يا تاركين الصلاة

يكفي كفى من فوات

O you who abandon prayer,

enough—enough of missed prayers!

توبوا إلى ربكم

من قبل تمسوا رفات

Repent to your Lord

before you become crumbling remains.

فإن ترك الصلاة

من أعظم الموبقات

For abandoning prayer

is among the gravest deadly sins.

وتركها ظاهر

من أكبر المنكرات

And abandoning it is plainly

among the greatest wrongs.

والنكر للمنكرات

من أوجب الواجبات

And denouncing wrongdoing

is among the most binding duties.

فانكروا تسلموا

مما ورد في السكات

So denounce it, and you will be safe

from what has been reported concerning those who remain silent.

فعلموا عرفوا

وذكروا بالعظات

So teach and make it known,

and remind people with admonitions.

ثم ازجروا واقهروا

بالسمر والمرهفات

Then rebuke and subdue,

with dark-shafted spears and sharpened blades,

لمن قدر واستطاع

أو فاهجروه بتات

for whoever has the power and ability;

otherwise, shun him utterly.

وادعوا إليها الجميع

بنينكم والبنات

And call everyone to it:

your sons and daughters,

وسائر المسلمين

من كل أهل الجهات

and all other Muslims,

people from every region—

فقيرهم والغنى

ضعفاءهم والعتاة

their poor and their rich,

their weak and their defiant,

وأهل الحرف كلهم

والبدو والباديات

all those who practice trades,

the desert dwellers and the women of the desert,

صغيرهم والكبير

والعجز العاجزات

their young and their old,

the helpless men and helpless women,

أحرارهم والعبيد

عموم تحيي الموات

their free people and their slaves.

All alike: it revives the lifeless.

لا تعجزوا أنها

لله نفحات تات

Do not falter; indeed,

God has wafts of grace that come.

تعرضوا تظفروا

كذ بالأخبارجات

Expose yourselves to them, and you will succeed;

thus it has come in the reports.

فذكروا بالصلاة

ياطالبين الصلاة

So remind people of prayer,

O seekers of prayer.

فقد أتى ذكرها

بالنص في المحكمات

For mention of it has come

explicitly in the unequivocal verses.

وكم حديث أتى

عن صاحب المعجزات

And how many a tradition has come

from the bearer of miracles,

عن الرواة العدول

الصادقين الثقات

through upright transmitters,

truthful and trustworthy,

بالوعد للقائمين

لها بنيل الهبات

promising those who observe

it the attainment of gifts:

من كل خير جزيل

والفوز بالدرجات

every abundant good,

and the gaining of lofty degrees,

وأكل عيش هنى

في ذه وبعد الممات

and enjoying a pleasant livelihood

in this life and after death.

وسعيه قد حظى

بكثرة البركات

His striving has indeed been favored

with abundant blessings.

وهي كنهر لنا

لا يبق مستقذرات

It is like a river for us,

leaving no filth behind.

تمحى ذنوبك سوى

كبائر السيآت

Your sins are erased, except

the gravest evil deeds.

وكل ذاهب لها

خطواته حسنات

And everyone who walks to it—

his footsteps are good deeds.

والرزق يأتي إليه

صفوا بغير التفات

And sustenance comes to him

pure, without his looking for it.

هي ركن الإسلام كن

حافظا لها من فوات

It is a pillar of Islam; be

careful to guard it from being missed.

هي رأسه والعمود

بادر إليها وآت

It is its head and supporting pillar;

hasten to it, and come.

يا فوز قائم بها

فقد حوى الطيبات

What triumph for one who observes it!

For he has gathered good things.

طوبى له بخته

قد فاز بالزاكيات

Blessed is he—how fortunate!

He has attained pure blessings.

وكل تارك لها

فيه أتت هائلات

And everyone who abandons it—

terrifying things have been reported concerning him,

من الوعيد العظيم

أخباره ثابتات

in the form of mighty warnings,

whose reports are established:

من كفره والنفاق

والموت ماله ثبات

his unbelief and hypocrisy,

and death, with no steadfastness for him.

ولا له ذمة

وحاله في شتات

Nor does he have a covenant of protection,

and his condition is in disarray.

وقتله واجب

كسائرالمهدرات

And putting him to death is obligatory,

like others whose blood is forfeit;

لكن لغير الإمام

ماجاز للافتيات

but for anyone other than the ruler,

this is unlawful, being a usurpation of authority.

يحشر مع الكافرين

وكل مشرك وعات

He will be raised with the unbelievers,

and every idolater and rebel.

ومن سكت هو شريك

في هذه المخزيات

And whoever stays silent is a partner

in these disgraces.

وكل حله بها

تارك لفرض الصلاة

And every settlement in which there is

one who abandons the prescribed prayer—

فقحطهم لازم

وجدبهم والسنات

drought is bound to befall them,

with barrenness and years of famine.

وإن يصلوا الجميع

ثم أتوا بالزكاة

But if they all pray

and then give the prescribed alms,

يقع لهم كل سول

ولا يرون التراث

every wish of theirs will be fulfilled,

and they will not see the inheritance [context unclear].

دعاؤهم مستجاب

كالأسهم الصائبات

Their supplication will be answered,

like arrows that hit their mark.

فصلها دائما

من قبل يأتي البيات

So perform it always,

before the night assault comes.

وأت بأركانها

وشروطها كاملات

And perform its essential acts,

and fulfill all its conditions.

واستنج أول لها

ثم الوضو بعد آت

First cleanse yourself of bodily waste for it,

then perform ablution afterward.

فانو بقلبك من

نياته المجزئات

Then form in your heart one of

the intentions sufficient for its validity.

واغسل لوجهك ثلاثا

جميعهن سابغات

And wash your face three times,

each washing thorough.

واغسل يديك ثلاثا

إلى العضد بالغات

And wash your hands three times,

reaching as far as the upper arm.

وامسح لراسك ولا

تستكف بالشعرات

And wipe your head; do not

be content with a few hairs.

واغسل لرجليك مط

ما كان من مانعات

And wash your feet; remove

anything that obstructs the water.

ورتب الكل لا

تقع في المبطلات

And put everything in order; do not

fall into what invalidates it.

والعورة استرلها

بثيابك الطاهرات

And cover your nakedness

with your pure garments.

وصل مستقبلا

للبيت ذي الثمرات

And pray facing

the House endowed with fruits.

ولا تكلم ولا

توالي الحركات

Do not speak, nor

make repeated movements.

وهات باقي الشروط

واحذر من المفسدات

And fulfill the remaining conditions,

and beware of what invalidates it.

وانو وكبر وقم

والفاتحة بعدهات

Form the intention, say 'God is greatest,' and stand;

and afterward recite al-Fatihah.

واركع ورض واعتدل

واسجد مع الساجدات

Bow, be still, and straighten up;

and prostrate with those who prostrate.

واجلس ورض ثم خر

لثاني السجدات

Sit, be still, then fall

into the second prostration.

ذه ركعة ثم قم

وكمل الباقيات

This is one prayer-cycle; then stand

and complete those remaining.

ثم تشهد وصل

على حسين الصفات

Then recite the testimony and send blessings

upon the one of beautiful qualities.

سلم ورتب وكن

ذاهم بالواجبات

Give the closing salutation, keep the order, and be

mindful of the obligatory acts.

ثم السنن هاتها

فنعمك النافعات

Then perform the recommended practices,

for your beneficial blessings

تحصل إذا أسلموك

أهلك إلى الحادثات

will be gained when you are handed over

by your family to calamities.

خذلك من العلم ما

يحفظك من مهلكات

Take from knowledge what

will guard you from deadly perils.

جالس لكل عليم

يرشدك المنجيات

Keep company with every learned person

who guides you to the means of salvation.

وعلم الجاهلين

فهو أفضل الصدقات

And teach the ignorant,

for that is the finest charity,

خصوصا الغافلين

عن الهدى والعظات

especially those heedless

of guidance and admonition.

خذهم برفق ولين

تظفر بالطلبات

Handle them with gentleness and kindness,

and you will attain what you seek.

ياربنا يا كريم

يا غافر السيآت

O our Lord, O Generous One,

O Forgiver of evil deeds,

اغفر لنا ذنبنا

وابدله بالصالحات

forgive us our sin,

and replace it with righteous deeds.

وهب لنا كل سؤل

واحفظ من المؤياذت

Grant us every request,

and protect us from harmful things.

واختم لنا بالصلاح

وبالهدى والثبات

And grant us a righteous end,

with guidance and steadfastness,

ببركة المصطفى

من جاء بالبينات

through the blessing of the Chosen One,

who brought clear proofs.

عليه صلى الاله

تعداد كل النبات

May God bless him

as many times as there are plants,

مع السلام الجزيل

ماسارت اليعملات

with abundant peace,

as long as the swift she-camels travel,

وآله والصحاب

وأزواجه الطاهرات

and his family and Companions,

and his pure wives,

والمؤمنين أجمعين

وسائر المومنات

and all believing men,

and all other believing women.

والحمدلله ما

نودى إلى الصلوات

And praise be to God whenever

the call to prayer is made,

وعد آلائه

والنعم السابغات

and as numerous as His favors

and His abundant blessings—

حمدا كثير جزيل

لا تحصه الكلمات

praise abundant and immense,

which words cannot number.