Welcome Recitation for Ramadhan

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

 

Transliteration 

Bismillah ar-rahmaan ar-rahiim

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr Ramadhan

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-Qur’an

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr an-nuur

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-ijtimaa’

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-fuqara’

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr at-tawbati wa ar-rujuu`

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr ad-du’a’i wa al-wuquuf

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-fuqara’i wa adh-dhu’afaa'

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-ihsan

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-‘usat

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-fawzi wa al-falaah

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-munaajaati wa at-tasbiih

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr ad-da’wati wa al-irshaad

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr at-taraawiha wa al-qiyaam

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-maswaabiiha wa al-qanaadiil

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-khaza’ini wa al-kunuuz

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-malaa’ikati wa as-salaam

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-ifthaari wa as-suhuur

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-mutsiirati wa al-aswab

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr ad-du’afaa’

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-ajri wa al-jazaa’

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr asw-swabri wa asw-swiyaam

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr as-sa’ada

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-miftaah

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-waswli wa al-wiswaal

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya shahr al-wadaadi wa al-mahabba

Marhaban ahlan wa sahlan ya sayyid ash-shuhuur

Lam na’rif qadraka wa lam nahfazh hurmataka ya shahr al-ghufraan fa ardhi ‘annaa wa laa tashku minnaa ilaa ar-Rahman wa kun shaahidaan lanaa bi al-fadhli wa al-ihsaan 

Translation 

In the Name of Allah the Merciful the Beneficent

Greetings and welcome O month of Ramadhan

Greetings and welcome O month of the Qur’an

Greetings and welcome O month of light

Greetings and welcome O month of gathering

Greetings and welcome O month of the poor

Greetings and welcome O month of repentance and return

Greetings and welcome O month of invocation and standing in supplication

Greetings and welcome O month of the poor and the weak

Greetings and welcome O month of doing one’s best

Greetings and welcome O month of the sinners

Greetings and welcome O month of victory and success

Greetings and welcome O month of intimate discourse and glorification

Greetings and welcome O month of the call and the guidance

Greetings and welcome O month of rest-between-prayers and standing to pray

Greetings and welcome O month of lanterns and lights

Greetings and welcome O month of coffers and treasures

Greetings and welcome O month of angels and safety

Greetings and welcome O month of breaking fast and eating before the fast

Greetings and welcome O month of tilling and of deafness to sin

Greetings and welcome O month of the weak

Greetings and welcome O month of repayment and reward

Greetings and welcome O month of fast and patience

Greetings and welcome O month of felicity

Greetings and welcome O month of the key

Greetings and welcome O month of union and reunion

Greetings and welcome O month of friendship and love

Greetings and welcome O master of all months

We have not treated you according to your immense price

Nor truly sanctified you, O month of forgiveness, but be pleased with us nevertheless, do not blame us before the Merciful, and testify for us with grace and goodness!