Supplication 51 (His supplication when the sustenance was scarce VIDEO
اَللَّهُمَّ لاَ طَاقَةَ لِفُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ بِالْجُهدِ وَ لاَ صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَی الْبَلاَءِ
Allāhumma lā ṭāqata li-Fulāni bni Fulānin bil-juhdi wa lā ṣabra lahu ‘alal-balā’
O Allah, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, has no strength for hardship and no patience for affliction,
وَ لاَ قُوَّةَ لَهُ عَلَی الْفَقْرِ وَ الفَاقَةِ اَللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
wa lā quwwata lahu ‘alal-faqri wal-fāqati Allāhumma faṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad
And no power over poverty and need. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,
وَّ لاَ تَحْظُرْ عَلٰی فُلاَنِ بْنِ فُلاَنٍ رِزْقَكَ وَ لاَ تُقَتِّرَ عَلَيْهِ سِعَةَ مَا عِنْدَكَ
wa lā taḥẓur ‘alā Fulāni bni Fulānin rizqaka wa lā tuqattir ‘alayhi si‘ata mā ‘indak
And do not withhold Your provision from so-and-so, son of so-and-so, and do not restrict the abundance of what is with You,
وَ لاَ تَحْرِمْهُ فَضْلَكَ وَ لاَ تَحْسِمْهُ مِنْ جَزِيْلِ قِسَمِكَ
wa lā taḥrimhu faḍlaka wa lā taḥsimhu min jazīli qismik
And do not deprive him of Your grace, and do not cut him off from Your ample portion,
وَ لاَ تَكِلْهُ إِلٰى خَلقِكَ وَ لاَ إِلٰی نَفْسِهِ…
wa lā takilhu ilā khalqika wa lā ilā nafsih…
And do not entrust him to Your creation nor to himself…
فَيَعْجَزَ عَنْهَا وَ يَضْعُفُ عَنِ الْقِيَامِ فِيْمَا يُصْلِحُهُ وَ يُصْلِحُ مَا قَبْلَهُ
faya‘jiza ‘anhā wa yaḍ‘ufu ‘anil-qiyāmi fīmā yuṣliḥuhu wa yuṣliḥu mā qablah
Lest he be incapable of it and become too weak to manage what benefits him and sets right what preceded it,
بَلْ تَنْفَرِدُ بِلَمِّ شَعْثِهِ وَ تَوَلِّىْ كِفَايَتِهِ وَ انْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ فِىْ جَمِيْعِ اُمُوْرِهِ
bal tanfaridu bi-lammi sha‘thihi wa tawallī kifāyatihi wanzur ilayhi fī jamī‘i umūrih
Rather, take sole charge of setting his affairs in order, and undertake his sufficiency, and look upon him in all his matters.
إِنَّكَ إنْ وَكَلْتَهُ إِلٰی خَلْقِكَ لَمْ يَنْفَعُوْهُ وَ إنْ اَلْجاَتَهُ إِلٰی اَقْرِبَائِهِ حَرَمُوْهُ
Innaka in wakaltahu ilā khalqika lam yanfa‘ūhu wa in alja’tahu ilā aqribā’ihi ḥaramūh
Indeed, if You entrust him to Your creation, they will not benefit him, and if You compel him to seek refuge with his relatives, they will deprive him,
وَ إنْ اَعْطُوْهُ اَعْطُوْهُ قَلِيْلاً نَكِدًا وَ إِنْ مَنَعُوْهُ مَنَعُوْهُ كَثِيْراً
wa in a‘ṭawhu a‘ṭawhu qalīlan nakidan wa in mana‘ūhu mana‘ūhu kathīran
And if they give him, they will give him little, grudgingly, and if they withhold from him, they will withhold much,
وَ إِنْ بَخِلُوْا بَخِلُوْا فَهُمْ لِلْبُخْلِ اَهْلِ،
wa in bakhilū bakhilū fahum lil-bukhli ahl
And if they are stingy, they will be stingy, for they are people of stinginess.
اَللَّهُمَّ اَغْنِ فُلاَنَ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ لاَ تُخْلِهِ مِنْهُ
Allāhumma aghni Fulāna bna Fulānin min faḍlika wa lā tukhluhu minh
O Allah, enrich so-and-so, son of so-and-so, from Your bounty, and do not leave him without it,
فَإِنَّهُ مُضْطَرٌّ إِلَيْكَ فَقِيْرٌ إِلٰی مَا فِىْ يَدَيْكَ وَ اَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْهُ
fa’innahu muḍṭarrun ilayka faqīrun ilā mā fī yadayka wa anta ghaniyyun ‘anh
For indeed he is compelled towards You, in need of what is in Your hands, and You are independent of him,
وَ اَنْتَ بِهِ خَبِيْرٌ عَلِيْمٌ…
wa anta bihi khabīrun ‘alīm…
And You are All-Aware, All-Knowing of him…
وَ مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَی اللهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللهَ بَالِغُ اَمْرِهِ
wa man yatawakkal ‘alAllāhi fahuwa ḥasbuhu innAllāha bālighu amrih
And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose.
قَدْ جَعَلَ اللهُ لِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
qad ja‘alAllāhu likulli shay’in qadran inna ma‘al-‘usri yusran
Allah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَ يَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ
wa man yattaqillāha yaj‘al lahu makhrajan wa yarzuqhu min ḥaythu lā yaḥtasib
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect.
اَللَّهُمَّ صُنْ وَجْهي بِالْيَسارِ، وَ لا تَبْذُلْ جاهي بِالْاِقْتارِ
Allāhumma ṣun wajhī bil-yasār, wa lā tabdhul jāhī bil-iqtār
O Allah, protect my face with ease (sufficiency), and do not disgrace my honor with poverty,
فَاَسْتَرْزِقَ طالِبي رِزْقِكَ، وَ اَسْتَعْطِفَ شِرارَ خَلْقِكَ
fa-astarziqa ṭālibī rizqika, wa asta'ṭifa shirāra khalqika
Lest I seek provision from those who seek Your provision, and seek the favor of the worst of Your creation,
فَاُبْتَلى بِحَمْدِ مَنْ اَعْطاني، وَ اَفْتَتِنَ بِذَمِّ مَنْ مَنَعَني
fa-ubtalā bi-ḥamdi man a'ṭānī, wa aftatina bi-dhammi man mana'anī
Lest I be tested by praising whoever gives me, and be tempted by blaming whoever withholds from me,
وَ اَنْتَ مِنْ وَراءِ ذلِكَ وَلِيُّ الْاِعْطاءِ وَ الْمَنْعِ، اِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْ ءٍ قَديرٌ
wa anta min warā'i dhālika waliyyu al-i'ṭā'i wal-man'i, innaka 'alā kulli shay'in qadīr
While You are, behind all of that, the Master of giving and withholding. Indeed, You are over all things competent.