Whispered Prayer of the Complainers
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2 - THE WHISPERED PRAYER OF THE COMPLAINERS
The second whispered prayer by Imam As-Sajjad (as), as in As-Sahifa As-Sajjadiya
English Translation
My God, to You I complain of a
soul commanding to evil,
rushing to offenses,
eager to disobey You,
and exposing itself to Your anger.
It takes me on the roads of
disasters,
it makes me the easiest of
perishers before You;
many its pretexts, drawn out its
expectations;
when evil touches it, it is anxious, im-mas-sahaash-shar-ru taj-
when good touches it, grudging;
inclining to play and diversion,
full of heedlessness and
inattention,
it hurries me to misdeeds
and makes me delay repentance.
My God, I complain to You of an
enemy who misguides me
ِ ‫تِسمِ اىلًِ اىّرَحمهِ اىّرَحي‬
‫مىاجاج اىشا مني‬
Transliteration Arabic Text
ilaaheee ilay-ka ash-koo naf-
sana bis-sooo-i am-
ِ‫اِىـٍِٰي إىيّلَ اَشْنُُ وَفْساً تِاىسُُء‬
maarah ،ً‫اَمَارَج‬
wa ilaal-khat'ee-ati
mubaadirah
،ً‫ََإىَٰى اىْخَطيئَحِ مُثادِرَج‬
wa bimaa'as'eeka moolaa'h
،ً‫ََتِمَعاصِيلَ مُُىَعَح‬
wa lisakhat'ika mutaa'r-
riz''atan
،ً‫ََىِسَخَطِلَ مُتَعَّرّضَح‬
tas-luka bee masaalikal-
mahaalik
،ِ‫تَسّيُلُ تِي مَساىِلَ اىْمٍَاىِل‬
wa taj-a'lunee i'ndaka ah-
wana haalik
،ٍ‫ََتَجّعَيُىِي عِىْذَكَ اٌََُّنَ ٌَاىِل‬
kathyratal-i'lal, t'awylatal-
amal
،ِ‫مَثِيّرَجَ اىْعِيَوِ طَُِييَحَ األَمَو‬
zau'
،ُ‫إنْ مَسٍََا اىشَّرُ تَجّزَع‬
wa im-mas-sahaal-khay-ru
tam-nau'
،ُ‫ََإنْ مَسٍََا اىْخَيّّرُ تَمّىَع‬
may-yaalatan ilaal-lai'bi wal-
laah-wi
،ٍَُِّ‫مَيَاىَحً إىَٰى اىيَعِةِ ََاىي‬
mam-looo-atam-bil-ghaf-lati
was-sah-wi
،ٍَُِّ‫مَمّيَُُجً تِاىْغَفْيَحِ ََاىس‬
tus-riu' beee ilaal-h'aw-bah
،ِ‫تُسّّرِعُ تِي إىَٰى اىْحَُّ َتح‬
wa tusaw-wifunee bit-taw-
bah
.ِ‫ََتُسَُّفُىِي تِاىتَُّتَح‬
ilaaheee ash-kooo ilay-k
a'doo-way-yuz''il-lunee
‫اِىـٍِٰي اَشْنُُ إىَيّلَ عَذُ َِاً يُضِيُىِي‬
Whispered Prayer of the Complainers
and a satan who leads me astray.
He has filled my breast with
tempting thoughts,
and his suggestions have
encompassed my heart.
He supports caprice against me,
embellishes for me the love of
this world,
and separates me from obedience
and proximity!
My God, to You I complain of a
heart that is hard,
turned this way and that by
tempting thoughts,
clothed in rust and the seal,
and of an eye too indifferent to
weep in fear of You
and eagerly seeking that which
gladdens it!
My God, there is no force and no
strength except in Your power,
and no deliverance for me from
the detested things of this world
save through Your preservation.
So I ask You by Your far-
reaching wisdom
and Your penetrating will
not to let me expose myself to
other than Your munificence
wa shay-t'aanay-yugh-weenee
،‫ََشَيّطاوَاً يَغُِْيىِي‬
qad malaa bil-was-waasi
s'ad-ree
،‫قَذْ مَألَ تِاىَُْسُّاسِ صَذْرِي‬
wa ah'aat'at hawaajisuhoo
biqal-bee
‫ََاَحاطَتّ ٌَُاجِسًُُ ِتقَيْثِي‬
yua'az''idu leeal-hawaa
،‫يُعاضِذُ ىِيَ اىٍَُْٰى‬
wa yuzay-yinu lee h'ub-bad-
dunyaa
،‫ََيُزَيّهُ ىِي حُةَ اىذُوْيَا‬
wa yah'oolu bay-nee wa bay-
nat'-t'aaa'ti waz-zul-faa
ِ‫ََيَحُُهُ تَيّىِي ََتَيّهَ اىطَاعَح‬
.‫ََاىزُىْفٰى‬
ilaaheee ilay-ka ash-koo qal-
bana qaaseea
ً‫اِىـٍِٰي إىَيّلَ اَشْنُُ قَيْثَاً قاسِيا‬
maa'l-was-waasi mutaqal-
liban
،ً‫مَعَ اىَُْسُّاسِ مُتَقَيّثا‬
w-wa bir-ray-ni wat'-t'ab-i'
mutalab-bisaa
،ً‫ََتِاىّرَيْهِ ََاىطَثّعِ مُتَيَثّسا‬
wa a'y-nana a'nil-bukaaa-i
min khaw-fika jaamidatan
َ‫ََعَيّىَاً عَهِ اىْثُناءِ مِهّ خَُّفِل‬
،ً‫جامِذَج‬
w-wa ilaa maa tasur-ruhaa
t'aamih'ah
.‫ََاِىَٰى ما تَسُّرٌُا طامِحَ ًح‬
ilaahee laa h'aw-la wa laa
qoo-wata il-laa biqud-ratik
َ‫اِىـٍِٰي أل حَُّهَ ََأل قَُُجَ إأل‬
،َ‫تِقُذْرَتِل‬
wa laa najaata lee mim-
makaarihid-dunyaaa il-laa
َ‫ََأل وَجاجَ ىِي مِهّ مَنارِيِ اىذُوْيا إأل‬
bii's'-matik ،َ‫تِعِصّمَتِل‬
faas-aluka bibalaaghati h'ik-
matika
،َ‫فَاَسّاَىُلَ تِثَألغَحِ حِنْمَتِل‬
wa nafaad'i mashee-yatika
،َ‫ََوَفارِ مَشِيَتِل‬
an-laa taj-a'l-nee lighay-ri
joodika mutaa'r-riz''aa
َ‫اَنْ أل تَجّعَيَىِي ىِغَيّ ِّر جُُدِك‬
،ً‫مُتَعَّرّضا‬
Whispered Prayer of the Complainers
and not to turn me into a target
for trials!
Be for me a helper against
enemies,
a coverer of shameful things and
faults,
a protector against afflictions,
a preserver against acts of
disobedience!
By Your clemency and mercy, O
Most Merciful of the merciful!
wa laa tus'ay-yir-nee lil-fitani
gharaz''aa
،ً‫ََأل تُصَيّّرَوِي ىِيْفِتَهِ غَّرَضا‬
wa kul-lee a'laal-aa'-daaa-i
naas'iraa
،ً‫ََ مُهّ ىِي عَيَٰى األَعْذاءِ واصِّرَا‬
wa a'laal-makhaazee wal-
u'yoobi saatiraa
،ً‫ََعَيَٰى اىْمَخَازِي ََاىْعُيُُبِ ساتِّرا‬
wa minal-balaa’ee waaqeean
،ً‫ََمِهَ اىْثَألءِ َاقِيا‬
waa'nil-maa'as'ee a'as'iman
،ً‫ََعَهِ اىْمَعاصِي عاصِمَا‬
biraa-fatika wa rah'-matika
yaaa ar-h'amar-raah'imeen
َ‫اَرّحَم‬ ‫يا‬ َ‫ََرَحّمَتِل‬ َ‫تِّرَاْفَتِل‬
.َ‫اىّرَاحِمِني‬