Munajaat 15: Al-Zahideen (The Abstinent)

Munajat

1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   bismillahi alrrahmani alrrahimi

   In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

2. إِلٰهِي أَسْكَنْتَنَا دَاراً حَفَرَتْ لَنَا حُفَرَ مَكْرِهَا

   ilahi askantana daran hafarat lana hufara makriha

   My God, You have settled us in an abode which has dug for us pits of deception,

3. وَعَلَّقْتَنَا بِأَيْدِي ٱلْمَنَايَا فِي حَبَائِلِ غَدْرِهَا

   wa `allaqtana bi-aydi almanaya fi haba'ili ghadriha

   and You have fastened us by the hands of death in the snares of that abode's treachery!

4. فَإِلَيْكَ نَلْتَجِئُ مِنْ مَكَائِدِ خُدَعِهَا

   fa-ilayka naltaji'u min maka'idi khuda`iha

   In You we seek asylum from the tricks of its guile,

5. وَبِكَ نَعْتَصِمُ مِنَ ٱلاِغْتِرَار بِزَخَارِفِ زينَتِهَا

   wa bika na`tasimu min alightirari bizakharifi zinatiha

   and to You we hold fast lest we be deluded by the glitter of its ornaments!

6. فَإِنَّهَا ٱلْمُهْلِكَةُ طُلاَّبَهَا

   fa innaha almuhlikatu tullabaha

   It destroys its pursuers

7. ٱلْمُتْلِفَةُ حُلاّلَهَا

   almutlifatu hullalaha

   and ruins its settlers,

8. ٱلْمَحْشُوَّةُ بِٱلآفَاتِ

   almahshuwwatu bil-afati

   it is stuffed with blights

9. ٱلْمَشْحُونَةُ بِٱلنَّكَبَاتِ

   almashhunatu binnakabati

   and loaded with calamities.

10. إِلٰهِي فَزَهِّدْنا فِيهَا

    ilahi fazahhidna fiha

    My God, induce us to renounce it

11. وَسَلِّمْنَا مِنْهَا

    wa sallimna minha

    and keep us safe from it

12. بِتَوْفِيقِكَ وَعِصْمَتِكَ

    bitawfiqika wa `ismatika

    by Your giving success and Your preservation from sin.

13. وَٱنْزَعْ عَنَّا جَلابِيبَ مُخَالَفَتِكَ

    wa anzi` `anna jalabiba mukhalafatika

    Strip from us the robes of opposing You,

14. وَتَوَلَّ أُمُورَنَا بِحُسْنِ كِفَايَتِكَ

    wa tawalla umurana bihusni kifayatika

    attend to our affairs through Your good sufficiency,

15. وَأَوْفِرْ مَزِيدَنَا مِنْ سَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ

    wa awfir mazidana min sa`ati rahmatika

    amplify our increase from the boundless plenty of Your mercy,

16. وَأَجْمِلْ صِلاتِنَا مِنْ فَيْضِ مَوَاهِبِكَ

    wa ajmil silatina min faydi mawahibika

    be liberal in our gifts from the overflow of Your grants,

17. وَٱغْرِسْ فِي أَفْئِدَتِنَا أَشْجَارَ مَحَبَّتِكَ

    waghris fi af'idatina ashjara mahabbatika

    plant in our hearts the trees of Your love,

18. وَأَتْمِمْ لَنَا أَنْوَارَ مَعْرِفَتِكَ

    wa atmim lana anwara ma`rifatika

    complete for us the lights of Your knowledge,

19. وَأَذِقْنَا حَلاوَةَ عَفْوِكَ وَلَذَّةَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ

    wa adhiqna halawata `afwika wa ladhdhata maghfiratika

    give us to taste the sweetness of Your pardon and the pleasure of Your forgiveness,

20. وَأَقْرِرْ أَعْيُنَنَا يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ بِرُؤْيَتِكَ

    wa aqrir a`yunana yawma liqa'ika biru'yatika

    gladden our eyes on the day of meeting You with the vision of You,

21. وَأَخْرِجْ حُبَّ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا

    wa akhrij hubba addunya min qulubina

    dislodge the love of this world from our spirits,

22. كَما فَعَلْتَ بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ صَفْوَتِكَ

    kama fa`alta bissalihina min safwatika

    just as You have done for the righteous, Your selected friends,

23. وَٱلأَبْرَارِ مِنْ خَاصَّتِكَ

    wal-abrari min khassatika

    and for the pious, those whom You have singled out!

24. يَا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ

    birahmatika ya arhama arrahimina

    O Most Merciful of the merciful,

25. وَيَا أَكْرَمَ ٱلأَكْرَمِين

    wa ya akrama al-akramina

    O Most Generous of the most generous!