الْحَمْدُ للهِ رِضىً بِحُكْمِ اللهِ ،

aal-h'am-du ll-lahee riz''an bih'uk-mil-laah shahit-tu an-nal-laah

1.Praise belongs to God in satisfaction with God's decision!

شَهِدْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ قَسَمَ مَعَايِشَ عِبَادِهِ بِالْعَدْلِ ،

qas-sama maa'ayisha i'baadihee bil-a'd-l

2.I bear witness that God has apportioned the livelihoods of His servants with justice

وَأَخَذَ عَلَى جَمِيْعِ خَلْقِهِ بِالْفَضْلِ.

wa akhad'a a'laa jameei' khal-qihee bil-faz''-l

3.and undertaken bounty for all His creatures.

أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

4.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَلاَ تَفْتِنِّي بِمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ

wa laa taf-tin-nee bimaaa aa'-t'ay-tahum

5.tempt me not with what You hast given to Your creatures

وَلا تَفْتِنْهُمْ بِمَا مَنَعْتَنِي فَأحْسُدَ خَلْقَكَ، وَأَغْمِطَ حُكْمَكَ.

wa laa taf-tin-hum bimaa manaa'-tanee faah'-suda khal-qak wa agh-mit'a h'uk-mak

6.and tempt them not with what You hast withheld from me, lest I envy Your creatures and despise Your decision!

أللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِـهِ،

al-laahum-ma s'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

7.O God, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَطَيِّبْ بِقَضَائِـكَ نَفْسِي

wa t'ay-yib biqaz''aaa-ika naf-see

8.delight my soul through Your decree,

وَوَسِّعْ بِمَـواقِعِ حُكْمِكَ صَدْرِي

wa was-sia' bimawaaqii' h'uk-mika s'ad-ree

9.expand my breast through the instances of Your decision,

وَهَبْ لِي الثِّقَةَ لأُقِرَّ مَعَهَا

wa hab leeath-thiqata liuqir-ra maa'haa

10.give to me a trust through which I may admit

بِأََنَّ قَضَاءَكَ لَمْ يَجْرِ إلاَّ بِالْخِيَرَةِ

bi an-na qaz''aaa-aka lam yaj-ri il-laa bil-kheearah

11.that Your decree runs only to the best,

وَاجْعَلْ شُكْرِي لَكَ عَلَى مَا زَوَيْتَ عَنّي

waj-a'l shuk-ree laka a'laa maa zaway-ta a'n-neee

12.and let my gratitude to You for what You hast taken away from me

أَوْفَرَ مِنْ شُكْرِي إيَّاكَ عَلَى مَا خَوَّلْتَنِي

aw-fara min shuk-reee ee-yaaka a'laa maa khaw-wal-tanee

13.be more abundant than my gratitude to You for what You hast conferred upon me!

وَاعْصِمْنِي مِن أنْ أظُنَّ بِذِي عَدْم خَسَاسَةً،

waa'-s'im-nee min an az'un-na bid'ee a'damin khasaasah

14.Preserve me from imagining any meanness in someone who is destitute

أَوْ أَظُنَّ بِصَاحِبِ ثَرْوَة فَضْلاً،

aw az'un-na bis'aah'ibi thar-watin faz''-laa

15.or imagining any superiority in someone who possesses wealth,

فَإنَّ الشَّرِيفَ مَنْ شَرَّفَتْهُ طَاعَتُكَ،

fa in-nash-shareefa man shar-rafat-hoo t'aaa'tuk

16.for the noble is he whom obedience to You has ennobled

وَالْعَزِيزَ مَنْ أَعَزَّتْهُ عِبَادَتُكَ.

wal-a'zeeza man aa'z-zat-hoo i'baadatuk

17.and the exalted is he whom worship of You has exalted!

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ

fas'al-li a'laa muh'am-madiw-wa aaalih

18.So bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَمَتِّعْنَا بِثَرْوَة لاَ تَنْفَدُ، وَأَيِّدْنَا بِعِزٍّ لاَ يُفْقَدُ

wa mat-tia'-naa bithar-watil-laa tanfad wa ay-yid-naa bii'z-zil-laa yuf-qad

19.give us to enjoy a wealth which does not run out, confirm us with an exaltation which will never be lost,

وَأَسْرِحْنَا فِيْ مُلْكِ الأَبَدِ

wa as-rih'-naa fee mul-kil-abad

20.and let us roam freely in the kingdom of everlastingness!

إنَّكَ الْوَاحِدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ

in-nakal-waah'idul-sh'adus'-s'amad

21.Surely You art the One, 'the Unique, the Eternal Refuge;

الَّذِي لَمْ تَلِدْ وَلَمْ تُولَدْ

al-lad'ee lam talid walam toolad

22.You hast not begotten, nor hast You been begotten,

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَكَ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ.

wa lam yakul-laka kufuwan ah'ad

23.and equal to You is not any one' (ref.112:1-4)!