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Tahajjud.

Supplications the Prophet ﷺ would open the night prayer with, plus the duʿās narrated in the descent of the Lord — when the last third of the night opens and a single ask is not refused.

Sources citedḤiṣn al-Muslim
  • 01

    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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  • 02

    After wuḍūʾ for night prayer

    اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا، وَفِي لِسَانِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ خَلْفِي نُورًا، وَمِنْ أَمَامِي نُورًا، وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِي نُورًا، وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا، اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُورًا

    Allāhummaj'al fī qalbī nūrā, wa fī lisānī nūrā, waj'al fī samʿī nūrā, waj'al fī baṣarī nūrā, waj'al min khalfī nūrā, wa min amāmī nūrā, waj'al min fawqī nūrā, wa min taḥtī nūrā, Allāhumma aʿṭinī nūrā.

    O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light behind me, light in front of me, light above me, light below me. O Allah, grant me light.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 1120 · Sahih Muslim 763

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  • 03

    Laylat al-Qadr duʿā

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

    Allāhumma innaka ʿafuwwun tuḥibbul-ʿafwa faʿfu ʿannī.

    O Allah, You are Pardoning and You love pardon, so pardon me.

    Virtue

    ʿĀʾishah ؓ asked the Prophet ﷺ what to say on Laylat al-Qadr — he taught her this.

    Especially recite this during the last ten nights of Ramaḍān.

    Tirmidhi 3513 · Ibn Majah 3850

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  • 04

    I direct my face

    وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Wajjahtu wajhiya lilladhī faṭaras-samāwāti wal-arḍa ḥanīfan, wa mā ana minal-mushrikīn.

    I have directed my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, as a ḥanīf, and I am not of the polytheists.

    Recite this as the opening iftitāḥ of Tahajjud before the Fātiḥah.

    Sahih Muslim 771 · Abu Dawud 760

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  • 05

    Between the two prostrations

    رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

    Rabbighfir lī, Rabbighfir lī.

    My Lord, forgive me. My Lord, forgive me.

    Recite this in the sitting between the two prostrations of every rakʿah.

    Abu Dawud 874 · Ibn Majah 897

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  • 06

    Qunūt al-Witr

    اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ

    Allāhummah-dinī fīman hadayt, wa ʿāfinī fīman ʿāfayt, wa tawallanī fīman tawallayt, wa bārik lī fīmā aʿṭayt, wa qinī sharra mā qaḍayt. Fa-innaka taqḍī wa lā yuqḍā ʿalayk, wa innahū lā yadhillu man wālayt. Tabārakta Rabbanā wa taʿālayt.

    O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, befriend me among those You have befriended, bless me in what You have given, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. For verily You decree and none can decree over You. And he whom You have befriended is not humbled. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted.

    Recited in the final rakʿah of Witr, in the standing after rukūʿ.

    Abu Dawud 1425 · Tirmidhi 464 · al-Nasa'i 1745

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  • 07

    Duʿā in the last third

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    سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ

    Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs.

    Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy.

    Virtue

    The Prophet ﷺ raised his voice with this in Witr.

    Recite this three times in the third rakʿah of Witr, raising the voice on the third.

    Abu Dawud 1430 · al-Nasa'i 1699

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  • 08

    Our Lord, give us in this world

    رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

    Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhābann-nār.

    Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

    Virtue

    Anas ؓ said: the most frequent duʿā of the Prophet ﷺ was this verse.

    Qur'an 2:201 · Sahih al-Bukhari 6389

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  • 09

    O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself

    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

    Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīrā, wa lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā ant. Faghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindika warḥamnī, innaka antal-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm.

    O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and none forgives sins except You. So grant me forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Surely You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

    Recite this in the final sitting of prayer, after the Tashah-hud and before the salām.

    Sahih al-Bukhari 834 · Sahih Muslim 2705

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