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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً

ilahi ilayka ashku nafsan

My God, to You I complain of a soul

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بِٱلسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً

bissu'i ammaratan

commanding to evil,

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وَإِلَىٰ ٱلْخَطِيئَةِ مُبَادِرَةً

wa ila alkhati'ati mubadiratan

rushing to offenses,

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وَبِمَعَاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً

wa bima`asika mula`atan

eager to disobey You,

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وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً

wa lisakhatika muta`arridatan

and exposing itself to Your anger.

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تَسْلُكَ بِي مَسَالِكَ ٱلْمَهَالِكِ

tasluka bi masalika almahaliki

It takes me on the roads of disasters,

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وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ

wa taj`aluni `indaka ahwana halikin

it makes me the easiest of perishing ones before You;

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كَثيرَةَ ٱلْعِلَلِ

kathirata al`ilali

many its pretexts,

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طَويلَةَ ٱل أَمَلِ

tawilata al-amali

drawn out its expectations;

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إِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلشَّرُّ تَجْزَعْ

in massaha ashsharru tajza`u

when evil touches it, it is anxious,

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وَإِنْ مَسَّهَا ٱلْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعْ

wa in massaha alkhayru tamna`u

when good touches it, grudging;

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مَيَّالَةً إِلَىٰ ٱللَّعِبِ وَٱللَّهْوِ

mayyalatan ila alla`ibi wallahwi

inclining to sport and diversion,

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مَمْلُوءَةً بِٱلْغَفْلَةِ وَٱلسَّهْوِ

mamlu'atan bilghaflati wassahwi

full of heedlessness and inattention,

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تُسْرِعُ بِي إِلَىٰ ٱلْحَوْبَةِ

tusri`u bi ila alhawbati

it hurries me to misdeeds

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وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِٱلتَّوْبَةِ

wa tusawwifuni bittawbati

and makes me delay repentance.

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إِلٰهِي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ

ilahi ashku ilayka

My God, I complain to You

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عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي

`aduwwan yudilluni

of an enemy who misguides me

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وَشَيْطَاناً يُغْوينِي

wa shaytanan yughwini

and a devil who leads me astray.

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قَدْ مَلأَ بِٱلْوَسْوَاسِ صَدْرِي

qad mala'a bilwaswasi sadri

He has filled my breast with tempting thoughts,

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وَأَحَاطَتْ هَوَاجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي

wa ahatat hawajisuhu biqalbi

and his suggestions have encompassed my heart.

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يُعَاضِدُ لِيَ ٱلْهَوَىٰ

yu`adidu liya alhawa

He supports caprice against me,

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وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ ٱلدُّنْيَا

wa yuzayyinu li hubba addunya

embellishes for me the love of this world,

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وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ ٱلطَّاعَةِ وَٱلزُّلْفَىٰ

wa yahulu bayni wa bayna atta`ati wazzulfa

and separates me from obedience and proximity!

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إِلٰهِي إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو

ilahi ilayka ashku

My God, to You I complain

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قَلْباً قَاسِياً

qalban qasiyan

of a heart that is hard,

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مَعَ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ مُتَقَلِّباً

ma`a alwaswasi mutaqalliban

turned this way and that by tempting thoughts,

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وَبِٱلرَّيْنِ وَٱلطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً

wa birrayni wattab`i mutalabbisan

clothed in rust and the seal,

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وَعَيْناً عَنِ ٱلْبُكَاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جَامِدَةً

wa `aynan `an albuka'i min khawfika jamidatan

and of an eye too indifferent to weep in fear of You

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وَإِلَىٰ مَا تَسُرُّهَا طَامِحَةً

wa ila ma tasurruha tamihatan

and eagerly seeking that which gladdens it!

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إِلٰهِي لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ

ilahi la hawla wa la quwwata illa biqudratika

My God, there is no force and no strength except in Your power,

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وَلاَ نَجَاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكَارِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا إِلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ

wa la najata li min makarihi addunya illa bi`ismatika

and no deliverance for me from the detested things of this world save through Your preservation.

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فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ

fa as'aluka bibalaghati hikmatika

So I ask You by Your far-reaching wisdom

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وَنَفَاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ

wa nafadhi mashiyyatika

and Your penetrating will

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أَنْ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً

an la taj`alni lighayri judika muta`arridan

not to let me expose myself to other than Your munificence

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وَلاَ تُصَيِّرْنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً

wa la tusayyirni lilfitani gharadan

and not to turn me into a target for trials!

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وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ ٱلأَعْدَاءِ نَاصِراً

wa kun li `ala al-a`da'i nasiran

Be for me a helper against enemies,

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وَعَلَىٰ ٱلْمَخَازِي وَٱلْعُيُوبِ سَاتِراً

wa `ala almakhazi wal`uyubi satiran

a coverer of shameful things and faults,

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وَمِنَ ٱلْبَلايَا وَاقِياً

wa min albalaya waqiyan

a protector against afflictions,

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وَعَنِ ٱلْمَعَاصِي عَاصِماً

wa `an alma`asi ` asiman

a preserver against acts of disobedience!

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بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ

bira'fatika wa rahmatika

By Your clemency and mercy,

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يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama arrahimina

O Most Merciful of the merciful!