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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismi allahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

O Allah: (please do) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

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اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ تَعَبَّا وَتَهَيَّا

allahumma man ta`abba'a wa tahayya'a

O Allah, One may call up, prepare,

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وَاعَدَّ وَٱسْتَعَدَّ

wa a`adda wasta`adda

ready oneself, and stand prepared

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لِوِفَادَةٍ إِلَىٰ مَخْلُوقٍ

liwifadatin ila makhluqin

for purpose of coming to a creature

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رَجَاءَ رِفْدِهِ

raja'a rifdihi

in the hope of gaining his aid

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وَطَلَبَ نَائِلِهِ وَجَائِزَتِهِ

wa talaba na'ilihi wa ja'izatihi

and asking for his gift and present.

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فَإلَيْكَ يَا رَبِّ تَعْبِيَتِي وَٱسْتِعْدَادِي

fa-ilayka ya rabbu ta`biyati wasti`dadi

As for myself, to You—O my Lord—I make my preparations and readiness

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رَجَاءَ عَفْوِكَ

raja'a `afwika

hoping for Your pardon

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وَطَلَبَ نَائِلِكَ وَجَائِزَتِكَ

wa talaba na'ilika wa ja'izatika

and asking for Your gift and present.

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فَلاَ تُخَيِّبْ دُعَائي

fala tukhayyib du`a'i

So, (please) do not disappoint my entreaty.

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يَا مَنْ لاَ يَخِيبُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِلٌ

ya man la yakhibu `alayhi sa'ilun

O He Who never disappoints His beseechers

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وَلاَ يَنْقُصُهُ نَائِلٌ

wa la yanqusuhu na'ilun

and Whose prizes never decrease His ample-giving!

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فَإنّي لَمْ آتِكَ ثِقَةً بِعَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ عَمِلْتُهُ

fa'inni lam atika thiqatan bi`amalin salihin `amiltuhu

I have not come to You with confidence of a righteous deed that I have done

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وَلاَ لِوِفَادَةِ مَخْلُوقٍ رَجَوْتُهُ

wa la liwafadati makhluqin rajawtuhu

nor have I had any hope in a grant of any creature.

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اتَيْتُكَ مُقِرّاً عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي بِٱلإسَاءَةِ وَٱلظُّلْمِ

ataytuka muqirran `ala nafsi bil-isa'ati walzzulmi

Rather, I have come to You professing myself to be evildoer and transgressor

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مُعْتَرِفاً بِانْ لاَ حُجَّةَ لِي وَلاَ عُذْرَ

mu`tarifan bi-an la hujjata li wa la `udhra

and confessing that I lack any pretext or excuse.

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اتَيْتُكَ ارْجُو عَظِيمَ عَفْوِكَ

ataytuka arju `azima `afwika

I have come to You hoping for Your great pardon

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ٱلَّذِي عَفَوْتَ بِهِ عَنِ ٱلْخَاطِئينَ

alladhi `afawta bihi `ani (a)lkhati

due to which You have pardoned the wrongdoers.

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فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ طُولُ عُكُوفِهِمْ عَلِي عَظِيمِ ٱلْجُرْمِ

falam yamna`ka tulu `ukufihim `ala `azimi aljurmi

Hence, their long-lasting retirement to their grave offenses has not prevented You

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انْ عُدْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِٱلرَّحْمَةِ

an `udta `alayhim bilrrahmati

from turning to them with mercy.

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فَيَا مَنْ رَحْمَتُهُ وَاسِعَةٌ

faya man rahmatuhu wasi`atun

O He Whose mercy is huge

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وَعَفْوُهُ عَظيمٌ

wa `afwuhu `azimun

and Whose pardon is great;

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يَا عَظيـمُ يَا عَظيـمُ يَا عَظيـمُ

ya `azimu ya `azimu ya `azimu

O All-great, O All-great, O All-great;

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لاَ يَرُدُّ غَضَبَكَ إِلاَّ حِلْمُكَ

la yaruddu ghadabaka illa hilmuka

nothing can repel Your rage except Your forbearance

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وَلاَ يُنْجِي مِنْ سَخَطِكَ إِلاَّ ٱلتَّضَرُّعُ إِلَيْكَ

wa la yunji min sakhatika illa alttadarru`u ilayka

and nothing can save from Your wrath except imploring earnestly to You.

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فَهَبْ لِي يَا إِلٰهِي فَرَجاً

fahab li ya ilahi farajan

So, my God, (please) grant me a relief

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بِٱلْقُدْرَةِ ٱلَّتِي تُحْيِي بِهَا مَيْتَ ٱلْبِلاَدِ

bilqudrati allati tuhyi biha mayta albiladi

in the name of the power through which You restore to life the derelict lands,

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وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنِي غَمّاً حَتَّىٰ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي

wa la tuhlikni ghamman hatta tastajiba li

and do not cause me to perish out of grief until You respond to me

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وَتُعَرِّفَنِي ٱلإِجَابَةَ فِي دُعَائِي

wa tu`arrifani al-ijabata fi du`a'i

and show me signs of Your response to my prayers.

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وَاذِقْنِي طَعْمَ ٱلْعَافِيَةِ إلَىٰ مُنَتَهَىٰ اجَلِي

wa adhiqni ta`ma al`afiyati ila muntaha ajali

(please) Make me taste the flavor of wellbeing up to the end of my lifetime,

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وَلاَ تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوِّي

wa la tushmit bi `aduwwi

do not make my enemies gloat over me,

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وَلاَ تُسَلِّطْهُ عَلَيَّ

wa la tusallithu `alayya

do not give them a hand over me,

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وَلاَ تُمَكِّنْهُ مِنْ عُنُقِي

wa la tumakkinhu min `unuqi

and do not make them control over me.

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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ وَضَعْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرْفَعُنِي

allahumma in wada`tani faman dha alladhi yarfa`uni

O Allah, If You humiliate me, who can then exalt me?

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وَإِنْ رَفَعْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَضَعُنِي

wa in rafa`tani faman dha alladhi yada`uni

And if You exalt me, who can then humiliate me?

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وَإِنْ اهْلَكْتَنِي فَمَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَعْرِضُ لَكَ فِي عَبْدِكَ

wa in ahlaktani faman dha alladhi ya`ridu laka fi `abdika

If You annihilate me, who can then interfere before You concerning the affair of me—Your slave

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اوْ يَسْالُكَ عَنْ امْرِهِ

aw yas'aluka `an amrihi

or who can intercede to ask You about it?

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وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ انَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي حُكْمِكَ ظُلْمٌ

wa qad `alimtu annahu laysa fi hukmika zulmun

I have already known for sure that Your decrees are devoid of injustice

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وَلاَ فِي نَقَمَتِكَ عَجَلَةٌ

wa la fi naqimatika `ajalatun

and Your punishment does not count on immediateness.

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وَإِنَّمَا يَعْجَلُ مَنْ يَخَافُ ٱلْفَوْتَ

wa innama ya`jalu man yakhafu alfawta

Verily, immediateness is the work of him who fears lest he may miss,

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وَإِنَّمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَىٰ ٱلظُّلْمِ ٱلضَّعِيفُ

wa innama yahtaju ila alzzulmi aldda`ifu

and only do the weak need injustice.

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وَقَدْ تَعَالَيْتَ يَا إِلٰهِي عَنْ ذٰلِكَ عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً

wa qad ta`alayta ya ilahi `an dhalika `uluwwan kabiran

As for You, O my God, You are too exalted to be so—Exalted and Great You are beyond all measure!

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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اعُوذُ بِكَ فَاعِذْنِي

allahumma inni a`udhu bika fa-a`idhni

O Allah, I take refuge in You; so, (please) have protection upon me!

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وَاسْتَجيرُ بِكَ فَاجِرْنِي

wa astajiru bika fa-ajirni

I call for Your safekeeping; so, (please) keep me under Your security!

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وَاسْتَرْزِقُكَ فَٱرْزُقْنِي

wa astarziquka farzuqni

I appeal for Your sustenance; so, (please) provide me with sustenance!

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وَاتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ فَٱكْفِنِي

wa atawakkalu `alayka fakfini

I put trust in You; so, (please) keep me under Your supervision!

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وَاستَنْصِرُكَ عَلَىٰ عَدُوِّي فَٱنْصُرْنِي

wa astansiruka `ala `aduwwi fansurni

I call for Your aid against my enemy; so, (please) grant me support!

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وَاسْتَعينُ بِكَ فَاعِنِّي

wa asta`inu bika fa-a`inni

I seek Your assistance; so, (please) assist me!

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وَاسْتَغْفِرُكَ يَا إِلٰهِي فَٱغْفِرْ لِي

wa astaghfiruka ya ilahi faghfir li

I ask for Your forgiveness; so, (please) forgive me.

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آمِينَ آمِينَ آمِينَ

amina amina amina

So, respond! Respond! Respond!