دُعَاؤُهُ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ

In asking Pardon

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أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَعْتَـذِرُ إلَيْـكَ
allāhumma innī aʿtaḏiru ilayk
O God, I ask pardon from Thee for
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مِنْ مَـظْلُوم ظُلِمَ بِحَضْرَتِي فَلَمْ أَنْصُرْهُ،
min maẓlūm ẓulima bi-ḥaḍratī falam anṣurhu
the person wronged in my presence whom I did not help,
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وَمِنْ مَعْرُوف أُسْدِيَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَشْكُرْهُ،
wa-min ma'rūfin usdiya ilayya falam ashkurhu
the favour conferred upon me for which I returned no thanks,
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وَمِنْ مُسِيء أعْتَذَرَ إلَيَّ فَلَمْ أَعْذِرْهُ،
wa min musi'in a'thara ilayya falam a'zirhu
the evildoer who asked pardon from me and whom I did not pardon,
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وَمِنْ ذِيْ فَاقَة سَأَلَنِي فَلَمْ اُوثِرْهُ،
wa-min dhī fāqah sa'alani falam ʾūthirhu
the needy person who asked from me and whom I preferred not over myself,
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وَمِنْ حَقِّ ذي حَقٍّ لَزِمَنِي لِمُؤْمِن فَلَمْ أوَفِّـرْهُ،
wa min ḥaqqi dhī ḥaqqin lazimanī li-mu'min falam awaffirhu
the right of a believer who possesses a right incumbent upon me which I did not fulfil,
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وَمِنْ عَيْبِ مُؤْمِن ظَهَر لِي فَلَمْ أَسْتُرْهُ،
wa min ʿaybi al-muʾmin ẓahara lī falam asturhu
the fault of a believer which became evident to me and which I did not conceal,
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وَمِنْ كُلِّ إثْم عَرَضَ لِيْ فَلَمْ أَهْجُرْهُ.
wa min kulli ithmin 'aradha li falam ahjurhu
and every sin which presented itself to me and which I failed to avoid.
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أَعْتَذِرُ إلَيْكَ يَا إلهِي مِنْهُنَّ
'aṭaẓiru ilayka yā ilahī minhunna
I ask pardon, my God, for all of these
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وَمِنْ نَظَائِرِهِنَّ اعْتِذَارَ نَدَامَة
wa min naẓāʾirihi-nna iʿtiẓāra nadāmah
and their likes, with an asking of pardon in remorse
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يَكُونُ وَاعِظاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنْ أَشْبَاهِهِنَّ.
yakunu wāʿiẓān limā bayna yadayya min ashbāhihinna
which may act as an admonisher against similar things ahead of me.
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فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ
faṣalli ʿalā muḥammad wa ālih
So bless Muhammad and his Household
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وَاجْعَلْ نَدَامَتِي عَلَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ الـزَّلاّتِ
waajʿal nadāmati ʿalā mā waqaʿtu fīhi minalzallāti
and make my remorse for the slips into which I have fallen
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وَعَزْمِي عَلَى تَـرْكِ مَا يَعْـرِضُ لِيْ مِنَ السَّيِّئـاتِ
waʿazmī ʿalā tar-kī mā yaʿ-riḍu lī mina al-sayyiat
and my determination to refrain from the evil deeds which present themselves to me
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تَوبَةً تُوجِبُ لِيْ مَحَبَّتَـكَ
tawbatun tu'jibu lī maḥabbatak
a repentance which will make Thy love for me obligatory,
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يا مُحِبَّ التَّوَّابِيْنَ.
yā muḥibba al-tawwābīn
O lover of those who repent!