تكفلت يا رزاق بالرزق مطلتا

تكفلت يا رزاق بالرزق مطلتا

بغير حساب بين كثر وقلة

بغير حساب بين كثر وقلة

You have guaranteed sustenance, O Provider, without restriction [reading uncertain],

You have guaranteed, O Sustainer, our provision

without reckoning, whether plentiful or scant.

Without limit between abundance and scarcity

فما الجد في الأرزاق إلا توكل

فما الجد في الأرزاق إلا توكل

وإلا فما في الرزق تبديل قسمة

وإلا فما في الرزق تبديل قسمة

Striving for sustenance is nothing but reliance on You;

So there is no use worrying about provisions

otherwise, no allotted share of sustenance can be altered.

Except to trust in You, for the allotment of provision cannot be changed

ضمنت به للخلق حسب احتياجهم

ضمنت به للخلق حسب احتياجهم

على سبل الأسباب كل لوجهة

على سبل الأسباب كل لوجهة

You have guaranteed it to creation according to their need,

You have predetermined for all creation their share

along the paths of means, each toward its own destination.

According to their needs, by means of causes

وهيأت أسباب الحصول بأوجه

وهيأت أسباب الحصول بأوجه

ميسرة حسب افتراق المعيشة

ميسرة حسب افتراق المعيشة

And You have prepared the means of obtaining it in ways

And You have facilitated the means of attainment

made easy, according to the diversity of livelihoods.

In ways appropriate for different livelihoods

ولم تجعل الأسباب علة رزقهم

ولم تجعل الأسباب علة رزقهم

ولكنه تدبير لطف وحكمة

ولكنه تدبير لطف وحكمة

And You did not make those means the cause of their sustenance;

You have not made the means the cause of their provision

rather, it is an ordering of kindness and wisdom.

Rather, it is an arrangement of grace and wisdom

الهي يقيني في ضمانك عمدتي

الهي يقيني في ضمانك عمدتي

وفضلك خير الرازقين ذخيرتي

وفضلك خير الرازقين ذخيرتي

My God, my certainty in Your guarantee is my mainstay,

My God, my certainty in Your guarantee is my pillar

and Your bounty, O best of providers, is my reserve.

And Your grace is the best provision for me

وحسبي من رزقي بأنك كافل

وحسبي من رزقي بأنك كافل

به قبل بسط الكف مني بدعوتي

به قبل بسط الكف مني بدعوتي

And concerning my sustenance, it suffices me that You stand surety

It is enough that You watch over

for it before I stretch out my palm in supplication.

My provision before I even raise my hands in supplication

وفرض سؤال العبد واللّه فاعل

وفرض سؤال العبد واللّه فاعل

لما اختاره من يسر عبد وعسرة

لما اختاره من يسر عبد وعسرة

And asking is the servant's duty, while God brings about

Asking the servant is an obligation on Allah

what He has chosen for a servant, whether ease or hardship.

For the ease or hardship He has ordained for each

ومرزوق هذا الكون يطلب رزقه

ومرزوق هذا الكون يطلب رزقه

إليك ويستوفي ضمان الربوبة

إليك ويستوفي ضمان الربوبة

And every creature sustained in this universe seeks its sustenance

And all the creatures of this universe seek their provision from You

from You, and receives in full what Your lordship guarantees.

And obtain the guarantee of Your Lordship

وما حيلة المضطر في الرزق غير ما

وما حيلة المضطر في الرزق غير ما

فتحت به من دعوة ووسيلة

فتحت به من دعوة ووسيلة

And what recourse has the distressed for sustenance, except what

And the desperate have no recourse in obtaining provision except

You have opened by way of supplication and a means of drawing near?

Through supplication and the means You have opened

فما رازق النعاب أدعوك بائساً

فما رازق النعاب أدعوك بائساً

بفيض اسمك الرزاق وسع معيشتي

بفيض اسمك الرزاق وسع معيشتي

So, O Provider of the raven chick, I do not call upon You in misery;

So I, miserable as I am, call upon You

through the outpouring of Your name, the Provider, broaden my livelihood.

To expand my livelihood through the abundance of Your name, The Sustainer