| 39) His Supplication in Seeking Pardon and Mercy
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(39) وَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي طَلَبِ الْعَفْوِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ
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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- O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,
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1. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| break my passion for every unlawful thing,
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وَ اكْسِرْ شَهْوَتِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَحْرَمٍ ،
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| take away my craving for any sin,
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وَ ازْوِ حِرْصِي عَنْ كُلِّ مَأْثَمٍ ،
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| and bar me from harming any believer, male or female,
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وَ امْنَعْنِي عَنْ أَذَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ وَ مُؤْمِنَةٍ ،
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| and any Muslim, male or female!
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وَ مُسْلِمٍ وَ مُسْلِمَةٍ .
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| 2- O God, if any of Thy servants should harm me in what Thou hast forbidden
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2. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ نَالَ مِنِّي مَا حَظَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ ،
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| or violate me in what Thou hast interdicted,
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وَ انْتَهَكَ مِنِّي مَا حَجَزْتَ عَلَيْهِ ،
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| and if he should pass into death with my complaint
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فَمَضَى بِظُلَامَتِي مَيِّتاً ،
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| or I come to have a complaint against him while he is alive,
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أَوْ حَصَلَتْ لِي قِبَلَهُ حَيّاً
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| forgive him what he did to me
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فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ مَا أَلَمَّ بِهِ مِنِّي ،
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| and pardon him that through which he turned his back on me!
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وَ اعْفُ لَهُ عَمَّا أَدْبَرَ بِهِ عَنِّي ،
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| Inquire not from him about what he committed toward me
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وَ لَا تَقِفْهُ عَلَى مَا ارْتَكَبَ فِيَّ ،
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| and expose him not through what he earned by me!
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وَ لَا تَكْشِفْهُ عَمَّا اكْتَسَبَ بِي ،
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| Make my open-handedness in pardoning such servants
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وَ اجْعَلْ مَا سَمَحْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الْعَفْوِ عَنْهُمْ ،
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| and my contribution in charity toward them
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وَ تَبَرَّعْتُ بِهِ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ
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| the purest charity of the charitable
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أَزْكَى صَدَقَاتِ الْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ ،
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| and the highest gift of those seeking nearness to Thee!
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وَ أَعْلَى صِلَاتِ الْمُتَقَرِّبِينَ
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| 3- Recompense me for my pardoning them with Thy pardon
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3. وَ عَوِّضْنِي مِنْ عَفْوِي عَنْهُمْ عَفْوَكَ ،
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| and for my supplicating for them with Thy mercy
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وَ مِنْ دُعَائِي لَهُمْ رَحْمَتَكَ
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| so that each one of us may gain felicity through Thy bounty
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حَتَّى يَسْعَدَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ ،
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| and each may attain deliverance through Thy kindness!
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وَ يَنْجُوَ كُلٌّ مِنَّا بِمَنِّكَ .
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| 4- O God, if there is a servant from among Thy servants whom
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4. اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبِيدِكَ
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| an ill visits on my account,
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أَدْرَكَهُ مِنِّي دَرَكٌ ،
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| a harm touches from my direction,
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أَوْ مَسَّهُ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِي أَذًى ،
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| or a wrong overtakes through me or because of me,
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أَوْ لَحِقَهُ بِي أَوْ بِسَبَبِي ظُلْمٌ
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| and should I fail to take care of his right
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فَفُتُّهُ بِحَقِّهِ ،
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| or go before him [in death] with his complaint,
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أَوْ سَبَقْتُهُ بِمَظْلِمَتِهِ ،
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| bless Muhammad and his Household,
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| satisfy him toward me through Thy wealth,
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وَ أَرْضِهِ عَنِّي مِنْ وُجْدِكَ ،
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| and give him his full right from Thyself!
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وَ أَوْفِهِ حَقَّهُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
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| 5- Then protect me from what Thy decision mandates
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5. ثُمَّ قِنِي مَا يُوجِبُ لَهُ حُكْمُكَ ،
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| and save me from what Thy justice decides,
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وَ خَلِّصْنِي مِمَّا يَحْكُمُ بِهِ عَدْلُكَ ،
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| for my strength cannot bear Thy vengeance
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فَإِنَّ قُوَّتِي لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِنَقِمَتِكَ ،
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| and my power cannot stand up to Thy displeasure!
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وَ إِنَّ طَاقَتِي لَا تَنْهَضُ بِسُخْطِكَ ،
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| If Thou recompensest me with the right, Thou wilt destroy me,
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فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُكَافِنِي بِالْحَقِّ تُهْلِكْنِي ،
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| and if Thou dost not shield me in Thy mercy, Thou wilt lay me waste.
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وَ إِلَّا تَغَمَّدْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ تُوبِقْنِي .
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| 6- O God, I ask Thee to grant, my God,
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6. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي
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| that whose giving will not decrease Thee,
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مَا لَا يُنْقِصُكَ بَذْلُهُ ،
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| and I ask Thee to carry that whose carrying will not weigh Thee down:
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وَ أَسْتَحْمِلُكَ ، مَا لَا يَبْهَظُكَ حَمْلُهُ .
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| 7- My God, I ask Thee to give my soul,
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7. أَسْتَوْهِبُكَ يَا إِلَهِي نَفْسِيَ
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| which Thou didst not create to keep Thyself from evil
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الَّتِي لَمْ تَخْلُقْهَا لِتَمْتَنِعَ بِهَا مِنْ سُوءٍ ،
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| nor to find the way to profit.
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أَوْ لِتَطَرَّقَ بِهَا إِلَى نَفْعٍ ،
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| No, Thou brought it forth
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وَ لَكِنْ أَنْشَأْتَهَا
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| to demonstrate Thy power over its like
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إِثْبَاتاً لِقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى مِثْلِهَا ،
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| and to provide an argument against its similar.
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وَ احْتِجَاجاً بِهَا عَلَى شَكْلِهَا .
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| 8- I ask Thee to carry those of my sins whose carrying weighs me down
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8. وَ أَسْتَحْمِلُكَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي مَا قَدْ بَهَظَنِي حَمْلُهُ ،
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| and I seek help from Thee in that whose heaviness oppresses me.
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وَ أَسْتَعِينُ بِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدْ فَدَحَنِي ثِقْلُهُ .
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| 9- So bless Muhammad and his Household,
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9. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| give to me my soul in spite of its wrongdoing,[1]
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وَ هَبْ لِنَفْسِي عَلَى ظُلْمِهَا نَفْسِي ،
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| and appoint Thy mercy to carry my burden!
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وَ وَكِّلْ رَحْمَتَكَ بِاحْتِمَالِ إِصْرِي ،
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| How many evildoers Thy mercy has overtaken!
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فَكَمْ قَدْ لَحِقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ بِالْمُسِيئِينَ ،
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| How many wrongdoers Thy pardon has embraced!
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وَ كَمْ قَدْ شَمِلَ عَفْوُكَ الظَّالِمِينَ .
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| 10- So bless Muhammad and his Household
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10. فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ ،
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| and make me the model of him whom Thou hast aroused through Thy forbearance
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وَ اجْعَلْنِي أُسْوَةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَنْهَضْتَهُ بِتَجَاوُزِكَ
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| from the deadly infirmities of the Senders
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عَنْ مَصَارِعِ الْخَاطِئِينَ ،
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| and saved through Thy giving success from the tangled plights of the sinners,
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وَ خَلَّصْتَهُ بِتَوْفِيقِكَ مِنْ وَرَطَاتِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ ،
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| so that I may rise up freed by Thy pardon from the bonds of Thy displeasure
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فَأَصْبَحَ طَلِيقَ عَفْوِكَ مِنْ إِسَارِ سُخْطِكَ ،
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| and released by Thy benefaction from the ties of Thy justice!
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وَ عَتِيقَ صُنْعِكَ مِنْ وَثَاقِ عَدْلِكَ .
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| 11- Surely if Thou dost that, my God,
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11. إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي
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| Thou wilt do it to one who does not deny deserving Thy punishment
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تَفْعَلْهُ بِمَنْ لَا يَجْحَدُ اسْتِحْقَاقَ عُقُوبَتِكَ ،
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| or acquit himself from merit for Thy vengeance.
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وَ لَا يُبَرِّئُ نَفْسَهُ مِنِ اسْتِيجَابِ نَقِمَتِكَ
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| 12- Do that, my God, for one
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12. تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَا إِلَهِي بِمَنْ
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| whose fear of Thee is greater than his craving from Thee,
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خَوْفُهُ مِنْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ طَمَعِهِ فِيكَ ،
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| whose hopelessness of deliverance is firmer than his hope for salvation!
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وَ بِمَنْ يَأْسُهُ مِنَ النَّجَاةِ أَوْكَدُ مِنْ رَجَائِهِ لِلْخَلَاصِ ،
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| Not that his hopelessness is despair,
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لَا أَنْ يَكُونَ يَأْسُهُ قُنُوطاً ،
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| nor that his expectation is deluded.
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أَوْ أَنْ يَكُونَ طَمَعُهُ اغْتِرَاراً ،
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| No, rather his good deeds are few among his evil deeds
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بَلْ لِقِلَّةِ حَسَنَاتِهِ بَيْنَ سَيِّئَاتِهِ ،
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| and his arguments are frail in face of everything due from his acts.
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وَ ضَعْفِ حُجَجِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ تَبِعَاتِهِ
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| 13- But Thou, my God, art worthy that the righteous not be deluded concerning Thee
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13. فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِلَهِي فَأَهْلٌ أَنْ لَا يَغْتَرَّ بِكَ الصِّدِّيقُونَ ،
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| and the sinners not lose hope in Thee,
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وَ لَا يَيْأَسَ مِنْكَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ ،
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| for Thou art the All-mighty Lord who
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لِأَنَّكَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي
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| holds back His bounty from none and takes His full right from no one.
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لَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَداً فَضْلَهُ ، وَ لَا يَسْتَقْصِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَقَّهُ .
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| 14- High exalted is Thy mention above those mentioned!
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14. تَعَالَى ذِكْرُكَ عَنِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ ،
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| Holy are Thy names beyond those described!
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وَ تَقَدَّسَتْ أَسْمَاؤُكَ عَنِ الْمَنْسُوبِينَ ،
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| Spread is Thy favour among all creatures!
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وَ فَشَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمَخْلُوقِينَ ،
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| Thine is the praise for that, O Lord of the worlds![2]
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فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ .
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