Sol 6.1

  1. يا من إليه مآل أمر الناس

    حقق رجا المضطر قبل الباس

    O You to whom all human affairs finally return,

    fulfill the distressed one's hope before affliction comes.

  2. يا بر يا أللّه يا رباه يا

    غوثاه من نكس ومن ارتكاس

    O Beneficent One, O God, O my Lord, O

    my help against relapse and downfall!

  3. يا راحم العبد الحقير وجابر

    العظم الكسير ومنشىء الإحساس

    O merciful One toward the lowly servant, mender of

    the broken bone, and creator of sensation,

  4. يا مبدع النطف المهينة في الحشا

    يا ناسر الموتى في الأرماس

    O creator of lowly seed-drops within the womb,

    O raiser of the dead in their graves [reading uncertain],

  5. يا سامع الصوت الخفي إذا دعى

    تحت الثرى وأسافل الأساس

    O hearer of the hidden voice when it calls

    beneath the earth and the deepest foundations,

  6. يا ناظر الدر المهين إذا مشى

    في ظلمة الليل البهير الغاس

    O watcher of the lowly ant [reading uncertain] as it walks

    through the gloom of the dark, black night,

  7. يا عالم الحركات والسكنات

    والخطرات والهفوات والأنفاس

    O knower of movements and stillnesses,

    of passing thoughts, slips, and breaths,

  8. يا فرد من جل عن زوج وعن

    ولد وعن جند وعن حراس

    O peerless One, exalted above a spouse and

    offspring, troops, and guards,

  9. يا كاشف الضر المهين وساتر

    العيب الذميم وصارف الأنفاس

    O remover of humiliating affliction, concealer of

    blameworthy faults, and disposer of breaths,

  10. إني قصدتك يا كريم ومن يمل

    لسوى علاك يبوء بالإفلاس

    I have turned to You, O Generous One; whoever inclines

    toward anything besides Your exaltedness returns destitute.

  11. وسألت فضلك يا مجيب يا جاه من

    ألبسته ثوب الكمال الكاسي

    I ask Your bounty, O Answerer, [by] the rank of him

    whom You clothed in the enveloping robe of perfection:

  12. طه الشفيع المجتبى خير الورى

    كنز المعالي سيد الرؤاس

    Ta Ha, the chosen intercessor, the best of creation,

    treasure of excellences, master of chieftains.

  13. ألشائد العليا بأيدي قوة

    خضعت لها الأطواد وهي رواسي

    He who builds the heights with hands of power,

    before which the firmly rooted mountains bowed.

  14. الصارف البؤسا يصائل عزمه

    خنست لها الآساد في الأحباس

    He who averts misery—his resolve charges forth;

    before it the lions shrink back into their enclosures.

  15. الصائب الأعراض بالسهم الذي

    تسديده أغنى عن الأقواس

    He who strikes the marks with an arrow

    whose true aim makes bows needless.

  16. من سبحت ضم الحصى في كفه

    وبها أدر الشاة للجلاس

    He in whose palm hard pebbles [reading uncertain] sang God's praise,

    and with it made the ewe yield milk for those seated there.

  17. والبدر شق له وظلله السحا

    ب وجاده بالوابل الرجاس

    The full moon was split for him, and the cloud shaded him

    and lavished on him a roaring downpour.

  18. والذئب خاطبه وناحته الظبي

    والوحش حياه على استئناس

    The wolf addressed him, and the gazelle cried to him;

    the wild beasts greeted him with familiarity.

  19. والصلد لان له وحييته الصبا

    ولأمره دان الأشم الغاسي

    Hard stone softened for him, and the east wind greeted him;

    the lofty, unyielding mountain obeyed his command.

  20. والنخل جاءت نحوه تمشي على

    ساق بلا قدم ولا أمراس

    The palm trees came toward him, walking upon

    a trunk, without feet or ropes.

  21. والجذع حن له بغير تصنع

    والفحل ذل له بغير مراس

    The palm trunk yearned for him without artifice;

    the bull camel submitted to him without handling.

  22. والجدل عاد بكفه سيفا

    كما انبجست بماء هامل بجاس

    A stick [reading uncertain] became a sword in his palm,

    just as his palm gushed with freely pouring water.

  23. والشمس أقفها أرجع قرصها

    في يوم وحي وانتظار أناس

    He halted the sun [reading uncertain] and brought back its disk

    on a day of revelation and people's waiting.

  24. نسخ الشرائع شرعه أو ما ترى

    كيف الضحى تخفى سنا الأقباس

    His law abrogated other laws; do you not see

    how daylight conceals the radiance of flames?

  25. ولكم أرى أهل السما من آية

    ولكم له من معجز في الناس

    How many signs he showed the dwellers of heaven!

    How many miracles he has among humankind!

  26. فبروحه وبجسمه وبقبره

    وبآله وبصحبه الأكباس

    So, by his spirit, his body, and his grave,

    by his family and his eminent companions [reading uncertain],

  27. وبزوجه وببنته وببعلها

    وآبنيهما وبعمه العباس

    by his wife, his daughter, and her husband,

    their two sons, and his uncle al-Abbas,

  28. وبصخرة البيت المقدس والخليل

    وحرمة السرداب والنبراس

    by the Rock of the Holy House and al-Khalil,

    and the sanctity of the underground chamber and the lamp,

  29. وبطيبة وقبا ومكة مع منى

    والخيف والجبل العلي الراس

    by Taybah, Quba, and Mecca, together with Mina,

    al-Khayf, and the lofty, firmly rooted mountain,

  30. وبالأنبيا والرسل والأملاك والأف

    لاك والإشراق والأغلاس

    by the prophets, the messengers, the angels, and the celestial

    spheres, the sunrise, and the darkness before dawn,

  31. وبآدم وبشيت والأسباط

    باليسع الرضى والإشراق والأغلاس

    by Adam, Seth, and the Tribes,

    by Elisha, the well-pleasing one, sunrise, and predawn darkness,

  32. واللوح والقلم المبين بخطّه

    اسرار وضع الحرف في القرطاس

    by the Tablet and the Pen, whose writing reveals

    the secrets of inscribing letters upon parchment,

  33. والصحف والألواح والكتب التي

    مزقن بالأضوادجي الألباس

    by the scriptures, the tablets, and the books that

    rent the veils of darkness with light [text uncertain],

  34. والحمد والإسرا وطه والضحى

    وسبا ومريم والناس والناس

    by al-Hamd, al-Isra, Ta Ha, and ad-Duha,

    Saba, Maryam, an-Nas, and an-Nas,

  35. وبآية الكرسي وآيات الشفا

    والحفظ والتعويذ والأحراس

    by the Verse of the Throne and the verses of healing,

    preservation, refuge, and protection,

  36. وباسمك الأعلى المعظم في العلى

    يا حي يا قيوم اصرف باسي

    and by Your Most High name, magnified on high:

    O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining One, avert my distress.

  37. وارحم تسلسل دمعي تذلّلي

    وخضوع قلبي والتجا أنفاس

    Have mercy on my streaming tears, my abasement,

    my heart's submission, and the refuge sought by my breaths.

  38. وآمنن علي بتوبة أمحو بها

    ماسود العصيان من أطواس

    Grant me repentance through which I may erase

    what disobedience has blackened upon the pages [reading uncertain].

  39. وانظر إليّ بعين لطفك واكفني

    شر الهوى والنفس والوسواس

    Look upon me with the eye of Your kindness, and spare me

    the evil of desire, the lower self, and the whisperer.

  40. واكفف أكف الضر عن جسدي وكد

    من كادني من سائر الأجناس

    Restrain the hands of harm from my body, and plot against

    whoever plots against me, of every kind.

  41. واكشف مصابي يا كريم ونجنّي

    مما ألاقي بالضنى وأقاسي وأزل

    Remove my affliction, O Generous One, and rescue me

    from what I suffer and endure in wasting illness; and remove,

  42. بسر قميص يوسف ما اعترى

    بصري من الوجع الشديد الياس

    by the secret of Joseph's shirt, what has afflicted

    my sight with severe, despairing pain [text uncertain].

  43. فلقد فقدت به جميل تصبري

    وشهي مأكولي وطيب نعاسي

    Through it I have lost my patient endurance,

    the pleasure of my food, and the sweetness of my sleep.

  44. وغدوت أضرب لاضطراب حسابه

    في باطن الأخماس في الأسداس

    In my troubled reckoning I have come to multiply

    fifths inwardly by sixths.

  45. فاصرفه عن عجل بحولك واشفني

    من حادث أعي الطبيب الآس

    Avert it swiftly, by Your power, and heal me

    of an affliction that has exhausted the physician and healer.

  46. وأزح غشا بصري بيعقوب الرضا

    يا من أنار البدر في الأغلاس

    Remove the veil from my sight, by Jacob, the well-pleasing one,

    O you who lit the full moon in predawn darkness,

  47. ومحا رسوم الشرك بالدين الذي

    قد أثبت الأحكام بالقسطاس

    and erased the traces of idolatry with the religion that

    established its ordinances with the just balance.

  48. ودعا لمولاه وأوضح للورى

    سبل الهدى بالسيف والمدعاس

    He called to his Lord and made clear to creation

    the paths of guidance with the sword and the thrusting spear.

  49. وغدا يرد فساد أقوال العدا

    بجلي برهان وصدق قياس

    He set about refuting the false words of his foes

    with clear proof and sound reasoning.

  50. وشفى عليا يوم خيبر بعدما

    قد كان ذا رمد شديد عاس

    He healed Ali on the day of Khaybar, after

    he had suffered severe, intractable inflammation of the eyes.

  51. وأعاد عين قتادة من بعدما

    قلعت كأحسن مقلة في راس

    He restored Qatadah's eye after

    it had been torn out, making it as fine as any eye in a head.

  52. ولكم شفى ووفى وعافى مبتلى

    وأخا مضرات وحلف إياس

    How many afflicted people he healed, fully tended, and restored,

    people beset by hardships and companions of despair!

  53. ولكم بعزمته وقى من حادث

    ولكم بدعوته كفى من باس

    How often, through his resolve, he protected against calamity!

    How often, through his prayer, he saved from distress!

  54. فبجاه طه المصطفى لا تخزني

    يا رب بين أقاربي وأناسي

    By the rank of Ta Ha, the Chosen One, do not disgrace me,

    O Lord, among my relatives and my people.

  55. فبه سألتك وهو أعظم وصلة

    لأخى انقطاع مقطع مفلاس

    Through him I ask You, for he is the greatest bond

    for one estranged, utterly cut off, and destitute.

  56. وبه استعنتك وهو أمنع عدة

    من عدة الأنصار والحواس

    Through him I seek Your aid, for he is a stronger resource

    than the resources of helpers and the senses.

  57. فبجاهه لا ترددن توسلي

    وبسره لا تعكسن قياسا وليس قد

    By his rank, never reject my plea for intercession.

    By his mystery, do not reverse my reckoning; have You not [text uncertain]

  58. نجيت آدم باسمه

    من كيد إبليس الخسيس الخاس

    saved Adam through his name

    from the guile of Iblis, vile and base?

  59. وكذا به نجيت نوحا إذ طمى

    الطوفان فوق أصابع المقياس

    Likewise, through him You saved Noah when

    the flood rose above the finger-marks of the gauge.

  60. وكذاك نجيت الخليل بنوره

    من نار أعداء الهدى الأنجاس

    Likewise, through his light You saved the Friend

    from the fire of guidance's impure enemies.

  61. وبه الذبيح أجرته لما ارتضى

    طوعا لوالده بحز الرأس

    Through him You sheltered the intended sacrifice when he consented

    willingly to his father's severing of his head.

  62. فهو الشفيع ومن يلذ بجنابه

    ينجو من الأبعاد والأنعاس

    He is the intercessor; whoever seeks refuge in his presence

    escapes banishment and slumbers.

  63. وهو الكريم ومن ينخ بفنائه

    يجلسه فوق مراتب وكراس

    He is the generous one; whoever kneels in his courtyard,

    he seats him above ranks and chairs.

  64. وهو الحبيب ومن ينادي باسمه

    يعلو على طود النجاة الراسي

    He is the beloved; whoever calls upon his name

    ascends the firmly rooted mountain of salvation.

  65. فبجاهه وبنوره وبسره

    متع حواسي الخمس بالإحساس

    By his rank, his light, and his mystery,

    let my five senses enjoy sensation.

  66. واحفظ قواي بصحة ما دمت في

    قيد الحياةإلى آنطفا مقباس

    Preserve my faculties in health as long as I remain within

    the bonds of life, until my lamp goes out.

  67. وامنن بعود للحطيم وزمزم

    والمدعى وسقاية العباس

    Grant me a return to al-Hatim and Zamzam,

    al-Mad'a and the watering-place of al-Abbas,

  68. وتردد ما بين أجنا طيبة

    وتطوف بضريح خير الناس

    and frequent journeys among Taybah's precincts [reading uncertain],

    and circling the tomb of the best of humankind.

  69. واجزل ثوابي وأوف ديني واعف عن

    خطئي وعن حطاي وعن إفلاس

    Make my reward abundant, discharge my debt, and pardon

    my errors, my sins [reading uncertain], and my destitution.

  70. وأنلني في الدارين ما أرجو وكن

    لي مؤنسا عند ابتغا الإيناس

    Grant me in both worlds what I hope for, and be

    a comforting companion to me when I seek companionship.

  71. وأجر من النيران جسمي واكسني

    في جنة الفردوس خير لباس

    Protect my body from the fires, and clothe me

    in the garden of Firdaws with the finest garment.

  72. واحفظ أمير المؤمنين ونجه

    من كيد حاسده العدو الخاس

    Protect the Commander of the Faithful, and save him

    from the guile of his envier, the base enemy.

  73. واعضده بالنصر العزيز وكن له

    عونا على غدر الزمان القاسي

    Strengthen him with mighty victory, and be for him

    a helper against the treachery of harsh time.

  74. واحنن عليه واعف عنه وعافه

    واحرسه في المحيى وفي الأرماس

    Have compassion on him, pardon him, and grant him well-being;

    guard him in life and in the graves.

  75. واسعد ولي العهد وامنحه الرضا

    وامنعه مما يختشى من باس

    Bless the heir to the succession, and grant him favor;

    protect him from the affliction he fears.

  76. وأنله ما يرجوه في الدارين

    واسبل فوقه الستر الحصين الكاسي

    Grant him what he hopes for in both worlds,

    and lower over him a strong, enveloping veil.

  77. واحرس بني واخوتي ومعارفي

    من عض أنياب الزمان القاسي

    Guard my sons, my brothers, and my acquaintances

    from the bite of harsh time's fangs.

  78. واغفر لأشياخي وآبائي وجد

    للمسلمين بثوب جود كاسي

    Forgive my teachers and my forefathers, and be generous

    to the Muslims with an enveloping garment of bounty.

  79. وأجب دعائي مثل ما عودتني

    كرما وطهرني من الأدناس

    Answer my prayer as You have accustomed me,

    generously, and purify me of defilements.

  80. واضمم بناء جوارحي وجوانحي

    واجعل على تقواك وضع أساسي

    Hold together the fabric of my limbs and inward parts,

    and lay my foundation upon reverence for You.

  81. وافض عليّ مآثر الإحسان وآذ

    كرني وإن كنت المبىء الناسي

    Pour upon me the bounties of beneficence, and remember

    me, though I am the wrongdoer [reading uncertain], the forgetful one.

  82. واحمل على نجب النجاة محاملي

    واسرج وألجم بالتقوى أفراسي

    Carry my burdens on salvation's noble camels,

    and saddle and bridle my horses with piety.

  83. وألن شكيمة طرف قلبي عله

    ينقاد للخيرات بعد شماس

    Soften the bit of my heart's steed, that it may

    submit to good deeds after rebelliousness.

  84. واسلك بعقلي منهج الحق الذي

    بالحق أفهمني بديع جناس

    Guide my mind along the path of the Truth, who

    through truth taught me wondrous wordplay.

  85. وأطر غراب مآثمي وجرائمي

    وأقم بلبل وصلة أعراسي

    Drive away the raven of my sins and crimes,

    and settle the nightingale of union at my wedding feasts.

  86. وأطل مناجاتي على طود الرضا

    وأنر بمصباح الهدى أغلاسي

    Prolong my intimate prayer upon the mountain of favor,

    and illuminate my darkness with the lamp of guidance.

  87. واجعل شعار ابن الخلوف

    مديح من أرجه يوم تطاير الأطراس

    Make the watchword of Ibn al-Khuluf

    the praise of him I hope in [reading uncertain] when the scrolls fly.

  88. واختم بخير واكفني الملكين

    وارحم غربتي في ظلمة الأرماس

    Conclude with goodness, and spare me the two angels;

    have mercy on my loneliness in the darkness of the graves.

  89. وامنن عليّ بتوبة في يثرب

    ما بين إبراهيم والعباس

    Grant me repentance in Yathrib,

    between Ibrahim and al-Abbas.

  90. إني سألتك بالحبيب ومن يسل

    بالمصطفى يعطى بغير قياس

    I have asked You through the Beloved; whoever asks

    through the Chosen One is given beyond measure.

  91. فأدم صلاتك والسلام عليه ما

    هب النسيم معنبر الأنفاس

    Perpetuate Your blessings and peace upon him as long as

    the breeze blows with amber-scented breaths.

  92. وعلى النبيين الأولى والرسل

    الأملاك وأهل الاحتبا الرؤاس

    And upon the prophets of old and the messengers,

    the angels, and the chieftains seated with knees drawn up,

  93. ما قام فوق الغصن يدعو ربه

    طير صغت لدعاه أذن الآس

    as long as, upon a bough, calling on its Lord, there stands

    a bird to whose prayer the myrtle lends its ear.

  94. وعلى الصحابة والقرابة كل ما

    صدح الهزار على الفنا المباس

    And upon the companions and the kin, whenever

    the nightingale sings upon the smiling courtyard [reading uncertain].