# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 28: His Supplication in Fleeing to God for Protection

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي التَّفَزُّعِ الى اللهِ
- **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-28

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 28: fleeing to Allah. 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-dua28-fleeing-for-protection.html).

## Text

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

1. اللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَخْلَصْتُ بِانْقِطَاعِي إلَيْكَ،\
   *Allāhumma innī akhlaṣtu bi-inqiṭā‘ī ilayk,*\
   O God, I have become sincere by cutting myself off for You,

2. وَأَقْبَلْتُ بِكُلِّي عَلَيْـكَ،\
   *wa aqbaltu bi-kullī ‘alayk,*\
   and I have turned toward You with my whole being,

3. وَصَـرَفْتُ وَجْهِي عَمَّنْ يَحْتَاجُ إلَى رِفْدِكَ،\
   *wa ṣaraftu wajhī ‘amman yaḥtāju ilā rifdik,*\
   and I have turned my face away from him who is in need of Your help,

4. وَقَلَبْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ فَضْلِكَ،\
   *wa qalabtu mas’alatī ‘amman lam yastaghnī ‘an faḍlik,*\
   and I have directed my request away from him who is not independent of Your favour,

5. وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ طَلَبَ الْمُحْتَاجِ إلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ\
   *wa ra’aytu anna ṭalaba al-muḥtāji ilā al-muḥtāj*\
   and I have seen that the request of the needy from the needy

6. سَفَهٌ مِنْ رَأْيِهِ وَضَلَّةٌ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ،\
   *safahun min ra’yihī wa ḍallatun min ‘aqlih,*\
   is foolishness in his opinion and an error in his intellect,

7. فَكَمْ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَـا إِلَهِيْ\
   *Fa-kam qad ra’aytu yā Ilāhī*\
   How many times have I seen, O my God,

8. مِنْ أُنَاسٍ طَلَبُوا الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِكَ فَذَلُّوا،\
   *min unāsin ṭalabū al-‘izza bi-ghayrika fa-dhallū,*\
   people who sought honour from other than You and were humiliated,

9. وَرَامُوا الثَّرْوَةَ مِنْ سِوَاكَ فَافْتَقَرُوا،\
   *wa rāmū ath-tharwata min siwāk fa-iftaqarū,*\
   and strove for wealth from other than You and became poor,

10. وَحَاوَلُوا الارْتِفَاعَ فَاتَّضَعُوا،\
   *wa ḥāwalū al-irtifā‘a fa-ittaḍa‘ū,*\
   and attempted elevation and were brought low!

11. فَصَحَّ بِمُعَايَنَةِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ حَازِمٌ\
   *Fa-ṣaḥḥa bi-mu‘āyanati amthālihim ḥāzimun*\
   Thus, through the observation of their likes, a prudent man is confirmed,

12. وَفَّقَهُ اعْتِبَارُهُ\
   *waffaqahu i‘tibāruhū*\
   whose consideration makes him successful,

13. وَأَرْشَدَهُ إِلَى طَرِيقِ صَوَابِهِ اِخْتِیارُهُ\
   *wa arshadahū ilā ṭarīqi ṣawābihī ikhtiyāruh.*\
   and whose testing guides him to the path of correctness.

14. فَأَنْتَ يَا مَوْلايَ\
   *Fa-anta yā Mawlāya*\
   So You, O my Master,

15. دُونَ كُلِّ مَسْؤُولٍ مَوْضِعُ مَسْأَلَتِي\
   *dūna kulli mas’ūlin mawḍi‘u mas’alatī*\
   are, before every person asked, the object of my request,

16. وَدُونَ كُلِّ مَطْلُوبٍ إِلَيْهِ وَلِيُّ حَاجَتِي.\
   *wa dūna kulli maṭlūbin ilayhī waliyyu ḥājatī.*\
   and before every person sought, the guardian of my need.

17. اَنتَ الْمَخْصُوصُ قَبْلَ كُلِّ مَدْعُوٍّ بِدَعْوَتِي\
   *Antal-makhṣūṣu qabla kulli mad'uwwin bi-da'watī*\
   You are the One singled out before every person prayed to with my supplication.

18. لاَ يَشْرَكُكَ أَحَدٌ فِي رَجَائِي،\
   *Lā yashrukuka aḥadun fī rajā’ī,*\
   No one shares with You in my hope,

19. وَلاَ يَتَّفِقُ أَحَدٌ مَعَكَ فِي دُعَائِي،\
   *wa lā yattafiqu aḥadun ma‘ak fī du‘ā’ī,*\
   and no one unites with You in my prayer,

20. وَلاَ يَنْظِمُهُ وَإِيَّاكَ نِدَائِي\
   *wa lā yanẓimuhū wa iyyāka nidā’ī*\
   and my call does not join him and You.

21. لَكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَحْدَانِيَّةُ الْعَدَدِ،\
   *Lak yā Ilāhī waḥdāniyyatu al-‘adad,*\
   Yours, O my God, is the oneness of number,

22. وَمَلَكَةُ الْقُدْرَةِ الصَّمَدِ،\
   *wa malakatu al-qudrati aṣ-ṣamad,*\
   and the sovereignty of eternal, absolute power (aṣ-Ṣamad),

23. وَفَضِيلَةُ الْحَوْلِ وَالْقُوَّةِ،\
   *wa faḍīlatu al-ḥawl wa al-quwwah,*\
   and the pre-eminence of ability (al-ḥawl) and strength,

24. وَدَرَجَةُ الْعُلُوِّ وَالرِّفْعَةِ\
   *wa darajatu al-‘uluww wa ar-rif‘ah*\
   and the degree of exaltation and elevation.

25. وَمَنْ سِوَاكَ مَرْحُومٌ فِي عُمْرِهِ،\
   *Wa man siwāk marḥūmun fī ‘umrih,*\
   And whoever is other than You is one shown mercy in his life,

26. مَغْلُوبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ، مَقْهُورٌ عَلَى شَأْنِهِ،\
   *maghlūbun ‘alā amrih, maqhūrun ‘alā sha’nih,*\
   overpowered in his affair, subdued in his condition,

27. مُخْتَلِفُ الْحَالاَتِ، مُتَنَقِّلٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ.\
   *mukhtalifu al-ḥālāt, mutanaqqilun fī aṣ-ṣifāt.*\
   differing in circumstances, shifting in attributes.

28. فَتَعَالَيْتَ عَنِ الْأَشْبَاهِ وَالْأَضْـدَادِ،\
   *Fa-ta‘ālayta ‘ani al-ashbāh wa al-aḍdād,*\
   So You are exalted beyond all likenesses and opposites,

29. وَتَكَبَّـرْتَ عَنِ الْأَمْثَـالِ وَالْأَنْدَادِ،\
   *wa takabbarta ‘ani al-amthāl wa al-andād,*\
   and You are too majestic for parallels and peers,

30. فَسُبْحَانَكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ.\
   *Fa-subḥānak lā ilāha illā ant.*\
   Glory be to You! There is no god but You.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 14: When Hostility Was Shown to Him](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-14.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 17: When He Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge From Him](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-17.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 41: Asking Covering & Protection](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-41.md)