Ḥizb al-Shakwā

﴿بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ﴾

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

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا مُبَارَكًا كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, praise abundant and blessed, as our Lord loves and is pleased with.

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of God and His blessings.

اللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

O God, bless Muḥammad as You blessed Abraham, and grant grace to Muḥammad and the family of Muḥammad as You granted grace to Abraham and the family of Abraham; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

﴿رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ﴾

Our Lord, accept this from us; You are the Hearing, the Knowing.

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ ضَعْفَ قُوَّتِي وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي وَهَوَانِي عَلَى الْمَخْلُوقِينَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ وَأَنْتَ رَبِّي إِلَى مَنْ تَكِلُنِي إِلَى عَدُوٍّ بَعِيدٍ يَتَجَهَّمُنِي أَوْ إِلَى صَدِيقٍ قَرِيبٍ مَلَّكْتَهُ أَمْرِي

O God, to You I complain of the weakness of my strength, how little I can do, and how small I am in the eyes of others. You are the Lord of the weak, and You are my Lord. To whom will You leave me? To a distant enemy who frowns on me, or to a near friend You have put in charge of my affairs?

إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ عَلَيَّ غَضَبٌ فَلَا أُبَالِي وَلٰكِنْ عَافِيَتُكَ أَوْسَعُ لِي

If You are not angry with me, I do not care; but Your well-being is wider for me.

أَعُوذُ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ الظُّلُمَاتُ وَصَلَحَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ مِنْ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِي غَضَبُكَ أَوْ يَحِلَّ عَلَيَّ سَخَطُكَ لَكَ الْعُتْبَى حَتَّى تَرْضَى وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ

I take refuge in the light of Your face, by which the darknesses shine and on which the affairs of this world and the next are set right, from Your anger coming down on me or Your displeasure falling on me. Yours is the right to reproach until You are pleased; there is no power and no strength except through You.

رَبِّ أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ تَلَوُّنَ أَحْوَالِي وَتَوَقُّفَ سُؤَالِي

My Lord, I complain to You of my changing states, and of my asking held back.

يَا مَنْ تَعَلَّقَتْ بِلُطْفِ كَرَمِهِ عَوَائِدُ آمَالِي

You on the gentleness of whose generosity my habitual hopes hang,

يَا مَنْ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ خَفَاءُ حَالِي يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ عَاقِبَةَ أَمْرِي وَمَآلِي

You from whom the hiddenness of my state is not hidden, You who know how my affair will end and where I will come to.

رَبِّ إِنَّ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ وَأُمُورِي عَلَيْهَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَحْوَالِي لَا تَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ آلَامِي وَأَحْزَانِي وَهُمُومِي مَعْلُومَةٌ لَدَيْكَ

My Lord, my forelock is in Your hand, and my affairs, all of them, return to You. My states are not hidden from You; my pains, my sorrows and my cares are known to You.

فَقَدْ جَلَّ مُصَابِي وَعَظُمَ اكْتِئَابِي وَانْصَرَمَ شَبَابِي وَتَكَدَّرَ عَلَيَّ صَفْوُ شَرَابِي

My affliction is great, my gloom heavy, my youth cut short, and the clearness of my drink clouded for me.

وَاجْتَمَعَتْ عَلَيَّ هُمُومِي وَأَوْصَابِي وَتَأَخَّرَ عَنِّي تَعْجِيلُ مَطْلَبِي وَتَنَجَّزَ إِغْبَابِي

My cares and my pains have gathered on me, the quick granting of what I seek is delayed, and … [the last words are unclear].

يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعِي وَمَآبِي يَا مَنْ يَسْمَعُ سِرِّي وَعَلَانِيَةَ خِطَابِي وَيَعْلَمُ مَا عِلَّةُ أَلَمِي وَحَقِيقَةُ مَا بِي

You to whom I return and come back, You who hear my secret and my open speech, and know the cause of my pain and the truth of what is wrong with me:

قَدْ عَجَزَتْ قُدْرَتِي وَقَلَّتْ حِيلَتِي وَضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِي وَتَاهَتْ فِكْرَتِي وَاشْتَكَتْ قَضِيَّتِي وَاتَّسَعَتْ قِصَّتِي وَسَاءَتْ حَالَتِي وَبَعُدَتْ أُمْنِيَّتِي وَعَظُمَتْ حَسْرَتِي وَتَصَاعَدَتْ زَفْرَتِي وَفَضَحَ مَكْنُونَ سِرِّي إِسْبَالُ دَمْعَتِي

my power has failed, my means are few, my strength is weak, my thought has lost its way, my case cries out, my story has grown long, my state is bad, my hope is far, my grief is great, my sighs rise, and my flowing tears have laid bare the secret I kept.

وَأَنْتَ مَلْجَئِي وَوَسِيلَتِي وَإِلَيْكَ أَرْفَعُ بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي وَشِكَايَتِي وَأَرْجُوكَ لِدَفْعِ عِلَّتِي يَا مَنْ يَعْلَمُ سِرِّي وَعَلَانِيَتِي

You are my refuge and my means; to You I raise my distress, my sorrow and my complaint, and I hope in You to lift my ailment, You who know what I hide and what I show.

اللّٰهُمَّ بَابُكَ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلسَّائِلِ وَفَضْلُكَ مَبْذُولٌ لِلسَّائِلِ وَإِلَيْكَ مُنْتَهَى الشَّكْوَى وَغَايَةُ الْوَسَائِلِ

O God, Your door is open to the one who asks, and Your bounty is given freely to the one who asks; to You is the end of complaint and the goal of every means.

اللّٰهُمَّ ارْحَمْ دَمْعِيَ السَّائِلَ وَجِسْمِيَ النَّاحِلَ وَحَالِيَ الْحَائِلَ وَسِنَادِيَ الْمَائِلَ يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ تُرْفَعُ الشَّكْوَى يَا عَالِمَ السِّرِّ وَالنَّجْوَى يَا مَنْ يَسْمَعُ وَيَرَى وَهُوَ بِالْمَنْظَرِ الْأَعْلَى

O God, have mercy on my flowing tears, my wasted body, my altered state and my leaning prop, You to whom complaint is raised, Knower of the secret and the whispered, You who hear and see from the highest outlook.

يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ يَا مَنْ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يَا صَاحِبَ الدَّوَامِ وَالْبَقَاءِ

Lord of the earth and the sky, You to whom the most beautiful Names belong, Possessor of permanence and endurance:

رَبِّ عَبْدُكَ قَدْ ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الْأَسْبَابُ وَغُلِّقَتْ دُونَهُ الْأَبْوَابُ وَتَعَذَّرَ عَلَيْهِ سُلُوكُ طَرِيقِ الصَّوَابِ وَدَارَ بِهِ الْهَمُّ وَالْغَمُّ وَالِاكْتِئَابُ

My Lord, Your servant: the means have narrowed on him, the doors are shut before him, the right road is beyond his walking, and worry, grief and gloom have closed round him.

وَيَقْضِي عُمْرَهُ وَلَمْ يُفْتَحْ لَهُ إِلَى فَسِيحِ تِلْكَ الْحَضَرَاتِ وَمَنَاهِلِ الصَّفْوِ وَالرَّاحَاتِ بَابٌ

He is spending his life, and no door has been opened to him onto the wide spaces of those presences and the springs of clearness and rest.

وَتَصَرَّمَتْ أَيَّامُهُ وَالنَّفْسُ رَاتِعَةٌ فِي مَيَادِينِ الْغَفْلَةِ وَدَنِيِّ الِاكْتِسَابِ

His days have run out while the self grazes in the fields of heedlessness and base earning.

وَأَنْتَ الْمَرْجُوُّ لِكَشْفِ هٰذَا الْمُصَابِ يَا مَنْ إِذَا دُعِيَ أَجَابَ يَا سَرِيعَ الْحِسَابِ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرْبَابِ يَا عَظِيمَ الْجَنَابِ

You are the one hoped for to lift this affliction, You who answer when called, Swift in reckoning, Lord of lords, Great in Your court.

رَبِّ لَا تُخَيِّبْ دَعْوَتِي وَلَا تَرُدَّ مَسْأَلَتِي وَلَا تَدَعْنِي بِحَسْرَتِي وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى حَوْلِي وَقُوَّتِي وَارْحَمْ عَجْزِي وَفَاقَتِي

My Lord, do not disappoint my call, do not turn back my request, do not leave me in my grief, do not leave me to my own power and strength; have mercy on my helplessness and my need.

فَقَدْ ضَاقَ صَدْرِي وَتَاهَ فِكْرِي وَتَحَيَّرْتُ فِي أَمْرِي

My breast is tight, my thought has lost its way, and I am bewildered in my affair.

وَأَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ بِسِرِّي وَجَهْرِي الْمَالِكُ لِنَفْعِي وَضَرِّي الْقَادِرُ عَلَى تَفْرِيجِ كَرْبِي وَتَيْسِيرِ عُسْرِي

You know my secret and my open word; You hold my benefit and my harm; You have the power to relieve my distress and ease my hardship.

رَبِّ ارْحَمْ مَنْ عَظُمَ مَرَضُهُ وَعَزَّ شِفَاؤُهُ وَكَثُرَ دَاؤُهُ وَقَلَّ دَوَاؤُهُ وَأَنْتَ مَلْجَؤُهُ وَرَجَاؤُهُ وَعَوْنُهُ وَشِفَاؤُهُ

My Lord, have mercy on one whose sickness is great and whose cure is rare, whose ills are many and whose remedies few; You are his refuge, his hope, his help and his cure.

يَا مَنْ عَمَّ الْعِبَادَ فَضْلُهُ وَعَطَاؤُهُ وَوَسِعَ الْبَرِيَّةَ جُودُهُ وَنَعْمَاؤُهُ

You whose bounty and giving cover all servants, whose generosity and favour embrace all creation:

هَا أَنَا ذَا عَبْدُكَ مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَى مَا عِنْدَكَ فَقِيرٌ يَنْتَظِرُ جُودَكَ وَنِعَمَكَ وَرِفْدَكَ

Here I am, Your servant, in need of what is with You, poor, waiting for Your generosity, Your favours and Your gifts.

مُذْنِبٌ أَسْأَلُ مِنْكَ الْغُفْرَانَ جَانٍ خَائِفٌ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ الصَّفْحَ وَالْأَمَانَ مُسِيءٌ عَاصٍ فَعَسَى قُرْبَةٌ تَجْلُو بِأَنْوَارِهَا ظُلُمَاتِ الْإِسَاءَاتِ وَالْعِصْيَانِ

A sinner, I ask You for forgiveness; a wrongdoer, afraid, I seek Your pardon and safety; one who has done ill and disobeyed: perhaps a nearness will clear away with its lights the darknesses of wrongs and disobedience.

سَائِلٌ بَاسِطٌ يَدَ الْفَاقَةِ الْكُلِّيَّةِ يَسْأَلُ مِنْكَ الْجُودَ وَالْإِحْسَانَ مَسْجُونٌ مُقَيَّدٌ فَعَسَى يُفَكُّ قَيْدُهُ وَيُطْلَقُ مِنْ سِجْنِ حِجَابِهِ إِلَى فَسِيحِ حَضَرَاتِ الشُّهُودِ وَالْعِيَانِ

A beggar stretching out the hand of utter need, asking You for generosity and kindness; a prisoner in chains: perhaps his chains will be loosed and he will be set free from the prison of his veil into the wide presences of witnessing and seeing.

جَائِعٌ عَارٍ فَعَسَى يُطْعَمُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ التَّقْرِيبِ وَيُكْسَى مِنْ حُلَلِ الْإِيمَانِ ظَمْآنُ ظَمْآنَ تَتَأَجَّجُ فِي أَحْشَائِهِ لَهِيبُ النِّيرَانِ فَعَسَى يَبْرُدُ عَنْهُ نَارُ الْكَرْبِ وَيُسْقَى مِنْ شَرَابِ الْحُبِّ وَيَكْرَعُ مِنْ كَاسَاتِ الْقُرْبِ

Hungry and naked: perhaps he will be fed from the fruits of being brought near and clothed in the robes of faith. Thirsty, so thirsty, the flames of fires blazing within him: perhaps the fire of his distress will cool, and he will be given to drink of love and drink deep from the cups of nearness.

وَيَذْهَبُ عَنْهُ الْبُؤْسُ وَالْآلَامُ وَالْأَحْزَانُ وَيَنْعَمُ بَعْدَ بُؤْسِهِ وَآلَامِهِ وَيُشْفَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَرَضِهِ حِينَ كَانَ مَا كَانَ

And misery, pains and sorrows will leave him; he will live at ease after his misery and pains, and be healed after his sickness, when what was, was.

نَاءٍ غَرِيبٌ مُصَابٌ قَدْ بَعُدَ عَنِ الْأَهْلِ وَالْأَوْطَانِ فَعَسَى أَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُ صَدَأُ الْقَلْبِ وَالشَّقَا وَيَعُودَ لَهُ الْقُرْبُ وَاللِّقَا وَيَبْدُوَ لَهُ سَلْعٌ وَالنَّقَا وَيَلُوحَ لَهُ الْأَثْلُ وَالْبَانُ وَيَنَالَهُ اللُّطْفُ وَتَحِلَّ عَلَيْهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَالرِّضْوَانُ

Far away, a stranger, stricken, distant from family and homeland: perhaps the rust of the heart and wretchedness will leave him, nearness and meeting come back to him, Salʿ and the sand-hill appear to him, the tamarisk and the willow come into his sight, gentleness reach him, and mercy and good pleasure come down on him.

يَا عَظِيمُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا رَحِيمُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا صَاحِبَ الْجُودِ وَالِامْتِنَانِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ وَالْغُفْرَانِ

O Tremendous, O Bestower, O Compassionate, O All-Merciful, Lord of generosity and favour, of mercy and forgiveness:

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ ارْحَمْ مَنْ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَكْوَانُ وَلَمْ يُؤْنِسْهُ الثَّقَلَانِ

My Lord, my Lord, my Lord, have mercy on one for whom all that exists has grown narrow, whom neither humans nor jinn can comfort,

وَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ مُولَعًا حَيْرَانَ وَأَمْسَى غَرِيبًا وَلَوْ كَانَ بَيْنَ الْأَهْلِ وَالْأَوْطَانِ مُنْزَعِجًا لَا يَأْوِيهِ مَكَانٌ

who wakes up lovesick and bewildered and goes to sleep a stranger even among family and homeland, uneasy, sheltered by no place,

وَلَا يُلْهِيهِ عَنْ بَثِّهِ وَحُزْنِهِ تَغَيُّرُ الْأَزْمَانِ مُسْتَوْحِشٌ لَا يُؤْنِسُ قَلْبَهُ إِنْسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ

whom the changing of the times does not distract from his distress and sorrow; lonely, his heart comforted by neither human nor jinn.

يَا مَنْ لَا يَسْكُنُ قَلْبٌ إِلَّا بِقُرْبِهِ وَأَنْوَارِهِ وَلَا يَنْجُو عَبْدٌ إِلَّا بِلُطْفِهِ وَإِبْرَارِهِ وَلَا يَبْقَى وُجُودُهُ إِلَّا بِإِمْدَادِهِ وَإِظْهَارِهِ

You in whose nearness and lights alone a heart finds rest, by whose gentleness and kindness alone a servant is saved, by whose sustaining and manifesting alone one's existence endures:

يَا مَنْ آنَسَ عِبَادَهُ الْأَبْرَارَ وَأَوْلِيَاءَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الْأَخْيَارَ بِمُنَاجَاتِهِ وَأَسْرَارِهِ

You who have given Your righteous servants and Your near, chosen friends the comfort of intimate converse with You and of Your secrets:

يَا مَنْ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا وَأَقْصَى وَأَدْنَى وَأَسْعَدَ وَأَشْقَى وَأَضَلَّ وَهَدَى وَأَفْقَرَ وَأَغْنَى وَعَافَى وَأَبْلَى وَقَدَّرَ وَقَضَى كُلًّا بِعَظِيمِ تَدْبِيرِهِ وَسَابِقِ تَقْدِيرِهِ

You who gave death and life, sent far and brought near, made happy and made wretched, let stray and guided, made poor and made rich, gave health and gave trials, and measured and decreed each by Your great governing and Your prior measuring:

رَبِّ أَيُّ بَابٍ يُقْصَدُ غَيْرُ بَابِكَ وَأَيُّ جَنَابٍ يُتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْهِ غَيْرُ جَنَابِكَ

My Lord, what door is there to go to but Yours, what court to turn to but Yours?

أَنْتَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ

You are the High, the Tremendous; there is no power and no strength except through You.

رَبِّ لِمَنْ قَصْدٌ وَأَنْتَ الْمَقْصُودُ وَإِلَى مَنْ تَوَجُّهٌ وَأَنْتَ الْحَقُّ الْمَوْجُودُ

My Lord, towards whom is any aim, when You are the One aimed at? To whom any turning, when You are the Real who is?

وَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُعْطِي وَأَنْتَ صَاحِبُ الْجُودِ وَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُسْأَلُ وَأَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الْمَعْبُودُ

Who is it who gives, when You are the Generous? Who is it who is asked, when You are the Lord who is worshipped?

وَهَلْ فِي الْوُجُودِ رَبٌّ سِوَاكَ فَيُدْعَى أَمْ فِي الْمَمْلَكَةِ إِلٰهٌ غَيْرُكَ فَيُرْجَى

Is there in existence a lord other than You, to be called on? Or in the kingdom a god other than You, to be hoped in?

أَمْ هَلْ كَرِيمٌ غَيْرُكَ فَيُطْلَبَ مِنْهُ الْعَطَا أَمْ هَلْ ثَمَّ جَوَادٌ سِوَاكَ فَيُسْأَلَ مِنْهُ الْفَضْلُ وَالنَّعْمَا

Is there any generous one but You, to ask gifts of? Is there any bountiful one besides You, to ask favour and grace of?

أَمْ هَلْ حَاكِمٌ غَيْرُكَ فَتُرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّكْوَى أَمْ هَلْ مِنْ مَجَالٍ لِلْعَبْدِ الْفَقِيرِ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ هَلْ سِوَاكَ

Is there any judge but You, to bring complaint to? Is there any room for the poor servant to lean on, or is there any besides You?

رَبٌّ تُبْسَطُ الْأَكُفُّ وَتُرْفَعُ الْحَاجَاتُ إِلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ إِلَّا كَرَمُكَ وَجُودُكَ

A lord to whom palms are spread and needs are raised? There is nothing but Your generosity and Your bounty.

يَا مَنْ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ يَا مَنْ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ

You from whom there is no refuge but in You, You who protect and against whom there is no protection:

إِلٰهَنَا فَعَرِّفْنَا أَغَيْرُكَ هَا هُنَا رَبٌّ فَيُرْجَى أَوْ جَوَادٌ فَيُسْأَلَ مِنْهُ الْعَطَا

Our God, let us know: is there here a lord other than You to hope in, or a bountiful one to ask gifts of?

قَدْ جَفَانِي الْقَرِيبُ وَمَلَّنِي الطَّبِيبُ وَشَمِتَ بِيَ الْعَدُوُّ وَالرَّقِيبُ وَاشْتَدَّ بِيَ الْكَرْبُ وَالنَّحِيبُ وَأَنْتَ الْوَدُودُ الرَّقِيبُ الرَّؤُوفُ الْمُجِيبُ

The near one has turned cold to me, the doctor has tired of me, the enemy and the watcher gloat over me, distress and weeping press hard on me; and You are the Loving, the Watchful, the Kind, the Answerer.

رَبِّ إِلَى مَنْ أَشْكُو وَأَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَادِرُ أَمْ بِمَنْ أَسْتَنْصِرُ وَأَنْتَ الْوَلِيُّ النَّاصِرُ أَمْ بِمَنْ أَسْتَغِيثُ وَأَنْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْقَاهِرُ

My Lord, to whom shall I complain, when You are the Knowing, the Powerful? Whose help shall I seek, when You are the Ally, the Helper? To whom shall I cry for rescue, when You are the Strong, the Overpowering?

أَمْ إِلَى مَنْ أَلْتَجِي وَأَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ السَّاتِرُ أَمْ ذَا الَّذِي يَجْبُرُ كَسْرِي مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَأَنْتَ الْقُلُوبَ جَابِرٌ أَمْ ذَا الَّذِي يَغْفِرُ عَظِيمَ ذَنْبِي وَأَنْتَ الرَّحِيمُ الْغَافِرُ

Where shall I flee, when You are the Generous who covers faults? Who is it who mends what grief has broken in me, when You are the mender of hearts? Who is it who forgives my great sin, when You are the Compassionate, the Forgiving?

يَا عَالِمُ بِمَا فِي السَّرَائِرِ يَا مَنْ هُوَ مُطَّلِعٌ عَلَى مَكْنُونِ الضَّمَائِرِ يَا مَنْ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِ قَاهِرٌ يَا مَنْ هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَالظَّاهِرُ

Knower of what is in the hidden places, You who see into what minds keep secret, You who are over Your servants overpowering, You who are the First and the Last, the Hidden and the Manifest:

رَبِّ ذُلَّ حَيْرَةِ هٰذَا الْمُكَابِرِ وَجُدْ بِاللُّطْفِ وَالْهِدَايَةِ وَالتَّوْفِيقِ وَالْعِنَايَةِ عَلَى عَبْدٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْكَ بُدٌّ وَهُوَ إِلَيْكَ صَائِرٌ

My Lord, [see] the lowliness of this struggler's bewilderment, and grant gentleness, guidance, success and care to a servant who cannot do without You and who is on his way to You.

يَا إِلٰهَ الْعِبَادِ يَا صَاحِبَ الْجُودِ يَا مُمْرِضِي وَأَنْتَ طَبِيبِي فَلِمَنْ أَشْتَكِي وَأَنْتَ عَلِيمٌ

God of the servants, Lord of generosity, You who made me sick, and You are my doctor: to whom shall I complain, when You know?

يَا إِلٰهِي بِحَالِي وَالَّذِي بِي حَقِيقٌ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَشْتَكِيَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ وَالْأَعْزَمُ لِي أَنْ لَا أَتَوَكَّلَ إِلَّا عَلَيْكَ

My God, with my state and what is wrong with me, it is right that I complain to none but You, and the firmest course for me is to rely on none but You.

يَا مَنْ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ يَا مَنْ إِلَيْهِ يَلْجَأُ الْخَائِفُونَ يَا مَنْ بِكَرَمِهِ وَجَمِيلِ عَوَائِدِهِ يَتَعَلَّقُ الرَّاجُونَ

You on whom those who rely rely, You to whom the fearful flee, You to whose generosity and fine customs the hopeful cling,

يَا مَنْ سُلْطَانَ قَهْرِهِ وَعَظِيمَ رَحْمَتِهِ يَسْتَغِيثُ الْمُضْطَرُّونَ يَا مَنْ لِوُسْعِ عَطَائِهِ وَجَمِيلِ فَضْلِهِ وَنَعْمَائِهِ تُبْسَطُ الْأَيْدِي وَيَسْأَلُ السَّائِلُونَ

You whose overpowering might and great mercy the desperate call on for rescue, You for the breadth of whose giving, and the beauty of whose bounty and grace, hands are spread and askers ask:

رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ يَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَآمِنْ خَوْفِي إِذَا وَصَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَلَا تُخَيِّبْ رَجَائِي إِذَا صِرْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

My Lord, make me one of those who rely on You; make my fear safe when I reach You, and do not disappoint my hope when I stand before You.

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ تَسُوقُهُ الضَّرُورَاتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَعْطِنِي مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَجُدْ عَلَيَّ بِرِفْدِكَ الْعَمِيمِ

Make me one whom necessities drive to You; give me of Your great bounty, and be generous to me with Your all-embracing gifts.

وَاجْعَلْنِي بِكَ وَمِنْكَ وَإِلَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْنِي دَائِمًا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

Make me by You, from You and to You, and keep me always before You.

وَارْحَمْ بِجُودِكَ عَبْدًا مَا لَهُ سَبَبٌ يَرْجُو سِوَاكَ وَلَا عِلْمٌ وَلَا عَمَلُ

In Your generosity have mercy on a servant who has no means to hope in other than You, no knowledge and no deeds.

يَا مَنْ بِهِ ثِقَتِي يَا مَنْ بِهِ فَرَجِي يَا مَنْ عَلَيْهِ ذَوُو الْفَاقَاتِ يَتَّكِلُوا

You in whom I trust, You in whom is my relief, You on whom the needy rely,

أَدْرِكْ بَقِيَّةَ مَنْ ذَابَتْ حُشَاشَتُهُ قَبْلَ الْفَوَاتِ فَقَدْ ضَاقَتْ بِيَ الْحِيَلُ

reach what is left of one whose last breath of life has melted, before it is too late: I have run out of ways.

يَا مُفَرِّجَ الْكُرُبَاتِ يَا مُجَلِّيَ الْعَظِيمَاتِ يَا مُجِيبَ الدَّعَوَاتِ يَا غَافِرَ الزَّلَّاتِ يَا سَاتِرَ الْعَوْرَاتِ يَا رَافِعَ الدَّرَجَاتِ يَا رَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ وَالسَّمٰوَاتِ

Reliever of distresses, Dispeller of great troubles, Answerer of prayers, Forgiver of slips, Coverer of shames, Raiser of ranks, Lord of the earths and the heavens:

رَبِّ ارْحَمْ مَنْ ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الْحِيَلُ وَتَشَابَهَتْ لَدَيْهِ السُّبُلُ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ لِقَلْبِهِ قَرَارًا لَا عِلْمٌ وَلَا عَمَلٌ

My Lord, have mercy on one who has run out of ways, for whom the paths all look alike, who finds no rest for his heart, with neither knowledge nor deeds.

يَا مَنْ عَلَيْهِ الْمُتَّكَلُ يَا مَنْ إِذَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ يَا مَنْ لَا يُبْرِمُهُ سُؤَالُ مَنْ سَأَلَ

You on whom reliance rests, You who do what You will, You whom the asking of those who ask never wearies:

رَبِّ فَأَجِبْ دُعَائِي وَاسْمَعْ نِدَائِي وَلَا تُخَيِّبْ رَجَائِي وَعَجِّلْ لِي شِفَاءَ دَائِي وَعَافِنِي بِجُودِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ عَظِيمِ بَلَائِي يَا رَبِّي يَا مَوْلَايَ

My Lord, answer my prayer, hear my call, do not disappoint my hope, hasten the cure of my illness, and in Your generosity and mercy heal me of my great trial, my Lord, my Master.

رَبِّ إِنِّي قَلَّ اصْطِبَارِي وَطَالَ انْتِظَارِي وَاشْتَدَّ بِي فَاقَتِي وَاضْطِرَارِي

My Lord, my patience is little, my waiting long, my need and my desperation press hard on me,

وَعَظُمَتْ عَلَيَّ هُمُومِي وَأَوْزَارِي وَأَحْزَانِي وَأَكْدَارِي وَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيَّ سَوَادُ لَيْلِي وَبَعُدَ عَنِّي طُلُوعُ بَيَاضِ نَهَارِي

my cares, my burdens, my sorrows and my troubles weigh heavy on me, the black of my night has grown long, and the white of my day is far from rising.

وَأَنْتَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى دَفْعِ اضْطِرَارِي وَذَهَابِ أَضْرَارِي وَتَفْرِيجِ كَرْبِي وَإِصْلَاحِ قَلْبِي

And You have the power to lift my desperation, take away my harms, relieve my distress and set my heart right.

رَبِّ إِنِّي قَدْ لَاحَ لِي بَارِقٌ مِنْ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ فَوَقَفْتُ عَلَى بَابِ حَضْرَتِكَ أَنْتَظِرُ عَوَاطِفَ جُودِكَ وَلَطَائِفَ رَحْمَتِكَ

My Lord, a flash of lightning from the cloud of Your mercy has shone for me, so I stand at the door of Your presence, waiting for the kindnesses of Your bounty and the gentle touches of Your mercy.

وَتَعَلَّقَتْ أَطْمَاعِي بِعَوَائِدِ إِحْسَانِكَ وَصَنَائِعِ الْفَضْلِ وَانْبَسَطَتْ آمَالِي فِي وَاسِعِ كَرَمِكَ وَوَعْدِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ

My longings cling to Your customary kindness and Your works of bounty, and my hopes have spread out in Your wide generosity and the promise of Your lordship.

فَلَا تَرُدَّنِي بِكَرَّةِ الْخَائِبِ الْخَاسِرِ وَلَا تَرْجِعْنِي بِحَسْرَةِ النَّادِمِ الْخَاسِرِ

So do not send me back on the return of the disappointed loser, nor turn me away with the grief of one who regrets and has lost.

وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ حُجِبَ عَنِ الْوُصُولِ وَبَقِيَ بَيْنَ الرَّدِّ وَالْقَبُولِ مُتَرَدِّدًا حَائِرًا

Do not make me one who is veiled from arriving, left between refusal and acceptance, wavering and bewildered.

يَا مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ قَادِرٌ يَا قَوِيُّ يَا عَزِيزُ يَا نَاصِرُ

You who have power over whatever You will, O Strong, O Mighty, O Helper.

رَبِّ خُذْ بِيَدِي وَارْحَمْ قِلَّةَ صَبْرِي وَضَعْفَ جَلَدِي

My Lord, take my hand, and have mercy on my little patience and my weak endurance.

رَبِّ إِنِّي أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي وَكَمَدِي يَا مَنْ هُوَ عَوْنِي وَمَلْجَئِي وَمَوْلَايَ وَسَنَدِي

My Lord, I complain to You of my distress, my sorrow and my grief, You who are my help, my refuge, my Master and my support.

رَبِّ فَأَطْلِقْنِي مِنْ سِجْنِ الْحِجَابِ وَمُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِمَا مَنَنْتَ بِهِ عَلَى الْأَوْلِيَاءِ وَالْأَحْبَابِ

My Lord, release me from the prison of the veil, and favour me with what You have favoured Your friends and beloved with.

وَطَهِّرْ قَلْبِي مِنَ الشِّرْكِ وَالشَّكِّ وَالِارْتِيَابِ وَثَبِّتْنِي أَبَدًا قَائِمًا فِي الْحَيَاةِ وَعِنْدَ الْمَمَاتِ عَلَى السُّنَّةِ وَالْكِتَابِ

Purify my heart of associating partners with You, of doubt and of misgiving, and keep me firm for ever, standing on the Sunna and the Book in life and at death.

وَفَهِّمْنِي وَعَلِّمْنِي وَذَكِّرْنِي وَوَفِّقْنِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أُولِي الْفَهْمِ فِي الْخِطَابِ

Give me understanding, teach me, remind me, grant me success, and make me one of those who understand what is said to them.

وَكُنْ لِي بِلُطْفِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَحَنَانِكَ وَرَأْفَتِكَ فِيمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِي وَعِنْدَ حُضُورِ أَجَلِي وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ لِلْحِسَابِ

Be with me in Your gentleness, mercy, tenderness and kindness for what remains of my life, when my term comes, and on the day the witnesses stand for the reckoning.

وَآمِنْ خَوْفِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ وَمِمَّنْ يُتَلَقَّى بِسَلَامٍ إِذَا فُتِحَتِ الْأَبْوَابُ

Make my fear safe, and make me one of the good and the pure, one of those met with «Peace» when the doors are opened.

رَبِّ أَنْتَ الَّذِي بِقُدْرَتِكَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَبِرَحْمَتِكَ هَدَيْتَنِي وَبِنِعْمَتِكَ رَبَّيْتَنِي وَبِلُطْفِكَ غَذَّيْتَنِي وَبِجَمِيلِ سَتْرِكَ سَتَرْتَنِي وَفِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ رَكَّبْتَنِي وَفِي عَوَالِمِ إِبْدَائِكَ بَدَأْتَنِي وَمِنْ خِزَانَتِهِ أَخْرَجْتَنِي وَسَبِيلَ النَّجْدَيْنِ أَلْهَمْتَنِي

My Lord, You are the one who created me by Your power, guided me by Your mercy, raised me by Your grace, fed me by Your gentleness, covered me with Your fine covering, put me together in the best of forms, began me in the worlds of Your beginning, brought me out of its treasury, and taught me the way of the two paths.

فَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيَّ نِعَمَكَ الَّتِي لَا تُحْصَى وَكَمِّلْ لِيَ أَيَادِيَكَ الَّتِي لَا تُنْسَى

So complete for me Your favours, which cannot be counted, and perfect for me Your kindnesses, which cannot be forgotten.

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ هُدِيَ وَاهْتَدَى وَسَمِعَ وَوَعَى وَقُرِّبَ وَأُدْنِيَ وَمَنْ سَبَقَ لَهُ مِنْكَ الْحُسْنَى وَمَنْ نَالَ أَفْضَلَ مَا يَتَمَنَّى

Make me one of those who were guided and followed guidance, who heard and took it in, who were brought near and close; one for whom the best has gone ahead from You, one who has won the best he could wish for.

وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقُرْبِ وَاللِّقَا وَالرُّتْبَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ

Make me one of the people of nearness and meeting, and of the highest rank in the abode that lasts.

وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِمَّنْ ضَلَّ وَغَوَى وَلَا مِمَّنْ قُسِمَ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الشَّقَاءِ وَلَا مِمَّنِ اشْتَغَلَ بِمَا يَعْنِي وَلَا مِمَّنْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

Do not make me one of those who strayed and erred, nor one allotted a share of wretchedness, nor one busied with what [does not] concern him, nor one whose effort is lost in the life of this world while they think they are doing well.

رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا كَانَ وَمَا يَكُونُ مِنَّا وَتَقَدَّسَ عِلْمُكَ الْأَعْلَى وَجَرَى الْقَلَمُ بِمَا شِئْتَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ

Our Lord, You embrace all things in mercy and knowledge. You know what has been and what will be from us; Your highest knowledge is holy, and the Pen has run with what You willed of the decree.

فَلَيْسَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا إِلَيْهِ وَفَّقْتَنَا وَلَا مَفَرَّ لَنَا إِلَّا عَمَّا بِهِ أَرَدْتَنَا وَتَدَارَكْنَا بِفَضْلِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَحُفَّنَا بِعَفْوِكَ وَمَغْفِرَتِكَ

We have nothing but what You have enabled us for, and no escape but from what You have willed for us. So reach us with Your bounty and mercy, and surround us with Your pardon and forgiveness.

رَبِّ فَكَمَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ فِي عِلْمِكَ الْأَعْلَى وَأَحَطْتَ بِمَا كَانَ وَمَا يَكُونُ مِنِّي وَبِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا فَجُدْ عَلَيَّ فِي كُلِّ ذٰلِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الْوَاسِعَةِ الْعُظْمَى وَاغْمِسْنِي فِي بِحَارِ كَرَمِكَ وَعَفْوِكَ وَعِلْمِكَ مَا بَدَا

My Lord, as You embrace all that was in Your highest knowledge, and encompass what has been and will be from me, and everything in judgement and knowledge, be generous to me in all of it with Your wide and supreme mercy, and plunge me into the seas of Your generosity, pardon and knowledge, as long as [anything] appears.

يَا مَنْ إِذَا وَعَدَ وَفَى يَا مَنْ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا

You who keep Your word when You promise, You who embrace all things in mercy and knowledge:

إِلٰهِي طَلَبْتُكَ وَطَلَبُ الْحَقِّ إِلَيْكَ فَأَعِنِّي عَلَى الْوُصُولِ وَالتَّوَصُّلِ إِلَيْكَ وَاجْمَعْنِي وَاجْمَعْ بِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ عَلَيْكَ

My God, I have sought You, and the seeking of the Real is towards You; help me to arrive and to find my way to You, and gather me, and through me gather whom You will, to You.

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الْأَدَبِ عِنْدَ إِرْخَاءِ الْحِجَابِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O God, we ask You for right courtesy when the veil is let down, by Your mercy, O most merciful of the merciful.

وَصَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

And God bless our master Muḥammad, his family and all his companions.

﴿سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾

Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe; and peace be on the messengers, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.