Ya Rabb to you belongs the praise
that befits the majesty of Your face
and the greatness of Your dominion

We worship none but You O Allah
And commit our affairs to none
Other than You

Ya Rabb
Grant us the ability to worship You
In the best of manners
not just with the movement of our limbs
but with a heart that is mindful, tranquil and humble

Protect us from being forgetfully inattentive in dhikr
and being amongst those who fast
and get nothing from their fast except hunger
and those who pray
and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night

O Allah, make all of our deeds righteous
and make them purely for Your sake
and do not let there be a share for anyone else in them


Ameen.

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Ya Al-Haleem

There is non worthy of worship but You, the Mighty, the forbearing
There is non worthy of worship but You
Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth
and Lord of the Magnificent Throne

Ya Al-Haleem

You are The Most Forbearing
You delay and cancel Your punishment upon the wrongdoers out of Your limitless mercy
You are the One Who showers His creations
with both apparent and hidden blessings
despite our countless mistakes and heedlessness

Ya Al-Haleem

Protect us from taking advantage of Your Hilm by persisting in bad deeds
Adorn us with gratitude for Your Forbearance
Make us of those who are forbearing and kind to others
Help us to develop hilm in times of anger, seeking Your pleasure alone

Ya Allāh
Accept our supplication
For You are Al-Mujeeb

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Ya Allah
We ask You as we bear witness that You are Allah
And there is no god worthy of worship but You
The One, the Self-Sufficient Master Who has not given birth nor is born
And to whom no one is equal

Ya Allah
We ask You by every Name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with
Revealed in Your Book, taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You

Ya Allah
All praise is due to You
For allowing us to witness the end of this blessed month of Ramadan
The heart feels heavy at its parting
Yet grateful for witnessing all the days

Accept our acts of worship, Ya Ash-shakur
Enable us to sustain the good habits we have tried to achieve in this blessed month
Ya Allah, make us among those whose previous sins are forgiven
For fasting in this blessed month
Out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from You, Ya Ghaffar

Ya hayyu Ya Qayyum
Allow us to witness another month of Ramadan in good health and Iman

Ya Rabb
Accept our supplications
For you are The All-hearing, The All-knowing

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All praise is for Allah
The Posessor of Majesty, Magnificence, and Might
May Allah's blessings and peace be on Muhammad (S.A.W), on his family, and on his companions

Ya Allah
To You ascend all good words, the sincere supplications, the tears of the innocent, and the invocations of the afflicted
Hands are raised towards You in times of ease and hardship
The tongue chants, cries out and mentions Your Name

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum
We seek refuge in You from fearing anything except You
From depending completely upon anyone except You
From putting our full trust in anyone except You
And fron Invoking anyone other than You
You are Supreme Patron and an excellent Protector

Ya Al-Hameed
Enable us to remember and be grateful of Your favours upon us and how they surround us from above and below – indeed, from every direction

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Ya Allah
You are As-Salam (peace)
From You is all peace, blessed are You
O Possessor of majesty and honour
You are the One who grants peace and security to all His creation

I testify that You are One
And that to You alone belongs
All sovereignty and praise
I cannot enumerate Your praise
Because surely You are as You praised thyself

Ya Rabb
Make my soul a sanctuary, a fortress within..
That no one and nothing can disturb
A place of peace, tranquility and serenity, untouched by the distractions of this transient world
The soul You call, 'Al-nafs al-mutmaina (the reasured soul)
The soul that will be called back, " return to Your lord, well-pleased and pleasing (to Him), and enter among My righteous servants, and enter my paradise. " (Quran 89:27-30)


Ya Rabb
Accept my supplication
For you are The All-Hearing, The All-knowing

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Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum
By Your mercy we call on You
to set right all our affairs
Do not place us in charge of our souls even for the blinking of an eye

Ya Al-Hadi
Guide us to the straight path
The path of those upon whom
You have bestow favor, not of those who have earned Your anger
Or of those who are astray

Ya Ghaffar
Forgive us, for all the times we seek peoples' validations over Your acceptance
For all the times we indulge in the distractions of this dunya
For all the times we let our nafs to win against us
For all the times we question Your will and despire of Your mercy
Forgive the unchecked utterances of our tongues and the unrestrained glances of our eyes from the forbidden
Ya Ghafur
Forgive our lack of gratitude
to your unending blessings upon us

Ya Rabb
Indeed we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers

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Ya Alim
You alone is aware of the constant battle going on in my head
You alone hears my silent pleas even before I voice them
And You alone knows of the struggles that weighs me down;
of the anxiety I hide under the facade of normalcy

Ya Rabb
I raise my hands towards you
Humbly, asking you, begging you
To grant me peace and security
I submit wholly to you, pleading..

Ya Allah
I am yearning for Your guidance and light
Ease my affairs, Ya Salam
Send down Your سكينه upon this restless heart of mine
For absolutely no one but You can ease my affairs

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|2023|

Dear self,
Let this be a chapter of transformation, change and renewal
A chapter to show gratitude for another year of life, of health, of faith..
A new chance to start all over again, let go of what was or what could have been so that you can embrace what is, and rise like a pheonix
A new chance to focus on healing. On growth. On becoming the very best and healthiest version of yourself, spiritually, physically and emotionally..
by the will of your Rabb.

Little by little. Step by step. Day by day. Slow down. Breath. Focus. Pray. Do it.

I trust you.

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and now our story
has come down to a page
I choose to leave blank.

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In all his shades
he is a man
her heart has surrended to...

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