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اَللَّهُمَّ اشْرَحْ بِالْقُرْآنِ صَدْرِيْ
allāhummashraḥ bil qur-āni ṣadrī
O Allah: [please] expand my breast through the Qur'an
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وَاسْتَعْمِلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ بَدَنِيْ
wasta`mil bil qur-āni badanī
And use my body for the Qur'an
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وَنَوِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ بَصَرِيْ
wanawwir bil qur-āni baṣarī
And enlighten my sight by the Qur'an
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وَأَطْلِقْ بِالْقُرْآنِ لِسَانِيْ
wa-aṭliq bil qur-āni lisānī
And make my tongue eloquent by the Qur'an
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وَأَعِنِّيْ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَبْقَيْتَنِيْ
wa-a`innī `alayhi mā abqaytanī
And help me carry out its duty as long as You keep me alive,
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فَإِنَّهُ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ
fa-innahu lā ḥawla walā quwwata illā bik
For there is neither power nor might save with You.
