بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
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يَا مَنْ تُحَلُّ بِهِ عُقَدُ الْمَكَارِهِ
yā man tuḥallu bihi `uqadul makārih
O You who unties the knots of difficulties
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وَيَا مَنْ يُفْثَأُ بِهِ حَدُّ الشَّدَائِدِ
wayā man yuftha-u bihi ḥaddush shadā-id
And O You who alleviates the severity of hardships
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وَيَا مَنْ يُلْتَمَسُ مِنْهُ الْمَخْرَجُ إِلَى رَوْحِ الْفَرَجِ
wayā man yultamasu minhul makhraju ilā rawḥil faraj
And O You from whom relief and comfort are sought
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ذَلَّتْ لِقُدْرَتِكَ الصِّعَابُ
dhallat liqudratikaṣ ṣi`āb
Difficulties are humbled by Your power
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وَتَسَبَّبَتْ بِلُطْفِكَ الْأَسْبَابُ
watasabbabat biluṭfikal asbāb
And means are facilitated by Your kindness
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وَجَرَى بِقُدْرَتِكَ الْقَضَاءُ
wajarā biqudratikal qaḍā
And decrees flow by Your power
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وَمَضَتْ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكَ الْأَشْيَاءُ
wamaḍat `alā irādatikal ashyā
And things proceed according to Your will
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فَهِيَ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ دُوْنَ قَوْلِكَ مُؤْتَمِرَةٌ
fahiya bimashiyyatika dūna qawlika mu-tamirah
They comply with Your intention without Your verbal command
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وَبِإِرَادَتِكَ دُوْنَ نَهْيِكَ مُنْزَجِرَةٌ
wabi-irādatika dūna nahyika munzajirah
And are restrained by Your will without Your verbal prohibition
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أَنْتَ الْمَدْعُوُّ لِلْمُهِمَّاتِ
antal mad`uwwu lilmuhimmāt
You are the One called upon for important matters
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وَأَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ فِيْ الْمُلِمَّاتِ
wa-antal mafza`u fil mulimmāt
And You are the refuge in calamities
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لَا يَنْدَفِعُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا دَفَعْتَ
lā yandafi`u minhā illā mā dafa`t
Nothing can be repelled except what You repel
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وَلَا يَنْكَشِفُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا كَشَفْتَ
walā yankashifu minhā illā mā kashaft
And nothing can be removed except what You remove
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وَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِيْ يَا رَبِّ مَا قَدْ تَكَأَّدَنِيْ ثِقْلُهُ
waqad nazala bī yā rabbi mā qad taka-adanī thiqluh
O Lord, I have been afflicted with a burden that weighs heavily upon me
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وَأَلَمَّ بِيْ مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِيْ حَمْلُهُ
wa-alamma bī mā qad bahaẓanī ḥamluh
And I am overwhelmed by what has befallen me
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وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ أَوْرَدْتَهُ عَلَيَّ
wabiqudratika awradtahu `alayy
By Your power, You have brought it upon me
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وَبِسُلْطَانِكَ وَجَّهْتَهُ إِلَيَّ
wabisulṭānika wajjahtahu ilayy
And by Your authority, You have directed it towards me
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فَلَا مُصْدِرَ لِمَا أَوْرَدْتَ
falā muṣdira limā awradt
None can ward off what You bring
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وَلَا صَارِفَ لِمَا وَجَّهْتَ
walā ṣārifa limā wajjaht
And none can divert what You direct
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وَلَا فَاتِحَ لِمَا أَغْلَقْتَ
walā fātiḥa limā aghlaqt
None can open what You have closed
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وَلَا مُغْلِقَ لِمَا فَتَحْتَ
walā mughliqa limā fataḥt
And none can close what You have opened
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وَلَا مُيَسِّرَ لِمَا عَسَّرْتَ
walā muyassira limā `assar-t
None can ease what You have made difficult
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وَلَا نَاصِرَ لِمَنْ خَذَلْتَ
walā nāṣira liman khadhalt
And none can help whom You have abandoned
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
faṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa ālih
So send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
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وَافْتَحْ لِيْ يَا رَبِّ بَابَ الْفَرَجِ بِطَوْلِكَ
waftaḥ lī yā rabbi bābal faraji biṭawlik
And open for me, O Lord, the door of relief by Your generosity
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وَاكْسِرْ عَنِّيْ سُلْطَانَ الْهَمِّ بِحَوْلِكَ
waksir `annī sulṭānal hammi biḥawlik
And break the authority of sorrow over me by Your might
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وَأَنِلْنِيْ حُسْنَ النَّظَرِ فِيمَا شَكَوْتُ
wa-anilnī ḥusnan naẓari fīmā shakawt
And grant me the best outcome in what I have complained about
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وَأَذِقْنِيْ حَلَاوَةَ الصُّنْعِ فِيمَا سَأَلْتُ
wa-adhiqnī ḥalāwataṣ ṣun`i fīmā sa-alt
And let me taste the sweetness of Your help in what I have asked for
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وَهَبْ لِيْ مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَفَرَجًا هَنِيئًا
wahab lī min ladunka raḥmatan wafarajan hanī-ā
And grant me from Yourself mercy and pleasant relief
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وَاجْعَلْ لِيْ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَخْرَجًا وَحِيًّا
waj`al lī min `indika makhrajan waḥiyyā
And provide for me a swift way out from Your presence
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وَلَا تَشْغَلْنِيْ بِالْإِهْتِمَامِ عَنْ تَعَاهُدِ فُرُوضِكَ وَاسْتِعْمَالِ سُنَّتِكَ
walā tashghalnī bil ihtimāmi `an ta`āhudi furūḍika wasti`māli sunnatik
And do not distract me with worries from observing Your obligations and practicing Your traditions
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فَقَدْ ضِقْتُ لِمَا نَزَلَ بِيْ يَا رَبِّ ذَرْعًا
faqad ḍiqtu limā nazala bī yā rabbi dhar-`ā
For I have become too constricted, O Lord, by what has befallen me
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وَامْتَلَأْتُ بِحَمْلِ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَيَّ هَمًّا
wamtala-tu biḥamli mā ḥadatha `alayya hammā
And I am filled with anxiety by the burden of what has happened to me
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وَأَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى كَشْفِ مَا مُنِيتُ بِهِ
wa-antal qādiru `alā kashfi mā munītu bih
You have the power to remove what has afflicted me
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وَدَفْعِ مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ
wadaf`i mā waqa`tu fīh
And to repel what I have fallen into
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فَافْعَلْ بِيْ ذٰلِكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَوْجِبْهُ مِنْكَ
faf`al bī dhālika wa-in lam astawjibhu mink
So do this for me even if I do not deserve it from You
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يَا ذَا الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
yā dhal `ar-shil `aẓīm
O Lord of the Mighty Throne
