# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 24: His Supplication for His Parents

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Parents & Family](https://duasonline.org/category/parents-and-family.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-24

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 24: for his parents. 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-dua24-prayer-for-parents.html).

## Text

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

1. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد عَبْـدِكَ وَرَسُولِـكَ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin ‘abdik wa rasūlik*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, Your servant and Your messenger,

2. وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ،\
   *wa ahli baytihi aṭ-ṭāhirīn,*\
   and his pure family,

3. وَاخْصُصْهُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ\
   *wa ikhṣuṣhum bi-afḍali ṣalawātika wa raḥmatik*\
   and single them out with the best of Your blessings, and Your mercy,

4. وَبَرَكَاتِكَ وَسَلاَمِكَ،\
   *wa barakātika wa salāmik,*\
   and Your favors, and Your peace.

5. وَاخْصُصِ اللَّهُمَّ وَالِدَيَّ بِالْكَرَامَةِ لَدَيْكَ،\
   *wa ikhṣuṣi Allāhumma wālidayya bi-al-karāmati ladayk,*\
   And single out, O Allah, my parents with honor in Your presence,

6. وَالصَّلاَةِ مِنْكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *wa aṣ-ṣalāti minka yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīn.*\
   and blessings from You, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

7. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

8. وَأَلْهِمْنِي عِلْمَ مَا يَجبُ لَهُمَا عَلَىَّ إلْهَاماً،\
   *wa alhimnī ‘ilma mā yajibu lahumā ‘alayya ilhāmā,*\
   and inspire me with the knowledge of what is due to them from me, an inspiration,

9. وَاجْمَعْ لِي عِلْمَ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ تَمَامـاً،\
   *wa ijma‘ lī ‘ilma dhālika kullihī tamāmā,*\
   and gather for me the complete knowledge of all of that,

10. ثُمَّ اسْتَعْمِلْنِي بِمَا تُلْهِمُنِي مِنْـهُ،\
   *thumma ista‘milnī bi-mā tulhimunī minh,*\
   then make me act according to what You inspire me with from it,

11. وَوَفِّقْنِي لِلنُّفُوذِ فِيمَا تُبَصِّـرُنِيْ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ،\
   *wa waffiqnī li-an-nufūdhi fīmā tubaṣṣirunī min ‘ilmih,*\
   and grant me success to penetrate what You give me insight into of its knowledge,

12. حَتَّى لاَ يَفُوتَنِي اسْتِعْمَالُ شَيْء عَلَّمْتَنِيْهِ،\
   *ḥattā lā yafūtanī isti‘mālu shay’in ‘allamtanīh,*\
   so that the practice of anything You have taught me does not escape me,

13. وَلاَ تَثْقُلَ أَرْكَانِي عَنِ الْحُفُوفِ فِيمَا أَلْهَمْتَنِيهِ.\
   *wa lā tathqula arkānī ‘ani al-ḥufūfi fīmā alhamtanīh.*\
   and my limbs do not become heavy in carrying out what You have inspired me with.

14. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا شَرَّفْتَنَا بِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih kamā sharraftanā bih*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, just as You honored us through him,

15. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *wa ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   and send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

16. كَمَا أَوْجَبْتَ لَنَا الْحَقَّ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ بِسَبَبِهِ.\
   *kamā awjabta lanā al-ḥaqqa ‘alā al-khalqi bi-sababih.*\
   just as You made incumbent upon the creation the right due to us because of him.

17. أللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي أَهَابُهُمَا هَيْبَةَ السُّلْطَانِ الْعَسُوفِ،\
   *Allāhumma ij‘alnī ahābuhumā haybata as-sulṭāni al-‘asūf,*\
   O Allah, make me regard them with the awe of the fierce ruler,

18. وَأَبَرُّهُمَا بِرَّ الأُمِّ الرَّؤُوفِ،\
   *wa abarrhuma birra al-ummi ar-ra’ūf,*\
   and be more dutiful to them than the merciful mother,

19. وَاجْعَلْ طَاعَتِي لِوَالِدَيَّ وَبِرِّيْ بِهِمَا\
   *wa ij‘al ṭā‘atī li-wālidayya wa birrī bihimā*\
   and make my obedience to my parents and my dutifulness to them

20. أَقَرَّ لِعَيْنِي مِنْ رَقْدَةِ الْوَسْنَانِ،\
   *aqarra li-‘aynī min raqḍati al-wasnān,*\
   more delightful to my eyes than the sleep of the weary,

21. وَأَثْلَجَ لِصَدْرِي مِنْ شَرْبَةِ الظَّمْآنِ\
   *wa athlaja li-ṣadrī min sharbati aẓ-ẓam’ān*\
   and cooler to my chest than the drink of the thirsty,

22. حَتَّى أوثِرَ عَلَى هَوَايَ هَوَاهُمَا\
   *ḥattā ūthira ‘alā hawāya hawāhumā*\
   so that I prefer their desire over my own desire,

23. وَأُقَدِّمَ عَلَى رِضَاىَ رِضَاهُمَا\
   *wa uqaddima ‘alā riḍāya riḍāhumā*\
   and place their pleasure before my own pleasure,

24. وَأَسْتَكْثِرَ بِرَّهُمَا بِي وَإنْ قَلَّ\
   *wa astakthira birrahumā bī wa in qall*\
   and consider my parents’ kindness to me to be great, even if it is little,

25. وَأَسْتَقِلَّ بِرِّي بِهِمَا وَإنْ كَثُرَ.\
   *wa astaqilla birrī bihimā wa in kathur.*\
   and consider my dutifulness to them to be little, even if it is much.

26. أللَّهُمَّ خَفِّضْ لَهُمَا صَوْتِي، وَأَطِبْ لَهُمَا كَلاَمِي،\
   *Allāhumma khaffiḍ lahumā ṣawtī, wa aṭib lahumā kalāmī,*\
   O Allah, lower my voice before them, and sweeten my speech for them,

27. وَأَلِنْ لَهُمَا عَرِيْكَتِي، وَاعْطِفْ عَلَيْهِمَا قَلْبِي،\
   *wa alin lahumā ‘arīkatī, wa a‘ṭif ‘alayhimā qalbī,*\
   and soften my nature for them, and incline my heart toward them,

28. وَصَيِّرْنِي بِهِمَا رَفِيقاً، وَعَلَيْهِمَا شَفِيقاً.\
   *wa ṣayyirnī bihimā rafīqan, wa ‘alayhimā shafīqan.*\
   and make me a gentle companion to them, and a compassionate person toward them.

29. أللَّهُمَّ اشْكُرْ لَهُمَا تَرْبِيَتِي وَأَثِبْهُمَا عَلَى تَكْرِمَتِي،\
   *Allāhumma ushkur lahumā tarbiyatī wa athibhuma ‘alā takrimatī,*\
   O Allah, thank them for raising me, and reward them for honoring me,

30. وَاحْفَظْ لَهُمَا مَا حَفِظَاهُ مِنِّي فِي صِغَرِي.\
   *wa iḥfaẓ lahumā mā ḥafiẓāhu minnī fī ṣigharī.*\
   and preserve for them what they preserved of me in my childhood.

31. اللَّهُمَّ وَمَا مَسَّهُمَا مِنِّي مِنْ أَذَىً\
   *Allāhumma wa mā massahumā minnī min adhā*\
   O Allah, and whatever harm touched them from me,

32. أَوْ خَلَصَ إلَيْهِمَا عَنِّي مِنْ مَكْرُوه\
   *aw khalaṣa ilayhimā ‘annī min makrūh*\
   or whatever unpleasant thing reached them from me,

33. أَوْ ضَاعَ قِبَلِي لَهُمَا مِنْ حَقٍّ\
   *aw ḍā‘a qibalī lahumā min ḥaqqin*\
   or whatever right of theirs was lost by me,

34. فَاجْعَلْهُ حِطَّةً لِذُنُوبِهِمَا\
   *fa-ij‘alhu ḥiṭṭatan li-dhunūbihimā*\
   then make it a means of relief for their sins,

35. وَعُلُوّاً فِي دَرَجَاتِهِمَا\
   *wa ‘uluwwan fī darajātihimā*\
   and a raise in their ranks,

36. وَزِيَادَةً فِي حَسَنَاتِهِمَا\
   *wa ziyādatan fī ḥasanātihimā*\
   and an increase in their good deeds,

37. يَا مُبَدِّلَ السَّيِّئاتِ بِأَضْعَافِهَا مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ.\
   *yā mubaddila as-sayyi’āti bi-aḍ‘āfihā mina al-ḥasanāt.*\
   O You who exchange bad deeds for many times their like in good deeds.

38. أللَّهُمَّ وَمَا تَعَدَّيَا عَلَيَّ فِيهِ مِنْ قَوْل،\
   *Allāhumma wa mā ta‘addayā ‘alayya fīhi min qawl,*\
   O Allah, and whatever word they spoke that went beyond bounds against me,

39. أَوْ أَسْرَفَا عَلَىَّ فِيْهِ مِنْ فِعْل،\
   *aw asrafā ‘alayya fīhi min fi‘l,*\
   or whatever action they were excessive in against me,

40. أَوْ ضَيَّعَاهُ لِي مِنْ حَقٍّ\
   *aw ḍayya‘āhu lī min ḥaqqin*\
   or whatever right of mine they neglected,

41. أَوْ قَصَّرا بِي عَنْهُ مِنْ وَاجِب\
   *aw qaṣṣarā bī ‘anhu min wājib*\
   or whatever duty they fell short in towards me,

42. فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُهُ وَجُدْتُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمَا،\
   *fa-qad wahabtuhu wa judtu bihi ‘alayhimā,*\
   I have forgiven it and granted it to them generously,

43. وَرَغِبْتُ إلَيْكَ فِي وَضْعِ تَبِعَتِهِ عَنْهُمَا\
   *wa raghibtu ilayka fī waḍ‘i tabi‘atihi ‘anhumā*\
   and I appeal to You to remove its accountability from them,

44. فَإنِّي لا أَتَّهِمُهُمَا عَلَى نَفْسِي،\
   *fa-innī lā attahimuhumā ‘alā nafsī,*\
   for I do not accuse them regarding myself,

45. وَلاَ أَسْتَبْطِئُهُمَا فِي بِرِّي،\
   *wa lā astabṭi’uhumā fī birrī,*\
   nor do I consider them slow in their kindness to me,

46. وَلا أكْرَهُ مَا تَوَلَّياهُ مِنْ أَمْرِي يَا رَبِّ\
   *wa lā akrahu mā tawallayāhu min amrī yā Rabb*\
   nor do I dislike what they undertook concerning my affairs, O Lord.

47. فَهُمَا أَوْجَبُ حَقّاً عَلَيَّ،\
   *fa-humā awjabu ḥaqqan ‘alayy,*\
   For they have the most incumbent right over me,

48. وَأَقْدَمُ إحْسَانـاً إلَيَّ\
   *wa aqdamu iḥsānan ilayy*\
   and the oldest kindness towards me,

49. وَأَعْظَمُ مِنَّةً لَـدَيَّ\
   *wa a‘ẓamu minnatan ladayy*\
   and the greatest favor with me—

50. مِنْ أَنْ أقَاصَّهُمَا بِعَدْل،\
   *min an uqāṣṣahumā bi-‘adl,*\
   than for me to take retribution from them with justice,

51. أَوْ أُجَازِيَهُمَا عَلَى مِثْل،\
   *aw ujāziyahumā ‘alā mithl,*\
   or reward them in kind.

52. أَيْنَ إذاً يَا إلهِيْ طُولُ شُغْلِهِمَا بِتَرْبِيَتِي ؟\
   *ayna idhan yā Ilāhī ṭūlu shughlihimā bi-tarbiyatī?*\
   Where then, O my God, is the long effort of their raising me?

53. وَأَيْنَ شِدَّةُ تَعَبِهِمَا فِي حِرَاسَتِيْ ؟\
   *wa ayna shiddatu ta‘abihimā fī ḥirāsatī?*\
   And where is the intensity of their toil in guarding me?

54. وَأَيْنَ إقْتَارُهُمَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا لِلتَّوْسِعَةِ عَلَيَّ؟\
   *wa ayna iqtāruhumā ‘alā anfusihimā li-at-tawsi‘ati ‘alayy?*\
   And where is their scarcity for themselves in order to provide abundantly for me?

55. هَيْهَاتَ مَا يَسْتَوْفِيَانِ مِنِّي حَقَّهُمَا،\
   *hayhāta mā yastawfiyāni minnī ḥaqqahumā,*\
   Far be it! They cannot exhaust their right from me,

56. وَلاَ اُدْرِكُ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيَّ لَهُمَا\
   *wa lā udriku mā yajibu ‘alayya lahumā*\
   nor can I reach what is incumbent upon me for them,

57. وَلا أَنَا بِقَاض وَظِيفَةَ خِدْمَتِهِمَا.\
   *wa lā anā bi-qāḍin waẓīfata khidmatihimā.*\
   and I am not one who can fulfill the duty of serving them.

58. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

59. وَأَعِنِّي يَا خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتُعِينَ بِهِ.\
   *wa a‘innī yā khayra mani istu‘īna bih.*\
   and help me, O Best of those whose help is sought.

60. وَوَفِّقْنِي يَا أَهْدَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ،\
   *wa waffiqnī yā ahdā man rughiba ilayh,*\
   And grant me success, O Most Guiding of those desired,

61. وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي فِي أَهْلِ الْعُقُوقِ لِلآباءِوَالأُمَّهاتِ\
   *wa lā taj‘alnī fī ahli al-‘uqūqi li-al-ābā’i wa al-ummahāt*\
   and do not place me among the people of disobedience to fathers and mothers

62. يَوْمَ تُجْزى كُلُّ نَفْس بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لاَيُظْلَمُونَ.\
   *yawma tujzā kullu nafsin bi-mā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.*\
   on the Day every soul is recompensed for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

63. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ،\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa dhurrīyatih,*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family and his descendants,

64. وَاخْصُصْ أَبَوَيَّ بِأَفْضَلِ مَا خَصَصْتَ بِهِ\
   *wa ikhṣuṣ abawayya bi-afḍali mā khaṣaṣta bih*\
   and single out my parents with the best of what You singled out

65. آبَاءَ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَاُمَّهَاتِهِمْ يَا أَرْحَمَ الـرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *ābā’a ‘ibādika al-mu’minīna wa ummahātihim yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīn.*\
   the fathers of Your believing servants and their mothers, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

66. أللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُنْسِنِي ذِكْرَهُمَا فِي أَدْبَارِ صَلَوَاتِي\
   *Allāhumma lā tunsīnī dhikrahumā fī adbāri ṣalawātī*\
   O Allah, do not make me forget their remembrance at the conclusions of my prayers,

67. وَفِي أَناً مِنْ آناءِ لَيْلِي،\
   *wa fī anan min ānā’i laylī,*\
   and in any part of the moments of my night,

68. وَفِي كُلِّ سَاعَة مِنْ سَاعَاتِ نَهَارِي.\
   *wa fī kulli sā‘atin min sā‘āti nahārī.*\
   and in every hour of the hours of my day.

69. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

70. وَاغْفِرْ لِي بِدُعَائِي لَهُمَا،\
   *wa ighfir lī bi-du‘ā’ī lahumā,*\
   and forgive me through my prayer for them,

71. وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمَـا بِبِرِّهِمَـا بِي،\
   *wa ighfir lahumā bi-birrihimā bī,*\
   and forgive them through their dutifulness to me,

72. مَغْفِرَةً حَتْمـاً\
   *maghfiratan ḥatmā*\
   a definite forgiveness,

73. وَارْضَ عَنْهُمَا بِشَفَاعَتِي لَهُمَا رِضَىً عَزْماً،\
   *wa irḍa ‘anhumā bi-shafā‘atī lahumā riḍan ‘azmā,*\
   and be pleased with them through my intercession for them, a resolute pleasure,

74. وَبَلِّغْهُمَا بِالْكَرَامَةِ مَوَاطِنَ السَّلاَمَةِ.\
   *wa ballighhumā bi-al-karāmati mawāṭina as-salāmah.*\
   and convey them with honor to the abodes of peace.

75. أللَّهُمَّ وَإنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُكَ لَهُمَا فَشَفِّعْهُمَا فِيَّ،\
   *Allāhumma wa in sabaqat maghfiratuka lahumā fa-shaffi‘humā fiyy,*\
   O Allah, if Your forgiveness preceded them, then make them intercede for me,

76. وَإنْ سَبَقَتْ مَغْفِرَتُـكَ لِي فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيْهِمَا،\
   *wa in sabaqat maghfiratuka lī fa-shaffi‘nī fīhimā,*\
   and if Your forgiveness preceded me, then make me intercede for them,

77. حَتّى نَجْتَمِعَ بِرَأفَتِكَ فِي دَارِ كَرَامَتِكَ\
   *ḥattā najtami‘a bi-ra’fatika fī dāri karāmatik*\
   so that we may gather by Your compassion in the abode of Your honor,

78. وَمَحَلِّ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ،\
   *wa maḥalli maghfiratika wa raḥmatik,*\
   and the place of Your forgiveness and Your mercy.

79. إنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْمَنِّ الْقَدِيْمِ\
   *innaka dhū al-faḍli al-‘aẓīmi wa al-manni al-qadīm*\
   Truly, You are the Possessor of immense favor and ancient bounty,

80. وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *wa anta arḥamu ar-rāḥimīn.*\
   and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

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- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 26: His Supplication for Neighbours and Friends](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-26.md)
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