1. يا رَبِّ أينَ تُرى تُقامُ جهَنَّمُ

    لِلظالِمين غداً وَلِلأَشرارِ

    O my Lord, where, I wonder, will Hell be set up

    for the wrongdoers tomorrow, and for the wicked?

  2. لم يُبقِ عفوكَ في السَمواتِ العُلا

    وَالأَرضِ شبراً خالِياً لِلنّارِ

    Your pardon has not left in the heavens on high

    or on earth a handspan vacant for the Fire.

  3. يا ربِّ أَهِّلني لِفَضلِكَ واكفِني

    شَطَطَ العُقولِ وَفِتنةَ الأَفكار

    O my Lord, make me worthy of Your grace, and spare me

    the excesses of reason and the temptations of thought.

  4. وَمُر الوجودَ يَشِفُّ عنكَ لكي أَرى

    غَضَبَ اللَطيفِ وَرحمَةَ الجَبّارِ

    And bid existence grow transparent to reveal You, that I may see

    the wrath of the Gentle One and the mercy of the Compeller.

  5. يا عالِمَ الأَسرارِ حَسبي مِحنَةً

    عِلمي بِأَنَّكَ عالمُ الأَسرار

    O Knower of secrets, it is trial enough for me

    to know that You are the Knower of secrets.

  6. أَخلِق بِرَحمَتِكَ التي تَسعُ الوَرى

    أَلّا تَضيقَ بِأَعظَمِ الأَوزارِ

    How fitting that Your mercy, which embraces all creation,

    should not be too narrow for the greatest burdens of sin.

  7. إني لِتُعجِبُني الغداةَ صَحيفَتي

    مَلأى من الآثامِ وَالأَوضارِ

    Indeed, this morning my record delights me,

    full of sins and stains.

  8. حاشا لِمِثلي أَن يُدِلَّ بطاعَةٍ

    فيها مُسَجَّلةٍ على الغَفّارِ

    Far be it from one like me to boast of an act of obedience

    recorded in it, before the All-Forgiving,

  9. أَو أَن يُعِدَّ وَثيقَةً يَنجو بها

    يومَ القيامَةِ من يَد القهّارِ

    or to prepare a document by which he might escape

    on Resurrection Day from the hand of the All-Subduing.

  10. لَيسَ الكريمُ بِطالِبٍ عن صُنعِه

    أَجراً وَليسَ العَفوُ صفقَةَ شاري

    The Generous One does not seek, in return for His kindness,

    a reward; nor is pardon a buyer's bargain.