In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.
Bismi'llahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Rahim.
O Allah, I beg You to grant me immersion in the ocean of the light
Allahumma as'alu-ka ghamsatan fi bahri nuri
of Your compelling Dignity, outwardly and inwardly potent and powerful,
Haibati-ka 'l-qahirati 'D-Dahirati 'l-batinati 'l-qadirati 'l-muqtadira:
until my face is aglow with rays from the light of Your Dignity.
hatta yatala'la'a wajhi bi-shu'a'atin min nuri Haibati-k.
It will dazzle the eyes of the envious, the rebellious and the devils,
takhtafu 'uyuna 'l-hasadati wa 'l-maradati wa 'sh-shayatin:
among all of mankind and the jinn,
mina 'l-insi wa 'l-jinni ajma'in:
so they cannot strike me with the arrows of their envy,
fa-la yarshuqu-ni bi-sihami hasadi-him
and with their inner and outer intrigues,
wa maka'idi-hum 'l-batinati wa 'D-Dahirati
and so their eyes are ashamed to look at me,
wa tasiru absaru-hum khashi'atan li-ru'yati
and their necks are bowed before my onslaught.
wa riqabu-hum khadi'atan li-satwati.
Shield me, O Allah, with the shield of which
wa 'hjub-ni Allahumma bi'l-hijabi 'lladhi
the inner side is radiant light, so that my spiritual states
batinu-hu 'n-nuru
are beautified by its intimate friendship,
fa-tabtahiju ahwali bi-unsi-hi
and my words and my deeds are fortified by its touch,
wa tata'ayyadu aqwali wa af'ali bi-hissi-hi
and of which the outer side is fire,
wa Dahiru-hu 'n-naru
so that it scorches the faces of my foes
fa-talfahu wujuha a'da'i
with a scorching that cuts their desires off from me,
lafhatan taqta'u mawadda-hum 'an-ni
until they turn away from their objectives, as outcasts,
hatta tusaddu 'an mawaridi-him khasi'ina
losers and failures, disgraced and abased and humiliated.
khasirina khashi'ina khadi'ina mutadhallilina
They will turn their backs and lay waste to the lands,
yuwalluna 'l-adbara wa yukharribuna 'd-diyara
and ruin their homes with their own hands
wa yukharribuna buyuta-hum bi-aidi-him
and the hands of the believers.
wa aidi 'l-mu'minin.
I also beg You for the light that acts as a shield
wa as'alu-ka 'n-nura 'lladhi 'htajaba bi-hi
for the preservation of the honor of the lights
qiwamu namusi anwari
of Your Countenance, the light by which You are shielded
Wajhi-ka 'n-nura 'lladhi 'htajabta bi-hi
from the perception of the eyes.
'an idraki 'l-absar.
[I beg You] to shield me with the lights of Your Names,
an tahjuba-ni bi-anwari Asma'i-ka
within the lights of Your Secrets,
fi anwari Asrari-ka
with a shield thick enough to defend me against every deficiency
hijaban kathifan yadfa'u 'an-ni kulla naqsin
that might affect me in my essential and my incidental nature,
yukhalitu-ni fi jawhariyyati wa fi 'aradiyyati
and which will form a barrier between me
wa yahulu baini
and anyone who seeks to do me harm,
wa baina man arada-ni bi-su'.
[I beg You for] that by which You will revitalize me,
wa ma tuhyi-ni bi-hi
from among Your gracious favors which You have bestowed,
min fada'il-ka 'llati manahta bi-ha
and Your excellent bounties in which You have inundated me.
wa fawadili-ka 'llati ghamarta-ni fi-ha.
[I beg You for] whatever is assigned to me,
wa ma ilayya
and incumbent upon me, and due to me, and for me,
wa 'alayya wa bi wa li
and about me, and in my interest,
wa 'an-ni wa fiyya.
for You are the Repeller of everything evil and despicable,
fa-inna-ka Dafi'u kulli su'in wa makruh:
and You are Capable of all things.
wa Anta 'ala kulli sha'in Qadir.
O Shining Source of every light, clothe me from Your Light
ya Munawwira kulli nurin albis-ni min Nuri-ka
in clothing that illuminates for me whatever I find confusing
libasan yudihu li ma 'ltabasa 'alayya
among my inner and outer states of being.
mina ahwali 'l-batinati wa 'D-Dahira:
