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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هٰذَا مَقَامُ مَنْ حَسَنَاتُهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْكَ
hādhā maqāmu man ḥasanātuhu ni`matun mink
This is the position of one whose good deeds are [on account] of Your favors
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وَ شُكْرُهُ ضَعِيْفٌ، وَ ذَنْبُهُ عَظِيْمٌ
wa shukruhu ḍa`īf, wa dhanbuhu `aẓīm
his gratitude is deficient and his sins are mighty
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وَ لَيْسَ لِذٰلِكَ اِلَّا رِفْقُكَ وَ رَحْمَتُكَ
wa laysa lidhālika illā rifquka wa raḥmatuk
and there is nothing for him except Your kindness and mercy
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فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ فِيْ كِتَابِكَ الْمُنْزَلِ
fa-innaka qulta fī kitābikal munzal
for Surely You have said in Your Book
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عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ الْمُرْسَلِ
`alā nabiyyikal mur-sal
revealed to Your sent Prophet
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صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
blessing of Allah be on him and his family
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كَانُوْا قَلِيْلًا مِنَ الَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُوْنَ
kānū qalīlan minal layli mā yahja`ūn
they slept little of the night
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وَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ
wa bil as-ḥāri hum yastaghfirūn
and sought forgiveness at dawn [51:17-18]
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طَالَ هُجُوْعِي
ṭāla hujū`ī
my sleep has lengthened
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وَ قَلَّ قِيَامِيْ وَ هٰذَا السَّحْرُ
wa qalla qiyāmī wa hādhas saḥr
and my rising is less this dawn
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وَ اَنَا اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذُنُوْبِي
wa ana astaghfiruka lidhunūbī
I seek Your forgiveness for my sins
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اِسْتِغْفَارَ مَنْ لَا يَجِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ
istighfāra man lā yajidu linafsih
a seeking of forgiveness of one who does not find for himself any
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ضَرًّا وَ لَا نَفْعًا
ḍarran wa lā naf`ā
harm, or benefit,
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وَ لَا مَوْتًا وَ لَا حَيَاةً
wa lā mawtan wa lā ḥayāh
or death, or life,
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وَ لَا نُشُوْرًا
wa lā nushūrā
or rising [except from You]
