Dua e Sahar يَامَفْزَعِيْ عِنْدَ كُرْبَتِي

Text and Translation

It is recommended to say this supplicatory prayer, considered the shortest supplicatory prayer to be said at the time of Sahar (pre-dawn). It is also mentioned in Iqbal al-A'mal.

يَامَفْزَعِيْ عِنْدَ كُرْبَتِي وَيَاغَوْثِيْ عِنْدَ شِدَّتِي

YAA MAFZA-E'E I'NDA KURBATEE WA YAA GHAWTHEE I'NDA SHIDDATEE

O my Safe haven at grievances! O my Aide at hardships!

إِلَيْكَ فَزِعْتُ وَبِكَ اسْتَغَثْتُ وَبِكَ لُذْتُ

ILAYKA FAZIA'-TU WA BIKASTAGHATH-TU WA BIKA LUD'TU

To You do I turn, Your help do I seek, and with You do I take refuge.

لَا اَلُوْذُ بِسِوَاكَ وَلَا اَطْلُبُ الْفَرَجَ إِلاَّ مِنْكَ

LAA ALOOD'U BI-SIWAAKA WA LAA AT'LUBUL FARAJA ILLAA MINKA

I seek refuge with none save You and I beseech none for relief save You.

فَاَغِثْنِي وَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي

FA-AGHITHNEE WA FARRIJ A'NNEE

So, please come to my help and free me from cares.

يَا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ الْيَسِيْرَ وَيَعْفُوْ عَنِ الْكَثِيْرِ

YAA MAN YAQBALUL YASEER WA YA'-FOO A'NIL KATHEER

O He Who accepts even the least effort, and overlooks even great wrongdoing!

اِقْبَلْ مِنِّي الْيَسِيْرَ وَاعْفُ عَنِّي الْكَثِيْرَ

IQBAL MINNIL YASEERA WA A'-FU A'NNIL KATHEER

Accept my little effort and overlook my much wrongdoing.

إِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ

INNAKA ANTAL GHAFOORUR RAHEEM

Verily, You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Merciful.

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْاَلُكَ إِيْمَانًا تُبَاشِرُ بِهِ قَلْبِي وَيَقِيْنًا

ALLAAHUMMA INNEE AS-ALUKA EEMAANAN TUBAASHIRU BIHEE QALBEE WA YAQEENAN

O Allah, I ask You for faith with which You fill my heart, and for certitude,

حَتَّى اَعْلَمَ اَنَّهُ لَنْ يُصِيْبَنِي إِلَّا مَاكَتَبْتَ لِيْ

HATTAA A'-LAMA ANNAHU LAN YUSEEBANEE ILLAA MAA KATABTA LEE

so that I may know that nothing will afflict me except what You have ordained for me.

وَرَضِّنِيْ مِنَ العَيْشِ بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِي

WA RAZZINEE MINAL A'YSHI BIMAA QASAMTA LEE

And make me content with the living You have apportioned for me,

يَااَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

YAA ARHAMAR RAAHIMEEN

O most Merciful of the merciful!

يَاعُدَّتِيْ فِي كُرْبَتِي وَيَاصَاحِبِي فِي شِدَّتِي

YAA U'DDATEE FEE KURBATEE WA YAA SAAHIBEE FEE SHIDDATEE

O my resource in my grief, and my companion in my hardship,

وَيَاوَلِيّٖ فِي نِعْمَتِي وَيَاغَايَتِي فِي رَغْبَتِي

WA YAA WALIYYEE FEE NI'-MATEE WA YAA GHAAYATEE FEE RAGHBATEE

and my guardian in my blessing, and my ultimate goal in my desire,

اَنْتَ السَّاتِرُ عَوْرَتِيْ وَالْاٰمِنُ رَوْعَتِيْ وَالْمُقِيْلُ عَثْرَتِيْ

ANTAS SAATIRU A'WRATEE WAL AAMINU ROO-A'TEE WAL MUQEELU A'THRATEE

You are the Concealer of my defects, the Securer of my fright, and the Overlooker of my slips,

فَاغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيْئَتِي يَآاَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ

FAGHFIR LEE KHATEE-ATEE YAA ARHAMAR RAAHIMEEN

so forgive my sin, O most Merciful of the merciful!