Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Yā Raḥmān Ya Raḥīm

This prayer is the first in Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ.

اللَّهُمَّ يا اللهُ يا رَحْمَنُ يا رَحِيمُ صَلِّ على عَبْدِكَ و حَبِيبِكَ سَيِّدِنا مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ الرَّحِيمِ و على آلِهِ و صَحْبِهِ و سَلِّمْ تَسْلِيماً و ارْحَمْنِي بِهِ رَحْمَةً واسِعَةً

Allāhumma yā Allāhu yā Raḥmān yā Raḥīm ṣalli ‘ala ‘abdika wa ḥabībika sayyidinā Muḥammad an-nabī ar-raḥīm wa ‘alā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim tasliman w’arḥamnī bihi raḥmatan wāsi’ah. 

O Allāh, O Most Compassionate, O Most Merciful, bestow abundant prayers and peace upon Your slave and beloved, our Master Muḥammad, the Most Merciful Prophet and upon his Family and Companions and by him bestow immense mercy upon me.