Munajaat Khaifeen (Fearful)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

إِلٰهِي أَتَرَاكَ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيـمَانِ بِكَ تُعَذِّبُنِي

ilahi ataraka baʿda al-imani bika tuaadhdhibuni

My God, will You chastise me after my faith in You,

أَمْ بَعْدَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ تُبَعِّدُنِي

am baʿda hubbi iyyaka tubaʿʿiduni

drive me far away after my love for You,

أَمْ مَعَ رَجَائِي لِرَحْمَتِكَ وَصَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِي

am maʿa raja'i lirahmatika wa safhika tahrimuni

deprive me while I hope for Your mercy and forgiveness,

أَمْ مَعَ ٱسْتِجَارَتِي بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِي

am maʿa istijarati biʿafwika tuslimuni

forsake me while I seek sanctuary in Your pardon?

حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُخَيِّبَنِي

hasha liwajhika alkarimi an tukhayyibani

Far it be from Your generous face to disappoint me?

لَيْتَ شِعْرِي! أَلِلشَّقَاءِ وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي

layta shiʿri alishshaqa'i waladatni ummi

Would that I knew—Did my mother bear me for wretchedness?

أَمْ لِلْعَنَاءِ رَبَّتْنِي

am lilʿana'i rabbatni

Did she nurture me for suffering?

فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِي وَلَمْ تُرَبِّنِي

falaytaha lam talidni wa lam turabbini

Would then that she had not borne me and had not nurtured me!

وَلَيْتَنِي عَلِمْتُ

wa laytani ʿalimtu

Would that I had knowledge—

أَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّعادَةِ جَعَلْتَنِي

amin ahli assaʿadati jaʿaltani

Have You appointed me one of the people of felicity?

وَبِقُرْبِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ خَصَصْتَنِي

wa biqurbika wa jiwarika khasastani

Have You singled me out for Your nearness and neighborhood?

فَتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ عَيْنِي

fataqarra bidhalika ʿayni

Then would my eyes be gladdened,

وَتَطْمَئِنَّ لَهُ نَفْسِي

wa tatma'inna lahu nafsi

and in that my soul reach serenity.

إِلٰهِي هَلْ تُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهاً خَرَّتْ سَاجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ

ilahi hal tusawwidu wujuhan kharrat sajidatan liʿazamatika

My God, do You blacken faces which fall down in prostration before Your mightiness?

أَوْ تُخْرِسُ أَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِٱلثَّنَاءِ عَلَىٰ مَجْدِكَ وَجَلاَلَتِكَ

aw tukhrisu alsinatan nataqat biththana'i ʿala majdika wa jalalatika

Do You strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Your glory and majesty?

أَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ ٱنْطَوَتْ عَلَىٰ مَحَبَّتِكَ

aw tatbaʿu ʿala qulubin intawat ʿala mahabbatika

Do You seal hearts which harbor Your love?

أَوْ تُصِمُّ أَسْمَاعاً تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسَمَاعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِي إِرَادَتِكَ

aw tusimmu asmaʿan taladhdhadhat bisamaʿi dhikrika fi iradatika

Do You deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Your remembrance according to Your will?

أَوْ تَغُلُّ أَكُفّاً رَفَعَتْهَا الآمَالُ إِلَيْكَ رَجَاءَ رَأْفَتِكَ

aw taghullu akuffan rafaʿat-ha al-amalu ilayka raja'a ra'fatika

Do You manacle hands which expectations have raised to You in hope of Your clemency?

أَوْ تُعَاقِبُ أَبْدَاناً عَمِلَتْ بِطَاعَتِكَ حَتَّىٰ نَحِلَتْ فِي مُجَاهَدَتِكَ

aw tuʿaqibu abdanan ʿamilat bitaʿatika hatta nahilat fi mujahadatika

Do You punish bodies which worked to obey You until they grew thin in struggling for You?

أَوْ تُعَذِّبُ أَرْجُلاً سَعَتْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ

aw tuʿdhdhibu arjulan saʿat fi ʿibadatika

Do You chastise legs which ran to worship You?

إِلٰهِي لاَ تُغْلِقْ عَلَىٰ مُوَحِّدِيكَ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

ilahi la tughliq ʿala muwahhidika abwaba rahmatika

My God, lock not toward those who profess Your Unity the doors of Your mercy,

وَلاَ تحْجُبْ مُشْتَاقِيكَ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ جَمِيلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ

wa la tahjub mushtaqika ʿan annazari ila jamili ru'yatika

and veil not those who yearn for You from looking upon the vision of Your beauty!

إِلٰهِي نَفْسٌ أَعْزَزْتَهَا بِتَوحِيدِكَ

ilahi nafsun aʿzaztaha bitawhidika

My God, a soul which You have exalted by its professing Your Unity—

كَيْفَ تُذِلُّهَا بِمَهَانَةِ هِجْرَانِكَ

kayfa tudhilluha bimahanati hijranika

how will You humiliate him by leaving him?

وَضَمِيرٌ ٱنْعَقَدَ عَلَىٰ مَوَدَّتِكَ

wa damirun inʿaqada ʿala mawaddatika

My God, a heart which has been knotted by its love for Your—

كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُهُ بِحَرَارَةِ نِيرَانِكَ

kayfa tuhriquhu bihararati niranika

how will You burn it in the heat of Your fires?

إِلٰهِي أَجِرْنِي مِنَ أَلِيمِ غَضَبِكَ

ilahi ajirni min alimi ghadabika

My God, give me sanctuary from Your painful wrath

وَعَظِيمِ سَخَطِكَ

wa ʿazimi sakhatika

and Your mighty anger!

يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ

ya hannanu ya mannanu

O All-loving, O All-kind!

يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ

ya rahimu ya rahmanu

O Compassionate, O Merciful!

يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ

ya jabbaru ya qahharu

O Compeller, O Subduer!

يَا غَفَّارُ يَا سَتَّارُ

ya ghaffaru ya sattaru

O All-forgiver, O All-covering!

نَجِّنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ

najjini birahmatika min ʿadhabi annari

Deliver me through Your mercy from the chastisement of the Fire

وَفَضِيحَةِ ٱلْعَارِ

wa fadihati alʿari

and the disgrace of shame

إِذَا ٱمْتَازَ ٱلأَخْيَارُ مِنَ ٱلأَشْرَارِ

idha imtaza al-akhyaru min al-ashraru

when the good are set apart from the evil,

وَحَالَتِ ٱلأَحْوَالُ

wa halat al-ahwalu

forms are transformed,

وَهَالَتِ ٱلأَهْوَالُ

wa halat al-ahwalu

terrors terrify,

وَقَرُبَ ٱلْمُحْسِنُونَ

wa qaruba almuhsinuna

the good-doers are brought near,

وَبَعُدَ ٱلْمُسِيئُونَ

wa baʿuda almusi'una

the evildoers taken far,

(وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ

wa wuffiyat kullu nafsin ma kasabat

"and every soul paid what it has earned,

وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ)

wa hum la yuzlamuna

and they shall not be wronged!"