الرَّحْمَنُ Ar-Raḥmān
The Beneficent
Ya Rahman, from Your throne You wrote mercy upon Yourself. You were merciful before there was anyone to receive mercy. Embrace every part of me with that mercy: my past with its scars, my present with its needs, my future with its uncertainties.
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الرَّحِيمُ Ar-Raḥīm
The Merciful
Ya Raheem, let me taste the mercy You keep for those who return. Reward me with the mercy I have yet to know, and raise me to the highest place in Paradise despite my lows.
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الرَّؤُوفُ Ar-Raʾūf
The Benign One
Ya Ra'uf, cover me from storms I don't see coming. Mend me before I break. Spare me from trials of every kind. Let Your mercy reach me in ways I'll only understand when I finally meet You.
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الْإِلَٰه Al-Ilāh
The Deity
Ya Ilahi, the One my heart was created to seek, pull me away from every false worship, from anything that divides my devotion, until nothing fills my longing but You.
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الْواحِدُ Al-Wāḥid
The Only One
Ya Waahid, unify my pursuits into a single direction, and when the world pulls me apart, center me in Your oneness.
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اَلاَحَدُ Al-Aḥad
The Sole One
Ya Ahad, open my heart to see that nothing compares, so that I'm never overly impressed by anyone but You, and I come to love Your names and attributes in a way that frees me from all others but You.
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الْوِتْر Al-Witr
The Singular
Ya Witr, when I stand alone at the close of the night, let my solitude remind me of Your singular majesty. Make my heart distinct by its devotion, and make me one of Your rarest servants.
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الْهَادِي Al-Hādī
The Provider of Guidance
Ya Haady, guide me when my heart forgets the way. Pull me back from every turn that leads me astray. Let Your guidance feel closer than the doubts in my chest.
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الرَّشِيدُ Ar-Rashīd
The Guide to Path of Rectitude
Ya Rasheed, teach me to see truth instinctively. Make faith beloved to me. Make righteousness feel natural. And let sin feel heavy on my chest and hated by my every breath. Inspire me with wisdom that protects me even from myself.
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النُّورُ An-Nūr
The Prime Light
Ya Nur, light every darkness I carried or carry within. Let Your light pour into my heart and onto all my other limbs, until You make me a light, and everything I see reminds me of You.
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الْمُبِين Al-Mubīn
The Manifest
Ya Mubeen, make Your signs clear in what surrounds me and what is within me. Reveal the lessons hidden in every trial. Let me never lose sight of Your signs again.
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الْوَلِيُّ Al-Walī
The Protecting Associate
Ya Waliyy, be my closest friend when the world drifts away. Guard me with the grip that never slips.
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الْبَرُّ Al-Barr
The Fountain-Head of Truth
Ya Barr, keep me firm on the ground of Your goodness. Make my faith steady when my heart trembles. Let me love what brings me to Your stability, and make me patient with what keeps me on its shore.
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الرَّفِيق Ar-Rafīq
The Gentle One
Ya Rafeeq, be tender with my soul as You unfold Your plan. Soften the path without removing its purpose. Make me gentle with others as You've been gentle with me, and when I am lonely, fill that space with Your company.
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الرَّبّ Al-Rabb
The Lord / Sustainer
Ya Rabb, raise me the way You raise every seed from the soil. Shape my growth with all You continue to give. Let every season You place me in become a lesson in Your care.
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الْمَوْلَى Al-Mawlā
The Guardian
Ya Mawla, be my protector when I have no one else to stand up for me. Take charge of my affairs when I lose control of them. Hold me near when fear surrounds me, and make Your guardianship always enough for me.
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النَّصِير Al-Naṣīr
The Helper / Supporter
Ya Naseer, help me in every battle I cannot see. Grant me triumph without arrogance, and victory only in a way that brings me closer to You.
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السَّيِّد As-Sayyid
The Master
Ya Sayyid, teach my heart that true honor is to only serve You. Let my dignity be in humility, my leadership in obedience, and my freedom in surrender.
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الْمَلِكُ Al-Malik
The Eternal Lord
Ya Malik, You are the King of everything I know and hold. Remind me that nothing I hold is truly mine, and that every rise and fall belongs to Your decree. Let my gratitude expand with every breath You lend me.
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مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ Al-Mālik
The Owner / Possessor
Ya Maalik, the owner of the day when debts are paid. Teach me to settle my dues before I meet You. Keep me honest with what I owe, and hopeful in what You forgive.
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الْمَلِيك Al-Malīk
The Sovereign King
Ya Maleek, the King whose command no one can escape. Let Your sovereignty humble my pride. Make me content under Your rule, and protect me from a rebellious heart that would cause me to fall out of Your favor.
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الْجَلِيلُ Al-Jalīl
The Majestic One
Ya Jaleel, fill my heart with reverence that draws me near, not fear that drives me away. Let my awe of You refine me until I stand before You small, but never disgraced.
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الْخَالِقُ Al-Khāliq
The Creator
Ya Khaaliq, You brought me out of nothingness into being. Remind me that my existence itself is a mercy, that every breath, every cell, and every chance is a deliberate act of Your creation.
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الْبَارِئُ Al-Bāriʾ
The Evolver
Ya Baari', the One who perfects what He produces. Repair what I've broken within myself. Make me whole again with the same precision by which You fashioned all of Your creation.
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الْمُصَوِّرُ Al-Muṣawwir
The Flawless Shaper
Ya Musawwir, You shaped me in the unseen, gave me form, face, and story. Beautify my character as You've beautified my features. Let what You see within me be more pleasing than what others see outside of me.
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الْخَلَّاق Al-Khallāq
The Supreme Creator
Ya Khallaaq, keep creating new openings when I run out of ways. Create for me new beginnings when I rush to my end, and new realities when I feel doomed by my sins. Remake me with patience when I reach my limits, faith when I'm afraid, and hope when I can't imagine a way forward.
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الصَّمَدُ Aṣ-Ṣamad
The Supreme Provider
Ya Samad, the One who needs nothing while everything needs You. Make me whole by depending only on You. Fill the hollowness inside of me until no desire within me competes with Your glory.
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الْحَقُّ Al-Ḥaqq
The Embodiment of Truth
Ya Haqq, make Your truth the anchor of my heart and my guiding path to Your light. Let every lie I chase collapse before Your reality, and every truth I seek lead me to Your next promise. Keep me grounded in what endures and turn my eyes away from what deceives.
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الْوَاسِعُ Al-Wāsiʿ
The All-Pervading One
Ya Waasi', expand my heart to hold more gratitude, my patience to endure with more grace, and my vision to see beyond my limits.
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الْغَافِر Al-Ghāfir
The Pardoner
Ya Ghaafir, forgive me for every single sin I've ever put forth. Cover me in this life and the next, and don't let shame keep me from returning to You.
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الْغَفَّارُ Al-Ghaffār
The Great Forgiver
Ya Ghaffar, for every time I fall and rise again, meet me with another chance. Let my heart grow softer with every repentance, and my view of the door of Your mercy only grow wider, for You have never tired of forgiving me despite my constant sins.
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الْغَفُورُ Al-Ghafūr
The Great Forgiver
Ya Ghafur, forgive me for what I know and what I don't, what I've done and what I still may do, and turn the stains of my past into light on my scrolls. Reach me with Your forgiveness even in the holes that I've dug for myself.
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التَّوَابُ At-Tawwāb
The Ever-Acceptor of Repentance
Ya Tawwab, turn towards me so that I may turn back to You, and accept me every time I return. Make repentance my constant companion, and joy and Jannah my reward in finding You again.
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الْوَدُودُ Al-Wadūd
The Loving One
Ya Wadud, love me even after I falter, and let Your love reach me through every mercy I overlook. Teach me to love You more than what You give, and to find sweetness in every test that draws me closer to Your love. Announce Your love for me in the heavens until I hear that announcement myself in Paradise. Surround me with it in everything around me, and let me feel it deep inside myself.
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الْمُحْسِن Al-Muḥsin
The Doer of Good
Ya Muhsin, You perfect everything You touch. Make me one of those who do good because You do good, then let my deeds of excellence to others be a reflection of Your unmatched perfection.
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الشَّكُورُ Ash-Shakūr
The Acknowledging One
Ya Shakur, for every small effort I make, reward me beyond measure. Let me never grow tired of thanking You, and never forget that gratitude itself is a gift from You. Accept from me what is broken, and multiply it until it becomes whole.
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السَّمِيعُ As-Samīʿ
The All-Hearer
Ya Samee', You hear every sound before it's spoken. Inspire in me the words that are pleasing to You. Make sincere the du'a' that I utter between breaths, and even the ones I make loud alongside others. Let me never doubt that You are listening, and never tire of my calling.
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الْقَرِيب Al-Qarīb
The Near One
Ya Qareeb, You are nearer than every thought I hide. Let me feel Your nearness in the stillness of my prayer. Let the clarity and comfort of Your closeness cut through all the noise outside, and forgive me for what should have never made it inside.
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الْمُجِيبُ Al-Mujīb
The Responding One
Ya Mujeeb, answer not only what I ask, but what I mean. Give me what I would have prayed for if I knew what was best for me. When I raise my hands to You, fill them only with what draws me closer to You, and protect me from ever believing that an answer is not possible, or questioning You.
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الْمُؤْمِنُ Al-Muʾmin
The Infuser of Faith
Ya Mu'min, grant me faith that no fear can shake. Secure my heart in Your promise, and guard my soul from every whisper that breeds doubt. Let my trust in You be heavier than any worry that visits me.
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الْمُهَيْمِنُ Al-Muhaymin
The Preserver of Safety
Ya Muhaymin, the watchful One who never sleeps, watch over me in the moments that no one else can, and be my shield from even what I see but cannot change.
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الْحَفِيظُ Al-Ḥafīẓ
The Guarding One
Ya Hafeedh, preserve my faith through trial and time. Guard my loved ones when they are far away from me. Keep safe the blessings I forgot to thank You for, and protect me, for without You I cannot protect myself.
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الْوَكِيلُ Al-Wakīl
The Universal Trustee
Ya Wakeel, I entrust to You my every matter, what I seemingly can handle, and that which is obviously beyond my control. Take charge of what confuses me, and carry what I cannot hold, and make Your plan more beloved to me than even my own, for You are enough for me, no matter what else I own.
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الْبَصِيرُ Al-Baṣīr
The All-Seeing
Ya Baseer, You see what no one else sees: every tear I hide, every effort unnoticed, every quiet act of good. Let me find comfort in being seen by You when I feel invisible to the rest of the world.
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الشَّهِيدُ Ash-Shahīd
The All Observing Witness
Ya Shaheed, be my witness when my intentions are pure, and when they falter, let my fear of You set them aright. Let me live conscious that You are always truly watching, and die as one who lived truthfully under Your sight.
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الرَّقِيبُ Ar-Raqīb
The Watchful One
Ya Raqeeb, watch over my heart when it drifts, and over my thoughts before they turn to deeds. Make me mindful of You in secret and in public, until awareness of You becomes my protection from slip.
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السِّتِّير As-Satīr
The Concealer of Faults
Ya Sitteer, cover my faults with the same grace You always have. Hide my flaws even as You heal them. Let my repentance be quiet, and my shame sincere, and my forgiveness made complete beneath Your protective veil.
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السُّبُّوح As-Subbūḥ
The Utterly Pure / Glorified
Ya Subbuh, Subhanak. How perfect You are beyond everything I can imagine. When the world feels loud and heavy, remind me that You are untouched by its chaos. Let my glory and praise of You rise above the darkness, even if I drown myself in it, and pull me out of it by Your perfection.
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الْقُدُّوسُ Al-Quddūs
The Most Sacred
Ya Quddus, purify me inside and out. Cleanse my worship of pride, my heart of resentment, my soul of anything that clouds its way back to You, and make me worthy of the nearness I seek to You.
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السَّلاَمُ As-Salām
The Embodiment of Peace
Ya Salaam, send peace into every storm within my chest. Let Your calm settle where fear once lived. Make me a source of peace for others, until I meet You in the home of peace, and get to hear from You Yourself, "Salaam."
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الْغَنِيُّ Al-Ghaniy
The Self-Sufficient One
Ya Ghaniyy, You are free of all need while I am always in need of You. Let me never beg from those as poor as me. Make me rich through contentment, and fill my heart with gratitude instead of greed.
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الْحَمِيدُ Al-Ḥamīd
The Sole-Laudable One
Ya Hameed, You are praised whether or not I remember to say it. Let my praise echo in hardship as it does in ease, and let every breath I take be a quiet thank you.
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الْفَتَّاحُ Al-Fattāḥ
The Supreme Solver
Ya Fattaah, open doors I cannot find, and hearts that I cannot reach. Open paths to good where I only see walls, and open my chest to trust whatever You've decreed. Let every opening You grant me lead me back to You.
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الْقَابِضُ Al-Qābiḍ
The Restricting One
Ya Qaabid, Ya Baasit, when You withhold, let me not lose hope, and when You expand, let me not lose humility. Tighten my path only to redirect me to Yours, and widen it in ways that only increase my gratitude to You. Teach me to find You in both the squeeze and the release, and to love You both in the stillness and the flow.
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الْمُقَدِّمُ Al-Muqaddim
The Expediting One
Ya Muqaddim, Ya Mu'akhir, when You bring me forward, make me worthy of the moment, and when You hold me back, make me patient with the waiting. Advance me only when the step will please You, and delay me only when the pause will protect me. Wherever I stand in Your decree, let me always feel content that I am never misplaced.
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اَلْعَلِيْمُ Al-ʿAlīm
The All-Knowing One
Ya Aleem, You know what I hide and what I show, what I've done and what I will do. Let what You know of me be better than what people know of me, and forgive me for what only You know.
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الْحَكِيمُ Al-Ḥakīm
The Wise One
Ya Hakeem, Your wisdom surrounds what I cannot understand. When I question the purpose, remind me of Your perfection. Grant me the patience to trust Your timing, and the insight to see the beauty unfolding in Your decree.
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اللَّطِيفُ Al-Laṭīf
The Knower of Subtleties
Ya Lateef, work gently through the details of my life. Send kindnesses that I may not notice until I look back, but can still feel at every moment. Let Your subtle care reach the corners of my heart that no words or people could ever touch.
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الْخَبِيرُ Al-Khabīr
The All-Aware One
Ya Khabeer, You are fully aware of what's within me: my fears, my flaws, and my hidden intentions. Purify what You see inside of me until it is pleasing to You, and let nothing inside me here contradict what will be produced when I stand before You bare.
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الْقَهَّارُ Al-Qahhār
The All-Prevailing One
Ya Qahhaar, the One who subdues all false powers, subdue every tyrant who raises a hand against the innocent. Break the arrogance of those who spill the blood of Your beloved servants. Let their cruelty be crushed by Your justice. Subdue also the arrogance within me, so that I never resemble the oppressor in any form.
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الْجَبَّارُ Al-Jabbār
The Omnipotent One
Ya Jabbaar, mend what their hands have broken, rebuild the lands they've shattered, and heal the hearts that tremble for You under their bombs and their boots. Set right the fractures in our Ummah, and make every wound a doorway back to You. When You allow us to break, let it only be to rebuild us stronger, and when You heal us, let the healing only bring us nearer.
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الْمُتَكَبِّرُ Al-Mutakabbir
The Dominant One
Ya Mutakabbir, You are too glorious for injustice to prevail, too mighty for oppression to last before You. Show the tyrants that no throne stands forever, and honor the humble who still call Your name even beneath the rubble. Clothe our people in dignity when the world strips them bare, and raise them in rank, and protect them from despair.
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الْقَادِرُ Al-Qādir
The Omnipotent One
Ya Qaadir, nothing is beyond Your power. As You part the seas and revive the dead, lift our people from beneath the weight of this world. Show us that no injustice is too deep for You to overturn, and no despair too dark for You to light again.
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الْقَدِير Al-Qadīr
The All-Powerful
Ya Qadeer, every decree rests in Your command. Only You are able to turn tears into triumph, and rubble into resurrection.
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الْمُقْتَدِرُ Al-Muqtadir
The All Authoritative One
Ya Muqtadir, Your power is perfect, Your execution without flaw. Let those who boast of might see how small they really are. Crush the arrogance that claims control over Your creation, and remind us that even the most helpless among us are upheld by You alone. Grant us strength without cruelty, faith without fatigue, and victory that only humbles us before You, until we dwell in that place where our oppressors can no longer reach us, and only those You love stand before You.
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الْعَدْلُ Al-ʿAdl
The Embodiment of Justice
Ya 'Adl, oh You whose balance never tips unfairly, when the world feels rigged for cruelty, remind us that You are merely delaying the cruel, and never unjust even by the weight of a single atom. Make us witnesses to Your justice in this life, and part of its fulfillment in the next, and let us love justice ourselves, and be purified from oppression within.
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الْمُقْسِطُ Al-Muqsiṭ
The Just One
Ya Muqsit, restore to the victims what was stolen from them, and to the wary hearts what hope they lost. Make us a people who act with equity, and never swerve from accountability.
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الْحَكَمُ Al-Ḥakam
The Impartial Judge
Ya Hakam, You are the judge when the courts of men fail, when truth is buried beneath lies. Let Your verdict rise, clear and unstoppable. Judge between us and those who wrong us without remorse, and let us not find ourselves except on the side of the oppressed.
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الْحسِيبُ Al-Ḥasīb
The Reckoning One
Ya Haseeb, You are enough when proof is hidden and power is abused. Account for every tear that fell unseen, and every cruelty that was silenced by fear. Let Your reckoning come swift for those who harm, and ever so gently for those who endured.
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الرَّزَّاقُ Ar-Razzāq
The Total Provider
Ya Razzaq, You provide for every creature in ways we cannot see. Feed my heart before my hands, and let my trust in Your sustenance outweigh my fear of the future. Provide for me in ways that bring me closer to You, and never let what I earn make me forget who it's from.
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الْكَرِيمُ Al-Karīm
The Bountiful One
Ya Kareem, You give beyond what I deserve, and with a dignity too noble for me to live up to. Let Your generosity flow through me as a reflection of how it flows from You. Make my giving noble, and my gratitude constant. When You withhold, remind me that You are still giving, even if in ways I may not yet understand.
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الْأَكْرَم Al-Akram
The Most Generous
Ya Akram, the most generous of those who give, honor me with contentment in every decree. Make my share of this world enough, and my portion of the next abundant. Let me live in gratitude for Your generosity that I can never live up to, and die with praise for a Lord who always gave more.
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الْقَوِيُّ Al-Qawiyy
The Strong One
Ya Qawiyy, strengthen me where I am weak, and make me firm where I bend too easily. Lift me so that I can lift others, without ever believing I lifted myself. When the weight of the world feels heavier than my faith, remind me that Your strength is the only way to see through it. Let me draw strength from Your power, but never be weakened by my pride.
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الْمَتِينُ Al-Matīn
The Firm One
Ya Mateen, make me steady when everything else shakes. Let my faith be anchored deep enough so that no loss can uproot it. Keep my footing secure in moments that test my balance.
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الْعَزِيزُ Al-ʿAzīz
The Mighty One
Ya Azeez, grant me the honor that comes only from You. Let my dignity rest in humility before You. My worth be measured only in worship of You. Protect me from chasing validation from those as fragile as I, and make my highest victory the achievement of Your pleasure.
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الشَّافِي Al-Shāfī
The Healer
Ya Shaafy, heal me in ways that medicine can't fix. Remove whatever sickness has touched my body, and expel along with it any sin that poisoned my soul. Let every ache remind me of Your mercy, and every cure draw me closer to You. Heal this Ummah from its wounds, and make us whole again through faith and patience.
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الطَّيِّب At-Tayyib
The Pure
Ya Tayyib, make my life pure enough to be accepted by You. Purify my wealth from the unlawful, and my worship from showing off. Purify my clothes and my food in every way that I seek You.
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الْمُعْطِي Al-Muʿṭī
The Giver
Ya Mu'ty, giver of all that heals and all that sustains. Let me never forget that every gift from You is a blessed call back to You, and let it find me only as a grateful recipient and servant.
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الصَّبُورُ Aṣ-Ṣabūr
The Extensively Enduring One
Ya Saboor, teach me the patience that doesn't expire. Make me calm when delay tests me, and grateful even as I wait. Grant me patience over my desires, and through my trials, and upon the deeds that will protect me from the fire.
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الْحَلِيمُ Al-Ḥalīm
The Clement One
Ya Haleem, You see my mistakes and still give me time to fix them. You watch my slips and still cover them in kindness. Make me forbearing with those around me, and quick to forgiveness with those who may wrong me.
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الْعَلِيُّ Al-ʿAliyy
The Sublime One
Ya Aliyy, Ya Muta'aly, raise my heart above resentment and smallness. Lift my gaze towards the higher ways that reach You, and place my hopes in what lasts with You. Let my character rise even when my status falls, for You are higher than everything that confuses me or defeats me. Lift me above pettiness, above despair, above sin, until my soul finds its peace in Your elevation.
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الْكَبِيرُ Al-Kabīr
The Great One
Ya Kabeer, how small I am before You. Let humility settle where arrogance once lived. Remind me that greatness belongs only to You, and can only be realized through You. Shut the doors to what diminishes me, and guide my devotion to what fills me through You.
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الْعَظِيمُ Al-ʿAẓīm
The Magnificent One
Ya Adheem, my Lord of might without measure. Make my reverence for You heavier than any fear of creation. Let my heart bow before You long before my body does, and let my most unstable positions be stilled by my trust in You.
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الْأَعْلَى Al-Aʿlā
The Most High
Ya A'laa, You are higher than every desire I take. Lift me from the illusions of this world, and make my ambitions worthy of Your nearness. Let my soul rise to You with sincerity and longing, until I meet You in the highest of places.
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الْمَجِيدُ Al-Majīd
The Glorious One
Ya Majeed, the Glorious whose greatness humbles all glory, honor me by keeping me close. Let my meeting with You there be an extension of my meetings with You here. Make my remembrance of You my greatest title, and my servitude to You my highest rank.
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الْجَوَاد Al-Jawād
The Generous / Bountiful
Ya Jawaad, Your generosity reaches me before I even raise my hands. You give before I ask, and more than I deserve. Let me never mistake Your gifts for my earning. Make my giving a small reflection of Yours, open-handed, unseen, and without expectation.
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الْمَنَّان Al-Mannān
The Bestower of Favours
Ya Mannaan, every blessing I have is a favor You began. You wrote kindness into my story long before I could thank You. Let me recognize Your favors not as entitlement, but as invitation.
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الْوَهَّابُ Al-Wahhāb
The Supreme Bestower
Ya Wahhaab, the giver of gifts without reason or limit, grant me what only love can grant: forgiveness without condition, and openings without explanation. Gift me faith that doesn't falter when I fall, and hope that keeps finding You even when I can't see the way.
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العَفُوُّ Al-ʿAfūw
The Supreme Pardoner
Ya 'Afuww, erase what I've done in the mercy that only You can write. Wipe away the traces of every sin that followed me into this night, until I stand before You as if I'd never fallen. Let my shame become the soil from which sincerity grows, and my repentance the rope that pulls me back to You. You love to pardon, so pardon me completely. Forgive what I remember and what I've forgotten, what I've confessed and what I've concealed. Make my record as clean as the day You created me, and my heart lighter than it has ever been before.
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الْحَيِيّ Al-Ḥayyiy
The Shy One
Ya Hayiyy, You are too shy to turn away these hands. How many times have I asked with nothing worthy in return, and yet You still answered in a way that left me in awe? Forgive me for my mountains of fault for just a droplet of Your mercy, and give me more than I dare to ask because of Your generosity.
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الْجَامِعُ Al-Jāmiʿ
The Assembler of Scattered Creations
Ya Jaami', gather the pieces of my heart that this world has broken, or perhaps I myself have broken. Unite what distance and time have separated. Bring together my past and my purpose, my loved ones, and the reward that You've promised, until we meet again under the shade of Your throne.
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الْوَارِثُ Al-Wārith
The Eternal Inheritor
Ya Waarith, as everything returns to You, what fades for me remains preserved with You. Keep my deeds when I am gone, and let them grow, and my legacy when I'm forgotten, so long as not by You. Inherit my soul with Your pleasure, and leave behind only what You love to return to me for when I meet You.
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الأوَّلُ Al-Awwal
The Very First
Ya Awwal, You were there before beginnings were written. Before my first breath, You already knew my name. Remind me that nothing starts without You, and that every good I begin is only by Your permission. Let my first step in anything always be toward You.
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الآخِرُ Al-Ākhir
The Infinite Last One
Ya Aakhir, You remain when all else fades. When every name is forgotten, Yours endures. Let my last breath be in Your remembrance, and my last sight be upon Your mercy.
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الظَّاهِرُ Aẓ-Ẓāhir
The Perceptible
Ya Dhaahir, You are evident in every beauty, in the rise of the sun and the appearance of the moon. Let me see Your majesty in all that surrounds me, until everything I witness becomes a door back to You.
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الْبَاطِنُ Al-Bāṭin
The Imperceptible
Ya Baatin, You are nearer than my thoughts, closer than my pulse. You know the things I can't say, and forgive the things I can't hide. Preserve me in the unseen as You do in the open, and let my nearness to You outlast my time on this earth.
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اللَّه Allah
The God
Ya Allah, when I forget even myself, let Your name always remain in my heart and on my tongue, and let my heart always find its way back to You. When I call You by this name, I am calling every mercy, every promise, every door that leads home. You are what no one else is, and for me what no one else can be.
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الْحَيُّ Al-Ḥayy
The Eternally Living One
Ya Hayy, the Ever-Living who never fades. Put life into my worship when it starts to fade, and life into my purpose when I start to feel lost again. Let my faith in You stay alive when the world floods me with dying promises, and the devil deceives with his deception.
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الْقَيُّومُ Al-Qayyūm
The Self-Subsisting One
Ya Qayyum, the sustainer of all that exists, hold me together when I fall apart. Sustain my heart with Your remembrance, and my deeds with sincerity. Do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye. Steady me when I swerve with Your guidance. Receive me when I return with Your grace.
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