وياand O مؤمنGiver of Safety امنحنيgrant me الأمانsafety وأمنكand Your protection الthe
ويا مؤمن امنحني الأمان وأمنك ال
حصينimpregnable فماfor there is no فيin النقصimperfection أمنsafety لخيفتيfor my fear
حصين فما في النقص أمن لخيفتي
O Faith-Giver, grant me safety—and Your impregnable—
And O Giver of Safety, grant me safety and Your protection—
—protection; for amid imperfection there is no safety for my fear.
impregnable; for in imperfection there is no safety for my fear.
وأمنكand Your protection للمخلوقfor the created being لاno خوفfear عندهwith it
وأمنك للمخلوق لا خوف عنده
لسوءof harm بذيin this الدنياworld وبالأخرويةand in the hereafter
لسوء بذي الدنيا وبالأخروية
Your safeguard leaves the creature with no fear
And under Your protection the creature has no fear
of evil in this world or in the hereafter.
of harm in this world or in the hereafter.
وأمنكand Your protection حصنa fortress ماwhatever نبعhas sprung forth لاnot يؤودهburdens it
وأمنك حصن ما نبع لا يؤوده
عداءhostility الرزاياcalamities واقتحامand the onslaught البليةaffliction
عداء الرزايا واقتحام البلية
Your safeguard is a fortress: whenever an assault surges, it is not weighed down by
And Your protection is a fortress for whatever has sprung forth, unburdened
the onslaught of calamities or the inrush of affliction.
by the hostility of calamities and the onslaught of affliction.
وأمنكand Your protection ليfor me ياO مؤمنGiver of Safety الخوفfear جنةa shield
وأمنك لي يا مؤمن الخوف جنة
فماthen what ليfor me وشيطانيand my devil ونفسيand my soul الغويةwayward
فما لي وشيطاني ونفسي الغوية
Your safeguard against fear, O Faith-Giver, is my shield;
And Your protection is a shield for me, O You who give safety from fear.
what have I then to do with my devil and my wayward soul?
What, then, have I to do with my devil and my wayward soul?
وأمنكand Your protection ليfor me منfrom حيثinsofar as أنكthat You ذاكريremembering me
وأمنك لي من حيث أنك ذاكري
وذكرىand my remembrance لكof You اللهمO God بالتبعيةas a consequence
وذكرى لك اللهم بالتبعية
Your safeguard is mine, inasmuch as You remember me,
And Your protection is mine because You remember me,
while my remembrance of You, O God, follows from Yours.
and my remembrance of You, O God, follows from Yours.
وأمنكand Your protection ليfor me منfrom جانبthe side of الخوفfear كالرجاlike hope
وأمنك لي من جانب الخوف كالرجا
أمانيmy safety إذاwhen ألهمتنيهYou inspire it in me وعصمتيand my safeguard
أماني إذا ألهمتنيه وعصمتي
Your safeguard for me, on the side of fear, is like hope—
And Your protection for me through fear, like hope,
my security when You inspire it in me and preserve me.
is my safety, when You inspire it in me, and my safeguard.
وأمنكand Your protection ليfor me منfrom حيثinsofar as خلقthe creation of هدايتيmy guidance
وأمنك لي من حيث خلق هدايتي
لأسبابto the causes of ماwhat فيهin which نجاتيmy salvation وهلكتيand my ruin
لأسباب ما فيه نجاتي وهلكتي
Your safeguard is mine in Your creating my guidance
And Your protection is mine through the creation of my guidance
toward the causes of that wherein lie my salvation and my ruin.
to the causes of what holds my salvation and my ruin.
وأمنكand Your protection ليfor me منfrom خوفfear مكركYour stratagem معقلa stronghold
وأمنك لي من خوف مكرك معقل
يقينيprotects me ومنand from حيثinsofar as التوكلreliance منعتيmy defense
يقيني ومن حيث التوكل منعتي
Your safeguard against fear of Your subtle design is the stronghold
And Your protection from fear of Your stratagem is a stronghold for me
of my certainty, while trust in You is my protection.
that shields me; and through trust, it is my defense.
وهبتI gave إلىto الايمانfaith وهوand it ذريعتيmy means of approach
وهبت إلى الايمان وهو ذريعتي
فياso O منYou who بهthrough Him منهfrom Him إليهtoward Him ذريعتيmy means of approach
فيا من به منه إليه ذريعتي
I hastened toward faith, and it is my means of approach—
I gave myself to faith, and it is my means of approach;
O You through whom, from whom, and unto whom is my means!
so O You through whom, from whom, and toward whom is my means of approach,
أمنتI became safe بكthrough You اللهمَO God كلevery مخوفةfeared danger
أمنت بك اللهمَ كل مخوفة
باحسانthrough the goodness of ظنيmy opinion لاnot باحسانthrough the goodness of سيرتيmy conduct
باحسان ظني لا باحسان سيرتي
Through You, O God, I am safe from every fearful thing,
I am safe through You, O God, from every dreaded thing,
by my good expectation of You, not by the goodness of my conduct.
through thinking well of You, not through the goodness of my conduct.
الهيmy God منكfrom You الأمنsafety والخوفand fear كائنarising
الهي منك الأمن والخوف كائن
وكلand every مجازmetaphor راجعreturning للحقيقةto reality
وكل مجاز راجع للحقيقة
My God, from You both safety and fear arise,
My God, safety and fear arise from You,
and every metaphor returns to the Reality.
and every metaphor returns to reality.