أَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى سِتْرِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ ،

allāhumma laka al-ḥamd ʿalā sitrik baʿda ʿilmik

O God, to Thee belongs praise for Thy covering over after Thy knowledge

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وَمُعَافَاتِكَ بَعْدَ خُبْرِكَ،

wa muʿāfaatika baʿda khubrik

and Thy pardon after Thy awareness!

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فَكُلُّنَا قَدِ اقْتَرَفَ الْعَائِبَةَ فَلَمْ تَشْهَرْهُ ،

fakullunā qadi iqtarafa al-ʿāʾibah, fam lam tashhurh

Each of us has committed faults, but Thou hast not made him notorious,

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وَارْتَكَبَ الْفَاحِشَةَ فَلَم تَفْضَحْهُ

war takaba al-fāḥishata fal lam tafḍaḥu

done indecencies, but Thou hast not disgraced him,

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وَتَسَتَّـرَ بِالْمَسَاوِي فَلَمْ تَدْلُلْ عَلَيْهِ،

wa tastaṭṭar bil-masāwī falam tadhullu ʿalayhi

and covered over evil deeds, but Thou hast not pointed to him.

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كَمْ نهْي لَكَ قَدْ أَتَيْنَاهُ،

kam nahi lak qad ataynahu

How many are Thy prohibited acts which we have performed,

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وَأَمْر قَدْ وَقَفْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ فَتَعَدَّيْنَاهُ،

wa amr qad waqfatanā ʿalayhi fatataʿaddaynāhu

Thy commandments of which Thou hast told us which we have transgressed,

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وَسَيِّئَة اكْتَسَبْنَاهَا، وَخَطِيئَة ارْتَكَبْنَـاهَا،

wa sayyi'ataktasabnaha, wa khati'atuartakabnaha

the evil deeds which we have earned, the offenses which we have committed!

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كُنْتَ الْمُطَّلِعَ عَلَيْهَا دُونَ النَّاظِرِينَ،

kuntal muttaliʿa ʿalayha duna an-nāẓirīn

Thou seest them to the exclusion of all observers;

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وَالْقَادِرَ عَلَى إعْلاَنِهَا فَوْقَ الْقَادِرِينَ،

wal-qādira ʿalā ʾiʿlānihā fawqa al-qādirīn

Thou hast the power to make them public above all the powerful!

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كَانَتْ عَافِيَتُكَ لَنَا حِجَاباً دُونَ أَبْصَارِهِمْ،

kānat ʿāfiyatuka lanā ḥijāban dūna ʾabṣārihim

By giving us safety Thou hast veiled their eyes

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وَرَدْماً دُونَ أَسْمَاعِهِمْ،

waradamān doona asmāʿihim

and stopped their ears.

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فَاجْعَلْ مَا ستَرْتَ مِنَ الْعَوْرَةِ،

fa-jaʿal mā s-tart-a min al-ʿawrat-i

So make the shameful things Thou hast covered over

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وَأَخْفَيْتَ مِنَ الدَّخِيلَةِ وَاعِظاً لَنَا،

waʾakhfayta mina al-dakhīlah waʿiẓan lanā

and the inward reality Thou hast concealed our admonisher,

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وَزَاجِراً عَنْ سُوْءِ الْخُلْقِ وَاقْتِرَافِ الخَطِيئَـةِ،

wa zājiran ʿan sūʾi-l-khulqi wa iqtiṣāfi-l-khaṭīʾah

a restrainer upon bad character traits and committing offenses,

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وَسَعْياً إلَى التَّوْبَةِ الْمَاحِيَةِ وَالطَّرِيْقِ الْمَحْمُودَةِ،

wa saʿyān ilā al-tawbah al-māḥiyah wa al-ṭarīq al-mahmūdah

and a striving toward the repentance that erases [sins] and the praiseworthy path!

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وقَرِّبِ الْوَقْتَ فِيهِ ،

wa qarribil waqta feehi

Bring the time of striving near

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وَلاَ تَسُمْنَا الْغَفْلَةَ عَنْكَ

wa lā tusumnā al-ghaflata ʿanka

and visit us not with heedlessness of Thee!

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إنَّا إلَيْكَ رَاغِبُونَ ، وَمِنَ الذُّنُوبِ تَائِبُونَ.

innā ilayka rāghibūna, wa mina al-ẓunūbi tā'ibūna

Surely we are Thy beseechers, the repenters of sins.

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وَصَلِّ عَلَى خِيَرَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ

wa ṣalli ʿalā khīyaratika allāhumma min khalqik

And bless Thy chosen, O God, from Thy creation,

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مُحَمَّد وَعِتْرَتِهِ الصِّفْـوَةِ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِـكَ الطَّاهِرِينَ ،

muḥammad wa ʿitratihi al-ṣafwati min barīyatika al-ṭāhirīn

Muhammad and his descendants, the friends selected from among Thy creatures, the pure,

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وَاجْعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَامِعِينَ وَمُطِيعِينَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ .

wa-ajʿalna lahum samiʿīna wa-muṭīʿīna kamā amarta

and make us listeners to them and obeyers, as Thou hast commanded!

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