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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahi ’r-rahmani ’r-rahim

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

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إِلَهِيْ عَظُمَ الْبَلَاءُ وَبَرِحَ الْخَفَاءُ

Ilahi ‘azuma’l-bala’u wa bariha’l-khafa’

O my Lord! The calamity has aggravated; the absence prolonged;

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وَانْكَشَفَ الْغِطَاءُ وَانْقَطَعَ الرَّجَاءُ ،

Wa’nkashafa’l-ghita’u wa’nqata‘a’r-raja’

The curtain of modesty has been lifted; hope has been curtailed;

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وَضَاقَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَمُنِعَتِ السَّمَاءُ

Wa daqati’l-ardu wa muni‘ati’s-sama’

The earth has been narrow; and sky has been denied.

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وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَإِلَيْكَ الْمُشْتَكَي

Wa anta’l-musta‘anu wa ilayka’l-mushtaka

And You are the One from whom help is sought and complaints are made

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وَ عَلَيْكَ الْمُعَوَّلُ فِيْ الشِّدَّةِ وَالرَّخَاءِ،

Wa ‘alayka al-mu‘awwalu fi’sh-shiddati wa’r-rakha’

And in You we trust in the times of difficulty.

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اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَي مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad

O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad (S) and the progeny of Muhammad (S),

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أُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ الَّذِيْنَ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيْنَا طَا عَتَهُمْ

Uli’l-amri’l-ladhina faradta ‘alayna ta‘atahum

The possessors of authority whose obedience you have enjoined upon us

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وَ عَرَّفْتَنَا بِذَالِكَ مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ ، فَفَّرِجْ عَنَّا بِحَقِّهِمْ فَرَجاً عَاجِلاً قَرِيْباً كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ

Wa ‘arraftana bidhalika manzilatahum fafarrij ‘anna bi-haqqihim farajan ‘ajilan qariban kalamhi’l-basari aw huwa aqrab

And by that made us aware of their position. Then make open for us, by their truth, an immediate opening, immediate as a wink or sooner.

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يَامُحَمَّدُ يَاعَلِيُّ يَاعَلِيُّ يَامُحَمَّدُ

Ya Muhammadu ya ‘Aliyyu ya Muhammad

O Muhammad! O ‘Ali! O ‘Ali! O Muhammad!

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كْفِيَانِيْ فَإِنَّكُمَا كَافِيَانِ وَ انْصُرَانِيْ فَإِنَّكُمَا نَاصِرَانِ

Ikfiyani fainnakuma kafiyani wa’n-surani fainnakuma nasiran

Suffice me both of you as both of you are sufficient.Help me—two of you—for you are my helpers.

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يَامَوْلَانَا يَاصَاحِبَ الزَّمَانِ

Ya mawlana ya sahiba’z-zaman

O our Master, O Master of the Time!

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اَلْغَوْثَ اَلْغَوْثَ اَلْغَوْثَ

Al-ghawtha’l-ghawtha’l-ghawth,

Help! Help!

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أَدْرِكْنِيْ أَدْرِكْنِيْ أَدْرِكْنِيْ

Adrikni adrikni adrikni

Rescue me! Rescue me! Rescue me!

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اَلسَّاعَةَ اَلسَّاعَةَ اَلسَّاعَةَ

As-sa‘ata’s-sa‘ata’s-sa‘ah

This moment! This moment! This moment!

You may then slap your right thigh with your hand three times and, at each time, say the following words:

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اَلْعَجَلَ اَلْعَجَلَ اَلْعَجَلَ

Al-‘ajala’l-‘ajala’l-‘ajal

Hasten, hasten, hasten!

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يَا أَرْحَمَ لرَّاحِمِيْنَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّآلِهِ الطَّا هِرِيْنَ

Ya arhama’r-rahimina bi-haqqi Muhammad wa alihi’t-tahirin

O Most Merciful of the Merciful,For the sake of Muhammad (S) and his holy progeny.