# Sahifa Sajjadiyya 51: Supplication in Pleading and Abasement

- **Arabic title:** دعـاؤه في التضرع والاستكانة
- **Type:** Dua
- **Categories:** [Sahifa Sajjadiyya](https://duasonline.org/category/sahifa-sajjadiyya.md), [Munajat](https://duasonline.org/category/munajat.md)
- **Recitation:** none yet
- **Web page:** https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-51

## Origin

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a), al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, supplication 51: pleading and humility. 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-dua51-pleading-abasement.html).

## Text

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

1. إلهِي أَحْمَـدُكَ ـ وَأَنْتَ لِلْحَمْدِ أَهْلٌ ـ\
   *Ilāhī aḥmaduka - wa-anta li-l-ḥamdi ahlun -*\
   My God, I praise You — and You are worthy of praise —

2. عَلَى حُسْنِ صَنِيعِكَ إلَيَّ، وَسُبُـوغِ نَعْمَآئِكَ عَلَيَّ،\
   *‘alā ḥusni ṣanī‘ik ilayya, wa-subūghi na‘mā’ika ‘alayy,*\
   for Your excellent work toward me, and the fullness of Your blessings upon me,

3. وَجَزِيْلِ عَطَآئِكَ عِنْدِي،\
   *wa-jazīli ‘aṭā’ik ‘indī,*\
   and Your plentiful gift with me,

4. وَعَلَى ما فَضَّلْتَنِي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ،\
   *wa-‘alā mā faḍḍaltanī min raḥmatik,*\
   and for what You favored me with of Your mercy,

5. وَأَسْبَغْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ،\
   *wa-asbaghta ‘alayya min ni‘matik,*\
   and for what You perfected upon me of Your bounty.

6. فَقَدِ اصْطَنَعْتَ عِنْدِي ما يَعْجِزُ عَنُهُ شُكْرِي، وَلَوْلاَ إحْسَانُكَ، إلَيَّ\
   *Fa-qadi ṣṭana‘ta ‘indī mā ya‘jizu ‘anuhu shukrī, wa-lawlā iḥsānuka, ilayy*\
   You have indeed done for me what my thanks are incapable of reaching, and were it not for Your benevolence toward me,

7. وَسُبُوغُ نَعْمَآئِـكَ عَلَيَّ\
   *wa-subūghu na‘mā’ika ‘alayy*\
   and the fullness of Your blessings upon me,

8. مَا بَلَغْتُ إحْرازَ حَظِّي، وَلاَ إصْلاَحَ نَفْسِي،\
   *mā balaghtu iḥrāza ḥaẓẓī, wa-lā iṣlāḥa nafsī,*\
   I would not have attained the securing of my portion, nor the rectifying of my soul,

9. وَلكِنَّكَ ابْتَدَأْتَنِي بِالإحْسَانِ،\
   *wa-lākinnaka btada’tanī bi-l-iḥsān,*\
   But You initiated me with benevolence,

10. وَرَزَقْتَنِي فِي أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا الْكِفَايَةَ،\
   *wa-razaqtanī fī umūrī kullihā l-kifāyah,*\
   and You provided me with sufficiency in all my affairs,

11. وَصَرَفْتَ عَنِّي جَهْدَ الْبَلاءِ،\
   *wa-ṣarafta ‘annī jahda l-balā’,*\
   and You turned away from me the burden of tribulation,

12. وَمَنَعْتَ مِنِّي مَحْذُورَ الْقَضَآءِ\
   *wa-mana‘ta minnī maḥdhūra l-qaḍā’*\
   and You averted from me the feared decree.

13. إلهِي فَكَمْ مِنْ بَلاء جَاهِد قَدْ صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي،\
   *Ilāhī fa-kam min balā’in jāhidin qad ṣarafta ‘annī,*\
   My God, how many an arduous tribulation You have turned away from me,

14. وَكَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَة سَابِغَة أَقْرَرْتَ بِهَا عَيْنِي،\
   *wa-kam min ni‘matin sābighatin aqrarta bihā ‘aynī,*\
   and how many a full blessing You have delighted my eye with,

15. وَكَمْ مِنْ صَنِيعَة كَرِيمَة لَكَ عِنْدِي.\
   *wa-kam min ṣanī‘atin karīmatin lak ‘indī.*\
   and how many a noble favour You have with me.

16. أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَجَبْتَ عِنْدَ الاضْطِرَارِ دَعْوَتِي،\
   *Anta l-ladhī ajabta ‘inda l-iḍṭirāri da‘watī,*\
   You are the One Who answered my prayer when I was in dire need,

17. وَأَقَلْتَ عِنْدَ الْعِثَارِ زَلَّتِي،\
   *wa-aqalta ‘inda l-‘ithāri zallatī,*\
   and You overlooked my slip when I stumbled,

18. وَأَخَذْتَ لِي مِنَ الاَعْدَآءِ بِظُلاَمَتِي.\
   *wa-akhadhta lī mina l-a‘dā’ bi-ẓulāmatī.*\
   and You took my due from the enemies for my being wronged.

19. إلهِي مَا وَجَدْتُكَ بَخِيلاً حِينَ سَأَلْتُكَ،\
   *Ilāhī mā wajadtuka bakhīlan ḥīna sa’altuk,*\
   My God, I have not found You stingy when I asked You,

20. وَلاَ مُنْقَبِضاً حِينَ أَرَدْتُكَ،\
   *wa-lā munqabiḍan ḥīna aradtuk,*\
   and not holding back when I desired You,

21. بل وَجَدْتُكَ لِدُعَآئِي سَامِعاً، وَلِمَطَالِبِي مُعْطِياً،\
   *bal wajadtuka li-du‘ā’ī sāmi‘an, wa-li-maṭālibī mu‘ṭiyā,*\
   Rather, I found You hearing my prayer, and granting my requests,

22. وَوَجَدْتُ نُعْمَاكَ عَلَيَّ سَابِغَةً،\
   *wa-wajadtu nu‘māka ‘alayya sābighah,*\
   and I found Your bounty upon me full,

23. فِي كُلِّ شَأْن مِنْ شَأْنِي، وَكُلِّ زَمَان مِنْ زَمَانِي،\
   *fī kulli sha’nin min sha’nī, wa-kulli zamānin min zamānī,*\
   in every affair of mine, and every time of my time,

24. فَأَنْتَ عِنْدِي مَحْمُودٌ، وَصَنِيعُكَ لَدَيَّ مَبْرُورٌ،\
   *fa-anta ‘indī maḥmūd, wa-ṣanī‘uk ladayya mabrūr,*\
   so You are praised by me, and Your work is approved by me.

25. تَحْمَدُكَ نَفْسِي وَلِسَانِيْ وَعَقْلِي حَمْداً يَبْلُغُ الوَفَآءَ وَحَقِيقَةَ الشُّكْرِ،\
   *taḥmaduk nafsī wa-lisānī wa-‘aqlī ḥamdan yablughu l-wafā’a wa-ḥaqīqata sh-shukr,*\
   My soul, my tongue, and my intellect praise You with a praise that reaches fulfillment and the reality of thanks,

26. حَمْداً يَكُونُ مَبْلَغَ رِضَاكَ عَنِّي،\
   *ḥamdan yakūnu mablagha riḍāk ‘annī,*\
   a praise that is the extent of Your good pleasure with me.

27. فَنَجِّنِي مِنْ سَخَطِكَ يَا كَهْفِي حِينَ تُعْيينِي الْمَذَاهِبُ،\
   *fa-najjinī min sakhaṭika yā kahfī ḥīna tu‘yīnī l-madhāhib,*\
   So deliver me from Your displeasure, O my refuge when the paths weary me,

28. وَيَا مُقيلِي عَثْرَتِي،\
   *wa-yā muqīlī ‘athratī,*\
   and O One Who overlooks my slip,

29. فَلَوْلاَ سَتْرُكَ عَوْرَتِي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَفْضُوحِينَ،\
   *fa-lawlā satruk ‘awratī la-kuntu mina l-mafḍūḥīn,*\
   for were it not for Your concealment of my fault, I would have been among the disgraced,

30. وَيَا مُؤَيِّدِي بِالنَّصْرِ،\
   *wa-yā mu’ayyadī bi-n-naṣr,*\
   and O One Who strengthens me with help,

31. فَلَوْلاَ نَصْرُكَ إيَّايَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَغْلُوبِينَ،\
   *fa-lawlā naṣruk iyyāya la-kuntu mina l-maghlūbīn,*\
   for were it not for Your helping me, I would have been among the overcome,

32. وَيَا مَنْ وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ نِيرَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عَلى أَعْنَاقِهَا،\
   *wa-yā man waḍa‘at lahu l-mulūku nīra l-madhallati ‘alā a‘nāqihā,*\
   and O You for whom the kings have placed the yoke of humiliation upon their necks,

33. فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطَواتِهِ خَائِفُونَ، وَيَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى،\
   *fa-hum min saṭawātihī khā’ifūn, wa-yā Ahl at-Taqwā,*\
   so they are fearful of His assaults, and O You who are worthy of reverent fear (Taqwā),

34. وَيَا مَنْ لَهُ الأَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنى أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَعْفُوَ عَنِّي،\
   *wa-yā man lahu l-asmā’u l-ḥusnā as’aluka an ta‘fuwa ‘annī,*\
   and O You to whom belong the Beautiful Names (al-Asmā’ al-Ḥusnā), I ask You to pardon me,

35. وَتَغْفِرَ لِي فَلَسْتُ، بَرِيئاً فَأَعْتَذِرَ،\
   *wa-taghfira lī fa-lastu barī’an fa-a‘tadhira,*\
   and to forgive me, for I am not innocent, so that I may excuse myself,

36. وَلاَ بِذِي قُوَّة فَأَنْتَصِرَ،\
   *wa-lā bi-dhī quwwatin fa-antaṣira,*\
   nor am I possessed of strength, so that I may triumph,

37. وَلاَ مَفَرَّ لِي فَأَفِرَّ. وَأَسْتَقِيْلُكَ عَثَراتِي،\
   *wa-lā mafarra lī fa-afirra. Wa-astaqīluka ‘atharātī,*\
   nor is there a way for me to escape, so that I may flee. And I ask You to overlook my slips,

38. وَأَتَنَصَّلُ إلَيْكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي الَّتِي قَدْ أَوْبَقَتْنِي،\
   *wa-atanassalu ilayk min dhunūbī l-latī qad awbaqatnī,*\
   and I disavow to You my sins that have surely ruined me,

39. وَأَحَاطَتْ بِي فَأَهْلَكَتْنِي،\
   *wa-aḥāṭat bī fa-ahlakatnī,*\
   and surrounded me so that they destroyed me.

40. مِنْهَا فَرَرْتُ إلَيْكَ رَبِّ تَائِباً،\
   *minhā farartu ilayk Rabb tā’iban,*\
   From them I have fled to You, Lord, repenting—

41. فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَوِّذاً، فَأَعِذْنِي مُسْتَجِيراً،\
   *fa-tub ‘alayya muta‘awwidhan, fa-a‘idhnī mustajīran,*\
   so accept my repentance; seeking refuge, so grant me refuge; seeking protection—

42. فَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي سَآئِلاً، فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي مُعْتَصِماً،\
   *fa-lā takhdhulnī sā’ilan, fa-lā taḥrimnī mu‘taṣiman,*\
   so do not forsake me; a petitioner, so do not deprive me; holding fast—

43. فَلاَ تُسْلِمْنِي دَاعِياً، فَلاَ تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً،\
   *fa-lā tuslimnī dā‘iyan, fa-lā taruddanī khā’iban,*\
   so do not abandon me; a caller, so do not turn me back disappointed.

44. دَعوْتُكَ يَارَبِّ مِسْكِيناً، مُسْتَكِيناً،\
   *da‘awtuka yā Rabb miskīnan, mustakīnan,*\
   I called upon You, O Lord, as one destitute, humbled,

45. مُشْفِقاً، خَائِفاً، وَجِلاً، فَقِيراً، مُضْطَرّاً، إلَيْكَ\
   *mushfiqan, khā’ifan, wajilā, faqīran, muḍṭarran, ilayk*\
   anxious, fearful, apprehensive, poor, compelled (to turn) to You—

46. أَشْكُو إلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي ضَعْفَ نَفْسِي\
   *ashkū ilayk yā Ilāhī ḍa‘fa nafsī*\
   I complain to You, O my God, of the weakness of my soul

47. عَنِ الْمُسَارَعَةِ فِيمَا وَعَدْتَهُ أَوْلِيَآءَكَ،\
   *‘ani l-musāra‘ati fīmā wa‘adtahū awliyā’ak,*\
   to hasten to what You promised Your friends,

48. وَالْمُجَانَبَةِ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَهُ أَعْدَآءَكَ،\
   *wa-l-mujānabati ‘ammā ḥadhdhartahū a‘dā’ak,*\
   and to shun what You warned Your enemies against,

49. وَكَثْرَةَ هُمُومِي وَوَسْوَسَةَ نَفْسِي .\
   *wa-kathrata humūmī wa-waswasata nafsī.*\
   and the abundance of my worries and the whispering of my soul.

50. إلهِي لَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي بِسَرِيرَتِي،\
   *Ilāhī lam tafḍaḥnī bi-sarīratī,*\
   My God, You have not disgraced me because of my hidden sin,

51. وَلَمْ تُهْلِكْنِي بِجَرِيرَتِي، أَدْعُوكَ فَتُجِيبُنِي\
   *wa-lam tuhliknī bi-jarīratī, ad‘ūka fa-tujībunī*\
   and You have not destroyed me because of my crime; I call You, and You answer me

52. وَإنْ كُنْتُ بَطِيئاً حِيْنَ تَدْعُونِي.\
   *wa-in kuntu baṭī’an ḥīna tad‘ūnī.*\
   even though I am slow when You call me.

53. وَأَسْأَلُكَ كُلَّمَا شِئْتُ مِنْ حَوَائِجِي،\
   *Wa-as’aluka kulla-mā shi’tu min ḥawā’ijī,*\
   And I ask You for all that I wish of my needs,

54. وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُ وَضَعْتُ عِنْدَكَ سِرِّي،\
   *wa-ḥaythu mā kuntu waḍa‘tu ‘indak sirrī,*\
   and wherever I was, I placed my secret with You,

55. فَلاَ أَدْعُو سِوَاكَ، وَلاَ أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ،\
   *fa-lā ad‘ū siwāk, wa-lā arjū ghayrak,*\
   so I do not call upon anyone other than You, nor do I hope for anyone other than You.

56. لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ، تَسْمَعُ مَنْ شَكَا إلَيْكَ،\
   *Labbayk, labbayk, tasma‘u man shakā ilayk,*\
   At Your service, at Your service! You hear the one who complains to You,

57. وَتَلْقى مَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ،\
   *wa-talqā man tawakkala ‘alayk,*\
   and You meet the one who relies on You,

58. وَتُخَلِّصُ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ،\
   *wa-tukhalliṣu mani ‘taṣama bik,*\
   and You deliver the one who holds fast to You,

59. وَتُفَرِّجُ عَمَّنْ لاذَ بِكَ.\
   *wa-tufarrij ‘amman lādhā bik.*\
   and You bring relief to the one who seeks shelter in You.

60. إلهِي فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِي خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لِقِلَّةِ شُكْرِي،\
   *Ilāhī fa-lā taḥrimnī khayra l-ākhirati wa-l-ūlā li-qillati shukrī,*\
   My God, do not deprive me of the good of the Hereafter and the first life (the world) because of the fewness of my thanks,

61. وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي،\
   *wa-ghfir lī mā ta‘lamu min dhunūbī,*\
   and forgive me what You know of my sins.

62. إنْ تُعَذِّبْ فَأَنَا الظَّالِمُ، الْمُفَرِّطُ،\
   *in tu‘adhdhib fa-ana ẓ-ẓālim, al-mufarriṭ,*\
   If You punish, then I am the wrongdoer, the negligent,

63. الْمُضَيِّعُ، الاثِمُ، الْمُقَصِّرُ، الْمُضْجِعُ،\
   *al-muḍayyi‘, al-āthim, al-muqaṣṣir, al-muḍji‘,*\
   the waster, the sinner, the failing, the one lying down (in neglect),

64. الُمُغْفِلُ حَظَّ نَفْسِي،\
   *al-mughfilu ḥaẓẓa nafsī,*\
   the one heedless of his soul's portion,

65. وَإنْ تَغْفِرْ فَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.\
   *wa-in taghfir fa-anta Arḥamu r-Rāḥimīn.*\
   and if You forgive, then You are the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

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- [Sahifa Sajjadiyya 53: Abasing Himself Before God](https://duasonline.org/dua/sahifa-sajjadiya-dua-53.md)
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