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A Dua a Day · 4.26 · The last ten nights

Longing to meet Allah

01

Arabic original

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ

02

English translation

O Allah I ask You for a life of coolness after death. I ask You for the delight of gazing upon Your Face. [And I ask You for] the longing to meet You, but not due to a harmful adversity or fear of a misleading trial.

03

English transliteration

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka bard al-ʿayshi baʿd al-mawti wa-asʾaluka ladhdhat al-naẓari ilá wajhika wa-al-shawqa ilá liqāʾika fī ghayri ḍarrāʾa muḍirratin wa-lā fitnatin muḍillah

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