Duas for qiyam al-layl, tahajjud, and late night devotion
O Allah, I ask You to enable me to do good deeds, to abandon evil deeds, and to love the poor. I ask You to forgive me and have mercy on me. And if You intend to try Your servants with affliction, take me to Yourself without being tried. I ask You for Your love, and the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds which bring me closer to Your love.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from evil character, evil deeds, and evil inclinations.
O Allah, I ask You for a soul at ease, which believes in meeting You, is pleased with Your decree, and content with Your provision.
O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and richness (contentment).
O Allah, teach me wisdom, and inspire me with righteousness, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul, and from the evil of every creature You are seizing by its forelock. And [I seek refuge in You] from wronging anyone or being wronged.
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, pure provision, and deeds that are accepted.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of tribulation, the attainmen of wretchedness, the evil of decree, and the rejoicing of enemies.
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds.
O Allah, help me in remembering You, thanking You, and worshipping You in the best manner.
O Allah, benefit me from what You have taught me, teach me that which will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.
Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, descends to the lowest heaven each night when the last third of the night remains, saying: 'Is there anyone to call upon Me, so I may answer him? Is there anyone to ask Me, so I may give him? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness, so I may forgive him?'
O Allah, I am Your slave, the son of Your male slave, the son of Your female slave. My forelock is in Your hand. Your command over me is forever executed, and Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any one of Your creation, or kept hidden in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the reliever of my sadness and the remover of my anxiety.