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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أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعْتَـذِرُ إِلَيْـكَ
allāhumma innī a`tadhiru ilayk
O God, I ask pardon from You for
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مِنْ مَـظْلُومٍ ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِيْ فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ
min maẓlūmin ẓulima biḥaḍratī falam anṣur-h
the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help,
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وَمِنْ مَعْرُوفٍ أُسْدِيَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ
wamin ma`rūfin usdiya ilayya falam ashkur-h
the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks,
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وَمِنْ مُسِيءٍ اعْتَذَرَ إِلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ
wamin musī-ini`tadhara ilayya falam a`dhir-h
the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon,
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وَمِنْ ذِيْ فَاقَةٍ سَأَلَنِيْ فَلَمْ أُوثِرْهُ
wamin dhī fāqatin sa-alanī falam ūthir-h
the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself,
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وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذِيْ حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِيْ لِمُؤْمِنٍ فَلَمْ أُوَفِّرْهُ
wamin ḥaqqi dhī ḥaqqin lazimanī limu-minin falam uwaffir-h
the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil,
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وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِنٍ ظَهَرَ لِيْ فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ
wamin `aybi mu-minin ẓahara lī falam astur-h
the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal,
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وَمِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ عَرَضَ لِيْ فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ
wamin kulli ithmin `araḍa lī falam ahjur-h
and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid.
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أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِيْ مِنْهُنَّ
a`tadhiru ilayka yā ilahī minhunn
I ask pardon, my God, for all of these
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وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَةٍ
wamin naẓā-irihinna`tidhāra nadāmah
and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse
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يَكُونُ وَاعِظًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ
yakūnu wā`iẓan limā bayna yadayya min ashbāhihinn
which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me.
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ
faṣalli `alā muḥammadin wa ālih
So bless Muhammad and his Household
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وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِيْ عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّلَّاتِ
waj`al nadāmatī `alā mā waqa`tu fīhi minaz zallāt
and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen
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وَعَزْمِيْ عَلَى تَرْكِ مَا يَعْرِضُ لِيْ مِنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ
wa`azmī `alā tar-ki mā ya`riḍu lī minas sayyi-āt
and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me
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تَوْبَةً تُوجِبُ لِيْ مَحَبَّتَكَ
tawbatan tūjibu lī maḥabbatak
a repentance which will make Your love for me obligatory,
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يَا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِينَ
yā muḥibbat tawwābīn
O lover of those who repent!
