Text:Sixth Supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

6) His Supplication in the Morning and Evening	(6) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عِنْدَ الصَّبَاحِ وَ الْمَسَاءِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
1- Praise belongs to God, who created night and day through His strength,	1. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ بِقُوَّتِهِ
2- set them apart through His power,	2. وَ مَيَّزَ بَيْنَهُمَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ
3- and appointed for each a determined limit and a drawn-out period.	3. وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدّاً مَحْدُوداً ، وَ أَمَداً مَمْدُوداً
4- He makes each of the two enter into its companion,	4. يُولِجُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي صَاحِبِهِ ،
and makes its companion enter into it,	وَ يُولِجُ صَاحِبَهُ فِيهِ
as an ordainment from Him for His servants in that through which He feeds them	بِتَقْدِيرٍ مِنْهُ لِلْعِبَادِ فِيمَا يَغْذُوهُمْ بِهِ ،
and with which He makes them grow.	وَ يُنْشِئُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ
5- He created for them the night,	5. فَخَلَقَ لَهُمُ اللَّيْلَ
that they might rest in it	لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ
from tiring movements and wearisome exertions	مِنْ حَرَكَاتِ التَّعَبِ وَ نَهَضَاتِ النَّصَبِ ،
and He made it a garment for them that they might be clothed in its ease and its sleep,	وَ جَعَلَهُ لِبَاساً لِيَلْبَسُوا مِنْ رَاحَتِهِ وَ مَنَامِهِ ،
that it might be for them refreshment and strength,	فَيَكُونَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ جَمَاماً وَ قُوَّةً ،
that they might reach therein pleasure and passion.	وَ لِيَنَالُوا بِهِ لَذَّةً وَ شَهْوَةً
6- He created for them the daytime, giving sight,	6. وَ خَلَقَ لَهُمُ النَّهَارَ مُبْصِراً
that they might seek within it of His bounty,	لِيَبْتَغُوا فِيهِ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ،
find the means to His provision, and roam freely in His earth,	وَ لِيَتَسَبَّبُوا إِلَى رِزْقِهِ ، وَ يَسْرَحُوا فِي أَرْضِهِ ،
searching for that through which to attain the immediate in their life in this world	طَلَباً لِمَا فِيهِ نَيْلُ الْعَاجِلِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ ،
and to achieve the deferred in their life to come.	وَ دَرَكُ الْآجِلِ فِي أُخْرَاهُمْ
7-Through all of this He sets right their situation,	7. بِكُلِّ ذَلِكَ يُصْلِحُ شَأْنَهُمْ ،
tries their records,	وَ يَبْلُو أَخْبَارَهُمْ ،
and watches their state in the times for obeying Him,	وَ يَنْظُرُ كَيْفَ هُمْ فِي أَوْقَاتِ طَاعَتِهِ ،
the waystations of His obligations, and the places of His ordinances,	وَ مَنَازِلِ فُرُوضِهِ ، وَ مَوَاقِعِ أَحْكَامِهِ ،
that He may repay those who do evil with what they have done	لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا ،
and repay those who do good with goodness.	وَ يَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى .
8- O God, to Thee belongs praise for the sky Thou hast split into dawn for us,5	8. اللَّهُمَّ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا فَلَقْتَ لَنَا مِنَ الْإِصْبَاحِ ،
giving us to enjoy thereby the brightness of daytime,	وَ مَتَّعْتَنَا بِهِ مِنْ ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ ،
showing us sought-after nourishments,	وَ بَصَّرْتَنَا مِنْ مَطَالِبِ الْأَقْوَاتِ ،
and protecting us from the striking of blights.	وَ وَقَيْتَنَا فِيهِ مِنْ طَوَارِقِ الْآفَاتِ .
9- In the morning we and all things, every one, rise for Thee,	9. أَصْبَحْنَا وَ أَصْبَحَتِ الْأَشْيَاءُ كُلُّهَا بِجُمْلَتِهَا لَكَ
the heaven and the earth	سَمَاؤُهَا وَ أَرْضُهَا ،
and what Thou hast scattered in each,	وَ مَا بَثَثْتَ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ،
the still and the moving, the resident and the journeying,	سَاكِنُهُ وَ مُتَحَرِّكُهُ ، وَ مُقِيمُهُ وَ شَاخِصُهُ
what towers up in the air and what hides under the ground.	وَ مَا عَلَا فِي الْهَوَاءِ ، وَ مَا كَنَّ تَحْتَ الثَّرَى
10- We rise in the morning in Thy grasp:	10. أَصْبَحْنَا فِي قَبْضَتِكَ
Thy kingdom and authority contain us	يَحْوِينَا مُلْكُكَ وَ سُلْطَانُكَ ،
and Thy will embraces us.	وَ تَضُمُّنَا مَشِيَّتُكَ ،
We move about by Thy command	وَ نَتَصَرَّفُ عَنْ أَمْرِكَ ،
and turn this way and that through Thy governing.	وَ نَتَقَلَّبُ فِي تَدْبِيرِكَ.
11- We own nothing of the affair except what Thou hast decreed	11. لَيْسَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَمْرِ إِلَّا مَا قَضَيْتَ ،
and nothing of the good except what Thou hast given.	وَ لَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ إِلَّا مَا أَعْطَيْتَ .
12- This is a fresh, new day,	12. وَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ حَادِثٌ جَدِيدٌ ،
over us a ready witness.	وَ هُوَ عَلَيْنَا شَاهِدٌ عَتِيدٌ ،
If we do good, it will take leave from us with praise,	إِنْ أَحْسَنَّا وَدَّعَنَا بِحَمْدٍ ،
and if we do evil, it will part from us in blame.	وَ إِنْ أَسَأْنَا فَارَقَنَا بِذَمٍّ .
13- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,	13. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
provide us with the day's good companionship	وَ ارْزُقْنَا حُسْنَ مُصَاحَبَتِهِ ،
and preserve us against parting from it badly by doing a misdeed	وَ اعْصِمْنَا مِنْ سُوءِ مُفَارَقَتِهِ بِارْتِكَابِ جَرِيرَةٍ ،
or committing a sin, whether small or great!	أَوِ اقْتِرَافِ صَغِيرَةٍ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٍ
14- Make our good deeds within it plentiful	14. وَ أَجْزِلْ لَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ ،
empty us therein of evil deeds,	وَ أَخْلِنَا فِيهِ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ،
and fill what lies between its two sides for us	وَ امْلَأْ لَنَا مَا بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ حَمْداً وَ شُكْراً
with praise and thanksgiving, wages and stores, bounty and beneficence!	وَ أَجْراً وَ ذُخْراً وَ فَضْلًا وَ إِحْسَاناً .
15- O God, ease our burden on the Noble Writers,	15. اللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ عَلَى الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ مَئُونَتَنَا ،
fill our pages for us with our good deeds,	وَ امْلَأْ لَنَا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِنَا صَحَائِفَنَا ،
and degrade us not before them with our evil works!	وَ لَا تُخْزِنَا عِنْدَهُمْ بِسُوءِ أَعْمَالِنَا .
16- O God, appoint for us in each of the day's hours	16. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لَنَا فِي كُلِّ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِهِ
a share from Thy servants,	حَظّاً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ ،
a portion of giving thanks to Thee, and a truthful witness among Thy angels!	وَ نَصِيباً مِنْ شُكْرِكَ وَ شَاهِدَ صِدْقٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِكَ .
17- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household	17. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
and safeguard us from before us and behind us,	وَ احْفَظْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِينَا وَ مِنْ خَلْفِنَا
from our right hands and our left hands	وَ عَنْ أَيْمَانِنَا وَ عَنْ شَمَائِلِنَا
and from all our directions,	وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نَوَاحِينَا ،
a safeguarding that will preserve from disobeying Thee,	حِفْظاً عَاصِماً مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ ،
guide to obeying Thee, and be employed for Thy love!	هَادِياً إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ ، مُسْتَعْمِلًا لِمَحَبَّتِكَ .
18- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household	18. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
and give us success in this day of ours, this night of ours, and in all our days,	وَ وَفِّقْنَا فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا وَ لَيْلَتِنَا هَذِهِ وَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَيَّامِنَا
to employ the good,	لِاسْتِعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ ،
stay away from the evil, give thanks for favours,	وَ هِجْرَانِ الشَّرِّ ، وَ شُكْرِ النِّعَمِ ،
follow the Sunna's norms, avoid innovations,	وَ اتِّبَاعِ السُّنَنِ ، وَ مُجَانَبَةِ الْبِدَعِ ،
enjoin good behaviour, forbid the disapproved,	وَ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ ، وَ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ،
defend Islam,	وَ حِيَاطَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ ،
diminish falsehood and abase it,	وَ انْتِقَاصِ الْبَاطِلِ وَ إِذْلَالِهِ ،
help the truth and exalt it, guide the misguided,	وَ نُصْرَةِ الْحَقِّ وَ إِعْزَازِهِ ، وَ إِرْشَادِ الضَّالِّ ،
assist the weak, and reach out to the troubled!	وَ مُعَاوَنَةِ الضَّعِيفِ ، وَ إِدْرَاكِ اللَّهِيفِ .
19- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household	19. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
and make this the most fortunate day we have known,	وَ اجْعَلْهُ أَيْمَنَ يَوْمٍ عَهِدْنَاهُ ،
the most excellent companion we have accompanied,	وَ أَفْضَلَ صَاحِبٍ صَحِبْنَاهُ ،
and the best time in which we have lingered!	وَ خَيْرَ وَقْتٍ ظَلِلْنَا فِيهِ
20- Place us among the most satisfied of all Thy creatures whom night and day have passed by,	20. وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ خَلْقِكَ ،
the most thankful of them for the favours Thou hast done,	أَشْكَرَهُمْ لِمَا أَوْلَيْتَ مِنْ نِعَمِكَ ،
the firmest of them in the laws Thou hast set down in the Shari'a,	وَ أَقْوَمَهُمْ بِمَا شَرَعْتَ مِنْ شرَائِعِكَ ،
and the most unyielding of them toward the prohibited acts against which Thou hast cautioned!	وَ أَوْقَفَهُمْ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَ مِنْ نَهْيِكَ .
21- O God, I call Thee to witness	21. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ
- and Thou art sufficient witness -	وَ كَفَى بِكَ شَهِيداً ،
and I call Thy heaven and Thy earth to witness and Thy angels and Thy other creatures who inhabit them	وَ أُشْهِدُ سَمَاءَكَ وَ أَرْضَكَ وَ مَنْ أَسْكَنْتَهُمَا مِنْ مَلائِكَتِكَ وَ سَائِرِ خَلْقِكَ
in this my day, this my hour, this my night, and this my resting place,	فِي يَوْمِي هَذَا وَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ وَ لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ وَ مُسْتَقَرِّي هَذَا ،
that I bear witness that Thou art God, other than whom there is no god,	أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ،
Upholding justice, Equitable in judgement,	قَائِمٌ بِالْقِسْطِ ، عَدْلٌ فِي الْحُكْمِ ،
Clement to the servants, Master of the kingdom,	رَءُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ ، مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ ،
Compassionate to the creatures,	رَحِيمٌ بِالْخَلْقِ .
22- and that Muhammad is Thy servant and Thy messenger,	22. وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُكَ وَ رَسُولُكَ
Thy chosen from among Thy creatures.	و خِيَرَتُكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ،
Thou didst charge him with Thy message	حَمَّلْتَهُ رِسَالَتَكَ فَأَدَّاهَا ،
and he delivered it; Thou didst command him to counsel his community and he counselled it.	وَ أَمَرْتَهُ بِالنُّصْحِ لِأُمَّتِهِ فَنَصَحَ لَهَا .
23- O God, so bless Muhammad and his Household	23. اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
more than Thou hast blessed any of Thy creatures!	أَكْثَرَ مَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ،
Give him for our sake the best Thou hast given any of Thy servants,	وَ آتِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ مَا آتَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ عِبَادِكَ ،
and repay him on our behalf better and more generously than Thou hast repaid	وَ اجْزِهِ عَنَّا أَفْضَلَ وَ أَكْرَمَ
any of Thy prophets on behalf of his community!	مَا جَزَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ
24- Thou art All-kind with immensity,	24. إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بِالْجَسِيمِ ،
the Forgiver of the great,	الْغَافِرُ لِلْعَظِيمِ ،
and Thou art more merciful than every possessor of mercy!	وَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ رَحِيمٍ ،
So bless Muhammad and his Household,	فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
the good, the pure, the chosen, the most distinguished!	الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ الْأَخْيَارِ الْأَنْجَبِينَ .