Al-Hazin Supplication

Al-Ḥazīn Supplication (Arabic:دعاء الحَزین) is a supplication attributed to Imam al-Sajjad (a), recommended to be recited after the night prayer. In this supplication, messages such as regretting one's wrongdoing and sins against God's Forgiveness and Graciousness, fear of loneliness after death, and asking for God's forgiveness are mentioned. Some researchers believe that the messages in this supplication reflect some fundamental concepts in the Shi'a worldview, such as human sadness and suffering, loneliness and giving up hope in other people, and seeking refuge in God.

Al-Hazin Supplication

Hadith-Based/Non-Hadith-Based	Hadith-Based
Issued by	Imam al-Sajjad (a)
Shi'a sources	Misbah al-mutahajjid • Miftah al-falah • Makarim al-akhlaq
Time	After the night prayer

According to al-Hasan b. al-Fadl al-Tabrisi, a hadith scholar of the sixth/twelfth century, Imam al-Sajjad (a) recited this supplication after his night prayer, but al-Shaykh al-Tusi (d. 460//1067) did not mention the attribution of this supplication to Imam al-Sajjad (a) in Misbah al-mutahajjid. This supplication is not mentioned in Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, and according to some researchers, it is not mentioned in any of the mustadraks of Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya written before the fourteenth/twentieth century.

Shaykh al-Baha'i has explained parts of this supplication in Miftah al-falah in the instructions of Watr prayer. Also, Sayyid Abbas Shushtari Lucknowi Hindi (d. 1306/1888-9) has mentioned a supplication adopted from the mentioned du'a in his poems.

Text and Translation

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
O Allah bless Muhammad and his family	اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
I whisper unto You O One Who is present in every place	اُنَاجِیْکَ یَا مَوْجُوْدًا فِیْ کُلِّ مَکَانٍ
So that you may hear my call for surely my sin is excessive and my shame is less	لَعَلَّکَ تَسْمَعُ نِدَآئِیْ فَقَدْ عَظُمَ جُرْمِیْ وَ قَلَّ حَیَآئِیْ
My Master, O my Master which of the terrifying states shall I remember	مَوْلَایَ یَا مَوْلَایَ اَیَّ الْاَھْوَالِ اَتَذَکَّرُ
and which of them shall I forget for if there was nothing except death it would be enough	وَ اَیَّهَا اَنْسٰی وَ لَوْ لَمْ یَکُنْ اِلاَّ الْمَوْتُ لَکَفٰی
then what about after death greater and much worse?	کَیْفَ وَمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ اَعْظَمُ وَ اَدْهَی
My master O my Master up to when and till when will I say,	مَولاَیَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ حَتّٰی مَتٰی وَ اِلٰي مَتٰي اَقُوْلُ
I am to blame, again and again, but then You do not find any truth or loyalty in me?	لَکَ الْعُتْبٰی مَرَّةً بَعْدَ اُخْرٰی ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُ عِنْدِیْ صِدْقًا وَ لاَ وَفَآءً
I call for help and I call for help,	فَیَاغَوْثَاهُ ثُمَّ وَاغَوْثَاهُ بِکَ
O Allah from desires which have overpowered me and from the enemy which has pounced on me	یَا اَللّٰهُ مِنْ هَوًی قَدْ غَلَبَنِیْ وَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ قَدِ اسْتَکْلَبَ عَلَیَّ
and from the world which attracts me and from the soul that leads towards evil except that on which my Lord has mercy	وَ مِنْ دُنْیَا قَدْ تَزَیَّنَتْ لِیْ وَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ اَمَّارَةٍ بِالسُّوٓءِ اِلاَّ مَا رَحِمَ رَبِّیْ
My master O my master if You have had mercy on the likes of me then have mercy on me	مَوْلاَیَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ اِنْ کُنْتَ رَحِمْتَ مِثْلِی فَارْحَمْنِیْ
and if You have accepted from the likes of me then accept from me	وَ اِنْ کُنْتَ قَبِلْتَ مِثْلِیْ فَاقْبَلْنِیْ
O One Who accepts the early morning prayer accept me, O One who, I still know only good from Him	یَا قَبِلَ السَّحَرَةِ اِقْبَلْنِیْ یَا مَنْ لَمْ اَزَلْ اَتَعَرَّفُ مِنْهُ الْحُسْنٰی
O One who nourishes me with blessings morning and evening have mercy on me when I come to You alone,	یَا مَنْ یُغَذِّیْنِیْ بِالنِّعَمِ صَبَاحًا وَ مَسَآءً اِرْحَمْنِیْ یَوْمَ اٰتِیْکَ فَرْدًا شَاخِصًا اِلَیْکَ
my glance fixed on You my actions carried on my neck When all of creation will withdraw away from me	بَصَرِیْ مُقَلَّدًا عَمَلِیْ قَدْ تَبَرَّءَ جَمِیْعُ الْخَلْقِ مِنِّیْ
yes, even my father and mother and those for whom I worked and struggled	نَعَمْ وَ اَبِیْ وَ اُمِّیْ وَ مَنْ کَانَ لَهُ کَدِّیْ وَ سَعْیِیْ
then if You will not have mercy on me who will have mercy on me	فَاِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِیْ فَمَنْ یَرْحَمُنِیْ
who will give me solace from the loneliness of the grave and who will make me speak when I am alone with my deeds	وَ مَنْ یُوْنِسُ فِیْ الْقَبْرِ وَحْشَتِیْ وَ مَنْ یُنْطِقُ لِسَانِیْ اِذَا خَلَوْتُ بِعَمَلِیْ
and when You will ask me about what You know better than me?	وَ سَاءَلْتَنِیْ عَمَّا اَنْتَ اَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّیْ
Then if I say yes (to my sins) where will be the escape from Your Justice?	فَاِنْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَاَیْنَ الْمَحْرَبُ مِنْ عَدْلِکَ
And if I say I did not commit it You will say was I not a witness over you?	وَ اِنْ قُلْتُ لَمْ اَفْعَلْ قُلْتَ اَلَمْ اَکُنِ الشَّاهِدَ عَلَیْکَ
So (I beseech) Your Forgiveness Your Pardon O my master before the wearing of the clothes of Hell	فَعَفْوُکَ عَفْوُکَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ قَبْلَ سَرَابِیْلِ الْقَطِرَانِ
Your Forgiveness Your Pardon O my Master before the Hell and the Fire	عَفْوُکَ عَفْوُکَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ قَبْلَ جَهَنَّمَ وَ النِّیْرَانِ
Your Forgiveness Your Forgiveness O my Master before the hands are tied to the necks	عَفْوُکَ عَفْوُکَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ قَبْلَ اَنْ تُغَلَّ الْاَیْدِیْ اِلٰی الْاَعْنَاقِ
O the most Merciful and the best of Forgivers	یَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِیْنَ وَ خَیْرَ الْغَافِرِیْنَ.