Reach At The First Doorstep

اَللَّهُمَّ بِبَابِكَ وَقَفْتُ

allahumma bibabika waqaftu

O Allah, I have stopped at Your door,

وَبِفَنَائِكَ نَزَلْت

wa bifina'ika nazaltu

I have come to Your court,

وَبِحَبْلِكَ ٱعْتَصَمْتُ

wa bihablika i`tasamtu

to Your Cord do I cling,

وِلِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَرَّضْتُ

wa lirahmatika ta`arradtu

Your mercy do I seek,

وَبِوَلِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَسَّلْتُ

wa biwaliyyika salawatuka `alayhi tawassaltu

and by Your Intimate Servant—may Your blessings be upon him—do I beg You.

فَٱجْعَلْهَا زِيَارَةً مَقْبُولَةً

faj`alha ziyaratan maqbulatan

So, (please do) make it an admissible visit

وَدُعَاءً مُسْتَجَاباً

wa du`a'an mustajaban

and a responded supplication.

اَللَّهُمَّ بِبَابِكَ وَقَفْتُ

allahumma bibabika waqaftu

O Allah, I have stopped at Your door,

وَبِفَنَائِكَ نَزَلْت

wa bifina'ika nazaltu

I have come to Your court,

وَبِحَبْلِكَ ٱعْتَصَمْتُ

wa bihablika i`tasamtu

to Your Cord do I cling,

وِلِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَرَّضْتُ

wa lirahmatika ta`arradtu

Your mercy do I seek,

وَبِوَلِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَسَّلْتُ

wa biwaliyyika salawatuka `alayhi tawassaltu

and by Your Intimate Servant—may Your blessings be upon him—do I beg You.

فَٱجْعَلْهَا زِيَارَةً مَقْبُولَةً

faj`alha ziyaratan maqbulatan

So, (please do) make it an admissible visit

وَدُعَاءً مُسْتَجَاباً

wa du`a'an mustajaban

and a responded supplication.

اَللَّهُمَّ بِبَابِكَ وَقَفْتُ

allahumma bibabika waqaftu

O Allah, I have stopped at Your door,

وَبِفَنَائِكَ نَزَلْت

wa bifina'ika nazaltu

I have come to Your court,

وَبِحَبْلِكَ ٱعْتَصَمْتُ

wa bihablika i`tasamtu

to Your Cord do I cling,

وِلِرَحْمَتِكَ تَعَرَّضْتُ

wa lirahmatika ta`arradtu

Your mercy do I seek,

وَبِوَلِيِّكَ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَسَّلْتُ

wa biwaliyyika salawatuka `alayhi tawassaltu

and by Your Intimate Servant—may Your blessings be upon him—do I beg You.

فَٱجْعَلْهَا زِيَارَةً مَقْبُولَةً

faj`alha ziyaratan maqbulatan

So, (please do) make it an admissible visit

وَدُعَاءً مُسْتَجَاباً

wa du`a'an mustajaban

and a responded supplication.