# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 38: In Asking Pardon

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ
- **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-38

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 38: asking pardon. 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-dua38-asking-pardon.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ\
   *Allāhumma innī aʿtaẓiru ilayka*\
   O Allah, I apologize to You

2. مِنْ مَظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ\
   *Min maẓlūmin ẓulima bi-ḥaḍratī fa-lam anṣuruh*\
   From an oppressed person who was wronged in my presence, yet I did not aid him

3. وَمِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ أُسْدِيَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ\
   *Wa min maʿrūfin usdīya ilayya fa-lam ashkurhu*\
   And from a favor that was given to me, but I did not thank for it

4. وَمِنْ مُسِيءٍ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ\
   *Wa min musī'in iʿtadhara ilayya fa-lam aʿdhirhu*\
   And from a wrongdoer who apologized to me, yet I did not forgive him

5. وَمِنْ ذِيْ فَاقَةٍ سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ أُوثِرْهُ\
   *Wa min dhī fāqatin saʾalanī fa-lam ūthirhu*\
   And from one in need who asked me, but I did not prefer him

6. وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذِيْ حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ أُوَفِّرْهُ\
   *Wa min haqqi dhī ḥaqqin lazimani limuʾminin fa-lam uwaffirhu*\
   And from the right due to a believer that was my duty, but I did not fulfill it

7. وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ\
   *Wa min ʿaybi muʾminin ẓahara lī fa-lam asturuh*\
   And from a fault of a believer that appeared to me, yet I did not conceal it

8. وَمِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِي فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ\
   *Wa min kulli ithmin ʿaraḍa lī fa-lam ahjurhu*\
   And from every sin that came my way, but I did not abandon it

9. أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْهُنَّ\
   *Aʿtaẓiru ilayka yā Ilāhī minhunna*\
   I apologize to You, my God, for these

10. وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ\
   *Wa min naẓāʾirihinna iʿtidhāra nadāmah*\
   And from their similar actions, a regretful apology

11. يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ\
   *Yakūnu wāʿiẓan limā bayna yadayya min ashbāhihinna*\
   So that it may be a lesson for what lies ahead among their likes

12. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi*\
   So send blessings on Muhammad and his family

13. وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّلَّاتِ\
   *Wa-jʿal nadāmatī ʿalā mā waqaʿtu fīhi mina az-zallāt*\
   And make my regret for the slips I fell into

14. وَعَزْمِي عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ\
   *Wa-ʿazmī ʿalā tarki mā yaʿriḍu lī min as-sayyiʾāt*\
   And my resolution to avoid the misdeeds that may come before me

15. تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِي مَحَبَّتَكَ\
   *Tawbatan tujibu lī maḥabbatak*\
   A repentance that makes me deserving of Your love

16. يَا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِينَ\
   *Yā muḥibba at-tawwābīn*\
   O Lover of those who repent

## 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 34: When He Was Afflicted or Saw Someone Afflicted With the Disgrace of Sin](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-34.md)