The Supplication for Sunday

دعاء يوم الأحد
The Supplication for Sunday
Translated by William C. Chittick

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of God, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

     بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ أَرْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ،

 In the Name of God, from whom I hope for nothing but bounty,

    وَلاَ أَخْشَى إلاَّ عَدْلَهُ،

and from whom I fear nothing but justice!

    وَلا أَعْتَمِدُ إلاَّ قَوْلَهُ،

I rely only upon His word,

    وَلا أَتَمَسَّكُ إلاَّ بِحَبْلِهِ.

And I cling only to His cord!

     بِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ

 In Thee I seek sanctuary –

    يا ذَا الْعَفْوِ وَالرِّضْوانِ

O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure –

    مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَالْعُدْوانِ،

from wrong and enmity,

    وَمِنْ غِيَرِ الزَّمانِ،

from the changes of time

    وَتَواتُرِ الاَحْزانِ،

and the recurrence of sorrows,

    وَمِنْ طَوارِقِ الْحَدَثَانِ ،

from the striking of mishaps,

    وَمِنِ انْقِضآءِ الْمُدَّةِ قَبْلَ التَّأَهُّبِ وَالْعُدَّةِ.

and from the expiration of my term before preparation and readiness.

     وَإيَّاكَ أَسْتَرْشِدُ لِما فِيهِ الصَّلاحُ وَالاِصْلاحُ،

 – From Thee I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and being set right.

     وَبِكَ أَسْتَعِينُ فِيما يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ النَّجاحُ وَالاِنْجاحُ.

 From Thee I seek help in that which is linked to success and favorable response.

     وَإيَّاكَ أَرْغَبُ فِي لِباسِ الْعافِيَةِ وَتَمامِها،

 Thee I beseech for the garment of well-being and its completion

    وَشُمُولِ السَّلامَةِ وَدَوامِها،

and for the covering of health and its permanence.

    وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يارَبِّ مِنْ هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطِينِ،

I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, from the goadings of the satans,

    وَأَحْتَرِزُ بِسُلْطانِكَ مِنْ جَوْرِ السَّلاطِينِ،

and I seek protection in Thy sovereignty from the injustice of the sovereigns.

    فَتَقَبَّلْ ما كانَ مِنْ صَلاتِي وَصَوْمِي،

So accept my past prayers and fasting

    واجْعَلْ غدي وَمَا بَعْدَهُ أفَضَلَ من سَاعَتي وَيَوْمِي،

and make my tomorrow and what is after better than my present hour and my today!

    وَأَعِزَّنِي فِي عَشِيرَتِي وَقَوْمِي،

Exalt me in my clan and my people

    وَاحْفَظْنِي فِي يَقْظَتِي وَنَوْمِي،

and protect me in my waking and my sleeping!

    فَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حافِظاً،

For Thou art God, the Best Guardian,

    وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

And Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful.

     أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَ

 O God, I am quit before Thee

    فِي يَوْمِي هذا وَ ما بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الاحادِ

on this day of mine and on all Sundays that follow it

    مِنَ الشِّرْكَ وَالالْحَادِ،

of associating others with Thee and of heresy,

    وَأُخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعآئِي تَعَرُّضَاً لِلاِجابَةِ

and I devote my supplication sincerely to Thee,

    [واُقيم على طاعتِكَ رجاءً للأِثابَةِ خ ل].

addressing myself to Thy response.

     فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد

 So bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad,

    خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ،

the best of Thy creation,

    الدَّاعِي إلَى حَقِّكَ،

the summoner to Thy truth,

    وَأَعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ الَّذِي لا يُضامُ،

exalt me with Thy exaltation, which is never made to suffer loss,

    وَاحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِك الَّتِي لاتَنامُ،

protect me with Thy eye, which never sleeps,

    وَاخْتِمْ بِالانْقِطَاعِ إلَيْكَ أَمْرِي،

and seal my affiar by cutting me off from everything but Thee

    وَبِالْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي،

and my life with forgiveness!

    إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

Surely Thou art the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!