Twenty Nine: His Supplication When Provision was Stinted
Twenty Nine: His Supplication When Provision was Stinted
اللّهُمّ إِنّكَ ابْتَلَيْتَنَا فِي أَرْزَاقِنَا بِسُوءِ الظّنّ، وَ فِي آجَالِنَا بِطُولِ الْأَمَلِ حَتّى الْتَمَسْنَا أَرْزَاقَكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ، وَ طَمِعْنَا بِآمَالِنَا فِي أَعْمَارِ الْمُعَمّرِينَ. فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ هَبْ لَنَا يَقِيناً صَادِقاً تَكْفِينَا بِهِ مِنْ مَئُونَةِ الطّلَبِ، وَ أَلْهِمْنَا ثِقَةً خَالِصَةً تُعْفِينَا بِهَا مِنْ شِدّةِ النّصَبِ وَ اجْعَلْ مَا صَرّحْتَ بِهِ مِنْ عِدَتِكَ فِي وَحْيِكَ، وَ أَتْبَعْتَهُ مِنْ قَسَمِكَ فِي كِتَابِكَ، قَاطِعاً لِاهْتِمَامِنَا بِالرّزْقِ الّذِي تَكَفّلْتَ بِهِ، وَ حَسْماً لِلِاشْتِغَالِ بِمَا ضَمِنْتَ الْكِفَايَةَ لَهُ فَقُلْتَ وَ قَوْلُكَ الْحَقّ الْأَصْدَقُ، وَ أَقْسَمْتَ وَ قَسَمُكَ الْأَبَرّ الْأَوْفَى وَ فِي السّمَاءِ رِزْقُكُمْ وَ مَا تُوعَدُونَ. ثُمّ قُلْتَ فَوَ رَبّ السّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِثْلَ مَا أَنّكُمْ تَنْطِقُونَ.
O God,
Thou hast tried us with distrust in our provisions and the expectation of long lives, until we begged for provisions from those who are provided and craved in our expectations the life-spans of the long-lived! So bless Muhammad and his Household, give us a true certainty that will suffice us the burden of seeking, and inspire us with a sincere trust that will release us from the hardship of exertion! Let Thy clear promise in Thy Revelation which Thou hast followed in Thy Book with Thy oath cut off our worry about the provision for which Thou hast made Thyself responsible and sever our occupation with everything whose sufficiency Thou hast guaranteed! For Thou hast said - and Thy word is the most truthful truth - and Thou hast sworn - and Thy oath is the most kept and fulfilled - In the heaven are your provision and everything you are promised! And then Thou hast said, So by the Lord of heaven and earth, it is as surely true as that you have speech!
Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyyah, p. 136
