As-Sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya

The Supplications for the Days of the Week

The Supplication for Sunday

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- In the Name of God,
from whom I hope for nothing but bounty,
and from whom I fear nothing but justice!
I rely only upon His word,
And I cling only to His cord!

2- In Thee I seek sanctuary –
O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure –
from wrong and enmity,
from the changes of time
and the recurrence of sorrows,
from the striking of mishaps,
and from the expiration of my term before preparation and readiness.

3 – From Thee I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and being set right.

4- From Thee I seek help
in that which is linked to success and favorable response.

5- Thee I beseech for the garment of well-being and its completion
and for the covering of health and its permanence.
I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, from the goadings of the satans,
and I seek protection in Thy sovereignty
from the inustice of the sovereigns.
So accept my past prayers and fasting
and make my tomorrow and what is after
better than my present hour and my today!
Exalt me in my clan and my people
and protect me in my waking and my sleeping!
For Thou art God, the Best Guardian,
And Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful.^1

6- O God,
I am quit before Thee
on this day of mine
and on all Sundays that follow it
of associating others with Thee and of heresy,
and I devote my supplication sincerely to Thee,
addressing myself to Thy response.

7- So bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad,
the best of Thy creation,
the summoner to Thy truth,
exalt me with Thy exaltation, which is never made to suffer loss,
protect me with Thy eye, which never sleeps,
and seal my affiar by cutting me off from everything but Thee
and my life with forgiveness!
Surely Thou art the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!

1. بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَرْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ،

2. بِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ

3. وَإيَّاكَ أَسْتَرْشِدُ لِما فِيهِ الصَّلاحُ وَالاِصْلاحُ،

4. وَبِكَ أَسْتَعِينُ فِيما يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ النَّجاحُ وَالاِنْجاحُ.

5. وَإيَّاكَ أَرْغَبُ فِي لِباسِ الْعافِيَةِ وَتَمامِها،

6. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَ

7. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد

The Supplication for Monday

In the Name of God, the All-Merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- Praise belongs to God,
who allowed none to witness
when He created the heavens and the earth,
and who took no helper when He authored the spirits!

2- He has no associate in Divinity
and no support in Unity.

3- Tongues fall silent before the limit of describing Him,
intellects fail before the core of knowing Him,
tyrants fall low in awe of Him,
faces are humbled in fear of Him,[^2]
and everything mighty yields to His mightiness!

4- So to Thee belongs praise,
again and again, well-measured,
continually, methodically!

5- And may His blessings be upon His Messenger endlessly,
His salutation everlastingly, eternally!

6- O God, make
the beginning of this day of mine righteousness, its middle prosperity,
and its end success!
I seek refuge in Thee
from a day whose beginning is fright,
whose middle is anxiety,
and whose end is pain!

7- O God,
I pray forgiveness from Thee
for every vow I have vowed,
every promise I have promised,
and every pledge I have pledged
and then failed to keep for Thee.

8- I ask Thee concerning the complaints of Thy servants against me:
If there is a servant from among Thy servants
or a handmaid from among Thy handmaids,
who has against me
a complaint because I have wronged him in respect to himself,
his reputation, his property,
his wife or his child,
evil words I have spoken about him in his absence,
an imposition upon him through inclination,
caprice, scorn, zeal, false show, bigotry, whether he be absent or present, alive or dead,
such that my hand has fallen short
and my capacity has been too narrow to make restitution to him
or to annul my obligation to him,

9- I ask Thee,
O He who owns all objects of need

• which are granted by His will and hasten to His desire -
  that Thou blessest Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
  makest [the one I have wronged] satisfied with me in the manner that Thou willest,
  and givest me mercy from Thee!
  Forgiveness decreases Thee not
  and giving injures Thee not,
  O Most Merciful of the merciful!

10- O God,
give me on every Monday two favours from Thee:
the felicity to obey Thee at its beginning
and the favour of Thy forgiveness at its end!
O He who is God
and none other than whom grants forgiveness for sins!

1. أَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي

2. لَمْ يُشارَكْ فِي الالهِيَّةِ،

3. كَلَّتِ الاَلْسُنُ عَنْ غايَةِ صِفَتِهِ،

4. فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ مُتَوَاتِراً مُتَّسِقاً،

5. وَصَلَواتُهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ أَبَدَاً،

6. أَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ يَوْمِي هذَا صَلاحَاً،

7. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ

8. وَأَسْأَلُكَ فِي مَظالِمِ عِبادِكَ عِنْدِي،

9. فَأَسْأَلُكَ يا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الْحاجاتِ،

10. أَللَّهُمَّ أَوْلِنِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ نِعْمَتَيْنِ

The Supplication for Tuesday

1. أَلْحَمْدُ للّهِ

2. وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي،

3. وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ

4. وَأَحْتَرِزُ بِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَبَّار فاجِر،

5. أَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ جُنْدِكَ

6. أَللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِيْنِي

7. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ

8. لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْباً إلاَّ غَفَرْتَهُ،

9. أَسْتَدْفِعُ كُلَّ مَكْرُوه أَوَّلُهُ سَخَطُهُ،

10. فَاخْتِمْ لِي مِنْكَ بِالْغُفْرانِ

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- Praise belongs to God

• and praise is His right, since He deserves it -
  abundant praise!

2- I seek refuge in Him from the evil of my soul,
for surely the soul commands to evil except as my Lord has mercy.^3

3- I seek refuge in Him from the evil of Satan
who adds sins to my sin.

4- I seek protection with Him from every wicked tyrant,
unjust sovereign, and conquering enemy.

5- O God,
place me among Thy troops,
for Thy troops - they are the victors,^4
place me in Thy party,
for Thy party - they are the ones who prosper,^5
and place me among Thy friends,
for Thy friends - no fear shall be upon them,
nor shall they sorrow.^6

6- O God, set right for me my religion,
for it is the preserving tie of my affair,
set right for me my hereafter,
for it is the abode of my permanent lodging
and to it I flee from the neighbourhood of the vile!
Make life an increase for me in every good
and death an ease for me from every evil!

7- O God, bless
Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets
and the completion of the number of the envoys,
his Household, the good, the pure,
and his Companions, the distinguished,
and give me on the Tuesday three things:

8- Leave no sin for me unless Thou forgivest it,
no grief unless Thou takest it away,
and no enemy unless Thou repellest him!
By means of 'in the name of "God" ', the best of the Names,
in the name of God, Lord of earth and heaven,

9- I seek to repulse every hateful thing,
the first of which is His anger,
and I seek to attract every loveable thing,
the first of which is His good pleasure!

10- So seal me with forgiveness from Thee,
O Patron of beneficence!

The Supplication for Wednesday

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- Praise belongs to God,
who appointed the night to be a garment,
and sleep for a rest,
and day He appointed for a rising!^7

2- To Thee belongs praise, for Thou roused me from my sleep,

• and hadst Thou willed, Thou wouldst have made it everlasting -
  an everlasting praise that will never be cut off
  and whose number the creatures will never count!

3- O God, to Thee belongs praise,
for Thou created, then proportioned,
ordained and decreed,
gave death and bestowed life,
made sick and healed,
made well and afflicted,
sat upon the Throne and encompassed the Kingdom![^8]

4- I supplicate Thee with the supplication of one whose mediation is weak,
whose stratagems have been cut off,
whose term has drawn near,
whose expectation from this world has shrunk,
whose neediness for Thy mercy has intensified,
whose remorse for his neglect has become great,
whose slips and stumbles have become many,
and whose repentance is devoted sincerely to Thy face.

5- So bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets,
and his Household, the good, the pure,
provide me with the intercession of Muhammad
(God bless him and his Household)
and deprive me not of his companionship!
Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful

6- O God,
decree for me on Wednesday four things:
Induce me
to be strong in obedience to Thee,
to be joyful in worshipping Thee,
to be desirous of Thy reward,
and to abstain from that which would make incumbent upon me Thy painful punishment!
Thou art Gentle to whom Thou wilt!

1. أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ لِباساً،

2. لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْ بَعَثْتَنِي مِنْ مَرْقَدِي،

3. أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

4. أَدْعُوكَ دُعآءَ مَنْ ضَعُفَتْ وَسِيلَتُهُ،

5 ـ فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ،

6 ـ أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الاَرْبِعآءِ أَرْبَعَا:

The Supplication for Thursday

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- Praise belongs to God,
who has taken away the shadowy night by His power
and brought the sight-giving day through His mercy.
He has clothed me in its brightness
and given me its favour.

2- O God, just as Thou hast spared me for this day,
so also spare me for its likes,
bless the prophet Muhammad and his Household,
torment me not in it and in other nights and days
by allowing me to commit unlawful acts
and to clothe myself in sins;
provide me with its good, the good of all within it, and the good of everything after it;
and turn away from me its evil, the evil of all within it, and the evil of everything after it!

3- O God, by the protective compact of Islam,
I seek mediation with Thee!
By the inviolability of the Qur'an,
I rely upon Thee!
By Muhammad the chosen (God bless him and his Household) I seek intercession with Thee!
So recognize my protective compact
by which I hope my need will be granted,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!

4 O God, decree for me on Thursday five things
which none embraces but Thy generosity
and none supports but Thy favours:
health through which I may have the strength to obey Thee,
worship by which I may deserve Thy plentiful reward,
plenty in my state through lawful provision,
and that Thou makest me secure in the places of fear through Thy security,
and placest me in Thy fortress against the striking of worries and sorrows!
Bless Muhammad and his Household,
and make my seeking his mediation as an intercessor
give profit on the Day of Resurrection!
Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful

1. أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ اللَّيْلَ مُظْلِمَاً

2. أَللَّهُمَّ فَكَما أَبْقَيْتَنِي لَهُ

3. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي بِذِمَّةِ الاِسْلامِ

4. أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الخَمِيسِ خَمْساً

The Supplication for Friday

1. أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الاَوَّلِ قَبْلَ الانْشآءِ وَالاحْيآءِ،

2. أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ

3. أَللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلى دِينِكَ ما أَحْيَيْتَنِي،

In the Name of God, the All-Merciful,

the All-compassionate

1- All Praise belongs to God,
the First before the bringing forth and the giving of life,
and the Last after the annihilation of all things,
the All-knowing who forgets not him who remembers Him,[^11]
decreases not him who thanks Him,[^12]
disappoints not him who supplicates Him,
and cuts not off the hope of him who hopes in Him!

2- O God, I call Thee to witness

• and Thou art sufficient witness –
  and I call to witness all Thy angels,
  the inhabitants of Thy heavens, the bearers of Thy Throne,
  Thy prophets and Thy messengers whom Thou hast sent out,
  and the various kinds of creatures Thou hast brought forth,
  that I bear witness that Thou art God;
  there is no god but Thou, Thou alone,
  who hast no associate nor any equal,
  and Thy word has no failing, nor any change;[^13]
  and that Muhammad (God bless him and his Household)
  is Thy servant and Thy messenger;
  he delivered to the servants that with which Thou charged him,
  he struggled for God as is His due,[^14]
  he gave the good news of the truth of reward,
  and he warned of the veracity of punishment.

3- O God, make me firm in Thy religion as long as Thou keepest me alive,
make not my heart to swerve after Thou hast guided me,
and give me mercy from Thee,
surely Thou art the Giver.^15
Bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,
make me one of his followers and his partisans,
muster me in his band,
and give me the success of accomplishing the obligatory observance of Friday,
performing the acts of obedience which Thou has made incumbent upon me within it,
and [receiving] the bestowal which Thou hast apportioned for its people
on the Day of Recompense!
Surely Thou art Mighty, All-wise!^16

The Supplication for Saturday

In the Name of God, the All-merciful

the All-compassionate

1- 'In the name of God',
the word of those who hold fast to Him,
the speech of those who seek His protection!
I seek refuge in God (high exalted is He) from
the injustice of the unjust,
the trickery of the enviers,
and the oppression of the wrongdoers,
and I praise Him beyond the praise of the praisers!

2- O God,
Thou art the One without partner,
and the King without having been made sovereign;
no one opposes Thee in Thy decree
and no one contests Thee in Thy kingdom!

3- I ask Thee to bless Muhammad and his Household,
Thy servant and Thy messenger,
inspire me with a thanksgiving for Thy favours
which will take me to the utmost limit of Thy good pleasure,
help me through the gentleness of Thy solitude to obey Thee, hold fast to worshipping Thee,
and deserve Thy reward,
have mercy upon me,
bar me from acts of disobedience toward Thee
as long as Thou keepest me alive,
give me success in what profits me
as long as Thou sparest me,
expand my breast through Thy Book,
lessen my burden through its recitation,
bestow upon me health in my religion and my soul,
estrange not my intimates from me,
and complete Thy beneficence in what is left of my lifetime,
just as Thou hast shown beneficence in that of it which has passed!
O Most Merciful of the merciful!

1. بِسْمِ الِلّهِ

2 ـ أَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْواحِدُ بِلا شَرِيك،

3. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

[^2]: Allusion to 20:111: Faces shall be humbled unto the Living, the Subsistent.

[^8]: There are a number of Qur'anic allusions in this passage, including: He created, then proportioned (87:2), and He sat upon the Throne (7:54 etc.).

[^11]: Allusion to such verses as: They forgot God, so He forgot them (9:67); Today We forget you, just as you forgot the meeting on this your Day (45:34; cf. 7:51).

[^12]: Allusion to 14:7: If you are thankful, surely I will increase you, but if you are thankless, My chastisement is surely terrible.

[^13]: Cf. 59.9 and note 283.

[^14]: Reference to 22:78: Struggle for God as is His due!