أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

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وَاكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُـلِّ مَحْرَم،

wa khsir shahwati ʿan kulli mahram

break my passion for every unlawful thing,

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وَازْوِ حِـرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأثَم،

wa azwī ḥirsī ʿan kulli mātham

take away my craving for any sin,

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وَامْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُـلِّ مُؤْمِن وَمُؤْمِنَـة وَمُسْلِم وَمُسْلِمَة،

wa-amnaʿni ʿan adha kulli muʾminin wa muʾminatin wa muslimin wa muslima

and bar me from harming any believer, male or female, and any Muslim, male or female!

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أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْد نالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،

allāhumma wa ayyuma ʿabdin nāla minnī mā ḥaẓarta ʿalayhi

O God, if any of Thy servants should harm me in what Thou hast forbidden

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وَانْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ،

wa-antahaka minni maa hajar-ta ʿalayhi

or violate me in what Thou hast interdicted,

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فَمَضَى بِظُلاَمَتِي مَيِّتاً،

famadha biẓulamati mayyitan

and if he should pass into death with my complaint

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أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِيْ قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً،

aw ḥaṣalat lī qibalahu ḥayyan

or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,

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فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي،

faghfir lahu ma alamma bihi minni

forgive him what he did to me

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وَاعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي،

waʿfu lahu ʿammā adbara bihi ʿannī

and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!

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وَلاَ تَقِفْـهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ،

walā taqifhū ʿalā mā irtakaba fīy

Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me

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وَلاَ تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِيْ،

wala takshifhu ʿamma-aktasaba biy

and expose him not through what he earned by me!

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وَاجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْـوِ عَنْهُمْ

wa-jʿal mā samaḥtu bihi min al-ʿafwi ʿanhum

Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants

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وَتَبَرَّعْتُ بِـهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ

wa tabarratʿtu bihi mina al-ṣadaqati ʿalayhim

and my contribution in charity toward them

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أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ

ʾazkā ṣadaqāt al-mutaṣaddiqīn

the purest charity of the charitable

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وَأَعْلَى صِلاَتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ،

wa'aʿlaa ṣalāt al-mutaqarrabīn

and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to Thee!

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وَعَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ

wa ʿawwidhni min ʿafwi ʿanhum ʿafwaka

Recompense me for my pardoning them with Thy pardon

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وَمِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ

wa min du'āʾī lahum raḥmataka

and for my supplicating for them with Thy mercy

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حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِد مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ

ḥattā yasʿada kullu wāḥidin minnā bifadlika

so that each one of us may gain felicity through Thy bounty

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وَيَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ.

wayanjū kullun minnā bimannika

and each may attain deliverance through Thy kindness!

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أللَّهُمَّ وَأَيُّما عَبْد مِنْ عَبِيْدِكَ

allāhumma wa-ayyuma ʿabd min ʿibādik

O God, if there is a servant from among Thy servants

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أدرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذَىً،

ʾadrakah minnī darakun aw massahū min nāḥiyatī ʾaẓāan

whom an ill visits on my account, a harm touches from my direction,

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أَوْ لَحِقَـهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبي ظُلْمٌ

aw lahiqahu biyy aw bisababi dhulmun

or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,

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فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّـهِ،

fafuttuhu bihaqqihi

and should I fail to take care of his right

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أَوْسَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلَمَتِهِ،

ʾawsabaqtu-hu bi-maẓlamati-hi

or go before him [in death] with his complaint,

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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

fa ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih

bless Muhammad and his Household,

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وَأَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ، وَأَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ،

wa-arḍihi ʿannī min wujdika, wa-awfihu ḥaqqahu min ʿindika

satisfy him toward me through Thy wealth, and give him his full right from Thyself!

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ثُمَّ قِنيْ مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ،

thumma qinī mā yūjibuhu ḥukmuka

Then protect me from what Thy decision mandates

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وَخَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ،

wa khalliṣnī mimma yahkumu bihi ʿadluka

and save me from what Thy justice decides,

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فَإنَّ قُوَّتِي لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ،

fa'inna quwwati la tastaqillu binagimatika

for my strength cannot bear Thy vengeance

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وَإنَّ طَاقتِي لا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ،

wa'innataqatī lā tanhadhu bisukhtika

and my power cannot stand up to Thy displeasure!

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فَإنَّكَ إنْ تُكَـافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي،

fa'innaka in tukafini bilhaqqi tuhlíkni

If Thou recompensest me with the right, Thou wilt destroy me,

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وَإلاّ تَغَمَّـدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي.

wa-illā taghammadnī birahmatika tūbiq-nī

and if Thou dost not shield me in Thy mercy, Thou wilt lay me waste.

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أللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي مَا لا يَنْقُصُكَ بَذْلُهُ،

allāhumma innī astawhibuka yā ilāhī mā lā yanqusuka badluhu

O God, I ask Thee to grant, my God, that whose giving will not decrease Thee,

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وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مَا لا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ،

wa-astahmiluka ma la yabhathuka hamluhu

and I ask Thee to carry that whose carrying will not weigh Thee down:

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أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إلهِي نَفْسِيَ الَّتِيْ لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوء،

astauhibuka ya ilahi nafsiya allati lam takhlukha litamtani'a biha min su'

My God, I ask Thee to give my soul, which Thou didst not create to keep Thyself from evil

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أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إلى نَفْع،

aw litatarraq biha ila nafʿ

nor to find the way to profit.

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وَلكِنْ أَنْشَأتَهَا إثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا،

walakin ansha'tahā ithbātan liqudrati-ka 'alā mithli-hā

No, Thou brought it forth to demonstrate Thy power over its like

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وَاحْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا،

waḥtiǧājan bihā ʿalā shaklihā

and to provide an argument against its similar.

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وَأَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ،

wa-astahmiluka min dhunubi ma qad bahazhani hamluhu

I ask Thee to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down

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وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ.

wa astaʿīnu bika ʿalā mā qad fadaḥanī thiqluhu

and I seek help from Thee in that whose heaviness oppresses me.

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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

faṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih

So bless Muhammad and his Household,

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وَهَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِيْ،

wahab li nafsi ʿala ẓulmiha nafsi

give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,

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وَوَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إصْرِي،

wa wakkill raḥmataka bi-iḥtimāli iṣrī

and appoint Thy mercy to carry my burden!

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فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ،

fakam qad lahiqat rahmatuka bil musii'in

How many evildoers Thy mercy has overtaken!

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وَكَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ.

wa kam qad shamilafu ka al-thalimeen

How many wrongdoers Thy pardon has embraced!

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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، وَاجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ

fa sallī ʿalā muḥammad wa ālihi, wajʿalnī uswatam man qad anhadtahu.

So bless Muhammad and his Household and make me the model of him whom Thou hast aroused

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بِتَجَاوُزِكَ عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ،

bi-tajāwuzika ʿan maṣāriʿi l-khāṭiʾīn

through Thy forbearance from the deadly infirmities of the offenders

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وَخَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ،

wa khallass-tahu bi tawfiqika min warataatil mujrimeen

and saved through Thy giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,

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فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إسَارِ سُخْطِكَ،

fa-asbaha ṭalīqa ʿafwik mni iṣāri sukḥtik

so that I may rise up freed by Thy pardon from the bonds of Thy displeasure

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وَعَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ،

waʿatīqa su-nʿika min wathāqi ʿadlika

and released by Thy benefaction from the ties of Thy justice!

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إنَّكَ إنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إلهِي تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ

'innaka 'in taf'al dhalika ya ilahi taf'alhu bi-man

Surely if Thou dost that, my God, Thou wilt do it to one

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لاَ يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ،

lā yajhadu istiḥqāqa ʿuqūbatika

who does not deny deserving Thy punishment

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وَلاَ يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ،

wa lā yubarri'u nafsahu min istijāb naqimatak

or acquit himself from merit for Thy vengeance.

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تَفْعَلُ ذلِكَ يَا إلهِي بِمَنْ خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ،

tafʿalu dhalika yā ilahī biman khawfuhu minka aktharu min tamaʿihi fīk

Do that, my God, for one whose fear of Thee is greater than his craving from Thee,

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وَبِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ،

wa biman yasuhu minan najati awkadu min rajaihi lil-khalas

whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!

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لاَ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطَاً

lā ʾan yakūna yaʾsuhu qunūṭān

Not that his hopelessness is despair,

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أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً

aw ʾan yakūna ṭamahu ightirāran

nor that his expectation is deluded.

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بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئاتِهِ،

bal liqillati hasanatihi bayna sayyi'atih

No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds

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وَضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ،

waḍaʿfi ḥujajihi fī jamiʿi tabiʿātihi

and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.

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فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إلهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ

fa'amman anta ya ilahi fa'ahlun an

But Thou, my God, art worthy that

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لاَ يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ،

lā yaghṭarr bika ṣ-ṣid-dīqūn

the righteous not be deluded concerning Thee

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وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ،

walā yaiʾasa minka al-mujrimūn

and the sinners not lose hope in Thee,

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لاَِنَّكَ ألرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِيْ لاَ يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ

lānaka al-rabbu al-ʿaẓīmu alladhī lā yamnaʿu aḥadan faḍlahu

for Thou art the All-mighty Lord who holds back His bounty from none

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وَلاَ يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَد حَقَّـهُ.

wa lā yastaqsī min aḥad ḥaqquh

and takes His full right from no one.

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تَعَالى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ،

taʿālá dhikruka ʿani al-madhdhūrīn

High exalted is Thy mention above those mentioned!

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وَتَقَدَّست أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ،

wataqaddast asmā'uka 'anil-mansūbīn

Holy are Thy names beyond those described!

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وَفَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِيْ جَمِيْعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ،

wa fashat niʿmatuka fī jamiʿ al-makhlooqeen

Spread is Thy favour among all creatures!

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فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .

falaka al-ḥamdu ʿalā dhālika yā rabba al-ʿālamīn

Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds!

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