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 Your blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
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رَبِّ أَفْحَمَتْنِيْ ذُنُوبِي، وَانْقَطَعَتْ مَقَالَتِي
rabbi afḥamatnī dhunūbī, wanqaṭa`at maqālatī
My Lord, my sins have silenced me, and my arguments have been cut off
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فَلَا حُجَّةَ لِي، فَأَنَا الْأَسِيرُ بِبَلِيَّتِي
falā ḥujjata lī, fa-anal asīru bibaliyyatī
I have no plea, for I am a prisoner of my affliction
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اَلْمُرْتَهَنُ بِعَمَلِي، الْمُتَرَدِّدُ فِيْ خَطِيئَتِي
al mur-tahanu bi`amalī,al mutaraddidu fī khaṭī-atī
Held in pledge by my deeds, wavering in my errors
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اَلْمُتَحَيِّرُ عَنْ قَصْدِي، الْمُنْقَطَعُ بِي
al mutaḥayyiru `an qaṣdī,al munqaṭa`u bī
Perplexed from my path, cut off from support
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قَدْ أَوْقَفْتُ نَفْسِيْ مَوْقِفَ الْأَذِلَّاءِ الْمُذْنِبِينَ
qad awqaftu nafsī mawqifal adhillā-il mudhnibīn
I have placed myself in the position of the humiliated sinners
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مَوْقِفَ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ الْمُتَجَرِّينَ عَلَيْكَ، الْمُسْتَخِفِّينَ بِوَعْدِكَ
mawqifal ashqiyā-il mutajarrīna `alayk,al mustakhiffīna biwa`dik
The position of the wretched who are audacious against You, who take Your promise lightly
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سُبْحَانَكَ أَيَّ جُرْأَةٍ اجْتَرَأْتُ عَلَيْكَ
subḥānaka ayya jur-atinijtara-tu `alayk
Glory be to You! What audacity I have shown against You
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وَأَيَّ تَغْرِيرٍ غَرَّرْتُ بِنَفْسِي
wa-ayya taghrīrin gharrar-tu binafsī
And what delusion I have allowed myself
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مَوْلَايَ إِرْحَمْ كَبْوَتِيْ لِحُرِّ وَجْهِي
mawlāya ir-ḥam kabwatī liḥurri wajhī
My Master, have mercy on my stumbling, for the sake of my dignity
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وَزَلَّةَ قَدَمِي، وَعُدْ بِحِلْمِكَ عَلَى جَهْلِي
wazallata qadamī, wa`ud biḥilmika `alā jahlī
And my slipping feet, and return with Your forbearance upon my ignorance
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وَبِإِحْسَانِكَ عَلَى إِسَاءَتِي، فَأَنَا الْمُقِرُّ بِذَنْبِي
wabi-iḥsānika `alā isā-atī, fa-anal muqirru bidhanbī
And with Your goodness upon my wrongdoing, for I acknowledge my sin
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اَلْمُعْتَرِفُ بِخَطِيئَتِي، وَهٰذِهِ يَدِيْ وَنَاصِيَتِي
al mu`tarifu bikhaṭī-atī, wahādhihi yadī wanāṣiyatī
I confess my error, and here is my hand and my forelock
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أَسْتَكِينُ بِالْقَوَدِ مِنْ نَفْسِي
astakīnu bil qawadi min nafsī
I submit to retaliation against myself
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اِرْحَمْ شَيْبَتِي، وَنَفَادَ أَيَّامِي
ir-ḥam shaybatī, wanafāda ayyāmī
Have mercy on my gray hair, and the passing of my days
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وَاقْتِرَابَ أَجَلِي، وَضَعْفِي
waqtirāba ajalī, waḍa`fī
And the approach of my death, and my weakness
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وَمَسْكَنَتِي، وَقِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِي
wamaskanatī, waqillata ḥīlatī
And my destitution, and my lack of means
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مَوْلَايَ وَارْحَمْنِيْ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا أَثَرِي
mawlāya war-ḥamnī idhanqaṭa`a minad dunyā atharī
My Master, have mercy on me when my trace is cut off from this world
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وَامَّحَى مِنَ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ ذِكْرِي
wammaḥā minal makhlūqīna dhikrī
And my remembrance is erased among the created beings
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وَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَنْسِيِّينَ كَمَنْ قَدْ نُسِيَ
wakuntu minal mansiyyīna kaman qad nusiy
And I become among the forgotten ones, like one who is forgotten
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مَوْلَايَ وَارْحَمْنِيْ عِنْدَ تَغَيُّرِ صُورَتِي
mawlāya war-ḥamnī `inda taghayyuri ṣūratī
My Master, have mercy on me at the changing of my appearance
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وَحَالِيْ إِذَا بَلِيَ جِسْمِي، وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أَعْضَائِي
waḥālī idhā baliya jismī, watafarraqat a`ḍā-ī
And my state when my body decays, and my limbs are scattered
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وَتَقَطَّعَتْ أَوْصَالِي، يَا غَفْلَتِيْ عَمَّا يُرَادُ بِي
wataqaṭṭa`at awṣālī, yā ghaflatī `ammā yurādu bī
And my joints are severed. Oh, my heedlessness of what is intended for me!
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مَوْلَايَ وَارْحَمْنِيْ فِيْ حَشْرِيْ وَنَشْرِي
mawlāya war-ḥamnī fī ḥashrī wanashrī
My Master, have mercy on me in my gathering and resurrection
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وَاجْعَلْ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَعَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ مَوْقِفِي
waj`al fī dhālikal yawmi ma`a awliyā-ika mawqifī
And make my position on that day with Your friends
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وَفِيْ أَحِبَّائِكَ مَصْدَرِي
wafī aḥibbā-ika maṣdarī
And my return among Your beloved ones
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وَفِيْ جِوَارِكَ مَسْكَنِي، يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ
wafī jiwārika maskanī, yā rabbal `ālamīn
And my dwelling in Your vicinity, O Lord of the worlds
