Whispered Prayer of the Knowers
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12 - THE WHISPERED PRAYER OF THE KNOWERS
The twelfth whispered prayer by Imam Ali As-Sajjad (as), as in As-Sahifa As-Sajjadiya
English Translation
My God, tongues fall short of
attaining praise of You proper to
Your majesty,
intellects are incapable of
grasping the core of Your beauty,
eyes fail before gazing upon the
glories of Your face,
and You have assigned to Your
creatures no way to know You
save incapacity to know You!
My God, place us among those
within the gardens of whose
breasts the trees of yearning for
You have taken firm root
and the assemblies of whose
hearts have been seized by the
ardour of Your love!
They seek shelter in the nests of
meditation,
feed upon the gardens of nearness
and disclosure,
drink from the pools of love with
the cup of gentle favour,
and enter into the watering-places
of warm affection.
ِ ‫تِظُِ اٌلهِ اٌزَدِّٓ اٌزَدي‬
‫ِٕاجاج اٌؼارفني‬
Transliteration Arabic Text
ilaahee qas'uratil-al-sunu
a'm-bulooghi thanaaa-ika
ِ‫صزَخِ األٌَْظُُٓ ػَّٓ تٍُُىؽ‬
ُ َ‫اٌِـٰهِي ل‬
kama yaleequ bijalaalik ،َ‫ وَّا يٍَِيكُ تِجَالٌِه‬،َ‫ثَٕائِه‬
wa a'jazatil-u'qoolu a'n id-
raaki kun-hee jamaalik
ِ‫وَػَجَشَخِ اٌْؼُمُىيُ ػَّٓ إدّرانِ وُْٕه‬
،َ‫جَّاٌِه‬
wa an-h'asaratil-ab-s'aaru
doonan-naz'ari ilaa
‫وَأْذَظَزَخِ األَتْصارُ دُوَْ إٌَظَزِ إٌٰى‬
subuh'aati waj-hik ،َ‫طُثُذاخِ وَجّهِه‬
wa lam taj-a'l-lil-khal-qi
t'areeqan ilaa maa'-rifatika
‫وٌََُّ ذَجّؼًَّ ٌٍِْخٍَْكِ طَزِيماً إٌٰى‬
َ‫َِؼّزِفَرِه‬
il-laa bil-a'j-zi a'm-maa'-
rifatik
.َ‫إألَ تِاٌْؼَجّشِ ػَّٓ َِؼّ ِزفَرِه‬
ilaahee faj-a'l-naa minal-
lad'eena taras-sakhat
َٓ‫جؼٍَْٕا َِِٓ اٌَذِي‬
ّ ‫اٌِـٰهِي فَا‬
ash-jaarush-shaw-qi ilay-ka ‫ذَزَطَخَدّ اَشْجارُ اٌّشَىقِ إٌَيّهَ فِي‬
fee h'adaaa-iqi s'udoorihim
،ُِّ‫دَذائِكِ صُذُورِه‬
wa akhad'at law-a'tu mah'ab-
batika bimajaamii'
ِ‫وَاَخَذَخّ ٌَىّػَحُ َِذَثَرِهَ تَِّجاِِغ‬
quloobihim ،ُِّ‫لٍُُىتِه‬
fahum ilaaa aw-kaaril-af-
kaari yaa-woon
،َْ‫فَهُُّ اٌَِٰى اَوّوارِ األَفْىارِ يَ ْاوُو‬
wa fee reeaaz''il-qur-bi
wal-mukaashafati yar-
ِ‫وَفِي رِياضِ اٌْمُزّبِ وَاٌُّْىاشَفَح‬
tau'wna ،َْ‫يَزّذَؼُى‬
wa min h'eeaaz''il-mah'ab-
bati bikaa-sil-mulaat'afati
ِ‫وَِِّٓ دِياضِ اٌَّْذَثَحِ تِىَاْص‬
yak-rau'wn ،َْ‫اٌُّْالطَفَحِ يَىْزَػُى‬
wa sharaaa-ia'l-mus'aafaati
yaridoon
َْ‫وَشَزايِغَ اٌُّْصافاجِ يَزِدُو‬
Whispered Prayer of the Knowers
The covering has been lifted from
their eyes,
the darkness of disquiet has been
dispelled from their beliefs and
their innermost minds
the contention of doubt has been
negated from their hearts and
their secret thoughts,
their breasts have expanded
through the verification of true
knowledge,
their aspirations have ascended
through precedent good fortune
in renunciation,
their drinking is sweet from the
spring of devotion to good works,
their secret thoughts are delicious
in the sitting-place of intimacy,
their minds are secure in the
place of terror,
their souls are serene through the
return to the Lord of lords,
their spirits have reached
certitude through triumph and
prosperity,
their eyes have been gladdened
through gazing upon their
Beloved,
their settling place has been
settled through reaching the
request and attaining the
expectation,
and their commerce has profited
through the sale of this world for
the next!
My God, how agreeable for
hearts are the thoughts inspiring
Your remembrance,
how sweet travelling to You
through imagination upon the
roads of the unseen worlds,
qad kushifal-ghit'aaa-u
a'n ab-s'aarihim
،ُِّ‫لَذْ وُّشِفَ اٌْغِطاءُ ػَّٓ اَ ْتصَارِه‬
wa anjalat z'ul-matur-ray-bi
a'n a'qaaa-idihim wa
َّٓ‫ػ‬ ِ‫اٌزَيْة‬ ُ‫ظٍَُّْح‬ ّ‫وَأْجٍََد‬
z''amaaa-irihim ،ُِّ‫ػَمائِذِهُِّ وَضََّائِ ِزه‬
wa antafat mukhaalajatush-
shak-ki a'n quloobihim wa
َّٓ‫وَأْرَفَدّ ُِخاٌَجَحُ اٌّشَهّ ِ ػ‬
saraaa-irihim ،ُّ‫ه‬
ِ ِ‫لٍُُىتِهُِّ وَطَزا ِئز‬
wa ansharah'at bitah'-qeeqil-
maa'-rifati s'udooruhum
ِ‫اٌَّْؼّزِفَح‬ ِ‫تِرَذّمِيك‬ ّ‫وَأّْشَزَدَد‬
،ُُّ‫صُذُورُه‬
wa a'lat lisab-qis-saa'adati
fiz-zahaadati himamuhum
‫وَػٍََدّ ٌِظَثّكِ اٌظَؼادَجِ فِي اٌشَهادَ ِج‬
،ُُّ‫هَُِّّه‬
wa a'd'uba fee mae'enil
mua'amalati shir-buhum-
ُُّ‫وَػَذُبَ فِي َِؼِنيِ اٌُّْؼاٍََِحِ شِزّتُه‬
wa t'aaba fee maj-lisil-unsi
sir-ruhum
،ُُّ‫ض طِزُه‬
ِ ُْٔ‫وَطابَ فِي َِجٍِّضِ األ‬
wa amina fee maw-t'inil-
makhaafati sir-buhum
ِ‫اٌَّْخافَح‬ ٓ
ِ ِ‫َِىّط‬ ‫فِي‬ ََِِٓ‫وَا‬
،ُُّ‫طِزّتُه‬
wa at'-maan-nat bir-rujooi'
ilaa rab-bil-ar-baabi
ِ ِ‫وَاطَّْأََدّ تِاٌزُجُىّعِ إٌٰى رَب‬
anfusuhum ،ُُّ‫األَرّتابِ أَْفُظُه‬
wa tayaq-qanat bil-faw-zi
wal-falaahee ar-waah'uhum
،ُُّ‫وَذَيَمََٕدّ تِاٌْفَىّسِ وَاٌْفَالحِ اَرّوادُه‬
wa qar-rat bin-naz'ari ilaa
mah'-boobihim aa'-yunuhum
ُِّ‫وَلَزَخّ تِإٌَظَزِ إٌٰى َِذّثُىتِه‬
،ُُّ‫اَػْيُُٕه‬
was-taqar-ra biid-raakis-soo-
li wa nay-lil-maa-mooli
ًِّ‫وَاطّرَمَزَ تِاِدّرانِ اٌظُىْيِ ؤََي‬
qaraaruhum ،ُّ‫ه‬
ُ ُ‫اٌَّْاُِْىيِ لَزَار‬
wa rabih'at fee bay-i'd-
dunyaa bil-aaakhirati
ِ‫وَرَتِذَدّ فِي تَيّغِ اٌذُْٔيَا تِاآلخِزَج‬
tijaaratuhum .ُ
ّ ‫ذِجارَذُ ُه‬
Ilaahee maaa alad'-d'a
khawaat'iral-il-haami bid'ik-
َِ‫اٌِـٰهِي ِا اٌََذَ خَىاطِ َز األٌِْها‬
rika a'laal-quloob ،ِ‫تِذِوْزِنَ ػٍََٰى اٌْمٍُُىب‬
wa maaa ah'-laal-maseera
ilay-ka bil-aw-haami fee
َِ‫وَِا اَدٍَّٰى اٌَّْظِيزَ إٌَيّهَ تِاألَوّها‬
masaalikil-ghuyoob ،ِ‫فِي َِظاٌِهِ اٌْغُيُىب‬
Whispered Prayer of the Knowers

how pleasant the taste of Your wa maaa at'-yaba t'aa'-ma

h'ub-bik
،َ‫وَِا اَطْيَةَ طَؼَُّ دُثِـِه‬
love,
how delightful the drink of Your wa maaa aa'-d'aba shir-ba
qur-bik
،َ‫وَِا اَػْذَبَ شِزّبَ لُزّتِه‬
nearness!

So give us refuge from Your faai'd'-na min t'ar-dika

wa ib-a'adik
،َ‫فَاَػِذْٔا ِِّٓ طَزّدِنَ وَإتْؼادِن‬
casting out and Your sending far,

and place us among the most waj-a'l-naa min akhas'-s'i

a'arifeek wa as'-lahee
،َ‫وَاجّؼٍَْٕا ِِّٓ اَخَصِ ِ ػارِفِيه‬
elect of Your knowers, the most
righteous of Your servants, i'baadik ،َ‫وَاَصٍَّخِ ػِثادِن‬
the most truthful of Your wa as'-daqi t'aaa-ie'ek wa
akh-las'i u'b-baadika
ِ‫وَاَخٍَّص‬ َ‫طائِؼِيه‬ ِ‫وَاَصّذَق‬
obeyers, the most sincere of Your
worshipers! ،َ‫ػُثَادِن‬
O All-mighty, O Majestic, O yaa a'z'eemu yaa jaleelu
yaa kareemu yaa muneel
‫ يا‬،ُُ‫ يا وَزِي‬،ًُ‫ يا جٍَِي‬،ُُ‫يا ػَظِي‬
Generous, O Endower!
،ًُ‫ُِِٕي‬
By Your mercy and kindness, O birah'-matika wa man-nika
yaaa ar-h'amar-raah'imeen
ََُ‫اَرّد‬ ‫يا‬ َ‫وََِّٕـِه‬ َ‫تِزَدَّّرِه‬
Most Merciful of the merciful!
.َ‫اٌزَادِِّني‬