Text:Forty-third Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

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43) His Supplication when he Looked at the New Crescent Moon (43) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful. بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
1- O obedient creature, 1. أَيُّهَا الْخَلْقُ الْمُطِيعُ ،
speedy and untiring, الدَّائِبُ السَّرِيعُ ،
frequenter of the mansions of determination,[1] الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التَّقْدِيرِ ،
moving about in the sphere of governance! الْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التَّدْبِيرِ .
2- I have faith in Him who lights up darknesses through thee, 2. آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوَّرَ بِكَ الظُّلَمَ ،
illuminates jet-black shadows by thee, وَ أَوْضَحَ بِكَ الْبُهَمَ ،
appointed thee one of the signs of His kingdom وَ جَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ ،
and one of the marks of His authority, وَ عَلَامَةً مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ ،
and humbled thee through increase and decrease, وَ امْتَهَنَكَ بِالزِّيَادَةِ وَ النُّقْصَانِ ،
rising and setting, illumination and eclipse. وَ الطُّلُوعِ وَ الْأُفُولِ ، وَ الْإِنَارَةِ وَ الْكُسُوفِ ،
In all of this thou art obedient to Him, prompt toward His will. فِي كُلِّ ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ ، وَ إِلَى إِرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ
3- Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in thy situation! 3. سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبَّرَ فِي أَمْرِكَ
How subtle what He has made for thy task! وَ أَلْطَفَ مَا صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ
He has made thee the key to a new month for a new situation. جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لِأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ
4- So I ask God, my Lord and thy Lord, 4. فَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ رَبِّي وَ رَبَّكَ ،
my Creator and thy Creator, وَ خَالِقِي وَ خَالِقَكَ ،
my Determiner and thy Determiner, وَ مُقَدِّرِي وَ مُقَدِّرَكَ ،
my Form-giver and thy Form-giver, وَ مُصَوِّرِي وَ مُصَوِّرَكَ
that He bless Muhammad and his Household أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
and appoint thee a crescent of blessings not effaced by days وَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلَالَ بَرَكَةٍ لَا تَمْحَقُهَا الْأَيَّامُ ،
and of purity not defiled by sins; وَ طَهَارَةٍ لَا تُدَنِّسُهَا الْآثَامُ
5- a crescent of security from blights and of safety from evil deeds; 5. هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ الْآفَاتِ ، وَ سَلَامَةٍ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ،
a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune, هِلَالَ سَعْدٍ لَا نَحْسَ فِيهِ ،
of prosperity accompanied by no adversity, of ease not mixed with difficulty, وَ يُمْنٍ لَا نَكَدَ مَعَهُ ، وَ يُسْرٍ لَا يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ ،
of good unstained by evil; وَ خَيْرٍ لَا يَشُوبُهُ شَرٌّ ،
a crescent of security and faith, favour and good-doing, safety and submission! هِلَالَ أَمْنٍ وَ إِيمَانٍ وَ نِعْمَةٍ وَ إِحْسَانٍ وَ سَلَامَةٍ وَ إِسْلَامٍ .
6- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household, 6. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen, وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ ،
the purest of those who have looked upon it, وَ أَزْكَى مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ،
the most fortunate of those who have worshipped Thee under it; وَ أَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ ،
give us the success during [the new month] to repent, وَ وَفِّقْنَا فِيهِ لِلتَّوْبَةِ ،
preserve us within it from misdeeds, وَ اعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَوْبَةِ ،
guard us therein from pursuing disobedience to Thee, وَ احْفَظْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ مُبَاشَرَةِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ
7- allot to us within it thanksgiving for Thy favour, 7. وَ أَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ ،
clothe us during it in the shields of well-being, وَ أَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ الْعَافِيَةِ ،
and complete for us Thy kindness by perfecting therein obedience to Thee! وَ أَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ الْمِنَّةَ ،
Surely Thou art All-kind, Praiseworthy. إِنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ ،
And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure.[2] وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ .

Notes

  1. Allusion to 36:39: And the moon - We have determined it by mansions, till it returns like an aged palm-bough.
  2. Forty-third Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, Al-Islam.org

References

  • Imam Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali B. Al-Husayn (AS), The Psalms of Islam (As-sahifa Al-kamilah Al-sajjadiyya). Translated to English by William C. Chittick. The Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1988.