1. تعلق عجزي باسم مقتدرٍ ولم

    يضع عجز ملتاذ بمقتدرية

    My helplessness clung to the name of the All-Powerful; never

    was the helplessness of one seeking refuge in His omnipotence wasted.

  2. ومالي اقتدار أن تراني ضارعاً

    إليك ولكن أنت قومت قدرتي

    And I have no power even to be seen by You humbly pleading

    to You; but You have set my power aright.

  3. ومالي تدبير وأمر وخيرة

    وسلب وايجاب لتصريف درة

    I have no control, command, or choice,

    nor negation or affirmation in directing a pearl.

  4. بلى منك ايجادي واقدار نشأتي

    وتصريف أطواري واطلاق مكنتي

    Indeed, from You come my creation and the empowering of my existence,

    the shaping of my changing states and the release of my capacity.

  5. وأكرمتني بالأمر والنهي مظهراً

    لعلمك بي في سابق الأزلية

    And You honored me with command and prohibition, manifesting

    Your knowledge of me in primordial, beginningless eternity.

  6. فهب لي اقتداراً في مراضيك سيدي

    وعزز على نفسي اقتدراي وسلطتي

    So grant me power to do what pleases You, my Master,

    and strengthen my power and authority over my own self.

  7. ومالي وللأعداء بعد شكايتي

    إليك وتفويضي إليك معيتي

    What have I to do with enemies, after my complaint

    to You, and my entrusting my company to You?

  8. فصب عليهم سوط مقتدر فما

    مساعيهم في الأرض عنك بخفية

    So pour upon them the lash of the All-Powerful, for

    their endeavors on earth are not hidden from You.

  9. فما رحموا تحت اقتدارك بائساً

    ولا عاينوا أقدارهم تحت قدرة

    For under Your power they showed no mercy to the wretched,

    nor did they see their own standing beneath [Your] power.

  10. وخذهم برجز أخذ مقتدر كما

    أخذت على الطغيان كل جبلة

    And seize them with torment, as the All-Powerful seizes, just as

    You seized every multitude for transgression.

  11. وسلط عليهم سطوة اليم لا تدع

    لهم مركباً يجري على متر لجة

    And unleash upon them the sea's fury; do not leave

    them a vessel sailing upon the [surface] of the deep.