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اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ هٰذَا كِتَابُكَ الْمُنْزَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
allāhumma innī ash-hadu anna hādhā kitābukal munzalu min `indik
O Allah I testify that this is the Book revealed by Thee
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عَلَى رَسُوْلِكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
`alā rasūlika muḥammadibni `abdillāh
on Thy Messenger Muhammad bin Abdillah
3
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
blessings of Allah be on him and on his children;
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وَ كَلاَمُكَ النَّاطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ
wa kalāmukan nāṭiqu `alā lisāni nabiyyik
[these are] Thy Words, Thy Prophet gave tongue to,
5
جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا مِنْكَ إِلَى خَلْقِكَ
ja`altahu hādiyan minka ilā khalqik
[whom] Thou appointed as a Guide for the people,
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وَ حَبْلًا مُتَّصِلًا فِيْمَا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ
wa ḥablan muttaṣilan fīmā baynaka wa bayna `ibādik
and an uninterrupted closely connected link of protecting friendship between Thee and Thy servants.
7
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ نَشَرْتُ عَهْدَكَ وَ كِتَابَكَ
allāhumma innī nashar-tu `ahdaka wa kitābak
O Allah I make publicly known Thy testament and Thy Book.
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فَاجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ عِبَادَةً
faj`al naẓarī fīhi `ibādah
let me pay full attention to [this] adorable pious work;
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وَ قِرَاءَتِيْ فِيْهِ فِكْرًا وَ فِكْرِيْ فِيْهِ اعْتِبَارًا
wa qirā-atī fīhi fikran wa fikrī fīhi`tibārā
let me notice and take warning from [this]thoughtful reflection;
10
وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ قِرَاءَتِيْ قِرَاءَةً لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيْهَا
wa lā taj`al qirā-atī qirā-atan lā tadabbura fīhā
Do not let me recite for the sake of recitation, paying no attention to its meaning,
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بَلِ اجْعَلْنِيْ أَتَدَبَّرُ آيَاتِهِ وَ أَحْكَامَهُ
balij`alnī atadabbaru-āyātihi wa aḥkāmah
but let me contemplate over its signs and commands, to know and understand the modus operandi of Thy religion.
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إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّءُوْفُ الرَّحِيْمُ
innaka antar ra-ūfur raḥīm
Verily Thou art full of pity, Merciful.
