بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرّحْمَانِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bismillahi arrhmani arrahimi

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

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إِلٰهِي أَذْهَلَنِي عَنْ إِقَامَةِ شُكْرِكَ تَتَابُعُ طَوْلِكَ

ilahi adhhalani an iqamati shukrika tatabuu tawlika

My God, the uninterrupted flow of Your graciousness hast distracted me from thanking You!

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وَأَعْجَزَنِي عَنْ إِحْصَاءِ ثَنَائِكَ فَيْضُ فَضْلِكَ

wa ajazani an ihsa'i thana'ika faydu fadlika

The flood of Your bounty has rendered me incapable of counting Your praises!

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وَشَغَلَنِي عَنْ ذِكْرِ مَحَامِدِكَ تَرَادُفُ عَوَائِدِكَ

wa shaghalani an dhikri mahamidika taradufu awa'idika

The succession of Your kind acts has diverted me from mentioning You in laudation!

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وَأَعْيَانِي عَنْ نَشْرِ عَوَارِفِكَ تَوَالِي أَيَادِيكَ

wa ayani an nashri `awarifika tawali ayadika

The continuous rush of Your benefits has thwarted me from spreading the news of Your gentle favors!

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وَهٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ ٱعْتَرَفَ بِسُبُوغِ النَّعْمَاءِ

wa hadha maqamu man itarafa bisubughi annama'i

This is the station of him who confesses to the lavishness of favors,

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وَقَابَلَهَا بِٱلتَّقْصِيرِ

wa qabalaha bittaqsiri

meets them with shortcomings,

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وَشَهِدَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بِٱلإِهْمَالِ وَٱلتَّضْيِيعِ

wa shahida ala nafsihi bil-ihmali wattadyii

and witnesses to his own disregard and negligence.

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وَأَنْتَ ٱلرَّءُوفُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

wa anta arra'ufu arrahimu

You are the Clement, the Compassionate,

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ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

albarru alkarimu

the Good, the Generous,

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ٱلَّذِي لاَ يُخَيِّبُ قَاصِدِيهِ

alladhi la yukhayyibu qasidihi

who does not disappoint those who aim for Him,

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وَلاَ يَطْرُدُ عَنْ فِنَائِهِ آمِلِيهِ

wa la yatrudu `an fina'ihi amilihi

nor cast out from His courtyard those who expect from Him!

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بِسَاحَتِكَ تَحُطُّ رِحَالُ ٱلرَّاجِينَ

bisahatika tahuttu rihalu arrajina

In Your yard are put down the saddlebags of the hopeful

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وَبِعَرْصَتِكَ تَقِفُ آمَالُ ٱلْمُسْتَرْفِدِينَ

wa bi`arsatika taqifu amalu almustarfidina

and in Your plain stand the hopes of the help-seekers!

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فَلاَ تُقَابِلْ آمَالَنَا بِٱلتَّخْيِيبِ وَٱلإِيَاسِ

fala tuqabil amalana bittakhyibi wal-iyasi

So, meet not our hopes by disappointing and disheartening

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وَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا سِرْبَالَ ٱلْقُنُوطِ وَٱلإِبْلاَسِ

wa la tulbisna sirbala alqunuti wal-iblasi

and clothe us not in the shirt of despair and despondency!

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إِلٰهِي تَصَاغَرَ عِنْدَ تَعَاظُمِ آلائِكَ شُكْرِي

ilahi tasaghara inda taazumi ala'ika shukri

My God, my thanksgiving is small before Your great boons,

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وَتَضَاءَلَ فِي جَنْبِ إِكْرَامِكَ إِيَّايَ ثَنَائِي وَنَشْرِي

wa tada'ala fi janbi ikramika iyyaya thana'i wa nashri

and my praise and news-spreading shrink beside Your generosity toward me!

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جَلَّلَتْنِي نِعَمُكَ مِنْ أَنْوَارِ الإِيـمَانِ حُلَلاً

jallalatni ni`amuka min anwari al-imani hulalan

Your favors have wrapped me in the robes of the lights of faith,

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وَضَرَبَتْ عَلَيَّ لَطَائِفُ بِرِّكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِزِّ كِلَلاً

wa darabat alayya lata'ifu birrika min alizzi kilalan

and the gentleness of Your goodness have let down over me delicate curtains of might!

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وَقَلَّدَتْنِي مِنَنُكَ قَلائِدَ لاَ تُحَلُّ

wa qalladatni minanuka qala'ida la tuhallu

Your kindnesses have collared me with collars not to be moved

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وَطَوَّقَتْنِي أَطْوَاقاً لاَ تُفَلُّ

wa tawwaqatni atwaqan la tufallu

and adorned me with neck-rings not to be broken!

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فَآلاَؤُكَ جَمَّةٌ

fa ala'uka jammatun

Your boons are abundant;

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ضَعُفَ لِسَانِي عَنْ إِحْصَائِهَا

daufa lisani an ihsa'iha

my tongue is too weak to count them!

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وَنَعْمَاؤُكَ كَثِيرَةٌ

wa na`ma'uka kathiratun

Your favors are many;

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قَصُرَ فَهْمِي عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهَا

qasura fahmi `an idrakiha

my understanding falls short of grasping them,

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فَضْلاً عَنِ ٱسْتِقْصَائِهَا

fadlan `an istiqsa'iha

not to speak of exhausting them!

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فَكَيْفَ لِي بِتَحْصِيلِ ٱلشُّكْرِ

fakayfa li bitahsili ashshukri

So, how can I achieve thanksgiving?

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وَشُكرِي إِيَّاكَ يَفْتَقِرُ إِلَىٰ شُكْرٍ

wa shukri iyyaka yaftaqiru ila shukrin

For my thanking You requires thanksgiving.

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فَكُلَّمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ

fakullama qultu laka alhamdu

Whenever I say, ‘To You belongs praise!’

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وَجَبَ عَلَيَّ لِذٰلِكَ أَنْ أَقولَ لَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ

wajaba `alayya lidhalika an aqula laka alhamdu

it becomes thereby incumbent upon me to say, ‘To You belongs praise!’

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إِلٰهِي فَكَمَا غَذَّيْتَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ

ilahi fakama ghadhdhaytana bilutfika

My God, as You have fed us through Your gentleness

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وَرَبَّيْتَنَا بِصُنْعِكَ

wa rabbaytana bisun`ika

and nurtured us through Your benefaction,

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فَتَمِّمْ عَلَيْنَا سَوَابِغَ ٱلنِّعَمِ

fatammim alayna sawabigha anniami

so also complete for us lavish favors,

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وَٱدْفَعْ عَنَّا مَكَارِهَ ٱلنِّقَمِ

wadfa anna makariha anniqami

repel from us detested acts of vengeance,

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وَآتِنَا مِنْ حُظُوظِ ٱلدَّارَيْنِ

wa atina min huzuzi addarayni

and of the shares of the two abodes,

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أَرْفَعَهَا وَ جَلَّهَا عَاجِلاً وَآجِلاً

arfaaha wa ajallaha ajilan wa ajilan

give us their most elevated and their greatest, both the immediate and the deferred!

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وَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حُسْنِ بَلائِكَ

wa laka alhamdu `ala husni bala'ika

To You belongs praise for Your good trial

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وَسُبُوغِ نَعْمائِكَ

wa subooghi naa'-maaa-ika

and the lavishness of Your favours,

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حَمْداً يُوافِقُ رِضاكَ،

h'am-day-yuwafiqu riz''aaka

a praise conforming to Your good pleasure

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وَيَمْتَرِي الْعَظِيمَ مِنْ بِرّ ِكَ وَنَداكَ،

wa yam-tareel-a'z'eema mim-bir-rika wa nadaaka

and attracting Your great goodness and magnanimity.

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يا عَظِيمُ يا كَرِيمُ،

yaa a'z'eemu yaa kareemu

O All-mighty, O All-generous!

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بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

birah'-matika yaaa ar-h'amar-raah'imeen

By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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