Dua at Iftar (Dua Noor)

اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النُّوْرِ الْعَظِيْمِ وَ رَبَّ الْكُرْسِيِّ الرَّفِيْعِ

allahumma rabban nooril ‘azeem wa rabbal kursiyil rafee’

O Lord of the magnificent light, Lord of the high heaven,

وَ رَبَّ الْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُوْرِ وَ رَبَّ الشَّفْعِ الْكَبِيْرِ

wa rabbal bahril masjoori wa rabbash shafi’l kabeer

Lord of the flowing seas, Lord of the great intercessor

وَ النُّوْرِ الْعَزِيْزِ وَ رَبَّ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيْلِ وَ الزَّبُوْرِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ الْعَظِيْمِ

wan-nooril ‘azeez wa rabbat-tawraati wal injeeli waz-zaboori wal furqaan-il azeem

Lord of the flowing seas, Lord of the great intercessor and brilliant light, Lord ot fhe Tawrat and Injil, and the grand Furqan (criterion).

أَنْتَ إِلٰهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ إِلٰهُ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ-

anta ilaaju man fis-samavaati wa ilaaju man fil ardhi

You are the only God of the heavens and the earth.

لا إِلٰهَ فِيْهِمَا غَيْرُكَ وَ أَنْتَ مَلِكُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ

la-ilaaha feehima ghayruka wa anta maliku man fis-samavaati

There is no other god save you. You are powerful over everything in the heavens and earth. There is no powerful save You.

وَ مَلِكُ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ لا مَلِكَفِيْهِمَا غَيْرُك

wa maliku man fil ardhi la malika feehima ghairuk

You are the owner of the heavens and earth. There is no owner save you.

أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْكَبِيْرِ وَ نُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ الْمُنِيْرِ وَ بِمُلْكِكَ الْقَدِيم

as-asluka bimikal Kabeer wa noori wajhikal muneer wa bi-mulkikal qadeem

I beseech you through your great name, your brilliant superior being, your ever existing kingdom

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ

ya hayyu ya qayyum ya hayyu ya qayyum ya hayyu ya qayyum

O Ever living, O Self –Subsisting, O Ever living, O self Subsisting.

أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ أَشْرَقَ بِه كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ

as-asluka bismikal-ladhee ashraqa bihi kullu shay-in

I beseech you in your name that illuminates everything

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ أَشْرَقَتْ بِهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ

wa bismikal-ladhee ashraqat bihis-samavaatu wal ardh

and by your name that radiates in the heavens and earth,

وَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ صَلَحَ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُوْنَ وَ بِهٖ يَصْلُحُ الْآخِرُوْنَ

wa bismikal-ladhee salaha bihil awaaloona wa bihi yaslahul aakhiroon

your name which sets the people of all times on the right path from the foremost to the last.

يَا حَيُّ قَبْلَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ وَ يَا حَيُّ بَعْدَ كُلِّ حَيٍّ

ya hayyu qabla kulli hayyi wa hayyu ba’da kulli hayyi

O Ever Living who was there before anything else. O Ever Living who is ever existing when no life shall exist.

وَ يَا حَيُّ لا إِلٰهَ إِلا أَنْتَ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

wa ya hayyu la ilaaha illa anta, salli ‘alaa muhammadin wa aali muhammadin

O Ever Living there is no god save You. Peace be upon Muhammad and his progeny.

وَ اغْفِرْ لِيْ ذُنُوْبِيْ وَ اجْعَلْ لِيْ مِنْ أَمْرِي يُسْرًا وَ فَرَجًا قَرِيْبًا

waghfir li dhunoobi waj’al li min amri yusran wa farajan qareeban

Forgive me my sins, make my affairs easy, and the reappearance near

وَ ثَبِّتْنِيْ عَلٰى دِيْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلٰى سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلامُ

wa thabbitnee ‘alaa deeni muhammadin wa aali muhammadin wa ‘alaa sunnati muhammadin wa aali muhammadin ‘alayhi wa ‘alayhimus-salam

and keep us firm in the religion of Muhammad and family of Muhammad, on the guidance of Muhammad and family of Muhammad, on the sunnah of Muhammad and his family, peace be upon him and his family.

وَ اجْعَلْ عَمَلِيْ فِي الْمَرْفُوْعِ الْمُتَقَبَّلِ

waj’al ‘amali fil marfo’il mutaqabbal

Make my deeds lofty and accepted.

وَ هَبْ لِي كَمَا وَهَبْتَ لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ

wa hab li kama wahabta li awliyaika wa ahli ta-a’tik

Bestow upon me like you have granted your pious and obedient servants.

فَإِنِّيْ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَ وَ مُتَوَكِّلٌ عَلَيْكَ

fa-inni mominun bika wa mutawakkilun ‘alayk

For surely I am a believer in you, trusting in you,

مُنِيْبٌ إِلَيْكَ مَعَ مَصِيْرِيْ إِلَيْكَ وَ تَجْمَعُ لِيْ

muneebun ilayka ma’a maseeri ilayka wa tajma’u li

turning repentantly to you, to you is my journeys end.

وَ تَجْمَعَ لئِ وَ لِأَهْلِيْ وَ وُلْدِيَ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّه

tajma-‘a li wa li ahli wa wuldi-yal khaira kulluh

Gather for me and for my family and my parents all good

وَ تَصْرِفُ عَنِّيْ وَ عَنْ وُلْدِيْ وَ أَهْلِيَ الشَّرَّ كُلَّه

wa tasrif ‘anni wa ‘an wuldi wa ahli-yash-sharra kulluh

and remove for me , my family and parents all evil.

أَنْتَ الْحَنَّانُ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيْعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ

anta-al ‘hannaul-mannau badi’ us-samavaati wal ardh

You are the compassionate, the supporter and the originator of the heavens and the earth.

تُعْطِي الْخَيْرَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَ تَصْرِفُه عَمَّنْ تَشَاءُ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ

Tuʿṭī al-khayra man tashāʾu wa taṣrifuhu ʿan man tashāʾu fa'mnun ʿalayya bi-raḥmatik

You give good to whom You will and withhold it from whom You will, so bestow upon me Your mercy.

يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.

ya arhamar-rahimeen

O Kind and compassionate.

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah; the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.