His Supplication when Afflicted
His Supplication when he was
Afflicted or saw Someone Afflicted with the Disgrace of Sin
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| 1 |
O God,
to Thee belongs praise for
Thy
covering over after Thy knowledge
and
Thy pardon after Thy awareness!
Each of us has committed
faults,
but
Thou hast not made him notorious,
done
indecencies,
but
Thou hast not disgraced him,
and
covered over evil deeds,
but
Thou hast not pointed to him. |
| 2 |
How
many are Thy prohibited acts
which
we have performed,
Thy
commandments of which Thou hast told us
which
we have transgressed,
the
evil deeds
which
we have earned,
the
offenses
which
we have committed!
Thou seest them
to
the exclusion of all observers;
Thou
hast the power to make them public
above
all the powerful!
By giving us safety
Thou
hast veiled their eyes
and
stoppled their ears. |
| 3 |
So make
the
shameful things Thou hast covered over
and
the inward reality Thou hast concealed
our admonisher,
a restrainer upon bad
character traits and committing offenses,
and a striving toward the
repentance that erases [sins]
and
the praiseworthy path! |
| 4 |
Bring
the time of striving near
and
visit us not with heedlessness of Thee!
Surely we are Thy beseechers,
the
repenters of sins. |
| 5 |
And bless Thy chosen, O God, from Thy creation,
Muhammad and his descendants,
the friends selected from
among Thy creatures, the pure,
and make us listeners to them
and obeyers,
as
Thou hast commanded!143 |
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