Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 118
اللّهُـمَّ إِيّـاكَ نعْـبُدْ، وَلَـكَ نُصَلّـي وَنَسْـجُد، وَإِلَـيْكَ نَسْـعى وَنَحْـفِد، نَـرْجو رَحْمَـتَك، وَنَخْشـى عَـذابَك، إِنَّ عَـذابَكَ بالكـافرين ملْحَـق. اللّهُـمَّ إِنّا نَسْتَعـينُكَ وَنَسْتَـغْفِرُك، وَنُثْـنـي عَلَـيْك الخَـيْرَ، وَلا نَكْـفُرُك، وَنُـؤْمِنُ بِك، وَنَخْـضَعُ لَكَ وَنَخْـلَعُ مَنْ يَكْـفرُك
O Allah, You alone we worship; to You we pray and prostrate. Toward You we strive and hasten. We hope for Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Your punishment will surely overtake the disbelievers. O Allah, we seek Your help and Your forgiveness, and we praise You with what is good. We are not ungrateful to You; we believe in You and humble ourselves before You. We renounce whoever disbelieves in You.
Translation notes
وَإِلَـيْكَ نَسْـعى وَنَحْـفِد
The witness expands this as hastening to worship and serve; the Arabic verb conveys striving or hastening eagerly without explicitly naming worship or service.
Should the witness’s explanatory ‘to worship and to serve’ be included?