The Whispered Prayer of the Repenters |
In the Name of God, the
All-merciful,
the All-compassionate
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1 |
My God, offenses have clothed me
in
the garment of my lowliness,
separation
from Thee has wrapped me
in
the clothing of my misery!
My dreadful crimes have
deadened my heart,
so
bring it to life by a repentance from Thee!
O my hope and my aim!
O
my wish and my want!
By Thy might,
I
find no one but Thee to forgive my sins
and
I see none but Thee to mend my brokenness!
I have subjected myself to
Thee in repeated turning,
I
have humbled myself to Thee in abasement.
If
Thou castest me out from Thy door,
in
whom shall I take shelter?
If
Thou repellest me from Thy side,
in
whom shall I seek refuge?
O my grief at my ignominy and
disgrace!
O
my sorrow at my evil works and what I have committed! |
2 |
I ask Thee, O Forgiver of great sins,
O
Mender of broken bones,
to overlook my ruinous
misdeeds
and
cover my disgraceful secret thoughts!
At the witnessing place of the
Resurrection,
empty
me not
of
the coolness of Thy pardon and forgiveness,
and
strip me not
of
Thy beautiful forbearance and covering! |
3 |
My God,
let the cloud of Thy mercy
cast its shadow
upon
my sins
and send the billow of Thy
clemency
flowing
over my faults! |
4 |
Verse 4 translation missing in
original book! |
5 |
My God,
if remorse for sins is a
repentance,306
I
- by Thy might - am one of the remorseful!
If praying forgiveness for
offenses is an alleviation,
I
am one of those who pray forgiveness!
To Thee I return
that
Thou may be well pleased! |
6 |
My God,
through Thy power over me,
turn
toward me,
through Thy clemency toward
me,
pardon
me,
and through Thy knowledge of
me,
be
gentle toward me! |
7 |
My God,
Thou art He who hast opened a
door to Thy pardon
and
named it 'repentance',
for Thou said,
Repent
to God with unswerving repentance.307
What is the excuse
of
him who remains heedless of entering the door
after
its opening? |
8 |
My God,
though the sins of Thy servant
are ugly,
Thy
pardon is beautiful. |
9 |
My God,
I am not the first
to
have disobeyed Thee,
and
Thou turned toward him,
or
to have sought to attain Thy favour,
and
Thou wert munificent toward him.
O Responder to the distressed!
O
Remover of injury!
O
Great in goodness!
O
Knower of everything secret!
O
Beautiful through covering over!
I seek Thy munificence and Thy
generosity
to
intercede with Thee,
I
seek Thy side and Thy showing mercy
to
mediate with Thee,
so
grant my supplication,
disappoint
not my hope in Thee,
accept
my repentance,
and
hide my offense,
through
Thy kindness and mercy,
O
Most Merciful of the merciful! |
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