# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 50: Supplication in Fear

- **Arabic title:** دعـاؤه في الرهبةِ
- **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-50

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 50: in fear. 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-dua50-in-fear.html).

## Text

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

1. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنِي سَوِيّاً،\
   *Allāhumm innaka khalaqtanī sawiyyā,*\
   O God, You created me sound (or well-formed),

2. وَرَبَّيْتَنِي صَغِيراً، وَرَزَقْتَنِي مَكْفِيّاً.\
   *wa-rabbaytanī ṣaghīrā, wa-razaqtanī makfiyyā.*\
   and You nurtured me when little, and You provided for me sufficiently.

3. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي وَجَدْتُ فِيمَا أَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ،\
   *Allāhumm innī wajadtu fīmā anzalta min kitābik,*\
   O God, I found in what You revealed of Your Book,

4. وَبَشَّرْتَ بِهِ عِبَادِكَ،\
   *wa-bashsharta bihī ‘ibādik,*\
   and with which You gave glad tidings to Your servants,

5. أَنْ قُلْتَ: (يا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ\
   *an qult: (yā ‘ibādiya l-ladhīna asrafū ‘alā anfusihim*\
   that You said: (O My servants who have transgressed against their own souls

6. لاَ تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ إنَّ اللهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً)\
   *lā taqnaṭū min raḥmatillāh innallāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamī‘ā)*\
   Do not despair of God's mercy; truly, God forgives all sins) \[Qur'an 39:53\]

7. وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ مِنِّي مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ،\
   *wa-qad taqaddama minnī mā qad ‘alimt,*\
   And there has proceeded from me what You already know,

8. وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي،\
   *wa-mā anta a‘lamu bihī minnī,*\
   and what You know better than I do,

9. فَيَا سَوْأَتا مِمَّا أَحْصَاهُ عَلَيَّ كِتَابُكَ،\
   *fa-yā saw’atā mimmā aḥṣāhu ‘alayya kitābuk,*\
   So woe to what Your Book has enumerated against me!

10. فَلَوْلاَ الْمَوَاقِفُ الَّتِي أُؤَمِّلُ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ\
   *fa-lawlā l-mawāqifullatī u’ammilu min ‘afwik*\
   And were it not for the opportunities (or stances) in which I hope for Your pardon,

11. الَّذِي شَمِلَ كُلَّ شَيْء لاَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِي،\
   *alladhī shamila kulla shay’ lā-alqaytu bi-yadī,*\
   which encompasses everything, I would have cast myself down (in surrender),

12. وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَداً اسْتَطاعَ الْهَرَبَ\
   *wa-law anna aḥadan istaṭā‘a l-harab*\
   And if anyone were able to flee

13. مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِالهَرَبِ مِنکَ،\
   *min rabbihī la-kuntu ana aḥaqqu bi-l-harab minka ,*\
   from his Lord, I would be the most deserving to flee,

14. وَأَنْتَ لاَ تَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ خَافِيَةٌ فِي الاَرْضِ\
   *wa-anta lā takhfā ‘alayk khāfiyatun fī l-arḍ*\
   And You, no hidden thing is concealed from You on the earth

15. وَلاَ فِي السَّمَآءِ إلاَّ أَتَيْتَ بِهَا،\
   *wa-lā fī s-samā’ illā atayta bihā,*\
   nor in the heaven, but You bring it forth,

16. وَكَفى بِكَ جَازِياً، وَكَفى بِكَ حَسِيباً.\
   *wa-kafā bik jāziyā, wa-kafā bik ḥasībā.*\
   and You are sufficient as a rewarder, and You are sufficient as a reckoner.

17. أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ طَالِبِي إنْ أَنَا هَرَبْتُ،\
   *Allāhumm innaka ṭālibī in anā harabt,*\
   O God, truly You are my seeker if I flee,

18. وَمُدْرِكِي إنْ أَنَا فَرَرْتُ،\
   *wa-mudrikī in anā farart,*\
   and my captor if I run away,

19. فَهَا أَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ خَاضِعٌ ذَلِيلٌ رَاغِمٌ،\
   *fa-hā ana dhā bayna yadayk khāḍi‘un dhalīlun rāghim,*\
   So here I am before You, submissive, abased, utterly humbled,

20. إنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَإنّي لِذلِكَ أَهْلٌ،\
   *in tu‘adhdhibnī fa-innī li-dhālika ahl,*\
   If You punish me, then I am worthy of that,

21. وَهُوَ يَارَبِّ مِنْكَ عَدْلٌ،\
   *wa-huwa yā Rabb mink ‘adl,*\
   and it, O Lord, is justice from You,

22. وَإنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّي فَقَدِيماً شَمَلَنِي عَفْوُكَ،\
   *wa-in ta‘fu ‘annī fa-qadīman shamalanī ‘afwuk,*\
   and if You pardon me, then Your pardon has long encompassed me,

23. وَأَلْبَسْتَنِي عَافِيَتَكَ.\
   *wa-albasstanī ‘āfiyatak.*\
   and You clothed me in Your well-being.

24. فَأَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِالْمَخْزونِ مِنْ أَسْمائِكَ،\
   *Fa-as’aluka Allāhumm bi-l-makhzūni min asmā’ik,*\
   So I ask You, O God, by the treasured of Your Names,

25. وَبِمَا وَارتْهُ الْحُجُبُ مِنْ بَهَائِكَ،\
   *wa-bimā wārathu l-ḥujubu min bahā’ik,*\
   and by what the veils have concealed of Your splendor,

26. إلاَّ رَحِمْتَ هذِهِ النَّفْسَ الْجَزُوعَةَ،\
   *illā raḥimta hādhihi n-nafs al-jazū‘ah,*\
   that You have mercy on this impatient soul,

27. وَهَذِهِ الرِّمَّةَ الْهَلُوعَةَ،\
   *wa-hādhihi r-rimmata l-halū‘ah,*\
   and this restless, anxious (or frail) body,

28. الَّتِي لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ شَمْسِكَ،\
   *allatī lā tastaṭī‘u ḥarra shamsik,*\
   which cannot withstand the heat of Your sun,

29. فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ نارِكَ؟\
   *fa-kayfa tastaṭī‘u ḥarra nārik?*\
   so how can it withstand the heat of Your fire?

30. وَالَّتِي لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ رَعْدِكَ،\
   *wa-llatī lā tastaṭī‘u ṣawta ra‘dik,*\
   And which cannot withstand the sound of Your thunder,

31. فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ غَضَبِكَ؟\
   *fa-kayfa tastaṭī‘u ṣawta ghaḍabik?*\
   so how can it withstand the sound of Your wrath?

32. فَارْحَمْنِي اللَّهُمَّ فَإنِّي امْرُؤٌ حَقِيرٌ، وَخَطَرِي يَسِيرٌ،\
   *Fa-rḥamnī Allāhumm fa-innī mrū’un ḥaqīr, wa-khaṭarī yasīr,*\
   So have mercy on me, O God, for I am a contemptible person, and my affair is insignificant,

33. وَلَيْسَ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّة،\
   *wa-laysa ‘adhābī mimmā yazīdu fī mulkik mithqāla dharratin,*\
   and my punishment is not something that would increase Your dominion by the weight of an atom,

34. وَلَوْ أَنَّ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ\
   *wa-law anna ‘adhābī mimmā yazīdu fī mulkik*\
   And if my punishment were something that would increase Your dominion,

35. لَسَأَلْتُكَ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهِ،\
   *la-sa’altuka ṣ-ṣabra ‘alayh,*\
   I would have asked You for patience for it,

36. وَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذلِكَ لَكَ،\
   *wa-aḥbabtu an yakūna dhālik lak,*\
   and I would have loved that to be for Your sake,

37. وَلكِنْ سُلْطَانُكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْظَمُ،\
   *wa-lākin sulṭānuka Allāhumm a‘ẓam,*\
   But Your sovereignty, O God, is greater,

38. وَمُلْكُكَ أَدْوَمُ مِنْ أَنْ تَزِيـدَ فِيْهِ طَاعَةُ الْمُطِيعِينَ،\
   *wa-mulkuk adwamu min an tazīda fīh ṭā‘atu l-muṭī‘īn,*\
   and Your dominion is more eternal than to be increased by the obedience of the obedient,

39. أَوْ تُنْقِصَ مِنْهُ مَعْصِيَةُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ.\
   *aw tunqiṣa minhu ma‘ṣiyatu l-mudhnibīn.*\
   or to be diminished by the disobedience of the sinners.

40. فَارْحَمْنِي يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،\
   *Fa-rḥamnī yā Arḥama r-Rāḥimīn,*\
   So have mercy on me, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones,

41. وَتَجاوَزْ عَنِّي يا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ،\
   *wa-tajāwaz ‘annī yā dhā l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām,*\
   and overlook my faults, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor,

42. وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.\
   *wa-tub ‘alayya innaka Ant at-Tawwābu r-Raḥīm.*\
   and accept my repentance; truly, You are the Relenting, the Merciful.

## 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)