# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 22: His Supplication in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ عِنْدَ الشِّدَّةِ و الجَحدِ و تَعَسُّرِ اللُمور
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Seeking Needs](https://duasonline.org/category/seeking-needs.md)
- **Recitation:** a recorded Arabic recitation, on the web page
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-22

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 22: in hardship and difficulty. 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-dua22-hardship-difficult-affairs.html), which also hosts the recitation.

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ كَلَّفْتَنِي مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا أَنْتَ أَمْلَكُ بِهِ مِنِّي،\
   *al-laahum-ma in-nak kal-laf-tanee min-naf-see maaa anta am-laku bihee min-nee*\
   \1.O God, You have charged me concerning myself with that which belongs more to You than to me.

2. وَقُدْرَتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيَّ أَغْلَبُ مِنْ قُدْرَتِي،\
   *wa qud-ratuka a'lay-hee waa'lay-ya agh-labu min qud-ratee*\
   \2.Your power over it and over me is greater than my power,

3. فَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ نَفْسِي مَا يُرْضِيْكَ عَنِّي،\
   *faaa'-t'inee min-naf-see maa yur-z''eeka a'n-nee*\
   \3.so give me in myself what will make You pleased with me

4. وَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ رِضَاهَا مِنْ نَفْسِي فِي عَافِيَة.\
   *wa khud' linaf-sika riz''aahaa min-naf-see fee a'afeeah*\
   \4.and take for Yourself Your good pleasure in my self's well-being!

5. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ طَاقَةَ لِي بِالجَهْدِ ، وَلاَ صَبْرَ لِي عَلَى البَلاَءِ،\
   *al-laahum-ma laa t'aaqata lee bil-jah-d wa laa s'ab-ra lee a'laal-balaaa*\
   \5.O God, I have no endurance for effort, no patience in affliction,

6. وَلاَ قُوَّةَ لِي عَلَى الْفَقْرِ، فَلاَ تَحْظُرْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي،\
   *wa laa qoo-wata lee a'laal-faq-r falaa tah'-z'ur a'lay-ya riz-qee*\
   \6.no strength to bear poverty. So forbid me not my provision

7. وَلاَ تَكِلْنِيْ إلَى خَلْقِكَ بَلْ تَفَرَّدْ بِحَاجَتِي، وَتَولَّ كِفَايَتِي،\
   *wa laa takil-neee ilaa khal-qik bal tafar-rad bih'aajatee wa tawal-la kifaayatee*\
   \7.and entrust me not to Your creatures, but take care of my need alone and Yourself attend to sufficing me!

8. وَانْظُرْ إلَيَّ وَانْظُرْ لِي فِي جَمِيْعِ اُمُورِي،\
   *wanz'ur ilay-ya wanz'ur lee fee jameei' umooree*\
   \8.Look upon me and look after me in all my affairs,

9. فَإنَّكَ إنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إلَى نَفْسِي عَجَزْتُ عَنْهَا،\
   *fa in-naka iw-wakal-taneee ilaa naf-see a'jaz-tu a'n-haa*\
   \9.for if You entrust me to myself, I will be incapable before myself

10. وَلَمْ اُقِمْ مَا فِيهِ مَصْلَحَتُهَا،\
   *wa lam uqim maa feehee mas'-lah'atuhaa*\
   \10.and fail to undertake that in which my best interest lies.

11. وَإنْ وَكَلْتَنِي إلَى خَلْقِكَ تَجَهَّمُونِي،\
   *wa iw-wakal-taneee ilaa khal-qika tajah-hamoonee*\
   \11.If You entrust me to Your creatures, they will frown upon me,

12. وَإنْ أَلْجَأتَنِيْ إلَى قَرَابَتِي حَرَمُونِي،\
   *wa in al-jaa-taneee ilaa qaraabatee h'aramoonee*\
   \12.and if You make me resort to my kinsfolk, they will refuse to give to me;

13. وَإنْ أَعْطَوْا أَعْطَوْا قَلِيْلاً نَكِداً،\
   *wa in aa'-t'aw-aaa aa'-t'aw-a qaleelan-nakidaa*\
   \13.if they give, they will give little and in bad temper,

14. وَمَنُّوا عَلَيَّ طَوِيلاً وَذَمُّوا كَثِيراً.\
   *wa man-noo a'lay-ya t'aweelaw-wad'am-moo katheeraa*\
   \14.making me feel long obliged and blaming me much.

15. فَبِفَضْلِكَ أللَّهُمَّ فَأَغْنِنِي، وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ فَانْعَشنِي،\
   *fabifaz''-likal-laahum-ma faagh-ninee wa bia'z'amatika faan-i'sh-nee*\
   \15.So through Your bounty, O God, free me from need, through Your mightiness, lift me up,

16. وَبِسَعَتِكَ فَابْسُطْ يَدِي، وَبِمَا عِنْدَكَ فَاكْفِنِي.\
   *wa bisaa'tika fab-sut' yadee wa bimaa i'ndaka fak-finee*\
   \16.through Your boundless plenty, open my hand, and with that which is with You, suffice me!

17. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalihee*\
   \17.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

18. وَخَلِّصْنِي مِنَ الْحَسَدِ، وَاحْصُرْنِي عَن الذُّنُوبِ،\
   *wa khal-lis'-nee minal-h'asad wah'-s'ur-nee a'nid'-d'unoob*\
   \18.rid me of envy, encircle me against sins,

19. وَوَرِّعْنِي عَنِ الْمَحَارِمِ، وَلا تُجَرِّئْنِي عَلَى الْمَعَاصِي،\
   *wa war-ria'-nee a'nil-mah'aarim wa laa tujar-ri-nee a'laal-maa'as'ee*\
   \19.make me abstain from things unlawful, give me not the boldness of disobedient acts,

20. وَاجْعَلْ هَوايَ عِنْدَكَ، وَرِضَايَ فِيمَا يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ،\
   *waj-a'l hawaaya i'ndaka wa riz''aaya feemaa yaridu a'lay-ya mink*\
   \20.assign me love for that which is with You and satisfaction with that which comes to me from You,

21. وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيْمَا رَزَقْتَنِي، وَفِيمَا خَوَّلْتَنِي،\
   *wa baarik lee feemaa razaq-tanee wafeemaa khaw-wal-tanee*\
   \21.bless me in that which You provide me, that which You confer upon me,

22. وَفِيمَا أَنْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَيَّ، وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي كُلِّ حَالاَتِي\
   *wa feemaaa an-a'm-ta bihee a'lay waj-a'l-nee fee kul-li h'aalaatee*\
   \22.and that through which You favour me, and make me in all my states

23. مَحْفُوظَاً مَكْلُوءاً مَسْتُوراً مَمْنُوعاً مُعَاذاً مُجَاراً.\
   *mah'-fooz'am-mak-looo-aa mas-tooram-mam-nooa'a mua'ad'am-mujaaraa*\
   \23.safeguarded, watched, covered, defended, given refuge, and granted sanctuary!

24. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \24.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

25. وَاقْضِ عَنِّي كُلّ مَا أَلْزَمْتَنِيهِ وَفَرَضْتَهُ عَلَيَّ لَكَ فِي وَجْه مِنْ وُجُوهِ طَاعَتِكَ،\
   *waq-z''i a'n-nee kul-la maaa al-zam-taneehee wa faraz''-tahoo a'lay-ya laka fee waj-him-miw-wujoohee t'aaa'tik*\
   \25.and let me accomplish everything which You have enjoined upon me or made obligatory for me toward You, in one of the ways of Your obedience,

26. أَوْ لِخَلْق مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَإنْ ضَعُفَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بَدَنِي، وَوَهَنَتْ عَنْهُ قُـوَّتِي،\
   *aw likhal-qim-min khal-qik wa in z''au'fa a'n d'alika badanee wa wahanat a'n-hoo qoo-watee*\
   \26.or toward one of Your creatures, though my body be too frail for that, my strength too feeble,

27. وَلَمْ تَنَلْهُ مَقْدِرَتِي، وَلَمْ يَسَعْهُ مَالِي وَلاَ ذَاتُ يَدِي، ذَكَرْتُهُ أَوْ نَسِيتُهُ\
   *wa lam tanal-hoo maq-duratee wa lam yasaa'-hoo maalee wa laa d'aatu yadee d'akar-tuhooo aw naseetuh*\
   \27.my power not able to reach it, and my possessions and what my hand owns not encompass it, and whether I have remembered it or forgotten it.

28. هُوَ يَا رَبِّ مِمَّا قَدْ أَحْصَيْتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَأَغْفَلْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ نَفْسِي،\
   *huwa yaa rab-bi mim-maa qad ah'-s'ay-tahoo a'lay wa agh-fal-tuhooo ana min-naf-see*\
   \28.It, my Lord, is among that which You have counted against me while I have been heedless of it in myself.

29. فَأَدِّهِ عَنِّي مِنْ جَزِيْلِ عَطِيَّتِكَ وَكَثِيرِ مَا عِنْدَكَ،\
   *faad-dihee a'n-nee min jazeeli a't'ee-yatika wa kabeeri maa i'ndaka*\
   \29.Let me perform it through Your plentiful giving and the abundance which is with You

30. فَإنَّكَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ حَتَّى لاَ يَبْقَى عَلَيَّ شَيْ مِنْهُ\
   *fa in-naka waasiu'n kareemun h'at-taa laa yab-qaa a'lay-ya shay-um min-hoo*\
   \30.- for You are Boundless, Generous - so that nothing of it may remain against me,

31. تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُقَاصَّنِي بِهِ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِي،\
   *tureedu an tuqaaas'-s'anee bihee min h'asanaatee*\
   \31.lest You would wish to settle accounts for it from my good deeds

32. أَوْ تُضَاعِفَ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئاتِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ يَا رَبِّ.\
   *aw tuz''aai'fa bihee min say-yi-aatee yaw-ma al-qaaka yaa rab*\
   \32.or to compound my evil deeds on the day I meet You, my Lord!

33. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \33.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

34. وَارْزُقْنِي الرَّغْبَةَ فِي الْعَمَـلِ لَكَ لآخِـرَتِي،\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \34.and provide me with desire to serve You for the sake of my state in the hereafter,

35. حَتَّى أَعْرِفَ صِدْقَ ذلِكَ مِنْ قَلْبِي،\
   *war-zuq-neer-ragh-bata fil-a'mali laka liakhiratee*\
   \35.such that I know the truthfulness of that \[desire\] in my heart,

36. وَحَتَّى يَكُونَ الْغَالِبُ عَلَيَّ الزُّهْدُ فِي دُنْيَايَ،\
   *wa h'at-taa yakoonal-ghaalibu a'lay-yaz-zuh-da fee dunyaay*\
   \36.be dominated by renunciation while in this world,

37. وَحَتَّى أَعْمَلَ الْحَسَنَاتِ شَوْقاً،\
   *wa h'at-taaa aa'-malal-h'asanaati shaw-qaa*\
   \37.do good deeds with yearning,

38. وَآمَنَ مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ فَرَقاً وَخَوْفاً،\
   *wa aaamana minas-say-yi-aati faraqaw-wakhaw-faa*\
   \38.and remain secure from evil deeds in fright and fear!

39. وَهَبْ لِي نُوراً أَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ، وَأَهْتَدِي بِهِ فِي الظُّلُماتِ،\
   *wa hab lee noorana am-shee bihee fin-naas wa ah-tadee bihee feez'-z'ulumaat*\
   \39.And give me 'a light whereby I may walk among the people' (ref.6:122), be guided in the shadows,

40. وَأَسْتَضِيءُ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّكِّ وَالشُّبُهَـاتِ .\
   *wa as-taz''ee-u bihee minash-shak-ki wash-shubuhaat*\
   \40.and seek illumination in doubt and uncertainty!

41. اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \41.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

42. وَارْزُقْنِي خَوْفَ غَمِّ الْوَعِيْـدِ،\
   *war-zuq-nee khaw-fa gham-mil-wae'ed*\
   \42.and provide me with fear of the threatened gloom

43. وَشَوْقَ ثَوَابِ الْمَوْعُودِ حَتَّى أَجِدَ لَذَّةَ مَا أَدْعُوكَ لَهُ،\
   *wa shaw-qa thawaabil-maw-u'wdi h'at-taa ajida lad'-d'ata maaa ad-u'wka lah*\
   \43.and yearning for the promised reward, such that I may find the pleasure of that for which I supplicate You

44. وَكَأْبَةَ مَا أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ مِنْهُ.\
   *wa kaa-bata maaa as-tajeeru bika min-h*\
   \44.and the sorrow of that from which I seek sanctuary in You!

45. أللَّهُمَّ قَـدْ تَعْلَمُ مَا يُصْلِحُنِي مِنْ أَمْرِ دُنْيَايَ وَآخِـرَتِي،\
   *al-laahum-ma qad t-taa'-lamu maa yus'-lih'unee min am-ri dunyaaya wa aaakhiratee*\
   \45.O God, You know what will set my affairs right in this world and the next,

46. فَكُنْ بِحَوَائِجِيْ حَفِيّاً.\
   *fakum-bih'awaaa-ijee h'afee-yaa*\
   \46.so be ever gracious toward my needs!

47. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-waaali muh'am-mad*\
   \47.O God, bless Muhammad and Muhammad's Household

48. وَارْزُقْنِي الْحَقَّ عِنْدَ تَقْصِيرِي فِي الشُّكْرِ لَكَ\
   *war-zuq-neel-h'aq-qa i'nda taq-s'eeree feesh-shuk-ri laka*\
   \48.and provide me with what is Your right when I fall short in thanking You

49. بِمَا أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فِي اليُسـرِ وَالْعُسْرِ وَالصِّحَّـةِ وَالسَّقَمِ\
   *bimaaa an-a'm-ta a'lay-ya feel-yus-ri wal-u's-r was'-s'ih'-h'ati was-saqam*\
   \49.for that through which You have favoured me in ease and difficulty, health and sickness,

50. حَتَّى أَتَعَرَّفَ مِنْ نَفْسِي رَوْحَ الرِّضَا\
   *h'at-taaa ataa'r-rafa min-naf-see raw-h'ar-riz''aa*\
   \50.such that I may come to know in myself repose in satisfaction

51. وَطُمَأنِينَةَ النَّفْسِ مِنِّي بِمَا يَجِبُ لَكَ فِيمَا يَحْدُثُ\
   *wa t'umaa-neenatan-naf-si min-nee bimaa yajibu lak feemaa yah'-duthu*\
   \51.and serenity of soul in that which You have made incumbent upon me

52. فِي حَالِ الْخَوْفِ وَالاَمْنِ،\
   *fee h'aali al-khaw-fi wal-am-n*\
   \52.in whatever states may occur: fear and security,

53. وَالرِّضَا وَالسُّخْطِ، وَالضَّرِّ وَالنَّفْعِ.\
   *war-riz''aa was-sukh-t' waz''-z''ur-ri wan-naf-a'*\
   \53.satisfaction and displeasure, loss and gain!

54. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \54.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

55. وَارْزُقْنِي سَلاَمَةَ الصَّدْرِ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ\
   *war-zuq-nee salaamatas'-s'ad-ri minal-h'asad*\
   \55.and provide me with a breast safe from envy,

56. حَتَّى لاَ أَحْسُدَ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ عَلَى شَيْء مِنْ فَضْلِكَ،\
   *h'at-taa laaa ah'-suda ah'adam-min khal-qika a'laa shay-im-min faz''-lik*\
   \56.such that I envy none of Your creatures and in anything of Your bounty

57. وَحَتَّى لاَ أَرى نِعْمَـةً مِنْ نِعَمِـكَ عَلَى أَحَد مِنْ خَلْقِكَ\
   *wa h'at-taa laaa araa nia'-matam-min-nia'mika a'laaa ah'adim-min khal-qika*\
   \57.and such that I see none of Your favours toward any of Your creatures

58. فِي دِيْن أَوْ دُنْيا، أَوْ عَافِيَة أَوْ تَقْوَى،\
   *fee deenin aw dunyaa aw a'afeeatin aw taq-waa*\
   \58.in religion or this world, well-being or reverential fear,

59. أَوْ سَعَة أَوْ رَخاء، إلاّ رَجَوْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَفْضَلَ ذلِكَ،\
   *aw saa'tin aw rakhaaa- il-laa rajaw-tu linaf-seee af-z''ala d'alika*\
   \59.plenty or ease, without hoping for myself better than it

60. بِكَ وَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ.\
   *bika wa minka wah'-daka laa shareeka lak*\
   \60.through and from You alone, who have no associate!

61. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّـد وَآلِـهِ\
   *al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih*\
   \61.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

62. وَارْزُقْنِي التَّحَفُّظَ مِن الْخَطَايَا،\
   *war-zuq-nee at-tah'af-fuz'a minal-khat'aayaa*\
   \62.and provide me with caution against offenses

63. وَالاحْتِرَاسَ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ،\
   *walih'-tiraasa minaz-zalali fid-dunyaa wal-aaakhirah*\
   \63.and wariness against slips in this world and the next

64. فِي حَالِ الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ،\
   *fee h'aalir-riz''aa wal-ghaz''ab*\
   \64.in the state of satisfaction and wrath,

65. حَتَّى أكُونَ بِمَا يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمَا بِمَنْزِلَة سَوَاء،\
   *h'at-taaa akoona bimaa yaridu a'lay-ya min-humaa bimanzilatin sawaaa*\
   \65.such that I may remain indifferent toward that which enters upon me from the two states,

66. عَامِلاً بِطَاعَتِكَ مُؤْثِراً لِرِضَاكَ عَلَى مَا سِوَاهُمَا فِي الأَوْلِياءِ وَالأعْدَاءِ\
   *a'amilam-bit'aaa'tika moo-thiral-liriz''aaka a'laa maa siwaahumaa fil-aw-leeaaa-i wal-aa'-daaa-i*\
   \66.work toward Your obedience, and prefer it and Your good pleasure over all else in both friends and enemies.

67. حَتّى يَأْمَنَ عَدُوِّي مِنْ ظُلْمِي وَجَوْرِي،\
   *h'at-taa yaa-mana a'doo-wee min z'ul-mee wa jaw-ree*\
   \67.Then my enemy may stay secure from my wrongdoing and injustice

68. وَيَيْأَسَ وَلِيِّي مِنْ مَيْلِي وَانْحِطَاطِ هَوَايَ،\
   *wa yay-ssa wa lee-yee mim-may-lee wa an-h'it'aat'i hawaay*\
   \68.and my friend may despair of my inclination and the bent of my affection.

69. وَاجْعَلنِي مِمَّنْ يَدْعُوكَ مُخْلِصاً في الرَّخَاءِ\
   *waj-a'l-nee mim-may-yad-u'wka mukh-lis'ana fir-rakhaaa-i*\
   \69.Make me one of those who supplicate You with sincerity in ease

70. دُعَـاءَ الْمُخْلِصِينَ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ لَـكَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ\
   *dua'aa-al-mukh-lis'eenal-muz''-t'ar-reena laka fid-dua'aa-i*\
   \70.with the supplication of those who supplicate You with sincerity in distress!

71. إنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجيدٌ .\
   *in-naka h'ameedum-majeed*\
   \71.Truly You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 13: His Supplication in Seeking Needs From God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-13.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 19: His Supplication in Asking for Water During a Drought](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-19.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 21: When Something Made Him Sorrowful](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-21.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 29: His Supplication When Provision Was Stinted](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-29.md)