Remembrance

أذكار

Adhkār

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."

Ar-Raʿd 13:28

240 adhkār in 12 sets

0 / 30 Dhikr that belongs to no particular time, and the short comprehensive supplications the Prophet ﷺ used most.

Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale

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    Two words, heavy on the scale

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

    Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdih, subḥāna-llāhi-l-ʿaẓīm

    Glory be to Allah and His is the praise; glory be to Allah the Almighty.

    Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful.

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    A treasure of the Garden

    لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

    Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh

    There is no power and no strength except with Allah.

    It is a treasure from the treasures of the Garden.

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    The four that endure

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

    Subḥāna-llāhi wa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi wa lā ilāha illa-llāhu wa-llāhu akbar.

    Glory be to Allah; praise belongs to Allah; there is no god but Allah; and Allah is greatest.

    They are dearer to me than everything the sun has risen upon.

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    Turning back, a hundred times a day

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    رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَىَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

    Rabbi-ghfir lī wa tub ʿalayya, innaka anta-t-tawwābu-r-raḥīm.

    My Lord, forgive me and turn to me in mercy; You are the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful.

    They would count a hundred of these in one sitting of the Prophet ﷺ.

What he asked for most

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    The whole of the good, and refuge from the whole of the evil

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina-l-khayri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam. Wa aʿūdhu bika mina-sh-sharri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri mā saʾalaka ʿabduka wa nabiyyuk, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿādha bihi ʿabduka wa nabiyyuk. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannata wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nāri wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa asʾaluka an tajʿala kulla qaḍāʾin qaḍaytahu lī khayrā.

    O Allah, I ask You for all of the good, its soon and its late, what I know of it and what I do not; and I take refuge in You from all of the evil, its soon and its late, what I know of it and what I do not. O Allah, I ask You for the best of what Your servant and Your prophet asked You for, and I take refuge in You from the evil he took refuge from. O Allah, I ask You for the Garden and every word and deed that brings me nearer to it, and I take refuge in You from the Fire and every word and deed that brings me nearer to it; and I ask You to make every decree You decree for me a good one.

    He ﷺ taught this one to Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها — it asks for everything a person could not think to name.

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    Forgiveness, even for the one who fled

    أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

    Astaghfiru-llāha-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūmu wa atūbu ilayh

    I ask forgiveness of Allah, beside whom there is no god, the Living, the Sustainer, and I turn to Him.

    Whoever says it is forgiven, even if he had fled from the battle line.

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    Guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-hudā wa-t-tuqā wa-l-ʿafāfa wa-l-ghinā.

    O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency.

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    Set right my religion, my world and my end

    اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ

    Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīniya-lladhī huwa ʿiṣmatu amrī, wa aṣliḥ lī dunyāya-llatī fīhā maʿāshī, wa aṣliḥ lī ākhiratī-llatī fīhā maʿādī, wa-jʿali-l-ḥayāta ziyādatan lī fī kulli khayr, wa-jʿali-l-mawta rāḥatan lī min kulli sharr.

    O Allah, set right for me my religion, which is the safeguard of my affair; and set right for me my world, in which is my living; and set right for me my Hereafter, to which is my return. Make life an increase for me in every good, and make death a rest for me from every evil.

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    Give my soul its piety

    اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا

    Allāhumma āti nafsī taqwāhā, wa zakkihā anta khayru man zakkāhā, anta waliyyuhā wa mawlāhā.

    O Allah, give my soul its piety and purify it — You are the best of those who purify it; You are its Guardian and its Master.

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    From knowledge that does not benefit

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لاَ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa min qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa min nafsin lā tashbaʿ, wa min daʿwatin lā yustajābu lahā.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that is not humbled, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a supplication that is not answered.

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    Guide me and make me steady

    اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي

    Allāhumma-hdinī wa saddidnī.

    O Allah, guide me and make me steady.

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    From the passing of Your favour

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min zawāli niʿmatik, wa taḥawwuli ʿāfiyatik, wa fujāʾati niqmatik, wa jamīʿi sakhaṭik.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from the passing of Your favour, from the turning away of the well-being You granted, from the suddenness of Your reckoning, and from everything that brings Your displeasure.

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    Benefit me by what You taught me

    اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَعَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي وَزِدْنِي عِلْمًا

    Allāhumma-nfaʿnī bi-mā ʿallamtanī, wa ʿallimnī mā yanfaʿunī, wa zidnī ʿilman.

    O Allah, benefit me by what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.

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    Forgive me all of my sin

    اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ وَعَلاَنِيَتَهُ

    Allāhumma-ghfir lī dhanbī kullah, diqqahu wa jillah, wa awwalahu wa ākhirah, wa ʿalāniyatah.

    O Allah, forgive me all of my sin — the small of it and the great, the first of it and the last, and what of it was open.

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    From the trial of the Fire and the grave

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

    Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-n-nāri wa ʿadhābi-n-nār, wa fitnati-l-qabri wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr.

    O Allah, I take refuge in You from the trial of the Fire and the punishment of the Fire, and from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the grave.

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    The best of what he asked

    Qur'an

    ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

    But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Al-Baqarah 2:201

    Rabbanā ātinā fi-d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi-l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār

    This was the supplication he said most.

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    Forgive my error and my ignorance

    اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي هَزْلِي وَجِدِّي وَخَطَاىَ وَعَمْدِي، وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي

    Allāhumma-ghfir lī khaṭīʾatī wa jahlī, wa isrāfī fī amrī, wa mā anta aʿlamu bihi minnī. Allāhumma-ghfir lī hazlī wa jiddī, wa khaṭaʾī wa ʿamdī, wa kullu dhālika ʿindī.

    O Allah, forgive me my error and my ignorance, and my going to excess in my affairs, and what You know better than I. O Allah, forgive me what I did in jest and in earnest, by mistake and deliberately — and all of that is in me.

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    Life and death, whichever is better

    اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مَا كَانَتِ الْحَيَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي

    Allāhumma aḥyinī mā kānati-l-ḥayātu khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā kānati-l-wafātu khayran lī.

    O Allah, keep me alive as long as living is better for me, and take me when death is better for me.

    The Prophet ﷺ forbade wishing for death, and gave these words to say instead.

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    Light in my heart

    اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا، وَفِي بَصَرِي نُورًا، وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا، وَعَنْ يَسَارِي نُورًا، وَفَوْقِي نُورًا، وَتَحْتِي نُورًا، وَأَمَامِي نُورًا، وَخَلْفِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا

    Allāhumma-jʿal fī qalbī nūran, wa fī baṣarī nūran, wa fī samʿī nūran, wa ʿan yamīnī nūran, wa ʿan yasārī nūran, wa fawqī nūran, wa taḥtī nūran, wa amāmī nūran, wa khalfī nūran, wa-jʿal lī nūrā.

    O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light beneath me, light before me and light behind me — and make me light.

    The supplication he made on the way to the Fajr prayer.

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    I ask You for the Garden

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-jannata wa aʿūdhu bika mina-n-nār.

    O Allah, I ask You for the Garden, and I take refuge in You from the Fire.

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    Let me keep my hearing and my sight

    اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ يَظْلِمُنِي وَخُذْ مِنْهُ بِثَأْرِي

    Allāhumma mattiʿnī bi-samʿī wa baṣarī, wa-jʿalhuma-l-wāritha minnī, wa-nṣurnī ʿalā man yaẓlimunī, wa khudh minhu bi-thaʾrī.

    O Allah, let me have the use of my hearing and my sight, and let them remain with me to the end; grant me victory over whoever wrongs me, and take from him what is due to me.

For the heart

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    Turner of hearts, make mine firm

    يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

    Yā muqalliba-l-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik

    O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

    He would say it often. He said: the hearts are between two of the fingers of the Most Merciful.

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    Turn our hearts to Your obedience

    اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

    Allāhumma muṣarrifa-l-qulūb, ṣarrif qulūbanā ʿalā ṭāʿatik.

    O Allah, Turner of hearts, turn our hearts to Your obedience.

For others

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    Ṣalāt al-Istikhārah

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي ـ أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ ـ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِي الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ أَرْضِنِي بِهِ

    Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmik, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratik, wa asʾaluka min faḍlika-l-ʿaẓīm, fa-innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir, wa taʿlamu wa lā aʿlam, wa anta ʿallāmu-l-ghuyūb. Allāhumma in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha-l-amra khayrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī, fa-qdur-hu lī wa yassir-hu lī thumma bārik lī fīh. Wa in kunta taʿlamu anna hādha-l-amra sharrun lī fī dīnī wa maʿāshī wa ʿāqibati amrī, fa-ṣrif-hu ʿannī wa-ṣrifnī ʿanh, wa-qdur liya-l-khayra ḥaythu kān, thumma arḍinī bih.

    O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and Your strength by Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty — for You have power and I have none, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of all that is hidden. O Allah, if You know this matter to be good for me in my religion, my living and the outcome of my affair, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless me in it. And if You know this matter to be bad for me in my religion, my living and the outcome of my affair, then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it is, then make me content with it.

    Pray two rakʿahs that are not the obligatory prayer, then say this and name your need.

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    The funeral prayer

    اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ

    Allāhumma-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamh, wa ʿāfihi wa-ʿfu ʿanh, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassiʿ mudkhalah, wa-ghsilhu bi-l-māʾi wa-th-thalji wa-l-barad, wa naqqihi mina-l-khaṭāyā kamā naqqayta-th-thawba-l-abyaḍa mina-d-danas.

    O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, grant him well-being and pardon him, honour his resting place and widen his entry. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of his sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt.

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    For your parents

    Qur'an

    ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

    And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." Al-Isrāʾ 17:24

    Rabbi-rḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā

    Al-Isrāʾ 17:24
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    Congratulating the married

    بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

    Bāraka-llāhu lak, wa bāraka ʿalayk, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr.

    May Allah bless you, and send blessings upon you, and join the two of you in good.

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    For all the Muslims, living and dead

    اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا

    Allāhumma-ghfir li-ḥayyinā wa mayyitinā, wa shāhidinā wa ghāʾibinā, wa ṣaghīrinā wa kabīrinā, wa dhakarinā wa unthānā.

    O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those of us present and those absent, our young and our old, our men and our women.

The Greatest Name

Two supplications the Prophet ﷺ heard being made, and said each had called on Allah by His Greatest Name.

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    By my witnessing that You are One

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-annī ash-hadu annaka anta-llāhu lā ilāha illā ant, al-Aḥadu-ṣ-Ṣamad, alladhī lam yalid wa lam yūlad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.

    O Allah, I ask You by my witnessing that You are Allah — there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal Refuge, who does not beget and was not begotten, and to whom none is equal.

    He said: he has asked Allah by His Greatest Name, by which He gives when asked and answers when called upon.

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    By Your being the Bestower

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

    Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bi-anna laka-l-ḥamd, lā ilāha illā anta-l-Mannān, Badīʿu-s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, yā Dha-l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām, yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm.

    O Allah, I ask You by the fact that Yours is all praise — there is no god but You, the Bestower, Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all.

    He said: he has supplicated to Allah by His Greatest Name, by which He answers when called upon and gives when asked.

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