As-Sahifa Al-Kamilah Al-Sajjadiyya
- His Supplication in Perils ==============================
(18) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذَا دُفِعَ عَنْهُ
مَا يَحْذَرُ ، أَوْ عُجِّلَ لَهُ مَطْلَبُهُ
His Supplication when Perils were Repelled or Requests quickly granted
1- O God,
to Thee belongs praise for Thy excellent accomplishment
and for Thy trial which Thou hast turned away from me!
But make not my share of Thy mercy
the well-being which Thou hast quickly granted to me,
lest I become wretched through what I have loved
and someone else gain felicity through what I have disliked![^1]
2- If this well-being in which 1 pass the day or night should precede a
trial that does not cease
and a burden that does not pass away,
then set before me what Thou hadst set behind
and set behind me what Thou hadst set before!
3- For that which ends in annihilation is not great
and that which ends in subsistence is not little.
And bless Muhammad and his Household!
- اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى حُسْنِ قَضَائِكَ ،
وَ بِمَا صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ بَلَائِكَ ،
فَلَا تَجْعَلْ حَظِّي مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ
مَا عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ عَافِيَتِكَ
فَأَكُونَ قَدْ شَقِيتُ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتُ
وَ سَعِدَ غَيْرِي بِمَا كَرِهْتُ .
- وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ مَا ظَلِلْتُ فِيهِ أَوْ بِتُّ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ
الْعَافِيَةِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ بَلَاءٍ لَا يَنْقَطِعُ وَ وِزْرٍ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ
فَقَدِّمْ لِي مَا أَخَّرْتَ ،
وَ أَخِّرْ عَنِّي مَا قَدَّمْتَ .
- فَغَيْرُ كَثِيرٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْفَنَاءُ ،
وَ غَيْرُ قَلِيلٍ مَا عَاقِبَتُهُ الْبَقَاءُ ،
وَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ .
[^1]: The terms 'wretchedness' (shiqa') and 'felicity' (sa'ada) refer to heaven and hell, not to the misery or happiness of this world.