# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 18: When Perils Were Repelled or Requests Quickly Granted

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ إذا دُفِعَ عَنهُ ما يَحذَرُ او عُجّلَ لَهُ مَطلَبُهُ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Gratitude](https://duasonline.org/category/gratitude.md), [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-18

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 18: when perils were repelled. 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-dua18-when-perils-repelled.html).

## Text

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

1. اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ قَضَائِكَ،\
   *Allāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ‘alā ḥusni qaḍā’ika,*\
   O Allah, to You belongs all praise for the goodness of Your decree,

2. وَبِمَا صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ بَلائِكَ،\
   *Wa-bimā ṣarafta ‘annī min balā’ika,*\
   And for what You have averted from me of Your trials,

3. فَلاَ تَجْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ،\
   *Falā taj‘al ḥaẓẓī min raḥmatika mā ‘ajjalta lī min ‘āfiyatika,*\
   So do not make my share of Your mercy what You hastened for me of well-being,

4. فَأَكُونَ قَدْ شَقِيتُ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتُ وَسَعِدَ غَيْرِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُ،\
   *Fa-akūna qad shaqītu bimā aḥbabtu wa-sa‘ida ghayrī bimā karihtu,*\
   So that I may end up wretched through what I loved, while others are happy with what I disliked,

5. وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مَا ظَلِلْتُ فِيهِ أَوْ بِتُّ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعَافِيَةِ،\
   *Wa-in yakun mā ẓaliltu fīhi aw bitu fīhi min hādhihi al-‘āfiyah,*\
   And if what I spent my day or night in of this well-being,

6. بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَلاءٍ لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ وَوِزْرٍ لاَ يَرْتَفِعُ،\
   *Bayna yaday balā’in lā yanqaṭi‘u wa-wizrin lā yartafi‘u,*\
   Is before a trial that does not cease, and a burden that does not lift,

7. فَقَدِّمْ لِي مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَأَخِّرْ عَنِّي مَا قَدَّمْتَ،\
   *Faqaddim lī mā akhkharta wa-akhkhir ‘annī mā qaddamta,*\
   Then advance for me what You have delayed, and delay from me what You have advanced,

8. فَغَيْرُ كَثِيرٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْفَنَاءُ وَغَيْرُ قَلِيلٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْبَقَاءُ،\
   *Faghayru kathīrin mā ‘āqibatuhu al-fanā’ wa-ghayru qalīlin mā ‘āqibatuhu al-baqā’,*\
   For what ends in perishing is not great, and what ends in lasting is not small,

9. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Wa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi,*\
   And send blessings upon Muhammad and his family.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 37: For Giving Thanks](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-37.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 1: In Praise of Allah](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-01-praise-allah.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)