# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 49: Repelling Trickery of Enemies

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ فِي دَفْعِ كَيْدِ الْأَعْدَاءِ
- **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-49

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 49: repelling the plots of enemies. 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-dua49-repelling-trickery-enemies.html).

## Text

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

1. إلهِي هَدَيْتَنِي فَلَهَوْتُ،\
   *Ilāhī hadaytanī fa-lahawtu,*\
   My God, You guided me, yet I indulged (in heedlessness),

2. وَوَعَظْتَ فَقَسَوْتُ،\
   *wa-wa‘aẓta fa-qasawtu,*\
   and You admonished, yet I hardened (my heart),

3. وَأَبْلَيْتَ الْجَمِيلَ فَعَصَيْتُ،\
   *wa-ablayta l-jamīl fa-‘aṣaytu,*\
   and You showed beautiful favour, yet I disobeyed,

4. ثُمَّ عَرَفْتُ مَا أَصْدَرْتَ؟\
   *thumma ‘araftu mā aṣdart?*\
   Then I knew what You had issued (the warning)?

5. إذْ عَرَّفْتَنِيهِ فَاسْتَغْفَرْتُ، فَأَقَلْتَ فَعُدتُ،\
   *idh ‘arraftanīhi fa-staghfartu, fa-aqalta fa-‘udtu,*\
   When You made me know it, I sought forgiveness, and You overlooked (my fault), yet I returned (to sin),

6. فَسَتَرْتَ فَلَكَ إلهِي الْحَمْدُ.\
   *fa-satarta fa-lak Ilāhī l-ḥamd.*\
   and You concealed (my fault), so for You, my God, is the praise.

7. تَقَحَّمْتُ أَوْدِيَةَ الْهَلاَكِ،\
   *Taqahḥamtu awdiyata l-halāk,*\
   I plunged into the valleys of perdition,

8. وَحَلَلْتُ شِعَابَ تَلَف تَعَرَّضْتُ فِيهَا لِسَطَوَاتِكَ،\
   *wa-ḥalaltu shi‘āba talaf ta‘arraḍtu fīhā li-saṭawātik,*\
   and I settled in the passes of ruin, where I exposed myself to Your assaults,

9. وَبِحُلُولِهَا عُقُوبَاتِكَ،\
   *wa-bi-ḥulūlihā ‘uqūbātik,*\
   and to the descent of Your punishments by settling in them,

10. وَوَسِيلَتِي إلَيْكَ التَّوْحِيدُ،\
   *wa-wasīlatī ilayk at-tawḥīd,*\
   And my means (of approach) to You is Monotheism (at-tawḥīd),

11. وَذَرِيْعَتِي أَنِّي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِكَ شَيْئاً،\
   *wa-dharī‘atī annī lam ushrik bik shay’ā,*\
   and my plea is that I did not associate anything with You,

12. وَلَمْ أَتَّخِذْ مَعَكَ إلهاً،\
   *wa-lam attakhidh ma‘ak ilhā,*\
   and I did not take any god alongside You,

13. وَقَدْ فَرَرْتُ إلَيْكَ بِنَفْسِي،\
   *wa-qad farartu ilayk bi-nafsī,*\
   and I have fled to You with myself,

14. وَإلَيْكَ مَفَرُّ الْمُسِيءِ،\
   *wa-ilayk mafarrul-musī’,*\
   and to You is the escape of the one who does wrong,

15. وَمَفْزَعُ الْمُضَيِّعِ لِحَظِّ نَفْسِهِ، الْمُلْتَجِئِ.\
   *wa-mafza‘u l-muḍayyi‘ li-ḥaẓẓi nafsih, al-multaji’.*\
   and the refuge of the one who wasted his own portion, the refugee.

16. فَكَمْ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ انْتَضى عَلَيَّ سَيْفَ عَدَاوَتِهِ،\
   *Fa-kam min ‘aduwwin antaḍā ‘alayya sayfa ‘adāwatih,*\
   So how many an enemy has unsheathed his sword of enmity against me,

17. وَشَحَذَ لِيْ ظُبَةَ مُدْيَتِهِ،\
   *wa-shaḥadha lī ẓubata mudiyatih,*\
   and sharpened the blade of his knife for me,

18. وَأَرْهَفَ لِي شَبَا حَدِّهِ،\
   *wa-arhafa lī shabā ḥaddih,*\
   and made keen the sharpness of its edge for me,

19. وَدَافَ لِيْ قَوَاتِلَ سُمُومِهِ،\
   *wa-dāfa lī qawātila sumūmih,*\
   and mixed the deadly poisons of his venom for me,

20. وَسَدَّدَ نَحْوِي صَوَائِبَ سِهَامِهِ،\
   *wa-saddada naḥwī ṣawā’iba sihāmih,*\
   and aimed the accurate shots of his arrows at me,

21. وَلَمْ تَنَمْ عَنِّي عَيْنُ حِرَاسَتِهِ،\
   *wa-lam tanam ‘annī ‘aynu ḥirāsatih,*\
   and the eye of his guard did not sleep concerning me,

22. وَأَضْمَرَ أَنْ يَسُومَنِي الْمَكْرُوهَ وَيُجَرِّ عَنِّي زُعَافَ مَرَارَتِهِ،\
   *wa-aḍmara an yasūmanī l-makrūh wa-yujarri ‘annī zu‘āfa marāratih,*\
   and he intended to impose evil upon me and to make me swallow the deadly bitterness of his venom –

23. فَنَظَرْتَ يا إلهِيْ إلَى ضَعْفِي عَنِ احْتِمَـالِ الْفَـوَادِحِ،\
   *fa-naẓarta yā Ilāhī ilā ḍa‘fī ‘ani ḥtimāli l-fawādiḥ,*\
   Then You looked, O my God, at my weakness in bearing the calamities,

24. وَعَجْزِي عَنِ الانْتِصَارِ مِمَّنْ قَصَدَنِيْ بِمُحَارَبَتِهِ،\
   *wa-‘ajzī ‘ani l-intiṣāri mimman qaṣadanī bi-muḥārabaith,*\
   and my incapacity to defend myself against the one who intended to make war on me,

25. وَوَحْدَتِي فِي كَثِيرِ عَدَدِ مَنْ نَاوَانِيْ\
   *wa-waḥdatī fī kathīri ‘adadi man nāwānī*\
   and my solitude amid the large number of those who showed me hostility

26. وَأَرْصَدَ لِيْ بِالْبَلاءِ فِيمَا لَمْ أُعْمِلْ فِيهِ فِكْرِي،\
   *wa-arṣada lī bi-l-balā’ fīmā lam u‘mil fīhi fikrī,*\
   and lay in wait for me with tribulation in a matter in which I did not employ my thought—

27. فَابْتَدَأْتَنِي بِنَصْرِكَ،\
   *fa-btada’tanī bi-naṣrik,*\
   So You began by granting me Your help,

28. وَشَدَدْتَ أَزْرِي بِقُوَّتِكَ،\
   *wa-shadadta azrī bi-quwwatik,*\
   and You strengthened my back with Your power,

29. ثُمَّ فَلَلْتَ لِيَ حَدَّهُ،\
   *thumma falalta liya ḥaddah,*\
   Then You blunted his edge for me,

30. وَصَيَّرْتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ جَمْع عَدِيْد وَحْدَهُ،\
   *wa-ṣayartahū min ba‘di jam‘in ‘adīd waḥdah,*\
   and You made him, after a large gathering, stand alone,

31. وَأَعْلَيْتَ كَعْبِي عَلَيْهِ،\
   *wa-a‘layta ka‘bī ‘alayh,*\
   and You raised my heel above him (gave me victory over him),

32. وَجَعَلْتَ مَا سَدَّدَهُ مَرْدُوداً عَلَيْهِ،\
   *wa-ja‘alta mā saddadahū mardūdan ‘alayh,*\
   and You made what he aimed return upon him,

33. فَرَدَدْتَهُ لَمْ يَشْفِ غَيْظَهُ،\
   *fa-radadtahū lam yashfi ghayẓah,*\
   So You drove him back without his having satisfied his rage,

34. وَلَمْ يَسْكُنْ غَلِيلُهُ،\
   *wa-lam yaskun ghalīluh,*\
   and without his heat of thirst being quenched,

35. قَدْ عَضَّ عَلَى شَوَاهُ،\
   *qad ‘aḍḍa ‘alā shawāh,*\
   he bit his lips,

36. وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّياً قَدْ أَخْلَفَتَ سَرَاياهُ.\
   *wa-adbara muwalliyan qad akhlafat sarāyāh.*\
   and he turned away in retreat, his expeditions having failed.

37. وَكَمْ مِنْ باغ بَغانِيْ بِمَكَائِدِهِ،\
   *Wa-kam min bāghin baghānī bi-makā’idih,*\
   And how many an oppressor sought to oppress me with his plots,

38. وَنَصَبَ لِيْ شَرَكَ مَصَائِدِهِ،\
   *wa-naṣaba lī sharaka maṣā’idih,*\
   and set up the net of his traps for me,

39. وَوَكَّلَ بِيْ تَفَقُّدَ رِعَايَتِهِ،\
   *wa-wakkala bī tafaqquda ri‘āyatih,*\
   and assigned to me the checking of his vigilance,

40. وَأَظْبَأَ إلَيَّ إظْبَآءَ السَّبُعِ لِطَرِيْدَتِهِ،\
   *wa-aẓba’a ilayya iẓbā’a s-sab‘i li-ṭarīdtih,*\
   and lay in wait for me like a wild beast for its quarry,

41. انْتِظَاراً لانْتِهَازِ الْفُرْصَةِ لِفَرِيسَتِهِ،\
   *intiẓāran li-ntihāzi l-furṣati li-farīsatih,*\
   waiting to seize the opportunity for his prey,

42. وَهُوَ يُظْهِرُ لِيْ بَشَاشَةَ المَلَقِ،\
   *wa-huwa yuẓhiru lī bashāshata l-malaq,*\
   while he displayed to me the cheerfulness of flattery,

43. وَيَنْظُـرُنِي عَلَى شِدَّةِ الْحَنَقِ،\
   *wa-yanẓurunī ‘alā shiddati l-ḥanaq,*\
   and looked at me with intense wrath—

44. فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتَ يَا إلهِي تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ دَغَلْ سَرِيرَتِهِ،\
   *fa-lammā ra’ayta yā Ilāhī tabārakta wa-ta‘ālayta daghala sarīratih,*\
   So when You saw, O my God—blessed and exalted be You—the corruption of his inner being,

45. وَقُبْحَ مَا انْطَوى عَلَيْهِ، أَرْكَسْتَهُ لاُِمِّ رَأْسِهِ فِي زُبْيَتِهِ،\
   *wa-qubḥa mā nṭawā ‘alayh, arkastahū li-umm rā’sihī fī zubyatih,*\
   and the foulness of what he concealed, You made him fall headlong into his own pit,

46. وَرَدَدْتَهُ فِي مَهْوى حُفْرَتِهِ،\
   *wa-radadtahū fī mahwā ḥufratih,*\
   and You turned him back into the downfall of his own hole,

47. فَانْقَمَعَ بَعْدَ اسْتِطَالَتِهِ ذَلِيلاً فِي رِبَقِ حِبالتِهِ\
   *fa-nqama‘a ba‘da stiṭālatihī dhalīlan fī ribaq ḥibālatih*\
   So he was humbled after his aggression, disgraced in the snares of his own trap

48. الَّتِي كَانَ يُقَدِّرُ أَنْ يَرَانِي فِيهَا،\
   *allatī kāna yuqaddir an yarānī fīhā,*\
   in which he intended to see me,

49. وَقَدْ كَادَ أَنْ يَحُلَّ بِيْ لَوْلاَ رَحْمَتُكَ مَا حَلَّ بِسَاحَتِهِ.\
   *wa-qad kāda an yaḥulla bī lawlā raḥmatuka mā ḥalla bi-sāḥatih.*\
   and what befell his courtyard had nearly fallen upon me, were it not for Your mercy.

50. وَكَمْ مِنْ حَاسِد قَدْ شَرِقَ بِي بِغُصَّتِهِ،\
   *Wa-kam min ḥāsidin qad shariqa bī bi-ghuṣṣatih,*\
   And how many an envier (ḥāsid) has choked on account of me with his grief,

51. وَشَجِيَ مِنِّي بِغَيْظِهِ، وَسَلَقَنِي بِحَدِّ لِسَانِهِ،\
   *wa-shajī minnī bi-ghayẓih, wa-salaqanī bi-ḥaddi lisānih,*\
   and suffered on my account with his rage, and stung me with the sharpness of his tongue,

52. وَوَحَرَنِي بِقَرْفِ عُيُوبِهِ،\
   *wa-waḥaranī bi-qarf ‘uyūbih,*\
   and vexed me by slandering my faults,

53. وَجَعَلَ عِرْضِيْ غَرَضاً لِمَرَامِيهِ،\
   *wa-ja‘ala ‘irḍī gharaḍan li-marāmīh,*\
   and made my honour a target for his aims,

54. وَقَلَّدَنِي خِلاَلاً لَمْ تَزَلْ فِيهِ،\
   *wa-qalladanī khilālan lam tazal fīh,*\
   and accused me of qualities that were never absent from him,

55. وَوَحَرنِي بِكَيْدِهِ، وَقَصَدَنِي بِمَكِيدَتِهِ،\
   *wa-waḥaranī bi-kaydih, wa-qaṣadanī bi-makīdatih,*\
   and vexed me with his guile, and intended me with his plot—

56. فَنَادَيْتُكَ يَا إلهِي مُسْتَغِيْثاً بِكَ،\
   *fa-nādaytuka yā Ilāhī mustaghīthan bik,*\
   So I called upon You, O my God, seeking help in You,

57. وَاثِقاً بِسُرْعَةِ إجَابَتِكَ،\
   *wāthiqan bi-sur‘ati ijābatik,*\
   confident in the swiftness of Your response,

58. عَالِماً أَنَّهُ لاَ يُضْطَهَدُ مَنْ آوى إلَى ظِلِّ كَنَفِكَ،\
   *‘āliman annahū lā yuḍṭahadu man āwā ilā ẓilli kanafika,*\
   knowing that no one who takes shelter under the shadow of Your protection will be wronged,

59. وَلاَ يَفْزَعُ مَنْ لَجَأَ إلَى مَعْقِل انْتِصَارِكَ،\
   *wa-lā yafza‘u man laja’a ilā ma‘qil intiṣārik,*\
   and no one who seeks refuge in the stronghold of Your help will be terrified—

60. فَحَصَّنْتَنِي مِنْ بَأْسِهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ.\
   *fa-ḥaṣṣantanī min ba’sihī bi-qudratik.*\
   So You fortified me against his malice with Your power.

61. وَكَمْ مِنْ سَحَائِبِ مَكْرُوه جَلَّيْتَهَا عَنِّي،\
   *Wa-kam min saḥā’ibi makrūhin jallaytahā ‘annī,*\
   And how many clouds of detestable things You cleared away from me,

62. وَسَحَائِبِ نِعَم أَمْطَرْتَهَا عَلَيَّ،\
   *wa-saḥā’ibi ni‘amin amṭartahā ‘alayy,*\
   and clouds of blessings You showered upon me,

63. وَجَدَاوِلِ رَحْمَة نَشَرْتَهَا،\
   *wa-jadāwili raḥmatin nashartahā,*\
   and streams of mercy You spread,

64. وَعَافِيَة أَلْبَسْتَهَا، وَأَعْيُنِ أَحدَاث طَمَسْتَهَا،\
   *wa-‘āfiyatin albasthā, wa-a‘yuni aḥdāthin ṭamastahā,*\
   and well-being You clothed me in, and eyes of calamities You blinded,

65. وَغَواشي كُرُبَات كَشَفْتَهَا،\
   *wa-ghawāshī kurubātin kashaftahā,*\
   and overpowering distresses You removed,

66. وَكَمْ مِنْ ظَنٍّ حَسَن حَقَّقْتَ، وَعَدَم جَبَرْتَ،\
   *wa-kam min ẓannin ḥasanin ḥaqqaqt, wa-‘adamin jabart,*\
   And how many a good expectation You fulfilled, and a lack You remedied,

67. وَصَرْعَة أَنْعَشْتَ وَمَسْكَنَة، حَوَّلْتَ،\
   *wa-ṣar‘atin an‘ashta wa-maskanatin ḥawwalt,*\
   and a fall You revived, and wretchedness You transformed—

68. كُلُّ ذَلِكَ إنْعَامَاً وَتَطَوُّلاً مِنْكَ،\
   *kullu dhālik in‘āman wa-taṭawwulan mink,*\
   All of that being favour and bestowal from You,

69. وَفِي جَمِيعِهِ انْهِمَاكاً مِنِّي عَلَى مَعَاصِيْكَ،\
   *wa-fī jamī‘ihī inhimākan minnī ‘alā ma‘āṣīk,*\
   while in all of it, I was absorbed in Your acts of disobedience,

70. لَمْ تَمْنَعْكَ إساءَتِي عَنْ إتْمَامِ إحْسَانِكَ،\
   *lam tamna‘k isā’atī ‘an itmāmi iḥsānik,*\
   My wrongdoing did not prevent You from completing Your benevolence,

71. وَلاَ حَجَرَنِي ذالِكَ عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ مَسَاخِطِكَ،\
   *wa-lā ḥajaranī dhālik ‘ani rtikābi masākhiṭik,*\
   and that did not restrain me from committing Your displeasing acts,

72. لاَ تُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَفْعَلُ، وَلَقَدْ سُئِلْتَ فَأَعْطَيْتَ،\
   *lā tus’alu ‘ammā taf‘al, wa-laqad su’ilta fa-a‘ṭayt,*\
   You are not questioned about what You do, and You were asked, and You gave,

73. وَلَمْ تُسْأَلْ فابْتَدَأْتَ، وَاسْتُمِيحَ فَضْلُكَ فَمَا أَكْدَيْتَ،\
   *wa-lam tus’al fa-btada’t, wa-stumīḥa faḍluk fa-mā akdayt,*\
   and You were not asked, and You initiated, and Your favour was sought, and You did not fail—

74. أَبَيْتَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ إلاَّ إحْسَانَـاً\
   *abayta yā Mawlāya illā iḥsānā*\
   You refused, O my Master, except to show benevolence,

75. وَامْتِنَاناً وَتَطوُّلاً وَإنْعَامـاً ،\
   *wa-mtinānan wa-taṭawwulan wa-in‘āmā,*\
   and bestowal of grace, and granting of favour, and blessing,

76. وَأَبَيْتُ إلاَّ تَقَحُّماً لِحُرُماتِكَ،\
   *wa-abaytu illā taqaḥḥuman li-ḥurumātik,*\
   and I refused except to plunge into violation of Your sanctities,

77. وَتَعَدِّياً لِحُدُودِكَ، وَغَفْلَةً عَنْ وَعِيدِكَ.\
   *wa-ta‘addiyan li-ḥudūdik, wa-ghaflatan ‘an wa‘īdik.*\
   and transgression of Your bounds, and heedlessness of Your threat.

78. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ إلهِي مِنْ مُقْتَدِر لاَ يُغْلَبُ،\
   *Fa-laka l-ḥamdu Ilāhī min muqtadirin lā yughlab,*\
   So for You is the praise, O my God, as the One who is Powerful, Who is not overcome,

79. وَذِي أَناة لاَ تَعْجَلُ.\
   *wa-dhī anātin lā ta‘jal.*\
   and the One Possessing Deliberation, Who does not hasten.

80. هَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ بِسبوغِ النِّعَمِ،\
   *Hādhā maqāmu mani ‘tarafa bi-subūgh i-n-ni‘am,*\
   This is the station of one who acknowledged the fullness of blessings,

81. وَقَابَلَهَا بِالتَّقْصِيرِ، وَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالتَّضْيِيْعِ.\
   *wa-qābalahā bi-t-taqṣīr, wa-shahida ‘alā nafsihī bi-t-taḍyī‘.*\
   and met them with deficiency, and bore witness against himself of wasting (them).

82. أللَّهُمَّ فَإنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إلَيْكَ بِالْمُحَمَّدِيَّةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ،\
   *Allāhumm fa-innī ataqarrabu ilayk bi-l-Muḥammadiyyati r-rafī‘ah,*\
   O God, truly I draw near to You by the lofty Muḥammadiyyah (the path/status of Muhammad),

83. وَالْعَلَوِيَّةِ الْبَيْضَآءِ، وَأَتَـوَجَّهُ إلَيْكَ بِهِمَا،\
   *wa-l-‘Alawiyyati l-bayḍā’, wa-atawajjahu ilayk bihimā,*\
   and the radiant ‘Alawiyyah (the path/status of Ali), and I turn to You through them both,

84. أنْ تُعِيذَنِيْ مِنْ شَرِّ (كَذَا وَكَذَا) فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ\
   *an tu'īdhanī min sharri \[kadhā wa-kadhā\] fa-inna dhālik*\
   (asking that) You grant me refuge from the evil of \[such and such\], for truly that

85. لا يَضِيْقُ عَلَيْكَ فِي وُجْدِكَ،\
   *lā yaḍīqu ‘alayk fī wujdik,*\
   does not strain You in Your richness,

86. وَلاَ يَتَكَأدُكَ فِي قُدْرَتِكَ،\
   *wa-lā yataka’adduk fī qudratik,*\
   and it does not weary You in Your power,

87. وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ،\
   *wa-anta ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr,*\
   and You have power over everything,

88. فَهَبْ لِي يا إلهِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَدَوَامِ تَوْفِيقِكَ،\
   *fa-hab lī yā Ilāhī min raḥmatik wa-dawāmi tawfīqik,*\
   So grant me, O my God, from Your mercy and the lastingness of Your enabling (tawfīq),

89. مَا أَتَّخِذُهُ سُلَّماً أَعْرُجُ بِهِ إلى رِضْوَانِكَ،\
   *mā attakhidhuhū sullaman a‘ruju bihī ilā riḍwānik,*\
   that which I may take as a ladder by which I may ascend to Your good pleasure,

90. وَآمَنُ بِهِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *wa-āmanu bihī min ‘iqābik, yā Arḥama r-Rāḥimīn.*\
   and by which I may be safe from Your punishment, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

## 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)