| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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| My God, tongues fall short of attaining praise of You proper to Your majesty,
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إِلـٰهِي قَصُرَتِ الأَلْسُنُ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ثَنائِكَ، كَما يَلِيقُ بِجَلالِكَ،
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| intellects are incapable of grasping the core of Your beauty,
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وَعَجَزَتِ الْعُقُولُ عَنْ إدْراكِ كُنْهِ جَمالِكَ،
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| eyes fail before gazing upon the glories of Your face,
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وَانْحَسَرَتِ الأَبْصارُ دُونَ النَّظَرِ إلىٰ سُبُحاتِ وَجْهِكَ،
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| and You have assigned to Your creatures no way to know You
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وَلَمْ تَجْعَلْ لِلْخَلْقِ طَرِيقاً إلىٰ مَعْرِفَتِكَ
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| save incapacity to know You!
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إلاَّ بِالْعَجْزِ عَنْ مَعْرِفَتِكَ.
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| My God, place us among those within the gardens of whose breasts the trees of yearning for You have taken firm root
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إِلـٰهِي فَاجْعَلْنا مِنَ الَّذِينَ تَرَسَّخَتْ أَشْجارُ الشَّوقِ إلَيْكَ فِي حَدائِقِ صُدُورِهِمْ،
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| and the assemblies of whose hearts have been seized by the ardour of Your love!
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وَأَخَذَتْ لَوْعَةُ مَحَبَّتِكَ بِمَجامِعِ قُلُوبِهِمْ،
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| They seek shelter in the nests of meditation,
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فَهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَوْكارِ الأَفْكارِ يَأْوُونَ،
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| feed upon the gardens of nearness and disclosure,
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وَفِي رِياضِ الْقُرْبِ وَالْمُكاشَفَةِ يَرْتَعُونَ،
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| drink from the pools of love with the cup of gentle favour,
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وَمِنْ حِياضِ الْمَحَبَّةِ بِكَأْسِ الْمُلاطَفَةِ يَكْرَعُونَ،
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| and enter into the watering-places of warm affection.
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وَشَرايِعَ الْمُصافاةِ يَرِدُونَ
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| The covering has been lifted from their eyes,
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قَدْ كُشِفَ الْغِطاءُ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ،
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| the darkness of disquiet has been dispelled from their beliefs and their innermost minds
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وَانْجَلَتْ ظُلْمَةُ الرَّيْبِ عَنْ عَقائِدِهِمْ وَضَمَائِرِهِمْ،
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| the contention of doubt has been negated from their hearts and their secret thoughts,
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وَانْتَفَتْ مُخالَجَةُ الشَّكّ ِ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَرائِرِهِمْ،
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| their breasts have expanded through the verification of true knowledge,
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وَانْشَرَحَتْ بِتَحْقِيقِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ صُدُورُهُمْ،
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| their aspirations have ascended through precedent good fortune in renunciation,
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وَعَلَتْ لِسَبْقِ السَّعادَةِ فِي الزَّهادَةِ هِمَمُهُمْ،
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| their drinking is sweet from the spring of devotion to good works,
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وَعَذُبَ فِي مَعِينِ الْمُعامَلَةِ شِرْبُهُمْ
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| their secret thoughts are delicious in the sitting-place of intimacy,
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وَطابَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الأُنْسِ سِرُّهُمْ،
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| their minds are secure in the place of terror,
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وَأَمِنَ فِي مَوْطِنِ الْمَخافَةِ سِرْبُهُمْ،
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| their souls are serene through the return to the Lord of lords,
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وَاطْمَأَنَّتْ بِالرُّجُوْعِ إلىٰ رَبّ ِ الأَرْبابِ أَنْفُسُهُمْ،
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| their spirits have reached certitude through triumph and prosperity,
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وَتَيَقَّنَتْ بِالْفَوْزِ وَالْفَلاحِ أَرْواحُهُمْ،
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| their eyes have been gladdened through gazing upon their Beloved,
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وَقَرَّتْ بِالنَّظَرِ إلىٰ مَحْبُوبِهِمْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ،
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| their settling place has been settled through reaching the request and attaining the expectation,
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وَاسْتَقَرَّ بِإِدْراكِ السُّؤْلِ وَنَيْلِ الْمَأْمُولِ قَرَارُهُمْ،
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| and their commerce has profited through the sale of this world for the next!
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وَرَبِحَتْ فِي بَيْعِ الدُّنْيَا بِالآخِرَةِ تِجارَتُهُمْ.
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| My God, how agreeable for hearts are the thoughts inspiring Your remembrance,
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إِلـٰهِي ما أَلَذَّ خَواطِرَ الإِلْهامِ بِذِكْرِكَ عَلَىٰ الْقُلُوبِ،
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| how sweet travelling to You through imagination upon the roads of the unseen worlds,
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وَما أَحْلَىٰ الْمَسِيرَ إلَيْكَ بِالأَوْهامِ فِي مَسالِكِ الْغُيُوبِ،
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| how pleasant the taste of Your love,
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وَما أَطْيَبَ طَعْمَ حُبّـِكَ،
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| how delightful the drink of Your nearness!
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وَما أَعْذَبَ شِرْبَ قُرْبِكَ،
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| So give us refuge from Your casting out and Your sending far,
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فَأَعِذْنا مِنْ طَرْدِكَ وَإبْعادِكَ،
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| and place us among the most elect of Your knowers, the most righteous of Your servants,
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وَاجْعَلْنا مِنْ أَخَصّ ِ عارِفِيكَ، وَأَصْلَحِ عِبادِكَ،
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| the most truthful of Your obeyers, the most sincere of Your worshipers!
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وَأَصْدَقِ طائِعِيكَ وَأَخْلَصِ عُبَّادِكَ،
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| O All-mighty, O Majestic, O Generous, O Endower!
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يا عَظِيمُ، يا جَلِيلُ، يا كَرِيمُ، يا مُنِيلُ،
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| By Your mercy and kindness, O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَمَنّـِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
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