بَدَأْتُ بِاللَّهِ العَظِيمِ عَالِي الشَّااانْ lyrics

بَدَأْتُ بِاللَّهِ العَظِيمِ عَالِي الشَّااانْ

I began with God, the Great, the Exalted

قَيُّومْ عَلَى ذَا الكَوْنْ بِيْدِيرْ شُؤُونَهْ

The Sustainer of this universe, managing its affairs

حَاكِمْ وَمُتَحَكِِّمْ وَوَالِي وَسُلْطَااانْ

Ḥākim wa-mutaḥakkim wa-wālī wa-sulṭāān

Ruler, controller, guardian, and sovereign

وَكُلّْ مَنْ فِي الكَوْنْ بِيْسَبِّحُونَهْ

Wa-kull man fī l-kawn bi-yusabbiḥūnah

And all in the universe glorify Him

سُبْحَانْ جَبَّارِ السَّمَاوَاتْ سُبْحَااانْ

Subḥān jabbāri s-samāwāt subḥāān

Glory be to the Almighty of the heavens, glory be!

سُبْحَانْ رَبِّي ذِي عَلْيَا رُكُونَهْ

Glory be to my Lord, whose pillars are high

سُبْحَانْ مَنْ يَقُولْ لِلشَّيْءِ كُونْ كَااانْ

Glory be to Him who says to a thing, 'Be,' and it is

لَا حَوْلْ لَا قُوَّهْ مَالِي بِدُونَهْ

Lā ḥawl lā quwwah mālī bidūnah

No power, no strength do I have without Him

وَذِكْرْ رَبِّي زَادْ قَلْبِي طُمَأْنَااانْ

And the remembrance of my Lord increased my heart's tranquility

مَنْ بِهْ تَمَسَّكْ مَا يَخِيبْ ظُنُونَهْ

Man bih tamassak mā yakhīb ẓunūnah

Whoever holds fast to Him will not have their hopes disappointed

أَنْتَ الرَّجَا وَالمُلْتَجَا أَنْتَ رَحْمَااانْ

Anta r-rajā wa-l-multajā anta raḥmāān

You are the hope and the refuge, You are the Most Merciful

هَوِّنْ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَفَكْفِكْ غُبُونَهْ

Ease my heart and unravel its sorrows

وَأَلْهِمْ فُؤَادِي صَبْرْ يَا اللهْ وَسَلْوَااانْ

And inspire my heart with patience, O God, and solace

وَارْبِطْ عَلَى قَلْبِي وَعَيْنَهْ بِعَوْنَهْ

And strengthen my heart and its eye with Your help

وَالحَمْدْ لَهْ مَا حَنَّ رَعْدَهْ وَلَمْزَااانْ

And praise be to Him as long as His thunder rumbles and His rain falls

وَمَا لَمَعْ بَرْقَهْ وَشَنَّتْ مُزُونَهْ

And as long as His lightning flashes and His clouds pour down

وَالشُّكْرْ لَهْ عَدَّ الخَلَايِقْ وَالأَكْوَااانْ

And thanks be to Him, countless as creations and universes

مَا يَتْلُوا المُصْحَفْ وَمَا رَتَّلُونَهْ

Mā yatlū l-muṣḥaf wa-mā rattalūnah

As much as the Quran is recited and chanted

مِنْ بَعْدْ ذِكْرِ اللهْ يَا الهَاجِسْ الْآاانْ

After the remembrance of God, O inner thought, now

سَوْلِفْ قَوَافِي وَالبَنَانْ يَكْتُبُونَهْ

Sawlif qawāfī wa-l-banān yaktubūnah

Narrate verses, and the fingers write them

لَا عِنْدْ أَغْلَى النَّاسْ وَأَعَزِّ إِنْسَااانْ

To the dearest of people and the most precious person

وَأَهْدُوهْ سَلَامِي وَقْتْ مَا تُوصِلُونَهْ

Wa-ahdūh salāmī waqt mā tūṣilūnah

And give him my greetings when you reach him

أَبُو مُحَمَّدْ لِلصَّحْبْ سَارْ عُنْوَااانْ

Abu Muhammad has become a symbol for friends

لَأَجْلِ الصَّحْبْ الغَالِيَاتْ يَرْخَصُونَهْ

Li-ajli ṣ-ṣaḥb al-ghāliyāt yarkhaṣūnah

For the sake of dear friends, they make sacrifices for him

وَأَسْأَلْ عَلَى أَحْوَالَهْ مَا زَالْ تَعْبَااانْ

And I ask about his condition, he is still tired

كَمْ يَا فُحُوصَاتْ كَمْ زَلَطْ يَبْذِلُونَهْ

Kam yā fuḥūṣāt kam zalaṭ yabdhilūnah

How many tests, how much money they spend

وَلَا نَفَعْ أَيَّهْ عِلَاجْ أَوْ مَرَضْ بَااانْ

And no treatment helped, nor did the illness become clear

وَأَقْوَى عِلَاجْ كُلَّهْ ذِي يَسْتَخْدِمُونَهْ

And the strongest treatment they all use

يَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدْ أَنْزَلَ اللهْ قُرْآنْ

O Abu Muhammad, God revealed the Quran

شِفَا وَرَحْمَهْ لِلَّذِي يَتَّقُونَهْ

Shifā wa-raḥmah li-lladhī yattaqūnah

A healing and mercy for those who fear Him

وَمَا يَزِيدْ الظَّالِمِينْ غَيْرْ خُسْرَااانْ

Wa-mā yazīd aẓ-ẓālimīn ghayr khusrāān

And it only increases the wrongdoers in loss

ذِي هُمْ بِآيَاتْ رَبِّهُمْ كَذَّبُونَهْ

Dhī hum bi-āyāt rabbihim kadhdhabūnah

Those who denied the verses of their Lord

وَمَنْ صَبَرْ ثُمَّ احْتَسَبْ زَادَهْ إِيمَااانْ

Wa-man ṣabar thumma iḥtasab zādah īmāān

And whoever is patient and seeks reward from God, his faith increases

وَالصَّبْرْ مِفْتَاحْ الفَرَجْ تَدْرِكُونَهْ

Wa-ṣ-ṣabr miftāḥ al-faraj tudrikūnah

And patience is the key to relief, you know that

ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ خَيْرْ عَدْنَااانْ

Then prayers be upon the Prophet, the best of Adnan

خَيْرِ البَشَرْ ذِي كُلُّهُمْ يَقْتَدُونَهْ

Khayri l-bashar dhī kulluhum yaqtadūnah

The best of mankind, whom all follow