Thirty Eight: His Supplication in Asking Pardon
Thirty Eight: His Supplication in Asking Pardon
اللّهُمّ إِنّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ أُسْدِيَ إِلَيّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ مُسِيءٍ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ، وَ مِنْ ذِي فَاقَةٍ سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ أُوثِرْهُ، وَ مِنْ حَقّ ذِي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ أُوَفّرْهُ، وَ مِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ، وَ مِنْ كُلّ إِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِي فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ.أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِي مِنْهُنّ وَ مِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنّ. فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ اجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزّلّاتِ، وَ عَزْمِي عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِي مِنَ السّيّئَاتِ، تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِي مَحَبّتَكَ، يَا مُحِبّ التّوّابِينَ.
O God,
I ask pardon from Thee for the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help, the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks, the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon, the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself, the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil, the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal, and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid. I ask pardon, my God, for all of these and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me. So bless Muhammad and his Household and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory O lover of those who repent!
Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyyah, p. 166
