Supplication of Arafa by Imam al-Hussain

The supplication of Arafa by Imam al-Hussain (Arabic: دعاء الإمام الحسین یوم عرفة) is one of Shi'a supplications first recorded by Imam Hussain. He recited this du’a-one of the most famous in Shi'ite annals- one year during the pilgrimage to Mecca on the Day of Arafah (the ninth of Dhu-l-hijjah), and it has been recited by pious Shi'ites ever since. On that day pilgrims pass the time at Mount Arafat occupying themselves with canonical prayer, reciting the Quran, litanies, invocations and supplications. The spirit of the day is well represented in the Imam's prayer, which is full of love and enthusiasm. Although Shi'a scholars consider the supplication as being reported from Imam Hussain, there is doubt regarding its ending part and some deny its attribution to Imam Hussain.

Introduction

One of the famous prayers of 9th Dhu-l-hijjah is the prayer of Imam Hussain which has been narrated by bashar and bashir (the sons of ghaleb-asadi) as follows: In the day of Arafah in arafaat desert we were honoured to be with the Imam and he came out of his tent with his Ahl al-Bayt, children and his shias and humbly stood on the left side of the mountain and looked towards the kaba' and raised his hands toward the sky in front of his face and started this supplication.

Different Reports

In the report of al-Kaf'ami, the supplication ends with this sentence:

" لااِلهَ اِلاّ اَنْتَ وَحْدَکَ لا شَریکَ لَکَ لَکَ الْمُلْکُ وَلَکَ الْحَمْدُ وَاَنْتَ عَلی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدیرٌ یا رَبُِّ یا رَبُِّ یا رَبُِّ"

"There is no god but You, You alone; there is no partner for You, to You is the kingdom and to You is all praise, and you have power over all things. O my Lord! O my Lord! O my Lord!"

However, according to the report of al-Sayyid b. Tawus in Iqbal al-a'mal the supplication continues therefrom with this phrase:

"إلهی أنا الفقیر فی غنای فکیف لا أکون فقیرا فی فقری... و أنت الرقیب الحاضر انّک علی کل شیء قدیر و الحمدلله وحده."

"O my God, I am needy despite my wealth, how can I not be needy when I am needy...; and it ends with this phrase: You are the watcher (over all things) and the Present (at all times). Verily you have power over all things. All praise be to Allah alone."

Supplication

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِی لَیْسَ لِقَضَائِهِ دَافِعٌ

Praise be to Allah whose determination cannot be repelled by anything,

وَلاَ لِعَطَائِهِ مَانِعٌ

Whose gifts cannot be stopped by anything,

وَلاَ کَصُنْعِهِ صُنْعُ صَانِعٍ

and Whose making cannot be resembled by the making of anyone.

وَهُوَ ٱلْجَوَادُ ٱلْوَاسِعُ

He is the All-magnanimous, the All-liberal.

فَطَرَ اجْنَاسَ ٱلْبَدَائِعِ

He originated the genus of the wonderfully created things

وَاتْقَنَ بِحِکْمَتِهِ ٱلصَّنَائِعَ

and He perfected the made things by His wisdom.

لا تَخْفَىٰ عَلَیْهِ ٱلطَّلاَئِعُ

All growing things cannot be hidden from Him

وَلاَ تَضِیعُ عِنْدَهُ ٱلْوَدَائِعُ

and all things deposited with Him shall never be wasted.

جَازِی کُلِّ صَانِعٍ

He is the Repayer on every deed,

وَرَایِشُ کُلِّ قَانِعٍ

the Enricher of every satisfied one,

وَرَاحِمُ کُلِّ ضَارِعٍ

the Merciful toward every suppliant,

وَمُنْزِلُ ٱلْمَنَافِعِ

and the Revealer of the benefits

وَٱلْکِتَابِ ٱلْجَامِعِ بِٱلنُّورِ ٱلسَّاطِعِ

and the All-comprehensive Book with the glaring light.

وَهُوَ لِلدَّعَوَاتِ سَامِعٌ

He is also the Hearer of prayers,

وَلِلْکُرُبَاتِ دَافِعٌ

the Warder-off of anguishes,

وَلِلدَّرَجَاتِ رَافِعٌ

the Raiser of ranks,

وَلِلْجَبَابِرَةِ قَامِعٌ

and the Suppressor of the tyrants.

فَلاَ إِلٰهَ غَیْرُهُ

There is no god other than Him

وَلاَ شَیْءَ یَعْدِلُهُ

and there is nothing equivalent to Him

وَلَیْسَ کَمِثْلِهِ شَیْءٌ

and nothing like a likeness of Him,

وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِیعُ ٱلْبَصِیرُ

and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing,

ٱللَّطِیفُ ٱلْخَبِیرُ

the All-gentle, the All-aware,

وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیرٌ

and He has power over all things.

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی ارْغَبُ إِلَیْکَ

O Allah, I willingly desire for you

وَاشْهَدُ بِٱلرُّبُوبِیَّةِ لَکَ

and I testify to the Lordship of You,

مُقِرّاً بِانَّکَ رَبِّی

Confessing that You are verily my Lord

وَانَّ إِلَیْکَ مَرَدِّی

and to You shall be my return.

اِبْتَدَاتَنِی بِنِعْمَتِکَ

You had begun bestowing on me

قَبْلَ انْ اکُونَ شَیْئاً مَذْکُوراً

before I was anything worth mentioning,

وَخَلَقْتَنِی مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ

and You created me from dust.

ثُمَّ اسْکَنْتَنِی ٱلاصْلاَبَ

You then put me up in the loins,

آمِناً لِرَیْبِ ٱلْمَنُونِ

(making me) saved from vicissitudes of time,

وَٱخْتِلافِ ٱلدُّهُورِ وَٱلسِّنِینَ

and change of ages and years.

فَلَمْ ازَلْ ظَاعِناً مِنْ صُلْبٍ إِلَىٰ رَحِمٍ

I was moving from a loin to a womb

فِی تَقَادُمٍ مِنَ ٱلایَّامِ ٱلْمَاضِیَةِ

throughout the passage of the past days

وَٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْخَالِیَةِ

and the ancient ages;

لَمْ تُخْرِجْنِی لِرَافَتِکَ بِی

as You have not taken me out (to this world)—on account of Your sympathy to me,

وَلُطْفِکَ لِی

Your kindness to me,

وَإِحْسَانِکَ إِلَیَّ

and Your compassion to me—

فِی دَوْلَةِ ائِمَّةِ ٱلْکُفْرِ

in the government of the heads of unbelief

ٱلَّذِینَ نَقَضُوٱ عَهْدَکَ

who breached their covenant with You

وَکَذَّبُوٱ رُسُلَکَ

and denied Your messengers.

لٰکِنَّکَ اخْرَجْتَنِی لِلَّذِی سَبَقَ لِی مِنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ

However, You took me out on account of the guidance that You have already known about me

ٱلَّذِی لَهُ یَسَّرْتَنِی

and You have made easy the way to it

وَفِیهِ انْشَاتَنِی

and You have brought me up in it.

وَمِنْ قَبْلِ ذٰلِکَ رَؤُفْتَ بِی

Even before that, you had compassion on me,

بِجَمِیلِ صُنْعِکَ

through Your excellent conferral

وَسَوَابِغِ نِعَمِکَ

and Your affluent bestowals.

فَٱبْتَدَعْتَ خَلْقِی مِنْ مَنِیٍّ یُمْنَىٰ

So, You fashioned my creation from semen that gushed forth

وَاسْکَنْتَنِی فِی ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلاَثٍ

and put me up in triple darkness

بَیْنَ لَحْمٍ وَدَمٍ وَجِلْدٍ

among flesh, blood, and skin.

لَمْ تُشْهِدْنِی خَلْقِی

You have not made me witness my creation,

وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ إِلَیَّ شَیْئاً مِنْ امْرِی

and You have not referred any part of my creation to me.

ثُمَّ اخْرَجْتَنِی لِلَّذِی سَبَقَ لِی مِنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ

You then took me out on account of the guidance that You have already known about me

إِلَىٰ ٱلدُّنْیَا تَامّاً سَوِیّاً

to the world, perfect and in sound health.

وَحَفِظْتَنِی فِی ٱلْمَهْدِ طِفْلاً صَبِیّاً

You have safeguarded me in the cradle as small child.

وَرَزَقْتَنِی مِنَ ٱلْغِذَاءِ لَبَناً مَرِیّاً

You have provided me with wholesome milk as food.

وَعَطَفْتَ عَلَیَّ قُلُوبَ ٱلْحَوَاضِنِ

You have made the hearts of the nursemaids tender.

وَکَفَّلْتَنِی ٱلامَّهَاتِ ٱلرَّوَاحِمَ

You have given me into the charge of merciful mothers.

وَکَلَاتَنِی مِنْ طَوَارِقِ ٱلْجَانِّ

You have saved me from the visits of the Jinn.

وَسَلَّمْتَنِی مِنَ ٱلزِّیَادَةِ وَٱلنُّقْصَانِ

You have delivered me from increase and decrease.

فَتَعَالَیْتَ یَا رَحِیمُ یَا رَحْمٰنُ

So, Exalted be You, O All-merciful, O All-beneficent.

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ٱسْتَهْلَلْتُ نَاطِقاً بِٱلْکَلاَمِ

When I commenced (my life) by pronouncing words,

اتْمَمْتَ عَلَیَّ سَوَابِغَ ٱلإِنْعَامِ

You perfected for me the affluent bestowals,

وَرَبَّیتَنِی زَائِداً فِی کُلِّ عَامٍ

and brought me up with an increase every year.

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ٱکْتَمَلَتْ فِطْرَتِی

When my creation was accomplished,

وَٱعْتَدَلَتْ مِرَّتِی

and my power became straight,

اوْجَبْتَ عَلَیَّ حُجَّتَکَ

You put me under the obligation of Your Claim,

بِانْ الْهَمْتَنِی مَعْرِفَتَکَ

which is that You inspired me with recognition of You

وَرَوَّعْتَنِی بِعَجَائِبِ حِکْمَتِکَ

and alarmed me by the wonders of Your wisdom,

وَایْقَظْتَنِی لِمَا ذَرَاتَ فِی سَمَائِکَ وَارْضِکَ

and You aroused in me that which You created in Your heavens and lands,

مِنْ بَدَائِعِ خَلْقِکَ

which is the excellent creation of You.

وَنَبَّهْتَنِی لِشُکْرِکَ وَذِکْرِکَ

You attracted my attentions to thank and mention You.

وَاوْجَبْتَ عَلَیَّ طَاعَتَکَ وَعِبَادَتَکَ

You made obligatory on me to obey and worship You.

وَفَهَّمْتَنِی مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ رُسُلُکَ

You made me understand that with which Your Apostles came.

وَیَسَّرْتَ لِی تَقَبُّلَ مَرْضَاتِکَ

You made easy for me to find agreeable Your pleasure.

وَمَنَنْتَ عَلَیَّ فِی جَمِیعِ ذٰلِکَ

You bestowed upon me with the favor of all that,

بِعَوْنِکَ وَلُطْفِکَ

out of Your aid and Your gentleness.

ثُمَّ إِذْ خَلَقْتَنِی مِنْ خَیْرِ ٱلثَّرَىٰ

As You created me from the best of soil,

لَمْ تَرْضَ لِی یَا إِلٰهِی نِعْمَةً دُونَ اخْرَىٰ

You, my God, have not wanted for me to have a certain favor (and to be deprived of another)

وَرَزَقْتَنِی مِنْ انْوَاعِ ٱلْمَعَاشِ

and You therefore provided me with the various kinds of living

وَصُنُوفِ ٱلرِّیَاشِ

and types of wealth,

بِمَنِّکَ ٱلْعَظِیمِ ٱلاعْظَمِ عَلَیَّ

out of Your great and grand conferral upon me,

وَإِحْسَانِکَ ٱلْقَدِیمِ إِلَیَّ

and Your eternal kindness to me.

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا اتْمَمْتَ عَلَیَّ جَمِیعَ ٱلنِّعَمِ

As You perfected for me all the graces

وَصَرَفْتَ عَنِّی کُلَّ ٱلنِّقَمِ

and warded off all misfortunes,

لَمْ یَمْنَعْکَ جَهْلِی وَجُرْاتِی عَلَیْکَ

my ignorance of You and challenge have not stopped You

انْ دَلَلْتَنِی إِلَىٰ مَا یُقَرِّبُنِی إِلَیْکَ

from showing me that which takes me near to You,

وَوَفَّقْتَنِی لِمَا یُزْلِفُنِی لَدَیْکَ

and from leading me to that which grants me proximity to You.

فَإِنْ دَعَوْتُکَ اجَبْتَنِی

So, if I pray You, You will respond to me;

وَإِنْ سَالْتُکَ اعْطَیْتَنِی

and if I beg You, You will give me;

وَإِنْ اطَعْتُکَ شَکَرْتَنِی

and if I obey You, You will thank me;

وَإِنْ شَکَرْتُکَ زِدْتَنِی

and if I thank You, You will give me more.

کُلُّ ذٰلِکَ إِکْمَالاً لانْعُمِکَ عَلَیَّ

All that is completion of Your favors for me,

وَإِحْسَانِکَ إِلَیَّ

and Your kindness to me.

فَسُبْحَانَکَ سُبْحَانَکَ

So, all glory be to You; all glory be to You.

مِنْ مُبْدِیً مُعِیدٍ

You are verily Originator and Reproducer (of the creation)

حَمِیدٍ مَجِیدٍ

and worthy of all praise and full of all glory.

وَتَقَدَّسَتْ اسْمَاؤُکَ

Holy be Your Names

وَعَظُمَتْ آلاؤُکَ

as Your bounties are so immeasurable.

فَایَّ نِعَمِکَ یَا إِلٰهِی احْصِی عَدَداً وَذِکْراً؟

Which of Your favors, O my God, can I count in numbers and examples?

امْ ایَّ عَطَایَاکَ اقُومُ بِهَا شُکْراً

Or which of your gifts can I thank properly?

وَهِیَ یَا رَبِّ اکْثَرُ مِنْ انْ یُحْصِیهَا ٱلْعَادُّونَ

They are, O my Lord, too numerous to be counted by counters

اوْ یَبْلُغَ عِلْماً بِهَا ٱلْحَافِظُونَ

or to be realized by memorizers.

ثُمَّ مَا صَرَفْتَ وَدَرَاتَ عَنِّی

Moreover, that which You have warded off and repelled,

اللَّهُمَّ مِنَ ٱلضُّرِّ وَٱلضَّرَّاءِ

O Allah, from (the various kinds of) harm and mischief

اکْثَرُ مِمَّا ظَهَرَ لِی مِنَ ٱلْعَافِیَةِ وَٱلسَّرَّاءِ

is more than that which came to me from wellbeing and joy.

وَانَا اشْهَدُ یَا إِلٰهِی بِحَقِیقَةِ إِیـمَانِی

And I bear witness, O my God, with my true belief,

وَعَقْدِ عَزَمَاتِ یَقِینِی

and the fortitude of the determinations of my conviction

وَخَالِصِ صَرِیحِ تَوْحِیدِی

and the purity of my open belief in Your Oneness

وَبَاطِنِ مَکْنُونِ ضَمِیرِی

and the essence of the secret of my conscience,

وَعَلاَئِقِ مَجَارِی نُورِ بَصَرِی

and the ties of the canals of the light of my sight,

وَاسَارِیرِ صَفْحَةِ جَبِینِی

and the lines of my forehead

وَخُرْقِ مَسَارِبِ نَفْسِی

and the hallows of the courses of my breath,

وَخَذَارِیفِ مَارِنِ عِرْنِینِی

and the (nasal) cavities of my nose,

وَمَسَارِبِ صِمَاخِ سَمْعِی

and the courses of the meatus of my hearing,

وَمَا ضَمَّتْ وَاطْبَقَتْ عَلَیْهِ شَفَتَایَ

and whatever my two lips hide and cover up,

وَحَرَکَاتِ لَفْظِ لِسَانِی

and the motions of the vocalization of my tongue,

وَمَغْرَزِ حَنَکِ فَمِی وَفَکِّی

and the socket of the palate of my mouth and jaw,

وَمَنَابِتِ اضْرَاسِی

and the matrices of my dents,

وَمَسَاغِ مَطْعَمِی وَمَشْرَبِی

and the tasting of my food and my drink,

وَحِمَالَةِ امِّ رَاسِی

and the carrier of my skill,

وَبُلُوعِ فَارِغِ حَبَائِلِ عُنُقِی

and the tube of the tissues of my neck

وَمَا ٱشْتَمَلَ عَلَیْهِ تَامُورُ صَدْرِی

and what is included by the cloak of my chest,

وَحَمَائِلِ حَبْلِ وَتِینِی

and the carriers of the cord of my aorta,

وَنِیَاطِ حِجَابِ قَلْبِی

and the cords of the pericardium of my heart,

وَافْلاذِ حَوَاشِی کَبِدِی

and the pieces of the retinues of my liver,

وَمَا حَوَتْهُ شَرَاسِیفُ اضْلاَعِی

and that which is included by the cartilages of my ribs,

وَحِقَاقِ مَفَاصِلِی

and the cavities of my joints,

وَقَبْضِ عَوَامِلِی

and the interactings of my organisms,

وَاطْرَافِ انَامِلِی

and the extremes of my fingertips,

وَلَحْمِی وَدَمِی

and my flesh, and my blood,

وَشَعْرِی وَبَشَرِی

and my hair, and my skin,

وَعَصَبِی وَقَصَبِی

and my nerve, and my sinews,

وَعِظَامِی وَمُخِّی وَعُرُوقِی

and my bones, and my brain, and my veins,

وَجَمِیعِ جَوَارِحِی

and all of my organs,

وَمَا ٱنْتَسَجَ عَلَىٰ ذٰلِکَ ایَّامَ رِضَاعِی

and that which was pieced together during the days of my suckling,

وَمَا اقَلَّتِ ٱلارْضُ مِنِّی

and whatever of my body that the ground carries,

وَنَوْمِی وَیَقْظَتِی وَسُکُونِی

and my sleeping, and my wakefulness, and my motionlessness,

وَحَرَکَاتِ رُکُوعِی وَسُجُودِی

and the movements of my bowing and prostration;

انْ لَوْ حَاوَلْتُ وَٱجْتَهَدْتُ مَدَىٰ ٱلاعْصَارِ

(by all that I bear witness) that if I try my best and strive throughout all ages

وَٱلاحْقَابِ لَوْ عُمِّرْتُهَا

and all times, if I live them,

انْ اؤَدِّیَ شُکْرَ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ انْعُمِکَ

to thank properly only one of Your favors,

مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ذٰلِکَ

I will not be able to do that,

إِلاَّ بِمَنِّکَ ٱلْمُوجَبِ عَلَیَّ بِهِ شُکْرُکَ

except through a favor of You, which also requires me to thank You for it,

ابَداً جَدِیداً

once again with new thanking

وَثَنَاءً طَارِفاً عَتِیداً

and with praise that is newly acquired and newly prepared.

اجَلْ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتُ

True is this! And if I try hard,

انَا وَٱلْعَادُّونَ مِنْ انَامِکَ

as well as the counters from Your creatures,

انْ نُحْصِیَ مَدَىٰ إِنْعَامِکَ

to count the scope of Your favoring,

سَالِفِهِ وَآنِفِهِ

both the past and the present,

مَا حَصَرْنَاهُ عَدَداً

we shall never be able to calculate it in number,

وَلاَ احْصَیْنَاهُ امَداً

or count it in time.

هَیْهَاتَ انَّىٰ ذٰلِکَ

Too far is this! How can it be!

وَانْتَ ٱلْمُخْبِرُ فِی کِتَابِکَ ٱلنَّاطِقِ

While it is You Who have informed in Your rational Book

وَٱلنَّبَأِ ٱلصَّادِقِ

and true news:

وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوٱ نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوهَا

And if you count Allah's favors, you will not be able to number them.

صَدَقَ کِتَابُکَ ٱللَّهُمَّ وَإِنْبَاؤُکَ

True is Your Book, O Allah, and Your informing.

وَبَلَّغَتْ انْبِیَاؤُکَ وَرُسُلُکَ

Your Prophets and Messengers have conveyed

مَا انْزَلْتَ عَلَیْهِمْ مِنْ وَحْیِکَ

what You revealed to them, from Your Revelation,

وَشَرَعْتَ لَهُمْ وَبِهِمْ مِنْ دِینِکَ

and what You have made plain for them and through them Your religion.

غَیْرَ انِّی یَا إِلٰهِی

Nevertheless, O my God,

اشْهَدُ بِجُهْدِی وَجِدِّی

I bear witness by my ultimate possibility and my diligence

وَمَبْلَغِ طَاقَتِی وَوُسْعِی

and the scope of my vigor and my capacity,

وَاقُولُ مُؤْمِناً مُوقِناً

and I say with full faith and conviction:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِی لَمْ یَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً

All praise be to Allah Who has not taken to Himself a son

فَیَکُونَ مَوْرُوثاً

to be inherited,

وَلَمْ یَکُنْ لَهُ شَرِیکٌ فِی مُلْکِهِ

and Who does not have a partner in His kingdom,

فَیُضَادُّهُ فِیمَا ٱبْتَدَعَ

to oppose Him in what He fashions,

وَلاَ وَلِیٌّ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ

and Who does not have a helper to save Him from disgrace,

فَیُرْفِدَهُ فِیمَا صَنَعَ

to help Him in what He makes.

فَسُبْحَانَهُ سُبْحَانَهُ

So, glory be to Him, glory be to Him.

لَوْ کَانَ فِیهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلاَّ ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا وَتَفَطَّرَتَا

If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they would both have certainly been in a state of disorder and destruction.

سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ ٱلاحَدِ ٱلصَّمَدِ

All glory be to Allah, the One, the Only One, the Besought of all,

ٱلَّذِی لَمْ یَلِدْ وَلَمْ یُولَدْ

Who begets not nor is He begotten,

وَلَمْ یَکُنْ لَهُ کُفُواً احَدٌ

and there is none like Him.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْداً یُعَادِلُ حَمْدَ مَلائِکَتِهِ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِینَ

All praise be to Allah—praise that is equal to the praise of His Favorite Angels,

وَ انْبِیَائِهِ ٱلْمُرْسَلِینَ

and His missioned Prophets.

وَصَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ خِیَرَتِهِ

May Allah send blessings to His Select,

مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ ٱلنَّبِیِّینَ

Muhammad, the Seal of Prophets,

وَآلِهِ ٱلطَّیِّبِینَ ٱلطَّاهِرِینَ ٱلْمُخْلَصِینَ وَسَلَّمَ

and upon his Household, the pure, immaculate, and well-chosen, and may He send benedictions upon them.

The Imam then besought Almighty Allah so earnestly that his eyes shed tears. He then said:

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنِی اخْشَاکَ کَانِّی ارَاکَ

O Allah, (please) make me fear You as if I can see You.

وَاسْعِدْنِی بِتَقْوَاکَ

Make happy by fearing You.

وَلاَ تُشْقِنِی بِمَعْصِیَتِکَ

Do not make me unhappy by disobeying You.

وَخِرْ لِی فِی قَضَائِکَ

Choose for me through Your decree.

وَبَارِکْ لِی فِی قَدَرِکَ

Bless me through Your determination,

حَتَّىٰ لا احِبَّ تَعْجِیلَ مَا اخَّرْتَ

so that I will not long for hastening that which You have delayed

وَلاَ تَاخِیرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ

or delaying that which You would hasten.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ غِنَایَ فِی نَفْسِی

O Allah, (please) make my richness in my conscience,

وَٱلْیَقِینَ فِی قَلْبِی

conviction in my hear,

وَٱلإِخْلاَصَ فِی عَمَلِی

sincerity in my deeds,

وَٱلنُّوْرَ فِی بَصَرِی

light in my sight,

وَٱلْبَصِیرَةَ فِی دِینِی

and insight in my religion.

وَمَتِّعْنِی بِجَوَارِحِی

Make me find enjoyment in my organs.

وَٱجْعَلْ سَمْعِی وَبَصَرِی ٱلْوَارِثَیْنِ مِنِّی

Make my hearing and my sight sound until I am inherited.

وَٱنْصُرْنِی عَلَىٰ مَنْ ظَلَمَنِی

Grant me victory over him who wrongs me,

وَارِنِی فِیهِ ثَارِی وَمَآرِبِی

make me witness my avenge and objective in him,

وَاقِرَّ بِذٰلِکَ عَیْنِی

and make it the delight of my eye.

اَللَّهُمَّ ٱکْشِفْ کُرْبَتِی

O Allah, (please) relieve my agony,

وَٱسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِی

conceal my flaws,

وَٱغْفِرْ لِی خَطِیئَتِی

forgive my sin,

وَٱخْسَا شَیْطَانِی

drive away my devil from me,

وَفُکَّ رِهَانِی

redeem my mortgage,

وَٱجْعَلْ لِی یَا إِلٰهِی ٱلدَّرَجَةَ ٱلْعُلْیَا

and decide for me, O my God, the supreme rank

فِی ٱلآخِرَةِ وَٱلاولَىٰ

in the Hereafter and in the former (life).

اللَّهُمَّ لَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ کَمَا خَلَقْتَنِی

O Allah, all praise be to You for You have created me

فَجَعَلْتَنِی سَمِیعاً بَصِیراً

and made me hear and see.

وَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ کَمَا خَلَقْتَنِی

All praise be to You for you have created me

فَجَعَلْتَنِی خَلْقاً سَوِیّاً رَحْمَةً بِی

and made my creation perfect, on account of Your having mercy on me,

وَقَدْ کُنْتَ عَنْ خَلْقِی غَنِیّاً

and You could dispense with creating me.

رَبِّ بِمَا بَرَاتَنِی فَعَدَّلْتَ فِطْرَتِی

O my Lord, as You gave rise to me and perfected my creation;

رَبِّ بِمَا انْشَاتَنِی فَاحْسَنْتَ صُورَتِی

O my Lord, as You originated me and did well my form;

رَبِّ بِمَا احْسَنْتَ إِلَیَّ وَفِی نَفْسِی عَافَیْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You conferred favors on me and granted me wellbeing in my self;

رَبِّ بِمَا کَلَاتَنِی وَوَفَّقْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You saved me and led me to success;

رَبِّ بِمَا انْعَمْتَ عَلَیَّ فَهَدَیْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You bestowed favors on me and guided me;

رَبِّ بِمَا اوْلَیْتَنِی وَمِنْ کُلِّ خَیْرٍ اعْطَیْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You presented me and gave me from every good;

رَبِّ بِمَا اطْعَمْتَنِی وَسَقَیْتَنِی

O my Lord, as you fed me and watered me;

رَبِّ بِمَا اغْنَیْتَنِی وَاقْنَیْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You enriched me and gave me to hold;

رَبِّ بِمَا اعَنْتَنِی وَاعْزَزْتَنِی

O my Lord, as You helped me and braced me;

رَبِّ بِمَا الْبَسْتَنِی مِنْ سِتْرِکَ ٱلصَّافِی

O my Lord, as you clothed me from Your pure cover

وَیَسَّرْتَ لِی مِنْ صُنْعِکَ ٱلْکَافِی

and made easy for me Your adequate making,

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

so, (please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Mu¦ammad,

وَاعِنِّی عَلَىٰ بَوَائِقِ ٱلدُّهُورِ

help me against calamities of ages

وَصُرُوفِ ٱللَّیَالِی وَٱلایَّامِ

and changes of nights and days,

وَنَجِّنِی مِنْ اهْوَالِ ٱلدُّنْیَا

rescue me from the horrors of this world

وَکُرُبَاتِ ٱلآخِرَةِ

and the anguishes of the Hereafter,

وَٱکْفِنِی شَرَّ مَا یَعْمَلُ ٱلظَّالِمُونَ فِی ٱلارْضِ

and save me from the evils of what the wrongdoers do in the earth.

اللَّهُمَّ مَا اخَافُ فَٱکْفِنِی

O Allah, as to what I anticipate, (please) save me (from it).

وَمَا احْذَرُ فَقِنِی

As to what I watch out, (please) protect me (against it).

وَفِی نَفْسِی وَدِینِی فَٱحْرُسْنِی

Safeguard me in my soul and religion,

وَفِی سَفَرِی فَٱحْفَظْنِی

watch over me in my journeys,

وَفِی اهْلِی وَمَالِی فَٱخْلُفْنِی

be in charge of my family members and properties during my absence,

وَفِی مَا رَزَقْتَنِی فَبَارِکْ لِی

bless me in that which You provide as sustenance,

وَفِی نَفْسِی فَذَلِّلْنِی

make me see myself as humble,

وَفِی اعْیُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَعَظِّمْنِی

make people see me as great,

وَمِنْ شَرِّ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلإِنْسِ فَسَلِّمْنِی

keep me sound from the evils of the Jinn and people,

وَبِذُنُوبِی فَلاَ تَفْضَحْنِی

do not disclose me because of my sins,

وَبِسَرِیرَتِی فَلاَ تُخْزِنِی

do not disgrace me because of the secret side (of myself),

وَبِعَمَلِی فَلاَ تَبْتَلِنِی

do not try me in my deeds,

وَنِعَمَکَ فَلاَ تَسْلُبْنِی

do not deprive me of Your bounties,

وَإِلَىٰ غَیْرِکَ فَلاَ تَکِلْنِی

and do not refer me to anyone other than You.

إِلٰهِی إِلَىٰ مَنْ تَکِلُنِی

To whom do You entrust me?

إِلَىٰ قَرِیبٍ فَیَقْطَعُنِی

To a relative, and he will rupture my relation with him!

امْ إِلَىٰ بَعِیدٍ فَیَتَجَهَّمُنِی

Or to a strange, and he will glower at me!

امْ إِلَىٰ ٱلْمُسْتَضْعِفِینَ لِی

Or to those who deem me weak!

وَانْتَ رَبِّی وَمَلِیکُ امْرِی

While You are my Lord and the master of my affairs!

اشْکُو إِلَیْکَ غُرْبَتِی وَبُعْدَ دَارِی

I complain to You about my alienation and my foreignness

وَهَوَانِی عَلَىٰ مَنْ مَلَّکْتَهُ امْرِی

and my ignominy in the eyes of him whom You have given domination over me.

إِلٰهِی فَلاَ تُحْلِلْ عَلَیَّ غَضَبَکَ

So, O my God, do not make Your wrath come upon me.

فَإِنْ لَمْ تَکُنْ غَضِبْتَ عَلَیَّ فَلاَ ابَالِی سِوَاکَ

If You are not wrathful with me, then I care for nothing save You.

سُبْحَانَکَ غَیْرَ انَّ عَافِیَتَکَ اوْسَعُ لِی

All glory be to You; yet, Your granting me wellbeing is more favorable for me.

فَاسْالُکَ یَا رَبِّ بِنُورِ وَجْهِکَ

So, I beseech You, O my Lord, in the name of the Light of Your Face

ٱلَّذِی اشْرَقَتْ لَهُ ٱلارْضُ وَٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ

to which the earth and the heavens have shone,

وَکُشِفَتْ بِهِ ٱلظُّلُمَاتُ

by which all darkness has been uncovered,

وَصَلُحَ بِهِ امْرُ ٱلاوَّلِینَ وَٱلآخِرِینَ

and by which the affairs of the past and the coming generations are made right,

انْ لاَ تُمِیتَنِی عَلَىٰ غَضَبِکَ

(please) do not cause me to die while You are wrathful with me

وَلاَ تُنْزِلْ بِی سَخَطَکَ

and do not inflict on me Your rage.

لَکَ ٱلْعُتْبَىٰ لَکَ ٱلْعُتْبَىٰ

You have the right to scold; You have the right to scold;

حَتَّىٰ تَرْضَىٰ قَبْلَ ذٰلِکَ

until You are pleased (with me) before that.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ

There is no god save You;

رَبُّ ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ

Lord of the Holy City,

وَٱلْمَشْعَرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ

the Holy Monument,

وَٱلْبَیْتِ ٱلْعَتِیقِ

and the Ancient House

ٱلَّذِی احْلَلْتَهُ ٱلْبَرَکَةَ

that You have encompassed with blessing

وَجَعَلْتَهُ لِلنَّاسِ امْناً

and made security for people.

یَا مَنْ عَفَا عَنْ عَظِیمِ ٱلذُّنُوبِ بِحِلْمِهِ

O He Who pardoned the grand sins by His forbearance!

یَا مَنْ اسْبَغَ ٱلنَّعْمَاءَ بِفَضْلِهِ

O He Who bestowed bounties by His favoring!

یَا مَنْ اعْطَىٰ ٱلْجَزِیلَ بِکَرَمِهِ

O He Who gave in abundance by His generosity!

یَا عُدَّتِی فِی شِدَّتِی

O my means in my hardship!

یَا صَاحِبِی فِی وَحْدَتِی

O my companion in my loneliness!

یَا غِیَاثِی فِی کُرْبَتِی

O my relief in my agony!

یَا وَلِیِّی فِی نِعْمَتِی

O my Benefactor in my amenities!

یَا إِلٰهِی وَإِلٰهَ آبَائِی

O my God and the God of my forefathers:

إِبْرَاهِیمَ وَإِسْمَاعِیلَ

Abraham, Ishmael,

وَإِسْحَاقَ وَیَعْقُوبَ

Isaac, and Jacob;

وَرَبَّ جَبْرَائِیلَ وَمِیکَائِیلَ وَإِسْرَافِیلَ

the Lord of Gabriel, Michael, and Seraph;

وَرَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ ٱلنَّبِیِّینَ

the Lord of Mu¦ammad, the Seal of Prophets,

وَآلِهِ ٱلْمُنْتَجَبِینَ

and his elite Household;

وَمُنْزِلَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ وَٱلإِنْجِیلِ

the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel,

وَٱلزَّبُورِ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ

the Psalms, and the Furq¡n;

the Revealer of Ka-Ha-Ya-Ayn-Aad and Ta-Ha and Yasin,

وَمُنَزِّلَ کٰهٰیٰعصٰ وَطٰهٰ وَیٰس

وَٱلْقُرْآنِ ٱلْحَکِیمِ

and the Quran, full of wisdom.

انْتَ کَهْفِی حِینَ تُعْیِینِی ٱلْمَذَاهِبُ فِی سَعَتِهَا

You are my haven when the wide courses fail to carry me

وَتَضِیقُ بِیَ ٱلارْضُ بِرُحْبِهَا

and when the earth, despite its width, become too narrow to bear me.

وَلَوْلاَ رَحْمَتُکَ لَکُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْهَالِکِینَ

Without Your mercy, I would have been of those perishing.

وَانْتَ مُقِیلُ عَثْرَتِی

You overlook my slips;

وَلَوْلاَ سَتْرُکَ إِیَّایَ لَکُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمَفْضُوحِینَ

and without Your covering me, I would have been of those exposed.

وَانْتَ مُؤَیِّدِی بِٱلنَّصْرِ عَلَىٰ اعْدَائِی

You aid me with Your support against my enemies;

وَلَوْلاَ نَصْرُکَ إِیَّایَ لَکُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمَغْلُوبِینَ

and without Your support, I would have been of those overwhelmed.

یَا مَنْ خَصَّ نَفْسَهُ بِٱلسُّمُوِّ وَٱلرِّفْعَةِ

O He Who gives Himself exclusively superiority and highness;

فَاوْلِیَاؤُهُ بِعِزِّهِ یَعْتَزُّونَ

so, His friends pride themselves on account of His pride.

یَا مَنْ جَعَلَتْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلُوکُ نِیرَ ٱلْمَذَلَّةِ عَلَىٰ اعْنَاقِهِمْ

O He for Whom the kings put the yoke of humiliation on their necks;

فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِهِ خَائِفُونَ

for they are fearful of His authority.

یَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ ٱلاعْیُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِی ٱلصُّدُورُ

He knows the stealthy looks of eyes and that which the breasts conceal

وَغَیْبَ مَا تَاتِی بِهِ ٱلازْمِنَةُ وَٱلدُّهُورُ

and the future of the times and ages.

یَا مَنْ لاَ یَعْلَمُ کَیْفَ هُوَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

O He save Whom none knows how He is!

یَا مَنْ لاَ یَعْلَمُ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ هُوَ

O He save Whom none knows what He is!

یَا مَنْ لاَ یَعْلَمُ مَا یَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ هُوَ

O He save Whom none knows what He knows!

یَا مَنْ کَبَسَ ٱلارْضَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْمَاءِ

O He Who surfaced the earth over the water

وَسَدَّ ٱلْهَوَاءَ بِٱلسَّمَاءِ

and blocked the air with the heavens!

یَا مَنْ لَهُ اکْرَمُ ٱلاسْمَاءِ

O He Who has the noblest of names!

یَا ذَا ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ٱلَّذِی لاَ یَنْقَطِعُ ابَداً

O Owner of favor that is never interrupted!

یَا مُقَیِّضَ ٱلرَّکْبِ لِیُوسُفَ فِی ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْقَفْرِ

O He Who directed the caravan towards Joseph in the wasteland,

وَمُخْرِجَهُ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ

took him out of the pit,

وَجَاعِلَهُ بَعْدَ ٱلْعُبُودِیَّةِ مَلِکاً

and made him king after enslavement!

یَا رَادَّهُ عَلَىٰ یَعْقُوبَ

O He Who had returned him to Jacob

بَعْدَ انِ ٱبْیَضَّتْ عَیْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ کَظِیمٌ

after his eyes became white on account of the grief, and he was a repressor of grief!

یَا کَاشِفَ ٱلضُّرِّ وَٱلْبَلْوَىٰ عَنْ ایُّوبَ

O He Who removed the distress and misfortune from Job

وَمُمْسِکَ یَدَیْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ ذَبْحِ ٱبْنِهِ

and withheld the hands of Abraham from slaying his son

بَعْدَ کِبَرِ سِنِّهِ وَفَنَاءِ عُمُرِهِ

after his old age and termination of his lifetime!

یَا مَنِ ٱسْتَجَابَ لِزَکَرِیَّا

O He Who responded to Zachariah

فَوَهَبَ لَهُ یَحْیَىٰ

and granted him John

وَلَمْ یَدَعْهُ فَرْداً وَحِیداً

without leaving him alone and lonely!

یَا مَنْ اخْرَجَ یُونُسَ مِنْ بَطْنِ ٱلْحُوتِ

O He Who took Jonah out of the belly of the big fish!

یَا مَنْ فَلَقَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِبَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ

O He Who cleft the sea to the children of Israel;

فَانْجَاهُمْ وَجَعَلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجُنُودَهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِینَ

so, He saved them and made Pharaoh and his army of the drowned!

یَا مَنْ ارْسَلَ ٱلرِّیَاحَ مُبَشِّرَاتٍ بَیْنَ یَدَیْ رَحْمَتِهِ

O He Who sent the winds, bearing good news, before His mercy!

یَا مَنْ لَمْ یَعْجَلْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ عَصَاهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ

O He Who has no hastiness on His creatures who disobey Him!

یَا مَنِ ٱسْتَنْقَذَ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ طُولِ ٱلْجُحُودِ

O He Who saved the sorcerers after their long denial!

وَقَدْ غَدَوْٱ فِی نِعْمَتِهِ

and after they had lived in His bounty,

یَاکُلُونَ رِزْقَهُ وَیَعْبُدُونَ غَیْرَهُ

eating from His sustenance, but serving someone else other than Him,

وَقَدْ حَادُّوهُ وَنَادُّوهُ

acting in opposition to Him, antagonizing Him,

وَکَذَّبُوٱ رُسُلَهُ

and denying His messengers.

یَا اللَّهُ یَا اللَّهُ یَا بَدِیءُ

O Allah! O Allah! O Originator!

یَا بَدِیعاً لاَ نِدَّ لَکَ

O Fashioner! There is no equal to You.

یَا دَائِماً لاَ نَفَادَ لَکَ

O Everlasting! There is no end to You.

یَا حَیّاً حِینَ لاَ حَیُّ

O Ever-living when there was no living thing!

یَا مُحْیِیَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

O Raiser from the dead!

یَا مَنْ هُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَىٰ کُلِّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا کَسَبَتْ

O He Who watches every soul as to what it earns!

یَا مَنْ قَلَّ لَهُ شُکْرِی فَلَمْ یَحْرِمْنِی

O He to Whom I rarely turned thankful; yet, He did not deprive me,

وَعَظُمَتْ خَطِیئَتِی فَلَمْ یَفْضَحْنِی

against Whom I committed grand sins; yet, He did not disclose me,

وَرَآنِی عَلَىٰ ٱلْمَعَاصِی فَلَمْ یَشْهَرْنِی

and Who saw me insisting on disobeying Him; yet, He did not divulge me.

یَا مَنْ حَفِظَنِی فِی صِغَرِی

O He Who safeguarded me in my early life!

یَا مَنْ رَزَقَنِی فِی کِبَرِی

O He Who provided me with sustenance in my old age!

یَا مَنْ ایَادِیهِ عِنْدِی لاَ تُحْصَىٰ

O He Whose favors to me are innumerable

وَنِعَمُهُ لاَ تُجَازَىٰ

and Whose bounties cannot be compensated!

یَا مَنْ عَارَضَنِی بِٱلْخَیْرِ وَٱلإِحْسَانِ

O He Who receives me with good turn and kindness

وَعَارَضْتُهُ بِٱلإِسَاءَةِ وَٱلْعِصْیَانِ

but I meet Him with offense and disobedience!

یَا مَنْ هَدَانِی لِلإِیـمَانِ

O He Who had guided me to faith

مِنْ قَبْلِ انْ اعْرِفَ شُکْرَ ٱلاِﹾمْتِنَانِ

before I learnt showing gratitude!

یَا مَنْ دَعَوْتُهُ مَرِیضاً فَشَفَانِی

O He Whom I besought in sickness; so, He restored me to health,

وَعُرْیَاناً فَکَسَانِی

in bareness; so, He covered me,

وَجَائِعاً فَاشْبَعَنِی

in hunger; so, He satiated me,

وَعَطْشَاناً فَارْوَانِی

in thirst; so, He quenched my thirst,

وَذَلِیلاً فَاعَزَّنِی

in humility; so, He granted me dignity,

وَجَاهِلاً فَعَرَّفَنِی

in ignorance; so, He taught me,

وَوَحِیداً فَکَثَّرَنِی

in loneliness; so, He increased my number,

وَغَائِباً فَرَدَّنِی

in foreignness absence; so, He returned me home,

وَمُقِلاًّ فَاغْنَانِی

in poverty; so, He enriched me,

وَمُنْتَصِراً فَنَصَرَنِی

in victory-seeking; so, He supported me,

وَغَنِیّاً فَلَمْ یَسْلُبْنِی

and in richness; so, He did not deprive me.

وَامْسَکْتُ عَنْ جَمِیعِ ذٰلِکَ فَٱبْتَدَانِی

When I withheld praying Him in all these situation, He took the initiative.

فَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ وَٱلشُّکْرُ

So, all praise and thanks be to You;

یَا مَنْ اقَالَ عَثْرَتِی

O He Who overlooked my slips,

وَنَفَّسَ کُرْبَتِی

relieved my agonies,

وَاجَابَ دَعْوَتِی

responded to my prayer,

وَسَتَرَ عَوْرَتِی

covered my flaws,

وَغَفَرَ ذُنُوبِی

forgave my sins,

وَبَلَّغَنِی طَلِبَتِی

settled my need,

وَنَصَرَنِی عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّی

and supported me against my enemy.

وَإِنْ اعُدَّ نِعَمَکَ وَمِنَنَکَ

If I count Your bounties, favors,

وَکَرَائِمَ مِنَحِکَ لاَ احْصِیهَا

and liberal gifts, I will never number them.

یَا مَوْلاَیَ انْتَ ٱلَّذِی مَنَنْتَ

O my Master! It is You Who bestowed (upon me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی انْعَمْتَ

It is You Who conferred favors (upon me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی احْسَنْتَ

It is You Who did good (to me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اجْمَلْتَ

It is You Who treated (me) excellently.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی افْضَلْتَ

It is You Who favored (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اکْمَلْتَ

It is You Who perfected (Your blessings upon me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی رَزَقْتَ

It is You Who provided (me) with sustenance.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی وَفَّقْتَ

It is You Who led (me) to success.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اعْطَیْتَ

It is You Who gave (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اغْنَیْتَ

It is You Who enriched (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اقْنَیْتَ

It is You Who gave (me) to hold.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی آوَیْتَ

It is You Who gave (me) shelter.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی کَفَیْتَ

It is You Who saved (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی هَدَیْتَ

It is You Who guided (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی عَصَمْتَ

It is You Who protected (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی سَتَرْتَ

It is You Who covered my faults.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی غَفَرْتَ

It is You Who forgave (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اقَلْتَ

It is You Who overlooked my sins.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی مَکَّنْتَ

It is You Who established (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اعْزَزْتَ

It is You Who consolidated (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اعَنْتَ

It is You Who helped (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی عَضَدْتَ

It is You Who backed (me) up.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی ایَّدْتَ

It is You Who aided (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی نَصَرْتَ

It is You Who supported (me).

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی شَفَیْتَ

It is You Who restored (me) to health.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی عَافَیْتَ

It is You Who granted (me) wellbeing.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اکْرَمْتَ

It is You Who honored (me).

تَبَارَکْتَ وَتَعَالَیْتَ

Blessed be You and Exalted be You.

فَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ دَائِماً

So, all praise be to You permanently,

وَلَکَ ٱلشُّکْرُ وَاصِباً ابَداً

and all thanks be to You enduringly and eternally.

ثُمَّ انَا یَا إِلٰهِیَ ٱلْمُعْتَرِفُ بِذُنُوبِی

However, it is I, O my God, who confess of my sins;

فَٱغْفِرْهَا لِی

so, (please) forgive them to me.

انَا ٱلَّذِی اسَاتُ

It is I who did badly.

انَا ٱلَّذِی اخْطَاتُ

It is I who did wrong.

انَا ٱلَّذِی هَمَمْتُ

It is I who had evil intention.

انَا ٱلَّذِی جَهِلْتُ

It is I who acted impolitely.

انَا ٱلَّذِی غَفَلْتُ

It is I who was inadvertent.

انَا ٱلَّذِی سَهَوْتُ

It is I who was inattentive.

انَا ٱلَّذِی ٱعْتَمَدْتُ

It is I who leaned (on something other than You).

انَا ٱلَّذِی تَعَمَّدْتُ

It is I who did wrong deliberately.

انَا ٱلَّذِی وَعَدْتُ

It is I who promised.

وَانَا ٱلَّذِی اخْلَفْتُ

It is I who failed to fulfill it.

انَا ٱلَّذِی نَکَثْتُ

It is I who breached.

انَا ٱلَّذِی اقْرَرْتُ

It is I who confessed.

انَا ٱلَّذِی ٱعْتَرَفْتُ بِنِعْمَتِکَ عَلَیَّ وَعِنْدِی

It is I who testified to Your favors upon and with me,

وَابُوءُ بِذُنُوبِی فَٱغْفِرْهَا لِی

and I now acknowledge of my sins; so, (please) forgive them to me.

یَا مَنْ لاَ تَضُرُّهُ ذُنُوبُ عِبَادِهِ

O He Who is not injured by the sins of His servants,

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَنِیُّ عَنْ طَاعَتِهِمْ

and Who can surely do without their obedience,

وَٱلْمُوَفِّقُ مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً مِنْهُمْ

and Who inspires those of them to do good,

بِمَعُونَتِهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ

out of His aid and mercy.

فَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ إِلٰهِی وَسَیِّدِی

So, all praise be to You, O my God and my Master.

إِلٰهِی امَرْتَنِی فَعَصَیْتُکَ

O my God: You ordered me, but I disobeyed You.

وَنَهَیْتَنِی فَٱرْتَکَبْتُ نَهْیَکَ

You warned me, but I violated Your warning.

فَاصْبَحْتُ لاَ ذَا بَرَاءَةٍ لِی فَاعْتَذِرُ

So, I am now lacking neither justification to apologize

وَلاَ ذَا قُوَّةٍ فَانْتَصِرُ

nor power to support myself.

فَبِایِّ شَیْء اسْتَقْبِلُکَ یَا مَوْلایَ

By which thing can I now meet You, O my Master?

ابِسَمْعِی امْ بِبَصَرِی

Is it by my hearing, my sight,

امْ بِلِسَانِی امْ بِیَدِی امْ بِرِجْلِی

my tongue, my hand, or my foot?

الَیْسَ کُلُّهَا نِعَمَکَ عِنْدِی

Are all these not Your bounties on me

وَبِکُلِّهَا عَصَیْتُکَ یَا مَوْلاَیَ

and with all of them I have disobeyed You, O my Master?

فَلَکَ ٱلْحُجَّةُ وَٱلسَّبِیلُ عَلَیَّ

You have absolute argument and claim against me.

یَا مَنْ سَتَرَنِی مِنَ ٱلآبَاءِ وَٱلامَّهَاتِ انْ یَزْجُرُونِی

O He Who covered me from fathers and mothers lest they might have driven me away,

وَمِنَ ٱلْعَشَائِرِ وَٱلإِخْوَانِ انْ یُعَیِّرُونِی

from relatives and friends lest they might have gibed me,

وَمِنَ ٱلسَّلاَطِینِ انْ یُعَاقِبُونِی

and from rulers lest they might have punished me.

وَلَوِ ٱطَّلَعُوٱ یَا مَوْلاَیَ

Had they, O my Master, seen

عَلَىٰ مَا ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَیْهِ مِنِّی

that which You knew about me,

إِذاً مَا انْظَرُونِی

they would certainly have granted me no respite

وَلَرَفَضُونِی وَقَطَعُونِی

and they would have rejected and parted company with me.

فَهَا انَا ذَا یَا إِلٰهِی

Here I am now, O my God,

بَیْنَ یَدَیْکَ یَا سَیِّدِی

between Your hands, O my Master,

خَاضِعٌ ذَلِیلٌ

submissive, humble,

حَصِیرٌ حَقِیرٌ

helpless, and worthless.

لاَ ذُو بَرَاءَةٍ فَاعْتَذِرُ

I am now lacking neither justification to apologize

وَلاَ ذُو قُوَّةٍ فَانْتَصِرُ

nor power to support myself,

وَلاَ حُجَّةٍ فَاحْتَجُّ بِهَا

nor excuse to advance as a plea,

وَلاَ قَائِلٌ لَمْ اجْتَرِحْ وَلَمْ اعْمَلْ سُوءاً

nor can I claim not committing and not acting badly.

وَمَا عَسَىٰ ٱلْجُحُودُ وَلَوْ جَحَدْتُ یَا مَوْلاَیَ یَنْفَعُنِی

How can denial, if I deny, O my Master, serve me?

کَیْفَ وَانَّىٰ ذٰلِکَ

How and in what manner can I do so,

وَجَوَارِحِی کُلُّهَا شَاهِدَةٌ عَلَیَّ بِمَا قَدْ عَمِلْتُ

while all my organs are witnesses for what I did?

وَعَلِمْتُ یَقِیناً غَیْرَ ذِی شَکٍّ

I know for sure and without doubt

انَّکَ سَائِلِی مِنْ عَظَائِمِ ٱلامُورِ

that You will interrogate me about these grand matter,

وَانَّکَ ٱلْحَکَمُ ٱلْعَدْلُ الَّذِی لاَ تَجُورُ

You are the Just Judge Who never wrongs,

وَعَدْلُکَ مُهْلِکِی

Your justice will ruin me,

وَمِنْ کُلِّ عَدْلِکَ مَهْرَبِی

and from Your all justice I flee.

فَإِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِی یَا إِلٰهِی

If You, O my God, chastise me,

فَبِذُنُوبِی بَعْدَ حُجَّتِکَ عَلَیَّ

then it is because of my sins after Your claim against me;

وَإِنْ تَعْفُ عَنِّی

and if You pardon me,

فَبِحِلْمِکَ وَجُودِکَ وَکَرَمِکَ

then it is on account of Your forbearance, magnanimity, and generosity.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّالِمِینَ

I have been of the wrongdoers.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِینَ

I have been of those seeking forgiveness.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِینَ

I have been of those professing Your Oneness.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَائِفِینَ

I have been of the fearful.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْوَجِلِینَ

I have been of the apprehensive.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلرَّاجِینَ

I have been of those hoping (for You).

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلرَّاغِبِینَ

I have been of those desiring (for You).

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُهَلِّلِینَ

I have been of those professing that there is no god save You.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلسَّائِلِینَ

I have been of those beseeching (You).

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِینَ

I have been of those glorifying (You).

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

إِنِّی کُنْتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُکَبِّرِینَ

I have been of those professing that You are the Greatest.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ

There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

رَبِّی وَرَبُّ آبَائِیَ ٱلاوَّلِینَ

You are my Lord and the Lord of my bygone fathers.

اللَّهُمَّ هٰذَا ثَنَائِی عَلَیْکَ مُمَجِّداً

O Allah, this is my praise for You, celebrating Your glory,

وَإِخْلاصِی لِذِکْرِکَ مُوَحِّداً

my sincerity to mention You and profess Your Oneness,

وَإِقْرَارِی بِآلاَئِکَ مُعَدِّداً

and my acknowledgment of Your bounties, counting them,

وَإِنْ کُنْتُ مُقِرّاً انِّی لَمْ احْصِهَا

although I confess that I could never count them

لِکَثْرَتِهَا وَسُبُوغِهَا

for they are innumerable, abundant,

وَتَظَاهُرِهَا وَتَقَادُمِهَا إِلَىٰ حَادِثٍ مَا

continuous, and prior to a certain event.

لَمْ تَزَلْ تَتَعَهَّدُنِی بِهِ مَعَهَا

You have been conferring upon me with these bounties

مُنْذُ خَلَقْتَنِی وَبَرَاتَنِی

since You created and originated me

مِنْ اوَّلِ ٱلْعُمْرِ

from the beginning of my age

مِنَ ٱلإِغْنَاءِ مِنَ ٱلْفَقْرِ

through meeting my poverty

وَکَشْفِ ٱلضُّرِّ

relieving me from harm,

وَتَسْبِیبِ ٱلْیُسْرِ

giving me means of easiness,

وَدَفْعِ ٱلْعُسْرِ

repelling misery from me,

وَتَفْرِیجِ ٱلْکَرْبِ

alleviating my agonies,

وَٱلْعَافِیَةِ فِی ٱلْبَدَنِ

granting me wellbeing in my body,

وَٱلسَّلاَمَةِ فِی ٱلدِّینِ

and furnishing me with sound faith.

وَلَوْ رَفَدَنِی عَلَىٰ قَدْرِ ذِکْرِ نِعْمَتِکَ جَمِیعُ ٱلْعَالَمِینَ

If all creatures assist me to be able to mention Your bounties,

مِنَ ٱلاوَّلِینَ وَٱلآخِرِینَ

including the past and the coming generations,

مَا قَدَرْتُ وَلاَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ ذٰلِکَ

neither I nor will they be able to do that.

تَقَدَّسْتَ وَتَعَالَیْتَ

Holy be You and Exalted be You;

مِنْ رَبٍّ کَرِیمٍ عَظِیمٍ رَحِیمٍ

You are All-generous, All-great, and All-merciful Sustainer.

لاَ تُحْصَىٰ آلاَؤُکَ

Your bounties are innumerable,

وَلاَ یُبْلَغُ ثَنَاؤُکَ

(proper) praise of You is unreachable,

وَلاَ تُکَافَىٰ نَعْمَاؤُکَ

and Your graces cannot be rewarded.

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

(Please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَاتْمِمْ عَلَیْنَا نِعَمَکَ

perfect Your bounties for us,

وَاسْعِدْنَا بِطَاعَتِکَ

and make us happy by obeying You.

سُبْحَانَکَ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ

All glory be to You. There is no god save You.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّکَ تُجِیبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ

O Allah, verily, You answer the distressed,

وَتَکْشِفُ ٱلسُّوءَ

remove the evil,

وَتُغِیثُ ٱلْمَکْرُوبَ

aid the anguished,

وَتَشْفِی ٱلسَّقِیمَ

cure the ailed,

وَتُغْنِی ٱلْفَقِیرَ

enrich the poor,

وَتَجْبُرُ ٱلْکَسِیرَ

set the broken,

وَتَرْحَمُ ٱلصَّغِیرَ

have mercy on the young,

وَتُعِینُ ٱلْکَبِیرَ

help the old,

وَلَیْسَ دُونَکَ ظَهِیرٌ

none can help against You,

وَلاَ فَوْقَکَ قَدِیرٌ

none is more powerful than You,

وَانْتَ ٱلْعَلِیُّ ٱلْکَبِیرُ

and You are the Most High, the All-great.

یَا مُطْلِقَ ٱلْمُکَبَّلِ ٱلاسِیرِ

O He Who release the shackled captive!

یَا رَازِقَ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلصَّغِیرِ

O He Who provides sustenance to the young child!

یَا عِصْمَةَ ٱلْخَائِفِ ٱلْمُسْتَجِیرِ

O He Who is the Preserver of the afraid seeker of refuge!

یَا مَنْ لاَ شَرِیکَ لَهُ وَلاَ وَزِیرَ

O He Who has neither partner nor assistant,

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَاعْطِنِی فِی هٰذِهِ ٱلْعَشِیَّةِ

and grant me, in this evening,

افْضَلَ مَا اعْطَیْتَ وَانَلْتَ

the best of what You have granted and awarded

احَداً مِنْ عِبَادِکَ

to any of Your servants,

مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ تُولِیهَا

including a grace that You donate,

وَآلاَءٍ تُجَدِّدُهَا

bounties that You re-offer,

وَبَلِیَّةٍ تَصْرِفُهَا

a tribulation that You deter,

وَکُرْبَةٍ تَکْشِفُهَا

an anguish that You remove,

وَدَعْوَةٍ تَسْمَعُهَا

a prayer that You answer,

وَحَسَنَةٍ تَتَقَبَّلُهَا

a good deed that You admit,

وَسَیِّئَةٍ تَتَغَمَّدُهَا

and an evildoing that You screen.

إِنَّکَ لَطِیفٌ بِمَا تَشَاءُ خَبِیرٌ

Verily, You are All-tender to him You will, and All-aware,

وَعَلَىٰ کُلِّ شَیْء قَدِیرٌ

and You have power over all things.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّکَ اقْرَبُ مَنْ دُعِیَ

O Allah, Verily, You are the nearest of those whom are prayed,

وَاسْرَعُ مَنْ اجَابَ

You are the promptest of those who may respond,

وَاکْرَمُ مَنْ عَفَا

the most generous of those who may pardon,

وَاوْسَعُ مَنْ اعْطَىٰ

the most liberal of those who give,

وَاسْمَعُ مَنْ سُئِلَ

and the most responding of those whom are asked.

یَا رَحْمٰنَ ٱلدُّنْیَا وَٱلآخِرَةِ وَرَحِیمَهُمَا

O All-beneficent of the world and the Hereafter, and All-merciful!

لَیْسَ کَمِثْلِکَ مَسْؤُولٌ

No besought one is like You

وَلاَ سِوَاکَ مَامُولٌ

and none save You is hoped.

دَعَوْتُکَ فَاجَبْتَنِی

I prayed You and You answered me.

وَسَالْتُکَ فَاعْطَیْتَنِی

I besought You and You gave me.

وَرَغِبْتُ إِلَیْکَ فَرَحِمْتَنِی

I desired for You and You had mercy on me.

وَوَثِقْتُ بِکَ فَنَجَّیْتَنِی

I had confidence in You and You saved me.

وَفَزِعْتُ إِلَیْکَ فَکَفَیْتَنِی

I resorted to You in awe and You delivered me.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ

O Allah, (please) send blessings to Muhammad,

عَبْدِکَ وَرَسُولِکَ وَنَبِیِّکَ

Your servant, messenger, and prophet,

وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ ٱلطَّیِّبِینَ ٱلطَّاهِرِینَ اجْمَعِینَ

and to all of his Household, the pure and immaculate,

وَتَمِّمْ لَنَا نَعْمَاءَکَ

and perfect for us Your graces,

وَهَنِّئْنَا عَطَاءَکَ

make us taste the pleasure of Your gifts,

وَٱکْتُبْنَا لَکَ شَاکِرِینَ

and register us as thankful for You

وَلآِلاَئِکَ ذَاکِرِینَ

and as oft-referring to You.

آمِینَ آمِینَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِینَ

Respond, respond! O Lord of the worlds!

اللَّهُمَّ یَا مَنْ مَلَکَ فَقَدَرَ

O Allah, Who owns; therefore, He controls,

وَقَدَرَ فَقَهَرَ

and controls; therefore, He has absolute authority,

وَعُصِیَ فَسَتَرَ

and is disobeyed; yet, He covers,

وَٱسْتُغْفِرَ فَغَفَرَ

and is prayed for forgiveness; therefore, He forgives.

یَا غَایَةَ ٱلطَّالِبِینَ ٱلرَّاغِبِینَ

O He Who is the aim of seekers and desirers

وَمُنْتَهَىٰ امَلِ ٱلرَّاجِینَ

and the ultimate purpose of the hope of hopers!

یَا مَنْ احَاطَ بِکُلِّ شَیْء عِلْماً

O He Who encompasses all things in knowledge

وَوَسِعَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِیلِینَ رَافَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَحِلْماً

and covers those who quit (their sins) with tender, mercy, and forbearance!

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَیْکَ فِی هٰذِهِ ٱلْعَشِیَّةِ

O Allah, we turn our faces to You in this evening

ٱلَّتِی شَرَّفْتَهَا وَعَظَّمْتَهَا

that You deem honorable and reverential

بِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِیِّکَ وَرَسُولِکَ

(asking You) in the name of Mu¦ammad, Your Prophet, Messenger,

وَخِیَرَتِکَ مِنْ خَلْقِکَ

the best of Your creation,

وَامِینِکَ عَلَىٰ وَحْیِکَ

Your trustee on Your Revelation,

ٱلْبَشِیرِ ٱلنَّذِیرِ

the bearer of glad tidings, the warner,

ٱلسِّرَاجِ ٱلْمُنِیرِ

and the shining lantern,

ٱلَّذِی انْعَمْتَ بِهِ عَلَىٰ ٱلْمُسْلِمِینَ

with whom You have conferred upon the Muslims,

وَجَعَلْتَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِینَ

and whom You made mercy for the worlds.

اللَّهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

So, O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

کَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ اهْلٌ لِذٰلِکَ مِنْکَ یَا عَظِیمُ

forasmuch as Mu¦ammad deserves that from You, O All-great.

فَصَلِّ عَلَیْهِ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ

So, (please) send blessings to him and his Household,

ٱلْمُنْتَجَبِینَ ٱلطَّیِّبِینَ ٱلطَّاهِرِینَ اجْمَعِینَ

the elite, pure, and immaculate—all of them,

وَتَغَمَّدْنَا بِعَفْوِکَ عَنَّا

and encompass us with Your pardoning us.

فَإِلَیْکَ عَجَّتِ ٱلاصْوَاتُ بِصُنُوفِ ٱللُّغَاتِ

To You are the voices of various languages clamoring;

فَٱجْعَلْ لَنَا ٱللَّهُمَّ فِی هٰذِهِ ٱلْعَشِیَّةِ

so, decide for us, O Allah, in this evening

نَصِیباً مِنْ کُلِّ خَیْرٍ تَقْسِمُهُ بَیْنَ عِبَادِکَ

a share from every good item that You distribute among Your servants,

وَنُورٍ تَهْدِی بِهِ

illumination by which You guide,

وَرَحْمَةٍ تَنْشُرُهَا

mercy that You spread,

وَبَرَکَةٍ تُنْزِلُهَا

blessing that You bring down,

وَعَافِیَةٍ تُجَلِّلُهَا

wellbeing that You extend,

وَرِزْقٍ تَبْسُطُهُ

and sustenance that You stretch,

یَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِینَ

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اللَّهُمَّ اقْلِبْنَا فِی هٰذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ

O Allah, turn us in this hour

مُنْجِحِینَ مُفْلِحِینَ

successful, flourishing,

مَبْرُورِینَ غَانِمِینَ

blessed, and gainers.

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقَانِطِینَ

Do not include us with the despondent.

وَلاَ تُخْلِنَا مِنْ رَحْمَتِکَ

Do not leave us without Your mercy.

Do not deprive us of that which we hope from Your favor.

وَلاَ تَحْرِمْنَا مَا نُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِکَ

وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا مِنْ رَحْمَتِکَ مَحْرُومِینَ

Do not make us deprived of Your mercy,

وَلاَ لِفَضْلِ مَا نُؤَمِّلُهُ مِنْ عَطَائِکَ قَانِطِینَ

or despair of the favor of what we hope from Your gifts.

وَلاَ تَرُدَّنَا خَائِبِینَ

Do not turns us down disappointed

وَلاَ مِنْ بَابِکَ مَطْرُودِینَ

or driven away from Your door.

یَا اجْوَدَ ٱلاجْوَدِینَ

O most Magnanimous of all those who treat magnanimously

وَاکْرَمَ ٱلاکْرَمِینَ

and most Generous of all those who act generously!

إِلَیْکَ اقْبَلْنَا مُوقِنِینَ

To You are we advancing with full conviction

وَلِبَیْتِکَ ٱلْحَرَامِ آمِّینَ قَاصِدِینَ

and to Your Holy House are we betaking ourselves purposefully;

فَاعِنَّا عَلَىٰ مَنَاسِکِنَا

So, (please) help us do our rituals (perfectly)

وَاکْمِلْ لَنَا حَجَّنَا

perfect for us our pilgrimage

وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَعَافِنَا

pardon us, and grant us wellbeing.

فَقَدْ مَدَدْنَا إِلَیْکَ ایْدِیَنَا

We are stretching our hands toward You;

فَهِیَ بِذِلَّةِ ٱلاِﹾعْتِرَافِ مَوْسُومَةٌ

so, they are marked by the humiliation of confession.

اللَّهُمَّ فَاعْطِنَا فِی هٰذِهِ ٱلْعَشِیَّةِ مَا سَالْنَاکَ

O Allah, grant us in this evening that which we have besought from You

وَٱکْفِنَا مَا ٱسْتَکْفَیْنَاکَ

and save us from that which we have besought You to save us;

فَلاَ کَافِیَ لَنَا سِوَاکَ

for we have no savior but You

وَلاَ رَبَّ لَنَا غَیْرُکَ

and we have no sustainer but You.

نَافِذٌ فِینَا حُکْمُکَ

Your decree is prevalent on us,

مُحِیطٌ بِنَا عِلْمُکَ

Your knowledge is encompassing us,

عَدْلٌ فِینَا قَضَاؤُکَ

and Your decisions about us is just.

إِقْضِ لَنَا ٱلْخَیْرَ

(Please) decree for us that which is good

وَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنْ اهْلِ ٱلْخَیْرِ

and make us of the people of goodness.

اللَّهُمَّ اوْجِبْ لَنَا بِجُودِکَ عَظِیمَ ٱلاجْرِ

O Allah, decide for us, on account of Your magnanimity, a great reward,

وَکَرِیمَ ٱلذُّخْرِ

a generous reserve,

وَدَوَامَ ٱلْیُسْرِ

and a permanent easiness,

وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا اجْمَعِینَ

and forgive us all our sins,

وَلاَ تُهْلِکْنَا مَعَ ٱلْهَالِکِینَ

do not annihilate us with those annihilated,

وَلاَ تَصْرِفْ عَنَّا رَافَتَکَ وَرَحْمَتَکَ

and do not drive away from us Your tenderness and mercy;

یَا ارْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِینَ

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

اللَّهُمَّ ٱجْعَلْنَا فِی هٰذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ مِمَّنْ سَالَکَ فَاعْطَیْتَهُ

O Allah, include us, at this hour, with them who besought You and You thus gave them,

وَشَکَرَکَ فَزِدْتَهُ

who thanked You and You thus increased them,

وَثَابَ إِلَیْکَ فَقَبِلْتَهُ

who returned to You and You thus accepted them,

وَتَنَصَّلَ إِلَیْکَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ کُلِّهَا فَغَفَرْتَهَا لَهُ

and who renounced all their sins before You and You thus forgave them;

یَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلاِکْرَامِ

O Lord of Majesty and Honor!

اللَّهُمَّ وَنَقِّنَا وَسَدِّدْنَا

O Allah, purify us and lead us to success

وَٱقْبَلْ تَضَرُّعَنَا

and admit our earnest entreaty;

یَا خَیْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ

O He Who is the best of all those who are besought

وَیَا ارْحَمَ مَنِ ٱسْتُرْحِمَ

and most Merciful of all those whose mercy is sought!

یَا مَنْ لاَ یَخْفَىٰ عَلَیْهِ إِغْمَاضُ ٱلْجُفُونِ

O He from Whom the closing of eyelids cannot be hidden,

وَلاَ لَحْظُ ٱلْعُیُونِ

nor are the glances of eyes,

وَلاَ مَا ٱسْتَقَرَّ فِی ٱلْمَکْنُونِ

nor is that which settles in the unseen,

وَلاَ مَا ٱنْطَوَتْ عَلَیْهِ مُضْمَرَاتُ ٱلْقُلُوبِ

nor are things vanished under the secrets of hearts.

الاَ کُلُّ ذٰلِکَ قَدْ احْصَاهُ عِلْمُکَ

Verily, all that has been encompassed by Your knowledge

وَوَسِعَهُ حِلْمُکَ

and covered by Your forbearance.

سُبْحَانَکَ وَتَعَالَیْتَ عَمَّا یَقُولُ ٱلظَّالِمُونَ

All glory be to You; and Exalted be You above all that the wrongdoers say,

عُلُوّاً کَبِیراً

in high exaltation!

تُسَبِّحُ لَکَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ

Declaring You glory are the seven heavens,

وَٱلارَضُونَ وَمَنْ فِیهِنَّ

the (layers of the) earth, and all beings therein.

وَإِنْ مِنْ شَیْء إِلاَّ یُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِکَ

There is not a thing but celebrates Your praise.

فَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ وَٱلْمَجْدُ

Yours are all praise, glory,

وَعُلُوُّ ٱلْجَدِّ

and exaltation of majesty.

یَا ذَا ٱلْجَلاَلِ وَٱلاِکْرَامِ

O Owner of majesty, honor,

وَٱلْفَضْلِ وَٱلاِنْعَامِ

grace, favoring,

وَٱلایَادِی ٱلْجِسَامِ

and huge bestowals.

وَانْتَ ٱلْجَوَادُ ٱلْکَرِیمُ

You are the All-magnanimous, the All-generous,

ٱلرَّؤُوفُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ

the All-tender, the All-merciful.

اللَّهُمَّ اوْسِعْ عَلَیَّ مِنْ رِزْقِکَ ٱلْحَلاَلِ

O Allah, provide me largely with Your legally gotten sustenance,

وَعَافِنِی فِی بَدَنِی وَدِینِی

grant me wellbeing in my body and my faith,

وَآمِنْ خَوْفِی

secure my fears,

وَاعْتِقْ رَقَبَتِی مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

and release me from Hellfire.

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَمْکُرْ بِی

O Allah, (please) do not plan against me,

وَلاَ تَسْتَدْرِجْنِی

do not draw me near to destruction,

وَلاَ تَخْدَعْنِی

do not overreach me,

وَٱدْرَا عَنِّی شَرَّ فَسَقَةِ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلإِنْسِ

and drive away from me the evils of the corruptive Jinn and men.

Imam al-Husaain then raised his head and sight to the sky with teary eyes and said with an audible voice:

یَا اسْمَعَ ٱلسَّامِعِینَ

O most Hearing of all those who can hear!

یَا ابْصَرَ ٱلنَّاظِرِینَ

O most Seeing of all those who can see!

وَیَا اسْرَعَ ٱلْحَاسِبِینَ

O swiftest of all those who call to account!

وَیَا ارحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِینَ

O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

(Please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

ٱلسَّادَةِ ٱلْمَیَامِینِ

the auspicious chiefs;

وَاسْالُکَ ٱللَّهُمَّ حَاجَتِیَ

and I beseech You for my request

ٱلَّتِی إِنْ اعْطَیْتَنِیهَا لَمْ یَضُرَّنِی مَا مَنَعْتَنِی

that if You answer, anything else that You reject will not harm me

وَإِنْ مَنَعْتَنِیهَا لَمْ یَنْفَعْنِی مَا اعْطَیْتَنِی

and if You reject, anything else that You respond will not benefit me.

اسْالُکَ فَکَاکَ رَقَبَتِی مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ

I beseech You for releasing me from Hellfire.

لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ انْتَ

There is no god save You,

وَحْدَکَ لاَ شَرِیکَ لَکَ

only you, there is no partner with You.

لَکَ ٱلْمُلْکُ وَلَکَ ٱلْحَمْدُ

To you is the kingdom and to You is all praise,

وَانْتَ عَلَىٰ کُلِّ شَیْء قَدِیرٌ

And You have power over all things.

یَا رَبِّ یَا رَبّ یَا رَبّ…

O my Lord! O my Lord! O my Lord…

Imam Hussain then repeated y¡-rabbi so frequently and effectively that he attracted the attentions of all the others who, instead of praying for granting their needs, surrounded Imam Hussain to listen to him and pray for the response of his supplication. Then, they wept with him. At sunset, they left Mount Arafat with him. adds the following statements to the supplicatory prayer:

إِلٰهِی انَا ٱلْفَقِیرُ فِی غِنَایَ

O my God, I am needy despite my richness;

فَکَیْفَ لا اکُونُ فَقِیراً فِی فَقْرِی؟

so, how can I not be needy in my neediness?

إِلٰهِی انَا ٱلْجَاهِلُ فِی عِلْمِی

O my God, I am ignorant despite my knowledge;

فَکَیْفَ لاَ اکُونُ جَهُولاً فِی جَهْلِی؟

so, how can I not be ignorant in my ignorance?

إِلٰهِی إِنَّ ٱخْتِلاَفَ تَدْبِیرِکَ

O my God, the variety of Your regulating of matters

وَسُرْعَةَ طَوَاءِ مَقَادِیرِکَ

and the swiftness of changes in Your ordainments

مَنَعَا عِبَادَکَ ٱلْعَارِفِینَ بِکَ

have urged Your servants, who recognize You,

عَنِ ٱلسُّکُونِ إِلَىٰ عَطَاءٍ

not to stop at a certain gift

وَٱلْیَاسِ مِنْکَ فِی بَلاَءٍ

and not to despair of You in tribulations.

إِلٰهِی مِنِّی مَا یَلِیقُ بِلُؤْمِی

O my God, coming out of me is that which fits my lowliness;

وَمِنْکَ مَا یَلِیقُ بِکَرَمِکَ

but coming from You is that which befits Your nobleness.

إِلٰهِی وَصَفْتَ نَفْسَکَ بِٱللُّطْفِ وَٱلرَّافَةِ لِی

O my God, You had ascribed to Yourself gentleness and kindness to me

قَبْلَ وُجُودِ ضَعْفِی

before the existence of my weakness.

افَتَمْنَعُنِی مِنْهُمَا بَعْدَ وُجُودِ ضَعْفِی؟

Will You deprive me of these two after the emergence of my weakness?

إِلٰهِی إِنْ ظَهَرَتِ ٱلْمَحَاسِنُ مِنِّی

O my God, if amenities appear in my conduct,

فَبِفَضْلِکَ وَلَکَ ٱلْمِنَّةُ عَلَیَّ

then that is on account of Your favors and Your conferral on me.

وَإِنْ ظَهَرَتِ ٱلْمَسَاوِئُ مِنِّی

If evildoings appear in my conduct,

فَبِعَدْلِکَ وَلَکَ ٱلْحُجَّةُ عَلَیَّ

then that is still Your justice and You have claim against me.

إِلٰهِی کَیْفَ تَکِلُنِی وَقَدْ تَکَفَّلْتَ لِی؟

O my God, how may it be that You abandon me after You have vouched for me?

وَکَیْفَ اضَامُ وَانْتَ ٱلنَّاصِرُ لِی؟

How may I be aggrieved and You are my support?

امْ کَیْفَ اخِیبُ وَانْتَ ٱلْحَفِیُّ بِی؟

How may I be disappointed and You are undertaking my affairs?

هَا انَا اتَوَسَّلُ إِلَیْکَ بِفَقْرِی إِلَیْکَ

Here I am begging You by my need for You.

وَکَیْفَ اتَوَسَّلُ إِلَیْکَ

How can I beg You

بِمَا هُوَ مَحَالٌ انْ یَصِلَ إِلَیْکَ؟

by something that is impossible to reach You?

امْ کَیْفَ اشْکُو إِلَیْکَ حَالِی

How can I complain to You about my manners

وَهُوَ لاَ یَخْفَىٰ عَلَیْکَ؟

while they cannot be hidden from You?

امْ کَیْفَ اتَرْجِمُ بِمَقَالِی

How can I interpret my words

وَهُوَ مِنْکَ بَرَزٌ إِلَیْکَ؟

while You are their source?

امْ کَیْفَ تُخَیِّبُ آمَالِی

How come that You may let down my hopes,

وَهِیَ قَدْ وَفَدَتْ إِلَیْکَ؟

while they are addressed to You?

امْ کَیْفَ لاَ تُحْسِنُ احْوَالِی

How come that You may not improve my conditions

وَبِکَ قَامَتْ

while they are originated by You?

إِلٰهِی مَا الْطَفَکَ بِی

O my God, how gentle You are to me

مَعَ عَظِیمِ جَهْلِی

despite my notorious ignorance!

وَمَا ارْحَمَکَ بِی

How merciful You are to me

مَعَ قَبِیحِ فِعْلِی

despite my hideous deeds!

إِلٰهِی مَا اقْرَبَکَ مِنِّی

O my God, how nigh to me You are

وَابْعَدَنِی عَنْکَ

and how far from You I am!

وَمَا ارْافَکَ بِی

How kind to me You are;

فَمَا ٱلَّذِی یَحْجُبُنِی عَنْکَ؟

so, what is that which can prevent me from You?

إِلٰهِی عَلِمْتُ بِٱخْتِلاَفِ ٱلآثَارِ

O my God, I have known, through variety of signs

وَتَنَقُّلاَتِ ٱلاطْوَارِ

and changes of phases,

انَّ مُرَادَکَ مِنِّی انْ تَتَعَرَّفَ إِلَیَّ فِی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ

that what You want from me is that You introduce Yourself to me in all things

حَتَّىٰ لا اجْهَلَکَ فِی شَیْءٍ

so that I will not ignore You in any thing.

إِلٰهِی کُلَّمَا اخْرَسَنِی لُؤْمِی

O my God, whenever my lowliness suppresses my voice,

انْطَقَنِی کَرَمُکَ

Your nobility encourages me to speak.

وَکُلَّمَا آیَسَتْنِی اوْصَافِی

Whenever my features lead me to despair (of You),

اطْمَعَتْنِی مِنَنُکَ

Your bestowals make me crave for You.

إِلٰهِی مَنْ کَانَتْ مَحَاسِنُهُ مَسَاوِئَ

O my God, as for he whose good deeds are wrongdoings;

فَکَیْفَ لاَ تَکُونُ مَسَاوئُهُ مَسَاوِئَ؟

how can his wrongdoings not be wrongdoings?

وَمَنْ کَانَتْ حَقَائِقُهُ دَعَاوِیَ

As for he whose facts are mere claims,

فَکَیْفَ لاَ تَکُونُ دَعَاوَاهُ دَعَاوِیَ؟

how can his claims not be claims?

إِلٰهِی حُکْمُکَ ٱلنَّافِذُ وَمَشِیئَتُکَ ٱلْقَاهِرَةُ

O my God, Your unstoppable decree and Your surmounting volition

لَمْ یَتْرُکَا لِذِی مَقَالٍ مَقَالاً

have not left any word to be said by any orator

وَلاَ لِذِی حَالٍ حَالاً

and have not left any manner to be displayed.

إِلٰهِی کَمْ مِنْ طَاعَةٍ بَنَیْتُهَا

O my God, too many are the acts of obedience that I have prepared

وَحَالَةٍ شَیَّدْتُهَا

and the conducts that I have established,

هَدَمَ ٱعْتِمَادِی عَلَیْهَا عَدْلُکَ

but Your justice has ruined my reliance on these,

بَلْ اقَالَنِی مِنْهَا فَضْلُکَ

and, moreover, Your favoring has made me abandon them.

إِلٰهِی إِنَّکَ تَعْلَمُ

O my God, You surely know

انِّی وَإِنْ لَمْ تَدُمِ ٱلطَّاعَةُ مِنِّی فِعْلاً جَزْماً

that even my obedience (to You) has not lasted in reality,

فَقَدْ دَامَتْ مَحَبَّةً وَعَزْماً

it has lasted in love (for it) and determination (to do it)!

إِلٰهِی کَیْفَ اعْزِمُ وَانْتَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ؟

O my God, how can I determine, while You are All-supreme?

وَکَیْفَ لاَ اعْزِمُ وَانْتَ ٱلآمِرُ؟

How can I quit determining, while it is Your command (to determine)?

إِلٰهِی تَرَدُّدِی فِی ٱلآثَارِ

O my God, my hesitation in (following) Your traces

یُوجِبُ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَزَارِ

will result in unlikely visitation;

فَٱجْمَعْنِی عَلَیْکَ بِخِدْمَةٍ تُوصِلُنِی إِلَیْکَ

so, (please) join me to You through a service that takes me to You.

کَیْفَ یُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَیْکَ بِمَا هُوَ فِی وُجُودِهِ مُفْتَقِرٌ إِلَیْکَ؟

How can You be figured out through that whose existence relies on You?

ایَکُونُ لِغَیْرِکَ مِنَ ٱلظُّهُورِ مَا لَیْسَ لَکَ

Can any thing other than You hold a (kind of) manifestation that You lack

حَتَّىٰ یَکُونَ هُوَ ٱلْمُظْهِرَ لَکَ؟

and thus it may act as an appearance for You?

مَتَىٰ غِبْتَ حَتَّىٰ تَحْتَاجَ إِلَىٰ دَلِیلٍ یَدُلُّ عَلَیْکَ؟

When have You ever been absent so that You may need something to point to You?

وَمَتَىٰ بَعُدْتَ حَتَّىٰ تَکُونَ ٱلآثَارُ هِیَ ٱلَّتِی تُوصِلُ إِلَیْکَ؟

When have You ever been far-off so that traces may lead to You?

عَمِیَتْ عَیْنٌ لاَ تَرَاکَ عَلَیْهَا رَقِیباً

Blind be the eye that cannot see You watching it.

وَخَسِرَتْ صَفْقَةُ عَبْدٍ لَمْ تَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ حُبِّکَ نَصِیباً

Losing is a servant’s deal that does not dedicate a share to the love for You.

إِلٰهِی امَرْتَ بِٱلرُّجُوعِ إِلَىٰ ٱلآثَارِ

O my God, You have ordered us to refer to the traces;

فَٱرْجِعْنِی إِلَیْکَ بِکِسْوَةِ ٱلانْوَارِ

therefore, (please do) make me refer to You with the garb of lights

وَهِدَایَةِ ٱلاِﹾسْتِبْصَارِ

and the guidance of insight

حَتَّىٰ ارْجِعَ إِلَیْکَ مِنْهَا کَمَا دَخَلْتُ إِلَیْکَ مِنْهَا

so that I will return to You in the same way as I have entered to You from them

مَصُونَ ٱلسِّرِّ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَیْهَا

as being too protected to look at them

وَمَرْفُوعَ ٱلْهِمَّةِ عَنِ ٱلاِﹾعْتِمَادِ عَلَیْهَا

and too determining to depend upon them,

إِنَّکَ عَلَىٰ کُلِّ شَیْء قَدِیرٌ

for You have power over all things.

إِلٰهِی هٰذَا ذُلِّی ظَاهِرٌ بَیْنَ یَدَیْکَ

O my God, this is my humiliation; it manifests itself before You.

وَهٰذَا حَالِی لاَ یَخْفَىٰ عَلَیْکَ

This is my manner; it cannot be concealed against You.

مِنْکَ اطْلُبُ ٱلْوُصُولَ إِلَیْکَ

From You do I beseech soaring to You

وَبِکَ اسْتَدِلَّ عَلَیْکَ

and through You do I take the way to You.

فَٱهْدِنِی بِنُورِکَ إِلَیْکَ

So, (please do) guide me to You through Your Light

وَاقِمْنِی بِصِدْقِ ٱلْعُبُودِیَّةِ بَیْنَ یَدَیْکَ

and make me stand up before Your Hands with the true servitude to You.

إِلٰهِی عَلِّمْنِی مِنْ عِلْمِکَ ٱلْمَخْزُونِ

O my God, (please do) teach me from Your veiled knowledge

وَصُنِّی بِسِتْرِکَ ٱلْمَصُونِ

and protect me with Your shielding shelter.

إِلٰهِی حَقِّقْنِی بِحَقَائِقِ اهْلِ ٱلْقُرْبِ

O my God, (please do) grant me the realities that are enjoyed by the people who are near to You

وَٱسْلُکْ بِی مَسْلَکَ اهْلِ ٱلْجَذْبِ

and make me follow the course of the people who are attracted to You.

إِلٰهِی اغْنِنِی بِتَدْبِیرِکَ لِی عَنْ تَدْبِیرِی

O my God, make Your management of my affairs replace my management of my affairs,

وَبِٱخْتِیَارِکَ عَنِ ٱخْتِیَارِی

make Your choice for me replace my choice for myself,

وَاوْقِفْنِی عَلَىٰ مَرَاکِزِ ٱضْطِرَارِی

and make me stop at the points of emergency.

إِلٰهِی اخْرِجْنِی مِنْ ذُلِّ نَفْسِی

O my God, (please do) take my out of the humiliation of myself

وَطَهِّرْنِی مِنْ شَکِّی وَشِرْکِی

and purify me from my suspicion and polytheism

قَبْلَ حُلُولِ رَمْسِی

before I enter my grave.

بِکَ انْتَصِرُ فَٱنْصُرْنِی

Only through You do I achieve victory; so, (please do) give me victory.

وَعَلَیْکَ اتَوَکَّلُ فَلاَ تَکِلْنِی

Only upon You do I rely; so, do not refer me to anyone else.

وَإِیَّاکَ اسْالُ فَلاَ تُخَیِّبْنِی

Only You do I beseech; so, do not disappoint me.

وَفِی فَضْلِکَ ارْغَبُ فَلاَ تَحْرِمْنِی

Only for Your favors do I desire; so, do not deprive me (of Your favors).

وَبِجَنَابِکَ انْتَسِبُ فَلاَ تُبْعِدْنِی

Only to Your side do I resort; so, do not set me aside.

وَبِبَابِکَ اقِفُ فَلاَ تَطْرُدْنِی

At Your door only do I stand; so, do not drive me away.

إِلٰهِی تَقَدَّسَ رِضَاکَ انْ یَکُونَ لَهُ عِلَّةٌ مِنْکَ

O my God, Your pleasure is too sanctified to receive a defect from You;

فَکَیْفَ یَکُونُ لَهُ عِلَّةٌ مِنِّی؟

hence, how can it receive a defect from me?

إِلٰهِی انْتَ ٱلْغَنِیُّ بِذَاتِکَ انْ یَصِلَ إِلَیْکَ ٱلنَّفْعُ مِنْکَ

O my God, You are too self-sufficient by Yourself to be benefited by Yourself;

فَکَیْفَ لاَ تَکُونُ غَنِیّاً عَنِّی؟

hence, how can You not be self-sufficient from me?

إِلٰهِی إِنَّ ٱلْقَضَاءَ وَٱلْقَدَرَ یُمَنِّینِی

O my God, fate awakens my hope

وَإِنَّ ٱلْهَوَىٰ بِوَثَائِقِ ٱلشَّهْوَةِ اسَرَنِی

and whim has enchained me with the firm chains of lust;

فَکُنْ انْتَ ٱلنَّصِیرَ لِی

so, (please do) be my Supporter

حَتَّىٰ تَنْصُرَنِی وَتُبَصِّرَنِی

so that You shall back me and show me the right path.

وَاغْنِنِی بِفَضْلِکَ

And (please do) help me (to dispense with anyone else) through Your favors

حَتَّىٰ اسْتَغْنِیَ بِکَ عَنْ طَلَبِی

so that I shall depend upon You exclusively in my requests.

انْتَ ٱلَّذِی اشْرَقْتَ ٱلانْوَارَ فِی قُلُوبِ اوْلِیَائِکَ

It is You Who have lit the illuminations in the hearts of Your intimate servants

حَتَّىٰ عَرَفُوکَ وَوَحَّدُوکَ

So that they have recognized and testified Your Oneness.

وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی ازَلْتَ ٱلاغْیَارَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ احِبَّائِکَ

It is You Who have removed love for others from the hearts of Your lovers

حَتَّىٰ لَمْ یُحِبُّوٱ سِوَاکَ

so that they have loved none save You

وَلَمْ یَلْجَاوٱ إِلَىٰ غَیْرِکَ

and they have resorted to none save You.

انْتَ ٱلْمُؤْنِسُ لَهُمْ

You alone are entertaining them

حَیْثُ اوْحَشَتْهُمُ ٱلْعَوَالِمُ

when they have felt lonely because of the other worlds.

وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی هَدَیْتَهُمْ

You alone have guided them

حَیْثُ ٱسْتَبَانَتْ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَعَالِمُ

so that all other worlds manifested themselves before them.

مَاذَا وَجَدَ مَنْ فَقَدَکَ؟

What can one who misses You find any substitute?

وَمَا ٱلَّذِی فَقَدَ مَنْ وَجَدَکَ؟

What can one who finds You miss anything else?

لَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ رَضِیَ دُونَکَ بَدَلاً

Definitely, failing is he who has accepted anyone other than You as substitute.

وَلَقَدْ خَسِرَ مَنْ بَغَىٰ عَنْکَ مُتَحَوِّلاً

Definitely, loser is he who have desired for anyone other than You.

کَیْفَ یُرْجَىٰ سِوَاکَ

How can anyone other than You be hoped

وَانْتَ مَا قَطَعْتَ ٱلإِحْسَانَ؟

whilst You have never stopped Your bounties?

وَکَیْفَ یُطْلَبُ مِنْ غَیْرِکَ

How can anyone other than You be besought

وَانْتَ مَا بَدَّلْتَ عَادَةَ ٱلاِﹾمْتِنَانِ؟

whilst You have never changed Your habit of ceaseless bestowal?

یَا مَنْ اذَاقَ احِبَّاءَهُ حَلاَوَةَ ٱلْمُؤَانَسَةِ

O He Who has made His lovers the sweet taste of entertainment;

فَقَامُوٱ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ مُتَمَلِّقِینَ

therefore, they have stood up before Him flattering Him!

وَیَا مَنْ الْبَسَ اوْلِیَاءَهُ مَلاَبِسَ هَیْبَتِهِ

O He Who has dressed His intimate servants the garments of fearing Him;

فَقَامُوٱ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ مُسْتَغْفِرِینَ

therefore, they have stood before Him seeking His forgiveness!

انْتَ ٱلذَّاکِرُ قَبْلَ ٱلذَّاکِرِینَ

You do mention the others (with bounties) before they mention You.

وَانْتَ ٱلْبَادِئُ بِٱلإِحْسَانِ قَبْلَ تَوَجُّهِ ٱلْعَابِدِینَ

You do spread Your compassion before the worshippers direct towards You.

وَانْتَ ٱلْجَوَادُ بِٱلْعَطَاءِ قَبْلَ طَلَبِ ٱلطَّالِبِینَ

You do give generously before You are asked.

وَانْتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ ثُمَّ لِمَا وَهَبْتَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْمُسْتَقْرِضِینَ

You do bestow upon us and then borrow from us that which You have bestowed upon us.

إِلٰهِی ٱطْلُبْنِی بِرَحْمَتِکَ حَتَّىٰ اصِلَ إِلَیْکَ

O my God, (please do) refer to me with Your mercy so that I will appear before You.

وَٱجْذِبْنِی بِمَنِّکَ حَتَّىٰ اقْبِلَ عَلَیْکَ

(Please do) draw me towards You through Your endless favoring so that I will advance to You.

إِلٰهِی إِنَّ رَجَائِی لاَ یَنْقَطِعُ عَنْکَ وَإِنْ عَصَیْتُکَ

O my God, verily, my hope for You does not cease despite that I may disobey You.

کَمَا انَّ خَوفِی لاَ یُزَایِلُنِی وَإِنْ اطَعْتُکَ

Similarly, my fear from You does not leave me even if I obey You.

فَقَدْ دَفَعَتْنِیَ ٱلْعَوَالِمُ إِلَیْکَ

The Worlds have pushed me towards You

وَقَدْ اوْقَعَنِی عِلْمِی بِکَرَمِکَ عَلَیْکَ

and my acquaintance with Your magnanimity has led me to You.

إِلٰهِی کَیْفَ اخِیبُ وَانْتَ امَلِی؟

O my God, how can I fail whilst You are my hope?

امْ کَیْفَ اهَانُ وَعَلَیْکَ مُتَّکَلِی؟

How can I be humiliated whilst I depend upon You?

إِلٰهِی کَیْفَ اسْتَعِزُّ وَفِی ٱلذِّلَّةِ ارْکَزْتَنِی؟

How can see dignity if You fix me in humiliation?

امْ کَیْفَ لاَ اسْتَعِزُّ وَإِلَیْکَ نَسَبْتَنِی؟

How can I not see dignity whilst You have referred me to You?

إِلٰهِی کَیْفَ لاَ افْتَقِرُ وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی فِی ٱلْفُقَرَاءِ اقَمْتَنِی؟

O my God, how can I not be needy whilst it is You Who have lodged me among the needy?

امْ کَیْفَ افْتَقِرُ وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی بِجُودِکَ اغْنَیْتَنِی؟

How can I be needy whilst You have made me rich out of Your magnanimity?

وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی لاَ إِلٰهَ غَیْرُکَ

It is You, there is no god save You,

تَعَرَّفْتَ لِکُلِّ شَیْء فَمَا جَهِلَکَ شَیْءٌ

Who have introduced Yourself to all things; therefore, nothing has ever ignored You.

وَانْتَ ٱلَّذِی تَعَرَّفْتَ إِلَیَّ فِی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ

It is You Who have introduced Yourself to me in all things;

فَرَایْتُکَ ظَاهِراً فِی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ

therefore, I have seen You Manifest in all things.

وَانْتَ ٱلظَّاهِرُ لِکُلِّ شَیْءٍ

It is You Who give manifestation to all things.

یَا مَنِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ بِرَحْمَانِیَّتِهِ

O He Who is firm in power through His All-beneficence;

فَصَارَ ٱلْعَرْشُ غَیْباً فِی ذَاتِهِ

therefore, the Throne has become unseen in His Essence.

مَحَقْتَ ٱلآثَارَ بِٱلآثَارِ

You have erased the traces by the traces;

وَمَحَوْتَ ٱلاغْیَارَ بِمُحِیطَاتِ افْلاَکِ ٱلانْوَارِ

and You have erased the changeable by the surroundings of the orbits of lights.

یَا مَنِ ٱحْتَجَبَ فِی سُرَادِقَاتِ عَرْشِهِ

O He Who has screened Himself in the curtains of His Throne;

عَنْ انْ تُدْرِکَهُ ٱلابْصَارُ

hence, He cannot be comprehended by visions!

یَا مَنْ تَجَلَّىٰ بِکَمَالِ بَهَائِهِ

O He Who has manifested Himself with His perfect Magnificence;

فَتَحَقَّقَتْ عَظَمَتُهُ مِنَ ٱلاِﹾسْتِوَاءِ

therefore, His Grandeur of being firm in power.

کَیْفَ تَخْفَىٰ وَانْتَ ٱلظَّاهِرُ؟

How can You be hidden whilst You are the Manifester (of all things)?

امْ کَیْفَ تَغِیبُ وَانْتَ ٱلرَّقِیبُ ٱلْحَاضِرُ؟

Or how can You be absent whilst You are the Watcher (over all things) and the Present (at all times).

إِنَّکَ عَلَىٰ کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیرٌ

Verily, You have power over all things.

وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ

All praise be to Allah alone.

Source

• Al-Islam website