إِلَهٌ لا إِلَهَ لَنا سِواهُ

إِلَهٌ لا إِلَهَ لَنا سِواهُ

رَؤوفٌ بِالبَرِيَّةِ ذو اِمتِنانِ

رَؤوفٌ بِالبَرِيَّةِ ذو اِمتِنانِ

A God—there is no god for us but Him—

He is the One God, there is no god but He

Compassionate toward creation, full of bounty.

Merciful to all creation, full of bounty

أُوَحِّدُهُ بِإِخلاصٍ وَحَمدٍ

أُوَحِّدُهُ بِإِخلاصٍ وَحَمدٍ

وَشُكرٍ بِالضَميرِ وَبِاللِسانِ

وَشُكرٍ بِالضَميرِ وَبِاللِسانِ

I affirm His oneness with sincerity and praise,

I profess His oneness with devotion and praise

And gratitude, inwardly and with my tongue.

With my conscience and tongue I give thanks

وَأَفنَيتُ الحَياةَ وَلَم أَصُنها

وَأَفنَيتُ الحَياةَ وَلَم أَصُنها

وَزُغتُ إِلى البَطالَةِ وَالتَواني

وَزُغتُ إِلى البَطالَةِ وَالتَواني

And I have spent my life without safeguarding it,

I wasted my life, did not safeguard it

And I have strayed into idleness and indolence.

Inclined towards idleness and procrastination

وَأَسأَلُهُ الرِضا عَنّي فَإِنّي

وَأَسأَلُهُ الرِضا عَنّي فَإِنّي

ظَلَمتُ النَفسَ في طَلَبِ الأَماني

ظَلَمتُ النَفسَ في طَلَبِ الأَماني

And I ask Him to be pleased with me, for I

I ask for His pleasure, though I have wronged myself

Have wronged myself in pursuit of desires.

Seeking vain desires that offer no safety

إِلَيهِ أَتوبُ مِن ذَنبي وَجَهلي

إِلَيهِ أَتوبُ مِن ذَنبي وَجَهلي

وَإِسرافي وَخَلعي لِلعنانِ

وَإِسرافي وَخَلعي لِلعنانِ

To Him I repent of my sin and my ignorance,

To Him I repent of my sins, ignorance

And my excesses and my casting off the reins.

Excess, rebellion, throwing off the reins