اللّهُمّ أَهِلّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإيمَانِ

allahumma ahillhu `alayna bil-amni wal-’imani

O Allah: (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security and faith

وَالسّلامَةِ وَالإسْلامِ

wal-ssalamati wal-islami
And safety and Islam

وَالعَافِيَةِ المُجَلّلَةِ وَدِفَاعِ الأَسْقَامِ

wal-`afiyati almujallati wa difa`



اللّهُمّ أَهِلّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإيمَانِ

allahumma ahillhu `alayna bil-amni wal-’imani

O Allah: (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security and faith

وَالسّلامَةِ وَالإسْلامِ

wal-ssalamati wal-islami
And safety and Islam

وَالعَافِيَةِ المُجَلّلَةِ وَدِفَاعِ الأَسْقَامِ

wal-`afiyati almujallati wa difa`i alasqami

And encompassing good health and repulsion of ailments,

وَالعَوْنِ عَلَى الصّلاةِ وَالصّيَامِ وَالقِيَامِ

wal-`awni `ala alssalati wal-ssiyami wal-qiyami

And assistance on praying, observing fasting, and doing acts of worship,

وَتِلاوَةِ القُرْآنِ.

wa tilawati alqur’ani
And on reciting the Qur'an.

اللّهُمّ سَلّمْنَا لِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ،

allahumma sallimna lishahri ramadhana
O Allah: (please do) keep us sound for the month of Ramadhan,

وَتَسَلّمْهُ مِنَّا،

wa tasallamhu minna
And accept our deeds during it,

وَسَلّمْنَا فِيهِ

wa sallimna fihi


And save us during it,

حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ عَنَّا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ

hatta yanqadhiya `anna shahru ramadhana

Until the month of Ramadhan will not elapse

وَقَدْ عَفَوْتَ عَنَّا وَغَفَرْتَ لَنَا وَرَحِمْتَنَا.

wa qad `afawta `anna wa ghafarta lana wa rahimtana


Except that You have pardoned us, forgiven us, and had mercy upon us.

AMEEN YA RAB