وَلَوْ خِفْتُ تَعْجِيلَ ٱلْعُقُوبَةِ لاﹾجْتَنَبْتُهُ لاَ…
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وَلَوْ خِفْتُ تَعْجِيلَ ٱلْعُقُوبَةِ لاﹾجْتَنَبْتُهُ
لاَ لأَنَّكَ أَهْوَنُ ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ إِلَيَّ
وَأَخَفُّ ٱلْمُطَّلِعِينَ عَلَيَّ
بَلْ لأَنَّكَ يَا رَبِّ خَيْرُ ٱلسَّاتِرِينَ
وَأَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَاكِمِينَ
وَأَكْرَمُ ٱلأَكْرَمِينَ
سَتَّارُ ٱلْعُيُوبِ
غَفَّارُ ٱلذُّنُوبِ
عَلاَّمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ
تَسْتُرُ ٱلذَّنْبَ بِكَرَمِكَ
وَتُؤَخِّرُ ٱلْعُقُوبَةَ بِحِلْمِكَ
فَلَكَ ٱلْحَمْدُ عَلَىٰ حِلْمِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِكَ
wa law khiftu ta'jila al'uqubati lajtanabtuhu
la li'annaka ahwanu alnnazirina ilayya
wa akhaffu almuttali'ina 'alayya
bal li'annaka ya rabbi khayru alssatirina
wa ahkamu alhakimina
wa akramu al-akramina
sattaru al'uyubi
ghaffaru aldhdhunubi
'allamu alghuyubi
tasturu aldhdhanba bikaramika
wa tu'akhkhiru al'uqubata bihilmika
falaka alhamdu 'ala hilmika ba'da 'ilmika
Had I anticipated immediateness of punishment, I might have avoided doing them.
Yet, this does not mean that You are the least important of those who watch over me
or You are the least weighty of those who observe me.
Rather, this is because You, O my Lord, are the best of those who cover up (one’s defects),
the wisest of those who judge,
the most generous of those who act generously,
the concealer of defects,
the Forgiver of sins,
and the Knower of the unseen.
You conceal the defects out of Your liberality
and put off punishment because of Your forbearance.
Hence, all praise be to You, for You act tolerably although You have full knowledge
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Source: duas.org · ramadan-dua-abu-hamza-thumali
