49- His Supplication in Repelling Enemies
الهي هديتني فلهوت ، و وعظت فقسوت ، و ابليت الجميل فعصيت ، ثم عرفت ما اصدرت إذ عرفتنيه ، فاستغفرت فاقلت فعدت فسترت ، فلك - الهي - الحمد .تقحمت أودية الهلاك ، و حللت شعاب تلف ، تعرضت فيها لسطواتك و بحلولها عقوباتك .و وسيلتي اليك التوحيد ، و ذريعتي أني لم اشرك بك شيئا ، و لم اتخذ معك الها ، و قد فررت اليك بنفسي ، و اليك مفر المسئ ، و مفزع المضيع لحظ نفسه الملتجئ .فكم من عدو انتضي علي سيف عداوته ، و شحذلي ظبة مديته ، و ارهف لي شباحده ، و داف لي قواتل سمومه ، و سدد نحوي صوائب سهامه ، و لم تنم عني عين حراسته ، و اضمر أن يسومني المكروه ، و يجرعني زعاق مرارته .فنظرت - يا الهي - الي ضعفي عن احتمال الفوادح ، و عجزي عن الانتصار ممن قصدني بمحاربته ، و وحدتي في كثير عدد من ناواني ، و ارصد لي بالبلاء فيما لم اعمل فيه فكري .فابتدأتني بنصرك ، و شددت ازري بقوتك ، ثم فللت لي حده ، و صيرته من بعد جمع عديد وحده ، و اعليت كعبي عليه ، و جعلت ما سدده و مردودا عليه ، فرددته لم يشف غيظه ، و لم يسكن غليله ، قد عض علي شواه و ادبر موليا قد اخلفت سراياه .و كم من باغ بغاني بمكائده ، و نصب لي شرك مصائده ، و وكل بي تفقد رعايته ، اضبا ألي اضباء السبع لطريدته انتظارا لانتهاز الفرصة لفريسته ، و هو يظهر لي بشاشة الملق ، و ينظرني علي شدة الحنق .فلما رايت - يا الهي تباركت و تعاليت - دغل سريرته ، و قبح ما انطوي عليه اركسته لأم رأسه في زبيته ، و رددته في مهوي حفرته ، فانقمع بعد استطالته ذليلا في ربق حبالته التي كان يقدر أن يراني فيها ، و قد كاد أن يحل بي لولا رحمتك ما حل بساحته .و كم من حاسد قد شرق بي بغصته ، و شجي مني بغيظه ، و سلقني بحد لسانه ، و وحرني بقرف عيوبه ، و جعل عرضي غرضا لمراميه ، و قلدني خلالا لم تزل فيه ، و وحرني بكيده و قصدني بمكيدته .فناديتك - يا الهي - مستغيثا بك ، واثقا بسرعة اجابتك ، عالما أنه لا يضطهد من اوي الي ظل كنفك ، و لا يفزع من لجأ الي معقل انتصارك ، فحصنتني من بأسه بقدرتك .و كم من سحائب مكروه جليتها عني ، و سحائب نعم امطرتها علي ، و جداول رحمة نشرتها ، و عافية البستها ، و اعين احداث طمستها ، و غواشي كربات كشفتها .و كم من ظن حسن حققت ، و عدم جبرت ، و صرعة انعشت ، و مسكنة حولت .كل ذلك انعاما و تطولا منك و في جميعة انهماكا مني علي معاصيك ، لم تمنعك اساءتي عن اتمام احسانك و لا حجرني ذلك عن ارتكاب مساخطك ، لا تسال عما تفعل .و لقد سئلت فاعطيت ، و لم تسال فابتدات ، و استميح فضلك فما اكديت ابيت - يا مولاي - إلا احسانا و امتنانا و تطولا و انعاما ، و ابيت إلا تقحما لحرماتك ، و تعديا لحدودك ، و غفلة عن وعيدك ، فلك الحمد - الهي - من مقتدر لا يغلب ، و ذي أناة لا يعجل .هذا مقام من اعترف بسبوغ النعم ، و قابلها بالتقصير ، و شهد علي نفسه بالتضييع .اللهم فإني اتقرب اليك بالمحمدية الرفيعة ، و العلوية البيضاء ، و اتوجه ، اليك بهما أن تعيذني من شر كذا و كذا ، فأن ذلك لا يضيق عليك في وجدك ، و لا يتكأدك في قدرتك ، و أنت علي كل شئ قدير .فهب لي - يا الهي - من رحمتك و دوام توفيقك ما اتخذه سلما اعرج به الي رضوانك ، و امن به من عقابك ، يا ارحم الراحمين .

49 - His Supplication in Repelling the Trickery of Enemies and Driving away their Severity My God , Thou guided me but I diverted myself , Thou admonished me but my heart became hardened , Thou tried me graciously but I disobeyed . Then , when Thou caused me to know it , I came to know that from which Thou hadst turned ( me ) away , so I prayed forgiveness and Thou released , and I returned and Thou covered over . So Thine , my God , is the praise ! I plunged into the valleys of destruction and settled in the ravines of ruin , exposing myself to Thy chastisements and the descent of Thy punishments ! My mediation with Thee is the profession of Unity , my way of coming to Thee that I associate nothing with Thee , nor do I take along with Thee a god ; I have fled to Thee with my soul - in Thee is the place of flight for the evildoer , the place of escape for him who has squandered the share of his soul and seeks asylum . How many an enemy has unsheathed the sword of his enmity toward me , honed the cutting edge of his knife for me , sharpened the tip of his blade for me , mixed his killing potions for me , pointed toward me his straight-flying arrows , not allowed the eye of his watchfulness to sleep toward me , and secretly thought of visiting me with something hateful and making me gulp down the bitter water of his bile ! So Thou looked , my God , at my weakness in bearing oppressive burdens , my inability to gain victory over him who aims to war against me , and my being alone before the great numbers of him who is hostile toward me and lies in wait for me with an affliction about which I have not thought . Thou set out at once to help me and Thou braced up my back ! Thou blunted for me his blade , made him , after a great multitude , solitary , raised up my heel over him , and turned back upon him what he had pointed straight . So Thou sent him back , his rage not calmed , his burning thirst not quenched ! Biting his fingers , he turned his back in flight , his columns having been of no use . How many an oppressor has oppressed me with his tricks , set up for me the net of his snares , appointed over me the inspection of his regard , and lay in ambush for me , the lying in ambush of a predator for its game , waiting to take advantage of its prey , while he showed me the smile of the flatterer and looked at me with the intensity of fury ! So when Thou saw , my God , ( blessed art Thou and high exalted ) the depravity of his secret thoughts and the ugliness of what he harboured , Thou threw him on his head into his own pitfall and dumped him into the hole of his own digging . So he was brought down low , after his overbearing , by the nooses of his own snare , wherein he had thought he would see me ; and what came down upon his courtyard - had it not been for Thy mercy - was on the point of coming down upon me ! How many an envier has choked upon me in his agony , fumed over me in his rage , cut me with the edge of his tongue , showed malice toward me by accusing me of his own faults , made my good repute the target of his shots , collared me with his own constant defects , showed malice toward me with his trickery , and aimed at me with his tricks ! So I called upon Thee , my God , seeking aid from Thee , trusting in the speed of Thy response , knowing that he who seeks haven in the shadow of Thy wing will not be mistreated , and he who seeks asylum in the stronghold of Thy victory will not be frightened . So Thou fortified me against his severity through Thy power . How many a cloud of detested things Thou hast dispelled from me , a cloud of favour Thou hast made rain down upon me , a stream of mercy Thou hast let flow , a well-being in which Thou hast clothed me , an eye of mishap Thou hast blinded , and a wrap of distress Thou hast removed ! How many a good opinion Thou hast verified , a destitution Thou hast redressed , an infirmity Thou hast restored to health , and a misery Thou hast transformed ! All of that was favour and graciousness from Thee , and in all of it I was occupied with acts of disobeying Thee . My evildoing did not hinder Thee from completing Thy beneficence , nor was I stopped from committing acts displeasing to Thee . Thou art not questioned as to what Thou dost ! Thou wert asked , and Thou bestowed . Thou wert not asked , and Thou began . Thy bounty was requested , and Thou didst not skimp . Thou refused , my Master , everything but beneficence , kindness , graciousness , and favour , and I refused everything but plunging into what Thou hast made unlawful , transgressing Thy bounds , and paying no heed to Thy threat ! So Thine is the praise , my God , the All-powerful who is not overcome , and the Possessor of patient waiting who does not hurry ! This is the station of one who confesses to lavishness of favours , counters them with shortcomings , and bears witness to his own negligence . O God , so I seek nearness to Thee through the elevated rank of Muhammad and the radiant degree of 'Ali, and I turn to Thee through them so that Thou wilt give me refuge from the evil of ( so and so ) , for that will not constrain Thee in Thy wealth , nor trouble Thee in Thy power , and 'Thou art powerful over everything' ! So give me , my God , by thy mercy and Thy lasting bestowal of success , that which I may take as a ladder with which to climb to Thy good pleasure and be secure from Thy punishment , O Most merciful of the merciful !/www.tebyan.net