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Ḥizb al-Shakwā

حزب الشكوى

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Clause 6 of 99 · The complaint

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ ضَعْفَ قُوَّتِي وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي وَهَوَانِي عَلَى الْمَخْلُوقِينَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَأَنْتَ رَبِّي إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي إِلَى عَدُوٍّ بَعِيدٍ يَتَجَهَّمُنِي أَوْ إِلَى صَدِيقٍ قَرِيبٍ مَلَّكْتَهُ أَمْرِي

O God, to You I complain of the weakness of my strength, how little I can do, and how small I am in the eyes of others. You are the Lord of the weak, and You are my Lord. To whom will You leave me? To a distant enemy who frowns on me, or to a near friend You have put in charge of my affairs?

Allāhumma innī ashkū ilayka ḍaʿfa quwwatī wa-qillata ḥīlatī wa-hawānī ʿalā l-makhlūqīna anta rabbu l-mustaḍʿafīna wa-anta rabbī ilā man takilunī ilā ʿaduwwin baʿīdin yatajahhamunī aw ilā ṣadīqin qarībin mallaktahu amrī

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  • Printed unvowelled

    اللهم إني أشكو إليك ضعف قوتي وقلة حيلتي وهواني على المخلوقين أنت رب المستضعفين وأنت ربي إلى من تكلني إلى عدو بعيد يتجهمني أو إلى صديق قريب ملكته أمري

    The base text (see This edition)

  • Page

    Gümüşhanevī, Majmūʿat al-aḥzāb (the Shādhilī aḥzāb), Istanbul, dated 1311 (1890s), p. 79 (pdf 42).

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  • Note

    These words echo the prayer the Prophet is reported to have said at al-Ṭāʾif, in Ibn Isḥāq's biography, with differences of wording.