دعاء كميل

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ ٱلَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka biraḥmatika llatī wasiʿat kulla shay’

O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which embraces all things

وَبِقُوَّتِكَ ٱلَّتِي قَهَرْتَ بِهَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

Wa biquwwatika llatī qaharta bihā kulla shay’

And by Your strength, through which You dominate all things

وَخَضَعَ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ

Wa khaḍaʿa lahā kullu shay’

And toward which all things are humble

وَذَلَّ لَهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ

Wa dhalla lahā kullu shay’

And before which all things are lowly

وَبِجَبَرُوتِكَ ٱلَّتِي غَلَبْتَ بِهَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

Wa bijabarūtika llatī ghalabta bihā kulla shay’

And by Your invincibility, through which You overwhelm all things

وَبِعِزَّتِكَ ٱلَّتِي لَا يَقُومُ لَهَا شَيْءٌ

Wa biʿizzatika llatī lā yaqūmu lahā shay’

And by Your might, which nothing can resist

وَبِعَظَمَتِكَ ٱلَّتِي مَلَأَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

Wa biʿaẓamatika llatī mala’at kulla shay’

And by Your tremendousness, which has filled all things

وَبِسُلْطَانِكَ ٱلَّذِي عَلَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ

Wa bisulṭānika lladhī ʿalā kulla shay’

And by Your force, which towers over all things

وَبِوَجْهِكَ ٱلْبَاقِي بَعْدَ فَنَاءِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Wa biwajhika l-bāqī baʿda fanā’i kulli shay’

And by Your face, which subsists after the annihilation of all things

وَبِأَسْمَائِكَ ٱلَّتِي مَلَأَتْ أَرْكَانَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Wa bi’asmā’ika llatī mala’at arkāna kulli shay’

And by Your Names, which have filled the foundations of all things

وَبِعِلْمِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ

Wa biʿilmika lladhī aḥāṭa bikulli shay’

And by Your knowledge, which encompasses all things

وَبِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَضَاءَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ

Wa binūri wajhika lladhī aḍā’a lahu kullu shay’

And by the light of Your face, through which all things are illumined

يَا نُورُ يَا قُدُّوسُ

Yā nūru yā quddūs

O Light! O All-holy!

يَا أَوَّلَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Yā awwala l-awwalīn

O First of those who are first

وَيَا آخِرَ ٱلْآخِرِينَ

Wa yā ākhira l-ākhirīn

And O Last of those who are last

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تَهْتِكُ ٱلْعِصَمَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī tahtiku l-ʿiṣam

O Allah, forgive me those sins which tear apart safeguards

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تُنْزِلُ ٱلنِّقَمَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī tunzilu n-niqam

O Allah, forgive me those sins which draw down adversities

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تُغَيِّرُ ٱلنِّعَمَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī tughayyiru n-niʿam

O Allah, forgive me those sins which alter blessings

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تَحْبِسُ ٱلدُّعَاءَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī taḥbisu d-duʿā’

O Allah, forgive me those sins which hold back supplication

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تَقْطَعُ ٱلرَّجَاءَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī taqṭaʿu r-rajā’

O Allah, forgive me those sins which cut down the hopes

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلَّتِي تُنْزِلُ ٱلْبَلَاءَ

Allāhumma-ghfir liya dh-dhunūba llatī tunzilu l-balā’

O Allah, forgive me those sins which draw down tribulation

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱغْفِرْ لِي كُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ وَكُلَّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَخْطَأْتُهَا

Allāhumma-ghfir lī kulla dhanbin adhnabtuhu wa kulla khaṭī’atin akhṭa’tuhā

O Allah, forgive me every sin I have committed and every mistake I have made

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِذِكْرِكَ

Allāhumma innī ataqarrabu ilayka bidhikrik

O Allah, verily I seek nearness to You through remembrance of You

وَأَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ إِلَىٰ نَفْسِكَ

Wa astashfiʿu bika ilā nafsik

And I seek intercession from You with Yourself

وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِجُودِكَ أَنْ تُدْنِيَنِي مِنْ قُرْبِكَ

Wa as’aluka bijūdika an tudniyanī min qurbik

And I ask You through Your munificence to bring me near to Your proximity

وَأَنْ تُوزِعَنِي شُكْرَكَ

Wa an tūziʿanī shukrak

And to provide me with gratitude toward You

وَأَنْ تُلْهِمَنِي ذِكْرَكَ

Wa an tulhimanī dhikrak

And to inspire me with Your remembrance

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ سُؤَالَ خَاضِعٍ مُتَذَلِّلٍ خَاشِعٍ أَنْ تُسَامِحَنِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي

Allāhumma innī as’aluka su’āla khāḍiʿin mutadhallilin khāshiʿin an tusāmiḥanī wa tarḥamanī

O Allah, verily I ask You with the asking of a submissive, abased and lowly man, to show me forbearance and to have mercy on me

وَتَجْعَلَنِي بِقَسَمِكَ رَاضِياً قَانِعاً، وَفِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَحْوَالِ مُتَوَاضِعاً

Wa tajʿalanī biqasamika rāḍiyan qāniʿan, wa fī jamīʿi l-aḥwāli mutawāḍiʿan

And to make me satisfied and content with Your apportionment, and humble in every state

اَللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ سُؤَالَ مَنِ ٱشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتُهُ

Allāhumma wa as’aluka su’āla mani-shtaddat fāqatuh

O Allah, and I ask You with the asking of one whose indigence is extreme

وَأَنْزَلَ بِكَ عِنْدَ ٱلشَّدَائِدِ حَاجَتَهُ

Wa anzala bika ʿinda sh-shadā’idi ḥājatah

And who has laid before You his need in times of difficulty

وَعَظُمَ فِيمَا عِنْدَكَ رَغْبَتُهُ

Wa ʿaẓuma fīmā ʿindaka raghbatuh

And whose desire for what is with You has become great

اَللَّهُمَّ عَظُمَ سُلْطَانُكَ وَعَلَا مَكَانُكَ

Allāhumma ʿaẓuma sulṭānuka wa ʿalā makānuk

O Allah, Your force is tremendous, Your place is lofty

وَخَفِيَ مَكْرُكَ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُكَ

Wa khafiya makruka wa ẓahara amruk

And Your plan is hidden, Your command is manifest

وَغَلَبَ قَهْرُكَ وَجَرَتْ قُدْرَتُكَ

Wa ghalaba qahruka wa jarat qudratuk

And Your domination is overwhelming, Your power is unhindered

وَلَا يُمْكِنُ ٱلْفِرَارُ مِنْ حُكُومَتِكَ

Wa lā yumkinu l-firāru min ḥukūmatik

And escape from Your governance is impossible

اَللَّهُمَّ لَا أَجِدُ لِذُنُوبِي غَافِراً

Allāhumma lā ajidu lidhunūbī ghāfiran

O Allah, I find no forgiver of my sins

وَلَا لِقَبَائِحِي سَاتِراً

Wa lā liqabā’iḥī sātiran

Nor concealer of my ugly acts

وَلَا لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عَمَلِيَ ٱلْقَبِيحِ بِٱلْحَسَنِ مُبَدِّلاً غَيْرَكَ

Wa lā lishay’in min ʿamaliya l-qabīḥi bil-ḥasani mubaddilan ghayrak

Nor transformer of any of my ugly acts into good acts but You

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Lā ilāha illā ant

There is no god but You

سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ

Subḥānaka wa biḥamdik

Glory be to You, and Yours is the praise

ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي

Ẓalamtu nafsī

I have wronged myself

وَتَجَرَّأْتُ بِجَهْلِي

Wa tajarra’tu bijahlī

And I have been audacious in my ignorance

وَسَكَنْتُ إِلَىٰ قَدِيمِ ذِكْرِكَ لِي وَمَنِّكَ عَلَيَّ

Wa sakantu ilā qadīmi dhikrika lī wa mannika ʿalayy

And I have depended upon Your ancient remembrance of me and Your favour toward me

اَللَّهُمَّ مَوْلَايَ

Allāhumma mawlāy

O Allah! O my Protector!

كَمْ مِنْ قَبِيحٍ سَتَرْتَهُ

Kam min qabīḥin satartah

How many ugly things You have concealed!

وَكَمْ مِنْ فَادِحٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَلَاءِ أَقَلْتَهُ

Wa kam min fādiḥin mina l-balā’i aqaltah

How many burdensome tribulations You have abolished!

وَكَمْ مِنْ عِثَارٍ وَقَيْتَهُ

Wa kam min ʿithārin waqaytah

And how many stumbles You have prevented!

وَكَمْ مِنْ مَكْرُوهٍ دَفَعْتَهُ

Wa kam min makrūhin dafaʿtah

And how many ordeals You have repelled!

وَكَمْ مِنْ ثَنَاءٍ جَمِيلٍ لَسْتُ أَهْلاً لَهُ نَشَرْتَهُ

Wa kam min thanā’in jamīlin lastu ahlan lahu nashartah

And how much beautiful praise, for which I was unworthy, You have spread abroad!

اَللَّهُمَّ عَظُمَ بَلَائِي

Allāhumma ʿaẓuma balā’ī

O Allah, my tribulation is tremendous

وَأَفْرَطَ بِي سُوءُ حَالِي

Wa afraṭa bī sū’u ḥālī

And my bad state is excessive

وَقَصُرَتْ بِي أَعْمَالِي

Wa qaṣurat bī aʿmālī

And my acts are inadequate

وَقَعَدَتْ بِي أَغْلَالِي

Wa qaʿadat bī aghlālī

And my fetters have tied me down

وَحَبَسَنِي عَنْ نَفْعِي بُعْدُ آمَالِي

Wa ḥabasanī ʿan nafʿī buʿdu āmālī

And my far-fetched hopes have held me back from my gain

وَخَدَعَتْنِي ٱلدُّنْيَا بِغُرُورِهَا وَنَفْسِي بِجِنَايَتِهَا وَمِطَالِي

Wa khadaʿatnī d-dunyā bighurūrihā wa nafsī bijināyatihā wa miṭālī

And this world with its delusions, my own soul with its offences, and my procrastination have deceived me

يَا سَيِّدِي فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ أَنْ لَا يَحْجُبَ عَنْكَ دُعَائِي سُوءُ عَمَلِي وَفِعَالِي

Yā sayyidī fa as’aluka biʿizzatika an lā yaḥjuba ʿanka duʿā’ī sū’u ʿamalī wa fiʿālī

O my Master! So I ask You by Your might not to let my evil works and acts veil my supplication from You

وَلَا تَفْضَحَنِي بِخَفِيِّ مَا ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سِرِّي

Wa lā tafḍaḥanī bikhafiyyi ma-ṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhi min sirrī

And not to disgrace me through the hidden things You know of my secrets

وَلَا تُعَاجِلْنِي بِٱلْعُقُوبَةِ عَلَىٰ مَا عَمِلْتُهُ فِي خَلَوَاتِي

Wa lā tuʿājilnī bil-ʿuqūbati ʿalā mā ʿamiltuhu fī khalawātī

And not to hasten me to punishment for what I have done in private

مِنْ سُوءِ فِعْلِي وَإِسَاءَتِي

Min sū’i fiʿlī wa isā’atī

My evil acts in secrecy and my misdeeds

وَدَوَامِ تَفْرِيطِي وَجَهَالَتِي

Wa dawāmi tafrīṭī wa jahālatī

And my continuous negligence and my ignorance

وَكَثْرَةِ شَهَوَاتِي وَغَفْلَتِي

Wa kathrati shahawātī wa ghaflatī

And my manifold passions and my forgetfulness

وَكُنِ ٱللَّهُمَّ بِعِزَّتِكَ لِي فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَحْوَالِ رَؤُوفاً

Wa kuni llāhumma biʿizzatika lī fī kulli l-aḥwāli ra’ūfan

And by Your might, O Allah, be kind to me in all states

وَعَلَيَّ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمُورِ عَطُوفاً

Wa ʿalayya fī jamīʿi l-umūri ʿaṭūfan

And be gracious to me in all affairs

إِلَٰهِي وَرَبِّي مَنْ لِي غَيْرُكَ أَسْأَلُهُ كَشْفَ ضُرِّي وَٱلنَّظَرَ فِي أَمْرِي

Ilāhī wa rabbī man lī ghayruka as’aluhu kashfa ḍurrī wa n-naẓara fī amrī

My God and my Lord! Have I any but You from whom to ask removal of my affliction and regard for my affairs?

إِلَٰهِي وَمَوْلَايَ أَجْرَيْتَ عَلَيَّ حُكْماً ٱتَّبَعْتُ فِيهِ هَوَىٰ نَفْسِي

Ilāhī wa mawlāya ajrayta ʿalayya ḥukman ittabaʿtu fīhi hawā nafsī

My God and my Protector! You put into effect through me a decree in which I followed the caprice of my own soul

وَلَمْ أَحْتَرِسْ فِيهِ مِنْ تَزْيِينِ عَدُوِّي

Wa lam aḥtaris fīhi min tazyīni ʿaduwwī

And did not remain wary of my enemy's adornment

فَغَرَّنِي بِمَا أَهْوَىٰ وَأَسْعَدَهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْقَضَاءُ

Faghar-ranī bimā ahwā wa asʿadahu ʿalā dhālika l-qaḍā’

So he deluded me through my soul's caprice, and therein destiny favoured him

فَتَجَاوَزْتُ بِمَا جَرَىٰ عَلَيَّ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ بَعْضَ حُدُودِكَ

Fatajāwaztu bimā jarā ʿalayya min dhālika baʿḍa ḥudūdik

So, in what was put into effect through me in that situation, I transgressed some of Your statutes

وَخَالَفْتُ بَعْضَ أَوَامِرِكَ

Wa khālaftu baʿḍa awāmirik

And disobeyed some of Your commands

فَلَكَ ٱلْحُجَّةُ عَلَيَّ فِي جَمِيعِ ذَٰلِكَ

Falaka l-ḥujjatu ʿalayya fī jamīʿi dhālik

So Yours is the argument against me in all of that

وَلَا حُجَّةَ لِي فِيمَا جَرَىٰ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ قَضَاؤُكَ

Wa lā ḥujjata lī fīmā jarā ʿalayya fīhi qaḍā’uk

And I have no argument in what Your destiny put into effect through me

وَأَلْزَمَنِي حُكْمُكَ وَبَلَاؤُكَ

Wa alzamanī ḥukmuka wa balā’uk

Nor in what Your decree and Your tribulation imposed upon me

وَقَدْ أَتَيْتُكَ يَا إِلَٰهِي بَعْدَ تَقْصِيرِي وَإِسْرَافِي عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي

Wa qad ataytuka yā ilāhī baʿda taqṣīrī wa isrāfī ʿalā nafsī

Now I have come to You, my God, after my shortcoming and my immoderation toward myself

مُعْتَذِراً نَادِماً

Muʿtadhiran nādiman

Proffering my excuse, regretful

مُنْكَسِراً مُسْتَقِيلاً

Munkasiran mustaqīlan

Broken, apologizing

مُسْتَغْفِراً مُنِيباً

Mustaghfiran munīban

Asking forgiveness, repenting

مُقِرّاً مُذْعِناً مُعْتَرِفاً

Muqirran mudhʿinan muʿtarifan

Acknowledging, submissive, confessing

لَا أَجِدُ مَفَرّاً مِمَّا كَانَ مِنِّي

Lā ajidu mafarran mimmā kāna minnī

I find no place to flee from what occurred through me

وَلَا مَفْزَعاً أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فِي أَمْرِي

Wa lā mafzaʿan atawajjahu ilayhi fī amrī

Nor any place of escape to which I may turn in my affairs

غَيْرَ قَبُولِكَ عُذْرِي وَإِدْخَالِكَ إِيَّايَ فِي سَعَةٍ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ

Ghayra qabūlika ʿudhrī wa idkhālika iyyāya fī saʿatin min raḥmatik

Other than Your acceptance of my excuse and Your entering me into the compass of Your mercy

اَللَّهُمَّ فَٱقْبَلْ عُذْرِي

Allāhumma fa-qbal ʿudhrī

O Allah, so accept my excuse

وَٱرْحَمْ شِدَّةَ ضُرِّي

Wa-rḥam shiddata ḍurrī

Have mercy upon the severity of my affliction

وَفُكَّنِي مِنْ شَدِّ وَثَاقِي

Wa fukkanī min shaddi wathāqī

And release me from the tightness of my fetters

يَا رَبِّ ٱرْحَمْ ضَعْفَ بَدَنِي وَرِقَّةَ جِلْدِي وَدِقَّةَ عَظْمِي

Yā rabbi-rḥam ḍaʿfa badanī wa riqqata jildī wa diqqata ʿaẓmī

My Lord, have mercy upon the weakness of my body, the thinness of my skin and the frailty of my bones

يَا مَنْ بَدَأَ خَلْقِي وَذِكْرِي وَتَرْبِيَتِي وَبِرِّي وَتَغْذِيَتِي

Yā man bada’a khalqī wa dhikrī wa tarbiyatī wa birrī wa taghdhiyatī

O You who gave rise to my creation, to the remembrance of me, to the nurture of me, to goodness toward me and to my nourishment

هَبْنِي لِٱبْتِدَاءِ كَرَمِكَ وَسَالِفِ بِرِّكَ بِي

Habnī li-btidā’i karamika wa sālifi birrika bī

Bestow upon me for the sake of Your having begun with generosity and Your previous goodness to me

يَا إِلَٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَرَبِّي

Yā ilāhī wa sayyidī wa rabbī

O my God, my Master and my Lord!

أَتُرَاكَ مُعَذِّبِي بِنَارِكَ بَعْدَ تَوْحِيدِكَ

Aturāka muʿadhdhibī binārika baʿda tawḥīdik

Can You see Yourself tormenting me with Your fire after I have professed Your Unity?

وَبَعْدَ مَا ٱنْطَوَىٰ عَلَيْهِ قَلْبِي مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ

Wa baʿda ma-nṭawā ʿalayhi qalbī min maʿrifatik

And after the knowledge of You my heart has embraced

وَلَهِجَ بِهِ لِسَانِي مِنْ ذِكْرِكَ

Wa lahija bihi lisānī min dhikrik

And the remembrance of You my tongue has constantly mentioned

وَٱعْتَقَدَهُ ضَمِيرِي مِنْ حُبِّكَ

Wa-ʿtaqadahu ḍamīrī min ḥubbik

And the love of You to which my mind has clung

وَبَعْدَ صِدْقِ ٱعْتِرَافِي وَدُعَائِي خَاضِعاً لِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ

Wa baʿda ṣidqi-ʿtirāfī wa duʿā’ī khāḍiʿan lirubūbiyyatik

And after the sincerity of my confession and my supplication, humble before Your lordship?

هَيْهَاتَ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ تُضَيِّعَ مَنْ رَبَّيْتَهُ

Hayhāta anta akramu min an tuḍayyiʿa man rabbaytah

Far be it from You! You are more generous than to squander him whom You have nurtured

أَوْ تُبْعِدَ مَنْ أَدْنَيْتَهُ

Aw tubʿida man adnaytah

Or banish him whom You have brought nigh

أَوْ تُشَرِّدَ مَنْ آوَيْتَهُ

Aw tusharrida man āwaytah

Or drive away him whom You have given an abode

أَوْ تُسْلِمَ إِلَى ٱلْبَلَاءِ مَنْ كَفَيْتَهُ وَرَحِمْتَهُ

Aw tuslima ila l-balā’i man kafaytahu wa raḥimtah

Or submit to tribulation him whom You have spared and shown mercy

وَلَيْتَ شِعْرِي يَا سَيِّدِي وَإِلَٰهِي وَمَوْلَايَ

Wa layta shiʿrī yā sayyidī wa ilāhī wa mawlāy

Would that I knew, my Master, my God and my Protector

أَتُسَلِّطُ ٱلنَّارَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهٍ خَرَّتْ لِعَظَمَتِكَ سَاجِدَةً

Atusalliṭu n-nāra ʿalā wujūhin kharrat liʿaẓamatika sājidah

Whether You will give the Fire dominion over faces fallen down prostrate before Your Tremendousness

وَعَلَىٰ أَلْسُنٍ نَطَقَتْ بِتَوْحِيدِكَ صَادِقَةً وَبِشُكْرِكَ مَادِحَةً

Wa ʿalā alsunin naṭaqat bitawḥīdika ṣādiqatan wa bishukrika mādiḥah

And over tongues voicing sincerely the profession of Your Unity and giving thanks to You in praise

وَعَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ ٱعْتَرَفَتْ بِإِلَٰهِيَّتِكَ مُحَقِّقَةً

Wa ʿalā qulūbin-iʿtarafat bi’ilāhiyyatika muḥaqqiqah

And over hearts acknowledging Your Divinity through verification

وَعَلَىٰ ضَمَائِرَ حَوَتْ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ بِكَ حَتَّىٰ صَارَتْ خَاشِعَةً

Wa ʿalā ḍamā’ira ḥawat mina l-ʿilmi bika ḥattā ṣārat khāshiʿah

And over minds encompassing knowledge of You until they have become humble

وَعَلَىٰ جَوَارِحَ سَعَتْ إِلَىٰ أَوْطَانِ تَعَبُّدِكَ طَائِعَةً وَأَشَارَتْ بِٱسْتِغْفَارِكَ مُذْعِنَةً

Wa ʿalā jawāriḥa saʿat ilā awṭāni taʿabbudika ṭā’iʿatan wa ashārat bi-stighfārika mudhʿinah

And over bodily members speeding to the places of Your worship in obedience and beckoning for Your forgiveness in submission

مَا هَٰكَذَا ٱلظَّنُّ بِكَ وَلَا أُخْبِرْنَا بِفَضْلِكَ عَنْكَ

Mā hākadhā ẓ-ẓannu bika wa lā ukhbirnā bifaḍlika ʿanka

No such opinion is held of You! Nor has such been reported — thanks to Your bounty — concerning You

يَا كَرِيمُ، يَا رَبِّ

Yā karīmu, yā rabb

O All-generous! My Lord!

وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ضَعْفِي عَنْ قَلِيلٍ مِنْ بَلَاءِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَعُقُوبَاتِهَا

Wa anta taʿlamu ḍaʿfī ʿan qalīlin min balā’i d-dunyā wa ʿuqūbātihā

And You know my weakness before a little of this world's tribulations and punishments

وَمَا يَجْرِي فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَكَارِهِ عَلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا

Wa mā yajrī fīhā mina l-makārihi ʿalā ahlihā

And before those ordeals which befall its inhabitants

عَلَىٰ أَنَّ ذَٰلِكَ بَلَاءٌ وَمَكْرُوهٌ، قَلِيلٌ مَكْثُهُ، يَسِيرٌ بَقَاؤُهُ، قَصِيرٌ مُدَّتُهُ

ʿAlā anna dhālika balā’un wa makrūhun, qalīlun makthuh, yasīrun baqā’uh, qaṣīrun muddatuh

Even though it is a tribulation and ordeal whose stay is short, whose subsistence is but little, and whose period is but fleeting

فَكَيْفَ ٱحْتِمَالِي لِبَلَاءِ ٱلْآخِرَةِ وَجَلِيلِ وُقُوعِ ٱلْمَكَارِهِ فِيهَا

Fakayfa-ḥtimālī libalā’i l-ākhirati wa jalīli wuqūʿi l-makārihi fīhā

So how can I endure the tribulations of the next world and the great ordeals that occur within it?

وَهُوَ بَلَاءٌ تَطُولُ مُدَّتُهُ، وَيَدُومُ مَقَامُهُ، وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ

Wa huwa balā’un taṭūlu muddatuh, wa yadūmu maqāmuh, wa lā yukhaffafu ʿan ahlih

For it is a tribulation whose period is long, whose station endures, and whose sufferers are given no respite

لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا عَنْ غَضَبِكَ وَٱنْتِقَامِكَ وَسَخَطِكَ

Li’annahu lā yakūnu illā ʿan ghaḍabika wa-ntiqāmika wa sakhaṭik

Since it only occurs as a result of Your wrath, Your vengeance and Your anger

وَهَٰذَا مَا لَا تَقُومُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ

Wa hādhā mā lā taqūmu lahu s-samāwātu wal-arḍ

And these cannot be withstood by the heavens and the earth

يَا سَيِّدِي فَكَيْفَ بِي

Yā sayyidī fakayfa bī

O Master, so what about me?!

وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلذَّلِيلُ ٱلْحَقِيرُ ٱلْمِسْكِينُ ٱلْمُسْتَكِينُ

Wa anā ʿabduka ḍ-ḍaʿīfu dh-dhalīlu l-ḥaqīru l-miskīnu l-mustakīn

For I am Your weak, lowly, base, wretched and miserable slave

يَا إِلَٰهِي وَرَبِّي وَسَيِّدِي وَمَوْلَايَ

Yā ilāhī wa rabbī wa sayyidī wa mawlāy

My God! My Lord! My Master! My Protector!

لِأَيِّ ٱلْأُمُورِ إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو

Li’ayyi l-umūri ilayka ashkū

For which things would I complain to You?

وَلِمَا مِنْهَا أَضِجُّ وَأَبْكِي

Wa limā minhā aḍijju wa abkī

And for which of them would I lament and weep?

لِأَلِيمِ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَشِدَّتِهِ

Li’alīmi l-ʿadhābi wa shiddatih

For the pain and severity of chastisement?

أَمْ لِطُولِ ٱلْبَلَاءِ وَمُدَّتِهِ

Am liṭūli l-balā’i wa muddatih

Or for the length and period of tribulation?

فَلَئِنْ صَيَّرْتَنِي لِلْعُقُوبَاتِ مَعَ أَعْدَائِكَ

Fala’in ṣayyartanī lil-ʿuqūbāti maʿa aʿdā’ik

So if You take me to the punishments with Your enemies

وَجَمَعْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَهْلِ بَلَائِكَ

Wa jamaʿta baynī wa bayna ahli balā’ik

And gather me with the people of Your tribulation

وَفَرَّقْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَحِبَّائِكَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ

Wa farraqta baynī wa bayna aḥibbā’ika wa awliyā’ik

And separate me from Your friends and saints

فَهَبْنِي يَا إِلَٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَمَوْلَايَ وَرَبِّي صَبَرْتُ عَلَىٰ عَذَابِكَ

Fahabnī yā ilāhī wa sayyidī wa mawlāya wa rabbī ṣabartu ʿalā ʿadhābik

Then suppose, my God, my Master, my Protector and my Lord, that I am able to endure Your chastisement

فَكَيْفَ أَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ فِرَاقِكَ

Fakayfa aṣbiru ʿalā firāqik

How can I endure separation from You?

وَهَبْنِي صَبَرْتُ عَلَىٰ حَرِّ نَارِكَ

Wa habnī ṣabartu ʿalā ḥarri nārik

And suppose that I am able to endure the heat of Your fire

فَكَيْفَ أَصْبِرُ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ كَرَامَتِكَ

Fakayfa aṣbiru ʿani n-naẓari ilā karāmatik

How can I endure not gazing upon Your generosity?

أَمْ كَيْفَ أَسْكُنُ فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَرَجَائِي عَفْوُكَ

Am kayfa askunu fi n-nāri wa rajā’ī ʿafwuk

Or how can I dwell in the Fire while my hope is Your pardon?

فَبِعِزَّتِكَ يَا سَيِّدِي وَمَوْلَايَ أُقْسِمُ صَادِقاً، لَئِنْ تَرَكْتَنِي نَاطِقاً

Fabiʿizzatika yā sayyidī wa mawlāya uqsimu ṣādiqan, la’in taraktanī nāṭiqan

So by Your might, my Master and my Protector, I swear sincerely, if You leave me with speech

لَأَضِجَّنَّ إِلَيْكَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِهَا ضَجِيجَ ٱلْآمِلِينَ

La’aḍijjanna ilayka bayna ahlihā ḍajīja l-āmilīn

I will lament to You from the midst of the Fire's inhabitants with the lamentation of the hopeful

وَلَأَصْرُخَنَّ إِلَيْكَ صُرَاخَ ٱلْمُسْتَصْرِخِينَ

Wa la’aṣrukhanna ilayka ṣurākha l-mustaṣrikhīn

I will cry to You with the cry of those crying for help

وَلَأَبْكِيَنَّ عَلَيْكَ بُكَاءَ ٱلْفَاقِدِينَ

Wa la’abkiyanna ʿalayka bukā’a l-fāqidīn

I will weep to You with the weeping of the bereft

وَلَأُنَادِيَنَّكَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ يَا وَلِيَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa la’unādiyannaka ayna kunta yā waliyya l-mu’minīn

And I will call to You: Where are You, O Sponsor of the believers?

يَا غَايَةَ آمَالِ ٱلْعَارِفِينَ

Yā ghāyata āmāli l-ʿārifīn

O Goal of the hopes of Your knowers

يَا غِيَاثَ ٱلْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ

Yā ghiyātha l-mustaghīthīn

O Aid of those who seek assistance

يَا حَبِيبَ قُلُوبِ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ

Yā ḥabība qulūbi ṣ-ṣādiqīn

O Friend of the hearts of the sincere

وَيَا إِلَٰهَ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ

Wa yā ilāha l-ʿālamīn

And O God of all the world's inhabitants

أَفَتُرَاكَ، سُبْحَانَكَ يَا إِلَٰهِي وَبِحَمْدِكَ، تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا صَوْتَ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ

Afaturāka, subḥānaka yā ilāhī wa biḥamdik, tasmaʿu fīhā ṣawta ʿabdin muslim

Can You see Yourself — Glory be to You, my God, and Yours is the praise — hearing within the Fire the voice of a slave surrendered to You

سُجِنَ فِيهَا بِمُخَالَفَتِهِ

Sujina fīhā bimukhālafatih

Imprisoned there because of his violations

وَذَاقَ طَعْمَ عَذَابِهَا بِمَعْصِيَتِهِ

Wa dhāqa ṭaʿma ʿadhābihā bimaʿṣiyatih

Tasting the flavour of its torment because of his disobedience

وَحُبِسَ بَيْنَ أَطْبَاقِهَا بِجُرْمِهِ وَجَرِيرَتِهِ

Wa ḥubisa bayna aṭbāqihā bijurmihi wa jarīratih

And confined within its levels because of his sin and crime

وَهُوَ يَضِجُّ إِلَيْكَ ضَجِيجَ مُؤَمِّلٍ لِرَحْمَتِكَ

Wa huwa yaḍijju ilayka ḍajīja mu’ammilin liraḥmatik

While he laments to You with the lament of one hopeful for Your mercy

وَيُنَادِيكَ بِلِسَانِ أَهْلِ تَوْحِيدِكَ

Wa yunādīka bilisāni ahli tawḥīdik

And calls to You with the tongue of those who profess Your Unity

وَيَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ

Wa yatawassalu ilayka birubūbiyyatik

And entreats You by Your lordship

يَا مَوْلَايَ فَكَيْفَ يَبْقَىٰ فِي ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُوَ يَرْجُو مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ حِلْمِكَ

Yā mawlāya fakayfa yabqā fi l-ʿadhābi wa huwa yarjū mā salafa min ḥilmik

My Protector, so how should he remain in the chastisement while he has hope for Your previous clemency?

أَمْ كَيْفَ تُؤْلِمُهُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُوَ يَأْمَلُ فَضْلَكَ وَرَحْمَتَكَ

Am kayfa tu’limuhu n-nāru wa huwa ya’malu faḍlaka wa raḥmatak

Or how should the Fire cause him pain while he expects Your bounty and mercy?

أَمْ كَيْفَ يُحْرِقُهُ لَهِيبُهَا وَأَنْتَ تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهُ وَتَرَىٰ مَكَانَهُ

Am kayfa yuḥriquhu lahībuhā wa anta tasmaʿu ṣawtahu wa tarā makānah

Or how should its flames burn him while You hear his voice and see his place?

أَمْ كَيْفَ يَشْتَمِلُ عَلَيْهِ زَفِيرُهَا وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ضَعْفَهُ

Am kayfa yashtamilu ʿalayhi zafīruhā wa anta taʿlamu ḍaʿfah

Or how should its groaning encompass him while You know his weakness?

أَمْ كَيْفَ يَتَقَلْقَلُ بَيْنَ أَطْبَاقِهَا وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ صِدْقَهُ

Am kayfa yataqalqalu bayna aṭbāqihā wa anta taʿlamu ṣidqah

Or how should he be convulsed among its levels while You know his sincerity?

أَمْ كَيْفَ تَزْجُرُهُ زَبَانِيَتُهَا وَهُوَ يُنَادِيكَ يَا رَبَّهُ

Am kayfa tazjuruhu zabāniyatuhā wa huwa yunādīka yā rabbah

Or how should its keepers torment him while he calls out to You: O my Lord?

أَمْ كَيْفَ يَرْجُو فَضْلَكَ فِي عِتْقِهِ مِنْهَا فَتَتْرُكُهُ فِيهَا

Am kayfa yarjū faḍlaka fī ʿitqihi minhā fatatrukuhu fīhā

Or how should he hope for Your bounty in freeing him from it while You abandon him within it?

هَيْهَاتَ مَا ذَٰلِكَ ٱلظَّنُّ بِكَ

Hayhāta mā dhālika ẓ-ẓannu bik

Far be it from You! That is not what is expected of You

وَلَا ٱلْمَعْرُوفُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Wa la l-maʿrūfu min faḍlik

Nor what is well-known of Your bounty

وَلَا مُشْبِهٌ لِمَا عَامَلْتَ بِهِ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ مِنْ بِرِّكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ

Wa lā mushbihun limā ʿāmalta bihi l-muwaḥḥidīna min birrika wa iḥsānik

Nor is it similar to the goodness and kindness You have shown to those who profess Your Unity

فَبِٱلْيَقِينِ أَقْطَعُ لَوْلَا مَا حَكَمْتَ بِهِ مِنْ تَعْذِيبِ جَاحِدِيكَ

Fabil-yaqīni aqṭaʿu lawlā mā ḥakamta bihi min taʿdhībi jāḥidīk

So I declare with certainty that were it not for what You have decreed concerning the chastisement of Your deniers

وَقَضَيْتَ بِهِ مِنْ إِخْلَادِ مُعَانِدِيكَ

Wa qaḍayta bihi min ikhlādi muʿānidīk

And what You have foreordained concerning the everlasting abode of those who stubbornly resist

لَجَعَلْتَ ٱلنَّارَ كُلَّهَا بَرْداً وَسَلَاماً

Lajaʿalta n-nāra kullahā bardan wa salāman

You would make the Fire, all of it, coolness and safety

وَمَا كَانَ لِأَحَدٍ فِيهَا مَقَرّاً وَلَا مُقَاماً

Wa mā kāna li’aḥadin fīhā maqarran wa lā muqāman

And no one would have a place of rest or abode within it

لَٰكِنَّكَ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ أَقْسَمْتَ أَنْ تَمْلَأَهَا مِنَ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ

Lākinnaka taqaddasat asmā’uka aqsamta an tamla’ahā mina l-kāfirīn

But You — holy are Your Names — have sworn that You will fill it with the unbelievers

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

Mina l-jinnati wa n-nāsi ajmaʿīn

Both jinn and men together

وَأَنْ تُخَلِّدَ فِيهَا ٱلْمُعَانِدِينَ

Wa an tukhallida fīhā l-muʿānidīn

And that You will place those who stubbornly resist therein forever

وَأَنْتَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ قُلْتَ مُبْتَدِئاً، وَتَطَوَّلْتَ بِٱلْإِنْعَامِ مُتَكَرِّماً

Wa anta jalla thanā’uka qulta mubtadi’an, wa taṭawwalta bil-inʿāmi mutakarriman

And You — majestic is Your eulogy — said at the outset, and were gracious through kindness as a favour

أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقاً لَا يَسْتَوُونَ

Afaman kāna mu’minan kaman kāna fāsiqan lā yastawūn

“Is he who has been a believer like unto him who has been ungodly? They are not equal.”

Quranic verse — Surah as-Sajdah 32:18

إِلَٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِٱلْقُدْرَةِ ٱلَّتِي قَدَّرْتَهَا

Ilāhī wa sayyidī fa as’aluka bil-qudrati llatī qaddartahā

My God and my Master! So I ask You by the power You have apportioned

وَبِٱلْقَضِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي حَتَمْتَهَا وَحَكَمْتَهَا وَغَلَبْتَ مَنْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرَيْتَهَا

Wa bil-qaḍiyyati llatī ḥatamtahā wa ḥakamtahā wa ghalabta man ʿalayhi ajraytahā

And by the decision which You have determined and imposed, and through which You have overcome him toward whom it has been put into effect

أَنْ تَهَبَ لِي، فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةِ، وَفِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ

An tahaba lī, fī hādhihi l-laylati, wa fī hādhihi s-sāʿah

That You forgive me in this night and at this hour

كُلَّ جُرْمٍ أَجْرَمْتُهُ

Kulla jurmin ajramtuh

Every offence I have committed

وَكُلَّ ذَنْبٍ أَذْنَبْتُهُ

Wa kulla dhanbin adhnabtuh

And every sin I have performed

وَكُلَّ قَبِيحٍ أَسْرَرْتُهُ

Wa kulla qabīḥin asrartuh

And every ugly thing I have concealed

وَكُلَّ جَهْلٍ عَمِلْتُهُ

Wa kulla jahlin ʿamiltuh

And every folly I have enacted

كَتَمْتُهُ أَوْ أَعْلَنْتُهُ

Katamtuhu aw aʿlantuh

Whether I have hidden or announced it

أَخْفَيْتُهُ أَوْ أَظْهَرْتُهُ

Akhfaytuhu aw aẓhartuh

Or I have concealed it or manifested it

وَكُلَّ سَيِّئَةٍ أَمَرْتَ بِإِثْبَاتِهَا ٱلْكِرَامَ ٱلْكَاتِبِينَ

Wa kulla sayyi’atin amarta bi’ithbātihā l-kirāma l-kātibīn

And every evil act which You commanded the Noble Writers to record

ٱلَّذِينَ وَكَّلْتَهُمْ بِحِفْظِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنِّي

Alladhīna wakkaltahum biḥifẓi mā yakūnu minnī

Those whom You have appointed to watch over what appears from me

وَجَعَلْتَهُمْ شُهُوداً عَلَيَّ مَعَ جَوَارِحِي

Wa jaʿaltahum shuhūdan ʿalayya maʿa jawāriḥī

And whom You have made, along with my bodily members, witnesses against me

وَكُنْتَ أَنْتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ

Wa kunta anta r-raqība ʿalayya min warā’ihim

And You were Yourself the Watcher over me from behind them

وَٱلشَّاهِدَ لِمَا خَفِيَ عَنْهُمْ

Wa sh-shāhida limā khafiya ʿanhum

And the Witness of what was hidden from them

وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ أَخْفَيْتَهُ

Wa biraḥmatika akhfaytah

But through Your mercy You concealed it

وَبِفَضْلِكَ سَتَرْتَهُ

Wa bifaḍlika satartah

And through Your bounty You veiled it

وَأَنْ تُوَفِّرَ حَظِّي مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ تُنْزِلُهُ

Wa an tuwaffira ḥaẓẓī min kulli khayrin tunziluh

And that You bestow upon me an abundant share of every good You send down

أَوْ إِحْسَانٍ تُفْضِلُهُ

Aw iḥsānin tufḍiluh

Or kindness You confer

أَوْ بِرٍّ تَنْشِرُهُ

Aw birrin tanshiruh

Or goodness You unfold

أَوْ رِزْقٍ تَبْسُطُهُ

Aw rizqin tabsuṭuh

Or provision You spread out

أَوْ ذَنْبٍ تَغْفِرُهُ

Aw dhanbin taghfiruh

Or sin You forgive

أَوْ خَطَأٍ تَسْتُرُهُ

Aw khaṭa’in tasturuh

Or error You cover

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ

Yā rabbi yā rabbi yā rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

يَا إِلَٰهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَمَوْلَايَ وَمَالِكَ رِقِّي

Yā ilāhī wa sayyidī wa mawlāya wa mālika riqqī

My God! My Master! My Protector! Owner of my bondage!

يَا مَنْ بِيَدِهِ نَاصِيَتِي

Yā man biyadihi nāṣiyatī

O He in whose hand is my forelock!

يَا عَلِيماً بِضُرِّي وَمَسْكَنَتِي

Yā ʿalīman biḍurrī wa maskanatī

O He who knows my affliction and my misery!

يَا خَبِيراً بِفَقْرِي وَفَاقَتِي

Yā khabīran bifaqrī wa fāqatī

O He who is aware of my poverty and indigence!

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ

Yā rabbi yā rabbi yā rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّكَ وَقُدْسِكَ

As’aluka biḥaqqika wa qudsik

I ask You by Your Truth and Your Holiness

وَأَعْظَمِ صِفَاتِكَ وَأَسْمَائِكَ

Wa aʿẓami ṣifātika wa asmā’ik

And by the greatest of Your Attributes and Names

أَنْ تَجْعَلَ أَوْقَاتِي فِي ٱللَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ بِذِكْرِكَ مَعْمُورَةً

An tajʿala awqātī fi l-layli wa n-nahāri bidhikrika maʿmūrah

That You make my times in the night and the day inhabited by Your remembrance

وَبِخِدْمَتِكَ مَوْصُولَةً

Wa bikhidmatika mawṣūlah

And joined to Your service

وَأَعْمَالِي عِنْدَكَ مَقْبُولَةً

Wa aʿmālī ʿindaka maqbūlah

And my works acceptable to You

حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ أَعْمَالِي وَأَوْرَادِي كُلُّهَا وِرْداً وَاحِداً

Ḥattā takūna aʿmālī wa awrādī kulluhā wirdan wāḥidan

So that my works and my litanies may all be a single litany

وَحَالِي فِي خِدْمَتِكَ سَرْمَداً

Wa ḥālī fī khidmatika sarmadan

And my occupation with Your service everlasting

يَا سَيِّدِي، يَا مَنْ عَلَيْهِ مُعَوَّلِي

Yā sayyidī, yā man ʿalayhi muʿawwalī

My Master! O He upon whom I depend!

يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ شَكَوْتُ أَحْوَالِي

Yā man ilayhi shakawtu aḥwālī

O He to whom I complain about my states!

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ

Yā rabbi yā rabbi yā rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

قَوِّ عَلَىٰ خِدْمَتِكَ جَوَارِحِي

Qawwi ʿalā khidmatika jawāriḥī

Strengthen my bodily members in Your service

وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيمَةِ جَوَانِحِي

Wa-shdud ʿala l-ʿazīmati jawāniḥī

And fortify my ribs in determination

وَهَبْ لِيَ ٱلْجِدَّ فِي خَشْيَتِكَ

Wa hab liya l-jidda fī khashyatik

And bestow upon me earnestness in my fear of You

وَٱلدَّوَامَ فِي ٱلِٱتِّصَالِ بِخِدْمَتِكَ

Wa d-dawāma fi l-ittiṣāli bikhidmatik

And continuity in my being joined to Your service

حَتَّىٰ أَسْرَحَ إِلَيْكَ فِي مَيَادِينِ ٱلسَّابِقِينَ

Ḥattā asraḥa ilayka fī mayādīni s-sābiqīn

So that I may move easily toward You in the battlefields of the foremost

وَأُسْرِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِي ٱلْمُبَادِرِينَ

Wa usriʿa ilayka fi l-mubādirīn

And hurry to You among the prominent

وَأَشْتَاقَ إِلَىٰ قُرْبِكَ فِي ٱلْمُشْتَاقِينَ

Wa ashtāqa ilā qurbika fi l-mushtāqīn

And desire fervently Your proximity among the fervently desirous

وَأَدْنُوَ مِنْكَ دُنُوَّ ٱلْمُخْلِصِينَ

Wa adnuwa minka dunuwwa l-mukhliṣīn

And move nearer to You with the nearness of the sincere

وَأَخَافَكَ مَخَافَةَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ

Wa akhāfaka makhāfata l-mūqinīn

And fear You with the fear of those who have certitude

وَأَجْتَمِعَ فِي جِوَارِكَ مَعَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa ajtamiʿa fī jiwārika maʿa l-mu’minīn

And gather with the believers in Your vicinity

اَللَّهُمَّ وَمَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوءٍ فَأَرِدْهُ

Allāhumma wa man arādanī bisū’in fa’irdah

O Allah, whoever desires evil for me, desire it for him

وَمَنْ كَادَنِي فَكِدْهُ

Wa man kādanī fakidh

And whoever deceives me, deceive him

وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَحْسَنِ عَبِيدِكَ نَصِيباً عِنْدَكَ

Wa-jʿalnī min aḥsani ʿabīdika naṣīban ʿindak

And make me one of the most excellent of Your slaves in portion from You

وَأَقْرَبِهِمْ مَنْزِلَةً مِنْكَ

Wa aqrabihim manzilatan mink

And the nearest of them in station to You

وَأَخَصِّهِمْ زُلْفَةً لَدَيْكَ

Wa akhaṣṣihim zulfatan ladayk

And the most elected of them in proximity to You

فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُنَالُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِفَضْلِكَ

Fa’innahu lā yunālu dhālika illā bifaḍlik

For that cannot be attained except by Your bounty

وَجُدْ لِي بِجُودِكَ

Wa jud lī bijūdik

And grant generously to me through Your munificence

وَٱعْطِفْ عَلَيَّ بِمَجْدِكَ

Wa-ʿṭif ʿalayya bimajdik

And incline toward me with Your splendour

وَٱحْفَظْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ

Wa-ḥfaẓnī biraḥmatik

And protect me with Your mercy

وَٱجْعَلْ لِسَانِي بِذِكْرِكَ لَهِجاً

Wa-jʿal lisānī bidhikrika lahijan

And make my tongue remember You without ceasing

وَقَلْبِي بِحُبِّكَ مُتَيَّماً

Wa qalbī biḥubbika mutayyaman

And my heart enthralled by Your love

وَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِحُسْنِ إِجَابَتِكَ

Wa munna ʿalayya biḥusni ijābatik

And be gracious to me by answering me favourably

وَأَقِلْنِي عَثْرَتِي

Wa aqilnī ʿathratī

And nullify my slips

وَٱغْفِرْ زَلَّتِي

Wa-ghfir zallatī

And forgive my lapses

فَإِنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ بِعِبَادَتِكَ

Fa’innaka qaḍayta ʿalā ʿibādika biʿibādatik

For You have decreed Your worship for Your servants

وَأَمَرْتَهُمْ بِدُعَائِكَ

Wa amartahum biduʿā’ik

And commanded them to supplicate You

وَضَمِنْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلْإِجَابَةَ

Wa ḍaminta lahumu l-ijābah

And assured them that they would be answered

فَإِلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ نَصَبْتُ وَجْهِي

Fa’ilayka yā rabbi naṣabtu wajhī

So toward You, my Lord, I have turned my face

وَإِلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي

Wa ilayka yā rabbi madadtu yadī

And toward You, my Lord, I have extended my hand

فَبِعِزَّتِكَ ٱسْتَجِبْ لِي دُعَائِي

Fabiʿizzatika-stajib lī duʿā’ī

So by Your might, answer my supplication

وَبَلِّغْنِي مُنَايَ

Wa balligh-nī munāy

And make me attain my desires

وَلَا تَقْطَعْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رَجَائِي

Wa lā taqṭaʿ min faḍlika rajā’ī

And do not sever my hope for Your bounty

وَٱكْفِنِي شَرَّ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنْسِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي

Wa-kfinī sharra l-jinni wal-insi min aʿdā’ī

And spare me the evil of my enemies from among the jinn and men

يَا سَرِيعَ ٱلرِّضَا

Yā sarīʿa r-riḍā

O He whose pleasure is quickly achieved!

ٱغْفِرْ لِمَنْ لَا يَمْلِكُ إِلَّا ٱلدُّعَاءَ

Ighfir liman lā yamliku illa d-duʿā’

Forgive him who owns nothing but supplication

فَإِنَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِمَا تَشَاءُ

Fa’innaka faʿʿālun limā tashā’

For You do what You will

يَا مَنِ ٱسْمُهُ دَوَاءٌ

Yā mani-smuhu dawā’

O He whose Name is a remedy

وَذِكْرُهُ شِفَاءٌ

Wa dhikruhu shifā’

And whose remembrance is a cure

وَطَاعَتُهُ غِنًى

Wa ṭāʿatuhu ghinan

And whose obedience is wealth

ٱرْحَمْ مَنْ رَأْسُ مَالِهِ ٱلرَّجَاءُ

Irḥam man ra’su mālihi r-rajā’

Have mercy upon him whose capital is hope

وَسِلَاحُهُ ٱلْبُكَاءُ

Wa silāḥuhu l-bukā’

And whose weapon is tears

يَا سَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ

Yā sābigha n-niʿam

O Ample in blessings!

يَا دَافِعَ ٱلنِّقَمِ

Yā dāfiʿa n-niqam

O Repeller of adversities!

يَا نُورَ ٱلْمُسْتَوْحِشِينَ فِي ٱلظُّلَمِ

Yā nūra l-mustawḥishīna fi ẓ-ẓulam

O Light of those who are lonely in the darkness!

يَا عَالِماً لَا يُعَلَّمُ

Yā ʿāliman lā yuʿallam

O Knower who was never taught!

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad

Bless Muhammad and Muhammad's household

وَٱفْعَلْ بِي مَا أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ

Wa-fʿal bī mā anta ahluh

And do with me what is worthy of You

وَصَلَّى ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَٱلْأَئِمَّةِ ٱلْمَيَامِينِ مِنْ آلِهِ

Wa ṣalla llāhu ʿalā rasūlihi wal-a’immati l-mayāmīni min ālih

And Allah bless His messenger and the blessed Imams of his household

وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً

Wa sallama taslīman kathīran

And give them abundant peace