يا أرحم الراحمين فرج على المسلمين

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِين

O Most Merciful of Those Who Show Mercy, Relieve the Muslims of Their Worries

Habib Abdullah Ibn Husien Ibn Tahirالحبيب عبد الله بن حسين بن طاهر

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يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

يَا رَبَّنَــا يَا كَرِيـــمْ

يَا رَبَّنَــا يَا رَحِيـــمْ

yā rabbanā yā karīm

yā rabbanā yā raḥīm

O our Lord, O Generous

O our Lord, O Merciful

أَنْـتَ الْجَــوَادُ الحَلِيـمْ

وَأَنْـتَ نِعْـمَ الْمُعِــينْ

antal jawādul ḥalīm

wa anta niʿmal muʿīn

You are the Generous, the Forbearing

And You are the Best Helper

وَلَيْسَ نَرْجُو سِوَاكْ

فَادْرِكْ إِلَهِي دَرَاكْ

walaysa narjū siwak

fad rik ilahī darāk

And we hope for none but You

So save us, O my God, save us

قَبْلَ الْفَنَــا وَالْهَــلَاكْ

يَعُــمُّ دُنْيَــا وَدِيــنْ

qablal fanā wal halāk

yaʿummu dunyā wadīn

Before annihilation and destruction

Encompass the world and religion

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

وَمَــا لَنَــا رَبَّنَـــا

سِــوَاكَ يَـا حَسْـــبَنَا

wamā lanā rabbanā

siwāka yā ḥasbanā

And we have no one, O our Lord

But You, O our Sufficiency

يَا ذَا الْعُــلَا وَالْغِنَـــا

وَيَـا قَــوِيْ يَـا مَتِــــينْ

yā dhal ʿulā wal ghinā

wayā qawiy yā matīn

O Possessor of Glory and Wealth

O Strong, O Firm

نَسْـأَلُكْ وَالِي يُقِيـمْ

اَلْعَـدْلَ كَيْ نَسْـتَـقِيمْ

nasaluk wālī yuqīm

alʿadla kay nastaqīm

We ask You for a guardian to establish

Justice so we may be upright

عَلَى هُـدَاكَ الْقَوِيمْ

وَلَا نُطِـيـعُ اللَّعِــينْ

ʿalā hudākal qawīm

walā nuṭīʿul laʿīn

On Your straight guidance

And not obey the accursed

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

يَـا رَبَّنَا يَـا مُجِيــبْ

أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْقَرِيبْ

yā rabbanā yā mujīb

antas samīʿul qarīb

O our Lord, O Responsive

You are the All-Hearing, the Near

ضَـاقَ الْوَسِـيعُ الرَّحِيبْ

فَانْظُـرْ إِلَى الْمُؤْمِنِــينْ

ḍāqal wasīʿur raḥīb

fan ẓur ilal mu’minīn

The vast, spacious has become narrow

So look upon the believers

نَظْــرَهْ تُزِيلُ الْعَنَا

عَنَّـا وَتُدْنِي الْمُنَى

naẓrah tuzīlul ʿanā

ʿannā watudnīl munā

A look that removes distress

From us and brings wishes

مِنَّـا وَكُلَّ الْهَنَا

نُعْطَـاهُ فِي كُلِّ حِـينْ

minnā wakullal hanā

nuʿṭāhu fī kulli ḥīn

Closer to us and all happiness

We are granted at all times

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

سَـالَكْ بِجَـاهِ الجُـدُودْ

وَالِي يُقِيـمُ الْحُـدُودْ

sālak bijāhil judūd

wālī yuqīmul ḥudūd

We ask by the honor of the ancestors

For a guardian who establishes the limits

عنَّـا وَيَكْفِـي الْحَسُـودْ

وَيَدْفَــعُ الظَّالِمِـينْ

ʿnnā wayakfīl ḥasūd

wayadfaʿuẓ ẓālimīn

From us and suffices against the envious

And repels the wrongdoers

يُزِيــلُ لِلْمُـنْــكَرَاتْ

يُقِـيــمُ لِلصَّــلَوَاتْ

yuzīlu lilmunkarāt

yuqīmu lilṣṣalawat

Removes the evils

Establishes the prayers

يَأْمُــرُ بِالصَّـالِحَـاتْ

مُحِــبٌّ لِلصَّــالِحِينْ

ya’muru biṣ ṣāliḥāt

muḥibbun lilṣṣāliḥīn

Commands the righteous deeds

Loves the righteous

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

يُزِيـحُ كُلَّ الحَـرَامْ

يَقْهَـرُ كُلَّ الطَّغَـامْ

yuzīḥu kullal ḥarām

yaqharu kullaṭ ṭaghām

Removes all forbidden things

Overcomes all tyrants

يَعْـدِلُ بَـيْنَ الْأَنَـامْ

وَيُؤْمِــنُ الْخَائِفِــينْ

yaʿdilu baynal anām

wayu’minul khā’ifīn

Is just among the people

And secures the fearful

رَبِّ اسْـقِنَا غَيْـثَ عَـامْ

نَافِـعُ مُبَـارَكْ دَوَامْ

rabbis qinā ghaytha ʿām

nāfiʿu mubārak dawam

O Lord, give us abundant rain

Beneficial, blessed, everlasting

يَـدُومُ فِي كُلِّ عَـامْ

عَـلَى مَمَـرِّ السِّــنِينْ

yadūmu fī kulli ʿām

ʿalā mamarris sinīn

That continues every year

Throughout the passing years

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

رَبِّ احْيِنَـا شَـاكِرِينْ

وَ تَوَفَّـنَـا مُسْلِـمِينْ

rabbiḥ yinā shākirīn

wa tawaffanā muslimīn

O Lord, let us live grateful

And let us die as Muslims

نُبْعَـثْ مِنَ الْآمِنِـينْ

فِي زُمْــرَةِ السَّـابِقِينْ

nubʿath minal āminīn

fī zumratis sābiqīn

And be resurrected among the secure

In the company of the foremost

بِجَـاهِ طَـهَ الرَّسُــولْ

جُـدْ رَبَّنَــا بِالْقَبُـولْ

bijāhi ṭahar rasūl

jud rabbanā bil qabūl

By the honor of Taha the Messenger

Grant us, O our Lord, acceptance

وَهَبْ لَنَــا كُلَّ سُــولْ

رَبِّ اسْــتَجِبْ لِي أَمِــينْ

wahab lanā kulla sūl

rabbis tajib lī amīn

And grant us every wish

O Lord, respond to me, Amen

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

عَطَــاكَ رَبِّي جَزِيـلْ

وَكُلُّ فِعْلِـكْ جَمِيـلْ

ʿaṭāka rabbī jazīl

wakullu fiʿlik jamīl

Your gifts, O my Lord, are abundant

And all Your actions are beautiful

وَفِيـكَ أَمَلْنَـا طَوِيـلْ

فَجُـدْ عَـلَى الطَّامِعِــينْ

wafīka amalnā ṭawīl

fajud ʿalaṭ ṭāmiʿīn

And in You, our hope is long

So be generous to the hopeful

يَارَبِّ ضَـاقَ الْخِنَـاقْ

مِنْ فِعْلِ مَـا لَا يُطَـاقْ

yārabbi ḍāqal khināq

min fiʿli mā lā yuṭāq

O Lord, the stranglehold has tightened

From actions that cannot be endured

فَامْنُنْ بِفَـكِّ الْغَـلَاقْ

لِمَـنْ بِذَنْبِــهِ رَهِـــينْ

fam nun bifakkil ghalāq

liman bidhanbihi rahīn

So grant release from the bonds

For those imprisoned by their sins

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

وَاغْفِـرْ لِكُلِّ الذُّنُـوبْ

وَ اسْــتُرْ لِـكُلِّ الْعُيُــوبْ

wagh fir likullidh dhunūb

was tur likullil ʿuyūb

And forgive all sins

And conceal all faults

وَاكْشِـفْ لِـكُلِّ الْكُرُوبْ

وَ اكْـفِ أَذَى الْمُؤْذِيـــينْ

wak shif likullil kurūb

wak fi adhal mu’dhīīn

And remove all distress

And suffice against the harm of the harmful

وَاخْتِـمْ بِأَحْسَـنْ خِتَـامْ

إِذَا دَنَـا الْاِنْصِـــرَامْ

wakh tim bi aḥsan khitām

idhā danal inṣirām

And conclude with the best conclusion

When the end draws near

وَحَـانَ حِـينُ الْحِمَامْ

وَزَادَ رَشْـحُ الْجَبِـــينْ

waḥāna ḥīnul ḥimām

wazāda rashḥul jabīn

And the time of death approaches

And the forehead sweats increase

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

يَا أَرْحَـمَ الرَّاحِمِينْ

فَــرِّجْ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينْ

yā arḥamar rāḥimīn

farrij ʿalal muslimīn

O Most Merciful of the merciful

Relieve the Muslims

ثُـمَّ الصَّـلَاةْ وَالسَّـلَامْ

عَـلَى شَـفِيْعِ الْأَنَــامْ

thummaṣ ṣalāh was salām

ʿalā shafiyʿil anām

Then prayers and peace

Upon the intercessor of mankind

وَالْآلِ نِعْـمَ الْكِــرَامْ

وَ الصَّحْــبِ وَالتَّابِعِــينْ

wal āli niʿmal kirām

waṣ ṣaḥbi wat tābiʿīn

And the family, the noble ones

And the companions and followers