اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ لِي غَيْرُكَ أُوَحِّدُهُ وَ لَا رَبَّ لِي سِوَاكَ
“O‟ my God! You are my Lord! There is no God for me but You alone!
أَعْبُدُهُ أَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ [لَهُ] كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
There are no Gods for me to worship but You. You are the One and Only! The Eternal, Absolute One who „begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him!‟
وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ كُفْوٌ مِنَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ [لِلْخَالِقِ] وَ مِنَ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ لِلرَّازِقِ
How could any of the creatures equal the Creator and any of those provided for equal the Provider
وَ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعاً وَ لَا ضَرّاً وَ لا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتاً وَ لا حَياةً وَ لا نُشُوراً
while they cannot even provide for themselves any benefits or losses, and do not have any control over their own death, life and resurrection.
هُوَ مَالِكُ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ بِعَطِيَّتِهِ وَ تَحْرِيمِهِ وَ يَبْتَلِي بِهِ وَ يُعَافِي مِنْهُ لا يُسْئَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَ هُمْ يُسْئَلُونَ
He has authority over all these by bestowing, depriving, making suffer or granting well-being. He shall not be questioned regarding what He does, but they will be questioned.
إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي مَا أَغَبَّ شَهْرَ الصِّيَامِ [رَمَضَانَ] إِلَى جَانِبِ الْفَنَاءِ وَ أَنْتَ الْبَاقِي وَ آذَنَ بِالانْقِضَاءِ وَ أَنْتَ الدَّائِمُ
O‟ my God! O‟ my Master! The month of fasting is nearing its end but You are the Everlasting! It is passing but You are Eternal!
وَ هُوَ الَّذِي عَظَّمْتَ حَقَّهُ فَعَظُمَ وَ كَرَّمْتَهُ فَكَرُمَ وَ إِنَّ لِي فِيهِ الزَّلَّاتِ كَثِيرَةً وَ الْهَفَوَاتِ عَظِيمَةً
It is the month whose right You have exalted, whose honor You have honored. I have great sins and great frivolities.
إِنْ قَاصَصْتَنِي بِهَا كَانَ شَهْرَ شَقَاوَتِي وَ إِنْ سَمَحْتَ لِي بِهَا كَانَ شَهْرَ سَعَادَتِي
If You punish me for them, this month will be the month of my wretchedness. However, if You forgive me, it will be the month of my prosperity.
اللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا أَسْعَدْتَنِي بِالْإِقْرَارِ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ مُبْدِئاً [مُبْتَدِئاً] فَأَسْعِدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ رَأْفَتِكَ وَ تَمْحِيصِكَ وَ سَمَاحَتِكَ مُعِيداً
O‟ My God! As You granted me prosperity in its beginning to confess to Your Lordship, please grant me prosperity at its end by Your Mercy, Kindness, Purification and Your Continuous Generosity.
فَ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ كَثِيراً.
Verily You have power over all things. Please bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Holy Household (as) and greet them many times.‟ ”
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ لِي غَيْرُكَ أُوَحِّدُهُ وَ لَا رَبَّ لِي سِوَاكَ
“O‟ my God! You are my Lord! There is no God for me but You alone!
أَعْبُدُهُ أَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ [لَهُ] كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
There are no Gods for me to worship but You. You are the One and Only! The Eternal, Absolute One who „begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him!‟
وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ كُفْوٌ مِنَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ [لِلْخَالِقِ] وَ مِنَ الْمَرْزُوقِينَ لِلرَّازِقِ
How could any of the creatures equal the Creator and any of those provided for equal the Provider
وَ مَنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ نَفْعاً وَ لَا ضَرّاً وَ لا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتاً وَ لا حَياةً وَ لا نُشُوراً
while they cannot even provide for themselves any benefits or losses, and do not have any control over their own death, life and resurrection.
هُوَ مَالِكُ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ بِعَطِيَّتِهِ وَ تَحْرِيمِهِ وَ يَبْتَلِي بِهِ وَ يُعَافِي مِنْهُ لا يُسْئَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَ هُمْ يُسْئَلُونَ
He has authority over all these by bestowing, depriving, making suffer or granting well-being. He shall not be questioned regarding what He does, but they will be questioned.
إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي مَا أَغَبَّ شَهْرَ الصِّيَامِ [رَمَضَانَ] إِلَى جَانِبِ الْفَنَاءِ وَ أَنْتَ الْبَاقِي وَ آذَنَ بِالانْقِضَاءِ وَ أَنْتَ الدَّائِمُ
O‟ my God! O‟ my Master! The month of fasting is nearing its end but You are the Everlasting! It is passing but You are Eternal!
وَ هُوَ الَّذِي عَظَّمْتَ حَقَّهُ فَعَظُمَ وَ كَرَّمْتَهُ فَكَرُمَ وَ إِنَّ لِي فِيهِ الزَّلَّاتِ كَثِيرَةً وَ الْهَفَوَاتِ عَظِيمَةً
It is the month whose right You have exalted, whose honor You have honored. I have great sins and great frivolities.
إِنْ قَاصَصْتَنِي بِهَا كَانَ شَهْرَ شَقَاوَتِي وَ إِنْ سَمَحْتَ لِي بِهَا كَانَ شَهْرَ سَعَادَتِي
If You punish me for them, this month will be the month of my wretchedness. However, if You forgive me, it will be the month of my prosperity.
اللَّهُمَّ وَ كَمَا أَسْعَدْتَنِي بِالْإِقْرَارِ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ مُبْدِئاً [مُبْتَدِئاً] فَأَسْعِدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ رَأْفَتِكَ وَ تَمْحِيصِكَ وَ سَمَاحَتِكَ مُعِيداً
O‟ My God! As You granted me prosperity in its beginning to confess to Your Lordship, please grant me prosperity at its end by Your Mercy, Kindness, Purification and Your Continuous Generosity.
فَ إِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ كَثِيراً.
Verily You have power over all things. Please bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Holy Household (as) and greet them many times.‟ ”