Prayer

O Allah, You are the most deserving to be mentioned and the most deserving to be worshipped. You are the best to be sought for help, the most compassionate of those who govern, the most generous of those who are asked, and the most encompassing in giving. You are the Sovereign, without partner, the One who does not perish. Everything perishes except Your Face. None is obeyed except by Your permission, and none is disobeyed except with Your knowledge.  

O Lord of the worlds! You are obeyed, and You thank; You are disobeyed, and You forgive. You are the closest Witness and the nearest Protector. You intervene at the frontiers, seize forelocks, record deeds, and decree lifespans. Hearts are laid bare before You, and secrets are public to You. What is lawful is what You have made lawful, and what is prohibited is what You have forbidden. The religion is what You have prescribed, and the command is what You have decreed. Creation belongs to You, and the servants are Your servants. You are Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.  

I ask You by the light of Your Face, which has illuminated the heavens and the earth, and by every right that belongs to You, and by the right of those who beseech You, to accept me this morning or this evening, and to save me from the Hellfire by Your power.