يَا وَاهِبَ الْإِنْسَانِ أَسْبَابَ الْهُدَى

يَا وَاهِبَ الْإِنْسَانِ أَسْبَابَ الْهُدَىيَا مَنْ بِحَمْدِ الْعَالَمِينَ تَفَرَّدَا

Yā wāhiba al-ʾinsāni asbāba al-hudā, Yā man biḥamdi al-ʿālamīna tafarradā

O You who grant mankind the means of guidance, O You who alone are worthy of the praise of all the worlds,

لِي عِنْدَ بَابِكَ يَا إِلَهِي دَعْوَةٌفِيهَا رَجَاءُ الْعُمْرِ جَاءَ مُجَسَّدَا

Lī ʿinda bābika yā ilahī daʿwatun, Fīhā rajāʾu al-ʿumri jāʾa mujassadā

I have at Your door, my God, a prayer in which the hope of a lifetime has come embodied.

أَنْتَ الَّذِي مَا خَابَ عِنْدَكَ سَائِلٌأَيَكُونُ بَابُكَ دُونَ سُؤْلِي مُؤْصَدَا

Anta al-ladhī mā khāba ʿindaka sāʾilun, Ayakūnu bābuka dūna suʾlī muʾṣadā

You are the One with whom no asker is ever disappointed; would Your door be closed to my request?

فَبِفَضْلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ عِشْتُ مُوَحِّدَاأَيُرَدُّ عِنْدَكَ مَنْ أَتَاكَ مُوَحِّدَا

Fabifaḍlika Allāhumma ʿishtu muwaḥḥidā, Ayuraddu ʿindaka man atāka muwaḥḥidā

By Your grace, O Allah, I have lived affirming Your Oneness; would one who comes to You affirming Your Oneness be turned away?

سُؤْلِي كَذَاتِكَ وَاحِدٌ فَبِحَقِّهَالَوْ لَحْظَةً دَعْنِي أُشَاهِدَ أَحْمَدَا

Suʾlī kadhātika wāḥidun fabiḥaqqihā, Law laḥẓatan daʿnī ushāhida aḥmadā

My request, like Your Essence, is one; so by its right, let me behold Ahmad, if only for a moment.