1
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ هٰذَا كِتَابُكَ الْمُنْزَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
allāhumma innī ash-hadu anna hādhā kitābukal munzalu min `indik
O Allah, I bear witness that this is Your Book, sent down from You
2
عَلَى رَسُوْلِكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
`alā rasūlika muḥammadibni `abdillāh
upon Your Messenger, Muhammad son of Abdullah
3
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ
ṣallallāhu `alayhi wa-ālih
peace be upon him and his family
4
وَ كَلاَمُكَ النَّاطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ
wa kalāmukan nāṭiqu `alā lisāni nabiyyik
and it is Your Word, speaking through the tongue of Your Prophet
5
جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا مِنْكَ إِلَى خَلْقِكَ
ja`altahu hādiyan minka ilā khalqik
You have made it a guide from You to Your creation
6
وَ حَبْلًا مُتَّصِلًا فِيْمَا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ
wa ḥablan muttaṣilan fīmā baynaka wa bayna `ibādik
and a rope connecting You and Your servants
7
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ نَشَرْتُ عَهْدَكَ وَ كِتَابَكَ
allāhumma innī nashar-tu `ahdaka wa kitābak
O Allah, I have spread out Your covenant and Your Book
8
فَاجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ عِبَادَةً
faj`al naẓarī fīhi `ibādah
so make my looking at it an act of worship
9
وَ قِرَاءَتِيْ فِيْهِ فِكْرًا وَ فِكْرِيْ فِيْهِ اعْتِبَارًا
wa qirā-atī fīhi fikran wa fikrī fīhi`tibārā
and my recitation of it contemplation, and my contemplation of it a lesson
10
وَ لَا تَجْعَلْ قِرَاءَتِيْ قِرَاءَةً لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيْهَا
wa lā taj`al qirā-atī qirā-atan lā tadabbura fīhā
and do not make my recitation a recitation without reflection
11
بَلِ اجْعَلْنِيْ أَتَدَبَّرُ آيَاتِهِ وَ أَحْكَامَهُ
balij`alnī atadabbaru-āyātihi wa aḥkāmah
rather, make me ponder over its verses and its rulings
12
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّءُوْفُ الرَّحِيْمُ
innaka antar ra-ūfur raḥīm
Indeed, You are the Most Kind, the Most Merciful
