Dua Jawshan al-Sagir — Full Arabic Text, Translation & Transliteration

Instructions

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمْنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

The Supplication of the Minor Chain-Armor. This excellent supplicatory prayer is highly considered. It was said by Imam Musa al-Kazim (a.s.) when al-Hadi, the 'Abbasid ruler, intended to assassinate him. Hence, the Imam (a.s.) saw in a dream his grandfather, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), Who foretold that Almighty Allah would annihilate his enemy.

اِلهِىْ كَمْ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ

O my God, how many an enemy

انْتَضى عَلَىَّ سَيْفَ عَدَاوَتِهِ

has unsheathed the sword of his enmity against me,

وَشَحَذَ لِى ظُبَةَ مِدْيَتِهِ

and sharpened the edge of his blade for me,

وَاَرْهَفَ لِىٰ شَبَاحَدِّهِ

and whetted its point for me,

وَدَافَ لِي قَوَاتِلَ سُمُؤْمِهِ

and mixed deadly poisons for me,

وَسَدَّدَ إِلَىَّ صَوَائِبَ سِهَامِهِ

and aimed his unerring arrows at me,

وَلَمُ تَنَمْ عَنِّىْ عَيْنُ حِرَاسَتِهِ

and his watchful eye never slept from watching me,

وَاَضْمَرَ أَنْ يَسُوْمَنِى الْمَكْرُوةَ

and harbored the intention to inflict evil upon me,

وَيُجَرِّعَنِّى ذُعَافَ مَرَارَتِهِ

and make me gulp down the bitter poison.

نَظَرْتَ اِلَى ضَعْفِى عَنِ اخْتِمَالِ الْفَوَادِحِ،

But You looked at my weakness to bear great hardships,

وَعَجْزِى عَنِ الْاِنْتِصَارِ مِمَّنْ قَصَدَنِى بِمُحَارَبَتِهِ

and my inability to defend myself against him who intended to fight me,

وَوَحْدَتِى فِى كَثِيْرٍ مِمَّنْ نَاوَانِىْ وَاَرْصَدَ لِىْ

and my loneliness amidst the multitude of those who opposed me and lay in wait for me,

فِيْمَا لَمْ أَعْمِلْ فِكْرِى فِي الْاِرْصَادِ لَهُمْ بِمِثْلِهِ

while I did not think of countering them with the like,

فَاَيَّدْتَنِى بِقُوَّتِكَ

So You aided me with Your strength,

وَشَدَدْتَ أَزْرِيْ بِنُضْرَتِكَ

and strengthened my back with Your victory,

وَفَلَلْتَ لِى حَدَّهُ

and blunted his edge for me,

وَخَذَلْتَهُ بَعْدَ جَمْعِ عَدِيْدِهِ وَحَشْدِهِ

and left him disappointed after his huge collection and mobilization,

واَغلَيْتَ كَعِبِى عَلَيْهِ،

and made me superior to him,

وَوَجِّهْتَ مَا سَدَّدَ اِلَىَّ مِنْ مَكَائِدِهِ اِليْهِ

and turned his own plots back against him,

وَرَدَدْتَهُ عَليْهِ

and returned them to him,

وَلَمْ يَشْفِ غَلِيْلَهُ

and his thirst was not quenched,

وَلَمْ تَبْرُدْ حَزَازَاتُ غَيْظِهِ

and the burning of his anger was not cooled,

وَقَدْ عَضَّ عَلَىَّ اَنَامِلَهُ

though he bit his fingertips [in rage] against me,

وَاَدْبَرَ مُوَلَّيًا قَدْ اَخْفَقَتْ سَرَايَاهُ

and turned his back, with his troops defeated.

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَا رَبِّ مِنْ مُقْتَدِرٍ لَا يُغْلَبُ وَذِيْ آَنَاةٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ صَلَّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَالِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاجْعَلْنِى لِنَعْمَآئِكَ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِيْنَ وَلِالَائِكَ مِنَ الذَّاكِرِيْنَ

So to You belongs praise, O Lord, from a Mighty One Who is never overcome, and a Forbearing One Who does not hasten. Bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, and make me of those who thank You for Your favors, and remember You for Your bounties.

اِلَهِن وَكَمْ مِنْ بَاغٍ بَغَانِى بِمَكَائِدِهِ

My God, how many a transgressor has transgressed against me with his plots,

وَنَصَبَ لِىْ اَشْرَاكَ مَصَائِدِهِ وَوَكَّلَ بِن تَفَقُّدَ رِعَايَتِهِ،

and set the traps of his snares for me, and assigned his watchful eye to track me,

واَضْبَآءَ اِلَىَّ اِضْبَاءَ السَّبْعِ لِطَرِيْدَتِهِ اِنْتِظَارًا لاِنْتِهَازِ فُرْصَتِهِ

and crouched for me like a wild beast waiting for its prey, waiting to seize his opportunity,

وَهُوَ يُظْهِرُ بَشَاشَةَ الْمَلَقِ وَيَبْسُطُ وَجْهًا غَيْرَ طَلِق

while showing a cheerful, flattering face, and putting on a fake smile.

فَلَمَّا رَآيْتَ دَغَلَ سَرِيْرَتِهِ وَقُبْحَ مَا انْطَوْى عَلَيْهِ لِشَرِيْكِهِ فِى مِلّْتِهِ

But when You saw the deceit of his heart, and the ugliness of what he harbored against his fellow believer,

واَضبَحَ مُجْلِبًا لِى فِى بَغْيِهِ اَرْكَسْتَهُ لأُمَّ رَايِهِ

and he came out openly in his transgression against me, You cast him headlong on his head,

وَأَتَيْتَ بُنْيَانَهُ مِنْ أَسَاسٍهِ فَصَرَعْتَهُ فِى زُبْيَتِهِ

and destroyed his building from its foundation, and threw him down into the pit he had dug,

وَرَدَّيْتَهُ فِىْ مَهْوْى حُفْرَتِهِ وَجَعَلْتَ خَدَّهُ طَبَقًا لِتُرَابِ رِجْلِهِ

and cast him into the depth of his own well, and made his cheek touch the dust of his own feet,

وَشَغَلْتَهُ فِى بَدَنِهِ وَرِزْقِهِ وَرَمَيْتَهُ بِحَجَرِهِ

and kept him occupied with his own body and livelihood, and struck him with his own stone,

وَخَنَقْتَهُ بِوَثَرِهِ وَذَكَيْتَهُ بِمَشَاقِصِهِ وَكَبَبْتَهُ لِمَنخِرِهِ

and strangled him with his own rope, and slaughtered him with his own arrows, and threw him down on his nose,

وَرَدَدْتَ كَيْدَهُ فِىْ نَحْرِهِ وَرَبَقْتَهُ بِنَدَامَتِهِ وَفَسَاتَهُ بِحَسْرَتِهِ

and turned his plot back into his own throat, and tied him with his own regret, and wore him out with his own sorrow.

فَاسْتَخْذَءَ وَتَضَائَلَ بَعْدَ نَخْوَتِهِ وَانْقَمَعَ بَعْدَ اسْتِطَالتِهِ

So he became humiliated and small after his pride, and was subdued after his arrogance,

ذَلِيْلَا مَأسُوْرًا فِى رِبْق جِبَالَتِهِ الَّتِى كَانَ يُؤَمَّلُ اَنْ يَرَانِى فِيْهَا يَوْمَ سَطْوَتِهِ

humiliated and captive in the trap of his own making, in which he had hoped to see me on the day of his assault.

سَجَدَ وَجْهِىَ الذَّلِيْلَ لِوَجْهِكَ الْعَزِيْزِ الْجَلِيْلِ سَجَدَ وَجْهِىَ الْبَالِى الْفَانِى لِوَجْهكَ الدَّائِمِ البَاقِىْ

My humble face prostrates before Your mighty and majestic face; my mortal and perishing face prostrates before Your eternal and everlasting face.