يا إلاهي وأنت نِعْمَ اللّجاءُ

عَافِنَا واشفِنا فمنك الشّفاءُ

O my God, You are the best refuge

Grant us good health and healing, for healing comes from You

إنّ هذا الطاعون نارٌ تَلَظَّى

لقلوب التوحيد منها اصْطِلاَءُ

Indeed this plague is a blazing fire

That gives light to the hearts of the people of Tawhid

كم جموعٍ تمزّقت وقلوبٍ

وسرورٍ طارت به العنقاء

How many groups were torn apart and hearts

And joys took wing like the wild doves

ودموعٍ كالدرّ تُنْثَرُ نثراً

في خدودٍ تَوْرِيدُهنّ دِماء

And tears like pearls strewn

On cheeks their pallor makes bloodless

ووجوهٍ مثلِ الشّموس توارت

لو تراها إذا أُزيل الغطاء

And faces like suns were veiled

If you saw them when the cover was removed

أُكرمت بالتراب فرشا وكانت

ربّما ضرّها الهوا والماء

They were honored with soil as their carpet though

The air and water may have harmed them

ذاك من ذَنْبِنَا العظيمِ كما قد

جاءنا عن نبيّنا الأنباءُ

That was due to our great sin, as

Our Prophet foretold in his news

يغضب الله بالذنوب فتسطو

حين تطغى بوخزها الأعداء

God is angered by sins, so His enemies

Ride roughshod when they grow arrogant

هو لا شكّ رحمةٌ غيرَ أنّا

يا قويّ عن حملها ضعفاء

It is no doubt a mercy, but we

Are too weak, O Powerful One, to bear it

كم وكم رحمةٍ لديك وتعطي

ها بلا محنة إذا ما تشاء

So much mercy You have, and You give

Without tribulation whenever You wish

رَبَّنَا رَبَّنَا إليك التجَأْنا

ما لنا ربَّنا سواك الْتِجَاءُ

Our Lord, our Lord, we flee to You

We have no one but You for refuge

بافْتقارٍ منّا وذُلٍّ أَتَيْنَا

ما لنا عِزَّةٌ ولا استغناء

Out of our need and humility we came to You

We have no power or self-sufficiency

نَقْرَعُ البابَ بالدّعاء ونرجو

فَلَنِعْمَ الدُّعَا ونِعْمَ الرّجاءُ

We knock on the door with supplication and hope

So excellent is supplication and hope

أَبْقِ يا ربَّنا علينا وَدَارِكْ

باقياً قَبْلَ أن يَعُمَّ الفناء

Remain for us, our Lord, and for Your house

Before the final destruction comes upon all

لم نكن دون قَوْمِ يونُسَ لمّا

آمنوا حين بالتمتّع باؤوا

We were not inferior to the people of Jonah

When they believed and enjoyed themselves for a while

قد كشفتَ العذاب عنهمَ لِحينٍ

ثمّ ماتوا وما لِخَلْقٍ بقاء

You lifted the torment from them for a time

But then they died, for no creation lives forever

ولنا سيّدُ الأنام رسولٌ

دُونَه الأنْبِياءُ والشُفَعَاء

And we have the best of men as our Messenger

Below whom are the prophets and intercessors

ولنا عند ربّنا قِدَم الصّد

قِ ونحن الْخِيَارُ والشّهداء

And we have a firm foothold with our Lord

As we are the best and the martyrs

والكتابُ العزيزُ نورٌ مُبِينٌ

بيننا تنجلي به الظّلْمَاء

And the Mighty Book is a clear light

Dispelling the darkness between us

وَلَوَ أنّ العُصاةَ فينا فمنّا

مَنْ إذا ما دَعَوْا أُجِيبَ الدّعاء

And even if some among us disobey, there are those among us

Whose supplication, when they call, is answered

ربَّنا جاء من نبيّك وَعْدٌ

في حديثٍ رُوَاتُه أُمَنَاءُ

Our Lord, a promise has come from Your Prophet

In a hadith narrated by trusted ones:

ارْحَمُوا مَنْ في الأرضَ يَرْحَمْكُمُ اللَّ

هُ تعالى وتُرْحَمِ الرُّحَماءُ

“Have mercy on those in the earth, and the Exalted

God will have mercy on you” – and the merciful are shown mercy

فَلأَنْتَ الأَوْلَى بذلك فَارْحَمْ

رَحْمَةً تنتفي بها البَلْوَاءُ

So You are the most deserving of that, so have

Mercy by which tribulation is dispelled

فلقد زاغت البصائر منه

وعيون الورى به عَمْيَاءُ

For perceptions have gone astray because of it

And the eyes of all peoples are blinded

ما لذي الحلم عنده من ثَبَاتٍ

لاَ وَلاَ صَابِرٌ لَدَيْهِ عزاء

Those who are forbearing have no composure before it

No, there is no comforter beside it

ضاق أَمْرُ الورى وأنت الْمُرَجَّى

وسطا ذا الوبا وعَزَّ الدّواء

The affairs of all peoples have been straitened while You are the Hope

In the midst of plague, and medicine is scarce

والكتاب العزيز بشّر باليُسْ

رَيْنِ في عسرنا ومنك الوفاء

And the Mighty Book gives glad tidings of ease

After hardship – and from You comes fulfillment of promises

وكَفَانَا سَيَجْعَلُ اللُّه يُسْراً

بعد عُسْرٍ والوعد منك لقاء

So ease should arrive immediately

And sufferings surely disappear

فَجَدِيرٌ أن يأتِيَ اليُسْرُ فَوْراً

وحقيقٌ أن تذهب البأساء

And may the prayers of God and then peace

Be upon the Imam who shows us the way,

وصَلاَةُ الإلاه ثمّ سلامٌ

للإمام الذي به الاقتداء

Ahmad the Chosen Intercessor, saying for every soul

“As for me - I am free of blame”

أحمدَ المصطفى الشّفيعِ إذا ما

قال كل نَفْسِي وإنّي براء

So the Messenger says “Praise belongs to God”

And you are called to delight and well-being

إِذْ يقول الرّسولُ والحمد شغل

فيُنَّادى لك الْهَنَا والرّخاء

O You of mighty, splendid station - through You

Tribulations were lifted from all peoples

يَا لَهُ مَوْقِفاً عزيزاً تجلّت

عن جميع الورى به الضرّاء

And after the Family, his contentment guided those

In his cloak - and for all followers, in every age

ورضاه الأتمُّ يُهْدَى لِصَحْبٍ

بعد آلٍ ومن حواه الْعَبَاءُ

There is no end with the passing of time

O you who believe, repent all together

ولكلّ الأتباع في كلّ قَرْنٍ

مَا لَهُ بانْقِضا الزمان انقضاء

O people, it is you who are the utterly poor

أيّها المؤمنون تُوبُوا جميعا

أيّها النّاس أنتمُ الفقراء