النص المفهرس

يوم الأحد
(٦٦) اللّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِيْ وَأَهْلِيْ وَمِنَ
الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ.
(٦٧) اَللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِيْ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يَنْفَعُنِيْ حُبُّهُ عِنْدَكَ.
اللَّهُمَّ مَا رَزَقْتَنِيْ مَِّّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ قُوَّةً لِّيْ فِيْمَا تُحِبُّ. اَللَّهُمَّ
وَمَا زَوَيْتَ عَنِّي مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاغَا لَيْ فِيْمَا تُحِبُّ -
(٦٨) يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوْبِ ثَبِتْ قَلْبِيْ عَلى دِيْنِكَ.
(٦٩﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ إِيْمَانًا لَّا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيْمًا لَّا يَنْفَدُ
66. Allāhummaj-'al hubbaka ahabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa
minal-mā'il-bārid.
67. Allahummar-zuqnī hubbaka wa hubba man yanfa'unī
hubbuhū 'indak(a). Allāhumma mā razaqtanī mimmā uķibbu
faj-'alhu quwwatan lī fimā tuhibb(u). Allahumma wa mā zawayta
‘annī mimmā uhibbu faj-'alhu farāghan lī fimā tuhibb.
68. Yā Muqallibal-qulūbi thabbit qalbī 'alā dīnik.
69. Allāhumma innī as'aluka īmānan lā yartaddu wa na'īman
getting the desired things distract us from the love of Allah it.
By subordinating all our loves to the love of Allah , we achieve
inner peace and contentment.
(68) [Anas ibn Malik. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #2066]
We should always be alert to the horrible possibility that our hearts
turn away from the religion under the influence of Shaytan or our
own inclinations towards evil. That is why we seek Allah's help
against that. It is reported by Um Salamah e that the Prophet
used to make this du'a' very frequently.
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ings that will not end, and the company of our Prophet Muhammad
عَلَىاللّه
in the highest section of the eternal Paradise.
(70) O Allah, I ask You for sound health with faith, faith with good
manners, success here followed by success in the Hereafter, mercy
from You, health and safety, and Your forgiveness and pleasure.
(71) O Allah, cause me to benefit from what You have taught me
and teach me what will benefit me.
(72) O Allah, with Your knowledge of the unseen, and Your ab-
solute power over the creations, let me live in this world as long as
You know my living is good for me, and give me death when You
know death is better for me. I beg You for Your fear in secret and
in public and sincere talk in times of joy and anger. I beg You for
endless blessings and perpetual comfort of my eyes. I beg You that I
become pleased with fate. (I beg You) for a cool, comfortable life after
(69) ['Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. Kanz al-'Ummal #5088; Ibid. Mustadrak Hakim
#128/1928]
This du'a' has a very moving background. One night the Proph-
et auf, was walking with his Companions when they passed by
'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud age who was reciting the Qur'an in his
nafl salat. As they stopped to listen, the Prophet
commented
that 'Abdullah recited the Qur'an so tenderly as it was revealed.
As 'Abdullah finished his salat and was making supplications, the
Prophet ; exclaimed twice: "Ask and you will be given!" Sayyidna
'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud diese was later asked what du'a' he was mak-
ing at that time. He replied with this one.
(70) [Abū Hurayrah. Mustadrak Hakim #119/1919]
(71) [Anas ibn Malik. Mustadrak Hakim #79/1879]
'Ilm (knowledge) gets value from possibilities of action. To benefit
from 'ilm is to act according to it. Further, truly beneficial knowl-
edge is one that benefits one in the Hereafter. The definition also
includes the knowledge that benefits one in this world and which
in turn leads to the former ( Tuhfah al-Ahwadhi).
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يوم الأحد
وَمُرَافَقَةً نَبَِّا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيْ أَعْلِى دَرَجَةِ الْجُنَّةِ
جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ-
(٧٠) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ صِحَّةً فِيْ إِيْمَانٍ، وَإِيْمَانًا فِيْ حُسْنِ
خُلُقٍ، وَنَجَاحًا يَّتْبَعُهُ فَلَاحٌ، وَّرَحْمَةً مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةً، وَمَغْفِرَةً
مِنْكَ وَرِضْوَانًا -
(٧١) اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِيْ بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِيْ وَعَلَّمْنِيْ مَا يَنْفَعُنِيْ-
(٧٢) اَللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِيْ مَا
عَلِمْتَ الْخَيْوةَ خَيْرًا لِّي، وَتَوَقَِّْ إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِّي.
وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، وَكَلِمَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ
فِي الرِّضُىِ وَالْغَضَبِ. وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيْمًا لَّا يَنْفَدُ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَّا
تَنْقَطِعُ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَاءَ بِالْقَضَاءِ، وَبَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ،
lā yanfadu wa murāfaqata nabiyyinā Muhammadin sallAllahu
‘alayhi wa sallama fi a'la darajatil-Jannati Jannatil-khuld.
70. Allāhumma innī as'aluka șiņģatan fi īmān(in), wa īmānan fi
husni khuluq(in), wa najāhan yatba'uhū falah(un), wa rahmatam
minka wa 'āfiya(tan), wa maghfiratam minka wa ridwana.
71. Allāhumman-fa nī bimā ‘allamtanī wa 'allimnī mā
yanfa'unī.
72. Allāhumma bi‘ilmikal-ghayba wa qudratika 'alal-khalqi ahyinī
mā 'alimtal-hayāta khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā 'alimtal-wafāta
khayran lī. Wa as'aluka khashyataka fil-ghaybi wash-shahāda(ti),
wa kalimatal-'ikhlāși fir-ridā wal-ghadab(i). Wa as'aluka na'īman
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death; the delight of the sight of Your Countenance (after death);
and the longing to meet You (before death). I seek Your protection
against deeply hurting ordeals and tribulations that lead one astray.
O Allah, adorn us with the beauty of faith and make us properly
guided guides for other people.
(73) O Allah, I beg You for all the good, immediate and in the fu-
ture; that of which I know and that of which I know not.
(74) O Allah, I beg You for every good that Your servant and proph-
et fs asked You for. O Allah, I beg You for Paradise and all words
or actions that may bring me closer to it. I beg You that You make
every decree of fate good for me. And I beg You that whatever deci-
sions You make for me, make their end good.
(75) O Allah, make the end of all our affairs the best and save us
(72) ['Ammar ibn Yasir. Sunan an-Nasat #1289]
joy and anger: This refers to both us and the people we are deal-
ing with. Their joy or anger with us should not make us deviate
from telling the truth any more than our joy or anger with them
should.
adorn us: Beauty of the soul is superior to that of the body. Those
who get it (though iman) will also get the beauty of the body in
the Hereafter.
properly guided guides: Those who know and follow the path of
guidance themselves in addition to calling others to it.
Prophet Muhammad , used to say this du'a' in salat after
at-taķiyyāt.
(73) ['Ã'ishah. Sunan Ibn Majah #3836]
(74) ['A'ishah. Sunan Ibn Mājah #3836; Ibid. Mustadrak Hakim #114/1914]
A famous hadith says that everything that Allah , brings about
is good for the believer. If it is a blessing he is thankful for it and
if it is a hardship he shows patience in facing it. In both cases the
end result is good for him. Is there a contradiction between that
hadith and this du'a'? Not at all. The hadith describes the attitude
of a true believer. The du'a' here is that we develop that attitude
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يوم الأحد
وَلَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ، وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَىْ لِقَائِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ
ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَّفِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ. اَللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِيْنَةِ الْإِيْمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا
هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِيْنَ-
(٧٣) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ، عَاجِلِهٍ وَاحِلِهِ، مَا
عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ .
٧٤﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ.
اللَّهُمَّ إِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْجُنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ،
وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِيْ خَيْرًا، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مَا
قَضَيْتَ لِيْ مِنْ أَمْرٍ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَاقِبَتَهُ رُشْدًا-
(٧٥) اللُّهُمَّ أَحْسِنْ عَاقِبَتَنَا فِي الْأُمُوْرِ كُلِّهَا، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ
lā yanfadu wa qurrata 'aynin lā tanqați'(u), wa as'alukar-rida'a
bil-gadā'(i), wa bardal-'ayshi ba'dal-mawt(i), wa ladh-dhatan-
nazari ilā wajhik(a), wash-shawqa ilā liqā'ik(a), wa a'ūdhu bika
min darra'a mudirratin wa fitnatim mudilla(tin). Allahumma
zayyinnā bizīnatil-īmāni waj-'alnā hudātam muhtadīn.
73. Allāhumma innī as'aluka minal-khayri kullih(i), 'ājilihī wa
ājilih(ī), mā 'alimtu minhu wa mā lam a'lam.
74. Allāhumma innī as'aluka min khayri mā sa'alaka 'abduka wa
nabiyyuk(a). Allāhumma innī as'alukal-Jannata wa mā qarraba
ilayhā min qawlin aw 'amal(in), wa as'aluka an taj'ala kulla
gadā'in qadaytahū lī khayra(n), wa as'aluka mā qadayta lī min
amrin an taj'ala 'āqibatahū rushda.
75. Allāhumma aḥsin 'āqibatanā fil-'umūri kullihā, wa ajirnā min
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from disgrace in this world and punishment in the Hereafter.
(76) O Allah, protect me with Islam while I am standing, protect me
with Islam while I am sitting, and protect me with Islam while I am
lying down. And let not an enemy or a jealous person take delight
from my plight. O Allah, I ask You for all the good whose treasures
are in Your Hands, and I ask You for that good which is totally in
Your Hands.
(77) O Allah, do not leave any of our sins except that you forgive
them, nor any of our worries except that you remove them, nor any
of our debts except that you discharge them, nor any of our needs
from this world and the Hereafter except that you satisfy them. O
the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
(78) O Allah, help us in Your remembrance, in gratitude to You,
and in reaching excellence in Your worship.
(79) O Allah, make me content with what You have provided for me
and bless me in it, and be my protector in everything that is out of
and conviction that will help us in all the ups and downs of this life
(Fayd al-Qadīr).
(75) [Busr ibn Artat al-Qurashi. Musnad Ahmad #16970]
(76) [Composite: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd. Kanz al-'Ummal #3679; 'Umar ibn al-
Khattab. Kanz al-'Ummal #5035]
all the good whose treasures are in Your Hands: All good is actu-
ally in the hands of Allah, even though due to normal chains of
causations in this world it may appear to be coming to us from the
hands of others.
that good which is totally in Your Hands: It refers to the good that
clearly has no worldly sources.
(77) [Anas ibn Malik. Majma' az-Zawa'id #17266]
(78) [Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3700; Mu'adh ibn Jabal. Sunan Abi
Dawūd #1 301]
Prophet Muhammad ff, taught the singular version of this du'a'
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يوم الأحد
خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْأُخِرَةِ -
(٧٦) اَللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِيْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَائِمَا، وَاحْفَظْنِيْ بِالْإِسْلَام
قَاعِدًا، وَاحْفَظْنِيْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ رَاقِدًا، وَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِيْ عَدُوًّا
وَلَا حَاسِدًا. اللُّهُمَّ إِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرِ خَزَائِتُهُ بِيَدِكَ -
وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ الَّذِيْ هُوَ بِيَدِكَ كُلِّهِ -
(٧٧) اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَدَعْ لَنَا ذَتْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ، وَلَا هَمَّا إِلَّا فَرَّجْتَهْ،
وَلَا دَيْنَا إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهُ، وَلَا حَاجَةً مِّنْ حَوَائِجِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأَخِرَةِ إِلَّ
قَضَيْتَهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ -
﴿٧٨﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ أَعِنَّا عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ-
(٧٩) اللَّهُمَّ قَتِعْنِيْ بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِيْ وَبَارِكْ لِيْ فِيْهِ، وَاخْلُفْ عَلى
khizyid-dunya wa 'adhabil-akhirah.
76. Allahummaḥ-faznī bil-'Islāmi qā'ima(n), wah-faznī bil-
'Islāmi qā'ida(n), wah-faznī bil-'Islami rāqida(n), wa lā tushmit
bī 'aduwwan wa lā hāsida(n). Allahumma innī as'aluka min kulli
khayrin khazā'inuhū biyadik(a). Wa as'aluka minal-khayril-ladhī
huwa biyadika kullih.
77. Allāhumma lā tada“ lanā dhamban illā ghafartah(ū), wa lā
hamman illā farrajtah(ū), wa lā daynan illā qadaytah(ū), wa lā
ņājatam min hawā'ijid-dunyā wal-ākhirati illā qadaytahā yā
arhamar-rāķimīn.
78. Allāhumma a'innā 'alā dhikrika wa shukrika wa husni
‘ibādatik.
79. Allāhumma qanni nī bimā razaqtanī wa bārik lī fih(i), wakh-
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my sight.
(80) O Allah, I ask You for a clean life, a graceful death, and a re-
turn (to You) which is neither humiliating nor disgracing.
(81) O Allah, I am weak; replace my weakness with strength in
my pursuits of Your pleasure. Pull me by my forelocks toward good.
Make Islam the ultimate object of my pleasure. I am lowly, so give
me honor. And I am needy, so provide for me.
(82) O Allah, I beg You for the best of petitions and invocations,
thorough success, best deeds, best recompense, best life, and best death.
Grant me firmness. Make my scales heavy and my faith genuine. El-
evate my ranks, accept my salat, and forgive my sins. I solicit of You
high ranks in Paradise. Amin. O Allah, I beg You for the good: its
beginnings and endings, its most comprehensive forms, its first and
its last, and its outward and inward manifestations. O Allah, I beg
You for the good of my accomplishments, my deeds, and my actions.
The good of that which is hidden and that which is exposed.
to Sayyidna Mu'adh ibn Jabal age as a very special gift and advised
him to say it after every salāt (Sunan Abī Dāwüd).
(79) ['Abdullah ibn 'Abbas. Mustadrak Hakim #78/1878]
(80) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Mustadrak Hakim #186/1986]
A clean life is a life of purity and virtue. Such a person is happy and
contented. He is pleased with Allah's decrees and Allah is pleased
with him.
(81) [Buraydah al-Aslamī. Mustadrak Hakim #131/1931; Ibid. Al-Jāmi‘ aș-Șaghīr
#2882]
(82) [Um Salamah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3820; Ibid. Mustadrak Hakim #111/ 1911]
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يوم الاحد
كُلِ غَائِبَةِ آيْ بِخَيْرِ۔
(٨٠) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ عِيْشَةً نَّقِيَّةً، وَّمِيْتَةً سَوِيَّةً، وَمَرَدًّا غَيْرَ
تَخْزِيّ وَلَا فَاضِحٍ-
(٨١) اَللَّهُمَّ إِّيْ ضَعِيْفْ فَقَوِّ فِيْ رِضَاكَ ضُعْفِيْ، وَخُذْ إِلَى
الْخَيْرِ بِنَاصِيَتِيْ، وَاجْعَلِ الْإِسْلَامَ مُنْتَهِى رِضَائِيْ، وَإِنّيْ ذَلِيْلٌ
فَأَعِزَّنِيْ، وَإِنْ فَقِيْرُ فَارْزُقْنِيْ۔
(٨٢) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِيْ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ، وَخَيْرَ الدُّعَاءِ،
وَخَيْرَ النَّجَاحِ، وَخَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ، وَخَيْرَ الثَّوَابِ، وَخَيْرَ الْخُيُوةِ،
وَخَيْرَ الْمَمَاتِ، وَثَبِتْنِيْ، وَثَقِلْ مَوَازِيْنِيْ، وَحَقّقْ إِيْمَانِيْ،
وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَاتِيْ، وَتَقَبَّلْ صَلَاتِْ، وَاغْفِرْ خَطِيْئَتِيْ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ
الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلِى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، أَمِيْنَ. اللّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ فَوَاتِحَ
luf 'alā kulli gha'ibatin lī bikhayr.
80. Allahumma innī as'aluka 'īshatan naqiyya(tan), wa mītatan
sawiyya(tan), wa maraddan ghayra makhziyyin wa lā fādi.
81. Allāhumma innī da'īfun fa qawwi fi ridāka du'fi, wa khudh
ilal-khayri bināșiyatī, waj-'alil-'Islama muntahā rida'ī, wa innī
dhalīlun fa a'izzanī, wa innī faqīrun far-zuqnī.
82. Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayral-mas'ala(ti), wa khayrad-
du'a'(i), wa khayran-najāh(i), wa khayral-'amal(i), wa khayrath-
thawab(i), wa khayral-haya(ti), wa khayral-mamāt(i), wa
thabbitnī, wa thaqqil mawāzīnī, wa haqqiq īmānī, war-fa' darajātī,
wa taqabbal salātī, wagh-fir khați'atī, wa as'alukad-darajātil-'ulā
minal-Jannat(i), Āmīn(a). Allāhumma innī as'aluka fawātiņal-
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(83) O Allah, make my sustenance the most plentiful in my old age
and during the last days of my life.
(84) O Allah, make the last part of my life its best, my last deed my
best one, and the day I meet You my best day. O Protector of Islam
and its followers, keep me firm on it until I meet you.
I seek from You my contentment and that of my family.
(83) ['Ã'ishah. Mustadrak Hakim #187/1987]
(84) [Composite: Anas ibn Malik. Majma' az-Zawa'id #17267; Abū Şirmah.
Musnad Ahmad #15194]
This is part of a beautiful du'a' made by a Bedouin. Prophet
Muhammad auf, heard him and loved these words so much that
he gave him a gift of gold. The complete du'a', that won this Pro-
phetic "gold medal," was:
يَا مَنْ لَا تَرَاهُ الْعُيُوْنُ وَلَا تُخَالِطُهُ الظُّنُوْنُ وَلَا يَصِفُهُ الْوَاصِفُوْنَ، وَلَا تُغَيِّرُهُ
الْخُوَادِثُ، وَلَا يَخْشَى الدَّوَائِرَ، يَعْلَمُ مَثَاقِيْلَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَكَائِيْلَ الْبِحَارِ، وَعَدَدَ
قَطْرِ الْأَمْطَارِ وَعَدَدَ وَرَقِ الْأَشْجَارِ، وَعَدَدَ مَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ وَأَشْرَقَ
عَلَيْهِ النَّهَارُ، وَلَا تُوَارِيُ مِنْهُ سَمَاءٌ سَمَاءً، وَلَا أَرْضٌ أَرْضًا، وَلَا بَحْرٌ مَّا
فِيْ قَعْرِهِ، وَلَا جَبِلٌ مَّا فِيْ وَعْرِهِ، اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمُرِيْ آخِرَهُ، وَخَيْرَ عَمَلِيْ
خَوَاتِيْمَهُ، وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِيْ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ فِيْهِ
O the One Whom eyes cannot see, conjectures cannot grasp,
and describers cannot describe; Whom events cannot affect
and Who does not fear calamities; Who knows the weights of
the mountains and the volumes of the oceans and the counts
of the raindrops and of the tree leaves, and the counts of
everything on which night brings darkness and day brings
the light; (O the One from Whom) a heaven cannot hide
another heaven, nor the earth can hide another earth, nor an
ocean can hide what is in its depths, nor a mountain can hide
what is behind its ruggedness-make the last part of my life
its best, my last deed my best one, and the day I meet You
my best day.
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يوم الأحد
الْخَيْرِ وَخَوَاتِمَهُ، وَجَوَامِعَهُ، وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهْ، وَظَاهِرَهْ وَبَاطِنَهُ.
اللَّهُمَّإِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا أَتِيْ، وَخَيْرَ مَا أَفْعَلُ، وَخَيْرَ مَا أَعْمَلُ.
وَخَيْرَ مَا بَطَنَ، وَخَيْرَ مَا ظَهَرَ -
(٨٣) اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوْسَعَ رِزْقِكَ عَلَيَّ عِنْدَ كِبَرِ سِنِّيْ وَانْقِطَاعِ
عُمُريْ۔
(٨٤) وَاجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمُرِيْ أَخِرَهْ، وَخَيْرَ عَمِلِيْ خَوَاتِيْمَهُ،
وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِيْ يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ فِيْهِ يَا وَلِّ الْإِسْلَامِ وَأَهْلِهِ نَبِشِئْ بِهِ
حَتّى أَلْقَاكَ - أَسْأَلُكَ غِنَايَ وَغِنَى مَوْلَايَ -
khayri wa khawātimah(ū), wa jawāmi ah(ū), wa awwalahū wa
ākhirah(ū), wa ņāhirahū wa bāținah(ū). Allāhumma innī as'aluka
khayra mā ātī, wa khayra mā af al(u), wa khayra mā a mal(u), wa
khayra mā batan(a), wa khayra mā zahar.
83. Allāhummaj-'al awsa'a rizqika 'alayya 'inda kibari sinnī wan-
qitā‘i ‘umurī.
84. Waj-'al khayra 'umurī ākhirah(ū), wa khayra 'amalī
khawātīmah(ū), wa khayra ayyāmī yawma alqāka fih(i). Yā
Waliyyal-'Islāmi wa ahlihī thabbitnī bihī hattā alqāk(a). As'aluka
ghināya wa ghinā mawlāy.
One marvels at the level of consciousness of Allah (ma'rifah)
of a Bedouin inspired in him by his contact with the Prophet 2.
May Allah Als, grant us some of that.
The concern for a good ending is the paramount concern of
a believer. Sayydinā Abu Bakr age was asked why he made this
du'a' despite being a Companion of the highest status. He replied,
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(85) O Allah, I seek Your protection from undesirable age and mis-
chief of the heart. I seek Your refuge, by virtue of Your Honor as there
is no god except You, from that You should lead me astray. (I seek
Your refuge) from severe trials, wretchedness, bad fate, and taunts
from the enemies. From the evil of what I did and what I did not.
From the loss of Your blessings and the removal of Your protection.
From Your sudden punishment and from all (that can warrant)
Your wrath. From the mischief of my hearing, sight, speech, heart,
and seed. From oppressing others or being oppressed, from being
crushed or falling, from drowning or being burnt. Or that Shaytan
should confuse me at the time of my death. Or that I should die as a
fugitive from jihad or that I should die due to a venomous bite.
"(Sometimes) a servant keeps on doing pious deeds for a lifetime
but they are ended with the deeds of the people of the Fire. And
(sometimes) a servant keeps on doing sinful deeds for a lifetime but
they are ended with the deeds of the people of the Garden" (Kanz
al-'Ummāl).
We can never be complacent with our piety today. We must
strive to maintain īman and taqwa to the finish.
(85) [Composite: 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. Sunan an-Nasat #5402; 'Abdullah ibn
'Abbās. Şahih Muslim #4894; Abū Hurayrah. Sahih al-Bukhari #5871; 'Ā'ishah.
Şahih Muslim #4891; 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Sahih Muslim #4922; Shakal ibn
Humayd. Sunan at-Tirmidhi # 3414; Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3688; Abul-
Yasr. Sunan Abi Dawud #1 328]
From the evil of what I did and what I did not: We seek protection
against the evil of our actions as well as inactions.
that Shaytan should confuse me: Shaytan makes his most deter-
mined effort to mislead a believer at the time of his death. He
reminds his associates that if they don't get the person then, they
will never get him. The Satanic effort consists in confusing or dis-
tracting the dying person so he or she does not die in a state of
īman or perform repentance before death. At a minimum it aims
at causing despair in the person so he will have no hope of Allah's
mercy as he meets Him ('Awn al-Ma'bud).
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يوم الأحد
(٨٥) اللُّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوْءِ الْعُمُرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ،
وَأَعُوذُ بِعِزَّتِكَ لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْ تُضِلَِّ، وَمِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلَاءِ،
وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوْءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا
عَمِلْتُ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ، وَمِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَتَحَوُّلٍ
عَافِيَتِكَ، وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ، وَجَمْعِ سَخَطِكَ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِيْ،
وَمِنْ شَرّ بَصَرِيْ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِيْ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِيْ، وَمِنْ شَّ
مَنِّيْ، وَمِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أَظْلَمَ، وَمِنَ الْدَمِ، وَمِنَ التَّرَدِّيْ،
وَمِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْرَقِ، وَأَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ،
وَمِنْ أَنْ أَمُوْتَ فِيْ سَبِيْلِكَ مُدْبِرًا، وَأَنْ أَمُوْتَ لَدِيْغًا -
85. Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min sū'il-'umuri wa fitnatis-
șadr(i), wa a'ūdhu bi'izzatika lā ilāha illā anta an tudillanī, wa
min jahdil-balā'(i), wa darakish-shaqā'(i), wa sū'il-qadā'(i), wa
shamātatil-'a'da'(i), wa min sharri mā 'amilt(u), wa min sharri mā
lam a‘mal, wa min zawāli ni'matik(a), wa tahawwuli 'āfiyatik(a),
wa fujā'ati niqmatik(a), wa jamī'i sakhațik(a), wa min sharri
sam'ī, wa min sharri basarī, wa min sharri lisanī, wa min sharri
galbī, wa min sharri maniyyi, wa min an azlima aw uzlam(a),
wa minal-hadam(i), wa minat-taraddī, wa minal-gharaqi wal-
haraq(i), wa an yatakhabbataniyash-shaytānu 'indal-mawt(i), wa
min an amūta fi sabīlika mudbira(n), wa an amūta ladīgha.
Prophet Muhammad ,
made this du'a' only to teach the
ummah, as he was clearly immune from Satanic attacks.
This du'a' also includes pleas for protection from many forms
of sudden and painful deaths. For more on that, see commentary
for du'a' 206.
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MONDAY
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
(86) O Allah, make me one who is highly grateful. Make me one
who is patient and perseverant. Make me small in my own eyes but
great in the eyes of others.
(87) O Allah, put blessings, beauty, and calm in our land. Do not
deprive me of the blessings of what You have given me and do not
subject me to a trial in what You have withheld from me.
(88) O Allah, You have given me a good physique; favor me with
good morals and manners as well. Extinguish the anger in my heart
and, as long as You keep me alive, save me from such trying situa-
tions that can lead me astray.
(89) O Allah, instruct me in the evidence of faith at the time of
death.
(90) O Lord, I beg You for the good of this day and the good of what
will come after it.
(86) [Buraydah al-Aslamī. Kanz al-'Ummal #3675]
one who is highly grateful: Gratefulness is an act of the tongue as
well as the heart. We must feel gratitude for the blessings of Allah
in our heart and we should also express it in words.
small in my eyes but great in the eyes of others: Getting respect
from others has its obvious advantages; life may be difficult for
the person who gets respect from no one. Further, one needs this
respect to discharge his responsibilities toward them as a believer,
like enjoining good and forbidding evil. However, it can also lead
to pride and arrogance, which are deadly diseases of the heart.
Therefore we ask for being small in our own eyes before asking for
being great in the eyes of others.
(87) [Composite: Samurah ibn Jundub and Ubayy ibn Ka'b. Majma' az-Zawa'id
#17425, 17359]
In other words my deprivations in this world should not become
my tribulations.
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يوم الإثنين
بِسمِ اللهِالرَّهِ الرَّحِيمِ
(٨٦﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ شَكُوْرًا، وَّاجْعَلْنِيْ صَبُوْرًا، وَاجْعَلْنِيْ
فِيْ عَيْنِيْ صَغِيْرًا وَّفِيْ أَعْبُنِ النَّاسِ كَبِيْرًا -
(٨٧﴾ اللُّهُمَّ ضَعْ فِيْ أَرْضِنَا بَرَكَتَهَا وَزِيْنَتَهَا وَسَكَنَهَا - وَلَا
تَحْرِ مْنِيْ بَرَكَةَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِيْ، وَلَا تَفْتِيْ فِيْمَا أَحْرَ مْتَنِيْ -
(٨٨﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِيْ فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِيْ - وَأَذْهِبْ غَيْظَ
قَلْبِيْ وَأَجِرْنِ مِنْ مُضِلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ مَا أَحْيَبْتَنَا-
(٨٩) اللُّهُمَّ لَقِّنِيْ حُبَّةَ الْإِيْمَانِ عِنْدَ الْمَمَاتِ -
(٩٠) رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِيْ هُذَا الْيَوْمِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهْ-
86. Allāhummaj-'alnī shakūra(n), waj-'alnī șabūra(n), waj-'alnī fi
'aynī șaghīran wa fi a'yunin-nāsi kabīra.
87. Allāhumma da‘ fi ardinā barakatahā wa zīnatahā wa
sakanahā. Wa lā tahrimnī barakata mā a țaytanī, wa lā taftinnī
fimā ahramtanī.
88. Allāhumma ahsanta khalqī fa absin khuluqī. Wa adh-hib
ghayza qalbī wa ajirnī mim mudillātil-fitani mā aķyaytanā.
89. Allāhumma laqqinī ņujjatal-īmāni 'indal-mamāt.
90. Rabbi as'aluka khayra mā fi hādhal-yawmi wa khayra mā
ba'dah.
(88) [Composite: 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. Musnad Ahmad #3632; Um Salamah.
Musnad Ahmad #25364]
The first part of this du'a' (ْاللُّهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِيْ فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي) is also to be
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(91) O Allah, I beseech You for the good of this day: its victory, its
success, its light, its blessing, and its guidance.
(92) O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and security in my religion
and in my worldly affairs, in my family and in my property. O Allah,
conceal those things of mine that are worth concealing and give calm
to my fears. O Allah, guard me (from all sides): in front and behind,
on my right and on my left, and from above me. And I seek refuge
in Your greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below.
(93) O the Living, the Eternal, I beg through Your mercy. Set right
all of my affairs and do not leave me under the control of my ego
(nafs) for even the blink of an eye.
(94) In the name of the light of Your Countenance that lights the
heavens and the earth and in the name of every right of Yours and
recited when one sees himself or herself in the mirror. It contains
two important messages. First, a good physique or good appear-
ance is a blessing of Allah .5. It will be foolish if anyone tried to
take credit for that. Second, good morals and manners are more
important. They are our actions. And in the Hereafter the actions
we performed, not the gifts we received, will determine our fate. So
instead of gloating over the first, we seek the second.
(89) [Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3286]
This is another important du'a' for breathing our last in a state
of iman. It is the overriding concern of a believer that he or she
should die in a state of iman, for otherwise a lifetime of good deeds
may come to nothing. Therefore protecting our faith is a lifelong
struggle. The hadith that teaches this du'a' sheds further light on
the importance of this matter. "None of you should say, 'O Allah,
instruct me in my evidence at the time of death', as the non-believer
is also instructed in his evidence. Rather you should say, 'O Allah!
Instruct me in the evidence of faith at the time of death.""
(90) ['Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3312]
رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَهَا :At night, one should say
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يوم الإثنين
(٩١) اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هُذَا الْيَوْمِ فَتْحَهُ وَنَصْرَهُ وَنُوْرَهُ
وَبَرَكَتَهْ وَهُدَاهُ-
(٩٢) اَللَّهُمَّ ◌ِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِيْ دِيْنِيْ وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِيْ
وَمَالِيٍّ. اللَّهُمَّاسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِيْ وَأْمِنْ رَوْعَاتِيْ. اللُّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِيْ مِنْ
بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِيْ، وَعَنْ يَّمِيْنِيْ وَعَنْ شِمَالِيْ، وَمِنْ فَوْقِيْ،
وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِيْ -
(٩٣) يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّوْمُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيْثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِيْ شَأْنِيْ كُلَّهُ،
وَلَا تَكِلْنِيْ إِى نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ-
(٩٤) أَسْأَلُكَ بنُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِيْ أَشْرَقَتْ لَهُ السَّمُوْتُ
91. Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayra hādhal-yawmi fathahū wa
nașrahū wa nūrahū wa barakatahū wa hudāh.
92. Allahumma innī as'alukal-‘afwa wal-'āfiyata fi dīnī wa
dunyaya wa ahlī wa mālī. Allāhummas-tur 'awrātī wa āmin
raw ātī. Allahummah-faznī mim bayni yadayya wa min khalfi, wa
'an yamīnī wa 'an shimālī, wa min fawqi, wa a'ūdhu bi azamatika
an ughtāla min tahtī.
93. Yā Hayyu yā Qayyūmu birahmatika astaghīth(u), aşliņ lī
sha'nī kullah(ū), wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī țarfata 'ayn.
94. As'aluka binūri Wajhikal-ladhī ashraqat lahus-samāwātu wal-
'ardu wa bikulli haqqin huwa laka wa biņaqqis-sā'ilīna 'alayka an
(O Lord, I beg You for the good of this night and the good of what
comes after it.)
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(in the name of) the right on You that You have granted to the
beggars, I beseech You to forgive me and protect me from the Fire
through Your Power.
(95) O Allah, make the first part of this day good, the middle part
success, and the last part salvation. I ask from You the good of this
world and the Hereafter, O the Most Merciful of those who show
mercy.
(96) O Allah, forgive my sins, expel my Shaytan, and redeem my
pledge. Make my scales heavy and make me from among the highest
class (in the Hereafter).
(97) O Allah, save me from Your punishment on the day You raise
Your servants to life again.
(98) O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and whatever comes under
their shadows. Lord of the earths and whatever they bear. Lord of
(91) [Abū Malik al-Ash'arī. Sunan Abi Dawud #4421]
Ibn 'Ulan in Futuhat ar-Rabbaniyyah writes: In the generalized
sense fath means achievement of goals. Nasr means help against
overt and covert enemies. Nur is the light from Allah that allows
one to see the Right Path. Barakah means perpetuation of obedi-
ence. Huda means guidance to steadfastness that leads one to a
beautiful ending.
(92) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Sunan Abi Dawud #4412]
receiving unexpected harm from below: Ightiyal means being
killed by deception at a place where nobody can see you. Accord-
ing to Waki' ibn al-Jarrah, "ughtāla min tahti" means being killed
in an earthquake.
Prophet Muhammad
used to say this du'a' every morning
and evening.
(93) [Anas ibn Malik. Mustadrak Hakim #200/2000]
According to a hadith, this du'a' contains al-Ism al-A'zam, one of
the special names of Allah that, when invoked while making a du'a',
tremendously increase its chances of acceptance. This du'a' should
be made profusely at the time of difficulties, as was the practice of -
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يوم الإثنين
وَالأَرْضُ وَبِكُلّ حَقِّ هُوَ لَكَ وَبِحَقِّ السَّائِلِيْنَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ
◌ُقِيْلَنِيْ وَأَنْ تُّجِيْرَنِيْ مِنَ النَّارِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ .
(٩٥) اللُّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوَّلَ هُذَا النَّهَارِ صَلَاحًا، وَّأَوْسَطَهْ
فَلَاحًا، وَأُخِرَهْ نَجَاحًا. أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْأُخِرَةِ، يَا أَرْحَمَ
الرَّاحِمِيْنَ -
(٩٦)﴾ اَللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ ذَنْبِيْ، وَاخْسِىْ شَيْطَانِيْ، وَفُكَّ رِهَانِيْ،
وَثَقِّلْ مِيْزَانِيْ، وَاجْعَلْنِيْ فِي النَّدِيِّ الْأَعْلى -
(٩٧﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ قِيْ عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ .
(٩٨) اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمُوْتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظَلَّتْ، وَرَبَّ
tuqīlanī wa an tujīranī minan-nāri biqudratik.
95. Allāhummaj-'al awwala hadhan-nahāri salāņa(n), wa awsațahū
falāņa(n), wa ākhirahū najāņa(n). As'aluka khayrad-dunyā wal-
ākhira(ti), yā Arhamar-rāķimīn.
96. Allahummagh-fir lī dhambī, wakh-si' shaytānī, wa fukka
rihānī, wa thaqqil mīzānī, waj-'alnī fin-nadiyyil-'a'lā.
97. Allāhumma qinī 'adhābaka yawma tab'athu 'ibādak.
98. Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwātis-sab 'i wa mā azallat, wa Rabbal-
the Prophet . He also urged his daughter Sayyidah Fatimah
to make this du'a' every morning and evening.
(94) [Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī. Mu'jam al-Kabīr (Țabarānī) #265/8]
right of beggars: We do not have any built-in, autonomous right
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the devils and whatever they mislead. Be a Protector for me from the
mischiefs of Your entire creation lest any of them do evil or oppress
me. Strong is Your protection and blessed is Your name.
(99) There is no god except You, You have no partner. Glorified are
You, O Allah, I seek forgiveness from You for my sin and I beseech
You for Your mercy.
(100) O Allah, forgive my sin, make my home ample for me, and
bless me in my sustenance.
(101) O Allah, make me one of those who turn to You and repent
much, and make me one of those who stay very clean and very
pure.
(102) O Allah, forgive me, guide me, provide for me, and give me
protection. And guide me with Your Will to the right thing in what-
ever is controversial.
over Allah Als. No one can demand anything from Allah , or
force Him to grant anything. However, Allah , has through His
Own kindness and compassion, granted us the privilege of making
pleas to Him and He accepts them when they are made sincerely
and obediently. It is this that has been referred to here.
(95) ['Abdur-Rahman ibn Abzā. Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah #29268]
(96) [Abu al-Azhar al-Anmārī. Sunan Abī Dawud #4395; Ibid. Mustadrak Hākim
#182/1982]
my Shaytan: any shaytan from the jinns or humans who targets the
person making this du'a'.
redeem my pledge: This refers to the verse: "Every man is in pledge
for his deeds" (At-Țur, 52:21). So the du'a' is that we discharge all
our obligations toward Allah , and His creations so our pledge
is redeemed.
highest class: the group of the highest ranking angels in the court
of Allah. The du'a' is for getting their company.
(97) [Hafsah. Sunan Abi Dawud #4388]
Prophet Muhammad
; used to say this du'a' after the salat.
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