Dua Arafah of Imam Husain (as)

Transliteration

alhamdu lillahi alladhi laysa liqada'ihi dafi`un wa la li`ata'ihi mani`un wa la kasun`ihi sun`u sani`in wa huwa aljawadu alwasi`u fatara ajnasa albada'i`i wa atqana bihikmatihi alssana'i`a la takhfa `alayhi alttala'i`u wa la tadi`u `indahu alwada'i`u jazi kulli sani`in wa rayishu kulli qani`in wa rahimu kulli dari`in wa munzilu almanafi`i

Translation

Praise be to Allah Whose determination cannot be repelled by anything, Whose gifts cannot be stopped by anything, and Whose making cannot be resembled by the making of anyone. He is the All-magnanimous, the All-liberal. He originated the genus of the wonderfully created things and He perfected the made things by His wisdom. All growing things cannot be hidden from Him and all things deposited with Him shall never be wasted. He is the Repayer on every deed, the Enricher of every satisfied one, the Merciful toward every suppliant, and the Revealer of the benefits

Transliteration

walkitabi aljami`i bilnnuri alssati`i wa huwa lildda`awati sami`un wa lilkurubati dafi`un wa lilddarajati rafi`un wa liljababirati qami`un fala ilaha ghayruhu wa la shay'a ya`diluhu wa laysa kamithlihi shay'un wa huwa alssami`u albasiru allatifu alkhabiru wa huwa `ala kulli shay'in qadirun allahumma inni arghabu ilayka

Translation

and the All-comprehensive Book with the glaring light. He is also the Hearer of prayers, the Warder-off of anguishes, the Raiser of ranks, and the Suppressor of the tyrants. There is no god other than Him and there is nothing equivalent to Him and nothing like a likeness of Him, and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing, the All-gentle, the All-aware, and He has power over all things. O Allah, I willingly desire for You

Transliteration

wa ashhadu bilrrububiyyati laka muqirran bi'annaka rabbi wa anna ilayka maraddi ibtada'tani bini`matika qabla an akuna shay'an madhkuran wa khalaqtani min altturabi thumma askantani al-aslaba aminan liraybi almanuni wakhtilafi aldduhuri walssinina falam azal za`inan min sulbin ila rahimin fi taqadumin min al-ayyami almadiyati walquruni alkhaliyati

Translation

and I testify to the Lordship of You, confessing that You are verily my Lord and to You shall be my return. You had begun bestowing on me before I was anything worth mentioning, and You created me from dust. You then put me up in the loins, (making me) saved from vicissitudes of time, and change of ages and years. I was moving from a loin to a womb throughout the passage of the past days and the ancient ages;

Transliteration

lam tukhrijni lira'fatika bi wa lutfika li wa ihsanika ilayya fi dawlati a'immati alkufri alladhina naqadu `ahdaka wa kadhdhabu rusulaka lakinnaka akhrajtani lilladhi sabaqa li min alhuda alladhi lahu yassartani wa fihi ansha'tani wa min qabli dhalika ra'ufta bi bijamili sun`ika wa sawabighi ni`amika

Translation

as You have not taken me out (to this world)—on account of Your sympathy to me, Your kindness to me, and Your compassion to me— in the government of the heads of unbelief who breached their covenant with You and denied Your messengers. However, You took me out on account of the guidance that You have already known about me and You have made easy the way to it and You have brought me up in it. Even before that, You had compassion on me, through Your excellent conferral and Your affluent bestowals.

Transliteration

fabtada`ta khalqi min maniyyin yumna wa askantani fi zulumatin thalathin bayna lahmin wa damin wa jildin lam tushhidni khalqi wa lam taj`al ilayya shay'an min amri thumma akhrajtani lilladhi sabaqa li min alhuda ila alddunya tamman sawiyyan wa hafiztani fi almahdi tiflan sabiyyan wa razaqtani min alghidha'i labanan mariyyan wa `atafta `alayya quluba alhawadini wa kaffaltani al-ummahati alrrawahima wa kala'tani min tawariqi aljanni

Translation

So, You fashioned my creation from semen that gushed forth and put me up in triple darkness among flesh, blood, and skin. You have not made me witness my creation, and You have not referred any part of my creation to me. You then took me out on account of the guidance that You have already known about me to the world, perfect and in sound health. You have safeguarded me in the cradle as small child. You have provided me with wholesome milk as food. You have made the hearts of the nursemaids tender. You have given me into the charge of merciful mothers. You have saved me from the visits of the Jinn.

Transliteration

wa sallamtani min alzziyadati walnnuqsani fata`alayta ya rahimu ya rahmanu hatta idha istahlaltu natiqan bilkalami atmamta `alayya sawabigha al-in`ami wa rabbaytani za'idan fi kulli `amin hatta idha iktamalat fitrati wa`tadalat mirrati awjabta `alayya hujjataka bi'an alhamtani ma`rifataka wa rawwa`tani bi`aja'ibi hikmatika wa ayqaztani lima dhara'ta fi sama'ika wa ardika min bada'i`i khalqika

Translation

You have delivered me from increase and decrease. So, Exalted be You, O All-merciful, O All-beneficent. When I commenced (my life) by pronouncing words, You perfected for me the affluent bestowals, and brought me up with an increase every year. When my creation was accomplished, and my power became straight, You put me under the obligation of Your Claim, which is that You inspired me with recognition of You and alarmed me by the wonders of Your wisdom, and You aroused in me that which You created in Your heavens and lands, which is the excellent creation of You.

Transliteration

wa nabbahtani lishukrika wa dhikrika wa awjabta `alayya ta`ataka wa `ibadataka wa fahhamtani ma ja'at bihi rusuluka wa yassarta li taqabbula mardatika wa mananta `alayya fi jami`i dhalika bi`awnika wa lutfika thumma idh khalaqtani min khayri alththara lam tarda li ya ilahi ni`matan duna ukhra wa razaqtani min anwa`i alma`ashi wa sunufi alrriyashi bimannaka al`azimi al-a`zami `alayya wa ihsanika alqadimi ilayya

Translation

You attracted my attentions to thank and mention You. You made obligatory on me to obey and worship You. You made me understand that with which Your Apostles came. You made easy for me to find agreeable Your pleasure. You bestowed upon me with the favor of all that, out of Your aid and Your gentleness. As You created me from the best of soil, You, my God, have not wanted for me to have a certain favor (and to be deprived of another) and You therefore provided me with the various kinds of living and types of wealth, out of Your great and grand conferral upon me, and Your eternal kindness to me.

Transliteration

hatta idha atmamta `alayya jami`a alnni`ami wa sarafta `anni kulla alnniqami lam yamna`ka jahli wa jur'ati `alayka an dalaltani ila ma yuqarribuni ilayka wa waffaqtani lima yuzlifuni ladayka fa'in da`awtuka ajabtani wa in sa'altuka a`taytani wa in ata`tuka shakartani wa in shakartuka zidtani kullu dhalika ikmalan li'an`umika `alayya wa ihsanika ilayya fasubhanaka subhanaka

Translation

As You perfected for me all the graces and warded off all misfortunes, my ignorance of You and challenge have not stopped You from showing me that which takes me near to You, and from leading me to that which grants me proximity to You. So, if I pray You, You will respond to me; and if I beg You, You will give me; and if I obey You, You will thank me; and if I thank You, You will give me more. All that is completion of Your favors for me, and Your kindness to me. So, all glory be to You; all glory be to You.

Transliteration

min mubdiyin mu`idin hamidin majidin wa taqaddasat asma'uka wa `azumat ala'uka fa'ayya ni`amika ya ilahi uhsi `adadan wa dhikran am ayya `atayaka aqumu biha shukran wa hiya ya rabbi aktharu min an yuhsiha al`adduna aw yablugha `ilman biha alhafizuna thumma ma sarafta wa darata `anni allahumma min alddurri walddarra'i aktharu mimma zahara li min al`afiyati walssarra'i wa ana ashhadu ya ilahi bihaqiqati imani

Translation

You are verily Originator and Reproducer (of the creation) and worthy of all praise and full of all glory. Holy be Your Names as Your bounties are so immeasurable. Which of Your favors, O my God, can I count in numbers and examples? Or which of Your gifts can I thank properly? They are, O my Lord, too numerous to be counted by counters or to be realized by memorizers. Moreover, that which You have warded off and repelled, O Allah, from (the various kinds of) harm and mischief is more than that which came to me from wellbeing and joy. And I bear witness, O my God, with my true belief,

Transliteration

wa `aqdi `azamati yaqini wa khalisi sarihi tawhidi wa batini maknuni damiri wa `ala'iqi majari nuri basari wa asariri safhati jabini wa khurqi masaribi nafsi wa khadharifi marini `irnini wa masaribi simakhi sam`i wa ma dammat wa atbaqat `alayhi shafataya wa harakati lafzi lisani wa maghrazi hanaki fami wa fakki wa manabiti adrasi

Translation

and the fortitude of the determinations of my conviction and the purity of my open belief in Your Oneness and the essence of the secret of my conscience, and the ties of the canals of the light of my sight, and the lines of my forehead and the hallows of the courses of my breath, and the (nasal) cavities of my nose, and the courses of the meatus of my hearing, and whatever my two lips hide and cover up, and the motions of the vocalization of my tongue, and the socket of the palate of my mouth and jaw, and the matrices of my dents,

Transliteration

wa masaghi mat`ami wa mashrabi wa himalati ummi ra'si wa bulu`i farighi haba'ili `unuqi wa ma ishtamala `alayhi tamuru sadri wa hama'ili habli watini wa niyati hijabi qalbi wa afladhi hawashi kabidi wa ma hawat-hu sharasifu adla`i wa hiqaqi mafasili wa qabdi `awamili wa atrafi anamili wa lahmi wa dami

Translation

and the tasting of my food and my drink, and the carrier of my skill, and the tube of the tissues of my neck and what is included by the cloak of my chest, and the carriers of the cord of my aorta, and the cords of the pericardium of my heart, and the pieces of the retinues of my liver, and that which is included by the cartilages of my ribs, and the cavities of my joints, and the interactings of my organisms, and the extremes of my fingertips, and my flesh, and my blood,

Transliteration

wa sha`ri wa bashari wa `asabi wa qasabi wa `izami wa mukhkhi wa `uruqi wa jami`i jawarihi wa ma intasaja `ala dhalika ayyama rida`i wa ma aqallat al-ardu minni wa nawmi wa yaqzati wa sukuni wa harakati ruku`i wa sujudi an law hawaltu wa ijtahadtu mada al-a`sari wal-ahqabi law `ummirtuha an u'addiya shukra wahidatin min an`umika ma istata`tu dhalika

Translation

and my hair, and my skin, and my nerve, and my sinews, and my bones, and my brain, and my veins, and all of my organs, and that which was pieced together during the days of my suckling, and whatever of my body that the ground carries, and my sleeping, and my wakefulness, and my motionlessness, and the movements of my bowing and prostration; (by all that I bear witness) that if I try my best and strive throughout all ages and all times, if I live them, to thank properly only one of Your favors, I will not be able to do that,

Transliteration

illa bimannika almujabi `alayya bihi shukruka abadan jadidan wa thana'an tarifan `atidan ajal wa law harastu ana wal-`adduna min anamika an nuhsiya mada in`amika salifihi wa anifihi ma hasarnahu `adadan wa la ahsaynahu amadan hayhata anna dhalika wa anta almukhbiru fi kitabika alnnatiqi walnnaba'i alssadiqi

Translation

except through a favor of You, which also requires me to thank You for it, once again with new thanking and with praise that is newly acquired and newly prepared. True is this! And if I try hard, as well as the counters from Your creatures, to count the scope of Your favoring, both the past and the present, we shall never be able to calculate it in number, or count it in time. Too far is this! How can it be! While it is You Who have informed in Your rational Book and true news:

Transliteration

wa'in ta`uddu ni`mata allahi la tuhsuha sadaqa kitabuka allahumma wa inba'uka wa ballaghat anbiya'uka wa rusuluka ma anzalta `alayhim min wahyika wa shara`ta lahum wa bihim min dinika ghayra anni ya ilahi ashhadu bijuhdi wa jiddi wa mablaghi taqati wa wus`i wa aqulu mu'minan muqinan alhamdu lillahi alladhi lam yattakhidh waladan fayakuna mawruthan wa lam yakun lahu sharikun fi mulkihi

Translation

“And if you count Allah's favors, you will not be able to number them.” True is Your Book, O Allah, and Your informing. Your Prophets and Messengers have conveyed what You revealed to them, from Your Revelation, and what You have made plain for them and through them Your religion. Nevertheless, O my God, I bear witness by my ultimate possibility and my diligence and the scope of my vigor and my capacity, and I say with full faith and conviction: All praise be to Allah Who has not taken to Himself a son to be inherited, and Who does not have a partner in His kingdom,

Transliteration

fayudadduhu fima ibtada`a wa la waliyyun min aldhdhulli fayurfidahu fima sana`a fasubhanahu subhanahu law kana fihima alihatun illa allahu lafasadata wa tafattarata subhana allahi alwahidi al-ahadi alssamadi alladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam yakun lahu kufwan ahadun alhamdu lillahi hamdan yu`adilu hamda mala'ikatihi almuqarrabina wa anbiya'ihi almursalina wa salla allahu `ala khiyaratihi muhammadin khatami alnnabiyyina

Translation

to oppose Him in what He fashions, and Who does not have a helper to save Him from disgrace, to help Him in what He makes. So, glory be to Him, glory be to Him. If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they would both have certainly been in a state of disorder and destruction. All glory be to Allah, the One, the Only One, the Besought of all, Who begets not nor is He begotten, and there is none like Him. All praise be to Allah—praise that is equal to the praise of His Favorite Angels, and His missioned Prophets. May Allah send blessings to His Select, Muhammad, the Seal of Prophets,

Transliteration

wa alihi alttayyibina alttahirina almukhlasina wa sallama

Translation

and upon his Household, the pure, immaculate, and well-chosen, and may He send benedictions upon them.

Transliteration

allahumma ij`alni akhshaka ka'anni araka wa as`idni bitaqwaka wa la tushqini bima`siyatika wa khir li fi qada'ika wa barik li fi qadarika hatta la uhibba ta`jila ma akhkharta wa la ta'khira ma `ajjalta allahumma ij`al ghinaya fi nafsi walyaqina fi qalbi wal-ikhlasa fi `amali walnnura fi basari walbasirata fi dini

Translation

O Allah, (please) make me fear You as if I can see You. Make happy by fearing You. Do not make me unhappy by disobeying You. Choose for me through Your decree. Bless me through Your determination, so that I will not long for hastening that which You have delayed or delaying that which You would hasten. O Allah, (please) make my richness in my conscience, conviction in my hear, sincerity in my deeds, light in my sight, and insight in my religion.

Transliteration

wa matti`ni bijawarihi waj`al sam`i wa basari alwarithayni minni wansurni `ala man zalamani wa arini fihi tha'ri wa ma'aribi wa aqirra bidhalika `ayni allahumma ikshif kurbati wastur `awrati waghfir li khati'ati wakhsa' shaytani wa fukka rihani waj`al li ya ilahi alddarajata al`ulya fi al-akhirati wal-ula

Translation

Make me find enjoyment in my organs. Make my hearing and my sight sound until I am inherited. Grant me victory over him who wrongs me, make me witness my avenge and objective in him, and make it the delight of my eye. O Allah, (please) relieve my agony, conceal my flaws, forgive my sin, drive away my devil from me, redeem my mortgage, and decide for me, O my God, the supreme rank in the Hereafter and in the former (life).

Transliteration

allahumma laka alhamdu kama khalaqtani faja`altani sami`an basiran wa laka alhamdu kama khalaqtani faja`altani khalqan sawiyyan rahmatan bi wa qad kunta `an khalqi ghaniyyan rabbi bima bara'tani fa`addalta fitrati rabbi bima ansha'tani fa'ahsanta surati rabbi bima ahsanta ilayya wa fi nafsi `afaytani rabbi bima kala'tani wa waffaqtani rabbi bima an`amta `alayya fahadaytani rabbi bima awlaytani wa min kulli khayrin a`taytani rabbi bima at`amtani wa saqaytani

Translation

O Allah, all praise be to You for You have created me and made me hear and see. All praise be to You for you have created me and made my creation perfect, on account of Your having mercy on me, and You could dispense with creating me. O my Lord, as You gave rise to me and perfected my creation; O my Lord, as You originated me and did well my form; O my Lord, as You conferred favors on me and granted me wellbeing in my self; O my Lord, as You saved me and led me to success; O my Lord, as You bestowed favors on me and guided me; O my Lord, as You presented me and gave me from every good; O my Lord, as you fed me and watered me;

Transliteration

rabbi bima aghnaytani wa aqnaytani rabbi bima a`antani wa a`zaztani rabbi bima albastani min sitrika alssafi wa yassarta li min sun`ika alkafi salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa a`inni `ala bawa'iqi aldduhuri wa surufi allayali wal-ayyami wa najjini min ahwali alddunya wa kurubati al-akhirati wakfini sharra ma ya`malu alzzalimuna fi al-ardi allahumma ma akhafu fakfini wa ma ahdharu faqini

Translation

O my Lord, as You enriched me and gave me to hold; O my Lord, as You helped me and braced me; O my Lord, as you clothed me from Your pure cover and made easy for me Your adequate making, so, (please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, help me against calamities of ages and changes of nights and days, rescue me from the horrors of this world and the anguishes of the Hereafter, and save me from the evils of what the wrongdoers do in the earth. O Allah, as to what I anticipate, (please) save me (from it). As to what I watch out, (please) protect me (against it).

Transliteration

wa fi nafsi wa dini fahrusni wa fi safari fahfazni wa fi ahli wa mali fakhlufni wa fima razaqtani fabarik li wa fi nafsi fadhallilni wa fi a`yuni alnnasi fa`azzimni wa min sharri aljinni wal-insi fasallimni wa bidhunubi fala tafdahni wa bisarirati fala tukhzini wa bi`amali fala tabtalini wa ni`amaka fala taslubni wa ila ghayrika fala takilni

Translation

Safeguard me in my soul and religion, watch over me in my journeys, be in charge of my family members and properties during my absence, bless me in that which You provide as sustenance, make me see myself as humble, make people see me as great, keep me sound from the evils of the Jinn and people, do not disclose me because of my sins, do not disgrace me because of the secret side (of myself), do not try me in my deeds, do not deprive me of Your bounties, and do not refer me to anyone other than You.

Transliteration

ilahi ila man takiluni ila qaribin fayaqta`uni am ila ba`idin fayatajahhamuni am ila almustad`ifina li wa anta rabbi wa maliku amri ashku ilayka ghurbati wa bu`da dari wa hawani `ala man mallaktahu amri ilahi fala tuhlil `alayya ghadabaka fa'in lam takun ghadibta `alayya fala ubali siwaka subhanaka ghayra anna `afiyataka awsa`u li fa'as'aluka ya rabbi binuri wajhika alladhi ashraqat lahu al-ardu walssamawatu

Translation

To whom do You entrust me? To a relative, and he will rupture my relation with him! Or to a strange, and he will glower at me! Or to those who deem me weak! While You are my Lord and the master of my affairs! I complain to You about my alienation and my foreignness and my ignominy in the eyes of him whom You have given domination over me. So, O my God, do not make Your wrath come upon me. If You are not wrathful with me, then I care for nothing save You. All glory be to You; yet, Your granting me wellbeing is more favorable for me. So, I beseech You, O my Lord, in the name of the Light of Your Face to which the earth and the heavens have shone,

Transliteration

wa kushifat bihi alzzulumatu wa saluha bihi amru al-awwalina wal-akhirina an la tumitani `ala ghadabika wa la tunzil bi sakhataka laka al`utba laka al`utba hatta tarda qabla dhalika la ilaha illa anta rabbu albaladi alharami walmash`ari alharami walbayti al`atiqi alladhi ahlaltahu albarakata wa ja`altahu lilnnasi amnan

Translation

by which all darkness has been uncovered, and by which the affairs of the past and the coming generations are made right, (please) do not cause me to die while You are wrathful with me and do not inflict on me Your rage. You have the right to scold; You have the right to scold; until You are pleased (with me) before that. There is no god save You; Lord of the Holy City, the Holy Monument, and the Ancient House that You have encompassed with blessing and made security for people.

Transliteration

ya man `afa `an `azimi aldhdhunubi bihilmihi ya man asbagha alnna`ma'a bifadlihi ya man a`ta aljazila bikaramihi ya `uddati fi shiddati ya sahibi fi wahdati ya ghiyathi fi kurbati ya waliyyi fi ni`mati ya ilahi wa ilaha aba'i ibrahima wa isma`ila wa ishaqa wa ya`quba wa rabba jabra'ila wa mika'ila wa israfila wa rabba muhammadin khatami alnnabiyyina

Translation

O He Who pardoned the grand sins by His forbearance! O He Who bestowed bounties by His favoring! O He Who gave in abundance by His generosity! O my means in my hardship! O my companion in my loneliness! O my relief in my agony! O my Benefactor in my amenities! O my God and the God of my forefathers: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob; the Lord of Gabriel, Michael, and Seraph; the Lord of Muhammad, the Seal of Prophets,

Transliteration

wa alihi almuntajabina wa munzila alttawrati wal-injili walzzaburi walfurqani wa munazzila kaf-ha-ya-`ain-sad wa ta-ha wa ya-sin walqur'ani alhakimi anta kahfi hina tu`yini almadhahibu fi sa`atiha wa tadiqu biya al-ardu biruhbiha wa lawla rahmatuka lakuntu min alhalikina wa anta muqilu `athrati wa lawla satruka iyyaya lakuntu min almafduhina wa anta mu'ayyidi bilnnasri `ala a`da'i wa lawla nasruka iyyaya lakuntu min almaghlubina

Translation

and his elite Household; the Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Furqan; the Revealer of kaf-ha-ya-`ayn-sad and ta-ha, ya-sin, and the Qur'an, full of wisdom. You are my haven when the wide courses fail to carry me and when the earth, despite its width, become too narrow to bear me. Without Your mercy, I would have been of those perishing. You overlook my slips; and without Your covering me, I would have been of those exposed. You aid me with Your support against my enemies; and without Your support, I would have been of those overwhelmed.

Transliteration

ya man khassa nafsahu bilssumuwwi walrrif`ati fa'awliya'uhu bi`izzihi ya`tazzuna ya man ja`alat lahu almuluku nira almadhallati `ala a`naqihim fahum min satawatihi kha'ifuna ya`lamu kha'inata al'a`yuni wa ma tukhfi alssuduru wa ghayba ma ta'ti bihi al'azminatu waldduhuru ya man la ya`lamu kayfa huwa illa huwa ya man la ya`lamu ma huwa illa huwa ya man la ya`lamu ma ya`lamuhu illa huwa ya man kabasa al-arda `ala alma'i wa sadda alhawa'a bilssama'i ya man lahu akramu al-asma'i

Translation

O He Who gives Himself exclusively superiority and highness; so, His friends pride themselves on account of His pride. O He for Whom the kings put the yoke of humiliation on their necks; for they are fearful of His authority. He knows the stealthy looks of eyes and that which the breasts conceal and the future of the times and ages. O He save Whom none knows how He is! O He save Whom none knows what He is! O He save Whom none knows what He knows! O He Who surfaced the earth over the water and blocked the air with the heavens! O He Who has the noblest of names!

Transliteration

ya dhalma`rufi alladhi la yanqati`u abadan ya muqayyida alrrakbi liyusufa fi albaladi alqafri wa mukhrijahu min aljubbi wa ja`ilahu ba`da al`ubudiyyati malikan ya raddahu `ala ya`quba ba`da an ibyaddat `aynahu min alhuzni fahuwa kazimun ya kashifa alddurri walbalwa `an ayyuba wa mumsika yaday ibrahima `an dhabhi ibnihi ba`da kibari sinnihi wa fana'i `umurihi ya man istajaba lizakariyya fawahaba lahu yahya wa lam yada`hu fardan wahidan

Translation

O Owner of favor that is never interrupted! O He Who directed the caravan towards Joseph in the wasteland, took him out of the pit, and made him king after enslavement! O He Who had returned him to Jacob after his eyes became white on account of the grief, and he was a repressor of grief! O He Who removed the distress and misfortune from Job and withheld the hands of Abraham from slaying his son after his old age and termination of his lifetime! O He Who responded to Zachariah and granted him John without leaving him alone and lonely!

Transliteration

ya man akhraja yunusa min batni alhuti ya man falaqa albahra libani isra'ila fa'anjahum wa ja`ala fir`awna wa junudahu min almughraqina ya man arsala alrriyaha mubashshiratin bayna yaday rahmatihi ya man lam ya`jal `ala man `asahu min khalqihi ya man istanqadha alssaharata min ba`di tuli aljuhudi wa qad ghadaw fi ni`matihi ya'kuluna rizqahu wa ya`buduna ghayrahu wa qad hadduhu wa nadduhu wa kadhdhabu rusulahu ya allahu ya allahu ya badi'u ya badi`an la nidda laka

Translation

O He Who took Jonah out of the belly of the big fish! O He Who cleft the sea to the children of Israel; so, He saved them and made Pharaoh and his army of the drowned! O He Who sent the winds, bearing good news, before His mercy! O He Who has no hastiness on His creatures who disobey Him! O He Who saved the sorcerers after their long denial! and after they had lived in His bounty, eating from His sustenance, but serving someone else other than Him, acting in opposition to Him, antagonizing Him, and denying His messengers. O Allah! O Allah! O Originator! O Fashioner! There is no equal to You.

Transliteration

ya da'iman la nafada laka ya hayyan hina la hayyu ya muhyiya almawta ya man huwa qa'imun `ala kulli nafsin bima kasabat ya man qalla lahu shukri falam yahrimni wa `azumat khati'ati falam yafdahni wa ra'ani `ala alma`asi falam yashharni ya man hafizani fi sighari ya man razaqani fi kibari ya man ayadihi `indi la tuhsa wa ni`amuhu la tujaza ya man `aradani bilkhayri wal-ihsani

Translation

O Everlasting! There is no end to You. O Ever-living when there was no living thing! O Raiser from the dead! O He Who watches every soul as to what it earns! O He to Whom I rarely turned thankful; yet, He did not deprive me, against Whom I committed grand sins; yet, He did not disclose me, and Who saw me insisting on disobeying Him; yet, He did not divulge me. O He Who safeguarded me in my early life! O He Who provided me with sustenance in my old age! O He Whose favors to me are innumerable and Whose bounties cannot be compensated! O He Who receives me with good turn and kindness

Transliteration

wa `aradtuhu bil-isa'ati wal`isyani ya man hadani lil'imani min qabli an a`rifa shukra al'imtinani ya man da`awtuhu maridan fashafani wa `uryanan fakasani wa ja'i`an fa'ashba`ani wa `atshanan fa'arwani wa dhalilan fa'a`azzani wa jahilan fa`arrafani wa wahidan fakaththarani wa gha'iban faraddani wa muqillan fa'aghnani

Translation

but I meet Him with offense and disobedience! O He Who had guided me to faith before I learnt showing gratitude! O He Whom I besought in sickness; so, He restored me to health, in bareness; so, He covered me, in hunger; so, He satiated me, in thirst; so, He quenched my thirst, in humility; so, He granted me dignity, in ignorance; so, He taught me, in loneliness; so, He increased my number, in foreignness absence; so, He returned me home, in poverty; so, He enriched me,

Transliteration

wa muntasiran fanasarani wa ghaniyyan falam yaslubni wa amsaktu `an jami`i dhalika fabtada'ani falaka alhamdu walshshukru ya man aqala `athrati wa naffasa kurbati wa ajaba da`wati wa satara `awrati wa ghafara dhunubi wa ballaghani talibati wa nasarani `ala `aduwwi wa in a`udda ni`amaka wa minanaka

Translation

in victory-seeking; so, He supported me, and in richness; so, He did not deprive me. When I withheld praying Him in all these situation, He took the initiative. So, all praise and thanks be to You; O He Who overlooked my slips, relieved my agonies, responded to my prayer, covered my flaws, forgave my sins, settled my need, and supported me against my enemy. If I count Your bounties, favors,

Transliteration

wa kara'ima minahika la uhsiha ya mawlaya anta alladhi mananta anta alladhi an`amta anta alladhi ahsanta anta alladhi ajmalta anta alladhi afdalta anta alladhi akmalta anta alladhi razaqta anta alladhi waffaqta anta alladhi a`tayta anta alladhi aghnayta anta alladhi aqnayta

Translation

and liberal gifts, I will never number them. O my Master! It is You Who bestowed (upon me). It is You Who conferred favors (upon me). It is You Who did good (to me). It is You Who treated (me) excellently. It is You Who favored (me). It is You Who perfected (Your blessings upon me). It is You Who provided (me) with sustenance. It is You Who led (me) to success. It is You Who gave (me). It is You Who enriched (me). It is You Who gave (me) to hold.

Transliteration

anta alladhi awayta anta alladhi kafayta anta alladhi hadayta anta alladhi `asamta anta alladhi satarta anta alladhi ghafarta anta alladhi aqalta anta alladhi makkanta anta alladhi a`zazta anta alladhi a`anta anta alladhi `adadta anta alladhi ayyadta

Translation

It is You Who gave (me) shelter. It is You Who saved (me). It is You Who guided (me). It is You Who protected (me). It is You Who covered my faults. It is You Who forgave (me). It is You Who overlooked my sins. It is You Who established (me). It is You Who consolidated (me). It is You Who helped (me). It is You Who backed (me) up. It is You Who aided (me).

Transliteration

anta alladhi nasarta anta alladhi shafayta anta alladhi `afayta anta alladhi akramta tabarakta wa ta`alayta falaka alhamdu da'iman wa laka alshshukru wasiban abadan thumma ana ya ilhi almu`tarifu bidhunubi faghfirha li ana alladhi asa'tu ana alladhi akhta'tu ana alladhi hamamtu

Translation

It is You Who supported (me). It is You Who restored (me) to health. It is You Who granted (me) wellbeing. It is You Who honored (me). Blessed be You and Exalted be You. So, all praise be to You permanently, and all thanks be to You enduringly and eternally. However, it is I, O my God, who confess of my sins; so, (please) forgive them to me. It is I who did badly. It is I who did wrong. It is I who had evil intention.

Transliteration

ana alladhi jahiltu ana alladhi ghafaltu ana alladhi sahawtu ana alladhi i`tamadtu ana alladhi ta`ammadtu ana alladhi wa`adtu wa ana alladhi akhlaftu ana alladhi nakathtu ana alladhi aqrartu ana alladhi i`taraftu bini`matika `alayya wa `indi wa abu'u bidhunubi faghfirha li ya man la tadurruhi dhunubu `ibadihi

Translation

It is I who acted impolitely. It is I who was inadvertent. It is I who was inattentive. It is I who leaned (on something other than You). It is I who did wrong deliberately. It is I who promised. It is I who failed to fulfill it. It is I who breached. It is I who confessed. It is I who testified to Your favors upon and with me, and I now acknowledge of my sins; so, (please) forgive them to me. O He Who is not injured by the sins of His servants,

Transliteration

wa huwa alghaniyyu `an ta`atihim walmuwaffiqu man `amila salihan minhum bima`unatihi wa rahmatihi falaka alhamdu ilahi wa sayyidi ilahi amartani fa`asaytuka wa nahaytani fartakabtu nahyaka fa'asbahtu la dha bara'atin li fa'a`tadhiru wa la dha quwwatin fa'antasiru Fabi'ayyi shay'in astaqbiluka ya mawlaya abisam`i am bibasari am bilisani am biyadi am birijli alaysa kulluha ni`amaka `indi

Translation

and Who can surely do without their obedience, and Who inspires those of them to do good, out of His aid and mercy. So, all praise be to You, O my God and my Master. O my God: You ordered me, but I disobeyed You. You warned me, but I violated Your warning. So, I am now lacking neither justification to apologize nor power to support myself. By which thing can I now meet You, O my Master? Is it by my hearing, my sight, my tongue, my hand, or my foot? Are all these not Your bounties on me

Transliteration

wa bikulliha `asaytuka ya mawlaya falaka alhujjatu walssabilu `alayya ya man satarani min al'aba'i wal'ummahati an yazjuruni wa min al`asha'iri wal'ikhwani an yu`ayyiruni wa min alssalatini an yu`aqibuni wa law ittala`u ya mawlaya `ala ma ittala`ta `alayhi minni idhan ma anzaruni wa larafaduni wa qata`uni faha anadha ya ilahi bayna yadayka ya sayyidi khadi`un dhalilun

Translation

and with all of them I have disobeyed You, O my Master? You have absolute argument and claim against me. O He Who covered me from fathers and mothers lest they might have driven me away, from relatives and friends lest they might have gibed me, and from rulers lest they might have punished me. Had they, O my Master, seen that which You knew about me, they would certainly have granted me no respite and they would have rejected and parted company with me. Here I am now, O my God, between Your hands, O my Master, submissive, humble,

Transliteration

hasirun haqirun la dhu bara'atin fa'a`tadhiru wa la dhu quwwatin fa'antasiru wa la hujjatin fa'ahtajju biha wa la qa'ilun lam ajtarih wa lam a`mal su'an wa ma `asa aljuhudu wa law jahadtu ya mawlaya yanfa`uni kayfa wa anna dhalika wa jawarihi kulliha shahidatun `alayya bima qad `amiltu wa `alimtu yaqinan ghayra dhi shakkin annaka sa'ili min `aza'imi al'umuri wa annaka alhakamu al`adlu alladhi la tajuru wa `adluka muhliki

Translation

helpless, and worthless. I am now lacking neither justification to apologize nor power to support myself, nor excuse to advance as a plea, nor can I claim not committing and not acting badly. How can denial, if I deny, O my Master, serve me? How and in what manner can I do so, while all my organs are witnesses for what I did? I know for sure and without doubt that You will interrogate me about these grand matter, You are the Just Judge Who never wrongs, Your justice will ruin me,

Transliteration

wa min kulli `adlika mahrabi fa'in tu`adhdhibni ya ilahi fabidhunubi ba`da hujjatika `alayya wa in ta`fu `anni fabihilmika wa judika wa karamika la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min alzzalimina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min almustaghfirina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min almuwahhidina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka

Translation

and from Your all justice I flee. If You, O my God, chastise me, then it is because of my sins after Your claim against me; and if You pardon me, then it is on account of Your forbearance, magnanimity, and generosity. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of the wrongdoers. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those seeking forgiveness. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those professing Your Oneness. There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

Transliteration

inni kuntu min alkha'ifina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min alwajilina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min alrrajina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min alrraghibina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min almuhallilina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min alssa'ilina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka

Translation

I have been of the fearful. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of the apprehensive. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those hoping (for You). There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those desiring (for You). There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those professing that there is no god save You. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those beseeching (You). There is no god save You. All glory be to You.

Transliteration

inni kuntu min almusabbihina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min almukabbirina la ilaha illa anta subhanaka rabbi wa rabbu aba'iya al-awwalina allahumma hadha thana'i `alayka mumajjidan wa ikhlasi lidhikrika muwahhidan wa iqrari bi'ala'ika mu`addidan wa in kuntu muqirran anni lam uhsiha likathratiha wa subughiha wa tazahuriha wa taqadumiha ila hadithin ma lam tazal tata`ahhaduni bihi ma`aha

Translation

I have been of those glorifying (You). There is no god save You. All glory be to You. I have been of those professing that You are the Greatest. There is no god save You. All glory be to You. You are my Lord and the Lord of my bygone fathers. O Allah, this is my praise for You, celebrating Your glory, my sincerity to mention You and profess Your Oneness, and my acknowledgment of Your bounties, counting them, although I confess that I could never count them for they are innumerable, abundant, continuous, and prior to a certain event. You have been conferring upon me with these bounties

Transliteration

mundhu khalaqtani wa bara'tani min awwali al`umri min al'ighna'i min alfaqri wa kashfi alddurri wa tasbibi alyusri wa daf`i al`usri wa tafriji alkarbi wal`afiyati fi albadani walssalamati fi alddini wa law rafadani `ala qadri dhikri ni`matika jami`u al`alamina min al-awwalina wal-akhirina ma qadartu wa la hum `ala dhalika

Translation

since You created and originated me from the beginning of my age through meeting my poverty relieving me from harm, giving me means of easiness, repelling misery from me, alleviating my agonies, granting me wellbeing in my body, and furnishing me with sound faith. If all creatures assist me to be able to mention Your bounties, including the past and the coming generations, neither I nor will they be able to do that.

Transliteration

taqaddasta wa ta`alayta min rabbin karimin `azimin rahimin la tuhsa ala'uka wa la yublaghu thana'uka wa la tukafa'u na`ma'uka salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa atmim `alayna ni`amaka wa as`idna bita`atika subhanaka la ilaha illa anta allahumma innaka tujibu almudtarra wa takshifu alssu'a wa tughithu almakruba

Translation

Holy be You and Exalted be You; You are All-generous, All-great, and All-merciful Sustainer. Your bounties are innumerable, (proper) praise of You is unreachable, and Your graces cannot be rewarded. (Please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, perfect Your bounties for us, and make us happy by obeying You. All glory be to You. There is no god save You. O Allah, verily, You answer the distressed, remove the evil, aid the anguished,

Transliteration

wa tashfi alssaqima wa tughni alfaqira wa tajburu alkasira wa tarhamu alssaghira wa tu`inu alkabira wa laysa dunaka zahirun wa la fawqaka qadirun wa anta al`aliyyu alkabiru ya mutliqa almukabbali al'asiri ya raziqa alttifli alssaghiri ya `ismata alkha'ifi almustajiri ya man la sharika lahu wa la wazira

Translation

cure the ailed, enrich the poor, set the broken, have mercy on the young, help the old, none can help against You, none is more powerful than You, and You are the Most High, the All-great. O He Who release the shackled captive! O He Who provides sustenance to the young child! O He Who is the Preserver of the afraid seeker of refuge! O He Who has neither partner nor assistant,

Transliteration

salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin wa a`tini fi hadhihi al`ashiyyati afdala ma a`tayta wa analta ahadan min `ibadika min ni`matin tuliha wa ala'in tujaddiduha wa baliyyatin tasrifuha wa kurbatin takshifuha wa da`watin tasma`uha wa hasanatin tataqabbaluha wa sayyi'atin tataghammaduha innaka latifun bima tasha'u khabirun

Translation

(please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and grant me, in this evening, the best of what You have granted and awarded to any of Your servants, including a grace that You donate, bounties that You re-offer, a tribulation that You deter, an anguish that You remove, a prayer that You answer, a good deed that You admit, and an evildoing that You screen. Verily, You are All-tender to him You will, and All-aware,

Transliteration

wa `ala kulli shay'in qadirun allahumma innaka aqrabu man du`iya wa asra`u man ajaba wa akramu man `afa wa awsa`u man a`ta wa asma`u man su'ila ya rahmana alddunya wal-akhirati wa rahimahuma laysa kamithlika mas'ulun wa la siwaka ma'mulun da`awtuka fa'ajabtani wa sa'altuka fa'a`taytani wa raghibtu ilayka farahimtani

Translation

and You have power over all things. O Allah, Verily, You are the nearest of those whom are prayed, You are the promptest of those who may respond, the most generous of those who may pardon, the most liberal of those who give, and the most responding of those whom are asked. O All-beneficent of the world and the Hereafter, and All-merciful! No besought one is like You and none save You is hoped. I prayed You and You answered me. I besought You and You gave me. I desired for You and You had mercy on me.

Transliteration

wa wathiqtu bika fanajjaytani wa fazi`tu ilayka fakafaytani allahumma fasalli `ala muhammadin `abdika wa rasulika wa nabiyyika wa `ala alihi alttayyibina alttahirina ajma`ina wa tammim lana na`ma'aka wa hanni'na `ata'aka waktubna laka shakirina wa li'ala'ika dhakirina amina amina rabba al`alamina allahumma ya man malaka faqadara wa qadara faqahara

Translation

I had confidence in You and You saved me. I resorted to You in awe and You delivered me. O Allah, (please) send blessings to Muhammad, Your servant, messenger, and prophet, and to all of his Household, the pure and immaculate, and perfect for us Your graces, make us taste the pleasure of Your gifts, and register us as thankful for You and as oft-referring to You. Respond, respond! O Lord of the worlds! O Allah, Who owns; therefore, He controls, and controls; therefore, He has absolute authority,

Transliteration

wa `usiya fasatara wastughfira faghafara ya ghayata alttalibina alrraghibina wa muntaha amali alrrajina ya man ahata bikulli shay'in `ilman wa wasi`a almustaqilina ra'fatan wa rahmatan wa hilman allahumma inna natawajjahu ilayka fi hadhihi al`ashiyyati allati sharraftaha wa `azzamtaha bimuhammadin nabiyyika wa rasulika wa khiyaratika min khalqika wa aminika `ala wahyika albashiri alnnadhiri

Translation

and is disobeyed; yet, He covers, and is prayed for forgiveness; therefore, He forgives. O He Who is the aim of seekers and desirers and the ultimate purpose of the hope of hopers! O He Who encompasses all things in knowledge and covers those who quit (their sins) with tender, mercy, and forbearance! O Allah, we turn our faces to You in this evening that You deem honorable and reverential (asking You) in the name of Muhammad, Your Prophet, Messenger, the best of Your creation, Your trustee on Your Revelation, the bearer of glad tidings, the warner,

Transliteration

alssiraji almuniri alladhi an`amta bihi `ala almuslimina wa ja`altahu rahmatan lil`alamina allahumma fasalli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin kama muhammadun ahlun lidhalika minka ya `azimu fasalli `alayhi wa `ala alihi almuntajabina alttayyibina alttahirina ajma`ina wa taghammadna bi`afwika `anna fa'ilayka `ajjat al'aswatu bisunufi allughati faj`al lana allahumma fi hadhihi al`ashiyyati nasiban min kulli khayrin taqsimuhu bayna `ibadika wa nurin tahdi bihi

Translation

and the shining lantern, with whom You have conferred upon the Muslims, and whom You made mercy for the worlds. So, O Allah, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, forasmuch as Muhammad deserves that from You, O All-great. So, (please) send blessings to him and his Household, the elite, pure, and immaculate—all of them, and encompass us with Your pardoning us. To You are the voices of various languages clamoring; so, decide for us, O Allah, in this evening a share from every good item that You distribute among Your servants, illumination by which You guide,

Transliteration

wa rahmatin tanshuruha wa barakatin tunziluha wa `afiyatin tujalliluha wa rizqin tabsutuhu ya arhama alrrahimina allahumma aqlibna fi hadha alwaqti munjihina muflihina mabrurina ghanimina wa la taj`alna min alqanitina wa la tukhlina min rahmatika wa la tahrimna ma nu'ammiluhu min fadlika wa la taj`alna min rahmatika mahrumina

Translation

mercy that You spread, blessing that You bring down, wellbeing that You extend, and sustenance that You stretch, O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, turn us in this hour successful, flourishing, blessed, and gainers. Do not include us with the despondent. Do not leave us without Your mercy. Do not deprive us of that which we hope from Your favor. Do not make us deprived of Your mercy,

Transliteration

wa la lifadli ma nu'ammiluhu min `ata'ika qanitina wa la taruddana kha'ibina wa la min babika matrudina ya ajwada al-ajwadina wa akrama al-akramina ilayka aqbalna muqinina wa libaytika alharami ammina qasidina fa'a`inna `ala manasikina wa akmil lana hajjana wa`fu `anna wa `afina faqad madadna ilayka aydiyana fahiya bidhillati ali`tirafi mawsumatun

Translation

or despair of the favor of what we hope from Your gifts. Do not turns us down disappointed or driven away from Your door. O most Magnanimous of all those who treat magnanimously and most Generous of all those who act generously! To You are we advancing with full conviction and to Your Holy House are we betaking ourselves purposefully; So, (please) help us do our rituals (perfectly) perfect for us our pilgrimage pardon us, and grant us wellbeing. We are stretching our hands toward You; so, they are marked by the humiliation of confession.

Transliteration

allahumma fa'a`tina fi hadhihi al`ashiyyati ma sa'alnaka wakfina ma istakfaynaka fala kafiya lana siwaka wa la rabba lana ghayruka nafidhun fina hukmuka muhitun bina `ilmuka `adlun fina qada'uka iqdi lana alkhayra waj`alna min ahli alkhayri allahumma awjib lana bijudika `azima al'ajri wa karima aldhdhikhri wa dawama alyusri

Translation

O Allah, grant us in this evening that which we have besought from You and save us from that which we have besought You to save us; for we have no savior but You and we have no sustainer but You. Your decree is prevalent on us, Your knowledge is encompassing us, and Your decisions about us is just. (Please) decree for us that which is good and make us of the people of goodness. O Allah, decide for us, on account of Your magnanimity, a great reward, a generous reserve, and a permanent easiness,

Transliteration

waghfir lana dhunubana ajma`ina wa la tuhlikna ma`a alhalikina wa la tasrif `anna ra'fataka wa rahmataka ya arhama alrrahimina allahumma ij`alna fi hadha alwaqti mimman sa'alaka fa'a`taytahu wa shakaraka fazidtahu wa thaba ilayka faqabiltahu wa tanassala ilayka min dhunubihi kulliha faghafartaha lahu ya dhaljalali wal-ikrami allahumma wa naqqina wa saddidna waqbal tadarru`ana ya khayra man su'ila

Translation

and forgive us all our sins, do not annihilate us with those annihilated, and do not drive away from us Your tenderness and mercy; O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! O Allah, include us, at this hour, with them who besought You and You thus gave them, who thanked You and You thus increased them, who returned to You and You thus accepted them, and who renounced all their sins before You and You thus forgave them; O Lord of Majesty and Honor! O Allah, purify us and lead us to success and admit our earnest entreaty; O He Who is the best of all those who are besought

Transliteration

wa ya arhama man isturhima ya man la yakhfa `alayhi ighmadu aljufuni wa la lahzu al`uyuni wa la ma istaqarra fi almaknuni wa la ma intawat `alayhi mudmaratu alqulubi ala kullu dhalika qad ahsahu `ilmuka wa wasi`ahu hilmuka subhanaka wa ta`alayta `amma yaqulu alzzalimuna `uluwwan kabiran tusabbihu laka alssamawatu alssab`u wal-araduna wa man fihinna wa in min shay'in illa yusabbihu bihamdika

Translation

and most Merciful of all those whose mercy is sought! O He from Whom the closing of eyelids cannot be hidden, nor are the glances of eyes, nor is that which settles in the unseen, nor are things vanished under the secrets of hearts. Verily, all that has been encompassed by Your knowledge and covered by Your forbearance. All glory be to You; and Exalted be You above all that the wrongdoers say, in high exaltation! Declaring You glory are the seven heavens, the (layers of the) earth, and all beings therein. There is not a thing but celebrates Your praise.

Transliteration

falaka alhamdu walmajdu wa `uluwwu aljaddi ya dhaljalali wal-ikrami walfadli wal-in`ami wal-ayadi aljisami wa anta aljawadu alkarimu alrra'ufu alrrahimu allahumma awsi` `alayya min rizqika alhalali wa `afini fi badani wa dini wa amin khawfi wa i`tiq raqabati min alnnari allahumma la tamkur bi

Translation

Yours are all praise, glory, and exaltation of majesty. O Owner of majesty, honor, grace, favoring, and huge bestowals. You are the All-magnanimous, the All-generous, the All-tender, the All-merciful. O Allah, provide me largely with Your legally gotten sustenance, grant me wellbeing in my body and my faith, secure my fears, and release me from Hellfire. O Allah, (please) do not plan against me,

Transliteration

wa la tastadrijni wa la takhda`ni wadra' `anni sharra fasaqati aljinni wal-insi

Translation

do not draw me near to destruction, do not overreach me, and drive away from me the evils of the corruptive Jinn and men.

Transliteration

ya asma`a alssami`ina ya absara alnnazirina wa ya asra`a alhasibina wa ya arhama alrrahimina salli `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin alssadati almayamini wa as'aluka allahumma hajati allati in a`taytaniha lam yadurrani ma mana`tani wa in mana`taniha lam yanfa`ni ma a`taytani as'aluka fakaka raqabati min alnnari la ilaha illa anta wahdaka la sharika laka

Translation

O most Hearing of all those who can hear! O most Seeing of all those who can see! O swiftest of all those who call to account! O most Merciful of all those who show mercy! (Please) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, the auspicious chiefs; and I beseech You for my request that if You answer, anything else that You reject will not harm me and if You reject, anything else that You respond will not benefit me. I beseech You for releasing me from Hellfire. There is no god save You, only You, there is no partner with You.

Transliteration

laka almulku wa laka alhamdu wa anta `ala kulli shay'in qadirun ya rabbi ya rabbi ya rabbi…

Translation

To You is the kingdom and to You is all praise, and You have power over all things. O my Lord! O my Lord! O my Lord…

Transliteration

ilahi ana alfaqiru fi ghinaya fakayfa la akunu faqiran fi faqri ilahi ana aljahilu fi `ilmi fakayfa la akunu jahulan fi jahli ilahi inna ikhtilafa tadbirika wa sur`ata tawa'i maqadirika mana`a `ibadaka al`arifina bika `an alsskuni ila `ata'in Walya'si minka fi bala'in ilahi minni ma yaliqu bilu'mi wa minka ma yaliqu bikaramika ilahi wasafta nafsaka billutfi walrra'fati li

Translation

O my God, I am needy despite my richness; so, how can I not be needy in my neediness? O my God, I am ignorant despite my knowledge; so, how can I not be ignorant in my ignorance? O my God, the variety of Your regulating of matters and the swiftness of changes in Your ordainments have urged Your servants, who recognize You, not to stop at a certain gift and not to despair of You in tribulations. O my God, coming out of me is that which fits my lowliness; but coming from You is that which befits Your nobleness. O my God, You had ascribed to Yourself gentleness and kindness to me

Transliteration

qabla wujudi da`fi afatamna`uni minhuma ba`da wujudi da`fi ilahi in zaharat almahasinu minni fabifadlika wa laka alminnatu `alayya wa in zaharat almasawi'u minni fabi`adlika wa laka alhujjatu `alayya ilahi kayfa takiluni wa qad takaffalta li wa kayfa udamu wa anta alnnasiru li am kayfa akhibu wa anta alhafiyyu bi ha ana atawassalu ilayka bifaqri ilayka wa kayfa atawassalu ilayka bima huwa mahalun an yasila ilayka

Translation

before the existence of my weakness. Will You deprive me of these two after the emergence of my weakness? O my God, if amenities appear in my conduct, then that is on account of Your favors and Your conferral on me. If evildoings appear in my conduct, then that is still Your justice and You have claim against me. O my God, how may it be that You abandon me after You have vouched for me? How may I be aggrieved and You are my support? How may I be disappointed and You are undertaking my affairs? Here I am begging You by my need for You. How can I beg You by something that is impossible to reach You?

Transliteration

am kayfa ashku ilayka hali wa huwa la yakhfa `alayka am kayfa utarjimu bimaqali wa huwa minka barazun ilayka am kayfa tukhayyibu amali wa hiya qad wafadat ilayka am kayfa la tuhsinu ahwali wa bika qamat ilahi ma altafaka bi ma`a `azimi jahli wa ma arhamaka bi ma`a qabihi fi`li

Translation

How can I complain to You about my manners while they cannot be hidden from You? How can I interpret my words while You are their source? How come that You may let down my hopes, while they are addressed to You? How come that You may not improve my conditions while they are originated by You? O my God, how gentle You are to me despite my notorious ignorance! How merciful You are to me despite my hideous deeds!

Transliteration

ilahi ma aqrabaka minni wa ab`adani `anka wa ma ar'afaka bi fama alladhi yahjubuni `anka ilahi `alimtu bikhtilafi al'athari wa tanaqqulati al'atwari anna muradaka minni an tata`arrafa ilayya fi kulli shay'in hatta la ajhalaka fi shay'in ilahi kullama akhrasani lu'mi antaqani karamuka wa kullama ayasatni awsafi atma`atni minanuka

Translation

O my God, how nigh to me You are and how far from You I am! How kind to me You are; so, what is that which can prevent me from You? O my God, I have known, through variety of signs and changes of phases, that what You want from me is that You introduce Yourself to me in all things so that I will not ignore You in any thing. O my God, whenever my lowliness suppresses my voice, Your nobility encourages me to speak. Whenever my features lead me to despair (of You), Your bestowals make me crave for You.

Transliteration

ilahi man kanat mahasinuhu masawi'a fakayfa la takunu masawi'uhu masawi'a wa man kanat haqa'iquhu da`awiya fakayfa la takunu da`awahu da`awiya ilahi hukmuka alnnafidhu wa mashi'atuka alqahiratu lam yatruka lidhi maqalin maqalan wa la lidhi halin halan ilahi kam min ta`atin banaytuha wa halatin shayyadtuha hadama i`timadi `alayha `adluka bal aqalani minha fadluka ilahi innaka ta`lamu

Translation

O my God, as for he whose good deeds are wrongdoings; how can his wrongdoings not be wrongdoings? As for he whose facts are mere claims, how can his claims not be claims? O my God, Your unstoppable decree and Your surmounting volition have not left any word to be said by any orator and have not left any manner to be displayed. O my God, too many are the acts of obedience that I have prepared and the conducts that I have established, but Your justice has ruined my reliance on these, and, moreover, Your favoring has made me abandon them. O my God, You surely know

Transliteration

anni wa in lam tadum altta`atu minni fi`lan jazman faqad damat mahabbatan wa `azman ilahi kayfa a`zimu wa anta alqahiru wa kayfa la a`zimu wa anta al'amiru ilahi taraddudi fi al'athari yujibu bu`da almazari fajma`ni `alayka bikhidmatin tusiluni ilayka kayfa yustadallu `alayka bima huwa fi wujudihi muftaqirun ilayka ayakunu lighayrika min alzzuhuri ma laysa laka hatta yakuna huwa almuzhira laka mata ghibta hatta tahtaja ila dalilin yadullu `alayka wa mata ba`udta hatta takuna al'atharu hiya allati tusilu ilayka

Translation

that even my obedience (to You) has not lasted in reality, it has lasted in love (for it) and determination (to do it)! O my God, how can I determine, while You are All-supreme? How can I quit determining, while it is Your command (to determine)? O my God, my hesitation in (following) Your traces will result in unlikely visitation; so, (please) join me to You through a service that takes me to You. How can You be figured out through that whose existence relies on You? Can any thing other than You hold a (kind of) manifestation that You lack and thus it may act as an appearance for You? When have You ever been absent so that You may need something to point to You? When have You ever been far-off so that traces may lead to You?

Transliteration

`amiyat `aynun la taraka `alayha raqiban wa khasirat safqatu `abdin lam taj`al lahu min hubbika nasiban ilahi amarta bilrrju`i ila al'athari fa'arji`ni ilayka bikiswati al'anwari wa hidayati alistibsari hatta arji`a ilayka minha kama dakhaltu ilayka minha masuna alssirri `an alnnazari ilayha wa marfu`a alhimmati `an ali`timadi `alayha innaka `ala kulli shay'in qadirun ilahi hadha dhulli zahirun bayna yadayka wa hadha hali la yakhfa `alayka minka atlubu alwusula ilayka

Translation

Blind be the eye that cannot see You watching it. Losing is a servant’s deal that does not dedicate a share to the love for You. O my God, You have ordered us to refer to the traces; therefore, (please do) make me refer to You with the garb of lights and the guidance of insight so that I will return to You in the same way as I have entered to You from them as being too protected to look at them and too determining to depend upon them, for You have power over all things. O my God, this is my humiliation; it manifests itself before You. This is my manner; it cannot be concealed against You. From You do I beseech soaring to You

Transliteration

wa bika astadillu `alayka fahdini binurika ilayka wa aqimni bisidqi al`ubudiyyati bayna yadayka ilahi `allimni min `ilmika almakhzuni wa sunni bisitrika almasuni ilahi haqqiqni bihaqa'iqi ahli alqurbi wasluk bi maslaka ahli aljadhbi ilahi aghnini bitadbirika li `an tadbiri wa bikhtiyarika `an ikhtiyari wa awqifni `ala marakizi idtirari ilahi akhrijni min dhulli nafsi wa tahhirni min shakki wa shirki

Translation

and through You do I take the way to You. So, (please do) guide me to You through Your Light and make me stand up before Your Hands with the true servitude to You. O my God, (please do) teach me from Your veiled knowledge and protect me with Your shielding shelter. O my God, (please do) grant me the realities that are enjoyed by the people who are near to You and make me follow the course of the people who are attracted to You. O my God, make Your management of my affairs replace my management of my affairs, make Your choice for me replace my choice for myself, and make me stop at the points of emergency. My God, deliver me from the humiliation of my soul. and purify me from my suspicion and polytheism

Transliteration

qabla hululi ramsi bika antasiru fansurni wa `alayka atawakkalu fala takilni wa iyyaka as'alu fala tukhayyibni wa fi fadlika arghabu fala tahrimni wa bijanabika antasibu fala tub`idni wa bibabika aqifu fala tatrudni ilahi taqaddasa ridaka an yakuna lahu `illatun minka fakayfa yakunu lahu `illatun minni ilahi anta alghaniyyu bidhatika an yasila ilayka alnnaf`u minka fakayfa la takunu ghaniyyan `annai ilahi inna alqada'a walqadara yumannini

Translation

before I enter my grave. Only through You do I achieve victory; so, (please do) give me victory. Only upon You do I rely; so, do not refer me to anyone else. Only You do I beseech; so, do not disappoint me. Only for Your favors do I desire; so, do not deprive me (of Your favors). Only to Your side do I resort; so, do not set me aside. At Your door only do I stand; so, do not drive me away. O my God, Your pleasure is too sanctified to receive a defect from You; hence, how can it receive a defect from me? O my God, You are too self-sufficient by Yourself to be benefited by Yourself; hence, how can You not be self-sufficient from me? O my God, fate awakens my hope

Transliteration

wa inna alhawa biwatha'iqi alshshahwati asarani fakun anta alnnasira li hatta tansurani wa tubassirani wa aghnini bifadlika hatta astaghniya bika `an talabi anta alladhi ashraqta al'anwara fi qulubi awliya'ika hatta `arafuka wa wahhaduka wa anta alladhi azalta al'aghyara `an qulubi ahibba'ika hatta lam yuhibbu siwaka wa lam yalja'u ila ghayrika anta almu'nisu lahum haythu awhashat-hum al`awalimu

Translation

and whim has enchained me with the firm chains of lust; so, (please do) be my Supporter so that You shall back me and show me the right path. And (please do) help me (to dispense with anyone else) through Your favors so that I shall depend upon You exclusively in my requests. It is You Who have lit the illuminations in the hearts of Your intimate servants so that they have recognized and testified Your Oneness. It is You Who have removed love for others from the hearts of Your lovers so that they have loved none save You and they have resorted to none save You. You alone are entertaining them when they have felt lonely because of the other worlds.

Transliteration

wa anta alladhi hadaytahum haythu istabanat lahum alma`alimu madha wajada man faqadaka wa ma alladhi faqada man wajadaka laqad khaba man radiya dunaka badalan wa laqad khasira man bagha `anka mutahawwilan kayfa yurja siwaka wa anta ma qata`ta al'ihsana wa kayfa yutlabu min ghayrika wa anta ma baddalta `adata alimtinani ya man adhaqa ahibba'ahu halawata almu'anasati faqamu bayna yadayhi mutamalliqina

Translation

You alone have guided them so that all other worlds manifested themselves before them. What can one who misses You find any substitute? What can one who finds You miss anything else? Definitely, failing is he who has accepted anyone other than You as substitute. Definitely, loser is he who have desired for anyone other than You. How can anyone other than You be hoped whilst You have never stopped Your bounties? How can anyone other than You be besought whilst You have never changed Your habit of ceaseless bestowal? O He Who has made His lovers the sweet taste of entertainment; therefore, they have stood up before Him flattering Him!

Transliteration

wa ya man albasa awliya'ahu malabisa haybatihi faqamu bayna yadayhi mustaghfirina anta aldhdhakiru qabla aldhdhakirina wa anta albadi'u bil'ihsani qabla tawajjuhi al`abidina wa anta aljawadu bil`ata'i qabla talabi alttalibina wa anta alwahhabu thumma lima wahabta lana min almustaqridina ilahi utlubni birahmatika hatta asila ilayka wajdhibni bimannika hatta uqbila `alayka ilahi inna raja'i la yanqati`u `anka wa in `asaytuka kama anna khawfi la yuzayiluni wa in ata`tuka faqad dafa`atni al`awalimu ilayka wa qad awqa`ani `ilmi bikaramika `alayka

Translation

O He Who has dressed His intimate servants the garments of fearing Him; therefore, they have stood before Him seeking His forgiveness! You do mention the others (with bounties) before they mention You. You do spread Your compassion before the worshippers direct towards You. You do give generously before You are asked. You do bestow upon us and then borrow from us that which You have bestowed upon us. O my God, (please do) refer to me with Your mercy so that I will appear before You. (Please do) draw me towards You through Your endless favoring so that I will advance to You. O my God, verily, my hope for You does not cease despite that I may disobey You. Similarly, my fear from You does not leave me even if I obey You. The Worlds have pushed me towards You and my acquaintance with Your magnanimity has led me to You.

Transliteration

ilahi kayfa akhibu wa anta amali am kayfa uhanu wa `alayka muttakali ilahi kayfa asta`izzu wa fi aldhdhillati arkaztani am kayfa la asta`izzu wa ilayka nasabtani ilahi kayfa la aftaqiru wa anta alladhi fi alfuqara'i aqamtani am kayfa aftaqiru wa anta alladhi bijudika aghnaytani wa anta alladhi la ilaha ghayruka ta`arrafta likulli shay'in fama jahilaka shay'un wa anta alladhi ta`arrafta ilayya fi kulli shay'in fara'aytuka zahiran fi kulli shay'in wa anta alzzahiru likulli shay'in ya man istawa birahmaniyyatihi

Translation

O my God, how can I fail whilst You are my hope? How can I be humiliated whilst I depend upon You? How can see dignity if You fix me in humiliation? How can I not see dignity whilst You have referred me to You? O my God, how can I not be needy whilst it is You Who have lodged me among the needy? How can I be needy whilst You have made me rich out of Your magnanimity? It is You, there is no god save You, Who have introduced Yourself to all things; therefore, nothing has ever ignored You. It is You Who have introduced Yourself to me in all things; therefore, I have seen You Manifest in all things. It is You Who give manifestation to all things. O He Who is firm in power through His All-beneficence;

Transliteration

fasara al`arshu ghayban fi dhatihi mahaqta al'athara bil'athari wa mahawta al'aghyara bimuhitati aflaki al'anwari ya man ihtajaba fi suradiqati `arshihi `an an tudrikahu al-absaru ya man tajalla bikamali baha'ihi fatahaqqaqat `azamatuhu min alistiwa'i kayfa takhfa wa anta alzzahiru am kayfa taghibu wa anta alrraqibu alhadiru innaka `ala kulli shay'in qadirun walhamdu lillahi wahdahu

Translation

therefore, the Throne has become unseen in His Essence. You have erased the traces by the traces; and You have erased the changeable by the surroundings of the orbits of lights. O He Who has screened Himself in the curtains of His Throne; hence, He cannot be comprehended by visions! O He Who has manifested Himself with His perfect Magnificence; therefore, His Grandeur of being firm in power. How can You be hidden whilst You are the Manifester (of all things)? Or how can You be absent whilst You are the Watcher (over all things) and the Present (at all times). Verily, You have power over all things. All praise be to Allah alone.