# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 31: For Repentance (Tawba)

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ بِالتَّوْبَةِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Forgiveness](https://duasonline.org/category/forgiveness.md), [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-31

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 31: repentance. 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-dua31-repentance-tauba.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لا يَصِفُهُ نَعْتُ الْوَاصِفِينَ ،\
   *Allāhumma yā man lā yaṣifuhū na‘tu al-wāṣifīn,*\
   O God, O He Whom the description of the describers does not encompass,

2. وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يُجَاوِزُهُ رَجَاءُ الرَّاجِينَ ،\
   *wa yā man lā yujāwizuhū rajā’u ar-rājīn,*\
   O He Whom the hope of the hopeful does not pass by,

3. وَيَا مَنْ لاَ يَضِيعُ لَدَيْهِ أَجْرُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ،\
   *wa yā man lā yaḍī‘u ladayhī ajru al-muḥsinīn,*\
   O He with Whom the reward of the good-doers is not lost,

4. وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ مُنْتَهَى خَوْفِ الْعَابِدِيْنَ،\
   *wa yā man huwa muntahā khawfi al-‘ābidīn,*\
   O He Who is the utmost limit of the fear of the worshippers,

5. وَيَا مَنْ هُوَ غَايَةُ خَشْيَةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ.\
   *wa yā man huwa ghāyatu khashyati al-muttaqīn.*\
   O He Who is the goal of the reverence of the God-fearing.

6. هَذا مَقَامُ مَنْ تَدَاوَلَتْهُ أَيْدِي الذُّنُوبِ ،\
   *Hadhā maqāmu man tadāwalathu aydī adh-dhunūb,*\
   This is the station of him whom the hands of sins have exchanged,

7. وَقَادَتْهُ أَزِمَّةُ الْخَطَايَا ،\
   *wa qādat-hu azimmatu al-khaṭāyā,*\
   and the reins of errors have led,

8. وَاسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ،\
   *wa istaḥwadha ‘alayhi ash-shayṭān,*\
   and Satan has overcome;

9. فَقَصَّرَ عَمَّا أَمَرْتَ بِهِ تَفْرِيطَاً،\
   *fa-qaṣṣara ‘ammā amarta bihī tafrīṭā,*\
   so he fell short in what You commanded by negligence,

10. وَتَعَاطى مَا نَهَيْتَ عَنْهُ تَغْرِيراً،\
   *wa ta‘āṭā mā nahayta ‘anhu taghrīrā,*\
   and he committed what You forbade by delusion,

11. كَالْجاهِلِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَيْهِ،\
   *ka-al-jāhili bi-qudratika ‘alayh,*\
   like him who is ignorant of Your power over him,

12. أَوْ كَالْمُنْكِرِ فَضْلَ إحْسَانِكَ إلَيْهِ،\
   *aw ka-al-munkiri faḍla iḥsānika ilayh,*\
   or like him who denies the favour of Your kindness to him.

13. حَتَّى إذَا انْفَتَحَ لَهُ بَصَرُ الْهُدَى،\
   *Ḥattā idhā infataḥa lahū baṣaru al-hudā,*\
   Until when the sight of guidance opened to him,

14. وَتَقَشَّعَتْ عَنْهُ سَحَائِبُ الْعَمَى أَحْصَى مَا ظَلَمَ بِهِ نَفْسَهُ،\
   *wa taqashsha‘at ‘anhu saḥā’ibu al-‘amā aḥṣā mā ẓalama bihī nafsah,*\
   and the clouds of blindness cleared from him, he counted what he had wronged his soul with,

15. وَفَكَّرَ فِيمَا خَالَفَ بِهِ رَبَّهُ،\
   *wa fakkara fīmā khālafā bihī Rabbah,*\
   and he reflected upon what he had opposed his Lord with.

16. فَرَأى كَبِيْرَ عِصْيَانِهِ كَبِيْراً، وَجَلِيل مُخَالَفَتِهِ جَلِيْلاً،\
   *Fa-ra’ā kabīra ‘iṣyānihī kabīrā, wa jalīla mukhālafatihī jalīlā,*\
   So he saw the enormity of his disobedience as immense, and the greatness of his opposition as great.

17. فَأَقْبَلَ نَحْوَكَ مُؤَمِّلاً لَكَ، مُسْتَحْيِيَاً مِنْكَ،\
   *Fa-aqbala naḥwaka mu’ammilan lak, mustaḥyiyan mink,*\
   So he turned toward You, hopeful of You, ashamed before You,

18. وَوَجَّهَ رَغْبَتَهُ إلَيْكَ ثِقَةً بِكَ،\
   *wa wajjaha raghbatuhū ilayka thiqatan bik,*\
   and directed his desire toward You, trusting in You.

19. فَأَمَّكَ بِطَمَعِهِ يَقِيناً، وَقَصَدَكَ بِخَوْفِهِ إخْلاَصَاً،\
   *Fa-ammakā bi-ṭama‘ihī yaqīnā, wa qaṣadaka bi-khawfihī ikhlāṣā,*\
   So he aimed at You with his greed, having certainty, and intended You with his fear, having sincerity.

20. قَدْ خَلاَ طَمَعُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَطْمُوع فِيهِ غَيْرِكَ،\
   *Qad khalā ṭama‘uhū min kulli maṭmū‘in fīhi ghayrik,*\
   His greed has become devoid of every object of greed other than You,

21. وَأَفْرَخَ رَوْعُهُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَحْذُور مِنْهُ سِوَاكَ،\
   *wa afrakha raw‘uhū min kulli maḥdhūrin minhu siwāk,*\
   and his terror has settled from every object of dread other than You.

22. فَمَثَّلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْـكَ مُتَضَرِّعـاً،\
   *Fa-maththala bayna yadaykā mutaḍarri‘an,*\
   So he stood before You, imploring,

23. وَغَمَّضَ بَصَرَهُ إلَى الأرْضِ مُتَخَشِّعَاً،\
   *wa ghammaḍa baṣarahū ilā al-arḍi mutakhashshi‘an,*\
   and lowered his gaze to the ground, humble,

24. وَطَأطَأَ رَأسَهُ لِعِزَّتِكَ مُتَذَلِّلاً،\
   *wa ṭaṭa’a ra’sahū li-‘izzatika mutadhallilā,*\
   and bowed his head low to Your Might, submissive,

25. وَأَبَثَّكَ مِنْ سِرِّهِ مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْهُ خَضُوعاً،\
   *wa abaththaka min sirrihī mā anta a‘lamu bihī minhu khuḍū‘ā,*\
   and scattered before You of his secret what You know better than him, in surrender,

26. وَعَدَّدَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ مَا أَنْتَ أَحْصَى لَهَا خُشُوعاً\
   *wa ‘addada min dhunūbihī mā anta aḥṣā lahā khushū‘ā*\
   and enumerated of his sins what You have counted more exactly, in awe,

27. وَاسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ مِنْ عَظِيمِ مَاوَقَعَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِكَ\
   *wa istaghātha bika min ‘aẓīmi mā waqa‘a bihī fī ‘ilmika*\
   and sought succour in You from the immensity of what has come to pass through him in Your knowledge,

28. وَقَبِيحِ مَا فَضَحَهُ فِي حُكْمِكَ\
   *wa qabīḥi mā faḍaḥahū fī ḥukmik*\
   and the ugliness of what has disgraced him in Your judgment,

29. مِنْ ذُنُوبٍ أَدْبَرَتْ لَذَّاتُهَا فَذَهَبَتْ،\
   *min dhunūbin adbarat ladhdhātuhā fa-dhahabat,*\
   of sins whose pleasures have passed and gone,

30. وَأَقَامَتْ تَبِعَاتُهَا فَلَزِمَتْ،\
   *wa aqāmat tabi‘ātuhā fa-lazimat,*\
   but whose consequences remain and have become incumbent.

31. لا يُنْكِرُ يَا إلهِي عَدْلَكَ إِنْ عَاقَبْتَهُ،\
   *Lā yunkiru yā Ilāhī ‘adlak in ‘āqabtah,*\
   He does not deny, O my God, Your justice if You punish him,

32. وَلا يَسْتَعْظِمُ عَفْوَكَ إِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ وَرَحِمْتَهُ;\
   *wa lā yasta‘ẓimu ‘afwaka in ‘afawta ‘anhu wa raḥimtah;*\
   nor does he consider Your pardon great if You pardon him and have mercy on him;

33. لِأَنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْكَرِيمُ\
   *li-annaka ar-Rabbu al-Karīm*\
   because You are the Noble Lord

34. الَّذِي لا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ غُفْرَانُ الذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيم.\
   *alladhī lā yata‘āẓamuhū ghufrānu adh-dhambi al-‘aẓīm.*\
   Whom the forgiveness of the tremendous sin does not overwhelm.

35. أَللَّهُمَّ فَهَا أَنَا ذَا قَدْ جِئْتُكَ مُطِيعاً\
   *Allāhumma fa-hā anā dhā qad ji’tuka muṭī‘an*\
   O God, see, here I am, I have come to You obedient

36. لِأَمْرِكَ فِيمَا أَمَرْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ،\
   *li-amrika fīmā amarta bihī min ad-du‘ā’,*\
   to Your command in what You commanded of supplication,

37. مُتَنَجِّزاً وَعْدَكَ فِيمَا وَعَدْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الإجَابَةِ إِذْ تَقُولُ\
   *mutanajjizan wa‘daka fīmā wa‘adta bihī min al-ijābah idh taqūl:*\
   fulfilling Your promise in what You promised of answer when You say:

38. (اُدْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ).\
   *(ud‘ūnī astajib lakum).*\
   ("Call upon Me; I will respond to you.") \[Qur'an 40:60\]

39. أَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih*\
   O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household

40. وَالْقَنِي بِمَغْفِـرَتِكَ كَمَا لَقِيتُكَ بِإقْرَارِي\
   *wa alqinī bi-maghfiratika kamā laqītuka bi-iqrārī*\
   and encounter me with Your forgiveness as I have encountered You with my confession,

41. وَارْفَعْنِي عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا وَضَعْتُ لَكَ نَفْسِي\
   *wa irfa‘nī ‘an maṣāri‘i adh-dhunūb kamā waḍa‘tu lakā nafsī*\
   and raise me up from the downfalls of sins as I have humbled myself before You,

42. وَاسْتُرْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ كَمَا تَأَنَّيْتَنِي عَنِ الانْتِقَامِ مِنِّي.\
   *wa usturnī bi-sitrika kamā ta’annaytanī ‘ani al-intiqām minnī.*\
   and cover me with Your covering as You have been deliberate in taking vengeance against me.

43. أَللَّهُمَّ وَثَبِّتْ فِي طَاعَتِكَ نِيَّتِيْ،\
   *Allāhumma wa thabbit fī ṭā‘atika niyyatī,*\
   O God, and establish my intention in Your obedience,

44. وَأَحْكِمْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ بَصِيـرَتِي،\
   *wa aḥkim fī ‘ibādatika baṣīratī,*\
   and confirm my insight in Your worship,

45. وَوَفِّقْنِي مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ\
   *wa waffiqnī mina al-a‘māl*\
   and grant me success in works

46. لِمَا تَغْسِلُ بِهِ دَنَسَ الخَطَايَا عَنِّي،\
   *li-mā taghsilu bihī danasa al-khaṭāyā ‘annī,*\
   by which You may wash the dirt of errors from me,

47. وَتَوَفَّنِي عَلَى مِلَّتِكَ وَمِلَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ\
   *wa tawaffanī ‘alā millatika wa millati nabiyyik*\
   and make me die on Your creed and the creed of Your Prophet

48. مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّـلامُ إذَا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي.\
   *Muḥammad ‘alayhī as-salām idhā tawaffaytanī.*\
   Muhammad, peace be upon him, when You make me die.

49. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَتُوبُ إلَيْـكَ فِي مَقَامِي هَذَا\
   *Allāhumma innī atūbu ilayka fī maqāmī hādhā*\
   O God, I repent to You in this station of mine

50. مِنْ كَبَائِرِ ذُنُوبِي وَصَغَائِرِهَا\
   *min kabā’iri dhunūbī wa ṣaghā’irihā*\
   from the major sins of mine and the minor,

51. وَبَوَاطِنِ سَيِّئآتِي وَظَوَاهِرِهَا،\
   *wa bawāṭini sayyi’ātī wa ẓawāhirihā,*\
   and the hidden evil acts of mine and the manifest,

52. وَسَوالِفِ زَلاَّتِي وَحَوَادِثِهَا،\
   *wa sawālifi zallātī wa ḥawādithihā,*\
   and the past slips of mine and the recent,

53. تَوْبَةَ مَنْ لا يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ\
   *tawbata man lā yuḥaddithu nafsahū bi-ma‘ṣiyah*\
   the repentance of one who does not talk to himself of an act of disobedience

54. وَلاَ يُضْمِرُ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي خَطِيئَةٍ،\
   *wa lā yuḍmiru an ya‘ūda fī khaṭī’ah,*\
   and does not hide the intention to return to an error.

55. وَقَدْ قُلْتَ يَا إلهِي فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتابِكَ\
   *wa qad qulta yā Ilāhī fī muḥkami kitābika*\
   For You have said, O my God, in the firm text of Your Book,

56. إنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِكَ،\
   *innaka taqbalu at-tawbata ‘an ‘ibādik,*\
   that You accept the repentance of Your servants,

57. وَتَعْفُو عَنِ السَّيِّئاتِ، وَتُحِبُّ التَّوَّابِينَ،\
   *wa ta‘fū ‘ani as-sayyi’āt, wa tuḥibbu at-tawwābīn,*\
   and pardon evil deeds, and love the repenters.

58. فَاقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي كَمَا وَعَدْتَ وَأعْفُ عَنْ سَيِّئاتِي كَمَا ضَمِنْتَ،\
   *Fa-iqbal tawbatī kamā wa‘adta wa u‘fu ‘an sayyi’ātī kamā ḍaminta,*\
   So accept my repentance as You promised, and pardon my evil deeds as You guaranteed,

59. وَأَوْجِبْ لِي مَحَبَّتَكَ كَمَا شَـرَطْتَ،\
   *wa awjib lī maḥabbatika kamā sharaṭt,*\
   and make Your love incumbent upon me as You stipulated,

60. وَلَـكَ يَـا رَبِّ شَـرْطِي أَلاّ أَعُودَ فِي مَكْرُوهِكَ،\
   *wa lakā yā Rabbi sharṭī allā a‘ūda fī makrūhik,*\
   And Yours, O Lord, is my stipulation that I will not return to what You dislike,

61. وَضَمَانِي أَلاّ أَرْجِعَ فِي مَذْمُومِكَ،\
   *wa ḍamānī allā arji‘a fī madhmūmik,*\
   and my guarantee that I will not revert to what You blame,

62. وَعَهْدِي أَنْ أَهْجُرَ جَمِيعَ مَعَاصِيكَ.\
   *wa ‘ahdī an ahjura jamī‘a ma‘āṣīk.*\
   and my covenant that I will abandon all acts of disobedience to You.

63. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا عَمِلْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا عَلِمْتَ،\
   *Allāhumma innaka a‘lamu bi-mā ‘amiltu fa-ighfir lī mā ‘alimt,*\
   O God, surely You know better what I have done, so forgive me what You know,

64. وَاصْرِفْنِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ إلَى مَا أَحْبَبْتَ.\
   *wa iṣrifnī bi-qudratika ilā mā aḥbabt.*\
   and divert me by Your power to what You love.

65. أَللَّهُمَّ وَعَلَيَّ تَبِعَاتٌ قَدْ حَفِظْتُهُنَّ،\
   *Allāhumma wa ‘alayya tabi‘ātun qad ḥafiẓtuhunna,*\
   O God, and incumbent upon me are consequences that I have guarded,

66. وَتَبِعَاتٌ قَدْ نَسيتُهُنَّ،\
   *wa tabi‘ātun qad nasītuhunna,*\
   and consequences that I have forgotten,

67. وَكُلُّهُنَّ بِعَيْنِكَ الَّتِي لاَ تَنَـامُ،\
   *wa kulluhunna bi-‘aynika allatī lā tanām,*\
   and all of them are in Your eye that does not sleep,

68. وَعِلْمِكَ الَّذِي لا يَنْسَى\
   *wa ‘ilmika alladhī lā yansā*\
   and Your knowledge that does not forget;

69. فَعَوِّضْ مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا وَاحْطُطْ عَنّي وِزْرَهَا،\
   *fa-‘awwiḍ minhā ahlahā waḥṭuṭ ‘annī wizrahā,*\
   so compensate their owners for them, and put down their burden from me,

70. وَخَفِّفْ عَنِّي ثِقْلَهَا، وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ أَنْ اُقَارِفَ مِثْلَهَا.\
   *wa khaffif ‘annī thiqlahā, wa i‘ṣimnī min an uqārifa mithlahā.*\
   and lighten their weight from me, and protect me from committing their like.

71. أَللَّهُمَّ وَإنَّهُ لاَ وَفَاءَ لِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ إلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ،\
   *Allāhumma wa innahū lā wafā’a lī bi-at-tawbati illā bi-‘iṣmatik,*\
   O God, surely there is no fulfillment for me in repentance save by Your protection,

72. وَلا اسْتِمْسَاكَ بِي عَنِ الْخَطَايَا إلاَّ عَنْ قُوَّتِكَ،\
   *wa lā istimsāka bī ‘ani al-khaṭāyā illā ‘an quwwatik,*\
   and no holding back for me from errors save by Your strength,

73. فَقَوِّنِي بِقُوَّة كَافِيَة، وَتَوَلَّنِي بِعِصْمَة مَانِعَة.\
   *fa-qawwinī bi-quwwatin kāfiyah, wa tawallanī bi-‘iṣmatin māni‘ah.*\
   so strengthen me with a sufficient power, and assume authority over me with a preventive protection.

74. أَللَّهُمَّ أَيُّما عَبْد تَابَ إلَيْكَ\
   *Allāhumma ayyumā ‘abdin tāba ilayk*\
   O God, any servant who repents to You,

75. وَهُوَ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ فَاسِخٌ لِتَوْبَتِهِ\
   *wa huwa fī ‘ilmi al-ghayb ‘indak fāsikhun li-tawbatih*\
   while in the knowledge of the unseen with You he is one who will break his repentance

76. وَعَائِدٌ فِي ذَنْبِهِ وَخَطِيئَتِهِ\
   *wa ‘ā’idun fī dhanbihī wa khaṭī’atih*\
   and return to his sin and his error—

77. فَإنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أنْ أَكُوْنَ كَذلِكَ،\
   *fa-innī a‘ūdhu bika an akūna kadhālik,*\
   surely I seek refuge in You from being like that.

78. فَاجْعَلْ تَوْبَتِي هَذِهِ تَوْبَةً لا أَحْتَاجُ بَعْدَهَا إلَى تَوْبَة،\
   *Fa-ij‘al tawbatī hādhihī tawbatan lā aḥtāju ba‘dahā ilā tawbah,*\
   So make this repentance of mine a repentance after which I will not need a repentance,

79. تَوْبَةً مُوجِبَةً لِمَحْوِ مَا سَلَفَ، وَالسَّلاَمَةِ فِيمَـا بَقِيَ.\
   *tawbatan mūjibatan li-maḥwi mā salaf, wa as-salāmah fīmā baqī.*\
   a repentance that necessitates the wiping out of what has passed, and safety in what remains.

80. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعْتَـذِرُ إلَيْـكَ مِنْ جَهْلِي،\
   *Allāhumma innī a‘tadhiru ilayka min jahlī,*\
   O God, I apologize to You for my ignorance,

81. وَأَسْتَـوْهِبُـكَ سُوْءَ فِعْلِي،\
   *wa astawhibuka sū’a fi‘lī,*\
   and I ask You for a gift to cover my evil deed,

82. فَـاضْمُمْنِي إلَى كَنَفِ رَحْمَتِكَ تَطَوُّلاً،\
   *fa-aḍmum-nī ilā kanaf raḥmatika taṭawwulā,*\
   so join me to the protection of Your mercy out of bounty,

83. وَاسْتُرْنِي بِسِتْرِ عَافِيَتِكَ تَفَضُّلاً.\
   *wa usturnī bi-sitri ‘āfiyatika tafaḍḍulā.*\
   and cover me with the covering of Your well-being out of grace.

84. أَللَّهُمَّ وَإنِّي أَتُوبُ إلَيْكَ\
   *Allāhumma wa innī atūbu ilayk*\
   O God, I repent to You

85. مِنْ كُلِّ مَا خَالَفَ إرَادَتَكَ\
   *min kulli mā khālafā irādatak*\
   from everything that opposes Your Will,

86. أَوْ زَالَ عَنْ مَحَبَّتِـكَ\
   *aw zāla ‘an maḥabbatika*\
   or turns away from Your Love,

87. مِنْ خَـطَرَاتِ قَلْبِي\
   *min khaṭarāti qalbī*\
   whether it be from the thoughts of my heart,

88. وَلَحَـظَاتِ عَيْنِي\
   *wa laḥaẓāti ‘aynī*\
   and the glances of my eye,

89. وَحِكَايَاتِ لِسَانِي،\
   *wa ḥikāyāti lisānī,*\
   and the narrations of my tongue,

90. تَوْبَةً تَسْلَمُ بِهَا كُلُّ جَارِحَة عَلَى حِيَالِهَا مِنْ تَبِعَاتِكَ،\
   *tawbatan taslamu bihā kullu jāriḥatin ‘alā ḥiyālihā min tabi‘ātik,*\
   a repentance by which every limb, singly, is preserved from Your consequences,

91. وَتَأْمَنُ مِمَّا يَخَافُ الْمُعْتَدُونَ مِنْ أَلِيْمِ سَطَوَاتِكَ.\
   *wa ta’manu mimmā yakhāfu al-mu‘tadūn min alīm saṭawātik.*\
   and is safe from what the transgressors fear of Your painful assaults.

92. أَللَّهُمَّ فَارْحَمْ وَحْدَتِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ،\
   *Allāhumma fa-irḥam waḥdatī bayna yadayk,*\
   O God, then have mercy on my solitude before You,

93. وَوَجِيبَ قَلْبِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ،\
   *wa wajība qalbī min khashyatik,*\
   and the throbbing of my heart from Your reverence,

94. وَاضْطِرَابَ أَرْكَانِي مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ،\
   *wa iḍṭirāba arkānī min haybatik,*\
   and the trembling of my limbs from Your awe.

95. فَقَدْ أَقَامَتْنِي يَا رَبِّ ذُنُوبِي مَقَامَ الْخِزْيِ بِفِنَائِكَ،\
   *Fa-qad aqāmatnī yā Rabbi dhunūbī maqām al-khizy bi-finā’ik,*\
   For surely, O Lord, my sins have made me stand in the station of ignominy at Your door,

96. فَإِنْ سَكَتُّ لَمْ يَنْطِقْ عَنِّي أَحَدٌ،\
   *fa-in sakattu lam yanṭiq ‘annī aḥad,*\
   so if I am silent, no one will speak on my behalf,

97. وَإِنْ شَفَعْتُ فَلَسْتُ بِأَهْلِ الشَّفَاعَةِ.\
   *wa in shafa‘tu fa-lastu bi-ahli ash-shafā‘ah.*\
   and if I intercede, I am not worthy of intercession.

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

99. وَشَفِّعْ فِي خَطَايَـايَ كَرَمَكَ،\
   *wa shaffi‘ fī khaṭāyāyā karamak,*\
   and make Your Generosity an intercessor for my errors,

100. وَعُدْ عَلَى سَيِّئاتِي بِعَفْوِكَ،\
   *wa ‘ud ‘alā sayyi’ātī bi-‘afwik,*\
   and revert to my evil deeds with Your pardon,

101. وَلاَ تَجْزِنِي جَزَآئِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ\
   *wa lā tajzinī jazā’ī min ‘uqūbatik*\
   and do not repay me my full recompense with Your punishment,

102. وَابْسُطْ عَلَيَّ طَوْلَكَ وَجَلِّلْنِي بِسِتْرِكَ،\
   *wa ubṣuṭ ‘alayya ṭawlak wa jallilnī bi-sitrik,*\
   and spread over me Your favor and cover me with Your covering,

103. وَافْعَلْ بِي فِعْلَ عَزِيزٍ تَضَرَّعَ إلَيْهِ عَبْدٌ ذَلِيلٌ فَرَحِمَهُ،\
   *wa if‘al bī fi‘la ‘azīzin taḍarra‘a ilayhi ‘abdun dhalīlun fa-raḥimah,*\
   and deal with me with the dealing of a Mighty One to whom a lowly servant implored and he had mercy on him,

104. أَوْ غَنِيٍّ تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ عَبْدٌ فَقِيرٌ فَنَعَشَهُ.\
   *aw ghaniyyin ta‘arraḍa lahū ‘abdun faqīrun fa-na‘ashah.*\
   or a Rich One to whom a poor servant exposed himself and he revived him.

105. أَللَّهُمَّ لاَ خَفِيرَ لِي مِنْكَ فَلْيَخْفُرْنِيْ عِزُّكَ،\
   *Allāhumma lā khafīra lī minka fa-līakhfurnī ‘izzuk,*\
   O God, there is no one who can grant me protection from You, so let Your Might protect me,

106. وَلا شَفِيعَ لِيْ إلَيْكَ فَلْيَشْفَعْ لِي فَضْلُكَ،\
   *wa lā shafī‘a lī ilayka fa-līashfa‘ lī faḍluk,*\
   and no intercessor for me before You, so let Your Favor intercede for me,

107. وَقَدْ أَوْجَلَتْنِي خَطَايَايَ فَلْيُؤْمِنِّي عَفْوُكَ،\
   *wa qad awjalatnī khaṭāyāyā fa-līu’minnī ‘afwuk,*\
   and my errors have frightened me, so let Your Pardon grant me security.

108. فَمَا كُلُّ مَا نَطَقْتُ بِهِ عَنْ جَهْلٍ مِنِّي بِسُوْءِ أَثَرِي،\
   *Fa-mā kullu mā naṭaqtu bihī ‘an jahl minnī bi-sū’i atharī,*\
   For not all that I have spoken is from my ignorance of the evil effect of my deeds,

109. وَلاَ نِسيَانٍ لِمَا سَبَقَ مِنْ ذَمِيمِ فِعْلِي،\
   *wa lā nisyān li-mā sabaqa min dhamīm fi‘lī,*\
   nor forgetfulness of what has preceded of my blameworthy action,

110. وَلكِنْ لِتَسْمَعَ سَمَاؤُكَ وَمَنْ فِيْهَـا،\
   *wa lākin li-tasma‘a samā’uka wa man fīhā,*\
   but so that Your Heaven and whoever is in it may hear,

111. وَأَرْضُكَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا مَا أَظْهَرْتُ لَكَ مِنَ النَّدَمِ،\
   *wa arḍuka wa man ‘alayhā mā aẓhartu lakā mina an-nadam,*\
   and Your Earth and whoever is upon it may hear what I have revealed to You of remorse,

112. وَلَجَـأتُ إلَيْكَ فِيـهِ مِنَ التَّوْبَـةِ،\
   *wa laja’tu ilayka fīhī mina at-tawbah,*\
   and what I have taken refuge in You for, of repentance,

113. فَلَعَـلَّ بَعْضَهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَرْحَمُنِي لِسُوءِ مَوْقِفِي،\
   *fa-la‘alla ba‘ḍahum bi-raḥmatika yarḥamunī li-sū’i mawqifī,*\
   so that perhaps some of them, through Your mercy, may have mercy on me because of my evil stance,

114. أَوْ تُدْرِكُهُ الرِّقَّةُ عَلَىَّ لِسُوءِ حَالِي\
   *aw tudrikuhu ar-riqqatu ‘alayya li-sū’i ḥālī*\
   or a softness may overtake them toward me because of my evil state,

115. فَيَنَالَنِي مِنْهُ بِدَعْوَةٍ أَسْمَعُ لَدَيْكَ مِنْ دُعَائِي،\
   *fa-yanālanī minhu bi-da‘watin asma‘u ladayka min du‘ā’ī,*\
   and so I may gain from them a prayer more heard with You than my prayer,

116. أَوْ شَفَاعَـةٍ أَوْكَدُ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ شَفَاعَتِي\
   *aw shafā‘atin awkadu ‘indakā min shafā‘atī*\
   or an intercession more certain with You than my intercession,

117. تَكُونُ بِهَا نَجَاتِي مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَفَوْزَتِي بِرِضَاكَ.\
   *takūnu bihā najātī min ghaḍabika wa fawzatī bi-riḍāk.*\
   by which will be my deliverance from Your wrath and my triumph with Your pleasure.

118. أَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَكُنِ النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةً إِلَيْكَ فَأَنَا أَنْدَمُ اْلنَّادِمِينَ،\
   *Allāhumma in yakuni an-nadamu tawbatan ilayka fa-anā andamu an-nādimīn,*\
   O God, if remorse is repentance to You, then I am the most remorseful of the remorseful,

119. وَإِنْ يَكُنِ التَّرْكُ لِمَعْصِيَتِكَ إِنَابَةً فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُنِيبينَ،\
   *wa in yakuni at-tarku li-ma‘ṣiyatika inābatan fa-anā awwalu al-munībīn,*\
   and if the forsaking of disobedience to You is turning back, then I am the first of those who turn back,

120. وَإِنْ يَكُنِ الاسْتِغْفَارُ حِطَّةً لِلذُّنُوبِ فَإِنَي لَكَ مِنَ الْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ.\
   *wa in yakuni al-istighfāru ḥiṭṭatan li-adh-dhunūbi fa-innī laka mina al-mustaghfirīn.*\
   and if seeking forgiveness is a remission of sins, then I am among those who seek forgiveness before You.

121. اللَّهُمَّ فَكَمَا أَمَرْتَ بِالتَّوْبَةِ وَضَمِنْتَ الْقَبُولَ\
   *Allāhumma fa-kamā amarta bi-at-tawbah wa ḍaminta al-qabūl*\
   O God, just as You commanded repentance and guaranteed acceptance,

122. وَحَثَثْتَ عَلَى الدُّعَـاءِ وَوَعَدْتَ الإجَابَةَ،\
   *wa ḥathathta ‘alā ad-du‘ā’ wa wa‘adta al-ijābah,*\
   and urged to supplication and promised response,

123. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ وَآلِهِ وَاقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي\
   *fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālihī wa iqbal tawbatī*\
   so bless Muhammad and his Household, and accept my repentance,

124. وَلاَ تَرْجِعْني مَرجَعَ الخَيبَةِ منْ رَحْمَتِك\
   *wa lā tarji‘nī marja‘a al-khaybah min raḥmatik*\
   and do not return me to the place of disappointment from Your mercy.

125. إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ،\
   *innaka anta at-Tawwābu ‘alā al-mudhnibīn,*\
   Surely You are the Relenting One toward the sinners,

126. وَالرَّحِيمُ لِلْخَاطِئِينَ الْمُنِيبِينَ.\
   *wa ar-Raḥīmu li-al-khāṭi’īn al-munībīn.*\
   and the Merciful to the erring ones who turn back.

127. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا هَدَيْتَنَا بِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālihī kamā hadaytanā bih*\
   O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, just as You guided us through him,

128. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ كَمَا اسْتَنْقَذْتَنَا بِهِ،\
   *wa ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālihī kamā istanqadhtanā bih,*\
   and bless Muhammad and his Household, just as You rescued us through him,

129. وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ\
   *wa ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih*\
   and bless Muhammad and his Household

130. صَلاَةً تَشْفَعُ لَنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَوْمَ الْفَاقَةِ إلَيْكَ،\
   *ṣalātan tashfa‘u lanā yawm al-qiyāmah wa yawm al-fāqah ilayk,*\
   with a blessing that intercedes for us on the Day of Resurrection and the Day of our utter need for You.

131. إنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ .\
   *innaka ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr wa huwa ‘alayka yasīr.*\
   Surely You are powerful over everything, and that is easy for You.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 12: His Supplication in Confession and in Seeking Repentance Toward God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-12.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 16: In Asking Release From Sins and Seeking Pardon](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-16.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 34: When He Was Afflicted or Saw Someone Afflicted With the Disgrace of Sin](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-34.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 38: In Asking Pardon](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-38.md)