Munajat for True Repentance

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اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّ الرَّجَاۤءَ لِسَعَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ

ALLAAHUMMA INNAR RAJAAA-A LE-SA-A’TE RAHMATEKA

O Allah, it is my hope for Your expansive mercy

اَنْطَقَنِىْ بِاسْتِقَالَتِكَ

ANTAQANEE BISTEQAALATEKA

that has motivated me to ask for accepting my true repentance,

وَالْاَمَلَ لِاَنَاتِكَ وَرِفْقِكَ

WAL AMALA LE-ANAATEKA WA RIFQEKA

and it is my hope for Your forbearance and leniency

شَجَّعَنِىْ عَلٰى طَلَبِ اَمَانِكَ وَعَفْوِكَ

SHAJJA-A’NEE A’LAA TALABE AMAANEKA WA A’FWEKA

that has encouraged me to beg Your security and pardon.

وَلِىْ يَا رَبِّ ذُنُوْبٌ

WA LEE YAA RABBE ZONOOBUN

O my Lord, I have committed sins,

قَدْ وَاجَهَتْهَاۤ اَوْجُهُ الْاِنْتِقَامِ

QAD WAAJAHAT-HAA AWJOHUL INTEQAAME

which are worthy of encountering Your punishment,

وَخَطَايَا قَدْ لَاحَظَتْهَاۤ اَعْيُنُ الْاِصْطِلَامِ

WA KHATAAYAA QAD LAAHAZAT-HAA A-A’YONUL ISTELAAME

and [I have committed] wrongdoings, which have been observed by the eyes of eradication

وَاسْتَوْجَبْتُ بِهَا عَلٰى عَدْلِكَ اَلِيْمَ الْعَذَابِ

WAS TAWJABTO BEHAA A’LAA A’DLEKA ALEEMAL A’ZAABE

and due to which, I deserve Your painful chastisement despite of Your justice,

وَاسْتَحْقَقْتُ بِاجْتِرَاحِهَا مُبِيْرَ الْعِقَابِ

WAS TAHQAQTO BIJ-TERAAHEHAA MOBEERAL E’QAABE

and because I have committed these wrongdoings, I earn Your annihilating punishment.

وَخِفْتُ تَعْوِيْقَهَا لِاِجَابَتِىْ

WA KHIFTO TA’WEEQAHAA LE-EJAABATEE

I am thus afraid that these wrongdoings will obstruct You from responding to me

وَرَدَّهَاۤ اِيَّاىَ عَنْ قَضَاۤءِ حَاجَتِىْ

WA RADDAHAA IYYAAYA A’N QAZAAA-E HAAJATEE

and will make You refuse to grant me my requests,

بِاِبْطَالِهَا لِطَلِبَتِىْ

BE-IBTAALEHAA LE-TALEBATEE

since they are violative enough to abolish my petition

وَقَطْعِهَا لِاَسْبَابِ رَغْبَتِىْ

WA QAT-E’HAA LE-ASBAABE RAGHBATEE

and cutting off the means of attaining what I desire,

and to cut off the factors of achieving my desires,

مِنْ اَجْلِ مَا قَدْ اَنْقَضَ ظَهْرِىْ مِنْ ثِقْلِهَا

MIN AJLE MAA QAD ANQAZA ZAHREE MIN SIQLEHAA

because their overburdens have pressed heavily upon my back

وَبَهَظَنِىْ مِنَ الْاِسْتِقْلَالِ بِحَمْلِهَا

WA BAHAZANEE MENAL ISTEQLAALE BE-HAMLEHAA

and their loads have been too heavy for me to burden.

ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّ اِلٰى حِلْمِكَ عَنِ الْخَاطِئِيْنَ

SUMMA TARAAJA’TO RABBE ELAA HILMEKA A’NIL KHAATE-EENA

But when I recalled Your forbearance, O my Lord, with the wrongdoers,

وَعَفْوِكَ عَنِ الْمُذْنِبِيْنَ

WA A’FWEKA A’NIL MUZNEBEENA

Your forgiveness to the sinful,

وَرَحْمَتِكَ لِلْعَاصِيْنَ

WA RAHMATEKA LIL-A’ASEENA

and Your mercy to the disobedient,

فَاَقْبَلْتُ بِثِقَتِىْ مُتَوَكِّلًا عَلَيْكَ

FA-AQBALTO BE-SEQATEE MOTAWAKKELAN A’LAYKA

I, carrying my trust in You and relying on You, came towards You,

طَارِحًا نَفْسِىْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

TAAREHAN NAFSEE BAYNA YADAYKA

throwing myself in Your Presence,

شَاكِيًا بَثِّىْ اِلَيْكَ

SHAAKEYAN BASSEE ELAYKA

complaining about my grief to You,

سَاۤئِلًا مَّالَاۤ اَسْتَوْجِبُهٗ مِنْ تَفْرِيْجِ الْهَمِّ

SAA-ELAM MAA LAA ASTAWJEBOHU MIN TAFREEJIL HAMME

praying You, O my Lord, for what I do not deserve from You; that is relief from my distress,

وَلَاۤ اَسْتَحِقُّهٗ مِنْ تَنْفِيْسِ الْغَمِّ

WA LAA ASTAHIQQOHU MIN TANFEESIL GHAMME

and for what I do not earn from You; that is alleviation of my anguish,

مُسْتَقِيْلًا لَّكَ اِيَّاىَ

MUSTAQEELAL LAKA IYYAAYA

declaring my true repentance before You

وَاثِقًا مَّوْلَاىَ بِكَ.

WAASEQAM MAWLAAYA BEKA.

trusting in You, my Master.

and putting my trust in You, O my Master.

اَللّٰهُمَّ فَامْنُنْ عَلَىَّ بِالْفَرَجِ

ALLAAHUMMA FAMNUN A’LAYYA BIL-FARAJE

O Allah, s0 (please) bestow upon me with relief from You,

وَتَطَوَّلْ عَلَيَّ بِسُهُوْلَةِ الْمَخْرَجِ

WA TATAWWAL A’LAYYA BE-SOHOOLATIL MAKHRAJE

confer upon me with creating for me an easy way out,

وَادْلُلْنِىْ بِرَاْفَتِكَ عَلٰى سَمْتِ الْمَنْهَجِ

WAD LULNEE BE-RAA-FATEKA A’LAA SAMTIL MANHAJE

lead me, out of Your clemency, to the straightest path,

وَاَزْلِقْنِىْ بِقُدْرَتِكَ عَنِ الطَّرَيْقِ الْاَعْوَجِ

WA AZLIQNEE BE-QUDRATEKA A’NIT TAREEQIL A-A’WAJE

make me, out of Your omnipotence, deviate from the crooked path,

وَخَلِّصْنِىْ مِنْ سِجْنِ الْكَرْبِ بِاِقَالَتِكَ

WA KHALLISNEE MIN SIJNIL KARBE BE-EQAALATEKA

release me, out of Your acceptance of my true repentance, from the prison of ordeals,

وَاَطْلِقْ اَسْرِىْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ

WA ATLIQ ASREE BE-RAHMATEKA

set me free from my capture, out of Your mercy,

وَطُلْ عَلَىَّ بِرِضْوَانِكَ

WA TUL A’LAYYA BE-RIZWAANEKA

donate me with favors, out of Your pleasure,

وَجُدْ عَلَىَّ بِاِحْسَانِكَ

WA JUD A’LAYYA BE-EHSAANEKA

give me generously, out of Your benevolence,

وَاَقِلْنِىْ عَثْرَتِىْ

WA AQILNEE A’SRATEE

steady me, from my slip,

وَفَرِّجْ كُرْبَتِىْ

WA FARRIJ KURBATEE

relieve me from my agony,

وَارْحَمْ عَبْرَتِىْ

WAR HAM A’BRATEE

have mercy upon my sobbing,

وَلَاتَحْجُبْ دَعْوَتِىْ

WA LAA TAHJUB DA’WATEE

do not make my prayer inaccessible,

وَاشْدُدْ بِالْاِقَالَةِ اَزْرِىْ

WASH DUD BIL-EQAALATE AZREE

and by accepting my repentance, (please) strengthen my back,

وَقَوِّ بِهَا ظَهْرِىْ

WA QAWWE BEHAA ZAHREE

confirm my strength,

وَاَصْلِحْ بِهَاۤ اَمْرِىْ

WA ASLEH BEHAAA AMREE

set aright all my affairs,

وَاَطِلْ بِهَا عُمْرِىْ

WA ATIL BEHAA U’MREE

grant me long lifetime,

وَارْحَمْنِىْ يَوْمَ حَشْرِىْ وَوَقْتَ نَشْرِىْۤ

WAR HAMNEE YAWMA HASHREE WA WAQTA NASHREE

and have mercy upon me on the day of my resurrecting and the time of my restoring to life.

اِنَّكَ جَوَادٌ كَرِيْمٌ

INNAKA JAWAADUN KAREEMUN

Verily, You are all-magnanimous, all-generous,

غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ.

GHAFOORUR RAHEEMUN.

all-forgiving, and all-merciful.