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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All Praise belongs to Allāh , the One without

Whose Guidance this translation and transliteration
of the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād would not have been
possible. The One Who opens the vistas of the
intellect and the heart, and assists His bondsmen in
the penning of the meanings and interpretations of
His Address, in order that He may prepare the one
who reads and hears it. This Blessing and Mercy of
Allāh , the Majestic, will unlock the heart to a
trajectory that will lead to His Door. May Allāh 
bestow Blessings and Peace upon our beloved
Prophet Muḥammad , his family and his
Companions.

This translation and transliteration owe so much to

so many minds, friends and family. I would however
like to acknowledge the following persons who gave
so generously of their time, and who so eagerly
shared their insights:

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 Shaykh Ziyaad Salie of the Strand, Western
Cape, South Africa, for his transliteration of the
entire text, for transcribing the Arabic, for
assisting with the translation of the Arabic and
for typesetting the final script.

 Shaykh Achmad Hendricks, one of the Imāms of

the Azzāwiyah Mosque, Cape Town, South
Africa, who compiled the biography of Imām
‛Abdullāh ibn ‛Alawī al-Ḥaddād.

May Allāh  bless and reward all the above

contributors, in this world, and in the Hereafter.

Professor Ghoesain Mohamed (Editor)

Visiting Professor of Chinese Medicine, Beijing,
China; Western Medical Clinician and
Practitioner of Chinese Medicine and Tibb al-
Nabawi, Cape Town, South Africa.

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 INTRODUCTION TO THE RĀTIB Al-
ḤADDĀD

In the Name of Allāh, the Most Compassionate,

the Most Merciful.

The Rātib Al-Ḥaddād (rātib, from the root word

rataba, meaning, to arrange things in proper order;
to arrange certain supererogatory exercises of
devotion in proper order) of Imām ‛Abdullāh ibn
‛Alawī Al-Ḥaddād, is a wird (litany; dhikr)
consisting of Qur’anic verses between which are
weaved Prophetic Sunnah, Attributes and
Glorifications of Allāh , into a graceful tapestry.
The Rātib Al-Ḥaddād is also known as Al-Rātib Al-
Shahīr (The Famous Litany). It is said that the Rātib
Al-Ḥaddād came to the Imām by inspiration, and
was composed on the Night of Laylatul Qadr (the
Night of Destiny) on the 27th of Ramaḍān 1071 A.H.
(26th May 1650 C.E.).
* (A.H. means after the Hijrah; the Prophet’s
migration from Makkah to Madinah).

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* {C.E. means the Common Era; the period since the
birth of Jesus (Nabī ʻĪsā) when the Christian
calendar starts to count the years.}

The Imām related that the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād will

protect the village, the town or the city where it is
recited, and advised, that those people with special
requests for their Creator, should recite the Rātib Al-
Ḥaddād and supplicate to their Lord thereafter.
When the Imām went on Ḥajj, he inaugurated the
Rātib Al-Ḥaddād in Makkah and Madinah. This
litany is still recited every night in these two Holy
cities: near Bāb al-Ṣafā in Makkah and Bāb al-
Raḥmah in Madinah. Sayed Aḥmad ibn Zayn Al-
Ḥabashī said: “He who recites the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād
with total presence of mind, perfect reverence, an
absolute certitude and a sincere intention, followed
by the tahlīl -“lā ilāha illallāh”- to reach a
thousand (1000) times (instead of the prescribed
fifty times), will surely have something of the
unseen unveiled to him/her”.

Imām ‛Abdullāh ibn ‛Alawi Al-Ḥaddād (of

Ṭarīqah Banī ‛Alawī) was born in the spiritual city
of Tarīm, Haḍramawt, Republic of Yemen, in the
month of Ṣafar, in the year 1043 A.H. (1622 C.E.),

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and died in the month of Dhul Qa‛dah in the year
1132 A.H. (1711 C.E.) - aged eighty-nine (89) years.
The beloved Imām was appropriately called the
Renewer (mujaddid) of the twelfth Islamic or
seventeenth Common Era Century, and the Central
Pole (Al-Quṭb) of religious leaders during his period.

It is the opinion of most of the historians on Cape

culture, that the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād was brought to the
Cape (South Africa) by the spiritual master and
luminary, Shaykh Yusuf Al-Macassar Al-Jāwī (an
activist against Dutch rule who were exiled to South
Africa, and who lived in Macassar, Java, Indonesia).
It is believed that Shaykh Yusuf (Born 1035 A.H. or
1614 C.E.) studied in Zabīd, Republic of Yemen,
under the celebrated Shaykh Abdul Baqi al-Misjaji.
In his book an-Nafā’is al-‛Ulawiyyah fil Masā’il aṣ-
Ṣūfiyyah, Imām Ḥaddād recorded, that he was asked
the following question: Is there another level (of
spirituality) between that of Prophethood and
ṣiddīqiyyah? To which he replied: “Differences of
opinion exists on this issue. The Gnostic,
Muḥammad ibn al-‛Arabī, and author of al-Futūḥāt,
has mentioned that another level, known as the level
of qurbah (closeness to Allāh) does exist. He (ibn al-
‛Arabī) has an authored work in this regard. We

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have seen this work and it had been read to us in the
city of Ta’iz, Yemen. A man of spirituality, known
as Yusuf al-Jāwī (from Java), read it to us (in class)
and he is from our students (aṣḥāb).”

The Rātib Al-Ḥaddād can be recited (with or

without a tune/melody) alone (as a wird) or in
congregation, the latter being the preferred method
of recitation. In Cape Town (South Africa), it was
traditionally recited on Thursday and Sunday
evenings, but it can be recited on any day of the
week, and at any time.

This is not the first publication of the Rātib Al-

Ḥaddād in South Africa. Luminaries like Shaykh
‛Abdullāh ‛Abd al-Ra‛ūf, Shaykh Isma‛īl Ḥanif,
Shaykh Muḥammad Ṭāhā Gamieldien and Shaykh
Muḥammad Amīn Fakier, have contributed
immensely to the dissemination of this laudable
litany and wird, in South Africa and abroad.

On the international scene, Ḥabīb Al-‛Aydarūs

ibn ‛Abdullāh Al-Ḥabashī from Muar in Johor,
produced a Javanese translation of the Rātib Al-
Ḥaddād. The Al-Ḥaddād family of Solo, Indonesia,
produced a similar booklet. Published in Kuala

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Lumpur, is a book on the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād, written
in Arabic and Javanese, by ‛Abdullāh bin Ḥasan bin
Ḥusayn Al-Shātrī of Singapore. This work
references and notes the sources of the prayers, their
secrets and their benefits. The illustrious Ustādh
Bābu Ṣāḥib of Singapore, also produced an English
translation of the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād. Ḥabīb ‛Umar
ibn Ḥafīth of Tarīm, Haḍramawt, has also
commissioned the translation of the Rātib Al-
Ḥaddād, which appears in his Khulāṣah. A Malay
translation of the commentaries of “Sharḥ Rātib Al-
Ḥaddād” by Ustādh Sayed Ahmad ibn Sumayt is
now available in Singapore. A similar translation by
Sayed Muḥammad Al-Ḥāmid, is available in
Indonesia.

The reader will note that there are slight

variations in the different publications, mostly in the
Fātiḥas at the end of the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād. These
have been added to the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād at a later
stage. Ḥabīb Aḥmad Mashur Al-Ḥaddād, a direct
descendent of Imām Al-Ḥaddād said: "When the
reciter comes to the Fātiḥas, the spirit of Imām Al-
Ḥaddād responds, the Imām is present, and he
intercedes and pleads with Allāh for the acceptance
of the du‛āh. Many people in difficulty, have

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recounted how, by reciting the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād
with specific intentions, they have experienced relief
and success.

To broaden and intensify the understanding of

the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād, we have, in a humble effort,
added a comprehensive commentary to explain the
various verses of the Qur’ān, the Ḥadīth and the
Imām’s own contributions.

For the Qur’ānic translations, we opted for “The

Holy Qur’ān” by Yusuf Ali, “The Noble Qur’ān” by
Drs Muḥammad Al-Hilālī and Muḥsin Khan and
“The Qur’ān” by Mawlana Wāḥiduddīn Khan. In
order to make it easy for readers from any part of the
world to read the transliteration of the Arabic, we
have used, in the main, the Encyclopedia of Islam
(New Edition) with minor adjustments.

This translation has valuable end-notes and a

glossary to explain the meanings of untranslatable
Arabic words, Islamic concepts, Qur’ānic quotations
and Ḥadīth. The words in brackets in this edition of
the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād have been included to assist
with the setting of the tone/melody (lāgu) for the
people of Cape Town, South Africa.

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 It is our prayer, that this rendition of the Rātib
Al-Ḥaddād will be spiritually enriching to the many
travellers on their journey to the Majestic and Most
Exalted, Allah .

Professor Ghoesain Mohamed (Editor)

Visiting Professor of Chinese Medicine, Beijing,
China; Western Medical Clinician and
Practitioner of Chinese Medicine and Tibb al-
Nabawi, Cape Town, South Africa.

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 THE BIOGRAPHY OF IMĀM ‛ABDULLĀH
IBN ‛ALAWĪ AL-ḤADDĀD


Imām ‛Abdullāh ibn ‘Alawī al-Ḥaddād, the
author of the well-known daily wird (or litany) Rātib
al-Ḥaddād, is a member of a large family of saints,
scholars and du‛āt of the Bā ‛Alawī family of
Ḥaḍramawt. The roots of this family go back to
Imām Aḥmad al-Muhājir, a decendant of Nabī
Muḥammad  through Imām ‛Ali al-‛Uraydi son of
Imām Ja‛far al-Ṣādiq. Imām Aḥmad is known as al-
Muhājir, because he fled (hijrah) the heavy political
disturbances in Baghdad (where his father had
moved earlier from Madinah), and moved with his
family to Yemen, and eventually settled in
Ḥaḍramawt. His qabr (grave) is still there, built-up
and frequented by the Bā ‛Alawīs and others.

Books on Taṣawwuf, and especially the works of

Imām Ghazāli were studied, memorized, dissected,
practiced and passed on from generation to
generation. During the early part of the history of
this family, they preferred anonymity. Their spiritual
methods and insights were preserved like a closely

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guarded family secret. The value of this remarkable
family-focussed spirituality, came to the notice of
the broader Ummah much later. They made a
particularly strong impression in Makkah and
Madinah from around the 9th – 10th centuries A.H.
onwards, when a number of the Bā ‛Alawī Sayyids
moved to the Ḥijās and settled there. The da‛wa
activities of this family, is probably the primary
reason for the spread of Islam in South East Asia.
Traditional Islam was brought to Indonesia, the
Phillipines, Malaysia, Brunei and a large part of
Southern India in this way.

The great spiritual leader and organizer of the Bā

‛Alawī ṭarīqah was Imām Muḥammad al-Faqīh al-
Muqaddam Bā ‛Alawī. He received the ṣūfi spiritual
lineage that passes through Imām Ghazāli, from Abū
Madyan, during the 6th century A.H., the age of the
emergence of the great ṭuruq. The family also
possesses lineages that go back to the Nabī 
through this family.

Imām ‛Abdullāh al-Ḥaddād was born on a

Sunday night, during the month of Ṣafr, in the year
1043 A.H. (1622 C.E.). His father was ‛Alawī ibn
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ḥaddād, and his mother
the very pious Salma bint ‛Aydarūs ibn Aḥmad al-

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Ḥibshi. Both of them died in the year 1073 A.H.
(1652 C.E.), when the Imām was thirty (30) years
old.

The Imām contracted small-pox at the age of

three (3), and as a result, lost his eyesight. He grew
up in Tarīm, one of the well-known towns in
Ḥaḍramawt. It was here that he memorized the
Qur’ān. He displayed a very powerful spiritual
tendency from a very early age. The Imām used to
go into very deep spiritual states during the Ḥaḍrah.
One childhood friend of his, Imām Aḥmad ‛Umr al-
Hadawān said, that at times he could not come out of
his state of bliss, unless they carried and placed him
on top of the qabr of Imām Muḥammad al-Faqīh al-
Muqaddam. The Imām also won the favour of the
spiritual masters of his time. Another friend of his,
Imām Aḥmad Hāshim al-Ḥibshī said, that they use
to study together the works of Imām Ghazāli under
the great Shaykh of the Bā ‛Alawīs, Imām ‛Umr
‛Abdurraḥmān al-‛Aṭṭās. During one session, the
Shaykh told him: “You and ‛Abdullāh al-Ḥaddād are
the same at the beginning, and you will part the
same at the ending.

In his early life, the Imām travelled frequently.

Whenever he heard of a saintly person, he would

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pay him a visit in order to receive his blessings and
guidance. In this way, he built up a collection of
ijāzāt and khirqahs, details of which can be seen in
the great collections of the ‛Alawī scholars.

The dominant figures in the spiritual life and

development of the Imām, were Sayyid ‛Umr al-
‛Aṭṭās and Sayyid Muḥammad ibn ‛Alawī, the latter
being the great Makkan scholar and spiritual guide.
These, and other shuyūkh, thought highly of the
Imām. Sayyid ‛Umr al-‛Aṭṭās for example said, that
no one equalled Imām al-Ḥaddād in their age.
Sayyid Aḥmad ibn Nāṣir compared Imām al-Ḥaddād
to Bā Yazīd al-Bistami. The great scholar, Sayyid
Shaykhayn ibn Ḥusayn, called Imām al-Ḥaddād,
“the Ka‛bah of hearts”.

The Imām is known to have frequented the qabr

of Nabī Hūd (may Allah’s Peace and Blessings be
upon him), which is located in Ḥaḍramawt. He
advised people to recite the mawlūd at this holy
shrine. He also regularly spent time at the qabr of al-
Faqīh al-Muqaddam and Shaykh Abū Bakr bin
Sālim al-‛Aynati. The name of the last saint is
quoted in one of the works of Tuan Yūsuf. In fact,
Tuan Yūsuf ends one of his treatises with a piece of
the poetry of Shaykh Abū Bakr bin Sālim.

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According to his students, the Imām used to do these
visitations after ‛Asr on both Fridays and Tuesdays.

Imām al-Ḥaddād performed his Ḥajj in the year

1079 A.H. He was thirty-six (36) years old at the
time and stayed at the house of Sayyid Ḥusayn Bā
Faḍl in Makkah. His landlord also thought highly of
him. Sayyid Ḥusayn saw in him a combination of
the traits of both Sayyid Muḥammad ibn ‛Alawī and
the great ṣūfi shaykh of Makkah Aḥmad al-
Qushāshī.

Imām al-Ḥaddād was actively involved in

teaching. Since the age of twenty-seven (27), he
taught at the famous Masjid al-Hujayrah in Tarīm.
At the same time, he conducted classes at his
zāwiyah. A point to note here is, that the whole
concept of a zāwiyah as an educational institution
rather than fundamentally as a place of worship or
masjid, is a typical ‛Alawī phenomenon. They built
zawāyā (pl. of zāwiyah) near or next to the masājid
wherever they travelled or settled. His classes were
well attended, and from those classes, emerged some
of the greatest scholars in Ḥaḍrami history. The
author of the world famous risālah al-jāmi‛ah,
Imām Aḥmad Zayn al-Ḥibshī for example, attended
those classes for approximately forty (40) years.

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 In the year 1083 A.H. (1662 C.E), at the age of
forty (40), Imām al-Ḥaddād built his home near
Tarīm. The house is in the centre of a complex,
surrounded by a masjid (Masjid al-Fatḥ). This
hallowed place soon became the spiritual and
intellectual centre of Ḥaḍramawt. The list of
scholars and ṣufiyyah, who attended or stayed at this
place, is too long to mention. Huge charitable
ḥafalāt (pl. of ḥaflah - gatherings) were held at this
masjid, where both rich and poor were hosted. The
Imām called this place Ḥāwī al-Khayrāt wa al-Nūr,
which literally means “embracing goodness and
light”.

In the beginning, Imām al-Ḥaddād stayed at al-

Ḥāwī for short periods of time, sometimes for a year,
whereafter he would return to the city. In the year
1099 A.H. (1678 C.E.), at the age of fifty-six (56),
he moved to al-Ḥāwī permanently, where he had
daily classes, on Mondays and Thursdays. These
were held inside or on the roof of the house. Other
classes were held every night in the masjid.

The Imām passed away in the year 1132 A.H.

(1711 C.E.) at the age of eighty-nine (89). He fell
sick on the 27th of Ramaḍān of that year and
remained sick until the 7th of Dhul Qa‛dah. The

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ghusl was done by his son and successor, Sayyid
Ḥasan al-Ḥaddād and the janāzah was led by his
other son, Sayyid ‛Alawī. The attendance at the
janāzah was so huge, that it was said, that the mayyit
left the house after ‛Asr, and was only laid to rest in
the qabr after sunset.

Imām al-Ḥaddād left 10 children – 6 sons and 4

daughters. In addition to all this, the Imām left a
considerable legacy of writings. The Imām’s books,
which are highly recommended, and where poetry
takes pride of place, have benefitted generations of
both students and scholars. One scholar said that
most of the Imām’s deepest insights are contained in
his poetry. Interestingly, the descendants of a few
local Imāms have copies of the famous commentary
of Imām Aḥmad bin Sumayyit on the Lāmiyyah
(called Lāmiyyah because each verse ends with the
Arabic letter lām) of Imām al-Ḥaddād. He also
composed a series of awrād (or litanies), most of
which are central to the daily practices of the Bā
‛Alawiyyah, and their students.

Imām ‛Abdullāh al-Ḥaddād has written a number

of very useful books. Here is a list of some of them:
 Al-Nasā’iḥ al-Dīniyyah – Advice of the Dīn
 Al-Da‛wah al-Tāmmah – The Complete Message

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 Risālah al-Mu‛āwanah wa al-Mudhāharah wa
al-Muwāzarah – Book of Assistance
 Kitāb al-Murīd – Book of the Seeker or Spiritual
Traveller
 Risālah al-Mudhākarah – Book of Reminiscence
 Sabīl al-Iddikār wa al-I‛tibār – Lives of Man
 Tathbīt al-Fu’ād – Strenghtening of the Heart

Some of these books have recently been

translated into English. The translations of Dr.
Muṣṭafā al-Badawī, whom we personally know, is
highly recommended.

Shaykh Achmad Hendricks

Azzawia Mosque
Cape Town
South Africa

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 THE PRE-AMBLE TO
THE RĀTIBUL ḤADDĀD
َ ْ َ ُ َ ّ َ َُْ
ِ‫ا ِ ِ ا ِ ِ ا ـ اد‬

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‫‪THE PRE-AMBLE TO THE RĀTIBUL ḤADDĀD‬‬

‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺟ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺸ ْﻴﻄَ ِ‬‫َﻋ ْﻮذُ ِ ِ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫أُ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻧَ ْﺴﺘَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْـﻴ َﻢ‪ ،‬ﻧَ ْﺴـﺘَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْـﻴ َﻢ‪،‬‬
‫اب اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ َﻢ‪ ،‬اَﻟﱠ ِـﺬ ْي‬ ‫ﱠﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْﺴﺘَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ َﻢ‪ ،‬اَﻟﺘـ ﱠ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ب‬ ‫ـﻮ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻧ‬‫و‬ ‫م‬‫ـﻮ‬
‫ُ ُ َ َ ﱡ َﱡ ْ ُ َ َُ ْ ُ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ـﻲ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﳊ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ـﻮ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻫ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫َ َ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻻ‬
‫ﻚ ﺗَـ ْﻮﺑَـ ـ ـﺔً َوَﻣ ْﻐ ِﻔ ـ ـ َـﺮةً إِﻧﱠـ ــﻪُ ُﻫ ـ ـ َـﻮ‬ ‫إِﻟَْﻴ ـ ـ ِـﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻧَ ْﺴـ ـ ـﺄَﻟُ َ‬
‫ـﻞ َو َﺳ ـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺻـ ِّ‬ ‫اب اﻟ ـ ﱠﺮﺣ ْﻴ ُﻢ‪ :‬اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ـ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ ـ ﱠـﻮ ُ‬
‫َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ﱠو َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ ٰا ِل َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ‪.‬‬

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THE PRE-AMBLE TO THE RĀTIBUL ḤADDĀD
I seek refuge with Allāh from the accursed Satan.
In the Name of Allāh, Most Compassionate,
Most Merciful.

Nastaghfirullāhal We seek forgiveness

‛aẓīm, nastagh
firullāhal ‛aẓīm,
nastaghfirullāhal
‛aẓīm,
from Allāh, the
Sublime; we seek
forgiveness from
Allāh, the Sublime; we
seek forgiveness from
Allāh, the Sublime.

Attawwābur raḥīm, The Oft-Relenting,

alladhī lā ilāha
illallāhu, huwal ḥayyul
qayyūm wa natūbu
ilayhi, wa nas’aluka
tawbatan wa
maghfiratan innahū
huwat tawwābur
raḥīm: Allāhumma
ṣalli wa sallim ‛alā
sayyidinā Muḥammad
wa ‛alā āli sayyidinā
Muḥammad,
Most Merciful. There is
no god but Allāh, the
Living, the Self-
Subsisting. We return to
Him in repentance, and
we ask for His
Penitence and
Forgiveness. Indeed, He
is Oft-Relenting, Most
Merciful. O Allāh!
Bestow Your Blessings
and Peace upon our
master Muḥammad, and
upon the family of our
master Muḥammad.

22
‫ﺻ ِّﻞ َو َﺳﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ﱠو َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ﻢ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ‫اَﻟ ٰ‬
‫ﻠ‬
‫ّ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ـﻞ َو َﺳـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ٍ ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ٰا ِل َﺳﻴِّﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤﺪ ‪ ،‬اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬـ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫ﺻ ِّ‬
‫َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ﱠو َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ ٰا ِل َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ‪.‬‬

‫ﺻ ـﻠﱠﻰ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫إِ ٰﱃ ﺣ ْ ِ‬

‫ﺼ ـﻄَ ٰﻔﻰ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤــﺪ َ‬ ‫ـﱯ اﻟ ُْﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻀـ َـﺮة اﻟﻨﱠـ ِ ِّ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ـﺤﺎﺑِ ِﻪ‬ ‫ِِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴـ ــﻪ َو َﺳ ـ ـﻠﱠ َﻢ َو َﻋ ٰﻠ ـ ـﻰ ٰاﻟـ ــﻪ َوأ ْ‬
‫ط‬
‫َﺻـ ـ َ‬
‫اﺟـ ـ ـ ِـﻪ وذُ ِرﱠ ﺗِـ ـ ـ ِـﻪ وأ َْﻫـ ـ ـ ِـﻞ ﺑـﻴﺘِـ ـ ـ ِـﻪ اﻟ ِ‬
‫ْﻜـ ـ ـ َـﺮ ِام‬ ‫وأَ ْزو ِ‬
‫َْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ّ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫اﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔُ‪.‬‬

‫‪23‬‬
Allāhumma ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammad wa ‛alā
āli sayyidinā
Muḥammad,
Allāhumma ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammad wa ‛alā
āli sayyidinā
Muḥammad.
Ilā ḥaḍratin nabiyyil
muṣṭafā Muḥammad
ṣallallāhu ‛alayhi wa
sallam, wa ‛alā ālihī
wa aṣḥābihī wa
azwājihī wa dhurriy
yātihī wa ahli baytihil
kirāmil fātiḥah.
24
O Allāh! Bestow Your
Blessings and Peace
upon our master
Muḥammad, and upon
the family of our
master Muḥammad. O
Allāh! Bestow Your
Blessings and Peace
upon our master
Muḥammad, and upon
the family of our
master Muḥammad.
The Fātiḥah is recited
on the soul of the
chosen Prophet, Nabī
Muḥammad; may
Allāh’s Blessings and
Peace be upon him,
and on the souls of his
family, Companions,
wives, offspring and
all members of his
noble household.
‫ـﺂء ِ‬ ‫ﲨﻴـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِﻊ أَوﻟِﻴ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِ‬ ‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ أ َْرَو ِ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫اح َِ ْ‬
‫ﲨ ْﻴـ ـ ِﻊ أُﱠﻣ ـ ِـﺔ‬
‫اح َِ‬ ‫ﲔ‪ ،‬اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ أ َْرَو ِ‬
‫ﺼ ــﺎﳊِِ ْ َ‬ ‫َواﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ِ ﱠ ِ ِ‬ ‫ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ َ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻـﻠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴــﻪ َو َﺳـﻠ َﻢ‪ ،‬إ ْﻏﻔـ ْـﺮ َﳍـُ ْـﻢ َ‬
‫اَ ُ َو ْار َﲪْ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﺑَِﺮ ْﲪَ ِﺔ ُﺳ ْﻮَرةِ اﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬
‫‪ MAKE DUʻĀ HERE THAT IS‬‬
‫‪APPROPRIATE FOR AND PERTAINING‬‬
‫‪TO THE OCCASION E.G.:‬‬

‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪A SICKNESS‬‬

‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪A DEATH‬‬
‫‪3.‬‬ ‫‪A BIRTHDAY, OR‬‬
‫‪4.‬‬ ‫‪FOR ANY OTHER OCCASION‬‬

‫ۤ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ط‬
‫ـﱯ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺼـ ـﻠ ْﻮ َن َﻋﻠَ ــﻰ اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِّ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫﴿ا ﱠن ﷲَ َوَﻣﻠ ٰﯩﯩ َﻜﺘَ ــﻪُ ﻳُ َ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ﺻـ ـﻠﱡ ْﻮا َﻋﻠَْﻴ ـ ِـﻪ َو َﺳـ ـﻠِّ ُﻤ ْﻮا‬ ‫ا‬‫ـﻮ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫ْ َ َُ ْ َ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ا‬ ‫ﻦ‬‫ﻳ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﺬ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ـﺎ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻳ‬
‫َٰﱡ َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻠِ ْﻴ ًﻤﺎ ﴿‪﴾﴾۵۶‬‬
‫ﻮرةُ ْاﻷ ْ‬
‫َﺣ َﺰاب )‪ ،(٣٣‬آﻳﺔ ‪٥٦‬‬ ‫ُﺳ َ‬

‫‪25‬‬
Alfātiḥah ilā arwāḥi The Fātiḥah is recited on
jamī‛i awliyā’illāhi the souls of all the saints
waṣṣāliḥīn, alfātiḥah and pious people; and on
ilā arwāḥi jamī‛i the souls of the whole
ummati Muḥammadin ummah of Muḥammad;
ṣallallāhu ‛alayhi wa may Allāh’s Blessings
sallam, ighfir lahum and Peace be upon him.
yā Allāh warḥamhum O Allāh! Forgive them
biraḥmati sūratil and have Compassion on
fātiḥah, them through the
Mercifulness of Sūrah
Al-Fātiḥah.

 MAKE DUʻĀ HERE THAT IS

APPROPRIATE FOR AND PERTAINING
TO THE OCCASION E.G.:

1. A SICKNESS
2. A DEATH
3. A BIRTHDAY, OR
4. FOR ANY OTHER OCCASION

Innallāha wa malā’ Verily, Allāh and His

ikatahū yuṣallūna angels send
‛alan nabiy, yā Salutations upon the
ayyuhal ladhīna Prophet; O you who
āmanū ṣallū ‛alayhi believe, send
wa sallimū taslīmā. Salutations and Peace
[Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33), upon him.
Āyah 56] [Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33),
Verse 56]

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‫ﻚ اﻟ ٰﻠّ ُﻬ ـ ﱠﻢ َوَِﲢﻴﱠـ ـﺘُـ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬‫﴿ َد ْﻋـ ٰـﻮ ُﯨﻬ ْﻢ ﻓِ ْﻴـ َﻬــﺎ ُﺳـ ْـﺒ ٰﺤﻨَ َ‬
‫ﻓِﻴـﻬــﺎ ﺳ ـ ٰﻠﻢج وٰا ِﺧــﺮ َد ْﻋـ ٰـﻮﯨﻬﻢ اَ ِن ا ْﳊﻤ ـ ُﺪ ِِّٰ‬
‫َْ‬ ‫ُْ‬ ‫َْ َ ٌ َ ُ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪﴾﴾۱۰‬‬ ‫ب اﻟْ ٰﻌﻠَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬ ‫َر ِّ‬
‫‪ RECITE SŪRAH YĀSĪN‬‬

‫‪ RECITE SŪRAH MULK‬‬

‫ﺳﻮرة ﻳﻮﻧﺲ )‪ :(١٠‬آﻳﺔ ‪١٠‬‬

‫‪27‬‬
Da‛wāhum fīhā
subḥānakal lāhumma
wa taḥiyyatuhum fīhā
salām, wa ākhiru
da‛wāhum anil ḥamdu
lillāhi rabbil ‛ālamīn.
[Sūrah Yūnus (10),
Āyah 10]
 RECITE SŪRAH YĀSĪN
 RECITE SŪRAH MULK
28
In that (state of
happiness) they will
call out: “Glory be to
You, O Allāh!” while
their greetings in it
(Paradise) will be:
“All Praise is due to
Allāh, the Lord of the
Worlds.”
[Sūrah Yūnus (10),
Verse 10]
 ‫ِٰ ِ‬
‫َﻵ اﻟﻪَ إ ﱠﻻ ﷲُ ٭ َوﷲُ أَ ْﻛ َُ‬
‫ﱪ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺼـ َـﻤ ُﺪ ﴿‪ ﴾۲‬ﻟَ ـ ْﻢ ﻳَﻠِ ـ ْﺪ‬
‫﴿ﻗُـ ْـﻞ ُﻫـ َـﻮ ﷲُ اَ َﺣ ـ ٌﺪ ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬اَ ُ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َوﻟَـ ـ ْﻢ ﻳُـ ْﻮﻟَـ ـ ْﺪ ﴿‪َ ﴾۳‬وﻟَـ ـ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ـ ْـﻦ ﻟﱠــﻪُ ُﻛ ُﻔ ـ ًـﻮا اَ َﺣـ ـ ٌﺪ ﴿‪﴾﴾۴‬‬
‫)ﺛَﻼًَ (‬
‫‪‬‬
‫ِٰ ِ‬
‫َﻵ اﻟﻪَ إ ﱠﻻ ﷲُ ٭ َوﷲُ أَ ْﻛ َُ‬
‫ﱪ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ـﻖ ﴿‪﴾۲‬‬‫ب اﻟَْﻔﻠَ ِﻖ ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﺷِّﺮ َﻣـﺎ َﺧﻠَ َ‬ ‫﴿ﻗُ ْﻞ اَ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ﺑَِﺮ ِّ‬
‫ﺖ‬‫ﺎﺳ ٍﻖ اِ َذا وﻗَﺐ ﴿‪ ﴾۳‬وِﻣـﻦ َﺷ ِـﺮ اﻟﱠﻨـ ّٰﻔ ٰﺜـ ِ‬ ‫وِﻣﻦ َﺷ ِﺮ ﻏَ ِ‬
‫َ ْ َ ْ ّ‬ ‫َ ْ ّ‬
‫ٍِِ‬ ‫ِ ِ ِ‬
‫ﺴ َﺪ ﴿‪﴾﴾۵‬‬ ‫ﰱ اﻟ ُْﻌَﻘﺪ ﴿‪َ ﴾۴‬وﻣ ْﻦ َﺷِّﺮ َﺣﺎﺳﺪ اذَا َﺣ َ‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﻔﻠﻖ )‪ :(١١٣‬آ ت ‪٥-١‬‬ ‫ﺳﻮرة اﻹﺧﻼص )‪ :(١١٢‬آ ت ‪٤-١‬‬

‫‪29‬‬
* Lā ilāha illallāhu; wallāhu
akbar.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Qul huwal lāhu aḥad.
2 Allāhuṣ ṣamad.
3 Lam yalid wa lam yūlad.
4 Wa lam yakul lahū
kufuwan aḥad. (3 times)
[Sūrah Al-Ikhlāṣ (112), Āyāt 1-4]
* Lā ilāha illallāhu; wallāhu
akbar.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Say: He is Allāh, the One
and Only;
2 Allāh, the Eternal,
Absolute;
3 He was not born, nor does
He give birth;
4 And there is nothing like
Him. (3 times) [Sūrah Al-Ikhlāṣ
(112), Verses 1-4]

* Lā ilāha illallāhu; wallāhu * Lā ilāha illallāhu; wallāhu

akbar. akbar.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm raḥīm
1 Qul a‛ūdhu birabbil falaq. 1 Say: I seek refuge with the
Lord of the daybreak;
2 Min sharri mā khalaq. 2 From the mischief of
created things;
3 Wa min sharri ghāsiqin 3 From the mischief of
idhā waqab. darkness as it becomes
intense;
4 Wa min sharrin naffāthāti 4 From the mischief of those
fil ‛uqad. who practise secret arts;
5 Wa min sharri ḥāsidin 5 And from the mischief of
idhā ḥasad. the envious one as he
[Sūrah Al-Falaq (113), Āyāt 1-5] practises envy.
[Sūrah Al-Falaq (113), Verses 1-5]

30
 ‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ـﻚ اﻟﻨﱠ ِ‬ ‫ـﺎس ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬ﻣﻠِ ِ‬ ‫﴿ﻗُ ْﻞ اَ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ﺑِ َـﺮ ِّ‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪﴾۲‬‬ ‫ب اﻟﻨﱠ ِ َ‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪﴾۴‬‬ ‫اﳋَﻨﱠ ِ‬‫اس ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺎس ﴿‪ِ ﴾۳‬ﻣ ْـﻦ َﺷ ِّـﺮ اﻟ َْﻮ ْﺳ َـﻮ ِ‬ ‫اِٰﻟ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ِ‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪ِ ﴾۵‬ﻣ ـ َـﻦ‬‫ﺻـ ـ ُﺪ ْوِر اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِ‬ ‫ﰱ ُ‬ ‫س ِْ‬
‫ﱠِ‬
‫اﻟ ــﺬ ْى ﻳُـ َﻮ ْﺳـ ـ ِﻮ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺎس ﴿‪﴾﴾۶‬‬ ‫ا ْﳉِﻨ ِﱠﺔ َواﻟﻨ ِ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ِٰ ِ‬
‫َﻵ اﻟﻪَ إ ﱠﻻ ﷲُ ٭ َوﷲُ أَ ْﻛ َُ‬
‫ﱪ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟـ ـ ﱠﺮِﺣﻴ ِﻢ ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬اَ ْﳊﻤ ـ ـ ُﺪ ِِّٰ‬ ‫ﷲ اﻟـ ـ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬‫﴿ﺑِﺴ ـ ِـﻢ ِ‬
‫َْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ـ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ ﴿‪ٰ ﴾۳‬ﻣﻠِـ ِ‬
‫ـﻚ‬ ‫ﲔ ﴿‪ ﴾۲‬اَﻟ ـ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬‫ب اﻟ َْﻌــﺎﻟَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫َر ِّ‬
‫ﻳَـ ْﻮِم اﻟ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ ﴿‪﴾۴‬‬

‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﻨﺎس )‪ :(١١٤‬آ ت ‪٦-١‬‬

‫‪31‬‬
Bismillāhir raḥmānir Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm raḥīm
1 Qul a‛ūdhu birabbin 1 Say: I seek refuge
nās. with the Lord and
Cherisher of mankind;
2 Malikin nās. 2 The King (or Ruler)
of mankind;
3 Ilāhin nās. 3 The God (or Judge)
of mankind;
4 Min sharril waswāsil 4 From the mischief of
khannās. the whisperer (of evil),
who withdraws (after
his whisper);
5 Alladhī yuwaswisu fī 5 (The whisperer) who
ṣudūrin nās. whispers into the
hearts of mankind;
6 Minal jinnati wannās. 6 From among jinn
[Sūrah Al-Nās (114), Āyāt 1-6] and men.
[Sūrah Al-Nās (114), Verses
1-6]
Lā ilāha illallāhu; Lā ilāha illallāhu;
wallāhu akbar. wallāhu akbar.
1 Bismillāhir raḥmānir 1 Bismillāhir
raḥīm raḥmānir raḥīm
2 Alḥamdulillāhi rabbil 2 All Praise be to Allāh,
‛ālamīn. Lord of the Universe;
3 Arraḥmānir raḥīm. 3 Most Compassionate,
Most Merciful;
4 Māliki yawmid dīn. 4 Lord of the Day of
Judgement.

32
 ‫اِ ﱠ َك ﻧَـﻌﺒ ـ ـ ُﺪ واِ ﱠ َك ﻧَﺴـ ــﺘَ ِﻌ ْ ِ ِ‬
‫ط‬ ‫ﲔ ﴿‪ ﴾۵‬ا ْﻫـ ــﺪ َ ِّ‬
‫اﻟﺼـ ـ َـﺮا َ‬ ‫ْ ُ‬ ‫ُْ َ‬
‫ـﺖ َﻋﻠَ ْـﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻏَ ِْ‬
‫ـﲑ‬ ‫ط اﻟﱠ ِـﺬﻳْ َﻦ اَﻧْـ َﻌ ْﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻَﺮا َ‬ ‫اﻟْﻤﺴﺘَِﻘْﻴِﻢ ﴿‪ِ ﴾۶‬‬
‫ُْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ْﻮ ِ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪﴾﴾۷‬‬ ‫ب َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوَﻻ اﻟﻀﱠﺂﻟّْ َ‬ ‫اﻟ َْﻤﻐْ ُ‬
‫ﲔ‪‬‬ ‫ِ‬
‫‪‬آﻣ ْ َ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ٓۤ‬
‫ﺐ ۖ ﻓِ ْﻴ ِﻪ ۚ ُﻫ ًﺪى‬ ‫ﻳ‬‫ر‬
‫ُ َْ َ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺐ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ٰ‬ ‫ﻚ اﻟ ِ‬
‫ْﻜ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ذ‬‫ٰ‬ ‫﴾‬ ‫‪۱‬‬ ‫﴿‬ ‫ﻢ‬‫﴿اﻟـ ّ‬
‫ـﲔ ﴿‪ ﴾۲‬اﻟﱠـ ـ ـ ِـﺬﻳْ َﻦ ﻳُـ ْﺆِﻣﻨُـ ـ ـ ـ ْـﻮ َن ِ ﻟْﻐَْﻴ ـ ـ ـ ِ‬
‫ـﺐ‬ ‫ﻟِّﻠ ِ‬
‫ْﻤﺘﱠﻘ ـ ـ ـ ْ َ‬
‫ُ‬
‫ﺼ ٰﻠﻮةَ َوِﳑﱠﺎ َر َزﻗـْـ ٰﻨـ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳُـ ْﻨ ِﻔ ُﻘ ْـﻮ َن ﴿‪﴾۳‬‬ ‫َوﻳُِﻘ ْﻴ ُﻤ ْﻮ َن اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ـﻚ َوَﻣــﺂ اُﻧْـ ِﺰ َل‬ ‫َواﻟﱠـ ِـﺬﻳْ َﻦ ﻳُـ ْﺆِﻣﻨُ ـ ْـﻮ َن ِﲟَــﺂ اُﻧْـ ِﺰ َل اﻟَْﻴـ َ‬
‫ﻻ ِﺧ َﺮةِ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳُـ ْﻮﻗِﻨُـ ْﻮ َن ﴿‪﴾۴‬‬ ‫ﻚ َو ِ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗَـ ْﺒﻠِ َ‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﻔﺎﲢﺔ )‪ :(١‬آ ت ‪٧-١‬‬

‫‪33‬‬
5 Iyyāka na‛budu wa 5 You alone do we worship,
iyyāka nasta‛īn. and to You alone do we
turn for help.
6 Ihdinaṣ ṣirāṭal mustaqīm. 6 Guide us to the Straight
Way.
7 Ṣirāṭalladhīna an‛amta 7 The Way of those on
‛alayhim, ghayril maghḍūbi whom You have bestowed
‛alayhim walaḍ ḍāllīn. Your Grace; not the way of
Āmīn those who have earned Your
[Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah (1), Āyāt anger, nor of those who
1-7] went astray. Āmīn [Sūrah
Al-Fātiḥah (1), Verses 1-7]
Bismillāhir raḥmanir Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm raḥīm
1 Alif Lām Mīm 1 Alif Lām Mīm.
2 Dhālikal kitābu lā rayba 2 This is the Book; in which
fīhi hudal lil muttaqīn. there is no uncertainty
(doubt).
3 Alladhīna yu’minūna bil 3 It is a Guide for the pious
ghaybi wa yuqīmūnaṣ believers, who believe in
ṣalāta wa mimmā the Unseen; and who are
razaqnāhum yunfiqūn. steadfast in prayer; and
who spend from that which
We have provided for them;
4 Walladhīna yu’minūna 4 And who believe in the
bimā unzila ilayka wa mā Revelation sent down to you
unzila min qablika wa (O Muḥammad), and that
bil’ākhirati hum yūqinūn. which were sent down prior
to you; and who firmly
believe in the Hereafter.

34
 ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِِ ق ۤ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ـﻚ ُﻫ ُـﻢ‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ـﻦ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫ى‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻫ‬
‫اُ َ َ ُ ً ّ ْ ﱠ ّ ْ َ ُ َ‬
‫ﺌ‬ ‫وﻟ‬‫ا‬‫و‬ ‫ـﻢ‬ ‫ﻰ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﺌ‬ ‫وﻟ‬
‫اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﻔﻠِ ُﺤ ْﻮ َن ﴿‪﴾﴾۵‬‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ا ﱠﻻ ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﲪ ُ‬
‫ٰﻦ‬ ‫﴿ َوا ٰﳍُ ُﻜ ْﻢ ا ٰﻟﻪٌ ﱠواﺣ ٌﺪ ﱠﻻ ا ٰﻟﻪَ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ُﻢ ﴿‪﴾﴾۱۶۳‬‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ۤ‬
‫﴿اَ ُ َﻻ اِٰﻟـ ـ ـﻪَ اِﱠﻻ ُﻫ ـ ـ َـﻮج اَ ْﳊَـ ـ ﱡـﻰ اﻟْ َﻘﻴﱡـ ـ ـ ْـﻮ ُم‪َ ۵‬ﻻ‬
‫ْﺧـ ُﺬﻩُ ِﺳــﻨَﺔٌ ﱠوَﻻ ﻧَـ ْـﻮٌم ﻟَــﻪُ َﻣــﺎ ِﰱ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺴـ ٰـﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬ ‫ط‬
‫ت‬ ‫َُ‬
‫ِ ۤ‬
‫ض َﻣ ْﻦ ذَا اﻟﱠ ِﺬ ْى ﻳَ ْﺸـ َﻔ ُﻊ ﻋ ْﻨـ َﺪﻩُ‬ ‫َوَﻣﺎ ِﰱ ْاﻻَ ْر‬
‫ِط‬

‫ِ ﱠ ِِ ِ ِط‬
‫اﻻ ْذﻧﻪ‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪١٦٣‬‬ ‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آ ت ‪٥-١‬‬

‫‪35‬‬
5 Ulā’ika ‛alā hudam
mirrabbihim wa
ulā’ika humul
mufliḥūn.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyāt 1-5]
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Wa ilāhukum ilāhuw
wāḥid, lā ilāha illā
huwar raḥmānur
raḥīm.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyah 163]
****
Allāhu lā ilāha illā
huwal ḥayyul qayyūm;
lā ta’khudhuhū
sinatuw wa lā nawm;
lahū mā fissamāwāti
wa mā fil’arḍ, man
dhalladhī yashfa‛u
‛indahū illā bi’idhnihī,
36
5 They are the people
who are rightly-guided,
and the ones who will be
successful. [Sūrah Al-
Baqarah (2), Verses 1-5]
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Your God is One God.
There is no god but
Him. He is the Most
Compassionate, Most
Merciful.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Verse 163]
****
Allāh! There is no god,
but Him; the Ever-
Living, the Self
Subsisting, the Eternal
One. Neither slumber
nor sleep can overtake
Him. To Him belongs
whatsoever is in the
Heavens and
whatsoever is on the
earth. Who is there
that can intercede in
His Presence, except
by His Permission?
 ‫ـﲔ اَﻳْـ ـ ِـﺪﻳْ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوَﻣـ ــﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻬ ـ ـ ْـﻢج َوَﻻ‬
‫ﻳَـ ْﻌﻠَـ ـ ُـﻢ َﻣـ ــﺎ ﺑَـ ـ ْ َ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِۤ‬
‫ـﺂءج َو ِﺳ َـﻊ‬ ‫ﺷ‬
‫َ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﲟ‬‫ِ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﺸ ْﻰء ّﻣ ْﻦ ﻋﻠْﻤ‬ ‫ُِﳛْﻴﻄُْﻮ َن ﺑ َ‬
‫ﺴ ـ ـ ـ ٰـﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬‫ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳـ ـ ـ ـﻴﱡﻪُ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ط‬
‫ض َوَﻻ ﻳَـ ـ ـ ـ ُـﺆْو ُدﻩُ‬ ‫ت َو ْاﻻَ ْر َ‬
‫ِﺣ ْﻔﻈُُﻬ َﻤﺎج َو ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ َْﻌﻠِ ﱡﻰ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈْﻴ ُﻢ ﴿‪﴾﴾۲۵۵‬‬

‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫ضط َواِ ْن‬ ‫ت َوَﻣـﺎ ِﰱ ْاﻻَ ْر ِ‬ ‫ﺴ ٰﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬‫﴿ِِّٰ َﻣﺎ ِﰱ اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫ﺗُـﺒ ـ ُﺪوا ﻣــﺎ ِ ۤﰱ اَﻧْـ ُﻔ ِﺴ ـ ُﻜﻢ اَو ُﲣْ ُﻔــﻮﻩُ ُﳛ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳـ ْـﺒ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْ ْ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ ْ َ ْ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ﷲ ﻓَـﻴَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ـ ُـﺮ ﻟِ َﻤ ـ ْـﻦ ﻳﱠ َ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ ِط‬
‫ب َﻣ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ﺸ ــﺎءُ َوﻳُـ َﻌـ ـ ّﺬ ُ‬ ‫ﺑ ــﻪ‬
‫ۤ ط‬
‫ﺷﻰ ٍء ﻗَ ِﺪﻳْ ٍﺮ ﴿‪﴾۲۸۴‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ﺸﺎءُ َ ُ َ ُ ّ َ ْ‬
‫ﻞ‬ ‫ﻛ‬ ‫ﻰ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﻳﱠ َ‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪٢٥٥‬‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪٢٨٤‬‬

‫‪37‬‬
ya‛lamu mā bayna aydīhim
wa mā khalfahum, wa lā
yuḥīṭūna bishay’im min
‛ilmihī illā bimā shā’,
wasi‛a kursiy yuhus
samāwāti wal’arḍ, wa lā
ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa
huwal ‛aliyyul ‛aẓīm.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyah 255]
Lillāhi mā fissamāwāti
wamā fil’arḍi, wa in tubdū
mā fī anfusikum aw
tukhfūhu yuḥāsibkum
bihillāh; fayaghfiru limay
yashā’u wa yu‛adh-dhibu
mayyashā, wallāhu ‛alā
kulli shay’in qadīr.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyah 284]
38
He Knows what will
happen to them (His
creatures) in this world,
and what will happen to
them in the Hereafter; nor
shall they comprehend
anything at all of His
Knowledge except as He
Wills.
His Throne extends over
the Heavens and the earth,
and guarding and
preserving it, does not
exhaust Him, for He is the
Exalted, the All-Mighty.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Verse 255]
To Allāh belongs all that is
in the Heavens and that is
on earth. Whether you
disclose what is in your
selves or conceal it, Allāh
will call you to account for
it. He will Forgive whom
He wishes and will Punish
whom He wishes; He has
Power over all things.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyah 284]
‫ٰا َﻣ ـ ـ َـﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺳ ـ ـ ْـﻮ ُل ِﲟَـ ــﺂ اُﻧْـ ـ ـ ِﺰ َل اِﻟَْﻴ ـ ـ ِـﻪ ِﻣ ـ ـ ْـﻦ ﱠرﺑِّـ ـ ِـﻪ‬
‫َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺆِﻣﻨُـ ـ ـ ْـﻮ َنط ُﻛـ ـ ـﻞﱞ ٰا َﻣ ـ ـ َـﻦ ِ ِ َوَﻣ َﻶﺋِ َﻜﺘِ ـ ـ ِـﻪ‬
‫ـﲔ اَ َﺣ ـ ٍـﺪ ِّﻣ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ِ ِﻗ ــﻒ‬
‫َوُﻛﺘُﺒِ ــﻪ َوُر ُﺳ ــﻠﻪ َﻻ ﻧُـ َﻔ ـ ِّـﺮ ُق ﺑَـ ْ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﱡر ُﺳ ــﻠِ ِﻪ َوﻗَــﺎﻟُ ْﻮا َِﲰ ْﻌﻨَ ــﺎ َواَﻃَ ْﻌﻨَ ــﺎ ﻏُ ْﻔ َﺮاﻧَـ َ‬
‫ق‬ ‫ﻗ ــﻒ‬
‫ـﻚ‬
‫ﺼ ْﲑُ ﴿‪﴾۲۸۵‬‬ ‫ﻚ اﻟْﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َرﺑﱠـﻨَﺎ َواﻟَْﻴ َ َ‬
‫ﺴ ــﺎ اِﱠﻻ ُو ْﺳ ـ َـﻌ َﻬﺎ ط َﳍَــﺎ َﻣ ــﺎ‬
‫ً‬ ‫ﻔ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻧ‬ ‫ﷲ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ـﻒ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳ َﻜﻠِ‬
‫ّ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﺖ ط َرﺑﱠـﻨَ ـ ــﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺴ ـ ــﺒَ ْ‬‫ﺖ َو َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬ ـ ــﺎ َﻣﺎا ْﻛﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺴ ـ ــﺒَ ْ‬
‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ۤ‬ ‫ِ ۤ‬
‫اﺧـ ـ ْﺬ َ اِ ْن ﻧَ ِﺴـ ـ ْﻴـﻨَﺎ اَ ْو اَ ْﺧﻄَـ ـﺎْ َ ج َرﺑﱠـﻨَ ــﺎ َوَﻻ‬ ‫ﺗُـ َﺆ‬
‫ﺻـ ًـﺮا َﻛ َﻤـﺎ َﲪَﻠْﺘَــﻪُ َﻋﻠَــﻰ اﻟﱠـ ِـﺬﻳْ َﻦ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﻞ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَــﺎ ا ْ‬
‫َﲢْﻤـ ْ‬
‫ِِج‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗَـْﺒﻠِﻨَﺎ ج َرﺑﱠـﻨَﺎ َوَﻻ ُﲢَ ِّﻤﻠْﻨَﺎ َﻣﺎ َﻻ ﻃَﺎﻗَﺔَ ﻟَﻨَﺎ ﺑﻪ‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪٢٨٥‬‬

‫‪39‬‬
Āmanar rasūlu bimā
unzila ilayhi mirrabbihī
wal mu’minūn, kullun
āmana billāhi wa
malā’ikatihī wa
kutubihī wa rusulihī, lā
nufarriqu bayna aḥadim
mirrusulih, wa qālū
sami‛nā wa aṭa‛nā,
ghufrānaka rabbanā wa
ilaykal maṣīr.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Āyah 285]
Lā yukalliful lāhu
nafsan illā wus‛ahā,
lahā mā kasabat wa
‛alayhā maktasabat,
rabbanā lā tu’ākhidhnā
in nasīnā aw akhṭa’nā,
rabbanā walā taḥmil
‛alaynā iṣran kamā
ḥamaltahū ‛alalladhīna
min qablinā, rabbanā
walā tuḥammilnā mā lā
ṭāqata lanā bihī,
40
The Messenger
(Muḥammad) believes in
what has been revealed to
him from his Lord, and (so
do) the believers. They all
believe in His Angels, His
Books and His Messengers.
They say: “We do not
differentiate between any of
His Messengers. We hear
and we obey. We ask You
forgiveness our Lord, and
to You will we all return.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2), Āyah 285]
Allāh will not burden any
soul with more than what it
can bear. It shall be
compensated for whatever
good it has done, and it will
be punished for whatever
evil it has done. (Pray:)
“Our Lord! Do not take us
to task if we forget or make
a mistake. Our Lord! Do
not place on us a burden
like that which you have
placed on those before us!
Our Lord! Do not place on
us a burden that we do not
have the strength to bear!
‫ـﻒ َﻋﻨﱠــﺎ َوا ْﻏ ِﻔـ ْـﺮ ﻟَﻨَــﺎ َو ْار َﲪْﻨَــﺎ اَﻧْـ َ‬
‫ـﺖ‬ ‫َوا ْﻋـ ُ‬
‫وﻗﻔــﺔ‬ ‫وﻗﻔــﺔ‬ ‫وﻗﻔــﺔ‬

‫ﺼ ْﺮَ َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟْ َﻘ ْﻮِم اﻟ ْٰﻜ ِﻔ ِﺮﻳْ َﻦ ﴿‪﴾﴾۲۸۶‬‬ ‫َﻣ ْﻮٰﻟﻨَﺎ ﻓَﺎﻧْ ُ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﷲ وﺑـﺮَﻛﺎﺗُــﻪُ َﻋﻠَـ ْـﻴ ُﻜﻢ أ َْﻫ ــﻞ اﻟْﺒـْﻴ ـ ِ‬
‫ـﺖ إِﻧﱠــﻪُ‬ ‫ْ َ َ‬ ‫َر ْﲪَ ـﺔُ َ َ َ‬
‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬
‫ﺐ َﻋ ـْﻨ ُﻜ ُﻢ‬‫َﲪْﻴ ـ ٌﺪ ﱠﳎْﻴ ـ ٌﺪ٭ ﴿ا ﱠﳕـَـﺎ ﻳُِﺮﻳْـ ُﺪ ﷲُ ﻟﻴُـ ْﺬﻫ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﲑا ﴿‪﴾﴾۳۳‬‬ ‫ﺲ اَ ْﻫ َﻞ اﻟْﺒَـْﻴﺖ َوﻳُﻄَِّﻬ َﺮُﻛ ْﻢ ﺗَﻄْ ِﻬ ْ ً‬ ‫ِّ‬
‫اﻟﺮ ْﺟ َ‬
‫ﺼـ ـﻠﱡ ْﻮ َن َﻋﻠَ ــﻰ اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِ ِّ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﱮ‪،‬‬ ‫﴿ا ﱠن ﷲَ َوَﻣ َﻶﺋ َﻜﺘَ ــﻪُ ﻳُ َ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ﺻ ـﻠﱡ ْﻮا َﻋﻠَْﻴـ ِـﻪ َو َﺳـ ـﻠِّ ُﻤ ْﻮا‬ ‫ا‬‫ـﻮ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫ْ َ َُ ْ َ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ا‬ ‫ﻦ‬‫ﻳ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﺬ‬ ‫ـ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ـﺎ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫ـ‬‫ﱡ‬
‫َ َ‬‫ﻳ‬‫ا‬
‫َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻠِ ْﻴ ًﻤﺎ ﴿‪﴾﴾۵۶‬‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻟﺒﻘﺮة )‪ :(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪٢٨٦‬‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻻﺣﺰاب )‪ :(٣٣‬آﻳﺔ ‪٣٣‬‬
‫ﺳﻮرة اﻻﺣﺰاب )‪ :(٣٣‬آﻳﺔ ‪٥٦‬‬

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wa‛fu ‛annā, waghfir lanā, Pardon us, and grant us
warḥamnā, anta mawlanā forgiveness; and have
fanṣurnā ‛alal qawmil Mercy on us. You are our
kāfirīn. Protector; so grant us
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2), victory over the
Āyāt 284-286] disbelieving people.”
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Verses 284-286]

Raḥmatullāhi wa May Allāh’s Mercy and

barakātuhū ‛alaykum ahlal Blessings be upon the
bayti innahū ḥamīdum members of the Prophet’s
majīd, family. Indeed, He is All
Praiseworthy, Most
Splendid.

Innamā yurīdullāhu O you members of the

liyudh-hiba ‛ankumur rijsa Prophet’s family, God
ahlal bayti wa yuṭah- only wishes to remove all
hirakum taṭhīrā, abomination from you,
[Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33), and to cleanse and purify
Āyah 33] you. [Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb
(33), Verse 33]
Verily, Allāh and His
Innallāha wa malā’ikatahū Angels send Salutations
yuṣallūna ‛alan nabiy, yā upon the Prophet; O you
ayyuhalladhīna āmanū who believe, send
ṣallū ‛alayhi wa sallimū Salutations and Peace
taslīmā. [Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb upon him. [Sūrah Al-
(33), Āyah 56] Aḥzāb (33), Verse 56]

42
‫َﺳـ َـﻌ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻀــﻞ ﺻ ـﻠَﻮ ِ‬ ‫اَﻟ ٰ‬
‫ات َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ أ ْ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫أ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﻞ‬
‫َ ّ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ‫ﻢ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ﻠ‬
‫ّ‬
‫ﷲ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ ٭ َو َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ ٰاﻟِـ ِـﻪ‬‫ـﺐ ِ‬ ‫ـﻚ َﺣﺒِْﻴـ ِ‬ ‫َﳐْﻠُ ْﻮﻗَﺎﺗِـ َ‬
‫اد‬ ‫وﺻــﺤﺒِ ِﻪ وﺳ ـﻠِّﻢ ٭ ﻋ ـ َﺪد ﻣﻌﻠُﻮﻣﺎﺗِـ َ ِ‬
‫ـﻚ َوﻣ ـ َﺪ َ‬ ‫َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َْ َْ‬
‫ـﻞ‬ ‫ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻠِ َﻤﺎﺗِـ َ ﱠ‬
‫ـﻚ ُﻛﻠ َﻤ ــﺎ ذَ َﻛ ـ َـﺮ َك اﻟـ ـﺬاﻛ ُﺮْو َن َوﻏَ َﻔ ـ َ‬
‫ن٭‬‫َﻋ ْﻦ ِذ ْﻛ ِﺮ َك اﻟْﻐَﺎﻓِﻠُ ْﻮ َ‬

‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫اَﻟ ٰﻠّﻬـ ـ ﱠﻢ ﺻ ـ ِـﻞ وﺳـ ـﻠِّﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ﺳ ــﻴِ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠ ٍ‬
‫ﻤ ــﺪ ٭‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫ُ َ ََّ ْ‬
‫ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺻـ ـﻠﱠْﻴ َ‬
‫ﺖ‬ ‫)ﺳ ــﻴِّﺪ َ ( ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ــﺪ ٭ َﻛ َﻤ ــﺎ َ‬ ‫َو َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ٰا ِل َ‬
‫)ﺳ ــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ (‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ِ‬
‫)ﺳ ــﻴِّﺪ َ ( إِﺑْـ ـ َـﺮاﻫْﻴ َﻢ َو َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ٰا ِل َ‬
‫َ‬
‫)ﺳـ ـ ــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ( ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ـ ـ ٍـﺪ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫إِﺑْ ـ ـ ـ َـﺮاﻫْﻴ َﻢ ٭ َوَ ِر ْك َﻋ ٰﻠ ـ ـ ـﻰ َ‬
‫و َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ ٰا ِل )ﺳﻴِ ِﺪ َ ( ُﳏَ ﱠ ٍ‬
‫ﻤﺪ ٭‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫َ‬
‫‪43‬‬
Allāhumma ṣalli
afḍala ṣalawāti ‛alā
as‛adi makhlūqātika
ḥabībillāhi
Muḥammad, wa ‛alā
ālihī wa ṣaḥbihī wa
sallim, ‛adada
ma‛lūmātika wa
midāda kalimātika
kullamā dhakarakadh-
dhākirūna wa ghafala
‛an dhikrikal ghāfilūn.
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Allāhumma ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammad, wa ‛alā
āli sayyidinā
Muḥammad, kamā
ṣallayta ‛alā sayyidinā
Ibrāhīm wa ‛alā āli
sayyidinā Ibrāhīm, wa
bārik ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammad wa ‛alā
āli sayyidinā
Muḥammad,
44
O Allāh! Bestow the
Best of Blessings upon
the Best of Your
Creation: Your
Beloved Muḥammad;
and Peace upon his
family and his
Companions. Equal to
the number of Your
Knowledge and the ink
of the significance of
Your Eternal Words,
everytime You are
Remembered and
everytime You are
Forgotten (neglected).
‫٭٭٭٭‬
O Allāh! Shower
Blessings and Peace
upon Muḥammad and
the family of
Muḥammad, in the
same way as You have
showered Mercy upon
Ibrāhīm and the family
of Ibrāhīm; and shower
Blessings upon
Muḥammad and the
family of Muḥammad
‫)ﺳـﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ( إِﺑْـ َـﺮ ِاﻫ ْﻴ َﻢ َو َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ـﺖ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َﻤﺎ َ َرْﻛ َ‬
‫ٰا ِل )ﺳ ــﻴِ ِﺪ ( إِﺑـ ــﺮ ِاﻫﻴﻢ ِﰱ اﻟْﻌ ــﺎﻟَ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫ـﻚ‬‫ﲔ ٭ اﻧﱠـ َ‬ ‫َ َْ‬ ‫َ ّ َ ْ َ َْ‬
‫ـﻚ ٭‬ ‫ﺿـﺎ ﻧَـ ْﻔ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ـﻚ َوِر َ‬ ‫ﲪْﻴ ٌﺪ ﱠِﳎْﻴ ٌﺪ ٭ َﻋـ َﺪ َد َﺧﻠ ِْﻘ َ‬ ‫َِ‬
‫ـﻚ ٭ ُﻛﻠﱠ َﻤ ــﺎ‬ ‫اد َﻛﻠِ َﻤﺎﺗِ ـ َ‬ ‫وِزﻧَـ ـﺔَ ﻋﺮ ِﺷ ـ َ ِ‬
‫ـﻚ ٭ َوﻣـ ـ َﺪ َ‬ ‫َ َْ‬
‫ـﻞ َﻋـ ـ ْـﻦ ِذ ْﻛـ ـ ـ ِﺮ َك‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻔ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻏ‬
‫َ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ن‬‫َ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ذَ َﻛـ ــﺮ َك اﻟـ ـ ـ ﱠﺬاﻛِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫٭‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ن٭‬ ‫اﻟْﻐَﺎﻓِﻠُ ْﻮ َ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ـﺎر َك َوﺗَـ َﻌ ـ ـ ٰـﺎﱃ َﻋ ـ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬
‫َو َﺳـ ـ ـﻠّ ْﻢ َوَرﺿـ ـ ـ َـﻰ ﷲُ ﺗَـﺒَـ ـ ـ َ‬
‫ﷲأِْ‬ ‫ﺎب رﺳ ـ ـ ــﻮِل ِ‬
‫ـﲔ ٭ َو ُﻫ ـ ـ ـ َـﻮ‬ ‫َﲨَﻌ ـ ـ ـ ْ َ‬ ‫ـﺤ ِ َ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺻ ـ ـ ـ َ‬
‫أْ‬
‫ـﻞ ٭ َوَﻻ َﺣ ْـﻮ َل َوَﻻ ﻗُـ ﱠـﻮَة‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َﺣ ْﺴـﺒُـﻨَﺎ َوﻧ ْﻌ َـﻢ اﻟ َْﻮﻛ ْﻴـ ُ‬
‫إِﱠﻻ ِ ِ اﻟْﻌﻠِ ِﻰ اﻟ ِ‬
‫ْﻌﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ ٭‬ ‫َ ّ َ‬

‫‪45‬‬
kamā bārakta ‛alā
sayyidinā Ibrāhīm wa
‛alā āli sayyidinā
Ibrāhīm, fil‛ālamīna,
innaka ḥamīdum
majīd.
‛Adada khalqika wa
riḍā nafsika, wa zinata
‛arshika, wa midāda
kalimātika, kullamā
dhakarakadh dhākirūn,
wa ghafala ‛an
dhikrikal ghāfilūn.
****
Wa sallim wa
raḍiyallāhu tabāraka
wa ta‛ālā ‛an aṣḥābi
rasūlillāhi ajma‛īn, wa
huwa ḥasbunā wa
ni‛mal wakīl, wa lā
ḥawla wa lā quwwata
illā billāhil ‛aliyyil
‛aẓīm.
46
The same way as You
have showered Blessings
upon Ibrāhīm and the
family of Ibrāhīm, in the
Worlds. You are All-
Praiseworthy, Most
Splendid.
Equal to the number which
You Created and the
Contentment of Yourself,
and the Beauty of Your
Throne, and the ink of the
meaning of Your Eternal
Words; everytime the
mindful remembers You
and the heedless forgets
You.
****
May Allāh, the Blessed
and Exalted, shower His
Peace and Favours on all
the Messenger’s
Companions. And He is
Sufficient for us and in
Him do we put our trust.
There is no Power nor
Strength save that of
Allāh, the Exalted, the
Mighty.
 ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫٭‬ ‫اَ ْﺳﺘَـ ْﻐﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ ٭ اَ ْﺳﺘَـ ْﻐﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ ٭ اَ ْﺳﺘَـ ْﻐﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ‬
‫ﻀ َﻞ اﻟ ِّﺬ ْﻛ ِﺮ َﺣﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓَﺎ ْﻋﻠَ ُﻤ ْﻮا أَ ﱠن أَﻓْ َ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫َﻻ إِٰﻟﻪَ إِﱠﻻ ﷲُ ‪َ :‬ﺣ ﱞﻰ ﱠﻣ ْﻮ ُﺟ ْﻮ ٌد‬
‫ۤ‬
‫َﻻ إِٰﻟﻪَ إِﱠﻻ ﷲُ ‪َ :‬ﺣ ﱡﻰم َ ﻗِ ْﻰ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ﺼ ْﻮ ٌد‬‫ُ َﱞ ُ‬ ‫ﻘ‬‫ْ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻰ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫‪:‬‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬‫ﱠ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻪ‬
‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻻ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ـﺎم َوَﻻ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫ْ َ ََ ُ‬‫ﻨ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ى‬ ‫ـﺬ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ـﻰ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫ُ َ ﱡ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫‪:‬‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫َ َ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻻ‬
‫ت‬‫ﳝَُْﻮ ُ‬

‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫َﻻ إﻟﻪَ إﻻ ﷲُ ) ‪ ۳۳‬أ َْو ‪( ۵۰‬‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫‪47‬‬
Astaghfirullāha, I seek Allāh’s
astaghfirullāha, Forgiveness; I seek
astaghfirullāha, Allāh’s Forgiveness; I
seek Allāh’s Forgiveness.

Fa‛lamū anna Know that in truth: the

afḍaladh-dhikri ḥaq, best way is to Remember
Him,
Lā ilāha illallāhu: There is none worthy of
ḥayyum mawjūd, worship except Allāh; the
Ever-Living, the Exalted.
Lā ilāha illallāhu: There is none worthy of
ḥayyum bāqī, worship except Allāh; the
Ever-Living, the Eternal
(Everlasting).
Lā ilāha illallāhu: There is none worthy of
ḥayyum maqṣūd, worship except Allāh; the
Ever-Living, the One
with Intent.
Lā ilāha illallāhu: There is none worthy of
ḥayyulladhī lā yanāmu worship except Allāh; the
wa lā yamūtu, Ever-Living, the One
Who does not sleep, and
the One Who does not
die.
**** ****
Lā ilāha illallāhu. There is none worthy
(33 or 50 times) of worship except
Allāh; (33 or 50 times)

48
‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻰ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻠ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺻ‬ ‫ﷲ‬‫َ ۤﻻ إِٰﻟـ ـﻪ إِﱠﻻ ﷲ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ـ ٌﺪ ﱠرﺳ ــﻮ ُل ِ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻋﻠَْﻴ ـ ـ ِـﻪ َو َﺳـ ـ ـﻠﱠ َﻢ٭ َﻛﻠِ َﻤـ ـ ـﺔُ َﺣـ ـ ـ ٍّﻖ َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬ ـ ــﺎ َْﳓﻴَ ـ ــﺎ‬
‫ـﺚ إِ ْن‬ ‫ت ٭ َو َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬ ــﺎ َوَِــﺎ ﻧُـ ْﺒـ َﻌ ـ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬ ــﺎ َﳕُـ ْـﻮ ُ‬
‫ـﲔ ﺑِﺮ ْﲪ ـ ـ ِـﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ـ ــﺂء ﷲ ﺗَـﻌ ـ ـ ٰـﺎﱃ ِﻣ ـ ــﻦ ْ ٰ ِ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ‫اﻻﻣﻨِـ ـ ْ ِ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ُ َ‬
‫وَ ِ ِ‬
‫ﻛ َﺮﻣﻪ٭‬ ‫َ‬

‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫َﺟـ َـﺰا ﷲُ َﻋﻨﱠــﺎ َﺳــﻴِّ َﺪ َ َوﻧَﺒِﻴﱠـﻨَــﺎ َوَﻣـ ْـﻮَﻻ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ًﺪا‬
‫ـﲑام ِﲟَـﺎ ُﻫ َـﻮ أ َْﻫﻠُـﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻪ َو َﺳـﻠ َﻢ َﺧ ْ ً‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬

‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫‪49‬‬
Lā ilāha illallāhu
Muḥammadur
rasūlullāhi ṣallallāhu
‛alayhi wa sallama,
kalimatu ḥaqqin
‛alayhā naḥyā wa
‛alayhā namūtu, wa
‛alayhā nub‛athu
inshā-allāhu ta‛ālā
minal āminīna
biraḥmatillāhi wa
karamihī.
****
Jazallāhu ‛annā
sayyidanā wa
nabiyyanā wa
mawlānā
Muḥammadan
ṣallallāhu ‛alayhi wa
sallama khayram bimā
huwa ahluhū.
(3 times)
50
There is none worthy
of worship except
Allāh and Muḥammad
is Allāh’s Messenger.
This is the Truth. By
this Truth will we live
and by this Truth will
we die; and with this
Truth will we be
peacefully resurrected.
This can only happen
through His Mercy
and Generosity (and if
He Allāh the Exalted,
so Wills).
****
May Allāh Reward
our master
Muḥammad, may
Allāh’s Peace and
Blessings be upon
him, our master, our
Prophet and our
guardian, with all the
goodness that he
deserves. (3 times)

51
 THE BEGINNING OF
THE RĀTIBUL ḤADDĀD
َ ْ َ َُ َ َْ
ِ‫ا ِ ا ِ ا ِ ِ ا ـ اد‬

52
 ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺟ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫َﻋ ْﻮذُ ِ ِ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺸ ْﻴﻄَ ِ‬ ‫أُ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ ﴿‪﴾۱‬‬‫ﲪ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬‫﴿ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬

‫ْ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪ ﴾۲‬اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ب اﻟ َْﻌﺎﻟَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ِِ‬
‫اَ ْﳊَ ْﻤ ُﺪ ّٰ َر ِّ‬
‫ﻚ ﻳَـ ْﻮِم اﻟ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ ﴿‪ ﴾۴‬اِ ﱠ َك ﻧَـ ْﻌﺒُ ُﺪ َواِ ﱠ َك‬ ‫﴿‪ٰ ﴾۳‬ﻣﻠِ ِ‬
‫ﺴﺘَ ِﻘ ْﻴ َﻢ ﴿‪﴾۶‬‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ط اﻟ ُْﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﲔ ﴿‪ ﴾۵‬ا ْﻫﺪ َ ٱ ِّ‬
‫ﻟﺼ َﺮا َ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْﺴﺘَﻌ ْ ُ‬
‫ﺖ َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ۙ‪ ۵‬ﻏَ ِْﲑ‬ ‫ط اﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳْ َﻦ أَﻧْـ َﻌ ْﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺮا َ‬‫ِ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ْﻮ ِ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪﴾﴾۷‬‬ ‫ب َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوَﻻ اﻟﻀﱠﺂﻟّ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟ َْﻤ ْﻐ ُ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫آﻣ ْ َ‬

‫ﻮرةُ اﻟَْﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔ )‪ ،(١‬آ ت ‪٧-١‬‬

‫ُﺳ َ‬
‫‪53‬‬
A‛ūdhu billāhi
minash shayṭānir
rajīm.
1 Bismillāhir
raḥmānir raḥīm
2 Alḥamdulillāhi
rabbil ‛ālamīn.
3 Arraḥmānir raḥīm.
4 Māliki yawmid dīn.
5 Iyyāka na‛budu wa
iyyāka nasta‛īn.
6 Ihdinaṣ ṣirāṭal
mustaqīm.
7 Ṣirāṭalladhīna
an‛amta ‛alayhim,
ghayril maghḍūbi
‛alayhim walaḍ ḍāllīn.
Āmīn
[Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah (1),
Āyāt 1-7]
54
I seek refuge with
Allāh from the
accursed Satan.
1 In the Name of Allāh,
Most Compassionate,
Most Merciful.
2 All Praise be to Allāh,
Lord of the Universe;
3 Most Compassionate,
Most Merciful;
4 Lord of the Day of
Judgement.
5 You alone do we
worship, and to You
alone do we turn for
help.
6 Guide us to the
Straight Way.
7 The Way of those on
whom You have
bestowed Your Grace;
not the way of those
who have earned your
anger, nor of those who
went astray.1 Āmīn
[Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah (1),
Verses 1-7]
 ‫ۤ‬
‫﴿اَ ُ َﻻ اِٰﻟ ـ ـﻪَ اِﱠﻻ ُﻫـ ـ َـﻮج اَ ْﳊـَـ ﱡـﻰ اﻟْ َﻘﻴﱡ ـ ـ ْـﻮ ُم ‪ۙ ۵‬‬
‫َﻻ َْ ُﺧـ ـ ـ ـ ُﺬﻩُ ِﺳ ـ ـ ــﻨَﺔٌ ﱠوَﻻ ﻧَـ ـ ـ ـ ْـﻮٌمط ﻟَ ـ ـ ــﻪُ َﻣ ـ ـ ــﺎ ِﰱ‬
‫ضط َﻣ ـ ْـﻦ ذَا اﻟﱠ ـ ِـﺬ ْى‬ ‫ت َوَﻣ ــﺎ ِﰱ ْاﻷ َْر ِ‬ ‫ﺴ ـ ٰـﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ِ ﱠ ِِ ِ ِ ط‬
‫ِ ۤ‬
‫ـﲔ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ـﺎ‬
‫ْ َْ ُ َ َ َْ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ـﻢ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻠ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻳ‬ ‫ـﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻧ‬‫ذ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺸ ـ ـ َﻔ ُﻊ ﻋ ْﻨـ ـ ـ َﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻩ‬
‫ﺸـ ْـﻰ ٍء‬ ‫اَﻳْـ ِـﺪﻳْ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوَﻣــﺎ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻬـ ْـﻢج َوَﻻ ُِﳛ ْﻴﻄُـ ْـﻮ َن ﺑِ َ‬
‫ـﺂءج َو ِﺳ ـ ـ َـﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳـ ـ ـﻴﱡ ُﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺷ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ـﺎ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬‫َ‬‫ﲟ‬‫ِّﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ ِﻋﻠ ِْﻤ ـ ـ ِۤـﻪ اِﱠﻻ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ج‬
‫ضط َوَﻻ ﻳَـ ُـﺆْو ُدﻩُ ِﺣ ْﻔﻈُ ُﻬ َﻤــﺎ‬ ‫ت َو ْاﻷ َْر َ‬ ‫ﺴـ ٰـﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َو ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟ َْﻌﻠِ ﱡﻰ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ُﻢ ﴿‪﴾﴾۲۵۵‬‬

‫ﻮرةُ اﻟْﺒَـ َﻘ َﺮة )‪ ،(٢‬آﻳﺔ ‪٢٥٥‬‬

‫ُﺳ َ‬
‫‪55‬‬
Allāhu lā ilāha illā
huwal ḥayyul qayyūm;
lā ta’khudhuhū
sinatuw wa lā nawm;
lahū mā fissamāwāti
wa mā fil’arḍ, man
dhalladhī yashfa‛u
‛indahū illā bi’idhnihī,
ya‛lamu mā bayna
aydīhim wa mā
khalfahum, wa lā
yuḥīṭūna bishay’im
min ‛ilmihī illā bimā
shā’, wasi‛a kursiy
yuhus samāwāti
wal’arḍ, wa lā
ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā,
wa huwal ‛aliyyul
‛aẓīm.
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah
(2), Āyah 255]
56
Allāh! There is no god,
but Him; the Ever-
Living, the Self
Subsisting, the Eternal
One. Neither slumber
nor sleep can overtake
Him. To Him belongs
whatsoever is in the
Heavens and whatsoever
is on the earth. Who is
there that can intercede
in His Presence, except
by His permission? He
Knows what will happen
to them (His creatures)
in this world, and what
will happen to them in
the Hereafter; nor shall
they comprehend
anything at all of His
Knowledge except as He
Wills. His Throne
extends over the
Heavens and the earth,
and guarding and
preserving it, does not
exhaust Him, for He is
the Exalted, the All-
Mighty.2 [Sūrah Al-
Baqarah (2), Verse 255]
‫ضط َواِ ْن‬ ‫ت َوَﻣـﺎ ِﰱ ْاﻻَ ْر ِ‬ ‫ﺴ ٰـﻤ ٰﻮ ِ‬‫﴿ِِّٰ َﻣﺎ ِﰱ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﺳـ ْـﺒ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗُـﺒ ـ ُﺪوا ﻣــﺎ ِ ۤﰱ اَﻧْـ ُﻔ ِﺴ ـ ُﻜﻢ اَو ُﲣْ ُﻔــﻮﻩُ ُﳛ ِ‬
‫ْ ْ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ ْ َ ْ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ب َﻣ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺸ ــﺎءُ َوﻳُـ َﻌـ ـ ّﺬ ُ‬ ‫ﷲط ﻓَـﻴَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ـ ُـﺮ ﻟِ َﻤ ـ ْـﻦ ﻳﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺑِـ ِـﻪ ِ‬
‫ـﺪﻳْ ٍﺮ ﴿‪﴾۲۸۴‬‬ ‫ﺸ ـ ۤـﺎءط وﷲ َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ُﻛ ـ ِـﻞ َﺷـ ـﻰ ٍء ﻗَ ـ ِ‬
‫ّ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﱠ َ ُ َ ُ‬
‫ٰا َﻣ ـ ـ َـﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُﺳ ـ ـ ْـﻮ ُل ِﲟَـ ــﺂ اُﻧْـ ـ ـ ِﺰ َل اِﻟَْﻴ ـ ـ ِـﻪ ِﻣ ـ ـ ْـﻦ ﱠرﺑِّـ ـ ِـﻪ‬
‫َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺆِﻣﻨُـ ـ ـ ْـﻮ َنط ُﻛ ـ ـ ـﻞﱞ ٰا َﻣ ـ ـ َـﻦ ِ ِ َوَﻣ َﻶﺋِ َﻜﺘِـ ـ ـ ِـﻪ‬
‫ـﲔ اَ َﺣ ـ ٍـﺪ ِّﻣ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ِ ِﻗ ــﻒ‬
‫َوُﻛﺘُﺒِ ــﻪ َوُر ُﺳ ــﻠﻪ َﻻ ﻧُـ َﻔ ـ ِّـﺮ ُق ﺑَـ ْ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﻚ َرﺑﱠـﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﱡر ُﺳﻠِ ِﻪ َوﻗَﺎﻟُ ْﻮا َِﲰ ْﻌﻨَﺎ َواَﻃَ ْﻌﻨَﺎ ﻏُ ْﻔ َﺮاﻧَ َ‬
‫ق‬ ‫ﻗـﻒ‬

‫ﺼ ْﲑُ ﴿‪﴾۲۸۵‬‬ ‫ﻚ اﻟْﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻴ‬‫َ‬‫ﻟ‬ ‫واِ‬

‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬

‫‪57‬‬
Lillāhi mā fissamāwāti
wamā fil’arḍi, wa in
tubdū mā fī anfusikum
aw tukhfūhu
yuḥāsibkum bihillāh;
fayaghfiru limay
yashā’u wa yu‛adh-
dhibu mayyashā,
wallāhu ‛alā kulli
shay’in qadīr.
Āmanar rasūlu bimā
unzila ilayhi
mirrabbihī wal
mu’minūn, kullun
āmana billāhi wa
malā’ikatihī wa
kutubihī wa rusulihī,
lā nufarriqu bayna
aḥadim mirrusulih, wa
qālū sami‛nā wa
aṭa‛nā, ghufrānaka
rabbanā wa ilaykal
maṣīr.
58
To Allāh belongs all that is
in the Heavens and that is
on earth. Whether you
disclose what is in your
selves or conceal it, Allāh
will call you to account for
it. He will forgive whom
He wishes and will punish
whom He wishes; He has
Power over all things.
The Messenger
(Muḥammad) believes in
what has been revealed to
him from his Lord, and (so
do) the believers. They all
believe in His Angels, His
Books and His
Messengers. They say:
“We do not differentiate
between any of His
Messengers. We hear and
we obey. We ask You for
forgiveness our Lord, and
to You will we all return.3/4
‫ﺴ ــﺎ اِﱠﻻ ُو ْﺳ ـ َـﻌ َﻬﺎط َﳍَــﺎ َﻣ ــﺎ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُ َﻜﻠِّ ـ ُ‬
‫ـﻒ ﷲُ ﻧَـ ْﻔ ً‬
‫ﺖط َرﺑﱠـﻨَـ ــﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺴـ ــﺒَ ْ‬
‫ﺖ َو َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬـ ــﺎ َﻣـ ــﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺴـ ــﺒَ ْ‬
‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ۤ‬ ‫ِ ۤ‬
‫اﺧـ ـ ْﺬ َ اِ ْن ﻧﱠ ِﺴـ ـ ْﻴـﻨَﺎ اَ ْو اَ ْﺧﻄَـ ـﺎْ َ ج َرﺑﱠـﻨَ ــﺎ َوَﻻ‬ ‫ﺗُـ َﺆ‬
‫ﺻـ ًـﺮا َﻛ َﻤــﺎ َﲪَﻠْﺘَــﻪُ َﻋﻠَــﻰ اﻟﱠـ ِـﺬﻳْ َﻦ‬ ‫َﲢْ ِﻤــﻞ ﻋﻠَﻴـﻨـ ۤـﺎ اِ‬
‫ْ َ َْ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗَـ ْﺒﻠِﻨَﺎ ج َرﺑﱠـﻨَﺎ َوَﻻ ُﲢَ ِّﻤﻠْﻨَﺎ َﻣ َﺎﻻﻃَﺎﻗَﺔَ ﻟَﻨَﺎ ﺑِ ِـﻪ‬
‫ﺖ‬‫ﻒ َﻋﻨﱠﺎ َوا ْﻏ ِﻔ ْﺮﻟَﻨَﺎ َو ْار َﲪْﻨَﺎ اَﻧْ َ‬ ‫ج َوا ْﻋ ُ‬
‫وﻗﻔـﺔ‬ ‫وﻗﻔﺔ‬ ‫وﻗﻔﺔ‬

‫ْﻜ ِﻔ ِﺮﻳْ َﻦ ﴿‪﴾﴾۲۸۶‬‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺮَ َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟْ َﻘ ْﻮِم اﻟ ٰ‬ ‫َﻣ ْﻮٰﻟﻨَﺎ ﻓَﺎﻧْ ُ‬

‫ﻮرةُ اﻟْﺒَـ َﻘ َﺮة )‪ ،(٢‬آ ت ‪٢٨٦-٢٨٤‬‬

‫ُﺳ َ‬
‫‪59‬‬
Lā yukalliful lāhu Allāh will not burden any
nafsan illā wus‛ahā, soul with more than what
lahā mā kasabat wa it can bear. It shall be
‛alayhā maktasabat, compensated for
rabbanā lā whatever good it has
tu’ākhidhnā in nasīnā done, and it will be
aw akhṭa’nā, punished for whatever
rabbanā walā taḥmil evil it has done. (Pray:)
‛alaynā iṣran kamā “Our Lord! Do not take
ḥamaltahū us to task if we forget or
‛alalladhīna min make a mistake. Our
qablinā, rabbanā Lord, do not place on us
walā tuḥammilnā mā a burden like that which
lā ṭāqata lanā bihī, you have placed on those
wa‛fu ‛annā, waghfir before us! Our Lord, do
lanā, warḥamnā, not place on us a burden
anta mawlanā that we do not have the
fanṣurnā ‛alal strength to bear! Pardon
qawmil kāfirīn. us, and grant us
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah forgiveness; and have
(2), Āyāt 284-286] Mercy on us. You are our
Protector; so grant us
victory over the
disbelieving people.” 3/4
[Sūrah Al-Baqarah (2),
Verses 284-286]

60
 ‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ﻚ ﻟَـ ــﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻟَـ ـ ُـﻪ‬ ‫ﻳ‬‫ِ‬
‫ﺮ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺷ‬ ‫ﻻ‬
‫ُ َ ْ َُ َ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻩ‬‫ﺪ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺣ‬‫و‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫َ َ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻻ‬
‫ﺖ‪َ ،‬و ُﻫ َـﻮ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ﲕ َوُﳝِْﻴ ُ‬ ‫ْﻚ َوﻟَﻪُ ا ْﳊَ ْﻤ ُﺪ ُْﳛِ ْ‬
‫اﻟ ُْﻤﻠ ُ‬
‫ُﻛ ِّﻞ َﺷ ْﻰ ٍء ﻗَ ِﺪﻳْـ ٌﺮ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ﷲ ‪َ ،‬وا ْﳊَ ْﻤ ـ ـ ـ ُﺪ ِِّٰ ‪َ ،‬وَﻻ إِٰﻟ ـ ـ ـﻪَ إِﱠﻻ‬
‫ﺳـ ـ ــﺒﺤﺎ َن ِ‬
‫ُ َْ‬
‫ﷲُ‪َ ،‬وﷲُ أَ ْﻛ َﱪُ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﷲ وِﲝﻤـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِـﺪﻩِ ‪ ،‬ﺳ ـ ـ ـ ـ ــﺒﺤﺎ َن ِ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ُ َْ‬ ‫ُﺳـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ْـﺒ َﺤﺎ َن َ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ـﺖ‬ ‫ـﺐ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَــﺂ ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠـ َ‬
‫ـﻚ أَﻧْـ َ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َرﺑﱠـﻨَــﺎ ا ْﻏﻔ ـ ْـﺮ ﻟَﻨَــﺎ َوﺗُـ ْ‬
‫اب اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ُﻢ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ﱠﻮ ُ‬‫اﻟﺘـ ﱠ‬
‫‪61‬‬
Lā ilāha illallāhu There is no true God
waḥdahū lā save Allāh; The One and
sharīkalahū, lahul Only. He has no
mulku wa lahul ḥamdu partner; All Sovereignity
yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa and all Praise are His.
huwa ‛alā kulli shay’in He gives life and causes
qadīr. death; And He has
(3 times) Power over all things.5
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬
Subḥānallāhi, Glory be to Allāh, Praise
walḥamdu lillāhi, walā be to Allāh, there is none
ilāha illal lāhu, worthy of worship
wallāhu akbar. except Allāh. Allāh is
(3 times) the Greatest.6 (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬
Subḥānallāhi wa Glory be to Allāh, and
biḥamdihī, by Praising Him, I am
subḥānallāhil ‛aẓīm. Glorifying Him. Glory
(3 times) be to Allāh, the All-
Powerful, the All-
Mighty.7 (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬
Rabbanaghfirlanā wa O our Lord! Forgive us
tub ‛alaynā, innaka and accept our
antat tawwābur raḥīm. repentance, for You are
(3 times) the Most Relenting,
Most Merciful.8
(3 times)

62
‫ـﻞ َﻋﻠَْﻴـ ِـﻪ‬
‫ﺻـ ِّ‬ ‫ﻢ‬
‫ﱠ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ‫اَﻟ ٰﻠّﻬـ ﱠﻢ ﺻـ ِـﻞ ﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ ُﳏ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ ‪ ،‬اَﻟ ٰ‬
‫ﻠ‬
‫ّ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ َّ َ َ‬
‫َو َﺳﻠِّ ْﻢ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ـﺎت ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْـﻦ َﺷـ ِّـﺮ َﻣــﺎ‬ ‫ـﺎت ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟﺘﱠﺂ ﱠﻣـ ِ‬ ‫َﻋـﻮذُ ﺑِ َﻜﻠِﻤـ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫أُْ‬
‫َﺧﻠَ َﻖ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﻀـ ﱡﺮ َﻣ َـﻊ ا ِْﲰ ِـﻪ َﺷ ْـﻰءٌ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟﱠ ِـﺬ ْي َﻻ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺴ ـ ـ ـ ِـﻤ ْﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺴ ـ ـ ــﻤ ِ‬
‫ﺂء ‪َ ،‬و ُﻫ ـ ـ ـ َـﻮ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ض َوَﻻ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َْر ِ‬
‫اﻟ َْﻌﻠِ ْﻴ ُﻢ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﺿ ـ ْﻴـﻨَﺎ ِ ِ َر ﱠو ِ ِْﻹ ْﺳـ َـﻼِم ِدﻳْـﻨًــﺎ ‪َ ،‬وِﲟُ َﺤ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ‬
‫رِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻮﻻ ﻧﱠﺒِﻴﺎ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ﱠر ُﺳ ً‬
‫‪63‬‬
Allāhumma ṣalli ‛alā
Muḥammad,
Allāhumma ṣalli
‛alayhi wa sallim.
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
A‛ūdhu bikalimātil
lāhit tāmmāti, min
sharri mā khalaq.
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Bismillāhilladhī lā
yaḍurru ma‛asmihī
shay’un fil’arḍi wa lā
fissamā’i, wa huwas
samī‛ul ‛alīm.
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Raḍīnā billāhi rabbaw
wa bil’islāmi dīnā, wa
bimuḥammadin
rasūlan nabiyyan.
(3 times)
64
O Allāh! Bestow
Your Blessings on
Muḥammad. O Allāh!
Bestow Peace and
Blessings on him.9
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
I seek refuge in the
Perfect Words of
Allāh, against the evil
that He created.10
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
In the Name of Allāh,
through His Name, no
harm can be done on
earth or in heaven. He
is the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing.11
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
We accept and are
pleased with Allāh as
our Lord, with Islām
as our religion, and
with Muḥammad as
our Prophet.12
(3 times)
 ‫ﷲ ‪َ ،‬وا ْﳊَ ْﻤـ ـ ـ ُﺪ ِِّٰ ‪َ ،‬و ْ‬
‫اﳋَـ ـ ْـﲑُ َواﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺸ ـ ـ ﱡﺮ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴـ ـ ِـﻢ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ﷲ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ِﲟَ ِﺸﻴـﺌَ ِﺔ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫آﻣﻨﱠ ـ ــﺎ ِ ِ واﻟْﻴـ ـ ــﻮِم ْاﻵ ِﺧـ ـ ـ ِﺮ ‪ ،‬ﺗُـﺒـﻨَ ـ ـ ۤـﺎ إِ َﱃ ِ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ًﺮا‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ِﻃﻨًﺎ ﱠوﻇَ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﺢ اﻟﱠ ِﺬ ْى َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣﻨﱠـﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻒ َﻋﻨﱠﺎ ‪َ ،‬و ْاﻣ ُ‬
‫َ َرﺑﱠـﻨَﺎ َوا ْﻋ ُ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫اﻹ ْﻛ ـ َـﺮ ِام ‪ ،‬اَِﻣ ْﺘـﻨَ ــﺎ َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ ِدﻳْـ ـ ِﻦ‬
‫َ ذَا ا ْﳉَـ َـﻼ ِل َو ِْ‬
‫ﻼم‪َ ) .‬ﺳ ْﺒـ ًﻌﺎ(‬‫ْاﻹ ْﺳ ِ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫‪65‬‬
Bismillāhi walḥamdu In the Name of Allāh.
lillāhi, wal khayru All Praise be to
wash-sharru Allāh; and the good
bimashī’atillāh. (fortune) and the bad
(3 times) (fortune) is through
the Will of Allāh.13
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Āmannā billāhi wal We believe in Allāh

yawmil ākhiri, tubnā and the Last Day.
ilallāhi bāṭinaw wa We return to Allāh in
ẓāhirā. (3 times) repentance, openly
and secretly.14
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Yā rabbanā wa‛fu O our Lord! Pardon

‛annā, wamḥulladhī us, and wipe out (all)
kāna minnā. our sins that we have
(3 times) committed.15 (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Yā dhal jalāli wal O Master of Majesty

ikrām, amitnā ‛alā and Nobility! Let us
dīnil islām. die in accordance
(7 times) with the religion of
Islām.16 (7 times)
66
 ‫ِ‬ ‫ـﲔ ‪ ،‬اِ ْﻛـ ـ ِ‬
‫ـﻒ َﺷ ـ ـ ﱠﺮ اﻟﻈﱠـ ــﺎﻟ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‪.‬‬ ‫ي َ َﻣﺘِـ ـ ْ ُ‬
‫َ ﻗَـ ـ ِﻮ ﱡ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ِ‬
‫ف ﷲُ‬
‫ﺻ ـ َـﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻـ ـﻠَ َﺢ ﷲُ أ ُُﻣ ـ ْـﻮَر اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺴ ــﻠ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اَ ْ‬
‫َﺷ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺆِذﻳْ َﻦ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َ َﻋﻠ ـ ـ ﱡـﻰ َ َﻛﺒِ ـ ـ ْـﲑُ ‪َ َ ،‬ﻋﻠ ـ ـ ْـﻴ ُﻢ َ ﻗَ ـ ــﺪﻳْـ ُﺮ ‪َ ،‬‬
‫ﺼ ـ ْـﲑ ‪ َ ،‬ﻟَ ِﻄ ْﻴ ـ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﻒ َ َﺧﺒ ـ ْـﲑُ‬ ‫َﲰْﻴ ـ ُـﻊ َ )ﷲ( ﺑَ ُ‬
‫)ﷲ(‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫‪67‬‬
Yā qawiyyu yā matīn, O the Most Strong, O
ikfi sharraẓ ẓālimīn. the Most Firm, protect
(3 times) us against the evil of
the oppressors
(wrongdoers).17
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Aṣlaḥallāhu umūral O Allāh! Set right the

muslimīn, ṣarafallāhu affairs of the Muslims.
sharral mu’dhīn. O Allāh! Keep away
(3 times) and divert the evil of
the troublesome and
the harmful ones.18
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Yā ‛aliyyu yā kabīru, O Most High! O Most

yā ‛alīmu yā qadīru, Great! O All-
yā samī‛u yā (Allāh) Knowing! O Most
baṣīr, yā laṭīfu yā Powerful! O All-
khabīru (Allāh). Hearing! O All-
(3 times) Seeing! O Most Kind!
O Most Aware!19
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

68
‫ـﻒ اﻟْﻐَـ ِّـﻢ ‪َ َ ،‬ﻣ ـ ْـﻦ‬ ‫ﻓَــﺎرِج ا ْﳍ ـ ِـﻢ ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺷ ـ َ‬ ‫َ َ َّ َ‬
‫ﻟِ َﻌ ْﺒ ِﺪﻩِ ﻳَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ َوﻳَـ ْﺮ َﺣ ُﻢ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫ـﱪا َ ‪ ،‬اَ ْﺳ ـﺘَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ ِﻣـ َـﻦ‬

‫ب اﻟْـ ََ‬‫اَ ْﺳ ـﺘَـ ْﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ ﷲَ َر ﱠ‬
‫اﳋَﻄَﺎ َ ‪) .‬أ َْرﺑَـ ًﻌﺎ(‬ ‫ْ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬

‫‪69‬‬
Yā fārijal hamm, yā O Reliever of worry,
kāshifal ghamm, yā O Remover of grief, O
man li‛abdihī yaghfiru You Who forgives His
wa yarḥam. servant, and Who
(3 times) shows mercy towards
him.20 (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

Astaghfirullāha rabbal I seek forgiveness

barāyā, astaghfirullāha from Allāh, the Lord
minal khaṭāyā. of mankind. I seek
(4 times) forgiveness from
Allāh, for (all) my
sins.21 (4 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

70
 ‫ََْ ْ ُ ْ ُ‬
‫د‬ ‫ا‬
‫ۤ‬
‫َﻻ إِٰﻟﻪَ إِﱠﻻ ﷲُ )‪َ ۵۰‬ﻣ ﱠﺮًة(‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫َﻻ إﻟ ـﻪَ إﻻ ﷲُ ) َﺳــﻴّ ُﺪ َ ( ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ٌﺪ ﱠر ُﺳـ ْـﻮ ُل ﷲ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ف َوَﻛ ـ ـ ﱠﺮَم‬‫ﺻ ـ ـﻠﱠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴـ ـ ِـﻪ َو َﺳ ـ ـﻠﱠ َﻢ ‪َ ،‬و َﺷ ـ ـ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺿ ـ ـ َـﻰ ﷲُ ﺗَـ َﻌ ـ ـ ٰـﺎﱃ َﻋـ ـ ـ ِﻦ‬ ‫و َﳎﱠـ ـ ـ َﺪ و َﻋﻈﱠـ ــﻢ ‪ ،‬ور ِ‬
‫َ َ ََ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﲔ‪‬‬ ‫ﺼﺤﺎﺑ ِﺔ أ ْ ِ‬
‫َﲨَﻌ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ َ َ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ﺼـ َـﻤ ُﺪ ﴿‪ ﴾۲‬ﻟَ ـ ْﻢ‬ ‫ـﻞ ُﻫـ َـﻮ ﷲُ اَ َﺣـ ٌﺪ ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬اَ ُ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫﴿ﻗُـ ْ‬
‫ﻳَﻠِ ـ ْﺪ‪َ ۙ ۵‬وﻟَـ ـ ْﻢ ﻳُـ ْﻮﻟَـ ْﺪ ﴿‪َ ﴾۳‬وﻟَـ ـ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜـ ْـﻦ ﻟﱠــﻪُ ُﻛ ُﻔـ ًـﻮا‬
‫اَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ﴿‪) ﴾﴾۴‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫ﻮرةُ ِْ‬
‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻼص )‪ ،(١١٢‬آ ت ‪٤-١‬‬ ‫ُﺳ َ‬
‫‪71‬‬
Al Ma’būdu
Lā ilāha illallāhu
(50 times)
Lā ilā illallāhu
sayyidunā Muḥammadur
rasūlullāhi, ṣallallāhu
‛alayhi wa sallam, wa
sharrafa wa karrama wa
majjada wa ‛aẓẓama,
waraḍiyallāhu ta‛ālā
‛aniṣ ṣaḥābati ajma‘īn.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Qul huwal lāhu aḥad.
2 Allāhuṣ ṣamad.
3 Lam yalid wa lam
yūlad.
4 Wa lam yakul lahū
kufuwan aḥad.
(3 times) [Sūrah Al
Ikhlāṣ (112), Āyāt 1-4]
72
The Worshipped
There is none worthy of
worship except Allāh.22
(50 times)
There is none worthy of
worship except Allāh.
Muḥammad (may the
Peace and Blessings of
Allāh be upon him) is
the Messenger of Allāh.
May Allāh bestow upon
him honour, eminence,
glory, reverence and
greatness. And may
Allāh be pleased with
all the Companions.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Say: He is Allāh, the
One and Only;
2 Allāh, the Eternal,
Absolute;
3 He was not born, nor
does He give birth;
4 And there is nothing
like Him.23 (3 times)
[Sūrah Al-Ikhlāṣ (112),
Verses 1-4]
 ‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ب اﻟْ َﻔﻠَ ِـﻖ ﴿‪ِ ﴾۱‬ﻣ ْـﻦ َﺷ ِّـﺮ َﻣـﺎ َﺧﻠَ َـﻖ‬ ‫﴿ﻗُ ْﻞ اَ ُﻋ ْـﻮذُ ﺑِ َـﺮ ِّ‬
‫ـﺐ ﴿‪َ ﴾۳‬وِﻣ ـ ْـﻦ َﺷ ـ ِّـﺮ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫﴿‪َ ﴾۲‬وﻣ ـ ْـﻦ َﺷ ـ ِّـﺮ ﻏَﺎﺳ ـ ٍـﻖ اذَا َوﻗَـ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ـ ٍـﺪ اِ َذا‬
‫ﺖ ِﰱ اﻟْﻌ َﻘ ـ ِـﺪ ﴿‪ ﴾۴‬وِﻣ ــﻦ َﺷ ـ ِـﺮ ﺣ ِ‬
‫َ ْ ّ َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫اﻟﱠﻨـ ّٰﻔ ٰﺜـ ـ ِ‬
‫ﺴ َﺪ ﴿‪﴾﴾۵‬‬ ‫َﺣ َ‬
‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﱠﺎس ﴿‪ ﴾۱‬ﻣﻠِ ِ‬
‫ﻚ اﻟﻨ ِ‬ ‫﴿ﻗُ ْﻞ اَ ُﻋ ْﻮذُ ﺑَِﺮ ِّ‬
‫ﱠﺎس ﴿‪﴾۲‬‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ِ َ‬ ‫ب‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪﴾۴‬‬ ‫اﳋَﻨﱠـ ِ‬
‫اس ْ‬ ‫اِٰﻟـ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠـ ِ‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪ِ ﴾۳‬ﻣـ ْـﻦ َﺷـ ِّـﺮ اﻟ َْﻮ ْﺳـ َـﻮ ِ‬
‫ـﺎس ﴿‪ِ ﴾۵‬ﻣ ـ َـﻦ‬
‫ﺻ ـ ـ ُﺪ ْوِر اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِ‬
‫ﰱ ُ‬ ‫س ِْ‬
‫ﱠِ‬
‫اﻟـــﺬ ْى ﻳُـ َﻮ ْﺳـ ـ ِﻮ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺎس ﴿‪﴾﴾۶‬‬ ‫ا ْﳉِﻨ ِﱠﺔ َواﻟﻨ ِ‬
‫ﻮرةُ اﻟﻨﱠﺎس )‪ ،(١١٤‬آ ت ‪٦-١‬‬
‫ُﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻮرةُ اﻟَْﻔﻠَﻖ )‪ ،(١١٣‬آ ت ‪٥-١‬‬
‫ُﺳ َ‬

‫‪73‬‬
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Qul a‛ūdhu birabbil
falaq.
2 Min sharri mā
khalaq.
3 Wa min sharri
ghāsiqin idhā waqab.
4 Wa min sharrin
naffāthāti fil ‛uqad.
5 Wa min sharri
ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Qul a‛ūdhu birabbin
nās.
2 Malikin nās.
3 Ilāhin nās.
4 Min sharril
waswāsil khannās.
5 Alladhī yuwaswisu fī
ṣudūrin nās.
6 Minal jinnati
wannās.
74
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Say: I seek refuge with
the Lord of the daybreak;
2 From the mischief of
created things;
3 From the mischief of
darkness as it becomes
intense;
4 From the mischief of
those who practise secret
arts;
5 And from the mischief of
the envious one as he
practises envy.24
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
1 Say: I seek refuge with
the Lord and Cherisher of
mankind;
2 The King of mankind;
3 The God of mankind;
4 From the mischief of the
whisperer (of evil), who
withdraws (after his
whisper);
5 Who whispers into
the hearts of mankind;
6 From among jinn
and men.25
 ‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬
‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ ُرْو ِح َﺳ ــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ َو َﺣﺒِْﻴﺒِﻨَ ــﺎ َو َﺷ ـ ِـﻔ ْﻴ ِﻌﻨَﺎ‬
‫ﷲ‪َ ،‬وآﻟِـ ـ ـ ِـﻪ‬ ‫ﷲ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ـ ـ ٍـﺪ ﺑ ـ ـ ـ ِﻦ َﻋﺒـ ـ ـ ِـﺪ ِ‬
‫ْ ْ‬
‫رﺳـ ـ ــﻮِل ِ‬
‫َُ ْ‬
‫اﺟ ـ ِـﻪ َوذُ ِّرﻳﱠﺘِ ـ ِـﻪ َوأ َْﻫ ـ ِـﻞ ﺑَـ ْﻴﺘِـ ـ ِـﻪ‪،‬‬
‫َﺻ ــﺤﺎﺑِ ِﻪ وأَ ْزو ِ‬
‫َوأ ْ َ َ َ‬
‫َﲪَـ ـ َﺪ ﺑْـ ـ ِﻦ‬‫ﷲأْ‬ ‫ـﺎﺟ ِﺮ إِ َﱃ ِ‬ ‫وإِ ٰﱃ روِح ﺳ ــﻴِ ِﺪ َ اﻟْﻤ َﻬ ـ ِ‬
‫َ ُْ َ ّ ُ‬
‫ُﺻـ ْـﻮﻟِ ِﻪ َوﻓُـ ُـﺮْو ِﻋ ِﻬ ْﻢ؛ أَ ﱠن ﷲَ ﻳُـ ْﻌﻠِـ ْـﻲ‬ ‫ﺴــﻰ‪َ ،‬وأ ُ‬ ‫ﻋ ْﻴ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫َد َر َﺟـ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﳉَﻨﱠـ ـ ِـﺔ َوﻳُ ْﻜﺜِـ ـ ُـﺮ ِﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻣﺜُـ ـ ْـﻮَ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣﺴـ ــﻨَﺎ ِِﻢ‪ ،‬وَْﳛ َﻔﻈُﻨَـ ــﺎ ِﲜـ ـ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻀـ ـ ِ‬
‫ـﺎﻋ‬ ‫َوﻳُ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َوﻳَـ ْﻨـ َﻔ ُﻌﻨَ ــﺎ ِِ ـ ْـﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُِﻌ ْﻴـ ـ ُﺪ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَ ــﺎ ِﻣ ـ ْـﻦ ﺑَـ َﺮَﻛ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫َﺳ ـ َـﺮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َوأَﻧْـ ـ َـﻮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َو ُﻋﻠُـ ْـﻮِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوﻧَـ َﻔ َﺤ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫َوأ ْ‬
‫ِﰲ اﻟ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ َواﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْـﻴَﺎ َو ْاﻵ ِﺧ َﺮةِ‪] .‬اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔُ[‪.‬‬
‫‪75‬‬
Al-Fātiḥah
Alfātiḥatu ilā rūḥi
sayyidinā wa ḥabībinā
wa shafī‛inā rasūlillāh,
Muḥammadibni
‛Abdillāh, wa ālihī wa
aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī
wa dhurriyyatihī wa
ahli baytihī, wa ilā rūḥi
sayyidinal muhājiri
ilallāhi Aḥmadabni ‛Īsā
wa uṣūlihī wa
furū‛ihim;
annallāha yu‛lī
darajātihim fil jannati
wa yukthiru min
mathūbātihim wa
yuḍā‛ifu ḥasanātihim,
wa yaḥfaẓunā
bijāhihim, wa yanfa‛unā
bihim, wa yu‛īdu
‛alaynā min barakātihim
wa asrārihim wa
anwārihim wa
‛ulūmihim wa
nafaḥātihim fiddīni
waddunyā wal’ākhirati.
[al-Fātiḥah].
76
Al-Fātiḥah on the soul of
our master, our beloved,
our intercessor, The
Messenger of Allāh,
Muḥammad, bin ‛Abd
Allāh, his family, his
Companions, his wives,
his relatives and his family
household; and upon the
soul of our master Al
Muhājir Ahmad bin ‛Īsa
Muḥammad, who has
returned to Allāh, and his
genealogical roots
(ancestors) and their
branches (descendants),
that Allāh may elevate
their ranks in Paradise
and increase their benefit
and protect us with their
status; and that He
shower upon us of their
blessings, (spiritual)
mysteries, illuminations,
knowledge, and gifts in
(our) religion in this
world and in the
Hereafter. [al-Fātiḥah]
 ‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬

‫ﺎذ ْاﻷَ ْﻋﻈَـ ِـﻢ؛‬ ‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ رو ِح ﺳــﻴِ ِﺪ َ ْاﻷُﺳــﺘَ ِ‬

‫ْ‬ ‫ُْ َ ّ‬
‫اﻟْ َﻔ ِﻘ ْﻴـ ِـﻪ اﻟ ُْﻤ َﻘ ـﺪِﱠم ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ ﺑْ ـ ِﻦ َﻋﻠِـ ٍّـﻲ َ َﻋﻠَــ ِﻮ ْي‪،‬‬
‫ﲨ ْﻴـ ِﻊ َﺳ َ ِ ِ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮﻟِ ِﻪ وﻓُــﺮو ِﻋ ِﻬﻢ‪ ،‬و َِ‬
‫ـﺎداﺗﻨَﺎ ٰال أِ ْ‬
‫َﰊ‬ ‫َوأ ُ ْ َ ُ ْ ْ َ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫َﻋﻠَ ـ ِﻮ ٍي وأ ِِ‬
‫ُﺻـ ْـﻮﳍ ْﻢ َوﻓُ ـ ُـﺮْوﻋ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪ ،‬أَ ﱠن ﷲَ ﻳُـ ْﻌـ ِ ْ‬
‫ـﺎﱃ‬ ‫َّ ُ‬
‫َد َر َﺟـ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﳉَﻨﱠـ ـ ِـﺔ َوﻳُ ْﻜﺜِـ ـ ُـﺮ ِﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻣﺜُـ ـ ْـﻮَ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫ﻒ ﺣﺴـ ــﻨَﺎ ِِﻢ‪ ،‬وَْﳛ َﻔﻈُﻨَـ ــﺎ ِﲜـ ـ ِ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻳ َ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻀـ ــﺎﻋ ُ َ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َُ‬
‫َوﻳَـ ْﻨـ َﻔ ُﻌﻨَ ــﺎ ِِ ـ ْـﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُِﻌ ْﻴـ ـ ُﺪ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَ ــﺎ ِﻣ ـ ْـﻦ ﺑَـ َﺮَﻛ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫َﺳ ـ َـﺮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َوأَﻧْـ ـ َـﻮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َو ُﻋﻠُـ ْـﻮِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوﻧَـ َﻔ َﺤ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫َوأ ْ‬
‫ِﰲ اﻟ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ َواﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْـﻴَﺎ َو ْاﻵ ِﺧ َﺮةِ٭ ]اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔُ[‪.‬‬

‫‪77‬‬
Al-Fātiḥah
Alfātiḥatu ilā rūḥi
sayyidinal ustādhil
a‛ẓami; alfaqīhil
muqaddimi
Muḥammadi nibni
‛aliyyin bā‛alawī wa
usūlihī wa furū‛ihim,
wa jamī‛i sādātinā āli
abī ‛alawiyyin wa
usūlihim wa
furū‛ihim, annallāha
yu‛lī darajātihim fil
jannati wa yukthiru
min mathūbātihim wa
yuḍā‛ifu ḥasanātihim,
wa yaḥfaẓunā
bijāhihim, wa
yanfa‘unā bihim, wa
yu’īdu ‘alaynā min
barakātihim wa
asrārihim wa
anwārihim wa
‘ulūmihim wa
nafaḥātihim fiddīni
waddunyā
wal’ākhirati. [al-
Fātiḥah].
78
Al-Fātiḥah on the
soul of our great
teacher, the Jurist Al
Muqaddam
Muḥammad bin ‛Alī
Bā ‛Alawī and his
genealogical roots
(ancestors) and their
branches
(descendants), and all
our noble masters
among the
descendants of the Bā
‛Alawī; that Allāh
may elevate their
ranks in Paradise and
increase their benefit,
and double their good,
and protect us with
their status; and that
He shower upon us of
their blessings,
(spiritual) mysteries,
knowledge, and gifts
in this world and in
the Hereafter. [al-
Fātiḥah].
 ‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬

‫ﺼـ ْـﻮﻓِﻴﱠ ِﺔ أَﻳْـﻨَ َﻤــﺎ‬‫ـﺎداﺗِﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡ‬

‫اح َﺳـ َ‬ ‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ أ َْرَو ِ‬
‫ﺸ ـ ــﺎ ِر ِق‬‫اﺣ ُﻬ ـ ـ ْـﻢ ِﻣ ـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻣ َ‬
‫ـﺖ أ َْرَو ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ـ ــﺎﻧُـ ْﻮا َو َﺣﻠﱠ ـ ـ ْ‬
‫ض إِ ٰﱃ َﻣﻐَﺎ ِرَِــﺎ‪ ،‬أَ ﱠن ﷲَ ﻳُـ ْﻌﻠِـ ْـﻲ َد َر َﺟــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َْر ِ‬
‫ﻒ‬‫ـﺎﻋ ُ‬ ‫ﻀـ ـ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﳉَﻨﱠـ ـ ِـﺔ َوﻳُ ْﻜﺜِـ ـ ُـﺮ ِﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻣﺜُـ ـ ْـﻮَ ِِ ْﻢ َوﻳُ َ‬
‫ﺣﺴــﻨَﺎ ِِﻢ‪ ،‬وَْﳛ َﻔﻈُﻨَــﺎ ِﲜـ ِ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَـ ْﻨـ َﻔ ُﻌﻨَــﺎ ِِـ ْـﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ََ ْ َ‬
‫َﺳـ ـ ـ َـﺮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َوﻳُﻌ ْﻴ ـ ـ ـ ُﺪ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَـ ـ ــﺎ ﻣـ ـ ـ ْـﻦ ﺑَـ َﺮَﻛـ ـ ــﺎ ْﻢ َوأ ْ‬
‫َوأَﻧْـ ـ َـﻮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َو ُﻋﻠُ ـ ْـﻮِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوﻧَـ َﻔ َﺤ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ ِﰲ اﻟـ ـ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ‬
‫َواﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْـﻴَﺎ َو ْاﻵ ِﺧ َﺮةِ‪] .‬اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔُ[‪.‬‬

‫‪79‬‬
Al-Fātiḥah

Alfātiḥatu ilā arwāḥi Al-Fātiḥah on the

sādātinaṣ ṣūfiyyati souls of our noble Ṣūfi
aynamā kānū wa ḥallat masters wherever they
arwāḥuhum min may be and wherever
mashāriqil arḍi ilā their souls may be set
maghāribihā, free, in the east or
annallāha yu’lī west, that Allāh may
darajātihim fil jannati raise their ranks in
wa yukthiru min Paradise and increase
mathūbātihim wa their benefit, and
yuḍā‛ifu ḥasanātihim, protect us with their
wa yaḥfaẓunā status; and that He
bijāhihim, wa shower upon us of
yanfa‛unā bihim, wa their blessings,
yu‛īdu ‛alaynā min (spiritual) mysteries,
barakātihim wa knowledge, and gifts
asrārihim wa in (our) religion in this
anwārihim wa world and in the
‛ulūmihim wa Hereafter. [al-
nafaḥātihim fiddīni Fātiḥah]
waddunyā
wal’ākhirati. [al-
Fātiḥah].

80
 ‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬

‫ـﺐ‬‫ﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺗِـ ـ ِ‬ ‫ـﺎﺣ ِ‬ ‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ـ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ روِح ﺳ ـ ــﻴِ ِﺪ َ ﺻ ـ ـ ِ‬

‫ُْ َ ّ َ‬
‫ـﺎد َواﻟْ ـ ـﺒِ َﻼ ِد‪،‬‬ ‫ث اﻟ ِْﻌﺒـ ـ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫اﻹ ْر َﺷـ ــﺎد َوﻏَـ ـ ْـﻮ َ‬
‫ـﺐ ِْ ِ‬ ‫ﻗُﻄْـ ـ ِ‬
‫ي ﺑْـ ـ ـ ِﻦ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ـ ٍـﺪ‬ ‫اَ ْﳊﺒِﻴ ـ ـ ِ ِ ِ‬
‫ـﺐ َﻋْﺒ ـ ــﺪ ﷲ ﺑْـ ـ ـ ِﻦ َﻋﻠَـ ـ ـ ِﻮ ِّ‬ ‫َْ‬
‫ُﺻ ـ ْـﻮﻟِ ِﻪ َوﻓُـ ـ ُـﺮْو ِﻋ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪ ،‬أَ ﱠن ﷲَ ﻳُـ ْﻌﻠِ ـ ْـﻲ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ا ْﳊـَ ـﺪﱠاد‪َ ،‬وأ ُ‬
‫َد َر َﺟـ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ا ْﳉَﻨﱠـ ـ ِـﺔ َوﻳُ ْﻜﺜِـ ـ ُـﺮ ِﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻣﺜُـ ـ ْـﻮَ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪،‬‬‫ﻒ ﺣﺴـ ــﻨَﺎ ِِﻢ‪ ،‬وَْﳛ َﻔﻈُﻨَـ ــﺎ ِﲜـ ـ ِ‬ ‫وﻳ َ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻀـ ــﺎﻋ ُ َ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َُ‬
‫َوﻳَـْﻨـ َﻔ ُﻌﻨَـ ــﺎ ِِـ ـ ْـﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُِﻌْﻴ ـ ـ ُﺪ َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَـ ــﺎ ِﻣـ ـ ْـﻦ ﺑَـ َﺮَﻛـ ــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ‬
‫َﺳـ َﺮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َوأَﻧْ ـ َـﻮا ِرِﻫ ْﻢ َو ُﻋﻠُـ ْـﻮِﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوﻧَـ َﻔ َﺤــﺎ ِِ ْﻢ ِﰲ‬ ‫َوأ ْ‬
‫اﻟ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ َواﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْـﻴَﺎ َو ْاﻵ ِﺧ َﺮةِ‪] .‬اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔُ[‪.‬‬

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Al-Fātiḥah

Alfātiḥata ilā rūḥi Al-Fātiḥah on the soul

ṣāḥibir rātibi quṭbil of our master and
irshādi wa ghawthil compiler of the Rātib,
‛ibādi wal bilād, the Axis of Guidance
alḥabībi ‛Abdillāhibni and the spiritual
‛Alawiyyibni succour for the
Muḥammadil worshippers and
Ḥaddādi, wa usūlihī nations, the beloved
wa furū‛ihim, ‛Abd Allāh bin ‛Alawī
annallāha yu‛lī bin Muḥammad al-
darajātihim fil jannati Ḥaddād and his
wa yukthiru min genealogical roots
mathūbātihim wa (ancestors) and their
yuḍā‛ifu ḥasanātihim, branches
wa yaḥfaẓunā (descendants), that
bijāhihim, yanfa‛unā Allāh may elevate their
bihim, wa yu‛īdu ranks in Paradise and
‛alaynā min increase their benefit,
barakātihim wa and protects us with
asrārihim wa their status; and that He
anwārihim wa shower upon us of their
‛ulūmihim wa blessings, (spiritual)
nafaḥātihim fiddīni mysteries, knowledge,
waddunyā and gifts
wal’ākhirati. [al- in (our) religion in this
Fātiḥah]. world and in the
Hereafter. [al-Fātiḥah].

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 ‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬

‫ـﺎد ِ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ‫اح َﻛﺎﻓَ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِـﺔ ِﻋﺒ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـﺔُ إِ ٰﱃ أ َْرَو ِ‬
‫ﺸ ـ ـ ـ ــﺎﺋِ ِﺨﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﲔ‪َ ،‬و َواﻟِـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِـﺪﻳْـﻨَﺎ َوَﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ـ ـ ـ ــﺎﳊِِ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟ ـ ـ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ‪ ،‬و َذ ِوي ا ْﳊ ُﻘـ ــﻮ ِق َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَـ ــﺎ‪ ،‬وأ َْﻣـ ــﻮ ِ‬
‫ات‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِِ‬ ‫ِِ‬
‫أ َْﻫ ـ ِـﻞ ٰﻫـ ـﺬﻩ اﻟْﺒَـ ْﻠـ ـ َﺪة ﻣ ـ ْـﻦ أ َْﻫ ـ ِـﻞ َﻻ إِٰﻟـ ـﻪَ إِﱠﻻ ﷲُ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫اح أ َْﻣـ ـ ــﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﲨَ ِﻌـ ـ ـ ْ َ ٰ‬
‫ات اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺴـ ـ ــﻠ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ‫ـﲔ‪َ ،‬وإِﱃ أ َْرَو ِ َ‬ ‫أْ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ْﻢ إِ ٰﱃ ﻳَـ ْـﻮِم اﻟ ـ ِّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ‪ ،‬أَ ﱠن ﷲَ ﻳَـ ْﻐ ِﻔـ ُـﺮ َﳍـُ ْـﻢ‬ ‫َﺣﻴَـ ُ‬ ‫َوأ ْ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ب اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺴ ـ ـ ـ ــﻠ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ‫َوﻳَـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ْـﺮ َﲪُُﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُـ َﻔ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِّـﺮ ُ‬
‫ج ُﻛ ـ ـ ـ ـ ُـﺮْو َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وَْﳚ َﻤ ُـﻊ َﴰْﻠَ ُﻬ ْـﻢ‬ ‫ﺿُ‬ ‫َوﻳَـ ْﺮ َﲪُُﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺸ ِﻔ ْﻲ َﻣ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ات ﺑَـ ْﻴﻨِ ِﻬ ْﻢ‪،‬‬
‫ﻒ َذ َ‬ ‫َﻋﻠَﻰ ا ْﳍَُﺪى‪َ ،‬وﻳُـ َﺆﻟِّ ُ‬

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Al-Fātiḥah
Alfātiḥata ilā arwāḥi
kāfati ‛ibādillāhiṣ
ṣāliḥīn, wa wālidīnā
wa mashā’ikhinā
fiddīn, wa dhawil
ḥuqūqi ‛alaynā, wa
amwāti ahli hādhihil
baldati min ahli lā
ilāha illallāhu ajma‛īn,
Wa ilā arwāḥi amwātil
muslimīna wa
aḥyāhum ilā
yawmiddīn, annallāha
yaghfiru lahum wa
yarḥamuhum, wa
yufarriju kurūbal
muslimīna wa
yarḥamuhum, wa
yashfī marḍāhum, wa
yajma‛u shamlahum
‛alal hudā,
wa yu’allifu dhāta
baynihim,
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Al-Fātiḥah on the
souls of all the pious
servants of Allāh and
our parents, and our
teachers of religion,
and those who have
rights upon us; and the
deceased people of this
land; of all those who
believed that there is
no god, but Allāh;
And on the souls of the
deceased Muslims, and
those who are (still)
alive, until the Day of
Judgement, that Allāh
forgive them and have
Mercy on them; that he
removes the difficulties
of the Muslims and
show compassion
towards them; and that
he cures the sick, and
unite them upon
guidance, and instill
love in their hearts,
 ‫ِ‬
‫ف َﻋـ ـ ْﻨـ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺼـ ـ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ـﺎرُﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْ‬ ‫َوﻳُـ ـ َـﻮِّ ْﱄ َﻋﻠَ ـ ْـﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺧﻴَ ـ َ‬
‫ِﺷ ـ ـ َـﺮ َارُﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔ ْﻴـﻨَ ـ ــﺎ َوإِ ﱠ ُﻫ ـ ـ ْـﻢ َﺷـ ـ ـ ﱠﺮ اﻟ ِْﻔ ـ ـ َِ‬
‫ـﱳ‬
‫ـﺐ‬ ‫ﲔ َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﻌﺘَـ ِﺪﻳْ َﻦ ِﻣ ْـﻦ ﻗَ ِﺮﻳْـ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َواﻟ ِْﻤ َﺤـ ِﻦ َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْـﺆذﻳِّ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎرُﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُـﻐَـ ـ ـ ـ ِّـﺰ ُر‬ ‫ِ ٍ ِ‬
‫َﺳـ ـ ـ ـ َـﻌ َ‬
‫أ َْو ﺑَﻌ ْﻴ ـ ـ ــﺪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُـ ْﺮﺧ ـ ـ ـ ْـﻲ أ ْ‬
‫ـﺎرُﻫ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُـ ْﻌ ِﻄـ ْـﻲ ُﻛ ـ ﱠﻞ َﺳــﺎﺋِ ٍﻞ ِّﻣﻨﱠــﺎ َوِﻣ ـْﻨ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫أ َْﻣﻄَـ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﺢ‬‫ُﺳ ْـﺆﻟَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ َﻣــﺎ ﻳُـ ْﺮﺿـﻲ ﷲَ َوَر ُﺳـ ْـﻮﻟَﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَـ ْﻔــﺘَ ُ‬
‫ﲔ‪َ ،‬وَﳜْــﺘِ ُﻢ ﻟَﻨَــﺎ ِ ْﳊُ ْﺴـ َـﲎ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ح اﻟ َْﻌــﺎ ِرﻓ ْ َ‬‫َﻋﻠَْﻴـﻨَــﺎ ﻓُـﺘُ ـ ْـﻮ َ‬
‫ـﻒ ﱠو َﻋﺎﻓِﻴَ ـ ٍـﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ـﲑ ﱠوﻟُﻄْـ ٍ‬ ‫ﰲ َﺧ ـ ٍْ‬ ‫اض َﻋﻨﱠ ــﺎ ِ ْ‬ ‫َو ُﻫ ـ َـﻮ َر ٍ‬
‫ﺻـ ـﻠﱠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴ ـ ِـﻪ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫وإِ ٰﱃ ﺣ ْ ِ‬
‫ـﱯ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ــﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ـ َـﺮة اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِ ِّ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫َوآﻟِ ِﻪ َو َﺳﻠﱠ َﻢ‪.‬‬

‫‪85‬‬
wa yuwallī ‛alayhim
khiyārahum, wa
yaṣrifu ‛anhum
shirārahum, wa
yakfīnā wa iyyāhum
sharral fitani wal
miḥani wal
mu’dhiyyīna wal
mu‛tadīna min qarībin
aw ba‛īdin, wa yurkhī
as‛ārahum, wa
yughazziru
amṭārahum, wa yu‛ṭī
kulla sā’ilim minnā wa
minkum su’lahū, ‛alā
mā yurḍillāha wa
rasūlahū, wa yaftaḥu
‛alaynā futūḥal
‛ārifīna, wa yakhtimu
lanā bilḥusnā wa huwa
rāḍin ‛annā fī khayrin
wa luṭfin wa ‛āfiyatin,
wa ilā ḥaḍratin nabiyyi
(Muḥammadin
ṣallallāhu ‛alayhi wa
sallam).
86
and causes the best
among them to govern
them, and divert from
them the worst among
them, and protect us and
them from the evil of the
trials and tribulations,
and the mischief-makers
and transgressors from
near and far; and make
their living conditions
easy; and increase their
rains; and give everyone
what he asks according
to that which pleases
Allāh and His
Messenger; and that He
inspire us with the
inspiration of the
Gnostics; and that He
grant us a good ending
whilst being satisfied
with us in good,
kindness and well-being;
and (finally al-Fātiḥah)
to the Holy Presence of
the Prophet Muḥammad,
may the Blessings and
Peace of Allāh be upon
him and his family.
‫اءةِ اﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَـ ِـﺔ ﻳَـ ْﺮﻓَـ ُﻊ ﻳَـ َﺪﻩُ َوﻳَـ ْﺪ ُﻋ ْﻮ َﻣــﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َوﺑَـ ْﻌ ـ َﺪ ﻗـ َـﺮ َ‬
‫َﺷﺂ َء ﰒُﱠ ﻳَـ ُﻘ ْﻮ ُل‪:‬‬

‫ٰ‬
‫ـﺎك َوا ْﳉَﻨﱠ ـﺔَ ‪َ ،‬وﻧَـ ُﻌـ ْـﻮذُ‬
‫ﺿـ َ‬ ‫اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ـ ﱠﻢ إِ ﱠ ﻧَ ْﺴ ـﺄَﻟُ َ‬
‫ﻚ ِر َ‬
‫ﻚ َواﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِر‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ َﺨ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺑِ َ‬

‫‪END OF RĀTIB AL-ḤADDĀD‬‬

‫‪87‬‬
And after reading And after reading
the Fātiḥah he (the the Fātiḥah he (the
supplicant) raises supplicant) raises
his hands and asks his hands and asks
for whatever he for whatever he
wants and then wants and then
says: says:

Allāhumma innā O Allāh! We seek

nas’aluka riḍāka wal Your contentment
jannata, wa (pleasure) and the
na‛ūdhubika min Jannah; and we seek
sakhatika wannār. refuge with You from
(3 times) Your discontent
(displeasure), and
from the fire.
(3 times)

END OF RĀTIB AL-ḤADDĀD

88
 ‫‪IT IS OPTIONAL TO RECITE THE‬‬
‫‪FOLLOWING ADHKĀR AFTER THE RĀTIB AL-‬‬
‫‪ḤADDĀD‬‬

‫َ‬
‫أذْ َ رٌ‬

‫ِ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻋـ ِـﺎﱂ ِ ِ‬
‫ـﱰ َﻋﻨﱠــﺎ ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴـ ِّـﺮ ﻣﻨﱠــﺎ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ َْﺘــﻚ ّ‬
‫اﻟﺴـ ْ َ‬ ‫َ َ َ ّ‬
‫ﺚ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻋﺎﻓِﻨَﺎ َوا ْﻋ ُ‬
‫ﻒ َﻋﻨﱠﺎ ‪َ ،‬وُﻛ ْﻦ ﻟﱠﻨَﺎ َﺣ ْﻴ ُ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﺎدةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺴﻌﺎدةِ ‪ ،‬و ْ ِ‬
‫اﳋَﺎﲤَِﺔ ِ ﻟ ﱠﺸ َﻬ َ‬ ‫َ اَ ُ ﻟَﻨَﺎ ِ ﻟ ﱠ َ َ َ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ح َ ﺑُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ اَ ُ ﺑِ َﺪ ْﻋ َﻮةٍ ُﳎَﺎﺑٍَﺔ ‪َ ،‬واﻟ َْﻌ ْﺮ ِ‬
‫ش َﻣ ْﻔﺘُـ ْﻮ ٌ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫‪89‬‬
 IT IS OPTIONAL TO RECITE THE
FOLLOWING ADHKĀR AFTER THE RĀTIB AL-
ḤADDĀD

ADHKĀR

Yā ‛ālimas sirri O Knower of our

minnā, secrets, do not remove
Lā tahtikis sitra ‛annā. Your Cover from us
(do not expose our
Wa ‛āfinā wa‛fu faults); make us safe
‛annā, and secure, pardon us,
Wa kullanā ḥaythu and be with us
kunnā. wherever we may be.
(3 times) (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬
Yā allāhu lanā O Allāh! Grant us good
bissa‛ādati, fortune, and let our end
Wal khātimati bish- be with the recital (and
shahādati. belief) of the Shahādah.
(3 times) (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬
Yā allāhu bida‛watim O Allāh! Accept our
mujābatin, prayer whilst the door
Wal ‛arshi maftūḥun of the ‘Arsh is open.
bābuhū. (3 times) (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬ ‫٭٭٭٭‬

90
‫ﺴـ ـ ـ َـﻼ َﻣ ِﺔ ‪ِ ،‬ﻣـ ـ ـ ْـﻦ َﻫـ ـ ـ ْـﻮِل ﻳَـ ـ ـ ْـﻮِم‬
‫َ اَ ُ ﻟَﻨَـ ـ ــﺎ ِ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫اﻟ ِْﻘﻴَ َﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ْﱪﻳﱠِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺸ ْﺮﺑٍَﺔ َﻫﻨِْﻴـﺌَ ٍﺔ ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪ َﺧ ِْﲑ اﻟ َِ‬ ‫َ اَ ُ ﺑِ َ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫ﺎن ‪ َ ،‬اَ ُ ﺑِﺘَـ ْﻮﺑَ ٍـﺔ‬ ‫اَ ﺑِﺘَـﻮﺑ ٍﺔ ﱠوﻗَـﺒـﻮٍل ﱠوإِ ْﺣﺴ ٍ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ ُ َْ ُْ‬
‫ﺎن )ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ﻗَـ ْﺒﻞ َدر ِج ْاﻷَ ْﻛ َﻔ ِ‬
‫َ ْ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫َ اَ ُ َِـ ـ ــﺎ ‪ َ ،‬اَ ُ َِـ ـ ـ ــﺎ ‪ َ ،‬اَ ُ ِﲝُ ْﺴ ـ ـ ـ ـ ِﻦ‬
‫اﳋَ ِﺎﲤَِﺔ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫ْ‬
‫٭٭٭٭‬
‫‪91‬‬
Yā allāhu lanā
bissalāmati,
Min hawli yawmil
qiyāmati. (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Yā allāhu bisharbatin
hanī’atin,
Min yadi khayril
bariyyati. (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Yā allāhu bitawbatiw
wa qabūliw wa
iḥsānin,
Yā allāhu bitawbatin
qabla darjil akfāni.
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
Yā Allāhu bihā, yā
Allāhu bihā, yā Allāhu
biḥusnil khātimati.
(3 times)
92
O Allāh! Grant us
safety and security from
the horrors of the day of
Qiyāmah. (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
O Allāh! Let us drink a
wholesome and pleasant
drink through the hand
of the greatest (and
most honoured) of Your
creation. (3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
O Allāh! Accept our
repentance (tawbah)
and our good deeds; and
accept our repentance
before we are shrouded
(wrapped in a kafan).
(3 times)
‫٭٭٭٭‬
O Allāh! Through it
(our good deeds), O
Allāh! Through it (our
good deeds), O Allāh!
Through our good
deeds grant us a good
ending. (3 times)
 ‫ب َﲨْ ًﻌ ــﺎ ﻃَﻠَْﺒـﻨَ ــﺎ ِﻣ ْﻨ ـ َ‬
‫ـﻚ َﻣ ْﻐ ِﻔ ـ َـﺮًة ﱠو ُﺣ ْﺴ ـ َـﻦ‬ ‫َ َر ِّ‬
‫اﳋَ ِﺎﲤَِﺔ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫ْ‬
‫ََْ َ ُ‬
‫ا ِ‬

‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﲪَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬

‫ْ‬
‫ـﺎل َﳍ ــﻢ اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِ‬ ‫ﱠِ‬
‫ـﺎس ا ﱠن اﻟﻨﱠ ـ َ‬
‫ـﺎس ﻗَـ ـ ْﺪ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫﴿اَﻟ ــﺬﻳْ َﻦ ﻗَ ـ َ ُ ُ‬
‫اد ُﻫ ْﻢ اِ ْﳝَــﺎ ً ۖ‬ ‫ﺸ ـ ْـﻮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻓَـ ـ َـﺰ َ‬
‫َﲨَ ُﻌ ـ ْـﻮا ﻟَ ُﻜ ـ ْـﻢ ﻓَﺎ ْﺧ َ‬
‫ـﻞ ﴿‪﴾۱۷۳‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َوﻗَـ ـ ــﺎﻟُ ْﻮا َﺣ ْﺴ ـ ـ ـﺒُـﻨَﺎ ﷲُ َوﻧ ْﻌـ ـ ـ َـﻢ اﻟ َْﻮﻛ ْﻴـ ـ ـ ُ‬
‫ﺴ ْﺴ ُـﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﳝ‬
‫َْ‬ ‫ﱂ‬‫ﻀ ٍـﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓ‬
‫َ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﷲ‬‫ﻓَﺎﻧْـ َﻘﻠَﺒـﻮا ﺑِﻨِﻌﻤ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻦ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُْ َْ ّ َ‬
‫ﺿ ـ ــﻮا َن ِ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ﷲ ؕ َوﷲُ ذُ ْو‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ر‬ ‫ا‬‫ـﻮ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ـ‬
‫ُﺳ ـ ـ ْـﻮ ٌ ﱠ َ ُ ْ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ـ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ا‬‫و‬ ‫ۙ‬ ‫ء‬
‫ﻀ ٍﻞ َﻋ ِﻈ ْﻴ ٍﻢ ﴿‪﴾﴾۱۷۴‬‬
‫ﻓَ ْ‬
‫آل ِﻋ ْﻤ َﺮان )‪ ،(٣‬آ ت ‪١٧٤-١٧٣‬‬
‫ُﺳﻮرةُ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫‪93‬‬
Yā rabbi jam‛an ṭalabnā
minka maghfirataw wa
ḥusnal khātimati.
(3 times)
Al-Fātiḥah
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Alladhīna qāla lahumun
nāsu innan nāsa qad
jama‛ū lakum fakh-
shawhum fazādahum
īmānan, wa qālū
ḥasbunallāhu wa ni‛mal
wakīl.
Fanqalabū bini‛matim
minallāhi wa faḍlil lam
yamsashum sū-un,
wattaba‛ū riḍwānallāhi,
wallāhu dhū faḍlin
‛aẓīm.
[Sūrah Āl-‛Imrān (3),
Āyāt 173-174]
94
O our Lord! We all beg
You to grant us
forgiveness and a good
ending. (3 times)
Al-Fātiḥah
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Men said to them: “A
great army is gathering
against you”; and
frightened them; but it
(only) increased their
faith. They said: “For
us Allāh is sufficient,
and in Him do we place
our trust.”And they
returned with grace and
bounty from Allāh; no
harm ever touched them;
for they followed the
good pleasure of Allāh;
and Allāh is the Lord of
bounties unbounded.
[Sūrah Āl-‛Imrān (3),
Verses 173-174]
 ‫َﺣ ْﺴﺒُـﻨَﺎ ﷲُ َوﻧِ ْﻌ َﻢ اﻟ َْﻮﻛِْﻴ ُﻞ )‪َ ١٨‬ﻣ ﱠﺮًة(‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﻚ‬‫﴿ َوا ْن ﻳﱡ ِﺮﻳْـ ـ ُﺪ ْوآ اَ ْن ﱠﳜْـ ـ َﺪ ُﻋ ْﻮ َك ﻓَـ ِـﺎ ﱠن َﺣ ْﺴ ــﺒَ َ‬
‫ﲔ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﷲط ﻫ ــﻮ اﻟﱠـ ِـﺬ ۤى اَﻳﱠ ـ َﺪ َك ﺑِﻨﺼ ـ ِﺮﻩِ و ِ ﻟْﻤ ـ ْـﺆِ‬
‫ﻣ‬
‫َ ْ َ ُ َْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ َُ‬
‫ـﺖ َﻣــﺎ ِﰱ‬ ‫ـﲔ ﻗُـﻠُـ ْـﻮِِ ْﻢ ﻟَـ ْـﻮ اَﻧْـ َﻔ ْﻘـ َ‬ ‫﴿‪َ ﴾۶۲‬واَﻟﱠ َ‬
‫ـﻒ ﺑَـ ْ َ‬
‫ط‬

‫ۤ‬
‫ـﲔ ﻗُـﻠُ ْـﻮِِ ْﻢ َوٰﻟ ِﻜـ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫ـﺖ‬ ‫ﻔ‬‫ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﲨ ْﻴـ ًﻌﺎ ﱠﻣ َ َ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ض َِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َْر ِ‬
‫ـﻒ ﺑـﻴ ـ ـﻨَـﻬﻢط اِﻧﱠ ــﻪُ َﻋ ِﺰﻳـ ـ ٌـﺰ ﺣ ِ‬
‫ﻜ ـ ْـﻴ ٌﻢ ﴿‪﴾۶۳‬‬ ‫ْ َ‬ ‫ﷲَ اَﻟﱠ ـ َ َ ْ ُ ْ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ـﻚ ِﻣـ َـﻦ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ـ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻦ‬
‫ﱡ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ََ َ َ َ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻣ‬‫و‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ـﺒ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫ـﱮ‬‫ِ‬ ‫ـ‬‫ﱠ‬‫ﻨ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ـﺎ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫ـ‬
‫ََ‬‫ﱡ‬‫ﻳ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪﴾﴾۶۴‬‬ ‫اﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺆﻣﻨِ ْ َ‬
‫ـﻞ ﻧِ ْﻌ َـﻢ اﻟ َْﻤ ْـﻮ ٰﱃ َوﻧِ ْﻌ َـﻢ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َﺣ ْﺴﺒُـﻨَﺎ ﷲُ َوﻧ ْﻌ َـﻢ اﻟ َْﻮﻛ ْﻴ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺼ ِْﲑ‪َ ١٨) .‬ﻣ ﱠﺮةً(‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ِ‬
‫ﻮرةُ ْاﻷَﻧْـ َﻔﺎل )‪ ،(٨‬آ ت ‪٦٤-٦٢‬‬
‫ُﺳ َ‬

‫‪95‬‬
Ḥasbunallāhu wa ni‛mal
wakīl. (18 times)
Wa iyyurīdū
ayyakhda‛ūka fa’inna
ḥasbakallāhu huwal
ladhī ayyadaka
binaṣrihī wa
bilmu’minīn, wa allafa
bayna qulūbihim, law
anfaqta mā fil’arḍi
jamī‛am mā allafta
bayna qulūbihim wa
lākin nallāha allafa
baynahum, innahū
‛azīzun ḥakīm. Yā
ayyuhan nabiyyu
ḥasbukallāhu wa
manittaba‛aka minal
mu’minīn,
[Sūrah Al-Anfāl (8),
Āyāt 62-64]
Ḥasbunallāhu wa ni‛mal
wakīli ni‛mal mawlā wa
ni‛man naṣīr.
(18 times)
96
Allāh is sufficient for us,
and in Him do we place
our trust. (18 times)
Should they intend to
deceive you, verily Allāh is
sufficient for you. It is He
that strengthened you with
His aid and with the
company of the believers.
And moreover, He has
put affection between their
hearts. Even if you had
spent all that is in the
earth, you could not have
produced that affection;
but Allāh has done it; for
He is the Exalted in Might,
the Wise. O Prophet!
Allāh is sufficient for you
and for those believers
who follow you. [Sūrah Al-
Anfāl (8), Verses 62-64]
Allāh is sufficient for us,
and He is the best
Guardian. He is the
Bestower of Protection,
and the Bestower of
Victory. (18 times)
 ‫ﻧِ ْﻌــﻢ اﻟْﻤــﻮ ٰﱃ وﻧِ ْﻌــﻢ اﻟﻨ ِ‬
‫ﱠﺼـ ْـﲑُ ‪َ ،‬وَﻻ َﺣـ ْـﻮ َل َوَﻻ‬ ‫َ َْ َ َ‬
‫ﻗُـ ﱠﻮةَ إِﱠﻻ ِ ِ اﻟ َْﻌﻠِ ِّﻲ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﻈ ْﻴ ِﻢ‪.‬‬

‫ﲪ ِﻦ اﻟـ ـ ـ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ ‪ ،‬اَ ُ ﻟَ ِﻄ ْﻴ ـ ـ ٌ‬ ‫ﺑِﺴ ـ ـ ِـﻢ ِ‬

‫م‬
‫ـﻒ‬ ‫ﷲ اﻟـ ـ ـ ﱠﺮ ْ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ـﺎدﻩِ ﻳَـ ـ ـ ْـﺮ ُز ُق َﻣ ـ ـ ْـﻦ ﻳﱠ َ‬
‫ﺸ ـ ــﺎءُ َو ُﻫ ـ ـ َـﻮ اﻟْ َﻘـ ـ ـ ِﻮ ﱡ‬
‫ي‬ ‫ﺑِ ِﻌﺒ ـ ـ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫اﻟ َْﻌ ِﺰﻳْـ ُﺰ‪.‬‬

‫ﻂ ‪ ،‬و ُدو ُد‪ِ .‬‬

‫)ﺳﺘﺎ(‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َ َﺳ ُ َ َ ْ‬
‫ۤ‬
‫ـﺎدﻩِ ﻳَـ ْـﺮ ُز ُق َﻣـ ْـﻦ ﻳﱠ َ‬
‫ﺸــﺎءُ َو ُﻫـ َـﻮ‬ ‫ـﻒم ﺑِ ِﻌﺒـ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫اَ ُ ﻟَﻄ ْﻴـ ٌ َ‬
‫ﻒ ‪ َ ،‬اَ ُ‪.‬‬ ‫ي اﻟ َْﻌ ِﺰﻳْـ ُﺰ‪ َ ،‬ﻟَ ِﻄ ْﻴ ُ‬‫اﻟْ َﻘ ِﻮ ﱡ‬
‫)‪َ ۵۰‬ﻣ ﱠﺮةً(‬

‫‪97‬‬
Ni‛mal mawlā wa
ni‛man naṣīr, wa lā
ḥawla wa lā quwwata
illā billāhil ‛aliyyil
‛aẓīm.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Allāhu laṭīfum bi-
‛ibadihī yarzuqu
mayyashā’u wa huwal
qawiyyul ‛azīz.
Yā bāsitu, yā wadūdu.
(6 times)
Allāhu laṭīfum bi-
‛ibadihī yarzuqu
mayyashā’u wa huwal
qawiyyul ‛azīz.
Yā laṭīfu, yā Allāhu
(50 times)
98
O Bestower of
Protection and the
Bestower of Victory;
and there is no Power
and no Strength except
with Allāh the Most
High, the All-Mighty.
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Allāh, who is Most Kind
to His servants, He gives
sustainance to whom He
Wills, and He is the
Most Powerful, the
Mighty.
O the Extender of
Sustainance, O the Most
Loving. (6 times)
Allāh, is Most Kind to
His servants; He gives
sustainance to whom He
Wills and He is the Most
Powerful, the Mighty.
O Most Kind, O Allāh
(50 times)
 ‫ﻒ ﺑِﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ْﻴ َﻤﺎ ﻧَـ َـﺰ َل إِﻧﱠ َ‬
‫ـﻚ‬ ‫ﻒ َﱂْ ﺗَـ َﺰ ْل اُﻟْﻄُ ْ‬ ‫َ ﻟَ ِﻄ ْﻴ ُ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻟَ ِﻄ ْﻴـ ـ ٌ‬
‫ﲔ‪.‬‬‫ـﻒ ﺑِﻨَـ ــﺎ َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺴـ ــﻠ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫ـﻒ َﱂْ ﺗَـ ـ َـﺰ ْل اُﻟْﻄُـ ـ ْ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬
‫ۤ‬ ‫ﻣ ِﻐﻴ ـ ُ ِ‬
‫ﺴ ـ ْـﻮ َء‪.‬‬ ‫اﺻـ ـ ِﺮ ْ‬
‫ف َﻋﻨﱠ ــﺎ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ـﺚ أَﻏﺜْـﻨَ ــﺎ ‪َ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َ ُْ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬

‫ْﱪﻳﱠ ِـﺔ ‪ِ َ َ ،‬ﺳـ َ‬

‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻀ ِـﻞ َﻋﻠَـﻰ اﻟ َِ‬ ‫اَﻟ ٰﻠّ ُﻬ ﱠﻢ َ َدآﺋِ َـﻢ اﻟْ َﻔ ْ‬
‫ﺐ اﻟ َْﻤ َﻮ ِاﻫ ـ ـ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬
‫ـﺐ‬ ‫ﺻـ ــﺎﺣ َ‬ ‫اﻟْﻴَ ـ ـ َﺪﻳْ ِﻦ ِ ﻟ َْﻌﻄﻴﱠـ ــﺔ ‪َ َ ،‬‬
‫ـﻞ َو َﺳـ ـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـﻰ َﺳ ــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ٍـﺪ‬‫ﺻ ـ ِّ‬
‫اﻟ ﱠ ِ ِ‬
‫ﺴ ــﻨﻴﱠﺔ ‪َ ،‬‬
‫ﺴـ ـ ِـﺠﻴﱠ ِﺔ ‪َ ،‬وا ْﻏ ِﻔـ ـ ْـﺮ ﻟَﻨَـ ــﺎ َ ذَا‬‫ـﲑ اﻟْـ ـ َـﻮ ٰرى ِ ﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َﺧـ ـ ْ َ‬
‫ﰲ ٰﻫ ِﺬﻩِ اﻟ َْﻌ ِﺸﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪) .‬ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬ ‫اﻟ ُْﻌ ٰﻠﻰ ِ ْ‬
‫‪99‬‬
Yā laṭīfu lam tazal
ulṭuf binā fīmā nazala
innaka laṭīfun lam
tazal ulṭuf binā wal
muslimīna.
(3 times)
****
Yā mughīthu aghithnā,
waṣrif ‛annas sū’a.
(3 times)
****
Allāhumma yā
dā’imal faḍli ‛alal
bariyya, yā bāsiṭal
yadayni bil ‛aṭiyyati,
yā ṣāḥibal mawāhibis
saniyyati, ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammadin khayral
warā bissajiyyati,
waghfir lanā yā dhal
‛ulā fī hādhihil
‛ashiyyati.
(3 times)
100
O Most Kind, You are
forever Most Kind.
Show Kindness to us
against Calamities. You
are Eternally Kind.
Show us and the
Muslims Kindness.
(3 times)
****
O Great Helper! Help
us. Keep away from us
all misfortune and evil.
(3 times)
****
O Allāh! O the One
Whose Grace is
eternally bestowed on
mankind; whose Hands
are forever open (Who
are Most Generous) in
bestowing bounties; and
Who bestow great gifts.
Bestow Your Blessings
and Peace on our chief
and leader Muḥammad,
the best of mankind in
disposition, and forgive
us on this evening, O
Most High. (3 times)
‫َﺟـ َـﺰا ﷲُ َﻋﻨﱠــﺎ َﺳــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ َوﻧَﺒِﻴِّﻨَــﺎ َوَﻣـ ْـﻮَﻻ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ًﺪا‬
‫ﺻﻠﱠﻰ ﷲُ َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِـﻪ َو َﺳـﻠﱠ َﻢ َﺧ ًْ‬
‫ـﲑام ِﲟَـﺎ ُﻫ َـﻮ أ َْﻫﻠُـﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫)ﺛَﻼَ ً (‬

‫اَﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﲢَﺔ ‪...‬‬

‫‪101‬‬
Jazallāhu ‛annā May Allāh reward
sayyidinā wa Muḥammad, may
nabiyyinā wa Allāh’s Peace and
mawlānā Blessings be upon
Muḥammadan him, our master, our
ṣallallāhu ‛alayhi wa prophet and our
sallama khayram bimā guardian, with all the
huwa ahluhū. goodness that he
(3 times) deserves. (3 times)

Al-Fātiḥah …

102
 ‫ا َ َ ءُ‬

‫ﷲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﲪَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮِﺣ ْﻴ ِﻢ‬

‫ﺑِﺴ ِﻢ ِ‬
‫ْ‬
‫ِِ‬
‫اﰲ ﻧَِﻌ َﻤـﻪُ‬
‫ﲔ ‪َ ،‬ﲪْـ ًﺪا ﻳﱡـ َـﻮ ِ ْ‬ ‫ب اﻟ َْﻌﺎﻟَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬‫اَ ْﳊَ ْﻤ ُﺪ ّٰ َر ِّ‬
‫ـﻚ ا ْﳊَ ْﻤ ـ ُﺪ َﻛ َﻤــﺎ‬‫َوﻳُ َﻜــﺎﻓِ ُﺊ َﻣ ِﺰﻳْ ـ َﺪﻩُ ‪َ َ ،‬رﺑﱠـﻨَــﺎ ﻟَـ َ‬
‫ﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ـﻚ َو َﻋ ِﻈـ ْـﻴ ِﻢ ُﺳـ ْﻠﻄَﺎﻧِ َ‬ ‫ﻳَـ ْﻨـﺒَ ِﻐـ ْـﻲ ِﳉـَ َـﻼ ِل َو ْﺟ ِﻬـ َ‬
‫ـﺖ َﻛ َﻤـﺎ‬‫ـﻚ أَﻧْ َ‬ ‫ـﺎء َﻋﻠَْﻴ َ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻚ َﻻ ُْﳓﺼ ْـﻲ ﺛَـﻨَ ً‬ ‫ُﺳ ْﺒ َﺤﺎﻧَ َ‬
‫ـﻚ ا ْﳊَ ْﻤـ ُﺪ َﺣـ ّٰـﱴ‬ ‫ـﻚ ‪ ،‬ﻓَـﻠَـ َ‬ ‫ـﺖ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ ﻧَـ ْﻔ ِﺴـ َ‬ ‫أَﺛْـﻨَـ ْﻴـ َ‬
‫ـﻚ‬
‫ﺖ َوﻟَـ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ـ ْـﻴ َ‬‫ـﻚ ا ْﳊﻤـ ـ ُﺪ إِذَا ر ِ‬ ‫ﺗَـ ْﺮ ٰ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﺿـ ـﻰ ‪َ ،‬وﻟَـ َ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺮﺿٰﻰ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﳊَ ْﻤ ُﺪ ﺑَـ ْﻌ َﺪ ِّ‬

‫‪103‬‬
The Du‛ā
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
Alḥamdulillāhi rabbil
‛ālamīn, ḥamdan
yuwāfī ni‛amahū wa
yukāfi’u mazīdah, yā
rabbanā lakal ḥamdu
kamā yambaghī li
jalāli wajhika wa
‛aẓīmi sulṭānik,
subḥānaka lā nuḥṣī
thanā’an ‛alayka anta
kamā athnayta ‛alā
nafsik, falakal ḥamdu
ḥattā tarḍā, walakal
ḥamdu idhā raḍīta wa
lakal ḥamdu ba‛dar
riḍā,
104
The Du‛ā
(Supplication)
Bismillāhir raḥmānir
raḥīm
All Praise be to Allāh,
Lord of the Worlds,
Praises that are
equivalent to His
Bounties, Praises that
will keep away His
Resentment and wrath,
and Praises that are equal
to His Added Grace and
Kindness. O Allāh! All
Praise is due to You
alone, Praises befitting
Your Majestic
Countenance and Grand
and Vast Authority. All
Glory be to You. We
cannot do justice Praising
You (enough), for You
have Praised yourself.
All Praises be to You
before You are Pleased;
and all Praises be to You
after You are Pleased;
and all Praises be to You
when you are Pleased.
‫ـﻞ َو َﺳ ـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ َﺳــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻـ ِّ‬ ‫ﻢ‬‫ﱠ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ‫اَﻟ ٰ‬
‫ﻠ‬
‫ّ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ـﻞ َو َﺳـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ َﺳـﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍـﺪ ِﰲ‬
‫ﺻ ِّ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﲔ ‪َ ،‬و َ‬‫ْاﻷَﱠوﻟ ْ َ‬
‫ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﺻ ِّﻞ َو َﺳﻠّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ َﺳـﻴِّﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـﺪ ِ ْ‬
‫ﰲ‬ ‫ْاﻵﺧ ِﺮﻳْ َﻦ ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫ْﺖ ﱠو ِﺣ ْ ٍ‬‫ُﻛ ِﻞ وﻗ ٍ‬
‫َّ‬

‫ـﻞ َو َﺳ ـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ َﺳــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤـ ٍـﺪ ِﰲ اﻟ َْﻤـ َِ‬

‫ـﻺ‬ ‫ﺻـ ِّ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ﺻ ِّﻞ َو َﺳـﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬
‫ْاﻷَ ْﻋ ٰﻠﻰ إِ ٰﱃ ﻳَـ ْﻮم اﻟ ّﺪﻳْ ِﻦ ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫ض َوَﻣ ـ ـ ْـﻦ‬
‫ث ْاﻷ َْر َ‬ ‫َﺳ ـ ــﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ـ ٍـﺪ َﺣ ـ ـ ّٰـﱴ ﺗَـ ـ ـ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ِ‬
‫ﺖ َﺧ ْﲑُ اﻟ َْﻮا ِرﺛ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻋﻠَْﻴـ َﻬﺎ َوأَﻧْ َ‬

‫‪105‬‬
Allāhumma ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammadin
fil’awwalīn, wa ṣalli
wa sallim ‛alā
sayyidinā
Muḥammadin
fil’ākhirīn, wa ṣalli wa
sallim ‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammadin fī kulli
waqtiw wa ḥīn,
Wa ṣalli wa sallim ‛alā
sayyidinā
Muḥammadin fil
mala’il a‛lā ilā yawmid
dīn, wa ṣalli wa sallim
‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammadin ḥattā
tarithal arḍa wa man
‛alayhā wa anta
khayrul wārithīn,
106
O Allāh! Bestow Your
Blessings and Peace on
our master Muḥammad,
amongst the first. Bestow
Your Blessings and Peace
on our master
Muḥammad, amongst the
last. Bestow Your
Blessings and Peace upon
our master Muḥammad,
always, and at all times.
Bestow Your Blessings
and Peace upon our
master Muḥammad
amongst the exalted
chiefs in heaven till the
day of judgement; and
bestow Your Blessings
and Peace upon our chief
Muḥammad until You
inherit the earth, and all
that is in it, for You are
the best of Inheritors (the
Real and Eternal
Possessor of everything).
 ‫ٰ‬
‫ﻚ أَ ْد َ ﻧَـﻨَـﺎ‬‫ﻚ َوﻧَ ْﺴـﺘَـ ْﻮِد ُﻋ َ‬ ‫اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ﱠﻢ إِ ﱠ ﻧَ ْﺴـﺘَ ْﺤ ِﻔﻈُ َ‬
‫ﺴــﻨَﺎ ‪َ ،‬وأ َْﻣ َﻮاﻟَﻨَــﺎ َوأ َْﻫﻠَﻨَــﺎ َوُﻛـ ـ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫َوأَﺑْ ـ َﺪاﻧَـﻨَﺎ َوأَﻧْـ ُﻔ َ‬
‫ٰ‬ ‫ٍ‬
‫ﰲ‬‫اﺟ َﻌﻠْﻨَــﺎ َوإِ ﱠ ُﻫـ ْـﻢ ِ ْ‬‫َﺷ ـ ْﻰء أَ ْﻋﻄَْﻴـﺘَـﻨَــﺎ‪ .‬اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ـ ﱠﻢ ْ‬
‫ﺎذ َك ِﻣﻦ ُﻛ ِـﻞ َﺷ ْـﻴﻄَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻚ ‪ ،‬و ِﻋﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻨَ ِﻔ َ ِ‬
‫ْ ّ‬ ‫ﻚ َوأ ََﻣﺎﻧ َ َ َ‬
‫ﱠﻣ ِﺮﻳْـ ـ ٍـﺪ ‪َ ،‬و َﺟﺒﱠـ ــﺎ ٍر َﻋﻨِْﻴـ ـ ٍـﺪ ‪َ ،‬و ِذ ْي ﺑَـ ْﻐ ـ ـ ٍﻲ ﱠو ِذ ْي‬
‫ـﻞ ِذ ْي ﺷ ـ ٍّـﺮ ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠـ َ‬ ‫ﺣ ٍ ِ‬
‫ـﻚ‬ ‫ﺴ ــﺪ ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ـ ْـﻦ َﺷ ـ ِّـﺮ ُﻛ ـ ِّ‬ ‫ََ‬
‫َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ ُﻛ ِّﻞ َﺷ ْﻰ ٍء ﻗَ ِﺪﻳْـ ٌﺮ‪.‬‬

‫اﻹﺳﺘِ َﻘﺎﻣ ِﺔ ‪ ،‬وأ ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬

‫َﻋ ْﺬ َ‬ ‫اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ﱠﻢ ُﺣﻄْﻨَﺎ ِ ﻟﺘﱠـ ْﻘ ٰﻮى َو ِْ ْ َ َ‬
‫ـﺎل واﻟْﻤـ ِ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ـﺂل‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣـ ْـﻦ ﱡﻣ ْﻮﺟﺒَــﺎت اﻟﻨﱠ َﺪ َاﻣــﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ا ْﳊـَ َ َ‬
‫ﻚ َِﲰﻴﻊ اﻟﺪﱡﻋ ِ‬
‫ﺂء‪.‬‬ ‫إِﻧﱠ َ ْ ُ َ‬

‫‪107‬‬
Allāhumma innā
nastaḥfiẓuka wa
nastawdi‛uka
adyānanā wa
abdānanā wa
anfusanā, wa
amwālanā wa ahlanā
wa kulla shay’in
a‛ṭaytanā,
Allāhummaj‛alnā wa
iyyāhum fī kanafika
wa amānika wa
‛iyādhika min kulli
shayṭānim marīd, wa
jabbārin ‛anīd, wa dhī
baghyiw wa dhī
ḥasad, wa min sharri
kulli dhī shar, innaka
‛alā kulli shay’in
qadīr.
O Allāh! We place in
Your Care and
Safekeeping our
religion, our bodies, our
souls, our properties,
our families, and all that
which You have
granted us. O Allāh!
Place us and them Your
Protection Your Safety,
Your Security, and
Your Sanctuary, from
any rebellious Shayṭān
(Satan), and any
obstinate tyrant, from
the one who is unjust
and envious; and from
the evil of every evil-
doer. You have Power
over all things.

Allāhumma ḥuṭnā O Allāh! Safeguard us

bittaqwā wal
istiqāmah, wa a‛idhnā
min mūjibātin
nadāmah, fil ḥāli wal
ma’āl, innaka samī‛ud
du‛ā,
through piety and
sincerity and protect us
from all that which will
cause us to grieve now
and in the future. For
Verily, You are the One
Who Answers the
prayers.

108
 ‫وﺻ ـ ـ ِ ٰ‬
‫ـﻚ َﻋ ٰﻠـ ـ ـﻰ‬‫ـﻚ َو َﺟ َﻼﻟِ ـ ـ َ‬
‫ـﻞ اﻟﻠّ ُﻬـ ـ ـ ﱠﻢ ِﲜَ َﻤﺎﻟِ ـ ـ َ‬
‫َ َ ّ‬
‫ـﺤﺒِ ِﻪ َو َﺳ ـﻠِّ ْﻢ ‪،‬‬ ‫ِِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َﺳــﻴِّﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤــﺪ ﱠو َﻋ ٰﻠ ـﻰ ٰاﻟــﻪ َو َ‬
‫ﺻـ ْ‬
‫ـﺎﻫ ًﺮا ﱠوَ ِﻃﻨًـﺎ ‪،‬‬ ‫ـﺎل اﻟْﻤﺘﺎﺑـﻌ ِـﺔ ﻟَـﻪ ﻇَ ِ‬
‫َو ْار ُزﻗـْﻨَﺎ َﻛ َﻤ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ‬
‫ﲔ‪.‬‬ ‫اَرﺣﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِِ‬
‫اﲪ ْ َ‬ ‫َ ََْ‬

‫ﱠﺴـﻠِ ْﻴ ِﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ َﺳـﻴِّ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻞ اﻟ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ﺼ َـﻼة َواَ َﰎﱡ اﻟﺘ ْ‬ ‫َواَﻓْ َ ُ‬
‫ﲨﻴـ ـ ِﻊ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒِﻴ ـ ۤـﺎ ِء واﻟْﻤﺮﺳ ــﻠ ِْ‬ ‫ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ـ ٍـﺪ َﺧ ـ ِِ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫َ َ ُْ َ َ‬ ‫ـﺎﰎ َِ ْ‬
‫َﺻﺤﺎﺑِ ِﻪ أ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِِ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﲨَﻌ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ ٰاﻟﻪ َوأ ْ َ‬

‫‪109‬‬
Wa ṣallillāhumma
bijamālika wa jalālika
‛alā sayyidinā
Muḥammadin wa ‛alā
ālihī wa ṣaḥbihī wa
sallim, warzuqnā
kamālal mutāba‛ati
l ah ū ẓāh ir a w wa
bā ṭ i n ā, yā arḥamar
rāḥimīn.
Wa afḍaluṣ ṣalāti wa
atammut taslīmi ‛alā
sayyidinā
Muḥammadin khātimi
jamī‛il ambiyā’i wal
mursalīn, wa ‛alā ālihī
wa aṣḥābihī ajma‛īn.
110
O Allāh! Through
Your Beauty,
Splendour,
Exaltedness,
Sublimity and Glory,
bestow Peace and
Blessings on our
master Muḥammad,
his family and his
Companions; and
endow us with the
ability to follow him
with perfection
inwardly and
outwardly, O Most
Merciful.
And the greatest of
Blessings and
Salutations upon the
most honoured
Muḥammad, the last
Prophet of all the
Prophets and
Messengers. And the
greatest of Blessings
and Salutations upon
all the Prophets and
their families and
friends.
 ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬـ ـ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻏﻔ ـ ْـﺮِ ﻷ َْﻫ ـ ِـﻞ اﻟْ ُﻘﺒُـ ـ ْـﻮِر ﻣ ـ َـﻦ اﻟ ُْﻤ ـ ْـﺆﻣﻨِ ْ َ‬
‫ﲔ‬
‫ﺎت ‪،‬‬ ‫ﲔ واﻟْﻤﺴـ ـ ــﻠِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِِ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬
‫َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺆﻣﻨَـ ـ ــﺎت َواﻟ ُْﻤ ْﺴـ ـ ــﻠﻤ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎت‬‫ﺴـﻴِﺌَ ِ‬ ‫اِرﻓَﻊ َﳍـﻢ اﻟـﺪ ِ ِ‬
‫ﱠر َﺟﺎت َوَﻛ ّﻔ ْـﺮ َﻋـ ْﻨـ ُﻬ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠ ّ‬ ‫ْ ْ ُُ َ‬
‫ﲔ‪،‬‬ ‫ب اﻟ َْﻌﺎﻟَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬
‫َ َر ﱠ‬
‫ۤ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ِ ط‬
‫ﺼـ ـﻠﱡ ْﻮ َن َﻋﻠَ ــﻰ اﻟﻨﱠ ـ ِّ‬
‫ـﱯ‬ ‫﴿ا ﱠن ﷲَ َوَﻣﻠ َ ُ ُ َ‬
‫ﻳ‬ ‫ـﻪ‬ ‫ـ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﻜ‬‫َ‬ ‫ﯩ‬‫ﯩ‬‫ٰ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ۤ‬
‫ﱡ‬
‫ﺻـ ـﻠ ْﻮا َﻋﻠَْﻴ ــﻪ َو َﺳـ ـﻠّ ُﻤ ْﻮا‬ ‫ٰ‬
‫َٰﻳﱡـ َﻬ ــﺎ اﻟ ــﺬﻳْ َﻦ ا َﻣﻨُـ ـ ْـﻮا َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻠِ ْﻴ ًﻤﺎ ﴿‪﴾﴾۵۶‬‬

‫ﺻ ِّﻞ َو َﺳﻠِّ ْﻢ َﻋ ٰﻠﻰ َﺳﻴِّ ِﺪ َ ُﳏَ ﱠﻤ ٍﺪ ﱠو َﻋ ٰﻠـﻰ‬ ‫ٰ‬

‫اَﻟﻠّ ُﻬ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﺤﺒِ ِﻪ َوَ ِر ْك َو َﺳﻠِّ ْﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ِِ‬
‫ٰاﻟﻪ َو َ‬

‫ﻮرةُ ْاﻷ ْ‬
‫َﺣ َﺰاب )‪ ،(٣٣‬آﻳﺔ ‪٥٦‬‬ ‫ُﺳ َ‬
‫‪111‬‬
Allāhummaghfir O Allāh, forgive the
li’ahlil qubūr minal people of the grave,
mu’minīna wal the believing men and
mu’mināti wal believing women and
muslimīna wal the Muslim men and
muslimāt, irfa‛ Muslim women,
lahumud darajāti wa elevate their status,
kaffir ‛anhumus and remove from them
sayyi’āti yā rabbal their sins, O Lord of
‛ālamīn. the Worlds.

Innallāha wa Verily, Allāh and His

malā’ikatahū
yuṣallūna ‛alan nabiy,
Yā ayyuhalladhīna
āmanū ṣallū ‛alayhi
wa sallimū taslīmā,
[Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33),
Āyah 56]
angels send
Salutations upon the
Prophet; O you who
believe, send
Salutations and Peace
upon him.
[Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33),
Verse 56]

Allāhumma ṣalli ‛alā O Allāh! Shower

sayyidinā Your Blessings and
Muḥammadiw wa ‛alā Peace on our chief
āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, and upon
Muḥammadiw wa his family and his
bārik wa sallim. Companions.

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‫ﻚ اﻟ ٰﻠّ ُﻬ ـ ﱠﻢ َوَِﲢﻴﱠـ ـﺘُـ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬‫﴿ َد ْﻋـ ٰـﻮﯨ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻓِ ْﻴـ َﻬــﺎ ُﺳـ ْـﺒ ٰﺤﻨَ َ‬
‫ﻓِﻴـﻬــﺎ ﺳ ـ ٰﻠﻢج وٰا ِﺧــﺮ َد ْﻋـ ٰـﻮﯨﻬﻢ اَ ِن ا ْﳊﻤ ـ ُﺪ ِِّٰ‬
‫َْ‬ ‫ُْ‬ ‫َْ َ ٌ َ ُ‬
‫ﲔ ﴿‪﴾﴾۱۰‬‬ ‫ب اﻟْ ٰﻌﻠَ ِﻤ ْ َ‬ ‫َر ِّ‬

‫ـﻞ َﳊْﻈَـ ٍـﺔ أَﺑَـ ـ ًﺪا‪َ ،‬ﻋـ ـ َﺪ َد َﺧﻠ ِْﻘ ـ ِـﻪ َوِر َ‬
‫ﺿ ــﻰ‬ ‫ِْ‬
‫ﰲ ُﻛ ـ ِّ‬
‫اد َﻛﻠِ َﻤﺎﺗِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻧَـ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َوِزﻧَﺔَ َﻋ ْﺮ ِﺷ ِﻪ َوﻣ َﺪ َ‬

‫ﻮرةُ ﻳُﻮﻧُﺲ )‪ ،(١٠‬آﻳﺔ ‪١٠‬‬

‫ُﺳ َ‬
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Da‛wāhum fīhā
subḥānakal lāhumma
wa taḥiyyatuhum fīhā
salām, wa ākhiru
da‛wāhum anil ḥamdu
lillāhi rabbil ‛ālamīn.
[Sūrah Yūnus (10),
Āyah 10]
Fī kulli laḥẓatin
abadan, ‛adada
khalqihī wa riḍā
nafsihī wa zinata
‛arshihī wa midāda
kalimātihī.
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In that (state of
happiness) they will
call out: “Glory be to
You, O Allāh!” while
their greeting in it
(Paradise) will be:
“All Praise is due to
Allāh, the Lord of the
Worlds.”
[Sūrah Yūnus (10),
Verse 10]
At every moment,
forever, to the number
of His Creation, to the
Extent of His
Pleasure, to the
weight of His Throne
and the ink that it
would take to write
His Words.
 COMMENTARY ON THE RĀTIB AL-
ḤADDĀD

The numbers quoted hereunder can be found in the

English Translation of the Rātib Al-Ḥaddād.

1. Abū Sa‛īd ibn al-Mullā  said: “As I was

praying in the Mosque, the Prophet  called me but
I did not answer him. Later I said, “O Allāh’s
Messenger! I was praying.” He said, “Didn’t Allāh
say:- ‘Give your response to Allāh (by obeying Him)
and to His Messenger when he calls you.” (Sūrah (8)
al-Anfāl, verse 24). He then said to me, “Before you
leave the Mosque, I will teach you a sūrah, which is
the greatest surah in the Qur’ān.”

Then he  got hold of my hand, and when he 

was about to leave (the Mosque) I said to him ,
“Didn’t you O Prophet  say to me: ‘I will teach
you a sūrah which is the greatest sūrah in the
Qur’ān?’” He  said, “Praise be to Allāh, the Lord
of the Worlds”, Al-Fātiḥah, with the seven oft-
repeated verses in the mighty Qur’ān, which has
been given to me.”

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2. From Bukhārī, narrated by Abū Hurayrah :
“The Prophet  ordered me to guard the zakāh
revenue of Ramaḍān. Then somebody came and
started to steal the food. I caught him and said: ‘I
will take you to Allāh’s Prophet!’” Then Abū
Hurayrah  described the whole narration and said:
{That person said (to me), “Please don’t take me to
Allāh’s Prophet . I will tell you a few words by
which Allāh will benefit you.”}

“When you go to bed, recite Āyāt al-Kursī, for

then there will be a guard from Allāh who will
protect you all night long, and Satan will not be able
to come near you till dawn.” (When the Prophet 
heard the story) he said (to me); “He (who came to
you at night) told you the truth, although he is a liar;
because he who came to you were Satan.”

3. From Bukhārī and Muslim, narrated by ibn

Mas‛ūd : The Prophet  said: “If somebody
recited the last two verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah at
night, that will be sufficient for him.”

4. From Muslim, narrated by ‛Abdullāh ibn ‛Abbās

: “While Jibrīl  was sitting with the Prophet ,

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he (Jibrīl) heard a creaking sound above him. He
(Jibrīl) lifted his head and said: ‘This is a gate which
is being opened in heaven today which had never
been opened before.’ Then, when an angel
descended through it, he (Jibrīl) said: ‘Rejoice in
two lights which is given to you and the likes of
which have not been given to any Prophet before
you: “Fātiḥat al-Kitāb and the concluding verses of
Sūrah al-Baqarah”. (You will never recite a letter
from them for which you will not be rewarded.)

5. From Al-Muwaṭṭa’, narrated by Abū Hurayrah

; The Messenger of Allāh, may Allāh Bless him
and grant him Peace, said: “Whosoever says, ‘There
is no god but Allāh, alone; He has no partners; His is
the Sovereignty and to Him belongs all Praise and
He has Power over everything’, one hundred times a
day, it is the same for him as freeing ten slaves. One
hundred good actions are written for him and one
hundred wrong actions are erased from him; and it is
a protection against Satan for that day until the
night. No one does anything more excellent than
what he does except some one who does more than
that.”

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6. From Muslim, narrated by Samurah ibn Jundab
; the Messenger of Allāh, may Allāh Bless him
and grant him Peace, said: “The dearest words to
Allāh are four: ‘Transcendent is Allāh’ ‘All Praise
belongs to Allāh’, ‘There is no god but Allāh’, and
‘Allāh is the Greatest’. (There is no harm for you in
which order you begin them while remembering
Allāh).”

7. From Bukhārī, narrated by Abū Hurayrah .

The Prophet  said: “There are two expressions
which are very easy for the tongue to say, but they
carry much weight and are very dear to Allāh. They
are: ‘Subḥānallāh wa biḥamdihī’ and ‘Subḥānallāh
al-‛Aẓīm’.”

And the Prophet  said: “Whosoever says

‘Subḥānallāh wa biḥamdihī’, one hundred times a
day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as
much as the foam of the sea.”

8. Sūrah Hūd (11), Verses 3 and 90: “But ask

forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in
repentance);

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 Sūrah Al-Nisā (4), Verse 106: “And seek
forgiveness of Allāh; for Allāh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.”

9. Sūrah Al-Aḥzāb (33), Verse 56: “Allāh and His

Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you that
believe! Send your blessings on him, and salute him
with all respect.”

From Muslim, narrated by ‛Abdullāh bin ‛Amr

bin al-‛Āṣ : The Prophet  said: “Whosoever ask
Allāh to bless me once, Allāh will bless him ten
times.”

10. From Abū Dāwūd and Tirmidhī, the Prophet 

said: “Anyone who recites this prayer three times, no
harm will befall him.”

11. From ibn Ḥibbān : the Prophet Muḥammad 

said: “Any servant of Allāh who reads this prayer
every morning and evening, no sickness will befall
him.”

12. Sūrah Āl ‛Imrān (3), Verse 19: “The only true

religion in Allāh’s sight is Islām: complete
submission to His Will.”

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 From Abū Dāwūd and Tirmidhī: the Prophet
Muḥammad  said: “Anyone who recites this
prayer every morning and evening will enter
heaven.”

(‛Umar  recited this prayer whenever he

noticed that the Prophet  is upset.)

13. The Prophet  said: “Oh Abū Hurayrah,

whenever you want to travel for trade, recite this
prayer, for then your steps will lead you to the right
path.” (According to the learned scholars [‛Ālim
‛Ulamā], this applies to all professions.)

Every act should begin with ‘Bismillāh’ and

conclude with ‘Alḥamdulillāh’.

14. According to the learned jurists [‛Ālim ‛Ulamā],

the secret of this dhikr is to uphold your faith [īmān]
and vow to correct your deficiencies. Seek
forgiveness with your heart and soul via the sincere
repentance [Tawbah Naṣūḥ], with all your available
faculties.

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15. From Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah: The Prophet 
mounted the pulpit, then wept and said: “Ask Allāh
for forgiveness and health. For after being granted
certainty, one is given nothing better than health.”

Sūrah Al-Nisā (4), Verse 106: “But seek

forgiveness of Allāh; for Allāh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.”

16. Sūrah Āl ‛Imrān (3), Verse 19: “The only true

religion in Allāh’s sight is Islām: complete
submission to His Will.” From Tirmidhī: the Prophet
 said: “Say this prayer frequently. A person who
repeats “Yā dhal jalāli wal ikrām” many times will
be well rewarded.

17. A person who cannot defeat his enemy should

say: “Al Qawiyyu” with the intention of not being
harmed. He will be protected from harm. A person
who has problems should repeat: “Al Matīn”. His
problems will disappear Inshā-Allāh. And the
Prophet  said: “Whosoever loves to recite these
prayers, he will have a place in heaven.”

18. Abū Dardā’  reported, that the Prophet  said:

“There is no believing servant who prays for his

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brother in his absence for whom the Angels do not
say: “The same be for you too.”

19. Sūrah Al-Isrā-īl, (17) Verse 110: “Say: Call upon

Allāh or call upon Raḥmān by whatever name you
call upon Him, for to Him belongs the Most
Beautiful Names”.

From Tirmidhī, narrated by Abū Hurayrah .

The Prophet  said: “Allāh Most High has Ninety-
Nine Names. He who commits them to memory will
enter Paradise.”

20. From Abū Dāwūd, narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

: “I was sitting with the Messenger of Allāh 
and a man was offering prayer. He then made
supplication: ‘O Allāh, I ask You by virtue of the
following: Praise is due to You; there is no deity but
You; the One Who shows Favours and Beneficence;
the Originator of the Heavens and the earth; O Lord
of Majesty and Splendour; O the Living One; O the
Eternal One.”

The Prophet  then said: “He has supplicated to

Allāh using His Greatest Name; when supplicated by

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His Greatest Name, He answers, and when asked by
this, He gives.”

21. Sūrah Al-Nisā (4), Verse 106: “And seek

forgiveness of Allāh; for Allāh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.”

Sūrah Hūd (11), Verses 3 and 90: “But ask

forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in
repentance); for my Lord is indeed Full of Mercy
and Loving-Kindness.”

22. Abū Dhar  reported that the Prophet

Muḥammad  said: “A man who recites: ‘There is
no God but Allāh.’ Allāh will prevent him from
entering Hell.” Commentaries on the Oneness of
Allāh [Tawḥīd] are lengthy.

23. From Bukhārī, narrated by Abū Sa‛īd al-Khuḍrī

; A man heard another man reciting Sūrah al-
Ikhlāṣ repeatedly. The next morning he came to
Allāh’s Messenger  and informed him about it,
with the idea that it was not enough to recite. On that
the Prophet  said, “By Him in Whose Hand my

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life is, this Sūrah is equal to one-third of the
Qur’ān!”

From Al-Muwaṭṭa’, narrated by Abū Hurayrah

; I was walking along with the Prophet , when
he heard a man reciting Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ. The Prophet
 said: “It is obligatory.” I asked him, “What is
obligatory, Oh Messenger of Allāh?” He  said:
“The Garden.”

24. From Bukhārī, narrated by ‛Ā’isha ; Whenever

Allāh’s Messenger  became sick, he would recite
Mu‛awwadhāt (Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās)
and then blow his breath over his body. When he
became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two
Sūrahs) and rub his hand over his body hoping for
its blessings.

25. From Tirmidhī, narrated by Abū Sa‛īd al-Khuḍrī

; the Prophet  use to seek protection against the
Jinn and the evil eye, until Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah
al-Nās were revealed. After they were revealed, he
stuck to them and discarded everything else beside
them.

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 GLOSSARY AND END-NOTES

 ‛Abd: bondsman; servant; worshipper; human

being; man; from the root word abada- to serve;
to worship.
 ‛Ibādah: worship; adoration i.e. obeying Allāh
in humility and service, and holding securely
onto the religion.
 ‛Ilm: knowledge; learning; certainty; from the
root word ‛alima - to know.
 A.D: from the Latin Anno Domini; an
abbreviation used in the Christian calendar to
show a particular number of years since the year
when Jesus (Nabī ‛Ῑsā) was believed to have
been born.
 Aḥādīth: (pl. of ḥadīth); narratives and reports
of the deeds and sayings of the Prophet ; of
what the Prophet  did, said or approved.
 Ākhirah: the Hereafter; the latter or last life; the
abode of everlasting duration.
 Allāh: God; the Greatest Name of God; literally
it means “the God”; the Name Allah covers all
Divine Names.
 Arḍ: the earth; land; soil; a country; the world as
we experience it; ( as distinct from dunyā).

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 Āyah: (pl. āyāt); sign; indication; verse of the
Qur’an.
 Bā ‛Alawis: A sūfi order that started in
Haḍramawt, Republic of Yemen, and spread to
the Ḥijās and other parts of the world e.g. South
Africa.
 Beneficent: doing or resulting in something
good.
 C.E: Common Era; the period since the birth of
Jesus (Nabī ‛Ῑsā) when the Christian calendar
starts to count the years.
 Bondsman: slave (lit. and fig.); servant;
servitude and obedience to Allāh.
 Certitude: a feeling of complete certainty.
 Collate: collect and combine documents or
information.
 Dhikr: (pl. adhkār); an invocation;
Remembrance of Allāh, motivated by the
invocation of His Divine Names and other
formulae of the Qur’an and Ḥadīth; from the root
word dhakara - to remember, think or relate.
 Dhikrullāh: (remembrance of Allāh); Dhikr:
invocation; a generic term that includes
categories such as awrād (sing. wird) and aḥzāb
(sing. ḥizb) that are usually translated as litanies.
A wird is a litany one chooses to recite for

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 invocatory purposes, while a ḥizb has a more
restricted meaning and application. In the context
of Dhikr it refers to a litany that is designed for
purposes of protection and safeguarding e.g. the
Ḥizb Al-Baḥr (Litany of the Sea).
 Du‛āh: supplicating to Allāh; the act of seeking;
desiring; asking; demanding; from the root word
da‛ā - to call or summon; appeal; invite; invoke.
 Du‛āt: (pl. of dā‛in); one who invites, inviter;
host; motive, reason, cause.
 Equitable: fair and impartial.
 Fervent: showing a strong or passionate feeling.
 Ghusl: the word ghusl means to let pure, clean
water flow over the body, with a specific niy’yah
(intention); a religious-spiritual cleansing of the
body.
 Ḥaflah: to gather, assemble, congregate; (social
or public) event; festivity, celebration, feast.
 Ḥajj: a holy pilgrimage to Mecca (performed by
Muslims) culminating at Mount ‛Arafah. This
religious event happens yearly between the 8th
and 13th of Dhul Ḥijjah, the twelfth month of the
Islamic calendar. It is compulsory for every
Muslim (who are by the means) to perform this
duty, once in a life-time.

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 Ḥamd: praise; laudation; from the root word
Ḥamada- to praise; experience.
 Ḥaqīqah: inner reality; the ultimate truth;
science of the inward; from the root word haqqa-
to be true, right, just, authentic and valid; and
haqaqa- to make something come true.
 Ḥijāz: the region along the Western seaboard of
Arabia, in which Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and
Tā’if are situated.
 His Countenance: Allah’s Face.
 Holistic: to do something in a wholesome
manner; to treat the whole person rather than just
the symptoms of a disease.
 Iḥsān: performance of good deeds; excellence;
beneficence; from the root word aḥsana (IV) – to
act well; pleasingly; expertly; to do good deeds.
 Ijāzah: (pl. ijāzāt) ; a permission given by a
teacher to a student, certifying that he/she is
capable of teaching or transmitting a particular
work of his/her master.
 Imām Al-Ghazālī: The Imām was born in the
year 1058 C.E. in Tus, near the modern Meshed,
in Khurasān. The Imām, a scholar of distinction,
died in the year 1111 C.E. A Sūfi mystic, also
known as “The Proof of Islām”, lived in
Baghdād, ‛Irāq. He was instrumental in bringing

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 together the two extremes of Sunni
orthrodoxy/ritualism and mystical awareness/
devotion. His Magnum Opus, the Iḥyā ‛Ulūm-
Ad- Dīn (The Revival of the Religious Sciences),
is an ocean of knowledge, reason and arguments.
It liberally draws from the Qur’an, the Sunnah of
the Prophet , the companions of the Prophet
, and from the pious and illumed saints of the
early ages. The Imām, in the main, belonged to
the Shāfi‛ Sunnī sect.
 Imām: (pl. a’immah). It literally means “the one
who is placed at the front”. It also applies to any
person, specifically trained or not, who directs
the prayer, or who officiates during the Friday
sermons. More particularly, this term is used to
qualify a scholar who has historically left a mark
on the development of the Islamic Sciences and
knowledge, especially in the field of law and
jurisprudence.
 Īmān: faith; trust; belief; acceptance; from the
root word amuna (I) - to behave.
 Inaugurate: to introduce a system or project;
initiate; start; introduce; establish.
 Iniquity: sins; heinousness; immorality; evils;
can also mean great injustice or unfairness if
used in other contexts.

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 Invocation: an appeal to God; Praising and
Magnifying Him; Remembering God.
 Islām: the literal meaning is submission (to the
will of Allāh); from the root word aslama (IV) to
submit; to commit (one self).
 Jannah: Garden; Paradise; from the root word
janna (I) - to cover; hide; conceal; veil.
 Ka‛bah: the word Ka‛bah means cube; the cube-
shaped shrine in the Great Mosque in Makkah is
the place towards which every Muslim person
turn when saying their prayers. In Muslim
tradition, the Ka‛bah was the first shrine on earth
built for God, by the first human-being, Ādam
.
 Khirqah: (pl. khiraq) a document which contain
the ijāzah.
 Litany: the invocation of a series of prayers.
 Manifest: to show something clearly especially a
feeling, an attitude or a quality; display; show;
exhibit; reveal; clear and obvious.
 Mawlūd: birthday; Mawlid -un-Nabī is the
birthday of the Prophet . It is not certain, but
many commentators believe the birth to have
taken place on 20 August 570 C.E. In the
Muslim calendar, it is celebrated on the 12th

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 Rabī‛ Al-Awwal. Some Muslims, especially the
Ṣūfis, celebrate it with Qur’anic readings, special
prayers and incantations.
 Nabī: pl. ambiyā’; Prophet; he who aquaints or
informs the human kind; from the word naba’a
(I) - to be exalted or elevated; to announce;
nabba’a (II) - to inform; make known.
 Nafs: self; soul; psyche; mind; human being;
man’s innate nature; his genetic predisposition
and conditioned behaviour; from the root word
nafasa (I) - to be precious; valuable; naffasa (II)
- to comfort; relief; air; uncover.
 Nār: fire; Hellfire; gunfire; from the root word
nawwara (II) - to flower; blossom; fill with light;
anwara (IV) - to illuminate; elucidate; come to
light.
 Nūr: light; ray of brightness; illumination; glow.
 Oft: often; never-ending.
 Oft-Relenting: referring to Allāh, it means that
Allāh “often overlook” our shortcomings.
 Omnicient: knowing everything.
 Omnipotent: great and unlimited power.
 Qaḍā: it means the infinite knowledge of Allāh
in the Azal (Azal means the first time in the past
without beginning); Allāh’s infinite knowledge
concerning everything.

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 Qadr: Divine Decree; from the root word
qadara (I) - to decree; ordain; decide; possess
power and ability; to be master of something.
 Qalb: heart; middle; centre; core; from the root
word qalaba - to turn; turn around.
 Qubūr: (sing. qabr); grave
 Qurbah: closeness.
 Rabb: Lord; Master; from the word rabba (I) -
to be lord and master.
 Raḥīm: Merciful.
 Raḥmān: Compassionate.
 Rasūl: (pl. rusul) - Messenger; apostles i.e. those
Prophets who came with revelatory messages i.e.
Moses, Jesus and Muḥammad; from the word
rasala (I) - to send a messenger.
 Relenting: less severe.
 Reverence: deep respect.
 Ṣalāh: prayer; blessing; supplication; from the
root word ṣalla (II) - to pray; bend down in
worship.
 Self-Subsisting: referring to Allah, it means that
He is Independent, and that He Maintains
Himself, and Provides for Himself.
 Sharī‛ah: Revealed Law or a code of conduct;
the path of religious discipline.

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 Sovereignty: with reference to Allah-Supreme
Power and Authority.
 Sublime: of extreme beauty or excellence.
 Ṣūfism: The Arabic word is taṣawwuf probably
derived from ṣafā - purity or ṣūf - wool. Also
known as Islamic Mysticism which in many
respects is a misnomer. Ṣūfis stress the need,
among others, of personal purification and piety,
through constant awareness and love of Allāh ,
and honest and humble self-knowledge.
 Supererogatory: beyond the norm; beyond the
limits of human knowledge; too exalted to
contact or make connection with;
supertranscendant.
 Tahlil: (pl. tahālīl) – utterance of the formula Lā
ilāha illallāh.
 Ṭarīqah: a path; an Order; a clan; a tribe.
 Taṣawwuf: see Sufism
 Tasbīḥ: to Praise and Glorify Allāh.
 The Intended: referring to Allāh, it means “The
Meant To Be”.
 Ṭuruq: (sing. ṭarīqah); ways or paths; the Ṣūfis
use this expression to mean the ‘science of the
self’- the inner aspect of Shariah. It is a way of
applying the teachings of Islam to the realm of
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 of Ṭariqah and Sharī‛ah leads to Ḥaqīqah (Truth)
i.e. the knowledge of God.
 Wird: a litany one chooses to recite for
invocatory purposes.
 Yoke: something that limits freedom and is
difficult to bear; a frame fitting over a person’s
neck and shoulders used for carrying buckets or
baskets.
 Zāwiyah: an ‛Alawī phenomenon, which
denotes an educational institution, normally built
next to a masjid.

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 NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION

a ‫ا‬ ḍ ‫ض‬
b ‫ب‬ ṭ ‫ط‬
t ‫ت‬ ẓ ‫ظ‬
th ‫ث‬ ‛ ‫ع‬
j ‫ج‬ gh ‫غ‬
ḥ ‫ح‬ f ‫ف‬
kh ‫خ‬ q ‫ق‬
d ‫د‬ k ‫ك‬
dh ‫ذ‬ l ‫ل‬
r ‫ر‬ m ‫م‬
z ‫ز‬ n ‫ن‬
s ‫س‬ w ‫و‬
sh ‫ش‬ h ‫ه‬
ṣ ‫ص‬ y ‫ي‬

LONG VOWELS
ā ‫آ‬ ī ‫إِ ْي‬ ū ‫أ ُْو‬

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 FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS

 Mighty and Majestic is He

 Exalted and Sublime is He

 May Allāh’s Blessings and Peace be

upon him

 May peace be upon him

 May Allāh be pleased with him

 May Allāh be pleased with them (2)

 May Allāh be pleased with them

(more than 2)

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