Text:Thirty-eighth supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya

His Supplication in Asking Pardon for Misdeeds to God's Servants and for Falling Short in their Rights and that his Neck be Set Free from the Fire	(38) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ مِنْ تَبِعَاتِ الْعِبَادِ وَ مِنَ التَّقْصِيرِ فِي حُقُوقِهِمْ وَ فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
1- O God, I ask pardon from Thee for	1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ
the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help,	مِنْ مَظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ ،
the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks,	وَ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ أُسْدِيَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ ،
the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon,	وَ مِنْ مُسِي‏ءٍ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ ،
the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself,	وَ مِنْ ذِي فَاقَةٍ سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ أُوثِرْهُ ،
the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil,	وَ مِنْ حَقِّ ذِي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ أُوَفِّرْهُ ،
the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal,	وَ مِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ ،
and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid.	وَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِي فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ .
2- I ask pardon, my God,	2. أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِي
for all of these and their likes,	مِنْهُنَّ وَ مِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ
with an asking of pardon in remorse which may act as an admonisher	اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً
against similar things ahead of me.	لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ .
3- So bless Muhammad and his Household	3. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
and make my remorse	وَ اجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي
for the slips into which I have fallen	عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّلَّاتِ ،
and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me	وَ عَزْمِي عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ،
a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory	تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِي مَحَبَّتَكَ ،
O lover of those who repent!.	يَا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِينَ