Text:Seventh Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

His Supplication when Faced with a Worrisome Task or when Misfortune Descended and at the Time of Distress	وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا عَرَضَتْ لَهُ مُهِمَّةٌ أَوْ نَزَلَتْ بِهِ ، مُلِمَّةٌ وَ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
1- O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied!	1. يَا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَكَارِهِ ،
O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted!	وَ يَا مَنْ يَفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدَائِدِ ،
O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief!	وَ يَا مَنْ يُلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إِلَى رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ .
2- Intractable affairs yield to Thy power,	2. ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِكَ الصِّعَابُ ،
means are made ready by Thy gentleness,	وَ تَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِكَ الْأَسْبَابُ ،
the decree goes into effect through Thy power,	وَ جَرَى بِقُدرَتِكَ الْقَضَاءُ ،
and all things proceed according to Thy desire.	وَ مَضَتْ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكَ الْأَشْيَاءُ .
3- By Thy desire they follow Thy command	3. فَهِيَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ دُونَ قَوْلِكَ مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ ،
without Thy word and by Thy will they obey Thy bans without Thy prohibition.	وَ بِإِرَادَتِكَ دُونَ نَهْيِكَ مُنْزَجِرَةٌ .
4- Thou art the supplicated in worries	4. أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ ،
and the place of flight in misfortunes;	وَ أَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ فِي الْمُلِمَّاتِ ،
none of them is repelled unless Thou repellest,	لَا يَنْدَفِعُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا دَفَعْتَ ،
none is removed unless Thou removest.	وَ لَا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا كَشَفْتَ
5- Upon me has come down, My Lord,	5. وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ بِي يَا رَبِّ
something whose weight burdens me	مَا قَدْ تَكَأَّدَنِي ثِقْلُهُ ،
and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me.	وَ أَلَمَّ بِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ .
6- Through Thy power Thou hast brought it down upon me and through Thy authority Thou hast turned it toward me.	6. وَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَيَّ وَ بِسُلْطَانِكَ وَجَّهْتَهُ إِلَيَّ .
7- None can send away what Thou hast brought,	7. فَلَا مُصْدِرَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ ،
none can deflect what Thou hast turned,	وَ لَا صَارِفَ لِمَا وَجَّهْتَ ،
none can open what Thou hast closed, none can close what Thou hast opened,	وَ لَا فَاتِحَ لِمَا أَغْلَقْتَ ، وَ لَا مُغْلِقَ لِمَا فَتَحْتَ ،
none can make easy what Thou hast made difficult, none can help him whom Thou hast abandoned.	وَ لَا مُيَسِّرَ لِمَا عَسَّرْتَ ، وَ لَا نَاصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ .
8- So bless Muhammad and his Household,	8. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
open for me, my Lord, the door of relief through Thy graciousness,	وَ افْتَحْ لِي يَا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِكَ ،
break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength,	وَ اكْسِرْ عَنِّي سُلْطَانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِكَ ،
confer the beauty of Thy gaze upon my complaint,	وَ أَنِلْنِي حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا شَكَوْتُ ،
let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask,	وَ أَذِقْنِي حَلَاوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِيمَا سَأَلْتُ ،
give me from Thyself mercy and wholesome relief,	وَ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَ فَرَجاً هَنِيئاً ،
and appoint for me from Thyself a quick way out!	وَ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَخْرَجاً وَحِيّاً .
9- Distract me not through worry	9. وَ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي بِالِاهْتِمَامِ عَنْ تَعَاهُدِ فُرُوضِكَ ،
from observing Thy obligations and acting in accordance with Thy prescriptions.	وَ اسْتِعْمَالِ سُنَّتِكَ .
10- My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me,	10. فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِمَا نَزَلَ بِي يَا رَبِّ ذَرْعاً ،
and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me,	وَ امْتَلَأْتُ بِحَمْلِ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَيَّ هَمّاً ،
while Thou hast power to remove what has afflicted me	وَ أَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كَشْفِ مَا مُنِيتُ بِهِ ،
and to repel that into which I have fallen.	وَ دَفْعِ مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ ،
So do that for me though I merit it not from Thee,	فَافْعَلْ بِي ذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْكَ ،
O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!	يَا ذَا الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ