TRANSLATION OF RATIB AL-’ATTAS.

The Ratib of Sayyidunal Imam, al-Habib’Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-’Attas.

Translated by Sayyid Muhammad Naqib al-’Attas.

Source: Sayyid Muhammad Naqib al-’Attas, ‘Aziz-u’l Manaal (The Rare Gift), translated from the Arabic with notes and explanatory remarks, The Ba ‘Alawi Mosque, Singapore, 1999.

Al-Fatihah
and the verses before the Ratib have been added
by one of the commentators
of the Ratib, Sayyid ‘Ali ibn Hasan al-‘Attas


TRANSLATION
 TRANSLITERATION
To begin reciting
this Ratib the first thing is to offer

al-Fatihah

To the holy presence of
our Master
and our Beloved Muhammad,
may Allah bless and bestow upon him
and his Family and Companions peace:
and to the spirit of our beloved master
‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Attas,
the composer of the Ratib,
and to Shaykh ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah Baa Raas
(one of his disciples).

 Al-Fatihah

Ilaa hadrati Sayyidina wa
Habibina Muhammad-in
Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa aalihi wa sahbihi
wa Sallam
wa ilaa ruhi Sayyidina al-Habib
‘Umar ibni Abd-i’r Rahman al-‘Attas
Sahib- i’r Ratib
wa’sh-Shaykh ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah Baa Raas
al-Fatihah

I seek refuge in Allah from
the accursed Satan
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer
of the Worlds;
Most Merciful, Most Compassionate;
King of the Day of Judgement.
You do we worship, and Your aid we seek.
Show us the Straight Way,
The Way of those on whom
You have bestowed Your grace,
Not of those upon whom is Your wrath
nor of those who go astray.
Amen! (1:1-7)

 Al-Fatihah

A‘udhu Billahi min
ash-shaytaan-i’r rajeem
Bismillah-i’r Rahman-i’r Raheem
Alhamdu Lillahi Rabbi’l ‘Aalameen
Ar-Rahman-i’r Raheem
Maaliki Yaum-i’d Deen
Iyyaka na‘budu wa Iyyaka nasta‘een
Ihdinas-Siraat al-mustaqeem
Siraat al-ladheena an‘amta ‘alayhim
Ghayri’l maghdubi ‘alayhim wa lad-daalleen
 Aameen
(Recite once)
I seek refuge in Allah the
All-Hearing
and All-Knowing
from the accursed Satan		 A‘udhu Billah-i’s
Sami‘ i’l ‘Aleem
min ash-shaytaan-i’r rajeem
(3 times)
Had We sent down this Qur’an
upon a mountain,
you would assuredly have seen it humbled,
split asunder for fear of Allah.
And We strike these similitudes for men
that perchance they may reflect.
 Lau anzalnaa haadha’l Qur’an-a
‘alaa jabalin
lara’aytahu khaashi‘an
mutasaddi‘an min khashyatillah
wa tilka’l amthaalu nadribuhaa linnaasi
la’allahum yatafakkarun
He is Allah than Whom there
is no other god;
The Knower of the Unseen and the Visible;
He is the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.		 Huwallahu’l ladhee laa ilaaha
illaa Huwa
‘Alimu’l ghaybi wash-shahaadati
Huwa’r Rahman-u’r Raheem
He is Allah, than whom there
is no other god;
The Sovereign, the Holy One, The Source of Peace,
The Guardian of Faith, The Preserver of Safety,
The Exalted in Might, The Irresistible, the Supreme:
Glory to Allah! (High is He)
Above the partners they attribute to Him. 		Huwallah-u’l ladhee laa
ilaaha illa Huwa’l
Maliku’l Quddus-u’s Salaam-u’l Mu’min u’l
Muhaymin-u’l ‘Azeez-u’l Jabbar-u’l Mutakabbir
Subhaanallahi ‘ammaa yushrikun
He is Allah, the Creator,
the Maker, the Shaper,
To Him belong the Names Most Beautiful.
Whatever is in the heavens and the earth
magnifies Him;
and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (59:21-24)		 Huwallah-u’l Khaaliq-u’l
Baari-u’l Musawwiru
Lahu’l Asmaa’-u’l Husna
Yusabbihu Lahu maa fi’s-samaawati wa’l ardhi
wa Huwa’l ‘Azeez-u’l Hakeem
(Recite once)
[The
Ratib]

1. I seek refuge
in Allah, the All-Hearing,
the All-Knowing
from the accursed Satan.

[Ar-Ratib]

1. A‘udhu Billah-i’s
Sami‘ i’l ‘Aleem
min-ash-shaytaan-i’r rajeem
(3 times)
2. I seek refuge
in the complete Words of Allah
from the evil of that which He created. 		2. A‘udhu bi-Kalimaatillah-i’t
taammaati
min sharri maa khalaq
(3 times)
3. In the Name of
Allah Who causes
no harm to come together with His Name
from anything whatsoever on earth or in heaven,
for He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. 		3. Bismillah-i’lladhee
laa yadurru ma’a Ismihi shay’un
fi’l ardi wa laa fi’s samaai
wa Huwa’s Sami‘ u’l ‘Aleem
(3 times)
4. In the Name of
Allah, Most Merciful,
Most Compassionate;
there is no Power and no Strength save in Allah,
Most High, Most Great. 		4. Bismillah-i’r Rahman-i’r
Raheem
wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata
illaa Billah-i’l ‘Aliyy-i’l ‘Azeem
(10 times)
5. In the Name of
Allah, Most Merciful,
Most Compassionate. 		5. Bismillah-i’r Rahman-i’r
Raheem
(3 times)
6. In the Name of
Allah, in Allah do we find securiy;
In the Name of Allah, in Allah do we trust. 		6. Bismillahi tahassannaa
Billah
Bismillahi tawakkalnaa Billah
(3 times)
7. In the Name of
Allah, in Allah do we have faith;
And whoever has faith in Allah
no fear shall come upon him. 		7. Bismillahi aamanna Billahi
wa man yu’min Billahi laa khawfun ‘alaih
(3 times)
8. Glory be to Allah,
to Him belongs Might;
Glory be to Allah, to Him belongs Majesty. 		8. Sub’haanAllahi ‘Azzallah
Sub’haanAllahi Jallallah
(3 times)
9. Glory be to Allah,
and praise be to Him;
Glory be to Allah, the Great. 		9. Sub’haanAllahi wa bi
Hamdihi
Sub’haanAllah-i’l ‘Azeem
(3 times)
10. Glory be to Allah,
Praise be to Allah,
there is no deity but Allah,
and Allah is Most Great. 		10. Sub’haanAllahi wa’l
Hamdu Lillahi
wa laa ilaaha Illallahu
Wallahu Akbar
(4 times)
11. O One Who is
Most Kind to all His creatures,
O One Who is Omniscient of all His creatures,
O One Who is Most Informed
of all His creatures,
Be kind to us, O Most Kind One,
O All-Knowing One, O Most Informed One. 		11. Yaa Latif-an bi-Khalqihi
Yaa ‘Aleem-an bi-Khalqihi
Yaa Khabeer-an bi-Khalqihi
Ultuf binaa
Yaa Latif-u Yaa ‘Aleem-u Yaa Khabeer
(3 times)
12. O One Who is
Most Kind,
Who never ceases to be kind,
Be kind to us in what befalls us,
You are indeed the Most Kind
Who never ceases to be kind,
Be kind to us and all the Muslims. 		12. Yaa Latif-an lam yazal
Ultuf binaa feemaa nazal
Innaka Latif-un lam tazal
Ultuf binaa wa’l Muslimin
(3 times)
13. There is no deity
but Allah

Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allah

13. Laa Ilaaha Illallah

(40 times)
Muhammad-u’r Rasulullah
(once)
14. Allah is sufficient
for us, and most excellent
Manager of our affairs. 		14.
Hasbunallahu wa Ni‘mal Wakeel
(7 times)
15. O Allah! bestow
Blessings upon Muhammad,
O Allah! bestow Blessings upon him,
and peace 		15. Allahumma Salli ‘alaa
Muhammad
Allahumma Salli ‘alaihi wa Sallim
(11 times)
16. I seek forgiveness
from Allah

I am repentant to Allah

 16. Astaghfirullah
(11 times)
Taaibuna Ilallah
(3 times)
17. O Allah! (grant
me to die) by it-
O Allah! (grant me to die) by it-
O Allah! (grant me to die) by a
goodly ending. 		17. Yaa Allahu bihaa
Yaa Allahu bihaa
Yaa Allahu bi husni’l khaatimah
(3 times)
[End of
the Ratib]		 [End of
the Ratib]

[Supplication
after reciting the Ratib]
Added by the commentator of the Ratib
Sayyid ‘Ali ibn Hasan al-‘Attas
Grant us Your forgiveness,
our Lord,
and to You is the end of all journeys.

Allah burdens no soul save
to its capacity;
standing to its account is what it has earned,
and against its account is what it has earned.
Our Lord, take us not to task
if we forget, or make mistake.
Our Lord, burden us not with a load
such as You did lay upon those before us.
Our Lord, lay us not with a burden
beyond what we have the strength to bear.
And pardon us, and forgive us,
and have mercy on us.
You are our Protector;
Help us against the people who stand against Faith. (2:285-286)

 Ghufraanaka Rabbanaa
wa Ilayka’l maseer

Laa Yukallifullaahu nafsan
illaa wus‘ahaa
lahaa maa kasabat wa ‘alayhaa maktasabat
Rabbanaa laa tu’aakhidhnaa
innaseenaa aw akhta’naa
Rabbanaa wa laa tahmil ‘alaynaa isran
kamaa hamaltahu ‘alalladheena min qablinaa
Rabbanaa wa laa tuhammilnaa
maa laa taaqata lanaa bihi
Wa‘fu ‘annaa Waghfir lanaa Wa’rhamnaa
Anta Mawlana Fansurnaa
‘ala’l qaumi’l kaafireen
Al-Fatihah:

To the holy presence of
our noble Master,
our Beloved, our Intercessor
The Messenger of Allah,
Muhammad son of ‘Abd Allah-
Allah Bless and grant him Peace!-and his Family,
his Companions, his Consorts, his Descendants;
that Allah exalt them in the Garden;
and grant us to benefit from
their spiritual secrets and their lights,
and their various knowledges in religion,
in the world and in the Hereafter,
and make us to be among their Party,
and nourish us with Love for them,
and make us to die in their Way of Religion,
and assemble us in the Final Gathering
in their Group.
May Allah reward all of you!
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)

 Al-Fatihah

Ilaa hadrati Sayyidina wa
Habibina wa Shafi‘ina Rasulillah-i
Muhammad ibni ‘Abdillah-i
Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam
wa aalihi wa as-haabihi wa azwaajihi
wa dhurriyatihi
bi Annallaha yu‘lee darajaatihim fi’l jannah
wa yanfa‘unaa bi-asraarihim wa anwaarihim
wa ‘ulumihim fi’d deen
wa’d dunyaa wa’l aakhirah
wa yaj‘alanaa min hizbihim
wa yarzuqunaa mahabbatahum
wa yatawaffaanaa ‘alaa millatihim
wa yahshurunaa fee zumratihim
Al-Fatihata Athaabakumullah
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)
Then al-Fatihah

To the spirit of our noble
master,
the foremost in discernment,
Muhammad ibn ‘Ali Ba ‘Alawi,
and his genealogical root and its branches,
and all our noble masters of the Ba ‘Alawi
as well as all those who have rights over them-
that Allah forgive them, and have mercy on them,
and grant them lofty ranks in the Garden,
and grant us to benefit from their spiritual secrets,
their lights, their various knowledges in religion,
in the world, and in the Hereafter.
May Allah reward all of you!
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)

 Al-Fatihah

Ilaa ruhi Sayyidina al-Faqih
al-Muqaddam
Muhammad ibni ‘Ali Baa ‘Alawi
wa usulihi wa furu‘ihi
wa jamee‘i saadaatinaa aali Abi ‘Alawi
wa dhawi’l huquqi ‘alaihim ajma‘een
Annallaha yaghfiru lahum wa yarhamuhum
wa yu‘lee darajaatihim fi’l jannah
wa yanfa‘unaa bi-asraarihim
wa anwaarihim wa ‘ulumihim fi’d deen
wa’d dunyaa wa’l aakhirah
Al-Fatihata Athaabakumullah
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)

Then al-Fatihah

To the spirit of our noble
master,
our beloved, our blessing,
the composer of the Ratib,
the Pole of the Breathings,
the beloved ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Attas;
and to the spirit of the venerable teacher
‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah Baa Raas;
and to the spirit of our noble master,
our beloved, our blessing,
our model and our guide, the beloved leader
Ahmad ibn Hasan ibn ‘AbdAllah al-‘Attas,
and their genealogical roots and branches
as well as those that have rights over them-
that Allah forgive them, and have mercy on them,
and elevate their ranks in the Garden,
and grant us to benefit from their spiritual secrets,
their lights, their various knowledges and
beneficial effects in religion,
in the world and in the Hereafter.
May Allah reward all of you!
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)

 Al-Fatihah

Ilaa ruhi Sayyidina wa habibina
wa barkatina
Saahib-i’r Ratib Qutb-i’l Anfaas
al-Habib ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd-i’r Rahman-i’l ‘Attas
thumma ilaa ruhi’sh Shaykh
‘Ali ibni ‘AbdAllah Baa Raas
thumma ilaa ruhi Sayyidina wa habibina
wa barkatina wa qudwatina wa murshidina
al-Imam-i’l Habib
Ahmad ibni Hasan ibni ‘AbdAllah-i’l ‘Attas
wa usulihim wa furu‘ihim
wa dhawi’l huquqi ‘alaihim ajma‘een
Annallaha yaghfiru lahum wa yarhamuhum
wa yu‘lee darajaatihim fi’l jannah
wa yanfa‘unaa bi-asraarihim wa anwaarihim
wa ‘ulumihim wa nafahaatihim
fi’d deen wa’d dunya wa’l aakhirah
Al-Fatihata Athaabakumullah
(Recite Surah al-Fatihah)
Then al-Fatihah

To the spirits of the saints,
the witnesses,
the righteous, and rightly-guided leaders;
and to the spirits of our parents,
our doctors of religion, our teachers
and all those who have rights over us;
and to the spirits of the departed
who truly believe and have faith,
both men and women,
and who have willingly submitted to Allah in Islam-
that Allah forgive them, and have mercy on them,
and elevate their ranks in the Garden,
and grant us to benefit from their spiritual secrets,
their lights and their various knowledges in religion,
in the world and in the Hereafter.
May Allah reward all of you!
(Recite Surah
al-Fatihah)

 Al-Fatihah

Ilaa arwaahi’l awliyaa’
wa’sh shuhadaa’
wa’s saaliheen wa’l a’immati’r raashideen
thumma ilaa arwaahi waalideena
wa mashaayikhina wa mu‘allimeena
wa dhawi’l huquqi ‘alaynaa ajma‘een
thumma ilaa arwaahi amwaati’l
mu’mineena wa’l mu’minaat
wa’l muslimeena wa’l muslimaat
Annallaha yaghfiru lahum wa yarhamuhum
wa yu‘lee darajaatihim fi’l jannah
wa yanfa‘unaa bi asraarihim
wa anwaarihim wa ‘ulumihim fi’d deen
waddunya wa’l aakhirah
Al-Fatihata Athaabakumullah

(Recite Surah al-Fatihah)
Then finally
al-Fatihah

That Allah kindly accept
our works
and make complete all requests that are hoped for,
and make good our affairs,
both manifest and hidden, in religion
in this world and in the Hereafter;
and that He may repel evil from us
and attract good for us and our loved ones,
our parents, our teachers of religion,
with grace and well-being, with the intention that
Allah may illuminate our hearts and our souls
with godliness and guidance and purity,
and make us to die in the Religion of Islam
in true belief and faith without trial and examination
by right of our Master the son of ‘Adnan
and with every good intention.
And (finally) to the holy presence
of the Beloved Muhammad-
Allah bless him and give him peace-
and whoever aids him.
May Allah reward all of you!
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)

[End of
supplication]

 Al-Fatihah

Bi’l qabul wa tamaami kulli
su’l wa ma’mulin
wa salaahi’sh sha’n zaahiran wa baatinan
fi’d deen wa’d dunya wa’l aakhirah
daafi‘atan li kulli sharr jaalibatan li kulli khayr
lanaa wa li ahbaabinaa wa li waalideenaa
wa mashaayikhina fi’d deen
ma‘allutfi wa’l ‘aafiyati wa ‘alaa niyyati
Annallaha yunawwiru qulubanaa
wa qawaalibanaa
ma‘attuqaa wa’l hudaa wa’l ‘afaafi
wa’l mawti ‘alaa Deeni’l Islam-i wa’l Imaam
bilaa mihnatin wa laa imtihaanin
bi-haqqi Sayyidi waladi ‘Adnan
wa li kulli niyyatin saalihatin
wa ilaa Hadrati’l Habib Muhammad-in
Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam
wa man waalaah
Al-Fatihata Athaabakumullah
(Recite
Surah al-Fatihah)