعِينُ بِحَاكِمٍ غَيْرِكَ حَاشَاكَ\
   *Wa lā asta‘īnu biḥākimin ghayrika ḥāshāka*\
   Nor seek help from a judge besides You, far be it.

35. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Faṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   So bless Muhammad and his family.

36. وَصِلْ دُعَائِي بِالْإِجَابَةِ\
   *Wa ṣil du‘ā’ī bi-al-ijābati*\
   And connect my supplication with acceptance.

37. وَأَقْرِنْ شِكَايَتِي بِالتَّغْيِيرِ\
   *Wa aqrinn shikāyatī bi-at-taghīri*\
   And pair my complaint with change.

38. أَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَفْتِنِّي بِالْقُنُوطِ\
   *Allāhumma lā taftinnī bi-al-qunūṭi*\
   O Allah, do not test me with despair.

39. مِنْ إِنْصَافِكَ وَلَا تَفْتِنْهُ\
   *Min inṣāfika wa lā taftinhu*\
   Of Your justice, nor test him.

40. بِالْأَمْنِ مِنْ إِنْكَارِكَ\
   *Bi-al-amni min inkārika*\
   With security from Your disapproval.

41. فَيُصِرَّ عَلَى ظُلْمِي\
   *Fayuṣirra ‘alā ẓulmī*\
   Lest he persists in my oppression.

42. وَيُحَاضِرَنِي بِحَقِّي\
   *Wa yuḥāḍiranī biḥaqqī*\
   And denies me my right.

43. وَعَرِّفْهُ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ مَا\
   *Wa ‘arrifhu ‘ammā qalīlin mā*\
   And make him know soon what.

44. أَوْعَدْتَ الظَّالِمِينَ\
   *Aw‘adta aẓ-ẓālimīna*\
   You promised the oppressors.

45. وَعَرِّفْنِي مَا وَعَدْتَ مِنْ\
   *Wa ‘arrifnī mā wa‘adta min*\
   And make me know what You promised.

46. إِجَابَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ\
   *Ijābati al-muḍṭarrīna*\
   For answering the distressed.

47. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family.

48. وَوَفِّقْنِي لِقَبُولِ مَا قَضَيْتَ\
   *Wa waffiqnī liqabūli mā qaḍayta*\
   And enable me to accept what You decreed.

49. لِي وَعَلَيَّ وَرَضِّنِي\
   *Lī wa ‘alayya wa raḍḍinī*\
   For and against me, and make me content.

50. بِمَا أَخَذْتَ لِي وَمِنِّي\
   *Bimā akhadhta lī wa minnī*\
   With what You took for and from me.

51. وَاهْدِنِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ\
   *Wa ihdinī lil-latī hiya aqwamu*\
   And guide me to that which is most upright.

52. وَاسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا هُوَ أَسْلَمُ\
   *Wa ista‘milnī bimā huwa aslamu*\
   And employ me in what is safest.

53. أَللَّهُمَّ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْخِيَرَةُ لِي\
   *Allāhumma wa in kānati al-khiyaratu lī*\
   O Allah, if the best choice for me.

54. عِنْدَكَ فِي تَأْخِيرِ الْأَخْذِ\
   *‘Indaka fī ta’khīri al-akhdi*\
   Lies with You in delaying my retribution.

55. لِي وَتَرْكِ الِانْتِقَامِ مِمَّنْ\
   *Lī wa tarki al-intiqāmi mimman*\
   And withholding vengeance from my oppressor.

56. ظَلَمَنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ\
   *Ẓalamanī ilā yawmi al-faṣli*\
   Until the day of decision.

57. وَمَجْمَعِ الْخَصْمِ\
   *Wa majma‘i al-khaṣmi*\
   And gathering of adversaries.

58. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Faṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   So bless Muhammad and his family.

59. وَأَيِّدْنِي مِنْكَ بِنِيَّةٍ صَادِقَةٍ\
   *Wa ayyidnī minka biniyyatin ṣādiqatin*\
   And support me from You with a sincere intention.

60. وَصَبْرٍ دَائِمٍ\
   *Wa ṣabrin dā’imin*\
   And enduring patience.

61. وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْ سُوءِ الرَّغْبَةِ\
   *Wa a‘idhnī min sū’i ar-raghbati*\
   And protect me from evil desires.

62. وَهَلَعِ أَهْلِ الْحِرْصِ\
   *Wa hala‘i ahli al-ḥirṣi*\
   And the panic of the greedy.

63. وَصَوِّرْ فِي قَلْبِي مِثَالَ\
   *Wa ṣawwir fī qalbī mithāla*\
   And depict in my heart the image.

64. مَا ادَّخَرْتَ لِي مِنْ ثَوَابِكَ\
   *Mā iddakharta lī min thawābika*\
   Of what You reserved for me of Your reward.

65. وَأَعْدَدْتَ لِخَصْمِي مِنْ جَزَائِكَ\
   *Wa a‘dadta likhaṣmī min jazā’ika*\
   And prepared for my adversary of Your recompense.

66. وَعِقَابِكَ وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ\
   *Wa ‘iqābika wa ij‘al dhālika*\
   And punishment, and make that.

67. سَبَبًا لِقَنَاعَتِي بِمَا قَضَيْتَ\
   *Sababan liqanā‘atī bimā qaḍayta*\
   A cause for my contentment with what You decreed.

68. وَثِقَتِي بِمَا تَخَيَّرْتَ\
   *Wa thiqatī bimā takhayyarta*\
   And my trust in Your choice.

69. آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ\
   *Āmīna rabba al-‘ālamīna*\
   Amen, Lord of the worlds.

70. إِنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ\
   *Innaka dhū al-faḍli al-‘aẓīmi*\
   For You are the Possessor of great favor.

71. وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ\
   *Wa anta ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīrun*\
   And You are capable of all things.

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