بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّيْۤ اَشْهَدُ اَنَّ هٰذَا كِتَابُكَ الْمُنْزَلُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ
O Allah I bear witness that this is Your Revealed Book from You
عَلٰى رَسُوْلِكَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهِ
To Your messenger Muhammad son of Abdullah, Allah’s blessings be on him and his family
وَكَلَامُكَ النَّاطِقَ عَلٰى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ
And it is Your Spoken Words, through the tongue of Your Prophet,
جَعَلْتَهُ هَادِيًا مِنْكَ اِلٰى خَلْقِكَ
You have made it a guide from You to Your creation
وَحَبْلًا مُتَّصِلًا فِيْمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عِبَادَكَ
And a connecting rope between You and Your servants
اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي نَشَرْتُ عَهْدَكَ وَكِتَابَكَ
O Allah I have opened Your Covenant and Your Book
اَللّٰهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ عِبَادَةً
O Allah, so make my looking at it an act of worship
وَقِرَاۤءَتِيْ فِيْهِ فِكْرًا وَفِكْرِيْ فِيْهِ اِعْتِبَارًا
and my reciting it a pondering and my pondering over it a way to derive lessons
وَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِمَّنْ اِتَّعَظَ بِبَيَانِ مَوَاعِظِكَ فِيْهِ
[O Allah] include me from those who are advised by the narrations of its advices
وَاجْتَنَبَ مَعَاصِيَكَ
and who avoid Your disobedience
وَلَاتَطْبَعْ عِنْدَ قِرَاۤءَتِيْ عَلٰى سَمْعِيْ
[O Allah] do not seal my ears when I’m reciting it
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ عَلٰى بَصَرِيْ غِشَاوَةً
and do not place a curtain over my sight
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ قِرَاۤءَتِيْ قِرَاۤءَةً لَا تَدَبُّرَ فِيْهَا
Nor make my recitation a recitation lacking pondering
بَلِ اجْعَلْنِيْۤ اَتَدَبَّرُ اٰيَاتِهِ وَاَحْكَامَهُ
Rather make me from among those who ponder over its verses and its rules
اٰخِذًا بِشَرَايِعِ دِيْنِكَ
Deriving the ways to Your religion
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ نَظَرِيْ فِيْهِ غَفْلَةً
and do not make me heedless when I’m looking at it
وَلَا قِرَاۤءَتِيْ هَذَرًا
nor make my reciting a waste
اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الرَّؤُوْفُ الرَّحِيْمُ۔
Surely You are the Most Gentle, the Most Merciful