اللّهُمّ إِنّي أَمْسَيْتُ لَكَ عَبْداً دَاخِراً

alluhumma inni amsaytu laka `abdan dakhiran

O Allah: surely, I am at this evening Your passive slave;

لا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعاً وَلا ضَرّاً

lu amliku linafsy naf`an wa lu ¤arran

I have no control of hurt or good to myself,

وَلا أَصْرِفُ عَنْهَا سُوءً،

wa lu asrifu `anhu su‘an

And I cannot drive back any evil from myself,

أَشْهَدُ بِذلِكَ عَلَى نَفْسِي،

ash-hadu bidhalika `alu nafse

I testify to so against myself,

وَأَعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِضَعْفِ قُوّتِي،

wa a`tarifu laka bi¤a`fi quwwate

And to You do I confess of my powerlessness

وَقِلّةِ حِيلَتِي،

wa qillati helate

And my feebleness

فَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

fasall `alu muhammadin wa uli muhammadin

So, (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَأَنْجِزْ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي

wa anjiz le mu wa`adtany

And fulfill that of which You have promised me,

وَجَمِيعَ المُؤْمِنِينَ وَالمُؤْمِنَاتِ

wa jame`a almu´minena wal-mu´minuti

As well as all the believing men and women,

مِنَ المَغْفِرَةِ فِي هذِهِ اللّيْلَةِ،

mina almaghfirati fe hadhihi allaylati

That is Your forgiveness at this night.

وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيّ مَا آتَيْتَنِي

wa atmim `alayya mu utaytany

And accomplish that which You have conferred upon me,

فَإِنّي عَبْدُكَ المِسكِينُ المُسْتَكِينُ

fa’inne `abduka almiskenu almustakenu

For I am Your slave—the poor, the humble,

الضّعِيفُ الفَقِيرُ المَهِينُ.

aldha`efu alfaqeru almahenu

The weak, the needy, the humiliated.

اللّهُمّ لا تَجْعَلْنِي نَاسِياً لِذِكْرِكَ فِيمَا أَوْلَيْتَنِي،

alluhumma lu taj`alny nusiyan lidhikrika femu awlaytane

O Allah: (please) do not make me negligent of the mention of You as regards that which You have bestowed upon me,

وَلا غَافِلاً لإحْسَانِكَ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي،

wa lu ghufilan liihsunika femu a`taytane

And do not make me inadvertent to Your favors to me as regards that which You have given me,

وَلا آيِساً مِنْ إِجَابَتِكَ وَإِنْ أَبْطَأَتْ عَنّي

wa lu uyisan min ijubatika wa in abtat `anne

And do not make me despair of Your responding to me, even if such response is postponed,

فِي سَرَّاءَ أَوْ ضَرَّاءَ

fe sarru‘a awdharru‘a

Whether I be in prosperity or adversity

أَوْ شِدّةٍ أَوْ رَخَاءٍ

aw shiddatin aw rakhu‘in

Or hardship or comfort

أَوْ عَافِيَةٍ أَوْ بَلاءٍ

aw `ufiyatin aw balu‘in

Or well-being or ordeal,

أَوْ بُؤْسٍ أَوْ نَعْمَاءَ

aw bu´sin aw na`mu‘a

Or misery or bliss.

إِنّكَ سَمِيعُ الدّعَاءِ.

innaka same`u alddu`u‘i

Verily, You are the Hearer of prayers.