| 49) His Supplication in Repelling the Trickery of Enemies and Driving away their Severity
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(49) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي دِفَاعِ كَيْدِ الْأَعْدَاءِ ، وَ رَدِّ بَأْسِهِمْ
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| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
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| 1- O God, Thou created me without fault,
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۱- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنِي سَوِيّاً،
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| nurtured me when small,
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وَ رَبَّيْتَنِي صَغِيراً،
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| and provided me with sufficiency.
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وَ رَزَقْتَنِي مَكْفِيّاً
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| 2- O God, I found in the Book which Thou sent down
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۲-اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ فِيمَا أَنْزَلْتَ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ ،
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| and through which Thou gave good news to Thy servants, that Thou said, O My servants who hare been prodigal against yourselves, do not despair of God's mercy,
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وَ بَشَّرْتَ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ أَنْ قُلْتَ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ،
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| surely God forgives all sins,[1]
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً ،
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| but there has gone ahead from me what Thou knowest (and of which Thou knowest more than I)!
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وَ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ مِنِّي مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ و مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي ،
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| O the shame of what Thy Book has counted against me!
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فَيَا سَوْأَتَا مِمَّا أَحْصَاهُ عَلَيَّ كِتَابُكَ
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| 3- Were it not for the places where I expectantly hope for Thy pardon, which enfolds all things,
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۳-فَلَوْ لَا الْمَوَاقِفُ الَّتِي أُؤَمِّلُ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ الَّذِي شَمِلَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لَأَلْقَيْتُ بِيَدِي ،
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| I would have thrown myself down [in despair]! Were anyone able to flee from his Lord, I would be the most obligated to flee from Thee!
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وَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَداً اسْتَطَاعَ الْهَرَبَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَحَقَّ بِالْهَرَبِ مِنْكَ ،
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| But not a secret in earth and heaven is concealed from Thee, except that Thou bringest it.
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وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ خَافِيَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا أَتَيْتَ بِهَا ،
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| Thou sufficest as a recompenser!
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وَ كَفَى بِكَ جَازِياً ،
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| Thou sufficest as a reckoner
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وَ كَفَى بِكَ حَسِيباً .
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| 4- O God, surely Thou wouldst seek me if I flee
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۴- اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ طَالِبِي إِنْ أَنَا هَرَبْتُ ،
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| and catch me if I run.
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وَ مُدْرِكِي إِنْ أَنَا فَرَرْتُ ،
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| So here I am before Thee, abject, lowly, abased.
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فَهَا أَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ خَاضِعٌ ذَلِيلٌ رَاغِمٌ ،
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| If Thou chastisest me, I am worthy of that,
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إِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَإِنِّي لِذَلِكَ أَهْلٌ ،
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| and it would be, my Lord, an act of justice from Thee.
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وَ هُوَ يَا رَبِّ مِنْكَ عَدْلٌ ،
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| But if Thou pardonest me, anciently has Thy pardon enfolded me
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وَ إِنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّي فَقَدِيماً شَمَلَنِي عَفْوُكَ ،
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| and Thy well-being garmented me!
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وَ أَلْبَسْتَنِي عَافِيَتَكَ .
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| 5- So I ask Thee, O God, by Thy names stored in Thy treasury
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۵-فَأَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِالْمَخْزُونِ مِنْ أَسْمَائِكَ ،
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| and Thy splendour masked by the veils!
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وَ بِمَا وَارَتْهُ الْحُجُبُ مِنْ بَهَائِكَ ،
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| If Thou hast no mercy upon this anxious soul
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إِلَّا رَحِمْتَ هَذِهِ النَّفْسَ الْجَزُوعَةَ ،
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| and these uneasy, decaying bones -
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وَ هَذِهِ الرِّمَّةَ الْهَلُوعَةَ ،
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| he cannot endure the heat of Thy sun,
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الَّتِي لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ شَمْسِكَ ،
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| so how can he endure the heat of Thy Fire?
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فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ حَرَّ نَارِكَ ،
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| He cannot endure the sound of Thy thunder,
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وَ الَّتِي لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ رَعْدِكَ ،
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| so how can he endure the sound of Thy wrath?
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فَكَيْفَ تَسْتَطِيعُ صَوْتَ غَضَبِكَ
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| 6- So have mercy upon me, O God, for I am a vile man
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۶-فَارْحَمْنِيَ اللَّهُمَّ فَإِنِّي امْرُؤٌ حَقِيرٌ ،
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| and my worth is little.
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وَ خَطَرِي يَسِيرٌ ،
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| Chastising me will not add the weight of a dust mote to Thy kingdom.
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وَ لَيْسَ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ ،
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| Were chastising me something that would add to Thy kingdom, I would ask Thee for patience to bear it
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وَ لَوْ أَنَّ عَذَابِي مِمَّا يَزِيدُ فِي مُلْكِكَ لَسَأَلْتُكَ الصَّبْرَ عَلَيْهِ ،
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| and would love for it to belong to Thee;
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وَ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ لَكَ ،
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| but Thy authority, my God, is mightier
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وَلَكِنْ سُلْطَانُكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْظَمُ ،
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| and Thy kingdom more lasting, than that the obedience of the obeyers should increase it
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وَ مُلْكُكَ أَدْوَمُ مِنْ أَنْ تَزِيدَ فِيهِ طَاعَةُ الْمُطِيعِينَ ،
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| or the disobedience of the sinners diminish it!
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أَوْ تَنْقُصَ مِنْهُ مَعْصِيَةُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ .
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| 7- So have mercy upon me, O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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۷- فَارْحَمْنِي يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ ،
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| Show me forbearance, O Possessor of majesty and munificence!
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وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَنِّي يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ ،
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| And turn toward me,
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وَ تُبْ عَلَيَّ ،
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| Surely Thou art Ever-turning, All-compassionate![2]
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إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ .
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