الشَّكُّ وَالوَهْمُ رَأْسُ الشَّرِّ وَالحَذَرِ

وَاسْأَلْ مِنَ اللهِ كَشْفَ البُؤْسِ وَالضَّرَرِ

Wasʾal mina Allāhi kashfa al-buʾsi wa-aḍ-ḍarari

And ask Allah to remove misery and harm.

الشَّكُّ وَالوَهْمُ رَأْسُ الشَّرِّ وَالحَذَرِوَالجِدُّ وَالصَّبْرُ بَابُ الفَوْزِ وَالظَّفَرِ

Ash-shakku wa-al-wahmu raʾsu ash-sharri wa-al-ḥadhari, Wa-al-jiddu wa-aṣ-ṣabru bābu al-fawzi wa-aẓ-ẓafari

Doubt and illusion are the root of evil and of fear, and earnestness and patience are the gate of triumph and victory.

وَالعَزْمُ وَالحَزْمُ لَا يُنْجِي مِنَ القَدَرِسَلِّمْ هُدِيتَ لِمَاضِي الحُكْمِ وَاصْطَبِرِ

Wa-al-ʿazmu wa-al-ḥazmu lā yunjī mina al-qadari, Sallim hudīta limāḍī al-ḥukmi waṣṭabiri

Resolve and prudence do not save from destiny; submit, may you be guided, to the decree that has passed, and be patient.

حَسِّنْ ظُنُونَكَ بِالمَوْلَى تَرَى البُشْرَىفَالرَّبُّ عِنْدَ ظُنُونِ العَبْدِ فَلْتَدْرَى

Ḥassin ẓunūnaka bi-al-mawlā tarā al-bushrā, Fa-ar-rabbu ʿinda ẓunūni al-ʿabdi faltadrā

Think well of your Master and you will see glad tidings, for the Lord is as His servant thinks of Him; so know it.

جَاءَ الحَدِيثُ بِذَا فَاصْغَ إِلَى الذِّكْرَىوَالبَسْ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ سِرْبَالاً لَدَى الضَّجَرِ

Jāʾa al-ḥadīthu bidhā faṣgha ilā adh-dhikrā, Wa-al-bas mina aṣ-ṣabri sirbālan ladā aḍ-ḍajari

The hadith has come with this, so listen to the reminder, and put on a garment of patience in times of distress.

لَا تَجْزَعَنَّ وَلَا تَيْأَسْ مِنَ الفَرَجِوَقُلْ إِذَا لَجَّ خَطْبُ الضُّرِّ وَالحَرَجِ

Lā tajzaʿanna walā tayʾas mina al-faraji, Waqul idhā lajja khaṭbu aḍ-ḍurri wa-al-ḥaraji

Do not grieve, and do not despair of relief, and say, when the calamity of harm and hardship persists:

إِشْتَدِّ أَزْمَةُ إِنْ تَشْتَدِّ تَنْفَرِجِيفَالعُسْرُ بِاليُسْرِ مَتْبُوعٌ عَلَى الأَثَرِ

Ishtaddi azmatu in tashtaddi tanfarijī, Fa-al-ʿusru bi-al-yusri matbūʿun ʿalā al-ʾathari

"Grow severe, O hardship; if you grow severe, you will lift," for hardship is followed by ease, close behind.

رَوِّحْ فُؤَادَكَ مِنْ هَمٍّ وَمِنْ حَزَنِفَإِنَّهُ تَعَبٌ لِلرُّوحِ وَالبَدَنِ

Rawwiḥ fuʾādaka min hammin wamin ḥazani, Faʾinnahu taʿabun lilrrūḥi wa-al-badani

Give your heart rest from worry and grief, for it is weariness for the spirit and the body.

وَارْجِعْ إِلَى اللهِ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالمِحَنِرُجُوعَ مُفْتَقِرٍ مُضْطَرٍّ مُنْكَسِرِ

Warjiʿ ilā Allāhi fī as-sarrāʾi wa-al-miḥani, Rujūʿa muftaqirin muḍṭarrin munkasiri

Return to Allah in prosperity and in trials, the return of one in need, compelled and broken.

كَمْ شِدَّةٍ ضَاقَ مِنْهَا الصَّدْرُ وَالنَّادِيتَخَوَّفَ القَلْبُ مِنْهَا شَرَّهَا العَادِي

Kam shiddatin ḍāqa minhā aṣ-ṣadru wa-an-nādī, Takhawwafa al-qalbu minhā sharrahā al-ʿādī

How many a hardship that made the breast and the company feel constricted, whose hostile evil the heart feared,

أَمْسَتْ فَمَا أَصْبَحَتْ حَتَّى بَدَا بَادِيمِنْ لُطْفِ رَبِّكَ لَمْ يُبْقِ وَلَمْ يَذَرِ

Amsat famā aṣbaḥat ḥattā badā bādī, Min luṭfi rabbika lam yubqi walam yadhari

Came in the evening, and before morning there appeared something of your Lord's gentleness that left nothing of it behind!

وَلِلنَّوَائِبِ وَالأَكْدَارِ أَوْقَاتُإِذَا انْقَضَتْ تَنْقَضِي مِنْهَا إِقَامَاتُ

Walilnnawāʾibi wa-al-ʾakdāri awqātu, Idhā nqaḍat tanqaḍī minhā iqāmātu

Misfortunes and troubles have their times; when those times end, their stay ends with them.

وَفِي التَّحَرُّكِ قَبْلَ الوَقْتِ آفَاتُفَاسْكُنْ لَهَا وَارْتَقِبْ يَا قَلْبُ وَاصْطَبِرِ

Wafī at-taḥarruki qabla al-waqti ʾāfātu, Faskun lahā wartaqib yā qalbu waṣṭabiri

Moving before the time brings harm; so be still, wait, O heart, and be patient.

وَإِنَّ قَوْلَكَ لِمْ هَذَا وَكَيْفَ وَهَلْمِنْكَ اعْتِرَاضٌ عَلَى الرَّحْمَنِ عَزَّ وَجَلّ

Waʾinna qawlaka lim hadhā wakayfa wahal, Minka ʿtirāḍun ʿalā ar-raḥmani ʿazza wajall

Your saying "Why this?" and "How?" and "Is it?" Is an objection on your part to the Most Merciful, Mighty and Majestic.

قُلْ قَدَّرَ اللهُ مَا شَاءَ الإِلَهُ فَعَلْإِذَا غُلِبْتَ كَمَا قَدْ صَحَّ فِي الخَبَرِ

Qul qaddara Allāhu mā shāʾa al-ʾilahu faʿal, Idhā ghulibta kamā qad ṣaḥḥa fī al-khabari

Say, "Allah decreed, and what God wills He does," when you are overcome, as is authentic in the hadith.

قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللهُ ذُو العَرْشِ الَّذِي يَعْلَمْبِالسِّرِّ وَالجَهْرِ وَاسْتَسْلِمْ لَهُ تَسْلَمْ

Qul ḥasbiya Allāhu dhū al-ʿarshi al-ladhī yaʿlam, Bi-as-sirri wa-al-jahri wastaslim lahu taslam

Say, "Allah suffices me, Lord of the Throne, who knows the secret and the open," and submit to Him and you will be safe.

وَلَا تَقُلْ لَوْ كَذَا كَانَ كَذَا تَنْدَمْوَارْضَ بِمُرِّ القَضَا تَنْجُو مِنَ الخَطَرِ

Walā taqul law kadhā kāna kadhā tandam, Warḍa bimurri al-qaḍā tanjū mina al-khaṭari

Do not say, "If only this had been so, it would have been thus," for you will regret it; accept the bitterness of decree and you will be saved from danger.

وَرُبَّ أَمْرٍ مَهُولٍ يُضْجِرُ الإِنْسَانْفِي طَيِّهِ مُوجِبَاتُ العَفْوِ وَالغُفْرَانْ

Warubba amrin mahūlin yuḍjiru al-ʾinsān, Fī ṭayyihi mūjibātu al-ʿafwi wa-al-ghufrān

Many a terrifying matter that distresses a person holds within it the causes of pardon and forgiveness,

وَفِي عَوَاقِبِهِ الخَيْرَاتُ وَالإِحْسَانْفَارْمِ العَوَاقِبَ وَادْخُلْ رَوْضَةَ الفِكَرِ

Wafī ʿawāqibihi al-khayrātu wa-al-ʾiḥsān, Farmi al-ʿawāqiba wadkhul rawḍata al-fikari

And in its outcomes are good things and kindness; so look to the outcomes, and enter the garden of reflection.

وَبَشِّرِ القَلْبَ بِالإِفْرَاجِ وَالفَرَحِوَبِالعَوَافِي مِنَ الأَكْدَارِ وَالتَّرَحِ

Wabashshiri al-qalba bi-al-ʾifrāji wa-al-faraḥi, Wabi-al-ʿawāfī mina al-ʾakdāri wa-at-taraḥi

Give your heart glad tidings of relief and joy, of well-being from troubles and sorrow,

وَبِالمُنَى وَالهَنَا وَالفَوْزِ بِالمِنَحِمِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّكَ وَاشْكُرْ مُدَّةَ العُمُرِ

Wabi-al-munā wa-al-hanā wa-al-fawzi bi-al-minaḥi, Min faḍli rabbika washkur muddata al-ʿumuri

Of wishes, happiness and the winning of gifts from your Lord's bounty, and be grateful all your life.

قُلْ يَا سَمِيعَ الدُّعَا يَا عَالِمَ الأَسْرَارْيَا كَاشِفَ الضُّرِّ يَا غَفَّارُ يَا قَهَّارْ

Qul yā samīʿa ad-duʿā yā ʿālima al-ʾasrār, Yā kāshifa aḍ-ḍurri yā ghaffāru yā qahhār

Say: "O Hearer of prayer, O Knower of secrets, O Remover of harm, O Forgiving, O Subduer,

يَا جَابِرَ الكَسْرِ يَا جَبَّارُ يَا سَتَّارْإِلَيْكَ فَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي وَانْتَهَى نَظَرِي

Yā jābira al-kasri yā jabbāru yā sattār, Ilayka fawwaḍtu amrī wantahā naẓarī

O Mender of the broken, O Compeller, O Coverer of faults, to You I have entrusted my affair, and my gaze rests with You.

يَا عُدَّتِي يَا رَجَائِي فِي المُهِمَّاتِوَمَفْزَعِي وَمَلَاذِي فِي المُلِمَّاتِ

Yā ʿuddatī yā rajāʾī fī al-muhimmāti, Wamafzaʿī wamalādhī fī al-mulimmāti

O my provision, O my hope in matters of concern, my shelter and my refuge in calamities,

ضَاقَتْ بِمَا حَلَّ حَالَاتِي وَأَوْقَاتِيفَاكْشِفْهُ فِي عَجَلٍ يَا بَارِئَ الصُّوَرِ

Ḍāqat bimā ḥalla ḥālātī waʾawqātī, Fakshifhu fī ʿajalin yā bāriʾa aṣ-ṣuwari

My states and my times have grown narrow with what has befallen me; so remove it swiftly, O Shaper of forms.

إِلَيْكَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي وَانْتَهَى سَيْرِيوَلَمْ أُرَجِّي لِكَشْفِ البُؤْسِ وَالضَّيْرِ

Ilayka wajjahtu wajhī wantahā sayrī, Walam urajjī likashfi al-buʾsi wa-aḍ-ḍayri

To You I have turned my face, and with You my journey ends, and I do not hope for the removal of misery and harm

سِوَاكَ يَا رَبُّ يَا فَتَّاحُ بِالخَيْرِسُبْحَانَكَ اللهُ يَا رُكْنِي وَيَا وَزَرِي

Siwāka yā rabbu yā fattāḥu bi-al-khayri, Subḥānaka Allāhu yā ruknī wayā wazarī

From any but You, O Lord, O Opener of good; glory be to You, O Allah, my pillar and my shelter.

يَا ذَا الجَلَالِ وَذَا الإِكْرَامِ وَالإِعْظَامْيَا مَالِكَ المُلْكِ يَا ذَا الطَّوْلِ وَالإِنْعَامْ

Yā dhā al-jalāli wadhā al-ʾikrāmi wa-al-ʾiʿẓām, Yā mālika al-mulki yā dhā aṭ-ṭawli wa-al-ʾinʿām

O Possessor of Majesty, Generosity and Grandeur, O Owner of Sovereignty, O Possessor of bounty and blessings,

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ ثَبِّتْنَا عَلَى الإِسْلَامْوَالحَقِّ وَالصِّدْقِ وَاحْفَظْنَا مِنَ الغِيَرِ

Yā rabbi yā rabbi thabbitnā ʿalā al-ʾislām, Wa-al-ḥaqqi wa-aṣ-ṣidqi waḥfaẓnā mina al-ghiyari

O Lord, O Lord, make us firm upon Islam, upon truth and sincerity, and protect us from the turns of fortune.

إِنِّي سَأَلْتُكَ بِالهَادِي النَّبِي الطَّاهِرْمُحَمَّدِ المُصْطَفَى الصَّابِرِ الشَّاكِرْ

Innī saʾaltuka bi-al-hādī an-nabī aṭ-ṭāhir, Muḥammadi al-muṣṭafā aṣ-ṣābiri ash-shākir

I ask You by the guide, the pure Prophet, Muhammad, the Chosen, the patient, the grateful,

خَيْرِ البَرِيَّةِ مِنْ بَادٍ وَمِنْ حَاضِرْأَنْ تَكْشِفَ الضُّرَّ وَاجْمَعْنِي عَلَى وَطَرِي

Khayri al-bariyyati min bādin wamin ḥāḍir, An takshifa aḍ-ḍurra wajmaʿnī ʿalā waṭarī

The best of creation, nomad and settled, to remove the harm and grant me my wish."

يَا خَاتَمَ الرُّسْلِ يَا يَاسِينُ يَا طَهَيَا خِيرَةَ اللهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأُخْرَاهَا

Yā khātama ar-rusli yā yāsīnu yā ṭaha, Yā khīrata Allāhi fī ad-dunyā waʾukhrāhā

O Seal of the Messengers, O Yasin, O Taha, O chosen of Allah in this world and the next,

يَا أَكْرَمَ الخَلْقِ يَا أَعْلَى الوَرَى جَاهَانَادَاكَ ذُو كُرْبَةٍ مِنْ لُجَّةِ الكَدَرِ

Yā akrama al-khalqi yā aʿlā al-warā jāhā, Nādāka dhū kurbatin min lujjati al-kadari

O most generous of creation, O highest of mankind in rank, one in distress calls you from the depths of trouble.

يَا مَنْ هُوَ العُرْوَةُ الوُثْقَى لِمُعْتَصِمِوَمَنْ هُوَ النِّعْمَةُ العُظْمَى لِمُغْتَنِمِ

Yā man huwa al-ʿurwatu al-wuthqā limuʿtaṣimi, Waman huwa an-niʿmatu al-ʿuẓmā limughtanimi

O you who are the firmest handhold for one who holds fast, and the greatest blessing for one who seizes it,

صَلَّى وَسَلَّمَ رَبُّ العَرْشِ وَالأُمَمِعَلَيْكَ دَأْباً وَبِالآصَالِ وَالبُكَرِ

Ṣallā wasallama rabbu al-ʿarshi wa-al-ʾumami, ʿalayka daʾban wabi-al-ʾāṣāli wa-al-bukari

May the Lord of the Throne and of the nations bless you and grant you peace constantly, in the evenings and the mornings.