# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 34: When He Was Afflicted or Saw Someone Afflicted With the Disgrace of Sin

- **Arabic title:** ددُعَاؤُهُ إِذَا ابْتُلِيَ أَوْ رَأَى مُبْتَلًى بِفَضِيحَةٍ بِذَنْبٍ
- **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-34

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 34: when afflicted by the disgrace of sin. 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-dua34-when-afflicted.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سِتْرِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ ،\
   *Allāhumma lakā al-ḥamdu ‘alā sitrika ba‘da ‘ilmik,*\
   O God, praise be to You for Your covering after Your knowledge,

2. وَمُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ،\
   *wa mu‘āfātika ba‘da khubrik,*\
   and Your granting of well-being after Your awareness.

3. فَكُلُّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ ،\
   *Fa-kullunā qadi iqtarafa al-‘ā’ibah fa-lam tashharh,*\
   For all of us have committed a shameful act, yet You did not make it public,

4. وَارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَم تَفْضَحْهُ\
   *wa irtakaba al-fāḥishah fa-lam tafḍaḥh,*\
   and perpetrated an indecency, yet You did not disgrace him,

5. وَتَسَتَّـرَ بِالْمَسَاوِي فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ،\
   *wa tasattara bi-al-masāwī fa-lam tadlul ‘alayh,*\
   and concealed himself with evil deeds, yet You did not point them out.

6. كَمْ نَهْي لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ،\
   *Kam nahyun lakā qad ataynāh,*\
   How many prohibitions of Yours have we transgressed,

7. وَأَمْر قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدَّيْنَاهُ،\
   *wa amrun qad waqaftanā ‘alayhī fa-ta‘addaynāh,*\
   and a command upon which You made us stand, yet we exceeded it,

8. وَسَيِّئَة اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَخَطِيئَة ارْتَكَبْنَـاهَا،\
   *wa sayyi’atan iktasabnāhā, wa khaṭī’atan irtakabnāhā,*\
   and an evil deed we acquired, and an error we committed.

9. كُنْتَ الْمُطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ،\
   *Kunta al-muṭṭali‘a ‘alayhā dūna an-nāẓirīn,*\
   You were the Observer of it without the sight of others,

10. وَالْقَادِرَ عَلَى إعْلاَنِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ،\
   *wa al-qādira ‘alā i‘lānihā fawqa al-qādirīn,*\
   and the One powerful to announce it beyond all who are powerful.

11. كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ،\
   *Kānat ‘āfiyatuka lanā ḥijāban dūna abṣārihim,*\
   Your well-being was a veil for us, excluding their eyes,

12. وَرَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ،\
   *wa radman dūna asmā‘ihim,*\
   and a barrier excluding their ears.

13. فَاجْعَلْ مَا ستَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ،\
   *Fa-ij‘al mā satarta mina al-‘awrah,*\
   So make what You covered of the faults,

14. وَأَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدَّخِيلَةِ وَاعِظاً لَنَا،\
   *wa akhfayta mina ad-dakhīlah wā‘iẓan lanā,*\
   and what You hid of the secret sin, an admonition for us,

15. وَزَاجِراً عَنْ سُوْءِ الْخُلْقِ وَاقْتِرَافِ الخَطِيئَـةِ،\
   *wa zājiran ‘an sū’i al-khulq wa iqtirāf al-khaṭī’ah,*\
   and a deterrent from evil character and the commission of error,

16. وَسَعْياً إلَى التَّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ وَالطَّرِيْقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ،\
   *wa sa‘yan ilā at-tawbati al-māḥiyah wa aṭ-ṭarīqi al-maḥmūdah,*\
   and a striving toward the effacing repentance and the praiseworthy path.

17. وقَرِّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ ،\
   *Wa qarrib al-waqt fīh,*\
   And bring near the time for it,

18. وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ\
   *wa lā tasumnā al-ghaflah ‘ank*\
   and do not burden us with heedlessness toward You.

19. إنَّا إلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ ، وَمِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ.\
   *Innā ilayka rāghibūn, wa mina adh-dhunūbi tā’ibūn.*\
   Surely we are desirous of You, and repentant from sins.

20. وَصَلِّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ\
   *Wa ṣalli ‘alā khiyaratika Allāhumma min khalqik*\
   And bless, O God, Your chosen one from Your creation,

21. مُحَمَّد وَعِتْرَتِهِ الصِّفْـوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِـكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،\
   *Muḥammad wa ‘itratyhī aṣ-ṣifwah min barriyyatika aṭ-ṭāhirīn,*\
   Muhammad, and his progeny, the elite of Your pure creation,

22. وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَمُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ .\
   *wa ij‘alnā lahum sāmi‘īn wa muṭī‘īn kamā amart.*

## 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 31: For Repentance (Tawba)](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-31.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 38: In Asking Pardon](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-38.md)