دُعَاؤُهُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعَفْوِ و المَغْفِرَةِ


Supplication in Seeking Pardon and Mercy

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ


O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُـلِّ مَحْرَم،


break my passion for every unlawful thing,

وَازْوِ حِـرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَم،


take away my craving for any sin,

وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُـلِّ مُؤْمِن وَمُؤْمِنَـة وَمُسْلِم وَمُسْلِمَة،


and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!

أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْد نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،


O God, if any of Thy servants should harm me in what Thou hast forbidden

وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،


or violate me in what Thou hast interdicted,

فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً،


and if he should pass into death with my complaint

أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِيْ قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً،


or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,

فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي،


forgive him what he did to me

وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي،


and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!

وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ،


Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me

وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ،


and expose him not through what he earned by me!

وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ


Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants

وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ


and my contribution in charity toward them

أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ


the purest charity of the charitable

وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ،


and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to Thee!

وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ


Recompense me for my pardoning them with Thy pardon

وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ


and for my supplicating for them with Thy mercy

حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ


so that each one of us may gain felicity through Thy bounty

وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ.


and each may attain deliverance through Thy kindness!

أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ


O God, if there is a servant from among Thy servants

أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً،


whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction,

أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ


or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,

فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ،


and should I fail to take care of his right

أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ،


or go before him [in death] with his complaint,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،


bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ،


satisfy him toward me through Thy wealth, and give him his full right from Thyself!

ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ،


Then protect me from what Thy decision mandates

وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ،


and save me from what Thy justice decides,

فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ،


for my strength cannot bear Thy vengeance

وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ،


and my power cannot stand up to Thy displeasure!

فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي،


If Thou recompensest me with the right, Thou wilt destroy me,

وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي.


and if Thou dost not shield me in Thy mercy, Thou wilt lay me waste.

أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ،


O God, I ask Thee to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease Thee,

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ،


and I ask Thee to carry that whose carrying will not weigh Thee down:

أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء،


My God, I ask Thee to give my soul, which Thou didst not create to keep Thyself from evil

أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع،


nor to find the way to profit.

وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا،


No, Thou brought it forth to demonstrate Thy power over its like

وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا،


and to provide an argument against its similar.

وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ،


I ask Thee to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down

وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ.


and I seek help from Thee in that whose heaviness oppresses me.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،


So bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ،


give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,

وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي،


and appoint Thy mercy to carry my burden!

فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ،


How many evildoers Thy mercy has overtaken!

وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ.


How many wrongdoers Thy pardon has embraced!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ


So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom Thou hast aroused

بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ،


through Thy forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders

وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ،


and saved through Thy giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,

فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ،


so that I may rise up freed by Thy pardon from the bonds of Thy displeasure

وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ،


and released by Thy benefaction from the ties of Thy justice!

إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ


Surely if Thou dost that, my God, Thou wilt do it to one

لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ،


who does not deny deserving Thy punishment

وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ،


or acquit himself from merit for Thy vengeance.

تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ،


Do that, my God, for one whose fear of Thee is greater than his craving from Thee,

وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ،


whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!

لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً


Not that his hopelessness is despair,

أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً


nor that his expectation is deluded.

بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ،


No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds

وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ،


and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.

فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ


But Thou, my God, art worthy that

لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ،


the righteous not be deluded concerning Thee

وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ،


and the sinners not lose hope in Thee,

لاَِنَّكَ ألرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ


for Thou art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none

وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَد حَقَّـهُ.


and takes His full right from no one.

تَعَالى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ،


High exalted is Thy mention above those mentioned!

وَتَقَدَّست أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ،


Holy are Thy names beyond those described!

وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِيْ جَمِيْعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ،


Spread is Thy favour among all creatures!

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .


Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!