بِسْمِ اللّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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سُبْحَانَكَ!

subhanaka

Glory be to You!

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مَا أَضْيَقَ ٱلطُّرُقَ عَلَىٰ مَنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ دَلِيلَهُ

ma adyaqa atturuqa `ala man lam takun dalilahu

How narrow are the paths for him whom You have not guided!

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وَمَا أَوْضَحَ ٱلْحَقَّ عِنْدَ مَنْ هَدَيْتَهُ سَبِيلَهُ

wa ma awdaha alhaqqa `inda man hadaytahu sabilahu

How plain the truth for him whom You have guided on his way!

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إِلٰهِي فَٱسْلُكْ بِنَا سُبُلَ ٱلْوُصُولِ إِلَيْكَ

ilahi fasluk bina subula alwusuli ilayka

My God, so make us travel on the roads that arrive at You

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وَسَيِّرْنَا فِي أَقْرَبِ ٱلطُّرُقِ لِلْوُفُودِ عَلَيْكَ

wa sayyirna fi aqrabi atturuqi lilwufudi `alayka

and set us into motion on the paths nearest to reaching You!

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قَرِّبْ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْبَعِيدَ

qarrib alayna albaida

Make near for us the far,

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وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْعَسِيرَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ

wa sahhil alayna alasira ashshadida

and make easy for us the hard and difficult!

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وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِعِبَادِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ بِٱلْبِدَارِ إِلَيْكَ يُسَارِعُونَ

wa alhiqna biibadika alladhina hum bilbidari ilayka yusariuna

Join us to Your servants, those who hurry to You swiftly,

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وَبَابَكَ عَلَىٰ ٱلدَّوَامِ يَطْرُقُونَ

wa babaka `ala addawami yatruquna

knock constantly at Your door,

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وَإِيَّاكَ فِي ٱللَّيلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ يَعبُدُونَ

wa iyyaka fillayli wannahari ya`buduna

and worship You by night and by day,

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وَهُمْ مِنْ هَيْبَتِكَ مُشْفِقُونَ

wa hum min haybatika mushfiquna

while they remain apprehensive in awe of You!

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ٱلَّذِينَ صَفَّيْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَشَارِبَ

alladhina saffayta lahum almashariba

You have purified their drinking places,

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وَبَلَّغْتَهُمُ ٱلرَّغَائِبَ

wa ballaghtahum arragha'iba

taken them to the objects of their desire,

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وَأَنْجَحْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَطَالِبَ

wa anjahta lahum almataliba

granted their requests,

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وَقَضَيْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ٱلْمَآرِبَ

wa qadayta lahum min fadlika alma'ariba

accomplished their wishes through Your bounty,

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وَمَلَأْتَ لَهُمْ ضَمَائِرَهُمْ مِنْ حُبِّكَ

wa mala'ta lahum dama'irahum min hubbika

filled their minds with Your love,

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وَرَوَّيتَهُمْ مِنْ صَافِي شِرْبِكَ

wa rawwaytahum min safi shirbika

and quenched their thirst with Your pure drink.

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فَبِكَ إِلَىٰ لَذِيذِ مُنَاجَاتِكَ وَصَلُوٱ

fabika ila ladhidhi munajatika wasalu

Through You have they reached the pleasure of whispered prayer to You,

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وَمِنْكَ أَقْصَىٰ مَقَاصِدِهِمْ حَصَّلُوٱ

wa minka aqsa maqasidihim hassalu

and in You have they achieved their furthest goals.

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فَيَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْمُقْبِلِينَ عَلَيْهِ مُقْبِلٌ

faya man huwa ala almuqbilina alayhi muqbilun

O He who comes toward those who come toward Him

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وَبِٱلْعَطْفِ عَلَيْهِمْ عَائِدٌ مُفْضِلٌ

wa bilatfi alayhim `a'idun mufdilun

and grants gifts and bestows bounty upon them through tenderness!

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وَبِٱلْغَافِلِينَ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ رَحِيمٌ رَءُوفٌ

wa bilghafilina `an dhikrihi rahimun ra'ufun

He is compassionate and clement toward those heedless of His remembrance

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وَبِجَذْبِهِمْ إِلَىٰ بَابِهِ وَدُودٌ عَطُوفٌ

wa bijadhbihim ila babihi wadudun `atufun

and loving and tender in drawing them to His door!

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أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ أَوْفَرِهِمْ مِنْكَ حَظّاً

as'aluka an taj`alani min awfarihim minka hazzan

I ask You to place me among those of them who have the fullest share from You,

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وَأَعْلاهُمْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً

wa alahum indaka manzilan

the highest station with You,

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وَأَجْزَلِهِمْ مِنْ وُدِّكَ قِسْماً

wa ajzalihim min wuddika qisman

the most plentiful portion of Your love,

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وَأَفْضَلِهِمْ فِي مَعْرِفَتِكَ نَصِيباً

wa afdalihim fi ma`rifatika nasiban

and the most excellent allotment of Your knowledge,

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فَقَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَتْ إِلَيْكَ هِمَّتِي

faqad inqata`at ilayka himmati

for my aspiration has been cut off from everything but You

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وَٱنْصَرَفَتْ نَحْوَكَ رَغْبَتِي

wa insarafat nahwaka raghbati

and my desire has turned toward You alone.

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فَأَنْتَ لاَ غَيْرُكَ مُرَادِي

fa anta la ghayruka muradi

You are my object, none other;

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وَلَكَ لاَ لِسِوَاكَ سَهَرِي وَسُهَادِي

wa laka la lisiwaka sahari wa suhadi

to You alone belongs my waking and my sleeplessness.

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وَلِقَاؤُكَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي

wa liqa'uka qurratu `ayni

Meeting You is the gladness of my eye,

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وَوَصْلُكَ مُنَىٰ نَفْسِي

wa wasluka muna nafsi

and joining You is the wish of my soul.

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وَإِلَيْكَ شَوْقِي

wa ilayka shawqi

Toward You is my yearning,

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وَفِي مَحَبَّتِكَ وَلَهِي

wa fi mahabbatika walahi

in love for You my passionate longing,

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وَإِلَىٰ هَوَاكَ صَبَابَتِي

wa ila hawaka sababati

in inclining toward You my fervent craving.

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وَرِضَاكَ بُغْيَتِي

wa ridaka bughyati

Your good pleasure is the aim I seek,

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وَرُؤْيَتُكَ حَاجَتِي

wa ru'yatuka hajati

vision of You my need,

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وَجِوَارُكَ طَلِبَتِي

wa jiwaruka talibati

Your neighborhood my request,

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وَقُرْبُكَ غايَةُ سُؤْلِي

wa qurbuka ghayatu su'li

and nearness to You is the utmost object of my asking.

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وَفِي مُناجَاتِكَ رَوْحِي وَرَاحَتِي

wa fi munajatika rawhi wa rahati

In whispered prayer to You, I find my repose and my ease.

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وَعِنْدَكَ دَوَاءُ عِلَّتِي

wa indak dawa'u illati

With You lies the remedy of my illness,

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وَشِفَاءُ غُلَّتِي

wa shifa'u ghullati

the cure for my burning thirst,

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وَبَرْدُ لَوْعَتِي

wa bardu law`ati

the coolness of my ardor,

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وَكَشْفُ كُرْبَتِي

wa kashfu kurbati

the removal of my distress.

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فَكُنْ أَنِيسِي فِي وَحْشَتِي

fakun anisi fi wahshati

Be my intimate in my loneliness,

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وَمُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي

wa muqila `athrati

the releaser of my stumble,

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وَغَافِرَ زَلَّتِي

wa ghafira zallati

the forgiver of my slip,

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وَقَابِلَ تَوْبَتِي

wa qabila tawbati

the accepter of my repentance,

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وَمُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي

wa mujiba da`wati

the responder to my supplication,

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وَوَلِيَّ عِصْمَتِي

wa waliyya `ismati

the patron of preserving me from sin,

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وَمُغْنِيَ فَاقَتِي

wa mughniya faqati

the one who frees me from my neediness

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وَلاَ تَقْطَعْنِي عَنْكَ

wa la taqtani anka

Cut me not off from You

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وَلاَ تُبْعِدْنِي مِنْكَ

wa la tub`idni minka

and keep me not far from You

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يَا نَعِيمِي وَجَنَّتِي

ya na`imi wa jannati

O my bliss and my garden

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وَيَا دُنْيَايَ وَآخِرَتِي

wa ya dunyaya wa akhirati

O my world and my hereafter

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يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama arrahimina

O Most Merciful of the merciful

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