Some Duas for Laylatul Qadr
All Praise and all Glory belongs Only to Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala.May Almighty Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon our Beloved Nabee Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. I pray to Almighty Allah, the Lord of Mercy and Beneficence, to accept this humble contribution and to make it a means for the salvation and for the acceptance f our Taubah on the Great and Most Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr.
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! On this Great and Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr, we beg of Thee in complete humility and humbleness.
O Most Merciful Allah! The Compassionate, the Merciful, the Giver of protection to those who seek it, Grantor of Taubah, the Solace of the fear-stricken, the Helper of the helpless, the Support of one who is without any support, the Resource of the resourceless, Protector of the weak, Treasure of the poor and the Greatest Source of hope; Saviour of the doomed, the Benefactor, the Beneficent, the Gracious, the Almighty, the Effulgent, – One before whom the darkness of the night, the brightness of the day, the rays of the sun and moon, the pattering of trees and the humming of streams bow in reverence.” “O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! On this Most Holy and Auspicious Night of Mercy, we humbly beseech You and You Alone for every facility and convenience with Your eternal pleasure and approval.
O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! You Alone are Gafoorroor Raheem and You Alone are our well wisher and helper. You Alone are the Protector of our children and families.”
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Accept all our trials and tribulations that we have encountered during Your Most Holy Month of Ramadhan and bless us abundantly with Imaan, beneficial knowledge, happiness, Muhabbat and good health so that we can remain steadfast in Your Din.”
“O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal! On this most Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr, we solemnly and truthfully affirm that there is no one worthy of worship except You and that Nabee Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam is Your Beloved Messenger and Gataman Nabee’een whom You sent to this Doonya as a great blessing to all the creatures. We bear witness that our Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam delivered Your Message successfully and led humanity out of darkness and into the light and Noor of the Most Holy and Glorious Qur’an and onto the Path of Seerathul Mustaqeem.”
“O Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! O You Infinite! O You who hears and sees all things! Bestow Thy special mercy on our Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam and on the descendants of our Noble Chief Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam just as Thou did bless Nabee Ebrahim Alayhis Salatu Wasallam and his descendants; verily Thou art the Praiseworthy and the Glorious.”
“O Almighty Rabbal Ala’meen! the Leveller of stretched layers of earth, Creator of high skies and the Moulder of hearts on the pattern of their fundamentally good or bad nature, grant Thy choicest mercy, fruitful blessings and most lavish kindness to our Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam, Thy servant and messenger, personifying the end of prophethood, opener of avenues of spiritual perfection which had been closed, bold and truthful exponent of Islam, one who safeguarded Thy revelations and fully observed the covenants made to Thee.”
“O Creator of the sun and luminous moon! O You the Refuge of a fear-stricken destitute who is longing for protection, I crave Thee like the craving of a poor beggar or helpless blind man and I beg Thee for forgiveness on this Glorious Night of Laylatul Qadr.
” O Glorious Creator of this world and the Aghirah! O Most Merciful and Generous One! You have bestowed so many lessings upon us and yet we are unable to thank You adequately for any of them.”
“O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Protect us from poverty and destitution, save us from ignominy of being indebted and bless us with a life of beneficial knowledge, Imaan, Taqwa, Yaqeen, health, happiness and prosperity.
O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal! We are assembled on this Most Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr and we stand as beggars under the shadow of Your Mercy. We are Your obedient slaves and we are begging at Your Door of Taubah and repentance. Accept our Fasting, accept our Ibadah and forgive our sins and all our shortcomings.”
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! The Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam are presenting their prayers on this Great Night of Glory and begging at Your door of Taubah for Your forgiveness in the hope that You will Insha’Allah accept them. You have no partner and You Alone are Gafooroor Raheem.
” O Almighty Creator of the heavens and the earth! The Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam have assembled on this Holy Night begging for Your Mercy and Muhabbat with the hope that our fasting and our prayers will be accepted and that our sins will be forgiven.
O Most Merciful One! Have pity on our condition, guard us and protect us from the evils within ourselves and forever keep us on the Path of Seerathal Mustaqeem.”
“O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal! Make Ramadhan the best of all our days, make this Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr the nearest to Your approval and the farthest from Your Wrath.
O ya Rabbal Ala’meen! We have turned to You, we rely solely on Your Mercy and Rahma’h. We cherish Your Being. Forgive our sins, accept our Fasting and our good deeds, have mercy on us, deprive us not and grace all our needs. You and You Alone Ya Rabbal Ala’meen have the Power over everything.
“O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! You have commanded us to pray and have promised to accept our Ibadah and have said: “Ask from Me and I shall fulfil.”
“O Almighty Giver and Creator of life and death! We beg for Your mercy. Forgive our shortcomings, conceal our misdeeds and By Your Blessings and Kindness, make all our tasks easy. Help us to stay on the Path of Seerathal Mustaqeem, reform our interior as well as our exterior so that we may for always enjoin that which is right and forbid that which is evil, and include us among those of Your favoured bondsmen who have accepted Your Din sincerely.”
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! You Alone are Pure and Flawless. We cannot count the favours, the blessings and the Baraka’h that You have bestowed upon us, and we cannot thank You adequately enough for Your Mercy, Your Muhabbat and Your Kindness. You are Most Merciful, Most Kind and You respond to the call of those who seek Your Grace.”
“O Most Merciful Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! Grant us and bless us with tranquility and security, and bless us with the courage and capacity to obey You totally and completely. Grant us ilm so that we can for always live in accordance with the Sunnah and the Seerah of Your Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. Make the regular recitation and the understanding of the Most Holy and Glorious Qur’an the delight of our hearts, the light of our eyes and the means of relieving our grief and sorrows.”
“O Most Merciful Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Forgive us if we unconsciously commit an error and through Your Rah’mah, do not penalize us for that. Protect us from every kind of idolatry and hypocricy, mutual recriminations, immorality, ego, evil thoughts and intentions.
O Allah! We seek refuge only in You from evil thoughts which may arise in our hearts, from deterioration in works we are engaged in and from every calamity and hardship.”
“O Most Merciful Allah! Grant Your Rah’mah and forgiveness on the Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam in the same way as You granted Your Rah’mah to our beloved parents Nabee Adam Alahis Salatu Wasallam and Bibi Hawa Radi’allahu Ta’ala Anhuma. We are Your obedient slaves and we beg You in complete humility and humbleness at the Door of Your Bounty and Mercy on this Great Night of Forgiveness and Mercy.”
“O Most Merciful and Supreme Conveyor of hearts! We humbly seek Your refuge from such wealth and knowledge which is of no avail in the Aghirah, from actions which are not acceptable to You, from a heart which is remiss in remembering You, from worldliness in which greed and ego is insurmountable and from a supplication which is not approved by You.”
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Bless us with the capacity to maintain our faculty to listen, to comprehend and to see, and fill our hearts with Your Noor so that we can forever carry the banner of: “La Illah Illalahoo Muhammadur Rasoolullahi Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam”
“O Most Merciful Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! Glorious Creator and Sustainer of the heavens of the earth. Protect us from the darkness of the heart and from the great trials and tribulations of the Qabir. Bless us with the ability to follow in the Path shown by You in Your Most Holy and Glorious Qur’an and in the Sunnah of Your Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. We seek refuge from Your Wrath in this life as well as in the Aghirah.”
O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! You are the Light of the heavens and earth. Please accept our fasting, our sacrifices, our Ibadah, our Taubah, our Zakat, our Duahs, our repentance and our supplications. Through Your Infinite Mercy and Bounty, bless the Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. Fill our hearts with Imaan and Muhabbat and accept our Taubah on this Great Night of Laylatul Qadr.”
“O Almighty and Most Merciful Allah! Send Thy Peace, Blessings and Prosperity upon Thy Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam, upon his family, upon the illustrious Sahaba Ridwanullahi Ta’ala Alayhim Ajma’een, upon all the Ambiya Alayhim Salatu Wasallam and upon all the Mala’eeka and Angels.”
“O Most Merciful Allah Azza Wajjal! Forgive us and forgive all those who preceeded us in faith and place not in our hearts any rancour towards those who believe.
O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! We cannot comprehend the Praises due exclusively to Thee. Thou art as Thou has praised Thyself in Thy Most Holy and Glorious Qur’an.”
“O Almighty Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! Grant the greatest excellence and highest rank and honour in Thy Majestic Court to Your Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. Make his intercession the most acceptable to Thee. O Almighty Allah! Grant him the best recompense on our behalf which may have been granted to a prophet on behalf of his Ummah and grant a good recompense to all the prophets Alayhim Salatu Wasallam. All Praise is due only to Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala.”
“O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Bestow Thy special Mercy, Thy Rahma’h, Thy Blessings and Thy Muhabbat upon our Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam in quantities equivalent to this Doonya and the Aghirah.”
O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal! Thou art indeed Allah and there is no partner with Thee; I beg of Thee that Thou be pleased to Bestow Thy Special Mercy, Muhabbat, and Blessings on Your obedient servant Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam, his family, his illustrious companions and upon his Ummah.”
“O Thou Holy and Unblemished Creator of Noor! I beg of Thee an apprehension of the Aghirah which may effectively prevent the Muslim Ummah from committing sins so that we may render obedience to Thee in a way that would entitle us to receive Thy Pleasure, so that we may offer penitence before Thee earnestly, so that we may be impelled to do acts of humanity by profound regard for Thee, so that we may rely purely on Thee for all things and anticipate the best from Thee. O Almighty Allah! You Alone are Gafooroor Raheem.”
“O Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! Bless our Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam who turned darkness into light by his splendour.
O Merciful Allah! You are the Greatest Comforter and Companion of all true believers; we seek Thy protection from Jahannum, the trials of the Qabar, from the evils of Dajjal, from the ordeals of life and death and from iniquity and being subjected to penalties.”
“O Most Merciful and Kind Allah! Help us during the pangs and convulsions of death and bless us so that we do not depart from this Doonya without the declaration of: “La Illaha Illallahoo Muhammadar Rasoolullah.”
“Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Open the Doors of Thy Mercy for all Thy slaves and servants and accept of Ibadah, our Taubah, our sacrifices, our fasting and our repentance. We all believe that there there is no one worthy of worship except Thee. Please forgive O Most Merciful Allah and save us from the torments of Jahannum.”
“O Almighty Allah Kareem! Purify my heart of hypocrisy, my actions of show, my tongue of falsehood, my eyes of immorality and Thou knowest well the faults committed by eyes and what is hidden in the heart.
O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Grant me peace by Thy Power, admit me to Thy Mercy, make me devote my life to worshipping Thee, and my life to righteous deeds and actions and grant me Janna’h as recompense of it all.”
“O Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen” I seek Thy Protection from anxiety and sorrow, from inaction and laziness, from cowardice and niggardliness and from debt and oppression of others. O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal” There is no god besides Thee; Thou has created me and I am Thy servant and I abide by my solemn promise and covenant which I made to Thee. I seek Thy protection from the consequences of my wrong doings; I fully acknowledge the grace Thou has bestowed on me and I confess my faults so please forgive me on this Great Night of Laylatul Qadr. None beside Thee can forgive sins.”
“O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the Unseen; Majectic and Benevolent, I do make a covenant with Thee in this worldly life and call upon Thee Alone on this Glorious Night of Laylatul Qadr to bear witness – and Thou O Allah art a sufficient Witness – that I attest that there is no god besides Thee nor has Thou any partner; that all sovereignty and praise belong Only to Thee and that Nabee Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam is Thy True Messenger and servant.”
“O Most Merciful Allah! Set right my religious life which is a safeguard in all my affairs, set right my worldly life which is a source of my maintenance, set right my life of the Aghirah unto which I am bound to return; and keep me alive for so long as it is in my best interest and lift me from this Doonya when death is in my best interest.
O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Make my life a source of earning Thy Pleasure, and make my death a refuge against all troubles.” “O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Enable us to love Your Din and decorate our hearts with it and lead us to shun disbelief, immorality and sin and include us among the virtuous ones.
” O Ya Rabbal Ala’meen! Cause us to die as true Muslims and join us with the righteous people so that we may be among those who were neither tested nor put to shame.
O Allah! The Soother of the afflicted, Grantor of the prayer of the helpless, the Glorious Giver of Mercy and Grace in this life and the Hereafter, forgive us and accept our Fasting, our Ibadah, our Zakat, our sacrifices and our Taubah on this Great and Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr.”
“O Most Merciful Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! I humbly beg of Thee by Thy Beneficent Personality and Supreme Command that Thou would accept our Ibadah, our Taubah, our fasting, our sacrifices and that Thou would protect the Ummah of Thy Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam from disbelief, poverty and the torments of Jahannum.
” O Most Compassionate Lord and Creator of the heavens and the earth! Moulder and Conveyor of hearts! Grant Thy choicest mercy, fruitful blessings and most lavish Muhabbat and kindness to our Beloved Nabee Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam on the Day of Judgement.
“O Allah, the Almighty! Bestow Your Holy Blessings on our chief and leader Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam and his progeny. Blessings of such a magnificence that may cause our deliverance from fears and calamities. May these blessings be the means of fulfillment of our needs. By the virtue of these blessings – purify the Muslim Ummah from all evils, bestow upon us dignified positions near You. Let these blessings be the source of attainment of the ultimate objective of our pious actions in this life and in the life hereafter,”
“O, our Divine Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! We only worship You. You Alone have power over everything. You Alone are Gafooroor Raheem. You Alone are the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all things are in Your Hands. O Most Merciful Rabbal Ala’meen! Forgive us and accept our Taubah on this Glorious and Most Holy Night of Laylatul Qadr.”
“O Almighty Allah Azza Wajjal! Enable us to strengthen our Imaam and our Muhabbat for Your Glorious Din. Decorate our hearts with Imaan and Taqwa.
O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Forgive the Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam.
O Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! grant, Sabar, success, and victory to our mothers, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters and our children who are suffering oppression and repression in Palestine, Chechenya, Kashmir, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, and Algeria.
O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Unite the Ummah of Your Beloved Nabee Muhammad Sallallahoo Alayhi Wasallam. Bless them abundantly with Muhabbat and true brotherhood so that they may become a single united Ummah so that we may Insha’Allah – through Your Infinite Mercy and Bounty once again liberate and gain the rightful control of our Beloved Masjid-ul-Aqsa.
” O Rabbal Ala’meen! We seek Thy protection from severe trials, unfortunate disasters, undue feelings of frustration over Thy decrees and the ridicule and hatred of the avowed enemies of Islam.”
“O Almighty Rabbal Ala’meen! Make our worldly life helpful in the observation of Imaan, Muhabbat and Sabir, promote our lives in the Aghirah with grants of piety in this world.
O You Who are Gafooroor Raheem! Glorious Creator of life and death! Grant Shifah to all those who are afflicted with illness for Only You are the Grantor of Shifah.
O Rahmathul Liel Ala’meen! Grant Jannathul Ferdoaz to the Ummah who have passed from this Doonya and through Your Infinite Mercy and Bounty, pour on us Thy Special Grace, fulfill Thy Mercy and Bounty on us and favour us with the Baraka’h to die as true Muslims and join us with the righteous people who have been blessed with forgiveness and repentance.”
“Our Allah! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou did lay on those before us, Our Allah! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot our our sins. And grant us forgiveness. Have Mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Grant us victory over the unbelievers.” “Allahu Akbar! Allah Akbar! Allahu Akbar! “Subahana Rabieka Rabiel Iezzatie Amma Yaseefoon Wasalamoon Alal Moersaleem Wal Hamdoelillahi RabbielAla’meen Bierahmatika Ya Arahammar Raheemeen.”
“O Almighty Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala! Accept this humble contribution from one of Your humble servants.” Ameen.
By Sheikh Abdul Hamid Lachporia
Courtesy: www.everymuslim.co.za