أشعار رائعة للإمام علي عليه السلام

Imam Ali's Poem Translated

 An Invocation in Verse  Munajat by Imam Ali (as)

Translation By Tahera Ali Canani   Mp3

لك الحمد يا ذا الجود والمجد والعلى    تباركت تعطي من تشاء وتمنع

For You is all praise, O Possessor of Bounty, Glory and Eminence,

Glory be to You – You grant to whosoever You will, and withhold

الهي وخلاّقي وحرزي وموئلي    اليك لدى الإعسار واليسر أفزع

O Allah! My Creator, my Fortress, and my Refuge!

To You I resort, in hardship and in ease, for relief

الهي لئن جلّت وجمّت خطيئتي    فعفوك عن ذنبي أجل وأوسع

O Allah! Even if my mistakes have become grave and numerous

Then Your Forgiveness is far greater (than those sins), and limitless

الهي لئن أعطيتُ نفسي سؤلها    فها أنا في روض النّدامة أرتع

O Allah! if I had given my soul all that it desired,

Then there I would be, lost in the land of regret!

الهي ترى حالي وفقري وفاقتي    وأنت مناجاتي الخفية تسمع

O Allah! You see my position, my poverty and my destitution,

And You hear my softly whispered supplication,

الهي فلا تقطع رجائي ولا تزغ     فؤادي فلي في سيب جودك مطمع

O Allah! So sever not my hopes nor distract my heart (from You),

For I pine for the bounties of Your Generosity

الهي لئن خيّبتني أو طردتني    فمن ذا الذي أرجو ومن ذا أشفّع

O Allah! If You thwart me or chase me away,

Then who can I hope from, and who can I make intercede for me?

 الهي أجرني من عذابك إنني    أسيرٌ ذليلّ خائفٌ لك أخضع

O Allah! Keep me from Your punishment, indeed I am

Captive, abased, fearful, and subservient to You.

الهي فآنسني بتلقين حجّتي إذا    كان لي في القبر مثوىً ومضجع

O Allah! Let knowledge of the (ultimate) proofs accompany me

When my grave becomes my abode and home

الهي لئن عذّبتني الف حِجّة    فحبل رجائي منك لا يتقطّع

O Allah! Even if You punish me for a thousand years,

My hopes in You will nonetheless never be severed

الهي أذقني طعم عفوك يوم لا    بنون ولا مال هنالك ينفع

O Allah! Let me savour Your forgiveness on the day

When neither progeny nor wealth will be of any avail

الهي إذا لم تعفو عن غير محسن    فمن لمسيءٍ بالهوى يتمتّع

O Allah! If you do not forgive any but the doers of good,     

Then who is there for the disobedient, who indulge in their desires?

الهي إذا لم ترعني كنت ضائعا    وإن كنت ترعاني فلست أضيّع

O Allah! If you do not watch out for me, I will be lost!

But since You do watch over me, I am never lost.

الهي لئن فرطت في طلب التقى    فها أنا اثر العفو أقفو وأتبع

O Allah! Even though I have been negligent in pursuing goodness,

I am now tracing and following the path to forgiveness.

الهي لئن أخطأت جهلاً فطالما    رجوتك حتى قيل ما هو يجزع

O Allah! I may have sinned in ignorance, but I have also always

Hoped (for Your Grace), until others wondered if I ever worried (about rejection)

الهي ذنوبي بذّت الطود واعتلت    وصفحك عن ذنبي أجل وأرفع

O Allah! My sins have become mountains or even higher,

But Your capacity for pardon is far greater and loftier

 الهي ينجّي ذكر طولك لوعتي    وذكر الخطايا العين منّي يدمّع

O Allah! Remembrance of your might alleviates my sorrow

While remembrance of my mistakes makes my eyes shed tears

الهي أقلني عثرتي وامح حوبتي    فإني مقرٌ خائفٌ متضرّع

O Allah! Reduce my lapses and efface my sins

For (here) I am confessing, fearful and beseeching.

الهي أنلني منك روحًا وراحةً    فلست سوى أبواب فضلك أقرع

O Allah! Grant me peace from You, and tranquility

For I knock but at the gates of Your mercy

الهي إذا اقصيتني أو أهنتني    فما حيلتي يا ربّ أم كيف أصنع

O Allah! If you distance me from Yourself or debase me,

Then what recourse do I have, O Lord – what would I do?

الهي حليف الحبّ في الليل ساهر    يناجي ويدعو والمغفّل يهجع

O Allah! Those drowned in (Your) love remain awake all night

Entreating (You) and supplicating, while the unmindful slumber

الهي وهذا الخلق ما بين نائم    ومنتبهٍ في ليله يتضرّع

O Allah! Here are creatures, most of whom are asleep,

But the mindful use their nights to supplicate to You

وكلّهم يرجو نوالك راجيًا    لرحمتك العظمى وفي الخلد يطمع

But all of them hope for Your favours, and remain hopeful

Of Your infinite Mercy, and of a Heaven eternal

الهي يمنّيني رجائي سلامة    وقبح خطيئاتي عليّ يشنّع

O Allah! My hopes have allowed me to desire amnesty,

While the ugliness of my sins has held me back

الهي فإن تعفو فعفوك منقذي    وإلاّ فبالذّنب المدمّر أصرع

O Allah! So if You forgive me, Your pardon will save me,

Else I will be destroyed by my devastating misdeeds

 الهي بحق الهاشمي محمّد    وحرمة أطهارٍ همُ لك خضّع

O Allah! For the sake of the Hashimite Muhammad,

And the sacredness of the purified (ones) who humble themselves before You

الهي بحق المصطفى وابن عمّه    وحرمة أبرارٍ همُ لك خشّع

O Allah! For the sake of Mustafa and his cousin,

And the sanctity of the virtuous (ones) who truly submit to You

الهي فأنشرني على دين أحمد    منيبًا تقيًّا قانتًا لك أخضع

O Allah! Resurrect me as a follower of the religion of Ahmad,

And as a repentant, devout, obedient, and humble (servant) to You

ولا تحرمنّي يا الهي وسيّدي    شفاعته الكبرى فذاك المشفّع

And do not deny me, O my Allah, O my Master,

His noble intercession, for he is the (perfect) mediator,

وصلّ عليه ما دعاك موحّد    وناجاك أخيارٌ ببابك ركّع

And bless him whenever a monotheist calls upon You,

And whenever the righteous bow at Your door, beseeching You.

Another Munajat of Imam Ali (a)  (also known as Munajat of Masjide Kufa)

A Hadith on Munajat  A Hadith of the Holy Prophet (s) says:

and when the servant (of Allah) turns to His master in the middle of the night and does Munajat, Allah will illuminate his heart. And when he says My Lord, the Most Majestic will respond saying, Here I am O My servant, ask Me and I will give you, and rely on Me, I will be sufficient for you. then Allah turns to the angels and says: My angels! Look at my servant. He has turned to me in the middle of the night, while the idle ones are oblivious, and the heedless ones are sleeping. Bear witness that I have forgiven him.
 

A Note on Munajat

The word Munajat in Arabic is sometimes confused with the Urdu word munajat meaning a recital or aQasida. This Munajat is often recited in praise of the Ahlul bayt (a). However the word Munajat in Arabic means secret conversation or confidental talk. It comes from the word Najwa Allah says in the Holy Quran:

There is no secret conversation between three people except that he is the fourth of them nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they are: then He will inform them of what they did on the Day of resurrection: surely Allah is aware of all things.(58.7)