AL­WAZHIFAby Sayyidi Imam Abul Hasan al­Shadhili

A'UDhU BI­LLAHI MINA­Sh­SHAYTAN­R­RAJIMI take refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan

BISMI­LLAHI­R­RAHMANI­R­RAHÍMIn the Name of Allah, The Universally Merciful, The Singularly Compassionate

ALLAHUMMA SALLI WA SALLIM BI'JAMI I­SH­SHU UNI FI­DH­DHUHURI WA­L­BUTONO Allah, send blessings and peace in all the affairs of the revealed and the hidden.

ALA MAN MINHU­N­ShAQQATI­L ASRARU­L­KAMINAH FI DhATIHI­I ALIYATIDhUHURAupon the one from whom the secrets, which are hidden in his lofty essence, were cleft apart,

WA­N­FALAQATI­L­ ANWARU­L­ MUNTAWIYATUR FI SAMA I SIFATIHI­S­SANIYATI BUDURAand the lights, which are hidden in the sky of his lofty qualities, dispel the shadows of night as full

moons,

WA FIHI­R­TAQATI­L­HAQA IQU MINHU ILAYHand in him ascended the truths, from him to Him;

WA TANAZZALAT ULUMU ADAM BIHI FIHI ALAYHand the sciences of Adam descended through him and upon him,

FA A JAZA KULLAM MIN­L­KhAKA IQI FAHMU MA UDI AMIN­S­SIRRI FIHrendering the entire creation unable to comprehend that which was entrusted to him of the secret,

WA LAHU TADA ALATI­L­FUHUMU WA KULLUN AJaZUHU YAKFIHand befroe him understanding is diminished; yet each one's inability to understand suffices him.

FADhALIKA­S­SIRRU­L­MANSUNU LAM YUDaROLJI ,OMMA SABOQUN FI WUJUDIHThis is the preseved secret that has bot been grasped by any one of us in its existence.

WA LA YABaLUGhUHU LAHIQQUN ALA SAWABIQI ShUHUUDIHAnd none who comes after him will reach his pre­existent witnessing.

FA A DhIMA BIHI MIN NABIYYI­R­RIYADU­L­MULKI WA­L­MALAKUTI­BIZAHRI JAMALIHI­Z­ZAHIRI MUNIQAH

Magnified is the Prophet whose glowing bearty blossoms the gardens of the dominion and the world ofthe kingdom.

WA HIYAADU MA ALIMI­L­JABURUTI­BI­FAYDI ANWARI SIRRIHI­L BAHIRI MUTADAFFIQAHAnd the reservoirs of the world of al­jabaut pour forth in profusion the lights of his dazzling secret.

WA LA ShAY A ILLA WA HUWA BIHI MANUTaAnd there is nothing which is not dependent on him,

WA BI­SIRRIHI­S­SARIYI MANHUTaand which is not encompassed by his all­pervading secret ,

IDh LOW LA­L­WASITATU FI KULLI SU UDINW­WA HUBUTabecause if he were not the mediator in every ascent and descent,

LADhAHABA KAMA QILA­L­MAWSUTathen, as it is said, the mediation would disappear.

SALATAN TALIQU BIKA MINK ILAYHBless him, a blessing worthy or You, from You to him.

WA TATAWARADU BI­TAWARUDI­L­KhALQI­L­JADIDI WA­L­FAYDI­L­MADIDI ALAYHand that is an unceasing and constantly renewed creation pouring out abundantly upon him.

WA SALMAN­YUJARI HADhIHI­S­SALATA FAYDUHU WA FADLUHU KAMA HUWA AHLUHAnd grant him peace in accordance with this blessing, as his worthy of its abundance and favor.

WA LAL ALIHI ShUMUSI SAMA L­L­ULAand on his family, who are the suns of the heavens most high.

WA ASHABIHI WA­T­TABI INA WA MAN TALAand on his companions and followers and those who came after

ALLAHUMA INNAHU SIRRUKA­L­JAMIU LI­KULLI­ ASRARO allah! Surely he is Your secret which unites all secrets.,

WA NURUKA­L­WASI U LI­JAI I­L ANWARand Your light encompassing all lights,

WA DALILUKA­D­DALLU BIKA ALAYKand Your guide who leads through You to You ,

WA QA IDU RAKBI AWALIMIKA ILAYKand the leader who rides Your worlds to You,

WA HIJABUKA­LL A DhAMU­L­QA IMU LAKA BAYNA YADAYKand Your great veil that stands before You,

FALA YASILU WASILUN ILLA ILA HADRATIHI­L­MANI AHso that no one reaches except through his noble presence,

WA LA YAHTADI HA IRUN ILLA BI­ ANWARIHI­L­LAMI AHand no straying person can be guided except by his shining lights.

ALLAHUMMA ALIQNI BI­NASABIHI­R­RUHIO Allah! Join me to his spritual line,

WA HAQQIQaNI BI­HASABIHI­S­SUBBUHIYYand make his praised nobel descent true through me. ,

WA ARRIFNI IYYAHU MA RIFATAN AShHADU BIHA MUHAYYAHULet me know him with a knowledge with which I can witness his existence,

WA ASIRU BIHA MAJaLAHand I become his mirror

KAMA YUHIBBUHU WA YARDAHin the way he likes and which pleases him,

WA ALAMU BIHA MINW­WURUDI MAWARIDI­L­JAHIIL BI­ AWARIFIHthrough which I am freed from the sources of ignorance, through his deep knowledge.

WA AKRA U BIHA MIM­MAWARIDI­L­FADLI BI­MA ARIFIHand I drink directly from the watering places of the bounty, through his knowing.

WA­H­MILNI ALA NAJA IBI LUTaFIKAnd carry me on the swift noble mounts of Your subtlety,

WA­H­MILNI­ ALA NAJA IBI LUTaFIKand on carriers of Your deep love and Your tender mercy,

WA SIR BI FI SABILIHI­L­QAWIM

and lead me on his upright path,

WA SIRATHIHI­L­MUSTAQIMI ILA HADRATIHI BI­HADRATIKA­L­QUDSIYYAHthe straight path to his presence, which is connected to Your Holy Presence

AL­MUTABALLIJATI BI TAJALLIYATI MAHASINIHI L­INSIYYAand which shines with the revelations of his human virtues

HAMLAM­MAHFUFAM BI JUNUDI NUSRATIKcarrying, surrounding, by the soldiers of Your victory,

MAS'HUBAM BI 'AWALIMI USRATIKaccompanied by the worlds of Your family.

WAQDHIF BI 'ALA L­BATILI BI ANWA'IHI FI JAMI'I BIQA'IHAnd [use me,] throw me against falsehood in all of its manifestations, in all its places,

FA­ADMAGHAHU BI L­HAQQI 'ALA­L­WAJHI L­AHAQQaso that I may refute it [i.e., falsehood] by the Truth, in the most true way,

WA­ZUJJA BI FI BIHARI L­AHADIYATI L­MUHITATI BI­KULLI MURAKKABATIN WA­BASITAand plunge me into the seas of oneness, which encompass the totality of things both complex and

simple,

WA­NSHULNI MIN AWHALI T­TAWHIDI ILA FADA' IT­TAFRIDand pull me out of the morass of [metaphorical] Unity [i.e., mere words and speech] into the unlimited

freedom of [Divine] Uniqueness

AL­MUNAZZAHI ANI­L­ ITALAQI WA­T­TAQAYIDAWhich is beyond either freeing or limiting.

WA AGHRIQNI FI AYNI BAHRI0L­WAHDATI SHUHUDAAnd drown me in the Spring of the Sea of the Unity of Witnessing.

HATTA LA ARA WA LA ASMA A WA LA AJIDA WA LA UHISSA ILLA BIHU NUZULLANW­WA SUUDA

Until I do not see, and I do not hear, and I do not sense, and I do not feel, except through It, whiledescending and shile ascending.

KAMA HUWA KADHALIKA LAM YAZAL WUJUDAAs it is, and like this, it never ceases to exist.

WA­JA AL ALLAHUMMA KHALIKA LADAYHI MAMDUHA NW­WA INDAKA MUHMUDAOh Allah! make this commended by him, and praised by You.

WA­JA ALI­L­LLAHUMMA­L­HIJABA­L­ ADHAMA HAYATA RUHI KASHFANW­WA IYANAO Allah! make the Great Veil the life of my Spirit by unveiling and Eye­Witnessing.

DHI­L­AMRU KADHALIKA RAMATAM­MAINKA WA HANANASince the Order is like this ­ a Mercy from You and Kindness.

WA­JA ALI­L­LLAHUMMA RUHAHU SIRRA HAZIQATI DHAWQANW­WA HALAAnd O Allah! make his spirit the Secret of my Reality through tasing and through state.

WA HAQIQATAHU JAMI A AWALIMI FI MAJAMI I MA ALIMI HALANW­WA MAALAAnd may his Reality unify all my worlds in the places of knowledge, both now and forever.

WA HAQQIQANI BI­DHALIKA ALA MA HUNALIKAAnd make this true to me, according to what it is with You.

BI­TAHQIQI­L­HAQQI­L­­AWWALI WA­L­AAKHIRI WA­DHAHIRI WA­L­BATINIBy the realization of the First Truth and the Last Truth, and the Revealed and the Hidden.

YA AWWALU FALAYSA QABALAKA SHAYOh First One! Nothing comes before You.

YA AAKHIRU FA­LAYSA BA DAKA SHAYOh Last One! Nothing comes after You .

YA DHAHIRU FALAYSA FAWAQAKA SHAYOh Revealed One! Beyond You there is nothing,

YA BATINU FALAYSA DUNAKA SHAYOh Hidden One! Beneath You there is nothing.

ISMA NIDA I FI BAQA I WA FANA I BIMA SAI TA BIHI NIDA A ABADIKA ZAKARIYYAAHear my calling in my subsistence and in my annihilation, even as You heard the calling of Your slave

Zakariyya.

WA­JA­ ALNI ANAKA RADIYANW­WA INDAKA MARDIYAAnd make me contented with You, and You contented with me,

WA­N­SURNI BILA­LAKA ALA AWALIMI­L­JINNI WA­L­ INSI WA­L­MAKAKIAnd help me by You and for You over the worlds of the jinn, the human beings and the angels

WA AYYIDNI BIKA LAKA BI­TA YIDI MAN SALAKA FALAKE WA MAN MALAKA FASALAKAAnd strenthen me, through You and for You, as You strengthen those who travel on the Way, and who

master it, and those who master it and return to travel it,

WA­JAMA BAYNI WA BAYNAKAnd join me to You

WA AZIL ANI­L­ AYNI GHAYNAKAnd remove Your Veil from my eye,

WA HUL BAYNI WA HAYNA GHAYRIKAnd place a barrier between me, and between everything other than You.

WA LA TAHUL BAYNI WA BAYNAKAnd let nothing come between me and You.

WA­JA ALMI MIN A IMMATI KHAYRIKA WA MAYRIKAnd make me one of the leaders of Your Goodness and Caring

ALLAAAH ALLAAAH ALLAAAHHold each AAA for twelve slow measures

ALLAHU MINHU BAD UL­ AMRAllah. From Him orIginates the Order

ALLAHU­L­ AMRU ILAYHI YA UDAAllah. To Him returns the Order

ALLAHU WAJIBU­L­WUJUDI WA MA SIWAHU MAFQUDaAllah. The essential pre­requisite of Existence and other than He is not

INNA ­L­DhL FARDA ALAYKA­L­QURA ANA LARAADDUKA ILA MA ADaTruly He it is who has made incumbent upon the The Reading He shall surely bring you home again.

FI KULLI­QaTIRABINW­WA­BATI ADINW­WA­N­TIHADINW­WA­QaTI ADain every approach and withdrawal and rising up and settling down

RABBANAA ATINA MIL­L­LADUNKA RAHMATANW­WA HAYYI LANA MIN AMRINA RAShADAOur Lord. Give us Mercy from Your Presence and settle our affair with Right Guidance.

WA­Ja ALNA MIMMANI­H­TADA BIKand make us from those you are guided by You

FAHADA HATTA LA YAQA A MINNA NADhARUN ILLA ALAYKSo guided that our sight does not rest except upon You

WA LA YASIRU BINA WATaRUN ILLA ILAYKand we have no wish or desire other than You.

WA SIR BINA FI MA ARIJI MADARIJaMake easy for us the ascent of the Upwards Path.

INNA­LLAHA WA MALAA IKATAHU YUSALLUNA ALA­N­NABBIYYTruly Allah and His angels send benedictions on the Prophet

YAA AYYUHA­LLADhINA AMANU SALLU ALAYHI WA SALLIMU TASLIMAOh you who believe, send benedictions upon him and pray him abundant peace

ALLAHUMMA FASALLI WASALLIM MINNA ALAYHI AFDALA ­S­SALATI WA ATAMMA ­T­TASLIM

Oh Allah, belssings and peace from us on him the most gracious of blessings and the most perfectpeace

FA INNA LA NAQaDIRU QADRAHU­L­ ADhIMnor do we comprehend that which befits him of respect and magnification

WA LA NUDaRIKU MA YALIQU BIHI MINA­L­IHTIRAMI WA­T­TA DhIMand make us from those you are guided by You

SALAWATULLAHI TA ALA WA SALAMUHU WATAHAYATUHU WA RAHAMATUHU WABARAKATUHU ALA SAYYIDINA MUHAMMADIN ABaDIKA WA NABIYYIKA WA RASULIKA­

NNABIYYI­L UMIYY WA ALA AALIHI WASAHBIHI WA SALLIMBenedictions of Allah the Most High and His Peace and His Greetings and His Mercy and His Graceon our Lieg­lord Muhammad Your Bondsman and Your Prophet and Your Messenger, the Unlettered

Prophet and on his Family and his Companions, peace

ADADA­Sh­Sh­AFI WA­L­WATRI WA ADADA KALIMATI­L­MUBARRAKATto the number of "Even" and the "Odd" and the Complete and Blessed Words of our Lord and

Sustainer

AUDhU BI­KALIMATI­LLAHI­T­TAMMATI MIN ShARRI MA KhALAQA (3X)I take refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil contain in His Creation

TAHASSANTU BI­DhI­L­ IZZATI WA­L­JABARUT • WA­ TASAMTU BI­RABBI­L­MAAKUT WA TAWAKKALTU ALA­L­HAYYI­LADhI LA YAMUT (3X)

I have taken invulnerable shelter with the Owner of the Jabarut, an I have taken firm refuge withe Lordof the Malakut, and I have placed my trust on the The Ever Living who does not die

ISRIF ANNA­L­ ADhA INNAKA ALA KULLI ShAY IN QADIR (3X)Avert any harm from us for You have Power over all things.

BISMI­LLAHI­L­LADhI LA YADURRU MA A­S­MIHI ShAY UN FI­L­ ARDI WA LA FI­S­SAMA I WAHUWA­S­SAMIU­L­ ALIM (3X)

In the name of Allah with whose Name no harm [can come] to anything on the earth or in the skies andHe Hears All and Knows All

HASUNA­LLAHU WA NIMA­L­WAKIL (3X)Our sufficiency is with Allah and an Excellent Guardian is He

LA HAWLA WA LA QUWWATA ILLA BI­LLAHI­L­ ALIYYI­L­ ADhIM (3x)There is no power or might save with Allah, The Most High, the Sublime

ALLAHUMMA SALLI ALA SAYYIDINA MUHAMMADINW­WA ALA AALIHI WA SAHBIHI WASALLIM (3X)

Oh Allah, belssings upon our Liege­lord Muhammad and upon his family and companions, peace

FA­SAYAKFIAHUMU­LLAHU WA HUWA­S­SAMI U­L­ ALIM (3X)For Allah will suffice you as He is the All­Hearing, the All­Knowing

FA­LLAHU KhAYRUN HAFIDhANW­WA HUWA ARHAMU­R­RAHIMIN (3X)For Allah is the Best Preserver as He is The Most Merciful of the Merciful

RABBANA AATINA MIL­LADUNKA RAHMATANW­WA HAYYI LANA MIN AMRINA RAShADA (3X)Our Lord! Give us Mercy from Your Presence and settle our affair with Right Guidance.

ISRIF ANNA­L­ ADhA INNAKA ALA KULLI ShAY IN QADIR (3X)Avert any harm from us for You have Power over all things.

WA UFAWWIDU AMRII ILA­LLAH • INNA­LLAHA BIRAUM BI­L­ IBADa (3X)I turn over my affiars to Allah. Allah is the Seer of His worshippers.