The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful (Khaefeen)

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

1 My God, what thinkest Thou? Wilt Thou chastise me after my faith in Thee, drive me far away after my love for Thee, deprive me while I hope for Thy mercy and forgiveness, forsake me while I seek sanctuary in Thy pardon? How could Thy generous face disappoint me?! Would that I knew - Did my mother bear me for wretchedness? Did she nurture me for suffering? Would then that she had not borne me and had not nurtured me! Would that I had knowledge - Hast Thou appointed me one of the people of felicity? Hast Thou singled me out for Thy nearness and neighborhood? Then would my eyes be gladdened, and in that my soul reach serenity.

2. My God, dost Thou blacken faces which fall down in prostration before Thy mightiness? Dost Thou strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Thy glory and majesty? Dost Thou seal hearts which harbor Thy love? Dost Thou deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Thy remembrance according to Thy will? Dost Thou manacle hands which expectations have raised to Thee in hope of Thy clemency? Dost Thou punish bodies which worked to obey Thee until they grew thin in struggling for Thee? Dost Thou chastise legs which ran to worship Thee?

3. My God, lock not toward those who profess Thy Unity the doors of Thy mercy, and veil not those who yearn for Thee from looking upon the vision of Thy beauty!

4. My God, a soul which Thou hast exalted by its professing Thy Unity - how wilt Thou burn it in the heat of Thy fires?

5 My God, give me sanctuary from Thy painful wrath and Thy mighty anger! O All-loving, O All-kind! O Compassionate, O Merciful! O Compeller, O Subduer! O All-forgiver, O All-covering! Deliver me through Thy mercy from the chastisement of the Fire and the disgrace of shame when the good are set apart from the evil, forms are transformed, terrors terrify, the good-doers are brought near, the evildoers taken far, and every soul is paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged

BIS-MIL-LAAHIR-RAH’-MAANIR-RAH’EEM

ILAAHEE ATURAAK BAA’DAL-EEMAANI BIKA TUA’D-D’IBUNEE AM BAA’-DA H’UB- BEEE EE-YAAKA TUBAA’-I’DUNEE AM MAA’RAJAA-EE LIRAH’MATIKA WA S’AF-H’IKA TAH’-RIMUNEE AM MAA’ AS-TIJAARATEE BIA’F-WIKA TUS-LIMUNEE H’AASHAA LIWAJ-HIKAL-KAREEMI AN TUKHAY-YIBANEE LAY-TA SHIA’-REE ALILSH-SHAQAAA-I WALADAT-NEE UM-MEE AM LIL-A’NAAA-I RAB-BAT-NEE FALAY-TAHAA LAM TALID-NEE WA LAM TURAB-BINEE WA LAY-TANEE A’LIM-TU AMIN AH-LIS-SAA’DATI JAA’L-TANEE WA BIQUR-BIKA WA JIWAARIKA KHAS’AS’-TANEE FATAQAR-RA BID’ALIKA A’Y-NEE WA TAT—MA-IN-NA LAHOO NAF-SEE ILAAHEE HAL TUSAW-WIDU WUJOOHANA KHAR-RAT SAAJIDATAL-LIA’ZAMATIK WA TUKH-RISU AL-SINATAN- NAT’AQAT BITH-THANAAA-I A’LAA MAJ-DIKA WA JALAALATIK AW TAT’-BAU’ A’LAA QULOOBIN ANT’AWAT A’LAA MAH’AB-BATIKA AW TUS’IM-MU AS-MAAA’NA TALAD’-D’AD’AT BISAMMAI’ D’IK-RIKA FEEE IRAADATIK AW TAGHUL-LU AKUF-FAR RAFAA T-HAAL-AAAMAALU ILAY-KA RAJAAA-A RAA-FATIK AW TUA’AQIBU AB-DAANANA A’MILAT BIT’AAA’TIKA H’AT-TAA NAH’ILAT FEE MUJAAHADATIK WA TUA’D’-DIBU AR-JULANA SAA’T FEE I’BAADATIK ILAAHEE LAA TUGH-LIQ A’LAA MUWAH’-H’IDEEKA AB-WAABA RAH’-MATIK WA LAA TH’-JUB MUSH-TAAQEEKA A’NIN-NAZ’ARI ILAA JAMEELI ROO-YATIK ILAAHEE NAF-SUN AA’-ZAZ-TAHAA BITAWH’EEDIKA KAY-FA TUD’IL-LUHAA BIMAHAANATI HIJ-RAANIK WA Z”AMEERUN-IN-A’QADA A’LAA MAWAD-DATIKA KAY-FA TUH’-RIQUHOO BIH’ARAARATI NEERAANIK ILAAHEE AJIR – NEE MIN ALEEMI GHAZ”ABIKA WA A’ZEEMI SAKHAT’IKA YAA H’AN-NAANU YAA MAN-NAANU YAA RAH’EEMU YAA RAH’MAAN YAA JAB-BAARU YAA QAH-HAARU

YAA GHAR-FAARU YAA SAT-TAARU NAJ-JINEE BIRAH’-MATIKA MIN A’D’AABIN-NAARI WA FAZ”EEH’ATIL-A’ARI ID’AA AM – TAAZAL – AKH – YAARU MINAL- ASH- RAAR WA H’AALATIL AH’-WAAL WA HAALATIL-AH-WAAL WA QARUBAL-MUH’-SINOON WA BAU’DAL-MUSEE-OON (WA WUF-FEEAT KUL-LU NAF-SIM-MAA KASABAT WA HUM LAA YUZ”-LAMOON)

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The third whispered prayer by Imam Ali As-Sajjad (as), as in As-Sahifa As-Sajjadiya PDF

English Translation	Transliteration	Arabic Text
My God, what thinkest You? Will You chastise me after my faith in You?	ilaaheee aturaak baa'-dal-eemaani bika tua'd'-d'ibunee	إلـٰهِي أَتَرَاكَ بَعْدَ الإِيْمانِ بِكَ تُعَذّ ِبُنِي،
Drive me far away after my love for You?	am baa'-da h'ub-beee ee-yaaka tubaa'-i'dunee	أَمْ بَعْدَ حُبّـِي إيَّاكَ تُبَعّـِدُنِي،
Deprive me while I hope for Your mercy and forgiveness?	am maa' rajaaa-ee birah'-matika wa s'af-h'ika t ah'-rimunee	أَمْ مَعَ رَجائِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَصَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِي،
Forsake me while I seek sanctuary in Your pardon?	am maa' as-tijaaratee bia'f-wika tus-limunee	أَمْ مَعَ اسْتِجارَتِي بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِي؟
How could Your generous face disappoint me?!	h'aashaa liwaj-hikal-kareemi an tukhay-yibanee	حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُخَيّـِبَنِي،
I wish that I know -	lay-ta shia'-ree	لَيْتَ شِعْرِي،
Did my mother bear me for wretchedness?	alilsh-shaqaaa-i waladat-neee um-mee	أَلِلشَّقاءِ وَلَدَتْنِي أُمّـِي،
Did she nurture me for suffering?	am lil-a'naaa-i rab-bat-nee	أَمْ لِلْعَناءِ رَبَّتْنِي؟
If such, then I wish that she had not borne me and had not nurtured me!	falay-tahaa lam talid-nee wa lam turab-binee	فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِي وَلَمْ تُرَبّـِنِي،
I wish that I had knowledge - Have You appointed me one of the people of felicity?	wa lay-tanee a'lim-tu amin ah-lis-saa'dati jaa'l-tanee	وَلَيْتَنِي عَلِمْتُ أَمِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعادَةِ جَعَلْتَنِي؟
Have You singled me out for Your nearness and neighbourhood?	wa biqur-bika wa jiwaarika khas'as'-tanee	وَبِقُرْبِكَ وَجَوارِكَ خَصَصْتَنِي؟
Then would my eyes be gladdened, and in that my soul reach serenity.	fataqar-ra bid'alika a'y-nee wa tat'-ma-in-na lahoo naf-see	فَتَقَرَّ بِذالِكَ عَيْنِي، وَتَطْمَئِنَّ لَهُ نَفْسِي.
My God, do You blacken faces which fall down in prostration before Your mightiness?	Ilaahee hal tusaw-widu wujoohana khar-rat saajidatal-lia'z'amatik	إلـٰهِي هَلْ تُسَوّ ِدُ وُجُوهًا خَرَّتْ ساجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ؟
Do You strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Your glory and majesty?	aw tukh-risu al-sinatan-nat'aqat bith-thanaaa-i a'laa maj-dika wa jalaalatik	أَوْ تُخْرِسُ أَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِالثَّناءِ عَلَىٰ مَجْدِكَ وَجَلالَتِكَ؟
Do You seal hearts which harbour Your love?	aw tat'-bau' a'laa quloobin ant'awat a'laa mah'ab-batika	أَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ انْطَوَتْ عَلىٰ مَحَبَّتِكَ؟
Do You deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Your remembrance according to Your will?	aw tus'im-mu as-maaa'n talad'-d'ad'at bisamaai' d'ik-rika feee iraadatik	أَوْ تُصِمُّ أَسْماعَاً تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسَماعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِي إرادَتِكَ؟
Do You manacle hands which expectations have raised to You in hope of Your clemency?	aw taghul-lu akuf-far-rafaa't-haal-aaamaalu ilay-ka rajaaa-a raa-fatik	أَوْ تَغُلُّ أَكُفَّاً رَفَعَتْهَا الآمالُ إلَيْكَ رَجاءَ رَأْفَتِكَ؟
Do You punish bodies which worked to obey You	aw tua'aqibu ab-daanana a'milat bit'aaa'tika	أَوْ تُعاقِبُ أَبْداناً عَمِلَتْ بِطاعَتِكَ
until they grew thin in struggling for You?	h'at-taa nah'ilat fee mujaahadatik	حَتَّىٰ نَحِلَتْ فِي مُجاهَدَتِكَ،
Do You chastise legs which ran to worship You?	aw tua'd'-d'ibu ar-julana saa't fee i'baadatik	أَوْ تُعَذّ ِبُ أَرْجُلاً سَعَتْ فِي عِبادَتِكَ.
My God, lock not toward those who profess Your Unity the doors of Your mercy,	ilaahee laa tugh-liq a'laa muwah'-h'ideeka ab-waaba rah'-matik	إِلَـٰهِي لا تُغْلِقْ عَلىٰ مُوَحّـِدِيكَ أَبْوابَ رَحْمَتِكَ،
and veil not those who yearn for You from looking upon the vision of Your beauty!	wa laa th'-jub mush-taaqeeka a'nin-naz'ari ilaa jameeli roo-yatik	وَلا تَحْجُبْ مُشْتاقِيكَ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إلَىٰ جَمِيلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ.
My God, a soul which You has exalted by its professing Your Unity -	ilaahee naf-sun aa'-zaz-tahaa bitawh'eedika	إِلـٰهِي نَفْسٌ أَعْزَزْتَها بِتَوْحِيدِكَ،
how will You burn it in the heat of Your fires?	kay-fa tud'il-luhaa bimahaanati hij-raanik	كَيْفَ تُذِلُّها بِمَهانَةِ هِجْرانِكَ؟
My God, a heart which has been knotted by its love for You—	wa z''ameerun-in-a'qada a'laa mawad-datika	وَضَمِيرٌ انْعَقَدَ عَلىٰ مَوَدَّتِكَ
how will You burn it in the heat of Your fires?	kay-fa tuh'-riquhoo bih'araarati neeraanik	كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُهُ بِحَرَارَةِ نِيرانِكَ؟
My God, give me sanctuary from Your painful wrath and Your mighty anger!	ilaahee ajir-nee min aleemi ghaz''abika wa a'z'eemi sakhat'ika	إِلـٰهِي أَجِرْنِي مِنْ أَلِيمِ غَضَبِكَ وَعَظِيمِ سَخَطِكَ،
O All-loving, O All-kind!	yaa h'an-naanu yaa man-naanu	يا حَنَّانُ يا مَنَّانُ،
O Compassionate, O Merciful!	yaa rah'eemu yaa rah'-maan	يا رَحِيمُ يا رَحْمنُ،
O Compeller, O Subduer!	yaa jab-baaru yaa qah-haaru	يا جَبَّارُ يا قَهَّارُ،
O All-forgiver, O All-covering!	yaa ghaf-faaru yaa sat-taaru	يا غَفَّارُ يا سَتَّارُ،
Deliver me through Your mercy from the chastisement of the Fire	naj-jinee birah'-matika min a'd'aabin-naari	نَجّـِنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذابِ النَّارِ،
and the disgrace of shame	wa faz''eeh'atil-a'ari	وَفَضِيحَةِ الْعارِ،
when the good are set apart from the evil,	id'aa im-taazal-akh-yaaru minal-ash-raar	إذَا امْتازَ الأَخْيارُ مِنَ الأَشْرارِ،
forms are transformed, terrors terrify,	wa h'aalatil-ah'-waal wa haalatil-ah-waal	وَحالَتِ الأَحْوالُ، وَهالَتِ الأَهْوالُ
the good-doers are brought near, the evildoers taken far,	wa qarubal-muh'-sinoon wa bau'dal-musee-oon	وَقَرُبَ الْمُحْسِنُونَ، وَبَعُدَ الْمُسِيئُونَ،
and every soul is paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged	wa wuf-feeat kul-lu naf-sim-maa kasabat wa hum laa yuz'-lamoon	وَوُفّـِيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ما كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لا يُظْلَمُونَ

71. The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful

اَمْ بَعْدَ حُبِّىْٓ اِيَّاكَ تُبَعِّدُنِىْ

اَمْ مَعَ رَجَآئِىْ لِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ صَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِىْ

اَمْ مَعَ اسْتِجَارَتِىْ بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِىْ

حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيْمِ اَنْ تُخَيِّبَنِىْ

فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِىْ وَ لَمْ تُرَبِّنِىْ

فَتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ عَيْنِىْ وَ تَطْمَئِنَّ لَه نَفْسِىْ

هَلْ تُسَوِّدُ وُجُوْهًا خَرَّتْ سَاجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ

اَوْ تُخْرِسُ اَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِالثَّنَآءِ عَلٰى مَجْدِكَ وَ جَلَالَتِكَ

Dost Thou strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Thy glory and majesty?

اَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلٰى قُلُوْبٍ انْطَوَتْ عَلٰى مَحَبَّتِكَ

اَوْ تُضِمُ اَسْمَاعًا تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسِمَاعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِىْٓ اِرَادَتِكَ

Dost Thou deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Thy remembrance according to Thy will?

اَوْ تَغُلُّ اَكُفًّا رَفَعَتْهَا الْآمَالُ اِلَيْكَ رَجَآءَ رَافَتِكَ

Dost Thou manacle hands which expectations have raised to Thee in hope of Thy clemency?

اَوْ تُعَاقِبُ اَبْدَانًا عَمِلَتْ بِطَاعَتِكَ حَتّٰى نَحِلَتْ فِىْ مُجَاهَدَتِكَ

Dost Thou punish bodies which worked to obey Thee until they grew thin in struggling for Thee?

اَوْ تُعَذِّبُ اَرْجُلًا سَعَتْ فِىْ عِبَادَتِكَ

اِلٰهِىْ لَا تُغْلِقْ عَلٰى مُوَحِّدِيْكَ اَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

وَ لَا تَحْجُبْ مُشْتَاقِيْكَ عَنِ النَّظَرِ اِلٰى جَمِيْلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ

and veil not those who yearn for Thee from looking upon the vision of Thy beauty!

اِلٰهِىْ نَفْسٌ اَعْزَزْتَهَا بِتَوْحِيْدِكَ كَيْفَ تُذِلُّهَا بِمَهَانَةِ هِجْرَانِكَ

My Allah, a soul which Thou hast exalted by its professing Thy Unity - how wilt Thou humiliate him by leaving him?

وَ ضَمِيْرٌ انْعَقَدَ عَلٰى مَوَدَّتِكَ كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُه بِحَرَارَةِ نِيْرَانِكَ

My Allah, a heart which has been knotted by its love for Thy � how wilt Thou burn it in the heat of Thy fires?

اَجِرْنِىْ مِنْ اَلِيْمِ غَضَبِكَ وَ عَظِيْمِ سَخَطِكَ

نَجِّنِىْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَ فَضِيْحَةِ الْعَارِ اِذَا

Deliver me through Thy mercy from the chastisement of the Fire and the disgrace of shame

وَ وُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ.

and every soul is paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged![379]

3-The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful (Khaefeen) مناجاة الخائفين

71. The Whispered Prayer of the Fearful