Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 107
اللّهُـمَّ رَبَّ السّمـواتِ السَّبْـعِ وَرَبَّ العَـرْشِ العَظـيم رَبَّنـا وَرَبَّ كُـلِّ شَـيء فالِـقَ الحَـبِّ وَالنَّـوى وَمُـنَزِّلَ التَّـوْراةِ وَالإنْجـيل والفُـرْقان أَعـوذُ بِـكَ مِن شَـرِّ كُـلِّ شَـيءٍ أَنْـتَ آخِـذٌ بِنـاصِـيَتِه اللّهُـمَّ أَنْـتَ الأوَّلُ فَلَـيسَ قَبْـلَكَ شَيء وَأَنْـتَ الآخِـرُ فَلَـيسَ بَعْـدَكَ شَيء وَأَنْـتَ الظّـاهِـرُ فَلَـيْسَ فَـوْقَـكَ شَيء وَأَنْـتَ الْبـاطِـنُ فَلَـيْسَ دونَـكَ شَيء اقـْضِ عَنّـا الـدَّيْـنَ وَأَغْـنِنـا مِنَ الفَـقْر
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion: I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything whose forelock You hold. O Allah, You are the First, and nothing is before You; You are the Last, and nothing is after You; You are the Manifest, and nothing is above You; You are the Hidden, and nothing is beneath You. Settle our debts for us and free us from poverty.
Translation notes
وَأَنْـتَ الْبـاطِـنُ فَلَـيْسَ دونَـكَ شَيء
The Arabic says al-Bāṭin and negates anything beneath You; the witness instead calls this ‘the Most Near’ and says nothing is nearer than You.
Should this phrase follow the Arabic wording (‘the Hidden … nothing beneath You’) or the witness’s different rendering?