Hadith 48

t, yes, my Lord-azwj is more majestic from Repaying the sinner, and Your-azwj Leniency is greater from Returning away the deficient ones! I shelter with Your-azwj Grace, fleeing from You-azwj to You-azwj for accomplishment of what You‑azwj have Promised of Pardoning the ones who has goodly thoughts with You-azwj! My God-azwj! You-azwj are of more capacious Grace, and of mightier Forbearance that for You‑azwj to Comparing me with my injustice, or for You-azwj to Accord me status as per my wrongdoing, and what am I, O my Chief, and what are my thoughts? Bestow me with Your‑azwj Grace, and Donate upon me with Your-azwj Pardon, and Clothe me with Your-azwj Cover, and Pardon from Rebuking me by the Honour of Your-azwj Face! My Chief! I am the insignificant one whom You-azwj have Raised, the ignorant one whom You‑azwj have Taught, the lost one whom You-azwj have Guided, the lowly one whom You-azwj have Elevated, the fearful one whom You-azwj have Secured, the hungry one whom You-azwj have Fed, the thirsty one whom You-azwj have Quenched, the naked one whom You-azwj have Clothed, the poor one whom You-azwj have Enriched, the weak one whom You-azwj have Strengthened, the humiliated one whom You-azwj have Honoured, the sick one whom You-azwj have Healed, the petitioner whom You-azwj have Answered, the sinner whom You-azwj have Covered, the wrongdoer whom You-azwj have Forgiven, the small one whom You-azwj have Made significant, the oppressed one whom You-azwj have Helped, and the outcast whom You-azwj have Sheltered. So, to You-azwj belongs all Praise; and I, O Lord-azwj, am the one who did not feel shame before You-azwj in private, nor was I mindful of You-azwj in public. I am the one burdened with great calamities. I am the one who dared to defy his Master. I am the one who disobeyed the Subduer of the heavens. I am the one who embraced lusts to pursue sins. I am the one who, when tempted by them, hastened toward them eagerly. I am the one whom You-azwj Respited, yet I did not take heed, and yet You-azwj covered upon me! Yet I felt no shame and persisted in my sins, transgressing, and You-azwj Cast me from Your-azwj Sight, yet I did not care. By Your-azwj Forbearance You-azwj Granted me time, and with Your-azwj Concealment, You-azwj Covered me as if You-azwj had Overlooked my faults, and You-azwj Protected me from the consequences of my sins, as if You-azwj were Sparing me from disgrace! My God-azwj, I did not disobey You-azwj in denial of Your-azwj Lordship, nor in disregard of Your‑azwj Command, nor out of defiance of Your-azwj Punishment, nor in neglect of Your-azwj Warnings. Rather, a sin came upon me, and my soul tempted me, my desires overcame me, and my misfortune aided me in that sin. Your-azwj Concealment, which You-azwj Extended over me deceived me, so I disobeyed You-azwj and opposed You-azwj with all my efforts! So now, who will rescue me from Your-azwj Punishment, and tomorrow, who will save me from the hands of my adversaries? To whose rope will I hold if You-azwj sever Your rope from me? What shame I feel over what Your-azwj record has counted of my deeds! If it were not for my hope in Your-azwj Generosity, the vastness of Your-azwj Mercy, and Your-azwj Prohibition against despair, I would have despaired when I remembered all this! O the Best of the one a supplicator