O Allah,if Thou willest,Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bountyand if Thou willest,Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice.So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon through Thy kindness,

and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement through Thy forbearance, for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon!O Richest of the rich!Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee.I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee,so redress our neediness through Thy plenty

and cut us not off from our hopes through Thy withholding,

lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee

and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty!Then to whom would we return after Thee?Where would we go from Thy gate?Glory be to Thee!We are the distressed,

the response to whom Thou hast made incumbent,

the people from whomThou hast promised to remove the evilThat thing most resembling Thy will and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness is showing mercy to he who asks Thee for mercy and helping he who seeks help from Thee.So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee

and free us from need when we seek Thee in desperation!O God,Satan will gloat over us if we follow him in disobeying Thee,

so bless Muhammad and his Household,

and let him not gloat over us after we have renounced him for Thee and beseeched Thee against him!

Transliteration

WA KAANA MIN DUA'AA-IHEE A'LAY-HIS-SALAAMU FIL-LAJAA ILAAL-LAAHEE TAA'ALAA

AL-LAAHUM-MA

IN TASHAA TAA'-FU A'N-NAA FABIFAZ''-LIK

WA IN TASHAA TUA'D'-D'IB-NAA FABIA'D-LIK

FASAH-HIL-LANAA A'F-WAKA BIMAN-NIK

WA AJIR-NAA MIN A'D'AABIKA BITAJAAWUZIK

FA IN-NAHOO LAA T'AAQATA LANAA BIA'D-LIK

WA LAA NAJAATA LIAH'ADIM-MIN-NAA DOONA A'F-WIK

YAA GHANEE-YAL-AGH-NEEAAA-I

HAA NAH'-NU I'BAADUKA BAY-NA YADAY-K

WA ANA AF-QARUL-FUQARAAA-I ILAY-K

FAJ-BUR FAAQATANAA BIWUS-I'K

WA LAA TAQ-T'AA' RAJAAA-NAA BIMAN-I'K FATAKOONA

QAD ASH-QAY-TA MANI AS-TAS-A'DA BIK

WA H'ARAM-TA MANI AS-TAR-FADA FAZ''-LAK

FAALAA MAN H'EENA-ID'IM-MUNQALABUNAA A'NKA?

WA ILAAA AY-NA MAD'-HABUNAA A'M-BAABIKA?

SUB-H'AANAKA NAH'-NUL

MUZ''-T'AR-ROONAL-LAD'EENA AW-JAB-TA IJAABATAHUM-

WA AH-LUS-SOOO-IL-LAD'EENA WAA'T-TAL-KASH-FA A'N-HUM-

WA ASH-BAHUL-ASH-YAAA-I BIMASHEE-YATIK

WA AW-LAAL-UMOORI BIKA FEE A'Z'AMATIK

RAH'-MATU MANI AS-TAR-H'AMAK

WA GHAW-THU MANI AS-TAGHAATHA BIK

FAR-H'AM TAZ''AR-RUA'NAAA ILAY-K

WA AGH-NINAAA ID' T'ARAH'-NAAA ANFUSANAA BAY-NA YADAY-K

AL-LAAHUM-MA IN-NASH-SHAY-T'AANA QAD SHAMITA BINAAA ID' SHAAYAA'-NAAHOO A'LAA MAA'-S'EEATAK

FAS'AL-LI A'LAA MUH'AM-MADIW-WA AAALIH

WA LAA TUSH-MIT-HOO BINAA BAA'-D

TAR-KINAAA EE-YAAHOO LAK

WA RAGH-BATINAA A'N-HOOO ILAY-K

Translation to Arabic

دُعَائِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي اللَّجَإِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

اللّهُمَّ إن تَشَأْ تعفُ عَنّا فَبِفضْلِكَ، وَانْ تَشَأْ تُعَذِّبْنا فَبَعدْلِكَ.

فَسَهِّلْ لَنَا عَفْوَكَ بِمنِّكَ، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ عَذَابِكَ بِتَجاوُزكَ؛ فَإنَّهُ لاَطاقَةَ لَنَا بَعدِكَ، وَلاَنجاةَ لاحَد دُوْنَ عَفْوِكَ.

يا غَنِيَّ الاغْنياء، هَا نَحَنُ عِبادُكَ، وَأَنَا أَفْقَراء إليْكَ فَأجْبُرْ فاقَتَنا بِوُسْعِكَ، ولاتَقْطَعَ رَجَاء نابِمَنْعِكَ فَتَكُوْنَ قد أَشْقَيْتَ مَنِ اسْتَسْعَدَ بِكَ، وَجَرَمْتَ مَنِ آسْتَرْفَدَ فَضْلَكَ.

فَإلى مَنْ حيْنئذ مُنْقَلَبُنَا عَنْكَ، وإلى أيْنَ مَذهَبُنَا عن بَابِكَ؟

سُبْحَنَكَ إنَحْنُ المضْطُّرون الذّينَ أَوْجَبْتَ إجابَتَهُمْ، وَأهْلُ السُّوْء الذّيْنَ وَعَدْتَ الْكَشْفَ عَنْهُمْ.

وَأَشْبَـهُ الاَشْياءِ بِمَشِيَّتِـكَ، وَأَوْلَى الامُورِ بِكَ فِيْ عَظَمَتِكَ رَحْمَةُ مَنِ اسْتَرْحَمَكَ، وَغَوْثُ مَنِ اسْتَغَاثَ بِكَ، فَارْحَمْ تَضَرُّعَنَا إلَيْكَ، وَأَغْنِنَا إذْ طَرَحْنَـا أَنْفُسَنَا بَيْنَ يَـدَيْكَ. أللَّهُمَّ إنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ شمِتَ بِنَا إذْ شَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِكَ،

فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ وَلا تُشْمِتْهُ بِنَا بَعْدَ تَرْكِنَا إيَّاهُ لَكَ، وَرَغْبَتِنَا عَنْهُ إلَيْكَ.