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يوم الثلاثاء
دَعْوَتَنَا، وَأَنْ تُعْطِيَّنَا رَغْبَتَنَا، وَأَنْ تُغْنِيَنَا عَمَّنْ أَغْنَيْتَهْ عَنَّا مِنْ
خَلْقِكَ۔
(١٣٢) اللّهُمَّ خِرْلِيٍ وَاخْتَرْلِيْ -
(١٣٣) اللَّهُمَّ أَرْضِيْ بِقَضَائِكَ، وَبَارِكْ لِيْ فِيْمَا قُدِّرَ لِيْ،
حَتّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيْلَ مَا أَخَرْتَ، وَلَا تَأْخِيْرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ -
﴿١٣٤) اللُّهُمَّ لَا عَيْشَ إِلَّا عَيْشُ الْآخِرَةِ -
(١٣٥) اَللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِيْ مِسْكِيْنَا وَأَمِتْنِيْ مِسْكِيْنًا وَاحْشُرْنِيْ فِيْ
زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاكِیْنِ۔
﴿١٣٦) اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ إِذَا أَحْسَنُوا اسْتَبْشَرُوْا،
وَإِذَا أَسَاءُوْا اسْتَغْفَرُوْا -
lanā da watanā, wa an tu țiyanā raghbatanā, wa an tughniyanā
‘amman aghnaytahū 'anna min khalqik.
132. Allahumma khir lī wakh-tar lī.
133. Allāhumma ardinī bigadā'ik(a), wa bārik lī fīmā quddira lī,
hattā lā uhibba ta'jīla mā akh-khart(a), wa lā ta'khira mā 'ajjalt.
134. Allāhumma lā 'aysha illā 'ayshul-ākhirah.
135. Allāhumma abyinī miskīnan wa amitnī miskīnan waḥ-
shurnī fi zumratil-masākīn.
136. Allāhummaj-'alnī minal-ladhīna idhā aķsanus-tabsharū, wa
idhā asā'us-taghfarū.
by repentance, and the worst act of obedience is the one followed
by pride (Fayd al-Qadir).
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(137) O Allah, I beg You for Your special mercy with which You
may guide my heart, arrange my affairs, end my disorder, improve
my religion, discharge my debt, protect that part of me that is out of
sight, elevate whatever is in sight, brighten my face, purify my deeds,
inspire me with what is right for me, return to me what I cherish and
love, and protect me from every evil.
(138) O Allah, grant me faith that is never shaken, belief so that
there is no disbelief thereafter, and mercy by virtue of which I gain
the distinction of honor granted by You in this life and the Hereaf-
ter.
(139) O Allah, I beg You for success in what is pre-determined, the
hospitality reserved for Your martyrs, the life of the blissful, the com-
pany of prophets, and Your help against the enemies; verily You hear
all du'a's.
(137-143) ['Abdullah ibn 'Abbas. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3341; Mu'jam al-Kabir
(Țabarānī) 10/284; Kanz al-'Ummal #3608, 4988] All the du'a's listed here from
137 to 143 are part of one comprehensive du'a' that Prophet Muhammad , said
at the end of his nightly Tahajjud salat.
(137) special mercy: that ensues on its own without there being
a cause for it. We seek Allah's mercy while recognizing that we can
never deserve it through our own actions.
guide my heart: guide me to You and bring me closer to You.
out of sight: refers to a person's inner qualities: faith, morality, and
character.
in sight: refers to our overt deeds.
purify my deeds: purify them of insincerity and the desire to get
praise from other human beings (Fayd al-Qadir).
(138) mercy by virtue of which: This again affirms that we gain
higher ranks through Allah's mercy, not by dint of our actions.
(139) martyrs: The station of and the hospitality reserved for the
Prophet , is higher than that of the martyrs. But it has been
mentioned here to show that it is proper for the ummah to make
this du'a'.
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١٣٧﴾ اللُّهُمَّ إِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِكَ تَهْدِيْ بِهَا قَلْبِيْ،
وَتَجْمَعُ بِهَا أَمْرِيْ، وَتَلُمُّ بِهَا شَعْثِيْ، وَتُصْلِحُ بِهَا دِيْنِيْ، وَتَقْضِيْ
بِهَا دَيْنِيْ، وَتَحْفَظُ بِهَا غَائِيْ، وَتَرْفَعُ بِهَا شَاهِدِيْ، وَتُبِّضُ ◌ِهَا
وَجْهِيْ، وَتُزَكِيْ بِهَا عَمَلِيْ، وَتُلْهِمُنِيْ بِهَا رَشَدِيْ، وَتَرُدُّ بِهَا
أُلْفَتِيْ، وَتَعْصِمُنِيْ بِهَا مِنْ كُلّ سُوْءٍ-
(١٣٨﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِيْ إِنْمَانًا لَّا يَرْنَدُّ، وَيَقِيْنَا لَّيْسَ بَعْدَهْ كُفْرٌ،
وَرَحْمَةً أَنَالُ بِهَا شَرَفَ كَرَامَتِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْأُخِرَةِ -
(١٣٩﴾ اَللَّهُمَّإِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْفَوْزَ فِي الْقَضَاءِ، وَنُزُلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ،
وَعَيْشَ السُّعَدَاءِ، وَمُرَافَقَةَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَالنَّصْرَ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ،
إِنَّكَ سَمِيْعُ الدُّعَاءِ.
137. Allāhumma innī as'aluka rahmatam min 'indika tahdī bihā
qalbī, wa tajma u bihā amrī, wa talummu bihā sha thī, wa tușliņu
bihā dīnī, wa taqdī bihā daynī, wa taḥfazu bihā ghā'ibī, wa tarfa'u
bihā shāhidī, wa tubayyidu bihā wajhī, wa tuzakkī bihā 'amalī, wa
tulhimunī bihā rashadī, wa taruddu bihā ulfatī, wa ta șimunī bihā
min kulli sū'.
138. Allāhumma a ținī īmānan lā yartadd(u), wa yaqīnan laysa
ba'dahū kufr(un), wa rahmatan anālu bihā sharafa karāmatika
fid-dunya wal-ākhirah.
139. Allāhumma innī as'alukal-fawza fil-qadā'(i), wa nuzulash-
shuhadā'(i), wa 'ayshas-su'adā'(i), wa murāfaqatal-'ambiyā'(i),
wan-nașra 'alal-'a'dā'(i), innaka Samī'ud-du'a'.
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(140) O Allah, if there is any blessing that You have promised to any
of Your creations or You are going to give it to any of Your servants,
but I have been unable to conceive of it, and my efforts have fallen
short of it, and my intentions and supplications have not reached it,
then I also long for it and beg You for the same in the name of Your
mercy, O Cherisher of the worlds.
(141) O Allah, I place my needs before You. Although my thoughts
are deficient and my actions weak and wanting, I am in need of
Your mercy. So, O the One Who decides all affairs and O the One
Who heals the hearts, just as You keep the oceans apart from each
other, so keep me away from the punishment of Hell and from seek-
ing destruction (in the Hereafter, due to agonies of Hell) and (pro-
tect me) from the tribulations of the grave.
(142) O Allah, O the Maker of strong covenants whose every com-
mand is right. I beseech You for peace on the Appointed Day and
for Paradise on the Day of Eternity along with those who are close to
life of the blissful: i.e. in the Hereafter.
Your help: Allah's help sometimes comes overtly. At other times it
comes internally whereby His servants' hearts are strengthened.
enemies: i.e. of the religion (Fayd al-Qadir).
(140) In other words I am asking not only for all the good that I
can think of but also for the good that I cannot even think of.
(141) seeking destruction: This refers to this verse: "Pray not that
day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!" (Al-
Furqan, 25:14). People will be seeking self-destruction as an escape
from the agonies of Hell but they will not get it.
The Prophet , said this du'a' out of humbleness before Allah.
No one should entertain any idea that prophets face questioning in
the grave (Zamakhshari in Fayd al-Qadir).
(142) strong covenant: Literally, it means strong rope. It refers to
the Qur'an or the din as the Qur'an says, "Hold fast to the rope of
Allah" (Āl-i-'Imran, 3:103).
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(١٤٠ ) اللَّهُمَّ مَا قَصَّرَ عَنْهُ رَأْبِيْ، وَضَعُفَ عَنْهُ عَمِلَيْ، وَلَمْ
تَبْلُغْهُ نِيَّتِيْ وَمَسْأَلَتِيْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَّعَدْتَّهُ أَحَدًا مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوْ
خَيْرِ أَنْتَ مُعْطِيْهِ أَحَدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِكَ، فَإِنِّيْ أَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِيْهِ،
وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ رَبَّ الْعُلَمِيْنَ -
﴿١٤١ ) اَللَّهُمَّ إِيْ أُنْزِلُ بِكَ حَاجَتِيْ، وَإِنْ قَصَّرَ رَأْبِيْ وَضَعُفَ
عَمَلِي افْتَقَرْتُ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ. فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا قَاضِيَ الْأُمُوْرِ، وَيَا شَافِيَ
الصُّدُوْرِ، كَمَا تُحِيْرُ بَيْنَ الْبُخُوْرِ، أَنْ تُجِيْرَنِيْ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيْرِ،
وَمِنْ دَعْوَةِ الُُّوْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقُبُوْرِ -
(١٤٢) اَللَّهُمَّ ذَا الْحُبْلِ الشَّدِيْدِ، وَالْأَمْرِ الرَّشِيْدِ، أَسْأَلُكَ
الْأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْوَعِيْدِ، وَالْجَنَّةَ يَوْمَ الْخُلُوْدِ، مَعَ الْمُقَرَّبِيْنَ الشُّهُوْدِ،
140. Allahumma mā qașsara 'anhu ra'yī, wa da'ufa 'anhu 'amalī,
wa lam tablughhu niyyatī wa mas'alatī min khayrin wa'adttahū
ahadam min khalqik(a), aw khayrin anta mu'tīhi ahadam min
‘ibādik(a), fa innī arghabu ilayka fih(i), wa as'aluka biraķmatika
Rabbal-'ālamīn.
I4I. Allāhumma innī unzilu bika hājatī, wa in qașsara ra'yī wa
da'ufa 'amalif-taqartu ilā raķmatik(a). Fa as'aluka yā Qādiyal-
'umūr(i), wa yā Shafiyaş-şudūr(i), kamā tujīru baynal-buķūr(i),
an tujīranī min 'adhābis-sa'īr(i), wa min da watith-thubūr(i), wa
min fitnatil-qubūr.
142. Allahumma Dhal-hablish-shadīd(i), wal-'amrir-rashīd(i),
as'alukal-'amna yawmal-wa'īd(i), wal-Jannata yawmal-khulūd(i),
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You and will be watching you, are often busy in kneeling and pros-
trating before You, and who fulfill their covenants. Surely, You are
the Merciful, the Most Loving, and indeed, You do what You will.
(143) O Allah, make us the ones who guide aright and are guided
aright, who are neither misguided nor do they lead others astray.
At peace with Your friends, at war with Your enemies. Loving with
Your love those who love You. Despising with Your antagonism those
of Your creatures who oppose You.
O Allah, this is the supplication and it is up to You to grant it. This
is the effort and the reliance is on You.
(144) O Allah, do not leave me to my own devices even for the twin-
kling of an eye. Do not take back from me any good that You have
granted me.
(145) O Allah, You are not a god who might have been devised by
Day of Eternity: Day of entering into the Eternal Garden or the
Eternal Fire.
(143) As the hadith points out, "Whoever loves for the sake of
Allah and hates for the sake of Allah, he has perfected his iman."
(144) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Majma' az-Zawa'id #17409]
(145) [Şuhayb ar-Rūmī. Kanz al-'Ummal #3676; Ibid. Kanz al-'Ummal #3740.]
Ka'b al-Ahbar narrated from Suhayb ar-Rumi age that the Proph-
et "; used to make this du'a'. He also added his comments that
Prophet Dawud (David) XEN used to do the same.
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الزُّكَّعِ السُّجُوْدِ، الْمُؤْفِيْنَ بِالْعُهُوْدِ، إِنَّكَ رَحِيْمْ وَدُوْدْ، وَإِنَّكَ
تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيْدُ۔
(١٤٣﴾ اللُّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا هَادِيْنَ مُهْتَدِيْنَ، غَيْرَ ضَالِيْنَ وَلَا
مُضِلّيْنَ، سِلْمًا لِّأَوْلِيَائِكَ وَحَرْبًا لِّأَعْدَائِكَ، نُحِبُّ بِحُبِّكَ مَنْ
أَحَبَّكَ، وَنُعَادِيْ بِعَدَاوَتِكَ مَنْ خَالَفَكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ۔
اَللَّهُمَّ هُذَا الدُّعَاءُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْإِجَابَةُ، وَهُذَا الْجُهْدُ وَعَلَيْكَ
التُّكْلَانُ۔
(١٤٤ ) اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَكِلْنِيْ إِلى نَفْسِيْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، وَّلَا تَنْزِعْ مِنِّيْ
صَالِحَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِيْ۔
(١٤٥ ) اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِإِلْهِ إِسْتَحْدَثْنَاهُ، وَلَا بِرَبِّ يَِّيْدُ
ma'al-muqarrabīnash-shuhūd(i), ar-rukka'is-sujūd(i), al-mūfina
bil-'uhūd(i), innaka Raķīmun Wadūd(un), wa innaka taf alu mā
turīd.
143. Allāhummaj-'alnā hādīna muhtadīn(a), ghayra dāllīna
wa lā mudillīn(a), silman li'awliyā'ika wa harban li'a'dā'ik(a),
nuņibbu biņubbika man aļabbak(a), wa nu'ādī bi adāwatika
man khālafaka min khalqik.
Allāhumma hadhad-du'ā'u wa 'alaykal-'ijāba(tu), wa hadhal-
juhdu wa 'alaykat-tuklān.
I44. Allāhumma lā takilnī ilā nafsī țarfata 'ayn(in), wa lā tanzi“
minnī șāliņa mā a țaytanī.
I45. Allāhumma innaka lasta bi'ilāhinis-taķdathnāh(u), wa lā
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us, nor are You a perishable lord invented by us. Nor do You have
any partners that share in Your Authority. Nor is it that we had a
different god before You whom we would be petitioning rather than
You. And it is not that anyone helped You in our creation so we
would associate him with You. You are, indeed, Blissful and Su-
preme.
(146) O Allah, You are the One Who created my soul and You are
the One Who will take it back. Its death and life are in Your control.
If You keep it alive then protect it. And if You give it death then
grant it forgiveness. O Allah, I beg for 'afiyah.
(147) O Allah, enrich me with knowledge, grace me with forbear-
ance, honor me with taqwa, and adorn me with peace and security.
(146) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Sahih Muslim #4887]
For the meaning of al- 'afiyah, see du'a' 64. This du'a' is also to be
said before going to sleep.
(147) ['Abdullah ibn 'Umar. Kanz al-'Ummal #3663]
Discussing this hadith, Fayd al-Qadir offers this very illuminating
commentary on knowledge:
This means the knowledge of the path of the Hereafter.
Knowledge and worship are the core for which exist the
books and lectures and sermons. It is for them that books
were revealed and prophets were sent. It was for them that the
heavens and the earth were created:
(اللهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَّمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ
لِتَعْلَمُوْا أَنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْماً)
Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth
the like of them; the commandment continues to descend
among them, that you may know that Allah has power over
all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in
(His) knowledge (At-Țalāq, 65:12).
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ذِكْرُهُ ابْتَدَعْنَاهُ، وَلَا عَلَيْكَ شُرَكَاءُ يَقْضُوْنَ مَعَكَ، وَلَا كَانَ لَنَا
قَبْلَكَ مِنْ إِلْهِ ثَّلجَأُ إِلَيْهِ وَنَذَرُكَ، وَلَا أَعَانَكَ عَلى خَلْقِنَا أَحَدْ
فَنُشْرِكُهُ فِيْكَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ -
(١٤٦﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ خَلَقْتَ نَفْسِىْ وَأَنْتَ تَوَفَّاهَا. لَكَ عَمَاتُهَا
وَمَحْيَاهَا. إِنْ أَحْبَيْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، وَإِنْ أَمَتَّهَا فَاغْفِرْ لَهَا. اللَّهُمَّ
إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ -
﴿١٤٧﴾ اَللَّهُمَّ أَغْنِيْ بِالْعِلْمِ، وَزَبِنِيْ بِالْحِلْمِ، وَأَكْرِمْنِيْ
بالتَّقْوَى، وَجَمِّلْنِيْ بِالْعَافِيَةِ-
birabbin yabīdu dhikruhub-tada nāh(u), wa lā 'alayka shurakā'u
yaqdūna ma ak(a), wa lā kāna lanā qablaka min ilāhin nalja'u
ilayhi wa nadharuk(a), wa lā a'ānaka 'alā khalqinā ahadun fa
nushrikuhū fik(a), tabārakta wa ta'ālayt.
146. Allahumma khalaqta nafsī wa anta tawaffahā. Laka
mamātuhā wa mahyāhā. In aķyaytahā fah-fazhā, wa in amattahā
fagh-fir lahā. Allahumma innī as'alukal-‘āfiyah.
147. Allāhumma aghninī bil-'ilm(i), wa zayyinnī bil-hilm(i), wa
akrimnī bit-taqwa, wa jammilnī bil-'āfiyah.
This verse is sufficient proof of the grandeur of knowledge,
especially the knowledge of the ma'rifah and tawhid (Allah
consciousness and monotheism). Whoever has been given
this knowledge is rich although he may have no money. And
whoever is deprived of it is poor even though he may be
wealthy.
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(148) O Allah, may that period not reach me nor should they (my
Companions) reach that period when the knowledgeable will not be
followed and the gentle will get no regard. The hearts of the people of
that age will be like the a'ajim while their language may be Arabic.
(149) O Allah, I seek from you an unbreakable promise. I am just a
human being. So whichever believer I hurt or rebuke or hit or curse
then change that for him into mercy, purification, and a means of
closeness to You on the Day of Judgment.
(150) O Allah, I seek Your protection from leprosy, obstinacy, hy-
(148) [Abu Hurayrah. Kanz al-'Ummāl #3686]
A'ajim is the plural of a'jam meaning a non-Arab or a person who
does not speak clearly. It is roughly the equivalent of "barbarian"
in English.
hearts of the a'ajim: hearts with no moral values and full of hypoc-
risy and ostentation. (Fayd al-Qadir)
their language may be Arabic: They will be very eloquent.
Because of cultural and historical barriers, the translation can-
not do justice to this du'a'. This du'a', more than 1,400 years ago,
forewarned about a period when savagery, cruelty, and hypocrisy
will be assisted by eloquent and slick talk.
(149) [Abū Hurayrah. Şahih Muslim #4707]
A du'a' for those whom one might have hurt! Of course such a
du'a' could only come from the heart of the Prophet of Mercy ful.
This du'a' is a further indication of his deep compassion for the
ummah. Prophet Muhammad , was far from using harsh words
as the Qur'an and the Sirah very firmly establish. There were some
expressions common among the Arabs to show displeasure and
never meant literally. These have been referred to as shatm (rebuke)
and lan (curse). For examples: "لَا أَشْبَعَ اللهَ بَطْنك" ("May Allah not
satiate your stomach!") and "تَرِبَتْ يَمِينك" ("May your right hand be
in dust!" meaning "you will not achieve goodness").
On the rare occasions when he had to admonish a believer, the
admonishment would be based on the apparent act of the per-
son involved, as the Prophet weg, was only responsible for taking ->
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(١٤٨) اللُّهُمَّ لَا يُدْرِكْنِيْ زَمَانْ، وَلَا يُدْرِكُوْا زَمَانًا، لَّا
يُتَبَعُ فِيْهِ الْعَلِيْمُ وَلَا يُسْتَحْيِى فِيْهِ مِنَ الْخَلِيْمِ، قُلُوْبُهُمْ قُلُوْبُ
الْأَعَاجِمِ وَأَلْسِتَتُهُمْ أَلْسِنَةُ الْعَرَبِ -
(١٤٩﴾ اللُّهُمَّ إِنِيْ أَّخِذُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا لَّنْ تُخْلِفَنِيْهِ، فَإِنَّ أَنَا بَشَرْ،
فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ أَذَيْتُهُ أَوْ شَتَمْتُهُ أَوْ جَلَدْتُّهُ أَوْ لَعَنْتُهُ، فَاجْعَلْهَا لَهُ
صَلْوَةً وَّزَكُوةً وَّقُربَةً تُقَرِّبُهُ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ-
إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ وَمِنَ الشِّقَاقِ
اللھُمَّ
(١٥٠)
148. Allāhumma lā yudriknī zaman(un), wa lā yudrikū
zamāna(n), lā yuttaba'u fīhil-'alīmu wa lā yustahyā fihi minal-
halīm(i), qulūbuhum qulūbul-'a'ājimi wa alsinatuhum alsinatul-
‘arab.
149. Allahumma innī attakhidhu 'indaka 'ahdan lan
tukhlifanīh(i), fa innamā ana bashar(un), fa ayyumā mu'minin
ādhaytuhū aw shatamtuhū aw jaladttuhū aw la antuh(ū), faj-'alhā
lahū șalātan wa zakātan wa qurbatan tuqarribuhū bihā ilayka
yawmal-qiyāmah.
150. Allahumma innī a'ūdhu bika minal-barasi wa minash-
action based on the apparent facts of the case. However if in reality
they did not deserve it then this du'a' would make the admonish-
ment into a source of purification and mercy for them (Sharah of
Nawawī).
If we have unjustly hurt or wronged a person, we must make
amends and seek forgiveness from them. This du'a' will help in
those situations where we did not remember or could not approach
the wronged party.
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pocrisy, bad morals, and the evil of all that only You are aware of.
I seek Allah's protection from the state of the people of the Fire and
from the Fire, and whatever words and actions bring one close to
these. (I seek Your protection) from the evil of everything that is
under Your control. I seek Your protection from the evil of this day
and of that which will come after it. (I seek Your protection) from
the evil of my self and the evil of Shaytan and his polytheism. (I seek
Your protection) from that we should perpetrate evil against our-
selves or divert it to any Muslim. Or that I should commit a mistake
or sin that You will not forgive. And from the constriction on the
Day of Judgment.
(150) [Composite: Anas ibn Malik. Sunan Abi Dawud #1329; Abu Hurayrah.
Sunan Abi Dawud #1322; Shaddad ibn 'Aws. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3329; Abū
Hurayrah. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #352 3; 'A'ishah. Sunan Ibn Majah #3836; 'Alī ibn Abi
Țālib. Sunan Abi Dawud #4393; Abu Malik al-Ash'arī. Sunan Abi Dawud #4421;
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As. Sunan at-Tirmidhi # 3452; Zayd ibn Thabit. Musnad
Ahmad #20678; 'A'ishah. Sunan an-Nasat #1599]
obstinacy (shiqaq): opposing the truth ('Awn al-Ma'bud).
state of the people of Fire: hypocrisy and disbelief in this world
and punishment in the Hereafter (Tuhfah al-Ahwadhi).
constriction: refers to the extreme hardships and difficulties of the
Day of Judgment ( 'Awn al-Ma'bud).
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وَالنِّفَاقِ وَسُوْءِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ. أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ
حَالِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَمِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ،
وَّمِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَنْتَ أْخِذُ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ. وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيْ هُذَا
الْيَوْمِ وَشَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِيْ، وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ،
وَأَنْ تَّقْتَرِفَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِنَا سُوْءً أَوْ نَجُرَّهُ إِلى مُسْلِمٍ، أَوْ أَكْتَسِبَ
خَطِيْئَةً أَوْ ذَنْبًا لَّا تَغْفِرُهْ، وَمِنْ ضِيْقِ الْمَقَّامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ -
shiqāqi wan-nifāqi wa sū'il-'akhlāqi wa min sharri mā ta'lam(u).
A'ūdhu bilLahi min hali ahlin-nari wa minan-nāri wa mā garraba
ilayhā min qawlin aw 'amal(in), wa min sharri mā Anta akhidhum
bināșiyatih(ī). Wa a'ūdhu bika min sharri mā fi hadhal-yawmi
wa sharri mā ba'dah(ū), wa min sharri nafsī, wa sharrish-shayțāni
wa shirkih(ī), wa an naqtarifa alā anfusinā sū'an aw najurrahū ilā
muslim(in), aw aktasiba khați'atan aw dhamban lā taghfiruh(ū),
wa min dīqil-maqāmi yawmal-qiyamah.
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WEDNESDAY
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful
(151) O Allah, protect my chastity and make my matters easy for
me.
(152) O Allah, I beseech You for completeness of wudu' (ablution)
and salat, and perfection of Your pleasure (with me) and of Your
forgiveness (for me).
(153) O Allah, grant me my book of accounts in my right hand.
(154) O Allah, wrap me in Your mercy and protect me from Your
punishment.
(155) O Allah, make my feet firm on the Bridge on the day that feet
will be shaking.
(151) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kanz al-'Ummal #26690; Al-Hizb al-A'zam]
(152) ['Ali ibn Abī Țalib. Kanz al-'Ummal #26993]
(153) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kanz al-'Ummal #26692]
This refers to this verse: "Then as for him who is given his book in
his right hand, he will say: Lo! Read my book" (Al-Haqqah, 69:19).
These will be the believers who would be admitted to Paradise. On
the other hand, those destined for Hell will be given their records
in their left hands.
Islamic civilization emphasizes the right hand. We eat and drink
with our right hand. We wear clothes and shoes beginning with
the right side. We enter the masjid with our right foot first. And
we pray to get our book of accounts in the Hereafter in our right
hand.
(154) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kanz al-'Ummal #26690; Al-Hizb al-A'zam]
(155) ['Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kanz al-'Ummal #26692]
Sirat means path and the path shown by Islam is the Straight Path
(aş-Șirāț al-Mustaqīm). Șirāt is also the name of the bridge that will
be laid over Hell in the Hereafter. The ease with which one will be ->
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بِسمِ اللَّهِالرَّحْمِ الرَّحْمِ
﴿١٥١) اَللَّهُمَّ حَصِّنْ فَرْجِيْ وَيَسِّرْلِيْ أَمْرِيْ-
(١٥٢) اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ تَمَامَ الْوُضُوْءِ، وَتَمَامَ الصَّلُوةِ،
وَتَّمَامَ رِضْوَانِكَ، وَتَمَامَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ۔
(١٥٣) اَللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِيْ كِتَابِيْ بِيَمِيْنِيْ-
﴿١٥٤﴾ اللَّهُمَّ غَشِيْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَجَنِبْنِيْ عَذَابَكَ -
(١٥٥) اَللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْ قَدَمَيَّ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ يَوْمَ تَزِلُّ فِيْهِ
الْأَقْدَامُ -
151. Allahumma haşsin farji wa yassir lī amrī.
152. Allāhumma innī as'aluka tamāmal-wudū'(i), wa tamāmaș-
șalā(ti), wa tamāma ridwanik(a), wa tamāma maghfiratik.
153. Allāhumma a ținī kitābī biyamīnī.
154. Allahumma
ghash-shinī
biraḥmatika
wa jannibni
‘adhābak.
155. Allahumma thabbit qadamayya 'alaş-şirāți yawma tazillu
fihil-'aqdām.
able to cross this bridge will depend upon one's sincerity and firm-
ness of faith and goodness of deeds. Virtuous believers will cross
it easily and reach Paradise. The hypocrites will fall off from this
bridge into Hell.
It has been a practice of some pious elders that they recited this
du'a' while washing their feet when performing wudū'.
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(156) Oh Allah, make us successful.
(157) O Allah, open our hearts with Your remembrance, complete
Your blessings on us through Your Grace, and make us from amongst
Your pious servants.
(158) O Allah, give me the best of what You give to Your pious ser-
vants.
(159) O Allah, make me live as a Muslim and die as a Muslim.
(160) O Allah, punish the infidels, strike awe in their hearts, cre-
ate dissension in their ranks, and bring down Your chastisement
and punishment upon them. O Allah, punish the infidels-be they
from the people of the Book or from the polytheists-who reject Your
Signs, refute Your messengers, create roadblocks to Your Path, trans-
gress the limits set by You, and call on other deities with You in wor-
ship. There is no god except You. Blessed are You and Exalted way
(156) [Mu'awiyah ibn Abī Sufyan. 'Amal al-Yawm wal-Laylah (Ibn as-Sunnī)
#92]
This du'a' should also be said when hearing "hayya 'alal-falah" in
the adhan.
(157) [Anas ibn Malik. 'Amal al-Yawm wal-Laylah (Ibn as-Sunni) #100]
This du'a' should also be said at the time of the adhan.
(158) [Sa'd ibn Abī Waqqās. Mustadrak Hakim #75/748]
Sayyidna 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbass
ge reports that a person said this
as he reached the prayer row while Prophet wer, was leading. After
the salat the Prophet fer, enquired who had said it and then told
him: "Then, your horse will be hamstrung and you will be mar-
tyred in the path of Allah."
(159) [Samurah ibn Jundub. Majma' az-Zawa'id #2615]
(160) ['Umar ibn al-Khattab. Al-Adhkār (Imam Nawawi) #131; Al-Hizb al-
A‘zam]
This is a rare example of a curse found in the vast collection of
Islamic supplications. This one was said by Sayyidna 'Umar diese in
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(١٥٦﴾ اللُّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مُفْلِحِيْنَ -
(١٥٧﴾ اللُّهُمَّ افْتَحْ أَقْفَالَ قُلُوْبِنَا بِذِكْرِكَ، وَأَتْحِمْ عَلَيْنا نِعْمَتَكَ
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِيْنَ-
(١٥٨﴾ اللُّهُمَّ أتِيْ أَفْضَلَ مَا تُؤْتِيْ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِيْنَ -
(١٥٩﴾ اللُّهُمَّ أَحْبِيْ مُسْلِمًا وَأَمِتْنِيْ مُسْلِمًا -
﴿١٦٠) اللُّهُمَّ عَذِّبِ الْكَفَرَةَ وَأَلْقِ فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ وَخَالِفْ
بَيْنَ كَلِمَتِهِمْ وَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزَكَ وَعَذَابَكَ. اللُّهُمَّ عَذِّبٍ
الْكَفَرَةَ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ يَجْحَدُوْنَ أَيَاتِكَ،
وَيُكَذِّبُوْنَ رُسُلَكَ، وَيَصُدُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِئْلِكَ، وَيَتَعَدُّوْنَ حُدُوْدَكَ،
وَيَدْعُوْنَ مَعَكَ إِهَا أُخَرَ. لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ
156. Allāhummaj-'alnā mufliķīn.
157. Allāhummaf-tah aqfāla qulūbinā bidhikrik(a), wa atmim
‘alaynā ni'mataka min fadlik(a), waj-'alnā min 'ibādikas-șāliķīn.
158. Allāhumma ātinī afdala mā tu'tī 'ibādakas-șāliķīn.
159. Allāhumma abyinī musliman wa amitnī muslima.
160. Allahumma ‘adh-dhibil-kafarata wa alqi fi qulūbihimur-
ru ba wa khalif bayna kalimatihim wa anzil 'alayhim rijzaka
wa 'adhabak(a). Allahumma ‘adh-dhibil-kafarata ahlal-kitabi
wal-mushrikīnal-ladhīna yajhadūna āyātik(a), wa yukadh-
dhibūna rusulak(a), wa yaşuddūna 'an sabīlik(a), wa yata'addūna
hudūdak(a), wa yad'ūna ma'aka ilāhan ākhar(a). Lā ilāha illā
anta tabārakta wa ta'ālayta 'ammā yaqūluz-zālimūna 'uluwwan
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above what these unjust people say.
O Allah, forgive me and the believing men and women, and the
Muslim men and women. Set them aright and their mutual re-
lationships, create mutual love in them, put faith and wisdom in
their hearts, and make them firm on the religion of Your Messenger.
Grant that they be grateful for Your blessings on them, and true to
their pledge to You. Help them to victory over Your and their enemy,
O True Lord.
(161) Glorified are You. There is no god besides You. Forgive my
sins, and put my deeds in order. Indeed You forgive the sins of
the qunūt in Fajr. Imam Nawawī writes in his al-Adhkār. "Sayyidnā
'Umar age mentioned the People of the Book because at that time
Muslims were facing their armies."
Its basis is in a similar qunut from the Prophet , which was
said after the massacre at the Bi'r of Ma'unah in 4 AH. A pagan
tribal chief from Najd visited the Prophet wer, and requested him
to send a group of Companions with him to his tribe as teachers.
He offered his personal guarantee of protection for them, which
was a time honored practice in the tribal society. A large number
(forty according to one report and seventy according to another)
of Companions were sent with him. But when they reached Bi'r
Ma'unah, they were ambushed in clear breach of the pledge of pro-
tection. All of them were massacred except one who came back to
tell their story. This treachery and cold-blooded murder saddened
the Prophet , deeply. For a month after that he prayed against
them in the Fajr salat. When a helpless people are persecuted, they
can pray against their oppressors.
However, it should also be noted that on numerous occasions
Prophet Muhammad Auf, refused to invoke a curse against those
who had hurt him personally. This includes his visit to Ța'if where
he was not only insulted, but also injured by urchins pelting stones
at him. When angels told him that those people could be punished
for their gross transgression at his command, he refused to ask for
it. See also du'a' 112.
It should be obvious from this that invoking Allah's anger against ->
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عَمَّا يَقُوْلُ الظُّلِمُوْنَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيْرًا. اللُّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِيْنَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، وَالْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ، وَأَصْلِحْهُمْ وَأَصْلِحْ
ذَاتَ بَيْنِهِمْ وَأَلِفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوْبِهِمْ، وَاجْعَلْ فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمُ الْإِيْمَانَ
وَالْحِكْمَةَ، وَثَبِتْهُمْ عَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُوْلِكَ، وَأَوْزِعْهُمْ أَنْ يَشْكُرُوْا
نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِيْ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنْ يُّوْفُوْا بِعَهْدِكَ الَّذِيْ عَاهَدْتَهُمْ
عَلَيْهِ، وَانْصُرْهُمْ عَلى عَدُوِّكَ وَعَدُوِّهِمْ، إِلهَ الحَقِّ-
﴿١٦١) سُبْحَانَكَ لَا إِلّهَ غَيْرُكَ، اغْفِرْ لِيْ ذَنْبِيْ وَأَصْلِحْ لِيْ
عَمِلِيْ، إِنَّكَ تَغْفِرُ الذَّنُوْبَ لِمَنْ تَشَاءُ وَأَنْتَ الْغَفُوْرُ الرَّحِيْمُ. يَا
kabīra(n).
Allāhummagh-fir lī wa lil-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināt(i), wal-
muslimīna wal-muslimāt(i), wa așliņ-hum wa așliņ dhāta
baynihim wa allif bayna qulūbihim, waj-'al fi qulūbihimul-
īmāna wal-hikma(ta), wa thabbit-hum 'alā millati rasūlik(a), wa
awzi hum an yashkurū ni'matakal-latī an'amta 'alayhim wa an
yūfū bi‘ahdikal-ladhī ‘āhadttahum 'alayh(i), wan-şurhum 'alā
‘aduwwika wa 'aduwwihim, Ilahal-haqq.
161. Subļānaka lā ilāha ghayruk(a), igh-fir lī dhambī wa așliņ
lī 'amalī, innaka taghfirudh-dhunūba liman tasha'u wa Antal-
enemies is an exception and not the rule in Islamic practice; it is
limited to special and extenuating circumstances. This principle is
clearly stated in the Qur'an: "Allah loves not the utterance of harsh
speech save by one who has been wronged. Allah is ever Hearer,
Knower" (An-Nisa', 4:148).
(161) ['Abdullah ibn Mas'ūd. Majma' az-Zawa'id #2862]
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whomever You will. And You are Very Forgiving, Most Merciful.
O the Forgiver, forgive me. O the Grantor of pardons, accept my
repentance. O the Most Compassionate, have mercy on me. O the
Effacer of sins, eface my sins. O the Clement, have pity on me. O
my Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your blessings on me. Give me
energy to excel in Your worship. O Lord, I beg You for all good and
I seek Your protection from all evil. Give me good from beginning
to end. Give me longing to meet You without my facing a harmful
affliction or a tribulation leading me astray. Protect me from evils.
And whomever You protect from evils on that Day, You have really
showed mercy to him. That is the supreme achievement.
(162) O Allah, for You alone is all praise. For You alone is all grati-
tude. Yours alone is the entire dominion. To You alone belongs the
entire creation. All good is in Your hands alone. And the disposal of
all matters ultimately rests in You alone. I beg You for all good and
seek protection in You from all evil.
(162) [Abū Sa'īd al-Khudrī. Kanz al-'Ummal #22551]
IIO . WEDNESDAY