Ya Arhama r-rahimin

يا أرحم الراحمين

Arabic text

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِين
يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِين
يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِين
فَرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِين
يَا رَبَّنَا يَا كَرِيم
يَا رَبَّنَا يَا رَحِيم
أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْحَلِيم
وَأَنْتَ نِعْمَ الْمُعِين
وَلَيْسَ نَرْجُو سِوَاك
فَادْرِكْ إِلَهِي دَرَاك
قَبْلَ الْفَنَا وَالْهَلَاك
يَعُمُّ دُنْيَا وَدِين
وَمَا لَنَا رَبَّنَا
سِوَاكَ يَا حَسْبَنَا
يَا ذَا الْعُلَا وَالْغِنَا
وَيَا قَوِيُّ يَا مَتِين
نَسْأَلُكَ وَالِي يُقِيم
الْعَدْلَ كَيْ نَسْتَقِيم
عَلَى هُدَاكَ الْقَوِيم
وَلَا نُطِيعُ الْلَعِين
يَا رَبَّنَا يَا مُجِيب
أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْقَرِيب
ضَاقَ الْوَسِيعُ الرَّحِيب
فَانْظُرْ إِلَى الْمُؤْمِنِين
نَظْرَةٌ تُزِيلُ الْعَنَا
عَنَّا وَتُدْنِي الْمُنَى
مِنَّا وَكُلَّ الْهَنَا
نُعْطَاهُ فِي كُلِّ حِين
سَأَلْتُ بِجَاهِ الْجُدُود
وَالِي يُقِيمُ الْحُدُود
عَنَّا وَيَكْفِي الْحَسُود
وَيَدْفَعُ الظَّالِمِين
يُزِيلُ لِلْمُنْكَرَات
يُقِيمُ لِلْصَلَوَات
يَأْمُرُ بِالْصَالِحَات
مُحِبٌّ لِلصَّالِحِين
يُزِيحُ كُلَّ الْحَرَام
يَقْهَرُ كُلَّ الْطَّغَام
يَعْدِلُ بَيْنَ الْأَنَام
وَيُؤْمِنُ الْخَائِفِين
رَبِّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا عَام
نَافِعٌ مُبَارَكٌ دَوَام
يَدُومُ فِي كُلِّ عَام
عَلَى مَمَرِّ السِّنِين
رَبِّ احْيِنَا شَاكِرِين
وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِين
نُبْعَثْ مِنَ الْآمِنِين
فِي زُمْرَةِ السَّابِقِين
بِجَاهِ طَهَ الرَّسُول
جُدْ رَبَّنَا بِالْقَبُول
وَهَبْ لَنَا كُلَّ سُول
رَبِّ اسْتَجِبْ لِي أَمِين
عَطَاكَ رَبِّي جَزِيل
وَكُلُّ فِعْلِكَ جَمِيل
وَفِيكَ أَمَلْنَا طَوِيل
فَجُدْ عَلَى الْطَامِعِين
يَا رَبِّ ضَاقَ الْخِنَاق
مِنْ فِعْلِ مَا لَا يُطَاق
فَامْنُنْ بِفَكِّ الْغِلَاق
لِمَنْ بِذَنْبِهِ رَهِين
وَاغْفِرْ لِكُلِّ الذُّنُوب
وَاسْتُرْ لِكُلِّ الْعُيُوب
وَاكْشِفْ لِكُلِّ الْكُرُوب
وَاكْفِ أَذَى الْمُؤْذِين
وَاخْتِمْ بِأَحْسَنِ خِتَام
إِذَا دَنَا الْإِنْصِرَام
وَحَانَ حِينُ الْحِمَام
وَزَادَ رَشْحُ الْجَبِين
ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَام
عَلَى شَفِيعِ الْأَنَام
وَالْآلِ نِعْمَ الْكِرَام
وَالصَّحْبِ وَالتَّابِعِين

Transliteration

Yā Arḥama ar-rāḥimīn
Yā Arḥama ar-rāḥimīn
Yā Arḥama ar-rāḥimīn
Farrij ʿalā al-muslimīn
Yā Rabbanā yā Karīm
Yā Rabbanā yā Raḥīm
Anta al-Jawādu al-Ḥalīm
Wa-Anta niʿma al-muʿīn
Wa laysa narjū siwāk
Fa-adrik Ilāhī darāk
Qabla al-fanā wa-l-halāk
Yaʿummu dunyā wa-dīn
Wa mā lanā Rabbanā
Siwāka yā ḥasbanā
Yā Dhā al-ʿulā wa-l-ghinā
Wa yā Qawiyyu yā Matīn
Nasʾaluka wāliyan yuqīm
Al-ʿadla kay nastaqīm
ʿAlā hudāka al-qawīm
Wa lā nuṭīʿu al-laʿīn
Yā Rabbanā yā Mujīb
Anta as-Samīʿu al-Qarīb
Ḍāqa al-wasīʿu ar-raḥīb
Fa-nẓur ilā al-muʾminīn
Naẓratan tuzīlu al-ʿanā
ʿAnnā wa tudnī al-munā
Minnā wa kulla al-hanā
Nuʿṭāhu fī kulli ḥīn
Saʾaltu bi-jāhi al-judūd
Wāliyan yuqīmu al-ḥudūd
ʿAnnā wa yakfī al-ḥasūd
Wa yadfaʿu aẓ-ẓālimīn
Yuzīlu li-l-munkarāt
Yuqīmu li-ṣ-ṣalawāt
Yaʾmuru bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥāt
Muḥibbun li-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn
Yuzīḥu kulla al-ḥarām
Yaqharu kulla aṭ-ṭughām
Yaʿdilu bayna al-anām
Wa yuʾminu al-khāʾifīn
Rabbi sqinā ghaythan ʿām
Nāfiʿan mubārakan dawām
Yadūmu fī kulli ʿām
ʿAlā mamarri as-sinīn
Rabbi aḥyinā shākirīn
Wa tawaffanā muslimīn
Nubʿath mina al-āminīn
Fī zumrati as-sābiqīn
Bi-jāhi Ṭāhā ar-Rasūl
Jud Rabbanā bi-l-qabūl
Wa hab lanā kulla sūl
Rabbi stajib lī Āmīn
ʿAṭāka Rabbī jazīl
Wa kullu fiʿlika jamīl
Wa fīka amalnā ṭawīl
Fa-jud ʿalā aṭ-ṭāmiʿīn
Yā Rabbi ḍāqa al-khināq
Min fiʿli mā lā yuṭāq
Fa-mnun bi-fakki al-ghilāq
Li-man bi-dhanbihi rahīn
Wa ghfir li-kulli adh-dhunūb
Wa stur li-kulli al-ʿuyūb
Wa kshif li-kulli al-kurūb
Wa kfi adhā al-muʾdhīn
Wa khtim bi-aḥsani khitām
Idhā danā al-inṣirām
Wa ḥāna ḥīnu al-ḥimām
Wa zāda rashḥu al-jabīn
Thumma aṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salām
ʿAlā shafīʿi al-anām
Wa-l-āli niʿma al-kirām
Wa-ṣ-ṣaḥbi wa-t-tābiʿīn

English translation

O Most Merciful of those who show Mercy,
O Most Merciful of those who show Mercy,
O Most Merciful of those who show Mercy.
Grant the Muslims relief,
Our Lord, Most Generous One!
Our Lord, Most Merciful One!
You are the Generous, the Forbearing,
and the Best Helper.
We desire none other than You;
come to our aid quickly, O my God,
Before extinction and destruction
overwhelms the world and faith.
We have none, our Lord,
besides You, O our Sufficer.
O Most High, Self-Sufficient,
and Possessor of all Strength and Might.
We beg You; Give us a ruler who will establish
justice so that we can be steadfast,
Upon Your true Guidance
and shun the will of the condemned.
O Lord, Answerer of prayers!
You are the Hearer, the Near.
The measureless Cosmos has grown narrow,
so look upon the believers.
A gaze that will relieve us from distress,
and draw close to us our hopes,
and all happiness,
such that we are granted it in every instance.
We beseech You by the honour of our forefathers;
Give us a ruler who will establish the Law,
keep the covetous at bay from us,
and repel the iniquitous.
(Give us a ruler) who will remove vices
and establish prayers,
Who will command what is good
and favour the righteous.
Who will repel all things forbidden;
overpower every transgressor;
Who will bring justice amongst mankind
and grant safety to the fearful.
My Lord! quench our thirst with uninterrupted rain,
beneficial and blessed,
Continuous throughout the year,
through the passage of time.
My Lord! let us live in thanks to You,
and let us die as Muslims.
Let us be Resurrected among the secure ones,
in the company of our predecessors who have attained salvation.
By the honour of Ṭāhā the Messenger,
be Generous, our Lord, in accepting our plea,
And grant us all we request;
my Lord, respond to my supplication.
Your Bounties, my Lord, are boundless;
and Your Actions beautiful,
And in You we place our utmost hope;
so be generous to those who are hopeful.
O Lord! the noose has been tightened
on account of intolerable deeds,
So grace us and sunder the bonds
of those who are (tied) in bondage to their sins.
Forgive us each sin,
conceal our every shame,
Remove all our sorrows,
and protect us from the abusers' harm.
Bring our lives to the best of conclusions,
should death approach us;
That feverish time when
our foreheads will be heavy with sweat.
And may Salutations and Peace
be upon the intercessor of humankind,
And upon his honourable family,
his Companions, and their followers.

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