# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 25: His Supplication for His Children

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ لِوُلْدِهِ
- **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-25

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 25: for his children. 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-dua25-prayer-for-children.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ وَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِبَقَاءِ وُلْدِي،\
   *Allāhumma wa munn ‘alayya bi-baqā’i wildī,*\
   O Allah, and bestow upon me the favor of the survival of my children,

2. وَبِإصْلاَحِهِمْ لِي، وَبِإمْتَاعِي بِهِمْ.\
   *wa bi-iṣlāḥihim lī, wa bi-imtā‘ī bihim.*\
   and their righteousness towards me, and my enjoyment of them.

3. إلهِي أمْدُدْ لِي فِي أَعْمَارِهِمْ،\
   *Ilāhī umdud lī fī a‘mārihim,*\
   My God, prolong their lifespans for me,

4. وَزِدْ لِي فِي آجَالِهِمْ،\
   *wa zid lī fī ājālihim,*\
   and increase their appointed times for me,

5. وَرَبِّ لِي صَغِيرَهُمْ\
   *wa rabbī lī ṣaghīrahum*\
   and raise their young ones for me,

6. وَقَوِّ لِي ضَعِيْفَهُمْ،\
   *wa qawwi lī ḍa‘īfahum,*\
   and strengthen their weak ones for me,

7. وَأَصِحَّ لِي أَبْدَانَهُمْ وَأَدْيَانَهُمْ وَأَخْلاَقَهُمْ ،\
   *wa aṣiḥḥa lī abdānahum wa adyānahum wa akhlāqahum,*\
   and make their bodies, their religions, and their characters sound for me,

8. وَعَافِهِمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَفِي جَوَارِحِهِمْ\
   *wa ‘āfihim fī anfusihim wa fī jawāriḥihim*\
   and grant them well-being in their souls and in their limbs,

9. وَفِي كُلِّ مَا عُنِيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ،\
   *wa fī kulli mā ‘unītu bihi min amrihim,*\
   and in everything concerning their affairs that I care about.

10. وَأَدْرِرْ لِي وَعَلَى يَـدِي أَرْزَاقَهُمْ،\
   *wa adrir lī wa ‘alā yadī arzāqahum,*\
   And abundantly provide their sustenance for me, and by my hand,

11. وَاجْعَلْهُمْ أَبْرَاراً أَتْقِيَاءَ بُصَراءَ سَامِعِينَ\
   *wa ij‘alhum abrāran atqiyā’a buṣarā’a sāmi‘īn*\
   and make them righteous, pious, insightful, listening,

12. مُطِيعِينَ لَكَ وَلأوْلِيَائِكَ مُحِبِّينَ مُنَاصِحِينَ،\
   *muṭī‘īna laka wa li-awliyā’ika muḥibbīna munāṣiḥīn,*\
   obedient to You and Your friends, loving, sincere advisors,

13. وَلِجَمِيْعِ أَعْدَآئِكَ مُعَانِدِينَ وَمُبْغِضِينَ آمِينَ.\
   *wa li-jamī‘i a‘dā’ika mu‘ānidīna wa mubghiḍīn. Āmīn.*\
   and stubborn and hateful toward all Your enemies. Amen.

14. أَللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ بِهِمْ عَضُدِي،\
   *Allāhumma ushdud bihim ‘aḍudī,*\
   O Allah, strengthen my arm with them,

15. وَأَقِمْ بِهِمْ أَوَدِيْ،\
   *wa aqim bihim awadī,*\
   and straighten my crookedness with them,

16. وَكَثِّرْ بِهِمْ عَدَدِي،\
   *wa kaththir bihim ‘adadī,*\
   and increase my number with them,

17. وَزَيِّنْ بِهِمْ مَحْضَرِي،\
   *wa zayyin bihim maḥḍarī,*\
   and adorn my presence with them,

18. وَأَحْييِ بِهِمْ ذِكْرِي،\
   *wa aḥyī bihim dhikrī,*\
   and revive my mention with them,

19. وَاكْفِنِي بِهِمْ فِي غَيْبَتِي\
   *wa ikfinī bihim fī ghaybatī*\
   and suffice me with them in my absence,

20. وَأَعِنِّي بِهِمْ عَلَى حَاجَتِي،\
   *wa a‘innī bihim ‘alā ḥājatī,*\
   and assist me with them in my need,

21. وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي مُحِبِّينَ، وَعَلَيَّ حَدِبِينَ\
   *wa ij‘alhum lī muḥibbīna, wa ‘alayya ḥadibīn*\
   and make them loving towards me, and kind towards me,

22. مُقْبِلِينَ مُسْتَقِيمِينَ لِيْ،\
   *muqbilīna mustaqīmīna lī,*\
   approaching, upright towards me,

23. مُطِيعِينَ غَيْرَ عَاصِينَ\
   *muṭī‘īna ghayra ‘āṣīn*\
   obedient, not rebellious,

24. وَلاَ عَاقِّينَ وَلا مُخَالِفِينَ وَلاَ خـاطِئِينَ،\
   *wa lā ‘āqqīn wa lā mukhālifīna wa lā khāṭi’īn,*\
   nor undutiful, nor dissenting, nor sinning.

25. وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى تَرْبِيَتِهِمْ وَتَأدِيْبِهِمْ وَبِرِّهِمْ،\
   *wa a‘innī ‘alā tarbiyatihim wa ta’dībihim wa birrihim,*\
   And assist me in raising them, educating them, and being dutiful to them.

26. وَهَبْ لِيْ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ مَعَهُمْ أَوْلاداً ذُكُوراً ،\
   *wa hab lī min ladunka ma‘ahum awlādan dhukūrā,*\
   And grant me from Your presence, along with them, male children,

27. وَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ خَيْراً لي\
   *wa ij‘al dhālika khayran lī*\
   and make that good for me,

28. وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِي عَوناً عَلَى مَا سَأَلْتُكَ،\
   *wa ij‘alhum lī ‘awnan ‘alā mā sa’altuk,*\
   and make them a help for me in what I asked You for.

29. وَأَعِذْنِي وَذُرِّيَّتِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ،\
   *Wa a‘idhnī wa dhurrīyatī mina ash-shayṭāni ar-rajīm,*\
   And grant me and my descendants refuge from the accursed Satan,

30. فَإنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنَا وَأَمَرْتَنَا وَنَهَيْتَنَا\
   *fa-innaka khalaqtanā wa amartanā wa nahaytanā*\
   for You created us, and commanded us, and forbade us,

31. وَرَغّبْتَنَا فِي ثَوَابِ مَا أَمَرْتَنَا وَرَهَّبْتَنَا عِقَابَهُ،\
   *wa raghhabtanā fī thawābi mā amartanā wa rahhabtanā ‘iqābah,*\
   and made us desire the reward for what You commanded us and made us fear its punishment,

32. وَجَعَلْتَ لَنَا عَدُوّاً يَكِيدُنَا،\
   *wa ja‘alta lanā ‘aduwwan yakīdunā,*\
   and made for us an enemy who plots against us,

33. سَلَّطْتَهُ مِنَّا عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُسَلِّطْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ،\
   *sallaṭtahu minnā ‘alā mā lam tusalliṭnā ‘alayhi minh,*\
   whom You have empowered over us in a way that You have not empowered us over him,

34. أَسْكَنْتَهُ صُدُورَنَا، وَأَجْرَيْتَهُ مَجَارِيَ دِمَائِنَا،\
   *askantahu ṣudūranā, wa ajraytahu majāriya dimā’inā,*\
   You housed him in our hearts, and made him flow in the streams of our blood,

35. لاَ يَغْفُلُ إنْ غَفَلْنَا، وَلاَ يَنْسَى إنْ نَسِينَا،\
   *lā yaghfulu in ghafalnā, wa lā yansā in nasīnā,*\
   he does not become heedless if we become heedless, nor does he forget if we forget.

36. يُؤْمِنُنَا عِقَابَكَ، وَيَخَوِّفُنَا بِغَيْرِكَ،\
   *yu’minunā ‘iqābak, wa yukhawwifunā bi-ghayrik,*\
   He makes us feel safe from Your punishment, and frightens us with others besides You.

37. إنْ هَمَمْنَا بِفَاحِشَة شَجَّعَنَا عَلَيْهَا،\
   *in hamamnā bi-fāḥishatin shajja‘anā ‘alayhā,*\
   If we intend a wicked deed, he encourages us to do it,

38. وَإنْ هَمَمْنَا بِعَمَل صَالِح ثَبَّطْنَا عَنْهُ،\
   *wa in hamamnā bi-‘amalin ṣāliḥin thabbaṭanā ‘anh,*\
   and if we intend a righteous deed, he discourages us from it.

39. يَتَعَرَّضُ لَنَا بِالشَّهَوَاتِ،\
   *yata‘arraḍu lanā bi-ash-shahawāt,*\
   He exposes us to lusts,

40. وَيَنْصِبُ لَنَا بِالشَّبُهَاتِ،\
   *wa yanṣibu lanā bi-ash-shubuhāt,*\
   and sets up doubts for us.

41. إنْ وَعَدَنَا كَذَبَنَا\
   *in wa‘adanā kadhabanā*\
   If he promises us, he lies to us,

42. وَإنْ مَنَّانا، أَخْلَفَنَا\
   *wa in mannānā, akhlafanā*\
   and if he gives us hope, he breaks his promise.

43. وَإلاّ تَصْرِفْ عَنَّا كَيْدَهُ يُضِلَّنَا،\
   *wa illā taṣrif ‘annā kaydahu yuḍillunā,*\
   And unless You turn his plot away from us, he will mislead us,

44. وَإلاّ تَقِنَا خَبالَهُ يَسْتَزِلَّنَا.\
   *wa illā taqinā khabālahu yastazillunā.*\
   and unless You guard us from his corruption, he will make us stumble.

45. أَللَّهُمَّ فَاقْهَرْ سُلْطَانَهُ عَنَّا بِسُلْطَانِكَ\
   *Allāhumma fa-aqhar sulṭānahu ‘annā bi-sulṭānik*\
   O Allah, then subdue his authority over us with Your authority,

46. حَتَّى تَحْبِسَهُ عَنَّا بِكَثْرَةِ الدُّعَاءِ لَكَ،\
   *ḥattā taḥbisahu ‘annā bi-kathrati ad-du‘ā’i lak,*\
   until You restrain him from us through the abundance of our prayer to You,

47. فَنُصْبحَ مِنْ كَيْدِهِ فِي الْمَعْصُومِينَ بِكَ.\
   *fa-nuṣbiḥa min kaydihi fī al-ma‘ṣūmīna bik.*\
   so that we become, from his plotting, among those protected by You.

48. أَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي كُلَّ سُؤْلِي،\
   *Allāhumma a‘ṭinī kulla su’lī,*\
   O Allah, grant me every request of mine,

49. وَاقْضِ لِي حَوَائِجِي،\
   *waqḍi lī ḥawā’ijī,*\
   and fulfill my needs for me,

50. وَلاَ تَمْنَعْنِي الإجَابَةَ وَقَدْ ضَمِنْتَهَا لِي،\
   *wa lā tamna‘nī al-ijābata wa qad ḍamintahā lī,*\
   and do not withhold the answer from me, for You have guaranteed it to me,

51. وَلا تَحْجُبْ دُعَائِي عَنْكَ وَقَدْ أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ،\
   *wa lā taḥjub du‘ā’ī ‘anka wa qad amartanī bih,*\
   and do not veil my supplication from You, for You have commanded me to make it,

52. وَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِكُلِّ مَا يُصْلِحُنِيْ\
   *wa umnun ‘alayya bi-kulli mā yuṣliḥunī*\
   and favor me with everything that rectifies me

53. فِيْ دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي\
   *fī dunyāya wa ākhiratī*\
   in my world and my Hereafter,

54. مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَـا نَسِيتُ،\
   *mā dhakartu minhu wa mā nasīt,*\
   of what I remembered of it and what I forgot,

55. أَوْ أَظْهَـرتُ أَوْ أَخْفَيْتُ،\
   *aw aẓhartu aw akhfayt,*\
   or revealed or concealed,

56. أَوْ أَعْلَنْتُ أَوْ أَسْرَرْتُ،\
   *aw a‘lantu aw asrart,*\
   or announced or kept secret.

57. وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي جَمِيعِ ذلِكَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ بِسُؤَالِي إيَّـاكَ،\
   *wa ij‘alnī fī jamī‘i dhālika mina al-muṣliḥīna bi-su’ālī iyyāk,*\
   And make me, in all of that, among those who are rectified by asking You,

58. الْمُنْجِحِينَ بِالـطَّلَبِ إلَيْـكَ،\
   *al-munjiḥīna bi-aṭ-ṭalabi ilayk,*\
   those who succeed by seeking from You,

59. غَيْـرِ الْمَمْنُوعِينَ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ،\
   *ghayri al-mamnū‘īna bi-at-tawakkuli ‘alayk,*\
   those who are not denied due to reliance upon You,

60. الْمُعَوَّدِينَ بِالتَّعَوُّذِ بِكَ،\
   *al-mu‘awwadīna bi-at-ta‘awwudhi bik,*\
   those accustomed to seeking refuge in You,

61. الرَّابِحِينَ فِي التِّجَارَةِ عَلَيْـكَ،\
   *ar-rābiḥīna fī at-tijārati ‘alayk,*\
   those who profit in the trade with You,

62. الْمُجَارِيْنَ بِعِـزِّكَ،\
   *al-mujārīna bi-‘izzik,*\
   those granted protection by Your might,

63. الْمُـوَسَّـعِ عَلَيْهِمُ الـرِّزْقُ الْحَـلاَلُ\
   *al-muwassa‘i ‘alayhimu ar-rizqu al-ḥalālu*\
   those for whom lawful sustenance is expanded

64. مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْوَاسِعِ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ،\
   *min faḍlika al-wāsi‘i bi-jūdika wa karamik,*\
   from Your vast favor, by Your bounty and Your generosity,

65. الْمُعَزِّينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ بِكَ،\
   *al-mu‘izzīna mina adh-dhulli bik,*\
   those granted honor from humiliation by You,

66. وَالْمُجَارِينَ مِن الظُّلْمِ بِعَدْلِكَ،\
   *wa al-mujārīna min aẓ-ẓulmi bi-‘adlik,*\
   and those protected from oppression by Your justice,

67. وَالْمُعَافَيْنَ مِنَ الْبَلاءِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ،\
   *wa al-mu‘āfayna mina al-balā’i bi-raḥmatik,*\
   and those granted well-being from affliction by Your mercy,

68. وَالْمُغْنَيْنَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ بِغِنَاكَ،\
   *wa al-mughnayna mina al-faqr bi-ghināk,*\
   and those made rich from poverty by Your wealth,

69. وَالْمَعْصومِينَ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَالزَّلَلِ وَالْخَطَأِ بِتَقْوَاكَ،\
   *wa al-ma‘ṣūmīna mina adh-dhunūbi wa az-zalali wa al-khaṭa’i bi-taqwāk,*\
   and those protected from sins, slipping, and error by Your piety (fear of You),

70. وَالْمُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْرِ وَالرُّشْدِ وَالصَّوَابِ بِطَاعَتِكَ،\
   *wa al-muwaffaqīna li-al-khayri wa ar-rushdi wa aṣ-ṣawābi bi-ṭā‘atik,*\
   and those granted success in goodness, right guidance, and correctness by Your obedience,

71. وَالْمُحَالِ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الذُّنُوبِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ،\
   *wa al-muḥāli baynahum wa bayna adh-dhunūbi bi-qudratik,*\
   and those between whom and sins You interpose by Your power,

72. التَّـارِكِينَ لِكُلِّ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،\
   *at-tārikīna li-kulli ma‘ṣiyatik,*\
   those who abandon every act of disobedience to You,

73. السَّاكِنِينَ فِي جِوَارِكَ.\
   *as-sākinīna fī jiwārik.*\
   those dwelling in Your proximity.

74. أَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا جَمِيعَ ذلِكَ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ\
   *Allāhumma a‘ṭinā jamī‘a dhālika bi-tawfīqika wa raḥmatik*\
   O Allah, grant us all of that by Your success and Your mercy,

75. وَأَعِذْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ،\
   *wa a‘idhnā min ‘adhābi as-sa‘īr,*\
   and grant us refuge from the punishment of the Blazing Fire,

76. وَأَعْطِ جَمِيعَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَـاتِ\
   *wa a‘ṭi jamī‘a al-muslimīna wa al-muslimāt*\
   and grant all Muslim men and Muslim women,

77. وَالْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مِثْلَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي\
   *wa al-mu’minīna wa al-mu’mināti mithla alladhī sa’altuka li-nafsī*\
   and believing men and believing women, the like of what I have asked You for myself

78. وَلِوُلْدِي فِي عَاجِلِ الدُّنْيَا وَآجِلِ الآخِرَةِ،\
   *wa li-wildī fī ‘ājili ad-dunyā wa ājili al-ākhirah,*\
   and for my children in the immediate world and the delayed Hereafter.

79. إنَّكَ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ\
   *innaka qarībun mujībun samī‘un ‘alīm*\
   Truly, You are Near, Responsive, Hearing, Knowing,

80. عَفُوٌّ غَفُـورٌ رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ.\
   *‘afuwwun ghafūrun ra’ūfun raḥīm.*\
   Pardoning, Forgiving, Compassionate, Merciful.

81. وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً\
   *wa ātinā fī ad-dunyā ḥasanah*\
   And grant us goodness in the world

82. وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ.\
   *wa fī al-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ‘adhāba an-nār.*\
   and goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 24: His Supplication for His Parents](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-24.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 26: His Supplication for Neighbours and Friends](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-26.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 5: Supplication for Himself & People Under Guardianship](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-5.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness.md)