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

The Whispered Prayer of the Thankful

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,

ILAAHEE

The uninterrupted flow of your favors has led me to be distracted from expressing my thanks to you!

AD'-HALANEE A'N IQAAMATI SHUK-RIKA TATAABUU' T'AW-LIKA

The overflowing flood of your blessings has made me incapable of counting your praises

WA AA'-JAZANEE A'N IH'-S'AAA-I THANAAA-IKA FAY-Z''U FAZ''-LIK

The succession, one after the other ,of your kind acts has diverted me from mentioning all your praises!

WA SHAGHALANEE A'N D'IK-RI MAH'AAMIDIKA TARAADUFU A'WAAA-IDIK

The continuous rush of your benefits has obstructed me from spreading the news of your good favors!

WA AA'-YAANEE A'N-NASH-RI A'WAARIFIKA TAWAALEEE AYAADEEK

This is the position of him who

WA HAD'AA MAQAAMU MANI

Acknowledges the abundance of your favours, but responds with nothing but shortcomings,

AA'-TARAFA BISUBOOGHIN-NAA'-MAAA-I WA QAABALAHAA BIT-TAQ-S'EER

And is a witness to his own forgetfulness and negligence.

WA SHAHIDA A'LAA NAF-SIHEE BIL-IH-MAALI WAT-TAZ''-YEEA'-

And you are the gentle one, the Compassionate,

WA ANTAR-RA-OOFUR-RAH'EEM

the Good, the Generous one, who does not disappoint those who seek from Him,

AL-BAR-RUL-KAREEMUL-LAD'EE

LAA YUKHAY-YIBU QAAS'IDEEH

Nor cast out from His courtyard, those who are expecting from Him!

WA LAA YAT'-RUDU A'N FINAAA-IHEEE AAAMILEEHEE

In your gate are layed down the saddlebags of the hopeful

BISAAH'ATIKA TAH'UT'-T'U RIH'AALUR-RAAJEENA

And in your ground stand the hopes of the ones who are seeking help!

WA BIA'R-S'ATIKA TAQIFU AAAMAALUL-MUS-TAR-FIDEEN

So meet not our hopes by disappointing and disheartening us

FALA TUQAABIL AAAMAALANAA BIT-TAKH-YEEBI WAL-EE-AAS

and please do not clothe us not in the shirt of despair and dejection

WA LAA TUL-BIS-NAA SIR-BAALAL-QUNOOT'I WAL-IB-LAAS

My God, my thankfulness is very small before the magnitude of your blessings,

ILAAHEETAS'AAGHARA I'NDA TAA'AZ'UMI AAALAAA-IKA SHUK-REE

And my praise and spreading of your news shrink beside your generosity toward me!

WA TAZ''AAA-ALA FEE JAMBI IK-RAAMIKA EE-YAAYA THANAAA-EE WA NASH-REE

Your favors have wrapped me in the robes of the lights of faith,

JAL-LALAT-NEE NIA'MUKA MIN ANWAARIL-EEMAANI H'ULALAA

And your subtle goodness have let down over me delicate curtains of dignity!

WA Z''ARABAT A'LAY-YA LAT'AAA-IFU BIR-RIKA MINAL-I'Z-ZI KILALA

Your kindness has put on me collars not to be moved and adorned me with neck-rings not to be broken!

WA QAL-LADAT-NEE MINANUKA QALAAA-IDA LAA TUH'AL-LU WA T'AW-WAQAT-NEEE AT'-WAAQAL-LAA TUFAL

Your blessings are plentiful but my tongue is too weak to count them!

FAAALAAAW-UKA JAM-MATUN Z''AU'FA LISAANEE A'N IH'-S'AAA-IHAA

And your favours are many ,but my understanding of them falls short of grasping them, let alone exhausting them!

WA NAA'-MAAAW-UKA KATHEERATUN QAS'URA FAH-MEE A'N ID-RAAKIHAA FAZ''-LANA A'NI AS-TIQ-S'AAA-IHAA

So how can I achieve giving thanks?

FAKAY-FA LEE BITAH'-S'EELISH-SHUK-RI

For my thanking you will require me to thank you for giving me the capacity to Thank

WA SHUKREEE EE-YAAKA YAF-TAQIRU ILAA SHUK-R

Whenever I say, 'To you belongs all praise!', it becomes obligatory for me to mention your gift that allows me to express this praise.

FAKUL-LAMAA QUL-TU LAKAL-H'AM-DU WAJABA A'LAY-YA LID'ALIKA AN AQWLA LAKAL-H'AM-D

My God, as you have fed us through your gentleness and nurtured us through your support

ILAAHEE FAKAMAA GHAD'-D'AY-TANAA BILUT'-FIK WA RAB-BAY-TANAA BIS'UN-I'K

so also complete for us lavish favours,

FATAM-MIM A'LAY-NAA SAWAABIGHAN-NIA'M

And remove from us unpleasant manners

WA AD-FAA' A'N-NAA MAKAARIHAN-NIQAM

Please give us the best and the greatest shares of this world and the hereafter, in both the immediate (blessings) and the ones to come

WA AAATINAA MIN H'UZ'OOZ'ID-DAARAY-NI AR-FAA'HAA WA AJAL-LAHAA A'AJILAW-WA AAAJILAA

To you belongs praise for your good trials

WA LAKAL-H'AM-DU A'LAA H'US-NI BALAAA-IKA

and the lavishness of your blessings

WA SUBOOGHI NAA'-MAAA-IKA

a praise conforming to your good pleasure and attracting your great goodness and magnanimity.

H'AM-DAY-YUWAFIQU RIZ''AAKA WA YAM-TAREEL-A'Z'EEMA MIM-BIR-RIKA WA NADAAKA

O All-mighty, O All-generous!

YAA A'Z'EEMU YAA KAREEMU

By your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

BIRAH'-MATIKA YAA AR-H'AMARAAH'IMEEN