لِي فِيْك مَا قُدِّر الْرحَمْن لَي وَطَر

وَبِي رَجَاء لَعَفُو الْلَّه يُنْتَظَر

For me there is what the Most Merciful has decreed

In you, I seek the needs the Merciful has decreed for me,

And in me is the hope that God's forgiveness is awaited

And within me dwells a waiting hope for God’s forgiveness.

يَا لَيْلَة أَلْف شَهْر أَنْت دِرَّتَهَا

وَأنْت خَيْرٌ: وَفِيْك الْعَفْو مُنْتَظِر

O night of a thousand months, you are its pearl

O Night of a thousand months, you are their crowning pearl,

And you are the best: in you forgiveness is awaited

You are supreme goodness, wherein pardon awaits the seeker.

فِيْك الْتَّجَلِّي عَلَي خَلَق رَحْمَتِه

وَفِيْك يُرْجَي الْهُدْى وَالذَّنْب يُغْتَفَر

In you the revelation of His mercy upon creation

In you is the Divine manifestation upon creation through His mercy,

And in you guidance and forgiveness of sin are hoped for

And in you guidance is sought, and sins are washed away.

أَلَم يَقُل فِيْك رَبِي فِي مَنْزِلَه ِ

مِن أَلْف شَهْر سَمَت مِن فَضْلِهَا ذِكْر؟

Did not my Lord say about you in His verse

Did not my Lord declare concerning you in His Revelation,

That from a thousand months her mention was exalted?

That it rises in grace and renown above a thousand months?

تَنَزَّل الْمَلِك الْرُّوْح الْامِيْن بِهَا

وُحَفَّهَا الْأمْن لَم يَحْلُل بِهَا كَدَر

The trusted angel Gabriel descended in it

The Angels and the Faithful Spirit descend within it,

And it was enveloped in safety, no discord touched it

Surrounded by peace, where no distress can dwell.

وَقَال فِيْهَا سَّلامِ مِن بِدَايَتِهَا

حَتَّي يُلَوِّح شُعَاع الْفَجْر يَنْهَمِر

And He said "Peace" in it from its beginning

And He proclaimed it 'Peace' from its very onset,

Until the rays of dawn glisten and flow

Until the rays of dawn break forth and pour their light.

كَم سَال فِيْهَا سَلَام فِيْه مَرْحَمَة

وَأَنْعَُمُ ُالْلَّه لَايُحْصَى لَهَا صَدَر

How much peace descended in it, in it is mercy

How much peace has flowed therein, laden with mercy,

And God’s blessings that cannot be numbered

And God's uncounted blessings issue from its source.

فِي الْبَدْء مَرْحَمَة فِي الْوَسَط مَغْفِرَة

وَفِي نِهَايَتِه عَتَق وَمُغْتَفِر

In the beginning, mercy; in the middle, forgiveness

In its beginning is mercy, in its middle forgiveness,

And at its end emancipation and pardon

And at its end is liberation and absolute pardon.

يَالَيْلَة يُفَرِّق الْأَمْر الْحَكِيْم بِهَا

وَفِيْك يُرْجَى لَأَعْمَال الْوَرَى ثَمَر

O night! The Wise Command separates in it

O Night wherein every wise decree is made distinct,

And in you the fruits of people's deeds are hoped for

And wherein fruit is hoped for from the deeds of mankind.

لِي فِي سِجِلّك نُوْر اسْتَضِئ بِه

مِن ظُلْمَة لَيْس فِي اّفَاقَهَا قَمَر

For me in your scroll there is light I seek

I have within your register a light by which I seek to see,

From darkness, in whose horizons there is no moon

Amidst a darkness whose horizons hold no moon.

حَمَلْتَه بِيَقِيْن لَا مِرَاء بِه

وَبَيْن جَنْبِيّ مِنْه الْقَلْب مُّنْبهَر

You carried it with certainty, no doubt in it

I bore it with certainty, untouched by doubt,

And in my heart from it wonders unfold

While deep within my chest, my heart stands dazzled.

قَد ضَم صَالِح أَعْمَالِي وَمَا حَمَلَت

يَدَاي إِذ عَنْه حُجْب الْغَيْب تَنْحَسِر

It has contained my righteous deeds and what

It has embraced my righteous deeds and what they bore,

My hands carried when the unseen curtains parted

In my hands, as the veils of the Unseen recede.

حُرُوْفِه كَلِمَات بِالشَّذِى عَبَقَت

بِرَوْضَة دَوْحِهَا مُخْضَوْضِر عِطْر

Its letters are words scented with joy

Its letters are words that waft with fragrance,

In its meadow, a fragrant blossoming garden

In a garden whose groves are verdant and perfumed.

غَرَسْتُهَا فِي رِيَاض الْخُلْد لِي أَثَرَا

أَرْجُو بِه وَجْه رَبِّي وَهُو مُدَّخَر

I planted them in the gardens of eternity, for me a trace

I planted them in the Gardens of Eternity as my legacy,

I hope for through it my Lord’s face, and it is stored

Seeking thereby the Face of my Lord; a treasure stored away.

يَالَيْلَة شَرَف الْشَّهْر الْعَظِيْم بِهَا

وَنَزَلَت فِيْه مِن آي الْهُدى سُوَر

O night! The glory of the great month is through you

O Night through which this great month found its honor,

And verses of guidance descended in you

And wherein chapters of guidance came down in verses.

تَضَمَّنَت فِي كِتَاب فِي بَلَاغَتِه

حَار الْأَنَام وَهَيْض الْجِن وَالْبَشَر

Contained in a Book, in its eloquence

Enshrined within a Book, in whose eloquence

Mankind became confused, and Jinn and humans dazzled

Mankind is baffled, and both Jinn and men are humbled.

كِتَاب رَبِّيَ لَا يَأتِيّة بَاطِلِهِم

أَنِّى يَزِيْغ بِه عَن قَصْدِه بَصَر؟

The Book of my Lord, falsehood cannot approach it

The Book of my Lord—falsehood cannot approach it;

How can any sight stray from its aim?

How could any vision swerve from its true intent?

لَم يَسْتَطِيْعُوْا بِه إِتْيَان عَالِمُهُم

بِسُوَرَة مِنْه مِن لاّلائِهَا بُهِرُوا

They could not bring, with all their knowledge

Their most learned were powerless to match it,

A chapter like it - by its wonders they were amazed

Failing to produce a single chapter, dazzled by its brilliance.

فِي قَوْلُه الْفَصْل لَا رَيْب يُمَازِحُه

وَفِيْه نُورٌ وَفِي اّيَاتِه عَبْر

In His word the decision, no doubt or jest

In His decisive Word, with which no doubt mingles,

And in it there is light and lessons in its verses

There lies a light, and in its verses, profound lessons.

قَد فَاض تَنْزِيَلْه فِي لَيْلَة عَظُمَت

قَدْرا وَفِيْهَا تُوَارِى الْخَوْف وَالضَّجَر

Its revelation overflowed on a night of great

Its revelation poured forth in a Night made magnificent

Esteem, in which fear and stress are concealed

High in station, wherein fear and anguish fade away.

فِيْهَا مَلَائِكَة وَالْرُّوْح قَد نَزَلْت

بِالْأَذَن مِن رَبِّهَا بالْخَيْر تَأْتَمِر

In it angels and Spirit descended

Within it, the Angels and the Spirit have descended,

By command of their Lord, to do good they are ordered

By their Lord's leave, obeying His command for good.

لِمَطْلَع قَد سَاد الْسَّلام بِهَا

فَلَم يُخَالِط سَنَّا إِشْرَاقِهَا كَدَر

At dawn, peace prevailed through it

Until the break of dawn, peace has reigned supreme,

So no discord mixed with its sunrise

And no gloom has dimmed the brilliance of its rising.

فِيْهَا الْتَّجَلِّي عَلَى خَلَق بِرَحْمَتِه

وَعَتَق اسْرِى بِافَاق الْسَّمَا ذُكِّرُوْا

In it the revelation of His mercy upon creation

In it is the Divine unveiling upon creation in His mercy,

And freeing captives - across the heavens they were reminded

And the liberation of captives, remembered in the celestial horizons.

ذُنُوْبِهِم فِي بِحَار الْعَفْو سَابِحَة

فِي شَهْر بِرَبِّه الأثام تُغْتَفَر

Their sins in oceans of pardon swimming

Their sins are washed away, swimming in seas of pardon,

In a month with its Lord sins are forgiven

In a month where, by its Lord, transgressions are absolved.

اطْلِقَت فِيْهَا رَجَائِي بَيْن سَاحَتَه

لَعَلَّنِي بَيْن مَن فِي ظِلِّه حُشِرُوا

My hopes spread in its field

I have cast my hope into its vast expanse,

Perhaps I'll be among those in its shade gathered

Praying I might be gathered among those within His shade.