الحمدلله مولانا الرحيم الغفور

الحمدلله ذي الفضل الكريم الشكور

Praise be to God, our Lord, the Merciful, the All-Forgiving.

Praise be to God, Possessor of bounty, the Generous, the Appreciative.

الحمدلله تعداد النسا والذكور

الحمدلله تعداد النعم والخيور

Praise be to God, as many times as there are women and men.

Praise be to God, as many times as there are blessings and good things.

الحمدلله كم أسبل علينا ستور

الحمدلله كم قد كف عنا شرور

Praise be to God—how many veils He has draped over us!

Praise be to God—how many evils He has kept from us!

رب لك الحمد في الدنيا ويوم النشور

رب لك الحمد حمد دائما كالدهور

Lord, Yours is praise in this world and on the Day of Resurrection.

Lord, Yours is praise—praise as enduring as the ages.

رب لك الحمد تعداد الورق والطيور

إني بحمدك وشكرك معترف بالقصور

Lord, Yours is praise, as many times as there are leaves and birds.

Indeed, I confess my inadequacy in praising and thanking You.

إني أنا الناسي القاسي الظلوم الكفور

ذا الحق والصدق أما غير هذا فزور

Indeed, I myself am forgetful, hard-hearted, deeply unjust and ungrateful.

This is true and honest; anything else is falsehood.

والخلف في الوعد فاشي والكذب والفجور

وكم نصلي صلاة ليس فيها حضور

And broken promises are widespread, along with lying and wickedness.

And how often we offer a prayer with no attentiveness!

نعلم وندري ولا نعمل ومعنا غرور

نفعل ونلهو كانا لم نصر للقبور

We know and understand but do not act, and delusion stays with us.

We act and play as though we were not bound for the graves.

والفكر والهم مستغرق بدنيا الدبور

إلى متى ذا عسى يارب نفحة بنور

And thought and worry are absorbed in this world of ill fortune.

How long will this last? O Lord, may there be a breath of light!

يا رب يا رب يا عالم بذات الصدور

اصلح لنا القلب وارفعنا لعالي القصور

O Lord, O Lord, O Knower of what breasts conceal!

Set our hearts right, and raise us to lofty palaces.

واشرح لنا الصدر بالتسليم لك في الأمور

نرضى بحكمك نفوض في الخفا والظهور

And expand our breasts through surrender to You in all affairs.

We accept Your decree and entrust all to You, in secret and in the open.

ولا نرى قط غيرك يا العظيم الصبور

نسير بالشرع ما عنه نزيغ أو نحور

And we never behold any but You, O Magnificent, Ever-Patient One.

We walk by the sacred law, neither straying from it nor turning back.

نرى المصايب فوايد حيث فيها أجور

لأنه العدل جل الله عن أن يجور

We see calamities as benefits, since they hold rewards.

For He is the Just; exalted is God above doing wrong.

بل طيها اسرار لم تكتب بطون السطور

فكن له عبد تحظى بالمنح والحبور

Rather, within their folds lie secrets not inscribed in the depths of written lines.

So be a servant to Him, and gain gifts and joy.

وسلم الأمر تغنم بالرضا والسرور

ولك من الله يوم البعث جنة وحور

And surrender the matter; you will gain contentment and happiness.

And from God, on the Day of Resurrection, you shall have a garden and fair-eyed companions.

وكل من يسخط المقدور يلق الثبور

والهم والغم من باطنه دائم يثور

And whoever resents the decreed fate will meet destruction.

And worry and grief continually surge up from within him.

تراه في الحزن والا كدارد دائم يدور

والرب يسخط على الساخط ففق يا نفور

You see him forever circling amid sorrow and troubles.

And the Lord is displeased with the resentful; awaken, O you who turn away!

ورأس كل الخطايا والمحن والشرور

حبك الدنيا وربك قد ضمن لك عبور

And the root of all sins, trials and evils

Is your love of this world, while your Lord has guaranteed you passage.

وليس لك قط من دنياك إلا المرور

أوشى تقدمه أوشى فات ذالا يبور

And nothing of your world is ever yours but passing through,

Or something you send ahead, or something that has passed—this does not perish.

وما تخلفه فاحذر منه ياذا الحذور

فإنما هذه الدنيا متاع الغرور

And what you leave behind—beware of it, O cautious one.

For this world is nothing but deceptive enjoyment.

يا رب وامح الذنوب القاصمات الظهور

وتب علينا بتوبة صدق فيها طهور

O Lord, blot out the sins that break our backs.

And accept our repentance—a sincere repentance that purifies.

واختم بخير إذا حان السفر للقبور

وصل ربي وسلم بالمسا والبكور

And grant a good ending when the time comes to journey to the graves.

And, my Lord, send blessings and peace at evening and at dawn

على النبي رسول الله بدر البدور

والآل والصحب والاتباع نعم الصدور

Upon the Prophet, the Messenger of God, the full moon of full moons,

And his family, companions and followers—what excellent leaders!

والحمدلله عد الحوت ذي في البحور

وعد طش السحايب والشجر والبذور

And praise be to God, as many times as there are fish in the seas,

And as many as the raindrops from clouds, the trees and the seeds.