Qad kafani Ilmu Rabbi

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

فدعائي وابتهالي شاهد لي بافتقاري

فلهذا السر ادعو في يساري وعساري

انا عبد صار فخري ضمن فقري واضطراري

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

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يا إلهي ومليكي انت تعلم كيف حالي 

وبما قد حل قلبي من هموم واشتغال

فتداركني بلطف منك يا مولى الموالي

يا كريم الوجه غثني قبل ان يفنى اصطباري

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

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يا سريع الغوث غوثا منك يدركني سريعا

يهزم العسر ويأتي بالذي نرجو جميعا

يا قريبا يا مجيبا يا عليما يا سميعا

قد تحققت بعجزي وخضوعي وانكساري

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

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لم ازل بالباب واقف فارحمن ربي وقوفي

وبوادي الفضل عاكف فأدم ربي عكوفي

ولحسن الظن ألازم فهو خلي وحليفي

وأنيسي وجليسي طول ليلي ونهاري

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

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حاجة في النفس يا رب فاقضها يا خير قاضِ

وارح سري وقلبي من لظاها والشواظ

في سرور وحبور واذا ما كنت راضِ

فالهنا والبسط حالي وشعاري ودثاري

قد كفاني علم ربي من سؤالي واختياري

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

For my du’a and my agonising supplication
is a witness to my poverty.

For this secret (reason) I make supplication
in times of ease and times of difficulty

I am a slave whose pride
is in his poverty and obligation

O my Lord and my King
You know my state

And what has settled in my heart
of agonies and preoccupations

Save me with a gentleness
from You, O Lord of Lords

Oh save me, Most Generous
before I run out of patience (with myself)

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

O One who is swift in sending aid
I ask for aid that will arrive to me swiftly

It will defeat all difficulty
and it will bring all that I hope for

O Near One Who answers
and All-Knowing and All-Hearing

I have attained realisation through my incapacity,
my submission and my brokenness

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

I am still standing by the door, so please my Lord
have mercy on my standing

And in the valley of generosity, I am in i’tikaf (solitary retreat)
So, Allah, make my retreat here permanent

And I’m abiding by good opinion (of You)
For it is my friend and ally

And it is the one that sits by me and keeps me company
All day and night

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing

There is a need in my soul, O Allah
so please fulfil it, O Best of Fulfillers

And comfort my secret and my heart
from its burning and its shrapnel

In pleasure and in happiness
and as long as You are pleased with me

For joy and expansion is my state
and my motto and my cover

My Lord’s knowledge has sufficed me
from asking or choosing