# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 29: His Supplication When Provision Was Stinted

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ إِذَا قُتِّرَ عَلَيْهِ الرِّزْقُ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Seeking Needs](https://duasonline.org/category/seeking-needs.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-29

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 29: when provision was withheld. 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-dua29-when-provision-stinted.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا فِي أَرْزَاقِنَا بِسُوءِ الظَّنِّ\
   *Allāhumma innaka ibtalaytanā fī arzāqinā bi-sū’i aẓ-ẓann*\
   O God, You have afflicted us concerning our provisions with ill opinion,

2. وَفِي آجَالِنَا بِطُولِ الأمَلِ\
   *wa fī ājālinā bi-ṭūli al-amal*\
   and concerning our terms of life with prolonged expectation,

3. حَتَّى الْتَمَسْنَا أَرْزَاقَكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ،\
   *ḥattā iltamasnā arzāqaka min ‘indi al-marzūqīn,*\
   until we sought Your provisions from those who are provided for,

4. وَطَمِعْنَا بِآمَالِنَا فِي أَعْمَارِ الْمُعَمَّرِينَ.\
   *wa ṭami‘nā bi-āmālinā fī a‘māri al-mu‘ammarīn.*\
   and we yearned, through our expectations, for the lives of those whose lives are prolonged.

5. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،\
   *Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih,*\
   So bless Muhammad and his Household,

6. وَهَبْ لَنَا يَقِيناً صَادِقاً تَكْفِينا بِهِ مِنْ مَؤونَةِ الطَّلَبِ،\
   *wa hab lanā yaqīnan ṣādiqan takfīnā bihī min ma’ūnati aṭ-ṭalab,*\
   and grant us true certainty through which You suffice us from the burden of seeking,

7. وَأَلْهِمْنَا ثِقَةً خَالِصَةً تُعْفِينَا بِهَا مِنْ شِدَّةِ النَّصَبِ،\
   *wa alhimnā thiqatan khāliṣatan tu‘fīnā bihā min shiddati an-naṣab,*\
   and inspire us with sincere trust through which You spare us the hardship of toil,

8. وَاجْعَلْ مَا صَرَّحتَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَتِكَ فِي وَحْيِكَ،\
   *wa ij‘al mā ṣarraḥta bihī min ‘idatika fī waḥyik,*\
   and make what You have plainly declared of Your promise in Your revelation,

9. وَأَتْبَعْتَهُ مِنْ قَسَمِكَ فِي كِتَابِكَ\
   *wa atba‘tahu min qasamika fī kitābik*\
   and what You followed it with of Your oath in Your Book,

10. قَاطِعاً لاهْتِمَامِنَا بِالرِّزْقِ الَّـذِيْ تَكَفَّلْتَ بِهِ\
   *qāṭi‘an li-ihtimāminā bi-ar-rizq alladhī takaffalta bih*\
   a severance for our concern with the provision which You guaranteed,

11. وَحَسْمَاً لِلاشْتِغَالِ بِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْكِفَايَةَ لَهُ،\
   *wa ḥasman li-al-ishtighāl bi-mā ḍaminta al-kifāyah lah,*\
   and a decisive end to preoccupation with what You secured sufficiency for,

12. فَقُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ الْأَصْدَقُ\
   *Fa-qulta wa qawluka al-ḥaqqu al-aṣdaq*\
   for You have said—and Your saying is the truest truth—

13. وَأَقْسَمْتَ وَقَسَمُكَ الْأَبَرُّ الْأَوْفى:\
   *wa aqsamta wa qasamuka al-abarru al-awfā:*\
   and You have sworn—and Your oath is the most righteous, the most perfect:

14. ( وَفِي السَّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ )\
   *(Wa fī as-samā’i rizqukum wa mā tū‘adūn)*\
   ("And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised") \[Qur'an 51:22\]

15. ثُمَّ قُلْتَ: ( فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ إنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنْطِقُوْنَ ).\
   *Thumma qulta: (Fa-wa-rabbi as-samā’i wa al-arḍi innahū la-ḥaqqun mithla mā annakum tanṭiqūn).*\
   Then You said: ("Then, by the Lord of the heaven and the earth, indeed, it is the truth, just as you speak.") \[Qur'an 51:23\]

## 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 22: His Supplication in Hardship, Effort, and Difficult Affairs](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-22.md)