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يوم الإثنين
الْأَرَضِيْنَ وَمَا أَقَلَّتْ، وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِيْنِ وَمَا أَضَلَّتْ، كُنْ تِيُّ
جَارًا مِنْ شَرّ خَلْقِكَ أَجْمَعِيْنَ أَنْ يَّفْرُطَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدْ مِّنْهُمْ أَوْ أَنْ
يَّطْغُى، عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ-
(٩٩) لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِيْ
أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِيْ وَأَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَتَكَ-
(١٠٠) اللّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ ذَنِْيْ، وَوَِّعْ لِيْ فِيْ دَارِيْ، وَبَارِكْ لِيْ
فِي رِزْقِيْ۔
﴿١٠١﴾ اللُّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ التَّوَّابِيْنَ وَاجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ
الْمُتَطَهِّرِيْنَ -
﴿١٠٢﴾ اللُّهُمَّ اغْفِرْلِيْ، وَاهْدِنِيْ، وَارْزُقْنِيْ، وَعَافِيْ، وَاهْدِنِيْ
لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيْهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ۔
'aradīna wa mā aqallat, wa Rabbash-shayāțīni wa mā adallat, kun
lī jāram min sharri khalqika ajma'īna an yafruța 'alayya aņadum
minhum aw an yatghā, 'azza jāruka wa tabārakas-muk.
99. Lā ilāha illā anta lā sharīka laka subļānak(a). Allāhumma innī
astaghfiruka lidhambī wa as'aluka rahmatak.
100. Allāhummagh-fir lī dhambī, wa wassi' lī fi dārī, wa bārik lī
fi rizqī.
IOI. Allāhummaj-'alnī minat-tawwābīna waj-'alni minal-
mutațahhirīn.
102. Allahummagh-fir lī, wah-dinī, war-zuqnī, wa 'afinī, wah-
dinī limakh-tulifa fihi minal-haqqi bi-'idhnik.
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(103) O Allah, put Light in my heart, Light in my sight, Light in
my hearing, Light to my right, Light to my left, Light behind me,
and Light in front of me. (O Allah,) bestow upon me Light. (O
Allah,) put Light in my muscles, Light in my flesh, Light in my
blood, Light in my hair, Light in my skin, Light in my tongue, and
Light in my soul. Make my Light great and make me all Light. And
put Light above me and Light below me. O Allah, give me Light.
(104) O Allah, open for us the doors to Your mercy and give us easy
access to the doors to Your provisions.
(105) O Allah, protect me from the cursed Shaytan.
(106) O Allah, I beg You for Your favor.
(98) [Khalid ibn al-Walid. Majma' az-Zawa'id #17063]
du.
This du'a' was taught to Sayyidna Khalid ibn al-Walid 45 by
Prophet Muhammad , to cure his insomnia.
(99) ['Ã'ishah. Kanz al-'Ummal #23417]
(100) [Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummal # 3633]
This du'a' should also be recited when making wudū'.
(10I) ['Umar ibn al-Khattab. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #50]
This du'a' is also to be said after making wudū'.
(102) [Composite: 'A'ishah. Sunan an-Nasai #5440; Ibid. Sahih Muslim #1289]
When faced with controversies and confusions, we seek Allah's help
to get a clear vision of the reality. A person earnestly resorting to
this du'a' is also protected from the ego trips which lead even the
knowledgeable people astray in the heat of controversies.
(103) ['Abdullah ibn 'Abbas. Sahih al-Bukhari #5841; Şahih Muslim #1279]
According to the ahadith, this du'a' should be made while going to
the masjid for Fajr salat. The darkness of the surroundings at that
time reminds us of the general darkness of the human condition.
Those who wake up and walk to the masjid at this time are true
seekers of light. We seek it from Allah Is, as He is the only source
of light. There is no light and there is no enlightenment without
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(١٠٣) اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِيْ قَلْبِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّفِيْ بَصَرِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّفِيْ
سَمْعِيْ نُوْرًا، وَعَنْ يَّمِيْنِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّعَنْ شِمَالِيْ نُوْرًا، وَخَلْفِيْ
نُوْرًا، وَّمِنْ أَمَامِيْ نُوْرًا، وَاجْعَلْ لِيِّ نُوْرًا، وَفِيْ عَصَبِيْ نُوْرًا،
وَّفِيْ تَخْمِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّفِيْ دَمِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّفِيْ شَعْرِيْ نُوْرًا، وَفِيْ بَشَرِيْ
نُوْرًا، وَّفِيْ لِسَانِيْ نُوْرًا، وَاجْعَلْ فِيْ نَفْسِيْ نُوْرًا، وَ أَعْظِمْ لِيْ
نُورًا، وَّاجْعَلْنِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِيْ نُوْرًا، وَّمِنْ تَحْتِيْ
نُوْرًا. اللُّهُمَّ أَعْطِيْ نُوْرًا -
(١٠٤ ) اللُّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لَنَا أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَسَهِّلْ لَنَا أَبْوَابَ
رِزْقِكَ۔
﴿١٠٥) اللُّهُمَّ اعْصِمْنِيْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ-
(١٠٦) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ -
103. Allāhummaj-'al fi qalbī nūra(n), wa fi bașarī nūra(n), wa
fi sam ī nūra(n), wa 'an yamīnī nūra(n), wa 'an shimālī nūra(n),
wa khalfi nūra(n), wa min amāmī nūra(n), waj-'al lī nūra(n), wa
fī 'aşabī nūra(n), wa fi lahmī nūra(n), wa fi damī nūra(n), wa fi
sha rī nūra(n), wa fi basharī nūra(n), wa fi lisānī nūra(n), waj-'al fi
nafsī nūra(n), wa a‘zim lī nūra(n), waj-'alnī nūra(n), waj-'al min
fawqī nūra(n), wa min tahtī nūra(n). Allāhumma a'ținī nūra.
104. Allāhummaf-tah lanā abwāba raķmatik(a), wa sahhil lanā
abwāba rizqik.
105. Allāhumma'-șimnī minash-shayțānir-rajīm.
106. Allahumma innī as'aluka min fadlik.
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(107) O Allah, forgive all of my sins and mistakes. O Allah, elevate
me, give me life and provisions, and guide me to pious deeds and
morals. Certainly no one leads to the pious deeds and morals and no
one protects from the evil ones except You.
(108) O Allah, I beg You for provisions that are pure, knowledge
that is beneficial, and deeds that will be accepted.
(109) O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your male servant, and son
of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your Hand. Your com-
mand for me prevails. Your Judgment concerning me is just. I be-
seech You through every name You have, by which You have called
Yourself, or which You have sent down in Your Book, or which You
taught to any one of Your creations, or which You preferred to keep
to Yourself among Your guarded secrets, to make the Great Qur'an
the springtime of my heart, the light of my eyes, the remedy of my
Him. "And he for whom Allah has not appointed light, for him
there is no light" (An-Nur, 24:40).
(104) [Abu Humayd. Musnad Ahmad #15477; Al-Hizb al-A'zam]
The first part of this du'a' is also to be recited when entering a mas-
jid. A masjid is the house of Allah 1.5. We enter it with the plea
that we are engulfed in His mercy.
(105) [Abu Hurayrah. Sunan Ibn Mājah #765]
(106) [Abū Humayd. Sahih Muslim #1165]
A person exiting the masjid should put his left foot out first and say
this du'a'. Fadl refers to the bounties of this world.
(107) [Abū Ayyub al-Ansārī. Mustadrak Hakim #1540/5942; Abū Umāmah al-
Bāhilī. Mu'jam al-Kabīr (Țabarānī)]
forgive all of my sins and mistakes: The reference to sins in the
du'a's of the Prophet , should not be interpreted literally. We
must remember that he was sinless. These refer to the leaving out of
the most preferred option, not the commission of a sin as such.
(108) [Um Salamah. Mu'jam al-Kabīr (Țabarānī)]
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(١٠٧) اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْلِيْ خَطَايَايَ وَذُنُوْبِيْ كُلَّهَا. اللَّهُمَّ انْعَشْنِيْ،
وَأَحْيِنِيْ، وَارْزُقْنِيْ، وَاهْدِنِيْ لِصَالِحِ الأَعْمَالِ وَالأَخْلَاقِ، إِنَّهُ
لَا يَهْدِيْ لِصَالِحِهَا وَلَا يَصْرِفُ سَيِتَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ-
(١٠٨﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ رِزْقًا طَيِّيًا، وَعِلْمَا نَّافِعًا، وَعَمَلًا
مُتَقَبَّلا-
(١٠٩﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِيْ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِيْ
بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلْ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ. أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِ اسْمٍ
هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِيْ كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ
أَحَدًا مِّنْ خَلْفِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأَتَرْتَ بِهِ فِيْ عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ
تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْأنَ العَظِيْمَ رَبِيْعَ قَلْبِيْ، وَنُوْرَ بَصَرِيْ، وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِيْ.
107. Allahummagh-fir lī khatāyaya wa dhunūbī kullahā.
Allāhumman-'ashnī, wa ahyinī, war-zuqnī, wah-dinī lișāliņil-
a'māli wal-'akhlāq(i), innahū lā yahdī lisāliņihā wa lā yaşrifu
sayyi'ahā illā Ant.
108. Allāhumma innī as'aluka rizqan tayyiba(n), wa 'ilman
näfi an, wa 'amalam mutaqabbala.
109, Allahumma innī ‘abduka wab-nu 'abdika wab-nu
amatik(a), nāșiyatī biyadik(a), mādin fiyya hukmuk(a), 'adlun
fiyya gadā'uk(a). As'aluka bikullis-min huwa lak(a), sammayta
bihī nafsak(a), aw anzaltahū fi kitābik(a), aw 'allamtahū aļadam
min khalqik(a), awis-ta'tharta bihī fi 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indak(a), an
taj'alal-Qur'ānal-‘azīma rabī'a qalbī, wa nūra bașarī, wa jilā'a
ņuznī, wa dhahāba hammī.
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grief, and the dispeller of my anxiety.
(110) O Allah, Lord of Jibril (Gabriel), Mika'il (Michael), Israfil,
and Lord of Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma'il (Ishmael), and Is-haq
(Isaac), grant me safety and do not impose anyone of Your creations
upon me with such a thing as would be intolerable for me.
(111) O Allah, protect me from what You declared haram (unlaw-
ful) through the suficiency of what You made halal (lawful). And
make me, by Your benevolence, independent of all besides You.
(112) O Allah, You hear my speech and behold my situation. You
know my secret and open matters. None of my affairs is concealed
from You. And I am the miserable, needy, suppliant, succor-seeking,
fearful and anxious person who confesses his sins. I beg of You-the
begging of the destitute. I implore You-the imploring of an abased
sinner. And I make du'a' to You-the du'a' of the fearful afflicted
(109) ['Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd. Mu'jam al-Kabir (Țabarānī)]
Sayyidna 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud dee reports that the Prophet
said, "Whenever a Muslim is suffering from a worry or grief and
he makes this du'a', Allah will remove his worry and replace his
grief with joy." The Companions said, "Should we not learn these
words?" He replied, "Certainly. It is only proper for anyone who
listens to these words to learn them." Also see du'a' 172.
(IIO) [Muşannaf ibn Abi Shaybah #29171]
(III) ['Ali ibn Abī Țalib. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3486]
Sayyidna 'Alī age was approached by a a slave who needed money
to win his freedom. He did not have money to help the person;
instead he taught him these words, saying that the Prophet ,
said, "If one is under the burden of a mountain of debt, Allah will
help him discharge it when he supplicates to Him thus."
(112) [Composite: 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas and 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far. Kanz al-
'Ummal #3614, 3613]
O Allah, You hear my speech . . . and the Best of all who give: The
Prophet 5
made this du'a' on the day of 'Arafah during his last
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وَذَهَابَ هُّمِيْ۔
﴿١١٠﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ إِلهَ جِبْرَئِيْلَ وَمِيْكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيْلَ، وَإِلهَ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ
وَإِسْمُعِيْلَ وَإِسْحْقَ، عَافِيْ وَلَا تُسَلِّطَنَّ أَحَدًا مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ عَلَيَّ
بِشَيْءٍ لَّا طَاقَةَ لِيْ بِهِ-
﴿١١١﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيْ بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِيْ
بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ -
(١١٢) اللُّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ كَلَامِيْ، وَتَرِى مَكَانِيْ، وَتَعْلَمُ
◌ِّيْ وَعَلَانِيَتَيْ، لَا يَخْفِى عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ مِّنْ أَمْرِيْ، وَأَنَا
الْبَائِسُ الْفَقِيْرُ، الْمُسْتَغِيْتُ الْمُسْتَجِيْرُ، الْوَجِلُ الْمُشْفِقُ الْمُقِرُّ
الْمُعْتَرِفُ بِذَنْبِهِ- أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْأَلَةَ الْمِسْكِيْنِ، وَأَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ
ابْتِهَالَ الْمُذْنِبِ الذَّلِيْلِ، وَأَدْعُوْكَ دُعَاءَ الْخَائِفِ الضَّرِيْرِ.
IIO. Allāhumma ilāha Jibra'īla wa Mīkā'īla wa Isrāfil(a), wa ilāha
Ibrāhīma wa Ismā īla wa Isņāq(a), 'āfinī wa lā tusallițanna aļadam
min khalqika 'alayya bishay'in lā țāqata lī bih.
III. Allāhummak-finī biņalālika 'an harāmik(a), wa aghninī
bifadlika 'amman siwak.
II2. Allāhumma innaka tasma'u kalāmī, wa tarā makānī,
wa ta'lamu sirrī wa 'alāniyatī, lā yakhfā 'alayka shay'um min
amrī, wa anal-bā'isul-faqīr(u), al-mustaghīthul-mustajīr(u), al-
wajilul-mushfiqul-muqirrul-mu'tarifu bidhambih(i). As'aluka
mas'alatal-miskīn(i), wa abtahilu ilaykab-tihalal-mudhnibidh-
dhalīl(i), wa ad'ūka du'a'al-kha'ifid-darīr(i), wa du'a'a man
khada at laka raqabatuh(ū), wa fādat laka 'abratuh(ū), wa dhalla
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person, whose neck is bowed down before You, whose eyes pour out
tears before You, whose body is humbled before You, and whose nose
cleaves to the ground for You. O Allah, do not make me frustrated
in my supplication to You. And be Compassionate and Merciful to
me. O, the Best of those who are asked, and the Best of all who give.
O Allah, I place my complaint before You for my weakness, lack
of means, and my insignificance in the eyes of people. O the Most
Merciful of those who show mercy, to whom will You entrust me?
To an enemy who will oppress me or to the hands of a sympathetic
friend whom You have entrusted my affair? (O Allah,) if You are
not displeased with me then I do not care for such things. Still, Your
protection will be the easier for me.
(113) O Allah, we beg You for yearning hearts that are humble and
that turn to Your path.
(114) O Allah, I beg You for the faith that settles deep in my heart,
a true conviction so that I understand that nothing can afflict me
beyond what You have decreed for me, and satisfaction with the pro-
Hajj. At this time all of Arabia had come under the domination of
Islam. About 124,000 companions performed Hajj with him.
O Allah, I place my complaint . .. Still, Your protection will be
the easier for me: This du'a' was made on one of the saddest days
in the life of Prophet Muhammad ,. It was June 619 CE when he
visited Ța'if, a hill station near Makkah. The pagans of Ta'if not
only mocked his invitation to believe in the one true God, they also
sent their urchins to throw stones at him until his shoes filled with
blood. In great distress the Prophet , turned to Allah with this
du'a'. Slightly more than a decade later, the entire area came under
the rule of Islam.
Thus, of the two du'a's that Munajat has put together here, one
was said at the height of his worldly achievements; the other at one
of the lowest points in his life. Yet they have exactly the same tone.
The juxtaposition is extremely significant. It points out that in the
best of times, just as in the worst of times, Prophet Muhammad
was the same servant of Allah.
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وَدُعَاءَ مَنْ خَضَعَتْ لَكَ رَقَبَتُهُ، وَفَاضَتْ لَكَ عَبْرَتُهْ، وَذَلَّ
لَكَ جِسْمُهْ، وَرَغِمَ لَكَ أَنْفُهُ. اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِيْ بِدُعَائِكَ شَقِيًّا،
وَكُنْ بِيْ رَءُوْفَا رَّ حِيْمًا، يَّا خَيْرَ الْمَسْئُوْلِيْنَ، وَيَا خَيْرَ الْمُعْطِيْنَ -
اَللَّهُمَّ إِلَيْكَ أَشْكُوْ ضُعْفَ قُوَّتيْ، وَقِلَّةَ حِيْلَتِيْ، وَهَوَانِيْ عَلَى
النَّاسِ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِيْنَ إِلى مَنْ تَكِلُنِيْ؟ إِلَى عَدُوِّ يَتَهَجَّمُنِيْ،
أَمْ إِىْ قَرِيْبٍ مَّلَّكْتَهُ أَمْرِيْ؟ إِنْ أَمْتَكُنْ سَاخِطَا عَلَّ فَلَا أُبَالِ،
غَيْرَ أَنَّ عَافِيَتَكَ أَوْسَعُ لِي-
(١١٣) اللُّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ قُلُوْبًا أَوَّاهَةً تُخْتَةٌ مُّنِيَةً فِيْ
سَبِيْلِكَ-
(١١٤) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ إِيْمَانًا يُبَاشِرُ قَلْبِيْ، وَيَقِيْنَا صَادِقًا
حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ أَنَّهْ لَا يُصِيْبُنِيْ إِلَّ مَا كَتَبْتَ لِيْ، وَرِضِى مِّنَ الْمَعِيْشَةِ
laka jismuh(ū), wa raghima laka anfuh(ū). Allāhumma lā taj'alnī
bidu'ā'ika shaqiyya(n), wa kum bī Ra'ūfan Raķīma(n), ya
Khayral-mas'ūlīn(a), wa yā Khayral-mu'țīn(a). Allahumma ilayka
ashkū du fa quwwatī, wa qillata ķīlatī, wa hawānī 'alan-nās(i). Ya
Arņamar-rāķimīna ilā man takilunī? Ilā 'aduwwin yatahajjamunī,
am ilā qarībim mallaktahū amrī? In lam takun sākhițan 'alayya fa
lā ubālī, ghayra anna 'āfiyataka awsa u lī.
113. Allahumma
innā nas'aluka
qulūban
awwahatam
mukhbitatam munībatan fi sabīlik.
II4. Allāhumma innī as'aluka īmānan yubāshiru qalbī, wa
yaqīnan šādiqan hattā a'lama annahū lā yușībunī illā mā katabta
lī, wa ridam minal-ma'īshati bimā qasamta lī.
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vision which You have apportioned for me.
(115) O Allah, praise belongs to You just as You say, and better
than how we say it.
(116) O Allah, I seek Your protection from bad morals, deeds, de-
sires, and diseases. We seek Your protection from the evil of every-
thing for which Your Prophet Muhammad # sought Your protec-
tion. And from a bad neighbor where we live, for a bad neighbor
in travel moves away. And from domination of the enemy and the
ridicule of the enemies. And from hunger; indeed, it is a bad bedfel-
low. And from betrayal of trust, for it is a bad intimate. And from
that we should turn back on our feet, or that we should be persecuted
into separation from our religion. And from tribulations both open
and hidden, from the bad day, the bad night, the bad moment, and
the bad companion.
(113) ['Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. Mustadrak Hakim #157/1957]
(114) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Kanz al-'Ummal #3657; Ibid. Majma' az-Zawa'id
#17410]
(II5) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3442]
(116) [Composite: Quțbah ibn Malik. Kanz al-'Ummal #3671; Abū Umāmah
al-Bahili. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3443; Abu Hurayrah. Mustadrak Hakim #151/1951;
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-' Aş. Sunan an-Nasat #5380; Abu Hurayrah. Sunan an-
Nasat #5373; Ibn Abī Mulaykah. Şahīh al-Bukhari #6104; Zayd ibn Thabit. Şahīh
Muslim #5112; 'Uqbah ibn 'Amir. Mu'jam al-Kabir (Țabarānī) 17:294]
bad intimate: Bițanah means intimate. Here it means the bad
intention (of betraying) that settles deep into one's heart.
from that we should turn back . . . from our religion: Ibn Abi
Mulaykah, rahimahullah, used to make this du'a' after mention-
ing the famous hadith according to which angels will force back
some people from the Hawd of Kawthar on the Day of Judgment,
explaining to the Prophet wer, that these people had turned back
after him.
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بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ -
(١١٥﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحُمْدُ كَالَّذِيْ تَقُوْلُ وَخَيْرًا مِمَّا نَقُوْلُ -
﴿١١٦) اللَّهُمَّ إِّيْ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ مُنْكَرَاتِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ
وَالْأَهْوَاءِ وَالْأَدْوَاءِ، نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ
مُحَمَّدْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمِنْ جَارِ السُّوْءِ فِيْ دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ
فَإِنَّ جَارَ الْبَادِيَةِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ، وَشَتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ، وَمِنَ
الْجُوْعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيْعُ، وَمِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ ،
وَأَنْ تَرْجِعَ عَلى أَعْقَابِنَا، أَوْ نُفْتَنَ عَنْ دِيْنِنَا، وَمِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ
مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَمِنْ يَّوْمِ السُّوْءِ، وَمِنْ لَّيْلَةِ السُّوْءِ، وَمِنْ سَاعَةِ
السُّوْءِ، وَمِنْ صَاحِبِ السُّوْءِ-
115. Allāhumma lakal-ņamdu kālladhī taqulu wa khayram
mimmā naqūl.
116. Allāhumma innī a ūdhu bika mim munkarātil-'akhlāqi wal-
'a'māli wal-'ahwā'i wal-'adwa'(i), na'ūdhu bika min sharri mas-
ta'ādha minhu nabiyyuka Muhammadun sallAllahu 'alayhi wa
sallam(a), wa min jāris-sū'i fī dāril-muqāmati fa inna jāral-bādiyati
yatahawwal(u), wa ghalabatil-'aduww(i), wa shamātatil-'a'da'(i),
wa minal-jū'i fa innahū bi'sad-dajī'(u), wa minal-khiyānati fa
innahā bi'satil-bițāna(tu), wa an narji'a 'alā a qābinā, aw nuftana
‘an dīninā, wa minal-fitani mā zahara minhā wa mā batan(a), wa
min yawmis-sū'(i), wa min laylatis-sū'(i), wa min sā'atis-sū'(i), wa
min șāhibis-sū'.
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
(117) O Allah, my salat, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are all
for You. To You is my return and Yours is what I leave behind.
(118) O Allah, I beg You for all the good brought by winds.
(119) O Allah, make me such that I thank you greatly for Your
blessings, I remember You much, I follow Your counsel, and I pre-
serve Your commands. O Allah, our hearts, our foreheads, and our
limbs are in Your Hand. You did not give us total control over any
of them. Since You have done that with these then be their patron,
and guide us to the path of rectitude.
(120) O Allah, make Your love the dearest and make Your fear the
most frightening of all things to me. Cut off worldly needs from me
by giving me the longing to meet You. And as You bring comfort to
the eyes of the men of the world with their worldly possessions, bring
(117) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3442]
(118) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kanz al-'Ummāl #3637]
(119) [Composite: Abu Hurayrah. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3530; Jābir ibn 'Abdillāh.
Kanz al-'Ummal #3644]
(120) [Al-Haytham ibn Malik At-Țai. Kanz al- 'Ummal #3648]
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِالرّحمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
﴿١١٧﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صَلَاتِْ وَنُسُكِيْ وَمَحْيَايَ وَاتِيْ، وَإِلَيْكَ
مَاْيْ، وَلَكَ رَبِّ تُرَائِي-
﴿١١٨﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ إِنْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَِّيُْ بِهِ الرِّیَاُ۔
(١١٩) اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ أُعَظِّمُ شُكْرَكَ، وَأُكْثِرُ ذِكْرَكَ، وَأَتَّبِعُ
نَصِيْحَتَكَ، وَأَحْفَظُ وَصِيَّتَكَ - اللُّهُمَّ إِنَّ قُلُوْبَنَا وَنَوَاصِيَنَا
وَجَوَارِ حَنَا بِيَدِكَ، لَمْ تُمَلِّكْنَا مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذُلِكَ بِهِمَا
فَكُنْ أَنْتَ وَلِيَّهُمَا، وَاهْدِنَا إِلَى سَوَاءِ السَّبِيْلِ -
(١٢٠﴾ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ الْأَشْيَاءِ إِلَيَّ، وَاجْعَلْ
خَشْيَتَكَ أَخْوَفَ الْأَشْيَاءِ عِنْدِيْ، وَاقْطَعْ عَنِّيْ حَاجَاتِ الدُّنْيَا
بِالشَّوْقِ إِلِى لِقَائِكَ، وَإِذَا أَقْرَرْتَ أَعْيُنَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ دُنْيَاهُمْ
II7. Allāhumma laka șalātī wa nusukī wa mahyāya wa mamātī,
wa ilayka ma'ābī, wa laka rabbi turāthī.
118. Allāhumma innī as'aluka min khayri mā tajī'u bihir-riyāh.
119. Allāhummaj-‘alnī u'azzimu shukrak(a), wa ukthiru
dhikrak(a), wa attabi'u naşīņatak(a), wa ahfazu wașiyyatak(a).
Allāhumma inna qulūbanā wa nawasiyanā wa jawāriņanā
biyadik(a), lam tumalliknā minhā shay'a(ņ), fa idhā fa alta dhālika
bihimā fa kun anta waliyyahumā, wah-dinā ilā sawā'is-sabil.
120. Allāhummaj-'al hubbaka ahabbal-'ashyā'i ilayy(a), waj-'al
khashyataka akhwafal-'ashyā'i 'indī, waq-ta' 'annī ņājātid-dunya
bish-shawqi ilā liqā'ik(a), wa idhā aqrarta a yuna ahlid-dunya min
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comfort to my eyes with Your obedience and worship.
(121) O Allah, I beg You for health, chastity, integrity, good charac-
ter, and acceptance of fate.
(122) O Allah, to You is due all praise with thanks; it is only Your
domain to do favors with grace. O Allah, I beseech You to enable me
to perform the deeds loved by You, develop sincere reliance on You,
and hold good expectations from You.
(123) O Allah, open my heart to the hearing of Your remembrance.
Grant me obedience to You and to Your Messenger tus, and (grant
me) performance of deeds according to Your Book.
(124) O Allah, make me fear You as if I see You all the time until I
meet You. Make me blissful as a result of Your taqwa (Your fear and
piety); do not make me wretched as a result of Your disobedience.
(121) ['Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'Ās. Kanz al-‘Ummal #3650]
Health is the first item in this list because its absence affects a per-
son's ability to worship Allah , in addition to affecting his ability
to enjoy this worldly life. The other qualities mentioned are all
attributes of iman. Like iman itself, they can come to us through
the blessings of Allah.
(122) [Composite: Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah and Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3653,
3654]
It is important to hold good expectations from Allah is, for Allah
deals with a person according to his expectations. When a ser-
vant of Allah sincerely puts his trust and hopes in Him, Allah s
does not disappoint him.
(123) ['Alī ibn Abī Țālib. Kanz al-‘Ummāl #3655]
open my heart: That is, when I perform dhikr by tongue or hear it
from others, it should also reach the depths of my heart.
(124) [Abū Hurayrah. Majma' az-Zawa'id #17393]
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فَأَقْرِرْ عَيْنِيْ مِنْ عِبَادَتِكَ۔
(١٢١) اللُّهُمَّ إِنِيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الصِّحَّةَ، وَالْعِقَّةَ، وَالْأَمَانَةَ،
وَحُسْنَ الْخُلُقِ، وَالرِّضَا بِالْقَدَرِ -
(١٢٢) اللُّهُمَّ لَكَ الْخُمْدُ شُكْرًا وَلَكَ الْمَنُّ فَضْلًا - اللُّهُمَّ
إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ التَّوْفِيْقَ لِمَحَابِّكَ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ، وَصِدْقَ التَّوَكُلِ
عَلَيْكَ، وَحُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِكَ-
(١٢٣) اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ مَسَامِعَ قَلْبِيْ لِذِكْرِكَ، وَارْزُقْنِيْ طَاعَتَكَ،
وَطَاعَةَ رَسُوْلِكَ، وَعَمَلَا بِكِتَابِكَ۔
(١٢٤) اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ أَخْشَاكَ كَأَتِيْ أَرَاكَ أَبَدًا حَتَّى أَلْقَاكَ،
وَأَسْعِدْنِيْ بِتَقْوَاكَ وَلَا تُشْقِنِيْ بِمَعْصِيَتِكَ -
dunyahum fa aqrir 'aynī min 'ibādatik.
12I. Allāhumma innī as'alukas-șiņha(ta), wal-'iffa(ta), wal-
'amāna(ta), wa husnal-khuluq(i), war-ridā bil-qadar.
122. Allāhumma lakal-hamdu shukran wa lakal-mannu fadla(n).
Allāhumma innī as'alukat-tawfiqa limaņābbika minal-'a'māl(i),
wa sidqat-tawakkuli 'alayk(a), wa husnaz-zanni bik.
123. Allāhummaf-tah masāmi'a qalbī lidhikrik(a), war-zuqnī
țā atak(a), wa tā ata Rasūlik(a), wa 'amalam biKitābik.
124. Allāhummaj-'alnī akhshāka ka'annī arāka abadan hattā
alqāk(a), wa as'idnī bitaqwāka wa lā tushqinī bima‘șiyatik.
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(125) O Allah, extend Your graciousness to me by turning all dif-
ficulties into ease, for to make a difficulty easy is very easy for You.
And I ask You for ease and forgiveness in the world and in the
Hereafter. O Allah, forgive me for indeed You are the Generous For-
giver.
(126) O Allah, purify my heart from hypocrisy, my deeds from os-
tentation and pretension, my tongue from lies, and my eyes from
wrongful glances. For, indeed, You know what the eyes deceptively
glance at and what the hearts conceal.
(127) O Allah, grant me profusely weeping eyes that comfort the
heart with tears that flow out of Your fear-before the time comes
when eyes will be shedding blood and teeth will become embers.
(128) O Allah, grant me security with Your power, admit me to
(125) [Composite: Abu Hurayrah and Abu Sa'īd al-Khudrī. Kanz al-‘Ummāl
#3658, 3659]
(126) [Um Ma'bad al-Khuzā'iyyah. Kanz al-'Ummal #3660]
(127) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Kanz al-'Ummal #3661]
A believer is a soft-hearted person who sheds much tears here out
of the fear of Allah.
before the time: This refers to the state of sinners and disbelievers
in the Hereafter.
(128) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Kanz al-'Ummal #3662]
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(١٢٥) اَللَّهُمَّ الْطُّفْ بِيْ فِيْ تَيْسِيْرِ كُلّ عَسِيْرٍ، فَإِنَّ تَيْسِيْرَ
كُلّ عَسِيْرٍ عَلَيْكَ يَسِيْرٌ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْيُسْرَ وَالْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالْأَخِرَةِ - اللُّهُمَّ اعْفُ عَنِي فَإِنَّكَ عَفُوْ كَرِيْمْ.
﴿١٢٦) اَللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْ قَلْبِيْ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ، وَعَمَليْ مِنَ الرِّيَاءِ،
وَلِسَانِيْ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ، وَعَيْنِيْ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ
الْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُوْرُ-
(١٢٧﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِيْ عَيْنَيْنِ هَطَّالَتَيْنِ، تَشْفِيَانِ الْقَلْبَ
◌ِذُرُوْفِ الدُّمُوْعِ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَكُوْنَ الدُّمُوْعُ دَمًّا
وَّالْأَضْرَاسُ جَمْرَا -
﴿١٢٨﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ عَافِيْ فِيْ قُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَدْخِلْنِيْ فِيْ رَحْمَتِكَ،
125. Allāhummal-țuf bī fi taysīri kulli 'asīr(in), fa inna taysīra
kulli 'asīrin 'alayka yasīr(un), wa as'alukal-yusra wal-mu'āfata fid-
dunyā wal-ākhira(ti). Allāhumma‘-fu 'annī fa innaka 'Afuwwun
Karīm.
126. Allāhumma țahhir qalbī minan-nifāq(i), wa 'amalī minar-
riyā'(i), wa lisānī minal-kadhib(i), wa 'aynī minal-khiyāna(ti), fa
innaka ta'lamu khā'inatal-'a yuni wa mā tukhfiș-sudūr.
127. Allāhummar-zuqnī 'aynayni hațtālatayn(i), tashfiyanil-
qalba bidhurūfid-dumū'i min khashyatik(a), qabla an takūnad-
dumū'u daman wal-'adrāsu jamra.
I28. Allāhumma 'āfinī fi qudratik(a), wa adkhilnī fi raķmatik(a),
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Your mercy, let me spend my entire life in Your obedience, let my life
end with my best deed, and make Paradise its reward.
(129) O Allah, the Soother of worry, the Remover of grief, the
Grantor of the du'a' of the helpless, the Giver of mercy and compas-
sion in the world and the Hereafter, You alone can have true mercy
on me. So show such mercy to me that will totally free me from the
need of others' mercy.
(130) O Allah, I beg You for a surprise blessing and seek Your pro-
tection from a sudden misfortune.
(131) O Allah, Your name is as-Salam (Giver of Peace); peace
comes only from You and returns to You. I beg You, O the Majestic
and Benevolent, that You accept our du'a's, grant us what we long
(129) ['A'ishah. Mustadrak Hakim #98/1898]
(130) [Anas ibn Malik. 'Amal al-Yawm wal-Laylah (Ibn as-Sunni) #39]
We do not know what a new day brings with it. So we should be
making this du'a' every morning and evening, as was the practice
of Prophet Muhammad #5. He said that anyone who makes this
du'a' every morning and evening will be saved from sudden calam-
ities during that day or night.
(131) [Abū Sa'id al-Khudrī. Majma' az-Zawa'id #16998]
free us from ... who do not need us: This is an interdependent
world. That makes communities, societies, and civilization itself
possible. When two parties have mutual and roughly equal needs
for each other, the result is an equitable exchange. On the other
hand, one-sided dependence is the source of all exploitation. We
seek Allah's help in getting out of it and we must do all we can to
end such a relationship.
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وَاقْضٍ أَجَلِيْ فِيْ طَاعَتِكَ، وَاخْتِمْ لِيْ بِخَيْرِ عَمِلِيْ، وَاجْعَلْ ثَوَابَهُ
◌ْجُنَّةَ -
(١٢٩﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ فَارِجَ الْمِّ، كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ، مُجِيْبَ دَعْوَةٍ
الْمُضْطَرِيْنَ، رَحْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيْمَهُمَا، أَنْتَ تَرْهُنِيْ
فَارْ حَمْنِيْ بِرَحْمَةٍ تُغْنِيْنِيْ بِهَا عَنْ رَّحْمَةٍ مَنْ سِوَاكَ.
(١٣٠) اللُّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فُجَاءَةِ الْخَيْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ
فُجَاءَةِ الشَّرِّـ
(١٣١﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ وَإِلَيْكَ يَعُوْدُ
السَّلَامُ، أَسْأَلُكَ يَا ذَا الْلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ أَنْ تَسْتَجِيْبَ لَنَا
waq-di ajalī fi țā'atik(a), wakh-tim lī bikhayri 'amalī, waj-'al
thawabahul-Jannah.
129. Allāhumma Fārijal-hamm(i), Kāshifal-ghamm(i), Mujība
da watil-mudtarrīn(a), Rahmānad-dunyā wal-ākhirati
wa
raķīmahumā, anta tarņamunī far-ņamnī biraķmatin tughnīnī
bihā 'an raķmati man siwāk.
130. Allāhumma innī as'aluka min fujā'atil-khayr(i), wa a'ūdhu
bika min fujā'atish-sharr.
131. Allāhumma antas-Salāmu wa minkas-salamu wa ilayka
ya'ūdus-salām(u), as'aluka yā Dhal-jalāli wal-'ikrāmi an tastajība
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for, and free us from needing those of Your creatures who do not need
us.
(132) O Allah, choose and select for me.
(133) O Allah, make me happy with Your Will, and bless me in
whatever You have destined for me so that I do not want to hasten
what you delayed or to delay what you hastened.
(134) O Allah, there is no (real) life except that of the Hereafter.
(135) O Allah, give me life of a humble person and death of a hum-
ble person, and raise me on the Day of Judgment among humble
persons.
(136) O Allah, make me among those who, when they commit an
act of virtue, rejoice, and when they commit a mistake, seek forgive-
ness.
(132) [Abu Bakr. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3438]
When a person is faced with a decision and there is no time for
Istikhārah salat, this du'a' can be said repeatedly instead.
(133) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Kanz al-‘Ummāl #9323]
This du'a' is also recommended for saying when one is facing finan-
cial difficulties.
(134) [Anas ibn Mālik. Şahīņ al-Bukhārī #2741]
The Prophet few, said this when digging the trench in preparation
for the Battle of the Trench. The Ansar were reciting:
عَلَى الْجِهَادِ مَا حَيِينَا أَبَدَا
نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوا مُحَمَّدَا
And the Prophet , responded with:
فَأَكْرِمْ الْأَنْصَارَ وَالْمُهَاجِرَهْ
اللَّهُمَّ لَا عَيْشَ إِلَّ عَيْشُ الْآخِرَهْ
(135) [Anas ibn Malik. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #2275]
(136) ['A'ishah. Sunan Ibn Majah #3810]
Some scholars have commented: The best sin is the one followed ->
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