بِسْمِ اﷲِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیْ مَرَضَاتُہٗ فِی الطَّلَبِ اِلَیْہِ

Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi alladhī marḍātuhu fī ṭ-ṭalabi ilayh

All praise is for Allah whose pleasure lies in seeking Him

وَ اِلْتِمَاسِ مَا لَدَیہِ وَسَخْطُہٗ فِیْ تَرْکِ الْاِلْحَاحِ

Wa iltimāsi mā ladayhi wa sakhaṭuhu fī tarki l-ilḥāḥ

And in asking for what is with Him, and His غضب in abandoning persistence

فِیْ الْمَسْئَلَۃِ عَلَیْہِ وَ سُبْحَانَ اﷲِ شَاہِدُ کُلِّ نَجْوٰی

Fī l-mas’alati ʿalayh wa subḥāna llāhi shāhidu kulli najwā

In supplication to Him; glory be to Allah, witness to every secret talk

بِعِلْمِہٖ وَ مُبَآئِنِ کُلِّ ذِیْ جِسْمٍ بِنَفْسِہٖ

Bi-ʿilmihī wa mubā’ini kulli dhī jism-in binafsih

By His knowledge, distinct from every corporeal being in His essence

وَلَآ اِلٰہَ اِلاَّ اﷲُ الَّذِیْ لاَ یُدْرَکُ بِالْعُیُوْنِ

Wa lā ilāha illā llāhu alladhī lā yudraku bil-ʿuyūn

There is no god but Allah, who is not perceived by eyes

وَالْاَبْصَارِ وَ لاَ یُجْہَلُ بِالْعُقُوْلِ وَالْاَلْبَابِ

Wal-abṣār wa lā yujhalu bil-ʿuqūl wal-albāb

Nor is He unknown to intellects and understanding

وَ یُخْلَقُ مِنَ الضَّمِیْرِ

Wa yukhlaqu mina ḍ-ḍamīr

And He is conceived within the inner conscience

وَ یَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَۃَ الْاَعْیَنِ وَمَا تَخْفِی الصُّدُوْرِ

Wa yaʿlamu khā’inata l-aʿyuni wa mā tukhfī ṣ-ṣudūr

He knows the betrayal of the eyes and what the hearts conceal

وَاﷲُ اَکْبَرُ الْمُتَجَلِّلُ عَنْ صِفَاتِ الْمَخْلُوْقِیْنَ

Wa llāhu akbaru l-mutajallilu ʿan ṣifāti l-makhlūqīn

Allah is the Greatest, exalted above the attributes of creation

الْمُطِّعُ عَلٰی مَافِیْ قُلُوْبِ الْخَلَآئِقِ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

Al-muṭṭiʿu ʿalā mā fī qulūbi l-khalā’iqi ajmaʿīn

Fully aware of what is in the hearts of all creation

اَللّٰہُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَسْئَلُکَ سُؤَالَ مَنْ لاَ یَمِلُّ دُعَآءَ رَبِّہٖ

Allāhumma innī as’aluka su’āla man lā yamillu duʿā’a rabbih

O Allah, I ask You like one who never tires of calling upon his Lord

وَ اَتَضَرَّعُ اِلَیْکَ تَضَرَّعُ غَرِیْقٍ یَرْجُوْا کَشْفَ کُرْبِہٖ

Wa ataḍarraʿu ilayka taḍarruʿa gharīqin yarjū kashfa kurbih

And I plead to You like a drowning one hoping relief

وَ اَبْتَہِلُ اِلَیْکَ اِبْتِہَالِ تَآئِبٍ مِنْ ذُنُوْبِہٖ

Wa abtahilu ilayka ibtihāla tā’ibin min dhunūbih

And I implore You like a repentant sinner from his sins

وَ خَطَایَاہُ وَ اَنْتَ الرَّئُوْفُ الَّذِیْ مَلَکْتَ الْخَلَآئِقَ

Wa khaṭāyāhu wa anta r-ra’ūfu alladhī malakta l-khalā’iq

And his errors; You are the Most Kind who owns all creation

كَلُّهُمْ وَفَطَرْتَهُمْ أَجْنَاسًا مُخْتَلِفَاتِ الْأَلْوَانِ

Kulluhum wa faṭartahum ajnāsan mukhtalifāti l-alwān

All of them; You created them as diverse kinds and colors

وَالْأَقْدَارِ عَلَى مَشِيَّتِكَ وَقَدَّرْتَ آجَالَهُمْ

Wal-aqdār ʿalā mashī’atika wa qaddarta ājālahum

And conditions by Your will, and You determined their lifespans

وَأَرْزَاقَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَتَعَاظَمْكَ خَلْقُ خَلْقٍ

Wa arzāqahum fa lam yataʿāẓamka khalqu khalq

And their provisions; no creation is too great for You

حَتَّى كَوَّنْتَهُ كَمَا شِئْتَ مُخْتَلِفًا مِمَّا شِئْتَ

Ḥattā kawwantahu kamā shi’ta mukhtalifan mimmā shi’ta

Until You formed it as You willed, different as You wished

فَتَعَالَيْتَ وَتَجَبَّرْتَ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ وَزِيرٍ

Fataʿālayta wa tajabbarta ʿani ttikhādhi wazīr

So You are exalted, beyond taking any minister

وَتَعَزَّزْتَ عَنْ مُوَازَرَةِ شَرِيكٍ

Wa taʿazzazta ʿan muwāzarati sharīk

And You are mighty beyond needing a partner

وَتَنَزَّهْتَ عَنِ اتِّخَاذِ الْأَبْنَاءِ

Wa tanazzahhta ʿani ttikhādhi l-abnā’

And You are pure from taking sons

وَتَقَدَّسْتَ عَنْ مَلَامَسَةِ النِّسَاءِ

Wa taqaddasta ʿan malāmasati n-nisā’

And sanctified from any contact with النساء

فَلَيْسَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ بِمُدْرِكَةٍ لَكَ

Falaysati l-abṣāru bimudrikatin lak

Eyes cannot perceive You

وَلَيْسَتِ الْأَوْهَامُ بِوَاقِعَةٍ عَلَيْكَ

Wa laysati l-awhāmu biwāqiʿatin ʿalayk

Nor can imaginations grasp You

وَلَيْسَ لَكَ شَرِيكٌ وَلَا نِدٌّ وَلَا عَدِيلٌ

Wa laysa laka sharīkun wa lā niddun wa lā ʿadīl

You have no partner, no equal, no counterpart

وَلَا نَظِيرٌ وَأَنْتَ الْفَرْدُ الْوَاحِدُ الدَّائِمُ

Wa lā naẓīr wa anta l-fardu l-wāḥidu d-dā’im

No likeness; You are the One, the Eternal

الْأَوَّلُ الْآخِرُ وَالْعَالِمُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ

Al-awwalu l-ākhir wal-ʿālimu l-aḥadu ṣ-ṣamad

The First, the Last, the All-Knowing, the One, the Absolute

الْقَائِمُ الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ

Al-qā’imu alladhī lam talid wa lam tūlad

The Self-subsisting, who neither begets nor is born

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Wa lam yakun laka kufuwan aḥad

And none is comparable to You

لاَ تَنَالُ بِوَصْفٍ وَلاَ تُدْرَكُ بِوَهْمٍ

Lā tanālu biwaṣfin wa lā tudraku biwahm

You cannot be reached by description nor grasped by imagination

وَلاَ تُغَيِّرُكَ فِي مَرِّ الدُّهُورِ صَرْفٌ

Wa lā tughayyiruka fī marrid-duhūr ṣarf

Changes of time do not affect You

كُنْتَ أَزَلِيًّا لَمْ تَزَلْ وَلَا تَزَالُ

Kunta azalīyyan lam tazal wa lā tazāl

You were eternal, ever-existing without beginning or end

وَعِلْمُكَ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ فِي الْخِفَاءِ

Wa ʿilmuka bil-ashyā’i fī l-khafā’

Your knowledge of things in secrecy

كَعِلْمِكَ بِهَا فِي الْإِجْهَارِ وَالْإِعْلَانِ

Kaʿilmika bihā fī l-ijhār wal-iʿlān

Is like Your knowledge of them in openness and declaration

فَيَا مَنْ ذَلَّتْ لِعَظَمَتِهِ الْعُظَمَاءُ

Fayā man dhallat liʿaẓamatihi l-ʿuẓamā’

O One before whose greatness the mighty are humbled

وَخَضَعَتْ لِعِزَّتِهِ الرُّؤَسَاءُ

Wa khaḍaʿat liʿizzatihi r-ru’asā’

And leaders submit to His might

وَمَنْ كَلَّتْ عَنْ بُلُوغِ ذَاتِهِ أَلْسُنُ الْبُلَغَاءِ

Wa man kallat ʿan bulūghi dhātihi alsunu l-bulaghā’

And eloquent tongues fail to reach His essence

وَمَنْ أَحْكَمَ تَدْبِيرَ الْأَشْيَاءِ

Wa man aḥkama tadbīra l-ashyā’

And He who perfected the management of all things

وَاسْتَعْجَمَتْ عَنْ إِدْرَاكِهِ عِبَارَةُ عُلُومِ الْعُلَمَاءِ

Wastaʿjamat ʿan idrākihi ʿibāratu ʿulūmi l-ʿulamā’

And the expressions of scholars fail to comprehend Him

يَا سَيِّدِي أَتُعَذِّبُنِي بِالنَّارِ وَأَنْتَ أَمَلِي

Yā sayyidī atuʿadhibunī bin-nār wa anta amalī

My Master, will You punish me with fire while You are my hope

أَوْ تُسَلِّطُهَا عَلَيَّ بَعْدَ إِقْرَارِي بِالتَّوْحِيدِ

Aw tusalliṭuhā ʿalayya baʿda iqrārī bit-tawḥīd

Or unleash it upon me after my confession of Your Oneness

وَخُضُوعِي وَخُشُوعِي لَكَ بِالسُّجُودِ

Wa khuḍūʿī wa khushūʿī laka bis-sujūd

And my humility and submission in سجود to You

اَوْ تُلَجْلِجُ لِسَانِي فِي الْمَوْقِفِ

Aw tulajliju lisānī fī l-mawqif

Or cause my tongue to falter at the standing

وَقَدْ مَهَّدْتَ لِي بِمَنِّكَ سُبُلَ الْوُصُولِ

Wa qad mahhadta lī bimannika subula l-wuṣūl

While You have paved for me paths to reach You

إِلَى التَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّمْجِيدِ

Ilā t-tasbīḥ wat-taḥmīd wat-tamjīd

Toward glorification, praise, and exaltation

فَيَا غَايَةَ الطَّالِبِينَ وَأَمَانَ الْخَائِفِينَ

Fayā ghāyata ṭ-ṭālibīn wa amāna l-khā’ifīn

O ultimate goal of seekers and أمن for the fearful

وَعِمَادَ الْمَلْهُوفِينَ وَغِيَاثَ الْمُسْتَغِيثِينَ

Wa ʿimāda l-malhūfīn wa ghiyātha l-mustaghīthīn

Support of the distressed and helper of those who seek aid

وَجَارَ الْمُسْتَجِيرِينَ وَكَاشِفَ ضُرِّ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ

Wa jāra l-mustajīrīn wa kāshifa ḍurri l-makrūbīn

Protector of those who seek refuge and remover of distress

وَرَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَأَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Wa rabba l-ʿālamīn wa arḥama r-rāḥimīn

Lord of the worlds and the Most Merciful of the merciful

صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad

Send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad

وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَأَلْبِسْنِي الْعَافِيَةَ

Wa tub ʿalayya wa albisnī l-ʿāfiyah

Accept my repentance and clothe me in well-being

وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ رِزْقًا وَاسِعًا

Warzuqnī min faḍlika rizqan wāsiʿā

And grant me abundant provision from Your فضل

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ

Wajʿalnī mina t-tawwābīn

And make me among those who constantly repent

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنِي شَقِيًّا عِنْدَكَ

Allāhumma in kunta katabtani shaqiyyan ʿindak

O Allah, if You have written me among the wretched

فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَعَاقِدِ الْعِزِّ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ

Fa innī as’aluka bimaʿāqidi l-ʿizzi min raḥmatik

Then I ask You by the knots of honor in Your mercy

بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ الَّتِي لَا يُقَاوِمُهَا أَحَدٌ

Bil-kibriyā’i wal-ʿaẓamah allatī lā yuqāwimuhā aḥad

By Your majesty and greatness which none can resist

أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

An tuṣalliya ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad

That You send blessings upon Muhammad and his family

وَأَنْ تُحَوِّلَنِي سَعِيدًا

Wa an tuḥawwilani saʿīdā

And change my state to one of happiness

فَإِنَّكَ تُجْرِي الْأُمُورَ عَلَى إِرَادَتِكَ

Fa innaka تُجْرِي l-umūra ʿalā irādatik

For You run all affairs according to Your will

وَتُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْكَ

Wa tujīru wa lā yujāru ʿalayk

You grant refuge and none can oppose You

وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Wa anta ʿalā kulli shay’in qadīr

And You have power over all things

وَأَنْتَ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ

Wa anta r-ra’ūfu r-raḥīm al-khabīr

And You are the Kind, the Merciful, the All-aware

تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلَا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ

Taʿlamu mā fī nafsī wa lā aʿlamu mā fī nafsik

You know what is within me, and I do not know what is within You

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

Innaka anta ʿallāmu l-ghuyūb

Surely You are the Knower of the unseen

فَالْطُفْ بِي فَقَدِيمًا لَطُفْتَ بِمُسْرِفٍ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ

Falṭuf bī faqadīman laṭufta bimusrifin ʿalā nafsih

So be gentle with me, for You have been gentle before

فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ فَقَدْ مَنَنْتَ عَلَى غَرِيقٍ

Famnun ʿalayya faqad mananta ʿalā gharīq

Bestow upon me, as You bestowed upon one drowning

فِي بُحُورِ خَطِيئَةٍ هَائِمًا

Fī buḥūri khaṭī’ah hā’imā

Lost in oceans of sin

أَسْلَمْتَهُ لِلْحُتُوفِ كَثْرَةُ زَلَلِهِ

Aslamtahu lil-ḥutūf kathratu zalalih

Whom many slips had delivered to destruction

وَتَطَوَّلْ عَلَيَّ يَا مُتَطَوِّلًا عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِينَ

Wa taṭawwal ʿalayya yā mutaṭawwilan ʿalā l-mudhnibīn

And extend Your favor upon me, O Bestower upon sinners

بِالصَّفْحِ وَالْعَفْوِ

Biṣ-ṣafḥ wal-ʿafw

With pardon and forgiveness

فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ آخِذًا بِالْفَضْلِ عَلَى الْخَاطِئِينَ

Fa innaka lam tazal ākhidhan bil-faḍl ʿalā l-khāṭi’īn

For You have always dealt with sinners by grace

وَالصَّفْحِ عَلَى الْعَاثِرِينَ

Waṣ-ṣafḥ ʿalā l-ʿāthirīn

And pardon toward those who stumble

وَمَنْ وَجَبَ لَهُ بِاجْتِرَائِهِ عَلَى الْآثَامِ

Wa man wajaba lahu bijtirā’ihi ʿalā l-āthām

Even one deserving punishment for bold sins

حُلُولَ دَارِ الْبَوَارِ

Ḥulūla dāri l-bawār

The abode of ruin

يَا عَالِمَ الْخَفِيَّاتِ وَالْأَسْرَارِ

Yā ʿālima l-khafiyyāt wal-asrār

O Knower of hidden things and secrets

يَا جَبَّارُ يَا قَهَّارُ

Yā jabbār yā qahhār

O Compeller, O Subduer

وَمَا أَلْزَمْتَنِي مِنْ فَرْضِ الْآبَاءِ وَالْأُمَّهَاتِ

Wa mā alzamtanī min farḍi l-ābā’ wal-ummahāt

And what You have obligated upon me toward parents

وَوَاجِبِ حُقُوقِهِمْ مَعَ الْإِخْوَانِ وَالْأَخَوَاتِ

Wa wājibi ḥuqūqihim maʿa l-ikhwān wal-akhawāt

And their rights along with brothers and sisters

فَاحْتَمِلْ ذَلِكَ عَنِّي إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَدِّهِ

Faḥtamil dhālika ʿannī ilayhim wa addih

Then bear it on my behalf and fulfill it

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Yā dhā l-jalāli wal-ikrām

O Possessor of Majesty and Honor

وَاغْفِرْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

Waghfir lil-mu’minīna wal-mu’mināt

And forgive the believing men and women

إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Innaka ʿalā kulli shay’in qadīr

Surely You have power over all things