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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

BISM IL-LAAHIR-RAH'MAN IR-RAH'EEM

In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

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اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA, AL-HAYYUL QAYYOOMO,

Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Living One,the All-sustainer.

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لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ

LAA TAAKHOZOHU SENATUWN WALAA NAWMUN,

Neither drowsiness befalls Him nor sleep.

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لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ

LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZE,

To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.

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مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ

MAN ZAL LAZE YASH-FA-O' I'NDAHU ILLAA BE-IZNEHI,

Who is it that may intercede with Him except with His permission?

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يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ

YA'LAMO MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA MAA KHALFAHUM,

He knows what is before them and what is behind them,

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وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ

WA LAA YOHEETOONA BE SHAYIM MIN I'LMEHI ILLAA BEMAA SHAAA-A,

and they do not comprehend anything of His knowledge except what He wishes.

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وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ

WASE-A' KURSIYYOHUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZA,

His seat embraces the heavens and the earth and He is not wearied by their preservation,

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وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا

WA LAA YA-OODOHU HIFZOHOMAA,

and He is the All-exalted,

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وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

WA HOWAL A'LIYYUL A'ZEEMO.

the All-supreme.

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لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

LAA IKRAAHA FID DEENE,

There is no compulsion in religion:

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قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ

QAD TABAYYANAR RUSHDO MENAL GHAYYE,

rectitude has become distinct from error.

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فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى

FAMAYN YAKFUR BIT-TAAGHOOTE WA YOO-MIM BILLAAHE FAQADIS TAMSAKA BIL-U'RWATIL WUSQAA,

So one who disavows fake deities and has faith in Allah has held fast to the firmest handle

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لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا

LANFESAAMA LAHAA,

for which there is no breaking;

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وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

WALLAAHO SAMEE-U'N A'LEEMUN.

and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.

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اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

ALLAAHO WALIYYUL LAZEENA AAMANOO,

Allah is the wali of the faithful:

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يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ

YUKHREJOHUM MENAZ ZOLOMAATE ELAN NOORE,

He brings them out of darkness into light.

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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ

WALLAZEENA KAFAROO AWLEYAAA-O-HOMUT TAAGHOOTO YUKHREJOONAHUM MENAN NOORE ELAZ ZOLOMAATE,

As for the faithless, their awliya are the fake deities, who drive them out of light into darkness.

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أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ

OOLAA-EKA ASHAABUN NAARE,

They shall be the inmates of the Fire,

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هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

HUM FEEHAA KHAALEDOON.

and they will remain in it [forever].