حِزْبُ الْبَحْرِ وَحِزْبُ الْبَرِّ وَحِزْبُ النَّصْرِ
Ḥizb al Baḥr Ḥizb al Barr Ḥizb al Naṣr
This complete reading edition of the Litanies of Imam Abu Al Hasan Al Shadhili presents the three litanies in short, aligned units: one line of vocalized Arabic, one line of transliteration, and one line of modern English. The English translation was prepared directly from the Arabic for this edition. The source texts, their sequence, and their repetition marks are retained.
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The transliteration shows words and grammatical endings, rather than every change in connected recitation. The article is written al- consistently; its l assimilates before the sun letters in speech. Initial joining vowels shown after wa, fa, and similar words fall away when read continuously. Normal pausing may drop a final short vowel or change an ending. Full tajwīd is not encoded.
Qur’anic initial letters are read by their names, such as Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād; they are not translated as ordinary words. Parenthetical counts follow the source. The new line breaks do not determine how much of a longer passage is repeated; the linked source PDFs preserve the original arrangement.
حِزْبُ الْبَحْرِ
Ḥizb al Baḥr The Litany of the Sea
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ.
Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina al-shayṭāni al-rajīmi.
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.
بِسْمِ اللَّٰهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ.
Bismi llāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi.
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ يَا حَلِيمُ يَا عَلِيمُ،
Yā ʿAliyyu yā ʿAẓīmu yā Ḥalīmu yā ʿAlīmu,
O Most High, O Magnificent, O Forbearing, O All-Knowing,
أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَعِلْمُكَ حَسْبِي،
Anta rabbī wa-ʿilmuka ḥasbī,
You are my Lord, and Your knowledge of me is enough for me.
فَنِعْمَ الرَّبُّ رَبِّي وَنِعْمَ الْحَسْبُ حَسْبِي،
Fa-niʿma al-rabbu rabbī wa-niʿma al-ḥasbu ḥasbī,
How good a Lord is my Lord, and how sure is what suffices me!
تَنْصُرُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَأَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Tanṣuru man tashāʾu wa-Anta al-ʿazīzu al-raḥīmu.
You grant victory to whom You will; You are the Almighty, the Ever-Merciful.
نَسْأَلُكَ الْعِصْمَةَ فِي الْحَرَكَاتِ وَالسَّكَنَاتِ
Nasʾaluka al-ʿiṣmata fī al-ḥarakāti wa-al-sakanāti
We ask for Your protection in movement and stillness,
وَالْكَلِمَاتِ وَالْإِرَادَاتِ وَالْخَطَرَاتِ،
wa-al-kalimāti wa-al-irādāti wa-al-khaṭarāti,
in our words, intentions, and passing thoughts,
مِنَ الشُّكُوكِ وَالظُّنُونِ وَالْأَوْهَامِ
mina al-shukūki wa-al-ẓunūni wa-al-awhāmi
from doubts, suspicions, and illusions
السَّاتِرَةِ لِلْقُلُوبِ عَنْ مُطَالَعَةِ الْغُيُوبِ.
al-sātirati li-al-qulūbi ʿan muṭālaʿati al-ghuyūbi.
that veil our hearts from beholding the unseen.
فَقَدِ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالًا شَدِيدًا،
Fa-qadi ibtuliya al-muʾminūna wa-zulzilū zilzālan shadīdan,
The believers were put to the test and shaken with a mighty shaking,
وَإِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ
Wa-idh yaqūlu al-munāfiqūna wa-alladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun
and the hypocrites and those whose hearts were diseased said,
مَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا.
Mā waʿadanā Allāhu wa-rasūluhu illā ghurūran.
“Allah and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusion.”
فَثَبِّتْنَا وَانْصُرْنَا وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا هَٰذَا الْبَحْرَ
Fa-thabbitnā wa-unṣurnā wa-sakhkhir lanā hādhā al-baḥra
So make us steadfast, grant us victory, and make this sea serve us,
كَمَا سَخَّرْتَ الْبَحْرَ لِمُوسَى،
kamā sakhkharta al-baḥra li-Mūsā,
as You made the sea serve Moses,
وَسَخَّرْتَ النَّارَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ،
wa-sakhkharta al-nāra li-Ibrāhīma,
and the fire serve Abraham,
وَسَخَّرْتَ الْجِبَالَ وَالْحَدِيدَ لِدَاوُدَ،
wa-sakhkharta al-jibāla wa-al-ḥadīda li-Dāwūda,
and the mountains and iron serve David,
وَسَخَّرْتَ الرِّيحَ وَالشَّيَاطِينَ وَالْجِنَّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ.
wa-sakhkharta al-rīḥa wa-al-shayāṭīna wa-al-jinna li-Sulaymāna.
and the wind, the devils, and the jinn serve Solomon.
وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ بَحْرٍ هُوَ لَكَ
Wa-sakhkhir lanā kulla baḥrin huwa laka
Make every sea that belongs to You serve us,
فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالْمُلْكِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ،
fī al-arḍi wa-al-samāʾi wa-al-mulki wa-al-malakūti,
in earth and heaven, in the visible and invisible dominions,
وَبَحْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَحْرَ الْآخِرَةِ،
wa-baḥra al-dunyā wa-baḥra al-ākhirati,
the sea of this world and the sea of the hereafter.
وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ،
Wa-sakhkhir lanā kulla shayʾin,
Make all things serve us,
يَا مَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
yā man bi-yadihi malakūtu kulli shayʾin.
O You in whose hand is the dominion of all things.
﴿كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ﴾.
Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād.
Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād — the Qur’anic letters.
اُنْصُرْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ النَّاصِرِينَ،
Unṣurnā fa-innaka khayru al-nāṣirīna,
Grant us victory, for You are the best of helpers.
وَافْتَحْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ،
Wa-iftaḥ lanā fa-innaka khayru al-fātiḥīna,
Open the way for us, for You are the best of those who open the way.
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ،
Wa-ighfir lanā fa-innaka khayru al-ghāfirīna,
Forgive us, for You are the best of those who forgive.
وَارْحَمْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ،
Wa-irḥamnā fa-innaka khayru al-rāḥimīna,
Have mercy on us, for You are the best of those who show mercy.
وَارْزُقْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ،
Wa-urzuqnā fa-innaka khayru al-rāziqīna,
Provide for us, for You are the best of providers.
وَاهْدِنَا وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ.
Wa-ihdinā wa-najjinā mina al-qawmi al-ẓālimīna.
Guide us and deliver us from people who do wrong.
وَهَبْ لَنَا رِيحًا طَيِّبَةً كَمَا هِيَ فِي عِلْمِكَ،
Wa-hab lanā rīḥan ṭayyibatan kamā hiya fī ʿilmika,
Grant us a favorable wind, as You know it to be,
وَانْشُرْهَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَزَائِنِ رَحْمَتِكَ،
wa-unshurhā ʿalaynā min khazāʾini raḥmatika,
and send it over us from the treasures of Your mercy.
وَاحْمِلْنَا بِهَا حَمْلَ الْكَرَامَةِ
Wa-iḥmilnā bihā ḥamla al-karāmati,
Let it carry us with honor,
مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فِي الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ،
maʿa al-salāmati wa-al-ʿāfiyati fī al-dīni wa-al-dunyā wa-al-ākhirati,
with safety and wellbeing in our faith, this life, and the hereafter.
إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
اللَّٰهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لَنَا أُمُورَنَا
Allāhumma yassir lanā umūranā
O Allah, make our affairs easy for us,
مَعَ الرَّاحَةِ لِقُلُوبِنَا وَأَبْدَانِنَا،
maʿa al-rāḥati li-qulūbinā wa-abdāninā,
with rest for our hearts and bodies,
وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ فِي دُنْيَانَا وَدِينِنَا،
wa-al-salāmati wa-al-ʿāfiyati fī dunyānā wa-dīninā,
and safety and wellbeing in our worldly life and our faith.
وَكُنْ لَنَا صَاحِبًا فِي سَفَرِنَا وَخَلِيفَةً فِي أَهْلِنَا،
Wa-kun lanā ṣāḥiban fī safarinā wa-khalīfatan fī ahlinā,
Be our companion on our journey, and care for the families we leave behind.
وَاطْمِسْ عَلَى وُجُوهِ أَعْدَائِنَا،
Wa-iṭmis ʿalā wujūhi aʿdāʾinā,
Obliterate the sight of our enemies,
وَامْسَخْهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ
wa-imsakhhum ʿalā makānatihim
and transform them where they stand,
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ الْمُضِيَّ وَلَا الْمَجِيءَ إِلَيْنَا.
fa-lā yastaṭīʿūna al-muḍiyya wa-lā al-majīʾa ilaynā.
so they can neither move onward nor come against us.
﴿وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ
Wa-law nashāʾu la-ṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim
“Had We willed, We could have blotted out their eyes;
فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَأَنَّى يُبْصِرُونَ
fa-istabaqū al-ṣirāṭa fa-annā yubṣirūna
then they would race for the path—but how could they see?
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِهِمْ
Wa-law nashāʾu la-masakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim
Had We willed, We could have transformed them where they stood,
فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ﴾.
fa-mā istaṭāʿū muḍiyyan wa-lā yarjiʿūna.
so they could neither go forward nor return.”
﴿يٰسٓ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ
Yā Sīn. Wa-al-Qurʾāni al-ḥakīmi
“Yā Sīn. By the Qur’an, full of wisdom,
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
Innaka la-mina al-mursalīna ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
you are indeed one of the messengers, upon a straight path.
تَنْزِيلَ الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ
Tanzīla al-ʿazīzi al-raḥīmi
This is a revelation from the Almighty, the Ever-Merciful,
لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَا أُنْذِرَ آبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ
li-tundhira qawman mā undhira ābāʾuhum fa-hum ghāfilūna
to warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they remain heedless.
لَقَدْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
La-qad ḥaqqa al-qawlu ʿalā aktharihim fa-hum lā yuʾminūna
The sentence has come due against most of them, for they do not believe.
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَالًا
Innā jaʿalnā fī aʿnāqihim aghlālan
We have placed fetters around their necks,
فَهِيَ إِلَى الْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ
fa-hiya ilā al-adhqāni fa-hum muqmaḥūna
reaching to their chins, so their heads are forced upward.
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا
Wa-jaʿalnā min bayni aydīhim saddan wa-min khalfihim saddan
We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them,
فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ﴾.
fa-aghshaynāhum fa-hum lā yubṣirūna.
and covered them over, so they cannot see.”
شَاهَتِ الْوُجُوهُ (٣).
Shāhati al-wujūhu. (3)
May those faces be disgraced! (3)
﴿وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ
Wa-ʿanati al-wujūhu li-al-ḥayyi al-qayyūmi
“All faces are humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا﴾.
wa-qad khāba man ḥamala ẓulman.
and whoever bears wrongdoing has failed.”
﴿طٰسٓ﴾. ﴿حٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ﴾.
Ṭā Sīn. Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.
Ṭā Sīn. Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf — the Qur’anic letters.
﴿مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Maraja al-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni
“He has released the two seas to meet,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ﴾.
baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni.
with a barrier between them that neither oversteps.”
﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾ ﴿حٰمٓ﴾.
Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm.
Ḥā Mīm — the Qur’anic letters, repeated seven times.
حُمَّ الْأَمْرُ وَجَاءَ النَّصْرُ فَعَلَيْنَا لَا يُنْصَرُونَ.
Ḥumma al-amru wa-jāʾa al-naṣru fa-ʿalaynā lā yunṣarūna.
The matter is decreed and victory has come; they shall not prevail against us.
﴿حٰمٓ تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللَّٰهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ
Ḥā Mīm. Tanzīlu al-kitābi mina Allāhi al-ʿazīzi al-ʿalīmi.
“Ḥā Mīm. This Book is revealed by Allah, the Almighty, the All-Knowing,
غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ
Ghāfiri al-dhanbi wa-qābili al-tawbi
the Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance,
شَدِيدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِ
shadīdi al-ʿiqābi dhī al-ṭawli
severe in punishment, abundant in bounty.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ﴾.
Lā ilāha illā Huwa ilayhi al-maṣīru.
There is no god but Him; to Him is the final return.”
بِسْمِ اللَّٰهِ بَابُنَا، تَبَارَكَ حِيطَانُنَا،
Bismi llāhi bābunā, tabāraka ḥīṭānunā,
“In the name of Allah” is our door; “Blessed is He” is our walls.
﴿يٰسٓ﴾ سَقْفُنَا، ﴿كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ﴾ كِفَايَتُنَا،
Yā Sīn saqfunā, Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād kifāyatunā,
Yā Sīn is our roof; Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād is our sufficiency.
﴿حٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ﴾ حِمَايَتُنَا،
Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf ḥimāyatunā,
Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf is our protection.
﴿فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّٰهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾ (٣).
Fa-sa-yakfīkahumu Allāhu wa-Huwa al-samīʿu al-ʿalīmu. (3)
“Allah will suffice you against them; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.” (3)
سِتْرُ الْعَرْشِ مَسْبُولٌ عَلَيْنَا،
Sitru al-ʿarshi masbūlun ʿalaynā,
The covering of the Throne is drawn over us,
وَعَيْنُ اللَّٰهِ نَاظِرَةٌ إِلَيْنَا،
wa-ʿaynu Allāhi nāẓiratun ilaynā,
and Allah’s eye watches over us.
بِحَوْلِ اللَّٰهِ لَا يُقْدَرُ عَلَيْنَا.
Bi-ḥawli llāhi lā yuqdaru ʿalaynā.
Through Allah’s power, we cannot be overcome.
﴿وَاللَّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ
Wa-Allāhu min warāʾihim muḥīṭun
“Allah encompasses them from behind.
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ﴾.
Bal huwa Qurʾānun majīdun fī lawḥin maḥfūẓin.
Indeed, it is a glorious Qur’an, preserved upon a guarded tablet.”
﴿فَاللَّٰهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ﴾ (٣).
Fa-Allāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓan wa-Huwa arḥamu al-rāḥimīna. (3)
“Allah is the best guardian, and the most merciful of all who show mercy.” (3)
﴿إِنَّ وَلِيِّيَ اللَّٰهُ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ
Inna waliyyiya Allāhu alladhī nazzala al-kitāba
“My guardian is Allah, who sent down the Book,
وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصَّالِحِينَ﴾ (٣).
wa-Huwa yatawallā al-ṣāliḥīna. (3)
and He takes the righteous into His care.” (3)
﴿حَسْبِيَ اللَّٰهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Ḥasbiya Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa
“Allah is enough for me; there is no god but Him.
عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ﴾ (٣).
ʿAlayhi tawakkaltu wa-Huwa rabbu al-ʿarshi al-ʿaẓīmi. (3)
In Him I place my trust; He is Lord of the magnificent Throne.” (3)
بِسْمِ اللَّٰهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ
Bismi llāhi alladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa ismihi shayʾun
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing can cause harm,
فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
fī al-arḍi wa-lā fī al-samāʾi
on earth or in heaven;
وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ (٣).
wa-Huwa al-samīʿu al-ʿalīmu. (3)
He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (3)
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّٰهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (٣).
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi al-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaqa. (3)
I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words from the evil of what He has created. (3)
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ (٣).
Wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi al-ʿaliyyi al-ʿaẓīmi. (3)
There is no strength or power except through Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent. (3)
وَصَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ
Wa-ṣallā Allāhu ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa-ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi
May Allah bless our master Muhammad, his family, and his companions,
وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
wa-sallama taslīman, wa-al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīna.
and grant them peace. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.
(الْحِزْبُ الْكَبِيرُ) حِزْبُ الْبَرِّ
Ḥizb al Barr, The Litany of the Land or Al-Ḥizb al-Kabīr, The Great Litany
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ.
Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina al-shayṭāni al-rajīmi.
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.
﴿وَإِذَا جَاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا
Wa-idhā jāʾaka alladhīna yuʾminūna bi-āyātinā
“When those who believe in Our signs come to you,
فَقُلْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ
fa-qul salāmun ʿalaykum
say, ‘Peace be upon you.
كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ
Kataba rabbukum ʿalā nafsihi al-raḥmata
Your Lord has committed Himself to mercy:
أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ سُوءًا بِجَهَالَةٍ
annahu man ʿamila minkum sūʾan bi-jahālatin
if any of you does wrong in ignorance,
ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَصْلَحَ
thumma tāba min baʿdihi wa-aṣlaḥa
then afterward repents and makes amends,
فَأَنَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾.
fa-annahu ghafūrun raḥīmun.
He is surely All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.’”
﴿بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ
Badīʿu al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍi
“He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth.
أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ صَاحِبَةٌ
Annā yakūnu lahu waladun wa-lam takun lahu ṣāḥibatun
How could He have a child when He has no consort?
وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
Wa-khalaqa kulla shayʾin wa-Huwa bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun
He created all things and has full knowledge of everything.
ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Dhālikumu Allāhu rabbukum lā ilāha illā Huwa
That is Allah, your Lord; there is no god but Him,
خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ
khāliqu kulli shayʾin fa-uʿbudūhu
the Creator of all things. So worship Him.
وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ﴾.
Wa-Huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin wakīlun.
He is the guardian of everything.”
﴿لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ
Lā tudrikuhu al-abṣāru wa-Huwa yudriku al-abṣāra
“No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision.
وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ﴾.
Wa-Huwa al-laṭīfu al-khabīru.
He is the Subtle, the All-Aware.”
﴿الٓرٰ﴾. ﴿كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ﴾. ﴿حٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ﴾.
Alif Lām Rā. Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād. Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.
Alif Lām Rā; Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād; Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf — Qur’anic letters.
﴿رَبِّ احْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ
Rabbi uḥkum bi-al-ḥaqqi
“My Lord, judge with truth.
وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمَٰنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ﴾.
Wa-rabbunā al-raḥmānu al-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna.
Our Lord is the All-Merciful, whose help we seek against what you allege.”
﴿طٰهٰ مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى
Ṭā Hā. Mā anzalnā ʿalayka al-Qurʾāna li-tashqā
“Ṭā Hā. We did not send the Qur’an down to you to cause you distress,
إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشَى
illā tadhkiratan li-man yakhshā
but as a reminder for those who stand in awe:
تَنْزِيلًا مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ وَالسَّمَاوَاتِ الْعُلَا
tanzīlan mimman khalaqa al-arḍa wa-al-samāwāti al-ʿulā
a revelation from Him who created the earth and the lofty heavens.
الرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى
Al-Raḥmānu ʿalā al-ʿarshi istawā
The All-Merciful is established upon the Throne.
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
Lahu mā fī al-samāwāti wa-mā fī al-arḍi
To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth,
وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى
wa-mā baynahumā wa-mā taḥta al-tharā
all that lies between them, and all that is beneath the soil.
وَإِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ
Wa-in tajhar bi-al-qawli
Whether you speak aloud,
فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى﴾.
fa-innahu yaʿlamu al-sirra wa-akhfā.
He knows what is secret and what is still more hidden.”
﴿اللَّٰهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى﴾ (٣).
Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa lahu al-asmāʾu al-ḥusnā. (3)
“Allah—there is no god but Him. His are the most beautiful names.” (3)
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي بِالْجَهَالَةِ مَعْرُوفٌ،
Allāhumma innaka taʿlamu annī bi-al-jahālati maʿrūfun,
O Allah, You know that ignorance is my condition,
وَأَنْتَ بِالْعِلْمِ مَوْصُوفٌ،
wa-Anta bi-al-ʿilmi mawṣūfun,
while knowledge is Your attribute.
وَقَدْ وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ جَهَالَتِي بِعِلْمِكَ،
Wa-qad wasiʿta kulla shayʾin min jahālatī bi-ʿilmika,
Your knowledge encompasses every aspect of my ignorance;
فَسَعْ ذَٰلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ كَمَا وَسِعْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ،
fa-saʿ dhālika bi-raḥmatika kamā wasiʿtahu bi-ʿilmika,
so encompass it with Your mercy as You encompass it with Your knowledge.
وَاغْفِرْ لِي، ﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Wa-ighfir lī, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
Forgive me. You have power over all things.
يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا مَالِكُ يَا وَهَّابُ،
Yā Allāhu yā Māliku yā Wahhābu,
O Allah, O Sovereign, O Generous Giver,
هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ نُعْمَاكَ مَا عَلِمْتَ لَنَا فِيهِ رِضَاكَ،
hab lanā min nuʿmāka mā ʿalimta lanā fīhi riḍāka,
grant us those blessings that You know will bring us Your good pleasure.
وَاكْسُنَا كِسْوَةً تَقِينَا بِهَا مِنَ الْفِتَنِ
Wa-uksunā kiswatan taqīnā bihā mina al-fitani
Clothe us in a garment that protects us from the trials
فِي جَمِيعِ عَطَايَاكَ،
fī jamīʿi ʿaṭāyāka,
that may lie within any of Your gifts.
وَقَدِّسْنَا بِهَا عَنْ كُلِّ وَصْفٍ يُوجِبُ نَقْصًا
Wa-qaddisnā bihā ʿan kulli waṣfin yūjibu naqṣan
Through it, purify us of every quality that brings imperfection,
مِمَّا اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ.
mimmā istaʾtharta bihi fī ʿilmika ʿamman siwāka.
including what You have kept within Your knowledge alone.
يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا عَظِيمُ، يَا عَلِيُّ يَا كَبِيرُ،
Yā Allāhu yā ʿAẓīmu, yā ʿAliyyu yā Kabīru,
O Allah, O Magnificent, O Most High, O Most Great,
نَسْأَلُكَ الْفَقْرَ مِمَّا سِوَاكَ،
nasʾaluka al-faqra mimmā siwāka,
we ask to be empty of all that is other than You,
وَالْغِنَى بِكَ حَتَّى لَا نَشْهَدَ إِلَّا إِيَّاكَ،
wa-al-ghinā bika ḥattā lā nashhada illā iyyāka,
and rich through You, until we witness none but You.
وَالْطُفْ بِنَا فِيهِمَا لُطْفًا
Wa-ulṭuf binā fīhimā luṭfan
Treat us gently in both these states,
عَلِمْتَهُ يَصْلُحُ لِمَنْ وَالَاكَ،
ʿalimtahu yaṣluḥu li-man wālāka,
with the gentleness You know befits those devoted to You.
وَاكْسُنَا جَلَابِيبَ الْعِصْمَةِ فِي الْأَنْفَاسِ وَاللَّحَظَاتِ،
Wa-uksunā jalābība al-ʿiṣmati fī al-anfāsi wa-al-laḥaẓāti,
Clothe us in Your protection through every breath and every moment.
وَاجْعَلْنَا عَبِيدًا لَكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْحَالَاتِ،
Wa-ijʿalnā ʿabīdan laka fī jamīʿi al-ḥālāti,
Make us Your servants in every condition,
وَعَلِّمْنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ عِلْمًا
wa-ʿallimnā min ladunka ʿilman
and teach us knowledge from Your presence
نَصِيرُ بِهِ كَامِلِينَ فِي الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ.
naṣīru bihi kāmilīna fī al-maḥyā wa-al-mamāti.
through which we may become whole in life and in death.
اللَّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْحَمِيدُ، الرَّبُّ الْمَجِيدُ،
Allāhumma Anta al-ḥamīdu, al-rabbu al-majīdu,
O Allah, You are the Praiseworthy, the Glorious Lord,
الْفَعَّالُ لِمَا تُرِيدُ،
al-faʿʿālu li-mā turīdu,
who accomplishes whatever You will.
تَعْلَمُ فَرَحَنَا بِمَاذَا وَلِمَاذَا وَعَلَى مَاذَا،
Taʿlamu faraḥanā bi-mādhā wa-li-mādhā wa-ʿalā mādhā,
You know what gives us joy, why we rejoice, and what our joy rests upon.
وَتَعْلَمُ حُزْنَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ،
Wa-taʿlamu ḥuznanā ka-dhālika,
You know our sorrow in the same way.
وَقَدْ أَوْجَبْتَ كَوْنَ مَا أَرَدْتَهُ فِينَا وَمِنَّا،
Wa-qad awjabta kawna mā aradtahu fīnā wa-minnā,
You have decreed that what You will shall come to be within us and through us.
وَلَا نَسْأَلُكَ دَفْعَ مَا تُرِيدُ،
Wa-lā nasʾaluka dafʿa mā turīdu,
We do not ask You to avert what You will;
وَلَٰكِنْ نَسْأَلُكَ التَّأْيِيدَ بِرُوحٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
wa-lākin nasʾaluka al-taʾyīda bi-rūḥin min ʿindika
we ask You to strengthen us with a spirit from Your presence
فِيمَا تُرِيدُ، كَمَا أَيَّدْتَ أَنْبِيَاءَكَ وَرُسُلَكَ،
fīmā turīdu, kamā ayyadta anbiyāʾaka wa-rusulaka,
in whatever You will, as You strengthened Your prophets and messengers,
وَخَاصَّةَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ،
wa-khāṣṣata al-ṣiddīqīna min khalqika,
and the foremost of the utterly truthful among Your creation.
﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
﴿اللَّٰهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ،
Allāhumma fāṭira al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍi,
“O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth,
عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ،
ʿālima al-ghaybi wa-al-shahādati,
Knower of the unseen and the visible,
أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ﴾،
Anta taḥkumu bayna ʿibādika,
You judge between Your servants.”
فَهَنِيئًا لِمَنْ عَرَفَكَ فَرَضِيَ بِقَضَائِكَ،
Fa-hanīʾan li-man ʿarafaka fa-raḍiya bi-qaḍāʾika,
Blessed is the one who knows You and is content with Your decree.
وَالْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْكَ،
Wa-al-waylu li-man lam yaʿrifka,
Woe to the one who does not know You;
بَلِ الْوَيْلُ ثُمَّ الْوَيْلُ لِمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِكَ
bali al-waylu thumma al-waylu li-man aqarra bi-waḥdāniyyatika,
rather, woe upon woe to one who acknowledges Your oneness
وَلَمْ يَرْضَ بِأَحْكَامِكَ.
wa-lam yarḍa bi-aḥkāmika.
yet is not content with Your judgments.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ قَدْ حَكَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالذُّلِّ
Allāhumma inna al-qawma qad ḥakamta ʿalayhim bi-al-dhulli
O Allah, You decreed lowliness for those devoted to You
حَتَّى عَزُّوا، وَحَكَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْفَقْدِ حَتَّى وَجَدُوا،
ḥattā ʿazzū, wa-ḥakamta ʿalayhim bi-al-faqdi ḥattā wajadū,
until they found honor, and loss until they found fulfillment.
فَكُلُّ عِزٍّ يَمْنَعُ دُونَكَ
Fa-kullu ʿizzin yamnaʿu dūnaka
For every honor that keeps us from You,
فَنَسْأَلُكَ بَدَلَهُ ذُلًّا تَصْحَبُهُ لَطَائِفُ رَحْمَتِكَ،
fa-nasʾaluka badalahu dhullan taṣḥabuhu laṭāʾifu raḥmatika,
we ask instead for humility attended by the tender gifts of Your mercy.
وَكُلُّ وَجْدٍ يَحْجُبُ عَنْكَ
Wa-kullu wajdin yaḥjubu ʿanka
For every attainment that veils You from us,
فَنَسْأَلُكَ عِوَضَهُ فَقْدًا تَصْحَبُهُ أَنْوَارُ مَحَبَّتِكَ،
fa-nasʾaluka ʿiwaḍahu faqdan taṣḥabuhu anwāru maḥabbatika,
we ask instead for loss attended by the lights of Your love.
فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَتِ السَّعَادَةُ عَلَى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَهُ،
Fa-innahu qad ẓaharati al-saʿādatu ʿalā man aḥbabtahu,
Blessedness is manifest in those You love,
وَظَهَرَتِ الشَّقَاوَةُ عَلَى مَنْ غَيْرُكَ مَلَكَهُ،
wa-ẓaharati al-shaqāwatu ʿalā man ghayruka malakahu,
and misery in those possessed by something other than You.
فَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ مَوَاهِبِ السُّعَدَاءِ،
Fa-hab lanā min mawāhibi al-suʿadāʾi,
Grant us the gifts bestowed on the blessed,
وَاعْصِمْنَا مِنْ مَوَارِدِ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ.
wa-iʿṣimnā min mawāridi al-ashqiyāʾi.
and protect us from the paths that lead to misery.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا قَدْ عَجَزْنَا عَنْ دَفْعِ الضُّرِّ عَنْ أَنْفُسِنَا
Allāhumma innā qad ʿajaznā ʿan dafʿi al-ḍurri ʿan anfusinā
O Allah, we cannot ward off harm from ourselves,
مِنْ حَيْثُ نَعْلَمُ بِمَا نَعْلَمُ،
min ḥaythu naʿlamu bi-mā naʿlamu,
even when we know its source and use what we know.
فَكَيْفَ لَا نَعْجِزُ عَنْ ذَٰلِكَ
Fa-kayfa lā naʿjizu ʿan dhālika
How much more helpless are we
مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا نَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَا نَعْلَمُ،
min ḥaythu lā naʿlamu bi-mā lā naʿlamu,
when its source and its remedy are unknown to us!
وَقَدْ أَمَرْتَنَا وَنَهَيْتَنَا،
Wa-qad amartanā wa-nahaytanā,
You have given us commands and prohibitions,
وَالْمَدْحَ وَالذَّمَّ أَلْزَمْتَنَا،
wa-al-madḥa wa-al-dhamma alzamtanā,
and made us subject to praise and blame.
فَأَخُو الصَّلَاحِ مَنْ أَصْلَحْتَهُ،
Fa-akhū al-ṣalāḥi man aṣlaḥtahu,
The righteous person is the one You have set right;
وَأَخُو الْفَسَادِ مَنْ أَضْلَلْتَهُ،
wa-akhū al-fasādi man aḍlaltahu,
the corrupt person is the one You have led astray.
وَالسَّعِيدُ حَقًّا مَنْ أَغْنَيْتَهُ عَنِ السُّؤَالِ مِنْكَ،
Wa-al-saʿīdu ḥaqqan man aghnaytahu ʿani al-suʾāli minka,
Truly blessed is the one You provide for before he needs to ask You.
وَالشَّقِيُّ حَقًّا مَنْ أَحْرَمْتَهُ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ لَكَ،
Wa-al-shaqiyyu ḥaqqan man aḥramtahu maʿa kathrati al-suʾāli laka,
Truly wretched is the one You leave deprived despite his many prayers to You.
فَأَغْنِنَا بِفَضْلِكَ عَنْ سُؤَالِنَا مِنْكَ،
Fa-aghninā bi-faḍlika ʿan suʾālinā minka,
By Your grace, provide for us beyond our need to ask.
وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ سُؤَالِنَا لَكَ،
Wa-lā taḥrimnā min raḥmatika maʿa kathrati suʾālinā laka,
Do not withhold Your mercy from us when we call on You so often.
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا، ﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Wa-ighfir lanā, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
Forgive us. You have power over all things.
يَا شَدِيدَ الْبَطْشِ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ يَا حَكِيمُ،
Yā Shadīda al-baṭshi yā Jabbāru yā Qahhāru yā Ḥakīmu,
O Mighty in grasp, O Compeller, O All-Subduing, O All-Wise,
نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقْتَ،
naʿūdhu bika min sharri mā khalaqta,
we seek refuge in You from the evil of what You have created,
وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ ظُلْمَةِ مَا أَبْدَعْتَ،
wa-naʿūdhu bika min ẓulmati mā abdaʿta,
and from the darkness within what You have brought into being.
وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ كَيْدِ النُّفُوسِ فِيمَا قَدَّرْتَ وَأَرَدْتَ،
Wa-naʿūdhu bika min kaydi al-nufūsi fīmā qaddarta wa-aradta,
We seek refuge in You from the self’s scheming amid what You decree and will,
وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ الْحُسَّادِ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمْتَ،
wa-naʿūdhu bika min sharri al-ḥussādi ʿalā mā anʿamta,
and from the harm of those who envy the blessings You have given.
وَنَسْأَلُكَ عِزَّ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ،
Wa-nasʾaluka ʿizza al-dunyā wa-al-ākhirati,
We ask You for honor in this world and the hereafter,
كَمَا سَأَلَكَهُ نَبِيُّكَ سَيِّدُنَا مُحَمَّدٌ
kamā saʾalakahu nabiyyuka sayyidunā Muḥammadun
as Your prophet, our master Muhammad, asked You,
صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallama,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace:
عِزَّ الدُّنْيَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَالْمَعْرِفَةِ،
ʿizza al-dunyā bi-al-īmāni wa-al-maʿrifati,
honor in this world through faith and intimate knowledge of You,
وَعِزَّ الْآخِرَةِ بِاللِّقَاءِ وَالْمُشَاهَدَةِ،
wa-ʿizza al-ākhirati bi-al-liqāʾi wa-al-mushāhadati,
and honor in the hereafter through meeting and beholding You.
إِنَّكَ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ.
Innaka samīʿun qarībun mujībun.
You hear us, are near to us, and answer our prayers.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أُقَدِّمُ إِلَيْكَ
Allāhumma innī uqaddimu ilayka
O Allah, I offer to You,
بَيْنَ يَدَيْ كُلِّ نَفَسٍ وَلَمْحَةٍ وَطَرْفَةٍ،
bayna yaday kulli nafasin wa-lamḥatin wa-ṭarfatin,
before every breath, every glance, and every blink
يَطْرِفُ بِهَا أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَأَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ
yaṭrifu bihā ahlu al-samāwāti wa-ahlu al-arḍi
of those who dwell in the heavens and on earth,
وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ فِي عِلْمِكَ كَائِنٌ أَوْ قَدْ كَانَ،
wa-kullu shayʾin huwa fī ʿilmika kāʾinun aw qad kāna,
and everything You know to exist or to have existed—
أُقَدِّمُ لَكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ ذَٰلِكَ كُلِّهِ:
uqaddimu laka bayna yaday dhālika kullihi:
before all of this, I offer You these words:
﴿اللَّٰهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa al-ḥayyu al-qayyūmu
“Allah—there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all.
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ
Lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa-lā nawmun
Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him.
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
Lahu mā fī al-samāwāti wa-mā fī al-arḍi
To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnihi
Who can intercede with Him except by His permission?
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum
He knows what lies before them and what lies behind them.
وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ
Wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bi-mā shāʾa
They grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He wills.
وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
Wasiʿa kursiyyuhu al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍa
His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth.
وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا
Wa-lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā
Preserving them does not burden Him.
وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ﴾.
Wa-Huwa al-ʿaliyyu al-ʿaẓīmu.
He is the Most High, the Magnificent.”
أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِبَسْطِ يَدَيْكَ وَكَرَمِ وَجْهِكَ،
Aqsamtu ʿalayka bi-basṭi yadayka wa-karami wajhika,
I implore You by Your outstretched hands and Your noble countenance,
وَنُورِ عَيْنِكَ وَكَمَالِ أَعْيُنِكَ،
wa-nūri ʿaynika wa-kamāli aʿyunika,
by the light of Your eye and the perfection of Your eyes,
أَنْ تُعْطِينَا خَيْرَ مَا نَفَذَتْ بِهِ مَشِيئَتُكَ،
an tuʿṭīnā khayra mā nafadhat bihi mashīʾatuka,
to grant us the good of all that Your will has brought about,
وَتَعَلَّقَتْ بِهِ قُدْرَتُكَ،
wa-taʿallaqat bihi qudratuka,
that Your power has encompassed,
وَجَرَى بِهِ قَلَمُكَ، وَأَحَاطَ بِهِ عِلْمُكَ،
wa-jarā bihi qalamuka, wa-aḥāṭa bihi ʿilmuka,
that Your Pen has recorded, and that Your knowledge embraces.
وَاكْفِنَا شَرَّ مَا هُوَ ضِدٌّ لِذَٰلِكَ،
Wa-ikfinā sharra mā huwa ḍiddun li-dhālika,
Protect us from the evil of all that is contrary to that good.
وَأَكْمِلْ لَنَا دِينَنَا، وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا نِعْمَتَكَ،
Wa-akmil lanā dīnanā, wa-atmim ʿalaynā niʿmataka,
Perfect our religion for us, and complete Your blessing upon us.
وَهَبْ لَنَا حِكْمَةَ الْحِكْمَةِ الْبَالِغَةِ،
Wa-hab lanā ḥikmata al-ḥikmati al-bālighati,
Grant us the innermost wisdom of Your far-reaching wisdom,
مَعَ الْحَيَاةِ الطَّيِّبَةِ، وَالْمَوْتَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ،
maʿa al-ḥayāti al-ṭayyibati, wa-al-mawtati al-ḥasanati,
together with a wholesome life and a good death.
وَتَوَلَّ قَبْضَ أَرْوَاحِنَا بِيَدِكَ،
Wa-tawalla qabḍa arwāḥinā bi-yadika,
Take charge of receiving our souls with Your own hand.
وَحُلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ غَيْرِكَ
Wa-ḥul baynanā wa-bayna ghayrika
Stand between us and all that is other than You,
فِي الْبَرْزَخِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ وَمَا بَعْدَهُ
fī al-barzakhi wa-mā qablahu wa-mā baʿdahu
in the life between death and resurrection, before it, and after it,
بِنُورِ ذَاتِكَ، وَعَظِيمِ قُدْرَتِكَ، وَجَمِيلِ فَضْلِكَ،
bi-nūri dhātika, wa-ʿaẓīmi qudratika, wa-jamīli faḍlika,
through the light of Your Essence, Your mighty power, and Your beautiful grace.
﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ،
Yā Allāhu yā ʿAliyyu yā ʿAẓīmu,
O Allah, O Most High, O Magnificent,
يَا حَلِيمُ يَا حَكِيمُ يَا كَرِيمُ،
yā Ḥalīmu yā Ḥakīmu yā Karīmu,
O Forbearing, O All-Wise, O Generous,
يَا سَمِيعُ يَا قَرِيبُ يَا مُجِيبُ يَا وَدُودُ،
yā Samīʿu yā Qarību yā Mujību yā Wadūdu,
O All-Hearing, O Ever-Near, O Answerer of prayers, O Loving,
حُلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالنِّسَاءِ
ḥul baynanā wa-bayna fitnati al-dunyā wa-al-nisāʾi
stand between us and the temptations of the world and of women,
وَالْغَفْلَةِ وَالشَّهْوَةِ، وَظُلْمِ الْعِبَادِ وَسُوءِ الْخُلُقِ،
wa-al-ghaflati wa-al-shahwati, wa-ẓulmi al-ʿibādi wa-sūʾi al-khuluqi,
of heedlessness and desire, of human injustice and bad character.
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا، وَاقْضِ عَنَّا تَبِعَاتِنَا،
Wa-ighfir lanā dhunūbanā, wa-iqḍi ʿannā tabiʿātinā,
Forgive our sins and discharge the obligations that weigh upon us.
وَاكْشِفْ عَنَّا السُّوءَ، وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الْغَمِّ،
Wa-ikshif ʿannā al-sūʾa, wa-najjinā mina al-ghammi,
Remove harm from us, deliver us from anguish,
وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْهُ مَخْرَجًا،
wa-ijʿal lanā minhu makhrajan,
and open a way out of it for us.
﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا اللَّٰهُ،
Yā Allāhu yā Allāhu yā Allāhu,
O Allah, O Allah, O Allah,
يَا لَطِيفُ يَا رَزَّاقُ، يَا قَوِيُّ يَا عَزِيزُ،
yā Laṭīfu yā Razzāqu, yā Qawiyyu yā ʿAzīzu,
O Gentle, O Provider, O Strong, O Almighty,
لَكَ مَقَالِيدُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ،
laka maqālīdu al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍi,
Yours are the keys of the heavens and the earth.
تَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَقْدِرُ،
Tabsuṭu al-rizqa li-man tashāʾu wa-taqdiru,
You give provision abundantly to whom You will, and You measure it out.
فَابْسُطْ لَنَا مِنَ الرِّزْقِ
Fa-ubsuṭ lanā mina al-rizqi
Give us abundantly of that provision
مَا تُوصِلُنَا بِهِ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ،
mā tūṣilunā bihi ilā raḥmatika,
through which You bring us to Your mercy;
وَمِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ مَا تَحُولُ بِهِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ نِقْمَتِكَ،
wa-min raḥmatika mā taḥūlu bihi baynanā wa-bayna niqmatika,
of that mercy which stands between us and Your retribution;
وَمِنْ حِلْمِكَ مَا يَسَعُنَا بِهِ عَفْوُكَ،
wa-min ḥilmika mā yasaʿunā bihi ʿafwuka,
and of that forbearance through which Your pardon embraces us.
وَاخْتِمْ لَنَا بِالسَّعَادَةِ الَّتِي خَتَمْتَ بِهَا لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ،
Wa-ikhtim lanā bi-al-saʿādati allatī khatamta bihā li-awliyāʾika,
Grant our lives the blessed ending You grant Your friends.
وَاجْعَلْ خَيْرَ أَيَّامِنَا وَأَسْعَدَهَا يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ،
Wa-ijʿal khayra ayyāminā wa-asʿadahā yawma liqāʾika,
Make the day we meet You the best and happiest of our days.
وَزَحْزِحْنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ نَارِ الشَّهْوَةِ،
Wa-zaḥziḥnā fī al-dunyā ʿan nāri al-shahwati,
In this world, draw us away from the fire of desire,
وَأَدْخِلْنَا بِفَضْلِكَ فِي مَيَادِينِ الرَّحْمَةِ،
wa-adkhilnā bi-faḍlika fī mayādīni al-raḥmati,
and admit us by Your grace into the open fields of mercy.
وَاكْسُنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ جَلَابِيبَ الْعِصْمَةِ،
Wa-uksunā min ladunka jalābība al-ʿiṣmati,
Clothe us in garments of protection from Your presence.
وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا ظَهِيرًا مِنْ عُقُولِنَا،
Wa-ijʿal lanā ẓahīran min ʿuqūlinā,
Make our minds a source of support,
وَمُهَيْمِنًا مِنْ أَرْوَاحِنَا، وَمُسَخَّرًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِنَا،
wa-muhayminan min arwāḥinā, wa-musakhkharan min anfusinā,
our spirits watchful guardians, and our lower selves obedient servants,
﴿كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيرًا، وَنَذْكُرَكَ كَثِيرًا،
kay nusabbiḥaka kathīran, wa-nadhkuraka kathīran,
“so that we may glorify You often and remember You often.
إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا﴾.
Innaka kunta binā baṣīran.
You have always watched over us.”
وَهَبْ لَنَا مُشَاهَدَةً تَصْحَبُهَا مُكَالَمَةٌ،
Wa-hab lanā mushāhadatan taṣḥabuhā mukālamatun,
Grant us the vision of You, accompanied by intimate speech with You.
وَافْتَحْ أَسْمَاعَنَا وَأَبْصَارَنَا،
Wa-iftaḥ asmāʿanā wa-abṣāranā,
Open our hearing and our sight.
وَاذْكُرْنَا إِذَا غَفَلْنَا عَنْكَ
Wa-udhkurnā idhā ghafalnā ʿanka
When we forget You, remember us
بِأَحْسَنِ مَا تَذْكُرُنَا بِهِ إِذَا ذَكَرْنَاكَ،
bi-aḥsani mā tadhkurunā bihi idhā dhakarnāka,
with the finest remembrance You bestow when we remember You.
وَارْحَمْنَا إِذَا عَصَيْنَاكَ
Wa-irḥamnā idhā ʿaṣaynāka
When we disobey You, have mercy on us
بِأَتَمِّ مَا تَرْحَمُنَا بِهِ إِذَا أَطَعْنَاكَ،
bi-atammi mā tarḥamunā bihi idhā aṭaʿnāka,
with the fullest mercy You bestow when we obey You.
وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهَا وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ،
Wa-ighfir lanā dhunūbanā mā taqaddama minhā wa-mā taʾakhkhara,
Forgive all our sins, those that came before and those that come after.
وَالْطُفْ بِنَا لُطْفًا يَحْجُبُنَا عَنْ غَيْرِكَ
Wa-ulṭuf binā luṭfan yaḥjubunā ʿan ghayrika
Treat us with a gentleness that veils everything else from us,
وَلَا يَحْجُبُنَا عَنْكَ،
wa-lā yaḥjubunā ʿanka,
while never veiling You from us.
فَإِنَّكَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ.
Fa-innaka bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun.
You have full knowledge of all things.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ لِسَانًا رَطْبًا بِذِكْرِكَ،
Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka lisānan raṭban bi-dhikrika,
O Allah, give us tongues kept fresh with Your remembrance,
وَقَلْبًا مُنَعَّمًا بِشُكْرِكَ،
wa-qalban munaʿʿaman bi-shukrika,
hearts made joyful by gratitude to You,
وَبَدَنًا هَيِّنًا لَيِّنًا لِطَاعَتِكَ،
wa-badanan hayyinan layyinan li-ṭāʿatika,
and bodies that respond readily and gently to Your service.
وَأَعْطِنَا مَعَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا لَا عَيْنٌ رَأَتْ،
Wa-aʿṭinā maʿa dhālika mā lā ʿaynun raʾat,
Along with this, grant us what no eye has seen,
وَلَا أُذُنٌ سَمِعَتْ، وَلَا خَطَرَ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ،
wa-lā udhunun samiʿat, wa-lā khaṭara ʿalā qalbi basharin,
no ear has heard, and no human heart has imagined,
كَمَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُكَ سَيِّدُنَا مُحَمَّدٌ
kamā akhbara bihi rasūluka sayyidunā Muḥammadun
as Your Messenger, our master Muhammad, told us,
صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallama,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
حَسْبَمَا عَلِمْتَهُ بِعِلْمِكَ،
ḥasbamā ʿalimtahu bi-ʿilmika,
according to what You know in Your knowledge.
وَأَغْنِنَا بِلَا سَبَبٍ،
Wa-aghninā bi-lā sababin,
Provide for us without dependence on worldly means,
وَاجْعَلْنَا سَبَبَ الْغِنَى لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ،
wa-ijʿalnā sababa al-ghinā li-awliyāʾika,
and make us a means of sufficiency for Your friends,
وَبَرْزَخًا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَعْدَائِكَ،
wa-barzakhan baynahum wa-bayna aʿdāʾika,
a barrier between them and Your enemies.
﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا دَائِمًا،
Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka īmānan dāʾiman,
O Allah, we ask You for enduring faith.
وَنَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا خَاشِعًا، وَنَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا،
Wa-nasʾaluka qalban khāshiʿan, wa-nasʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan,
We ask You for a humble heart and knowledge that benefits us.
وَنَسْأَلُكَ يَقِينًا صَادِقًا، وَنَسْأَلُكَ دِينًا قَيِّمًا،
Wa-nasʾaluka yaqīnan ṣādiqan, wa-nasʾaluka dīnan qayyiman,
We ask You for true certainty and an upright faith.
وَنَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ،
Wa-nasʾaluka al-ʿāfiyata min kulli baliyyatin,
We ask You for wellbeing amid every trial,
وَنَسْأَلُكَ تَمَامَ الْعَافِيَةِ، وَنَسْأَلُكَ دَوَامَ الْعَافِيَةِ،
wa-nasʾaluka tamāma al-ʿāfiyati, wa-nasʾaluka dawāma al-ʿāfiyati,
for complete wellbeing, and for lasting wellbeing.
وَنَسْأَلُكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الْعَافِيَةِ،
Wa-nasʾaluka al-shukra ʿalā al-ʿāfiyati,
We ask You for gratitude for wellbeing,
وَنَسْأَلُكَ الْغِنَى عَنِ النَّاسِ (٣).
wa-nasʾaluka al-ghinā ʿani al-nāsi. (3)
and freedom from dependence on other people. (3)
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ التَّوْبَةَ الْكَامِلَةَ،
Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka al-tawbata al-kāmilata,
O Allah, we ask You for complete repentance,
وَالْمَغْفِرَةَ الشَّامِلَةَ، وَالْمَحَبَّةَ الْجَامِعَةَ،
wa-al-maghfirata al-shāmilata, wa-al-maḥabbata al-jāmiʿata,
all-embracing forgiveness, and a love that gathers us wholly to You,
وَالْخُلَّةَ الصَّافِيَةَ، وَالْمَعْرِفَةَ الْوَاسِعَةَ،
wa-al-khullata al-ṣāfiyata, wa-al-maʿrifata al-wāsiʿata,
pure intimate friendship and expansive knowledge of You,
وَالْأَنْوَارَ السَّاطِعَةَ، وَالشَّفَاعَةَ الْقَائِمَةَ،
wa-al-anwāra al-sāṭiʿata, wa-al-shafāʿata al-qāʾimata,
shining lights and intercession that holds firm,
وَالْحُجَّةَ الْبَالِغَةَ، وَالدَّرَجَةَ الْعَالِيَةَ،
wa-al-ḥujjata al-bālighata, wa-al-darajata al-ʿāliyata,
conclusive proof and an elevated station.
وَفَكَّ وَثَاقِنَا مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ،
Wa-fakka wathāqinā mina al-maʿṣiyati,
Release us from the bonds of disobedience,
وَرِهَانَنَا مِنَ النِّقْمَةِ بِمَوَاهِبِ الْمِنَّةِ.
wa-rihānanā mina al-niqmati bi-mawāhibi al-minnati.
and free us from liability to punishment through the gifts of Your favor.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ التَّوْبَةَ وَدَوَامَهَا،
Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka al-tawbata wa-dawāmahā,
O Allah, we ask You for repentance and steadfastness in it.
وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَأَسْبَابِهَا،
Wa-naʿūdhu bika mina al-maʿṣiyati wa-asbābihā,
We seek refuge in You from disobedience and all that leads to it.
وَذَكِّرْنَا بِالْخَوْفِ مِنْكَ قَبْلَ هُجُومِ خَطَرَاتِهَا،
Wa-dhakkirnā bi-al-khawfi minka qabla hujūmi khaṭarātihā,
Awaken our fear of You before sinful thoughts rush upon us.
وَاحْمِلْنَا عَلَى النَّجَاةِ مِنْهَا،
Wa-iḥmilnā ʿalā al-najāti minhā,
Carry us to safety from disobedience
وَمِنَ التَّفَكُّرِ فِي طَرَائِقِهَا،
wa-mina al-tafakkuri fī ṭarāʾiqihā,
and from dwelling on ways to pursue it.
وَامْحُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا حَلَاوَةَ مَا اجْتَنَيْنَاهُ مِنْهَا،
Wa-imḥu min qulūbinā ḥalāwata mā ijtanaynāhu minhā,
Erase from our hearts the sweetness of what we have tasted of it.
وَاسْتَبْدِلْهَا بِالْكَرَاهَةِ لَهَا
Wa-istabdilhā bi-al-karāhati lahā
Replace that sweetness with aversion to it,
وَالطُّعْمِ لِمَا هُوَ بِضِدِّهَا،
wa-al-ṭuʿmi li-mā huwa bi-ḍiddihā,
and with a taste for what is its opposite.
وَأَفِضْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَحْرِ كَرَمِكَ وَجُودِكَ،
Wa-afiḍ ʿalaynā min baḥri karamika wa-jūdika,
Pour upon us from the sea of Your generosity and bounty,
حَتَّى نَخْرُجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى السَّلَامَةِ مِنْ وَبَالِهَا،
ḥattā nakhruja mina al-dunyā ʿalā al-salāmati min wabālihā,
until we leave this world safe from its harmful consequences.
وَاجْعَلْنَا عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ نَاطِقِينَ بِالشَّهَادَةِ عَالِمِينَ بِهَا (٣).
Wa-ijʿalnā ʿinda al-mawti nāṭiqīna bi-al-shahādati ʿālimīna bihā. (3)
At death, let us utter the testimony of faith with understanding. (3)
وَارْأَفْ بِنَا رَأْفَةَ الْحَبِيبِ بِحَبِيبِهِ
Wa-irʾaf binā raʾfata al-ḥabībi bi-ḥabībihi
Show us the tenderness of a lover toward the beloved
عِنْدَ الشَّدَائِدِ وَنُزُولِهَا،
ʿinda al-shadāʾidi wa-nuzūlihā,
when hardships descend.
وَأَرِحْنَا مِنْ هُمُومِ الدُّنْيَا وَغُمُومِهَا،
Wa-ariḥnā min humūmi al-dunyā wa-ghumūmihā,
Relieve us of the worries and sorrows of this world,
بِالرَّوْحِ وَالرَّيْحَانِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَنَعِيمِهَا.
bi-al-rawḥi wa-al-rayḥāni ilā al-jannati wa-naʿīmihā.
with rest and fragrant bounty, leading into Paradise and its bliss.
اللَّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ تَوْبَةً سَابِقَةً مِنْكَ إِلَيْنَا،
Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka tawbatan sābiqatan minka ilaynā,
O Allah, first turn toward us in mercy,
لِتَكُونَ تَوْبَتُنَا تَابِعَةً إِلَيْكَ مِنَّا،
li-takūna tawbatunā tābiʿatan ilayka minnā,
so that our turning back to You may follow Your turning toward us.
وَهَبْ لَنَا التَّلَقِّيَ مِنْكَ
Wa-hab lanā al-talaqqiya minka
Grant us the ability to receive from You
كَتَلَقِّي آدَمَ مِنْكَ الْكَلِمَاتِ،
ka-talaqqī Ādama minka al-kalimāti,
as Adam received the words You gave him,
لِيَكُونَ قُدْوَةً لِوَلَدِهِ فِي التَّوْبَةِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَاتِ،
li-yakūna qudwatan li-waladihi fī al-tawbati wa-al-aʿmāli al-ṣāliḥāti,
to be an example for his descendants in repentance and righteous deeds.
وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الْعِنَادِ وَالْإِصْرَارِ
Wa-bāʿid baynanā wa-bayna al-ʿinādi wa-al-iṣrāri
Keep us far from obstinacy and persistence in wrongdoing,
وَالشَّبَهِ بِإِبْلِيسَ رَأْسِ الْغُوَاةِ،
wa-al-shabahi bi-Iblīsa raʾsi al-ghuwāti,
and from resembling Iblis, the leader of those who go astray.
وَاجْعَلْ سَيِّئَاتِنَا سَيِّئَاتِ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ،
Wa-ijʿal sayyiʾātinā sayyiʾāti man aḥbabta,
Let our misdeeds be those of people You love,
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ حَسَنَاتِنَا حَسَنَاتِ مَنْ أَبْغَضْتَ،
wa-lā tajʿal ḥasanātinā ḥasanāti man abghaḍta,
and do not let our good deeds be those of people You abhor.
فَالْإِحْسَانُ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَعَ الْبُغْضِ مِنْكَ،
Fa-al-iḥsānu lā yanfaʿu maʿa al-bughḍi minka,
For doing good brings no benefit when Your displeasure remains,
وَالْإِسَاءَةُ لَا تَضُرُّ مَعَ الْحُبِّ فِيكَ،
wa-al-isāʾatu lā taḍurru maʿa al-ḥubbi fīka,
and wrongdoing does no harm when love for You is present.
وَقَدْ أَبْهَمْتَ الْأَمْرَ عَلَيْنَا لِنَرْجُوَ وَنَخَافَ،
Wa-qad abhamta al-amra ʿalaynā li-narjuwa wa-nakhāfa,
You have kept our outcome hidden, so that we may hope and fear.
فَآمِنْ خَوْفَنَا، وَلَا تُخَيِّبْ رَجَاءَنَا،
Fa-āmin khawfanā, wa-lā tukhayyib rajāʾanā,
Replace our fear with security, and do not disappoint our hope.
وَأَعْطِنَا سُؤْلَنَا،
Wa-aʿṭinā suʾlanā,
Grant us what we ask,
فَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتَنَا الْإِيمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَسْأَلَكَهُ،
fa-qad aʿṭaytanā al-īmāna min qabli an nasʾalakahu,
for You gave us faith before we ever asked You for it.
كَتَبْتَ وَحَبَّبْتَ، وَزَيَّنْتَ وَكَرَّهْتَ،
Katabta wa-ḥabbabta, wa-zayyanta wa-karrahta,
You decreed faith, made it beloved and beautiful, and made unbelief hateful.
وَأَطْلَقْتَ الْأَلْسُنَ بِمَا بِهِ تَرْجَمْتَ،
Wa-aṭlaqta al-alsuna bi-mā bihi tarjamta,
You set our tongues free to voice what You have made known.
فَنِعْمَ الرَّبُّ أَنْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمْتَ،
Fa-niʿma al-rabbu Anta, fa-laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā mā anʿamta,
How good a Lord You are! To You belongs praise for all You have bestowed.
فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَا تُعَاقِبْنَا بِالسَّلْبِ بَعْدَ الْعَطَاءِ،
Fa-ighfir lanā wa-lā tuʿāqibnā bi-al-salbi baʿda al-ʿaṭāʾi,
Forgive us, and do not punish us by withdrawing what You have given,
وَلَا بِكُفْرَانِ النِّعَمِ وَحِرْمَانِ الرِّضَا.
wa-lā bi-kufrāni al-niʿami wa-ḥirmāni al-riḍā.
by ingratitude for Your blessings, or by deprivation of contentment.
اللَّٰهُمَّ رَضِّنَا بِقَضَائِكَ،
Allāhumma raḍḍinā bi-qaḍāʾika,
O Allah, make us content with Your decree.
وَصَبِّرْنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ وَعَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ،
Wa-ṣabbirnā ʿalā ṭāʿatika wa-ʿan maʿṣiyatika,
Give us patience in obeying You and restraint from disobeying You,
وَعَنِ الشَّهَوَاتِ الْمُوجِبَاتِ لِلنَّقْصِ وَالْبُعْدِ عَنْكَ،
wa-ʿani al-shahawāti al-mūjibāti li-al-naqṣi wa-al-buʿdi ʿanka,
and from desires that diminish us and draw us away from You.
وَهَبْ لَنَا حَقِيقَةَ الْإِيمَانِ بِكَ،
Wa-hab lanā ḥaqīqata al-īmāni bika,
Grant us the living reality of faith in You,
حَتَّى لَا نَخَافَ غَيْرَكَ، وَلَا نَرْجُوَ غَيْرَكَ،
ḥattā lā nakhāfa ghayraka, wa-lā narjuwa ghayraka,
until we fear none but You and place our hope in none but You,
وَلَا نُحِبَّ غَيْرَكَ، وَلَا نَعْبُدَ شَيْئًا سِوَاكَ،
wa-lā nuḥibba ghayraka, wa-lā naʿbuda shayʾan siwāka,
love none but You, and worship nothing besides You.
وَأَوْزِعْنَا شُكْرَ نَعْمَائِكَ،
Wa-awziʿnā shukra naʿmāʾika,
Inspire us to thank You for Your blessings,
وَغَطِّنَا بِرِدَاءِ عَافِيَتِكَ،
wa-ghaṭṭinā bi-ridāʾi ʿāfiyatika,
and cover us with the mantle of Your wellbeing.
وَانْصُرْنَا بِالْيَقِينِ وَالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ،
Wa-unṣurnā bi-al-yaqīni wa-al-tawakkuli ʿalayka,
Support us through certainty and trust in You.
وَأَسْفِرْ وُجُوهَنَا بِنُورِ صِفَاتِكَ،
Wa-asfir wujūhanā bi-nūri ṣifātika,
Make our faces radiant with the light of Your attributes.
وَأَضْحِكْنَا وَبَشِّرْنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَيْنَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ،
Wa-aḍḥiknā wa-bashshirnā yawma al-qiyāmati bayna awliyāʾika,
Let us rejoice and hear glad news on the Day of Resurrection among Your friends.
وَاجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَبْسُوطَةً عَلَيْنَا
Wa-ijʿal yadaka mabsūṭatan ʿalaynā
Let Your hand be outstretched over us,
وَعَلَى أَهْلِينَا وَأَوْلَادِنَا وَمَنْ مَعَنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ،
wa-ʿalā ahlīnā wa-awlādinā wa-man maʿanā bi-raḥmatika,
over our families, our children, and those with us, through Your mercy.
وَلَا تَكِلْنَا إِلَى أَنْفُسِنَا طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
Wa-lā takilnā ilā anfusinā ṭarfata ʿaynin
Do not leave us to ourselves for the blink of an eye,
وَلَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ، يَا نِعْمَ الْمُجِيبُ (٣).
wa-lā aqalla min dhālika, yā niʿma al-mujību. (3)
or even less than that, O most gracious Answerer of prayers. (3)
يَا مَنْ هُوَ هُوَ هُوَ فِي عُلُوِّهِ قَرِيبٌ،
Yā man Huwa Huwa Huwa fī ʿuluwwihi qarībun,
O He, He, He—who is near in His transcendence,
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ،
yā Dhā al-jalāli wa-al-ikrāmi,
O Possessor of majesty and generosity,
يَا مُحِيطًا بِاللَّيَالِي وَالْأَيَّامِ،
yā muḥīṭan bi-al-layālī wa-al-ayyāmi,
O You who encompass the nights and the days,
أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ مِنْ غَمِّ الْحِجَابِ،
ashkū ilayka min ghammi al-ḥijābi,
to You I bring my anguish at being veiled from You,
وَسُوءِ الْحِسَابِ، وَشِدَّةِ الْعَذَابِ،
wa-sūʾi al-ḥisābi, wa-shiddati al-ʿadhābi,
my dread of a bitter reckoning and severe punishment.
وَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَوَاقِعٌ، مَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافِعٍ
Wa-inna dhālika la-wāqiʿun, mā lahu min dāfiʿin
Surely this will come, and nothing can avert it,
إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْنِي،
in lam tarḥamnī,
unless You have mercy on me.
﴿لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ
Lā ilāha illā Anta subḥānaka
“There is no god but You. Glory be to You!
إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾ (٣).
Innī kuntu mina al-ẓālimīna. (3)
I have indeed been among those who do wrong.” (3)
وَلَقَدْ شَكَى إِلَيْكَ يَعْقُوبُ فَخَلَّصْتَهُ مِنْ حُزْنِهِ،
Wa-la-qad shakā ilayka Yaʿqūbu fa-khallaṣtahu min ḥuznihi,
Jacob brought his grief to You, and You delivered him from sorrow,
وَرَدَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ مَا ذَهَبَ مِنْ بَصَرِهِ،
wa-radadta ʿalayhi mā dhahaba min baṣarihi,
restored the sight he had lost,
وَجَمَعْتَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ وَلَدِهِ،
wa-jamaʿta baynahu wa-bayna waladihi,
and reunited him with his son.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَاكَ نُوحٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَجَّيْتَهُ مِنْ كَرْبِهِ،
Wa-la-qad nādāka Nūḥun min qablu fa-najjaytahu min karbihi,
Noah called on You before, and You rescued him from distress.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَاكَ أَيُّوبُ مِنْ بَعْدُ
Wa-la-qad nādāka Ayyūbu min baʿdu
Job called on You afterward,
فَكَشَفْتَ مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرِّهِ،
fa-kashafta mā bihi min ḍurrihi,
and You relieved the suffering that afflicted him.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَاكَ يُونُسُ فَنَجَّيْتَهُ مِنْ غَمِّهِ،
Wa-la-qad nādāka Yūnusu fa-najjaytahu min ghammihi,
Jonah called on You, and You rescued him from anguish.
وَلَقَدْ نَادَاكَ زَكَرِيَّا فَوَهَبْتَ لَهُ وَلَدًا مِنْ صُلْبِهِ،
Wa-la-qad nādāka Zakariyyā fa-wahabta lahu waladan min ṣulbihi,
Zechariah called on You, and You gave him a son of his own,
بَعْدَ يَأْسِ أَهْلِهِ وَكِبَرِ سِنِّهِ،
baʿda yaʾsi ahlihi wa-kibari sinnihi,
after his wife had lost hope and he had grown old.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا نَزَلَ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ
Wa-la-qad ʿalimta mā nazala bi-Ibrāhīma
You knew what had befallen Abraham,
فَأَنْقَذْتَهُ مِنْ نَارِ عَدُوِّهِ،
fa-anqadhtahu min nāri ʿaduwwihi,
and You saved him from his enemy’s fire.
وَأَنْجَيْتَ لُوطًا وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ النَّازِلِ بِقَوْمِهِ.
Wa-anjayta Lūṭan wa-ahlahu mina al-ʿadhābi al-nāzili bi-qawmihi.
You saved Lot and his family from the punishment that descended on his people.
فَهَا أَنَا عَبْدُكَ،
Fa-hā anā ʿabduka,
Here I am, Your servant.
إِنْ تُعَذِّبْنِي بِجَمِيعِ مَا عَلِمْتَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ
In tuʿadhdhibnī bi-jamīʿi mā ʿalimta min ʿadhābika
If You punish me with every punishment known to You,
فَأَنَا حَقِيقٌ بِهِ،
fa-anā ḥaqīqun bihi,
I deserve it.
وَإِنْ تَرْحَمْنِي كَمَا رَحِمْتَهُمْ مَعَ عِظَمِ إِجْرَامِي
Wa-in tarḥamnī kamā raḥimtahum maʿa ʿiẓami ijrāmī
But if You have mercy on me as You had on them, despite my grave offenses,
فَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِذَٰلِكَ وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ أَكْرَمَ بِهِ،
fa-Anta awlā bi-dhālika wa-aḥaqqu man akrama bihi,
that most befits You; none is more worthy to bestow such honor.
فَلَيْسَ كَرَمُكَ مَخْصُوصًا بِمَنْ أَطَاعَكَ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْكَ،
Fa-laysa karamuka makhṣūṣan bi-man aṭāʿaka wa-aqbala ʿalayka,
Your generosity is not reserved for those who obey You and turn toward You.
بَلْ هُوَ مَبْذُولٌ بِالسَّبْقِ لِمَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ
Bal huwa mabdhūlun bi-al-sabqi li-man shiʾta min khalqika
It is freely given, before any merit, to whomever You will among Your creatures,
وَإِنْ عَصَاكَ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنْكَ،
wa-in ʿaṣāka wa-aʿraḍa ʿanka,
even one who disobeys You and turns away from You.
وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الْكَرَمِ أَنْ لَا تُحْسِنَ
Wa-laysa mina al-karami an lā tuḥsina
It is no mark of generosity to show kindness
إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ
illā li-man aḥsana ilayka
only to someone who has shown kindness to You,
وَأَنْتَ الْمِفْضَالُ الْغَنِيُّ،
wa-Anta al-mifḍālu al-ghaniyyu,
when You are boundlessly generous and free of all need.
بَلْ مِنَ الْكَرَمِ أَنْ تُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَيْكَ
Bal mina al-karami an tuḥsina ilā man asāʾa ilayka
True generosity is to show kindness to one who has wronged You,
وَأَنْتَ الرَّحِيمُ الْعَلِيُّ،
wa-Anta al-raḥīmu al-ʿaliyyu,
and You are the Ever-Merciful, the Most High.
كَيْفَ وَقَدْ أَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ نُحْسِنَ إِلَى مَنْ أَسَاءَ إِلَيْنَا
Kayfa wa-qad amartanā an nuḥsina ilā man asāʾa ilaynā
How could it be otherwise, when You tell us to be kind to those who wrong us?
فَأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِذَٰلِكَ مِنَّا،
Fa-Anta awlā bi-dhālika minnā,
You are more worthy of such generosity than we are.
﴿رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا
Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā
“Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves.
وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا
Wa-in lam taghfir lanā wa-tarḥamnā
Unless You forgive us and have mercy on us,
لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ﴾ (٣).
la-nakūnanna mina al-khāsirīna. (3)
we will surely be among the lost.” (3)
يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا اللَّٰهُ،
Yā Allāhu yā Allāhu yā Allāhu,
O Allah, O Allah, O Allah,
يَا رَحْمَٰنُ يَا رَحِيمُ، يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ،
yā Raḥmānu yā Raḥīmu, yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūmu,
O All-Merciful, O Ever-Merciful, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all,
يَا مَنْ هُوَ هُوَ هُوَ، يَا هُوَ،
yā man Huwa Huwa Huwa, yā Huwa,
O You who are He, He, He! O He!
إِنْ لَمْ نَكُنْ لِرَحْمَتِكَ أَهْلًا أَنْ نَنَالَهَا
in lam nakun li-raḥmatika ahlan an nanālahā
Even if we are not worthy to reach Your mercy,
فَرَحْمَتُكَ أَهْلٌ أَنْ تَنَالَنَا،
fa-raḥmatuka ahlun an tanālanā,
Your mercy is worthy to reach us.
يَا رَبَّاهُ يَا مَوْلَاهُ يَا مُغِيثَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ،
Yā rabbāhu yā mawlāhu yā mughītha man ʿaṣāhu,
O my Lord, O my Master, O Helper of those who disobey Him,
أَغِثْنَا (٣).
aghithnā. (3)
come to our aid! (3)
يَا رَبُّ يَا كَرِيمُ، وَارْحَمْنَا يَا بَرُّ يَا رَحِيمُ،
Yā Rabbu yā Karīmu, wa-irḥamnā yā Barru yā Raḥīmu,
O Lord, O Generous One, have mercy on us, O Kind, O Ever-Merciful.
يَا مَنْ ﴿وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
Yā man wasiʿa kursiyyuhu al-samāwāti wa-al-arḍa
O You whose Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth,
وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ﴾،
wa-lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā wa-Huwa al-ʿaliyyu al-ʿaẓīmu,
whose care for them is no burden, who is the Most High, the Magnificent,
أَسْأَلُكَ الْإِيمَانَ بِحِفْظِكَ،
asʾaluka al-īmāna bi-ḥifẓika,
I ask You for faith in Your protection,
إِيمَانًا يَسْكُنُ بِهِ قَلْبِي مِنْ هَمِّ الرِّزْقِ،
īmānan yaskunu bihi qalbī min hammi al-rizqi,
a faith that stills my heart’s anxiety over provision
وَخَوْفِ الْخَلْقِ،
wa-khawfi al-khalqi,
and its fear of other people.
وَاقْرُبْ مِنِّي قُرْبًا تَمْحَقُ بِهِ عَنِّي كُلَّ حِجَابٍ
Wa-uqrub minnī qurban tamḥaqu bihi ʿannī kulla ḥijābin
Draw so near to me that You erase every veil from me,
مَحَقْتَهُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِكَ،
maḥaqtahu ʿan Ibrāhīma khalīlika,
as You erased it from Abraham, Your intimate friend,
فَلَمْ يَحْتَجْ لِجِبْرِيلَ رَسُولِكَ،
fa-lam yaḥtaj li-Jibrīla rasūlika,
so that he had no need of Gabriel, Your messenger,
وَلَا لِسُؤَالِهِ مِنْكَ،
wa-lā li-suʾālihi minka,
nor even of asking You.
وَحَجَبْتَهُ بِذَٰلِكَ عَنْ نَارِ عَدُوِّهِ،
Wa-ḥajabtahu bi-dhālika ʿan nāri ʿaduwwihi,
Through that closeness, You shielded him from his enemy’s fire.
وَكَيْفَ لَا يُحْجَبُ عَنْ مَضَرَّةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ
Wa-kayfa lā yuḥjabu ʿan maḍarrati al-aʿdāʾi
How could one fail to be shielded from an enemy’s harm,
مَنْ غَيَّبْتَهُ عَنْ مَنْفَعَةِ الْأَحِبَّاءِ،
man ghayyabtahu ʿan manfaʿati al-aḥibbāʾi,
when You have made him oblivious to help from those who love him?
كَلَّا إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُغَيِّبَنِي بِقُرْبِكَ مِنِّي،
Kallā innī asʾaluka an tughayyibanī bi-qurbika minnī,
Never! I ask You to absorb my awareness in Your nearness to me,
حَتَّى لَا أَرَى وَلَا أَسْمَعَ وَلَا أُحِسَّ
ḥattā lā arā wa-lā asmaʿa wa-lā uḥissa
until I neither see, nor hear, nor sense
بِقُرْبِ شَيْءٍ وَلَا بِبُعْدِهِ عَنِّي،
bi-qurbi shayʾin wa-lā bi-buʿdihi ʿannī,
anything as near to me or far from me.
﴿إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾.
Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun.
You have power over all things.
﴿أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا
A-fa-ḥasibtum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan
“Did you think We created you without purpose,
وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
wa-annakum ilaynā lā turjaʿūna
and that you would not be brought back to Us?
فَتَعَالَى اللَّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ
Fa-taʿālā Allāhu al-maliku al-ḥaqqu
Exalted is Allah, the true King.
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
Lā ilāha illā Huwa rabbu al-ʿarshi al-karīmi
There is no god but Him, Lord of the noble Throne.
وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّٰهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ
Wa-man yadʿu maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara
Whoever calls upon another god alongside Allah,
لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ
lā burhāna lahu bihi
for which he has no proof,
فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ
fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi
his reckoning rests with his Lord alone.
إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ
Innahu lā yufliḥu al-kāfirūna
Those who reject the truth will not prosper.
وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ
Wa-qul rabbi ighfir wa-irḥam
And say, ‘My Lord, forgive and have mercy;
وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ﴾.
wa-Anta khayru al-rāḥimīna.
You are the best of those who show mercy.’”
﴿هُوَ الْحَيُّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
Huwa al-ḥayyu lā ilāha illā Huwa
“He is the Ever-Living; there is no god but Him.
فَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ
Fa-udʿūhu mukhliṣīna lahu al-dīna
So call upon Him with sincere devotion.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾.
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīna.
All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.”
﴿إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ
Inna Allāha wa-malāʾikatahu yuṣallūna ʿalā al-nabiyyi
“Allah and His angels bless the Prophet.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ
Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi
You who believe, invoke blessings upon him
وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا﴾.
wa-sallimū taslīman.
and greet him with peace.”
اللَّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin
O Allah, bless our master Muhammad
وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
wa-ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammadin
and the family of our master Muhammad,
كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ
kamā ṣallayta ʿalā sayyidinā Ibrāhīma
as You blessed our master Abraham
وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ،
wa-ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīma,
and the family of our master Abraham.
وَبَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
Wa-bārik ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadin
Bestow Your blessing upon our master Muhammad
وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
wa-ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammadin
and the family of our master Muhammad,
كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ
kamā bārakta ʿalā sayyidinā Ibrāhīma
as You bestowed Your blessing upon our master Abraham
وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ
wa-ʿalā āli sayyidinā Ibrāhīma fī al-ʿālamīna
and the family of our master Abraham, throughout all worlds.
إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ (٣).
Innaka ḥamīdun majīdun. (3)
You are truly Praiseworthy and Glorious. (3)
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ،
Subḥāna rabbika rabbi al-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūna,
Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, far above what they attribute to Him.
وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ،
Wa-salāmun ʿalā al-mursalīna,
Peace be upon the messengers,
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
wa-al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīna.
and all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.
حِزْبُ النَّصْرِ
Ḥizb al Naṣr The Litany of Victory
بِسْمِ اللَّٰهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ.
Bismi llāhi al-raḥmāni al-raḥīmi.
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.
اللَّٰهُمَّ بِسَطْوَةِ جَبَرُوتِ قَهْرِكَ،
Allāhumma bi-saṭwati jabarūti qahrika,
O Allah, by the overwhelming force of Your sovereign power,
وَبِسُرْعَةِ إِغَاثَةِ نَصْرِكَ،
wa-bi-surʿati ighāthati naṣrika,
by the swiftness of Your victorious aid,
وَبِغَيْرَتِكَ لِانْتِهَاكِ حُرُمَاتِكَ،
wa-bi-ghayratika li-intihāki ḥurumātika,
by Your jealous defense of what You have made sacred when it is violated,
وَبِحِمَايَتِكَ لِمَنِ احْتَمَى بِآيَاتِكَ،
wa-bi-ḥimāyatika li-mani iḥtamā bi-āyātika,
and by Your protection of those who take refuge in Your signs,
نَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّٰهُ يَا قَرِيبُ،
nasʾaluka yā Allāhu yā Qarību,
we ask You, O Allah, O Ever-Near,
يَا سَمِيعُ يَا مُجِيبُ، يَا سَرِيعُ يَا جَبَّارُ،
yā Samīʿu yā Mujību, yā Sarīʿu yā Jabbāru,
O All-Hearing, O Answerer of prayers, O Swift, O Compeller,
يَا مُنْتَقِمُ يَا قَهَّارُ، يَا شَدِيدَ الْبَطْشِ،
yā Muntaqimu yā Qahhāru, yā Shadīda al-baṭshi,
O Avenger, O All-Subduing, O You whose grasp is mighty,
يَا مَنْ لَا يُعْجِزُهُ قَهْرُ الْجَبَابِرَةِ،
yā man lā yuʿjizuhu qahru al-jabābirati,
O You whom subduing tyrants cannot defeat,
وَلَا يَعْظُمُ عَلَيْهِ هَلَاكُ الْمُتَمَرِّدَةِ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ وَالْأَكَاسِرَةِ.
wa-lā yaʿẓumu ʿalayhi halāku al-mutamarridati mina al-mulūki wa-al-akāsirati.
for whom destroying rebellious kings and emperors is no great matter:
أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كَيْدَ مَنْ كَادَنِي فِي نَحْرِهِ،
An tajʿala kayda man kādanī fī naḥrihi,
turn the plot of whoever plots against me back upon him,
وَمَكْرَ مَنْ مَكَرَ بِي عَائِدًا عَلَيْهِ،
wa-makra man makara bī ʿāʾidan ʿalayhi,
and let the deceit of whoever deceives me return upon him.
وَحُفْرَةَ مَنْ حَفَرَ لِي وَاقِعًا فِيهَا،
Wa-ḥufrata man ḥafara lī wāqiʿan fīhā,
Let whoever digs a pit for me fall into it.
وَمَنْ نَصَبَ لِي شَبَكَةَ الْخِدَاعِ
Wa-man naṣaba lī shabakata al-khidāʿi
As for whoever sets a net of deception for me,
اِجْعَلْهُ يَا سَيِّدِي مُسَاقًا إِلَيْهَا، وَمَصِيدًا فِيهَا، وَأَسِيرًا لَدَيْهَا.
ijʿalhu yā sayyidī musāqan ilayhā, wa-maṣīdan fīhā, wa-asīran ladayhā.
O my Master, drive him toward it, catch him in it, and hold him captive there.
اللَّٰهُمَّ بِحَقِّ كٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ، اِكْفِنَا هَمَّ الْعِدَا،
Allāhumma bi-ḥaqqi Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād, ikfinā hamma al-ʿidā,
O Allah, by the sanctity of Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād, spare us our enemies’ distress.
وَلَقِّمْهُمُ الرَّدَى، وَاجْعَلْهُمْ لِكُلِّ حَبِيبٍ فِدَا،
Wa-laqqimhumu al-radā, wa-ijʿalhum li-kulli ḥabībin fidā,
Make them taste destruction, and make them a ransom for every beloved one.
وَسَلِّطْ عَلَيْهِمْ عَاجِلَ النِّقْمَةِ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَغَدًا.
Wa-salliṭ ʿalayhim ʿājila al-niqmati fī al-yawmi wa-ghadan.
Let swift retribution overtake them today and tomorrow.
اللَّٰهُمَّ بَدِّدْ شَمْلَهُمْ، اللَّٰهُمَّ فَرِّقْ جَمْعَهُمْ،
Allāhumma baddid shamlahum, Allāhumma farriq jamʿahum,
O Allah, scatter their ranks. O Allah, disperse their gathering.
اللَّٰهُمَّ فُلَّ حَدَّهُمْ، اللَّٰهُمَّ أَقْلِلْ عَدَدَهُمْ،
Allāhumma fulla ḥaddahum, Allāhumma aqlil ʿadadahum,
O Allah, blunt their edge. O Allah, diminish their numbers.
اللَّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلِ الدَّائِرَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ،
Allāhumma ijʿali al-dāʾirata ʿalayhim,
O Allah, turn the tide against them.
اللَّٰهُمَّ أَرْسِلِ الْعَذَابَ إِلَيْهِمْ،
Allāhumma arsili al-ʿadhāba ilayhim,
O Allah, send punishment upon them.
اللَّٰهُمَّ أَخْرِجْهُمْ عَنْ دَائِرَةِ الْحِلْمِ،
Allāhumma akhrijhum ʿan dāʾirati al-ḥilmi,
O Allah, remove them from the shelter of Your forbearance,
وَاسْلُبْهُمْ مَدَدَ الْإِمْهَالِ،
wa-uslubhum madada al-imhāli,
and withdraw the reprieve that sustains them.
وَغُلَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ، وَارْبِطْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ،
Wa-ghulla aydiyahum, wa-irbiṭ ʿalā qulūbihim,
Shackle their hands and bind their hearts,
وَلَا تُبَلِّغْهُمُ الْآمَالَ.
wa-lā tuballighhumu al-āmāla.
and do not let them attain their hopes.
اللَّٰهُمَّ مَزِّقْهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ مَزَّقْتَهُ لِأَعْدَائِكَ
Allāhumma mazziqhum kulla mumazzaqin mazzaqtahu li-aʿdāʾika
O Allah, tear them apart as completely as You have torn apart Your enemies,
انْتِصَارًا لِأَنْبِيَائِكَ وَرُسُلِكَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ.
intiṣāran li-anbiyāʾika wa-rusulika wa-awliyāʾika.
in vindication of Your prophets, Your messengers, and Your friends.
اللَّٰهُمَّ انْتَصِرْ لَنَا انْتِصَارَكَ لِأَحْبَابِكَ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ.
Allāhumma intaṣir lanā intiṣāraka li-aḥbābika ʿalā aʿdāʾika.
O Allah, vindicate us as You vindicate Your beloved ones against Your enemies.
اللَّٰهُمَّ لَا تُمَكِّنِ الْأَعْدَاءَ فِينَا،
Allāhumma lā tumakkini al-aʿdāʾa fīnā,
O Allah, give our enemies no power over us,
وَلَا تُسَلِّطْهُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا.
wa-lā tusalliṭhum ʿalaynā bi-dhunūbinā.
and do not give them mastery over us because of our sins.
حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ.
Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm. Ḥā Mīm.
Ḥā Mīm — the Qur’anic letters, repeated seven times.
حُمَّ الْأَمْرُ وَجَاءَ النَّصْرُ فَعَلَيْنَا لَا يُنْصَرُونَ.
Ḥumma al-amru wa-jāʾa al-naṣru fa-ʿalaynā lā yunṣarūna.
The matter is decreed and victory has come; they shall not prevail against us.
حٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ حِمَايَتُنَا مِمَّا نَخَافُ.
Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf ḥimāyatunā mimmā nakhāfu.
Ḥā Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf is our protection from what we fear.
اللَّٰهُمَّ قِنَا شَرَّ الْأَسْوَا، وَلَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَحَلًّا لِلْبَلْوَى.
Allāhumma qinā sharra al-aswā, wa-lā tajʿalnā maḥallan li-al-balwā.
O Allah, protect us from evil, and do not make us a dwelling place for affliction.
اللَّٰهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا أَمَلَ الرَّجَاءِ وَفَوْقَ الْأَمَلِ.
Allāhumma aʿṭinā amala al-rajāʾi wa-fawqa al-amali.
O Allah, grant what we long and hope for, and more than we can hope.
يَا هُوَ يَا هُوَ يَا هُوَ، يَا مَنْ بِفَضْلِهِ لِفَضْلِهِ،
Yā Huwa yā Huwa yā Huwa, yā man bi-faḍlihi li-faḍlihi,
O He, O He, O He! O You by whose grace we seek Your grace,
نَسْأَلُكَ الْعَجَلَ الْعَجَلَ،
nasʾaluka al-ʿajala al-ʿajala,
we ask You: hasten, hasten!
إِلَهِي الْإِجَابَةَ، إِلَهِي الْإِجَابَةَ.
Ilāhī al-ijābata, ilāhī al-ijābata.
My God, answer us! My God, answer us!
يَا مَنْ أَجَابَ نُوحًا فِي قَوْمِهِ،
Yā man ajāba Nūḥan fī qawmihi,
O You who answered Noah concerning his people,
يَا مَنْ نَصَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ،
yā man naṣara Ibrāhīma ʿalā aʿdāʾihi,
O You who gave Abraham victory over his enemies,
يَا مَنْ رَدَّ يُوسُفَ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ،
yā man radda Yūsufa ʿalā Yaʿqūba,
O You who restored Joseph to Jacob,
يَا مَنْ كَشَفَ ضُرَّ أَيُّوبَ،
yā man kashafa ḍurra Ayyūba,
O You who relieved Job’s suffering,
يَا مَنْ أَجَابَ دَعْوَةَ زَكَرِيَّا،
yā man ajāba daʿwata Zakariyyā,
O You who answered Zechariah’s prayer,
يَا مَنْ قَبِلَ تَسْبِيحَ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى،
yā man qabila tasbīḥa Yūnusa bni Mattā,
O You who accepted the praise of Jonah son of Matta,
نَسْأَلُكَ بِأَسْرَارِ أَصْحَابِ هَٰذِهِ الدَّعَوَاتِ
nasʾaluka bi-asrāri aṣḥābi hādhihi al-daʿawāti
we ask You by the spiritual secrets of those who offered these prayers:
أَنْ تَتَقَبَّلَ مَا بِهِ دَعَوْنَاكَ،
an tataqabbala mā bihi daʿawnāka,
accept the prayer with which we have called upon You,
وَأَنْ تُعْطِيَنَا مَا سَأَلْنَاكَ،
wa-an tuʿṭiyanā mā saʾalnāka,
and grant us what we have asked of You.
أَنْجِزْ لَنَا وَعْدَكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ لِعِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،
Anjiz lanā waʿdaka alladhī waʿadtahu li-ʿibādika al-muʾminīna,
Fulfill for us the promise You made to Your believing servants:
أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ
An lā ilāha illā Anta subḥānaka
“There is no god but You. Glory be to You!
إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ.
Innī kuntu mina al-ẓālimīna.
I have indeed been among those who do wrong.”
انْقَطَعَتْ آمَالُنَا وَعِزَّتِكَ إِلَّا مِنْكَ،
Inqaṭaʿat āmālunā wa-ʿizzatika illā minka,
By Your might, all our hopes have fallen away except our hope in You.
وَخَابَ رَجَاؤُنَا وَحَقِّكَ إِلَّا فِيكَ.
Wa-khāba rajāʾunā wa-ḥaqqika illā fīka.
By Your truth, every hope has failed us except our hope in You.
إِنْ أَبْطَأَتْ غَارَةُ الْأَرْحَامِ وَابْتَعَدَتْ
In abṭaʾat ghāratu al-arḥāmi wa-ibtaʿadat
If help from our kin is slow and far away,
فَأَقْرَبُ الشَّيْءِ مِنَّا غَارَةُ اللَّٰهِ.
fa-aqrabu al-shayʾi minnā ghāratu Allāhi.
Allah’s rescuing help is nearer to us than anything.
يَا غَارَةَ اللَّٰهِ جِدِّي السَّيْرَ مُسْرِعَةً
Yā ghārata Allāhi jiddī al-sayra musriʿatan
O rescuing help of Allah, hurry swiftly onward
فِي حَلِّ عُقْدَتِنَا يَا غَارَةَ اللَّٰهِ.
fī ḥalli ʿuqdatinā yā ghārata Allāhi.
to untie the knot of our distress, O rescuing help of Allah!
عَدَتِ الْعَادُونَ وَجَارُوا،
ʿAdati al-ʿādūna wa-jārū,
The aggressors have attacked and acted unjustly;
وَرَجَوْنَا اللَّٰهَ مُجِيرًا،
wa-rajawnā Allāha mujīran,
we have turned in hope to Allah for refuge.
وَكَفَى بِاللَّٰهِ وَلِيًّا، وَكَفَى بِاللَّٰهِ نَصِيرًا.
Wa-kafā bi-llāhi waliyyan, wa-kafā bi-llāhi naṣīran.
Allah is enough as our guardian, and Allah is enough as our helper.
حَسْبُنَا اللَّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ،
Ḥasbunā Allāhu wa-niʿma al-wakīlu,
Allah is enough for us; how good a guardian He is!
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّٰهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ.
Wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi al-ʿaliyyi al-ʿaẓīmi.
There is no strength or power except through Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent.
اِسْتَجِبْ لَنَا، آمِينَ.
Istajib lanā, āmīna.
Answer us. Amen.
فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا
Fa-quṭiʿa dābiru al-qawmi alladhīna ẓalamū
So the people who did wrong were cut off to the last,
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
wa-al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīna.
and all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.
حَسْبُنَا اللَّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ (٤٥٠).
Ḥasbunā Allāhu wa-niʿma al-wakīlu. (450)
Allah is enough for us; how good a guardian He is! (450)
Sources and translation notes
The Arabic follows the editions used in the preceding Arabic-only document. Its consonantal wording and sequence have been checked against that document. Vocalization has been reviewed, with explicit long-vowel signs added where useful and a small number of vowel readings corrected. This is a reading edition based on identified published witnesses; no single universally official recension was established.
Ḥizb al Baḥr
Damas Cultural Society’s Arabic extract identified as Returning to Allah, 2025, printed pages 33, 35, and 37. The entire three-page Arabic extract is included.
Damas source page · Complete Arabic PDF
Ḥizb al Barr
Damas Cultural Society’s complete twelve-page Ḥizb al-Barr, with a filename dated 2024. Also called al-Ḥizb al-Kabīr, the Great Litany. The source webpage includes a recitation by Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi.
Damas source page · Complete Arabic PDF
The previously documented restoration of
وَالذَّمَّ
is retained in
وَالْمَدْحَ وَالذَّمَّ أَلْزَمْتَنَا.
This word is omitted on page 4 of the modern PDF but appears in ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muhammad al-Fāsī, Sharḥ Ḥizb al-Barr, edited by Muhammad ʿAṭiyya Khamīs, introduction by ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Maḥmūd, al-Maktaba al-Azhariyya li-l-Turāth, 1423 AH / 2002, printed page 42, PDF page 43.
Ḥizb al Naṣr
Ṭarīq al-Duʿāʾ li-Kashf al-Balāʾ, compiled by Muhammad Abū al-Hudā al-Yaqoubi, first edition, 1447 AH / 2025, Dār Tawqīʿāt (Signatora), London, printed pages 8–9. Both pages are included. Publication details were checked against the front matter reproduced by Damas.
Damas source page · Complete Arabic PDF · Publication details
Translation choices
Allah is retained as the divine name. The movement between “I” and “we,” the invocations, and the prayers against enemies follow the Arabic. Divine images such as hand, eye, countenance, Throne, and Footstool are retained without imposing a physical interpretation. Maʿrifa and mushāhada are rendered according to context as intimate knowledge of God and beholding Him. Barzakh means a barrier; in the passage about death it denotes the interval before resurrection.
In Ḥizb al-Barr,
تَوْبَةً سَابِقَةً مِنْكَ إِلَيْنَا
means God’s merciful turning toward the servant before the servant’s repentance. The contrasting statements about deeds, displeasure, and love are preserved within their surrounding prayer for repentance and forgiveness. Omitted objects in
كَتَبْتَ وَحَبَّبْتَ وَزَيَّنْتَ وَكَرَّهْتَ
are supplied in English from the context of faith and its opposite.
In Ḥizb al-Naṣr,
يَا مَنْ بِفَضْلِهِ لِفَضْلِهِ
is an elliptical expression; the English understands it as divine grace enabling the appeal for divine grace. The source’s rhyming forms
فِدَا
and
الْأَسْوَا
are retained and transliterated fidā and al-aswā. The latter is rendered broadly as “evil.”
غَارَةُ اللَّهِ
is rendered “Allah’s rescuing help.” The concluding count
٤٥٠
is copied from the source.
The initial
كهيعص
in Ḥizb al-Baḥr has no repetition number in the selected printed extract; the Damas webpage marks it three times. The printed extract governs this edition. For isolated letters, the Arabic retains the letter sequence with reading signs, while the transliteration supplies the individual letter names.
Prepared 17 September 2026. The translation and transliteration are newly prepared for this edition; the linked Arabic sources provide the textual basis.
