Commentary On Kumayl Supplication

Complete text of Du’a’ Kumayl in Arabic with Trasliteration and English Translation

bis-millahir-rahmanir-rahim

In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

allahumma in-ni as-aluka bi-rah-matikal-lati wasi’at kul-la shay

O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which embraces all things;

wa bi-qu-watikal-lati qahar-ta biha kul-la shay

And by Your strength, through which You dominate all things,

wa khadha’a laha kul-lu shay

And toward which all things are humble

wa dhal-la laha kul-lu shay

And before which all things are ordinary;

wa bi-jabarutikal-lati ghalab-ta biha kul-la shay

And by Your invincibility through which You overwhelmest all things,

wa bi’izzatikal-lati la yaqumu laha shay

And by Your might, which nothing can resist;

wa bi’azhamatikal-lati mala-at kul-la shay

And by Your tremendousness, which has filled all things;

wa bisul-tanikal-ladhi ‘ala kul-la shay

by Your force, which towers over all things;

wa bi-waj-hikal-baqi ba’da fana-i kul-li shay

And by Your face, which subsists after the annihilation of all things,

wa bi-as-ma-ikal-lati malat ar-kana kul-li shay

And by Your Names, which have filled the foundations of all things;

wa bi’il-mikal-ladhi ahata bikul-li shay

And by Your knowledge, which encompasses all things;

wa bi-nuri waj-hikal-ladhi adha-a lahu kul-lu shay

And by the light of Your face, through which all things are illuminated!

ya nuru ya qud-dus

O Light! O All-holy!

ya aw-walal-aw-walin

O First of those who are first

wa ya a-khiral-a-khirin

And O Last of those who are last!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati tah-tikul’isam

O Allah, forgive me for those of my sins which tear apart safeguards!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati tunzilun-niqam

O Allah, forgive me for those sins which draw down adversities!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati tughy-yirun-ni’am

O Allah, forgive me for those sins which alter blessings!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati tah-bisud-du’a

O Allah forgive me for those sins which hold back supplication!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati taq-tau'r-raja

O Allah forgive me for those sins which cut down the hopes!

allahumma-igh-fir liyadh-dhunubal-lati tunzilul-bala

O Allah, forgive me for those sins which draw down tribulation!

allahumma-igh-fir liya kul-la dham-bin adhnabtuhu wa kul-la khati-atin akh-tatuha

O Allah, forgive me for every sin I have committed and for every mistake I have made!

allahumma inni ataqarrabu ilayka bi-dhik-rik

O Allah, verily I seek nearness to You through remembrance of You,

wa as-tash-fiu' bika ila naf-sik

And I seek intercession from You with Yourself,

wa as-aluka bi-judika an tud-ni-yani min qur-bik

And I ask You through Your munificence to bring me near to Your proximity,

wa an tuzi’ani shuk-rak

And to provide me with gratitude towards You

wa an tul-himani dhik-rak

And to inspire me with Your remembrance.

allahumma in-ni as-luka suala khadhii'm-mutadhal-lilin kha-shii'n an tusamihani wa tar-hamani

O Allah, verily I ask You with the asking of a submissive, abased and lowly man to show me forbearance, to have mercy on me

wa taj-’alani bi-qasamika radhiyan qani’n wa fi jamii'l-ah-wali mutawadhi’aa

And to make me satisfied and content with Your appointment and [make me] humble in every state.

allahumma wa as-aluka suala manish-tad-dat faqatuh

O Allah, I ask You the question of one whose indigence is extreme,

wa anzala bika i'ndash-shada-idi hajatahu

And who has stated to You in difficulties his need

wa ‘azhuma fima i'ndaka ragh-batuhu

And whose desire for what is with You has become great.

allahumma ‘azhuma sul-tanuka wa ‘ala makanuk

O Allah, Your force is tremendous, Your place is lofty,

wa khafiya mak-ruka wazhahara am-ruk

And Your deception is hidden, Your command is manifest,

wa ghalaba qah-ruka wa jarat qud-ratuk

And Your domination is overwhelming, Your power is unhindered

wa-la yum-kinul-firaru min huku-matik

And escape from Your governance is impossible.

allahumma la ajidu lidhunubi ghafira

O Allah, I find no forgiver of my sins,

wa-la liqaba-ihi satira

Nor concealer of my ugly acts

wa-la lishayim-min ‘amali-yal-qabihi bil-hasani mubad-dilan ghayrak

Nor transformer of any of my ugly acts into good acts but You

la ilaha il-la anta

There is no god but You!

sub-hanaka wa biham-dika

Glory be to You, and Thine is the praise!

zhalam-tu naf-si

I have wronged myself,

wa tajar-ratu bijah-li

And I have been audacious in my ignorance

wa sakan-tu ila qadimi dhik-rika li wa man-nika ‘alay

And I have depended upon Your ancient remembrance of me and Your favour toward me.

allahumma maw-lay

O Allah! O my Protector!

kam-min qabihin satar-tah

How many ugly things You have concealed!

wa kam-min fadihim-minal-bala-i aqal-tah

How many burdensome tribulations You hast abolished!

wa kam-min i'thariw-waqaytah

And how many stumbles You hast prevented!

wa kam-mim-mak-ruhin dafa’tah

And how many ordeals You hast repelled!

wa kam-min thana-in jamilil-las-tu ah-lal-lahu nashar-tah

And how much beautiful praise, for which I was unworthy, You hast spread abroad!

allahumma ‘azhuma balai

O Allah, my tribulation is tremendous,

wa af-rata bi suo-u hali

And my bad state is excessive,

wa qasurat bi a’mali

And my acts are inadequate,

wa qa’adat bi agh-la-li

And my fetters have tied me down,

wa habasani ‘an-naf-e'e bu’a-du a-ma-li

And my far-fetched hopes have held me back from my gain

wa khada’at-nid-dunya bi-ghururi-ha wa naf-si bi-jinayatiha wa mita-li

And this world with its delusions, my own soul with its offences and my delay have deceived me.

ya say-yidi fa-as-aluka bi-i'z-zatika an la yah-juba ‘an-ka du’aa-i suo-u ‘amali wa fi’ali

O my Master! So I ask You by Your might not to let my evil veil my supplication from You,

wa-la taf-dhah-ni bi-khafi-yi mat-tala’ta ‘ailayhi min sir-ri

And not to disgrace me through the hidden things You knowest of my secrets

wa-la tu’ajil-ni bil-u'qubati ‘ala ma ‘amil-tuhu fi khalawati

And not to hasten me to punishment for what I have done in private:

min suo-i fi’a-li wa isa-ati

My evil acts in secrecy and my misdeeds

wa dawami taf-riti wa jahalati

And my continuous negligence and my ignorance

wa kath-rati sha-hawati wa ghaf-lati

And my manifold passions and my forgetfulness.

wa kunil-lahumma bi-i'z-zatika li fi kul-lil-ah-wali ra’ufa

And by Your might, O Allah, be kind to me in all states

wa ‘alay-ya fi jamii'l-umuri ‘atufa

And be gracious to me in all affairs!

ilahi wa rab-bi mal-li ghayruka as-aluhu kash-fa dhur-ri wan-nazhara fi am-ri!

My God and my Lord! Have I any but You from whom to ask removal of my affliction and regard for my affairs!

ilahi wa maw-laya aj-rayta ‘alay-ya huk-mant-taba’tu fihi hawa naf-si

My God and my Protector! You put into effect through me a decree in which I followed the caprice of my own soul

wa lam ah-taris fihi min tazyini ‘adu-wi

And [I] did not remain wary of adorning my enemy.

fa-ghar-rani bi-ma ah-wa wa as-’adahu ‘ala dha-likal-qadha

So he deluded me through my soul's caprice and therein destiny favoured him

fa-taja-waztu bi-ma jara ‘alay-ya min dha-lika ba’dha hududik

So, in what was put into effect through me in that situation, I transgressed some of Your statutes

wa khalaf-tu ba’dha awamirik

And disobeyed some of Your commands.

falakal-huj-jatu ‘alay-ya fi jamii' dhalik

So Thine is the argument against me in all of that

wa-la huj-jata li fima jara ‘alay-ya fihi qadhauka

I have no argument in what Your destiny put into effect through me therein

wa alzamani huk-muka wa balauk

nor in what Your decree and Your tribulation imposed upon me.

wa qad ataytuka ya ilahi ba’da taq-siri wa is-rafi ‘ala naf-si

Now I have come to You, My God, with my shortcoming and my immoderation toward myself,

mu’a-tadhiran-nadiman

Proffering my excuse, regretful,

mun-kasiram-mus-taqilama

Broken, apologizing,

mus-tagh-firam-muniban

Asking forgiveness, repenting,

muqir-ram-mudhi'nam-mu’a-tarifa

Acknowledging, submissive, confessing.

la ajidu mafar-ram-mim-ma kana min-ni

I find no place to flee from what has occurred through me,

wa-la mafza'an atawaj-jahu ilayhi fi am-ri

Nor any place of escape to which I may turn in my affairs,

ghayra qabulika u'dhri wa id-khalika i-yaya fi sa'tim-mir-rah-matik

Other than Your acceptance of my excuse and Your entering me into the compass of Your mercy.

allahumma faq-bal u'dhri

O Allah, so accept my excuse,

war-ham shid-data dhuri

Have mercy upon the severity of my affliction

wa fuk-kani min shad-di wathaqi

And release me from the tightness of my fetters,

ya rab-bir-ham dha’fa badani wa riq-qata jil-di wa diq-qata ‘azhmi

My Lord, have mercy upon the weakness of my body, the thinness of my skin and the frailty of my bones.

ya mam bada khal-qi wa dhik-ri wa tar-bi-yati wa biri wa tagh-dhi-yati

O You who gave rise to my creation, to the remembrance of me, to the nurture of me, to goodness toward me and to nourishment on me,

hab-ni lb-tida-i karamika wa salifi bir-rika bi

Bestow upon me for the sake of Your having given rise [to me] with generosity and Your previous goodness to me!

ya ilahi wa say-yidi wa rab-bi

O Allah, my Master and my Lord!

aturaka mu’adh-dhibi binarika ba’da taw-hidik

Canst You see Yourself tormenting me with Your fire after I have professed Your Unity

wa ba’da man-tawa ‘ailayhi qal-bi mim-ma’rifatik

And after the knowledge of You my heart has embraced,

wa lahija bihi lisani min dhik-rik

And the remembrance of You my tongue has constantly mentioned

wa a’taqadahu zhamiri min hub-bik

And the love of You to which my mind has clung,

wa ba’da sid-qi-’a-tirafi wa du’aa-i khadhi’aal-li-rububi-yatika

And after the sincerity of my confession and my supplication, humble before Your lordship?

hayhata anta ak-ramu min an tudhay-yi’a mar-rab-baytah

Far be it from You! You art more generous than that You shouldst squander him whom You hast nurtured,

aw tub-i'da man ad-naytah

Or banish him whom You hast brought nigh,

aw tushar-rida man a-aytah

Or drive away him whom You hast given an abode

aw tus-s-lima ilal-bala-i man kafay-tahu wa rahim-tah

Or submit to tribulation him whom You hast spared and shown mercy.

wa layta shi’a-ri yay say-yidi wa ilahi wa maw-lay

Would that I knew, my Master, My God and my Protector,

atusal-litun-nara ‘ala wujuhin khar-rat li-’azhamatika sajidah

Whether You wilt give the Fire dominion over faces fallen down prostrate before Your Tremendousness,

wa ‘ala al-sunin-nataqat bi-taw-hidika sadiqataw-wa bishuk-rika madihah

And over tongues voicing sincerely the profession of Your Unity and giving thanks to You in praise,

wa ‘ala qulubin-’a-tarafat bi-ilhi-yatika muhaq-qiqah

And over hearts acknowledging Your Divinity through verification,

wa ‘ala dhama-ira hawat minal-i'l-mi bika hat-ta sarat khashi’ah

And over minds encompassing knowledge of You until they have become humble

wa ‘ala jawariha sa't ila aw-tani ta'b-budika ta-i’ataw-wa asharat bis-tigh-farika mudhi'nah

And over bodily members speeding to the places of Your worship in obedience and beckoning for Your forgiveness in submission.

ma hkadhazh-zhan-nu bika wa-la ukh-bir-na bi-fadhlika ‘anka

No such opinion is held of You! Nor has such been reported - thanks to Your bounty — concerning You,

ya karimu ya rab

O All-generous! My Lord,

wa anta ta’lamu dha’fi ‘an qalilim-min bala-id-dun-ya wa u'qubatiha

And You knowest my weakness before a little of this world's tribulations and punishments,

wa ma yaj-ri fiha minal-makarihi ‘ala ah-liha

And before those ordeals which befall its inhabitants,

‘ala an-na dha-lika bala-uw-wa mak-ruhun, qalilum-mak-thuhu, yasirum baqa-uhu, qasirum-mud-datuh

Even though it is a tribulation and ordeal whose stay is short, whose subsistence is but little and, whose period is but fleeting.

fa-kayfah-timali li-bala-il-akhirati wa jalili wuqui'l-makarihi fiha!

So how can I endure the tribulations of the next world and the great ordeals that occur within it?

wa huwa bala-un tatulu mud-datuhu, wa yadumu maqamuhu, wa-la yukhaf-fafu ‘an ah-lih

For it is a tribulation whose period is long, whose station endures and whose sufferers are given no respite,

li-an-nahu la yakunu il-la ‘an ghadhabika wan-tiqamika wa sakhatik

Since it only occurs as a result of Your wrath, Your vengeance and Your anger,

wa hadha ma la taqumu lahus-samawatu wal-ardhu

And these cannot be withstood by the heavens and the earth.

ya say-yidi fakayfa bi

O Master, so what about me?!

wa ana ‘abukadh-dhae'efudh-dhalilul-haqirul-mis-kinul-mus-takin

For I am Your weak, lowly, base, wretched and miserable slave.

ya ilahi wa rab-bi wa say-yidi wa maw-lay

My God! My Lord! My Master! My Protector!

li-ay-yil-umuri ilayka ash-ku

For which things would I complain to You?

wa lima minha adhij-ju wa ab-ki

And for which of them would I lament and weep?

li-alimil-’adhabi wa shid-datih

For the pain and severity of chastisement?

am litulil-bala-i wa mud-datih

Or for the length and period of tribulation?

fa-la-in say-yar-tani lil-u'qubati ma' a’da-ik

So if You takest me to the punishments with Your enemies,

wa jama’ta bayni wa bayna ahli bala-ik

And gatherest me with the people of Your tribulation

wa far-raq-ta bay-ni wa bay-na ahib-ba-ika wa aw-li-ya-ik

And separatest me from Your friends and saints,

fa-hab-ni ya ilahi wasay-yidi wa mawlaya wa rab-bi sabar-tu ‘ala ‘adhabika

Then suppose, My God, my Master, my Protector and my Lord that I am able to endure Your chastisement,

fakayfa as-biru ‘ala firaqika

How can I endure separation from You?

wa hab-ni sabar-tu ‘ala har-ri narika

And suppose that I am able to endure the heat of Your fire,

fakayfa as-biru ‘an-nazhari ila karamatik

How can I endure not gazing upon Your generosity?

am kayfa as-kunu fin-nari wa raja-i ‘af-wuk

Or how can I dwell in the Fire while my hope is Your pardon?

fabi-i'z-zatika ya say-yidi wa mawlaya uq-simu sadiqal-la-in tarak-tani natiqan

So by Your might, my Master and my protector, I swear sincerely, if You leavest me with speech,

ladhij-jan-na ilayka bayna ah-liha dhajijal-amilin

I will lament to You from the midst of the Fire's inhabitants with lamentation of the hopeful;

wa lasrukhan-na ilayka surakhal-mus-tas-rikhin

I will cry to You with the cry of those crying for help;

wa-la-ab-ki-yan-na ‘ailayka buka-al-faqidin

I will weep to You with the weeping of the bereft;

wa la-unadi-yan-naka ay-na kun-ta ya wali-yal-mu-minin

And I will call to You, Where art You, O Sponsor of the believers,

ya ghayata a-malil-’arifin

O Goal of the hopes of Your knowers,

ya ghiyathal-mus-taghithin

O Aid of those who seek assistance,

ya habiba qulubis-sadiqin

O Friend of the hearts of the sincere

wa ya ilhal-’alamin

And O God of all the world's inhabitants!

afaturaka sub-hanaka ya ilahi wa biham-dika tas-mau' fiha saw-ta ‘ab-dim-mus-limin

Canst You see Yourself — Glory be to You My God, and Thine is the praised — hearing within the Fire the voice of a slave surrendered to You,

sujina fiha bi-mukhalafatih

Imprisoned there because of his violations,

wa dhaqa ta’ma ‘adhabiha bi-ma’si-yatih

Tasting the favour of its torment because of his disobedience,

wa hubisa bayna at-baqiha bijur-mih wa jariratih

And confined within its levels because of his sin and crime,

wa huwa yadhij-ju ilayka dhajija muammilil-lirah-mat-k

While he laments to You with the lament of one hopeful for Your mercy,

wa yunadika bi-lisani ahli taw-hidik

And calls to You with the tongue of those who profess Your Unity

wa yatawas-salu ilayka bi-rububi-yatik

And entreats You by Your lordship!

ya mawlay fa-kayfa yabqa fil-’adhabi wa huwa yar-ju ma salafa min hil-mik

My Protector, so how should he remain in the chastisement, while he has hope for Your previous clemency?

am kayfa tu-limuhun-naru wa huwa ya-malu fadhlaka wa rah-mataka

Or how should the Fire cause him pain while he expects Your bounty and mercy?

am kayfa yuh-riquhu lahibuha wa anta tas-mau' saw-tahu wa tara makanah

Or how should its flames burn him, while You hearest his voice and seest his place?

am kayfa yash-tamilu ‘ailayhi zafiruha wa anta ta’lamu dha’fah

Or how should its groaning encompass him, while You knowest his weakness?

am kayfa yataqalqalu bayna at-baqiha wa anta ta’lamu sid-qah

Or how should he be convulsed among its levels, while You knowest his sincerity?

am kayfa tazjuruhu zabani-yatuha wa huwa yunadika ya rab-bah

Or how should its keepers torture him while he calls out to You, O Lord?

am kayfa yar-ju fadhlaka fi i't-qihi minha fatat-rukuhu fiha

Or how should he have hope of Your bounty in freeing him from it, while You abandonest him within it?

hayhat ma dhalikazh-zhan-nu bik

Far be it from You! That is not what is expected of You,

wa-lal-ma’rufu min fadhlik

Nor what is well-known of Your bounty,

wa-la mush-biha lima ‘amal-ta bihil-muah-hidina mim bir-rika wa ih-sanik

Nor it is similar to the goodness and kindness You hast shown to those who profess Your Unity.

fa-bial-yaqini aq-tau' law-la ma hakam-ta bihi min ta’dhibi jahidik

So I declare with certainty that were it not for what You hast decreed concerning the chastisement of Your deniers

wa qadhayta bihi min ikh-laydi mu’anidik

And what You hast foreordained concerning the everlasting home of those who stubbornly resist,

laja'l-tan-nara kul-laha bar-daw-wa salama

You wouldst make the Fire, all of it, coolness and safety,

wa ma kana li-ahadin fiha maqar-raw-wa-la muqama

And no one would have a place of rest or abode within it.

lakin-naka taqad-dasat as-ma-uka aq-sam-ta an tam-laha minal-kafirina;

But You—holy are Your Names—hast sworn that You wilt fill it with the unbelievers,

minal-jin-nati wan-nasi aj-m’ain

Both Jinn and men together,

wa-an tukhal-lida fihal-mu’anidin

And that You wilt place those who stubbornly resist therein forever.

wa anta jal-la thana-uka qul-ta mub-tadiwaw-wa tataw-wal-ta bil-in-’ami mutakar-rima

And You— majestic is Your eulogy— said at the beginning and wernt gracious through kindness as a favour,

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afaman kana muminan kaman kana fasiqal-la yas-tawun

(What? Is he who has been believer like unto him who has been ungodly? They are not equal)

ilahi wa say-yidi fa-as-aluka bial-qud-ratil-lati qad-dartaha

My God and my Master! So I ask You by the power You hast apportioned

wa bil-qadhi-yatil-lati hatam-taha wa hakam-taha wa ghalab-ta man ‘ailayhi aj-raytaha

And by the decision which You hast determined and imposed and through which You hast overcome him toward whom it has been put into effect,

an tahaba li fi hadhihil-laylati wa fi hadhihis-sa'ah

That You forgivest me in this night and at this hour

kul-la jur-min aj-ram-tuh

Every offence I have committed,

wa kul-la dham-bin adhnab-tuh

And every sin I have performed,

wa kul-la qabihin as-rar-tuh

And every ugly thing I have concealed

wa kul-la jah-lin ‘amil-tuhu,

And every folly I have enacted

katam-tuhuo aw a’lan-tuhu,

Whether I have hidden or announced it,

akhfaytuhuo aw azhhar-tuh

Or I have concealed it or manifested it

wa kul-la say-yi-atin amarta bi-ith-batihayal-kiramal-katibin

And every evil act which You hast commanded the Noble Writers to record,

al-ladhina wak-kal-tahum bi-hif-zhi ma yakunu min-ni

Those whom You hast appointed to watch over what appears from me

wa ja'l-tahum shuhudan ‘alay-ya ma' jawarihi

And whom You hast made, along with my bodily members, witness against me.

wa kunta antar-raqiba ‘alay-ya miw-wara-ihim

And You wast Yourself the Watcher over me from behind them,

wash-shahida lima khafiya ‘an-hum

And the Witness of what is hidden from them

wa bi-rah-matika akh-faytahu

But through Your mercy You concealed it

wa bifadhlika satar-tah

And through Your bounty You veiled it.

wa an tuwf-fira hazh-zhi min kul-li khayrin tunziluh

[And I ask You] that You bestowest upon me an abundant share of every good You sendest down,

aw ih-sanin tuf-dhiluh

Or kindness You conferrest,

aw bir-rin tan-shiruhu

Or goodness You unfoldest,

aw rizqin tab-sutuh

Or provision You spreadest out,

aw dham-bin tagh-firuyhu

Or sin You forgivest,

aw khatain tas-turuhu

Or error You coverest.

ya rab-bi ya rab-bi ya rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

ya ilahi wa say-yidi wa maw-laya wa malika riq-qi

My God! My Master! My Protector! Owner of my bondage!

ya mam bi-yadihi nasi-yati

O He in whose hand is my forelock!

ya ‘alimam bidhuri wa mas-kanati

O He who knows my affliction and my misery!

ya khabiram bi-faq-ri wa faqati

O He who is aware of my poverty and indigence!

ya rab-bi ya ya rab-bi ya rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

as-aluka bi-haq-qika wa qud-sik

I ask You by Your Truth and Your Holiness

wa a’zhami sifatika wa as-ma-ika

And the greatest of Your Attributes and Names,

an taj-’ala aw-qati fil-layli wan-nahari bi-dhik-rika ma’murah

That You makest my times in the night and the day inhabited by Your remembrance,

wa bikhid-matika maw-sulah

And joined to Your service

wa a’mali i'ndaka maq-bulah

And my works acceptable to You,

hat-ta takuna a’mali wa aw-radi kul-luha wir-daw-wahidan

So that my works and my litanies may all be a single litany

wa hali fi khid-matika sar-mada

And my occupation with Your service everlasting.

ya say-yidi ya man ‘ailayhi mu’aw-wali

My Master! O He upon whom I depend!

ya man ilayhi shakaw-tu ah-wali

O He to whom I complain about my states!

ya rab-bi ya rab-bi ya rabb

My Lord! My Lord! My Lord!

qaw-wi ‘ala khid-matika jawarihi

Strengthen my bodily members in Your service,

wash-dud ‘alal-’azimati jawanihi

And fortify my ribs in determination

wa hab liyal-jid-da fi khash-yatik

And bestow upon me earnestness in my fear of You

wad-dawama fil-at-itisali bikhid-matik

And continuity in my being joined to Your service

hat-ta as-raha ilayka fi maya-dinis-sabiqin

So that I may move easily toward You in the battlefields of the foremost

wa us-ri’a ilayka fil-mubadirin

And hurry to You among the prominent

wa ash-taqa ila qur-bika fil-mush-taqin

And desire fervently Your proximity among the fervently desirous

wa ad-nua minka dunu-wal-mukh-lisin

And move nearer to You with the nearness of the sincere

wa akhafaka makhafatal-muqinin

And fear You with the fear of those who have certitude

wa aj-tami’a fi jiwarika ma'l-mu-mnin

And gather with the believers in Your vicinity.

allahumma wa man aradani bisuo-in farid-hu

O Allah, whoever desires evil for me, desire [it] for him!

wa man kadani fakid-hu

whoever deceives me-deceive him!

waj-’alni min ahasani ‘abidika nasiban i'ndaka

And make me one of the most excellent of Your slaves in Portion from You,

wa aq-rabihim-manzilatam-mink

And the nearest of them in station to You

wa akhas-sihim zul-fatal-ladayk

And the most elected of them in proximity to You.

fa-in-nahu la yunalu dha-lika il-la bi-fadhlik

For that cannot be attained except by Your bounty.

wa jud li bijudik

And grant generously to me through Your munificence,

w’a-tif ‘alay-ya bi-maj-dik

And incline toward me with Your splendour

wah-fazhni birah-matik

And protect me with Your mercy!

waj-’al-lisani bidhik-rika lahija

And make my tongue remember You without ceasing

wa qal-bi bi-hub-bika mutay-yama

And my heart enthralled by Your love!

wa mun-na ‘alay-ya bihus-ni ijabatik

And be gracious to me by answering me favourably,

wa aqil-ni ‘ath-rati

And nullify my slips

wagh-fir zal-lati

And forgive my lapses!

fa-in-naka qadhayta ‘ala i'badika bi-i'badatik

For You hast decreed Your worship for Your servants

wa amar-tahum bidu’aa-ika

And commanded them to supplicate You

wa dhaminta lahumul-ijabah

And assured them that they would be answered.

fa-ilayka ya rab-bi nasab-tu waj-hi

So toward You, my Lord, I have turned my face

wa ilayka ya rab-bi madad-tu yadi

And toward You, my Lord, I have extended my hand.

fa-bi-i'z-zatikas-tajib li du’aa-i

So by Your might, comply with my supplication

wa bal-ligh-ni munay

And make me attain my desires!

wa-la taq-ta' min fadhlika raja-i

Do not severe my hoping for Your Favours

wak-fini shar-ral-jin-ni wal-in-si min a’da-i

And spare me the evil of my enemies from among the jinn and men!

ya sari-y’ar-ridha

O He, whose pleasure is quickly achieved!

igh-fir liman-la yam-liku il-lad-du’aa

Forgive him who owns nothing but supplication

fa-in-naka fa’alul-lima tasha

For You dost what You wilt.

ya manis-muhu dawa-un

O He whose Name is a remedy,

wa dhik-ruhu shifa-un

And whose remembrance is a cure,

wa ta'tuhu ghinan

And whose obedience is wealth!

ir-ham-mar-ra-su malihir-raja

Have mercy upon him whose capital is hope

wa silahuhul-buka-u

And whose weapon is tears!

ya sabighan-ni’am

O Ample in blessings!

ya dafi’an-niqam

O Repeller of adversities!

ya nural-mus-taw-hishina fizh-zhulami

O Light of those who are lonely in the darkness!

ya ‘alimal-la yu’al-lam

O Knower who was never taught!

sal-li ‘ala muhammad wa a-li muhammadin

Bless Muhammad and Muhammad's household!

waf-’al bi ma anta ah-luh

And do with me what is worthy of You!

wa sal-lallahu ‘ala rasulihi wal-aimmatil-mayamina min alihi

And Allah bless His messenger and the holy Imams of his household

wa sallama tasliman kathiran

And give them abundant peace!