Saturday Dua (Imam Ali A.S)

بِسْمِ اﷲِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیْ قَرَنَ رَجَآئِیْ بِعَفْوِہٖ

Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi alladhī qarana rajā’ī biʿafwih

All praise is for Allah who joined my hope with His pardon

وَ فَسَحَ اَمَلِیْ بِحُسْنِ تَجَاوُزِہٖ وَ صَفْحِہٖ

Wa fasaḥa amalī biḥusni tajāwuzih wa ṣafḥih

And expanded my hope through His gracious overlooking and forgiveness

وَ قُوَّیٰ مَتْنِیْ وَ ظَہْرِیْ وَ سَاعِدِیْ وَ یَدِیْ

Wa qawwā matnī wa ẓahrī wa sāʿidī wa yadī

And strengthened my back, spine, arm, and hand

بِمَا عَرَّفَنِیْ مِنْ جُوْدِہٖ وَ کَرَمِہٖ

Bimā ʿarrafanī min jūdih wa karamih

Through what He made me know of His generosity and nobility

وَلَمْ یُخْلِنِیْ مَعَ مَقَامِیْ عَلٰی مَعْصِیَتِہٖ

Wa lam yukhlinī maʿa maqāmī ʿalā maʿṣiyatih

And He did not abandon me despite my persistence in disobedience

وَ تَقْصِیْرِیْ فِیْ طَاعَتِہٖ وَمَا یُحِقُّ عَلَیَّ

Wa taqṣīrī fī ṭāʿatih wa mā yuḥiqqu ʿalayya

And my shortcomings in obedience and what is due upon me

مِنْ اِعْتِقَادِ خَشْیَتِہٖ وَ اِسْتِشْعَارِ خِیْفَتِہٖ

Min iʿtiqādi khashyatih wa istishʿāri khīfatih

Of holding fear of Him and sensing awe of Him

مِنْ تَوَاتُرِ مِنَنِہٖ وَ تَظَاہُرِ نِعَمِہٖ

Min tawāturi minanih wa taẓāhuri niʿamih

Because of the continuous flow of His favors and blessings

وَ سُبْحَانَ اﷲِ الَّذِیْ یَتَوَکَّلُ کُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ عَلَیْہِ

Wa subḥāna llāhi alladhī yatawakkalu kullu mu’minin ʿalayh

Glory be to Allah upon whom every believer relies

وَ یَضْطَرُّ کُلُّ حَاجَۃٍ اِلَیْہِ

Wa yaḍṭarru kullu ḥājah ilayh

And every need turns to Him in desperation

وَلاَ یَسْتَغْنِیْ اَحَدٌ اِلاَّ بِفَضْلِ مَا لَدَیْہِ

Wa lā yastaghnī aḥadun illā bifaḍli mā ladayh

And no one is independent except by His grace

وَلَآ اِلٰہَ اِلاَّ اﷲُ الْمُقِیْلُ عَلٰی مَنْ اَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِکْرِہِ

Wa lā ilāha illā llāhu l-muqīlu ʿalā man aʿraḍa ʿan dhikrih

There is no god but Allah, who grants respite even to one who turns away

التَّوَّابُ عَلٰی مَنْ تَابَ اِلَیْہِ مِنْ عَظِیْمِ ذَنْبِہٖ

At-tawwābu ʿalā man tāba ilayh min ʿaẓīmi dhanbih

The Accepter of repentance for one who returns from great sin

السَّاخِطُ عَلٰی مَنْ قَنَطَ مِنْ وَاسِعِ رَحْمَتِہٖ

As-sākhitu ʿalā man qanaṭa min wāsiʿi raḥmatih

Angry with one who despairs of His vast mercy

وَ یَئِسَ مِنْ عَاجِلِ رَوْحِہٖ

Wa ya’isa min ʿājili rawḥih

And loses hope in His immediate relief

وَاﷲُ اَکْبَرُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَالِكُهُ

Wa llāhu akbar khāliqu kulli shay’in wa mālikuh

Allah is the Greatest, Creator of everything and its Owner

وَ مُبِيدُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمُهْلِكُهُ

Wa mubīdu kulli shay’in wa muhlikuh

And the One who annihilates and destroys all things

وَاﷲُ اَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا كَمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ

Wa llāhu akbaru kabīran kamā huwa ahluh

Allah is supremely Great as befits Him

وَ مُسْتَحِقَّهُ

Wa mustaḥiqqah

And as He deserves

اَللّٰہُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِکَ وَ نَبِیِّکَ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin ʿabdika wa nabiyyik

O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your servant and Prophet

وَ رَسُوْلِکَ وَ اَمِیْنِکَ وَ شَاہِدِکَ

Wa rasūlik wa amīnik wa shāhidik

Your Messenger, Your trustee, and Your witness

التَّقِیِّ النَّقِیِّ وَ عَلٰی اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

At-taqiyyi n-naqiyyi wa ʿalā āli Muḥammad

The pious, the pure, and upon the family of Muhammad

الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ

Aṭ-ṭayyibīna ṭ-ṭāhirīn

The good and purified ones

اَللّٰہُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْئَلُکَ سُؤَالَ مُعْتَرِفٍ بِذَنْبِہٖ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka su’āla muʿtarifin bidhanbih

O Allah, I ask You like one who admits his sin

نَادِمٍ عَلٰی اِقْتِرَافِ تَبِعَتِہٖ

Nādim ʿalā iqtirāfi tabiʿatih

Regretful over committing its consequences

وَ اَنْتَ اَوْلٰی مَنِ اعْتُمِدَ وَ عُفِيَ

Wa anta awlā man iʿtumida wa ʿufiya

And You are most worthy to be relied upon and to pardon

وَ جَادَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ مَنْ ظَلَمَ وَ أَسَاءَ

Wa jāda bil-maghfirati man ẓalama wa asā’

And to grant forgiveness to one who wronged and did evil

فَقَدْ أَوْبَقَتْنِي الذُّنُوبُ فِي مَهَادِي الْهَلَكَةِ

Faqad awbaqatnī dh-dhunūbu fī mahādi l-halak

My sins have cast me into the beds of destruction

وَ أَحَاطَتْ بِيَ الْآثَامُ

Wa aḥāṭat biyya l-āthām

And sins have surrounded me

وَ بَقِيتُ غَيْرَ مُسْتَقِلٍّ بِهَا

Wa baqītu ghayra mustaqillin bihā

And I remain unable to bear them

وَ أَنْتَ الْمُرْتَجَى وَ عَلَيْكَ مُعَوَّلِي

Wa anta l-murtajā wa ʿalayka muʿawwalī

You are the hoped One and upon You I rely

فِي الشِّدَّةِ وَ الرَّخَاءِ

Fī sh-shiddati war-rakhā’

In hardship and ease

وَ أَنْتَ مَلْجَأُ الْخَائِفِ الْغَرِيقِ

Wa anta malja’u l-khā’ifi l-gharīq

You are the refuge of the fearful drowning one

وَ أَرْأَفُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَفِيقٍ

Wa ar’afu min kulli shafīq

And more compassionate than any compassionate

وَ إِلَيْكَ قَصَدْتُ

Wa ilayka qaṣadt

And to You I have directed myself

سَيِّدِي وَ أَنْتَ مُنْتَهَى الْقَصْدِ لِلْقَاصِدِينَ

Sayyidī wa anta muntahā l-qaṣdi lil-qāṣidīn

My Master, You are the ultimate aim of seekers

وَ أَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ

Wa arḥamu mani sturḥim

And the most merciful of those asked for mercy

فِي تَجَاوُزِكَ عَنِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ

Fī tajāwuzika ʿani l-mudhnibīn

In Your overlooking of sinners

اَللّٰہُمَّ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا يَتَعَاظَمُكَ غُفْرَانُ الذُّنُوبِ

Allāhumma anta alladhī lā yataʿāẓamuka ghufrānu dh-dhunūb

O Allah, forgiveness of sins is not difficult for You

وَ كَشْفُ الْكُرُوبِ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Wa kashfu l-kurūb wa anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūb

Nor is removing distress; You are Knower of the unseen

وَ سَتَّارُ الْعُيُوبِ وَ كَشَّافُ الْكُرُوبِ

Wa sattāru l-ʿuyūb wa kashshāfu l-kurūb

Concealer of faults and remover of troubles

لِأَنَّكَ الْبَاقِي الرَّحِيمُ الَّذِي تَسَرْبَلْتَ بِالرُّبُوبِيَّةِ

Li’annaka l-bāqī r-raḥīm alladhī tasarbalta bir-rubūbiyyah

For You are the Everlasting, the Merciful, clothed in Lordship

وَ تَوَحَّدْتَ بِالْإِلٰهِيَّةِ

Wa tawaḥḥadta bil-ilāhiyyah

And singular in divinity

وَ تَنَزَّهْتَ بِالْحَيْثُوثِيَّةِ

Wa tanazzahhta bil-ḥaythūthiyyah

And exalted beyond modality

فَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ وَاصِفٌ مَحْدُودًا بِالْكَيْفُوفِيَّةِ

Falam yajidka wāṣifun maḥdūdan bil-kayfūfiyyah

No describer can define You by “how”

وَ لَا تَقَعْ فِي الْأَوْهَامِ بِالْمَاهِيَّةِ وَ الْحَيْنُونِيَّةِ

Wa lā taqaʿ fī l-awhām bil-māhiyyah wal-ḥaynūniyyah

Nor do You fall into imagination by essence or temporality

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَدَدَ نِعْمَائِكَ عَلَى الْأَنَامِ

Falaka l-ḥamdu ʿadada niʿmā’ika ʿalā l-anām

So to You is praise equal to Your blessings upon creation

وَ لَكَ الشُّكْرُ عَلَى كُرُورِ اللَّيَالِي وَ الْأَيَّامِ

Wa laka sh-shukru ʿalā kurūri l-layālī wal-ayyām

And to You is thanks through passing nights and days

اِلٰہِی بِیَدِکَ الْخَیْرُ وَ اَنْتَ وَلِیُّہٗ

Ilāhī biyadika l-khayr wa anta waliyyuh

My God, all good is in Your hand and You are its guardian

مُنِیْحُ الرَّغَآئِبِ وَ غَایَةُ الْمَطَالَبِ

Munīḥu r-raghā’ib wa ghāyatu l-maṭālib

Giver of desires and the ultimate goal of requests

اَتَقَرَّبُ اِلَیْکَ بِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِکَ

Ataqarrabu ilayka bisaʿati raḥmatik

I draw near to You through the vastness of Your mercy

الَّتِیْ وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدْ تَرَى

Allatī wasiʿat kulla shay’ faqad tarā

Which encompasses everything, and You indeed see

يَا رَبِّ مَكَانِي وَ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ضَمِيرِي

Yā rabb makānī wa taṭṭaliʿu ʿalā ḍamīrī

My Lord, You see my place and know my inner self

وَ تَعْلَمُ سِرِّي وَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ أَمْرِي

Wa taʿlamu sirrī wa lā yakhfā ʿalayka amrī

You know my secret and nothing about me is hidden

وَ أَنْتَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ

Wa anta aqrabu ilayya min ḥabli l-warīd

You are nearer to me than my jugular vein

فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً

Fatub ʿalayya waghfir lī maghfirah

So accept my repentance and forgive me

لَا أَرْجِعُ مَعَهَا إِلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ

Lā arjiʿu maʿahā ilā maʿṣiyatik

A forgiveness after which I do not return to sin

يَا أَكْرَمَ الْأَكْرَمِينَ

Yā akrama l-akramīn

O Most Generous of the generous

اِلٰہِی أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَصْلَحْتَ قُلُوبَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

Ilāhī anta alladhī aṣaḥta qulūba l-mufsidīn

My God, You are the One who rectifies corrupt hearts

فَأَصْلِحْنِي بِإِصْلَاحِكَ

Fa aṣaḥnī bi’iṣlāḥik

So rectify me through Your rectification

وَ مَنَنْتَ عَلَى الضَّالِّينَ فَهَدَيْتَهُمْ

Wa mananta ʿalā ḍ-ḍāllīn fahadaytahum

You bestowed upon the misguided and guided them

وَ قَوَّمْتَ عَثْرَاتِهِمْ فَمَنَحْتَهُمْ مَحَبَّتَكَ

Wa qawwamt ʿatharātihim famanaḥtahum maḥabbat

You corrected their slips and granted them Your love

وَ جَنَّبْتَهُمْ مَعْصِيَتَكَ

Wa jannabtahum maʿṣiyatik

And kept them away from disobedience

وَ أَدْرَجْتَهُمْ فِي دَرَجَاتِ الْمَغْفُورِ لَهُمْ

Wa adrajtahum fī darajāti l-maghfūr lahum

And placed them among the forgiven

وَ أَحْلَلْتَهُمْ مَحَلَّ الْفَائِزِينَ

Wa aḥlaltahum maḥalla l-fā’izīn

And settled them in the station of the successful

فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ أَنْ تُلْحِقَنِي بِهِمْ

Fa as’aluka yā mawlāy an tulḥiqanī bihim

So I ask You, my Master, to join me with them

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

اَللّٰہُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْئَلُکَ أَنْ تُصَلِّیَ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka an tuṣalliya ʿalā Muḥammad wa āli Muḥammad

O Allah, I ask You to bless Muhammad and his family

وَ أَنْ تَرْزُقَنِي رِزْقًا وَاسِعًا حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا

Wa an tarzuqanī rizqan wāsiʿan ḥalālan ṭayyiban

And grant me wide, lawful, pure provision

فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ عَمَلًا يُقَرِّبُنِي إِلَيْكَ

Fī ʿāfiyah wa ʿamalan yuqarribunī ilayk

In well-being, and deeds that bring me closer to You

يَا خَيْرَ مَسْئُولٍ

Yā khayra mas’ūl

O Best of those who are asked

اَللّٰہُمَّ وَ أَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ ضَرَاعَةً مُقِرٍّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ

Allāhumma wa ataḍarraʿu ilayka ḍarāʿatan muqirr ʿalā nafsih

O Allah, I humbly plead to You, confessing against myself

بِالْهَفَوَاتِ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ يَا تَوَّابُ

Bil-hafawāt atūbu ilayk yā tawwāb

For my slips; I repent to You, O Accepter of repentance

فَلَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِبًا يَا وَهَّابُ

Falā taruddani khā’iban yā wahhāb

Do not return me disappointed, O Bestower

فَقَدِيمًا جُدْتَ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ

Faqadīman judta ʿalā l-mudhnibīn bil-maghfirah

For long You have been generous to sinners with forgiveness

وَ سَتَرْتَ قَبَائِحَ الْفِعَالِ

Wa satarta qabā’iḥa l-fiʿāl

And concealed ugly deeds

يَا جَلِيلُ يَا مُتَعَالُ

Yā jalīl yā mutaʿāl

O Majestic, O Most High

أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِمَنْ أَوْجَبْتَ حَقَّهُ عَلَيَّ

Atawajjahu ilayka biman awjabta ḥaqqahu ʿalayya

I turn to You through those whose right You made obligatory upon me

إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا أَتَوَجَّهُ بِهِ

Idh lam yakun lī mina l-khayr mā atawajjahu bih

As I have no good deeds to present to You

وَ حَالَتِ الذُّنُوبُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Wa ḥālat adh-dhunūb baynī wa bayna l-muḥsinīn

And sins have come between me and the righteous

وَ إِذْ لَمْ يُوجِبْ لِي عَمَلِي مُرَافَقَةَ النَّبِيِّينَ

Wa idh lam yūjib lī ʿamalī murāfaqata n-nabiyyīn

And my deeds do not entitle me to the company of prophets

فَلَا تُرَدَّ سَيِّدِي تَوَجُّهِي

Falā turadda sayyidī tawajjuhī

So do not reject my turning, my Master

أَتُخْذِلُنِي رَبِّي وَ أَنْتَ أَمَلِي

Atukhḏilunī rabbī wa anta amalī

Will You disappoint me, my Lord, while You are my hope?

أَمْ تُرَدُّ يَدِي صِفْرًا مِنَ الْعَفْوِ

Am turaddu yadī ṣifran mina l-ʿafw

Or will my hand return empty of forgiveness

وَ أَنْتَ مُنْتَهَى رَغْبَتِي

Wa anta muntahā raghbatī

While You are the end of my desire

يَا مَنْ هُوَ مَوْجُودٌ مَوْصُوفٌ مَعْرُوفٌ بِالْجُودِ

Yā man huwa mawjūd mawsūf maʿrūf bil-jūd

O One who exists, described and known by generosity

وَ الْخَلْقُ لَهُ عَبِيدٌ وَ إِلَيْهِ مَرَدُّ الْأُمُورِ

Wal-khalqu lahu ʿabīd wa ilayhi maraddu l-umūr

Creation are His servants and to Him return all matters

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Fa ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa āli Muḥammad

So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family

وَ جُدْ عَلَيَّ بِإِحْسَانِكَ

Wa jud ʿalayya bi’iḥsānik

And bestow upon me from Your goodness

الَّذِي فِيهِ الْغِنَى عَنِ الْقَرِيبِ وَ الْبَعِيدِ

Alladhī fīhi l-ghinā ʿani l-qarīb wal-baʿīd

Which grants independence from near and far

وَ الْأَعْدَاءِ وَ الْإِخْوَانِ

Wal-aʿdā’ wal-ikhwān

From enemies and brothers

وَ أَلْحِقْنِي بِالَّذِينَ غَمَرْتَهُمْ بِفَضْلِكَ

Wa alḥiqnī billadhīna ghamartahum bifaḍlik

And join me with those whom You enveloped in Your grace

وَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ أَطَائِبَ أَبْرَارًا أَتْقِيَاءَ أَخْيَارًا

Wa jaʿaltahum aṭā’iba abrāran atqiyā’a akhyārā

And made them pure, righteous, God-conscious, and chosen

وَ لِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي دَارِكَ جِيرَانًا

Wa linabiyyika Muḥammad fī dārik jīrānā

And neighbors of Your Prophet Muhammad in Your abode

وَ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

Waghfir lī walil-mu’minīn wal-mu’mināt

And forgive me and the believing men and women

مَعَ الْآبَاءِ وَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَ الْإِخْوَانِ وَ الْأَخَوَاتِ

Maʿa l-ābā’ wal-ummahāt wal-ikhwān wal-akhawāt

Along with fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful