The Supplication for Saturday

دعاء يوم السبت
The Supplication for Saturday
Translated by William C. Chittick

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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

     بِسْمِ الِلّهِ

 'In the name of God',

    كَلِمَةِ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ،

the word of those who hold fast to Him,

    وَمَقالَةِ الْمُتَحَرِّزِينَ،

the speech of those who seek His protection!

    وَأَعُوذُ بِالِلّه تَعالى مِنْ جَوْرِ الْجآئِرِينَ،

I seek refuge in God (high exalted is He) from the injustice of the unjust,

    وَكَيْدِ الْحاسِدِينَ، وَبَغْيِ الظَّالِمِينَ،

the trickery of the enviers, and the oppression of the wrongdoers,

    وَأَحْمَدُهُ فَوْقَ حَمْدِ الْحامِدِينَ.

and I praise Him beyond the praise of the praisers!

     ـ أَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْواحِدُ بِلا شَرِيك،

 O God, Thou art the One without partner,

    وَالْمَلِكُ بِلا تَمْلِيك،

and the King without having been made sovereign;

    لا تُضَادُّ فِي حُكْمِكَ،

no one opposes Thee in Thy decree

    وَلا تُنازَعُ فِي مُلْكِكَ.

and no one contests Thee in Thy kingdom!

     أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

 I ask Thee to bless Muhammad and his Household,

    عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ،

Thy servant and Thy messenger,

    وَأَنْ تُوزِعَنِي مِنْ شُكْرِ نُعْماكَ

inspire me with a thanksgiving for Thy favours

    ما تَبْلُغُ بِي غايَةَ رِضاكَ،

which will take me to the utmost limit of Thy good pleasure,

    وَأَنْ تُعِينَنِي عَلى طاعَتِكَ،

help me through the gentleness of Thy solitude to obey Thee,

    وَلُزُومِ عِبادَتِكَ، وَاسْتِحْقاقِ مَثُوبَتِكَ بِلُطْفِ عِنايَتِكَ،

hold fast to worshipping Thee, and deserve Thy reward,

    وَتَرْحَمَنِي،

have mercy upon me,

    وَتَصُدَّنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي،

bar me from acts of disobedience toward Thee as long as Thou keepest me alive,

    وَتُوَفِّقَنِي لِما يَنْفَعُنِي ما أَبْقَيْتَنِي،

give me success in what profits me as long as Thou sparest me,

    وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِكِتابِكَ صَدْرِي،

expand my breast through Thy Book,

    وَتَحُطَّ بِتِلاوَتِهِ وِزْرِي،

lessen my burden through its recitation,

    وَتَمْنَحَنِي السَّلامَةَ فِي دِينِي وَنَفْسِي،

bestow upon me health in my religion and my soul,

    وَلا تُوحِشَ بِي أَهْلَ أُنْسِي،

estrange not my intimates from me,

    وَتُتِمَّ إحْسَانَكَ فِيما بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِي

and complete Thy beneficence in what is left of my lifetime,

    كَما أَحْسَنْتَ فِيما مَضَى مِنْهُ

just as Thou hast shown beneficence in that of it which has passed!

    يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Most Merciful of the merciful!