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In Confessing Sins After Finishing The Night Prayer
Duaa
أَللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْمُلْكِ الْمُتأبِّدِ بِالْخُلُودِ وَالْسُلْطَانِ
allāhumma yā dhā al-mulki al-mutābbid bi-l-khulūdi wa-s-sulṭāni
O God, O Possessor of kingdom perpetual in everlastingness,
الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِغَيْرِ جُنُود وَلاَ أَعْوَان،
al-mumtaniiʿ bi-ghayri junuudin wa laa aʿwaan
authority invincible without armies or helpers,
وَالْعِزِّ الْبَاقِي عَلَى مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ،
wal-ʿizzil-bāqi ʿalā marrid-duhūr
might abiding through aeons past,
وَخَوَالِي الأَعْوَامِ، وَمَوَاضِي الأَزْمَانِ وَالأيَّامِ،
wa-khawālī al-aʿwām, wa-mawāḍī al-azmān wa-l-ayyām
years gone by, times and days elapsed!
عَزَّ سُلْطَانُكَ عِزّاً لا حَدَّ لَهُ بِأَوَّلِيَّةٍ وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى لَهُ بِآخِرِيَّةٍ،
ʿazzat sultānuka ʿizzan lā ḥadda lahū bi-awwaliyyatin walā muntaḥā lahū bi-ākhirīyyah
Thy authority is mighty with a might that knows no bound by being first nor utmost end by being last!
وَاسْتَعْلَى مُلْكُكَ عُلُوّاً سَقَطَتِ الأشْيَاءُ دُونَ بُلُوغِ أَمَدِهِ
wa-istaʿlā mulkuka ʿulūwwan saqatatil-ashyāʾu dūna bulūghi amadihi
Thy kingdom towers high with a towering before which all things fall down without reaching its term;
وَلاَ يَبْلُغُ أَدْنَى مَا اسْتَأثَرْتَ بِـهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَقْصَى نَعْتِ النَّـاعِتِينَ.
walā yablughu adnā mā istaʾthartabihi min dhālika aqṣā naʿti al-naʿitīn
the least of it which Thou hast kept to Thyself is not reached by the furthest description of the describers!
ضَلَّتْ فِيْـكَ الصِّفَاتُ وَتَفَسْخَتْ دُونَكَ النُّعُوتُ
ḍallaت fīka aṣ-ṣifātu wa tafasxat dūnaka an-nuʿūtu
Attributes go astray in Thee, descriptions fall apart below Thee,
وَحَارَتْ فِي كِبْرِيِائِكَ لَطَائِفُ الأوْهَامِ،
waḥārat fī kibrīyā'ika laṭā'ifu al-awhām
the subtlest of imaginations are bewildered by Thy magnificence!
كَذلِكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الأَوَّلُ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِكَ،
kaḏalika anta allāhu al-ʾawwalu fī ʾawwaliyyatika
So art Thou: God, the First in Thy firstness,
وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ دَائِمٌ لا تَزُولُ،
wa ʿalā dhālika anta dāʾimun lā tazūlu
and so art Thou everlastingly. Thou dost not pass away.
وَأَنَا الْعَبْدُ الضَّعِيْفُ عَمَلاً الجَسِيْمُ أَمَلاً،
wa ana al-'abdu al-ḍaʿīfu ʿamalan al-jasīmu amalan
But I am the slave, feeble in works, immense in hopes.
خَرَجَتْ مِنْ يَدِي أَسْبَابُ الْوُصُلاَت إلاّ مَا وَصَلَهُ رَحْمَتُكَ ،
kharajat min yadi asbabul wusulati illa ma wasalahu rahmatuk
The tying links are outside my hand, except what is tied by Thy mercy;
وَتَقَطَّعَتْ عَنِّي عِصَمُ الآمَالِ
wa taqaṭṭaʿat ʿannī ʿiṣamu al-āmāl
the bonds of hopes have been cut away from me,
إلاّ مَا أَنَا مُعْتَصِمٌ بِهِ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ،
illā mā anā muʿtassimun bihī min ʿafwik
except the pardon to which I hold fast.
قَلَّ عِنْدِي مَا أَعْتَدُّ بِهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ
qalla ʿindi mā ʾaʿtaddu bihi min ṭāʿatika
Little on my part is the obedience toward Thee upon which I count,
وَكَثُرَ عَلَيَّ مَا أَبُوءُ بِهِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،
wa kathura ʿalayya mā ʾabū'u bihī min maʿṣiyatika
and great against me the disobedience toward Thee to which I have reverted.
وَلَنْ يَضِيْقَ عَلَيْكَ عَفْوٌ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ وَإنْ أَسَاءَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي.
walay yaḍīqa ʿalayka ʿafwun ʿan ʿabdik, wa-in asāʾa faʿfu ʿannī
But pardoning Thy slave will not constrain Thee, even if he be bad, so pardon me!
أللَّهًمَّ وَقَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى خَفَايَا الأَعْمَالِ عِلْمُكَ
allāhumma waqad ashrafa ʿalā khafāyā al-aʿmāli ʿilmuka
O God, Thy knowledge watches over hidden works
وَانْكَشَفَ كُلُّ مَسْتُور دُونَ خُبْرِكَ
wa-ankashafa kullu mastoorin doona khubrika
every covered thing is exposed before Thy awareness,
وَلاَ تَنْطَوِي عَنْكَ دَقَائِقُ الأُمُورِ
walā tanṭawī ʿanka daqāʾiq al-umūr
the intricacies of things are not concealed from Thee,
وَلاَ تَعْزُبُ عَنْكَ غَيِّبَاتُ السَّرَائِرِ،
walā taʿzubu ʿanka ghayyibātu al-sarāʾir
and unseen mysteries slip not away from Thee.
وَقَدِ اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيَّ عَدُوُّكَ الَّذِي اسْتَنْظَرَكَ لِغِوَايتِي فَأَنْظَرْتَهُ،
wa qad istaḥwaḏa ʿalayya ʿaduwwuka alladhi istanẓaraka li-ghiwayti fa-anẓarhtahu
But over me Thy enemy has gained mastery: He asked a delay from Thee to lead me astray, and Thou gavest him the delay!
وَاسْتَمْهَلَكَ إلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ لاِضْلاَلِي فَأَمْهَلْتَهُ،
wa astamhala-ka ila yawm al-deen, la-id-dal-li fa-am-hal-tahu
He asked a respite from Thee until the Day of Doom to misguide me, and Thou gavest him the respite!
فَأوْقَعَنِيْ وَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ إلَيْكَ
fa-aqʿaani waqad harabtu ilayka
So he threw me down, though I had fled to Thee
مِنْ صَغَائِرِ ذُنُوبٍ مُوبِقَةٍ
min sagha'ir dhunubin mubiqah
from small, ruinous sins
وَكَبَائِرِ أَعْمَالٍ مُرْدِيَـةٍ
wa kabāʾiri aʿmālin murdiyat
and great, deadly works,
حَتَّى إذَا قَارَفْتُ مَعْصِيَتَـكَ
ḥattā ʾiḏā qārafatu maʿṣiyataka
until, when I had yielded to disobeying Thee
وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِسُوءِ سَعْيِي سَخْطَتَكَ
wa astawjabtu bi su'i saʿyi sakhṭatuka
and merited Thy anger through my bad efforts,
فَتَلَ عَنِّي عِذَارَ غَدْرِهِ،
fa talā ʿannī ʿiḏāra ghadrihi
he turned the bridle of his treachery away from me,
وَتَلَقَّانِي بكَلِمَةِ كُفْرهِ،
wa talqānī bi kalimati kufrh
met me with the word of his ingratitude,
وَتَوَلَّى الْبَراءَةَ مِنِّي وَأَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّيَاً عَنِّي،
wa tawallā al-barā'ata minnī wa adbarra muwaliyāan 'anni
undertook to be quit of me, turned his back to flee from me,
فَأَصْحَرنِي لِغَضَبِكَ فَرِيداً،
fa-ʾaṣḥarnī li-ghaḍabika farīdan
threw me to the desert of Thy wrath alone,
وَأَخْرَجَني إلى فِنَاءِ نَقِمَتِكَ طَرِيداً
wa-akhrajani ila fina'i naqimatika tariidan
and sent me as an outcast into the courtyard of Thy vengeance.
لاَ شَفِيعٌ يَشْفَعُ لِيْ إلَيْـكَ،
lā shafīʿun yašfaʿu lī ilayk
There is no intercessor to intercede for me with Thee,
وَلاَ خَفِيـرٌ يُؤْمِنُنِي عَلَيْـكَ
wa lā khafīrun yu'minunī 'alayka
no protector to make me feel secure against Thee,
وَلاَ حِصْنٌ يَحْجُبُنِي عَنْكَ
walā ḥiṣn yaḥjubunī ʿanka
no fortress to veil me from Thee,
وَلاَ مَلاَذٌ أَلْجَأُ إلَيْهِ مِنْكَ.
walā malāẓun alja'u ilayhi minka
no shelter in which to seek asylum apart from Thee!
فَهَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ، وَمَحَلُّ الْمُعْتَرِفِ لَكَ،
fa-ha-tha maqaamu al-ʿaa'iẓi bika, wa-ma-hal-lu al-muʿta-ri fi-laka
This is the station of him who takes refuge with Thee, the place of the confessor to Thee:
فَلاَ يَضِيقَنَّ عَنِّي فَضْلُكَ، وَلا يَقْصُـرَنَّ دونِي عَفْوُكَ،
fala yaḍīqann ʿannī faḍluka, wa lā yaqṣuran dūnī ʿafwuka
Let not Thy bounty be too narrow for me, let not Thy pardon fall short of me!
وَلا أكُنْ أَخْيَبَ عِبَادِكَ التَّائِبِينَ،
wa lā akun akhyaba ʿibādika al-tāʾibīn
Let me not be the most disappointed of Thy repentant servants,
وَلاَ أَقْنَطَ وفُودِكَ الآمِلِينَ
wala aqnaṭa wafuudika al-amileen
nor the most despairing of those who come to Thee with expectations!
وَاغْفِرْ لِي إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ.
wa-ghfir lī innaka khayru al-ghāfirīn
Forgive me, surely Thou art the best of the forgivers!
أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي فَتَرَكْتُ، وَنَهَيْتَنِي فَرَكِبْتُ،
allāhumma innaka amartanī fataraktu, wa nahaytanī farakibtu
O God, Thou commanded me, and I refrained, Thou prohibited me, and I committed.
وَسَوَّلَ لِيَ الْخَطَأَ خَاطِرُ السُّوءِ فَفَرَّطْتُ،
wa sawwala liya al-khata'a khatiru al-su'i fafarattu
evil thoughts tempted me to offend, and I was negligent.
وَلا أَسْتَشْهِدُ عَلَى صِيَامِي نَهَـاراً،
wa lā astashhidu ʿalā ṣiyāmī nahāran
I cannot call upon daytime to witness my fasting,
وَلاَ أَسْتَجِيرُ بِتَهَجُّدِي لَيْلاً،
wa lā astajīru bi-tahajjudī lailan
nor can I seek sanctuary in night because of my vigil;
وَلاَ تُثْنِي عَلَيَّ بِإحْيَائِهَا سُنَّةٌ
wa lā tuṯnī ʿalayya bi-iḥyāʾihā sunnah
no Sunna praises me for keeping it alive,
حَـاشَا فُرُوضِـكَ الَّتِي مَنْ ضَيَّعَها هَلَكَ،
ḥāshā furūḍika allatī man ḍayyaʿahā halaka
only Thy obligations, he who neglects which has perished.
وَلَسْتُ أَتَوَسَّلُ إلَيْكَ بِفَضْلِ نَافِلَة
wa lastu atawassalu ilayka bi fadli naafilah
I cannot seek access to Thee through the excellence of a supererogatory work,
مَعَ كَثِيرِ مَا أَغْفَلْتُ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ فُرُوضِكَ،
maʿa kathīri mā aghfaltu min waẓāʾifi furūḍika
given the many duties of Thy obligations of which I have been heedless
وَتَعَدَّيْتُ عَنْ مَقَامَاتِ حُدُودِكَ
wa taaddaytu an maqamat hududika
and the stations of Thy bounds which I have transgressed,
إلَى حُرُمَات انْتَهَكْتُهَا، وَكَبَائِرِ ذُنُوب اجْتَرَحْتُهَا
'ilā ḥurumāt intahaktuhā, wa kabā'ir dhunūb ijtarahtuhā
thereby violating sacred things and committing great sins,
كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لِي مِنْ فَضَائِحِهَا سِتْراً.
kānat ʿāfiyatuka lī min faḍāʾiḥihā sitran
though Thou hast given me safety from their disgraces as a covering.
وَهَذَا مَقَامُ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى لِنَفْسِهِ مِنْكَ،
wa hadha maqamu mani stahyaa linafsihi minka
This is the station of him who is ashamed of himself before Thee,
وَسَخِطَ عَلَيْهَا، وَرَضِيَ عَنْكَ
wasakhita ʿalayha, waradiya ʿanka
angry with himself, and satisfied with Thee.
فَتَلَقَّاكَ بِنَفْس خَاشِعَة، وَرَقَبَة خَاضِعَة، وَظَهْر مُثْقَل مِنَ الْخَطَايَا
fatallaqāka binafs khāshiʿah, waraqabah khāḍiʿah, wadhahr muthqal minal-khataaya
He meets Thee with a humble soul, a neck bent down, a back heavy with offenses,
وَاقِفاً بَيْنَ الرَّغْبَةِ إلَيْكَ وَالرَّهْبَةِ مِنْكَ،
waqifan bayna al-raghbati ilayka wal-rahbati minka
hesitating between longing for Thee and fear of Thee.
وَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى مَنْ رَجَـاهُ،
wa-anta awwala man rajāh
Thou art the most worthy of those in whom he might hope,
وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ خَشِيَـهُ وَاتّقـاهُ،
wa-aḥaqquman khashiyaahu wa-ittaqahu
the most deserving for him to dread and fear.
فَاعْطِنِي يَا رَبِّ مَا رَجَوْتُ، وَآمِنِّي مَا حَذِرْتُ،
faʿṭinī yā rabbi mā rajawtu wa āminnī mā ḥaḏirtu
So give me, my Lord, what I hope for, make me secure against what frightens me,
وَعُدْ عَلَيَّ بِعَائِدَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ إنَّكَ أكْرَمُ الْمَسْؤُولِينَ.
waʿud ʿalayya biʿā'idati raḥmatika innaka akramu al-mas'ūlīn
and act kindly toward me with the kindly act of mercy! Surely Thou art the most generous of those from whom are asked!
أللَّهُمَّ وَإذْ سَتَـرْتَنِي بِعَفْوِكَ وَتَغَمَّـدْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ
allāhumma wa-idh satartanī bi-ʿafwik wa-taghammadtanī bi-faḍlik
O God, since Thou hast covered me with Thy pardon and shielded me with Thy bounty
فِي دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ بِحَضرَةِ الأكْفَاءِ
fī dār al-fanāʾ bi-ḥaḍrat al-akfāʾi
in the abode of annihilation and the presence of equals
فَأَجِرْنِي مِنْ فَضِيحَاتِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ
faajirnii min fadiihati daaril baqaa'ِ
grant me sanctuary from the disgraces of the Abode of Subsistence
عِنْدَ مَوَاقِفِ الأشْهَادِ مِنَ المَلائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
ʿinda mawāqifi al-ashhād min al-malā'ikati al-muqarrabīn
at the standing places of the Witnesses (the angels brought nigh,
وَالرُّسُلِ الْمُكَرَّمِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ،
wa al-rusuli al-mukarramīna wa al-shuhadā'i wa al-ṣāliḥīn
the messengers honoured, the martyrs, the righteous)
مِنْ جَار كُنْتُ أُكَاتِمُهُ سَيِّئاتِي
min jār kuntu ukātimuhu sayyi'ātī
before the neighbour from whom I have hidden my evil deeds
وَمِنْ ذِي رَحِم كُنْتُ أَحْتَشِمُ مِنْهُ فِي سَرِيرَاتِي،
wa min dhī raḥim kuntu aḥtashimu minhu fī sarīrātī
and the womb relative before whom I feel ashamed in my secret thoughts!
لَمْ أَثِقْ بِهِمْ رَبِّ فِي السِّتْرِ عَلَيَّ،
lam athiq bihim rabbī fī as-sitr ʿalayya
I trust them not, my Lord, to cover me over,
وَوَثِقْتُ بِكَ رَبِّ فِي الْمَغفِرَةِ لِيْ،
wa wathiqtu bika rabbī fil-maghfirati lī
but I trust Thee, my Lord, to forgive me!
وَأَنْتَ أوْلَى مَنْ وُثِقَ بِهِ وَأَعْطَى مَنْ رُغِبَ إلَيْهِ
wa-anta awla man wuthiqa bihi wa-a'ta man rughiba ilayh
Thou art the most worthy of those in whom confidence is had, the most giving of those who are besought,
وَأَرْأَفُ مَنِ اسْتُرْحِمَ فَارْحَمْنِي.
wa-arʾafu mani sturhimah farḥamni
and the most clement of those from whom mercy is asked. So have mercy upon me!
أللهُمَّ وَأنتَ حَدَرْتَنِي مَاءً مَهِيناً مِنْ صُلب،
allāhumma wa anta ḥadar tanī mā'an mahīnan min ṣulbi
O God, Thou caused me to descend as mean water from loins
مُتَضَائِقِ الْعِظَامِ حَرِجِ الْمَسَالِكِ
mutada'iq al-'izam harji al-masalik
of narrow bones and tight passages
إلَى رَحِم ضَيِّقَة سَتَرْتَهَا بِالْحُجُبِ
'ila raḥim ḍayyiqaḥ satarthā bil-ḥujub
into a constricted womb which Thou hadst covered with veils;
تُصَرِّفُنِي حَالاًَ عَنْ حَال حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتَ بِيْ إلَى تَمَامِ الصُّورَةِ
tuṣarrifunī ḥālan ʿan ḥāl ḥattā antaḥayta bī ilā tamāmi al-ṣūrah
Thou turned me about from state to state until Thou tookest me to the completion of the form
وَأَثْبَتَّ فِيَّ الْجَوَارحَ
wa'athbat fiyyal jawarih
and fixed within me the bodily parts,
كَمَا نَعَتَّ فِي كِتَابِكَ
kamā naʿatta fī kitābika
as Thou hast described in Thy Book:
نُطْفَةً ثُمَّ عَلَقَةً ثُمَّ مُضْغَةً ثُمَّ عِظَاماً
nuṭfatan thumma ʿalaqatan thumma muḍghatan thumma ʿiẓaman
a drop, then a clot, then a tissue, then bones,
ثُمَّ كَسَوْتَ الْعِظَامَ لَحْماً ثُمَّ أَنْشَأتَنِي خَلْقَاً آخَرَ كَمَا شِئْتَ،
thumma kasawta al-'izama lahman, thumma ansha'tanee khalqan akhara kama shi'ta
then Thou garmented the bones with flesh, then Thou produced me as another creature as Thou willed (ref.23:12-14).
حَتَّى إذَا احْتَجْتُ إلَى رِزْقِكَ،
ḥattā ʾiḏa iḥtajtu ʾilā rizqika
Then, when I needed Thy provision,
وَلَمْ أَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ غِيَـاثِ فَضْلِكَ
walam astaghni 'an ghīāthi faḍlika
and could not do without the aid of Thy bounty,
جَعَلْتَ لِي قُـوتـاً مِنْ فَضْلِ طَعَام وَشَرَاب
jaʿalta ly quwwatan min faḍl ṭaʿām wa sharāb
Thou appointed for me a nourishment from the bounty of the food and drink
أَجْرَيْتَهُ لاِمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَسْكَنْتَنِي جَوْفَهَا وَأَوْدَعْتَنِي قَرَارَ رَحِمِهَا،
ajrāytahu lāimatikal-latī askanitanī jawfahā waawdaʿtanī qarāra raḥimihā
which Thou bestowed upon Thy handmaid in whose belly Thou gavest me to rest and in the lodging of whose womb Thou deposited me.
وَلَوْ تَكِلُنِي يَا رَبِّ فِي تِلْكَ الْحَـالاتِ إلَى حَوْلِي،
wa-law takilunī yā rabbī fī tilka al-ḥālāt ilá ḥawlī
Hadst Thou entrusted me in those states, my Lord, to my own force
أَوْ تَضْطَرُّنِي إلَى قُوّتي
aw taḍṭarrunī ilā qūwati
or driven me to have recourse to my own strength,
لَكَانَ الْحَوْلُ عَنِّي مُعْتَزِلاً، وَلَكَانَتِ الْقُوَّةُ مِنِّي بَعِيدَةً،
lakāna al-ḥawlu ʿannī muʿtazilān, wa lakānatil-quwwatu minnī baʿīdah
force would have been removed from me and strength taken far away.
فَغَذَوْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ غِذَاءَ البَرِّ اللَّطِيفِ ،
faghadhawtani bifaḍlika ghiẓā'a al-barri al-laṭhīf
So Thou hast fed me through Thy bounty with the food of the Good, the Gentle;
تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ بِي تَطَوُّلاً عَلَيَّ إلَى غَايَتِي هَذِهِ،
tafʿalu dhālika bī taṭawwulan ʿalayya ilā ghāyatī hadhihi
Thou hast done that for me in graciousness toward me up to this my present point.
لاَ أَعْدَمُ بِرَّكَ وَلاَ يُبْطِئُ بِي حُسْنُ صَنِيعِكَ،
lā ʾaʿdamu birraka walā yubṭiʾu bī ḥusnu ṣanīʿika
I do not lack Thy goodness nor does Thy benefaction keep me waiting.
وَلاَ تَتَأكَّدُ مَعَ ذَلِكَ ثِقَتِي،
walā tataʾakkadu maʿa dhālika thiqa'tī
Yet with all that, my trust has not become firm enough
فَأَتَفَرَّغَ لِمَا هُوَ أَحْظَى لِيْ عِنْدَكَ،
fa'atafarraġa limā huwa aḥẓā lī 'indaka
that I might free myself for that which is more favoured by Thee.
قَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنَانِي فِي سُوءِ الظَّنِّ وَضَعْفِ الْيَقِينِ،
qad malaka al-shayṭān ʿinānī fī sūʾi al-ẓanni wa ḍaʿfi al-yaqīn
Satan has taken possession of my reins through my distrust and frail certainty.
فَأَنَا أَشْكُو سُوْءَ مُجَاوَرَتِهِ لِي وَطَـاعَةَ نَفْسِي لَـهُ،
fa ana ashku suu' mujaawaratihi li wa ta'ata nafsi lahu
I complain of his evil neighbourhood with me and my soul's obedience toward him!
وَأَسْتَعْصِمُـكَ مِنْ مَلَكَتِهِ، وَأَتَضَـرَّعُ إلَيْكَ في صَرفِ كَيدِهِ عَنّي
wa-astaʿsimuka min malakatihi, wa-ataḍarracu ilayka fi ṣarfi kaydihi ʿanni
I ask Thee to preserve me against his domination, and I plead with Thee to turn his trickery away from me!
و أسأَلُكَ فِي أَنْ تُسَهِّلَ إلَى رِزْقِي سَبِيلاً،
wa as'aluka fi an tusahhila ila rizqi sabilaً
I ask Thee to make the path to my provision easy,
فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ابْتِدَائِكَ بِالنِّعَمِ الْجِسَامِ،
falaka al-ḥamdu ʿalā ibtidāʾika bin-naʿami al-jisāmi
since to Thee belongs praise for Thy beginning with immense favours
وَإلْهَامِكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الإحْسَانِ وَالإِنْعَامِ ،
wa'ilhāmika ash-shukra 'alā al-iḥsāni wal-in'ām
and Thy inspiring gratitude for beneficence and bestowing favour!
فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
fasalli ʿala muḥammad wa ālihi
Bless Muhammad and his Household,
وَسَهِّلْ عَلَيَّ رِزْقِي وَأَنْ تُقَنِّعَنِي بِتَقْدِيرِكَ لِيْ ،
wasahhil ʿalayya rizqī wa-an tuqanniʿanī bi-taqdīrikalī.
and make the way to my provision easy for me! [I ask Thee] to make me content with Thy ordainment for me,
وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَنِي بِحِصَّتِيْ فِيمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ،
wa ʾan turḍiyani bi-ḥiṣṣatī fīmā qasamta lī
to make me satisfied with my lot in that which Thou hast apportioned for me
وَأَنْ تَجْعَـلَ مَـا ذَهَبَ مِنْ جِسْمِيْ وَعُمُرِيْ
wa-an tajʿala ma dhahaba min jismi wa ʿumuri
and to place what has gone of my body and my life-span
فِي سَبِيْلِ طَاعَتِكَ إنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ.
fī sabīli ṭāʿatika innaka khayru al-rāziqīn
into the path of Thy obedience! Surely Thou art the Best of providers!
أللَهُمَّ إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مَنْ نَارٍ تَغَلَّظْتَ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ،
allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika man nār taghallaẓta bihā ʿalā man ʿaṣāka
O God, I seek refuge in Thee from the Fire through which Thou art harsh toward him who disobeys Thee
وَتَوَعَّدْتَ بِهَا مَنْ صَدَفَ عَنْ رِضَاكَ،
wa tawa'addta bihā man ṣadafa 'an riḍāk
and by which Thou hast threatened him who turns away from Thy good pleasure;
وَمِنْ نَارٍ نورُهَا ظُلْمَة وَهَيِّنُهَا أَلِيمٌ، وَبَعِيدُهَا قَرِيبٌ،
wa min naarin nooruhaa zulmataw wa hayyinuhaa aleemun, wa baeeduhaa qareebun
from the Fire whose light is darkness, whose ease is pain, and whose far is near;
وَمِنْ نَارٍ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضَهَا بَعْضٌ،
wa min narin ya'kulu baʿduha baʿdun
from the Fire parts of which devour parts
وَيَصُولُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْض،
wa yaṣūlu baʿḍuhā ʿalā baʿḍ
and parts of which leap upon parts;
وَمِنْ نَارٍ تَذَرُ الْعِظَامَ رَمِيماً،
wa min nārin taḏaru al-ʿiẓāma ramīmāً
from the Fire which leaves bones decayed
وَتَسْقِي أَهْلَهَا حَمِيماً ،
wa tasqī ahlahā ḥamīmān
and lets its people drink boiling water;
وَمِنْ نَارٍ لاَ تُبْقِي عَلَى مَنْ تَضَرَّعَ إلَيْهَا،
wa min naarin laa tubqee ʿalaa man taḍarraʿa ilayha
from the Fire which 'does not spare him who pleads to it,'
وَلاَ تَرْحَمُ مَنِ اسْتَعْطَفَهَا،
wa lā tarḥamu mani istaʿṭafahā
has no mercy on him who seeks sympathy from it,
وَلاَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى التَّخْفِيفِ عَمَّنْ خَشَعَ لَهَا وَاسْتَسْلَمَ إلَيْهَا،
walā taqdīru ʿalā at-takhfīfi ʿammān khashaʿa lahā wastaslama ilayhā
and has no power to relieve him who humbles himself before it and yields himself to it;
تَلْقَى سُكَّانَهَا بِأَحَرِّ مَا لَدَيْهَا مِنْ أَلِيْمِ النَّكَالِ وَشَدِيدِ الْوَبَالِ،
talqā sukkanahā bi'aḥarri mā ladayhā min ʾalīmi ʾn-nakāli wa shadīdi l-wabāli
it meets its inhabitants with the hottest that it possesses: painful punishment and intense noxiousness.
وَأَعُوذُ بكَ مِنْ عَقَارِبِهَا الْفَاغِرَةِ أَفْوَاهُهَا،
wa aʿūdhu bika min ʿaqāribiha al-fāghirati afwāhuhā
seek refuge in Thee from its gaping-jawed scorpions,
وَحَيّاتِهَا الصَّالِقَةِ بِأَنْيَابِهَا،
waḥayyātihā al-ṣāliqati bi'anyābihā
its scraping-toothed serpents,
وَشَرَابِهَا الَّذِي يُقَطِّعُ أَمْعَاءَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ سُكَّانِهَا، وَيَنْزِعُ قُلُوبَهُمْ،
wa sharābihā alladhī yuqattiu ʾamaʿāʾa wa ʾafʾidat sukkanihā, wa yanziʿu qulūbahum
and its drinks, which tear apart the intestines and hearts of its inhabitants and root out their marrows.
وَأَسْتَهْدِيْكَ لِمَا باعَدَ مِنْهَا وَأَخَّرَ عَنْهَا.
wa astahdīka limā bāʿada minhā wa akhkhara ʿanhā
I ask guidance from Thee to that which will keep far from it and make it retreat!
أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
وَأَجِرْنِي مِنْهَا بِفَضْل رَحْمَتِكَ،
wa-ajirnī minhā bifadl raḥmatika
grant me sanctuary from it through the bounty of Thy mercy,
وَأَقِلْنِي عَثَرَاتِي بِحُسْنِ إقَالَتِكَ ،
wa-aqilni ʿatharati bi-ḥusni iqālatika
release me from my stumbles through Thy good releasing,
وَلاَ تَخْذُلْنِي يَا خَيْرَ الْمُجيرِينَ
walā takhdhulnī yā khayral mujiyreen
and abandon me not, O Best of the sanctuary-granters!
أللَّهُمَّ إنَّكَ تَقِي الْكَرِيهَةَ ، وَتُعْطِي الْحَسَنَةَ ،
allāhumma innaka taqī al-karīhata, wa tuʿtī al-ḥasanah
O God, Thou protectest from the disliked, givest the good,
وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيـدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْء قَدِيرٌ.
wa tafʿalu ma turīdu wa anta ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
dost what Thou wilt, and Thou art powerful over everything (3:26).
أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ، إذَا ذُكِرَ الأبْرَارُ،
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih, idhā dhukira al-abrār
O God, bless Muhammad and his Household when the pious are mentioned
وَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ مَا اخْتَلَفَ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ
waṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālihi mā ikhtalafa allaylu wan-nahāru
and bless Muhammad and his Household as long as night and day come
صَلاَةً لاَ يَنْقَطِعُ مَدَدُهَا،
ṣalātan lā yanqaṭiʿu madaduhā
and go with a blessing whose replenishment is never cut off
وَلاَ يُحْصَى عَدَدُهَا صَلاَةً تَشْحَنُ الْهَوَاءَ،
walā yuḥṣā ʿadaduhā ṣalātan tashḥanu al-hawā
and whose number cannot be counted, a blessing that will fill up the air
وَتَمْلاُ الأرْضَ وَالسَّماءَ.
wa tamla al-ʾarḍa wa as-samaʾā.
and crowd the earth and the heaven!
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى،
ṣalla allāhu ʿalayhi ḥattá yarḍá
God bless him until he is well pleased
وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
wa ṣalla allāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi
and God bless him and his Household
بَعْدَ الرِّضَا صَلاَةً لا حَدَّ لَها
baʿda al-riḍā ṣalātan lā ḥadda lahā
after good pleasure with a blessing that has neither bound
وَلاَ مُنْتَهَى يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
walā muntaḥā yā arḥama r-rāḥimīn
nor utmost limit! O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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