Shī li-llāh yā Ramaḍān - Grant us for Allah’s sake, O Ramadan#
Verses#
Shī' li-llāh yā Ramaḍān - Grant us for Allah's sake, O Ramadan
Chorus 1#
شِيئ لِلَّهِ يَا رَمَضَان
Shī' li-llāh yā Ramaḍān
O Ramadan, for the sake of Allah,
شِيئ لِلَّهِ يَا رَمَضَان
Shī' li-llāh yā Ramaḍān
O Ramadan, for the sake of Allah,
شِيئ لِلَّهِ يَا رَمَضَان
Shī' li-llāh yā Ramaḍān
O Ramadan, for the sake of Allah,
بِالْقَبُولِ وَالْغُفْرَانِ
bi-l-qabūli wa-l-ghufrāni
with acceptance and forgiveness.
1#
يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ
yā Ḥannān yā Mannān
O Tenderly Compassionate, O Ever‑Bestowing,
يَا قَدِيمَ الْإِحْسَانِ
yā Qadīma l-Iḥsāni
O Eternal Giver of kindness,
بَحْرُ جُودِكَ مَلْيَانُ
baḥru jūdika malyān
Your sea of generosity is overflowing
جُدْ لَنَا بِالْغُفْرَانِ
jud lanā bi-l-ghufrāni
grant us Your forgiveness.
2#
رَبَّنَا نَسْتَعْفِيكَ
rabbanā nastaʿfīka
Our Lord, we seek Your pardon,
رَبَّنَا نَسْتَرْضِيكَ
rabbanā nastarḍīka
Our Lord, we seek to please You.
وَلَنَا ظَنٌّ فِيك
wa-lanā ẓannun fīka
We hold hope in You,
يَا رَجَاءَ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ
yā rajā'a ahli l-īmāni
refuge for the faithful hearts.
3#
لَا تُخَيِّبُ رَاجِي
lā tukhayyibu rājī
Do not disappoint one who hopes,
تَحْتَ بَابِكَ لَاجِي
taḥta bābika lā jī
who seeks refuge beneath Your door.
لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي الدَّاجِي
lam yazal fī d-dājī
He has not ceased, in the dark night,
قَائِلاً يَا حَنَّان
qā'ilan yā Ḥannān
calling, “O Most Tenderly Merciful.”
4#
بِالنَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ
bi-n-nabiyyi l-ummī
By the unlettered Prophet
وَخَدِيجَةَ أُمِّي
wa-Khadīja ummī
and Khadijah, Mother of Believers,
وَالْبَتُولِ الْخَتْمِى
wa-l-Batūli l-Khatmi
And the chaste Fatimah,
سَيِّدَاتِ النِّسْوَانِ
sayyidāti n-niswān
leader of virtuous women.
5#
والصَّلَاةُ الدَّائِم
wa-ṣ-ṣalātu d-dā'im
And blessings perpetual,
عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمْ
ʿalā n-nabiyyi bni Hāshim
upon the Prophet, son of Hashim,
عَدَّ مَنْ هُوَ قَائِم
ʿadda man huwa qā'im
As numerous as those who stand
بِالْعِبَادَةْ سَهْرَان
bi-l-ʿibādati sahrān
in worship, wakeful through the night.
About#
Sayyid Muhammad bin Alawi al-Maliki, after conducting the taraweeh prayers at home would read this poem.
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Sources#
- Arabic: Scribd
- Transliteration, translation: auto-generated