The 15 Whispered Prayers of As-Sahifa al-Kamila as-Sajjadiyyah

The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful

In the Name of ALLAH, the All-compassionate the All-merciful,

BIS-MIL-LAAHIR-RAH'-MAANIR-RAH'EEM

O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad,

ALLAHUMMA S'ALE A'LAA MUHAMMAD WA AALE MUHAMMAD

My God, should I believe that you will punish me

ILAAHEEE ATURAAK

After you see my faith in you?,

BAA'-DAL-EEMAANI BIKA TUA'D'-D'IBUNEE

Or that you will drive me far away from you, after you

see my love for you?,

AM BAA'-DA H'UB-BEEE EE-YAAKA TUBAA'I'DUNEE

Or that you will deprive me from yourself, while I have hope for your mercy and forgiveness?

AM MAA' RAJAAA-EE LIRAH'-MATIKA WA S'AF-H'IKA TAH'-RIMUNEE

Or that you will abandon me while I seek sanctuary in your pardon?

AM MAA' AS-TIJAARATEE BIA'F-WIKA TUSLIMUNEE

Never! It is impossible !for you are too generous to disappoint me!

H'AASHAA LIWAJ-HIKAL-KAREEMI AN TUKHAY-IBANEE

If I knew That my mother would give birth to me so that I would end up in such misery!

LAY-TA SHIA'-REE

ALILSH-SHAQAAA-I WALADAT-NEEE UM-MEE

Or she would raise me up for me to bear suffering!

AM LIL-A'NAAA-I RAB-BAT-NEE

Then I wish that she had not given me birth or had not nurtured me!

FALAY-TAHAA LAM TALID-NEE WA LAM TURAB-BINEE

Or on the other hand, if I knew That you had appointed as me one of the people to receive eternal happiness?

AMIN AH-LIS-SAA'DATI JAA'L-TANEE WA LAY-TANEE A'LIM-TU

Or that you had chosen me to be one of those close to you ?

WA BIQUR-BIKA WA JIWAARIKA KHAS'AS'-TANEE

If I knew that , then my eyes would be filled with joy, and my soul would reach tranquility.

FATAQAR-RA BID'ALIKA A'Y-NEE WA TAT'-MA-IN-NA LAHOO NAF-SEE

My God,

ILAAHEE

Are you going to take away the light from the faces that prostrated to you in front of your might?

HAL TUSAW-WIDU WUJOOHANA KHAR-RAT SAAJIDATAL-LIA'Z'AMATIK

Or will you silence those tongues which spoke in praise of your glory and majesty?

AW TUKH-RISU AL-SINATAN-NAT'AQAT BITH-THANAAA-I A'LAA MAJ-DIKA WA JALAALATIK

Or will you seal those hearts which contain love for you?

AW TAT'-BAU' A'LAA QULOOBIN ANT'AWAT A'LAA MAH'AB-BATIKA

Or will you seal the ears which took pleasure in hearing the recitations of your remembrance

according to your will?

AW TUS'IM-MU AS-MAAA'NA TALAD'-D'AD'AT BISAMAAI' D'IK-RIKA FEEE IRAADATIK

Or will you chain the hands which were raised up in prayer, expecting hope in your clemency?

AW TAGHUL-LU AKUF-FAR-RAFAA'T-HAAL-AAAMAALU ILAY-KA RAJAAA-A RAA-FATIK

Or will you punish those bodies that worked to obey you until it grew thin in struggling for you?

AW TUA'AQIBU AB-DAANANA A'MILAT BIT'AAA'TIKA H'AT-TAA NAH'ILAT FEE MUJAAHADATIK

Or will you punish the legs which ran to worship you?

AW TUA'D'-D'IBU AR-JULAN SAA'T FEE I'BAADATIK

My God, do not close the gates of mercy to those who believe in you and your oneness

ILAAHEE LAA TUGH-LIQ A'LAA MUWAH'-H'IDEEKA AB-WAABA RAH'-MATIK

and veil not those who desire you and looking upon the vision of your beauty!

WA LAA TH'-JUB MUSH-TAAQEEKA A'NIN-NAZ'ARI ILAA JAMEELI ROO-YATIK

My God, a soul which you have honored, by it’s being able to recognize your oneness—then will you humiliate this soul by letting it go far from you?

ILAAHEE NAF-SUN AA'-ZAZ-TAHAA BITAWH'EEDIKA KAY-FA TUD'IL-LUHAA BIMAHAANATI HIJ-RAANIK

My God, will you burn, in the heat of your fires, a heart which has been woven in love for you,?

WA Z''AMEERUN-IN-A'QADA A'LAA MAWAD-DATIKA KAY-FA TUH'-RIQUHOO BIH'ARAARATI NEERAANIK

My God ,protect me from your painful wrath and mighty anger!

ILAAHEE AJIR-NEE MIN ALEEMI GHAZ''ABIKA WA A'Z'EEMI SAKHAT'IKA

O! All-loving, O All-kind!

YAA H'AN-NAANU YAA MAN-NAANU

O! Compassionate, O Merciful!

YAA RAH'EEMU YAA RAH'-MAAN

O powerful Compeller, O Subduer!

YAA JAB-BAARU YAA QAH-HAARU

O All-forgiver, O All-coverer (of sins)!

YAA GHAF-FAARU YAA SAT-TAARU

Save me, through your, mercy from the punishment of the Fire and the disgrace of shame (day of judgment) when

NAJ-JINEE BIRAH'-MATIKA MIN A'D'AABIN-NAARI WA FAZ''EEH'ATIL-A'ARI ID'AA

the good are set apart from the evil,

AM-TAAZAL-AKH-YAARU MINAL-ASH-RAAR

And the Conditions are changed,

WA H'AALATIL-AH'-WAAL

And the fears that terrify,

WA HAALATIL-AH-WAAL

The good-doers are brought near and the evildoers taken far

WA QARUBAL-MUH'-SINOON WA BAU'DAL-MUSEEON

and every soul paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged!

WA WUF-FEEAT KUL-LU NAF-SIM-MAA KASABAT WA HUM LAA YUZ'-LAMOON