دُعَاءُ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَان
Ramadan Nightly Dua
69 verses Source: Mafatih al-Jinan
This translation was machine-assisted and is awaiting scholarly review. The Arabic above is the authoritative text.
- 1
اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
O Allah, the Lord of the month of Ramadan
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ٱلَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْآنَ
in which You have revealed the Qur'an
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وَٱفْتَرَضْتَ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِكَ فِيهِ ٱلصِّيَامَ
and made obligatory fasting in this month upon Your servants!
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صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Please, send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
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وٱرْزُقْنِي حَجَّ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْحَرَامِ
and provide me with the opportunity to go to Your ‘Sacred House’ for pilgrimage
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فِي هٰذَا ٱلْعَامِ وَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ
in this year and in all years.
- 7
وَٱغْفِرْ لِيَ ٱلذُّنُوبَ ٱلْعِظَامَ
Forgive my overbearing sins,
- 8
فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُهَا غَيْرُكَ
for verily no one other than You can forgive them.
- 9
يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا عَلاَّمُ
O All-beneficent! O All-knowing!
- 10
اللّهُمَّ إنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ
O Allah :I beseech You that You,
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مِنَ الأَمْرِ الْمَحْتُومِ فِي الأَمْرِ الْحَكِيمِ
while taking decisions and rendering possible things and events decisively
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مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي لا يُرَدُّ وَلا يُبَدَّلُ
(decisions which can not be changed or bypassed),
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أَنْ تَكْتُبَنِي مِنْ حُجَّاجِ بَيْتِكَ الْحَرَامِ
write my name in the list of those pilgrims of Your Holy House
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الْمَبْرُورِ حَجُّهُمُ،
whose pilgrimage receives Your approval,
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الْمَشْكُورِ سَعْيُهُمُ،
whose efforts are appreciated,
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الْمَغْفُورِ ذُنُوبُهُمُ،
whose sins are forgiven,
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الْمُكَفَّرِ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ،
whose wrongdoings are overlooked;
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وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ فِيمَا تَقْضِي وَتُقَدِّرُ
that You, while making decisions and rendering possible things and events;
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أَنْ تُطِيلَ عُمْرِي فِي خَيْرٍ وَعَافِيَةٍ،
make possible for me long life, goodness, welfare,
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وَتُوَسِّعَ في رِزْقِي،
and enough means of livelihood,
- 21
وَتَجْعَلَنِي مِمَّنْ تَنْتَصِرُ بِهِ لِدِينِكَ
and let me be like him whom You helps with Your Religion;
- 22
وَلا تَسْتَبْدِلْ بِي غَيْرِي.
not substituting any other in my place.
- 23
اَللَّهُمَّ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ٱلصَّالِحِينَ فَأَدْخِلْنَا
O Allah, (please do) include us with the righteous ones, out of Your mercy,
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وَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ فَٱرْفَعْنَا
uplift us to the rank of `illiyyin (most elevated rank),
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وَبِكَأْسٍ مِنْ مَعِينٍ
serve us with water
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مِنْ عَيْنٍ سَلْسَبِيلٍ فَٱسْقِنَا
running out of spring of Salsabil,
- 27
وَمِنَ ٱلْحُورِ ٱلْعِينِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَزَوِّجْنَا
out of Your mercy, give us as wives the Paradisiacal women,
- 28
وَمِنَ ٱلْوِلْدَانِ ٱلْمُخَلَّدِينَ
make the Paradisiacal youths who never alter in age
- 29
كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَكْنُونٌ فَأَخْدِمْنَا
and who are like hidden pearls serve us,
- 30
وَمِنْ ثِمَارِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَلُحُومِ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَأَطْعِمْنَا
give us food from the fruits of Paradise and from the meat of birds there,
- 31
وَمِنْ ثِيَابِ ٱلسُّنْدُسِ وَٱلْحَرِيرِ وَٱلإِسْتَبْرَقِ فَأَلْبِسْنَا
dress us from the clothes of fine and thick silk and rich brocade,
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وَلَيْلَةَ ٱلْقَدْرِ
give us success to catch the Grand Night,
- 33
وَحَجَّ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْحَرَامِ
lead us to pilgrimage to Your Holy House
- 34
وَقَتْلاً فِي سَبِيلِكَ فَوَفِّقْ لَنَا
and martyrdom in Your way,
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وَصَالِحَ ٱلدُّعَاءِ وَٱلْمَسْأَلَةِ فَٱسْتَجِبْ لَنَا
and respond to our goodly prayer and supplication.
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وَإِذَا جَمَعْتَ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلآخِرِينَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ فَٱرْحَمْنَا
When You shall gather the past and the coming generations on the Resurrection Day, (please) have mercy upon us.
- 37
وَبَرَاءَةً مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ فَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا
(Please) release us from Hellfire.
- 38
وَفِي جَهَنَّمَ فَلاَ تَغُلَّنَا
Do not fetter us in Hell,
- 39
وَفِي عَذَابِكَ وَهَوَانِكَ فَلا تَبْتَلِنَا
do not try us through Your chastisement and humiliations,
- 40
وَمِنَ ٱلزُّقُّومِ وَٱلضَّرِيعِ فَلاَ تُطْعِمْنَا
do not feed us from zaqqum and thorns,
- 41
وَمَعَ ٱلشَّيَاطِينِ فَلاَ تَجْعَلْنَا
do not add us to the devils,
- 42
وَفِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِنَا فَلاَ تَكْبُبْنَا
do not throw us down on our faces in Hellfire,
- 43
وَمِنْ ثِيَابِ ٱلنَّارِ وَسَرَابِيلِ ٱلْقَطِرَانِ فَلاَ تُلْبِسْنَا
do not dress us from the clothes of fire and the shirts of tar,
- 44
وَمِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ يَا لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
and save us from all evils; O He save Whom there is no god!
- 45
بِحَقِّ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ فَنَجِّنَا
I beseech You in the name of there is no god save You.
- 46
أَعُوذُ بِجَلالِ وَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ
I seek refuge with the majesty of Your Honorable Face,
- 47
أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ عَنِّي شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ
Against that the month of Ramadan elapses
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أَوْ يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِي هذِهِ
Or dawn breaks this night,
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وَلَكَ قِبَلِي تَبِعَةٌ أَوْ ذَنْبٌ تُعَذِّبُنِي عَلَيْهِ.
And there is still a sin or an offense in my record for which You may chastise me.
- 50
إِلٰهِي وَقَفَ ٱلسَّائِلُونَ بِبَابِكَ
O my God, the beseechers have stood at Your Door,
- 51
وَلاذَ ٱلفُقَراءُ بِجَنابِكَ
the poor have resorted to Your refuge,
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وَوَقَفَتْ سَفِينَةُ ٱلمسَاكِينِ عَلَىٰ سَاحِلِ بَحْرِ جُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ
and the ship of the needy have cast anchor near the coast of the sea of Your Magnanimity and Generosity,
- 53
يَرْجُونَ ٱلجَوَازَ إِلَىٰ سَاحَةِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنِعْمَتِكَ
hoping for permission to enter the yard of Your Mercy and Favor.
- 54
إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَرْحَم فِي هٰذَا ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلشَّرِيفِ
O my God, If You, in this holy month, will have mercy upon none
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إِلاَّ مَنْ أَخْلَصَ لَكَ فِي صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ
but those who sincerely observe fasting and do acts of worship to You,
- 56
فَمَنْ لِلْمُذْنِبِ ٱلْمُقَصِّرِ
who will then stand for the sinful and the negligent
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إِذَا غَرِقَ فِي بَحْرِ ذُنُوبِهِ وَآثَامِهِ
then they sink in the ocean of their sins and offenses?
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إِلٰهِي إِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَرْحَم إِلاَّ ٱلْمُطِيعِينَ
O my God, if you have mercy upon non but the obedient to You,
- 59
فَمَنْ لِلْعَاصِينَ
who will then stand for the disobedient?
- 60
وَإِنْ كُنْتَ لاَ تَقْبَل إِلاَّ مِنَ ٱلعَامِلِينَ
If You accept none but those who do acts of worship to You,
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فَمَنْ للْمُقَصِّرِينَ
who will then stand for the negligent?
- 62
إِلٰهِي رَبِحَ ٱلصَّائِمُونَ
O my God, the observers of fasting have won,
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وَفَازَ ٱلقَائِمُونَ
the doers of acts of worship to You have prospered,
- 64
وَنَجَا ٱلُمخْلِصُونَ
and those who act sincerely have been saved.
- 65
وَنَحْنُ عَبِيدُكَ ٱلْمُذْنِبُونَ
But we, Your sinful servants, beseech Your mercy;
- 66
فَٱرْحَمْنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ
so, (please do) have mercy upon us,
- 67
وَأَعْتِقْنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ بَعَفْوِك
release us from the chastisement of Hellfire, out of Your pardon,
- 68
وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا
and forgive our sins,
- 69
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا أَرْحَمَ ٱلرَّاحِمِينَ
in the name of Your mercy. O most Merciful of all those who show mercy!