| 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, to You I complain of a soul commanding to evil,
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إِلـٰهِي إليْكَ أَشْكُو نَفْساً بِالسُّوءِ أَمَّارَةً،
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| rushing to offenses,
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وَإلَىٰ الْخَطيئَةِ مُبادِرَةً،
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| eager to disobey You,
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وَبِمَعاصِيكَ مُولَعَةً،
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| and exposing itself to Your anger.
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وَلِسَخَطِكَ مُتَعَرِّضَةً،
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| It takes me on the roads of disasters,
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تَسْلُكُ بِي مَسالِكَ الْمَهالِكِ،
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| it makes me the easiest of perishers before You;
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وَتَجْعَلُنِي عِنْدَكَ أَهْوَنَ هَالِكٍ،
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| many its pretexts, drawn out its expectations;
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كَثِيرَةَ الْعِلَلِ طَوِيلَةَ الأَمَلِ،
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| when evil touches it, it is anxious,
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إنْ مَسَّهَا الشَّرُّ تَجْزَعُ،
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| when good touches it, grudging;
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وَإنْ مَسَّهَا الْخَيْرُ تَمْنَعُ،
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| inclining to play and diversion,
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مَيَّالَةً إلَىٰ اللَّعِبِ وَاللَّهْوِ،
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| full of heedlessness and inattention,
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مَمْلُوَّةً بِالْغَفْلَةِ وَالسَّهْوِ،
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| it hurries me to misdeeds
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تُسْرِعُ بِي إلَىٰ الْحَوْبَةِ،
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| and makes me delay repentance.
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وَتُسَوِّفُنِي بِالتَّوْبَةِ.
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| My God, I complain to You of an enemy who misguides me
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إِلـٰهِي أَشْكُو إلَيْكَ عَدُوّاً يُضِلُّنِي
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| and a satan who leads me astray.
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وَشَيْطانَاً يَغْوِينِي،
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| He has filled my breast with tempting thoughts,
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قَدْ مَلأَ بِالْوَسْواسِ صَدْرِي،
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| and his suggestions have encompassed my heart.
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وَأَحاطَتْ هَواجِسُهُ بِقَلْبِي
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| He supports caprice against me,
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يُعاضِدُ لِيَ الْهَوىٰ،
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| embellishes for me the love of this world,
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وَيُزَيِّنُ لِي حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا،
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| and separates me from obedience and proximity!
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وَيَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ الطَّاعَةِ وَالزُّلْفىٰ.
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| My God, to You I complain of a heart that is hard,
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إِلـٰهِي إلَيْكَ أَشْكُو قَلْبَاً قاسِياً
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| turned this way and that by tempting thoughts,
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مَعَ الْوَسْواسِ مُتَقَلِّباً،
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| clothed in rust and the seal,
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وَبِالرَّيْنِ وَالطَّبْعِ مُتَلَبِّساً،
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| and of an eye too indifferent to weep in fear of You
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وَعَيْنَاً عَنِ الْبُكاءِ مِنْ خَوْفِكَ جامِدَةً،
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| and eagerly seeking that which gladdens it!
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وَإِلَىٰ ما تَسُرُّها طامِحَةً.
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| My God, there is no force and no strength except in Your power,
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إِلـٰهِي لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إلاَّ بِقُدْرَتِكَ،
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| and no deliverance for me from the detested things of this world save through Your preservation.
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وَلا نَجاةَ لِي مِنْ مَكارِهِ الدُّنْيا إلاَّ بِعِصْمَتِكَ،
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| So I ask You by Your far-reaching wisdom
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فَأَسْأَلُكَ بِبَلاغَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ،
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| and Your penetrating will
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وَنَفاذِ مَشِيَّتِكَ،
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| not to let me expose myself to other than Your munificence
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أَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنِي لِغَيْرِ جُودِكَ مُتَعَرِّضاً،
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| and not to turn me into a target for trials!
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وَلا تُصَيِّرَنِي لِلْفِتَنِ غَرَضاً،
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| Be for me a helper against enemies,
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وَكُنْ لِي عَلَىٰ الأَعْداءِ ناصِرَاً،
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| a coverer of shameful things and faults,
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وَعَلَىٰ الْمَخَازِي وَالْعُيُوبِ ساتِراً،
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| a protector against afflictions,
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وَمِنَ الْبَلاءِ واقِياً،
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| a preserver against acts of disobedience!
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وَعَنِ الْمَعاصِي عاصِمَاً،
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| By Your clemency and mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful!
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بِرَأْفَتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.
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