بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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إِلٰهِي قَصُرَتِ ٱلأَلْسُنُ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ثَنَائِكَ

ilahi qasurat al-alsunu `an bulughi thana'ika

My God, tongues fall short of attaining praise of You

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كَما يَلِيقُ بِجَلالِكَ

kama yaliqu bijalalika

proper to Your majesty,

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وَعَجَزَتِ ٱلْعُقُولُ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِ كُنْهِ جَمَالِكَ

wa ajazat aluqulu `an idraki kunhi jamalika

intellects are incapable of grasping the core of Your beauty,

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وَٱنْحَسَرَتِ ٱلأَبْصَارُ دُونَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ سُبُحَاتِ وَجْهِكَ

wanhasarat al-absaru duna annazari ila subuhati wajhika

eyes fail before gazing upon the glories of Your face,

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وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ لِلْخَلْقِ طَرِيقاً إِلَىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ

wa lam tajal lilkhalqi tariqan ila marifatika

and You have assigned to Your creatures no way to know You

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إِلاَّ بِٱلْعَجْزِ عَنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ

illa bilajzi an ma`rifatika

save incapacity to know You

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إِلٰهِي فَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَرَسَّخَتْ أَشْجَارُ ٱلشَّوْقِ

ilahi faj`alna min alladhina tarassakhat ashjaru ashshawqi

My God, place us among those within the trees of yearning for You

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إِلَيْكَ فِي حَدَائِقِ صُدُورِهِمْ

ilayka fi hada'iqi sudurihim

taken firm root in the gardens of their hearts

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وَأَخَذَتْ لَوْعَةُ مَحَبَّتِكَ بِمَجَامِعِ قُلُوبِهِمْ

wa akhadhat lawatu mahabbatika bimajamii qulubihim

and the assemblies of whose hearts seized by the ardor of Your love!

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فَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَوْكَارِ ٱلأَفْكَارِ يَأْوُونَ

fahum ila awkari al-afkari ya'wuna

They seek shelter in the nests of meditation,

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وَفِي رِيَاضِ ٱلْقُرْبِ وَٱلْمُكَاشَفَةِ يَرْتَعُونَ

wa fi riyadi alqurbi walmukashafati yarta`una

feed upon the gardens of nearness and disclosure,

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وَمِنْ حِيَاضِ ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ بِكَأْسِ ٱلْمُلاطَفَةِ يَكْرَعُونَ

wa min hiyadi almahabbati bika'si almulatafati yakra`una

drink from the pools of love with the cup of gentle favor,

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وَشَرَائِعَ ٱلْمُصَافَاةِ يَرِدُونَ

wa shara'i`a almusafati yariduna

and enter into the watering-places of warm affection.

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قَدْ كُشِفَ ٱلْغِطَاءُ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ

qad kushifa alghita'u `an absarihim

The covering has been lifted from their eyes,

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وَٱنْجَلَتْ ظُلْمَةُ ٱلرَّيْبِ عَنْ عَقَائِدِهِمْ وَضَمَائِرِهِمْ

wanjalat zulmatu arraybi an aqa'idihim wa dama'irihim

the darkness of disquiet has been dispelled from their beliefs and their innermost minds,

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وَٱنْتَفَتْ مُخَالَجَةُ ٱلشَّكِّ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَرَائِرِهِمْ

wantafat mukhalajatu ashshakki `an qulubihim wa sara'irihim

the contention of doubt has been negated from their hearts and their secret thoughts,

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وَٱنْشَرَحَتْ بِتَحْقِيقِ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ صُدُورُهُمْ

wansharahat bitahqiqi alma`rifati suduruhum

their breasts have expanded through the verification of true knowledge,

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وَعَلَتْ لِسَبْقِ ٱلسَّعَادَةِ فِي ٱلزَّهَادَةِ هِمَمُهُمْ

wa alat lisabqi assaadati fizzahadati himamuhum

their aspirations have ascended through precedent good fortune in renunciation,

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وَعَذُبَ فِي مَعينِ ٱلْمُعَامَلَةِ شِرْبُهُمْ

wa adhuba fi maini almu`amalati shirbuhum

their drinking is sweet from the spring of devotion to good works,

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وَطَابَ فِي مَجْلِسِ ٱلأُنْسِ سِرُّهُمْ

wa taba fi majlisi al-unsi sirruhum

their secret thoughts are delicious in the sitting-place of intimacy,

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وَأَمِنَ فِي مَوْطِنِ ٱلْمَخَافَةِ سِرْبُهُم

wa amina fi mawtini almakhafati sirbuhum

their minds are secure in the place of terror,

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وَٱطْمَأَنَّتْ بِٱلرُّجُوعِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلأَرْبَابِ أَنْفُسُهُمْ

watma'annat birruju`i ila rabbi al-arbabi anfusuhum

their souls are serene through the return to the Lord of lords,

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وَتَيَقَّنَتْ بِٱلْفَوْزِ وَٱلْفَلاحِ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ

wa tayaqqanat bilfawzi walfalahi arwahuhum

their spirits have reached certitude through triumph and prosperity,

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وَقَرَّتْ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَىٰ مَحْبُوبِهِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ

wa qarrat binnazari ila mahbubihim a`yunuhum

their eyes have been gladdened through gazing upon their Beloved,

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وَٱسْتَقَرَّ بِإِدْرَاكِ ٱلسُّؤْلِ وَنَيْلِ ٱلْمَأْمُولِ قَرَارُهُمْ

wastaqarra bi-idraki assu'li wa nayli alma'muli qararuhum

their settling place has been settled through reaching the request and attaining the expectation,

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وَرَبِحَتْ فِي بَيْعِ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلآخِرَةِ تِجَارَتُهُمْ

wa rabihat fi bay`i addunya bil-akhirati tijaratuhum

and their commerce has profited through the sale of this world for the next

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إِلٰهِي مَا أَلَذَّ خَوَاطِرَ ٱلإِلْهَامِ بِذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْقُلُوبِ

ilahi ma aladhdha khawatira al-ilhami bidhikrika `ala alqulubi

My God, how agreeable for hearts are the thoughts inspiring Your remembrance,

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وَمَا أَحْلَىٰ ٱلْمَسِيرَ إِلَيْكَ بِٱلأَوْهَامِ فِي مَسَالِكِ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

wa ma ahla almasira ilayka bil-awhami fi masaliki alghuyubi

how sweet traveling to You through imagination upon the roads of the unseen worlds,

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وَمَا أَطْيَبَ طَعْمَ حُبِّكَ

wa ma atyaba ta`ma hubbika

how pleasant the taste of Your love is!

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وَمَا أَعْذَبَ شِرْبَ قُرْبِكَ

wa ma a`dhaba shirba qurbika

How delightful the drink of Your nearness is!

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فَأَعِذْنا مِنْ طَرْدِكَ وَإِبْعَادِكَ

fa aidhna min tardika wa ibadika

So, give us refuge from Your casting out and Your sending far,

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وَٱجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَخَصِّ عَارِفِيكَ

wajalna min akhassi arifika

and place us among the most elect of Your knowers,

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وَأَصْلَحِ عِبَادِكَ

wa aslahi `ibadika

the most righteous of Your servants,

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وَأَصْدَقِ طَائِعِيكَ

wa asdaqi ta'i`ika

the most truthful of Your obedient,

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وَأَخْلَصِ عُبَّادِكَ

wa akhlasi `ubbadika

the most sincere of Your worshipers!

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يَا عَظِيمُ يَا جَلِيلُ

ya `azimu ya jalilu

O All-mighty, O Majestic,

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يَا كَرِيمُ يَا مُنِيلُ

ya karimu ya munilu

O Generous, O Endower!

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بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَمَنِّكَ

birahmatika wa mannika

By Your mercy and kindness,

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يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama arrahimina

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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