# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 35: For Contentment Satisfaction When Looking Upon the Companions of This World

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الرِّضَا إذا نَظَرَ الى  اَصحابِ الدُنيا
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-35

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 35: contentment with the decree. 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-dua35-satisfaction-companions.html).

## Text

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

1. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi*\
   O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.

2. الْحَمْدُ للهِ رِضًى بِحُكْمِ اللهِ،\
   *al-ḥamdu lillāhi riḍan bi-ḥukmi llāh*\
   All praise is for Allah, in satisfaction with His decree.

3. شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ،\
   *shahidtu anna llāha qasama ma‘āyisha ‘ibādihi bil-‘adli*\
   I bear witness that Allah divided the livelihoods of His servants with justice.

4. وَأَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ بِالْفَضْلِ.\
   *wa-akhadha ‘alā jamī‘i khalqihi bil-faḍli*\
   And He deals with all His creation with grace.

5. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi*\
   O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.

6. وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّي بِمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ،\
   *wa-lā taftinnī bimā a‘ṭaytahum*\
   And do not test me with what You have given them.

7. وَلاَ تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي،\
   *wa-lā taftinhum bimā mana‘tanī*\
   And do not test them with what You withheld from me.

8. فَأحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَأَغْمِطَ حُكْمَكَ.\
   *fa-aḥsuda khalqaka, wa-aghmita ḥukmaka*\
   So that I do not envy Your creation, nor reject Your judgment.

9. أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi*\
   O Allah, bless Muhammad and his family.

10. وَطَيِّبْ بِقَضَائِكَ نَفْسِي،\
   *wa-ṭayyib bi-qaḍā’ika nafsī*\
   And make my soul content with Your decree.

11. وَوَسِّعْ بِمَوَاقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي،\
   *wa-wassi‘ bimawāqi‘i ḥukmika ṣadrī*\
   And expand my chest through the places of Your judgment.

12. وَهَبْ لِي الثِّقَةَ لأُقِرَّ مَعَهَا،\
   *wa-hab lī ath-thiqata li-uqirra ma‘ahā*\
   And grant me trust so that I acknowledge with it—

13. بِأَنَّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ إلاَّ بِالْخِيَرَةِ.\
   *bi-anna qaḍā’aka lam yajri illā bil-khīrati*\
   That Your decree runs only with wisdom and goodness.

14. وَاجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي،\
   *wa-j‘al shukrī laka ‘alā mā zawayta ‘annī*\
   And make my gratitude to You for what You withheld from me—

15. أَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي إِيَّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي.\
   *awfara min shukrī iyyāka ‘alā mā khawwaltanī*\
   Greater than my gratitude for what You granted me.

16. وَاعْصِمْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَظُنَّ بِذِي عَدَمٍ خَسَاسَةً،\
   *wa-‘ṣimnī min an aẓunna bidhī ‘adamin khasāsatan*\
   And protect me from thinking the poor are lowly.

17. أَوْ أَظُنَّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَةٍ فَضْلًا.\
   *aw aẓunna bi-ṣāḥibi tharwatin faḍlan*\
   Or from thinking that the wealthy have virtue.

18. فَإنَّ الشَّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرَّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ،\
   *fa-inna sh-sharīfa man sharrafaṯhu ṭā‘atuka*\
   For the noble one is he whom Your obedience ennobles.

19. وَالْعَزِيزَ مَنْ أَعَزَّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ.\
   *wal-‘azīza man a‘azzat-hu ‘ibādatuka*\
   And the mighty is he whom Your worship strengthens.

20. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi*\
   So bless Muhammad and his family.

21. وَمَتِّعْنَا بِثَرْوَةٍ لاَ تَنْفَدُ،\
   *wa-matti‘nā bitharwatin lā tanfadu*\
   And grant us an endless wealth.

22. وَأَيِّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لاَ يُفْقَدُ،\
   *wa-ayyidnā bi-‘izzin lā yufqadu*\
   And support us with a strength that never vanishes.

23. وَأَسْرِحْنَا فِيْ مُلْكِ الأَبَدِ،\
   *wa-asriḥnā fī mulki l-abad*\
   And let us roam freely in the kingdom of eternity.

24. إنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ،\
   *innaka l-wāḥidu l-aḥadu ṣ-ṣamadu*\
   Indeed, You are the One, the Only, the Eternal Refuge.

25. الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ،\
   *alladhī lam talid wa-lam tūlad*\
   The One who neither begets nor is begotten.

26. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ.\
   *wa-lam yakun laka kufuwan aḥad*\
   And none is comparable to You.

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 15: When Sick](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-15-sickness.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 1: In Praise of Allah](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-01-praise-allah.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 11: His Supplication for Good Outcomes](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-11.md)