أيُّهَا الْخَلْقُ الْمُطِيعُ الدَّائِبُ السَّرِيعُ

ʾayyuhā al-khalqu al-muṭīʿu al-dāʾibu al-sarīʿu

O obedient creature, speedy and untiring,

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الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التَّقْدِيْرِ،

al-mutaraddidu fi manazili al-taqdeer

frequenter of the mansions of determination,

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الْمُتَصَرِّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التَّدْبِيرِ،

al-mutaṣarrif fī falak al-tadbīr

moving about in the sphere of governance!

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آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوَّرَ بِكَ الظُّلَمَ،

āmantu bi-man nawwara bika aẓ-ẓulama

I have faith in Him who lights up darknesses through thee,

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وَأَوْضَحَ بِـكَ الْبُهَمَ،

wa 'awḍaḥa bika al-buhamah

illuminates jet-black shadows by thee,

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وَجَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آياتِ مُلْكِهِ،

wa jaʿalaka ʾayatan min ʾayati mulkihi

appointed thee one of the signs of His kingdom

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وَعَلاَمَةً مِنْ عَلاَمَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ،

waʿalāmātan min ʿalāmāti sulṭānih

and one of the marks of His authority,

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وَامْتَهَنَكَ بِالزِّيادَةِ وَالنُّقْصَانِ،

wa-amtahanaka bil-ziyadati wal-nuqsaan

and humbled thee through increase and decrease,

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وَالطُّلُوعِ وَالأُفُولِ، وَالإِنارَةِ وَالْكُسُوفِ،

wal-ṭṭulūʿi wal-ufuli, wal-i'nārat wal-kusūfi

rising and setting, illumination and eclipse.

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فِي كُلِّ ذلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ وَإلى إرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ،

fī kulli dhālika anta lahū muṭīʿun wa-ilā irādatihi sariʿun

In all of this thou art obedient to Him, prompt toward His will.

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سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبَّرَ فِيْ أَمْرِكَ،

subḥānahu mā aʿjab ma dabbara fī amrika

Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in thy situation!

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وَأَلْطَفَ مَا صَنعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ،

wa'altafa ma ṣanaʿa fī sha'nika

How subtle what He has made for thy task!

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جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْر حَادِث لأَِمْر حادِث،

jaʿalaka miftāḥa shahr ḥādith li-amr ḥādith

He has made thee the key to a new month for a new situation.

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فَأَسْأَلُ اللهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكَ

fa-as'alullaha rabbī wa rabbaka

So I ask God, my Lord and thy Lord,

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وَخَالِقِي وَخَالِقَكَ وَمُقَدِّرِي وَمُقَدِّرَكَ

wa khāliqī wa khāliqak wa muqaddirī wa muqaddirak

my Creator and thy Creator, my Determiner and thy Determiner,

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وَمُصَوِّرِي وَمُصَوِّرَكَ

wa musawwiri wa musawwiraka

my Form-giver and thy Form-giver,

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أَنْ يُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

'an yuṣallī 'alā muḥammad wa ālihī

that He bless Muhammad and his Household

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وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلاَلَ بَرَكَة لاَ تَمْحَقُهَا الأيَّامُ،

wa-an yajʿalaka hilālan barakah lā tamḥaquhā al-ayyām

and appoint thee a crescent of blessings not effaced by days

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وَطَهَارَة لاَ تُدَنِّسُهَا الآثامُ،

waṭahāratun lā tudannisuhā al-āthām

and of purity not defiled by sins;

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هِلاَلَ أَمْن مِنَ الآفاتِ،

hilāla amn min al-ʾafāt

a crescent of security from blights

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وَسَلاَمَة مِنَ السَّيِّئاتِ،

wasalāmata mina as-sayyiātِ

and of safety from evil deeds;

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هِلاَلَ سَعْد لاَ نَحْسَ فِيْهِ،

hilāla saʿd lā naḥsa fīhi

a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune,

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وَيُمْن لاَ نَكَدَ مَعَهُ،

wayumnu laa nakada maʿahu

of prosperity accompanied by no adversity,

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وَيُسْر لاَ يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ،

wayusr la yumāziġuhu ʿusr

of ease not mixed with difficulty,

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وَخَيْر لاَ يَشُوبُهُ شَرٌّ،

wa khayr la yashubuhu shar

of good unstained by evil;

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هِلاَلَ أَمْن وَإيمَان وَنِعْمَة وَإحْسَان وَسَلاَمَة وَإسْلاَم.

hilāla amn wa ʾīmān wa niʿma wa iḥsān wa salāma wa ʾislām

a crescent of security and faith, favour and good-doing, safety and submission!

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أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālihī

O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

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وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ،

wa-jaʿlna min arḍā man ṭalʿa ʿalayhi

place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen,

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وَأَزْكَى مَنْ نَظَرَ إليْهِ،

waʾazkā man naẓara ʾilayhi

the purest of those who have looked upon it,

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وَأَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبَّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ،

wa-asʿada man taʿabbada laka fiih

the most fortunate of those who have worshipped Thee under it;

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وَوَفِّقْنَا فِيهِ لِلتَّوْبَةِ،

wa waffiqnā fīhi liltawbah

give us the success during [the new month] to repent,

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وَاعْصِمْنَـا فِيْهِ مِنَ الْحَـوْبَةِ،

waʿṣimnā fīhi min al-ḥawbah

preserve us within it from misdeeds,

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وَاحْفَظْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ مُبَاشَرَةِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،

wa aḥfaẓnā fīhi min mubāsharati maʿṣiyatika

guard us therein from pursuing disobedience to Thee,

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وَأَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ،

wa auziʿna fihi shukra niʿmatik

allot to us within it thanksgiving for Thy favour,

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وَأَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ الْعَافِيَةِ،

wa'albisnā fīhi junnan al-ʿāfiyah

clothe us during it in the shields of well-being,

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وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ الْمِنَّةَ،

wa atmim ʿalayna bi-istikmali ṭāʿatika fīhi al-minna

and complete for us Thy kindness by perfecting therein obedience to Thee!

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إنَّكَ الْمَنَّانُ الْحَمِيدُ،

innaka al-mannanu al-hamidu

Surely Thou art All-kind, Praiseworthy.

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وَصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ.

waṣalla allāhu ʿalā muḥammad wa ālihi aṭ-ṭayyibīna aṭ-ṭāhirīna

And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure.

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