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, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ يَحْجُبُنِيْ عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِكَ خِلَالٌ ثَلَاثٌ
allāhumma innahu yaḥjubunī `an mas-alatika khilālun thalāth
O Allah, three qualities prevent me from asking You
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وَتَحْدُونِيْ عَلَيْهَا خَلَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
wataḥdūnī `alayhā khallatun wāḥidah
And one quality urges me towards it
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يَحْجُبُنِيْ أَمْرٌ أَمَرْتَ بِهِ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ
yaḥjubunī amrun amar-ta bihi fa-abṭa-tu `anh
I am prevented by commands You ordered which I was slow to fulfill
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وَنَهْيٌ نَهَيْتَنِيْ عَنْهُ فَأَسْرَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ
wanahyun nahaytanī `anhu fa-asra`tu ilayh
And prohibitions You forbade which I hastened to commit
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وَنِعْمَةٌ أَنْعَمْتَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَقَصَّرْتُ فِيْ شُكْرِهَا
wani`matun an`amta bihā `alayya faqaṣṣar-tu fī shukrihā
And blessings You bestowed upon me for which I was deficient in gratitude
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وَيَحْدُونِيْ عَلَى مَسْأَلَتِكَ تَفَضُّلُكَ
wayaḥdūnī `alā mas-alatika tafaḍḍuluk
And what urges me to ask You is Your favor
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عَلَى مَنْ أَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَيْكَ
`alā man aqbala biwajhihi ilayk
Upon those who turn their faces toward You
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وَوَفَدَ بِحُسْنِ ظَنِّهِ إِلَيْكَ
wawafada biḥusni ẓannihi ilayk
And approach You with good expectations
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إِذْ جَمِيعُ إِحْسَانِكَ تَفَضُّلٌ
idh jamī`u iḥsānika tafaḍḍul
Since all Your benevolence is a favor
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وَإِذْ كُلُّ نِعَمِكَ ابْتِدَاءٌ
wa-idh kullu ni`amikabtidā
And all Your blessings are initiated by You
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فَهَا أَنَا ذَا يَا إِلَهِيْ وَاقِفٌ بِبَابِ عِزِّكَ
fahā ana dhā yā ilahī wāqifun bibābi `izzik
So here I am, my God, standing at the door of Your might
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وُقُوفَ الْمُسْتَسْلِمِ الذَّلِيلِ، وَسَائِلُكَ عَلَى الْحَيَاءِ مِنِّي
wuqūfal mustaslimidh dhalīl, wasā-iluka `alal ḥayā-i minnī
Standing as one surrendered and humbled, asking You despite my embarrassment
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سُؤَالَ الْبَائِسِ الْمُعِيلِ مُقِرٌّ لَكَ بِأَنِّي
su-ālal bā-isil mu`īli muqirrun laka bi-annī
Like the asking of a destitute, acknowledging that I
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لَمْ أَسْتَسْلِمْ وَقْتَ إِحْسَانِكَ إِلَّا بِالْإِقْلَاعِ عَنْ عِصْيَانِكَ
lam astaslim waqta iḥsānika illā bil iqlā`i `an `iṣyānik
Did not surrender during Your benevolence except by ceasing my disobedience to You
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وَلَمْ أَخْلُ فِيْ الْحَالَاتِ كُلِّهَا مِنِ امْتِنَانِكَ
walam akhlu fil ḥālāti kullihā minimtinānik
And I was never free in all situations from Your favors
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فَهَلْ يَنْفَعُنِيْ يَا إِلَهِيْ إِقْرَارِيْ عِنْدَكَ بِسُوءِ مَا اكْتَسَبْتُ
fahal yanfa`unī yā ilahī iqrārī `indaka bisū-i maktasabt
So will it benefit me, my God, to confess before You the evil I have earned?
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وَهَلْ يُنْجِينِيْ مِنْكَ اعْتِرَاْفِيْ لَكَ بِقَبِيحِ مَا ارْتَكَبْتُ
wahal yunjīnī minka`tirafī laka biqabīḥi mar-takabt
Will my confession to You of the ugliness of what I have committed save me from You?
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أَمْ أَوْجَبْتَ لِيْ فِيْ مَقَامِيْ هَذَا سُخْطَكَ
am awjabta lī fī maqāmī hadhā sukhṭak
Have You decreed Your displeasure for me in this position of mine?
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أَمْ لَزِمَنِيْ فِيْ وَقْتِ دُعَايَ مَقْتُكَ
am lazimanī fī waqti du`āya maqtuk
Or has Your abhorrence become necessary for me at the time of my supplication?
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سُبْحَانَكَ لَا أَيْأَسُ مِنْكَ وَقَدْ فَتَحْتَ لِيْ بَابَ التَّوْبَةِ إِلَيْكَ
subḥānaka lā ay-asu minka waqad fataḥta lī bābat tawbati ilayk
Glory be to You! I do not despair of You when You have opened for me the door of repentance
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بَلْ أَقُولُ مَقَالَ الْعَبْدِ الذَّلِيلِ الظَّالِمِ لِنَفْسِهِ
bal aqūlu maqālal `abdidh dhalīliẓ ẓālimi linafsih
Rather, I speak as a humble servant who has wronged himself
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اَلْمُسْتَخِفِّ بِحُرْمَةِ رَبِّهِ
al mustakhiffi biḥur-mati rabbih
Who has taken lightly the sanctity of his Lord
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اَلَّذِيْ عَظُمَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ فَجَلَّتْ وَأَدْبَرَتْ أَيَّامُهُ فَوَلَّتْ
al ladhī `aẓumat dhunūbuhu fajallat wa-adbarat ayyāmuhu fawallat
Whose sins have become great and grave, and whose days have turned away and gone
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حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَى مُدَّةَ الْعَمَلِ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ
ḥattā idhā ra-ā muddatal `amali qadinqaḍat
Until when he sees that the period of action has expired
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وَغَايَةَ الْعُمُرِ قَدِ انْتَهَتْ
waghāyatal `umuri qadintahat
And the end of life has arrived
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وَأَيْقَنَ أَنَّهُ لَا مَحِيصَ لَهُ مِنْكَ وَلَا مَهْرَبَ لَهُ عَنْكَ
wa-ayqana annahu lā maḥīṣa lahu minka walā mahraba lahu `ank
And he is certain that he has no escape from You and no place to flee from You
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تَلَقَّاكَ بِالْإِنَابَةِ وَأَخْلَصَ لَكَ التَّوْبَةَ
talaqqāka bil inābati wa-akhlaṣa lakat tawbah
He turns to You in repentance and purifies his repentance for You
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فَقَامَ إِلَيْكَ بِقَلْبٍ طَاهِرٍ نَقِيٍّ
faqāma ilayka biqalbin ṭāhirin naqiyy
So he stands before You with a pure, clean heart
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ثُمَّ دَعَاكَ بِصَوْتٍ حَائِلٍ خَفِيٍّ
thumma da`āka biṣawtin ḥā-ilin khafiyy
Then he calls You with a faint, low voice
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قَدْ تَطَأْطَأَ لَكَ فَانْحَنَى وَنَكَّسَ رَأْسَهُ فَانْثَنَى
qad taṭa-ṭa-a laka fanḥanā wanakkasa ra-sahu fanthanā
He has bowed his head before You and bent, and lowered his head and curved
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قَدْ أَرْعَشَتْ خَشْيَتُهُ رِجْلَيْهِ وَغَرَّقَتْ دُمُوعُهُ خَدَّيْهِ
qad ar-`ashat khashyatuhu rijlayhi wagharraqat dumū`uhu khaddayh
His fear has made his legs tremble and his tears have soaked his cheeks
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يَدْعُوكَ بِيَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ وَيَا أَرْحَمَ مَنِ انْتَابَهُ الْمُسْتَرْحِمُوْنَ
yad`ūka biyā ar-ḥamar rāḥimīna wayā ar-ḥama manintābahul mustar-ḥimūn
He calls upon You: "O Most Merciful of the merciful! O Most Merciful to those who seek mercy!
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وَيَا أَعْطَفَ مَنْ أَطَافَ بِهِ الْمُسْتَغْفِرُونَ
wayā a`ṭafa man aṭāfa bihil mustaghfirūn
O Most Kind to those who seek forgiveness!
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وَيَا مَنْ عَفْوُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ نَقِمَتِهِ
wayā man `afwuhu aktharu min naqimatih
O One whose pardon is greater than His vengeance!
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وَيَا مَنْ رِضَاهُ أَوْفَرُ مِنْ سَخَطِهِ
wayā man riḍāhu awfaru min sakhaṭih
O One whose pleasure is more abundant than His anger!
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وَيَا مَنْ تَحَمَّدَ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ بِحُسْنِ التَّجَاوُزِ
wayā man taḥammada ilā khalqihi biḥusnit tajāwuz
O One who has earned praise from His creation through His beautiful forgiveness!
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وَيَا مَنْ عَوَّدَ عِبَادَهُ قَبُولَ الْإِنَابَةِ
wayā man `awwada `ibādahu qabūlal inābah
O One who has accustomed His servants to the acceptance of repentance!
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وَيَا مَنِ اسْتَصْلَحَ فَاسِدَهُمْ بِالتَّوْبَةِ
wayā manistaṣlaḥa fāsidahum bittawbah
O One who reforms their corruption through repentance!
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وَيَا مَنْ رَضِيَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ بِالْيَسِيرِ
wayā man raḍiya min fi`lihim bil yasīr
O One who is satisfied with the small from their actions!
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وَيَا مَنْ كَافَى قَلِيلَهُمْ بِالْكَثِيرِ
wayā man kāfā qalīlahum bil kathīr
O One who rewards their little with much!
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وَيَا مَنْ ضَمِنَ لَهُمْ إِجَابَةَ الدُّعَاءِ
wayā man ḍamina lahum ijābatad du`ā
O One who has guaranteed them the answer to their prayers!
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وَيَا مَنْ وَعَدَهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِتَفَضُّلِهِ حُسْنَ الْجَزَاءِ
wayā man wa`adahum `alā nafsihi bitafaḍḍulihi ḥusnal jazā
O One who has promised them, by His grace, an excellent reward!
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مَا أَنَا بِأَعْصَى مَنْ عَصَاكَ فَغَفَرْتَ لَهُ
mā ana bi-a`ṣā man `aṣāka faghafar-ta lah
I am not more disobedient than those who disobeyed You and You forgave them
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وَمَا أَنَا بِأَلْوَمِ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيْكَ فَقَبِلْتَ مِنْهُ
wamā ana bi-alwami mani`tadhara ilayka faqabilta minh
I am not more blameworthy than those who apologized to You and You accepted from them
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وَمَا أَنَا بِأَظْلَمِ مَنْ تَابَ إِلَيْكَ فَعُدْتَ عَلَيْهِ
wamā ana bi-aẓlami man tāba ilayka fa`udta `alayh
I am not more unjust than those who repented to You and You turned to them
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أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ فِيْ مَقَامِيْ هَذَا تَوْبَةَ نَادِمٍ عَلَى مَا فَرَطَ مِنْهُ
atūbu ilayka fī maqāmī hadhā tawbata nādimin `alā mā faraṭa minh
I repent to You in this position of mine with the repentance of one regretful for what escaped from him
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مُشْفِقٍ مِمَّا اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ خَالِصِ الْحَيَاءِ مِمَّا وَقَعَ فِيهِ
mushfiqin mimmajtama`a `alayhi khāliṣil ḥayā-i mimmā waqa`a fīh
Fearful of what has accumulated upon him, with sincere shame for what has befallen him
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عَالِمٍ بِأَنَّ الْعَفْوَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُكَ
`ālimin bi-annal `afwa `anidh dhanbil `aẓīmi lā yata`āẓamuk
Knowing that pardoning great sin is not difficult for You
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وَأَنَّ التَّجَاوُزَ عَنِ الْإِثْمِ الْجَلِيلِ لَا يَسْتَصْعِبُكَ
wa-annat tajāwuza `anil ithmil jalīli lā yastaṣ`ibuk
And that overlooking enormous transgression is not hard for You
50
وَأَنَّ احْتِمَالَ الْجِنَايَاتِ الْفَاحِشَةِ لَا يَتَكَأَّدُكَ
wa-annaḥtimālal jināyātil fāḥishati lā yataka--aduk
And that bearing terrible offenses does not burden You
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وَأَنَّ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِكَ إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَرَكَ الْإِسْتِكْبَارَ عَلَيْكَ
wa-anna aḥabba `ibādika ilayka man tarakal istikbāra `alayk
And that the most beloved of Your servants to You is he who abandons arrogance toward You
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وَجَانَبَ الْإِصْرَارَ وَلَزِمَ الَاسْتِغْفَارَ
wajānabal iṣrāra walazimal astighfār
Who avoids persistence in sin and adheres to seeking forgiveness
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وَأَنَا أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَسْتَكْبِرَ
wa-ana abra-u ilayka min an astakbir
I declare myself free before You from being arrogant
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وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أُصِرَّ
wa-a`ūdhu bika min an uṣirr
I seek refuge in You from persisting in sin
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وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا قَصَّرْتُ فِيهِ
wa-astaghfiruka limā qaṣṣar-tu fīh
I seek Your forgiveness for what I have fallen short in
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وَأَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا عَجَزْتُ عَنْهُ
wa-asta`īnu bika `alā mā `ajaztu `anh
I seek Your help with what I am unable to do
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اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
allāhumma ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa ālih
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family
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وَهَبْ لِيْ مَا يَجِبُ عَلَيَّ لَكَ
wahab lī mā yajibu `alayya lak
And grant me what is obligatory upon me toward You
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وَعَافِنِيْ مِمَّا أَسْتَوْجِبُهُ مِنْكَ
wa`āfinī mimmā astawjibuhu mink
And protect me from what I deserve from You
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وَأَجِرْنِيْ مِمَّا يَخَافُهُ أَهْلُ الْإِسَاءَةِ
wa-ajir-nī mimmā yakhāfuhu ahlul isā-ah
And save me from what the people of evil fear
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فَإِنَّكَ مَلِيءٌ بِالْعَفْوِ مَرْجُوٌّ لِلْمَغْفِرَةِ مَعْرُوفٌ بِالتَّجَاوُزِ
fa-innaka malī-un bil `afwi mar-juwwun lilmaghfirati ma`rūfun bittajāwuz
For You are full of pardon, hoped for forgiveness, known for overlooking
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لَيْسَ لِحَاجَتِيْ مَطْلَبٌ سِوَاكَ
laysa liḥājatī maṭlabun siwāk
There is no place to seek my need except with You
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وَلَا لِذَنْبِيْ غَافِرٌ غَيْرُكَ حَاشَاكَ
walā lidhanbī ghāfirun ghayruka ḥāshāk
And there is no forgiver for my sin other than You, far be it from You
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وَلَا أَخَافُ عَلَى نَفْسِيْ إِلَّا إِيَّاكَ
walā akhāfu `alā nafsī illā iyyāk
And I fear none for myself except You
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إِنَّكَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ
innaka ahlut taqwā wa-ahlul maghfirah
You are worthy of being feared and worthy of forgiving
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صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
ṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa āli muḥammad
Send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
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وَاقْضِ حَاجَتِيْ وَأَنْجِحْ طَلِبَتِي
waqḍi ḥājatī wa-anjiḥ ṭalibatī
And fulfill my need and grant my request
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وَاغْفِرْ ذَنْبِيْ وَ آمِنْ خَوْفَ نَفْسِي
waghfir dhanbī wa āmin khawfa nafsī
And forgive my sin and secure me from the fear of myself
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إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
innaka `alā kulli shay-in qadīr
Indeed, You have power over all things
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وَذَلِكَ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيرٌ آمِيْنَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
wadhalika `alayka yasīrun-āmīna rabbal `ālamīn
And that is easy for You. Amen, Lord of the worlds
