اصْبَحْتُ ٱللَّهُمَّ مُعْتَصِماً بِذِمَامِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ ٱلْمَنِيعِ

asbahtu allahumma mu`tasiman bidhimamika wa jiwarika almani`i

O Allah, I have begun this morning([1]) seeking refuge with Your invulnerable security and vicinity

ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُطَاوَلُ وَلاَ يُحَاوَلُ

alladhi la yutawalu wa la yuhawalu

that is neither touched nor caught

مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ غَاشِمٍ وَطَارِقٍ

min sharri kulli ghashimin wa tariqin

against the evil of all oppressive and domineering ones

مِنْ سَائِرِ مَنْ خَلَقْتَ وَمَا خَلَقْتَ

min sa'iri man khalaqta wa ma khalaqta

among all Your animate and inanimate creatures

مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ٱلصَّامِتِ وَٱلنَّاطِقِ

min khalqika alssamiti walnnatiqi

both the silent and the speaking,

في جُنَّةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ مَخُوفٍ

fi junnatin min kulli makhufin

being in protection against all terrifying things,

بِلِبَاسٍ سَابِغَةٍ حَصِينَةٍ

bilibasin sabighatin hasinatin

being in the complete and immunizing garb,

وَهِيَ وَلاَءُ اهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكَ

wa hiya wala'u ahli bayti nabiyyika

which is my loyalty to the Household of Your Prophet

مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ

muhammadin salla allahu `layhi wa alihi

Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,

مُحْتَجِزاً مِنْ كُلِّ قَاصِدٍ لِي إِلَىٰ اذِيَّةٍ

muhtajizan min kulli qasidin li ila adhiyyatin

veiling myself against all those who intend harm to me

بِجِدَارٍ حَصِينٍ

bijidarin hasinin

behind an impervious wall,

ٱلإِخْلاَصِ فِي ٱلِٱعْتِرَافِ بِحَقِّهِمْ

al-ikhlasi fil-i`tirafi bihaqqihim

which is my sincerity in the profession of their (Divinely commissioned) right (of leadership)

وَٱلتَّمَسُّكِ بَحَبْلِهِمْ جَمِيعاً

walttamassuki bihablihim jami`an

and my adherence to the Rope of all of them,

مُوقِناً انَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لَهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ

muqinan anna alhaqqa lahum wa ma`ahum

and bearing with certainty that the truth is theirs, with them,

وَمِنْهُمْ وَفِيهِمْ وَبِهِمْ

wa minhum wa fihim wa bihim

from them, in them, and amid them.

اوَالِي مَنْ وَالَوْٱ

uwali man walaw

I thus accede to those whom they accept,

وَاعَادِي مَنْ عَادَوْٱ

wa u`adi man `adaw

provoke the animosity of those whom they antagonize,

وَاجَانِبُ مَنْ جَانَبُوٱ

wa ujanibu man janabu

and depart those whom they depart.

فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ

fasalli `ala muhammadin wa alihi

So, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

وَاعِذْنِي ٱللَّهُمَّ بِهِمْ

wa a`idhni allahumma bihim

and, O Allah, protect me, in the names of them,

مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ مَا اتَّقيهِ يَا عَظِيمُ

min sharri kulli ma attaqihi ya `azimu

against the evil of all that which I fear, O All-great.

حَجَـزْتُ ٱلاعَادِيَ عَنِّي بِبَدِيعِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلارْضِ

hajaztu al-a`adiya `anni bibadi`i alssamawati wal-ardi

I am restraining the enemies against me through the Originator of the heavens and the earth:

«إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ ايْديهِمِ سَدّاً

inna ja`alna min bayni aydihim saddan

“And We have set a bar before them

وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدّاً

wa min khalfihim saddan

and a bar behind them,

فَاغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ يُبْصِرُونَ.»

fa-aghshaynahum fahum la yubsiruna

and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.”

الَّلهُمَّ انِّي اسْالُكَ بِحَقِّ هٰذِهِ ٱلتُّربَةِ ٱلْمُبَارَكَةِ

allahumma inni as'aluka bihaqqi hadhihi altturbati almubarakati

O Allah, I beseech You in the name of this blessed dust,

وَبِحَقِّ صَاحِبِهَا

wa bihaqqi sahibiha

in the name of its owner,

وبِحَقِّ جَدِّهِ وَبِحَقِّ ابِيهِ

wa bihaqqi jaddihi wa bihaqqi abihi

in the name of his grandfather, in the name of his father,

وبِحَقِّ امِّهِ وبِحَقِّ اخِيهِ

wa bihaqqi ummihi wa bihaqqi akhihi

in the name of his mother, in the name of his brother,

وَبِحَقِّ وُلْدِهِ ٱلطَّاهِرِينَ

wa bihaqqi wuldihi alttahirina

and in the name of his immaculate sons

ٱجْعَلْهَا شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ

ij`alha shifa'an min kulli da'in

to make it curative of every malady,

وَامَاناً مِنْ كُلِّ خَوْفٍ

wa amanan min kulli khawfin

security against every fear,

وَحِفْظاً مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ

wa hifzan min kulli su'in

and safeguard against every evil.