Imam Zaynul Abideen – dua for Laylatul Qadr

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Al-Kafami has narrated that Imam Zayn al-Abideen (a.s) used to say this supplication very frequently at the Qadr nights while sitting, standing, in rukuu, and prostrating:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي امْسَيْتُ لَكَ عَبْداً دَاخِراً
O Allah, surely I am at this evening Your passive slave;
لاَ امْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعاً وَلاَ ضَرّاً
I have no control of hurt or good to myself
وَلاَ اصْرِفُ عَنْهَا سُوءً
and I cannot drive back any evil from myself.
اشْهَدُ بِذٰلِكَ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِي
I testify to this against myself.
وَاعْتَرِفُ لَكَ بِضَعْفِ قُوَّتِي
To You do I confess of my powerlessness
وَقِلَّةِ حِيلَتِي
and my feebleness.
فَصَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
So, (please do) send blessings to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad
وَانْجِزْ لِي مَا وَعَدْتَنِي
and fulfill what You have promised me,
وَجَمِيعَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
as well as all the believing men and women;
مِنَ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ فِي هٰذِهِ ٱللَّيْلَةِ
that is Your forgiveness at this night,
وَاتْمِمْ عَلَيَّ مَا آتَيْتَنِي
and accomplish that which You have conferred upon me,
فَإِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ٱلْمِسكِينُ ٱلْمُسْتَكِينُ
for I am Your slave—the poor, the humble,
ٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلْفَقِيرُ ٱلْمَهِينُ
the weak, the needy, and the humiliated.
اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَجْعَلْنِي نَاسِياً لِذِكْرِكَ فِيمَا اوْلَيْتَنِي
O Allah, (please) do not make me negligent of the mention of You as regards that which You have bestowed upon me,
وَلاَ غَافِلاً لإِحْسَانِكَ فِيمَا اعْطَيْتَنِي
do not make me inadvertent to Your favors to me as regards that which You have given me,
وَلاَ آيِساً مِنْ إِجَابَتِكَ وَإِنْ اَبْطَاتْ عَنِّي
do not make me despair of Your responding to me, even if such response is postponed,
فِي سَرَّاءَ اوْ ضَرَّاءَ
whether I be in prosperity, adversity,
اوْ شِدَّةٍ اوْ رَخَاءٍ
hardship, comfort,
اوْ عَافِيَةٍ اوْ بَلاءٍ
wellbeing, ordeal,
اوْ بُؤْسٍ اوْ نَعْمَاءَ
misery, or bliss.
إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَاءِ
Verily, You are the Hearer of prayers.