بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

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

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إِلٰهِي لَيْسَ لِي وَسِيلَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ عَوَاطِفُ رَأْفَتِكَ

ilahi laysa li wasilatun ilayka illa `awatifu ra'fatika

My God, I have no mediation with You but the tender acts of Your clemency,

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وَلاَ لِي ذَرِيعَةٌ إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ عَوَارِفُ رَحْمَتِكَ

wa la li dhariatun ilayka illa awarifu rahmatika

nor any way to come to You but the gentle favors of Your mercy

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وَشَفَاعَةُ نَبِيِّكَ نَبِيِّ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ

wa shafa`atu nabiyyika nabiyyi arrahmati

and the intercession of Your Prophet, the prophet of mercy,

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وَمُنْقِذِ ٱلأُمَّةِ مِنَ ٱلْغُمَّةِ

wa munqidhi al-ummati min alghummati

who rescued the community from confusion.

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فَٱجْعَلْهُمَا لِي سَبَباً إِلَىٰ نَيْلِ غُفْرَانِكَ

faj`alhuma li sababan ila nayli ghufranika

Make these two my tie to attaining Your forgiveness

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وَصَيِّرْهُمَا لِي وُصْلَةً إِلَىٰ ٱلْفَوْزِ بِرِضْوَانِكَ

wa sayyirhuma li wuslatan ila alfawzi biridwanika

and let them take me to triumph through Your good pleasure!

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وَقَدْ حَلَّ رَجَائِي بِحَرَمِ كَرَمِكَ

wa qad halla raja'i biharami karamika

My hope has dismounted in the sacred precinct of Your generosity,

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وَحَطَّ طَمَعِي بِفِنَاءِ جُودِكَ

wa hatta tama`i bifina'i judika

my craving has alighted in the courtyard of Your munificence.

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فَحَقِّقْ فِيكَ أَمَلِي

fahaqqiq fika amali

So, actualize my expectation from You,

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وَٱخْتِمْ بِٱلْخَيْرِ عَمَلِي

wakhtim bilkhayri `amali

seal my works with good,

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وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْلَلْتَهُمْ بُحْبُوحَةَ جَنَّتِكَ

waj`alni min safwatika alladhina ahlaltahum buhbuhata jannatika

and place me among Your selected friends, those whom You have set down in the midst of Your Garden,

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وَبَوَّأْتَهُمْ دَارَ كَرَامَتِكَ

wa bawwa'tahum dara karamatika

and settled in the abode of Your honor,

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وَأَقْرَرْتَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ بِٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ

wa aqrarta a`yunahum binnazari ilayka yawma liqa'ika

whose eyes You have gladdened by gazing upon You on the day of meeting You,

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وَأَوْرَثْتَهُمْ مَنَازِلَ ٱلصِّدْقِ فِي جَوَارِكَ

wa awrathtahum manazila assidqi fi jiwarika

and whom You have made heirs to the sure stations in Your neighborhood!

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يَا مَنْ لاَ يَفِدُ ٱلْوَافِدُونَ عَلَىٰ أَكْرَمَ مِنْهُ

ya man la yafidu alwafiduna `ala akrama minhu

O He none more generous than whom is reached by the reachers

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وَلاَ يَجِدُ ٱلْقَاصِدُونَ أَرْحَمَ مِنْهُ

wa la yajidu alqasiduna arhama minhu

and none more merciful than whom is found by the aimers!

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يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ خَلا بِهِ وَحِيدٌ

ya khayra man khala bihi wahidun

O Best of those with whom the lonely are alone!

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وَيَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ آوَىٰ إِلَيْهِ طَرِيدٌ

wa ya a`tafa man awa ilayhi taridun

O most Tender of those with whom outcasts seek haven!

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إِلَىٰ سَعَةِ عَفْوِكَ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي

ila saati afwika madadtu yadi

Toward the expanse of Your pardon have I extended my hand,

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وَبِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ أَعْلَقْتُ كَفِّي

wa bidhayli karamika a`laqtu kaffi

upon the skirt of Your generosity have I fastened my grasp!

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فَلاَ تُولِنِي ٱلْحِرْمَانَ

fala tulini alhirmana

Show me no deprivation

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وَلاَ تُبْلِنِي بِٱلْخَيْبَةِ وَٱلْخُسْرَانِ

wa la tublini bilkhaybati walkhusrani

and afflict me not with disappointment and loss!

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يَا سَمِيعَ ٱلدُّعَاءِ

ya samia addua'i

O Hearer of supplications!

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يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

ya arhama arrahimina

O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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