بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah Most Merciful and Compassionate:
Litanies
Ḥizb al-Baḥr
Imām Abū'l-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī · m. 656 H / 1258يَا عَلِيُّ يَا عَظِيمُ
O Allah, O High, O Great,
يَا حَلِيمُ يَا عَلِيمُ
O Clement, O All-knowing;
أَنتَ رَبِّي
You are my Lord
وَعِلْمُكَ حَسْبِي
and Your knowledge is my sufficiency;
فَنِعْمَ ٱلرَّبُّ رَبِّي
So how perfect is my Lord
وَنِعْمَ ٱلْحَسْبُ حَسْبِي
and how perfect my sufficiency,
تَنصُرُ مَن تَشَآءُ وَأَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
You give victory to whomever You will, and You are the All-powerful, the All-compassionate.
نَسْأَلُكَ ٱلْعِصْمَةَ فِي ٱلْحَرَكَاتِ وَٱلسَّكَنَاتِ
We ask Your protection, in movements and rests,
وَٱلْكَلِمَاتِ وَٱلْإِرَادَاتِ وَٱلْخَطَرَاتِ
in words and desires and thoughts;
مِنَ ٱلشُّكُوكِ وَٱلظُّنُونِ
from doubts and imaginings,
وَٱلْأَوْهَامِ ٱلسَّاتِرَةِ لِلْقُلُوبِ
and the illusions that veil hearts,
عَن مُطَالَعَةِ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
from beholding things unseen.
Qur'an· Q 33:11
فَقَدِ ٱبْتُلِيَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالًا شَدِيدًا
The believers have been tried, and mightily shaken,
Qur'an· Q 33:12
وَإِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَافِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُٓ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
and lo, “the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts say: Allah and His messenger ﷺ have promised us nothing but delusion.”
فَثَبِّتْنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا
So make us steadfast, give us the victory,
وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا هَٰذَا ٱلْبَحْرَ
and subject to us this sea
كَمَا سَخَّرْتَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِمُوسٰى
as you subjected the sea to Moses,
وَسَخَّرْتَ ٱلنَّارَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ
the fire to Abraham,
وَسَخَّرْتَ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَٱلْحَدِيدَ لِدَاوُودَ
the mountains and iron to David,
وَسَخَّرْتَ ٱلرِّيحَ وَٱلشَّيَاطِينَ وَٱلْجِنَّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ
the wind and demons and jinn to Solomon.
وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ بَحْرٍ هُوَ لَكَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
And subject to us every sea You possess, in the earth and sky,
وَٱلْمُلْكِ وَٱلْمَلَكُوتِ
the physical and the spiritual,
وَبَحْرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَبَحْرَ ٱلْآخِرَةِ
the sea of this life and the sea of the life to come.
وَسَخِّرْ لَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
And subject to us everything,
يَا مَنْۢ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
O You in whose hand is mastery of everything.
Qur'an· Q 19:1
× 3 · to repeatكٓهٰيٰعٓصٓ
Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad (3).
اُنصُرْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ ٱلنَّاصِرِينَ
Give us victory, for You are the best who give victory;
وَٱفْتَحْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَاتِحِينَ
Show us fortune, for You the best who make fortunate;
وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَافِرِينَ
Forgive us, for You are the best of forgivers;
وَٱرْحَمْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
Have mercy on us, for You are the best of the merciful;
وَٱرْزُقْنَا فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّازِقِينَ
Give us sustenance, for You are the best of providers;
وَٱهْدِنَا وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ
And guide us, and save us from the wrongdoing folk.
وَهَبْ لَنَا رِيحًا طَيِّبَةً كَمَا هِيَ فِي عِلْمِكَ
And give us a goodly wind, as may be in Your knowledge,
وَٱنشُرْهَا عَلَيْنَا مِنْ خَزَآئِنِ رَحْمَتِكَ
and release it upon us from the storehouses of Your mercy;
وَٱحْمِلْنَا بِهَا حَمْلَ ٱلْكَرَامَةِ
And carry us upon It a carrying of honour,
مَعَ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْآخِرَةِ
with safety and well-being in the religion, In this world, and the world to come:
إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Truly, You have power over all things.
ٱللَّهُمَّ يَسِّرْ لَنَآ أُمُورَنَا
O Allah, facilitate our affairs for us,
مَعَ ٱلرَّاحَةِ لِقُلُوبِنَا وَأَبْدَانِنَا
with ease for our hearts and bodies,
وَٱلسَّلَامَةِ وَٱلْعَافِيَةِ فِي دُنْيَانَا وَدِينِنَا
and security and well-being in our worldly life and religion.
وَكُن لَنَا صَاحِبًا فِي سَفَرِنَا
And be our companion in our travels,
وَخَلِيفَةً فِيٓ أَهْلِنَا
while keeping watch behind in our families;
وَٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِ أَعْدَآئِنَا
And blind the faces of our enemies,
وَٱمْسَخْهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلْمُضِيَّ وَلَا ٱلْمَجِيٓءَ إِلَيْنَا
and change them where they stand, so they can neither move nor reach us.
Qur'an· Q 36:66
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلٰٓى أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا ٱلصِّرَاطَ فَأَنّٰى يُبْصِرُونَ
“Had We willed, We would have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to the path, but how should they see?
Qur'an· Q 36:67
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Or had We willed, We would have transformed them upon their place, so they could go neither forward nor return.
Qur'an· Q 36:1
يسٓ
“Ya Sin.
Qur'an· Q 36:2
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ
By the Wise Quran,
Qur'an· Q 36:3
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Truly you are of the messengers,
Qur'an· Q 36:4
عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
upon a straight path;
Qur'an· Q 36:5
تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The sending down of the All-powerful, the All-compassionate;
Qur'an· Q 36:6
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَافِلُونَ
To Warn a people whose forefathers were un-warned, so they heed not.
Qur'an· Q 36:7
لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلٰٓى أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
The word has truly been realised against most of them, so they believe not.
Qur'an· Q 36:8
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِيٓ أَعْنَاقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًا فَهِيَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُمْ مُقْمَحُونَ
Verily, We have placed fetters on their necks, even up to the chins, so they bend not.
Qur'an· Q 36:9
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنْۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And We have placed a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and covered them over, so they see not.”
× 3 · to repeat
شَاهَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ
May the faces be disfigured (3).
Qur'an· Q 20:111
وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ
“And faces shall be humbled to the Living, Through Whom All Exists,
Qur'an· Q 20:111
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا
while whoever bears wrongdoing shall have failed.”
Qur'an· Q 27:1
طٰسٓ
“Ta Sin.
Qur'an· Q 42:1
حٰمٓ
Ha Mim,
Qur'an· Q 42:2
عٓسٓقٓ
'Ayn Sin Qaf.
Qur'an· Q 55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has loosed the two seas that meet;
Qur'an· Q 55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
between them is a barrier they do not cross.”
حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ حٰمٓ
Ha Mim, Ha Mim, Ha Mim, Ha Mim, Ha Mim, Ha Mim, Ha Mim.
حُمَّ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَجَآءَ ٱلنَّصْرُ فَعَلَيْنَا لَا يُنصَرُونَ
The matter be done, the victory come, Against us they shall not be helped.
Qur'an· Q 40:1
حمٓ
“Ha Mim.
Qur'an· Q 40:2
تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَابِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
The sending down of the Book from Allah, the All-powerful, the All-knowing:
Qur'an· Q 40:3
غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ
Forgiver of Sins, Accepter of Repentance, Terrible in Punishment,
Qur'an· Q 40:3
ذِي ٱلطَّوْلِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
Infinite of Bounty: There is no god but He, unto Him is the final becoming.”
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ بَٱبُنَا
“Bismillah is our door,
تَبَارَكَ حِيطَانُنَا
Tabaraka our walls,
يسٓ سَقْفُنَا
Ya Sin our roof,
كٓهيعٓصٓ كِفَايَتُنَا
Kaf Ha Ya ‘Ayn Sad our sufficiency,
حمٓ عٓسٓقٓ حِمَايَتُنَا
Ha Mim ‘Ayn Sin Qaf our protection.”
Qur'an· Q 2:137
× 3 · to repeatفَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
“And Allah will suffice you against them, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing” (3).
سِتْرُ ٱلْعَرْشِ مَسْبُولٌ عَلَيْنَا
The veil of the Throne is lowered upon us,
وَعَيْنُ ٱللَّهِ نَاظِرَةٌ إِلَيْنَا
the eye of Allah is looking at us;
بِحَوْلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُقْدَرُ عَلَيْنَا
By the power of Allah we shall not be overcome,
Qur'an· Q 85:20
وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌ
and Allah encompasses them from behind:
Qur'an· Q 85:21
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ
“Nay, it is a noble recitation,
Qur'an· Q 85:22
فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ
In a guarded tablet.”
Qur'an· Q 12:64
× 3 · to repeatفَٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
“For Allah is best as protector, and He is most merciful of the merciful” (3).
Qur'an· Q 7:196
× 3 · to repeatإِنَّ وَلِيِّيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَابَۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
“Verily, Allah is my protector, who sent down the Book, and He looks after the righteous” (3).
Qur'an· Q 9:129
× 3 · to repeatحَسْبِيَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
“Allah is my sufficiency, there is no god but He, on Him I rely, and He is Lord of the Mighty Throne” (3).
× 3 · to repeat
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ ٱسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
In the name of Allah with whose name nothing can cause harm in the earth or sky, and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing (3).
× 3 · to repeat
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلتَّآمَّاتِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
I take refuge in the consummate words of Allah from the evil of what He has created (3).
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
And there is no power or strength except by Allah, the High, the Most Great.
وَصَلَّى ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا
And Allah bless our Master Muhammad ﷺ, and his folk and Companions and give them peace.
Qur'an· Q 37:180
سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Glorified is your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power, above what they claim!
Qur'an· Q 37:181
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Peace be upon the messengers.
Qur'an· Q 37:182
وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
“And Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds.”