# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 39: Asking Pardon and Mercy

- **Arabic title:** ددُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعَفْوِ و المَغْفِرَةِ
- **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-39

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 39: asking pardon and mercy. 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-dua39-asking-pardon-mercy.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family

2. وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَحْرَمٍ\
   *Wa-ksir shahwatī ʿan kulli maḥramin*\
   And break my desire from every forbidden thing

3. وَازْوِ حِرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَمٍ\
   *Wazwi ḥirṣī ʿan kulli maʾtham*\
   And turn away my greed from every sin

4. وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَمُؤْمِنَةٍ وَمُسْلِمٍ وَمُسْلِمَةٍ\
   *Wa-mnaʿnī ʿan adhā kulli muʾminin wa muʾminatin wa muslimin wa muslimatin*\
   And prevent me from harming any believing man, believing woman, Muslim man, or Muslim woman

5. أَللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ نَالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Allāhumma wa ayyuma ʿabdin nāla minnī mā ḥazarta ʿalayh*\
   O Allah, whomever among Your servants gained from me what You have prohibited

6. وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ\
   *Wa-intahaka minnī mā ḥajarta ʿalayh*\
   And violated from me what You have forbidden

7. فَمَضَى بِظُلَامَتِي مَيِّتًا\
   *Fa-maḍā bi-ẓulāmatī mayyitan*\
   And so he went with my wrongdoing against him as a deceased

8. أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِي قِبَلَهُ حَيًّا\
   *Aw ḥaṣalat lī qibalahu ḥayyan*\
   Or it remains for me against him while he is alive

9. فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي\
   *Faghfir lahu mā alamma bihi minnī*\
   Then forgive him for what befell him from me

10. وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي\
   *Wa-ʿfu lahu ʿammā adbara bihi ʿannī*\
   And pardon him for what he kept away from me

11. وَلَا تَقِفْهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ\
   *Wa lā taqifhu ʿalā mā irtakaba fīya*\
   And do not hold him accountable for what he committed against me

12. وَلَا تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِي\
   *Wa lā takshifhu ʿammā iktasaba bī*\
   And do not expose him for what he gained through me

13. وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْوِ عَنْهُمْ\
   *Wa-jʿal mā samaḥtu bihi mina al-ʿafwi ʿanhum*\
   And make my forgiveness of them

14. وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ\
   *Wa-tabarrʿtu bihi mina aṣ-ṣadaqati ʿalayhim*\
   And my charity towards them

15. أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ\
   *Azka ṣadaqāti al-mutataṣaddiqīn*\
   Most pure of the charities of the charitable

16. وَأَعْلَى صِلاتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ\
   *Wa aʿlā ṣilāti al-mutaqarribīn*\
   And highest of the acts of approach by those close to You

17. وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ\
   *Wa-ʿawwiḍnī min ʿafwī ʿanhum ʿafwaka*\
   And exchange my forgiveness of them with Your forgiveness for me

18. وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ\
   *Wa-min duʿāʾī lahum raḥmatak*\
   And my prayers for them for Your mercy

19. حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ\
   *Ḥattā yasʿada kullu wāḥidin minnā bi-faḍlika*\
   So that each one of us is made happy by Your grace

20. وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ\
   *Wa-yanjūa kullun minnā bi-mannika*\
   And each one of us is saved by Your bounty

21. أَللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ\
   *Allāhumma wa ayyuma ʿabdin min ʿabīdika*\
   O Allah, whichever servant of Yours

22. أَدْرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذًى\
   *Adrakahu minnī darakun aw massahu min nāḥiyatī adhā*\
   Who was touched by me or harmed by my actions

23. أَوْ لَحِقَهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبِي ظُلْمٌ\
   *Aw laḥiqahu bī aw bi-sababī ẓulmun*\
   Or was wronged by me or through my actions

24. فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّهِ\
   *Fafuttuhu bi-ḥaqqihi*\
   Or I neglected his right

25. أَوْ سَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ\
   *Aw sabaqtuhu bi-maẓlamatih*\
   Or I was quicker to wrong him

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

27. وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ\
   *Wa-arḍihi ʿannī min wujdika*\
   And please him from Your bounty

28. وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ\
   *Wa-awfihi ḥaqqahu min ʿindik*\
   And grant him his right from Yourself

29. ثُمَّ قِنِي مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ\
   *Thumma qinī mā yūjibu lahu ḥukmuk*\
   Then protect me from what Your judgment imposes on him

30. وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ\
   *Wa-khalliṣnī mimmā yaḥkumu bihi ʿadluka*\
   And save me from what Your justice decrees

31. فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ\
   *Fa-inna quwwatī lā tastaqillu bi-niqmatik*\
   For my strength cannot withstand Your punishment

32. وَإِنَّ طَاقَتِي لَا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ\
   *Wa-inna ṭāqatī lā tanhaḍu bi-sukhṭik*\
   And my capacity cannot bear Your anger

33. فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُكَافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي\
   *Fa-innaka in tukāfinī bil-ḥaqqi tuhkliknī*\
   If You judge me by truth, You will destroy me

34. وَإِلَّا تَغَمَّدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي\
   *Wa-illā taghamidnī bi-raḥmatika tūbiqni*\
   And unless You envelop me in Your mercy, I will perish

35. أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي مَا لَا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ\
   *Allāhumma innī astawhibuka yā Ilāhī mā lā yanquṣuka badhluhu*\
   O Allah, I seek as a gift what You never lose by giving

36. وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لَا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ\
   *Wa-astaḥmiluka mā lā yabhaẓuka ḥamluhu*\
   And I ask You to carry what is not heavy for You

37. أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوءٍ\
   *Astawhibuka yā Ilāhī nafsī allātī lam takhluqha li-tamteniʿ bihā min sūʾin*\
   I request from You, O my God, my soul which You didn't create to withhold from evil

38. أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إِلَى نَفْعٍ\
   *Aw li-tatarraqa bihā ilā nafʿin*\
   Or to use it for benefit

39. وَلَكِنْ أَنْشَأْتَهَا إِثْبَاتًا لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا\
   *Walākin anshaʾtaha ithbātan li-qudratika ʿalā mithlihā*\
   But You originated it to affirm Your power over its like

40. وَاحْتِجَاجًا بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا\
   *Wa-iḥtijājan bihā ʿalā shaklihā*\
   And as an argument over whatever resembles it

41. وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ\
   *Wa-astaḥmiluka min dhunūbī mā qad bahaẓanī ḥamluhu*\
   And I ask You to carry for me from my sins that which burdens me

42. وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ\
   *Wa-astaʿīnu bika ʿalā mā qad fadaḥanī thiquluhu*\
   And I seek Your help for what I struggle with its weight

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

44. وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِي\
   *Wa-hab li-nafsī ʿalā ẓulmihā nafsī*\
   And grant my soul to myself, despite its wrongdoing

45. وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي\
   *Wa-wakkil raḥmataka bi-iḥtimāli iṣrī*\
   And assign Your mercy to bear my burden

46. فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ\
   *Fa-kam qad laḥiqat raḥmatuka bi-l-musīʾīn*\
   How often Your mercy has reached the wrongdoers

47. وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ\
   *Wa-kam qad shamil ʿafwuka aẓ-ẓālimīn*\
   How often Your forgiveness has encompassed the transgressors

48. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ\
   *Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa ālihi wa-jʿalnī uswat man qad anhaḍtahu*\
   So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, and make me an example of those whom You have raised

49. بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ\
   *Bi-tajāwuzika ʿan maṣāriʿi al-khāṭiʾīn*\
   By Your pardon from the downfall of the erring

50. وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ\
   *Wa-khallaṣtahu bi-tawfīqika min waraṭāti al-mujrimīn*\
   And You saved him, through Your guidance, from the traps of the criminals

51. فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ\
   *Fa-aṣbaḥa ṭalīqa ʿafwika min isāri sukhṭika*\
   And so he became freed by Your pardon from the bonds of Your anger

52. وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ\
   *Wa-ʿatīqa ṣunʿika min wathāqi ʿadlika*\
   And emancipated by Your favor from the chains of Your justice

53. إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ\
   *Innaka in tafʿal dhalika yā Ilāhī tafʿalhu biman*\
   If You do that, O my God, You do it for one

54. لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ\
   *Lā yajḥadu istiḥqāqa ʿuqūbatika*\
   Who does not ever deny deserving Your punishment

55. وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ\
   *Wa-lā yubarriʾu nafsahu min istījābi naqimatika*\
   And does not absolve himself of deserving Your wrath

56. تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ\
   *Tafʿalu dhalika yā Ilāhī bi-man khawfuhu minka aktharu min ṭamaʿihi fīk*\
   You treat in this way, my God, those whose fear of You is greater than their hope in You

57. وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ\
   *Wa-biman ya'suhu mina an-najāti awkadu min rajā'ihi lil-khalāṣ*\
   And those whose despair of deliverance is stronger than their hope for salvation

58. لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطًا\
   *Lā an yakūna ya'suhu qunūṭan*\
   Not because his despair is disbelief

59. أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَارًا\
   *Aw an yakūna ṭamaʿuhu ightirāran*\
   Nor his hope is recklessness

60. بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئَاتِهِ\
   *Bal li-qillati ḥasanātihi bayna sayyiātihi*\
   But due to the scarcity of his good deeds among his sins

61. وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ\
   *Wa-ḍaʿfi ḥujajihi fī jamīʿi tabīʿātihi*\
   And his weak excuses for all of his consequences

62. فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِلَهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ\
   *Fa-ammā anta yā Ilāhī fa-ahlu an lā yagh-tarra bika as-ṣiddīqūn*\
   As for You, my God, it is fitting that the sincere do not become deluded by You

63. وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ\
   *Wa-lā yay'asa minka al-mujrimūn*\
   And that the guilty do not despair of You

64. لاِنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَدًا فَضْلَهُ\
   *Li-annaka ar-rabbu al-ʿaẓīm alladhī lā yamnaʿu aḥadan faḍlahu*\
   For You are the Supreme Lord who never withholds His bounty from anyone

65. وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَقَّهُ\
   *Wa-lā yastaqṣī min aḥadin ḥaqqahu*\
   Nor exacts from anyone all of his due

66. تَعَالَى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ\
   *Taʿālā dhikruka ʿani al-madhkūrīn*\
   Exalted is Your remembrance above those who are mentioned

67. وَتَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ\
   *Wa-taqaddasat asmāʾuka ʿani al-mansūbīn*\
   And hallowed are Your names above those who are attributed

68. وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ\
   *Wa-fashat niʿmatuka fī jamīʿi al-makhluqīn*\
   And Your blessings have spread in all creation

69. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ\
   *Fa-laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā dhālika yā Rabba al-ʿālamīn*\
   So to You is all praise for that, O Lord of the worlds

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