Ya Alimas Sirri Minna

يا عالم السر منا

By Imam al-Haddad

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Arabic text

يَا عَالِمَ السِّرِّ مِنَّا
لَا تَهْتِكَ السِّتْرَ عَنَّا
وَعَافِنَا وَاعْفُ عَنَّا
وَكُنْ لَنَا حَيْثُ كُنَّا
يَارَبِّ يَـا عَـالِـمَ الحَـالْ
إِلَيْكَ وَجَّهْتُ الآمَـالْ
فَامْنُنْ عَلَيْنَا بِالإِقْبَالْ
وَكُنْ لَنَا وَاصْلِحِ البَالْ

ياَرَبِّ يَارَبَّ الأَرْبَابْ
عَبْدُكْ فَقِيرُكْ عَلَى البَابْ
أَتَى وَقَدْ بَتَّ الأَسْبَابْ
مُسْتَدْرِكًا بَعْدَ مَا مَالْ

يَا وَاسِعَ الجُـودِ جُـودَكْ
الخَيْرُ خَيْرُكْ وَعِنْـدَكْ
فَـوْقَ الَّـذِي رَامَ عَبْدُكْ
فَادْرِكْ بِرَحْمَتِكْ فِي الحَالْ

يَا مُوجِدَ الخَلْـقِ طُـرّاً
وَمُوسِعَ الكُلِّ بِرّاً
أَسْأَلُكَ إِسْبَالَ سَتْراً
عَلَى القَبَائِحْ وَالْاخْطَالْ

يَامَنْ يَرَى سِرَّ قَلْبِي
حَسْبِي اطِّلَاعُكَ حَسْبِي
فَامْحُ بِعَفْوِكَ ذَنْبِي
واصْلِحْ قُصُودِي وَالأَعْمَالْ

رَبِّى عَلَيْكَ اعْتِمَادِي
كَمَا إِلَيْكَ اسْتِنَادِي
صِدْقاً وَأَقْصَـى مُرَادِي
رِضَاؤُكَ الدَّائِمُ الحَـالْ

يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي
أَسْأَلُكَ العَفْوَ عَنِّي
وَلَمْ يَخِبْ فِيكَ ظَنِّي
يَا مَالِكَ الـمُلْكِ يَا وَالْ

أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ وَأَبْكِي
مِنْ شُؤْمِ ظُلْمِي وَإِفْكِي
وَسُوءِ فِعْلِي وَتَرْكِي
وَشَهْوَةِ القِيـلِ وَالقَـالْ

وَحُبِّ دُنْيَا ذَمِيمَةْ
مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ عَقِيمَةْ
فِيهَا البَلَايَا مُقِيمَةْ
وَحَشْوُهَا آفَاتْ وَاشْغَالْ

يَا وَيْحَ نَفْسِي الغَوِيَّةْ
عَنِ السَّبِيلِ السَّوِيَّةْ
أَضْحَتْ تُرَوِّجْ عَلَيَّهْ
وَقَصْدُهَا الجَاهُ وَالـمَالْ

يَا رَبِّ قَدْ غَلَبَتْنِي
وَبِالأَمَانِي سَبَتْنِي
وَفِي الحُظُوظِ كَبَتْنِي
وَقَيَّدَتْنِي بِالأَكْبَـالْ

قَدِ اسْتَعَنْتُكَ رَبِّي
عَلَى مُدَاوَاةِ قَلْبِي
وَحَلِّ عُقْدَةِ كَرْبِي
فَانْظُرْ إِلَى الغَمِّ يَنْجَالْ

يَا رَبِّ يَا خَيْرَ كَافِي
أَحْلِلْ عَلَيْنَـا العَوَافِي
فَلَيْسَ شَيْئْ ثَمَّ خَافِي
عَلَيْكَ تَفْصِيـلْ وَإِجْمَـالْ

يَا رَبِّ عَبْدُكْ بِبَابِكْ
يَخْشَى أَلِيمَ عَذَابِكْ
وَيَرْتَجِي لِثَوَابِكْ
وَغَيْثُ رَحْمَتِـكْ هَطَّالْ

وَقَد أَتَاكَ بِـعُذْرِهْ
وَبِانْكِسَارِهْ وَفَقْرِهْ
فَاهْزِم بِيُسْرِكَ عُسْرِهْ
بِمَحْضِ جُودِكَ وَالإِفْضَالْ

وَامْنُنْ عَلَيْهِ بِتَوْبَةْ
تَغْسِلْهُ مِنْ كُلِّ حَوْبَةْ
وَاعْصِمْـهُ مِـنْ شَرِّ أَوْبَةْ
لِكُلِّ مَا عَنْـهُ قَدْ حَالْ

فَأَنْتَ مَوْلَى الـمَوَالِي
الـمُنْفَرِدْ بِالكَمَالِ
وَبِالعُلَا وَالتَّعَالِي
عَلَوَْتَ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الأَمْثَالْ

جُودُكْ وَفَضْلُكْ وَبِرُّكْ
يُرْجَى وَبَطْشُكْ وَقَهْرُكْ
يُخْشَى وَذِكْرُكْ وِشُكْرَكْ
لَازِمْ وَحَمْدُكْ وَالِإجْلَالْ

يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ نَصِيرِي
فَلَقِّنِي كُلَّ خَيْرِي
وَاجْعَلْ جِنَانَكْ مَصِيرِي
وَاخْتِمْ بِالإِيْمَانِ الآجَالْ

وَصَلِّ فِي كُلِّ حَالَةْ
عَلَى مُزِيلِ الضَّلَالَةْ
مَنْ كَلَّمَتْهُ الغَزَالَةْ
مُحَمَّدِ الهَـادِيِ الـدَّالْ

وَالحَمْدُ ِلِله شُكْرَا
عَلَى نِعَـمْ مِنْهُ تَـتْرَى
نَحْمَدْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرَا
وَبِالغَدَايَا وَالآصَالْ

Transliteration

Ya ‘Alima al-sirri minna
La tahtika al-sitra ‘anna
Wa ‘afina wa‘fu ‘anna
Wa kun lana haythu kunna
Ya Rabbi, ya ‘Alima al-hal
Ilayka wajjahtu al-amal
Fa’mnun ‘alayna bi al-iqbal
Wa kun lana wa aslihi al-bal

Ya Rabbi, ya Rabb al-arbab
‘Abduka faqiruka ‘ala al-bab
Ata wa qad batta al-asbab
Mustadrikan ba‘da ma mal

Ya Wasi‘a al-judi judak
Al-khayru khayruka wa ‘indak
Fawqa alladhi rama ‘abduk
Fa’drik bi-rahmatika fi al-hal

Ya Mujida al-khalqi turra
Wa Muwassa‘a al-kulli birra
As’aluka isbala sitra
‘Ala al-qaba’ih wa al-akhtal

Ya man yara sirra qalbi
Hasbi ittila‘uka hasbi
Fa’mhu bi-‘afwika dhanbi
Wa aslih qusudi wa al-a‘mal

Rabbi ‘alayka i‘timadi
Kama ilayka istinadi
Sidqan wa aqsa muradi
Ridaka al-da’imu al-hal

Ya Rabbi, ya Rabbi inni
As’aluka al-‘afwa ‘anni
Wa lam yakhib fika zanni
Ya Malika al-mulki ya Wal

Ashku ilayka wa abki
Min shu’mi zulmi wa ifki
Wa su’u fi‘li wa tarki
Wa shahwata al-qili wa al-qal

Wa hubbi dunya dhamima
Min kulli khayrin ‘aqima
Fiha al-balaya muqima
Wa hashwaha afat wa ashghal

Ya wayha nafsi al-ghawiyya
‘Ani al-sabili al-sawiyya
Adhat turawwiju ‘alayya
Wa qasdaha al-jahu wa al-mal

Ya Rabbi qad ghalabatni
Wa bi-al-amani sabatni
Wa fi al-huzuzi kabatni
Wa qayyadatni bi-al-akbal

Qad ista‘antuka Rabbi
‘Ala mudawati qalbi
Wa halli ‘uqdati karbi
Fa’ndhur ila al-ghammi yanjal

Ya Rabbi, ya khayra kafi
Ahlil ‘alayna al-‘awafi
Fa laysa shay’un thamma khafi
‘Alayka tafsil wa ijmal

Ya Rabbi ‘abduka bi-babik
Yakhsha alima ‘adhabik
Wa yartaji li-thawabik
Wa ghaythu rahmatika hattal

Wa qad ataka bi-‘udhrih
Wa bi-inkisarih wa faqrih
Fa-hzim bi-yusrika ‘usrih
Bi-mahdi judika wa al-ifdal

Wa’mnun ‘alayhi bi-tawbah
Taghsilhu min kulli hawbah
Wa‘simhu min sharri awbah
Li-kulli ma ‘anhu qad hal

Fa anta Mawla al-mawali
Al-munfarid bi-al-kamal
Wa bi-al-‘ula wa al-ta‘ali
‘Alawta ‘an darbi al-amthal

Juduka wa fadluka wa birruk
Yurja wa batshuka wa qahruk
Yukhsha wa dhikruk wa shukruk
Lazim wa hamduk wa al-ijlal

Ya Rabbi anta nasiri
Fa-laqqinni kulla khayri
Wa-j‘al jinanaka masiri
Wa-khtim bi-al-imani al-ajal

Wa salli fi kulli halah
‘Ala muzili al-dalalah
Man kallamathu al-ghazalah
Muhammadi al-hadi al-dal

Wa al-hamdu li-llahi shukra
‘Ala ni‘amin minhu tatra
Nahmaduhu sirran wa jahra
Wa bi-al-ghadaya wa al-asal

English translation

O Knower of the secrets within us,
Do not lift the veil that conceals us.
Grant us well-being and pardon us,
And be with us wherever we may be.
O my Lord, O Knower of every state,
To You I have directed all my hopes.
So bestow upon us Your gracious acceptance,
Be with us, and set our affairs aright.

O my Lord, O Lord of all lords,
Your servant, poor and needy, stands at Your door.
He has come when all other means have been cut off,
Seeking to recover after having strayed.

O You whose generosity is boundless, grant Your bounty!
All goodness is Yours and rests with You.
What You possess is beyond all that Your servant could desire,
So reach me with Your mercy at once.

O Creator of all creation,
O You whose goodness encompasses everyone,
I ask You to cast a veil
Over faults, shameful deeds, and errors.

O You who see the secret of my heart,
Your knowledge of me is enough for me.
Erase my sin through Your pardon,
And rectify my intentions and my deeds.

My Lord, upon You is my reliance,
And to You alone I turn for support.
In all sincerity, my greatest desire
Is Your everlasting pleasure.

O my Lord, O my Lord, indeed I
Ask You to pardon me.
My hope in You has never been disappointed,
O Sovereign of the Kingdom, O Protector.

To You I complain, and before You I weep,
Over the evil of my wrongdoing and falsehood,
The wickedness of what I have done and neglected,
And my desire for idle talk and gossip.

And over my love of this blameworthy world,
Barren of every true good.
Within it trials constantly abide,
And it is filled with afflictions and distractions.

Alas for my wayward soul,
Which has turned from the straight path!
It has begun to deceive me,
Seeking only status and wealth.

My Lord, it has overcome me,
And captivated me with empty hopes.
It has cast me down through worldly desires
And bound me tightly in chains.

My Lord, I have sought Your help
In healing my heart,
And in untying the knot of my distress.
Look upon my sorrow, that it may disappear.

O my Lord, O best of those who suffice,
Let well-being descend upon us.
For there is nothing whatsoever hidden from You,
Whether in detail or in entirety.

My Lord, Your servant stands at Your door,
Fearing Your painful punishment,
Yet hoping for Your reward,
While the rain of Your mercy pours abundantly.

He has come to You bearing his excuse,
With his brokenness and his poverty.
So overcome his hardship with Your ease,
Through Your pure generosity and grace.

And bestow upon him a repentance
That washes him clean of every sin.
Protect him from the evil of returning
To everything from which he has turned away.

For You are the Master of all masters,
Alone in absolute perfection,
In loftiness and transcendence;
Exalted are You beyond every comparison.

Your generosity, grace, and goodness are hoped for,
While Your might and overpowering power are feared.
Remembering You and thanking You are ever incumbent,
As are praising and glorifying You.

My Lord, You are my Helper,
So inspire and teach me every good.
Make Your Gardens my final home,
And let my life end in faith.

And send blessings, in every state,
Upon the one who dispelled misguidance,
The one to whom the gazelle spoke:
Muhammad, the guiding one who shows the way.

And all praise belongs to Allah, in gratitude
For blessings from Him that come one after another.
We praise Him secretly and openly,
In the mornings and in the evenings.

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