His Supplication in Sorrow
His Supplication when Something Made
him Sorrow and Offenses Made him Worry
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1 |
O God,
O Sufficer of the isolated and
weak
and
Protector against terrifying affairs!
Offenses have isolated me,
so
there is none to be my companion.
I am too weak for Thy wrath
and
there is none to strengthen me.
I have approached the terror
of meeting Thee
and
there is none to still my fear. |
2 |
Who can make me secure from Thee
when
Thou hast filled me with terror?
Who can come to my aid
when
Thou hast isolated me?
Who can strengthen me
when
Thou hast weakened me? |
3 |
None can grant sanctuary to a vassal, my God,
but
a lord,
none can give security to one
dominated
but
a dominator,
none can aid him from whom
demands are made
but a demander. |
4 |
In Thy hand, my God, is the thread of all that,
in
Thee the place of escape and flight,
so bless Muhammad and his
Household,
give
sanctuary to me in my flight,
and
grant my request! |
5 |
O God,
if Thou shouldst
turn
Thy generous face away from me,
withhold
from me Thy immense bounty,
forbid
me Thy provision,
or
cut off from me Thy thread,
I will find no way to anything
of my hope
other
than Thee
nor be given power over what
is with Thee
through
another's aid,
for I am Thy servant and in
Thy grasp;
my
forelock is in Thy hand.104 |
6 |
I
have no command along with Thy command.
'Accomplished
is Thy judgement of me,
just
Thy decree for me!'105
I have not the strength to
emerge from Thy authority
nor
am I able to step outside Thy power.
I cannot win Thy inclination,
arrive at Thy good pleasure,
or attain what is with Thee
except
through obeying Thee
and
through the bounty of Thy mercy. |
7 |
O God,
I rise in the morning and
enter into evening
as
Thy lowly slave.
I own no profit and loss for
myself
except
through Thee.
I witness to that over myself
and I confess to the frailty
of my strength
and
the paucity of my stratagems.
So accomplish what Thou hast
promised me
and
complete for me what Thou hast given me,
for I am Thy slave,
miserable,
abased,
frail,
distressed, vile,
despised,
poor, fearful,
and seeking sanctuary! |
8 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and his
Household
and let me not
forget
to remember Thee in what Thou hast done for me,
be heedless of Thy beneficence in Thy trying me,
or
despair of Thy response to me,
though it keep me waiting,
whether I be in prosperity or adversity,
hardship or ease,
well-being or affliction,
misery or comfort,
wealth or distress,
poverty or riches! |
9 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and his
Household,
make me laud Thee, extol
Thee, and praise Thee in all my states
so that I rejoice not over what Thou givest me of this world
nor sorrow over that of it which Thou withholdest from me!
Impart reverential fear of
Thee to my heart,
employ my body in that which
Thou acceptest from me,
and divert my soul through
obedience to Thee
from
all that enters upon me,
so that I love nothing that
displeases Thee
and become displeased at nothing that pleases Thee! |
10 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and his
Household,
empty my heart for Thy love,
occupy it with remembering
Thee,
animate it with fear of Thee
and quaking before Thee,
strengthen it with beseeching
Thee,
incline it to Thy obedience,
set it running in the path
most beloved to Thee,
and subdue it through desire
for what is with Thee
all the days of my life! |
11 |
Let
my provision in this world
be reverential fear of Thee,106
my journey
be toward Thy mercy,
and my entrance
be into Thy good pleasure!
Appoint for me a lodging
in
Thy Garden,
give me strength to bear
everything that pleases Thee,
make me flee to Thee
and desire what is with Thee,
clothe my heart in
estrangement
from the evil among Thy creatures,
and give me intimacy with
Thee,
Thy friends,
and
those who obey Thee! |
12 |
Assign to no wicked person or unbeliever
a
kindness toward me
or a hand that obliges me,
nor to me a need for one of
them!
Rather make
the
stillness of my heart,
the
comfort of my soul,
my
independence and my sufficiency
lie
in Thee and the best of Thy creatures! |
13 |
O God,
bless Muhammad and his
Household,
make me their comrade,
make me their helper,
and oblige me with yearning
for Thee
and doing for Thee what Thou lovest and approvest!
Thou art powerful over
everything107
and
that is easy for Thee. |
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