Instructions
Munajat Shabaniyyah مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Munajat Shabaniyyah as recorded in authentic Shia supplication manuals and traditions of the Holy Infallibles ('a).
Munajat Shabaniyyah kama ilivyonukuliwa katika vitabu sahihi vya dua na mapokezi ya Maimamu Watakatifu ('a).
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalāā muḥammadin wa ali muḥammadin
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family.
Ewe Allah, mtume baraka juu ya Muhammad na familia yake.
وَ اسْمَعْ دُعَاۤئِيْ اِذَا دَعَوْتُكَ
Wa asmaʿ duʿāʾī idhā daʿawtuka
And hear my supplication when I call upon You.
Na sikia dua zangu ninapokuomba.
وَ اسْمَعْ نِدَاۤئِيْۤ اِذَا نَادَيْتُكَ
Wa asmaʿ nidāʾī idhā nādaytuka
And hear my cry when I call You.
Na sikia kilio changu ninapokuita.
وَ اَقْبِلْ عَلَيَّ اِذَا نَاجَيْتُكَ
Wa aqbil ʿalayya idhā nājaytuka
And turn towards me when I confide in You.
Na njisikia wakati nikikuomba kwa siri.
فَقَدْ هَرَبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَ وَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُسْتَكِيْنًا لَكَ
Faqad harabtu al-yka wa waqaftu bayna yadayka mustakīnan laka
I have fled to You and stood before You, humbling myself to You.
Nimekimbilia Kwako na nimesimama mbele Yako, nikijinyenyekeza.
مُتَضَرِّعًا اِلَيْكَ رَاجِيًا لِمَا لَدَيْكَ ثَوَابِيْ
Mutaḍarriʿan al-yka rājiyan limā ladayka thawābī
Humbly beseeching You, hoping for the reward You possess.
Nikijiomba kwa unyenyekevu, nikitarajia thawabu zako.
وَ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِيْ نَفْسِيْ وَ تَخْبُرُ حَاجَتِيْ وَ تَعْرِفُ ضَمِيْرِيْ
Wa taʿlamu mā fī nafsī wa takhburu ḥājatī wa taʿrifu ḍamīrī
You know what is in my heart, are aware of my needs, and know my innermost self.
Unajua kilicho moyoni mwangu, unafahamu mahitaji yangu, na unajua nafsi yangu ya ndani.
وَ لَا يَخْفٰى عَلَيْكَ اَمْرُ مُنْقَلَبِيْ وَ مَثْوَايَ
Wa lā yakhfāā ʿalayka amru munqalabī wa mathwāya
Nothing of my condition or resting place is hidden from You.
Hakuna kitu cha hali yangu au mahali pa kupumzika kilicho fiche Kwako.
وَ مَاۤ اُرِيْدُ اَنْ اُبْدِئَ بِهِ مِنْ مَنْطِقِيْ وَ اَتَفَوَّهُ بِهِ مِنْ طَلِبَتِيْ
Wa mā urīdu an ubdiʾa bihi min manṭiqī wa atafawwahu bihi min ṭalibatī
And whatever I wish to express with my words or seek through my request,
Na chochote ninachotaka kueleza kwa maneno yangu au kuomba kupitia ombi langu,
وَ اَرْجُوْهُ لِعَاقِبَتِيْ وَ قَدْ جَرَتْ مَقَادِيْرُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا سَيِّدِيْ
Wa arjūhu liʿāqibatī wa qad jarat maqādīruka ʿalayya yā sayyidī
I hope for it for my outcome, and Your decrees have already taken effect upon me, O my Lord.
Ninaihopea kwa matokeo yangu, na amri Zako tayari zimeanza kutekelezwa kwangu, Ewe Bwana wangu.
فِيْمَا يَكُوْنُ مِنِّيْۤ اِلٰۤى اٰخِرِ عُمْرِيْ مِنْ سَرِيْرَتِيْ وَ عَلَانِيَتِيْ
Fīmā yakūnu minnī al-ā akhiri ʿumrī min sarīratī wa ʿalāniyatī
In whatever concerns me until the end of my life, in my private and public matters.
Katika kila kinachonihusu hadi mwisho wa maisha yangu, katika siri na wazi wangu.
وَ بِيَدِكَ لَا بِيَدِ غَيْرِكَ زِيَادَتِيْ وَ نَقْصِيْ وَ نَفْعِيْ وَ ضَرِّيْۤ
Wa biyadika lā biyadi ghayrika ziyādatī wa naqṣī wa nafʿī wa ḍarrī
My increase and decrease, my benefit and harm, are in Your hand, not in the hand of anyone else.
Kuongezeka kwangu na kupungua, faida yangu na madhara yangu, yako mikononi Mwako, si mikononi pa mtu mwingine.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ حَرَمْتَنِيْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَرْزُقُنِيْ وَ اِنْ خَذَلْتَنِيْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَنْصُرُنِيْ
Al-hī in ḥaramtanī faman dhā adh-dhī yarzuqunī wa in khadhaltanī faman dhā adh-dhī yanṣurunī
My God, if You withhold from me, who else can provide for me? And if You abandon me, who else can support me?
Ewe Mungu wangu, ukinizuia, nani mwingine ataniwasaidia? Na ukiniacha, nani mwingine ataniunga mkono?
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ وَ حُلُوْلِ سَخَطِكَ
Al-hī aʿūdhu bika min ghaḍabika wa ḥulūli sakhaṭika
My God, I seek refuge in You from Your anger and the occurrence of Your wrath.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nakukimbilia kwa hifadhi kutokana na ghadhabu Yako na kutokea kwa hasira Yako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ كُنْتُ غَيْرَ مُسْتَأْهِلٍ لِرَحْمَتِكَ فَاَنْتَ اَهْلٌ اَنْ تَجُوْدَ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِ سَعَتِكَ
Al-hī in kuntu ghayra mustaʾhilin liraḥmatika fānta ahlun an tajūda ʿalayya bifaḍli saʿatika
My God, if I am not deserving of Your mercy, You are still worthy to bestow Your bounty upon me.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama sijaostahili rehema Zako, Bwana Wewe bado ni Mstahiki kuja nadhiri Yako kwangu.
اِلٰهِيْ كَاَنِّيْ بِنَفْسِيْ وَاقِفَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَ قَدْ اَظَلَّهَا حُسْنُ تَوَكُّلِيْ عَلَيْكَ
Al-hī kānnī binafsī wāqifatun bayna yadayka wa qad aẓallahā ḥusnu tawakkulī ʿalayka
My God, it is as if I stand with myself before You, shaded by my reliance upon You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ni kana kwamba ninasimama mwenyewe mbele Yako, nikiwa na kivuli cha kutegemea Kwako.
فَقُلْتَ [فَفَعَلْتَ] مَاۤ اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ وَ تَغَمَّدْتَنِيْ بِعَفْوِكَ
Faqulta fafaʿalta mā anta ahluhu wa taghammadtanī biʿafwika
You said, '[I have done] what You are worthy of, and You enveloped me with Your forgiveness.'
Umesema, '[Nimefanya] kile unachostahili, na Umenijaza kwa msamaha Wako.'
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَمَنْ اَوْلٰى مِنْكَ بِذٰلِكَ
Al-hī in ʿafawta faman awlāā minka bidhālika
My God, if You forgive, who is more deserving than You?
Ewe Mungu wangu, ukinisamehe, nani anayestahili zaidi kuliko Wewe?
وَ اِنْ كَانَ قَدْ دَنَا اَجَلِيْ وَ لَمْ يُدْنِنِيْ مِنْكَ عَمَلِيْ فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْاِقْرَارَ بِالذَّنْبِ اِلَيْكَ وَسِيْلَتِيْۤ
Wa in kāna qad danā ajalī wa lam yudninī minka ʿamalī faqad jaʿaltu al-āqrāra biālddhanbi al-yka wasīlatī
And if my time has approached and my deeds have not, I have made acknowledgment of my sin towards You my means.
Na kama wakati wangu umefika na matendo yangu hayajafika, nimefanya utambuzi wa dhambi yangu Kwako kuwa njia yangu.
اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ جُرْتُ عَلٰى نَفْسِيْ فِيْ النَّظَرِ لَهَا فَلَهَا الْوَيْلُ اِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَهَاۤ
Al-hī qad jurtu ʿalāā nafsī fī an-naẓari lahā falahā al-waylu in lam taghfir lahā
My God, I have been harsh upon myself in scrutinizing it; woe to it if You do not forgive it.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nimekuwa mkali kwa nafsi yangu kuikagua; je, itaharibiwa kama Hukisamehi?
اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ يَزَلْ بِرُّكَ عَلَيَّ اَيَّامَ حَيَاتِيْ فَلَا تَقْطَعْ بِرَّكَ عَنِّيْ فِيْ مَمَاتِيْۤ
Al-hī lam yazal birruka ʿalayya ayyāma ḥayātī falā taqṭaʿ birraka ʿannī fī mamātī
My God, Your kindness has never left me in my days of life; do not cut Your kindness from me in my death.
Ewe Mungu wangu, wema Wako haujawiwa kwangu siku za maisha yangu; usikate wema Wako kwangu wakati wa kifo changu.
اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اٰيَسُ مِنْ حُسْنِ نَظَرِكَ لِيْ بَعْدَ مَمَاتِيْ وَ اَنْتَ لَمْ تُوَلِّنِيْۤ اِلَّا الْجَمِيْلَ فِيْ حَيَاتِيْ
Al-hī kayfa ayasu min ḥusni naẓarika lī baʿda mamātī wa anta lam tuwallinī al-ā al-jamīla fī ḥayātī
My God, how can I despair of Your good regard for me after my death, while You have shown me only goodness in my life?
Ewe Mungu wangu, ninawezaje kukata tamaa kwa kuangalia Kwako kwangu baada ya kifo changu, wakati Umenionyesha wema tu maishani mwangu?
اِلٰهِيْ تَوَلَّ مِنْ اَمْرِيْ مَاۤ اَنْتَ اَهْلُهُ وَ عُدْ عَلَيَّ بِفَضْلِكَ عَلٰى مُذْنِبٍ قَدْ غَمَرَهُ جَهْلُهُ
Al-hī tawalla min amrī mā anta ahluhu wa ʿud ʿalayya bifaḍlika ʿalāā mudhnibin qad ghamarahu jahluhu
My God, take care of my affairs in the way You are worthy, and bestow Your grace upon a sinner overwhelmed by ignorance.
Ewe Mungu wangu, chukua masuala yangu kwa namna unayostahili, na nenda rehema Yako kwa mwenye dhambi aliyejazwa na ujinga.
اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيَّ ذُنُوْبًا فِيْ الدُّنْيَا وَ اَنَاۤ اَحْوَجُ اِلٰى سَتْرِهَا عَلَيَّ مِنْكَ فِي الْاُخْرٰى
Al-hī qad satarta ʿalayya dhunūban fī ad-dunyā wa anā aḥwaju al-ā satrihā ʿalayya minka fī al-ākhrāā
My God, You have concealed my sins in this world, and I am in need of Your concealment in the Hereafter.
Ewe Mungu wangu, Umefunika dhambi zangu duniani, nami ninahitaji kufunikwa Kwako katika Akhera.
اِلٰهِيْ قَدْ اَحْسَنْتَ اِلَيَّ اِذْ لَمْ تُظْهِرْهَا لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِيْنَ
Al-hī qad aḥsanta al-ya idh lam tuẓhirhā liāḥadin min ʿibādika aṣ-ṣāliḥīna
My God, You treated me well by not exposing them to any of Your righteous servants.
Ewe Mungu wangu, Umenitendea wema kwa kutowafichua kwa yeyote wa wanyenyekevu Wako.
فَلَا تَفْضَحْنِيْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلٰى رُؤُسِ الْاَشْهَادِ
Falā tafḍaḥnī yawma al-qiyāmati ʿalāā ruʾusi al-āshhādi
So do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection before all witnesses.
Hivyo basi, usinionye mbele ya mashahidi wote siku ya Kiyama.
اِلٰهِيْ جُوْدُكَ بَسَطَ اَمَلِيْ وَ عَفْوُكَ اَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَمَلِيْ
Al-hī jūduka basaṭa amalī wa ʿafwuka afḍalu min ʿamalī
My God, Your generosity spreads my hope, and Your forgiveness is better than my deeds.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ukarimu Wako unapanua matumaini yangu, na msamaha Wako ni bora kuliko matendo yangu.
اِلٰهِيْ فَسُرَّنِيْ بِلِقَاۤئِكَ يَوْمَ تَقْضِيْ فِيْهِ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ
Al-hī fasurranī biliqāʾika yawma taqḍī fīhi bayna ʿibādika
My God, make me rejoice at meeting You on the Day You judge among Your servants.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nifanye nifurahi kukutana Nawe siku utakaposikiliza mashauri kati ya wafuasi Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ اِعْتِذَارِيْۤ اِلَيْكَ اعْتِذَارُ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ عَنْ قَبُوْلِ عُذْرِهِ فَاقْبَلْ عُذْرِيْ يَاۤ اَكْرَمَ مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ اِلَيْهِ الْمُسِيْۤئُوْنَ
Al-hī iʿtidhārī al-yka aʿtidhāru man lam yastaghni ʿan qabūli ʿudhrihi fāqbal ʿudhrī yā akrama mani aʿtadhara al-yhi al-musīʾūna
My God, my excuse to You is that of one who cannot do without acceptance; accept my excuse, O Most Generous to whom the sinners apologize.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sababu yangu Kwako ni kama ya yule asiyeweza bila kukubaliwa; kukubalie sababu yangu, Ewe Mkarimu Sana ambaye wa dhambi huomba msamaha kwake.
اِلٰهِيْ لَا تَرُدُّ حَاجَتِيْ وَ لَا تُخَيِّبْ طَمَعِيْ وَ لَا تَقْطَعْ مِنْكَ رَجَاۤئِيْ وَ اَمَلِيْۤ
Al-hī lā taruddu ḥājatī wa lā tukhayyib ṭamaʿī wa lā taqṭaʿ minka rajāʾī wa amalī
My God, do not reject my need, do not frustrate my hope, and do not cut off my expectation and aspiration from You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, usikatae haja yangu, usikate tamaa yangu, na usikate matarajio yangu na matumaini yangu Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْ لَوْ اَرَدْتَ هَوَانِيْ لَمْ تَهْدِنِيْ وَ لَوْ اَرَدْتَ فَضِيْحَتِيْ لَمْ تُعَافِنِيْۤ
Al-hī law aradta hawānī lam tahdinī wa law aradta faḍīḥatī lam tuʿāfinī
My God, if You willed my humiliation, You would not have guided me; and if You willed my disgrace, You would not have spared me.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama Ungeliwahi kudhalilisha, usingeniongoza; na kama Ungeliwahi kunitupa aibu, usingeninunulia.
اِلٰهِيْ مَا اَظُنُّكَ تَرُدُّنِيْ فِيْ حَاجَةٍ قَدْ اَفْنَيْتُ عُمْرِيْ فِيْ طَلَبِهَا مِنْكَ
Al-hī mā aẓunnuka taruddunī fī ḥājatin qad afnaytu ʿumrī fī ṭalabihā minka
My God, I do not think You will reject me in a need for which I have spent my life seeking from You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sidhani Uteniteua kuhitaji ambalo nimepoteza maisha yangu kuilitafuta Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ اَبَدًا اَبَدًا دَاۤئمًا سَرْمَدًا يَزِيْدُ وَ لَا يَبِيْدُ كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَ تَرْضٰىۤ
Al-hī falaka al-ḥamdu abadan abadan dāʾman sarmadan yazīdu wa lā yabīdu kamā tuḥibbu wa tarḍāā
My God, all praise is forever, everlasting, eternal, increasing and never ending, as You love and are pleased with.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sifa zote ni za milele, zisizo na mwisho, zinazoongezeka na zisizoisha, kama ulivyopenda na kuridhika nazo.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِجُرْمِيْۤ اَخَذْتُكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِذُنُوْبِيْۤ اَخَذْتُكَ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ
Al-hī in akhadhtanī bijurmī akhadhtuka biʿafwika wa in akhadhtanī bidhunūbī akhadhtuka bimaghfiratika
My God, if You seize me for my sins, I seize You with Your pardon; and if You seize me for my wrongdoings, I seize You with Your forgiveness.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama Unanikamata kwa dhambi zangu, Ninakukamata kwa msamaha Wako; na kama Unanikamata kwa makosa yangu, Ninakukamata kwa maghfira Yako.
وَ اِنْ اَدْخَلْتَنِيْ النَّارَ اَعْلَمْتُ اَهْلَهَاۤ اَنِّيْۤ اُحِبُّكَ
Wa in adkhaltanī an-nāra aʿlamtu ahlahā annī uḥibbuka
And if You admit me to the Fire, I know its people that I love You.
Na kama Unaniingiza Moto, najua watu wake kwamba Ninakupenda.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ كَانَ صَغُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ طَاعَتِكَ عَمَلِيْ فَقَدْ كَبُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ رَجَاۤئِكَ اَمَلِيْۤ
Al-hī in kāna ṣaghura fī janbi ṭāʿatika ʿamalī faqad kabura fī janbi rajāʾika amalī
My God, if my deeds are small in Your obedience, my hope has grown great beside Your mercy.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama matendo yangu ni madogo katika utiifu Wako, matumaini yangu yamekua makubwa kando ya rehema Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اَنْقَلِبُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بِالْخَيْبَةِ مَحْرُوْمًا وَ قَدْ كَانَ حُسْنُ ظَنِّيْ بِجُوْدِكَ اَنْ تَقْلِبَنِيْ بِالنَّجَاةِ مَرْحُوْمًا
Al-hī kayfa anqalibu min ʿindika biālkhaybati maḥrūman wa qad kāna ḥusnu ẓannī bijūdika an taqlibanī biālnnajāti marḥūman
My God, how can I return from You with failure and deprivation while my good expectation of Your generosity is that You will return me with salvation and mercy?
Ewe Mungu wangu, ninawezaje kurudi kwako nikishindwa na kuachwa huku matarajio yangu mema ya ukarimu Wako ni kwamba utanirudisha kwa wokovu na rehema?
اِلٰهِيْ وَ قَدْ اَفْنَيْتُ عُمُرِيْ فِيْ شِرَّةِ السَّهْوِ عَنْكَ وَ اَبْلَيْتُ شَبَابِيْ فِيْ سَكْرَةِ التَّبَاعُدِ مِنْكَ
Al-hī wa qad afnaytu ʿumurī fī shirrati as-sahwi ʿanka wa ablaytu shabābī fī sakrati at-tabāʿudi minka
My God, I have spent my life in the negligence of forgetting You and spent my youth in the intoxication of distance from You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nimepoteza maisha yangu katika kupuuza kukukumbuka na nimeshapoteza ujana wangu katika pombe ya umbali kutoka Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْ فَلَمْ اَسْتَيْقِظْ اَيَّامَ اغْتِرَارِيْ بِكَ وَ رُكُوْنِيْۤ اِلٰى سَبِيْلِ سَخَطِكَ
Al-hī falam astayqiẓ ayyāma aghtirārī bika wa rukūnī al-ā sabīli sakhaṭika
My God, I have not awakened in the days of my self-deception regarding You and I relied upon the path of Your displeasure.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sijamamka katika siku za udanganyifu wangu juu Yako, na nimeridhika na njia ya hasira Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ قَاۤئِمٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُتَوَسِّلٌ بِكَرَمِكَ اِلَيْكَ
Al-hī wa anā ʿabduka wa abnu ʿabdika qāʾimun bayna yadayka mutawassilun bikaramika al-yka
My God, I am Your servant, and the son of Your servant, standing before You, seeking Your generosity toward You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi Wako, na mwana wa mtumishi Wako, nimesimama mbele Yako, nikitafuta ukarimu Wako Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَنَا عَبْدٌ اَتَنَصَّلُ اِلَيْكَ مِمَّا كُنْتُ اُوَاجِهُكَ بِهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ اسْتِحْيَاۤئِيْ مِنْ نَظَرِكَ وَ اَطْلُبُ الْعَفْوَ مِنْكَ اِذِ الْعَفْوُ نَعْتٌ لِكَرَمِكَ
Al-hī anā ʿabdun atanaṣṣalu al-yka mimmā kuntu uwājihuka bihi min qillati astiḥyāʾī min naẓarika wa aṭlubu al-ʿafwa minka idhi al-ʿafwu naʿtun likaramika
My God, I am a servant seeking to approach You despite my lack of modesty in Your sight, and I seek Your pardon, for pardon is a trait of Your generosity.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi nikijaribu kukukaribia licha ya ukosefu wangu wa haya mbele Yako, na naomba msamaha Wako, kwani msamaha ni sifa ya ukarimu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيْ حَوْلٌ فَاَنْتَقِلَ بِهِ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ اِلَّا فِيْ وَقْتٍ اَيْقَظْتَنِيْ لِمَحَبَّتِكَ وَ كَمَاۤ اَرَدْتَ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ كُنْتُ
Al-hī lam yakun lī ḥawlun fāntaqila bihi ʿan maʿṣiyatika al-ā fī waqtin ayqaẓtanī limaḥabbatika wa kamā aradta an akūna kuntu
My God, I had no power to turn it from Your disobedience except at the time You awakened me for Your love, and as You willed, so I was.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sikuwa na nguvu ya kuiondoa kutoka kwa kutokutiifu Kwako isipokuwa wakati Umeniamsha kwa ajili ya upendo Wako, na kama ulivyotaka, ndivyo nilivyokuwa.
فَشَكَرْتُكَ بِاِدْخَالِيْ فِيْ كَرَمِكَ وَلِتَطْهِيْرِ قَلْبِيْ مِنْ اَوْسَاخِ الْغَفْلَةِ عَنْكَ
Fashakartuka biādkhālī fī karamika walitaṭhīri qalbī min awsākhi al-ghaflati ʿanka
So I thanked You for including me in Your generosity and for purifying my heart from the filth of heedlessness from You.
Hivyo nikushukuru kwa kunijumuisha katika ukarimu Wako na kwa kusafisha moyo wangu kutoka uchafu wa kutokujali Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْ انْظُرْ اِلَيَّ نَظَرَ مَنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ بِمَعُوْنَتِكَ فَاَطَاعَكَ
Al-hī anẓur al-ya naẓara man nādaytahu fājābaka wa astaʿmaltahu bimaʿūnatika fāṭāʿaka
My God, look at me as You look at those whom I have called and who answered You, and whom You have employed with Your assistance so that they obeyed You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nizungumzie kama unavyozungumzia wale niliowaita na waliokuja Kwako, na ambao Umetumia kwa msaada Wako ili wateeke Kwako.
يَا قَرِيْبًا لَا يَبْعُدُ عَنِ الْمُغْتَرِّ بِهِ وَ يَا جَوَادًا لَا يَبْخَلُ عَمَّنْ رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ
Yā qarīban lā yabʿudu ʿani al-mughtarri bihi wa yā jawādan lā yabkhalu ʿamman rajā thawābahu
O Near One, who is not distant from those who rely on Him, and O Generous One, who does not withhold from those who hope for His reward.
Ewe Mkaribu, ambaye hayepo mbali na wale wanaomtegemea, na Ewe Mwenye Kij generosity, ambaye hakuficha chochote kwa wale wanaotarajia thawabu Yake.
اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ قَلْبًا يُدْنِيْهِ مِنْكَ شَوْقُهُ وَ لِسَانًا يُرْفَعُ اِلَيْكَ صِدْقُهُ وَ نَظَرًا يُقَرِّبُهُ مِنْكَ حَقُّهُ
Al-hī hab lī qalban yudnīhi minka shawquhu wa lisānan yurfaʿu al-yka ṣidquhu wa naẓaran yuqarribuhu minka ḥaqquhu
My God, grant me a heart whose longing draws it closer to You, a tongue whose truth is raised to You, and vision whose right brings it near to You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nipatie moyo ambao shauku yake inalikaribia Kwako, ulimi ambao ukweli wake unainua Kwako, na mtazamo ambao haki yake unalifikisha karibu Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنَّ مَنْ تَعَرَّفَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَجْهُوْلٍ وَ مَنْ لَاذَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَخْذُوْلٍ وَ مَنْ اَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مَمْلُوْلٍ
Al-hī inna man taʿarrafa bika ghayru majhūlin wa man lādha bika ghayru makhdhūlin wa man aqbalta ʿalayhi ghayru mamlūlin
My God, indeed whoever recognizes You is not unknown, whoever takes refuge in You is not forsaken, and whoever You accept is not deprived.
Ewe Mungu wangu, hakika yule anayetambua Kwako si mtu asiyejulikana, yule anayekimbilia Kwako haachiwa, na yule unayemkubali haachwi.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنَّ مَنِ انْتَهَجَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَنِيْرٌ وَ اِنَّ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَجِيْرٌ
Al-hī inna mani antahaja bika lamustanīrun wa inna mani aʿtaṣama bika lamustajīrun
My God, indeed whoever follows You is illuminated, and whoever clings to You is protected.
Ewe Mungu wangu, hakika yule anayekufuata anaangazwa, na yule anayekushikilia analindwa.
وَ قَدْ لُذْتُ بِكَ يَاۤ اِلٰهِيْ فَلَا تُخَيِّبْ ظَنِّيْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ وَ لَا تَحْجُبْنِيْ عَنْ رَأْفَتِكَ
Wa qad ludhtu bika yā al-hī falā tukhayyib ẓannī min raḥmatika wa lā taḥjubnī ʿan raʾfatika
And I have sought refuge in You, my God, so do not disappoint my hope in Your mercy, nor hide me from Your compassion.
Na nimekimbilia Kwako, Ewe Mungu wangu, hivyo usinidanganye katika matumaini yangu kwa rehema Yako, wala usinfunike kutoka huruma Yako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَقِمْنِيْ فِيْۤ اَهْلِ وِلَايَتِكَ مُقَامَ مَنْ رَجَا الزِّيَادَةَ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكَ
Al-hī aqimnī fī ahli wilāyatika muqāma man rajā az-ziyādata min maḥabbatika
My God, place me among the people of Your guardianship, in the company of those who hope for an increase in Your love.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nishikilie miongoni mwa watu wa udhibiti Wako, pamoja na wale wanaotarajia kuongezeka kwa upendo Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَلْهِمْنِيْ وَلَهًا بِذِكْرِكَ اِلٰى ذِكْرِكَ وَ هِمَّتِيْ فِيْ رَوْحِ نَجَاحِ اَسْمَاۤئِكَ وَ مَحَلِّ قُدْسِكَ
Al-hī wa al-himnī walahan bidhikrika al-ā dhikrika wa himmatī fī rawḥi najāḥi asmāʾika wa maḥalli qudsika
My God, inspire me with devotion in remembering You until I reach Your remembrance, and strengthen my resolve in pursuing the excellence of Your Names and the place of Your holiness.
Ewe Mungu wangu, niongoze katika kumkumbuka hadi nipate kumbukumbu Yako, na nipe ari katika kufanikisha mafanikio ya Majina Yako na sehemu ya utakatifu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ بِكَ عَلَيْكَ اِلَّاۤ اَلْحَقْتَنِيْ بِمَحَلِّ اَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ وَ الْمَثْوَى الصَّالِحِ مِنْ مَرْضَاتِكَ
Al-hī bika ʿalayka al-ā al-ḥaqtanī bimaḥalli ahli ṭāʿatika wa al-mathwā aṣ-ṣāliḥi min marḍātika
My God, through You and to You, unite me with the place of the obedient and the righteous abode of Your satisfaction.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kupitia Kwako na Kwako, unganisha mimi na mahali pa watiifu na makazi mema ya kuridhika Kwako.
فَاِنِّيْ لَاۤ اَقْدِرُ لِنَفْسِيْ دَفْعًا وَ لَا اَمْلِكُ لَهَا نَفْعًا
Fānnī lā aqdiru linafsī dafʿan wa lā amliku lahā nafʿan
For I cannot defend myself nor possess any benefit for it.
Kwani siwezi kujitetea wala kumiliki faida yoyote kwa ajili yake.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ الضَّعِيْفُ الْمُذْنِبُ وَ مَمْلُوْكُكَ الْمُنِيْبُ [الْمَعِيْبُ]
Al-hī anā ʿabduka aḍ-ḍaʿīfu al-mudhnibu wa mamlūkuka al-munību almaʿību
My God, I am Your weak, sinful servant, and Your repentant [fault-finding] dependent.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi Wako dhaifu, mwenye dhambi, na tegemezi Wako aliyejirehemu [aliyefanya kosa].
فَلا تَجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ صَرَفْتَ عَنْهُ وَجْهَكَ وَ حَجَبَهُ سَهْوُهُ عَنْ عَفْوِكَ
Falā tajʿalnī mimman ṣarafta ʿanhu wajhaka wa ḥajabahu sahwuhu ʿan ʿafwika
So do not make me among those from whom You have turned Your face, and whose heedlessness has hidden them from Your pardon.
Basi usinifanye miongoni mwa wale ambao Umengeuka Uso Wako nao, na ambao utupu wao umewaficha kutoka msamaha Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ كَمَالَ الْاِنْقِطَاعِ اِلَيْكَ وَ اَنِرْ اَبْصَارَ قُلُوْبِنَا بِضِيَاۤءِ نَظَرِهَاۤ اِلَيْكَ
Al-hī hab lī kamāla al-ānqiṭāʿi al-yka wa anir abṣāra qulūbinā biḍiyāʾi naẓarihā al-yka
My God, grant me complete devotion to You and illuminate our hearts’ vision with the light of their sight toward You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nipatie kujitolea kamili Kwako na uangaze maono ya mioyo yetu kwa nuru ya mtazamo wao Kwako.
حَتّٰى تَخْرِقَ اَبْصَارُ الْقُلُوْبِ حُجُبَ النُّوْرِ فَتَصِلَ اِلٰى مَعْدِنِ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ تَصِيْرَ اَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِكَ
Ḥattāā takhriqa abṣāru al-qulūbi ḥujuba an-nūri fataṣila al-ā maʿdini al-ʿaẓamati wa taṣīra arwāḥunā muʿallaqatan biʿizzi qudsika
Until the eyes of the hearts pierce the veils of light, reaching the source of greatness, and our souls become suspended in the honor of Your holiness.
Hadi macho ya mioyo yapenye mashuka ya nuru, yafikie chanzo cha ukuu, na roho zetu zisimame kwa heshima ya utakatifu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ لَاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلَالِكَ فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرًّا وَ عَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْرًا
Al-hī wa ajʿalnī mimman nādaytahu fājābaka wa lāḥaẓtahu faṣaʿiqa lijalālika fanājaytahu sirran wa ʿamila laka jahran
My God, make me among those whom You were called and answered, whom You noticed and were struck by Your majesty, whom I supplicated secretly, and acted openly for You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nifanye miongoni mwa wale ambao Uliwaitwa na Kuwajibu, ambao Uliyawaza na kushangazwa na ukuu Wako, ambao niliwaomba kwa siri, na wakaenda wazi kwa ajili Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ اُسَلِّطْ عَلٰى حُسْنِ ظَنِّيْ قُنُوْطَ الْاَيَاسِ وَ لَا انْقَطَعَ رَجَاۤئِيْ مِنْ جَمِيْلِ كَرَمِكَ
Al-hī lam usalliṭ ʿalāā ḥusni ẓannī qunūṭa al-āyāsi wa lā anqaṭaʿa rajāʾī min jamīli karamika
My God, I have not allowed despair to overpower my good expectations, nor cut off my hope from Your beautiful generosity.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sijaruhusu kukata tamaa kumzidi matarajio yangu mema, wala kukata matumaini yangu kutoka ukarimu Wako mzuri.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ كَانَتِ الْخَطَايَا قَدْ اَسْقَطَتْنِيْ لَدَيْكَ فَاصْفَحْ عَنِّيْ بِحُسْنِ تَوَكُّلِيْ عَلَيْكَ
Al-hī in kānati al-khaṭāyā qad asqaṭatnī ladayka fāṣfaḥ ʿannī biḥusni tawakkulī ʿalayka
My God, if sins have caused me to fall before You, then pardon me because of my good reliance upon You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa dhambi zimenifanya nitangulie mbele Yako, basi nisamehe kwa sababu ya kutegemea kwangu mema Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ حَطَّتْنِيْ الذُّنُوْبُ مِنْ مَكَارِمِ لُطْفِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَنِيْ الْيَقِيْنُ اِلٰى كَرَمِ عَطْفِكَ
Al-hī in ḥaṭṭatnī adh-dhunūbu min makārimi luṭfika faqad nabbahanī al-yaqīnu al-ā karami ʿaṭfika
My God, if sins have lowered me from the merits of Your kindness, then certainty has reminded me of the generosity of Your grace.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa dhambi zimenishusha kutoka mafanikio ya wema Wako, basi hakika imenikumbusha ukarimu wa fadhila Yako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ اَنَامَتْنِيْ الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَاۤئِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِ اٰلَاۤئِكَ
Al-hī in anāmatnī al-ghaflatu ʿani al-āstiʿdādi liliqāʾika faqad nabbahatnī al-maʿrifatu bikarami al-āʾika
My God, if negligence made me sleep from preparing to meet You, knowledge has awakened me to the generosity of Your bounties.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa uzembe umenifanya nilale bila kujiandaa kukutana na Wewe, maarifa yamenitwika kwa ukarimu wa baraka Zako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ دَعَانِيْۤ اِلَى النَّارِ عَظِيْمُ عِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ دَعَانِيْۤ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ جَزِيْلُ ثَوَابِكَ
Al-hī in daʿānī al-ā an-nāri ʿaẓīmu ʿiqābika faqad daʿānī al-ā al-jannati jazīlu thawābika
My God, if Your great punishment calls me to the Fire, Your abundant reward calls me to Paradise.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa adhabu Yako kuu inanipiga kwa Moto, thawabu Yako tele inanipiga kwenda Peponi.
اِلٰهِيْ فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ اَبَدًا اَبَدًا دَاۤئِمًا سَرْمَدًا يَزِيْدُ وَ لَا يَبِيْدُ كَمَا تُحِبُّ وَ تَرْضٰىۤ
Al-hī falaka al-ḥamdu abadan abadan dāʾiman sarmadan yazīdu wa lā yabīdu kamā tuḥibbu wa tarḍāā
My God, to You belongs praise forever and ever, eternal, increasing and never ending, as You love and are pleased.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sifa zote ni Zako daima, milele, zinazoongezeka na zisizoisha, kama unavyopenda na kuridhika.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِجُرْمِيْۤ اَخَذْتُكَ بِعَفْوِكَ وَ اِنْ اَخَذْتَنِيْ بِذُنُوْبِيْۤ اَخَذْتُكَ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ
Al-hī in akhadhtanī bijurmī akhadhtuka biʿafwika wa in akhadhtanī bidhunūbī akhadhtuka bimaghfiratika
My God, if You seize me for my sins, I take hold of Your pardon; if You seize me for my misdeeds, I take hold of Your forgiveness.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa Utanishika kwa dhambi zangu, ninashika msamaha Wako; ikiwa Utanishika kwa makosa yangu, ninashika msamaha Wako.
وَ اِنْ اَدْخَلْتَنِيْ النَّارَ اَعْلَمْتُ اَهْلَهَاۤ اَنِّيْۤ اُحِبُّكَ
Wa in adkhaltanī an-nāra aʿlamtu ahlahā annī uḥibbuka
And if You admit me to the Fire, I know its inhabitants that I love You.
Na ikiwa Utaniingiza Moto, najua wakaazi wake kuwa ninakupenda.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ كَانَ صَغُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ طَاعَتِكَ عَمَلِيْ فَقَدْ كَبُرَ فِيْ جَنْبِ رَجَاۤئِكَ اَمَلِيْۤ
Al-hī in kāna ṣaghura fī janbi ṭāʿatika ʿamalī faqad kabura fī janbi rajāʾika amalī
My God, if my deeds are small in Your obedience, my hope is great in Your favor.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa matendo yangu ni madogo katika utii Wako, matumaini yangu ni makubwa katika fadhila Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ كَيْفَ اَنْقَلِبُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ بِالْخَيْبَةِ مَحْرُوْمًا وَ قَدْ كَانَ حُسْنُ ظَنِّيْ بِجُوْدِكَ اَنْ تَقْلِبَنِيْ بِالنَّجَاةِ مَرْحُوْمًا
Al-hī kayfa anqalibu min ʿindika biālkhaybati maḥrūman wa qad kāna ḥusnu ẓannī bijūdika an taqlibanī biālnnajāti marḥūman
My God, how could I return from You deprived, when my good expectation in Your generosity is that You would return me saved and blessed?
Ewe Mungu wangu, ninawezaje kurudi Kwako nikiteseka, wakati matarajio yangu mema katika ukarimu Wako ni kwamba Utanirejesha salama na mwenye baraka?
اِلٰهِيْ وَ قَدْ اَفْنَيْتُ عُمُرِيْ فِيْ شِرَّةِ السَّهْوِ عَنْكَ وَ اَبْلَيْتُ شَبَابِيْ فِيْ سَكْرَةِ التَّبَاعُدِ مِنْكَ
Al-hī wa qad afnaytu ʿumurī fī shirrati as-sahwi ʿanka wa ablaytu shabābī fī sakrati at-tabāʿudi minka
My God, I have spent my life in heedless negligence away from You, and have passed my youth in the intoxication of distance from You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nimetumia maisha yangu katika uzembe mbali na Wewe, na nimepita ujana wangu katika kufurahia umbali kutoka Kwako.
اِلٰهِيْ فَلَمْ اَسْتَيْقِظْ اَيَّامَ اغْتِرَارِيْ بِكَ وَ رُكُوْنِيْۤ اِلٰى سَبِيْلِ سَخَطِكَ
Al-hī falam astayqiẓ ayyāma aghtirārī bika wa rukūnī al-ā sabīli sakhaṭika
My God, I have not awakened from my days of self-deception regarding You, and my reliance was upon the path of Your anger.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sijalala macho kutoka kwa siku zangu za kujiudanganya juu Yako, na tegemezi langu lilikuwa kwenye njia ya hasira Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ قَاۤئِمٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مُتَوَسِّلٌ بِكَرَمِكَ اِلَيْكَ
Al-hī wa anā ʿabduka wa abnu ʿabdika qāʾimun bayna yadayka mutawassilun bikaramika al-yka
My God, I am Your servant and the son of Your servant, standing before You, seeking Your generosity.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi Wako na mwana wa mtumishi Wako, nimesimama mbele Yako, nikitafuta ukarimu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَنَا عَبْدٌ اَتَنَصَّلُ اِلَيْكَ مِمَّا كُنْتُ اُوَاجِهُكَ بِهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ اسْتِحْيَاۤئِيْ مِنْ نَظَرِكَ وَ اَطْلُبُ الْعَفْوَ مِنْكَ اِذِ الْعَفْوُ نَعْتٌ لِكَرَمِكَ
Al-hī anā ʿabdun atanaṣṣalu al-yka mimmā kuntu uwājihuka bihi min qillati astiḥyāʾī min naẓarika wa aṭlubu al-ʿafwa minka idhi al-ʿafwu naʿtun likaramika
My God, I am a servant who reaches out to You despite my lack of modesty in Your sight, seeking Your forgiveness, for forgiveness is a mark of Your generosity.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi ninayekukodolea licha ya ukosefu wa unyenyekevu mbele Yako, nikitafuta msamaha Wako, kwani msamaha ni sifa ya ukarimu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيْ حَوْلٌ فَاَنْتَقِلَ بِهِ عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ اِلَّا فِيْ وَقْتٍ اَيْقَظْتَنِيْ لِمَحَبَّتِكَ
Al-hī lam yakun lī ḥawlun fāntaqila bihi ʿan maʿṣiyatika al-ā fī waqtin ayqaẓtanī limaḥabbatika
My God, I had no power except that You directed it away from disobedience, at the time You awakened me through Your love.
Ewe Mungu wangu, sikuwa na nguvu isipokuwa kuwa Wewe umeiongoza mbali na dhambi, wakati Umeniamsha kwa upendo Wako.
وَ كَمَاۤ اَرَدْتَ اَنْ اَكُوْنَ كُنْتُ فَشَكَرْتُكَ بِاِدْخَالِيْ فِيْ كَرَمِكَ
Wa kamā aradta an akūna kuntu fashakartuka biādkhālī fī karamika
And as You willed me to be, I was, and I thanked You for including me in Your generosity.
Na kama ulivyotaka niwe, niliwe, na nikushukuru kwa kunijumuisha katika ukarimu Wako.
وَ لِتَطْهِيْرِ قَلْبِيْ مِنْ اَوْسَاخِ الْغَفْلَةِ عَنْكَ
Wa litaṭhīri qalbī min awsākhi al-ghaflati ʿanka
And for the purification of my heart from the filth of negligence from You.
Na kwa ajili ya kusafisha moyo wangu kutoka uchafu wa uzembe kwa ajili Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ انْظُرْ اِلَيَّ نَظَرَ مَنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ اسْتَعْمَلْتَهُ بِمَعُوْنَتِكَ فَاَطَاعَكَ
Al-hī anẓur al-ya naẓara man nādaytahu fājābaka wa astaʿmaltahu bimaʿūnatika fāṭāʿaka
My God, look at me as You look at those who called You and You answered, and employed them with Your assistance so they obeyed You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nizungumzie kama unavyoziona wale waliokuomba na Ukayajibu, na ukawatumia kwa msaada Wako ili wakutii.
يَا قَرِيْبًا لَا يَبْعُدُ عَنِ الْمُغْتَرِّ بِهِ وَ يَا جَوَادًا لَا يَبْخَلُ عَمَّنْ رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ
Yā qarīban lā yabʿudu ʿani al-mughtarri bihi wa yā jawādan lā yabkhalu ʿamman rajā thawābahu
O One near who is never distant from the one who trusts in Him, and O Generous One who never withholds from those who hope for His reward.
Ee Karibu ambaye hawezi kutokuwepo kwa yule anayejiamini Yeye, na Ee Mwenye Ukarimu ambaye hawezi kunyima wale wanaotarajia thawabu Yake.
اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ قَلْبًا يُدْنِيْهِ مِنْكَ شَوْقُهُ وَ لِسَانًا يُرْفَعُ اِلَيْكَ صِدْقُهُ
Al-hī hab lī qalban yudnīhi minka shawquhu wa lisānan yurfaʿu al-yka ṣidquhu
My God, grant me a heart whose yearning draws it near to You, and a tongue that rises to You with truthfulness.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nipe moyo ambao utamani wake unakukaribia, na ulimi unaoinuka Kwako kwa ukweli.
وَ نَظَرًا يُقَرِّبُهُ مِنْكَ حَقُّهُ
Wa naẓaran yuqarribuhu minka ḥaqquhu
And vision that brings it near to You in its rightful manner.
Na mtazamo unaoukabrisha karibu Kwako kwa njia yake sahihi.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنَّ مَنْ تَعَرَّفَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَجْهُوْلٍ وَ مَنْ لَاذَ بِكَ غَيْرُ مَخْذُوْلٍ
Al-hī inna man taʿarrafa bika ghayru majhūlin wa man lādha bika ghayru makhdhūlin
My God, whoever recognizes You is never ignorant, and whoever takes refuge in You is never abandoned.
Ewe Mungu wangu, yule anayekutambua hakuwi mjinga, na yule anayekizika Kwako hakubaki kachukuliwa.
وَ مَنْ اَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مَمْلُوْلٍ،
Wa man aqbalta ʿalayhi ghayru mamlūlin,
And whoever You turn towards is never deprived,
Na yule unayemgeukia hakosei kitu,
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنَّ مَنِ انْتَهَجَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَنِيْرٌ وَ اِنَّ مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِكَ لَمُسْتَجِيْرٌ
Al-hī inna mani antahaja bika lamustanīrun wa inna mani aʿtaṣama bika lamustajīrun
My God, whoever follows Your path is enlightened, and whoever clings to You is secured.
Ewe Mungu wangu, yule anayefuata njia Yako anaangaziwa, na yule anayekukaza Yako amehakikishwa.
وَ قَدْ لُذْتُ بِكَ يَاۤ اِلٰهِيْ فَلَا تُخَيِّبْ ظَنِّيْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِكَ
Wa qad ludhtu bika yā al-hī falā tukhayyib ẓannī min raḥmatika
And I have sought refuge in You, my God, so do not disappoint my hope in Your mercy.
Na nimekimbilia Kwako, Ewe Mungu wangu, usiniache matumaini yangu kwa rehema Yako.
وَ لَا تَحْجُبْنِيْ عَنْ رَأْفَتِكَ
Wa lā taḥjubnī ʿan raʾfatika
And do not prevent me from Your compassion.
Na usinuzuie kutoka huruma Yako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَقِمْنِيْ فِيْۤ اَهْلِ وِلَايَتِكَ مُقَامَ مَنْ رَجَا الزِّيَادَةَ مِنْ مَحَبَّتِكَ
Al-hī aqimnī fī ahli wilāyatika muqāma man rajā az-ziyādata min maḥabbatika
My God, place me among those loyal to Your guardianship, standing among those who hope for an increase in Your love.
Ewe Mungu wangu, niongoze miongoni mwa waaminifu kwa usimamizi Wako, wakiwa miongoni mwa wale wanaotarajia kuongezeka kwa upendo Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَلْهِمْنِيْ وَلَهًا بِذِكْرِكَ اِلٰى ذِكْرِكَ وَ هِمَّتِيْ فِيْ رَوْحِ نَجَاحِ اَسْمَاۤئِكَ وَ مَحَلِّ قُدْسِكَ
Al-hī wa al-himnī walahan bidhikrika al-ā dhikrika wa himmatī fī rawḥi najāḥi asmāʾika wa maḥalli qudsika
My God, inspire me with devotion in remembering You to Your remembrance, and direct my efforts towards attaining the honor of Your names and the sanctuary of Your holiness.
Ewe Mungu wangu, niongoze kwa bidii katika kukukumbuka hadi ukumbusho Wako, na niongoze jitihada zangu kufanikisha heshima ya majina Yako na patakatifu Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ بِكَ عَلَيْكَ اِلَّاۤ اَلْحَقْتَنِيْ بِمَحَلِّ اَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ وَ الْمَثْوَى الصَّالِحِ مِنْ مَرْضَاتِكَ
Al-hī bika ʿalayka al-ā al-ḥaqtanī bimaḥalli ahli ṭāʿatika wa al-mathwā aṣ-ṣāliḥi min marḍātika
My God, through You and towards You, unite me with the ranks of those obedient to You and grant me a righteous dwelling from Your pleasure.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kupitia Kwako na kuelekea Kwako, unganisha nami katika safu za waumini Wako na unipe makazi mema kutokana na ridhaa Yako.
فَاِنِّيْ لَاۤ اَقْدِرُ لِنَفْسِيْ دَفْعًا وَ لَا اَمْلِكُ لَهَا نَفْعًا
Fānnī lā aqdiru linafsī dafʿan wa lā amliku lahā nafʿan
For I have no power to protect myself nor to benefit myself.
Kwa kuwa sina nguvu ya kujilinda wala kuleta faida kwa nafsi yangu.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اَنَا عَبْدُكَ الضَّعِيْفُ الْمُذْنِبُ وَ مَمْلُوْكُكَ الْمُنِيْبُ [الْمَعِيْبُ]
Al-hī anā ʿabduka aḍ-ḍaʿīfu al-mudhnibu wa mamlūkuka al-munību almaʿību
My God, I am Your weak and sinful servant, and Your humble and repentant slave.
Ewe Mungu wangu, mimi ni mtumishi Wako dhaifu na mwenye dhambi, na mtumishi Wako mwaminifu na mtubu.
فَلا تَجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ صَرَفْتَ عَنْهُ وَجْهَكَ وَ حَجَبَهُ سَهْوُهُ عَنْ عَفْوِكَ
Falā tajʿalnī mimman ṣarafta ʿanhu wajhaka wa ḥajabahu sahwuhu ʿan ʿafwika
So do not make me among those from whom You turn away Your face, and whose heedfulness prevents them from Your forgiveness.
Kwa hivyo usinijalie miongoni mwa wale ambao Umekengeuka uso Wako, na ambao uzembe wao unawazuia kupata msamaha Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ هَبْ لِيْ كَمَالَ الْاِنْقِطَاعِ اِلَيْكَ وَ اَنِرْ اَبْصَارَ قُلُوْبِنَا بِضِيَاۤءِ نَظَرِهَاۤ اِلَيْكَ
Al-hī hab lī kamāla al-ānqiṭāʿi al-yka wa anir abṣāra qulūbinā biḍiyāʾi naẓarihā al-yka
My God, grant me complete devotion to You, and illuminate the eyes of our hearts with the light of their gaze towards You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nipe ukamilifu wa kugeukia Kwako, na uweke nuru machoni mwa mioyo yetu kwa mwanga wa kuangalia kwake Kwako.
حَتّٰى تَخْرِقَ اَبْصَارُ الْقُلُوْبِ حُجُبَ النُّوْرِ وَ تَصِلَ اِلٰى مَعْدِنِ الْعَظَمَةِ
Ḥattāā takhriqa abṣāru al-qulūbi ḥujuba an-nūri wa taṣila al-ā maʿdini al-ʿaẓamati
Until the eyes of the hearts pierce the veils of light and reach the source of greatness.
Hadi macho ya mioyo yapenye vizuizi vya nuru na yafikie chanzo cha ukuu.
وَ تَصِيْرَ اَرْوَاحُنَا مُعَلَّقَةً بِعِزِّ قُدْسِكَ
Wa taṣīra arwāḥunā muʿallaqatan biʿizzi qudsika
And make our souls suspended in the glory of Your holiness.
Na fanya roho zetu zibanduke katika heshima ya utakatifu Wako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ نَادَيْتَهُ فَاَجَابَكَ وَ لَاحَظْتَهُ فَصَعِقَ لِجَلَالِكَ فَنَاجَيْتَهُ سِرًّا وَ عَمِلَ لَكَ جَهْرًا
Al-hī wa ajʿalnī mimman nādaytahu fājābaka wa lāḥaẓtahu faṣaʿiqa lijalālika fanājaytahu sirran wa ʿamila laka jahran
My God, make me among those whom You respond to when they call, whom You observe and awe, whom You converse with secretly and who act openly for You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nifanya ni miongoni mwa wale unayewajibu wanapokuita, ambao Unaona na kuwatisha kwa ukuu Wako, ambao Unawazungumza kwa siri na wanatekeleza kwa uwazi kwa ajili Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ لَمْ اُسَلِّطْ عَلٰى حُسْنِ ظَنِّيْ قُنُوْطَ الْاَيَاسِ وَلَا انْقَطَعَ رَجَاۤئِيْ مِنْ جَمِيْلِ كَرَمِكَ
Al-hī lam usalliṭ ʿalāā ḥusni ẓannī qunūṭa al-āyāsi walā anqaṭaʿa rajāʾī min jamīli karamika
My God, do not allow despair to overpower my good expectations, nor let my hope break from Your beautiful generosity.
Ewe Mungu wangu, usiruhusu kukata tamaa kushinda matarajio yangu mema, wala usivunje matumaini yangu kutokana na ukarimu Wako mzuri.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ كَانَتِ الْخَطَايَا قَدْ اَسْقَطَتْنِيْ لَدَيْكَ فَاصْفَحْ عَنِّيْ بِحُسْنِ تَوَكُّلِيْ عَلَيْكَ
Al-hī in kānati al-khaṭāyā qad asqaṭatnī ladayka fāṣfaḥ ʿannī biḥusni tawakkulī ʿalayka
My God, if sins have caused me to fall short before You, pardon me due to my sincere reliance upon You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, ikiwa dhambi zimenifanya nishindwe mbele Yako, nisamehe kutokana na kutegemea kwangu Kwako kwa dhati.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ حَطَّتْنِيْ الذُّنُوْبُ مِنْ مَكَارِمِ لُطْفِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَنِيْ الْيَقِيْنُ اِلٰى كَرَمِ عَطْفِكَ
Al-hī in ḥaṭṭatnī adh-dhunūbu min makārimi luṭfika faqad nabbahanī al-yaqīnu al-ā karami ʿaṭfika
My God, if sins have lowered me from the ranks of Your noble kindness, then certainty has reminded me of Your generous compassion.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama dhambi zimenipunguza kutoka safu za ukarimu Wako wa heshima, basi hakika imenikumbusha kuhusu huruma Yako ya ukarimu.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ اَنَامَتْنِيْ الْغَفْلَةُ عَنِ الْاِسْتِعْدَادِ لِلِقَاۤئِكَ فَقَدْ نَبَّهَتْنِي الْمَعْرِفَةُ بِكَرَمِ اٰلَاۤئِكَ
Al-hī in anāmatnī al-ghaflatu ʿani al-āstiʿdādi liliqāʾika faqad nabbahatnī al-maʿrifatu bikarami al-āʾika
My God, if negligence has kept me from preparing to meet You, knowledge has reminded me of the generosity of Your blessings.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama uzembe umenizuia kujiandaa kukutana na Wewe, basi maarifa yamenikumbusha ukarimu wa baraka Zako.
اِلٰهِيْۤ اِنْ دَعَانِيْۤ اِلَى النَّارِ عَظِيْمُ عِقَابِكَ فَقَدْ دَعَانِيْۤ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ جَزِيْلُ ثَوَابِكَ
Al-hī in daʿānī al-ā an-nāri ʿaẓīmu ʿiqābika faqad daʿānī al-ā al-jannati jazīlu thawābika
My God, if Your great punishment calls me to the Fire, Your abundant reward calls me to Paradise.
Ewe Mungu wangu, kama adhabu Yako kuu inanitoa kwa Moto, thawabu Yako tele inanitoa kwa Peponi.
اِلٰهِيْ فَلَكَ اَسْاَلُ وَ اِلَيْكَ اَبْتَهِلُ وَ اَرْغَبُ وَ اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Al-hī falaka asālu wa al-yka abtahilu wa arghabu wa asāluka an tuṣalliya ʿalāā muḥammadin wa ali muḥammadin
My God, to You I ask, to You I implore and desire, and I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
Ewe Mungu wangu, Kwako ninaomba, Kwako nakuomba kwa shauku, na naomba Ubariki Muhammad na familia ya Muhammad.
وَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مِمَّنْ يُدِيْمُ ذِكْرَكَ وَ لَا يَنْقُضُ عَهْدَكَ وَ لَا يَغْفُلُ عَنْ شُكْرِكَ وَ لَا يَسْتَخِفُّ بِاَمْرِكَ
Wa an tajʿalanī mimman yudīmu dhikraka wa lā yanquḍu ʿahdaka wa lā yaghfulu ʿan shukrika wa lā yastakhiffu biāmrika
And make me among those who continually remember You, do not break Your covenant, do not neglect Your gratitude, and do not belittle Your command.
Na nifanye ni miongoni mwa wale wanaokumbuka Wewe daima, wasivunje agano Lako, wasipuuze shukrani Yako, na wasipuuze amri Yako.
اِلٰهِيْ وَ اَلْحِقْنِيْ بِنُوْرِ عِزِّكَ الْاَبْهَجِ فَاَكُوْنَ لَكَ عَارِفًا وَ عَنْ سِوَاكَ مُنْحَرِفًا وَ مِنْكَ خَاۤئِفًا مُرَاقِبًا
Al-hī wa al-ḥiqnī binūri ʿizzika al-ābhaji fākūna laka ʿārifan wa ʿan siwāka munḥarifan wa minka khāʾifan murāqiban
My God, join me with the radiant light of Your glory, so that I may be mindful of You, turn away from others, and fearfully observe You.
Ewe Mungu wangu, nianike na nuru angavu ya ukuu Wako, ili niwe makini Kwako, nigeuke mbali na wengine, na nikutazame kwa hofu na tahadhari.
يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ وَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُوْلِهِ وَ اٰلِهِ الطَّاهِرِيْنَ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيْمًا كَثِيْرًا
Yā dhā al-jalāli wa al-ākrāmi wa ṣallā Allāhu ʿalāā muḥammadin rasūlihi wa al-hi aṭ-ṭāhirīna wa sallama taslīman kathīran
O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, blessings of Allah upon Muhammad His Messenger and His pure family, and abundant peace.
Ewe Mmiliki wa Utukufu na Heshima, baraka za Allah ziwe juu ya Muhammad, Mtume wake, na familia yake takatifu, na amani tele.
