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«اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ، وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ، أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي، وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، وَكَلِمَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ، وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَاءَ بِالْقَضَاءِ، وَبَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَلَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ، وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ، وَفِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ، اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الْإِيمَانِ، وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ»

Allahumma bi-‘ilmika l-ghayba, wa qudratika ‘alā l-khalqi, aḥyinī mā ‘alimta l-ḥayāta khayran lī, wa tawaffanī idhā ‘alimta l-wafāta khayran lī, wa as’aluka khashyataka fī l-ghaybi wa sh-shahādati, wa kalimata l-ikhlāsi fī r-riḍā wa l-ghaḍabi, wa as’aluka na‘īman lā yanfadu, wa qurrata ‘aynin lā tanqaṭi‘u, wa as’aluka r-riḍā bil-qaḍā’i, wa bardal-‘ayshi ba‘da l-mawti, wa laḏḏatan n-naẓari ilā wajhika, wa sh-shawqa ilā liqā’ika, wa a‘ūdhu bika min ḍarrā’in muḍirra, wa fitnatim muḍillatin, Allahumma zayyinā bi-zīnatil-īmāni, wa aj‘alnā hudātan muhtadīn

“O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, grant me life so long as You know that life is better for me, and cause me to die when You know that death is better for me. I ask You for fear of You in the unseen and the seen, and for truthful speech in times of pleasure and anger. I ask You for lasting bliss and enduring comfort of the eye. I ask You for contentment with the decree, for the coolness of life after death, for the joy of gazing upon Your Face, and for longing to meet You, without a harmful hardship or a misleading trial. O Allah, adorn us with the adornment of Iman, and make us guides who are rightly guided.”

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