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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرّحْمَانِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bismillahi arrhmani arrahimi
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 أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ
ilahi adhhalani `an iqamati shukrika tatabu`u tawlika
My God, the uninterrupted flow of Your graciousness hast distracted me from thanking You!
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وَأَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ
wa a`jazani `an ihsa’i thana’ika faydu fadlika
The flood of Your bounty has rendered me incapable of counting Your praises!
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وَشَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ
wa shaghalani `an dhikri mahamidika taradufu `awa’idika
The succession of Your kind acts has diverted me from mentioning You in laudation!
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وَأَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ
wa a`yani `an nashri `awarifika tawali ayadika
The continuous rush of Your benefits has thwarted me from spreading the news of Your gentle favors!
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وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ
wa hadha maqamu man i`tarafa bisubughi anna`ma’i
This is the station of him who confesses to the lavishness of favors,
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وَقَابَلَهَا بِٱلتَّقْصِيرِ
wa qabalaha bittaqsiri
meets them with shortcomings,
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وَشَهِدَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِٱلإِهْمَالِ وَٱلتَّضْيِيعِ
wa shahida `ala nafsihi bil-ihmali wattadyi`i
and witnesses to his own disregard and negligence.
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وَأَنْتَ ٱلرَّءُوفُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
wa anta arra’ufu arrahimu
You are the Clement, the Compassionate,
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ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلْكَرِيمُ
albarru alkarimu
the Good, the Generous,
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ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ
alladhi la yukhayyibu qasidihi
who does not disappoint those who aim for Him,
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وَلاَ يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ
wa la yatrudu `an fina’ihi amilihi
nor cast out from His courtyard those who expect from Him!
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بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ ٱلرَّاجِينَ
bisahatika tahuttu rihalu arrajina
In Your yard are put down the saddlebags of the hopeful
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وَبِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ ٱلْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ
wa bi`arsatika taqifu amalu almustarfidina
and in Your plain stand the hopes of the help-seekers!
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فَلاَ تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِٱلتَّخْيِيبِ وَٱلإِيَاسِ
fala tuqabil amalana bittakhyibi wal-iyasi
So, meet not our hopes by disappointing and disheartening
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وَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ ٱلْقُنُوطِ وَٱلإِبْلاَسِ
wa la tulbisna sirbala alqunuti wal-iblasi
and clothe us not in the shirt of despair and despondency!
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إِلٰهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي
ilahi tasaghara `inda ta`azumi ala’ika shukri
My God, my thanksgiving is small before Your great boons,
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وَتَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَنَشْرِي
wa tada’ala fi janbi ikramika iyyaya thana’i wa nashri
and my praise and news-spreading shrink beside Your generosity toward me!
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جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الإِيـمَانِ حُلَلاً
jallalatni ni`amuka min anwari al-imani hulalan
Your favors have wrapped me in the robes of the lights of faith,
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وَضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِزِّ كِلَلاً
wa darabat `alayya lata’ifu birrika min al`izzi kilalan
and the gentleness of Your goodness have let down over me delicate curtains of might!
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وَقَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لاَ تُحَلُّ
wa qalladatni minanuka qala’ida la tuhallu
Your kindnesses have collared me with collars not to be moved
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وَطَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لاَ تُفَلُّ
wa tawwaqatni atwaqan la tufallu
and adorned me with neck-rings not to be broken!
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فَآلاَؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ
fa ala’uka jammatun
Your boons are abundant;
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ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا
da`ufa lisani `an ihsa’iha
my tongue is too weak to count them!
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وَنَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ
wa na`ma’uka kathiratun
Your favors are many;
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قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا
qasura fahmi `an idrakiha
my understanding falls short of grasping them,
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فَضْلاً عَنِ ٱسْتِقْصَائِهَا
fadlan `an istiqsa’iha
not to speak of exhausting them!
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فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ ٱلشُّكْرِ
fakayfa li bitahsili ashshukri
So, how can I achieve thanksgiving?
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وَشُكرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَىٰ شُكْرٍ
wa shukri iyyaka yaftaqiru ila shukrin
For my thanking You requires thanksgiving.
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فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ
fakullama qultu laka alhamdu
Whenever I say, ‘To You belongs praise!’
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وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذٰلِكَ أَنْ أَقولَ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ
wajaba `alayya lidhalika an aqula laka alhamdu
it becomes thereby incumbent upon me to say, ‘To You belongs praise!’
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إِلٰهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ
ilahi fakama ghadhdhaytana bilutfika
My God, as You have fed us through Your gentleness
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وَرَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ
wa rabbaytana bisun`ika
and nurtured us through Your benefaction,
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فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ
fatammim `alayna sawabigha anni`ami
so also complete for us lavish favors,
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وَٱدْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ ٱلنِّقَمِ
wadfa` `anna makariha anniqami
repel from us detested acts of vengeance,
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وَآتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ ٱلدَّارَيْنِ
wa atina min huzuzi addarayni
and of the shares of the two abodes,
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أَرْفَعَهَا وَ جَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَآجِلاً
arfa`aha wa ajallaha `ajilan wa ajilan
give us their most elevated and their greatest, both the immediate and the deferred!
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وَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ
wa laka alhamdu `ala husni bala’ika
To You belongs praise for Your good trial
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وَسُبُوغِ نَعْمائِكَ
wa subooghi naa’-maaa-ika
and the lavishness of Your favours,
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حَمْداً يُوافِقُ رِضاكَ،
h’am-day-yuwafiqu riz”aaka
a praise conforming to Your good pleasure
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وَيَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرّ ِكَ وَنَداكَ،
wa yam-tareel-a’z’eema mim-bir-rika wa nadaaka
and attracting Your great goodness and magnanimity.
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يا عَظِيمُ يا كَرِيمُ،
yaa a’z’eemu yaa kareemu
O All-mighty, O All-generous!
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بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
birah’-matika yaaa ar-h’amar-raah’imeen
By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!