بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm
In the Name of Allāh, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
O' Allāh send Your blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ تَشَأْ تَعْفُ عَنَّا فَبِفَضْلِكَ
allāhumma in tasha-ta`fu `annā fabifaḍlik
O God, if You willest, You wilt pardon us through Your bounty
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وَإِنْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنَا فَبِعَدْلِكَ فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمَنِّكَ
wa-in tasha-tu`adhhibnā fabi`adlika fasahhil lanā `afwaka bimannik
and if You willest, You wilt chastise us through Your justice. So make our ways smooth to Your pardon through Your kindness
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وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِعَدْلِكَ
wa-ajir-nā min `adhābika bitajāwuzika fa-innahu lā ṭāqata lanā bi`adlik
and grant us sanctuary from Your chastisement through Your forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Your justice
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وَلَا نَجَاةَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنَّا دُوْنَ عَفْوِكَ
walā najāta li-aḥadin minnā dūna `afwik
and none of us can reach deliverance without Your pardon!
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يَا غَنِيَّ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ هَا نَحْنُ عِبَادُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
yā ghaniyyal aghniyā-i hā naḥnu `ibāduka bayna yadayk
O Richest of the rich! Here we are, Your servants, before You.
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وَأَنَا أَفْقَرُ الْفُقَرَاءِ إِلَيْكَ فَاجْبُرْ فَاقَتَنَا بِوُسْعِكَ
wa-ana afqarul fuqarā-i ilayka fajbur fāqatanā biwus`ik
I am the neediest of the needy toward You, so redress our neediness through Your plenty
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وَلَا تَقْطَعْ رَجَاءَنَا بِمَنْعِكَ فَتَكُونَ قَدْ أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ
walā taqṭa` rajā-anā biman`ika fatakūna qad ashqayta manistas`ada bik
and cut us not off from our hopes through Your withholding, lest You makest wretched him who seeks felicity through You
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وَحَرَمْتَ مَنِ اسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ
waḥaramta manistar-fada faḍlak
and deprivest him who seeks help from Your bounty!
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فَإِلَى مَنْ حِيْنَئِذٍ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ
fa-ilā man ḥīna-idhin munqalabunā `ank
Then to whom would we return after You?
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وَإِلَى أَيْنَ مَذْهَبُنَا عَنْ بَابِكَ
wa-ilā ayna madh-habunā `an bābik
Where would we go from Your gate?
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سُبْحَانَكَ نَحْنُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ الَّذِيْنَ أَوْجَبْتَ إِجَابَتَهُمْ
subḥānaka naḥnul muḍṭarrūnal ladhīna awjabta ijābatahum
Glory be to You! We are the distressed, the response to whom You hast made incumbent,
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وَأَهْلُ السُّوءِ الَّذِيْنَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ
wa-ahlus sū-il ladhīna wa`adtal kashfa `anhum
the people from whom You hast promised to remove the evil.
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وَأَشْبَهُ الْأَشْيَاءِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ
wa-ashbahul ashyā-i bimashiyyatik
That thing most resembling Your will
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وَأَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِكَ فِيْ عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ
wa-awlal umūri bika fī `aẓamatika raḥmatu manistar-ḥamak
and that affair most worthy for You in Your mightiness is showing mercy to him who asks You for mercy
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وَغَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إِلَيْكَ
waghawthu manistaghātha bik, far-ḥam taḍarru`anā ilayk
and helping him who seeks help from You. So show mercy upon our pleading with You
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وَأَغْنِنَا إِذْ طَرَحْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
wa-aghninā idh ṭaraḥnā anfusanā bayna yadayk
and free us from need when we throw ourselves before You!
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شَمِتَ بِنَا إِذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ
allāhumma innash shayṭāna qad shamita binā idh shāya`nāhu `alā ma`ṣiyatik
O God, Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying You,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
faṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa ālih
so bless Muhammad and his Household
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وَلَا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إِيَّاهُ لَكَ
walā tushmit-hu binā ba`da tar-kinā iyyāhu lak
and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for You
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وَرَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ إِلَيْكَ
waraghbatinā `anhu ilayk
and beseeched You against him!
