إلَــهِــي نَــسْأَلُــكْ بِـالإِسْــمِ الأَعْـظَـمْ
وَجَـاهِ الـمُـصْـطَـفَى فَــرِّجْ عَــلَــيْــنَــا
ilahiī nasaluk biālismil aʿẓam
wa jaāhil muṣṭafā farrij ʿalaynaā
Allah, we ask you by the Supreme Name
and the rank of the Chosen One, grant us relief
بِــبِــسْــمِ الـلّٰـهِ مَـوْلَانَــا ابْــتَــدَيْــنَــا
وَنَــحْــمَــدُهُ عَـلَــى نَـعْـمَـاهُ فِــيــنَــا
bibismi Allahi mawlānaā ābtadaynaā
wa naḥmaduhu ʿala naʿmaāhu fiīnaā
In the name of Allah, our Master, we begin
and praise Him for His blessings upon us
تـَــوَسَّــلْـــنَـــا بـِــهِ فِـي كُــلِّ أَمْــــرٍ
غِـيَـاثِ الـخَــلْــقِ رَبِّ الـعَــالَـمِـيـنَــا
tawassalnaā bihi fiī kulli amrin
ghiyaāthil khalqi rabbil ʿaālamiīnaā
We seek a way through Him in every matter
the One Who helps creation, Lord of the worlds
وَبِـــالأَسْــمَــاءِ مَــا وَرَدَتْ بِـــنَـــصٍّ
وَمَـا فِـي الــغَـيْـبِ مَـخْـزُونـاً مَـصُـونَـا
wa biālasma’i maā wa radat binaṣṣin
wa maā fiīl ghaybi makhzūnāan maṣuwnaā
And by [His] Names as transmitted in revelation
and those hidden and concealed in the unseen
بِــكُـــلِّ كِــتَــابٍ أَنْــزَلَــهُ تَــعَــالَــى
وَقُــــرْآنٍ شِــفَــا لِـلـمُــومِــنِـيـنَـــــا
bikulli kitaābin anzalahu taʿaāla
wa qur'ānin shifaā lilmuwminiīnaā
By every Book the Most High has revealed
and the Quran, which is a healing for the believers
وَبِــالــهَــادِي تَــوَسَّــلْــنَــا وَلُـذْنَــــا
وَكُـــلِّ الأَنْـبِـيَـا وَالـمُـــرْسَــلِـيـنَــــا
wa biālhaādī tawassalnaā wa ludhnaā
wa kullil anbiyaā wal mursaliīnaā
And by the Guide we seek recourse and refuge
and [by] all of the Prophets and Messengers
وَآلِــهِــمُ مَـعَ الأَصْــحَـــابِ جَـمْـعــاً
تَــوَسَّــلْــنَــا وَكُـــلِّ الـتَّــابِــعِــيِــنَــا
wa ālihimu maʿal aṣḥaābi jamʿāan
tawassalnaā wa kullil ttaābiʿiyinaā
And [by] all of their Families, Companions, and Followers
we seek the means to draw near
بِــكُــلِّ طَــوَائِــفِ الأَمْــلَاكِ نَـــدْعُــو
بِــمَــا فِـي غَـيْـبِ رَبِّــي أَجْـمَـعِـيـنَـــا
bikulli ṭawā'ifil amlāki nadʿuw
bimaā fiī ghaybi rabbiī ajmaʿiīnaā
We pray by every faction of the Angels
in my Lord’s unseen [world]
وبِــالــعُــلَــمَــا بِــأَمْــرِ اللهِ طُـــــــرًّا
وَكــلِّ الأَوْلِــيَــا وَالـصَّــالِـحِــيــنَــــا
wbiālʿulamaā biamri Allahi ṭurran
wa kllil awliyaā wal ṣṣaāliḥiīnaā
And by all of the scholars who uphold Allah's commands
and all of the awliyā' and righteous
أَخُــصُّ بِــهِ الإِمَـــامَ الـقُـطْـبَ حَـقّـاً
وَجِيْــهَ الــدِّيــنِ تَــاجَ الـعَــارِفِــيـنَـــا
akhuṣṣu bihil imaāmal quṭba ḥaqqāan
wa jiyhal ddīni taājal ʿaārifiīnaā
And especially by the Imam, the true Pole
pre-eminent in the Faith, Crown of the Gnostics
رَقَـى فِـي رُتْــبَــةِ الـتَّـمْـكِـيـنِ مَـرْقَــى
وَقَـدْ جَـمَـعَ الـشَّـرِيــعَــةَ وَالـيَـقِـيـنَــا
raqa fiī rutbatil ttamkiīni marqa
wa qad jamaʿal shsharīʿata wal yaqiīnaā
who ascended in the station of mastery
uniting the Sacred Law and Inward Certainty
وَذِكْـرُ الـعَـيْـدَرُوسِ الـقُـطْـبِ أَجْـلَـــى
عَـنِ الـقَـلْـبِ الـصَّـدَى لِـلـصَّـادِقِـينَـــا
wa dhikrul ʿaydarūsil quṭbi ajla
ʿanil qalbil ṣṣadā lilṣṣaādiqiīnaā
To speak of al-‘Aydarūs, the Pole Saint
cleanses rust from the heart, for those ones who are sincere
عَـفِـيْـفِ الـدِّيـنِ مُـحْـيِـي الدِّيــنِ حَـقًّا
لَــهُ تَـحْـكِـيـمُـنَـــا وَبِـــهِ اقْـتَـدَيْـنَــــا
ʿafiyfil ddīni muḥyiīd dīni ḥaqqan
lahu taḥkiīmunaā wa bihi āqtadaynaā
Virtuous in Faith, true reviver of the Religion
who guided us and whom we emulate
وَلا نَـنْــسَـى كَـمَــالَ الـدِّيــنِ سَــعْــداً
عَــظِــيــمَ الحَــالِ تَــاجَ الـعَـابِـدِيـنَـــا
wa lā nansa kamaālal ddīni saʿdāan
ʿaẓiīmal ḥaāli taājal ʿaābidīnaā
Nor shall we forget Sa‘d, the Faith’s perfection,
one of immense state, Crown of the Devoted
ونَـاظِــمَـــهَـــا أَبَــابَـكْــرٍ إِمَـــامـــاً
حَــبَـــاهُ إِلَــهُــهُ جَــاهــاً مَــكِـيـنَــــا
wnaāẓimahaā abaābakrin imaāmāan
ḥabaāhu ilahuhu jaāhāan makiīnaā
بِـهِـمْ نَـدْعُــو إِلَـى الـمَـوْلَــى تَـعَـالَــى
بِــغُــفْــرَانٍ يــعُــمُّ الـحَــاضِـرِيـنَــــا
bihim nadʿuw ilal mawla taʿaāla
bighufrānin īʿummul ḥaāḍirīnaā
By them we pray to our Exalted Master
for pardon that includes all who are present
ولُـــطْـــفٍ شَــامِـــلٍ وَدَوامِ سَـــتْـــرٍ
وَغُـــفْـــرَانٍ لِــكُـــلِّ الـمُـذْنِــبِـيـنَـــا
wluṭfin shaāmilin wa dawāmi satrin
wa ghufrānin likullil mudhnibiīnaā
and all-embracing grace, ever hiding faults
and forgiveness for everyone who has sinned
وَنَــخْـتِــمُـهَــا بِـتَـحْـصِـيـنٍ عَـظِـيــمٍ
بِحَوْلِ اللهِ لَا يُقْدَرْ عَلَـيْـنَـا
wa nakhtimuhaā bitaḥṣiīnin ʿaẓiīmin
biḥawli Allahi lā yuqdar ʿalaynaā
We seal this with a mighty reinforcement
by God’s power, they have no power over us
وَسَــتْــرُ اللهِ مَــسْــبُـــولٌ عَــلَــيْــنَـــا
وَعَــيْـــنُ اللهِ نَـــاظِـــــرَةٌ إِلَــيْـــنَــــا
wa satru Allahi masbuwlun ʿalaynaā
wa ʿaynu Allahi naāẓiratun ilaynaā
Allah’s protective veil is lowered over us;
and the Eyes of Allah are focused on us
وَنَخْتِمُ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدْ
إِمَـــــامِ الـكُـلِّ خَـيْـرِ الـشَّـافِـعِـيـنَــــا
wa nakhtimu biṣ ṣalāti ʿalā muḥammad
imaāmil kulli khayril shshaāfiʿiīnaā
We conclude with blessings upon Muḥammad
Leader of All and Best of Intercessors.