النَّاسُ فِي ضِيقٍ وَفِي حَرَجِ

النَّاسُ فِي ضِيقٍ وَفِي حَرَجِيَشْكُونَ مِنْ كَسْرٍ وَمِنْ عَرَجِ

An-nāsu fī ḍīqin wafī ḥaraji, Yashkūna min kasrin wamin ʿaraji

People are in hardship and in straits, complaining of brokenness and lameness.

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَحْمَنُ يَا ذَا العُلَاالغَوْثَ بِالفَتْحِ وَبِالفَرَجِ

Yā rabbi yā raḥmanu yā dhā al-ʿulā, Al-ghawtha bi-al-fatḥi wabi-al-faraji

O Lord, O Most Merciful, O Exalted One, help us with an opening and with relief!

يَا رَبِّ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا رَبَّنَاالْطُفْ بِنَا وَاهْدِ إِلَى النَّهَجِ

Yā rabbi yā mannānu yā rabbanā, Aṭ-ṭuf binā wahdi ilā an-nahaji

O Lord, O Bestower of favours, our Lord, be gentle with us and guide us to the clear path.

يَا رَبِّ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا ذُخْرَنَاعَافِ مِنَ الإِخْلَالِ وَالعِوَجِ

Yā rabbi yā ḥannānu yā dhukhranā, ʿāfi mina al-ʾikhlāli wa-al-ʿiwaji

O Lord, O Most Compassionate, O our treasure, spare us from disorder and crookedness.

يَا رَبِّ يَا دَيَّانُ يَا كَهْفَنَافِي سَاعَةِ الإِرْجَافِ وَالرَّهَجِ

Yā rabbi yā dayyānu yā kahfanā, Fī sāʿati al-ʾirjāfi wa-ar-rahaji

O Lord, O Judge, O our refuge in the hour of rumours and tumult,

يَا رَبِّ يَا ذَا العَرْشِ وَالكِبْرِيَاوَالمَجْدِ احْفَظْنَا مِنَ الهَرَجِ

Yā rabbi yā dhā al-ʿarshi wa-al-kibriyā, Wa-al-majdi ḥfaẓnā mina al-haraji

O Lord, Lord of the Throne, of grandeur and glory, protect us from chaos,

وَمِنْ فَرِيقٍ لَا خَلَاقَ لَهُمْقَدْ أَمْعَنُوا فِي الخُلْفِ وَالمَرَجِ

Wamin farīqin lā khalāqa lahum, Qad amʿanū fī al-khulfi wa-al-maraji

And from a faction who have no share of good, who have gone deep into discord and confusion.

وَرُبَّمَا رَامُوا بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْأَنْ يُلْبِسُوا الإِصْبَاحَ بِالدَّلَجِ

Warubbamā rāmū biʾafwāhihim, An yulbisū al-ʾiṣbāḥa bi-ad-dalaji

They may even try, with their mouths, to clothe the bright morning in the darkness of night,

وَيَتْرُكُونَا كَالبَهَائِمِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ لَا نُصْغِي إِلَى الحُجَجِ

Wayatrukūnā ka-al-bahāʾimi wa-al-, Anʿāmi lā nuṣghī ilā al-ḥujaji

And leave us like beasts and cattle that pay no heed to proofs.

كَلَّا لَعَمْرُ اللهِ لَنْ يَقْدِرُواوَلَنْ يُطِيقُوا ذَاكَ أَوْ نَعُجِ

Kallā laʿamru Allāhi lan yaqdirū, Walan yuṭīqū dhāka aw naʿuji

Never, by Allah's eternal life! They will not be able, nor will they manage it, nor will we turn aside.

إِنَّا بِحَبْلِ اللهِ مُعْتَصِمُونَوَسُنَّةِ المُسْتَخْلَصِ البَهِجِ

Innā biḥabli Allāhi muʿtaṣimūna, Wasunnati al-mustakhlaṣi al-bahiji

We hold fast to the rope of Allah, and to the Sunna of the chosen, radiant one.

نَسْأَلُكَ اللَّهُمَّ بِالمُصْطَفَىوَبِالخَلِيلِ الطَّيِّبِ الأَرِجِ

Nasʾaluka Allāhumma bi-al-muṣṭafā, Wabi-al-khalīli aṭ-ṭayyibi al-ʾariji

We ask You, O Allah, by the Chosen One, and by the Friend, the good, the fragrant,

وَصَاحِبِ الطُّورِ المُنَاجَى بِهِوَالرُّوحِ وَالنَّاجِي عَلَى اللُّجَجِ

Waṣāḥibi aṭ-ṭūri al-munājā bihi, Wa-ar-rūḥi wa-an-nājī ʿalā al-lujaji

And by the one of the Mount, with whom You conversed, and by the Spirit, and the one saved upon the deep waters,

وَبِالأَبِ الأَوَّلِ آدَمِهَاوَشِيثٍ وَالمَرْفُوعِ فِي الدَّرَجِ

Wabi-al-ʾabi al-ʾawwali ʾādamihā, Washīthin wa-al-marfūʿi fī ad-daraji

And by the first father, Adam, and Seth, and the one raised to a lofty place,

وَجُمْلَةِ الأَمْلَاكِ وَالكُتْبِ وَالرُّسْلِ الكِرَامِ وَسَائِرِ السُّرُجِ

Wajumlati al-ʾamlāki wa-al-kutbi wa-ar-ru, Sli al-kirāmi wasāʾiri as-suruji

And all the angels, the books and the noble messengers, and all the other lamps,

جِبْرِيلَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَاوٌ وَرَاوَصَاحِبِ اللَّوْحِ إِذَا يَهِجِ

Jibrīla mīkāʾīla wāwun warā, Waṣāḥibi al-lawḥi idhā yahiji

Gabriel, Michael, and after them the Keeper of the Tablet, when he is stirred

بِالنَّفْخِ وَالقَابِضِ أَرْوَاحَنَامِنْ سَاكِنٍ مِنْهَا وَمُنْزَعِجِ

Bi-an-nafkhi wa-al-qābiḍi arwāḥanā, Min sākinin minhā wamunzaʿiji

To blow the Trumpet, and the one who takes our souls, whether they are at peace or in turmoil.

يَا رَبِّ تِلْكَ مَسَائِلٌ نُظِمَتْلِعَبْدِ سُوءٍ بِمَنْطِقٍ لَهِجِ

Yā rabbi tilka masāʾilun nuẓimat, Liʿabdi sūʾin bimanṭiqin lahiji

O Lord, these are petitions set in verse by a wretched servant with an eager tongue,

جَمِّ الذُّنُوبِ كَثِيرُهَا قَعَدَتْبِهِ الأَمَانِي عَنْ عُلَا الفَرَجِ

Jammi adh-dhunūbi kathīruhā qaʿadat, Bihi al-ʾamānī ʿan ʿulā al-faraji

Laden with sins, so many, whose wishes have kept him from the heights of relief.

وَالقَوْمُ قَدْ تَعِبُوا وَقَدْ كَرِبُواوَقِيلَ عَنْهُمْ أَزْمَةُ انْفَرِجِي

Wa-al-qawmu qad taʿibū waqad karibū, Waqīla ʿanhum azmatu nfarijī

The people are weary and distressed, and it has been said for them: "O hardship, lift!"

وَقَدْ أَقَرَّ الجَمِيعُ وَاعْتَرَفُوابِأَنَّهُمْ مُخْطِئُونَ كَالهَمَجِ

Waqad aqarra al-jamīʿu waʿtarafū, Biʾannahum mukhṭiʾūna ka-al-hamaji

All have admitted and confessed that they are wrongdoers, like the rabble.

فَاغْفِرْ وَسَامِحْ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا فَقَدْتُبْنَا مِنَ المَذْمُومِ وَالسَّمِجِ

Faghfir wasāmiḥ waʿfu ʿannā faqad, Tubnā mina al-madhmūmi wa-as-samiji

So forgive, pardon and absolve us, for we have repented of all that is blameworthy and base.

وَأَنْزِلِ الغَيْثَ وَأَنْبِتْ لَنَاوَنَجِّ مِنْ حَرِّهَا وَمِنْ وَهَجِ

Waʾanzili al-ghaytha waʾanbit lanā, Wanajji min ḥarrihā wamin wahaji

Send down the rain and make things grow for us, and save us from the heat and from the blaze,

بِسِرِّ يَاسِينَ شَفِيعِ الوَرَىوَأَحْمَدِ الحَامِدِينَ إِذْ يَلِجِ

Bisirri yāsīna shafīʿi al-warā, Waʾaḥmadi al-ḥāmidīna idh yaliji

By the secret of Yasin, intercessor for creation, Ahmad, most praising of all who praise, when he enters,

نَبِيِّكَ الهَادِي الرَّسُولِ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ جَمِيعاً بِأَوْضَحِ الحُجَجِ

Nabiyyika al-hādī ar-rasūli ilā al-, Khalqi jamīʿan biʾawḍaḥi al-ḥujaji

Your Prophet, the guide, the Messenger to all creation with the clearest proofs.

عَلَيْهِ أَزْكَى الصَّلَاةِ دَائِمَةًتَكُرُّ كَرَّ الشُّهُورِ وَالحِجَجِ

ʿalayhi azkā aṣ-ṣalāti dāʾimatan, Takurru karra ash-shuhūri wa-al-ḥijaji

Upon him be the purest blessings, everlasting, returning as the months and the years return,

وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ مَا هَمَى مُزُنٌوَسَارَتِ الجَارِيَاتُ فِي الثَّبَجِ

Wa-al-ʾāli wa-aṣ-ṣaḥbi mā hamā muzunun, Wasārati al-jāriyātu fī ath-thabaji

And upon his family and Companions, as long as the rain clouds pour, and ships sail through the midst of the sea.