AL-WIRD AL-LATĪF

by:

AL-IMĀM ‘ABDALLĀH BIN ‘ALAWĪ AL-HADDĀD

Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Transliteration and Translation

Bismillāhi’r Rahmāni’r Rahīm

Qul Huwallāhu Ahad
Allāhu’s Samad
lam yalid
wa lam yūlad
wa lam yakun lahū kufuwan ahad
(To be recited three times)

In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
Say! (O Prophet Muhammad). He, Allāh, is One.
Allāh, The Eternally Besought.
He begets not,
nor is He begotten.
And there is none like Him. (112:1-4)

Bismillāhi’r Rahmāni’r Rahīm
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbbi’l falaq
min sharri mā khalaq
wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab
wa min sharri’n naffāthāti fi’l ‘uqad
wa min sharri hāsidin idhā hasad
(To be recited three times)

In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
Say! (O Prophet Muhammad). I take refuge with the Lord of the day-break;
from the evil of what He has created;
from the evil of the darkness when it gathers;
from the evil of the women who blow on knots (practicing witchcraft);
and from the evil of the envious when he envies. (113:1-5)

Bismillāhi’r Rahmāni’r Rahīm
Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbi’n-nās
Maliki’n nās
Ilāhi’n nās
min sharri’l waswāsi’l khannās
alladhī yuwaswisu fī sudūri’n nās
min al-jinnati wa’n nās
(To be recited three times)

In the Name of Allāh, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
Say! (O Prophet Muhammad). I take refuge with The Lord of mankind,
The King of mankind,
The God of mankind;
from the evil of the (devilish) whisperings of one who slinks away;
who whispers in the breasts of mankind,
from among the jinn and mankind. (114:1-6)

Rabbi a‘ūdhu bika min hamazāti’sh-shayātīn
wa a‘ūdhu bika Rabbi an yahdurūn
(To be recited three times)

My Lord! I seek refuge with You from the evil suggestions of the devils.
And I seek refuge with You from their presence. (23:97-98)

Afa-hasibtum annamā khalaqnākum ‘abathan
wa annakum ilaynā lā turja‘ūn
Fa-Ta‘ālallāhu’l Maliku’l Haqq
lā ilāha illā Huwa Rabbu’l ‘Arshi’l Karīm
Wa man yad‘u ma‘Allāhi ilāhan ākhara
lā burhāna lahū bihī
fa innamā hisābuhū ‘inda Rabbihī
innahū lā yuflihu’l kāfirūn
Wa qul Rabbi’ghfir wa’rham
wa Anta Khayru’r Rāhimīn
(To be recited once)

Did you then think that We created you in vain,
and that you would not be returned to Us?
But Exalted is Allāh, the True King,
there is no god but He, Lord of the Honoured Throne.
And whosoever calls upon any other god besides Allāh
has no authority for this,
and his reckoning is with his Lord;
undoubtedly, the non-believers will not be successful.
And say (O Prophet Muhammad)! My Lord! Forgive and have mercy
and You are the Best of those who show mercy. (23:115-118)

Fa SubhānAllāhi
hīna tumsūna wa hīna tusbihūn
Wa lahu’l hamdu fi’s-samāwāti wa’l ardi
wa ‘ashiyyan wa hīna tuzhirūn
Yukhriju’l hayya min al-mayyiti
wa yukhriju’l mayyita min al-hayy
wa yuhyi’l arda ba‘da mawtihā
wa kadhālika tukhrajūn
(once)

So glorify Allāh
when you reach the time of the evening and the time of the morning.
And His is the Praise in the heavens and the earth,
and (glorify Him) in the late afternoon and when you reach mid-day.
He brings forth the living from the dead,
And He brings forth the dead from the living,
and He gives life to the earth after its death,
and in like manner you shall be brought forth (from the dead). (30:17-19)

A‘ūdhu Billāhi’s Samī‘i’l ‘Alīm
min ash-shaytāni’r-rajīm
(3 times)

I seek refuge with Allāh, The All-Hearing, The All-Knowing,
from satan, the rejected one.

Law anzalnā hādha’l Qur’āna ‘alā jabalin
lara’aytahū khāshi‘an mutasaddi‘an
min khashyatillāh
wa tilka’l amthālu nadribuhā li’nnāsi
la‘allahum yatafakkarūn
Huwallāhulladhī lā ilāha illā Huwa
‘Ālimu’l ghaybi wa’sh-shahādati
Huwa’r Rahmānu’r Rahīm
Huwallāhulladhī lā ilāha illā Huwa’l
Maliku’l Quddūsu’s Salāmu’l Mu’minu’l
Muhayminu’l ‘Azīzu’l Jabbāru’l Mutakabbir
SubhānAllāhi ‘amma yushrikūn
Huwallāhu’l Khaliqu’l Bāriu’l Musawwiru
lahu’l Asmā’ u’l Husnā
yusabbihu lahū mā fi’s-samāwāti wa’l-ardi
wa Huwa’l ‘Azīzu’l Hakīm
(once)

If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain
you would certainly have seen it humbled, split asunder
out of the fear of Allāh;
and such examples We set forth for mankind
that they may reflect.
He is Allāh, there is no god but He,
The Knower of the invisible and the visible;
He is The Beneficent, The Merciful.
He is Allāh, there is no god but He,
The King, The Most Holy, The Bestower of Peace, The Granter of Security,
The Guardian, The Mighty, The Compeller, The Supreme in Greatness;
Transcendent is Allāh beyond what they ascribe as partner (with Him).
He is Allāh, The Creator, The Maker, The Shaper;
to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names;
all that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him,
and He is The Mighty, The Wise. (59:21-24)

Salāmun ‘alā Nūhin fi’l ‘ālamīn
Innā kadhālika najzi’l muhsinīn
Innahū min ‘ibādina’l mu’minīn
(once)

Peace be upon (Prophet) NÅ«h among all beings.
Thus indeed do We reward the righteous.
Undoubtedly, he is among our most believing devotees. (37:79-81)

A‘ūdhu bi-Kalimātillāhi’t-tāmmāti
min sharri mā khalaq
(3 times)

I seek refuge in the complete words of Allāh
from the evil in what He has created.

Bismillāhilladhī lā yadurru
ma‘a Ismihī shay’un
fi’l ardi wa lā fi’s-samā’i
wa Huwa’s Samī‘u’l ‘Alīm
(3 times)

In the Name of Allāh Who causes no harm
to come together with His Name from anything
in earth or in heaven,
and He is The All-Hearing, The All-Knowing.

Allāhumma innī asbahtu minka
fī ni‘matin wa ‘āfiyatin wa sitrin
fa atmim ni‘mataka ‘alayya wa ‘āfiyataka wa sitraka
fi’d-dunyā wa’l ākhira
(3 times)
(In the evenings, recite: amsaytu instead of asbahtu)

O Allāh! Morning dawns upon me
with blessings, good health and protection from You,
so bestow upon me complete blessings, good health and protection from You,
in this world as well as the Hereafter.

Allāhumma innī asbahtu ush’hiduka
wa ush’hidu hamalata ‘arshika
wa malāikataka wa jamī‘a khalqika
annaka Antallāhu lā ilāha illā Anta
Wahdaka lā sharīka laka
wa anna Muhammad-an
‘Abduka wa Rasūluk
(4 times)
(Note: In the evenings, recite: amsaytu instead of asbahtu)

O Allāh! As morning dawns upon me, I bear testimony before You
and before the angels who carry Your Throne
and all Your angels and all of Your creation
that truly, You are Allāh, there is no god but You,
The One and Only God without any partner,
and that truly, Muhammad
is Your special devotee and Your Prophetic Messenger.

Al-hamdu Lillāhi Rabbi’l ‘ālamīn
hamdan yuwāfī ni‘amahū
wa yukāfi’u mazīdah
(3 times)

All Praise is for Allāh, Lord of the worlds;
such complete praise that lives up to His favours
and is sufficient (to thank Him) for the increase (in His favours).

Āmantu Billāhi’l ‘Azīm
wa kafartu bi’l jibti wat-tāghūti
wa’stamsaktu bi’l ‘urwati’l wuthqā lanfisāma lahā
Wallāhu Samī‘un ‘Alīm
(3 times)

I believe in Allāh, The Incomparably Great,
and I reject the sorcerers and the idols,
and I hold fast to the firmest handhold that never breaks,
and Allāh is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Radītu Billāhi Rabban
wa bi’l Islāmi dīnā
wa bi Sayyidinā Muhammad-in
Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallama
Nabiyyan wa Rasūlā
(3 times)

I am content with Allāh as Lord,
and with Islām as religion,
and with our master Sayyidinā Muhammad,
may Allāh’s blessings and peace be upon him,
as Prophet and Messenger (of Allāh).

Hasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa
‘alayhi tawakkaltu
wa Huwa Rabbu’l ‘Arshi’l ‘Azīm
(7 times)

Allāh is sufficient for me, there is no god but He;
in Him do I put my complete trust,
and He is the Lord of the Great Throne. (9:129)

Allāhumma salli ‘alā Sayyidinā Muhammad-in
wa ālihī wa sahbihī wa sallim
(10 times)

O Allāh! Bless our master Sayyidinā Muhammad,
and his Family, and his Companions, and bestow peace upon them.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka min fujā’ati’l khayr
wa a‘ūdhu bika min fujā’atish-sharr
(once)

O Allāh! I implore you for good and sudden surprises,
and I seek refuge in You from bad surprises.

Allāhumma Anta Rabbī
lā ilāha illā Anta
khalaqtanī wa anā ‘abduka
wa anā ‘alā ‘ahdika wa wa‘dika ma’stata‘tu
a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā sana‘tu
abū’u laka bi ni‘matika ‘alayya
wa abū’u bi dhanbī fa’ghfir lī
fa innahū lā yaghfiru’dh-dhunūba illā Anta
(once)

O Allāh! You are my Lord.
None is to be worshipped but You.
You created me and I am Your servant,
and I am faithful to Your covenant and Your promise as much as I can.
I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done.
I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me,
and I confess to You my sins, so forgive me,
for truly, nobody can forgive sins except You.

Allāhumma Anta Rabbī
lā ilāha illā Anta
‘alayka tawakkaltu
wa Anta Rabbu’l ‘Arshi’l ‘Azīm
(once)

O Allāh! You are my Lord,
there is no god but You.
I put my complete trust in You,
and You are The Lord of the Great Throne.

Mā shā Allāhu kāna
wa mā lam yasha’ lam yakun
wa lā hawla wa lā quwwata
illā Billāhi’l ‘Aliyyi’l ‘Azīm
(once)

What Allāh wishes, happens;
and what He does not wish, does not happen;
and there is no power and no strength
except by Allāh, The Most High, The Incomparably Great.

A‘lamu Annallāha ‘alā kulli shay’in Qadīr
wa Annallāha qad ahāta bi kulli shay’in ‘ilmā
(once)

I know that indeed Allāh is Powerful over all things,
and that indeed Allāh encompasses all things in His Knowledge.

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min sharri nafsī
wa min sharri kulli dābbatin Anta ākhidhun bi nāsiyatihā
inna Rabbī ‘alā Sirātin Mustaqīm
(once)

O Allāh! I seek Your protection from the evil of my soul,
and from the evil of every moving creature You have taken by the forelock.
Indeed, it is my Lord Who is on the Straight Path (of truth and justice).

Yā Hayyu Yā Qayyūm
bi Rahmatika astaghīth
wa min ‘adhābika astajīr
aslih lī sha’nī kullahū
wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī
wa lā ilā ahadin min khalqika
tarfata ‘ayn
(once)

O The Ever-Living, The Self-Existing by Whom all subsist,
I cry out to Your mercy for succour,
and from Your punishment I seek protection.
Make righteous all my affairs,
and do not leave me to myself
or to anyone from Your creation
even for the blink of an eye.

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika mina’l hammi wa’l hazan
wa a‘ūdhu bika mina’l-‘ajzi wa’l kasal
wa a‘ūdhu bika minal jubni wa’l bukhl
wa a‘ūdhu bika min ghalabati’d dayn
wa qahri’r-rijāl
(once)

O Allāh! I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief,
and I seek refuge in You from weakness and laziness,
and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and miserliness,
and I seek refuge in You from being overwhelmed by debt,
and the tyranny of men.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka’l ‘āfiyata
fi’d-dunyā wa’l ākhirah
(once)

O Allāh! I seek of You well-being
in this world as well as in the Hereafter.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka’l ‘afwa wa’l ‘āfiyata wa’l mu‘āfāta’d-dā’imata
fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī
(once)

O Allāh! I ask of You pardon, well-being and continuous safety,
in my religion, my daily life, my family and my possessions.

Allāhumma’stur ‘awrātī wa āmin raw‘ātī
(once)

O Allāh! Cover my shame and calm down my fears.

Allāhummahfaznī min bayni yadayya wa min khalfī
wa ‘an yamīnī wa ‘an shimālī wa min fawqī
wa a‘ūdhu bi ‘azamatika an ughtāla min tahtī
(once)

O Allāh! Safeguard me from in front of me and from behind me,
and from my right and from my left, and from above me,
and I seek refuge in Your Greatness from unexpected harm from below me.

Allāhumma Anta khalaqtanī wa Anta tahdīnī
wa Anta tut‘imunī wa Anta tasqīnī
wa Anta tumītunī wa Anta tuhyīnī
(once)

O Allāh! You created me, and You guide me,
and You provide me with food, and You provide me with drink,
and You shall cause me to die, and You give me life.

Asbahnā ‘alā fitrati’l Islām
wa ‘alā Kalimati’l Ikhlās
wa ‘alā dīni Nabiyyinā Muhammad-in
Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa ālihi wa sallam
wa ‘alā millati abīnā Ibrāhīma
Hanīfan Musliman wa mā kāna min al-mushrikīn
(once)
(In the evenings, recite: Amsaynā instead of Asbahnā)

We have risen this morning on the original pattern of Islām,
and on the Word of Sincerity,
and on the religion of our Prophet Muhammad,
may Allāh’s blessings and peace be upon him and his Family,
and on the creed of our fore-father (Prophet) Ibrāhīm
who was upright, a Muslim, and not an idolater.

Allāhumma bika asbahnā
wa bika amsaynā
wa bika nahyā wa bika namūtu
wa ilayka’n nushūr
(once)
(Note: In the evenings, recite: wa ilayka’l masīr, instead of wa ilayka’n nushūr)

O Allāh! By Your wish we have arisen this morning;
and by Your wish we come to the evening,
and by Your will we live, and by Your will, we die;
and to You is the arising (on the Day of Judgment).

Asbahnā wa asbaha’l mulku
Lillāhi
wa’l hamdu Lillāhi Rabbi’l ‘ālamīn
(once)
(Note: In the evenings, recite: Amsaynā wa amsa’l mulku, instead of Asbahnā wa asbaha’l mulku)

We have arisen this morning and all the Kingdom of Allāh has arisen,
purely for the sake of Allāh;
and all Praise is for Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra hādha’l yawm
fathahū wa nasrahū
wa nūrahū wa barakatahū wa hudāh
(once)
(In the evenings, recite: hādhihi’llaylah fathahā wa nasrahā wa nūrahā wa barakatahā wa hudāhā)

O Allāh! I ask of You (to give me) the goodness of this day,
its (spiritual) openings, its help,
its light, its blessings and right guidance.

Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra hādha’l yawm
wa khayra mā fīhi
wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharri hādha’l yawm
wa sharri mā fīhi
(once)
(In the evenings, recite: hādhihi’llaylah instead of hādha’l yawm, and fīhā instead of fīhi)

O Allāh! I ask of You (to give me) the goodness of this day
and the best of what is in it,
and I seek Your protection against the evil of this day
and the bad that is in it.

Allāhumma mā asbaha bī min ni‘matin
aw bi ahadin min khalqiqa
fa minka
Wahdaka lā sharīka laka
falaka’l Hamdu walaka’sh shukru ‘alā dhālik
(once)
(In the evenings, recite: amsā instead of asbaha)

O Allāh! Whatever favours
I or anyone else in Your creation received this morning
are from You Alone.
You are the One and Only (God worthy of worship) without any partner.
So for You is the Praise and for You is the thanks for that.

SubhānAllāhi wa bi Hamdihī
(100 times)

Glorified is Allāh by His Own Praise.

SubhānAllāhi’l ‘Azīm wa bi Hamdihī
(100 times)

Glorified is Allāh, The Incomparably Great, by His Own Praise.

SubhānAllāhi wa’l Hamdu Lillāhi
wa lā ilāha Illallāhu
Wallāhu Akbar
(100 times)

Glorified is Allāh, and all Praise is for Allāh,
and none is worthy of worship but Allāh
and Allāh is Supremely Great.

Lā ilāha Illallāhu
Wahdahū lā sharīka lahū
lahu’l Mulku wa lahu’l Hamdu
wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in Qadīr
(100 times, to be recited in the mornings only)

There is no god but Allāh.
He is One. He has no partner.
His is the Kingdom and His is the Praise,
and He is Powerful over all things.

Siddīq Osman Noormuhammad
Jumādā Thāni 1427; July 2006.
Toronto.

Source

Wasīlat u’l ‘ibād ilā zādi’l ma‘ād, Majmū‘ awrād wa da‘awāt wa Salawāt li’l Imām Shaykh al-Islām ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād (A Means for People to Provide for the Hereafter: A Compendium of Regular Voluntary Supplications and Invocations of Blessings, by al-Imām ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād), compiled by As-Sayyid ‘Alawī bin Muhammad bin Tāhir al-Haddād, Maktaba Ishā‘at al-Islām, 10^th edition, 1397/1977, Delhi.

(The translation given here has been based on the text of Wasīlat u’l ‘ibād)

References

Al-Wird al-Latīf li’l Imām Shaykh al-Islām As-Sayyid ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād, Sharh (Appreciative Explanation) in Arabic by al-‘Allāmah Fadl bin ‘Alawī bin Muhammad bin Sahl Bā ‘Alawī al-Husaynī, translated into Ki-Swahili by Shaykh Mohamed Mlamali Adam.

Al-Wird u’l-Latīf li’l Habīb ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād, in Mukhkhul ‘Ibādah li Ahli’s-sulūk wa’l irādah (The Essence of Worship For Intending Spiritual Travellers), compiled by Al-Habīb as-Sayyid ‘AbdAllāh bin Mustafā bin Hasan al-‘Aydarūs, n.d, p. 198-202.

Al-Wird al-Latīf li’l Habīb ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād, in Al-Maslak al-Qarīb li kulli sālik munīb (The Near and Dear Way for Every Repentant Seeker), compiled by As-Sayyid al-Habīb Tāhir bin Husayn bin Tāhir, Maktaba Ishā‘at al-Islām, n.d, Delhi, p. 47-52.

Al-Wird u’l Latīf li’l Habīb ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād, in Al-Adhkār wa’l Awrād (Regular Voluntary Supplications and Invocations to Allāh), compiled by Shaykh Muhyiddīn bin ‘Abd ar-Rahmān bin Muhammad az-Zanzibārī, Sulaymān Mar‘ī, Singapore, 1405/1985, p. 19-23.

Al-Wird u’l Latīf li’l Imām ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Alawī al-Haddād, in Shawāriq al-Anwār (The Brilliant Burst of Sunshine), compiled by As-Sayyid Imām Muhammad bin ‘Alawī al-Mālikī al-Hasanī, n.d, p. 8-12.

Al-Wird u’l Latīf, in Ad‘iya thuluth al-layl al-akhīr (Supplications in the Small Hours of the Night), compiled by al-‘Allāmah al-Ustādh Muhammad Sharīf Sa‘īd al-Beidh, Vijana wa Īmaan, Mambrui, Kenya, n.d. p. 8-12.

The Prophetic Invocations, Compiled by Imām ‘AbdAllāh ibn ‘Alawī al-Haddād, Arabic text of Wird al-Latīf and Rātib al-Haddād, with translation, transliteration and commentary, by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawī, The Starlatch Press, Illinois, U.S.A, 2000, p. 7-27.

www.starlatch.com

The Wird al-Latīf (Arabic/English translation), in The Gifts of Imām al-Haddād, compiled by Syed Abdul Kader al-Haddad, Wardah Books, Singapore, 2004.

www.wardahbooks.com

“Remembrance, taken from the Wird of Imām ‘AbdAllāh al-Haddād”, Appendix One, in Purification of the Heart, translation and commentary of Imām Mawlūd’s Matharat al-Qulūb, by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Starlatch Press, Illinois, U.S.A, 2004, p. 173-183.

Related web-pages

Wird u’l-Latīf: Arabic Text with Malay translation

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www.alhawi.net/Wirdul.htm

Al-Wird al-Latīf: Arabic Text

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www.alrawha.net/ehsaan/alward.htm