1. خلها تجري بعين اللَه في

    بحر أقدار المهين ذي العلا

    Let it flow beneath God's watchful eye, in

    the sea of the decrees of the One who humbles, the Exalted.

  2. وتأدب ثم سلم للإله

    في الذي يقضيه واحذر لو ولا

    And show reverence, then submit to God

    in what He ordains; beware of 'if only' and 'no.'

  3. وانتظر لطفاً خفياً مردفاً

    بالفرج واليسر من هذا البلا

    And await a hidden kindness, followed

    by relief and ease from this affliction.

  4. وتدبر في الذي نص لنا

    في الضحى والشرح تحظى بالولا

    And reflect on what He expressly declared for us

    in al-Duha and al-Sharh; you will gain loving nearness.

  5. وتشفع برسول اللَه في

    كل خطب هائل خير الملا

    And seek intercession through God's Messenger in

    every dreadful ordeal—he, the best of humankind,

  6. أحمد المحمود خير الأنبيا

    ء الذي أسرى به الرب إلى

    Ahmad, the praised one, the best of the prophets,

    whom the Lord took by night to

  7. حضرة القدس وسدرة منتهى

    جنة المأوى وشأن قد علا

    the Holy Presence and the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary,

    the Garden of Refuge, and an exalted rank.

  8. يا رسول اللَه غنا ضعفا

    ومساكين وقد خفنا القلى

    O Messenger of God, [we are] weak

    and destitute, and we have feared rejection

  9. لذنوب وعيوب كثرت

    أورثا كرباً وغماً أذهلا

    because of sins and faults that have multiplied;

    both have brought anguish and sorrow that stunned us.

  10. كلنا نستغفر اللَه لما

    قد عملناه ملاء أو خلا

    All of us seek God's forgiveness for what

    we have done in company or alone.

  11. ثم جئناك لتستغفر لنا

    ربك الرحمن يمحو الزللا

    Then we came to you, that you might seek forgiveness for us

    from your Lord, the All-Merciful, who erases missteps

  12. ويعاملنا بما هو أهله

    من جميلٍ طال ما قد فعلا

    and treats us as befits Him,

    with the kindness He has so often shown.

  13. فله الفضل علينا دائماً

    وله المن وحمد قد تلا

    So His is the bounty upon us, always,

    and His are gracious favor and the praise that follows.

  14. وصلاة اللَه تغشى المصطفى

    الذي بالحق حقاً أرسلا

    And may God's blessing envelop the Chosen One,

    who was truly sent with the truth,

  15. وعلى الآله الكرام الشرفا

    وعلى الصحب الهداة الفضلا

    and rest upon his noble, honorable family,

    and upon the guiding, virtuous Companions.