Fortress of the Muslim
Fortress of the Muslim
حصن المسلم
Glory be to my Lord, the Most High. (Three times.)
Translation notes
(ثلاث مرات)
The Arabic says ‘three times’ without specifying ‘in Arabic.’
Should the witness’s added language instruction be excluded?
Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. O Allah, forgive me.
O Allah, to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and fashioned it, and opened its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.
Translation notes
وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَه
The English witness renders this as “gave it hearing and sight,” while the Arabic verb شقّ means split or open.
Should the wording remain close to the Arabic image of opening, or follow the witness’s interpretive rendering?
O Allah, forgive me all my sins: the small and the great, the first and the last, the open and the hidden.
O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your protection from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot fully enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.
Translation notes
وَبِمعـافاتِـكَ مِنْ عُقوبَـتِك
The English witness renders معافاتك as ‘Your forgiveness’; the Arabic more directly conveys safety, well-being, or protection.
Should this be rendered as protection/well-being or follow the witness’s ‘forgiveness’?
O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, mend me, grant me well-being, provide for me, and raise me.
My face has prostrated to the One who created it and opened its hearing and sight by His power and might. “So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.”
Translation notes
وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَهُ بِحَـوْلِـهِ وَقُـوَّتِهِ
The witness renders the verb as ‘gave it hearing and sight’; this translation retains the Arabic wording شقّ (‘opened’) and renders حوله وقوته as His power and might.
Should the direct Arabic wording be retained, or should the witness’s interpretive ‘gave it hearing and sight’ be preferred?
O Allah, record for me a reward with You through it, remove a burden from me through it, and make it a treasure for me with You. Accept it from me as You accepted it from Your servant David.
All salutations, prayers, and good things belong to Allah.
Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
Peace be upon us and upon Allah's righteous servants.
I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Abraham and the family of Abraham. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.
O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Abraham and the family of Abraham. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, his wives, and his descendants, as You sent blessings upon the family of Abraham.
And bless Muhammad, his wives, and his descendants, as You blessed the family of Abraham. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the punishment of Hell, from the trial of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of the False Messiah, and from the trials of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and debt.
O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins but You. So forgive me with forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
O Allah, forgive me for what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have kept secret and what I have made public, my excesses, and what You know better than I do. You are the One Who brings forward and the One Who holds back. There is no deity but You.
O Allah, help me to remember You, to give thanks to You, and to worship You well.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness, from cowardice, from being returned to the feeblest old age, from the trial of this world, and from the punishment of the grave.