In Seeking Asylum with God

(10) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي اللَّجَإِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

1. اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تَشَأْ تَعْفُ عَنَّا فَبِفَضْلِكَ ، وَ إِنْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنَا فَبِعَدْلِكَ

   O God, if Thou willest, Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bountyand if Thou willest, Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice.

2. فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمَنِّكَ ، وَ أَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِعَدْلِكَ ، وَ لَا نَجَاةَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَّا دُونَ عَفْوِكَ

   So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindnessand grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justiceand none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon!

3. يَا غَنِيَّ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ ، هَا ، نَحْنُ عِبَادُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ ، وَ أَنَا أَفْقَرُ الْفُقَرَاءِ إِلَيْكَ ، فَاجْبُرْ فَاقَتَنَا بِوُسْعِكَ ، وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَاءَنَا بِمَنْعِكَ ، فَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ ، وَ حَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ

   O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee. I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee, so redress our neediness through Thy plentyand cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding, lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Theeand deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty!

4. فَإِلَى مَنْ حِينَئِذٍ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ ، وَ إِلَى أَيْنَ مَذْهَبُنَا عَنْ بَابِكَ ، سُبْحَانَكَ نَحْنُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبْتَ إِجَابَتَهُمْ ، وَ أَهْلُ السُّوءِ الَّذِينَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ

   Then to whom would we return after Thee? Where would we go from Thy gate? Glory be to Thee! We are the distressed, the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent, the people from whom Thou hast promised to remove the evil.

5. وَ أَشْبَهُ الْأَشْيَاءِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ ، وَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِكَ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ ، وَ غَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إِلَيْكَ ، وَ أَغْنِنَا إِذْ طَرَحْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ .

   That thing most resembling Thy willand that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightinessis showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercyand helping him who seeks help from Thee. So show mercy upon our pleading with Theeand free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee!

6. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شَمِتَ بِنَا إِذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ ، فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ لَا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إِيَّاهُ لَكَ ، وَ رَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ إِلَيْكَ .

   O God, Satan will gloat over usif we follow him in disobeying Thee, so bless Muhammad and his Householdand let him not gloat over usafter we have renounced him for Theeand beseeched Thee against him!