# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 5: Supplication for Himself & People Under Guardianship

- **Arabic title:** دُعَاؤُهُ لِنَفسِهِ وَ اهل وِِلايتهِ
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Parents & Family](https://duasonline.org/category/parents-and-family.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-5

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 5: for himself and those under his guardianship. 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-dua5-people-under-guardianship.html).

## Text

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

1. يامَن لا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُ عَظَمَتِهِ،\
   *Yā man lā tanqaḍī ʿajāʾibu ʿaẓamatihi,*\
   O You whose greatness wonders never cease,

2. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

3. وَاحْجُبْنَا عَنِ الْإِلْحَادِ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ.\
   *Waḥjubnā ʿani al-ilḥādi fī ʿaẓamatika.*\
   And shield us from disbelief in Your greatness.

4. وَيَا مَنْ لا تَنْتَهِي مُدَّةُ مُلْكِهِ،\
   *Wa yā man lā tantahī muddata mulkihi,*\
   And O You whose reign never ends,

5. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

6. وَأَعْتِقْ رِقَابَنَا مِنْ نَقِمَتِكَ.\
   *Wa aʿtiq riqābanā min naqimatika.*\
   And liberate our necks from Your punishment.

7. وَيَا مَنْ لا تَفْنَى خَزَائِنُ رَحْمَتِهِ،\
   *Wa yā man lā tafnā khazāʾinu raḥmatihi,*\
   And O You whose treasures of mercy never perish,

8. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

9. وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا نَصِيبًا فِي رَحْمَتِكَ.\
   *Wa ajʿal lanā naṣīban fī raḥmatika.*\
   And grant us a share in Your mercy.

10. وَيَا مَنْ تَنْقَطِعُ دُونَ رُؤْيَتِهِ الْأَبْصَارُ،\
   *Wa yā man tanqaṭiʿu dūna ruʾyatihi al-abṣāru,*\
   And O You in whose sight all vision ceases,

11. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

12. وَأَدْنِنَا إِلَى قُرْبِكَ.\
   *Wa adninā ilā qurbika.*\
   And bring us closer to You.

13. وَيَا مَنْ تَصْغُرُ عِنْدَ خَطَرِهِ الْأَخْطَارُ،\
   *Wa yā man taṣghuru ʿinda khaṭarihi al-akhṭāru,*\
   And O You before whose danger all dangers shrink,

14. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

15. وَكَرِّمْنَا عَلَيْكَ.\
   *Wa karrimnā ʿalayka.*\
   And honor us through You.

16. وَيَا مَنْ تَظْهَرُ عِنْدَهُ بَوَاطِنُ الْأَخْبَارِ،\
   *Wa yā man taẓharu ʿindahu bawāṭinu al-akhbār,*\
   And O You before whom all hidden truths appear,

17. صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

18. وَلَا تَفْضَحْنَا لَدَيْكَ.\
   *Wa lā tafḍaḥnā ladayka.*\
   And do not disgrace us before You.

19. اللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِنَا عَنْ هِبَةِ الْوَهَّابِينَ بِهِبَتِكَ،\
   *Allāhumma aghninā ʿan hibati al-wahhābīn bihibatika,*\
   O Allah, enrich us without needing the gift of the generous by Your gift,

20. وَاكْفِنَا وَحْشَةَ الْقَاطِعِينَ بِصِلَتِكَ،\
   *Wa akfinā waḥshata al-qāṭiʿīna biṣilatika,*\
   And suffice us from the loneliness caused by those who sever ties with Your connection,

21. حَتَّى لَا نَرْغَبَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مَعَ بَذْلِكَ،\
   *Ḥattā lā narghaba ilā aḥadin maʿa bazlika,*\
   So that we desire no one besides You despite our giving,

22. وَلَا نَسْتَوْحِشَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ مَعَ فَضْلِكَ.\
   *Wa lā nastawḥish min aḥadin maʿa faḍlika.*\
   And we do not feel forsaken by anyone with Your grace.

23. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, so send blessings on Muhammad and his family,

24. وَكِدْ لَنَا وَلَا تَكِدْ عَلَيْنَا،\
   *Wa kid lanā wa lā takid ʿalaynā,*\
   And plan for us and do not plot against us,

25. وَامْكُرْ لَنَا وَلَا تَمْكُرْ بِنَا،\
   *Wa amkur lanā wa lā tamkur binā,*\
   And schemingly help us and do not scheme against us,

26. وَأَدِلْ لَنَا وَلَا تُدِلَّ مِنَّا.\
   *Wa adil lanā wa lā tudill minnā.*\
   And guide us and do not mislead us.

27. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ،\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi,*\
   O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family,

28. وَقِنَا مِنْكَ، وَاحْفَظْنَا بِكَ، وَاهْدِنَا إِلَيْكَ،\
   *Wa qinā minka, waḥfaẓnā bika, wa ahdinā ilayka,*\
   Protect us from You, guard us through You, and guide us to You,

29. وَلَا تُبَاعِدْنَا عَنْكَ إِنَّ مَنْ تَقِهِ يَسْلَمُ،\
   *Wa lā tubāʿidnā ʿanka inna man taqīhi yaslamu,*\
   And do not distance us from You; indeed, whoever fears You is safe,

30. وَمَنْ تَهْدِهِ يَعْلَمُ، وَمَنْ تُقَرِّبُهُ إِلَيْكَ يَغْنَمُ.\
   *Wa man tahdihi yaʿlamu, wa man tuqarribuhu ilayka yaghnamu.*\
   And whoever You guide knows, and whoever You bring near to You profits.

31. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family,

32. وَاكْفِنَا حَدَّ نَوَائِبِ الزَّمَانِ،\
   *Wa akfinā ḥadda nawāʾibi az-zamān,*\
   And protect us from the calamities of time,

33. وَشَرَّ مَصَائِدِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَمَرَارَةَ صَوْلَةِ السُّلْطَانِ.\
   *Wa sharra maṣāʾidi ash-shayṭān wa marārata ṣawlatis-sulṭān.*\
   And the evil traps of Satan and the bitterness of the ruler’s oppression.

34. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّمَا يَكْتَفِي الْمُكْتَفُونَ بِفَضْلِ\
   *Allāhumma innamā yaktafī al-muktafūna bi faḍli,*\
   O Allah, indeed, those who suffice suffice only by the grace

35. قُوَّتِكَ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ، وَاكْفِنَا\
   *Quwwatika faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi, wa akfinā,*\
   Of Your strength. So bless Muhammad and his family, and suffice us,

36. وَإِنَّمَا يُعْطِي الْمُعْطُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ جِدَّتِكَ\
   *Wa innamā yuʿṭī al-muʿṭūna min faḍli jiddatika,*\
   And indeed, those who give do so from the abundance of Your generosity,

37. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَأعْطِنَا\
   *Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa aʿṭinā,*\
   So send blessings on Muhammad and his family and grant us,

38. وَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِي الْمُهْتَدُونَ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ\
   *Wa innamā yahtadī al-muhtadūna bi nūri wajhika,*\
   And indeed, those who are guided are guided by the light of Your Face,

39. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَاهْدِنَا.\
   *Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa ahdinā.*\
   So send blessings on Muhammad and his family and guide us.

40. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ مَنْ وَلَّيْتَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ خِذْلَانُ الْخَاذِلِينَ،\
   *Allāhumma innaka man wallayta lam yaḍurrhu khiḏlānu al-khāḏilīn,*\
   O Allah, surely whoever You befriend, the abandoning of the traitors harms him not,

41. وَمَنْ أَعْطَيْتَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ مَنْعُ الْمَانِعِينَ،\
   *Wa man aʿṭayta lam yanquṣhu manʿu al-māniʿīn,*\
   And whoever You grant, the denial of the deniers decreases him not,

42. وَمَنْ هَدَيْتَ لَمْ يُغْوِهِ إِضْلَالُ الْمُضِلِّينَ.\
   *Wa man hadayta lam yughwihi iḍlālu al-muḍillīn,*\
   And whoever You guide, the misguidance of the misleaders misleads him not.

43. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ، وَامْنَعْنَا بِعِزَّكَ، مِنْ عِبَادِكَ\
   *Faṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi, wa amnaʿnā bi ʿizzika min ʿibādika,*\
   So send blessings on Muhammad and his family, and protect us by Your glory from Your servants,

44. وَأَغْنِنَا عَنْ غَيْرِكَ بِإِرْفَادِكَ،\
   *Wa aghninā ʿan ghayrika bi irfādika,*\
   And enrich us besides anyone else by Your aid,

45. وَاسْلُكْ بِنَا سَبِيلَ الْحَقِّ بِإِرْشَادِكَ.\
   *Wa asluk binā sabīla al-ḥaqqi bi irshādika.*\
   And guide us on the path of truth by Your guidance.

46. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَاجْعَلْ سَلاَمَةَ قُلُوبِنَا\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa-jʿal salāmata qulūbinā,*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family and make the safety of our hearts

47. فِي ذِكْرِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَفَرَاغَ أَبْدَانِنَا فِي شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ\
   *Fī dhikri ʿaẓamatika wa farāgha abdaninā fī shukri niʿmatika,*\
   In the remembrance of Your greatness and the emptiness of our bodies in gratitude for Your blessings,

48. وَانطِلاقَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا فِي وَصْفِ مِنَّتِكَ.\
   *Wa inṭilāqa alsinatinā fī waṣfi minnatikā.*\
   And the release of our tongues in praising Your favor.

49. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ\
   *Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ālihi*\
   O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and his family

50. وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ دُعَاتِكَ الدَّاعِينَ إِلَيْكَ،\
   *Wa jʿalnā min duʿātika ad-dāʿīn ilayka,*\
   And make us among those who call to You,

51. وَهُدَاتِكَ الدَّالِّينَ عَلَيْكَ،\
   *Wa hudātika ad-dāllīn ʿalayka,*\
   And Your guides who lead to You,

52. وَمِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ الْخَاصِّينَ لَدَيْكَ،\
   *Wa min khāṣṣatika al-khāṣṣīn ladayka,*\
   And from Your chosen, the special ones near You,

53. يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *Yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīn.*\
   O Most Merciful of the merciful.

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