Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 665
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ مُرَّةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ طَلِيقَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدْعُو بِهَذَا: رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ، وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ، وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ، وَيَسِّرْ لِيَ الْهُدَى، وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ. رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي شَكَّارًا لَكَ، ذَكَّارًا لَكَ، رَاهِبًا لَكَ، مِطْوَاعًا لَكَ، مُخْبِتًا لَكَ، أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا، تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي، وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي، وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي، وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي، وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي، وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي، وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي.
Abu Hafs related to us: Yahya related to us: Sufyan related to us, saying: I heard ‘Amr ibn Murra say: I heard ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Harith say: I heard Tulayq ibn Qays, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, supplicating with these words: “My Lord, help me and do not help anyone against me; grant me victory and do not grant victory against me; devise for me and do not devise against me; make guidance easy for me; and grant me victory over whoever transgresses against me. My Lord, make me deeply grateful to You, mindful of You, reverent toward You, readily obedient to You, humble before You, tender-hearted and turning back to You. Accept my repentance, cleanse me of my sin, answer my supplication, make my proof firm, guide my heart, make my tongue speak rightly, and draw the rancor from my heart.”
Translation notes
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ
The English witness omits the preceding chain links, including multiple explicit hearing statements.
Should the abbreviated witness attribution be flagged as omitting several narrators?
أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا
أوّاه has a range including tender-hearted, fervently supplicating, and sighing or lamenting; the paired مُنيب means turning back to God.
Which English wording best preserves the force of أوّاه in this supplication?