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Om tawar ! maha tawar ! 
Nur Muhammad mtmbawa tawar, 
Tawar dari-pada kaabatu’ llah, 
Tawar déngan btrkat Muhammad Rasulu’ liah / 
Bérkat chahaya nur Allah gilang-gémilang, 
Tawar déngan btrkat dzat Muhammad, 
Bérkat baginda Rasulu ’llah ! 
Tawar déngan kata, “ La ilaha illa’llah,’’ 
Stah-lah sakalian bala sttéru hantu shaitan / 
Aku laung déngan kata, ‘“ ya hu ya man hua’ llahw’ 
l-hak.”’ 
Primal rice-paste cool and cleansing, 
That came down from Allah’s presence, 
From a drop of dew descended ! 
From the water whence eternal 
Life comes—that your source of being! 
*T is not I who’d cleanse and charm! 
*T is the Apostle of God. 
‘T is not I who keep your magic qualities, 
It is the four Archangels. 
I use God’s charm against all spirits, 
Spirits that haunt persons and earth and places, 
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Against all ghosts and devils in this region. 
Om! great is your virtue! [cleanse, 
The brightness of the Prophet brings to charm to 
A charm that came from the sacred place at Mekka, 
A charm that works by the grace of Muhammad ! 
That works by the grace of the shining brightness 
of Allah! 
That works by virtue of the Prophet’s person ! 
By virtue of the creed, “ There is no God but Allah.’’ 
Hence all evils, all foes, all ghosts and devils 
For I say unto, ‘‘ Thee who art the true God.” 
Bismt’ llahi-r-Rahmani-r-Rahimi ! 
u-mulat déngan nama Allah. 
Bukan déngan kuasa aku / 
Déngan kuasa Allah ! 
Bukan déngan kthéndak aku / 
Déngan kthéndak Allah ! 
ngkau pun sa-orang hamba Allah ! 
Aku pun sa-orang hamba Allah! 
Masing-masing ménchart réztki kita / 
Jangan-lah kita bérsakit-sakit hati / 
Jtha barang kthéndak-mu, 
Pérgi-lah éngkau méngadap ka-hadzrat Allah taala! 
Aku-lah ménanggong amanat Allah taaia, 
Bérkat, “‘ La ilah,’’ ete. 
(A charm on opening ground.) [ate ! 
In th 
n the name of God the Mercifui, the Compassion- 
