# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 41: Asking Covering & Protection

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ السَّتْرِ وَ الْوِقَايَةِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Protection](https://duasonline.org/category/protection.md), [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-41

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 41: asking covering and protection. 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-dua41-asking-covering-protection.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. وَأَفْرِشْنِي مِهَادَ كَرَامَتِكَ\
   *Wa-afrishnī mihāda karāmatik*\
   And spread beneath me the bed of Your generosity

3. وَأَوْرِدْنِي مَشَارِعَ رَحْمَتِكَ\
   *Wa-awridnī mashāriʿa raḥmatik*\
   And bring me to the springs of Your mercy

4. وَأَحْلِلْنِي بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ\
   *Wa-aḥlilnī buḥbūḥata jannatik*\
   And settle me in the spaciousness of Your Paradise

5. وَلَا تَسُمْنِي بِالرَّدِّ عَنْكَ\
   *Wa-lā tasumnī bi-r-raddi ʿanka*\
   And do not label me as one turned away from You

6. وَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي بِالْخَيْبَةِ مِنْكَ\
   *Wa-lā taḥrimnī bi-l-khaybati minka*\
   And do not deprive me by Your rejection

7. وَلَا تُقَاصَّنِي بِمَا اجْتَرَحْتُ\
   *Wa-lā tuqāṣṣinī bimā ijtaraḥtu*\
   And do not hold me accountable for what I have committed

8. وَلَا تُنَاقِشْنِي بِمَا اكْتَسَبْتُ\
   *Wa-lā tunāqishnī bimā iktasabtu*\
   Nor debate me about what I have acquired

9. وَلَا تُبْرِزْ مَكْتُومِي، وَلَا تَكْشِفْ مَسْتُورِي\
   *Wa-lā tubriz maktūmī, wa-lā takshif mastūrī*\
   Do not expose my hidden faults, nor unveil my private matters

10. وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَى مِيزَانِ الْأَنْصَافِ عَمَلِي\
   *Wa-lā taḥmil ʿalā mīzāni al-anṣāfi ʿamalī*\
   Do not weigh my deeds with the strict scale of justice

11. وَلَا تُعْلِنْ عَلَى عُيُونِ الْمَلَاءِ خَبَرِي\
   *Wa-lā tuʿlin ʿalā ʿuyūni al-malāʾi khabari*\
   Nor disclose my news before the eyes of the assembly

12. أَخْفِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكُونُ نَشْرُهُ عَلَيَّ عَارًا\
   *Akhfi ʿanhum mā yakūnu nashruhu ʿalayya ʿāran*\
   Hide from them what would bring me shame if made public

13. وَاطْوِ عَنْهُمْ مَا يُلْحِقُنِي عِندَكَ شَنَارًا\
   *Waṭwi ʿanhum mā yulḥiqunī ʿindak shanāran*\
   And conceal from them what would disgrace me before You

14. شَرِّفْ دَرَجَتِي بِرِضْوَانِكَ\
   *Sharif darajatī biriḍwānik*\
   Honor my rank with Your satisfaction

15. وَأَكْمِلْ كَرَامَتِي بِغُفْرَانِكَ\
   *Wa-akmil karāmatī bighufrānik*\
   And perfect my dignity through Your forgiveness

16. وَانْظِمْنِي فِي أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ\
   *Wa-nẓimnī fī aṣḥābi al-yamīn*\
   And enroll me among the companions of the right

17. وَوَجِّهْنِي فِي مَسَالِكِ الْآمِنِينَ\
   *Wa-wajjihnī fī masālikil-āminīn*\
   Enable me to travel the paths of the secure

18. وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي فَوْجِ الْفَائِزِينَ\
   *Wa-jʿalnī fī fawjil-fāʾizīn*\
   And make me among the group of the successful

19. وَاعْمُرْ بِي مَجَالِسَ الصَّالِحِينَ\
   *Wa-ʿmur bī majālisa aṣ-ṣāliḥīn*\
   Let me fill the gatherings of the righteous

20. آمِينَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ\
   *Āmīn rabba al-ʿālamīn*\
   Amen, Lord of the worlds

## Related

- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 10: In Seeking Asylum With God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-10.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 14: When Hostility Was Shown to Him](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-14.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 17: When He Mentioned Satan and Sought Refuge From Him](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-17.md)
- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 28: His Supplication in Fleeing to God for Protection](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-28.md)