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Tahajjud Prayer - Salat al-Layl - Namaz e Shab
Supplication in Witr - final rakaat of Tahajjud Prayer - Salat al-Layl - Namaz e Shab
رَبِّ اَسَاْتُ وَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعْتُ
Rabbi asa'tu wa zalamtu nafsee wa bi'sa ma sana'tu
O Allah! I am a sinner, I have done oppression on my self, and whatever I have done is wrong,
فَهَذِهِ يَدَایَ یَا رَبِِّ جَزَآءَ بِمَا کَسَبْتُ وَ هَاذِهِ
Fahadhihi yadaya ya Rabbi jaza'an bima kasabtu wa hadhihi
now both these hands are presented for punishment,
رَقَبَتِى خَاضِعَةً لِِّمَا اَتَيْتُ وَهَا اَنَا ذَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
Raqabatee khadi'atan lima ataytu wa ha ana dha bayna yadayk
and the neck is bowed down due to my sins and now I have presented myself in Your presence.
فَخُذْ لِنَنفْسِی مِنْ نَفْسِى الرِِّضَا حَتَّى تَرْضَى لَكَ
Fakhudh li-nafsee min nafseer-rida hatta tarda lakal-
So take for me my satisfaction from myself until it is satisfied with you.
الْعُتْبَى لاَ اَعُوْدُ
'Utba la a'ood
so that You love my actions and then I never repeat such deeds again.
About Sahifa Alawiyyah
Abdullah bin Saleh Samahiji collected the supplications of Hazrat Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) and named the collection: Sahifa Alawiyyah.
Other scholars also compiled their collections of Duas related from Imam Ali (a.s.) but the collection that became most popular was that of Abdullah bin Saleh. It had 160 Duas.
Sahifa Alawiyyah was first published in 1305 A.H. (1887 A.D.) from Bombay. Then from Majma’ al-Bahrayn Press, Ludhiana and after this in 1311 A.H. (1893 A.D.) from Tehran. The fourth time it was published from Nizami Press, Lucknow with translation and commentary in 1371 A.H. (1951 A.D.). But it is regretful that it did not mention the sources.
The supplications of Sahifa Alawiyyah can be broadly divided into two sections. The expression of Allah’s slaveship and the entreaties of the supplicant. Each of the supplications is a masterpiece of the expression of ones helplessness before the grandeur of the Almighty and only a personality like Imam Ali (a.s.) could have composed such Duas.
The present English Version is based on the Urdu translation of Sahifa Alawiya by Maulana Sayyid Murtuza Husain Lakhnavi, republished by Hyderi Kutub Khana.
Text, translation and recitation from Duas.org
