أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعْتَـذِرُ إلَيْـكَ

allāhumma innī aʿtaḏiru ilayk

O God, I ask pardon from Thee for

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مِنْ مَـظْلُوم ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ،

min maẓlūm ẓulima bi-ḥaḍratī falam anṣurhu

the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help,

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وَمِنْ مَعْرُوف أُسْدِيَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ،

wa-min ma'rūfin usdiya ilayya falam ashkurhu

the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks,

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وَمِنْ مُسِيء أعْتَذَرَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ،

wa min musi'in a'thara ilayya falam a'zirhu

the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon,

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وَمِنْ ذِيْ فَاقَة سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ اُوثِرْهُ،

wa-min dhī fāqah sa'alani falam ʾūthirhu

the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself,

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وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِن فَلَمْ أوَفِّـرْهُ،

wa min ḥaqqi dhī ḥaqqin lazimanī li-mu'min falam awaffirhu

the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil,

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وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِن ظَهَر لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ،

wa min ʿaybi al-muʾmin ẓahara lī falam asturhu

the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal,

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وَمِنْ كُلِّ إثْم عَرَضَ لِيْ فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ.

wa min kulli ithmin 'aradha li falam ahjurhu

and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid.

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أَعْتَذِرُ إلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي مِنْهُنَّ

'aṭaẓiru ilayka yā ilahī minhunna

I ask pardon, my God, for all of these

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وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَة

wa min naẓāʾirihi-nna iʿtiẓāra nadāmah

and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse

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يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ.

yakunu wāʿiẓān limā bayna yadayya min ashbāhihinna

which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me.

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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

faṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih

So bless Muhammad and his Household

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وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الـزَّلاّتِ

waajʿal nadāmati ʿalā mā waqaʿtu fīhi minalzallāti

and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen

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وَعَزْمِي عَلَى تَـرْكِ مَا يَعْـرِضُ لِيْ مِنَ السَّيِّئـاتِ

waʿazmī ʿalā tar-kī mā yaʿ-riḍu lī mina al-sayyiat

and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me

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تَوبَةً تُوجِبُ لِيْ مَحَبَّتَـكَ

tawbatun tu'jibu lī maḥabbatak

a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory,

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يا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِيْنَ.

yā muḥibba al-tawwābīn

O lover of those who repent!

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