بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

bismi allāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīm

In the Name of ALLAH, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي

بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ في الْأَ

In the name of ALLAH,

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لاَ أَرْجُو إِلاَّ فَضْلَهُ،

lā ʾarjū ʾillā faḍlahu

from whom I hope for nothing but bounty,

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وَلاَ أَخْشَى إلاَّ عَدْلَهُ،

wa lā akhshā illā ʿadlahu

and from whom I fear nothing but justice

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وَلا أَعْتَمِدُ إلاَّ قَوْلَهُ،

wa lā aʿtamidu illā qawlahu

I rely only upon His word,

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وَلا أَتَمَسَّكُ [اُمْسِكُ خ ل ]إلاَّ بِحَبْلِهِ.

wa lā ʾatamassaku [ʾumsiku kh l] illā bi ḥablih

and I cling only to His cord

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بِكَ أَسْتَجِيرُ

bi-ka astajīrُ

In Thee I seek sanctuary

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يا ذَا الْعَفْوِ وَالرِّضْوانِ

yā dhal-ʿafwi war-riḍwāni

—O Possessor of pardon and good pleasure—

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مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَالْعُدْوانِ،

minazh-zhulmi wal-ʿudwāni

from wrong and enmity,

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وَمِنْ غِيَرِ الزَّمانِ،

wa min ghayri al-zamānِ

from the changes of time

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وَتَواتُرِ الاَحْزانِ،

wa tawātur al-aḥzān

and the recurrence of sorrows,

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[وَمِنْ طَوارِقِ الْحَدَثَانِ]

wa min ṭawāriqi al-ḥadathan

and from the striking of mishaps

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وَمِنِ انْقِضآءِ الْمُدَّةِ قَبْلَ التَّأَهُّبِ وَالْعُدَّةِ.

wa min inqiḍāʾi al-muddati qabla al-taʾahhubi wal-ʿuddati

from the expiration of my term before preparation and readiness.

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وَإيَّاكَ أَسْتَرْشِدُ لِما فِيهِ الصَّلاحُ وَالاِصْلاحُ،

wa-iyyāka astarshidu limā fīhi al-ṣalāḥu wa-al-iṣlāḥu

From Thee I seek guidance to that wherein is righteousness and being set right.

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وَبِكَ أَسْتَعِينُ فِيما يَقْتَرِنُ بِهِ النَّجاحُ وَالاِنْجاحُ.

wa bika astaʿīnu fīmā yaqtarina bihi al-najāhu wa al-injāhu

From Thee I seek help in that which is linked to success and favorable response.

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وَإيَّاكَ أَرْغَبُ فِي لِباسِ الْعافِيَةِ وَتَمامِها، وَشُمُولِ السَّلامَةِ وَدَوامِها،

wa-iyyāka arġabu fī libāsil-ʿāfīyah wa tamāmihā, wa shumūlissalāmati wa dawāmihā

Thee I beseech for the garment of well-being and its completion and for the covering of health and its permanence.

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وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ يارَبِّ مِنْ هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطِينِ،

wa aʿūdhu bika yā rabb min hamazāt al-shayātīn

I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, from the goadings of the SATANs,

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وَأَحْتَرِزُ بِسُلْطانِكَ مِنْ جَوْرِ السَّلاطِينِ،

wa'aḥtarizu bisulṭānik[a] min jawri s-salāṭīn[i]

and I seek protection in Thy sovereignty from the injustice of the sovereigns.

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فَتَقَبَّلْ ما كانَ مِنْ صَلاتِي وَصَوْمِي،

fataqabbal mā kāna min ṣalātī wa ṣawmī

So accept my past prayers and fasting

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واجْعَلْ غدي وَمَا بَعْدَهُ أفَضَلَ من سَاعَتي وَيَوْمِي،

wa-jʿal ghadi wa-mā baʿdahu afḍala min sāʿatay wa-yawmī

and make my tomorrow and what is after better than my present hour and my today!

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وَأَعِزَّنِي فِي عَشِيرَتِي وَقَوْمِي،

wa aʿizzanī fī ʿashīratī wa qawmī

Exalt me in my clan and my people

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وَاحْفَظْنِي فِي يَقْظَتِي وَنَوْمِي،

wa aḥfaẓnī fī yaqẓatī wa nawmī

and protect me in my waking and my sleeping!

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فَأَنْتَ اللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حافِظاً،

faanta allāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓan

For Thou art ALLAH, the Best Guardian,

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وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

wa anta arḥamu ar-raḥimīn

and Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful.

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أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَ

allāhumma innī abra'u ilayka

O ALLAH, I am quit before Thee

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فِي يَوْمِي هذا وَ في ما بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الاحادِ مِنَ الشِّرْكَ وَالالْحَادِ،

fī yawmī hādhā wa fī mā baʿdahū min al-aḥādī min al-shirk wa al-alhād

on this day of mine and on all Sundays that follow it of associating others with Thee and of heresy

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وَأُخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعآئِي تَعَرُّضَاً لِلاِجابَةِ

wa ʾukhliṣu laka duʿāʾī taʿarruḍan lil-iǧābah

I devote my supplication sincerely to Thee, addressing myself to Thy response.

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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد

faṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa āli muḥammad

So bless MUHAMMAD and the Household of MUHAMMAD,

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خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ، الدَّاعِي إلَى حَقِّكَ،

khayri khalqika, addaʿi ila haqqika

the best of Thy creation, the summoner to Thy truth,

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وَأَعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ الَّذِي لا يُضامُ،

wa a'izzanī bi'izzika alladhī lā yudhām

exalt me with Thy exaltation, which is never made to suffer loss,

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وَاحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِك الَّتِي لاتَنامُ،

wa'ḥfaẓnī bi'ʿaynik allatī lātanam

protect me with Thy eye, which never sleeps,

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وَاخْتِمْ بِالانْقِطَاعِ إلَيْكَ أَمْرِي، وَبِالْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي،

wa-ikh'tim bil-inqitāʿi ilayka amrī, wa bil-maghfirati ʿumrī

and seal my affair by cutting me off from everything but Thee and my life with forgiveness!

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إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

innaka anta al-ghafūr al-raḥīm

Surely Thou art the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!

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