Yā Rabbi anta al-hādī

يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ الْهَادِي

Arabic text

يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ الْهَادِي
وَفِّقْنِي لِلْهُدَى
وَنَوِّرْ لِي فُؤَادِي
وَاجْلُ عَنْهُ الصَّدَى
يَا رَبِّ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ
يَا رَبِّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ
وَ أَنَا مَا لِي غَيْرَك مَا لِي
وَفِّقْنِي لِلْهُدَى
مَوْلَايَ أَصْلِحْ أَيَّامِي
وَارْزُقْنِي طَيِّبَا
وَ تَكَرَّمْ بِالْإِنْعَامِ
وَهَيِّئْ سَبَبَا
وَأَنَا مَا لِي غَيْرَك رَجْوَى
وَأَنَا مَا لِي عَنْكَ سَلْوَى
يَا رَبِّ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ
يَا رَبِّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ
وَأَنَا مَا لِي غَيْرَك مَا لِي
وَفِّقْنِي لِلْهُدَى
مَوْلَايَ إِلَيْكَ رُجُوعِي
وَأَنْتَ مَوْئِلِي
وَ فِي شِبْعِي وَجُوعِي
عَلَيْكَ تَوَكُّلِي
رَبِّ أَنْتَ الْخَلَّاقُ
رَبِّ أَنْتَ الرَّزَّاقُ
يَا رَبِّ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ
يَا رَبِّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ
وَأَنَا مَا لِي غَيْرُك مَا لِي
وَفِّقْنِي لِلْهُدَى
وَ صَلَاتِي مَعَ سَلَامِي
لِلْهَادِي أَحْمَدَ
تَبْقَى مَدَى الْأَيَّامِ
بَقَاءً سَرْمَدَ
تَمَّتْ بِهِ الْأَفْرَاحُ
طَابَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْوَاحُ
يَا رَبِّ انْظُرْ إِلَيَّ
يَا رَبِّ تُبْ عَلَيَّ
وَأَنَا مَا لِي غَيْرُك مَا لِي
وَفِّقْنِي لِلْهُدَى

Transliteration

Yā Rabbi anta al-Hādī

Waffiqnī lil-hudā

Wa nawwir lī fuʾādī

Wajlu ʿanhu aṣ-ṣadā

Yā Rabbi-nẓur ilayya

Yā Rabbi tub ʿalayya

Wa anā mā lī ghayrak mā lī

Waffiqnī lil-hudā

Mawlāya aṣliḥ ayyāmī

Warzuqnī ṭayyibā

Wa takarram bil-inʿāmi

Wa hayyiʾ sababā

Wa anā mā lī ghayrak rajwā

Wa anā mā lī ʿanka salwā

Yā Rabbi-nẓur ilayya

Yā Rabbi tub ʿalayya

Wa anā mā lī ghayrak mā lī

Waffiqnī lil-hudā

Mawlāya ilayka rujūʿī

Wa anta mawʾilī

Wa fī shibʿī wa jūʿī

ʿAlayka tawakkulī

Rabbi anta al-Khallāqu

Rabbi anta ar-Razzāqu

Yā Rabbi-nẓur ilayya

Yā Rabbi tub ʿalayya

Wa anā mā lī ghayruk mā lī

Waffiqnī lil-hudā

Wa ṣalātī maʿa salāmī

Lil-hādī Aḥmada

Tabqā madā al-ayyāmi

Baqāʾan sarmada

Tammat bihi al-afrāḥu

Ṭābat bihi al-arwāḥu

Yā Rabbi-nẓur ilayya

Yā Rabbi tub ʿalayya

Wa anā mā lī ghayruk mā lī

Waffiqnī lil-hudā

English translation

O my Lord, You are the Guide
Grant me success upon guidance.
Illuminate my heart,
And clear away its rust.

O my Lord, look upon me.
O my Lord, accept my repentance.
I have none but You, none but You
So grant me success upon guidance.

My Master, set right my days,
And provide for me what is good.
Bestow Your favors generously,
And prepare the means for me.

I have no hope but in You,
And no comfort apart from You.
O my Lord, look upon me.
O my Lord, accept my repentance.
I have none but You, none but You
So grant me success upon guidance.

My Master, to You is my return,
And You are my refuge.
In my fullness and my hunger,
Upon You is my reliance.

My Lord, You are the Creator.
My Lord, You are the Provider.
O my Lord, look upon me.
O my Lord, accept my repentance.
I have none but You, none but You
So grant me success upon guidance.

And my prayers along with my peace
Be upon the Guide, Ahmad.
Lasting through all days
With everlasting permanence

Through him joys are completed,
And souls are made pure.
O my Lord, look upon me.
O my Lord, accept my repentance.
I have none but You, none but You
So grant me success upon guidance.

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