Sahifa Sajjadiya 32: Supplication in Night Prayer

الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِغَيْرِ جُنُود وَلاَ أَعْوَان،

al-mumtani‘i bi-ghayri junūd wa lā a‘wān,

the Unassailable without armies or helpers,

وَالْعِزِّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ،

wa al-‘izzi al-bāqī ‘alā marri ad-duhūr,

and the Enduring Might throughout the passing of ages,

وَخَوَالِي الأَعْوَامِ، وَمَوَاضِي الأَزْمَانِ وَالأيَّامِ،

wa khawālī al-a‘wām, wa mawāḍī al-azmān wa al-ayyām,

the long-passed years, and the elapsed times and days!

عَزَّ سُلْطَانُكَ عِزّاً لا حَدَّ لَهُ بِأَوَّلِيَّةٍ وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى لَهُ بِآخِرِيَّةٍ،

‘azza sulṭānuka ‘izzan lā ḥadda lahū bi-awwaliyyah wa lā muntahā lahū bi-ākhiriyyah,

Your dominion is Mighty with a Might that has no limit in beginning and no end in finality,

وَاسْتَعْلَى مُلْكُكَ عُلُوّاً سَقَطَتِ الأشْيَاءُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ أَمَدِهِ

wa ista‘lā mulkuka ‘uluwwan saqaṭati al-ashyā’u dūna bulūghi amadih,

and Your kingdom is exalted with an Exaltation below the attainment of whose term all things fall short,

وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ أَدْنَى مَا اسْتَأثَرْتَ بِـهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَقْصَى نَعْتِ النَّـاعِتِينَ.

wa lā yablughu adnā mā ista’tharta bihī min dhālika aqṣā na‘ti an-nā‘itīn.

and the utmost description of the describers does not reach the least of what You have singled out for Yourself of that.

ضَلَّتْ فِيْـكَ الصِّفَاتُ وَتَفَسْخَتْ دُونَكَ النُّعُوتُ

Ḍallat fīka aṣ-ṣifātu wa tafassakhat dūnakā an-nu‘ūt,

The attributes have been lost concerning You, and the descriptions have been dissolved below You,

وَحَارَتْ فِي كِبْرِيِائِكَ لَطَائِفُ الأوْهَامِ،

wa ḥārat fī kibriyā’ika laṭā’ifu al-awhām,

and the subtleties of imaginings are bewildered in Your Grandeur.

كَذلِكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الأَوَّلُ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِكَ،

Kadhālika anta Allāhu al-Awwalu fī awwaliyyatik,

Thus are You, God, the First in Your primordiality,

وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ دَائِمٌ لا تَزُولُ،

wa ‘alā dhālika anta dā’imun lā tazūl,

and upon that You are Everlasting, You do not pass away.

وَأَنَا الْعَبْدُ الضَّعِيْفُ عَمَلاً الجَسِيْمُ أَمَلاً،

Wa anā al-‘abdu aḍ-ḍa‘īfu ‘amalan al-jasīmu amalan,

And I am the servant, weak in deed, tremendous in hope,

خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِي أَسْبَابُ الْوُصُلاَت إلاّ مَا وَصَلَهُ رَحْمَتُكَ ،

kharajat min yadī asbābu al-wuṣulāt illā mā waṣalahū raḥmatuk,

the means of connections have passed from my hand, save what Your Mercy connects,

وَتَقَطَّعَتْ عَنِّي عِصَمُ الآمَالِ

wa taqaṭṭa‘at ‘annī ‘iṣamu al-āmāl

and the ties of hopes have been cut off from me,

إلاّ مَا أَنَا مُعْتَصِمٌ بِهِ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ،

illā mā anā mu‘taṣimun bihī min ‘afwik,

save what I cling to of Your Pardon.

قَلَّ عِنْدِي مَا أَعْتَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ

Qalla ‘indī mā a‘taddu bihī min ṭā‘atik

Little is what I hold in esteem of my obedience to You,

وَكَثُرَ عَلَيَّ مَا أَبُوءُ بِهِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،

wa kathura ‘alayya mā abū’u bihī min ma‘ṣiyatik,

and much is what I acknowledge of my disobedience to You.

وَلَنْ يَضِيْقَ عَلَيْكَ عَفْوٌ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ وَإنْ أَسَاءَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي.

Wa lan yaḍīqa ‘alayka ‘afwun ‘an ‘abdika wa in asā’a fa-‘fu ‘annī.

And Your pardon will not be too difficult for You regarding Your servant, even if he did wrong, so pardon me.

أَللَّهًمَّ وَقَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى خَفَايَا الأَعْمَالِ عِلْمُكَ

Allāhumma wa qad ashrafa ‘alā khafāyā al-a‘māl ‘ilmuk

O God, Your knowledge has looked over the hidden parts of deeds,

وَانْكَشَفَ كُلُّ مَسْتُور دُونَ خُبْرِكَ

wa inkashafa kullu mastūrin dūna khubrik

and every concealed thing has been unveiled before Your awareness,

وَلاَ تَنْطَوِي عَنْكَ دَقَائِقُ الأُمُورِ

wa lā tanṭawī ‘anka daqā’iqu al-umūr

and the subtleties of affairs are not folded up from You,

وَلاَ تَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ غَيِّبَاتُ السَّرَائِرِ،

wa lā ta‘zubu ‘anka ghayyibātu as-sarā’ir,

nor are the hidden things of secrets absent from You.

وَقَدِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوُّكَ الَّذِي اسْتَنْظَرَكَ لِغِوَايتِي فَأَنْظَرْتَهُ،

Wa qad istaḥwadha ‘alayya ‘aduwwuka alladhī istanẓaraka li-ghiwāyatī fa-anẓartah,

And Your enemy has overcome me—the one who asked You for a respite to lead me astray, and You granted him respite,

وَاسْتَمْهَلَكَ إلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ لاِضْلاَلِي فَأَمْهَلْتَهُ،

wa istamhalaka ilā yawmi ad-dīn li-iḍlālī fa-amhaltah,

and who asked You for a delay until the Day of Judgment to mislead me, and You gave him a delay.

فَأوْقَعَنِيْ وَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ إلَيْكَ

Fa-awqa‘anī wa qad harabtu ilayk

So he made me fall, while I was fleeing to You,

مِنْ صَغَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ مُوبِقَةٍ

min ṣaghā’iri dhunūbin mūbiqah

from minor sins that destroy,

وَكَبَائِرِ أَعْمَالٍ مُرْدِيَـةٍ

wa kabā’iri a‘mālin murdiyah

and major deeds that ruin,

حَتَّى إذَا قَارَفْتُ مَعْصِيَتَـكَ

ḥattā idhā qāraftu ma‘ṣiyatak

until when I committed an act of disobedience to You,

وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِسُوءِ سَعْيِي سَخْطَتَكَ

wa istawjabu bi-sū’i sa‘yī sakhaṭatak

and incurred Your wrath through my evil striving,

فَتَلَ عَنِّي عِذَارَ غَدْرِهِ،

fatala ‘annī ‘idhāra ghadrih,

he twisted the rope of his treachery away from me,

وَتَلَقَّانِي بكَلِمَةِ كُفْرهِ،

wa talaqqānī bi-kalimati kufrih,

and met me with his word of ingratitude,

وَتَوَلَّى الْبَراءَةَ مِنِّي وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّيَاً عَنِّي،

wa tawallā al-barā’ata minnī wa adbara muwalliyan ‘annī,

and he assumed innocence of me and turned away, retreating from me.

فَأَصْحَرنِي لِغَضَبِكَ فَرِيداً،

Fa-aṣḥaranī li-ghaḍabika farīdā,

So he left me exposed to Your wrath, alone,

وَأَخْرَجَني إلى فِنَاءِ نَقِمَتِكَ طَرِيداً

wa akhrajanī ilā finā’i naqimatika ṭarīdā

and expelled me to the courtyard of Your vengeance, driven out.

لاَ شَفِيعٌ يَشْفَعُ لِيْ إلَيْـكَ،

Lā shafī‘un yashfa‘u lī ilayk,

There is no intercessor to intercede for me with You,

وَلاَ خَفِيـرٌ يُؤْمِنُنِي عَلَيْـكَ

wa lā khafīrun yu’minunī ‘alayk

and no protector to grant me security from You,

وَلاَ حِصْنٌ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْكَ

wa lā ḥiṣnun yaḥjubunī ‘ank

and no fortress to veil me from You,

وَلاَ مَلاَذٌ أَلْجَأُ إلَيْهِ مِنْكَ.

wa lā malādhun alja’u ilayhī mink.

and no refuge to shelter in from You.

فَهَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ، وَمَحَلُّ الْمُعْتَرِفِ لَكَ،

Fa-hādhā maqāmu al-‘ā’idhi bik, wa maḥallu al-mu‘tarif lak,

So this is the station of the one seeking refuge in You, and the place of the one confessing to You,

فَلاَ يَضِيقَنَّ عَنِّي فَضْلُكَ، وَلا يَقْصُـرَنَّ دونِي عَفْوُكَ،

fa-lā yaḍīqanna ‘annī faḍluk, wa lā yaqṣuranna dūnī ‘afwuk,

so let Your Favor not become narrow for me, and let Your Pardon not fall short of me,

وَلا أكُنْ أَخْيَبَ عِبَادِكَ التَّائِبِينَ،

wa lā akun akhyaba ‘ibādika at-tā’ibīn,

and let me not be the most disappointed of Your repenting servants,

وَلاَ أَقْنَطَ وفُودِكَ الآمِلِينَ

wa lā aqnaṭa wufūdika al-āmilīn

and not the most despairing of Your hopeful delegations.

وَاغْفِرْ لِي إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ.

Wa ighfir lī innaka khayru al-ghāfirīn.

And forgive me, surely You are the best of those who forgive.

أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي فَتَرَكْتُ، وَنَهَيْتَنِي فَرَكِبْتُ،

Allāhumma innaka amartanī fa-taraktu, wa nahaytanī fa-rakibt,

O God, surely You commanded me, and I abandoned, and You forbade me, and I committed,

وَسَوَّلَ لِيَ الْخَطَأَ خَاطِرُ السُّوءِ فَفَرَّطْتُ،

wa sawwala liya al-khaṭa’ khuṭūru as-sū’ fa-farraṭt,

and the thought of evil tempted me to error, and I neglected,

وَلا أَسْتَشْهِدُ عَلَى صِيَامِي نَهَـاراً،

wa lā astashhidu ‘alā ṣiyāmī nahārā,

and I do not call to witness my fasting by day,

وَلاَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِتَهَجُّدِي لَيْلاً،

wa lā astajīru bi-tahajjjudī laylā,

nor do I seek refuge in my night vigil,

وَلاَ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ بِإحْيَائِهَا سُنَّةٌ

wa lā tuthnī ‘alayya bi-iḥyā’ihā sunnah

and no supererogatory act praises me for reviving it,

حَـاشَا فُرُوضِـكَ الَّتِي مَنْ ضَيَّعَها هَلَكَ،

ḥāshā furūḍika allatī man ḍayya‘ahā halak,

except for Your obligatory duties, which he who neglects them perishes.

وَلَسْتُ أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ بِفَضْلِ نَافِلَة

wa lastu atawassalu ilayka bi-faḍli nāfilah

And I do not draw close to You by the merit of a supererogatory prayer,

مَعَ كَثِيرِ مَا أَغْفَلْتُ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ فُرُوضِكَ،

ma‘a kathīri mā aghfaltu min waẓā’ifi furūḍik,

along with the great deal I have neglected of the functions of Your obligatory duties,

وَتَعَدَّيْتُ عَنْ مَقَامَاتِ حُدُودِكَ

wa ta‘addaytu ‘an maqāmāti ḥudūdik

and transgressed beyond the bounds of Your limits,

إلَى حُرُمَات انْتَهَكْتُهَا، وَكَبَائِرِ ذُنُوب اجْتَرَحْتُهَا

ilā ḥurumātin intahaktuhā, wa kabā’iri dhunūbin ijtaraḥtuhā

to sacred things that I violated, and major sins that I committed,

كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لِي مِنْ فَضَائِحِهَا سِتْراً.

kānat ‘āfiyatuka lī min faḍā’iḥihā sitrā.

while Your well-being was a covering for me from their disgraces.

وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْكَ،

Wa hādhā maqāmu mani istaḥyā li-nafsihī mink,

And this is the station of him who was ashamed of himself before You,

وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهَا، وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ

wa sakhiṭa ‘alayhā, wa raḍiya ‘ank

and became angry with it, and was pleased with You.

فَتَلَقَّاكَ بِنَفْس خَاشِعَة، وَرَقَبَة خَاضِعَة، وَظَهْر مُثْقَل مِنَ الْخَطَايَا

Fa-talaqqāka bi-nafsin khāshi‘ah, wa raqabatin khāḍi‘ah, wa ẓahrin muthqalin mina al-khaṭāyā

So he met You with a humble soul, a submissive neck, and a back heavily laden with errors,

وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ الرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ،

wāqifan bayna ar-raghbati ilayka wa ar-rahbati mink,

standing between desire for You and dread of You.

وَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى مَنْ رَجَـاهُ،

Wa anta awlā man rajāh,

And You are the worthiest of those he has hoped for,

وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ خَشِيَـهُ وَاتّقـاهُ،

wa aḥaqqu man khashiyahū wa ittqāh,

and the most entitled of those he has feared and guarded against.

فَاعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ مَا رَجَوْتُ، وَآمِنِّي مَا حَذِرْتُ،

Fa-‘aṭinī yā Rabbi mā rajawtu, wa āminnī mā ḥadhirt,

So give me, O Lord, what I have hoped for, and grant me security from what I have warned against,

وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَائِدَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إنَّكَ أكْرَمُ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ.

wa ‘ud ‘alayya bi-‘ā’idati raḥmatik innaka akramu al-mas’ūlīn.

and revert to me with the benefit of Your mercy, surely You are the Most Generous of those asked.

أَللَّهُمَّ وَإذْ سَتَـرْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ وَتَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma wa idh satartanī bi-‘afwika wa taghammadtanī bi-faḍlik

O God, since You covered me with Your pardon and submerged me in Your favor,

فِي دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ بِحَضرَةِ الأكْفَاءِ

fī dāri al-fanā’ bi-ḥaḍrati al-akfā’

in the abode of passing away, in the presence of equals,

فَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ فَضِيحَاتِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ

fa-ajirnī min faḍīḥāti dāri al-baqā’

then shelter me from the disgraces of the abode of permanence,

عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الأشْهَادِ مِنَ الْمَلائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

‘inda mawāqif al-ashhād mina al-malā’ikati al-muqarrabīn

at the standing-places of the witnesses: the nearest angels,

وَالرُّسُلِ الْمُكَرَّمِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ،

wa ar-rusuli al-mukarramīn wa ash-shuhadā’ wa aṣ-ṣāliḥīn,

the honored Messengers, the martyrs, and the righteous,

مِنْ جَارٍ كُنْتُ أُكَاتِمُهُ سَيِّئاتِي

min jārin kuntu ukātimuhū sayyi’ātī

from a neighbor whom I used to conceal my evil deeds from,

وَمِنْ ذِي رَحِم كُنْتُ أَحْتَشِمُ مِنْهُ فِي سَرِيرَاتِي،

wa min dhī raḥimin kuntu aḥtashimu minhu fī sarīrātī,

and from a relative whom I used to feel ashamed before concerning my secrets.

لَمْ أَثِقْ بِهِمْ رَبِّ فِي السِّتْرِ عَلَيَّ،

Lam athiq bihim Rabbi fī as-sitr ‘alayya,

I did not trust them, my Lord, in covering me,

وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ رَبِّ فِي الْمَغفِرَةِ لِيْ،

wa wathiqtu bika Rabbi fī al-maghfirah lī,

but I trusted in You, my Lord, in forgiving me,

وَأَنْتَ أوْلَى مَنْ وُثِقَ بِهِ وَأَعْطَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ

wa anta awlā man wuthiqa bihī wa a‘ṭā man rughiba ilayh

and You are the worthiest of those trusted, and the most giving of those desired,

وَأَرْأَفُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ فَارْحَمْنِي.

wa ar’afu mani isturḥim fa-irḥamnī.

and the most compassionate of those whose mercy is sought, so have mercy on me.

أَللهُمَّ وَأنتَ حَدَرْتَنِي مَاءً مَهِيناً مِنْ صُلب،

Allāhumma wa anta ḥadartanī mā’an mahīnan min ṣulb,

O God, You caused me to descend as a despised water from a loins,

مُتَضَائِقِ الْعِظَامِ حَرِجِ الْمَسَالِكِ

mutaḍā’iqi al-g‘iẓām ḥariji al-masālik

narrow in bones, difficult in passages,

إلَى رَحِم ضَيِّقَة سَتَرْتَهَا بِالْحُجُبِ

ilā raḥimin ḍayyiqah satartahā bi-al-ḥujub

to a narrow womb that You covered with veils.

تُصَرِّفُنِي حَالاً عَنْ حَالٍ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتَ بِيْ إلَى تَمَامِ الصُّورَةِ

tuṣarrifunī ḥālan ‘an ḥālin ḥattā intahayta bī ilā tamāmi aṣ-ṣūrah

You varied me from one state to another until You brought me to the completion of the form,

وَأَثْبَتَّ فِيَّ الْجَوَارحَ

wa athbattat fiyya al-jawāriḥ

and established the limbs in me,

كَمَا نَعَتَّ فِي كِتَابِكَ

kamā na‘atta fī kitābik

as You described in Your Book:

نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً ثُمَّ عِظَاماً

nuṭfatan thumma ‘alaqatan thumma muḍghatan thumma ‘iẓāmā

a drop, then a clot, then a lump of flesh, then bones,

ثُمَّ كَسَوْتَ الْعِظَامَ لَحْماً ثُمَّ أَنْشَأتَنِي خَلْقَاً آخَرَ كَمَا شِئْتَ،

thumma kasawta al-‘iẓāma laḥmā thumma ansha’tanī khalqan ākharā kamā shi’t,

then You clothed the bones with flesh, then You brought me forth as another creation, as You willed,

حَتَّى إذَا احْتَجْتُ إلَى رِزْقِكَ،

ḥattā idhā iḥtajtu ilā rizqik,

until when I needed Your provision,

وَلَمْ أَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ غِيَـاثِ فَضْلِكَ

wa lam astaghnī ‘an ghiyāth faḍlik

and could not dispense with the help of Your favor,

جَعَلْتَ لِي قُـوتـاً مِنْ فَضْلِ طَعَام وَشَرَاب

ja‘alta lī qūtan min faḍli ṭa‘āmin wa sharāb

You made for me sustenance from the excess of food and drink

أَجْرَيْتَهُ لِامَتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَسْكَنْتَنِي جَوْفَهَا وَأَوْدَعْتَنِي قَرَارَ رَحِمِهَا،

ajraytahū li-amatika allatī askantanī jawfahā wa awda‘tanī qarāra raḥimihā,

that You caused to flow for Your female servant in whose belly You lodged me and in the settled place of whose womb You deposited me.

وَلَوْ تَكِلُنِي يَا رَبِّ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَـالاتِ إلَى حَوْلِي،

Wa law takilunī yā Rabbi fī tilka al-ḥālāt ilā ḥawlī,

And if You had abandoned me, O Lord, in those states to my own ability,

أَوْ تَضْطَرُّنِي إلَى قُوّتي

aw taḍṭarrunī ilā quwwatī

or compelled me to my own strength,

لَكَانَ الْحَوْلُ عَنِّي مُعْتَزِلاً، وَلَكَانَتِ الْقُوَّةُ مِنِّي بَعِيدَةً،

la-kāna al-ḥawlu ‘annī mu‘tazilā, wa la-kānat al-quwwatu minnī ba‘īdah,

the ability would have been withdrawn from me, and the strength would have been far from me.

فَغَذَوْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ غِذَاءَ الْبَرِّ اللَّطِيفِ ،

Fa-ghadhawtanī bi-faḍlika ghidhā’a al-barri al-laṭīf,

So You nourished me with Your favor, the nourishment of the Kind, Gentle One,

تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِي تَطَوُّلاً عَلَيَّ إلَى غَايَتِي هَذِهِ،

taf‘alu dhālika bī taṭawwulan ‘alayya ilā ghāyatī hādhih,

doing that to me as a bounty upon me, until this present time of mine.

لاَ أَعْدَمُ بِرَّكَ وَلاَ يُبْطِئُ بِي حُسْنُ صَنِيعِكَ،

Lā a‘damu birraka wa lā yubṭi’u bī ḥusnu ṣanī‘ik,

I am not deprived of Your goodness, nor is the excellence of Your making slow for me.

وَلاَ تَتَأكَّدُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ ثِقَتِي،

wa lā tata’akkadu ma‘a dhālika thiqatī,

Yet, with all that, my trust is not confirmed,

فَأَتَفَرَّغَ لِمَا هُوَ أَحْظَى لِيْ عِنْدَكَ،

fa-atafarraġa li-mā huwa aḥẓā lī ‘indak,

so that I might devote myself to what is more felicitous for me with You.

قَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنَانِي فِي سُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَضَعْفِ الْيَقِينِ،

Qad malaka ash-shayṭānu ‘inānī fī sū’i aẓ-ẓann wa ḍa‘fi al-yaqīn,

Satan has taken hold of my rein through ill opinion and weakness of certainty,

فَأَنَا أَشْكُو سُوْءَ مُجَاوَرَتِهِ لِي وَطَـاعَةَ نَفْسِي لَـهُ،

fa-anā ashkū sū’a mujāwaratihī lī wa ṭā‘ata nafsī lah,

so I complain of the evil of his neighboring me and the obedience of my soul to him.

وَأَسْتَعْصِمُـكَ مِنْ مَلَكَتِهِ، وَأَتَضَـرَّعُ إلَيْكَ فِي صَرفِ كَيْدِهِ عَنّي

wa asta‘ṣimuka min malakatih, wa ataḍarra‘u ilayka fī ṣarf kaydihī ‘annī

And I ask You for protection from his dominion, and I implore You to turn his trickery away from me,

وَ أسأَلُكَ فِي أَنْ تُسَهِّلَ إلَى رِزْقِي سَبِيلاً،

wa as’aluka fī an tusahhila ilā rizqī sabīlā,

and I ask You to make easy a path to my provision.

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنِّعَمِ الْجِسَامِ،

Fa-laka al-ḥamdu ‘alā ibtidā’ika bi-an-ni‘ami al-jisām,

So praise belongs to You for Your initiation of immense blessings,

وَإلْهَامِكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الإحْسَانِ وَالإِنْعَامِ ،

wa ilhāmika ash-shukra ‘alā al-iḥsān wa al-in‘ām,

and Your inspiration of thanks for kindness and favor.

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

Fa-ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih

So bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي وَأَنْ تُقَنِّعَنِي بِتَقْدِيرِكَ لِيْ ،

wa sahhil ‘alayya rizqī wa an tuqanni‘anī bi-taqdīrika lī,

and make my provision easy for me, and make me content with Your destiny for me,

وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَنِي بِحِصَّتِيْ فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ،

wa an turḍiyanī bi-ḥiṣṣatī fīmā qasamt lī,

and satisfy me with my portion in what You have allocated for me,

وَأَنْ تَجْعَـلَ مَـا ذَهَبَ مِنْ جِسْمِيْ وَعُمُرِيْ

wa an taj‘ala mā dhahaba min jismī wa ‘umurī

and make what has passed of my body and my life

فِي سَبِيْلِ طَاعَتِكَ إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ.

fī sabīli ṭā‘atik innaka khayru ar-rāziqīn.

in the way of Your obedience, surely You are the best of providers.

أَللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مَنْ نَارٍ تَغَلَّظْتَ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ،

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min nārin taghallaẓta bihā ‘alā man ‘aṣāk,

O God, I seek refuge in You from a Fire by which You showed severity toward whoever disobeyed You,

وَتَوَعَّدْتَ بِهَا مَنْ صَدَفَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ،

wa tawa‘‘adta bihā man ṣadafa ‘an riḍāk,

and with which You threatened whoever turned away from Your pleasure,

وَمِنْ نَارٍ نُورُهَا ظُلْمَةٌ وَهَيِّنُهَا أَلِيمٌ، وَبَعِيدُهَا قَرِيبٌ،

wa min nārin nūruhā ẓulmah wa hayyinuhā alīm, wa ba‘īduhā qarīb,

and from a Fire whose light is darkness, whose ease is painful, and whose far is near,

وَمِنْ نَارٍ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضَهَا بَعْضٌ،

wa min nārin ya’kulu ba‘ḍahā ba‘ḍ,

and from a Fire some of which devours some,

وَيَصُولُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْض،

wa yaṣūlu ba‘ḍuhā ‘alā ba‘ḍ,

and some of which assaults some,

وَمِنْ نَارٍ تَذَرُ الْعِظَامَ رَمِيماً،

wa min nārin tadharu al-‘iẓāmā ramīmā,

and from a Fire that leaves the bones as decayed dust,

وَتَسْقِي أَهْلَهَا حَمِيماً ،

wa tasqī ahlahā ḥamīmā,

and gives its inhabitants scalding water to drink,

وَمِنْ نَارٍ لاَ تُبْقِي عَلَى مَنْ تَضَرَّعَ إلَيْهَا،

wa min nārin lā tubqī ‘alā man taḍarra‘a ilayhā,

and from a Fire that does not spare whoever implores it,

وَلاَ تَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتَعْطَفَهَا،

wa lā tarḥamu mani ista‘ṭafahā,

and does not pity whoever asks for its compassion,

وَلاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى التَّخْفِيفِ عَمَّنْ خَشَعَ لَهَا وَاسْتَسْلَمَ إلَيْهَا،

wa lā taqdiru ‘alā at-takhfīf ‘amman khasha‘a lahā wa istaslama ilayhā,

and cannot alleviate from whoever is humbled before it and surrenders to it.

تَلْقَى سُكَّانَهَا بِأَحَرِّ مَا لَدَيْهَا مِنْ أَلِيْمِ النَّكَالِ وَشَدِيدِ الْوَبَالِ،

Talqā sukkānahā bi-aḥarri mā ladayhā min alīmi an-nakāl wa shadīd al-wabāl,

It meets its inhabitants with the hottest of what it possesses of painful retribution and severe wretchedness.

وَأَعُوذُ بكَ مِنْ عَقَارِبِهَا الْفَاغِرَةِ أَفْوَاهُهَا،

Wa a‘ūdhu bikā min ‘aqāribihā al-fāghirah afwāhuhā,

And I seek refuge in You from its scorpions whose mouths are wide open,

وَحَيّاتِهَا الصَّالِقَةِ بِأَنْيَابِهَا،

wa ḥayyātihā aṣ-ṣāliqah bi-anyābihā,

and its serpents that strike with their fangs,

وَشَرَابِهَا الَّذِي يُقَطِّعُ أَمْعَاءَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ سُكَّانِهَا، وَيَنْزِعُ قُلُوبَهُمْ،

wa sharābihā alladhī yuqaṭṭi‘u am‘ā’ wa af’idata sukkānihā, wa yanzi‘u qulūbahum,

and its drink which cuts up the intestines and hearts of its inhabitants and tears out their hearts.

وَأَسْتَهْدِيْكَ لِمَا بَاعَدَ مِنْهَا وَأَخَّرَ عَنْهَا.

Wa astahdīka li-mā bā‘ada minhā wa akhkhara ‘anhā.

And I ask You for guidance to what keeps far from it and delays from it.

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهَا بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ،

wa ajirnī minhā bi-faḍli raḥmatik,

and shelter me from it through the favor of Your mercy,

وَأَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي بِحُسْنِ إقَالَتِكَ ،

wa aqilnī ‘atharātī bi-ḥusni iqālatik,

and pardon my slips through the excellence of Your pardon,

وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي يَا خَيْرَ الْمُجيرِينَ

wa lā takhdhulnī yā khayra al-mujīrīn

and do not forsake me, O best of those who grant shelter.

أَللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ تَقِي الْكَرِيهَةَ ، وَتُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ ،

Allāhumma innaka taqī al-karīhah, wa tu‘ṭī al-ḥasanah,

O God, surely You ward off the detested, and You give the good,

وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيـدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.

wa taf‘alu mā turīd wa anta ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr.

and You do what You will, and You are powerful over everything.

أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، إذَا ذُكِرَ الأبْرَارُ،

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālih, idhā dhukira al-abrār,

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household when the righteous are mentioned,

وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ

wa ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad wa ālihī mā ikhtalafa al-laylu wa an-nahār

and bless Muhammad and his Household as long as the night and the day follow each other,

صَلاَةً لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ مَدَدُهَا،

ṣalātan lā yanqaṭi‘u madaduhā,

a blessing whose supply is not cut off,

وَلاَ يُحْصَى عَدَدُهَا صَلاَةً تَشْحَنُ الْهَوَاءَ،

wa lā yuḥṣā ‘adaduhā ṣalātan tashḥanu al-hawā’,

and whose number is not counted, a blessing that loads the atmosphere,

وَتَمْلاُ الأرْضَ وَالسَّماءَ.

wa tamla’u al-arḍ wa as-samā’.

and fills the earth and the sky.

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى،

Ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhī ḥattā yarḍā,

May God bless him until He is pleased,

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

wa ṣallā Allāhu ‘alayhī wa ālihī

and may God bless him and his Household

بَعْدَ الرِّضَا صَلاَةً لا حَدَّ لَها

ba‘da ar-riḍā ṣalātan lā ḥadda lahā

after His pleasure, with a blessing that has no limit

وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.

wa lā muntahā yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīn.

and no end, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

أَللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمُلْكِ الْمُتأبِّدِ بِالْخُلُودِ وَالْسُلْطَانِ

al-laahum-ma yaa d'aal- mul-kil-mutaab-bidi bil-khulood was-sul-t'aan

1.O God, O Possessor of kingdom perpetual in everlastingness,

الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِغَيْرِ جُنُود وَلاَ أَعْوَان،

al-mum-tanii' bighay-ri junoodiw-wa laaa aa'-waan

2.authority invincible without armies or helpers,

وَالْعِزِّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ،

wal-i'z-zil-baaqee a'laa mar-rid-duhoori

3.might abiding through aeons past,

وَخَوَالِي الأَعْوَامِ، وَمَوَاضِي الأَزْمَانِ وَالأيَّامِ،

wa khawaaleel-aa'-waami wamawaaz''eel-az-maani wal-ay-yaam

4.years gone by, times and days elapsed!

عَزَّ سُلْطَانُكَ عِزّاً لا حَدَّ لَهُ بِأَوَّلِيَّةٍ وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى لَهُ بِآخِرِيَّةٍ،

a'z-za sul-t'aanuka i'z-zal-laa h'ad-da lahoo biw-walee-yatiw-wa laa muntahaa lahoo biaakharee-yah

5.Your authority is mighty with a might that knows no bound by being first nor utmost end by being last!

وَاسْتَعْلَى مُلْكُكَ عُلُوّاً سَقَطَتِ الأشْيَاءُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ أَمَدِهِ

was-taa'-laa mul-kuka u'loo-wana saqat'atil-ash-yaaa-u doona bulooghi amadih

6.Your kingdom towers high with a towering before which all things fall down without reaching its term;

وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ أَدْنَى مَا اسْتَأثَرْتَ بِـهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَقْصَى نَعْتِ النَّـاعِتِينَ.

wa laa yab-lughu ad-naa mas-taa-thar-ta bihee min d'alika aq-s'aa naa'-tin-naai'teen

7.the least of it which You hast kept to Yourself is not reached by the furthest description of the describers!

ضَلَّتْ فِيْـكَ الصِّفَاتُ وَتَفَسْخَتْ دُونَكَ النُّعُوتُ

z''al-lat feekas'-s'ifaat wa tafas-sakhat doonakan-nuu'wt

8.Attributes go astray in You, descriptions fall apart below You,

وَحَارَتْ فِي كِبْرِيِائِكَ لَطَائِفُ الأوْهَامِ،

wa h'aarat fee kib-reeaaa-ika lat'aaa-iful-aw-haami

9.the subtlest of imaginations are bewildered by Your magnificence!

كَذلِكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الأَوَّلُ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِكَ،

kad'alika antal-laahul-aw-walu feee aw-walee-yatik

10.So art Thou: God, the First in Your firstness,

وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ دَائِمٌ لا تَزُولُ،

wa a'laa d'alika anta daaa-imul-laa tazool

11.and so art You everlastingly. You dost not pass away.

وَأَنَا الْعَبْدُ الضَّعِيْفُ عَمَلاً الجَسِيْمُ أَمَلاً،

wa anaal-a'b-d az''-z''ae'efu a'malaan al-jaseemu amalaa

12.But I am the slave, feeble in works, immense in hopes.

خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِي أَسْبَابُ الْوُصُلاَت إلاّ مَا وَصَلَهُ رَحْمَتُكَ ،

kharajat mee-yadeee as-baabul-wus'ulaati il-laa maa was'alahoo rah'-matuk

13.The tying links are outside my hand, except what is tied by Your mercy;

وَتَقَطَّعَتْ عَنِّي عِصَمُ الآمَالِ

wa taqat'-t'aa't a'n-nee i's'amul-aaamaali

14.the bonds of hopes have been cut away from me,

إلاّ مَا أَنَا مُعْتَصِمٌ بِهِ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ،

il-laa maaa ana mua'-tas'imum-bihee min a'f-wik

15.except the pardon to which I hold fast.

قَلَّ عِنْدِي مَا أَعْتَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ

qal-la i'ndee maaa aa'-tad-du bihee min t'aaa'tik

16.Little on my part is the obedience toward You upon which I count,

وَكَثُرَ عَلَيَّ مَا أَبُوءُ بِهِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،

wa kathura a'lay-ya maaa abooo-u bihee mim-maa'-s'eeatik

17.and great against me the disobedience toward You to which I have reverted.

وَلَنْ يَضِيْقَ عَلَيْكَ عَفْوٌ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ وَإنْ أَسَاءَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي.

wa lay-yaz''eeqa a'lay-ka a'f-wun a'n a'b-dika wa in asaaa-a faa'-fu a'n-nee

18.But pardoning Your slave will not constrain You, even if he be bad, so pardon me!

أللَّهًمَّ وَقَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى خَفَايَا الأَعْمَالِ عِلْمُكَ

al-laahum-ma waqad ash-rafa a'laa khafaayaal-aa'-maali i'l-muk

19.O God, Your knowledge watches over hidden works

وَانْكَشَفَ كُلُّ مَسْتُور دُونَ خُبْرِكَ

wankashafa kul-lu mas-toorin doona khub-rik

20.every covered thing is exposed before Your awareness,

وَلاَ تَنْطَوِي عَنْكَ دَقَائِقُ الأُمُورِ

wa laa tant'awee a'nka daqaaa-iqul-umoor

21.the intricacies of things are not concealed from You,

وَلاَ تَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ غَيِّبَاتُ السَّرَائِرِ،

wa laa taa'-zubu a'nka ghay-yibaatus-saraaa-ir

22.and unseen mysteries slip not away from You.

وَقَدِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوُّكَ الَّذِي اسْتَنْظَرَكَ لِغِوَايتِي فَأَنْظَرْتَهُ،

wa qadi as-tah'-wad'a a'lay-ya a'doo-wukal-lad'ee s-tanz'araka lighawaayatee faanz'ar-tah

23.But over me Your enemy has gained mastery: He asked a delay from You to lead me astray, and You gavest him the delay!

وَاسْتَمْهَلَكَ إلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ لاِضْلاَلِي فَأَمْهَلْتَهُ،

was-tam-halaka ilaa yaw-mid-deeni liiz''-laalee faam-hal-tah

24.He asked a respite from You until the Day of Doom to misguide me, and You gavest him the respite!

فَأوْقَعَنِيْ وَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ إلَيْكَ

faaw-qaa'nee wa qad harab-tu ilay-ka

25.So he threw me down, though I had fled to You

مِنْ صَغَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ مُوبِقَةٍ

min- s'aghaaa-iri d'unoobim-moobiqah

26.from small, ruinous sins

وَكَبَائِرِ أَعْمَالٍ مُرْدِيَـةٍ

wa kabaaa-iri aa'-maalim-mur-deeah

27.and great, deadly works,

حَتَّى إذَا قَارَفْتُ مَعْصِيَتَـكَ

h'at-taaa id'aa qaaraf-tu maa'-s'eeatak

28.until, when I had yielded to disobeying You

وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِسُوءِ سَعْيِي سَخْطَتَكَ

was-taw-jab-tu bisooo-i saa'-yee sakh-t'atak

29.and merited Your anger through my bad efforts,

فَتَلَ عَنِّي عِذَارَ غَدْرِهِ،

fatala a'n-nee i'd'aara ghad-rih

30.he turned the bridle of his treachery away from me,

وَتَلَقَّانِي بكَلِمَةِ كُفْرهِ،

wa talaq-qaanee bikalimati kuf-rih

31.met me with the word of his ingratitude,

وَتَوَلَّى الْبَراءَةَ مِنِّي وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّيَاً عَنِّي،

wa tawal-laal-baraaa-ata min-nee wa ad-bara muwal-leeana a'n-nee

32.undertook to be quit of me, turned his back to flee from me,

فَأَصْحَرنِي لِغَضَبِكَ فَرِيداً،

faas'-h'aranee lighaz''abika fareedaa

33.threw me to the desert of Your wrath alone,

وَأَخْرَجَني إلى فِنَاءِ نَقِمَتِكَ طَرِيداً

wa akh-rajaneee ilaa finaaa-i naqimatika t'areedaa

34.and sent me as an outcast into the courtyard of Your vengeance.

لاَ شَفِيعٌ يَشْفَعُ لِيْ إلَيْـكَ،

laa shafeeu'y-yash-fau' leee ilay-k

35.There is no intercessor to intercede for me with You,

وَلاَ خَفِيـرٌ يُؤْمِنُنِي عَلَيْـكَ

wa laa khafeeruy-yoo-minunee a'lay-k

36.no protector to make me feel secure against You,

وَلاَ حِصْنٌ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْكَ

wa laa h'is'-nuy-yah'-jubunee a'nk

37.no fortress to veil me from You,

وَلاَ مَلاَذٌ أَلْجَأُ إلَيْهِ مِنْكَ.

wa laa malaad'un al-jaa ilay-hee mink

38.no shelter in which to seek asylum apart from You!

فَهَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ، وَمَحَلُّ الْمُعْتَرِفِ لَكَ،

fahd'aa maqaamul-a'aa-id'i bika wa mah'al-lul-mua'-tarifi lak

39.This is the station of him who takes refuge with You, the place of the confessor to You:

فَلاَ يَضِيقَنَّ عَنِّي فَضْلُكَ، وَلا يَقْصُـرَنَّ دونِي عَفْوُكَ،

falaa yaz''eeqan-na a'n-nee faz''-luk wa laa yaq-s'uran-na doonee a'f-wuk

40.Let not Your bounty be too narrow for me, let not Your pardon fall short of me!

وَلا أكُنْ أَخْيَبَ عِبَادِكَ التَّائِبِينَ،

wa laaa akun akh-yaba i'baadikat-taaa-ibeen

41.Let me not be the most disappointed of Your repentant servants,

وَلاَ أَقْنَطَ وفُودِكَ الآمِلِينَ

wa laaa aq-nat'a wfoodikal-aaamileen

42.nor the most despairing of those who come to You with expectations!

وَاغْفِرْ لِي إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ.

wagh-fir leee in-naka khay-rul-ghaafireen

43.Forgive me, surely You art the best of the forgivers!

أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي فَتَرَكْتُ، وَنَهَيْتَنِي فَرَكِبْتُ،

al-laahum-ma in-nak amar-tanee fatarak-t wa nahay-tanee farakib-t

44.O God, You commanded me, and I refrained, You prohibited me, and I committed.

وَسَوَّلَ لِيَ الْخَطَأَ خَاطِرُ السُّوءِ فَفَرَّطْتُ،

wa saw-wala leeal-khat'aaa-a khaat'irus-sooo-i fafar-rat'-t

45.evil thoughts tempted me to offend, and I was negligent.

وَلا أَسْتَشْهِدُ عَلَى صِيَامِي نَهَـاراً،

wa laaa as-tash-hidu a'laa s'eeaamee nahaaraa

46.I cannot call upon daytime to witness my fasting,

وَلاَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِتَهَجُّدِي لَيْلاً،

wa laaa as-tajeeru bitahaj-judee lay-laa

47.nor can I seek sanctuary in night because of my vigil;

وَلاَ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ بِإحْيَائِهَا سُنَّةٌ

wa laa tuth-nee a'lay-ya biih'-yaaa-ihaa sun-natun

48.no Sunna praises me for keeping it alive,

حَـاشَا فُرُوضِـكَ الَّتِي مَنْ ضَيَّعَها هَلَكَ،

h'aashaa furooz''ikal-latee man z''ay-yaa'haa halak

49.only Your obligations, he who neglects which has perished.

وَلَسْتُ أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ بِفَضْلِ نَافِلَة

wa las-tu atawas-salu ilay-ka bifaz''-li naafilatin

50.I cannot seek access to You through the excellence of a supererogatory work,

مَعَ كَثِيرِ مَا أَغْفَلْتُ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ فُرُوضِكَ،

maa' katheeri maaa agh-fal-tu miw-waz'aaa-ifi furooz''ik

51.given the many duties of Your obligations of which I have been heedless

وَتَعَدَّيْتُ عَنْ مَقَامَاتِ حُدُودِكَ

wa taa'd-day-tu a'm-maqaamaati h'udoodika

52.and the stations of Your bounds which I have transgressed,

إلَى حُرُمَات انْتَهَكْتُهَا، وَكَبَائِرِ ذُنُوب اجْتَرَحْتُهَا

ilaa h'urumaatin antahak-tuhaa wa kabaaa-iri d'unoobin aj-tarah'-tuhaa

53.thereby violating sacred things and committing great sins,

كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لِي مِنْ فَضَائِحِهَا سِتْراً.

kaanat a'afeeatuka lee min faz''aaa-ih'ihaa sit-raa

54.though You hast given me safety from their disgraces as a covering.

وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْكَ،

wa had'aa maqaamu man as-tah'-yaa linaf-sihee mink

55.This is the station of him who is ashamed of himself before You,

وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهَا، وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ

wa sakhit'a a'lay-haa wa raz''eea a'nka

56.angry with himself, and satisfied with You.

فَتَلَقَّاكَ بِنَفْس خَاشِعَة، وَرَقَبَة خَاضِعَة، وَظَهْر مُثْقَل مِنَ الْخَطَايَا

fatalaq-qaaka binaf-sin khaashia'h wa raqabatin khaaz''ia'h wa z'ah-rim-muth-qalim-mina alkhat'aayaa

57.He meets You with a humble soul, a neck bent down, a back heavy with offenses,

وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ الرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ،

waaqifam-bay-nar-ragh-bati ilay-ka war-rah-bati mink

58.hesitating between longing for You and fear of You.

وَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى مَنْ رَجَـاهُ،

wa anta aw-laa mar-rajaahoo

59.You art the most worthy of those in whom he might hope,

وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ خَشِيَـهُ وَاتّقـاهُ،

wa ah'aq-qu man khasheeahoo wa at-taqaah

60.the most deserving for him to dread and fear.

فَاعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ مَا رَجَوْتُ، وَآمِنِّي مَا حَذِرْتُ،

faaa'-t'inee yaa rab-bi maa rajaw-t wa aaamin-nee maa h'ad'ir-t

61.So give me, my Lord, what I hope for, make me secure against what frightens me,

وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَائِدَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إنَّكَ أكْرَمُ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ.

wa u'd a'lay-ya bia'aa-idati rah'-matik in-naka ak-ramul-mas-ooleen

62.and act kindly toward me with the kindly act of mercy! Surely You art the most generous of those from whom are asked!

أللَّهُمَّ وَإذْ سَتَـرْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ وَتَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ

al-laahum-ma wa id' satar-tanee bia'f-wik wa tagham-mat-tanee bifaz''-lika

63.O God, since You hast covered me with Your pardon and shielded me with Your bounty

فِي دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ بِحَضرَةِ الأكْفَاءِ

fee daaril-fanaaa-i bih'az''-ratil-ak-faaa-i

64.in the abode of annihilation and the presence of equals

فَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ فَضِيحَاتِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ

faajir-nee min faz''eeh'aati daaril-baqaaa-i

65.grant me sanctuary from the disgraces of the Abode of Subsistence

عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الأشْهَادِ مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ

i'nda mawaaqifil-ash-haad minal-malaaa-ikatil-muqar-rabeen

66.at the standing places of the Witnesses (the angels brought nigh,

وَالرُّسُلِ الْمُكَرَّمِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ،

war-rusulil-mukar-rameen wash-shuhadaaa-i was'-s'aalih'een

67.the messengers honoured, the martyrs, the righteous)

مِنْ جَار كُنْتُ أُكَاتِمُهُ سَيِّئاتِي

min jaarin kuntu ukaatimuhoo say-yi-aatee

68.before the neighbour from whom I have hidden my evil deeds

وَمِنْ ذِي رَحِم كُنْتُ أَحْتَشِمُ مِنْهُ فِي سَرِيرَاتِي،

wa min d'ee rah'imin kuntu ah'-tashimu min-hoo fee sareeraatee

69.and the womb relative before whom I feel ashamed in my secret thoughts!

لَمْ أَثِقْ بِهِمْ رَبِّ فِي السِّتْرِ عَلَيَّ،

lam athiq bihim rab-bi fis-sit-ri a'lay

70.I trust them not, my Lord, to cover me over,

وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ رَبِّ فِي الْمَغفِرَةِ لِيْ،

wa wathiq-t bika rab-bi fil-magh-firati lee

71.but I trust You, my Lord, to forgive me!

وَأَنْتَ أوْلَى مَنْ وُثِقَ بِهِ وَأَعْطَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ

wa anta aw-laa maw-wuthiqa bih wa aa'-t'aa mar-rughiba ilay-h

72.You art the most worthy of those in whom confidence is had, the most giving of those who are besought,

وَأَرْأَفُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ فَارْحَمْنِي.

wa ar-afu mani as-tur-h'im far-h'am-nee

73.and the most clement of those from whom mercy is asked. So have mercy upon me!

أللهُمَّ وَأنتَ حَدَرْتَنِي مَاءً مَهِيناً مِنْ صُلب،

al-laahum-ma wa anta h'adar-tanee maaa-am-maheenaa min s'ul-bim

74.O God, You caused me to descend as mean water from loins

مُتَضَائِقِ الْعِظَامِ حَرِجِ الْمَسَالِكِ

mutaz''aaa-iqil-i'z'aami h'arijil-masaalik

75.of narrow bones and tight passages

إلَى رَحِم ضَيِّقَة سَتَرْتَهَا بِالْحُجُبِ

ilaa rah'imin z''ay-yqatin satar-tahaa bil-h'ujub

76.into a constricted womb which You hadst covered with veils;

تُصَرِّفُنِي حَالاًَ عَنْ حَال حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتَ بِيْ إلَى تَمَامِ الصُّورَةِ

tus'ar-rifunee h'aalana a'n h'aalin h'at-taa antahay-ta beee ilaa tamaamis'-s'oorah

77.You turned me about from state to state until You tookest me to the completion of the form

وَأَثْبَتَّ فِيَّ الْجَوَارحَ

wa ath-bat-ta fee-yal-jawaarih'

78.and fixed within me the bodily parts,

كَمَا نَعَتَّ فِي كِتَابِكَ

kamaa naa't-ta fee kitaabik

79.as You hast described in Your Book:

نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً ثُمَّ عِظَاماً

(nut'-fatan thum-ma a'laqatan thum-ma muz''-ghatan thum-ma i'z'aamana

80.a drop, then a clot, then a tissue, then bones,

ثُمَّ كَسَوْتَ الْعِظَامَ لَحْماً ثُمَّ أَنْشَأتَنِي خَلْقَاً آخَرَ كَمَا شِئْتَ،

thum-ma kasaw-tal-i'z'aama lah'-mana thum-ma anshaa-tanee khal-qan aaakhar) kamaa shi-t

81.then You garmented the bones with flesh, then You produced me as another creature as You willed (ref.23:12-14).

حَتَّى إذَا احْتَجْتُ إلَى رِزْقِكَ،

h'at-taaa id'aa ah'-taj-tu ilaa riz-qika

82.Then, when I needed Your provision,

وَلَمْ أَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ غِيَـاثِ فَضْلِكَ

wa lam as-tagh-ni a'n gheeaathi faz''-lik

83.and could not do without the aid of Your bounty,

جَعَلْتَ لِي قُـوتـاً مِنْ فَضْلِ طَعَام وَشَرَاب

jaa'l-ta lee qootam-min faz''-li t'aa'amiw-wa sharaabin

84.You appointed for me a nourishment from the bounty of the food and drink

أَجْرَيْتَهُ لاِمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَسْكَنْتَنِي جَوْفَهَا وَأَوْدَعْتَنِي قَرَارَ رَحِمِهَا،

aj-ray-tahoo liamatikal-latee as-kantanee jaw-fahaa wa aw-daa'-tanee qaraara rah'imihaa

85.which You bestowed upon Your handmaid in whose belly You gavest me to rest and in the lodging of whose womb You deposited me.

وَلَوْ تَكِلُنِي يَا رَبِّ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَـالاتِ إلَى حَوْلِي،

wa law takil-nee yaa rab-bi fee til-kal-h'aalaati ilaa h'aw-leee

86.Hadst You entrusted me in those states, my Lord, to my own force

أَوْ تَضْطَرُّنِي إلَى قُوّتي

aw taz''-t'ar-runeee ilaa qoo-watee

87.or driven me to have recourse to my own strength,

لَكَانَ الْحَوْلُ عَنِّي مُعْتَزِلاً، وَلَكَانَتِ الْقُوَّةُ مِنِّي بَعِيدَةً،

lakaanal-h'aw-lu a'n-nee mua'-tazilaa wa lakaanati alqoo-watu min-nee bae'edah

88.force would have been removed from me and strength taken far away.

فَغَذَوْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ غِذَاءَ البَرِّ اللَّطِيفِ ،

faghad'aw-tanee bifaz''-lika ghid'aaa-al-bar-ril-lat'eef

89.So You hast fed me through Your bounty with the food of the Good, the Gentle;

تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِي تَطَوُّلاً عَلَيَّ إلَى غَايَتِي هَذِهِ،

taf-a'lu d'alika bee tat'aw-wulana a'lay-ya ilaa ghaayatee had'ih

90.You hast done that for me in graciousness toward me up to this my present point.

لاَ أَعْدَمُ بِرَّكَ وَلاَ يُبْطِئُ بِي حُسْنُ صَنِيعِكَ،

laaa aa'-damu bir-rak wa laa yub-t'i-u bee h'us-nu s'aneei'k

91.I do not lack Your goodness nor does Your benefaction keep me waiting.

وَلاَ تَتَأكَّدُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ ثِقَتِي،

wa laa tataak-kadu maa' d'alika thiqatee

92.Yet with all that, my trust has not become firm enough

فَأَتَفَرَّغَ لِمَا هُوَ أَحْظَى لِيْ عِنْدَكَ،

faatafar-ragha limaa huwa ah'-z'a lee i'ndak

93.that I might free myself for that which is more favoured by You.

قَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنَانِي فِي سُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَضَعْفِ الْيَقِينِ،

qad malakash-shay-t'aanu i'naanee fee sooo-iz'-z'an-ni waz''aa'-fil-yaqeen

94.Satan has taken possession of my reins through my distrust and frail certainty.

فَأَنَا أَشْكُو سُوْءَ مُجَاوَرَتِهِ لِي وَطَـاعَةَ نَفْسِي لَـهُ،

faanaa ash-koo sooo-a mujaawaratihee lee wa t'aaa'ta naf-see lah

95.I complain of his evil neighbourhood with me and my soul's obedience toward him!

وَأَسْتَعْصِمُـكَ مِنْ مَلَكَتِهِ، وَأَتَضَـرَّعُ إلَيْكَ في صَرفِ كَيدِهِ عَنّي

wa as-taa'-s'imuka mim-malakatih wa ataz''ar-rau' ilay-ka fee s'arf-i kaydihee 'annee

96.I ask You to preserve me against his domination, and I plead with You to turn his trickery away from me!

و أسأَلُكَ فِي أَنْ تُسَهِّلَ إلَى رِزْقِي سَبِيلاً،

wa as-aluka feee an tusah-hila ilaa riz-qee sabeela

97.I ask You to make the path to my provision easy,

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنِّعَمِ الْجِسَامِ،

falakal-h'am-du a'laa ab-tidaaa-ika bin-nia'mil-jisaami

98.since to You belongs praise for Your beginning with immense favours

وَإلْهَامِكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الإحْسَانِ وَالإِنْعَامِ ،

haamikash-shuk-ra a'laal-ih'-saani wal-in-a'am

99.and Your inspiring gratitude for beneficence and bestowing favour!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

100.Bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي وَأَنْ تُقَنِّعَنِي بِتَقْدِيرِكَ لِيْ ،

wasah-hil a'lay-ya riz-qee wa an tuq-nia'nee bitaq-deerika lee

101.and make the way to my provision easy for me! [I ask You] to make me content with Your ordainment for me,

وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَنِي بِحِصَّتِيْ فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ،

wa an tur-z''eeanee bih'is'-s'atee feemaa qasam-ta lee

102.to make me satisfied with my lot in that which You hast apportioned for me

وَأَنْ تَجْعَـلَ مَـا ذَهَبَ مِنْ جِسْمِيْ وَعُمُرِيْ

wa an taj-a'la maa d'ahaba min jis-mee wau'm-ree

103.and to place what has gone of my body and my life-span

فِي سَبِيْلِ طَاعَتِكَ إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ.

fee sabeeli t'aaa'tik in-naka khay-rur-raaziqeen

104.into the path of Your obedience! Surely You art the Best of providers!

أللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مَنْ نَارٍ تَغَلَّظْتَ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ،

al-laahum-ma in-neee su'wd'u bika min-naar taghal-laz'-ta bihaa a'laa man a's'aak

105.O God, I seek refuge in You from the Fire through which You art harsh toward him who disobeys You

وَتَوَعَّدْتَ بِهَا مَنْ صَدَفَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ،

wa tawaa'-a't-ta bihaa man s'adafa a'r-riz''aak

106.and by which You hast threatened him who turns away from Your good pleasure;

وَمِنْ نَارٍ نورُهَا ظُلْمَة وَهَيِّنُهَا أَلِيمٌ، وَبَعِيدُهَا قَرِيبٌ،

wa min-naarin-nooruhaa z'ul-mah wa hay-yinuhaaa aleem wa bae'eduhaa qareeb

107.from the Fire whose light is darkness, whose ease is pain, and whose far is near;

وَمِنْ نَارٍ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضَهَا بَعْضٌ،

wa min-naaree-yaa-kulu baa'-z''ahaa baa'-z''

108.from the Fire parts of which devour parts

وَيَصُولُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْض،

wa yas'oolu baa'-z''uhaa a'laa baa'-z''

109.and parts of which leap upon parts;

وَمِنْ نَارٍ تَذَرُ الْعِظَامَ رَمِيماً،

wa min-naarin tad'arul-i'z'aama rameemaa

110.from the Fire which leaves bones decayed

وَتَسْقِي أَهْلَهَا حَمِيماً ،

wa tas-qeee ah-lahaa h'ameemaa

111.and lets its people drink boiling water;

وَمِنْ نَارٍ لاَ تُبْقِي عَلَى مَنْ تَضَرَّعَ إلَيْهَا،

wa min-naaril-laa tub-qee a'laa man taz''ar-raa' ilay-haa

112.from the Fire which 'does not spare him who pleads to it,'

وَلاَ تَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتَعْطَفَهَا،

wa laa tar-h'amu mani as-taa'-t'afahaa

113.has no mercy on him who seeks sympathy from it,

وَلاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى التَّخْفِيفِ عَمَّنْ خَشَعَ لَهَا وَاسْتَسْلَمَ إلَيْهَا،

wa laa taq-diru a'laat-takh-feefi a'm-man khashaa' lahaa was-tas-lama ilay-haa

114.and has no power to relieve him who humbles himself before it and yields himself to it;

تَلْقَى سُكَّانَهَا بِأَحَرِّ مَا لَدَيْهَا مِنْ أَلِيْمِ النَّكَالِ وَشَدِيدِ الْوَبَالِ،

tal-qaa suk-kaanahaa bih'ar-ri maa laday-haa min aleemin-nakaali washadeedil-wabaal

115.it meets its inhabitants with the hottest that it possesses: painful punishment and intense noxiousness.

وَأَعُوذُ بكَ مِنْ عَقَارِبِهَا الْفَاغِرَةِ أَفْوَاهُهَا،

wa au'wd'u bika min- a'qaaribihaal-faaghirati af-waahuhaa

116.seek refuge in You from its gaping-jawed scorpions,

وَحَيّاتِهَا الصَّالِقَةِ بِأَنْيَابِهَا،

wa h'ay-yaatihaas'-s'aaliqati binyaabihaa

117.its scraping-toothed serpents,

وَشَرَابِهَا الَّذِي يُقَطِّعُ أَمْعَاءَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ سُكَّانِهَا، وَيَنْزِعُ قُلُوبَهُمْ،

wa sharaabihaal-lad'ee yuqat'-t'iu' am-a'aa-a wa af-idata suk-kaanihaa wa yanziu' quloobahum

118.and its drinks, which tear apart the intestines and hearts of its inhabitants and root out their marrows.

وَأَسْتَهْدِيْكَ لِمَا باعَدَ مِنْهَا وَأَخَّرَ عَنْهَا.

wa as-tah-deeka limaa baaa'da min-haa wa akh-khara a'n-haa

119.I ask guidance from You to that which will keep far from it and make it retreat!

أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

120.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهَا بِفَضْل رَحْمَتِكَ،

wa ajir-nee min-haa bifaz''-li rah'-matik

121.grant me sanctuary from it through the bounty of Your mercy,

وَأَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي بِحُسْنِ إقَالَتِكَ ،

wa aqil-nee a'tharaatee bih'us-ni iqaalatik

122.release me from my stumbles through Your good releasing,

وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي يَا خَيْرَ الْمُجيرِينَ

wa laa takh-d'ul-nee yaa khay-ral-mujeereen

123.and abandon me not, O Best of the sanctuary-granters!

أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ تَقِي الْكَرِيهَةَ ، وَتُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ ،

al-laahum-ma in-nak taqeel-kareehah wa tua'-t'eel-h'asanah

124.O God, You protectest from the disliked, givest the good,

وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيـدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.

wa taf-a'lu maa tureed wa anta a'laa kul-li shay-in qadeer

125.dost what You wilt, and You art "powerful over everything" (3:26).

أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، إذَا ذُكِرَ الأبْرَارُ،

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaaliheee id'aa d'ukiral-ab-raar

126.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household when the pious are mentioned

وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ

wa s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalihee makh-talafal-lay-lu wan-nahaar

127.and bless Muhammad and his Household as long as night and day come

صَلاَةً لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ مَدَدُهَا،

s'alaatal-laa yanqat'iu' madaduhaa

128.and go with a blessing whose replenishment is never cut off

وَلاَ يُحْصَى عَدَدُهَا صَلاَةً تَشْحَنُ الْهَوَاءَ،

wa laa yuh'-s'aa a'daduhaa s'alaatan tash-h'anul-hawaaa-a

129.and whose number cannot be counted, a blessing that will fill up the air

وَتَمْلاُ الأرْضَ وَالسَّماءَ.

wa tam-laal-ar-z''a was-samaaa-

130.and crowd the earth and the heaven!

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى،

s'al-laal-laahoo a'lay-hee h'at-taa yarz''aa

131.God bless him until he is well pleased

وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

wa s'al-laal-laahoo a'lay-hee wa aaalihee

132.and God bless him and his Household

بَعْدَ الرِّضَا صَلاَةً لا حَدَّ لَها

baa'-dar-riz''aa s'alaatal-laa h'ad-da lahaa

133.after good pleasure with a blessing that has neither bound

وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.

wa laa muntahaa yaaa ar-h'amar-raah'imeen

134.nor utmost limit! O Most Merciful of the merciful!