يا رَبَّنا يا رَبَّنا

يا رَبِّ يا أَهلَ الثَنا

Our Lord, our Lord

O Lord, O Master of praise

يا ذا الجَلالِ وَذا العُلا

يا ذا البِهاءِ وَذا السَنا

O You of majesty and highness

O You of splendor and loftiness

أَحَطتَ عِلماً سَيِّدي

مِمّا تَقاصى وُدُّنا

You have encompassed, my Master

all that our love has missed

وَلَكَ المَشيئَةَ ما تَشا

كانَ دَليلاً مُذعِنا

To You belongs the will in all

that which has guided us, resigned

عَن إِدراكٍ عَلَوتَ كُنّا

وَإِن أَطَلنا الإِعتِنا

Beyond comprehension You rose

though we strained in discipline

فَنِهايَةُ المُتَعَمِّقي

نَ تُجيرِ يا مُمعِنا

So the summit for the diligent

is: "Protect us, O Faithful Friend!"

ما عَنهُ حَرَّنا إِنَّما

فيهِ تَحَيَّرَ لِعَجزِنا

That from which we shrank, indeed

'twas but our incapacity

إِنَّ الوُجودَ بِأَسرِهِ

بِالواحِدِيَّةَ مُعلِنا

For all existence, in its sum

proclaims Your oneness, ev'ry one

بَهَرتُ بَدائِعَهُ العُقو

لَ فَغَدا المُوَفَّقُ موقِنا

Reason is dazed by Your creation's glories;

so the prosperous is made certain

وَتَثبِطُ المُتَشَكِّكو

نَ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَيسوا هُنا

while the doubters are frustrated

as though they are not present here

سُحقاً لِمَن يَشُكُّ في ال

حَقِّ وَقَد تَبينا

Damned be those who doubt the Truth

when it is manifest and clear!

يا أَوَّلاً يا آخِراً

يا ظاهِراً يا باطِنا

O First, O Last, O Outward, O Inward

To You belong eternity, to us transience

لَكَ القِدَمُ وَلَنا الحُدو

ثُ وَلَكَ البَقا وَلَنا الفَنا

To You belong permanence, to us evanescence

O Living, O Self-Subsisting, unto You we are entrusted

يا حَيُّ يا قَيّومُ إِن

وَكَّلتَنا فَمَن لَنا

So who do we have but You?

Far be it from You to neglect us

حاشاكَ أَن تُهمِلَنا

حاشاكَ أَن تَخلِنا

Far be it from You to forsake us

O Hope of the hopeful

يا أَمَلَ المُؤمِلينَ

وَيا مَلاذا كُن لَنا

O Refuge, be for us a protection

For from You is every excellence

فَمِنكَ كُلُّ خَيرَةٍ

وَكُلُّ نِعمَةٍ بِنا

and every bounty that reaches us

You have been Bountiful in the past

أَحسَنَت فيما قَد مَضى

أَبَداً وَزِد يا مُحسِنا

So always increase Your goodness, O Bestower of Favors

brought to naught by evanescence

ها أَنا ذا عَبيدُكَ ال

جاني المُقصِرُ بِالفَنا

Asking forgiveness for his sin

confessing all his erring ways

مُستَغفِراً لِذَنبِهِ

مُعتَرِفاً بِما جَنا

Ever does he see his need of You

as his eternal sufficiency

يَرى اِفتِقارُهُ إِلَي

كَ دائِماً هُوَ الغِنا

To Your irresistible dominion he bows down

humble, lowly, yielding

وَلِعِزِّ قَهرِكَ خاضِعٌ

مُتَواضِعٌ مُتَمَسكِنا

Vain desires have tempted him

until he met with disfavor from them

وَلَقد سَبَتهُ حُظوظُهُ

حَتّى لَقِيَ مِنها العَنا

He is ruled by the soul's fancies

its passion was but the life of this low world

مَلَكَتهُ أُمنياتُ نف

سِ هَمِّها عَرضَ الدَنا

And so to You he comes with his disappointment

in all save You; none else gains his praise

وَلَقَد أَتاكَ بِياسِهِ

عَمَّن سِواكَ وَلا الثَنا

With empty hands he reaches out

So grant him the utmost of desires!

صِفرُ اليَدَينِ يَمُدُّها

فَأَنِلهُ غاياتِ المُنى

And cool him with Your good pleasure

with a touch from You, what bliss he'll gain!

وَأَدِقهُ بَردَ رِضاكَ عَن

هُ يَدٌ لَهُ مِنكَ الهَنا

And give him life in submission to You

and in faith take his soul

وَأَحيِهِ لَكَ مُسلِماً

وَتوفِهِ بِكَ مُؤمِنا

And on the Day of his arising

make him secure from every fear

وَاِجعَلهُ يَومَ نُشورِهِ

مِن كُلٍّ خَوفٍ آمِنا