ببابكat Your door ياO وهابBestower أملقتI became destitute مخفقاًempty-handed
ببابك يا وهاب أملقت مخفقاً
وأقويتand I ran out of provisions مجهوداًexhausted بأسرin the captivity of البليةaffliction
وأقويت مجهوداً بأسر البلية
At Your door, O Bestower, I am destitute and empty-handed,
I came pleading at Your door, o Bestower
And left without provisions, exhausted in affliction’s grip.
And with anguish of ordeal my efforts strengthened
ببابكat Your door ياO وهابBestower أخلصتI made sincere رغبتيmy longing
ببابك يا وهاب أخلصت رغبتي
وأوردتand I brought to water آماليmy hopes وأنزلتand I lodged بغيتيmy desire
وأوردت آمالي وأنزلت بغيتي
At Your door, O Bestower, I have made my longing sincere,
At Your door, o Bestower, my desire purified
And brought my hopes to water, and lodged my desire.
And my hopes were watered and my quest descended
عنائيmy suffering عناءthe suffering of المجهدينthe exhausted وحالتيand my condition
عنائي عناء المجهدين وحالتي
بعلمكwithin Your knowledge فاجبرso remedy عيلتيmy poverty وأشفand heal غلتيmy burning thirst
بعلمك فاجبر عيلتي وأشف غلتي
My suffering is that of the exhausted, and my condition
My toil is the toil of those who struggle and my state
Is known to You; so relieve my poverty and quench my thirst.
By Your knowledge, so heal my weakness and remedy my illness
مواهبكYour gifts اللهمO God منfrom غيرother than حيلةcontrivance
مواهبك اللهم من غير حيلة
تواصلهاYou keep them coming تترىin succession وخيرand the best of وسيلتيmy means of approach
تواصلها تترى وخير وسيلتي
Your gifts, O God, are bestowed without contrivance;
Your blessings, o Allah, without any trick
You send them one after another, and they are my best means of approach.
Continuous they seem, and my best means
ووهبكand Your giving ياO وهابBestower ليسis not لعارضfor an incidental cause
ووهبك يا وهاب ليس لعارض
وليسnor is it لأغراضfor purposes ولاnor عوضيةrecompense
وليس لأغراض ولا عوضية
And Your giving, O Bestower, is not prompted by circumstance,
Your bestowal, o Bestower, has no hindrance
Nor by motives, nor by recompense.
No motives, and no compensation
وأنتand You الجوادthe Bountiful One الحقthe true لاno وهبgiving مطلقاًwhatsoever
وأنت الجواد الحق لا وهب مطلقاً
منfrom الخلقcreation إلاexcept منكfrom You ياO ذاpossessor of العطيةbounty
من الخلق إلا منك يا ذا العطية
And You are the truly Bountiful; no giving whatsoever
You are The Open Handed, The True, who bestows unrestricted
Comes from creatures except from You, O Lord of bounty.
None bestows from mankind except You, o The All-Bountiful
وكيفand how حصولthe occurrence of الوهبgiving ممنfrom one whom ملكتهYou own him
وكيف حصول الوهب ممن ملكته
وليسand there is not لهfor him فيin الملكownership ذرةan atom of شركةpartnership
وليس له في الملك ذرة شركة
And how can giving come from one whom You own,
How can a bestowal occur from one You have possessed
When he has not an atom’s share in ownership?
Who has no partnership with You in that possession
ولاnor ينبغيis fitting للوهبfor giving منfrom غيرother than مالكan owner
ولا ينبغي للوهب من غير مالك
ولاnor ينبغيis fitting للوهبfor giving بالسببيةthrough causation
ولا ينبغي للوهب بالسببية
Nor is giving rightly attributed to one who does not own,
Nor is it fitting for one to bestow without owning
Nor is it rightly attributed on grounds of causation.
Nor is the bestowal dependent on causality
فماfor ... is not الوهبgiving فيin التحقيقreality إلاexcept لواهبto a giver
فما الوهب في التحقيق إلا لواهب
غنيself-sufficient مليabundantly wealthy مالكowner of كلevery فطرةcreated nature
غني ملي مالك كل فطرة
For giving, in truth, belongs only to a Giver
The bestowal, in truth, belongs only to the Bestower
Self-sufficient, abundantly wealthy, owning every created being.
Rich, Eternal, All-Possessing, every nature’s Creator
الهيmy God هبgrant ليto me منfrom مواهبكYour gifts الغنىfreedom from need
الهي هب لي من مواهبك الغنى
عنfrom الخلقcreation فيin نفسيmyself وفيand in واجدينيthose who encounter me
عن الخلق في نفسي وفي واجديني
My God, grant me, among Your gifts, freedom from need
My God, bestow on me from Your blessings independence
Of creation, for myself and for those who encounter me.
From mankind inwardly and in my dependence on them
الهيmy God هبgrant ليto me رحمةmercy لدنيةfrom Your presence
الهي هب لي رحمة لدنية
فكلfor all الغنىfreedom from need فيin الرحمةthe mercy اللدنيةfrom Your presence
فكل الغنى في الرحمة اللدنية
My God, grant me mercy from Your presence,
My God, bestow on me an intimacy of mercy
For all freedom from need lies in mercy from Your presence.
For all independence is in intimate mercy