The seventh supplication in ‘Sahifah Sajjadiyah’بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحیم
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
His Supplication when Faced with a Worrisome Task or when Misfortune Descended and at the Time of Distress
یا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَکارِهِ، وَ یا مَنْ یفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدَائِدِ، وَ یا مَنْ یلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إِلَی رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ.
O He through whom the knots of detested things are untied! O He through whom the cutting edge of hardships is blunted! O He from whom is begged the outlet to the freshness of relief!
ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِک الصِّعَابُ، وَ تَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِک الْأَسْبَابُ، وَ جَرَی بِقُدرَتِک الْقَضَاءُ، وَ مَضَتْ عَلَی إِرَادَتِک الْأَشْیاءُ.
Intractable affairs yield to Thy power, means are made ready by Thy gentleness, the decree goes into effect through Thy power, and all things proceed according to Thy desire.
فَهِی بِمَشِیتِک دُونَ قَوْلِک مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ، وَ بِإِرَادَتِک دُونَ نَهْیک مُنْزَجِرَةٌ.
By Thy desire they follow Thy command without Thy word and by Thy will they obey Thy bans without Thy prohibition.
أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ، وَ أَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ فِی الْمُلِمَّاتِ، لَا ینْدَفِعُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا دَفَعْتَ، وَ لَا ینْکشِفُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا کشَفْتَ
Thou art the supplicated in worries and the place of flight in misfortunes; none of them is repelled unless Thou repellest, none is removed unless Thou removest.
وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ بی یا رَبِّ مَا قَدْ تَکأَّدَنِی ثِقْلُهُ، وَ أَلَمَّ بی‌مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِی حَمْلُهُ.
Upon me has come down, My Lord, something whose weight burdens me and upon me has fallen something whose carrying oppresses me.
وَ بِقُدْرَتِک أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَی وَ بِسُلْطَانِک وَجَّهْتَهُ إِلَی.
Through Thy power Thou hast brought it down upon me and through Thy authority Thou hast turned it toward me.
فَلَا مُصْدِرَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ، وَ لَا صَارِفَ لِمَا وَجَّهْتَ، وَ لَا فَاتِحَ لِمَا أَغْلَقْتَ، وَ لَا مُغْلِقَ لِمَا فَتَحْتَ، وَ لَا مُیسِّرَ لِمَا عَسَّرْتَ، وَ لَا نَاصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ.
None can send away what Thou hast brought, none can deflect what Thou hast turned, none can open what Thou hast closed, none can close what Thou hast opened, none can make easy what Thou hast made difficult, none can help him whom Thou hast abandoned.
فَصَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ افْتَحْ لِی یا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِک، وَ اکسِرْ عَنِّی سُلْطَانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِک، وَ أَنِلْنِی حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِیمَا شَکوْتُ، وَ أَذِقْنِی حَلَاوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِیمَا سَأَلْتُ، وَ هَبْ لِی مِنْ لَدُنْک رَحْمَةً وَ فَرَجاً هَنِیئاً، وَ اجْعَلْ لِی مِنْ عِنْدِک مَخْرَجاً وَحِیاً.
So bless Muhammad and his Household, open for me, my Lord, the door of relief through Thy graciousness, break from me the authority of worry by Thy strength, confer the beauty of Thy gaze upon my complaint, let me taste the sweetness of benefaction in what I ask, give me from Thyself mercy and wholesome relief, and appoint for me from Thyself a quick way out!
وَ لَا تَشْغَلْنِی بِالاهْتِمَامِ عَنْ تَعَاهُدِ فُرُوضِک، وَ اسْتِعْمَالِ سُنَّتِک.
Distract me not through worry from observing Thy obligations and acting in accordance with Thy prescriptions.
فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِمَا نَزَلَ بی‌یا رَبِّ ذَرْعاً، وَ امْتَلَأْتُ بِحَمْلِ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَی هَمّاً، وَ أَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَی کشْفِ مَا مُنِیتُ بِهِ، وَ دَفْعِ مَا وَقَعْتُ فِیهِ، فَافْعَلْ بی‌ذَلِک وَ إِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْک، یا ذَا الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِیمِ.
My capacity has been straitened, my Lord, by what has come down on me, and I am filled with worry by carrying what has happened to me, while Thou hast power to remove what has afflicted me and to repel that into which I have fallen. So do that for me though I merit it not from Thee, O Possessor of the Mighty Throne!
