Munajat al-shakin
| Subject | Complaining about the commanding soul and Satan |
|---|---|
| Hadith-Based/Non-Hadith-Based | Hadith-Based |
| Issued by | Imam al-Sajjad (a) |
| Shi'a sources | Bihar al-anwar • Mafatih al-jinan |
| Time | Saturday |
Munājāt al-shākīn (Arabic: مُناجاتُ الشّاکّین, lit. the whispered prayer of the complainers) is one of The Fifteen Whispered Prayers attributed to Imam al-Sajjad (a) and its subject is complaining about the soul and the devil. In this prayer, the Imam (a) has spoken about the characteristics of the soul and the enmities of the devil.
Sources
It is narrated in al-Sahifa al-sajjadiyya al-thaniya, Bihar al-anwar,[1] and Mafatih al-jinan.[2] According to Allama al-Majlisi, the preferred day for reciting this prayer is Saturday.[3]
Themes
- Complaining about the carnal soul, Satan, and a hard heart
- Characteristics of the carnal soul
- The hostilities of Satan toward humans
- Asking God to include us in His mercy and protect us against all afflictions and evil.[4]
Text and Translation
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
إِلـٰهِي إليْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً بِالسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً
وَإلَىٰ الْخَطيئَةِ مُبادِرَةً
وَبِمَعاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً
وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً
تَسْلُكُ بِي مَسالِكَ الْمَهالِكِ
وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ
كَثِيرَةَ الْعِلَلِ طَوِيلَةَ الأَمَلِ
إنْ مَسَّهَا الشَّرُّ تَجْزَعُ
وَإنْ مَسَّهَا الْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعُ
مَيَّالَةً إلَىٰ اللَّعِبِ وَاللَّهْوِ
مَمْلُوَّةً بِالْغَفْلَةِ وَالسَّهْوِ
تُسْرِعُ بِي إلَىٰ الْحَوْبَةِ
وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ
إِلـٰهِي أَشْكُو إلَيْكَ عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي
وَشَيْطانَاً يَغْوِينِي
قَدْ مَلأَ بِالْوَسْواسِ صَدْرِي
وَأَحاطَتْ هَواجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي
يُعاضِدُ لِيَ الْهَوىٰ
وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا
وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الطَّاعَةِ وَالزُّلْفىٰ
إِلـٰهِي إلَيْكَ أَشْكُو قَلْبَاً قاسِياً
مَعَ الْوَسْواسِ مُتَقَلِّباً
وَبِالرَّيْنِ وَالطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً
وَعَيْنَاً عَنِ الْبُكاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جامِدَةً
وَإِلَىٰ ما تَسُرُّها طامِحَةً
إِلـٰهِي لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلاَّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ
وَلا نَجاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكارِهِ الدُّنْيا إلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ
فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ
وَنَفاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ
أَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً
وَلا تُصَيِّرَنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً
وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ الأَعْداءِ ناصِرَاً
وَعَلَىٰ الْمَخَازِي وَالْعُيُوبِ ساتِراً
وَمِنَ الْبَلاءِ واقِياً
وَعَنِ الْمَعاصِي عاصِمَاً
بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
My God, to You I complain of a soul commanding to evil
rushing to offenses
eager to disobey You
and exposing itself to Your anger
It takes me on the roads of disasters
it makes me the easiest of perishers before You
many its pretexts, drawn out its expectations
when evil touches it, it is anxious
when good touches it, grudging
inclining to play and diversion
full of heedlessness and inattention
it hurries me to misdeeds
and makes me delay repentance
My God, I complain to You of an enemy who misguides me
and a satan who leads me astray
He has filled my breast with tempting thoughts
and his suggestions have encompassed my heart
He supports caprice against me
embellishes for me the love of this world
and separates me from obedience and proximity!
My God, to You I complain of a heart that is hard
turned this way and that by tempting thoughts
clothed in rust and the seal
and of an eye too indifferent to weep in fear of You
and eagerly seeking that which gladdens it!
My God, there is no force and no strength except in Your power
and no deliverance for me from the detested things of this world save through Your preservation
So I ask You by Your far-reaching wisdom
and Your penetrating will
not to let me expose myself to other than Your munificence
and not to turn me into a target for trials!
Be for me a helper against enemies
a coverer of shameful things and faults
a protector against afflictions
a preserver against acts of disobedience!
By Your clemency and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!
Notes
References
- Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Biḥār al-anwār. Qom: Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1403 AH.
- Miṣbāḥ Yazdī, Muḥammad Taqī. Sajjāda-hā-yi sulūk sharḥ-i munājāt-hā-yi Ḥaḍrat-i Sajjād (a). Qom: Muʾassisa-yi Āmūzishī wa Pazhūhishī-yi Imām Khomeiniī, 1390 Sh.
- Qummī, Abbās. Mafātīḥ al-jinān. Qom: nashr-i Mashʿar, 1387 Sh.
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