Dua for Life When Life Is Good and Death When Death Is Better
اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْقَصْدَ فِي الْفَقْرِ وَالْغِنَى وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لاَ يَنْفَدُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَاءَ بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلاَ فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ
Transliteration
Allahumma bi-'ilmikal-ghayba wa qudratika 'alal-khalqi ahyini ma 'alimtal-hayata khayran li, wa tawaffani idha 'alimtal-wafata khayran li. Allahumma wa as'aluka khashyataka fil-ghaybi wash-shahadah, wa as'aluka kalimatal-haqqi fir-rida wal-ghadab, wa as'alukal-qasda fil-faqri wal-ghina, wa as'aluka na'iman la yanfad, wa as'aluka qurrata 'aynin la tanqati', wa as'alukar-rida ba'dal-qada', wa as'aluka bardal-'ayshi ba'dal-mawt, wa as'aluka ladhdhatan-nazari ila wajhik, wash-shawqa ila liqa'ik, fi ghayri darra'a mudirratin wa la fitnatin mudillah. Allahumma zayyinna bi-zinatil-iman, waj'alna hudatan muhtadin
Translation
O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive as long as You know life is good for me, and take me when You know death is better for me. O Allah, I ask You for fear of You in private and in public; I ask You for the word of truth in contentment and in anger; I ask You for moderation in poverty and in wealth; I ask You for a blessing that never ends and a joy that never ceases; I ask You for contentment after Your decree, and for a pleasant life after death; and I ask You for the delight of looking upon Your Face and longing to meet You, without harmful adversity or misguiding trial. O Allah, adorn us with the beauty of faith, and make us guides who are rightly guided.
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