I have a Yemeni friend who is the owner of a local convenience store, and with whom, despite a slight language barrier, have become good friends. I wished to honor him by chanting an Arabic translation of the prayer below.
To facilitate the translation, I suggest any of the Arabic Romanization options as listed in the following Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic . Although ArabTex seems to be the easiest to read, Qalam, SM, Buckwalter and BATR also have the advantage of having no diacritical marks which would otherwise make the translation difficult to type. It would also be easier for me, simply comparing the characters to their corresponding letters in the International Phonetic Alphabet to prevent mispronunciation.
Two more things: first, since, like any other major language, Arabic has variants and dialects, I leave the decision of which to translate to the capable judgment of the translator. Second, Arabic in general has subtler shades of meaning than English does; the translator is free to take liberty to his/her choice of words to affect a translation both eloquent and appropriate.
Here is the prayer:
O Allah!
Bless this most noble establishment, its vendors, and all humble patrons who enter therein.
Even as these blessed souls obtain and partake of material sustenance,
so may they receive a thousandfold more of Thine bounty and grace,
may they obtain a share of virtues beyond measure,
and from this spot may the radiance of reconciliation and amity between East and West shine forth in wondrous splendor,
so that we all may attain Thine supreme ideal of truly recognizing one another as members of one great human family.
O Allah, my Allah, verily Thou art the Clement, Thou art the All-Merciful, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.
To whomever deigns to respond to this question, shokram.English-to-Arabic translation of prayer for a friend.?
丕賱賱賴賲 亘丕乇賰 賴匕丕 丕賱賳亘賷賱 廿賳卮丕亍 賲毓馗賲 亘丕卅毓賷賴丕 貙 賵噩賲賷毓 乇毓丕丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓 丕賱匕賷 兀丿禺賱 賮賷賴. 賵丨鬲賶 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賮賵爻 丕賱賲亘丕乇賰丞 丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賯賵鬲 賵賲卮丕乇賰丞 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕丿 貙 賱匕賱賰 賮廿賳賴丕 賯丿 鬲鬲賱賯賶 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀賱賮 賲乇丞 賲賳 賮囟賱賴 匕賷賳 賵賳毓賲丞 貙 賮廿賳賴丕 賯丿 丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丨氐丞 丕賱賮囟丕卅賱 賱丕 賯賷丕爻 貙 賵賴匕賴 丕賱亘賯毓丞 賲賳 兀賷丕乇 / 賲丕賷賵 賲賳 丕賱丕卮乇丕賯 丕賱賲氐丕賱丨丞 賵丕賱氐丿丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱卮乇賯 賵丕賱睾乇亘 鬲兀賱賯 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賷 乇賵毓丞 毓噩賷亘 貙 亘丨賷孬 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲氐賱 匕賷賳 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷 丕賱毓賱賷丕 丕賱丕毓鬲乇丕賮 亘丨賯 亘毓囟賴賲 亘毓囟丕 賰兀毓囟丕亍 賮賷 丕賱兀爻乇丞 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵丕丨丿丞 賰亘賷乇丞. 賷丕 丕賱賱賴 貙 丕賱賱賴 賱賷 貙 丨賯丕 兀賳鬲 賮賳 兀賳鬲 賰賱賷賲丕賳 貙 賵噩賲賷毓 乇丨賷賲 貙 賱賱乇噩賱 丕賱賯賵賷 貙 賵噩賲賷毓 丕賱丨賰賲丕亍.
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