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The twelfth supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is a supplication transmitted from Imam al-Sajjad, involving the confession to one’s sins and the plea for repentance. In this supplication, Imam al-Sajjad also refers to the factors that lead to one’s deprivation of the opportunity for supplication, characteristics of God’s favorite servants, the openness of the path of repentance, and the states of repenting servants of God.
'''The twelfth supplication of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''' ({{ia|Arabic: الدعاء الثالث عشر من الصحيفة السجادية}}) is a [[supplication]] transmitted from [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]], involving the confession to one's [[sins]] and the plea for [[repentance]]. In this supplication, Imam al-Sajjad (a) also refers to the factors that lead to one's deprivation of the opportunity for supplication, characteristics of God's favorite servants, the openness of the path of repentance, and the states of repenting servants of God.


This supplication is expounded thoroughly in such commentaries as ''[[Riyad al-salikin]]'' (in Arabic) by [[al-Sayyid 'Ali Khan al-Madani]] and ''[[Diyar-i ashiqan]]'' by [[Husayn Ansarian]] and [[Shuhud wa shinakht]] by Hasan Mamduhi Kirmanshahid (in Farsi).
This supplication is expounded thoroughly in such commentaries as ''[[Riyad al-salikin]]'' (in Arabic) by [[al-Sayyid 'Ali Khan al-Madani]] and ''[[Diyar-i ashiqan]]'' by [[Husayn Ansarian]] and [[Shuhud wa shinakht]] by Hasan Mamduhi Kirmanshahid (in Farsi).


==Doctrines==
==Doctrines==
The main theme of the twelfth supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is confession to sins, the plea for the return to God, factors leading to one’s deprivation of the opportunity for supplication, characteristics of repenting servants, and characters of the best servants of God. Below are the doctrines of the supplication which are stated by Imam al-Sajjad within 16 sections:
The main theme of the twelfth supplication of ''[[al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya]]'' is confession to sins, the plea for the return to God, factors leading to one's deprivation of the opportunity for supplication, characteristics of repenting servants, and characters of the best servants of God.<ref>Mamdūḥī Kirmanshāhī, ''Shuhūd wa shinākht'', vol. 1, p. 505.</ref> Below are the doctrines of the supplication which are stated by Imam al-Sajjad (a) within 16 sections<ref>[https://www.erfan.ir/farsi/sahifeh12/faraz1 Translation and commentary of Twelfth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya]</ref>:


* Factors leading to one’s deprivation of the opportunity for supplication: negligence in compliance with divine commands and ignorance of one’s obligations, hastening to do what God has forbidden, and failure to be grateful for God’s blessings (ingratitude for God’s blessings)
* Factors leading to one's deprivation of the opportunity for supplication: negligence in compliance with divine commands and ignorance of one's obligations, hastening to do what God has [[Haram (fiqh)|forbidden]], and failure to be grateful for God's blessings (ingratitude for God's blessings)
* Divine grace as the ground of people’s favorable opinion of God and their requests from Him
* Divine grace as the ground of people's favorable opinion of God and their requests from Him
* The need of creatures for God
* The need of creatures for God
* Request for divine help in redemption from sins
* Request for divine help in redemption from sins
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* Openness of the path of repentance to sinners
* Openness of the path of repentance to sinners
* Seizing the opportunity for repentance
* Seizing the opportunity for repentance
* States of a repenting servant: bending over as a consequence of humility and modesty, the shaking of one’s legs, tears flowing down, etc.
* States of a repenting servant: bending over as a consequence of humility and modesty, the shaking of one's legs, tears flowing down, etc.
* Hopefulness of divine forgiveness (the precedence of God’s mercy over His wrath as a result of the servant’s repentance)
* Hopefulness of divine forgiveness (the precedence of God's mercy over His wrath as a result of the servant's repentance)
* The attempt at the attraction of divine mercy and forgiveness
* The attempt at the attraction of divine mercy and forgiveness
* Confession to one’s failures before God
* Confession to one’s failures before God
* Characteristics of the best and the most favorite servants of God: refraining from vanity, avoiding the persistence on sins, and requiring one’s own self to ask for God’s forgiveness
* Characteristics of the best and the most favorite servants of God: refraining from vanity, avoiding the persistence on sins, and requiring one's own self to ask for God's forgiveness
* Trusting in God, and asking God for forgiveness of one’s vanity and one’s persistence on sins
* [[Tawakkul|Trusting in God]], and asking God for forgiveness of one's vanity and one's persistence on sins
* Taking refuge to God from unfortunate effects of sins and being hopefulness of His grace
* Taking refuge to God from unfortunate effects of sins and being hopefulness of His grace
* Trusting in God, taking refuge to Him, and expressing one’s humility toward Him
* Trusting in God, taking refuge to Him, and expressing one's humility toward Him
* Taking refuge to God as the only way of triumph
* Taking refuge to God as the only way of triumph
* Enjoyment of divine blessings even by sinful servants
* Enjoyment of divine blessings even by sinful servants
* People’s wronging themselves by committing sins
* People's wronging themselves by committing sins
* God’s gratification of people’s minor deeds and abundance of His reward.
* God's gratification of people's minor deeds and abundance of His [[reward]].<ref>Anṣārīyān, ''Diyār-i āshiqān'', vol. 5, p. 129-157; Mamdūḥī Kirmanshāhī, ''Shuhūd wa shinākht'', vol. 1, p. 505-557.</ref>


==Commentaries==
==Commentaries==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
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* Anṣārīyān, Ḥusayn. ''Dīyār-i Āshiqān: tafsīr-i jāmiʿ al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''. Tehran: Payām-i Āzādī, 1372 Sh.
* Dārābī, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad. ''Rīyāḍ al-ʿārifīn fī sharḥ al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''. Edited by Ḥusayn Dargāhī. Tehran: Nashr-i Uswa, 1379 Sh.
* Faḍl Allāh, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn. ''Āfāq al-rūḥ''. Beirut: Dār al-Mālik, 1420 AH.
* Fihrī, Sayyid Aḥmad. ''Sharḥ wa tarjuma-yi Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''. Tehran: Nashr-i Uswa, 1388 Sh.
* Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, Muḥammad b. al-Murtaḍā al-. ''Taʿlīqāt ʿalā l-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''. Tehran: Muʾassisat al-Buḥūth wa l-Taḥqīqāt al-Thiqāfīyya, 1407 AH.
* Madanī Shīrāzī, Sayyid ʿAlīkhān. ''Rīyāḍ al-sālikīn fī sharḥ al-Ṣaḥīfa Sayyid al-Sājjidīn''. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Nashr al-Islāmī, 1435 AH.
* Mughnīya, Muḥammad Jawād al-. ''Fī zilāl al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādīyya''. Qom: Dār al-Kitāb al-Islāmī, 1428 AH.
* Mamdūḥī Kirmanshāhī, Ḥasan. ''Shuhūd wa shinākht; tarjuma wa sharḥ Ṣaḥīfa-yi Sajjādīyya''. Qom: Būstān-i Kitāb, 1388 SH.
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