اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ بِأَفْضَلِهِ

allahumma inni as’aluka min fadhlika bi-afdhalihi

O Allah: I beseech You to grant me from the best of Your favors;

وَكُلّ فَضْلِكَ فَاضِلٌ،

wa kullu fadhlika fadhilun

and all Your favors are excellent.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِفَضْلِكَ كُلّهِ.

allahumma inni as’aluka bifadhlika kullihi

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of Your whole favor.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ بِأَعَمّهِ

allahumma inni as’aluka min rizqika bi-a`ammhi

O Allah: I beseech You to grant me from the most widespread of Your sustenance;

وَكُلّ رِزْقِكَ عَامّ،

wa kullu rizqika `ammun

and all Your sustenance is widespread.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرِزْقِكَ كُلّهِ.

allahumma inni as’aluka birizqika kullihi

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of Your whole sustenance.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ عَطَائِكَ بِأَهْنَئِهِ

allahumma inni as’aluka min `ata’ika bi-ahna’ihi

O Allah: I beseech You to grant me from the most wholesome of Your bestowal;

وَكُلّ عَطَائِكَ هَنِيءٌ،

wa kullu `ata’ika hani‘

and Your entire bestowal is wholesome.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعَطَائِكَ كُلّهِ.

allahumma inni as’aluka bi`ata’ika kullihi

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of Your entire bestowal.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِكَ بِأَعْجَلِهِ

allahumma inni as’aluka min khayrika bi-a`jalihi

O Allah: I beseech You to grant me from Your most instant welfare;

وَكُلّ خَيْرِكَ عَاجِلٌ،

wa kullu khayrika `ajilun

and Your entire welfare is instant.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِخَيْرِكَ كُلّهِ.

allahumma inni as’aluka bikhayrika kullihi

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of Your entire welfare.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ إحْسَانِكَ بِأَحْسَنِهِ

allahumma inni as’aluka min ihsanika bi-ahsanihi

O Allah: I beseech You to grant me from You most excellent benevolence;

وَكُلّ إحْسَانِكَ حَسَنٌ،

wa kullu ihsanika hasanun

and Your entire benevolence is excellent.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِإحْسَانِكَ كُلّهِ.

allahumma inni as’aluka biihsanika kullihi

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of Your entire benevolence.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَا تُجِيبُنِي بِهِ حِينَ أَسْأَلُكَ،

allahumma inni as’aluka bima tujibuny bihi hina as’aluka

O Allah: I beseech You in the name of all that through which You may respond to me if I beseech You;

فَأَجِبْنِي يَا اللّهُ،

fajibny ya allahu

therefore, (please do) respond to me, O Allah.

وَصَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ عَبْدِكَ المُرْتَضَى،

wa Salli `ala muhammadin `abdika almurtadha

And (please do) send blessings upon Muhammad, Your pleased servant,

وَرَسُولِكَ المُصْطَفَى،

wa rasulika almuStafa

Your chosen Messenger,

وَأَمِينِكَ وَنَجِيّكَ دُونَ خَلْقِكَ،

wa aminika wa najiyyika duna khalqika

Your trustee, Your confidant one among all Your beings,

وَنَجِيبِكَ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ،

wa najibika min `ibadika

Your selected one among all Your servants,

وَنَبِيّكَ بِالصّدْقِ وَحَبِيبِكَ،

wa nabiyyika bilSSidqi wa habibika

Your true Prophet, and Your much-loved one.

وَصَلّ عَلَى رَسُولِكَ وَخِيَرَتِكَ مِنَ العَالَمِينَ

wa Salli `ala rasulika wa khiyaratika mina al`alamina

And (please do) send blessings upon (him) Your messenger, Your choicest among all people,

البَشِيرِ النّذِيرِ،

albashiri alnnadhiri

the conveyor of good tidings (for the believers), the warner ,

السّرَاجِ المُنِيرِ،

alssiraji almuniri

and the luminous lantern;

وَعَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الأَبْرَارِ الطَّاهِرِينَ،

wa `ala ahli baytihi alabrari alttahirina

and (please do send blessings) upon his Household, the pious and the immaculate;

وَعَلَى مَلائِكَتِكَ الّذِينَ اسْتَخْلَصْتَهُمْ لِنَفْسِكَ وَحَجَبْتَهُمْ عَنْ خَلْقِكَ،

wa `ala mala’ikatika alladhina astakhlaStahum linafsika wa hajabtahum `an khalqika

and upon Your angels whom You have attached to Your Person and concealed against Your beings;

وَعَلَى أَنْبِيَائِكَ الّذِينَ يُنْبِئُونَ عَنْكَ بِالصّدْقِ،

wa `ala anbiya’ika alladhina yunbi’una `anka bilSSidqi

and upon Your Prophets who convey Your instructions truly;

وَعَلَى رُسُلِكَ الّذِينَ خَصَصْتَهُمْ بِوَحْيِكَ

wa `ala rusulika alladhina khaSaStahum biwahyika

and upon Your Messengers whom You have given exclusively Your Revelations

وَفَضّلْتَهُمْ عَلَى العَالَمِينَ بِرِسَالاتِكَ،

wa fadhdhaltahum `ala al`alamina birisalatika

and You have made excel the others by means of Your messages;

وَعَلَى عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

wa `ala `ibadika alSSalihina

and upon Your righteous servants

الّذِينَ أَدْخَلْتَهُمْ فِي رَحْمَتِكَ

alladhina adkhaltahum fi rahmatika

whom You have included with Your mercy,

الأَئِمّةِ المُهْتَدِينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ وَأَوْلِيَائِكَ المُطَهّرِينَ،

al-a’immati almuhtadina alrrashidina wa awliya’ika almutahharina

the guides, the well-guided, the orthodox, and Your pure saints;

وَعَلَى جَبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإسْرَافِيلَ وَمَلَكِ المَوْتِ،

wa `ala jabra’ila wa mika’ila wa israfila wa malaki almawti

and upon (Archangels) Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and the Angel of Death;

وَعَلَى رِضْوَانَ خَازِنِ الجِنَانِ،

wa `ala ridhwana khazini aljinani

and upon Ridhwan the Keeper of Paradise;

وَعَلَى مَالِكٍ خَازِنِ النَّارِ،

wa `ala malikin khazini alnnari

and upon Malik the Keeper of Hell,

وَرُوحِ القُدُسِ،

wa ruhi alqudusi

and the Holy Spirit,

وَالرّوحِ الأَمِينِ،

wal-rruhi alamini

the Spirit of Faith,

وَحَمَلَةِ عَرْشِكَ المُقَرّبِينَ،

wa hamalati `arshika almuqarrbina

and the Favorite Bearers of Your Throne;

وَعَلَى المَلَكَيْنِ الحَافِظَيْنِ عَلَيّ

wa `ala almalakayni alhafi¨ayni `alayya

and upon the two angels who watch over me—

بِالصّلاةِ الّتِي تُحِبّ أَنْ يُصَلّيَ بِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَهْلُ السّمَاوَاتِ وَأَهْلُ الأَرَضِينَ،

bilSSlati allaty tuhibb an yuSalliya biha `alayhim ahlu alssamawati wa ahlu alaradhina

blessings that You desire that the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth pray You to send upon them;

صَلاةً طَيّبَةً كَثِيرَةً

Salatan tayyibatan kathiratan

blessings that are pure, abundant,

مُبَارَكَةً زَاكِيَةً نَامِيَةً ظَاهِرَةً

mubarakatan zakiyatan namiyatan ¨ahiratan

holy, genuine, growing, evident,

بَاطِنَةً شَرِيفَةً فَاضِلَةً

batinatan sharifatan fadhilatan

deep, honorable, and virtuous

تُبَيّنُ بِهَا فَضْلَهُمْ عَلَى الأَوّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ.

tubayyinu biha fadhlahum `ala al-awwalina wal-akhirina

through which You obviously demonstrate their precedence over the past and the coming generations.

اللّهُمّ أَعْطِ مُحَمّداً الوَسِيلَةَ وَالشّرَفَ وَالفَضِيلَةَ

allahumma a`ti muhammadan alwasilata wal-shsharafa wal-fadhilata

O Allah: (please do) give Muhammad subtle way, honor, and precedence

وَاجْزِهِ خَيْرَ مَا جَزَيْتَ نَبِيّاً عَنْ أُمّتِهِ.

wajzihi khayra ma jazayta nabiyyan `an ‘ummatihi

and reward him with the best reward that You ever give to a Prophet on behalf of his nation.

اللّهُمّ وَأَعْطِ مُحَمّداً صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَعَ كُلّ زُلْفَةٍ زُلْفَةً،

allahumma wa a`ti muhammadan Salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi ma`a kulli zulfatin zulfatan

O Allah: (please do) give Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Family—an additional proximity with each proximity that You decide for him;

وَمَعَ كُلّ وَسِيلَةٍ وَسِيلَةً،

wa ma`a kulli wasilatin wasilatan

and an additional subtle means with each means that You decide for him;

وَمَعَ كُلّ فَضِيلَةٍ فَضِيلَةً،

wa ma`a kulli fadhilatin fadhilatan

and an additional merit with each merit that You decide for him;

وَمَعَ كُلّ شَرَفٍ شَرَفاً

wa ma`a kulli sharafin sharafan

and an additional honor with each honor that You decide for him;

تُعْطِي مُحَمّداً وَآلَهُ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ أَفْضَلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ أَحَداً مِنَ الأَوّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ.

tu`ty muhammadan wa alahu yawma alqiyamati afdhala ma a`tayta ahadan mina al-awwalina wal-akhirina

and (please do) give Muhammad and his Household, on the Resurrection Day, the best of all that which You have given to any of Your creatures from the past and the coming generations.

اللّهُمّ وَاجْعَلْ مُحَمّداً صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَدْنَى المُرْسَلِينَ مِنْكَ مَجْلِساً،

allahumma waj`al muhammadan Salla allahu `alayhi wa alihi adna almursalina minka majlisan

O Allah: (please do) choose for Muhammad—peace of Allah be upon him and his Family—the nearest position to You;

وَأَفْسَحَهُمْ فِي الجَنّةِ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلاً،

wa afsahahum fi aljannati `indaka manzilan

and the most expansive abode in Paradise in Your vicinity;

وَأَقْرَبَهُمْ إلَيْكَ وَسِيلَةً،

wa aqrabahum ilayka wasilatan

and the most effective means to You.

وَاجْعَلْهُ أَوّلَ شَافِعٍ،

waj`alhu awwala shafi`in

And (please do) make him the chief interceder,

وَأَوّلَ مُشَفّعٍ،

wa awwala mushaff`in

the chief mediator,

وَأَوّلَ قَائِلٍ،

wa awwala qa’ilin

the first speaker,

وَأَنْجَحَ سَائِلٍ،

wa anjaha sa’ilin

the most successful petitioner.

وَابْعَثْهُ المَقَامَ المَحْمُودَ الّذِي يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الأَوّلُونَ وَالآخِرُونَ

wab`athhu almaqama almahmuda alladhy yaghbituhu bihi alawuluna wal-akhiruna

And (please do) send him the Praiseworthy Standing due to which all the past and coming generations will envy him;

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ،

ya arhama alrrahimina

O the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلّيَ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

wa as’aluka an tuSalliya `ala muhammadin wa ali muhammadin

And I do beseech You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

وَأَنْ تَسْمَعَ صَوْتِي،

wa an tasma`a Sawti

to hear my voice;

وَتُجِيبَ دَعْوَتِي،

wa tujiba da`wati

to respond to my plea,

وَتَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِي،

wa tatajawaza `an khati’ati

to overlook my sins,

وَتَصْفَحَ عَنْ ظُلْمِي،

wa taSfaha `an ¨ulmi

to excuse my wrongdoings,

وَتُنْجِحَ طَلِبَتِي،

wa tunjiha talibati

to give success to my prayer,

وَتَقْضِيَ حَاجَتِي،

wa taqdhiya hajati

to settle my needs,

وَتُنْجِزَ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي،

wa tunjiza li ma wa`adtani

to fulfill Your promise to me,

وَتُقِيلَ عَثْرَتِي،

wa tuqila `athrati

to let off my offense,

وَتَغْفِرَ ذُنُوبِي،

wa taghfira dhunubi

to forgive my sins,

وَتَعْفُوَ عَنْ جُرْمِي،

wa ta`fwa `an jurmi

to pardon my evildoings,

وَتُقْبِلَ عَلَيّ وَلا تُعْرِضَ عَنّي،

wa tuqbila `alayya wa la tu`ridha `anni

to accept me and not to reject me,

وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَلا تُعَذّبَنِي،

wa tarhamany wa la tu`adhdhibani

to have mercy upon me and not to punish me,

وَتُعَافِيَنِي وَلا تَبْتَلِيَنِي،

wa tu`afiyany wa la tabtaliyani

to grant me good health and not to afflict me,

وَتَرْزُقَنِي مِنَ الرّزْقِ أَطْيَبَهُ وَأَوْسَعَهُ وَلا تَحْرِمَنِي،

wa tarzuqany mina alrrzqi atiyabahu wa awsa`ahu wa la tahrimani

to grant me from the nicest and most extensive sustenance and not to deprive me (of Your sustenance).

يَارَبّ وَاقْضِ عَنّي دَيْنِي،

ya rabbi waqdhi `anni dayni

O my Lord: (please do) help me settle my debts;

وَضَعْ عَنّي وِزْرِي،

wa dha` `anni wizri

and relieve me of my burdens;

وَلا تُحَمّلْنِي مَا لا طَاقَةَ لِي بِهِ،

wa la tuhammilny ma la taqata li bihi

and do not impose on me that which I have not the strength to bear.

يَا مَوْلايَ وَأَدْخِلْنِي فِي كُلّ خَيْرٍ أَدْخَلْتَ فِيهِ مُحَمّداً وَآلَ مُحَمّدٍ،

ya mawlaya wa adkhilny fi kull khayrin adkhalta fihi muhammadan wa ala muhammadin

O my Master: and (please do) include me with every good item that You have chosen from Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

وَأَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ كُلّ سُوءٍ أَخْرَجْتَ مِنْهُ مُحَمّداً وَآلَ مُحَمّدٍ صَلَوَاتُكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ،

wa akhrijny min kulli su‘in akhrajta minhu muhammadan wa ala muhammadin Salawatuka `alayhi wa `alayhim

and take me out of any evil from which You have saved Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad—Your blessings be upon him and them.

وَالسّلامُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ.

wa alssalamu `alayhi wa `alayhim wa rahmatu allahi wa barakatuhu

Peace, Allah’s mercy, and blessings be upon him and them.

اللّهُمّ إنّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلِيلاً مِنْ كَثِيرٍ

allahumma inni as’aluka qalilan min kathirin

O Allah, I ask You for a little from the very much,

مَعَ حَاجَةٍ بِي إلَيْهِ عَظِيمَةٍ،

ma`a hajatin by ilayhi `a¨imatin

in the midst of my many needs for which I entirely depend on You,

وَغِنَاكَ عَنْهُ قَدِيمٌ،

wa ghinaka `anhu qadimun

and You, since eternity, are able to do without them,

وَهُوَ عِنْدِي كَثِيرٌ،

wa huwa `indy kathirun

but for me it is titanic

وَهُوَ عَلَيْكَ سَهْلٌ يَسِيرٌ،

wa huwa `alayka sahlun yasirun

and for You it is very easy and simple.

فَامْنُنْ عَلَيّ بِهِ إنّكَ عَلَى كُلّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ،

famnun `alayya bihi innaka `ala kulli shay‘in qadirun

So, (please do) bestow upon me with them, for You have power over all things.

آمِينَ رَبّ العَالَمِينَ.

amina rabbal-`alamin

Respond to me, O the Lord of the worlds.