Ḥizb al-Luṭf

﴿بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾

In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate.

﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate, Master of the Day of Judgement. You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the straight path, the path of those You have blessed, not of those who incur anger, nor of those who go astray.

آمِينَ

Amen.

اللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَأَنْمَى الْبَرَكَاتِ فِي كُلِّ الْأَوْقَاتِ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَكْمَلِ أَهْلِ الْأَرَضِينَ وَالسَّمٰوَاتِ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ يَا رَبَّنَا أَزْكَى التَّحِيَّاتِ فِي جَمِيعِ الْحَضَرَاتِ

O God, bless with the best of blessings and the most abundant of graces, at every moment, our master Muḥammad, the most complete of the people of the earths and the heavens; and greet him, our Lord, with the purest of greetings in every presence.

اللّٰهُمَّ يَا مَنْ لُطْفُهُ بِخَلْقِهِ شَامِلٌ وَبِرُّهُ لِعَبْدِهِ وَاصِلٌ لَا تُخْرِجْنَا عَنْ دَائِرَةِ الْأَلْطَافِ وَآمِنَّا مِنْ كُلِّ مَا نَخَافُ

O God, You whose gentleness takes in all Your creatures and whose kindness reaches Your servant: do not put us outside the circle of Your gentle favours, and make us safe from all that we fear.

وَكُنْ لَنَا بِلُطْفِكَ الْخَفِيِّ وَالظَّاهِرِ يَا بَاطِنُ يَا ظَاهِرُ يَا لَطِيفُ

Be with us in Your gentleness, the hidden and the manifest, O Hidden, O Manifest, O Gentle.

نَسْأَلُكَ وِقَايَةَ اللُّطْفِ فِي الْقَضَاءِ وَالتَّسْلِيمِ مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ عِنْدَ نُزُولِهِ وَالرِّضَاءِ

We ask You for the shelter of gentleness in what You decree, and for surrender, with safety when it comes down, and contentment.

اللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ بِمَا سَبَقَ مِنَّا فِي الْأَزَلِ فَحُفَّنَا بِلُطْفِكَ فِيمَا نَزَلَ يَا لَطِيفُ لَمْ يَزَلْ

O God, You know what went before us in pre-eternity: so surround us with Your gentleness in whatever comes down, O You who have always been gentle.

اجْعَلْنَا فِي حِصْنِ التَّحَصُّنِ بِكَ يَا أَوَّلُ يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ الِالْتِجَاءُ وَعَلَيْهِ الْمُعَوَّلُ

Place us in the fortress of taking refuge in You, O First, You to whom we flee and on whom we rely.

اللّٰهُمَّ يَا مَنْ أَلْقَى خَلْقَهُ فِي بِحَارِ قَضَائِهِ وَحَكَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِحُكْمِ قَهْرِهِ وَابْتِلَائِهِ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ حُمِلَ فِي سَفِينَةِ النَّجَاةِ وَوُقِيَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْآفَاتِ

O God, You who cast Your creatures into the seas of Your decree and judged them by the rule of Your power and Your testing: make us among those carried in the ship of rescue and kept from every harm.

إِلٰهَنَا مَنْ رَعَتْهُ عَيْنُكَ كَانَ مَلْطُوفًا بِهِ فِي التَّقْدِيرِ مَحْفُوظًا مَلْحُوظًا بِرِعَايَتِكَ يَا قَدِيرُ يَا سَمِيعُ يَا قَرِيبُ يَا مُجِيبَ الدُّعَاءِ ارْعَنَا بِعَيْنِ عِنَايَتِكَ يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ رَعَى

Our God, whoever Your eye watches over is treated gently in what is decreed, kept and looked after in Your care. O Powerful, O Hearing, O Near, O Answerer of prayer, watch over us with the eye of Your care, O best of those who watch over.

إِلٰهَنَا لُطْفُكَ الْخَفِيُّ أَلْطَفُ مِنْ أَنْ يُرَى

Our God, Your hidden gentleness is too fine to be seen.

وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي لَطَفْتَ بِجَمِيعِ الْوَرَى وَعَمَّتْ سَرَيَانُ لُطْفِكَ فِي الْأَكْوَانِ فَلَا يَشْهَدُهُ إِلَّا أَهْلُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وَالْعِيَانِ

You are gentle with every creature, and the flow of Your gentleness runs through all that exists; yet only the people of knowing and direct sight witness it.

فَلَمَّا شَهِدُوا سِرَّ لُطْفِكَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَمِنُوا بِهِ مِنْ سُوءِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ

When they witnessed the secret of Your gentleness in all things, they were safe by it from the harm of all things.

فَأَشْهِدْنَا سِرَّ هٰذَا اللُّطْفِ الْوَاقِي مَا دَامَ لُطْفُكَ الدَّائِمُ الْبَاقِي

So let us witness the secret of this sheltering gentleness, for as long as Your gentleness lasts, everlasting and abiding.

إِلٰهَنَا حُكْمُ مَشِيئَتِكَ فِي الْعَبِيدِ لَا يَرُدُّهُ هِمَّةُ كُلِّ عَارِفٍ وَمُرِيدٍ لٰكِنْ نَهَجْتَ لَنَا أَبْوَابَ الْأَلْطَافِ الْخَفِيَّةِ الْمَانِعَةِ حُصُونُهَا مِنْ كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ فَأَدْخِلْنَا بِلُطْفِكَ تِلْكَ الْحُصُونَ يَا مَنْ يَقُولُ لِلشَّيْءِ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ

Our God, the rule of Your will over Your servants is not turned back by the aspiration of any knower or seeker; but You have opened for us the doors of hidden gentle favours, whose fortresses keep out every affliction. So by Your gentleness bring us into those fortresses, You who say to a thing «Be», and it is.

إِلٰهَنَا أَنْتَ اللَّطِيفُ بِعِبَادِكَ لَا سِيَّمَا بِأَهْلِ مَحَبَّتِكَ وَوِدَادِكَ فَبِأَهْلِ الْمَحَبَّةِ وَالْوِدَادِ خُصَّنَا بِلَطَائِفِ اللُّطْفِ يَا جَوَادُ

Our God, You are gentle with Your servants, above all with the people of Your love and affection. For the sake of the people of love and affection, single us out for the finest touches of gentleness, O Generous.

إِلٰهَنَا اللُّطْفُ صُنْعُكَ وَالْأَلْطَافُ خَلْقُكَ وَتَنْفِيذُ حُكْمِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ حَقُّكَ وَرَأْفَةُ لُطْفِكَ بِالْمَخْلُوقِينَ تَمْنَعُ اسْتِقْصَاءَ حَقِّكَ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ

Our God, gentleness is Your making and gentle favours are Your creation. To carry out Your rule among Your creatures is Your right; but the tenderness of Your gentleness towards them keeps You from exacting Your full right among the worlds.

إِلٰهَنَا لَطَفْتَ بِنَا قَبْلَ كَوْنِنَا وَنَحْنُ لِلُّطْفِ غَيْرُ مُحْتَاجِينَ أَفَتَمْنَعُنَا مِنْهُ مَعَ الْحَاجَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Our God, You were gentle with us before we came to be, when we had no need of gentleness. Will You hold it back from us now that we need it, when You are the most merciful of the merciful?

حَاشَا لُطْفَكَ الْكَافِي وَجُودَكَ الْوَافِي

Far be that from Your sufficing gentleness and Your generous bounty.

إِلٰهَنَا لُطْفُكَ هُوَ حِفْظُكَ إِذَا رَعَيْتَ وَحِفْظُكَ هُوَ لُطْفُكَ إِذَا وَقَيْتَ فَأَدْخِلْنَا سُرَادِقَاتِ لُطْفِكَ وَاضْرِبْ عَلَيْنَا أَسْوَارَ حِفْظِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ

Our God, Your gentleness is Your keeping when You watch over, and Your keeping is Your gentleness when You shelter. So bring us inside the pavilions of Your gentleness and raise around us the walls of Your keeping, O Gentle.

نَسْأَلُكَ اللُّطْفَ أَبَدًا يَا حَفِيظُ قِنَا السُّوءَ وَشَرَّ الْعِدَى يَا لَطِيفُ

We ask You for gentleness for ever. O Keeper, shield us from harm and from the evil of enemies, O Gentle.

مَنْ لِعَبْدِكَ الْعَاجِزِ الْخَائِفِ الضَّعِيفِ

Who is there for Your servant, helpless, afraid and weak?

اللّٰهُمَّ كَمَا لَطَفْتَ لِي قَبْلَ سُؤَالِي وَكَوْنِي كُنْ لِي لَا عَلَيَّ يَا أَمْنِي وَعَوْنِي

O God, as You were gentle to me before I asked and before I was, be for me, not against me, O my safety and my help.

﴿اللّٰهُ لَطِيفٌ بِعِبَادِهِ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ﴾

God is gentle with His servants; He provides for whom He will, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.

آنِسْنِي بِلُطْفِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ أُنْسَ الْخَائِفِ فِي الْحَالِ الْمُخِيفِ تَأَنَّسْتُ بِلُطْفِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ

Give me comfort in Your gentleness, O Gentle, the comfort of one who is afraid in a fearful hour. I have found comfort in Your gentleness, O Gentle.

تَسَلَّمْتُ بِلُطْفِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ تَحَصَّنْتُ بِلُطْفِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ أَمِنْتُ بِلُطْفِكَ يَا لَطِيفُ

I am kept safe by Your gentleness, O Gentle; I take shelter in Your gentleness, O Gentle; I am secure in Your gentleness, O Gentle.

وُقِيتُ بِلُطْفِكَ مِنَ الرَّدَى وَتَحَجَّبْتُ بِلُطْفِكَ عَنِ الْأَعْدَاءِ بِلُطْفِ رَبِّيَ اللَّطِيفِ الْحَفِيظِ

By Your gentleness I am shielded from ruin, and by Your gentleness I am veiled from enemies: by the gentleness of my Lord, the Gentle, the Keeper.

﴿وَاللّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ﴾

And God surrounds them from behind. No, this is a glorious Qurʾān, on a guarded tablet.

نَجَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ خَطْبٍ جَسِيمٍ بِقَوْلِ رَبِّي وَلَا يَؤُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

I am saved from every grave misfortune by the word of my Lord: «Keeping them does not weary Him, and He is the High, the Tremendous.»

سَلِمْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَحَاسِدٍ بِقَوْلِ رَبِّي وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ

I am safe from every devil and every envier by the word of my Lord: «and as a guard against every rebellious devil.»

وُقِيتُ وَكُفِيتُ كُلَّ هَمٍّ فِي كُلِّ سَبِيلٍ بِقَوْلِي حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

I am shielded and spared every worry on every road by my saying: God is enough for me, and how good a Guardian He is.

﴿اللّٰهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ﴾

God: there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting … (to the end of the verse).

﴿لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللّٰهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴾

There is no compulsion in religion: the right way is now clear from error. Whoever rejects false gods and believes in God has grasped the firmest handhold, which never breaks. God hears and knows.

﴿اللّٰهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ أُولٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ﴾

God is the ally of those who believe: He brings them out of the darknesses into the light. Those who disbelieve have false gods for allies, who bring them out of the light into the darknesses; they are the people of the Fire, where they remain.

﴿لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ﴾

A messenger has come to you from among yourselves; your suffering weighs on him, he is anxious for you, and to the believers he is kind and merciful. If they turn away, say: God is enough for me; there is no god but He; in Him I trust, and He is Lord of the tremendous Throne.

﴿بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لِإِيلَافِ قُرَيْشٍ إِيلَافِهِمْ﴾

In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate. For the security of Quraysh, their security … (to the end of the sūra).

كُفِيتُ بِكٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ وَحُمِيتُ بِحٰمٓ عٓسٓقٓ

I am spared by Kāf Hā Yā ʿAyn Ṣād, and protected by Ḥā Mīm, ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.

﴿قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ وَلَهُ الْمُلْكُ سَلَامٌ قَوْلًا مِنْ رَبٍّ رَحِيمٍ﴾

His word is the truth, and His is the kingdom. «Peace»: a word from a merciful Lord.

أَحُونٌ قَافٌ أَدَمٌ حٰمٓ هَاءٌ

Aḥūn, Qāf, Adam, Ḥā Mīm, Hāʾ. Amen.

اللّٰهُمَّ بِحَقِّ هٰذِهِ الْأَسْرَارِ قِنَا الشَّرَّ وَالْأَشْرَارَ وَكُلَّ مَا أَنْتَ خَالِقُهُ مِنَ الْأَكْدَارِ

O God, by the right of these secrets, shield us from evil and the evil-doers, and from every trouble You create.

قُلْ مَنْ يَكْلَؤُكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ بِحَقِّ كِلَاءَةِ رَحْمَانِيَّتِكَ اكْلَأْنَا وَلَا تَكِلْنَا إِلَى غَيْرِ لُطْفِكَ

«Say: who guards you by night and by day?» By the right of the guarding of Your mercy, guard us, and do not leave us to anything but Your gentleness.

رَبِّ هٰذَا ذُلُّ سُؤَالِي فِي بَابِكَ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ

My Lord, this is the lowliness of my asking at Your door; there is no power and no strength except through You.

اللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مَنْ أَرْسَلْتَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَجَّدَ وَشَرَّفَ وَكَرَّمَ وَبَجَّلَ وَعَظَّمَ

O God, bless the one You sent as a mercy to the worlds, our master and patron Muḥammad, the seal of the prophets: God bless him and give him peace, and glorify, ennoble, honour, revere and exalt him.

سَيِّدِي لَا تُخْلِنِي مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَالْأَمَانِ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ

My Master, do not leave me without mercy and safety, O Tender, O Bestower.

﴿وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾

And peace be on the messengers, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.