| 51) His Supplication in Pleading and Abasement
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(51) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي التَّضَرُّعِ وَ الِاسْتِكَانَةِ
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| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ
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| 1- My God, I praise Thee,
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1. إِلَهِي أَحْمَدُكَ وَ أَنْتَ لِلْحَمْدِ أَهْلٌ
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| - and Thou art worthy of praise -
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عَلَى حُسْنِ صَنِيعِكَ إِلَيَّ ،
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| for Thy benefaction toward me,
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وَ سُبُوغِ نَعْمَائِكَ عَلَيَّ ،
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| the lavishness of Thy favours toward me,
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وَ جَزِيلِ عَطَائِكَ عِنْدِي ،
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| and Thy plentiful bestowal upon me,
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وَ عَلَى مَا فَضَّلْتَنِي بِهِ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ ،
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| and for showing bounty toward me through Thy mercy and lavishing Thy favour upon me.
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وَ أَسْبَغْتَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ نِعْمَتِكَ ،
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| Thou hast done well toward me and I am incapable of thanking Thee.
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فَقَدِ اصْطَنَعْتَ عِنْدِي مَا يَعْجِزُ عَنْهُ شُكْرِي .
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| 2- Were it not for Thy beneficence toward me and the lavishness of Thy favours upon me,
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2. وَ لَوْ لَا إِحْسَانُكَ إِلَيَّ وَ سُبُوغُ نَعْمَائِكَ عَلَيَّ
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| I would not have reached the taking of my share nor would my soul have been set right,
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مَا بَلَغْتُ إِحْرَازَ حَظِّي ، وَ لَا إِصْلَاحَ نَفْسِي ،
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| but Thou began with beneficence toward me,
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وَ لَكِنَّكَ ابْتَدَأْتَنِي بِالْإِحْسَانِ ،
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| provided me sufficiency in all my affairs,
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وَ رَزَقْتَنِي فِي أُمُورِي كُلِّهَا الْكِفَايَةَ ،
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| turned away from me the toil of affliction,
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وَ صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي جَهْدَ الْبَلَاءِ ،
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| and held back from me the feared decree.
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وَ مَنَعْتَ مِنِّي مَحْذُورَ الْقَضَاءِ .
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| 3- My God, how many a toilsome affliction
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3. إِلَهِي فَكَمْ مِنْ بَلَاءٍ جَاهِدٍ
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| which Thou hast turned away from me!
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قَدْ صَرَفْتَ عَنِّي ،
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| with which Thou hast gladdened my eye!
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وَ كَمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ سَابِغَةٍ أَقْرَرْتَ بِهَا عَيْنِي ،
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| How many a generous benefaction of Thine which is present with me!
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وَ كَمْ مِنْ صَنِيعَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ لَكَ عِنْدِي
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| 4- It is Thou who responded to my supplication at the time of distress,
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4. أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَجَبْتَ عِنْدَ الِاضْطِرَارِ دَعْوَتِي ،
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| released me from my slip in stumbling,
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وَ أَقَلْتَ عِنْدَ الْعِثَارِ زَلَّتِي ،
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| and took my enemies to task for doing wrong to me.
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وَ أَخَذْتَ لِي مِنَ الْأَعْدَاءِ بِظُلَامَتِي .
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| 5- My God, I did not find Thee a miser when I asked of Thee
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5. إِلَهِي مَا وَجَدْتُكَ بَخِيلًا حِينَ سَأَلْتُكَ ،
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| nor a withholder when I desired from Thee.
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وَ لَا مُنْقَبِضاً حِينَ أَرَدْتُكَ ،
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| No, I found Thee a hearer of my supplication
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بَلْ وَجَدْتُكَ لِدُعَائِي سَامِعاً ،
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| and a bestower of my requests;
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وَ لِمَطَالِبِي مُعْطِياً ،
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| I found Thy favours toward me lavish in my every situation
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وَ وَجَدْتُ نُعْمَاكَ عَلَيَّ سَابِغَةً فِي كُلِّ شَأْنٍ مِنْ شَأْنِي
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| and in my every time.
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وَ كُلِّ زَمَانٍ مِنْ زَمَانِي ،
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| So Thou art praised by me and Thy benefaction honoured.
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فَأَنْتَ عِنْدِي مَحْمُودٌ ، وَ صَنِيعُكَ لَدَيَّ مَبْرُورٌ .
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| 6- My soul, my tongue, and my intelligence praise Thee,
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6. تَحْمَدُكَ نَفْسِي وَ لِسَانِي وَ عَقْلِي ،
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| a praise that reaches fulfilment and the reality of thanksgiving,
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حَمْداً يَبْلُغُ الْوَفَاءَ وَ حَقِيقَةَ الشُّكْرِ ،
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| a praise that attains to Thy good pleasure with me -
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حَمْداً يَكُونُ مَبْلَغَ رِضَاكَ عَنِّي ،
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| so deliver me from Thy displeasure!
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فَنَجِّنِي مِنْ سُخْطِكَ .
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| 7- O my cave when the ways thwart me!
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7. يَا كَهْفِي حِينَ تُعْيِينِي الْمَذَاهِبُ
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| O He who releases me from my stumble!
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وَ يَا مُقِيلِي عَثْرَتِي ،
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| Were it not for Thy covering my shameful defects, I would be one of the disgraced.
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فَلَوْ لَا سَتْرُكَ عَوْرَتِي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَفْضُوحِينَ ،
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| O my confirmer through help!
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وَ يَا مُؤَيِّدِي بِالنَّصْرِ ،
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| Were it not for Thy helping me, I would be one of the overcome!
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فَلَوْ لَا نَصْرُكَ إِيَّايَ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمَغْلُوبِينَ ،
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| O He before whom kings place the yoke of lowliness around their necks,
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وَ يَا مَنْ وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ نِيرَ الْمَذَلَّةِ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهَا ،
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| fearing His penalties!
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فَهُمْ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِهِ خَائِفُونَ ،
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| O worthy of reverent fear!
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وَ يَا أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى ،
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| O He to whom belong the names most beautiful![1]
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وَ يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى ،
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| I ask Thee to pardon me and to forgive me,
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أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَعْفُوَ عَنِّي ، وَ تَغْفِرَ لِي
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| for I am not innocent that I should offer excuses,
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فَلَسْتُ بَرِيئاً فَأَعْتَذِرَ ،
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| nor a possessor of strength that I should gain victory,
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وَ لَا بِذِي قُوَّةٍ فَأَنْتَصِرَ ،
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| nor have I any place of flight that I should flee!
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وَ لَا مَفَرَّ لِي فَأَفِرَّ .
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| 8- I ask Thee to release me from my stumbles,
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8. وَ أَسْتَقِيلُكَ عَثَرَاتِي ،
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| and before Thee I disavow my sins, which have laid me waste,
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وَ أَتَنَصَّلُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِيَ الَّتِي قَدْ أَوْبَقَتْنِي ،
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| encompassed me, and destroyed me!
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وَ أَحَاطَتْ بِي فَأَهْلَكَتْنِي ،
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| I flee from them to Thee, my Lord,
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مِنْهَا فَرَرْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ تَائِباً فَتُبْ عَلَيَّ ،
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| turning repentantly, so turn toward me,
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مُتَعَوِّذاً فَأَعِذْنِي ،
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| seeking refuge, so grant me refuge,
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مُسْتَجِيراً فَلَا تَخْذُلْنِي ،
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| asking sanctuary, so abandon me not,
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سَائِلًا فَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي
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| requesting, so deprive me not,
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مُعْتَصِماً فَلَا تُسْلِمْنِي ،
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| holding fast, so leave me not, supplicating, so send me not back disappointed!
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دَاعِياً فَلَا تَرُدَّنِي خَائِباً .
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| 9- I have supplicated Thee, my Lord, as one miserable, abased,
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9. دَعَوْتُكَ يَا رَبِّ مِسْكِيناً ، مُسْتَكِيناً ،
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| apprehensive, fearful,
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مُشْفِقاً ، خَائِفاً ،
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| quaking, poor, driven to have recourse to Thee!
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وَجِلًا ، فَقِيراً ، مُضْطَرّاً إِلَيْكَ .
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| 10- I complain to Thee, my God,
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10. أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ يَا إِلَهِي
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| of my soul - which is too weak to hurry to that which Thou hast promised Thy friends
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ضَعْفَ نَفْسِي عَنِ الْمُسَارَعَةِ فِيمَا وَعَدْتَهُ أَوْلِيَاءَكَ ،
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| or to avoid that against which Thou hast cautioned Thy enemies -
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وَ الْمُجَانَبَةِ عَمَّا حَذَّرْتَهُ أَعْدَاءَكَ ،
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| and of the multitude of my concerns,
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وَ كَثْرَةَ هُمُومِي ،
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| and of my soul's confusing thoughts.
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وَ وَسْوَسَةَ نَفْسِي .
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| 11- My God, Thou hast not disgraced me through my secret thoughts
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11. إِلَهِي لَمْ تَفْضَحْنِي بِسَرِيرَتِي ،
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| or destroyed me because of my misdeeds!
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وَ لَمْ تُهْلِكْنِي بِجَرِيرَتِي ،
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| I call upon Thee, and Thou respondest, even if I am slow when Thou callest upon me.
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أَدْعُوكَ فَتُجِيبُنِي وَ إِنْ كُنْتُ بَطِيئاً حِينَ تَدْعُونِي ،
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| I ask Thee everything I want of my needs,
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وَ أَسْأَلُكَ كُلَّمَا شِئْتُ مِنْ حَوَائِجِي ،
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| and I deposit with Thee my secret wherever I may be.
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وَ حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُ وَضَعْتُ عِنْدَكَ سِرِّي ،
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| I supplicate no one besides Thee,
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فَلَا أَدْعُو سِوَاكَ ،
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| and I hope for no one other than Thee.
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وَ لَا أَرْجُو غَيْرَكَ
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| 12- At Thy service! At Thy service!
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12. لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ ،
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| Thou hearest him who complains to Thee!
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تَسْمَعُ مَنْ شَكَا إِلَيْكَ ،
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| Thou receivest him who has confidence in Thee!
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وَ تَلْقَى مَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْكَ ،
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| Thou savest him who holds fast to Thee! Thou givest relief to him who seeks shelter in Thee!
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وَ تُخَلِّصُ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ ، وَ تُفَرِّجُ عَمَّنْ لَاذَ بِكَ .
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| 13- My God, so deprive me not of the good of the last world and the first
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13. إِلَهِي فَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي خَيْرَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ الْأُولَى
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| because of the paucity of my thanksgiving
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لِقِلَّةِ شُكْرِي ،
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| and forgive me the sins of mine which Thou knowest!
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وَ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي .
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| 14- If Thou chastisest,
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14. إِنْ تُعَذِّبْ
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| I am the wrongdoer, the neglecter,
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فَأَنَا الظَّالِمُ الْمُفَرِّطُ
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| the negligent, the sinner, the derelict, the sluggard,
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الْمُضَيِّعُ الْآثِمُ الْمُقَصِّرُ الْمُضَجِّعُ
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| the heedless of the share of my soul!
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الْمُغْفِلُ حَظَّ نَفْسِي ،
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| And if Thou forgivest -
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وَ إِنْ تَغْفِرْ
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| Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful![2]
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فَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
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