# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 30: His Supplication for Help in Repaying Debts

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الْمَعُونَةِ عَلَى قَضَاءِ الدَّيْنِ
- **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-30

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 30: for help in repaying debt. 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-dua30-repaying-debts.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

2. وَهَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْن تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي،\
   *wa hab liya al-‘āfiyata min daynin tukhliqu bihī wajhī,*\
   and grant me well-being from a debt by which my face is worn out,

3. وَيَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي، وَيَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي،\
   *wa yaḥāru fīhi dhihnī, wa yatasha‘‘abu lahū fikrī,*\
   and my mind is confused therein, and my thought is scattered for it,

4. وَيَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي،\
   *wa yaṭūlu bi-mumārasatihī shughlī,*\
   and my preoccupation with practicing it is prolonged.

5. وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَفِكْرِهِ،\
   *wa a‘ūdhu bika yā Rabbi min hammi ad-dayn wa fikrih,*\
   And I seek refuge in You, O Lord, from the worry of debt and its contemplation,

6. وَشُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَسَهَرِهِ.\
   *wa shughli ad-dayn wa saharih.*\
   and the preoccupation of debt and its sleeplessness.

7. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ.\
   *Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa a‘idhnī minh.*\
   So bless Muhammad and his Household, and protect me from it.

8. وَأَسْتَجيرُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ\
   *wa astajīru bika yā Rabbi min dhillatihī fī al-ḥayāh*\
   And I seek Your aid, O Lord, from its humiliation in life

9. وَمِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ.\
   *wa min tabi‘atihī ba‘da al-wafāh.*\
   and from its consequence after death.

10. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهُ\
   *Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa ajirnī minh*\
   So bless Muhammad and his Household, and shelter me from it

11. بِوُسْع فاضِل أَوْ كَفَاف وَاصِل.\
   *bi-wus‘in fāḍilin aw kafāfin wāṣil.*\
   with an overflowing sufficiency or an adequate subsistence that reaches.

12. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ālih*\
   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

13. وَاحْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَالازْدِيَادِ،\
   *waḥjubnī ‘ani as-saraf wa al-izdiyād,*\
   and veil me from extravagance and increase,

14. وَقَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَالاقْتِصَـادِ،\
   *wa qawwimnī bi-al-badhl wa al-iqtiṣād,*\
   and make me upright with generosity and moderation,

15. وَعَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ،\
   *wa ‘allimnī ḥusna at-taqdīr,*\
   and teach me good estimation,

16. وَاقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ\
   *waqbiḍnī bi-luṭfika ‘ani at-tabdhīr*\
   and restrain me with Your kindness from wastefulness,

17. وَأَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلاَلِ أَرْزَاقِي،\
   *wa ajri min asbābi al-ḥalāl arzāqī,*\
   and let my provisions flow from lawful means,

18. وَوَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إنْفَاقِي،\
   *wa wajjih fī abwābi al-birr infāqī,*\
   and direct my spending in the ways of devotion,

19. وَازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلَةً\
   *wa izwi ‘annī mina al-māl mā yuḥdithu lī makhīlah*\
   and ward off from me of wealth whatever might generate vanity for me,

20. أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إلَى بَغْي، أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَـاناً.\
   *aw ta’addiyan ilā baghy, aw mā ata‘aqqabu minhu ṭughyānā.*\
   or lead to transgression, or whatever I might inherit from it of tyranny.

21. أَللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إلَيَّ صُحْبَـةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ،\
   *Allāhumma ḥabbib ilayya ṣuḥbata al-fuqarā’,*\
   O God, make the company of the poor beloved to me,

22. وَأَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الْصَّبْرِ،\
   *wa a‘innī ‘alā ṣuḥbatihīm bi-ḥusni aṣ-ṣabr,*\
   and help me to keep their company with excellent patience,

23. وَمَـا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَاالفَانِيَةِ\
   *wa mā zawayta ‘annī min matā‘i ad-dunyā al-fāniyah*\
   and what You have withheld from me of the enjoyment of this fleeting world,

24. فَاذْخَرْهُ لِيْ فِي خَزَائِنِكَ البَاقِيَةِ،\
   *fadhkhurhu lī fī khazā’inika al-bāqiyah,*\
   then store it for me in Your everlasting treasuries,

25. وَاجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا،\
   *wa ij‘al mā khawwaltanī min ḥuṭāmihā,*\
   and make what You have granted me of its fragments,

26. وَعَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا بُلْغَةً إلَى جِوَارِكَ،\
   *wa ‘ajjalta lī min matā‘ihā bulghatan ilā jiwārik,*\
   and hastened to me of its enjoyment, a means to reach Your proximity,

27. وَوُصْلَةً إلَى قُرْبِكَ، وَذَرِيعَةً إلَى جَنَّتِكَ\
   *wa wuṣlatan ilā qurbik, wa dharī‘atan ilā jannatik*\
   and a connection to Your nearness, and a way to Your Paradise,

28. إنَّكَ ذو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ،\
   *innaka dhū al-faḍli al-‘aẓīm,*\
   Surely You are the Possessor of the immense Favor,

29. وَأَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيْمُ.\
   *wa anta al-jawādu al-karīm.*\
   and You are the Munificent, the Generous.

## 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)