Recommended Acts (A'amal) of Masjid Zayd

Text and Translation

Zayd Mosque You may then walk to the mosque of Zayd ibn Sawhan, which is near to Masjid al-Sahla, and offer a two-unit prayer there. After accomplishment, you may extend your hand and say the following supplicatory prayer: You may then walk to the mosque of Zayd ibn Sawhan, which is near to Masjid al-Sahla, and offer a two-unit prayer there. After accomplishment, you may extend your hand and say the following supplicatory prayer:

إِلٰهِي قَدْ مَدَّ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْخَاطِئُ ٱلْمُذْنِبُ يَدَيْهِ بِحُسْنِ ظَنِّهِ بِكَ

ilahi qad madda ilayka alkhati'u almudhnibu yadayhi bihusni zannihi bika

O my God, I, the wrongdoer and sinful, am extending my hands to You, on account of the good opinion that I carry about You.

إِلٰهِي قَدْ جَلَسَ ٱلْمُسِيءُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُقِرّاً لَكَ بِسُوءِ عَمَلِهِ

ilahi qad jalasa almusi'u bayna yadayka muqirran laka bisu'i `amalihi

O my God, I, the evildoer, am sitting before You, confessing to You of my ill deeds

وَرَاجِياً مِنْكَ ٱلصَّفْحَ عَنْ زَللِهِ

wa rajiyan minka alssafha `an zalalihi

and hoping for You to overlook my faults.

إِلٰهِي قَدْ رَفَعَ إِلَيْكَ ٱلظَّالِمُ كَفَّيْهِ رَاجِياً لِمَا لَدَيْكَ

ilahi qad rafa`a ilayka alzzalimu kaffayhi rajiyan lima ladayka

O my God, I, the unjust, am raising my hands in the hope of attaining that which You have in possession;

فَلا تُخَيِّبْهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

fala tukhayyibhu birahmatika min fazlika

so, do not deprive me of Your favors, out of Your mercy.

إِلٰهِي قَدْ جَثَا ٱلْعَائِدُ إِلَىٰ ٱلْمَعَاصِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

ilahi qad jatha al`a'idu ila alma`asi bayna yadayka

O my God, I, the reverter to disobedience, am kneeling before You,

خَائِفاً مِنْ يَوْمٍ تَجْثُو فِيهِ ٱلْخَلاَئِقُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

kha'ifan min yawmin tajthu fihi alkhala'iqu bayna yadayka

for I fear the day on which all created beings shall kneel before You.

إِلٰهِي جَاءَكَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ٱلْخَاطِئُ فَزِعاً مُشْفِقاً

ilahi ja'aka al`abdu alkhati'u fazi`an mushfiqan

O my God, I, the faulty servant, am coming to You with panic and fear,

وَرَفَعَ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفَهُ حَذِراً رَاجِياً

wa rafa`a ilayka tarfahu hadhiran rajiyan

raising my sight to You with caution and hope,

وَفَاضَتْ عَبْرَتُهُ مُسْتَغْفِراً نَادِماً

wa fazat `abratuhu mustaghfiran nadiman

shedding tears, seeking forgiveness, and showing regret.

وَعِزَّ تِكَ وَجَلالِكَ مَا ارَدْتُ بِمَعْصِيَتِي مُخَالَفَتَكَ

wa `izzatika wa jalalika ma aradtu bima`siyati mukhalafataka

By Your Might and Majesty I swear! When I disobeyed You, I have not intended to violate You

وَمَا عَصَيْتُكَ إِذْ عَصَيْتُكَ وَانَا بِكَ جَاهِلٌ

wa ma `asaytuka idh `asaytuka wa ana bika jahilun

and when I disobeyed You, I have never been unaware of You

وَلاَ لِعُقُوبَتِكَ مُتَعَرِّضٌ

wa la li`uqubatika muta`arrizun

I have never intended to expose myself to Your punishment,

وَلاَ لِنَظَرِكَ مُسْتَخِفٌّ

wa la linazarika mustakhiffun

and I have never belittled Your watching over me;

وَلكِنْ سَوَّلَتْ لِي نَفْسِي

wa lakin sawwalat li nafsi

rather, my soul has commended to me,

وَاعَانَتْنِي عَلَىٰ ذٰلِكَ شِقْوَتِي

wa a`anatni `ala dhalika shiqwati

my adversity has overcome me,

وَغَرَّنِي سِتْرُكَ ٱلْمُرْخَىٰ عَلَيَّ

wa gharrani sitruka almurkha `alayya

and I was deceived by Your screen that covers all my defects.

فَمِنَ ٱلآنَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ مَنْ يَسْتَنْقِذُنِي؟

famin al-ana min `adhabika man yastanqidhuni

Now, who can save me from Your punishment ?

وَبَحَبْلِ مَنْ اعْتَصِمُ إِنْ قَطَعْتَ حَبْلَكَ عَنِّي؟

wa bahabli man a`tasimu in qata`ta hablaka `annai

Whose rope can I maintain if You cut the rope that connects me with You ?

فَيَا سَوْاتَاهُ غَداً مِنَ ٱلْوُقُوفِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

faya saw'atahu ghadan min alwuqufi bayna yadayka

What a shame shall be on me tomorrow when I will be detained before You

إِذَا قِيلَ لِلْمُخِفِّينَ: جُوزُوٱ

idha qila lilmukhiffina juzu

when the light-loaded ones will be allowed to pass,

ولِلْمُثْقِلِينَ: حُطُّوٱ

wa lilmuthqilina huttu

but the heavy-loaded ones will be stopped ?

افَمَعَ ٱلْمُخِفِّينَ اجُوزُ امْ مَعَ ٱلْمُثْقِلِينَ احُطُّ؟

afama`a almukhiffina ajuzu am ma`a almuthqilina ahuttu

Shall I pass with the light-loaded ones or shall I be stopped with the heavy-loaded ones ?

وَيْلِي كُلَّمَا كَبُرَ سِنِّي كَثُرَتْ ذُنُوبِي!

wayli kullama kabura sinni kathurat dhunubi

Woe to me! The older I am the more sinful I become!

وَيْلِي كُلَّمَا طَالَ عُمْرِي كَثُرَتْ مَعَاصِيِّي

wayli kullama tala `umri kathurat ma`asiyyi

Woe to me! The more aged I am the more disobedient I become!

فَكَمْ اتُوبُ

fakam atubu

So often have I declared repentance!

وَكَمْ اعُودُ