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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اِلَهِيْ غَارَتْ نُجُوْمُ سَمَائِكَ
ilahī ghārat nujūmu samā-ik
My God, the stars of Your sky have sunk
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وَ نَامَتْ عُيُوْنُ اَنَامِكَ
wa nāmat `uyūnu anāmik
and the eyes of Your people are sleeping
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وَ هَدَاَتْ اَصْوَاتُ عِبَادِكَ وَ اَنْعَامِكَ
wa hada-at aṣwātu `ibādika wa an`āmik
and the voices of Your servants and Your animals have become silent
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وَ غَلَّقَتِ الْمُلُوْكُ عَلَيْهَا اَبْوَابَهَا
wa ghallaqatil mulūku `alayhā abwābahā
and the kings have locked their doors
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وَ طَافَ عَلَيْهَا حُرَّاسُهَا
wa ṭāfa `alayhā ḥurrāsuhā
and its guards are moving around it
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وَ احْتَجَبُوْا عَمَّنْ يَسْئَلُهُمْ حَاجَةً
waḥtajabū `amman yas-aluhum ḥājah
and they are covered from he who wishes to ask them for a need
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اَوْ يَنْتَجِعُ مِنْهُمْ فَائِدَةً
aw yantaji`u minhum fā-idah
or to get a benefit from them
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وَ اَنْتَ اِلٰهِيْ حَيٌّ قَيُّوْمٌ
wa anta ilāhī ḥayyun qayyūm
but You my God, are Ever Living, Subsistent,
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لَا تَاْخُذُكَ سِنَةٌ وَ لَا نَوْمٌ
lā takhudhuka sinatun wa lā nawm
slumber or sleep does not overtake you [2:255]
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وَ لَا يَشْغَلُكَ شَيْئٌ عَنْ شَيْئٍ
wa lā yashghaluka shay-un `an shay
and one thing does not occupy You from another
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اَبْوَابُ سَمَائِكَ لِمَنْ دَعَاكَ مُفَتَّحَاتٌ
abwābu samā-ika liman da`āka mufattaḥāt
the doors of Your sky are open for he who asks You
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وَ خَزَائِنُكَ غَيْرُ مُغَلَّقَاتٍ
wa khazā-inuka ghayru mughallaqāt
and Your treasures are never locked
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وَ اَبْوَابُ رَحْمَتِكَ غَيْرُ مَحْجُوْبَاتٍ
wa abwābu raḥmatika ghayru maḥjūbāt
and the doors of Your mercy are never covered
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وَ فَوَائِدُكَ لِمَنْ سَأَلَكَ غَيْرُ مَحْظُوْرَاتٍ
wa fawā-iduka liman sa-alaka ghayru maḥẓūrāt
and Your benefits are never forbidden for he who asks You
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بَلْ هِيَ مَبْذُوْلاَتٌ
bal hiya mabdhūlāt
rather they are given generously.
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اَنْتَ اِلٰهِيْ اَلْكَرِيْمُ
anta ilāhī alkarīm
You are my God, the Generous
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اَلَّذِيْ لَا تَرُدُّ سَائِلًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ سَأَلَكَ
al ladhī lā taruddu sā-ilan minal mu-minīna sa-alak
who does not turn away a beseecher who asks from You
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وَ لَا تَحْتَجِبُ عَنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ اَرَادَكَ
wa lā taḥtajibu `an aḥadin minhum arādak
and You do not conceal Yourself from anyone of the believers who intends You.
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لَا وَ عِزَّتِكَ وَ جَلاَلِكَ
lā wa `izzatika wa jalālik
No, by Your Honor and Your Majesty
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وَ لَا تُخْتَزَلُ حَوَائِجَهُمْ دُوْنَكَ
wa lā tukhtazalu ḥawā-ijahum dūnak
no one removes their needs other than You
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وَ لَا يَقْضِيْهَا اَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ
wa lā yaqḍīhā aḥadun ghayruk
and no one fulfills their needs apart from You.
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اَللَّهُمَّ وَ قَدْ تَرَانِيْ وَ وُقُوْفِيْ
allāhumma wa qad tarānī wa wuqūfī
O Allah You see me, and my standing [before You]
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وَ ذُلَّ مَقَامِيْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
wa dhulla maqāmī bayna yadayk
and my humble position in front of You
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وَ تَعْلَمُ سَرِيْرَتِيْ
wa ta`lamu sarīratī
and You know my secrets
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وَ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى مَا فِيْ قَلْبِيْ
wa taṭṭali`u `alā mā fī qalbī
and are aware of what is in my heart
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وَ مَا يَصْلِحُ بِهِ اَمْرُ آخِرَتِيْ وَ دُنْيَايَ
wa mā yaṣliḥu bihi amru-ākhiratī wa dunyāy
and of what will improve my affairs of the Hereafter and the world.
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اَللَّهُمَّ اِنَّ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ
allāhumma inna dhikral mawt
O Allah, the remembrance of death
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وَ اَهْوَالِ الْمُطَّلِعِ
wa ahwālil muṭṭali`
and the frightening conditions of the observer
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وَالْوُقُوْفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ
walwuqūfa bayna yadayk
and standing before You
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نَغَّصَنِيْ مَطْعَمِيْ وَ مَشْرَبِيْ
naghhaṣanī maṭ`amī wa mashrabī
makes me stay away from my food and drink
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وَ اَغَصَّنِيْ بِرِيْقِيْ اَقْلَقَنِيْ عَنْ وِسَادِيْ
wa aghaṣṣanī birīqī aqlaqanī `an wisādī
and makes me choke, keeps me away from my pillow
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وَ مَنَعَنِيْ رُقَادِيْ
wa mana`anī ruqādī
and prevents me from sleeping.
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كَيْفَ يَنَامُ مَنْ يَخَافُ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ
kayfa yanāmu man yakhāfu malakal mawt
How can one sleep who fears the angel of death?
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فِيْ طَوَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ وَ طَوَارِقِ النَّهَارِ
fī ṭawāriqil layli wa ṭawāriqin nahār
in the calamities of the night and the calamities of the day
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بَلْ كَيْفَ يَنَامُ الْعَاقِلُ وَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ لَا يَنَامُ
bal kayfa yanāmul `āqilu wa malakul mawti lā yanām
rather how can an intelligent person sleep while the angel of death does not sleep
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لَا بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لَا بِالنَّهَارِ
lā billayli wa lā binnahār
neither at night nor in the day
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وَ يَطْلُبُ رُوْحَهُ بِالْبَيَاتِ
wa yaṭlubu rūḥahu bil bayāt
and seeks his soul in the state of sleep
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وَ فِيْ آنَاءِ السَّاعَاتِ
wa fī-ānā-is sā`āt
and in the middle of the hours
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اَسْأَلُكَ الرَّوْحَ وَ الرَّاحَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ
as-ālukar rawḥa war rāḥata `indal mawt
I beseech You to give me ease and comfort at the time of death
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وَ الْعَفْوَ عَنِّيْ حِيْنَ اَلْقَاكَ
wal `afwa `annī ḥīna alqāk
and forgiveness when I meet You
