Bidayat al Hidayah: Adhkar

Ten prayers that should be part of your daily glorification and remembrance as recommended by Imam al-Ghazali in his classic text The Beginning of Guidance.

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ، وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

There is no god but Allah alone, who has no partner. His is the dominion and to Him belongs all praise. He gives life and he gives death, and He is Ever-living who never dies. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things.

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَا اللهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ 

There is no god but Allah, the Sovereign, the True, the Clarifier.

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَارُ، رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْارْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ

There is no god but Allah, the One, the Conqueror, Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is in between, the Magnificent, the Forgiving.

سُبَحَانْ اللهِ، وَالْحَمْدُلِلهِ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَا بِاللهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ

Glory be to Allah, all praise is to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is Great; there is no power or might except for Allah, the High, the Mighty.

سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ

Glory be to Allah, and by His praise.

سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْملَائِكَةِ وَالْرُّوحِ

You are the Most Glorious, the Most Holy, the Lord of the angels and of Jibril.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهِ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ، وَأَسْأَلُهُ الْتَّوْبَةَ وَالْمَغْفِرَةَ

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, the Mighty, apart from whom there is no god, the Ever-living, the Self-subsistent, and I ask Him to accept my repentance and grant me forgiveness

اللّٰهُمَ، لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَ لَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلَا رَادِّ لِمَا قَضَيْتَ، ولَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Oh Allah, none can withhold what You bestow, and now can bestow what You withhold, and there is none to repel what You ordain, and the fortune of any who possess fortune will in no way avail them against You.

اللّٰهُمَّ، صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلٰى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Oh Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (ﷺ).

بِاسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا فِي الْسَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ الْسَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

In the Name of Allah, by whose Name nothing on earth and nothing in the heaven can cause harm. He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

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