1 O God,            if Thou willest,                      Thou wilt pardon us through Thy bounty            and if Thou willest,                      Thou wilt chastise us through Thy justice. 2 So make our ways smooth to Thy pardon                                through Thy kindness                      and grant us sanctuary from Thy chastisement                                through Thy forbearance,                      for none of us has the endurance for Thy justice                      and none of us can reach deliverance without Thy pardon! 3 O Richest of the rich!            Here we are, Thy servants, before Thee.            I am the neediest of the needy toward Thee,                      so redress our neediness                                through Thy plenty                      and cut us not off from our hopes                                through Thy withholding,                      lest Thou makest wretched him who seeks felicity through Thee                                and deprivest him who seeks help from Thy bounty! 4 Then to whom would we return after Thee?            Where would we go from Thy gate?                      Glory be to Thee!            We are the distressed,                      the response to whom                                Thou hast made incumbent,                      the people from whom                                Thou hast promised to remove the evil.81 5 That thing most resembling Thy will                      and that affair most worthy for Thee in Thy mightiness                      is showing mercy to him who asks Thee for mercy                                and helping him who seeks help from Thee.                      So show mercy upon our pleading with Thee                                and free us from need when we throw ourselves before Thee! 6 O God,            Satan will gloat over us if we follow him                      in disobeying Thee,            so bless Muhammad and his Household            and let him not gloat over us                      after we have renounced him for Thee                      and beseeched Thee against him!