مُنَاجَاةُ الْحَمْدِ بَعْدَ انْكِشَافِ النِّعْمَةِ

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي لَا يُحْمَدُ حَمْدًا إِلَّا كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَلْهَمَهُ، وَلَا يُشْكَرُ شُكْرًا إِلَّا كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَيْقَظَهُ، وَلَا تُرَى نِعْمَةٌ إِلَّا كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي كَشَفَ سِتْرَهَا، وَلَا يُفْهَمُ سَبَبٌ إِلَّا كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرَى الْقَلْبَ مَا وَرَاءَ السَّبَبِ.

El-hamdü lillâhillezî lâ yuhmedü hamden illâ kâne hüve’llezî elhemeh, ve lâ yüşkerü şükran illâ kâne hüve’llezî eykazah, ve lâ türâ ni‘metün illâ kâne hüve’llezî keşefe sitrahâ, ve lâ yüfhemü sebebün illâ kâne hüve’llezî era’l-kalbe mâ verâe’s-sebeb.

Praise belongs to God — no praise is offered but that He is the One who inspired it; no thanks is given but that He is the One who awakened it; no blessing is seen but that He is the One who lifted its veil; and no cause is understood but that He is the One who showed the heart what lies beyond the cause.

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ حِينَ يُعْطِي، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ حِينَ يُرِي، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ حِينَ يُفَهِّمُ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ حِينَ يُلْهِمُ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ حِينَ يَجْعَلُ الْحَمْدَ نِعْمَةً فَوْقَ النِّعْمَةِ.

El-hamdü lillâhi hîne yu‘tî, ve’l-hamdü lillâhi hîne yürî, ve’l-hamdü lillâhi hîne yüfehhim, ve’l-hamdü lillâhi hîne yülhim, ve’l-hamdü lillâhi hîne yec‘alü’l-hamde ni‘meten fevka’n-ni‘meh.

Praise be to God when He gives; praise be to God when He shows; praise be to God when He grants understanding; praise be to God when He inspires; and praise be to God when He makes praise itself a blessing atop the blessing.

يَا رَبِّ، مَا عَرَفْنَا النِّعْمَةَ إِلَّا بِكَ، وَمَا شَكَرْنَاهَا إِلَّا بِتَوْفِيقِكَ، وَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِي الْقَلْبِ سَكِينَةَ الْحَمْدِ إِلَّا مِنْ فَيْضِكَ.

Yâ Rabbi, mâ arafne’n-ni‘mete illâ bik, ve mâ şekernâhâ illâ bitevfîkık, ve mâ vecednâ fi’l-kalbi sekînete’l-hamdi illâ min feydık.

O my Lord, we did not know the blessing except through You; we did not thank it except by Your enabling; and we did not find in the heart the tranquility of praise except from Your overflowing grace.

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى النِّعْمَةِ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَعْرِفَةِ النِّعْمَةِ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى الشُّكْرِ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى أَنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ الشُّكْرَ بَابًا لِزِيَادَةِ النِّعْمَةِ.

Feleke’l-hamdü ale’n-ni‘meh, ve leke’l-hamdü alâ ma‘rifeti’n-ni‘meh, ve leke’l-hamdü ale’ş-şükr, ve leke’l-hamdü alâ enneke cealte’ş-şükra bâben liziyâdeti’n-ni‘meh.

So to You be praise for the blessing; to You be praise for the recognition of the blessing; to You be praise for the thanks; and to You be praise for having made gratitude a door to the increase of the blessing.

قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ: لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ. فَسُبْحَانَكَ، مَا أَكْرَمَكَ. تُعْطِي النِّعْمَةَ، ثُمَّ تُعْطِي الشُّكْرَ، ثُمَّ تَجْعَلُ الشُّكْرَ سَبَبًا لِزِيَادَةِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ.

Kulte ve kavlüke’l-hakk: Lein şekertüm leezîdenneküm. Fesübhâneke, mâ ekremek. Tu‘ti’n-ni‘mete, sümme tu‘ti’ş-şükra, sümme tec‘alü’ş-şükra sebeben liziyâdeti mâ a‘tayt.

You said — and Your word is the truth: “If you are thankful, I shall surely increase you.” So glory be to You, how generous You are! You give the blessing, then give the thanks, then make the thanks a cause for the increase of what You gave.

يَا اللهُ، إِنَّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ نِعَمِكَ أَنْ تُرِيَ الْعَبْدَ يَدَكَ فِي الْأَحْدَاثِ، فَلَا يَقِفَ عِنْدَ الْأَشْخَاصِ، وَلَا يَضِيعَ فِي الْأَسْبَابِ، وَلَا يَحْبِسَ قَلْبَهُ عِنْدَ الْجُرْحِ، بَلْ يَرَى مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجُرْحِ تَرْبِيَتَكَ، وَمِنْ وَرَاءِ الْمَنْعِ حِفْظَكَ، وَمِنْ وَرَاءِ الْكَشْفِ رَحْمَتَكَ، وَمِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحَدِّ لُطْفَكَ.

Yâ Allâh, inne min a‘zami ni‘amike en türiye’l-abde yedeke fi’l-ahdâs, felâ yekıfe inde’l-eşhâs, ve lâ yedîa fi’l-esbâb, ve lâ yahbise kalbehû inde’l-curh, bel yerâ min verâi’l-curhi terbiyetek, ve min verâi’l-men‘ı hıfzak, ve min verâi’l-keşfi rahmetek, ve min verâi’l-haddi lutfek.

O God, among Your greatest blessings is that You show the servant Your hand in events, so that he does not halt at persons, nor lose himself in causes, nor imprison his heart at the wound; but rather sees, behind the wound, Your nurturing; behind the withholding, Your protection; behind the unveiling, Your mercy; and behind the boundary, Your gentleness.

فَكَمْ مِنْ بَابٍ أُغْلِقَ، فَكَانَ إِغْلَاقُهُ فَتْحًا. وَكَمْ مِنْ رِزْقٍ مُنِعَ، فَكَانَ مَنْعُهُ صَوْنًا. وَكَمْ مِنْ إِنْسَانٍ كُشِفَ، فَكَانَ كَشْفُهُ نَجَاةً. وَكَمْ مِنْ حَدٍّ وُضِعَ، فَكَانَ الْحَدُّ رَحْمَةً.

Fekem min bâbin uğlika, fekâne iğlâkuhû fethâ. Ve kem min rızkın münia, fekâne men‘uhû savnâ. Ve kem min insânin küşife, fekâne keşfühû necâh. Ve kem min haddin vudıa, fekâne’l-haddü rahmeh.

How many a door was closed, yet its closing was an opening. How many a provision was withheld, yet its withholding was a safeguarding. How many a person was exposed, yet his exposure was a deliverance. And how many a boundary was set, yet the boundary was a mercy.

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي يُرَبِّي عِبَادَهُ بِمَا يَفْهَمُونَ وَبِمَا لَا يَفْهَمُونَ. الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي يَسُوقُ الْأَقْدَارَ، ثُمَّ يَكْشِفُ بَعْدَهَا الْحِكْمَةَ. الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي إِذَا أَخَذَ شَيْئًا، أَعْطَى بَدَلَهُ بَصِيرَةً. وَإِذَا أَظْهَرَ شَيْئًا، أَظْهَرَ مَعَهُ مَوْضِعَ الْقَلْبِ. وَإِذَا أَلْهَمَ الْكِتَابَةَ، جَعَلَ الْقَلَمَ يَسْجُدُ بِالْمَعْنَى قَبْلَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ بِالْمِدَادِ.

El-hamdü lillâhillezî yürabbî ibâdehû bimâ yefhemûne ve bimâ lâ yefhemûn. El-hamdü lillâhillezî yesûku’l-akdâr, sümme yekşifü ba‘dehe’l-hikmeh. El-hamdü lillâhillezî izâ ehaze şey’en, e‘tâ bedelehû basîrah. Ve izâ azhera şey’en, azhera meahû mevdıa’l-kalb. Ve izâ elheme’l-kitâbeh, ceale’l-kaleme yescüdü bi’l-ma‘nâ kable en yektübe bi’l-midâd.

Praise belongs to God, who nurtures His servants by what they understand and by what they do not understand. Praise belongs to God, who drives the decrees, then unveils the wisdom afterward. Praise belongs to God, who, when He takes something, gives in its place an insight; when He reveals something, reveals with it the true place of the heart; and when He inspires the writing, makes the pen prostrate with the meaning before it writes with ink.

يَا رَبِّ، إِنْ كَتَبْنَا فَبِإِذْنِكَ، وَإِنْ حَمِدْنَا فَبِتَوْفِيقِكَ، وَإِنْ شَكَرْنَا فَبِفَضْلِكَ، وَإِنْ سَكَنَتْ قُلُوبُنَا فَبِذِكْرِكَ.

Yâ Rabbi, in ketebnâ febiiznik, ve in hamidnâ febitevfîkık, ve in şekernâ febifadlik, ve in seketet kulûbünâ febizikrik.

O my Lord, if we have written, it is by Your leave; if we have praised, by Your enabling; if we have thanked, by Your grace; and if our hearts have found stillness, it is by Your remembrance.

قُلْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ: أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ. فَوَجَدْنَا صِدْقَ الْآيَةِ فِي أَجْسَادِنَا قَبْلَ أَلْسِنَتِنَا، وَفِي سَكِينَةِ الصَّدْرِ قَبْلَ صَوْتِ الْكَلَامِ، وَفِي النُّورِ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُ عَلَى الْقَلْبِ حِينَ يَقُولُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ، وَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ.

Kulte sübhâneke: Elâ bizikri’llâhi tatmainnü’l-kulûb. Fevecednâ sıdka’l-âyeti fî ecsâdinâ kable elsinetinâ, ve fî sekîneti’s-sadri kable savti’l-kelâm, ve fi’n-nûrillezî yenzilü ale’l-kalbi hîne yekûl: el-hamdü lillâh, ve lillâhi’l-hamd.

You said — glory be to You: “Truly, it is in the remembrance of God that hearts find rest.” So we found the truth of the verse in our bodies before our tongues, in the tranquility of the breast before the sound of speech, and in the light that descends upon the heart when it says: Praise be to God, and to God belongs all praise.

سُبْحَانَكَ يَا اللهُ، إِذَا ذَكَرْنَاكَ، ذَكَرْتَنَا. وَإِذَا شَكَرْنَاكَ، زِدْتَنَا. وَإِذَا رَجَعْنَا إِلَيْكَ، فَتَحْتَ لَنَا مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْفَهْمِ مَا لَا يَفْتَحُهُ الْجِدَالُ.

Sübhâneke yâ Allâh, izâ zekernâke, zekertenâ. Ve izâ şekernâke, zidtenâ. Ve izâ raca‘nâ ileyke, fetahte lenâ min ebvâbi’l-fehmi mâ lâ yeftehuhü’l-cidâl.

Glory be to You, O God: when we remembered You, You remembered us. When we thanked You, You increased us. And when we returned to You, You opened for us doors of understanding that argument cannot open.

فَلَا نَرَى الْأُمُورَ كَمَا تَرَاهَا النُّفُوسُ الْمُضْطَرِبَةُ، بَلْ نَرَاهَا كَمَا يُرِيهَا اللهُ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُطَهِّرَ قَلْبَهُ.

Felâ nera’l-umûre kemâ terâhe’n-nüfûsü’l-mudtaribeh, bel nerâhâ kemâ yürîhe’llâhü limen erâde en yütahhira kalbeh.

So we do not see matters as agitated souls see them, but as God shows them to one whose heart He wills to purify.

يَا رَبِّ، لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يَرَى النِّعْمَةَ وَلَا يَعْرِفُ الْمُنْعِمَ. وَلَا مِمَّنْ يَرَى السَّبَبَ وَيَنْسَى الْمُسَبِّبَ. وَلَا مِمَّنْ يَرَى الْفَتْحَ فَيَغْتَرَّ. وَلَا مِمَّنْ يَرَى الْمَنْعَ فَيَجْزَعَ. وَلَا مِمَّنْ يَكْتُبُ فَيَنْسُبُ الْكِتَابَةَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ. وَلَا مِمَّنْ يَحْمَدُ ثُمَّ يَرَى الْحَمْدَ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ.

Yâ Rabbi, lâ tec‘alnâ mimmen yera’n-ni‘mete ve lâ ya‘rifü’l-mün‘ım. Ve lâ mimmen yera’s-sebebe ve yensa’l-müsebbib. Ve lâ mimmen yera’l-fethe feyağterr. Ve lâ mimmen yera’l-men‘a feyecza‘. Ve lâ mimmen yektübü feyensübü’l-kitâbete ilâ nefsih. Ve lâ mimmen yahmedü sümme yera’l-hamde min havlihî ve kuvvetih.

O my Lord, do not make us of those who see the blessing yet do not know the Bestower; nor of those who see the cause and forget the Causer; nor of those who see the opening and grow deluded; nor of those who see the withholding and despair; nor of those who write and ascribe the writing to themselves; nor of those who praise, then see the praise as coming from their own power and strength.

بَلِ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ إِذَا أُعْطِيَ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ. وَإِذَا مُنِعَ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ. وَإِذَا كُشِفَ لَهُ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ. وَإِذَا أُلْهِمَ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ. وَإِذَا وَجَدَ فِي قَلْبِهِ رَاحَةَ الذِّكْرِ، قَالَ: هَذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي.

Beli’c‘alnâ mimmen izâ u‘tıye, kâle: el-hamdü lillâh. Ve izâ münia, kâle: el-hamdü lillâh. Ve izâ küşife leh, kâle: el-hamdü lillâh. Ve izâ ülhime, kâle: el-hamdü lillâh. Ve izâ vecede fî kalbihî râhate’z-zikri, kâle: hâzâ min fadli rabbî.

Rather, make us of those who, when given, say: Praise be to God; when withheld from, say: Praise be to God; when something is unveiled to them, say: Praise be to God; when inspired, say: Praise be to God; and when they find in their hearts the rest of remembrance, say: This is from the grace of my Lord.

يَا رَبِّ، إِنَّكَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْرًا، لَمْ تُعْطِهِ النِّعْمَةَ وَحْدَهَا، بَلْ أَعْطَيْتَهُ عَيْنًا تَرَاهَا، وَقَلْبًا يَشْكُرُهَا، وَلِسَانًا يَحْمَدُكَ عَلَيْهَا، وَقَلَمًا يَكْتُبُهَا، وَرُوحًا تَسْجُدُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِنْ أَثَرِهَا.

Yâ Rabbi, inneke izâ eradte biabdin hayran, lem tu‘tıhi’n-ni‘mete vahdehâ, bel a‘taytehû aynen terâhâ, ve kalben yeşküruhâ, ve lisânen yahmedüke aleyhâ, ve kalemen yektübühâ, ve rûhan tescüdü beyne yedeyke min eserihâ.

O my Lord, when You intend good for a servant, You do not give him the blessing alone; rather You give him an eye that sees it, a heart that thanks it, a tongue that praises You for it, a pen that writes it, and a soul that prostrates before You from its effect.

فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَعْطَيْتَ. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا مَنَعْتَ. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا كَشَفْتَ. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا سَتَرْتَ. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَلْهَمْتَ. وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى أَنَّكَ عَلَّمْتَنَا أَنْ نَحْمَدَكَ.

Feleke’l-hamdü alâ mâ a‘tayt. Ve leke’l-hamdü alâ mâ mena‘te. Ve leke’l-hamdü alâ mâ keşefte. Ve leke’l-hamdü alâ mâ seterte. Ve leke’l-hamdü alâ mâ elhemte. Ve leke’l-hamdü alâ enneke allemtenâ en nahmedek.

So to You be praise for what You gave. To You be praise for what You withheld. To You be praise for what You unveiled. To You be praise for what You concealed. To You be praise for what You inspired. And to You be praise for having taught us to praise You.

حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ. نِعْمَ الْمَوْلَى وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ.

Hasbünallâhü ve ni‘me’l-vekîl. Ni‘me’l-mevlâ ve ni‘me’n-nasîr.

God is sufficient for us, and He is the best trustee. What an excellent Master, and what an excellent Helper.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ. نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ. نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ.

Sübhâneke’llâhümme ve bihamdik. Neşhedü en lâ ilâhe illâ ent. Nesteğfiruke ve netûbü ileyk.

Glory be to You, O God, and with Your praise. We bear witness that there is no god but You. We seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.