بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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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 maa istijarati biafwika 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 assaadati jaaltani

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 tatbau 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 asmaan taladhdhadhat bisamai 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 tuaqibu 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 tudhdhibu arjulan saat 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 inaqada 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 hum la yuzlamuna

and they shall not be wronged!”

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