يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
O Allah! Grant a Beautiful Seal
يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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يَا اهْلَ العُقُولِ السَّالِمَةْ
وَ اهْلَ القُلُوبِ العَالِمَةْ
yā āhlal ʿuqūlis sālimah
wa hlal qulūbil ʿālimah
O people of sound intellects
and people of knowledgeable hearts
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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قُولُوا بِهِمَّةْ عَازِمَةْ
وَ بِصِدْقِ نِــيَّــةْ جَازِمَةْ
qūlū bihimmah ʿāzimah
wa biṣidqi niyyah jāzimah
Say, with resolute aspiration
and with truthful firm intentions
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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فَهْيَ إِلَيْهَا المُنْتَهَى
قَدْ قَالَ أَرْبَابُ النُّهَى
fahya ilayhāl muntahā
qad qāla arbābun nuhā
For it is the ultimate end
as the people of intellect has declared
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
دَعْوَةْ عَجِيبَةْ تَامَّةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
daʿwah ʿajībah tāmmah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
An complete amazing supplication
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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يَا رَبَّنَا يَا رَبَّنَا
أُلْطُفْ بِنَا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنَا
yā rabbanā yā rabbanā
ulṭuf binā wa ghfir lanā
O Lord, O Lord, O Lord
Be gentle and forgive us
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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و اخْتِمْ بِخَيْرٍ إِنْ دَنَى
إِبَّانَ يَوْمِ الطَّامَّةْ
w ākhtim bikhayrin in danā
ibbāna yawmiṭ ṭāmmah
Give us a good ending, when it draws near:
the time of the Day of Disaster
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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فَالمَوْتُ آتٍ عَنْ قَرِيبْ
كُلٌّ لَهُ مِنْهُ نَصِيبْ
fal mawtu ātin ʿan qarīb
kullun lahu minhu naṣīb
For death is coming soon
everyone will have their portion of it
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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مَن كَانَ دَانٍ أَوْ نَسِيبْ
فَهْوَ مُصِيبَةْ عَامَّةْ
man kāna dānin aw nasīb
fahwa muṣībah ʿāmmah
Whether one is of lowly or noble lineage
It is truly an all encompassing tribulation
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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ثُمَّ إِذَا مُتَّ أَتَوْكْ
وَ غَسَّلُوكَ وَكَفَّنُوكْ
thumma idhā mutta atawk
wa ghassalūka wa kaffanūk
Then, when you die, they come to you
and wash and shroud you
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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وَ شَيَّعُوكْ وَ أَلْحَدُوكْ
وَ صِرْتَ جِيفَةْ خَامَّةْ
wa shayyaʿūk wa alḥadūk
wa ṣirta jīfah khāmmah
they will follow you to the grave and bury you
and you become a decomposed carcass
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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يارَبِّ كُنْ لِي يَا مُعِينْ
إِذَا رَشَحْ عَظْمُ الجَبِينْ
īārabbi kun lī yā muʿīn
idhā rashaḥ ʿaẓmul jabīn
O Lord, be there for me; O Helper
when the sweat of the forehead flows forth
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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وَ اخْتِمْ إِلَهِي بِاليَقِينْ
مِنْ قَبْلِ لَوْمِ اللَّائِمَةْ
wa khtim ilahī bil yaqīn
min qabli lawmil lā’imah
O God, allow me to end with certainty
before the rebuke of the rebuker comes (i.e., death)
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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دُنْيَاكَ مَا هِي لِلمَقَرّ
وَ إِنَّمَا هِي لِلمَمَرّ
dunyāka mā hī lilmaqarr
wa innamā hī lilmamarr
Your worldly life is not for you to remain
It is only for you to transition through
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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فَافْكِرْ وَ أَمْعِنْ فِي النَّظَرْ
وَ لَاتَكُنْ كَالسَّائِمَةْ
fa āfkir wa amʿin fīn naẓar
wa lātakun kālssā’imah
So think and reflect deeply
Do not be like cattle
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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يا رَبِّ مَا مَعْنَا عَمَلْ
وَ كَسْبُنَا كُلُّهْ زَلَلْ
īā rabbi mā maʿnā ʿamal
wa kasbunā kulluh zalal
O Lord, we have no deeds to show
and all our efforts are nothing but slip ups
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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لَكِنْ لَنَا فِيكَ أَمَلْ
تُحْيِي العِظَامَ الرَّامَّةْ
lakin lanā fīka amal
tuḥyīl ʿiẓāmar rāmmah
However, we have great hopes in you
that you will bring life again to decayed bones
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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قَدْ حَانَ حِيْنُ الِانْتِقَالْ
وَ العُمْرُ وَلَّى فِي ضَلَالْ
qad ḥāna ḥiynul iāntiqāl
wal ʿumru wa llā fī ḍalāl
The time of transition has come
and life was wasted in misguidance
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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لَكِنِّي أَرجُو ذَا الجَلَالْ
بِجَاهْ وَالِدْ فَاطِمَةْ
lakinnī arjū dhāl jalāl
bijāh wal id fa āṭimah
However, I hope, O Possessor of Majesty
by the rank of the father of Fāṭima
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يَا الله بِهَا يَا الله بِهَا
يَا الله بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
yā Allah bihā yā Allah bihā
yā Allah biḥusnil khātimah
O Allah, bless us with it. O Allah, bless us with it.
O Allah, bless us with a beautiful end
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بِجَاهْ وَالِد فَاطِمَةْ
اُمْنُنْ بِحُسْنِ الخَاتِمَةْ
bijāh wal id fa āṭimah
āumnun biḥusnil khātimah
By the rank of the father of Fāṭima,
bless us with a beautiful ending.