Chapter on Supplications for Each Night of the Last Ten Nights of the Month of Ramadan

"In the last ten nights of the Month of Ramadan, recite every night: 'I seek refuge in the majesty of Your noble face from the Month of Ramadan ending for me or the dawn rising on this night of mine while there remains upon me any responsibility or sin for which You would punish me. O Most Merciful! O Most Compassionate!' For the first night: The supplication for the first night, which is the 21st night of Month of Ramadan, is as follows: 'O You who cause the night to enter the day and the day to enter the night! O You who bring forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living! O Provider for whomsoever He wills without measure! O Allah (swt)! O Most Merciful! O Allah (swt)! O Most Compassionate! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and his family and to write my name this night among the fortunate, my soul with the martyrs, my good deeds in Illiyyin (the highest station), and my sins forgiven. Grant me a certainty that fills my heart, faith that removes doubt from me, and satisfaction with what You have apportioned to me. Grant me "good in this world and good in the Hereafter" and protect me from the torment of the fire. Provide me in this night with gratitude, remembrance, yearning for You, turning to You in repentance, and success in achieving what You have granted Muhammad and his family. Blessings upon them all!' For the second night: "O You who strip the day from the night, leaving us in darkness! O You who set the sun on its course by Your decree, O Mighty, O All-Knowing! O You who measure the moon in phases until it returns like an old date stalk! O Light of all light, ultimate end of all desires, and patron of every blessing! O Allah (swt)! O Most Merciful! O Most Holy! O One! O Unique! O Peerless! O Self-Sufficient! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and to write my name this night among the fortunate." Continue with the rest of the supplication as recited on the first night. For the third night, which is Laylatul Qadr: "O Lord (azj) of Laylatul Qadr and its Creator, making it better than a thousand months!" (Continue with the supplication as concluded on the previous nights.) "O Lord (azj) of the night and the day, and the Lord (azj) of the mountains and the seas, and the darkness and the light, and the earth and the skies! O Creator! O Shaper! O Most Compassionate! O Bestower of blessings! O Allah (swt)! O Most Merciful! O Allah (swt)! O Self-Sustaining! O Allah (swt)! O Originator! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and to write my name this night among the fortunate." (Continue to the end of the supplication.) And say during it: "O Allah (swt)! In what You decree and determine among the fixed matters and what You distinguish of wise decrees during Laylatul Qadr, in the judgment that is not repelled or changed, write me among the pilgrims of Your Sacred House whose Hajj is accepted, their efforts appreciated, their sins forgiven, and their evil deeds erased. And in what You decree and determine, prolong my life, expand my sustenance, and free my neck from the fire, O Most Merciful of the merciful." And say during it: "O Disposer of affairs! O Resurrector of those in the graves! O Controller of the seas! O Softener of iron for Dawud! Send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, and grant me this and that this night, this night, this hour, this hour." Raise your hands to the sky and say it while prostrating, bowing, standing, or sitting. Repeat it often, and say it on the last night of the Month of Ramadan. For the fourth night: "O Splitter of the morning and Creator of the night as a time of rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning! O Mighty! O All-Knowing! O Possessor of grace, power, strength, capability, favor, and generosity! O Possessor of majesty and honor! O Allah (swt)! O Most Merciful! O Allah (swt)! O Singular! O Allah (swt)! O Unique! O Allah (swt)! O Apparent! O Hidden! O Ever-Living! There is no god but You. Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the rest of the supplication as in the previous nights. For the fifth night: "O Creator of the night as a covering, the day as a livelihood, the earth as a resting place, and the mountains as pegs! O Allah (swt)! O Subduer! O Compeller! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the rest of the supplication to its conclusion. For the sixth night: "O Creator of the night and the day as two signs! O You who erased the sign of the night and made 'the sign of the day visible' so that we may seek bounty from our Lord (azj) and His pleasure! O You who clarifies everything in detail! O Allah (swt)! O Glorious! O Allah (swt)! O Bestower! O Allah (swt)! O Generous! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and to write my name among the fortunate." For the seventh night: "O Extender of the shade, and if You had willed, You could have made it stationary, and You made the sun its guide. Then You gradually drew it back to Yourself in an easy withdrawal. O Possessor of generosity, abundance, greatness, and bounties! There is no god but You. O Most Holy! O Source of Peace! O Giver of Security! O Watcher! O Mighty! O Compeller! O Supreme! O Creator! O Originator! O Shaper! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the supplication to its end. For the eighth night: "O Keeper of the night in the air and Keeper of the light in the sky! O Preventer of the heavens from falling upon the earth except by Your permission, and Sustainer of them that they do not cease! O Great! O Forgiving! O Eternal! O Allah (swt)! O Everlasting! O Inheritor! O Resurrector of those in the graves! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the supplication as in the previous nights. For the ninth night: "O You who wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night! O All-Knowing! O Forbearing! O Wise! O Allah (swt), Lord (azj) of the Lord (azj)s and Master of the masters! There is no god but You. O One who is closer to me than 'my jugular vein!' O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the supplication with the opening part as recited on the previous nights. For the tenth night, the Night of Farewell: "All praise is due to Allah (swt), who has no partner. All praise is due to Allah (swt) as befits the generosity of His face and the majesty of His glory and as He deserves. O Light! O Most Holy! O Light! O Most Holy! O Most Glorified! O Ultimate in glorification! O Most Merciful! O Performer of mercy! O Allah (swt)! O All-Knowing! O Allah (swt)! O Most Gentle! O Allah (swt)! O Majestic! O Allah (swt)! Yours are the most beautiful names, the highest examples, the greatness, and the bounties. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Complete the supplication with the opening part as recited on the previous nights.