Omar Suleiman

Allāhumma ijʿal khayra zamānī ākhirahu, wa-khayra
ʿamalī khawātimahu, wa-khayra ayyāmī yawma alqāka
O Allah, let the best of my lifetime be its ending,
and my best deed be that which I seal (my life with),
and the best of my days the Day I meet You.

Let me die a Muslim and be accompanied by the righteous. (Yusuf 12:101)

Ilāhī ghārati al-nujūmu, wa-nāmati al-ʿuyūnu
wa-ghallaqati al-mulūku abwābahā, wa-bābuka
maftūḥun, wa-khalā kullu ḥabībin bi-ḥabībihī,
wa-hādhā maqāmī bayna yadayka
O Allah, the stars have vanished, the eyes
have slept, the kings have locked their doors, and Your
door remains open. Every lover has found privacy with
their beloved, and here I am standing before You.

O Allah! Here goes the night departing and here comes the day brightening, and how I wish to know, have you accepted this night from me so that I may congratulate myself, or have you rejected it from me so that I may extend myself condolences. By Your might! This is my commitment for as long as you keep me alive. By Your might!

Even if you scold me, I will never leave your door, nor will anything but your generosity and your grace be felt in my heart.

“If the Prophet ﷺ did not say anything and had nothing except his presence, you would still be able to discern a divine beauty within him.”