الَّذي خَلَقَني فَهُوَ يَهدينِ

He who created me, and it is He who guides me.

وَالَّذي هُوَ يُطعِمُني وَيَسقينِ

He who provides me with food and drink.

وَإِذا مَرِضتُ فَهُوَ يَشفينِ

And when I fall ill, it’s He who heals me.

وَالَّذي يُميتُني ثُمَّ يُحيينِ

He who causes me to die, then revives me.

وَالَّذي أَطمَعُ أَن يَغفِرَ لي خَطيئَتي يَومَ الدّينِ

And He, in whom I aspire, will forgive my sins on Judgment Day.”

وَاجعَل لي لِسانَ صِدقٍ فِي الآخِرينَ

And grant me a reputation of truthfulness among the later generations.

وَاجعَلني مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعيمِ

And grant me a place among the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.

وَاغفِر لِأَبي إِنَّهُ كانَ مِنَ الضّالّينَ

And forgive my father, for he was of the lost.

وَلا تُخزِني يَومَ يُبعَثونَ

And don’t disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected.

يَومَ لا يَنفَعُ مالٌ وَلا بَنونَ

The Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit anyone.