| 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, though my stores for travelling to You are few,
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إِلـٰهِي إنْ كانَ قَلَّ زادِي فِي الْمَسِيرِ إلَيْكَ،
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| my confidence in You has given me a good opinion.
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فَلَقَدْ حَسُنَ ظَنّـِي بِالتَّوَكُّلِ عَلَيْكَ،
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| Though my sin has made me fear Your punishment,
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وَإنْ كَانَ جُرْمِي قَدْ أَخافَنِي مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ،
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| my hope has let me feel secure from Your vengeance.
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فَإنَّ رَجائِي قَدْ أَشْعَرَنِي بِالأَمْنِ مِنْ نِقْمَتِكَ،
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| Though my misdeed has exposed me to Your penalty,
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وَإنْ كانَ ذَنْبِي قَدْ عَرَّضَنِي لِعِقابِكَ،
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| my excellent trust has apprised me of Your reward.
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فَقَدْ آذَنَنِي حُسْنُ ثِقَتِي بِثَوابِكَ،
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| Though heedlessness has put to sleep my readiness to meet You,
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وَإنْ أَنامَتْنِي الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الاسْتِعْدادِ لِلِقائِكَ،
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| knowledge has awakened me to Your generosity and boons.
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فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِكَ وَآلائِكَ،
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| Though excessive disobedience and rebellion have estranged me from You,
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وَإنْ أَوْحَشَ ما بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ فَرْطُ الْعِصْيانِ وَالطُّغْيانِ،
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| the glad tidings of forgiveness and good pleasure have made me feel intimate with You.
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فَقَدْ آنَسَنِي بُشْرَىٰ الْغُفْرانِ وَالرّ ِضْوانِ،
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| I ask You by the splendours of Your face and the lights of Your holiness,
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أَسْأَلُكَ بِسُبُحاتِ وَجْهِكَ وَبِأَنْوارِ قُدْسِكَ،
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| and I implore You by the tenderness of Your mercy and the gentleness of Your goodness,
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وَأَبْتَهِلُ إلَيْكَ بِعَوَاطِفِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلَطائِفِ بِرّ ِكَ،
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| to verify my opinion in expecting Your great generosity
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أَنْ تُحَقّـِقَ ظَنّـِي بِما أُؤَمّـِلُهُ مِنْ جَزِيلِ إِكْرامِكَ،
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| and Your beautiful favour,
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وَجَمِيلِ إِنْعامِكَ
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| through nearness to You,
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فِي الْقُرْبىٰ مِنْكَ،
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| proximity with You,
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وَالزُّلْفىٰ لَدَيْكَ،
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| and enjoyment of gazing upon You!
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وَالتَّمَتُّعِ بِالنَّظَرِ إلَيْكَ،
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| Here am I, addressing myself to the breezes of Your freshness and tenderness,
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وَها أَنَا مُتَعَرّ ِضٌ لِنَفَحاتِ رَوْحِكَ وَعَطْفِكَ،
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| having recourse to the rain of Your generosity and gentleness,
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وَمُنْتَجِعٌ غَيْثَ جُودِكَ وَلُطْفِكَ،
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| fleeing from Your displeasure to Your good pleasure
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فَارٌّ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ إلىٰ رِضاكَ،
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| and from You to You,
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هارِبٌ مِنْكَ إلَيْكَ،
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| hoping for the best of what is with You,
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راجٍ أَحْسَنَ ما لَدَيْكَ
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| relying upon Your gifts,
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مُعَوّ ِلٌ عَلىٰ مَواهِبِكَ،
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| utterly poor toward Your guarding!
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مُفْتَقِرٌ إِلىٰ رِعايَتِكَ
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| My God, Your bounty which You have begun - complete it!
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إِلـٰهِي ما بَدَأْتَ بِهِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ فَتَمّـِمْهُ،
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| Your generosity which You have given me - strip it not away!
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وَما وَهَبْتَ لِي مِنْ كَرَمِكَ فَلا تَسْلُبْهُ،
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| Your cover over me through Your clemency - tear it not away!
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وَما سَتَرْتَهُ عَلَيَّ بِحِلْمِكَ فَلا تَهْتِكْهُ،
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| My ugly acts which You have come to know - forgive them!
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وَما عَلِمْتَهُ مِنْ قَبِيحِ فِعْلِي فَاغْفِرْهُ.
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| My God, I seek intercession from You with You,
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إِلـٰهِي اسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِكَ إلَيْكَ
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| and I seek sanctuary in You from You!
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وَاسْتَجَرْتُ بِكَ مِنْكَ
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| I have come to You craving Your beneficence,
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أَتَيْتُكَ طامِعَاً فِي إِحْسانِكَ،
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| desiring Your kindness,
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راغِباً فِي امْتِنانِكَ،
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| seeking water from the deluge of Your graciousness,
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مُسْتَسْقِياً وابِلَ طَوْلِكَ
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| begging rain from the clouds of Your bounty,
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مُسْتَمْطِراً غَمامَ فَضْلِكَ،
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| requesting Your good pleasure,
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طالِباً مَرْضاتِكَ،
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| going straight to Your side,
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قاصِداً جَنابَكَ،
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| arriving at the watering-place of Your support,
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وارِداً شَرِيعَةَ رِفْدِكَ،
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| seeking exalted good things from Your quarter,
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مُلْتَمِساً سَنِيَّ الْخَيْراتِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ،
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| reaching for the presence of Your beauty,
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وافِداً إلىٰ حَضْرَةِ جَمالِكَ،
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| wanting Your face,
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مُرِيداً وَجْهَكَ،
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| knocking at Your door,
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طارِقاً بابَكَ،
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| abasing myself before Your mightiness and majesty!
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مُسْتَكِيناً لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَجَلالِكَ،
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| So act toward me with the forgiveness and mercy of which You are worthy!
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فَافْعَلْ بِي ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ،
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| Act not toward me with the chastisement and vengeance of which I am worthy!
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وَلا تَفْعَلْ بِي ما أَنَا أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْعَذابِ وَالنّـِقْمَةِ
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| By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
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