Supplication for Help in Repaying Debts (30)

وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الْمَعُونَةِ عَلَى قَضَاءِ الدَّيْنِ
His Supplication for Help in Repaying Debts

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَ هَبْ لِيَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ دَيْنٍ تُخْلِقُ بِهِ وَجْهِي ،

and release me from a debt which makes me lose face,

وَ يَحَارُ فِيهِ ذِهْنِي ،

confuses my mind,

وَ يَتَشَعَّبُ لَهُ فِكْرِي ،

disrupts my thinking,

وَ يَطُولُ بِمُمَارَسَتِهِ شُغْلِي ،

and prolongs my occupation with attending to it!

وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ يَا رَبِّ

I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord,

مِنْ هَمِّ الدَّيْنِ وَ فِكْرِهِ ،

from worry and thought about debt,

وَ شُغْلِ الدَّيْنِ وَ سَهَرِهِ ،

from the distraction and sleeplessness of debt;

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ، وَ أَعِذْنِي مِنْهُ ،

so bless Muhammad and his Household and give me refuge from it!

وَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِكَ ، يَا رَبِّ ،

I seek sanctuary in Thee, my Lord, from

مِنْ ذِلَّتِهِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ ،

debt's abasement in life

وَ مِنْ تَبِعَتِهِ بَعْدَ الْوَفَاةِ ،

and its ill effects after death,

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

so bless Muhammad and his Household

وَ أَجِرْني مِنْهُ بِوُسْعٍ فَاضِلٍ أَوْ كَفَافٍ وَاصِلٍ .

and give me sanctuary from it through a bountiful plenty or a continually arriving sufficiency!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household

وَ احْجُبْنِي عَنِ السَّرَفِ وَ الِازْدِيَادِ ،

prevent me from extravagance and excess,

وَ قَوِّمْنِي بِالْبَذْلِ وَ الِاقْتِصَادِ ،

put me on the course of generous spending and moderation,

وَ عَلِّمْنِي حُسْنَ التَّقْدِيرِ ،

teach me excellent distribution,

وَ اقْبِضْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ التَّبْذِيرِ ،

hold me back through Thy gentleness from squandering,

وَ أَجْرِ مِنْ أَسْبَابِ الْحَلَالِ أَرْزَاقِي ،

allow me to attain my provisions through lawful means,

وَ وَجِّهْ فِي أَبْوَابِ الْبِرِّ إِنْفَاقِي ،

direct my spending toward the gateways of devotion,

وَ ازْوِ عَنِّي مِنَ الْمَالِ

and take away from me any possession

مَا يُحْدِثُ لِي مَخِيلَةً أَوْ تَأَدِّياً إِلَى بَغْيٍ

which will bring forth pride in me, lead to insolence,

أَوْ مَا أَتَعَقَّبُ مِنْهُ طُغْيَاناً .

or drag me in its heels to rebellion!

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيَّ صُحْبَةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ ،

O God, make me love the companionship of the poor

وَ أَعِنِّي عَلَى صُحْبَتِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ الصَّبْرِ

and help me be their companion with excellent patience!

وَ مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِنْ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْفَانِيَةِ

Whenever Thou takest away from me the goods of this perishing world,

فَاذْخَرْهُ لِي فِي خَزَائِنِكَ الْبَاقِيَةِ

store them for me in Thy abiding treasuries!

وَ اجْعَلْ مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ حُطَامِهَا ،

Make this world's broken pieces which Thou hast conferred upon me

وَ عَجَّلْتَ لِي مِنْ مَتَاعِهَا

and its goods which Thou hast quickly granted to me

بُلْغَةً إِلَى جِوَارِكَ

a way to reach Thy neighbourhood,

وَ وُصْلَةً إِلَى قُرْبِكَ وَ ذَرِيعَةً إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ ،

a link to Thy nearness, and a means to Thy Garden!

إِنَّكَ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ ،

Verily Thou art Possessor of bounty abounding,

وَ أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيمُ .

and Thou art the Munificent, the Generous.