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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرّحِيمِ
bismillahi 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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إِلٰهِي أَتَرَاكَ بَعْدَ ٱلْإِيـمَانِ بِكَ تُعَذِّبُنِي
ilahi ataraka ba`da al-imani bika tuaadhdhibuni
My God, will You chastise me after my faith in You,
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أَمْ بَعْدَ حُبِّي إِيَّاكَ تُبَعِّدُنِي
am ba`da hubbi iyyaka tuba“iduni
drive me far away after my love for You,
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أَمْ مَعَ رَجَائِي لِرَحْمَتِكَ وَصَفْحِكَ تَحْرِمُنِي
am ma`a raja’i lirahmatika wa safhika tahrimuni
deprive me while I hope for Your mercy and forgiveness,
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أَمْ مَعَ ٱسْتِجَارَتِي بِعَفْوِكَ تُسْلِمُنِي
am ma`a istijarati bi`afwika tuslimuni
forsake me while I seek sanctuary in Your pardon?
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حَاشَا لِوَجْهِكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ أَنْ تُخَيِّبَنِي
hasha liwajhika alkarimi an tukhayyibani
Far it be from Your generous face to disappoint me?
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لَيْتَ شِعْرِي! أَلِلشَّقَاءِ وَلَدَتْنِي أُمِّي
layta shi`ri alishshaqa’i waladatni ummi
Would that I knew—Did my mother bear me for wretchedness?
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أَمْ لِلْعَنَاءِ رَبَّتْنِي
am lil`ana’i rabbatni
Did she nurture me for suffering?
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فَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَلِدْنِي وَلَمْ تُرَبِّنِي
falaytaha lam talidni wa lam turabbini
Would then that she had not borne me and had not nurtured me!
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وَلَيْتَنِي عَلِمْتُ
wa laytani `alimtu
Would that I had knowledge—
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أَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلسَّعادَةِ جَعَلْتَنِي
amin ahli assa`adati ja`altani
Have You appointed me one of the people of felicity?
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وَبِقُرْبِكَ وَجِوَارِكَ خَصَصْتَنِي
wa biqurbika wa jiwarika khasastani
Have You singled me out for Your nearness and neighborhood?
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فَتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ عَيْنِي
fataqarra bidhalika `ayni
Then would my eyes be gladdened,
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وَتَطْمَئِنَّ لَهُ نَفْسِي
wa tatma’inna lahu nafsi
and in that my soul reach serenity.
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إِلٰهِي هَلْ تُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهاً خَرَّتْ سَاجِدَةً لِعَظَمَتِكَ
ilahi hal tusawwidu wujuhan kharrat sajidatan li`azamatika
My God, do You blacken faces which fall down in prostration before Your mightiness?
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أَوْ تُخْرِسُ أَلْسِنَةً نَطَقَتْ بِٱلثَّنَاءِ عَلَىٰ مَجْدِكَ وَجَلاَلَتِكَ
aw tukhrisu alsinatan nataqat biththana’i `ala majdika wa jalalatika
Do You strike dumb tongues which speak in laudation of Your glory and majesty?
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أَوْ تَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ ٱنْطَوَتْ عَلَىٰ مَحَبَّتِكَ
aw tatba`u `ala qulubin intawat `ala mahabbatika
Do You seal hearts which harbor Your love?
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أَوْ تُصِمُّ أَسْمَاعاً تَلَذَّذَتْ بِسَمَاعِ ذِكْرِكَ فِي إِرَادَتِكَ
aw tusimmu asma`an taladhdhadhat bisama`i dhikrika fi iradatika
Do You deafen ears which take pleasure in hearing Your remembrance according to Your will?
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أَوْ تَغُلُّ أَكُفّاً رَفَعَتْهَا الآمَالُ إِلَيْكَ رَجَاءَ رَأْفَتِكَ
aw taghullu akuffan rafa`at-ha al-amalu ilayka raja’a ra’fatika
Do You manacle hands which expectations have raised to You in hope of Your clemency?
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أَوْ تُعَاقِبُ أَبْدَاناً عَمِلَتْ بِطَاعَتِكَ حَتَّىٰ نَحِلَتْ فِي مُجَاهَدَتِكَ
aw tu`aqibu abdanan `amilat bita`atika hatta nahilat fi mujahadatika
Do You punish bodies which worked to obey You until they grew thin in struggling for You?
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أَوْ تُعَذِّبُ أَرْجُلاً سَعَتْ فِي عِبَادَتِكَ
aw tu`dhdhibu arjulan sa`at fi `ibadatika
Do You chastise legs which ran to worship You?
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إِلٰهِي لاَ تُغْلِقْ عَلَىٰ مُوَحِّدِيكَ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
ilahi la tughliq `ala muwahhidika abwaba rahmatika
My God, lock not toward those who profess Your Unity the doors of Your mercy,
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وَلاَ تحْجُبْ مُشْتَاقِيكَ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ جَمِيلِ رُؤْيَتِكَ
wa la tahjub mushtaqika `an annazari ila jamili ru’yatika
and veil not those who yearn for You from looking upon the vision of Your beauty!
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إِلٰهِي نَفْسٌ أَعْزَزْتَهَا بِتَوحِيدِكَ
ilahi nafsun a`zaztaha bitawhidika
My God, a soul which You have exalted by its professing Your Unity—
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كَيْفَ تُذِلُّهَا بِمَهَانَةِ هِجْرَانِكَ
kayfa tudhilluha bimahanati hijranika
how will You humiliate him by leaving him?
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وَضَمِيرٌ ٱنْعَقَدَ عَلَىٰ مَوَدَّتِكَ
wa damirun in`aqada `ala mawaddatika
My God, a heart which has been knotted by its love for Your—
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كَيْفَ تُحْرِقُهُ بِحَرَارَةِ نِيرَانِكَ
kayfa tuhriquhu bihararati niranika
how will You burn it in the heat of Your fires?
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إِلٰهِي أَجِرْنِي مِنَ أَلِيمِ غَضَبِكَ
ilahi ajirni min alimi ghadabika
My God, give me sanctuary from Your painful wrath
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وَعَظِيمِ سَخَطِكَ
wa `azimi sakhatika
and Your mighty anger!
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يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ
ya hannanu ya mannanu
O All-loving, O All-kind!
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يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ
ya rahimu ya rahmanu
O Compassionate, O Merciful!
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يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ
ya jabbaru ya qahharu
O Compeller, O Subduer!
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يَا غَفَّارُ يَا سَتَّارُ
ya ghaffaru ya sattaru
O All-forgiver, O All-covering!
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نَجِّنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ
najjini birahmatika min `adhabi annari
Deliver me through Your mercy from the chastisement of the Fire
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وَفَضِيحَةِ ٱلْعَارِ
wa fadihati al`ari
and the disgrace of shame
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إِذَا ٱمْتَازَ ٱلأَخْيَارُ مِنَ ٱلأَشْرَارِ
idha imtaza al-akhyaru min al-ashraru
when the good are set apart from the evil,
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وَحَالَتِ ٱلأَحْوَالُ
wa halat al-ahwalu
forms are transformed,
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وَهَالَتِ ٱلأَهْوَالُ
wa halat al-ahwalu
terrors terrify,
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وَقَرُبَ ٱلْمُحْسِنُونَ
wa qaruba almuhsinuna
the good-doers are brought near,
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وَبَعُدَ ٱلْمُسِيئُونَ
wa ba`uda almusi’una
the evildoers taken far,
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(وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ
wa wuffiyat kullu nafsin ma kasabat
“and every soul paid what it has earned,
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وَهُمْ لاَ يُظْلَمُونَ)
wa huzm la yuzlamuna
and they shall not be wronged!”