Aspiring

O Allah, we ask You for the things that make Your mercy certain, for the firm means of Your forgiveness, for safety from every sin, for a share of every act of righteousness, for success in attaining Paradise, and for deliverance from the Fire through Your help.

Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka mūjibāti raḥmatik, wa ʿazāʾima maghfiratik, wa-s-salāmata min kulli ithmin, wa-l-ghanīmata min kulli birrin, wa-l-fawza bi-l-jannah, wa-n-najāta bi-ʿawnika mina-n-nār.

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

Allāhumma muṣarrifa-l-qulūbi ṣarrif qulūbanā ʿalā ṭāʿatik.

O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You well.

Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika wa-shukrika wa-ḥusni ʿibādatik.

O Allah, I ask You to let me do good deeds and leave wrongdoings, and to love the poor; and that You forgive me and have mercy on me. And when You intend a trial for a people, take me to You without being tried. I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of any deed that brings me closer to Your love.

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka fiʿla-l-khayrāt, wa-tarka-l-munkarāt, wa-ḥubba-l-masākīn, wa-an taghfira lī wa-tarḥamanī, wa-idhā aradta fitnata qawmin fa-tawaffanī ghayra maftūn, wa-asʾaluka ḥubbaka, wa-ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-ḥubba ʿamalin yuqarribunī ilā ḥubbik.

O Allah, I ask You for the best of asking, the best of supplication, the best of success, the best of deeds, the best of reward, the best of life and the best of death. Make me steadfast, make my scales heavy, make my faith true, raise my ranks, accept my prayer and forgive my wrongdoing. I ask You for the highest ranks of Paradise. O Allah, I ask You for the openings of good, its endings, its all-embracing parts, its beginning, its outward and its inward, and the highest ranks of Paradise. Amen. O Allah, I ask You for the best of what I come to, the best of what I do, the best of what I labour at, the best of what is hidden and the best of what is seen, and the highest ranks of Paradise. Amen. O Allah, I ask You to raise my mention, remove my burden, set my affairs right, purify my heart, guard my chastity, light up my heart for me and forgive my sin. I ask You for the highest ranks of Paradise. Amen. O Allah, I ask You to bless me in myself, my hearing, my sight, my spirit, my physical form, my character, my family, my life, my death and my deeds, and so accept my good deeds. I ask You for the highest ranks of Paradise. Amen.

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra-l-masʾalati, wa-khayra-d-duʿāʾi, wa-khayra-n-najāḥi, wa-khayra-l-ʿamali, wa-khayra-th-thawābi, wa-khayra-l-ḥayāti, wa-khayra-l-mamāti, wa-thabbitnī, wa-thaqqil mawāzīnī, wa-ḥaqqiq īmānī, wa-rfaʿ darajātī, wa-taqabbal ṣalātī, wa-ghfir khaṭīʾatī, wa-asʾaluka-d-darajāti-l-ʿulā mina-l-jannati. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka fawātiḥa-l-khayri, wa-khawātimahu, wa-jawāmiʿahu, wa-awwalahu, wa-ẓāhirahu, wa-bāṭinahu, wa-d-darajāti-l-ʿulā mina-l-jannati, āmīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra mā ātī, wa-khayra mā afʿalu, wa-khayra mā aʿmalu, wa-khayra mā baṭana, wa-khayra mā ẓahara, wa-d-darajāti-l-ʿulā mina-l-jannati, āmīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka an tarfaʿa dhikrī, wa-taḍaʿa wizrī, wa-tuṣliḥa amrī, wa-tuṭahhira qalbī, wa-tuḥaṣṣina farjī, wa-tunawwira lī qalbī, wa-taghfira lī dhanbī, wa-asʾaluka-d-darajāti-l-ʿulā mina-l-jannati, āmīn. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka an tubārika lī fī nafsī, wa-fī samʿī, wa-fī baṣarī, wa-fī rūḥī, wa-fī khalqī, wa-fī khuluqī, wa-fī ahlī, wa-fī maḥyāya, wa-fī mamātī, wa-fī ʿamalī, fa-taqabbal ḥasanātī, wa-asʾaluka-d-darajāti-l-ʿulā mina-l-jannati, āmīn

O Allah, inspire me with sound guidance, and give me refuge from the evil of my own self.

Allāhumma alhimnī rushdī, wa-aʿidhnī min sharri nafsī.