Munajaat Shakireen (Thankful)
43 verses
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
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Munajat Shakereen6 of 15Munajat(Whispered Prayers)-Thankfulمناجاة لشاكرين. — Munajat
1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرّحْمَانِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
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إِلٰهِي أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ
My God, the uninterrupted flow of Your graciousness hast distracted me from thanking You!
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وَأَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ
The flood of Your bounty has rendered me incapable of counting Your praises!
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وَشَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ
The succession of Your kind acts has diverted me from mentioning You in laudation!
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وَأَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ
The continuous rush of Your benefits has thwarted me from spreading the news of Your gentle favors!
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وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ
This is the station of him who confesses to the lavishness of favors,
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وَقَابَلَهَا بِٱلتَّقْصِيرِ
meets them with shortcomings,
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وَشَهِدَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِٱلإِهْمَالِ وَٱلتَّضْيِيعِ
and witnesses to his own disregard and negligence.
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وَأَنْتَ ٱلرَّءُوفُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
You are the Clement, the Compassionate,
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ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
the Good, the Generous,
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ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ
who does not disappoint those who aim for Him,
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وَلاَ يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ
nor cast out from His courtyard those who expect from Him!
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بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ ٱلرَّاجِينَ
In Your yard are put down the saddlebags of the hopeful
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وَبِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ ٱلْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ
and in Your plain stand the hopes of the help-seekers!
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فَلاَ تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِٱلتَّخْيِيبِ وَٱلإِيَاسِ
So, meet not our hopes by disappointing and disheartening
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وَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ ٱلْقُنُوطِ وَٱلإِبْلاَسِ
and clothe us not in the shirt of despair and despondency!
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إِلٰهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي
My God, my thanksgiving is small before Your great boons,
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وَتَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَنَشْرِي
and my praise and news-spreading shrink beside Your generosity toward me!
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جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الإِيـمَانِ حُلَلاً
Your favors have wrapped me in the robes of the lights of faith,
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وَضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِزِّ كِلَلاً
and the gentleness of Your goodness have let down over me delicate curtains of might!
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وَقَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لاَ تُحَلُّ
Your kindnesses have collared me with collars not to be moved
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وَطَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لاَ تُفَلُّ
and adorned me with neck-rings not to be broken!
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فَآلاَؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ
Your boons are abundant;
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ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا
my tongue is too weak to count them!
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وَنَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ
Your favors are many;
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قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا
my understanding falls short of grasping them,
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فَضْلاً عَنِ ٱسْتِقْصَائِهَا
not to speak of exhausting them!
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فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ ٱلشُّكْرِ
So, how can I achieve thanksgiving?
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وَشُكرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَىٰ شُكْرٍ
For my thanking You requires thanksgiving.
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فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ
Whenever I say, 'To You belongs praise!'
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وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذٰلِكَ أَنْ أَقولَ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ
it becomes thereby incumbent upon me to say, 'To You belongs praise!'
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إِلٰهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ
My God, as You have fed us through Your gentleness
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وَرَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ
and nurtured us through Your benefaction,
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فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ
so also complete for us lavish favors,
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وَٱدْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ ٱلنِّقَمِ
repel from us detested acts of vengeance,
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وَآتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ ٱلدَّارَيْنِ
and of the shares of the two abodes,
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أَرْفَعَهَا وَ جَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَآجِلاً
give us their most elevated and their greatest, both the immediate and the deferred!
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وَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ
To You belongs praise for Your good trial
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وَسُبُوغِ نَعْمائِكَ
and the lavishness of Your favours,
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حَمْداً يُوافِقُ رِضاكَ،
a praise conforming to Your good pleasure
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وَيَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرّ ِكَ وَنَداكَ،
and attracting Your great goodness and magnanimity.
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يا عَظِيمُ يا كَرِيمُ،
O All-mighty, O All-generous!
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بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!