Dua and Amaal for 20th of the month of Ramadan

O Allah: on this day, (please) open for me the gates of the gardens of Paradise;

And shut in my face the gates of Hellfire;

And lead me to recite the Qur'an,

O He Who sends down tranquility in the hearts of the believers.

“O‟ my God! I ask You by Your safely treasured Name, the Pure, the Purified.

O‟ He who is respondent to His most despised creatures when they say, „O‟ my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised.

My condition is not any worse than that. O‟ my Master! I ask You to fulfill my prayers and bestow on me what I ask for.

‟I ask You to bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Progeny (as) and let me be one whose help You seek for Your Religion;

fighting Your enemies like those whom You mentioned in Your Book when You said, „as if they were a solid cemented structure‟2 - with the best creature and in the best place near You.

O‟ my God! Please exalt me in the eyes of the believers, and belittle me in my eyes and the eyes of my relatives.

Let me love those whom You Love, let me despise those whom You despise, and let me succeed in doing what You Like and what pleases You.

O‟ my God! I flee to You from You. This is only because I fear Your Justice,

and I ask You for Your Sake since others are all lower than You are. And I cannot hide myself from You at night or during the day.

I know of Your Lordship and confess to Your Oneness.

O‟ my God! Your Knowledge encompasses all the residents of the heavens and the earth. Nothing shall hinder you from anything else.

There is no God but You! You have power over all things.

“I ask God for forgiveness for the sins that I forgot but the Honorable recorders have recorded. They know what I have done.

I ask God for forgiveness for destructive sins.

I ask God for forgiveness for heinous sins.

I ask God for forgiveness for my sluggishness in performing the obligations!

And I ask God for forgiveness for forgetting what caused me to get far from my Lord!

I ask God for forgiveness for my slippages, deviations and from what I did.

I believe in Him and highly rely upon Him.

I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness, I ask Him for forgiveness.

And please bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Progeny (as) and pardon me.

And forgive all my past sins.

O‟ my Master! Please fulfill my prayers.

Verily You are the Ever-Relenting, the Merciful!”

O Allah, I ask You, O He who has made the truth His Word,

and cut off the backs of the disbelievers,

O He who intervenes between a man and his heart,

O He who accepts repentance from His servants, and takes alms,

O He who has purchased from the believers their selves

and their wealth in exchange for Paradise for them,

O He who has favored the Prophet, the Muhajirin, and the Ansar,

and those who followed them in goodness,

O He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a light, and measured it in stages,

O He to whom belongs all dignity, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,

O He who judges with truth, and He is the best of judges,

O He who knows what is secret and what is more hidden,

and He is the Knower of the contents of the chests,

O He who established the heavens and the earth in six days

and His throne was upon water,

O Near, O Responder,

O He who is over all things competent and a preserver,

O Merciful, O Loving,

O He to whom belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth,

and to Him returns all affairs,

O He who does not despair of His mercy

and His spirit except the disbelieving people,

I ask You with what I have supplicated to You from Your praise,

O He who does not break the promise,

O He who is not harmed by sins,

O He whose forgiveness does not diminish,

grant me the best of what I have asked, the best of what I have said,

the best of what is apparent and the best of what is hidden,

the best of what is absent and the best of what is present,

the best of what You know, the best of what You decree in knowledge and fate,

the best of life and the best of death,

the best of judgment and the best of destiny,

the best of request and the best of response,

the best of reward, and the best of giving,

the best of night and the best of day,

the best of this world and the best of the Hereafter.

And make it easy and in well-being from You,

for indeed, there is no preventer of what You give,

nor giver of what You withhold.

O Allah, and make me seek with what I have,

Your pleasure and the lasting bliss which does not fade away,

and resurrect me under the guardianship of Your Prophet and his pure family.

O Most Merciful of the merciful,

indeed, You are capable of all things,

and may Allah send blessings upon our master Muhammad and his pure family.

O Allah, I ask You, O Creator of darkness and light.

O Possessor of power, authority, greatness, might, majesty, and sovereignty.

O He who made the night a time of rest, and the sun and moon as a calculation.

And the stars subjugated by His command.

To You belongs creation and command; blessed and exalted are You, O Lord of the worlds.

O Allah, O Great, O Generous, O Mighty, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer.

O One, O Unique, O Singular, O Indivisible, O Self-Sufficient.

Send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and answer what I have prayed for.

And grant me what I have asked You, for indeed You provide to whom You will without account.

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, and do with me what You see fit.

Indeed, You are worthy of reverence and forgiveness.

And make me among those by whom You grant victory to Your religion and destroy Your enemy.

In the rank You described in Your Book as though they are a solid structure.

Among Your most beloved creation, in the dearest positions to You.

And grant me the shedding of the blood of the polytheists, the oathbreakers, the oppressors, the deviators, and the corrupt ones.

[And those who reject] and the disbelievers and the ones who alter the truth.

And strengthen Your hope in my heart and make my steps firm.

And pour patience upon me and strengthen me for that.

And make me great in the hearts of the disbelievers, and humble before the believers.

And make beloved to me whom You love, and hateful to me whom You hate.

And guide me to what is most beloved to You and most pleasing to You.

And what is best in Your sight, for indeed You are over all things capable.

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, and free me from the Fire.

For indeed, I flee from You to You.

And I do not fear anything except Your justice, so it is You whom I ask.

By You, for indeed there is none above You.

And I seek nearness to You through Your blessings and point to You by Your kindness.

So forgive me for the sins You have concealed from others.

And for the sins I have openly committed against You out of ignorance.

For that which I feared from Your creation and hoped for from Your forgiveness.

And I felt safe from the quick arrival of Your punishment.

So grant me what I have longed for from Your mercy.

Since You know this about me, that it is so.

While I know that You see me in all my states.

I cannot hide from You in the night or the day.

On land or at sea, nor in any crevice of the earth or sky.

Nor in the plain or the mountain.

And because no dark night can conceal me from You.

Nor the sky with its towering constellations.

Nor the sea with its roaring waves.

Nor the earth with its wide paths.

Nor mountains with their rugged slopes.

I acknowledge Your Lordship and confess Your Oneness.

You have full knowledge of the inhabitants of Your heavens and earth.

Nothing distracts You from anything.

There is no god but You alone, without partner.

And You have power over all things.

And may Allah send blessings upon our master Muhammad and his family, and grant them peace.

“O‟ my God! You are my Lord! There is no God for me but You alone!

There are no Gods for me to worship but You. You are the One and Only! The Eternal, Absolute One who „begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him!‟

How could any of the creatures equal the Creator and any of those provided for equal the Provider

while they cannot even provide for themselves any benefits or losses, and do not have any control over their own death, life and resurrection.

He has authority over all these by bestowing, depriving, making suffer or granting well-being. He shall not be questioned regarding what He does, but they will be questioned.

O‟ my God! O‟ my Master! The month of fasting is nearing its end but You are the Everlasting! It is passing but You are Eternal!

It is the month whose right You have exalted, whose honor You have honored. I have great sins and great frivolities.

If You punish me for them, this month will be the month of my wretchedness. However, if You forgive me, it will be the month of my prosperity.

O‟ My God! As You granted me prosperity in its beginning to confess to Your Lordship, please grant me prosperity at its end by Your Mercy, Kindness, Purification and Your Continuous Generosity.

Verily You have power over all things. Please bestow Your Blessings on Muhammad and his Holy Household (as) and greet them many times.‟ ”