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Opening duʿā of Tahajjud
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ لَكَ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ، وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ، وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ، وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ، وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ، وَمُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَقٌّ، وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ
Allāhumma lakal-ḥamdu anta qayyimus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa man fīhinn. Wa lakal-ḥamdu laka mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa man fīhinn. Wa lakal-ḥamdu anta nūrus-samāwāti wal-arḍ. Wa lakal-ḥamdu antal-ḥaqq, wa waʿdukal-ḥaqq, wa liqāʾuka ḥaqq, wa qawluka ḥaqq, wal-jannatu ḥaqq, wan-nāru ḥaqq, wan-nabiyyūna ḥaqq, wa Muḥammadun ﷺ ḥaqq, was-sāʿatu ḥaqq.
O Allah, all praise is Yours. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. All praise is Yours; Yours is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. All praise is Yours; You are the Light of the heavens and the earth. All praise is Yours; You are the Truth, Your promise is the truth, Your meeting is truth, Your word is truth, Paradise is truth, the Fire is truth, the Prophets are truth, Muhammad ﷺ is truth, and the Hour is truth.
Virtue
The Prophet ﷺ would begin Tahajjud with this after waking for the night prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1120 · Sahih Muslim 769
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