Tahajjud Prayer - Salat al-Layl - Namaz e Shab

There is none worth worshipping but Allah Who is Forbearing and Generous

There is none worth worshipping but Allah Who is Most High and Great

Glory be to Allah, Who is the Sustainer of the seven heavens and of the seven earth

And Who is the Sustainer of all the things

in them, and between them,

And Who is the Lord of the great ‘Arsh (Divine Center of Authority & Power)

And all praise for Allah, the Sustainer of the worlds.

O Allah, forgive (Name 40 people)…

I seek forgiveness of Allah my Lord and I turn to Him (70 times)

This is the position of one who seeks refuge in You from the fire [of Hell](7 times)

(I ask for) forgiveness (300 times)

Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me, and turn to me, Surely You are the Oft-returning, the Merciful (once) - End Salat

All Glorious, All Holy, Lord of the Angels and the Spirit. (5 times)

All Glorious, All Holy, Lord of the Angels and the Spirit. (5 times)

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O Allah bless Muhammad and his family

O Allah I turn to You through Your Prophet the Prophet of mercy and (through) his family and I place them in front of my needs

so make me through them,

respected, in the world and in the hereafter and from the near ones

O Allah have mercy on me through them

and do not punish me through them

and guide me through them

and do not lead me astray through them

and grant me sustenance through them

and do not deny me through them

and fulfill my needs of the world & the hereafter

My God, the stars of Your sky have sunk and the eyes of Your people are sleeping and the voices of Your servants and Your animals have become silent

and the kings have locked their doors and its guards are moving around it

and they are covered from he who wishes to ask them for a need or to get a benefit from them

but You my God, are Ever Living, Subsistent, slumber or sleep does not overtake you (2:255) and one thing does not occupy You from another

the doors of Your sky are open for he who asks You and Your treasures are never locked

and the doors of Your mercy are never covered and Your benefits are never forbidden for he who asks You rather they are given generously.

You are my God, the Generous who does not turn away a beseecher who asks from You

and You do not conceal Yourself from anyone of the believers who intends You. No, by Your Honor and Your Majesty

no one removes their needs other than You and no one fulfills their needs apart from You.

O Allah You see me, and my standing (before You) and my humble position in front of You

and You know my secrets and are aware of what is in my heart and of what will improve my affairs of the Hereafter and the world.

O Allah, the remembrance of death and the frightening conditions of the observer and standing before You

makes me stay away from my food and drink and makes me choke, keeps me away from my pillow and prevents me from sleeping.

How can one sleep who fears the angel of death? in the calamities of the night and the calamities of the day

rather how can an intelligent person sleep while the angel of death does not sleep neither at night nor in the day

and seeks his soul in the state of sleep and in the middle of the hours

I beseech You to give me ease and comfort at the time of death and forgiveness when I meet You

My God, how many destructive sins have occurred where You showed forbearance instead of meeting them with Your punishment,

And how many crimes were committed which You generously concealed through Your noble grace.

My God, even if my lifespan was long in Your disobedience,

And my sins grew vast within the record of deeds,

I harbor no hope for anything other than Your forgiveness,

Nor do I wish for anything other than Your good pleasure.

My God, when I reflect upon Your pardon, my sins seem small to me,

Yet when I recall the severity of Your retribution, my affliction appears immense.

Ah, what grief if I read a sin in the scrolls that I have forgotten while You have recorded it,

And You command: "Seize him!"

O how helpless is that captive whom his own kin cannot rescue,

Nor can his tribe benefit him,

Pitied by the gathering when the call for his judgment is announced.

Ah, what grief from a fire that consumes the livers and the kidneys,

Ah, what grief from a fire that strips away the scalp and flesh,

Ah, what grief from being submerged beneath the blazing flames of hellfire.

O Allah, I ask of You, and none like You has ever been asked,

You are the ultimate destination of every requester's plea,

And the utmost desire of those who seek,

I supplicate to You, and none like You has ever been supplicated to,

And I turn with longing toward You, while none like You has been longed for,

You are the Responder to the call of the distressed,

And the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.

I ask You by the finest, most successful, and greatest of petitions,

O Allah, O Most Compassionate, O Most Merciful,

And by Your most Beautiful Names,

And Your most exalted attributes,

And Your countless bounties,

And by the most noble of Your Names to You, and the most beloved to You,

And the closest of them as a means of approach to You,

And the most honorable in station before You,

And the most abundant in reward with You,

And the swiftest of them in answering affairs,

And by Your hidden, greatest, most mighty, most majestic, supreme, and most generous Name,

Which You love and cherish,

And with which You are pleased when anyone calls upon You,

So that You grant their supplication,

And it is binding upon Your generosity that You neither deprive nor turn away Your seeker.

And by every Name belonging to You in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Glorious Qur'an,

And by every Name with which You were called upon by the bearers of Your Throne and Your angels,

And Your Prophets and Your Messengers,

And the obedient among Your creation,

That You send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad,

And that You hasten the relief of Your appointed authority, the son of Your appointed authority,

And hasten the disgrace and defeat of his enemies.

And make us among his companion and helper and grant us all our hopes through him and accept our prayers.[2]

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O Allah bless Muhammad and his family

O Allah You are the Ever Living, the Eternal the Elevated, the Mighty

the Creator, the Sustainer the One who gives life and the One who causes to die

the Beginner, the Unique

For You is nobility and for You is generosity

and for You is grace and for You is the command

You are One there is no partner for You

O Creator, O Sustainer

O the One who gives life and the One who causes to die

O the Unique, the Sublime

I ask you to bless Muhammad and his family

and to have mercy on my lowliness before You and my beseeching You

and my loneliness from people and my intimacy with You

O Allah! I ask You by the honour of that person who has sought refuge in You

And the refuge of Your Honour

Rested in the shade of Your Majesty

And was familiar with Your ways

And had no hopes from anyone else

O the giver of great rewards

O the one to free the indigents

O the one who has praised Himself with generosity and has named himself "Wahab" (the bestower)

And that I call on You

In fear and anxiety

In greed and success

In helplessness and freedom

In gains and loses

Standing and sitting

In bowing and prostrating

In walking and mounting

Coming and going

So much so that in all conditions

I ask You to send Your mercy and blessings on Mohammed and his progeny

And to do for me... (ask for Your needs over here)

O Allah bless Muhammad and his family

O Allah, on this night the seekers have sought You

and the aspirers have aspired for You

and the searchers have hoped for Your blessings and grace

For You have in this night, hidden bounties

and rewards and presents and gifts

which You bestow upon whom you please from Your servants

and You deny them to one who has not reached Your regard

Here I am,Your abject servant in need of You

hopeful of Your blessings and grace

So, O my Master if You have bestowed blessings on this night

on anyone of Your creatures

and turned to him with affection

then bless Muhammad and his family the pure, the purified,

the virtuous onesthe excellent ones

and favor me with Your grace and bounty

O Lord of the worlds And send blessings on Muhammad

the seal of the Prophets and his family, the Purified and salute them witha perfect salutation

Surely Allah is praiseworthy, Glorious

O Allah I have supplicated to You'as You have commanded.then answer me as You have promised.

Surely You do not break Your promises.

O Allah! Guide me as those whom You have guided, and grant me well-being as those whom You have granted well-being, and take care of my affair as those whose affairs You have taken care of

and bless me in what You grant me and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed, verily You decree and nothing is decreed upon You.

Glory be to You O Lord of the House! I seek forgiveness from You and turn to You, and I seek refuge with You and rely on You, and there is no power or might but by Your will, O Most Merciful!

O my God, how can it be that I return from Your door carrying disappointment of You

after I have come to it putting my trust in You?

O my God, how can it be that You make me despair of Your gifts

after You have ordered me to pray You?

(Please) bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

and have mercy upon me when moaning will intensify,

when action will be banned,

when hope will be cut off,

when I will be led to death,

when eyes will weep for me,

when my family members and dear ones will bid farewell to me,

when dust will be poured upon me,

when my name will be forgotten,

when my body will be rotten,

when my remembrance will be wiped out,

when my grave will be deserted;

so, no one will ever visit me

and no one will ever remember me,

when the responsibilities of my sins will appear,

when my violations of the others’ rights will overtake me,

when the complaints of my rivals will be admitted,

and when the prayer of the oppressed ones against me will be responded.

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

make my rivals be pleased with me

out of Your favoring and Your good turns,

and treat me magnanimously out of Your pardon and pleasure.

O Allah, the days of my pleasures have gone away

and nothing remained but my sins and the liabilities of my wrongdoings.

I have thus come to You repentant and penitent.

So, (please) do not reject me deprived and disappointed.

O Allah, (please) secure my fear,

forgive my slips,

and accept my repentance.

Verily, You are the Oft-Returning, the All-merciful.

O Allah bless Muhammad and his family

My Master, My Master, I have stretched out these hands to You full of sins

and my eyes stretched out with hope and it is the right of the one who calls You with regret and humility that You answer him with Generosity and Grace

My master,have You created me from the unfortunate ones so I should lengthen my weeping?

or have You created me from the fortunate ones

so I should give glad tidings to my hopes?

My master, if a servant was able to escape from his Master

then I would be the first of those who escape from You but I know that I cannot escape You

My God and my master, have mercy on me when I am lying on my bed[dead]

Have mercy on me when the hands of my loved ones turn me when I am placed on the place of ghusl and the virtuous near ones wash me

Have mercy on me when I am being carried, and my relatives have surrounded my coffin

Have mercy on me in that dark house on my fear, my separation, and my loneliness have mercy on me

O Allah! I am a sinner, I have done oppression on my self, and whatever I have done is wrong,

now both these hands are presented for punishment,

and the neck is bowed down due to my sins and now I have presented myself in Your presence.

So take for me my satisfaction from myself until it is satisfied with you.

so that You love my actions and then I never repeat such deeds again.