coB coB B

tQ
In the name of Allh
the Beneficent, the
Merciful.

kd B kd
{ B
O Allh send Your
blessings on
Muhammad
and the family of
Muhammad.

Aw Ys XB XcoQ
GsF H B

O Allh! I ask You, By

your mercy, which
covers all things,
3

Aw CQ Vo
XB WQ
by Your power, which
overpowers all
things,
4

Aw C l Aw
C g
and to which everything
submits and is
humble.
5

Aw CQ YR
~~XB WoR`Q
By Your might, by
which You overcome
all things.
6

Aw C XB
WqQ
By Your glory, before
which nothing
stands.
7

Aw V
~~~~~~XB XQ

By Your
magnificence, which
8

Aw mB
CtQ
By Your authority,
which rises over all
things.

Aw AC k~~~~Q
CRB _Q
By Your face (i.e.
essence), which
remains after the
destruction of all

10

Aw CnF V
XB MCsGQ
By Your names
(attributes) which
manifest Your power
over all things.

11

Aw Q CcF
m~~~~~B Q
By Your knowledge,
which encompasses
all things.
12

Aw ACF mB
_ nQ
And, by the light of
Your face (i.e.
essence), through
which all things shine.
13

rk C n C
O Light, O most Holy,

14

~~~B F C
O First of those who
are first,
15

~ogB ogD C
and Last of those
who are last!
16

|B ~~~~~XW XB
PmB oH B

O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which
tear apart modesty.

17

B qW XB
PmB oH
B
O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which
bring down

18

B oW ~~~~XB
PmB oH
B
O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which alter
19

ACkB uRdW XB
PmB oH B

O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which hold
back supplication.
20

AC_oB W XB
PmB oH
B
O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which cut
21

ARB qW XB
PmB oH
B
O Allh! Forgive me
those sins, which
22

XRlF Sl
oH B
O Allh! Forgive me
every sin that I have
committed,
23

C~~~~~WG~gF UNg

and every mistake
that I have made.
24

omQ H PoWF
H B
O Allh! I approach
You by Your
remembrance,

25

t H Q xXsF

seek Your
intercession through
Yourself,
26

Qo kW F
j`Q GsF
and ask You by Your
generosity, to bring me
closer to You,
27

ow pW F
to bestow upon me
(the ability to) thank
you,
28

ol W F
and to inspire me to
Your remembrance.
29

wCg mX Cg BKs
GsF H B

O Allh! I ask You as a

(person who is)
submissive, humble
and obedient,

30

coW dCtW
F
to treat me kindly, to
have mercy on me,
31

BcB _ CC CBn
tQ `W
CBX

and to make me
satisfied, content, and
humble in all
circumstances.
32

XC VkXwH BKs
GsF B
O Allh! I ask You as a
person whose poverty
is intense,
33

X_Cc kMBk~~~~~~~xB
k Q qF
who presents his
need only to You,
34

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and whose desire is
great for what (only)
You have.
35

C Cs
B
O Allh! Great is Your
authority,
exalted is Your place,
36

oF o o g

unknown is Your plan,

clear is Your command,
37

Wnk Vo_ o
S
overwhelming is Your
might,
unhindered is Your
power,

38

Xc nBoB

and escape from
Your judgement is
impossible.

39

BoWCs dMCR BoC

Qm k_F B

O Allh! I cannot find

anyone who can
forgive my sins, cover
my ugly misdeeds,
40

o kR tdCQ
e~~~~RB Ax

or change my misdeeds
to good,
except You.
41

kdQ CdRs YF
H H
There is no god but
You.
Glory and praise be to
You.

42

`Q VFo`W ~~t
Y
I have wronged myself,
I dared (to sin) because
of my ignorance,
43

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k H Ys

but I have depended on

Your eternal
remembrance of me,
and Your (continuous)
44

WoXs eR
~~~~~~~B
O Allh! O my
Protector! How many
ugly (deeds) You have
concealed!
45

XF ARB
bjC
How many heavy
misfortunes You
have lifted!

46

X nC\

How many stumbles

You have prevented!
47

Xj o

How many ordeals
You have repelled!
48

Wox F Yt
_ AC[

How many graceful

praises, which I am not
worthy of, You have
spread!
49

Cc As Q oF
MQ B
O Allh! My distress is
great,
my sorry plight
exceeded the limits,

50

F Q Vk
CF Q Vo|
my deeds are
inadequate,
my chains have kept me
down,
51

CD kQ
tRc
and, my desires have
withheld me from my
(own advantages).
52

CnoQ CkB
Xkg
The world has
deceived me by its
illusion,

53

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t
and my soul by its
offenses,
and my postponement.
54

WqQ NsG
,k~~~~s C
O my Master! I ask
You by Your might,
55

C As MCj
S`d F

not to let my ugly deeds

and acts conceal my
supplication from You,
56

os YB C
hQ dW

not to disgrace me by
exposing what is
secret of my (acts),
which (only) You are

57

WBg X C
UQCQ _CW

not to hasten the

punishment of what I
have done secretly,
58

WAC~~~~~sH
As ~~~~
such as, my ugly
deeds, my offenses,
59

XC_ oW
Bj
my continuous
negligence, my
ignorance,

60

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To\
my manifold
passions, and my
forgetfulness.

61

CJn BcB
WqQ B

O Allh! By Your might,

Be compassionate to
me in all
circumstances,
62

C nB
~~~_
and have grace on
me on all matters.
63

Qn H
My God and my Lord!

64

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o
Whom can I ask
beside You, to
remove my affliction,
65

oF o~~~~~B
and to look into my
affairs?
66

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My God and my
Protector!
67

t YRWH Cc
Yo_F

You have laid on me

rules (to follow), but I
followed my own
whims.

68

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roXcF
I did not remain wary
of adorning my
enemy.
69

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Therefore, he was
(able to) deceive me
through my desires,
70

ACB l
k~~~~sF
and destiny favored
him in this (matter).
71

jkc Q l
o_ CQ VpC`X

Thus I exceeded Your

limits by violation of
Your rules,
72

oBF Q YCg

and disobeyed some

of Your commands.
73

l _
U`dB
Therefore, Yours is the
argument against me
in all of that,
74

JC o_
C U`c
and I have no argument
(regarding) Your
judgment against me,
75

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nor in what Your decree

and tribulation
imposed upon me.
76

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XWF k
I come to You, My
God, after my
shortcoming,

77

t BosH
and my immoderation
against myself,
78

Bot CjC
BnmX
proffering my excuse,
regretful, broken,
79

CR BoXt
Xt
apologizing, asking
forgiveness,
repenting,

80

CoX Cm
Bo
acknowledging,
submissive,
confessing.

81

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k_F
I do not find any way
out from what I have
done,
82

oF H
_WF Cq
nor any place of
refuge to turn to
about my affairs,

83

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other than Your
acceptance of my
apology,
84

Xcn Us
CH CgjH
and Your entering me
into the range of
Your mercy.
85

nm RC B
O Allh! Therefore,
accept my apology,
86

o Tkw cnB
have mercy upon the
severity of my
affliction,
87

C[ kw
and free me from the
tightness of my
chains.
88

kQ cnB Pn
C~~
O Lord! Have mercy
upon the weakness
of my body,

89

k_ Un
the thinness of my
skin,
90

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and the frailty of my
bones.
91

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C~~
O You who gave rise
to my creation, my
remembrance,

92

XmW oQ
XQoW
my upbringing, my
welfare and
nourishment,

93

Q oQ Cs o
ABkXQ R
bestow upon me, for
the sake of Your
having given rise (to
me), with generosity,
and Your previous
94

Qn ks H
C
O my God, my
Master, and my
Lord!

95

kcW kQ nCQ
Qm BoWF
Can You see me
punished with Your
fire after my belief in
Your unity,

96

Xo R
B CkQ

after my heart
recognizes You,

97

ol Ct Q
a
and my tongue speaks
continuously of Your
remembrance,
98

Rc o
kXB
and my mind believes
in Your love?
99

XQQo CCg MCj

BoXB k{ kQ

After my true
confession and
humble supplication to
Your lordship?
100

XQn W F
oF Y~~~F VC
Far be it from You! You
are too generous to
abandon one whom
You have nurtured,
101

XjF kRW F
or to push away from
(Your mercy) one
whom You have
(already) brought near,
102

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F
or to drive away one
whom You have
given shelter,

103

Xcn X
ARB H tW F
or to leave to
misfortune one whom
You have spared and
shown mercy.

104

 H ks
C ow Y
I wish I knew, O my
Master, my God, my
Protector,
105

Tk_C~~~~~~s X Vo~~~g
~~_ nCB tWF

how You could impose

fire on faces, which fall
down prostrating to
Your magnificence,
106

oxQ UjC{ kcXQ Y

~~tF ~~~~
UcjC

and on tongues which

have already sincerely
declared Your unity,
and have always been
107

Ud XIQ
YoXB P

and on hearts which

surely acknowledge
108

VnC{ Xc Q B
Vc oMC
UwCg

and on minds which

possess knowledge of
You until they become
109

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Y~~~~s bnB_
Um nCX~~sCQ VnC~~wF

and on limbs which

obediently moved to
places of Your worship,
and beckoned for Your
forgiveness in
110

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No such opinion is
held of You!
111

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CoRgF
Nor have we heard of
(such a result), thanks
to Your bounty,
concerning You, O the
112

CkB AQ
W YF Pn C
CWCQ

O Lord! You know my

weakness (to endure) a
small portion of
worldly misfortune, its
punishments and
113

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C o` C

which fall upon its

inhabitants,
114

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AQ l F
Wk o|

even though it is a
misfortune and
difficulty, whose stay is
short, whose
subsistence is little, and
whose duration is short.
115

TogB AR CXcB

How then can I bear

the misfortune of the
hereafter,
116

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_
and the occurrence of
difficulties within it?
117

Wk W AQ

For it is a misfortune
whose duration will
be long,

118

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whose situation will
continue,
119

F h
and whose sufferers
are given no respite,
120

hs CXB R
H

because it occurs as
a result of Your
wrath, vengeance,
and anger,

121

nB VBCtB
W C Bm
and these cannot be
withstood by the
Heavens and the Earth.
122

Q ks C
O my Master! So what
about me?
123

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kR CF
XtB

For I am Your weak,

insignificant, low,
poor, and humble
servant.

124

 ks Qn
H C
O my God, my Lord,
my Master, and my
Protector!

125

wF H nB
About which of my
affairs shall I
complain to You,
126

QF aF C C

and for which shall I

lament and weep?
127

Wkw PBmB
For the grievous
punishment and its
intensity,
128

Wk ARB
F
or for the length of
misfortune and its
duration?

129

MBkF VCQ
Wo{ N
Therefore, if You take
me to the punishment
with Your enemies,
130

MQ F Q
Q Y_
gather me with the
people of Your
misfortunes,

131

MCF MCRcF
Q Q Yo
and separate me from
those who love You
and those who adore
You,

132

Qn ks
H C R

then, O my God, my
Master, my Lord,
133

QBm VoR{
suppose that I am
patient with Your
punishment,
134

Bo oR{F
how then, would I be
patient with my
separation from You?
135

nC oc VoR{
R
Suppose that I would
be patient with the
heat of Your fire,
136

XBo B o~~B
oR{F
how then, would I
endure not looking up
to Your generosity?
137

 MC_n nCB
sF F
Or how would I dwell in
fire, while I hope for
Your forgiveness?
138

CjC{ tF
ks C WqR
I swear by Your might,
O my Master and my
Protector!
139

CC XoW N
if You leave me with
(the power) of
speech,
140

B a` CF Q
H `
I will cry out to You
from among the
inhabitants (of Hell)
like those who cry out
of hope,
141

go|X~~~tB fBo{
H ~~go{
I will scream like those
who scream (for help),
142

kCB AC~~~~~~~Q
Q
I will weep like those
who have lost hope,
143

KB C
Y F jC
and I will call You
(saying),
Where are You, O the
Protector of believers!
144

nCB CD UC
C
O Goal of the hopes
of those who know
(You)!

145

\XtB ZC C
O the Helper of those
who appeal for help!
146

jC|B P SRc
C
O the Beloved of the
sincere!
147

CB H C
and O the Lord of the
worlds!
148

kdQ H C
CdRs BoXF
Can You see Yourself,
Glory be to You, O my
God, and Yours is the
praise,
149

t k~R V{
C tW
hearing within the
fire, the voice of a
submissive servant,
150

XChQ C `s
who is imprisoned
within (the fire)
because of his
disobedience,
151

X|Q CQBm
Bl
tasting the flavor of
its punishments for
his resistance,

152

Woo_ o`Q
CCRF Q uRc
confined within the
layers (of the Hell) for
his sins and crimes,
153

Xco K a`
H a
while he cries as one
who hopes for your
mercy,
154

kcW F CtQ
jC
calls You with the
tongue of those who
profess Your unity,
155

XQQoQ H
sX
and requests You by
Your lordship!
156

PBmB R
C
O my Protector! Then
how (can Your servant)
remain in pain,
157

c s C
_o
while he has hope for
Your past leniency?
158

nCB KW
F
Or how can the fire
hurt him,
159

Xcn
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while he has hope in
Your kindness and
compassion?

160

CR od
F
Or how can the fire
hurt him,
161

C oW W{
tW YF
while You hear his
voice and see his
place?

162

Cop
Xx F
Or how can the
exhaling (of the fire)
cover him,
163

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while You know his
weakness?
164

CCRF Q X
F
Or how can he be
immersed in its
layers,

165

k{ W YF
while You know his
sincerity?
166

CXCQp o_qW
F
Or how can the
(fires) guards hold
him back,

167

CQn C jC
while he calls out to
You, O my Lord!
168

C oXX C X
_o F

Or how should he have

hope of Your grace in
freeing him from the
fire while You abandon
169

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VC
Far be it from You!
That is not expected
of You,
170

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nor is it known of
Your grace,
171

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Y~C C Rx
CtcH

nor is it similar to the

kindness and
generosity with which
You have treated the
believers in Your unity.
172

kcC_ SmW Q Yc
C F CR

Therefore, I am certain
that had You not
decreed punishment
for the disbelievers in
173

kC jgH
Q Y
and to leave the
opposers (in the fire)
that lasts forever,
174

Cs BjoQ C
nCB Y~`
then You would have
made the fire totally
cold and peaceful,
175

CC Bo C
kc C C
and no one would have
any place in it, neither
permanently, nor even
for a short time.
176

YtF JCsF YskW

But You, Holy are

Your Names, have
sworn,

177

_F rCB U`B
oCB CW F

that You will fill it with

unbelievers from the
jinn and humankind
(alike),

178

kCB C khW
F
and that the
unbelievers will last
in it forever.

179

CMkXR Y JC[
_ YF
And You, great is
Your praise, said in
the beginning,

180

CoX CCQ
YW
and (by Your)
generosity, extended
the grace,
181

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CK C F

Is he who is a believer
like the one who is
not? No they cannot
be alike. (32:18)
182

ks H
O my Lord and my
Master!
183

CWnk XB
TnkCQ GsG
I ask You, by the
power which You
have enforced,

184

CXc CXXc XB
UCQ
by Your divine decree,
which You have
determined and
imposed,

185

CXo_F
YR
and through which You
have overcome him
toward whom it has
been put into effect,
186

UCtB m B
m SW F

that You forgive me

in this night, and at
this moment,
187

Xo_F o_
every offence I have
committed,
188

XRlF Sl
every sin I have
performed,
189

WnosF eR
every ugly deed I
have kept secret,
190

X _
every folly I have
enacted,
191

XF F XX
whether kept secret,
or disclosed,
192

Wo~F F XgF
concealed, or
manifest,
193

RWCB BoB
CWCR[IQ VoF UNs

and every evil act which

You have ordered the
noble scribes to
194

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X mB
those whom You
appointed to watch
over what is done by
me,

195

cnB_ Bjw
X_
and whom You made,
along with my limbs,
witnesses against me,
196

MBn
SoB YF Y
And You are the
Watcher over me
from behind them,

197

 g C
kCxB
and the witness of
what is hidden from
them,

198

WoXs Q
XgF XcoQ
but through Your mercy
You concealed it, and
through Your grace
covered it.
199

XqF og
c oW F
And (I ask You) that
You increase my share
of all the good You
send down,
200

X CtcH F
or kindness which
You confer,
201

Wox oQ F
or goodness You
unfold,
202

XtQ pn F
or provision You
spread,
203

oW Sl F
or sins You forgive,

204

oXtW Ig F
or mistakes You
conceal.
205

Pn C Pn C Pn C
O Lord, O Lord, O
Lord!
206

 ks H
C
O my God, my
Master, my
Protector,

207

n C
Master of my
freedom!
208

X{C kQ C
O He who in whose
hands is my
forelock,
209

Xt oQ
C C
O He who knows my
affliction and my
misery,

210

XC oQ
BoRg C
O He who is well
acquainted with my
poverty and need,

211

Pn C Pn C Pn C
O Lord, O Lord, O
Lord!
212

sk dQ GsF
I ask You by Yourself,
Your Holiness,
213

MCsF
WC{F
Your great Attributes
and Names,
214

Tn omQ nCB
B WCF `W F

That You make my

times in the night and
the day inhabited by
Your remembrance,

215

U{ XkhQ

and joined to Your

service,
216

UR k
CF
and my deeds
acceptable to You,
217

BkcB Bjn C jBnF

CF W Xc

so that my deeds and

my litanies may all
become one litany,
218

Bkos Xkg
Cc
and my (life be)
devoted to Your
service, eternally.

219

 C
ks C
O my Master!
O He upon whom I
depend!

220

BcF Vw H
C
O He to whom alone I
complain about my
situation!
221

Pn C Pn C Pn C
O Lord, O Lord, O
Lord!
222

cnB_ Xkg

Strengthen my limbs
for Your service,
223

dB_ UqB
jkwB
fortify my ribs in
determination,
224

Xxg k`B
S
grant me eagerness
in Your fear,
225

XkhQ C|WB
BkB
continuity in service
to You,
226

QCtB jC
H bosF Xc
so that I may move
towards You among
those who are first in
their fields,

227

njCRB H
osF
hurry to You among
those who are
prominent,

228

CXxB Qo
H CXwF
yearn toward Your
nearness among
those who are eager,
229

|hB j
jF
become close to You
with the closeness of
those who are sincere,
230

B UCh
CgF
fear You with the fear
of those who are
certain,
231

KB nB_
X_F
and join with the
believers in Your
presence.

232

jnG AtQ jBnF

B
O Allh! Whoever
wishes me evil, wish
him (the same),
233

k~~ jC~~~~
and whoever wants to
deceive me, deceive
him.
234

k CR~~| kR
~~~tcF _B

Make me among the

best of Your
servants,

235

 Uq
QoF
the closest in status
to You,
236

k Up |gF
the most privileged to
You.
237

Q H l C
I~
For that cannot be
attained without
Your grace.

238

j`Q k_
Grant me generously,
by Your generosity.
239

k`Q B
Have sympathy
toward me, by Your
glory.
240

XcoQ ~cB
Protect me, by Your
mercy.
241

C` omQ Ct
_B
Make my tongue
dedicated to Your
remembrance,

242

CX RdQ R

and my heart
subservient to Your
love.

243

XQC_H tdQ

Be gracious to me by
answering me
favorably,
244

Xp oH Wo\
F
prevent my
stumbling, and
forgive my lapses.

245

WjCRQ jCR
Y I~
For You have
demanded Your
servants to worship
You,

246

MCkQ WoF
ordered them to call
upon You,
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and assured them of
Your fulfillment (of
their requests).
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I~
Therefore toward
You, O Lord, I have
turned my face,

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H
and toward You, O
Lord, I have
extended my hands.
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WqR
So by Your might,
answer my
supplication,

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make me attain my
desire.
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W
Do not cut off, by
Your grace, my
hope,

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ow B
and protect me from the
evil of my enemies
from among the jinn
and humankind.
254

CoB os C
O He whose pleasure
is quickly achieved!
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oH
Forgive him who has
nothing but prayer,
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for You do what You
please.
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ABj sB C
O He whose name is
a remedy,
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whose remembrance
is a cure,
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and whose obedience
is wealth!
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cnB
Have mercy on him
whose capital is
hope,

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and whose weapon is
tears.
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QCs C
O He who provides
ample blessings, and
who removes
misfortunes!

263

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xcXtB n C
O the Light of those
who are lonely in
darkness!

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O He who knows
without being
taught!
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{
Bless Muhammad
and the family of
Muhammad,

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F Y~~F C Q
B
and do with me what
is worthy of You.
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{
And may Allh bless
His messenger,
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U~~~MB
and the blessed
Imms of his
household,

269

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~~~s
and give them
abundant peace!
270

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{ B
O Allh send Your
blessings on
Muhammad
and the family of
Muhammad.

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