The Most Beautiful 200 Prayers for the Night of Decree in Ramadan

Beautiful Prayers on the Night of Decree

The most beautiful prayers are those referenced in the Holy Qur’an and those transmitted from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Here are some of the comprehensive supplications that encompass goodness:

It has been reported that Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “O Messenger of Allah, if I happen to be in the Night of Decree, what should I invoke?” He replied: “Say: O Allah! You are Most Forgiving and love forgiveness; so forgive me.”
“My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for Your blessing which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do good deeds of which You will approve, and admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants.”
“O my Lord, expand for me my breast, make my task easy for me, and untie the knot from my tongue so they may understand my speech.”
“O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, pardon me among those whom You have pardoned, take care of me among those whom You have taken care of, and bless me in what You have granted me. Protect me from the evil of what You have decreed, for You are the one who decrees, and none can decree upon You. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted.”
“O Allah! You alone do we worship, and You alone do we pray and prostrate to, and to You alone do we strive and seek assistance, and we seek Your mercy and fear Your punishment, for indeed, Your punishment will befall the disbelievers.”
“O Allah! I ask You for all good, both immediate and delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know. I seek refuge in You from all evil, both immediate and delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know. O Allah! I ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet has asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your servant and Prophet sought refuge. O Allah! I ask You for Paradise and for every deed or word that draws me closer to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and from every deed or word that draws me closer to it. I ask You to make every decree You have decreed for me one of goodness.”
“O Turner of hearts, make my heart steadfast in Your religion.”
“O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! You bestow the kingdom upon whom You will and strip it off from whom You will. You honor whom You will and humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is all good, for You are Most Capable of everything. O Gracious One of this world and the Hereafter, You give and withhold from whom You will. Have mercy upon me with a mercy that renders me independent of the mercy of others.”
“O Allah! I am Your servant, son of Your servant, and grandson of Your female servant. My forelock is in Your Hand; Your decree is being enforced upon me, and Your justice is upon me. I ask You by every Name that is Yours, which You have named Yourself with, or taught to one of Your creation, or revealed in Your Book, or kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, the light of my breast, the remover of my sorrow, and the departure of my worry.”
“O Living, O Eternal! By Your mercy, I seek help! Make all my affairs righteous and do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye.”
“O Allah! I seek refuge in You from worry and sorrow, incapacity and laziness, stinginess and cowardice, burdens of debt, and the overpowering of men.”
“O Allah! All praise is due to You; You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the Earth and all that is in them. All praise is due to You; Yours is the dominion of the heavens and the Earth and all that is in them. All praise is due to You; You are the Light of the heavens and the Earth and all that is in them. All praise is due to You; You are the King of the heavens and the Earth. All praise is due to You; You are the Truth, and Your promise is the Truth, and our meeting with You is the Truth, and Your word is the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and Hellfire is the Truth, and the prophets are the Truth, and Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Truth, and the Hour is the Truth. O Allah! I have submitted to You, believed in You, relied upon You, turned in repentance to You, and brought my case to You. Forgive me what I have done first and last, openly and in secret. You are the Prior, and You are the Later; there is no god but You – or: there is no god other than You – and there is no power and no strength except through Allah.”

Supplications for All Muslims on the Night of Decree

It is recommended for believers to gather their hearts and supplicate to Allah for what they desire from goodness. Below are some religious invocations for all Muslims:

O Allah! We ask You in this blessed place and on this blessed night to free us from the fire. O Allah, free us and our parents and all our relatives from the fire, O Mighty, O Forgiving.
O Allah! Make us among those whose fasting and prayers You accept, whose mistakes and sins You forgive, and on the Day of Resurrection, spare us from horror, and protect our bodies from the fire through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah! Do not let this gathering depart except with sins forgiven, faults concealed, and a trade that never fails, O Mighty, O Forgiving. Make this gathering a gathering of mercy, and let our separation afterwards be a separation of protection. Do not leave any heartbroken or deprived among us.
O Allah! Do not leave us with any sin except that You forgive it, nor with any worry except that You relieve it, nor any distress except that You ease it, nor any grief except that You remove it, nor any debt except that You settle it, nor any difficulty except that You facilitate it, nor any wound except that You heal it, nor any sick person except that You cure them, nor any dead person except that You have mercy on them, nor any enemy except that You destroy, nor any struggling person except that You support, nor any oppressed one except that You aid, nor any oppressor except that You vanquish, nor any misled one except that You guide. And any need from the needs of this world and the Hereafter, if You are pleased with it and if we find goodness in it, assist us in fulfilling it and make it easy through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah! We ask You by Your greatest, mightiest, most glorious, most generous Name which, when invoked, You answer, and when asked, You grant. O Allah! O Reliever of worries, O Remover of distress, O Listener of voices, O Hasten to fulfill needs! O Merciful, O Compassionate, have mercy on us with a mercy that makes us independent of others’ mercy.
O Allah, avert calamities from us, turn away adversities from us, and shield us from all defects. O Allah, untangle the tightened knots and make easy the difficult matters.
O Allah! Grant us a way out for every tight situation, and relief for every worry, and healing for every affliction. Conceal our faults, correct our intentions, and lead our offspring towards goodness. Make our endings good and protect us from all sides, from before us, behind us, on our right, on our left, and above us, and we seek refuge in Your greatness from being taken from beneath us, O Lord of Glory and Honor. O Allah! Grant us and do not deprive us, and be with us and do not be against us. Seal our deeds with righteousness, cure our sick, have mercy on our dead, fulfill our hopes that are pleasing to You, and have mercy on our weakness. Mend our brokenness, and do not disappoint us in our hope in You, O Relief when doors are closed, O Hope when means are cut off, and when we are prevented from our families and friends.

Supplications for the Oppressed on the Night of Decree

O Allah! Relieve the concerns of the distressed among Muslims, ease the worries of the sorrowful, clear the debts of those indebted, and heal our sick and the sick among Muslims.
O Allah! Break the chains of the captive from the Ummah of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and shatter the shackles of the oppressed prisoners everywhere.
O Allah! We are weak, so strengthen us. We are oppressed, so grant us victory. We are tested, so make us steadfast. Do not allow any adversary to have dominion over us, O Strong, O Mighty, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah! This is our state, which is not hidden from You, and this is our weakness that is clear before You; so repair our brokenness, have mercy on our weakness, and take charge of our affairs.
O Allah! Your servants have needs that can only be complained about to You, and only rest on Your threshold, and You know them best, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah! Do not return them to their homes without having fulfilled their needs, and without their souls being pleased, and their spirits being content, O Most Generous of the Generous.
O Allah! Comfort our loneliness, have mercy on our estrangement, remove our distress, lessen our misfortune, and ward off calamity and suffering from us, and we seek refuge in You from the malice of enemies.
O Judge of needs, O Answerer of supplications, O Forgiver of sins, O Patron of good deeds, O Protector from calamities. O Allah! This invocation is from us, and the response is from You, and this effort rests upon You. There is no power and no strength except in You. You are sufficient for us, and You are the best protector.
O Allah! Do not let us leave disappointed, nor cast out from Your mercy, and make us among Your accepted servants, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
“Glory be to Your Lord, the Lord of Glory, above what they describe. And peace be upon the messengers. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.”

Impactful Supplications on the Night of Decree

O Allah! Make the Great Qur’an a light for our hearts, a clarification for our minds, a cure for our ailments, a purging of our sins, and a means of protection from the Fire. O Allah! Remind us of what we have forgotten, and teach us what we are ignorant of, and grant us its recitation during the night and at the ends of the day in a manner that pleases You.
O Allah! Count us among those who permit what You have made lawful, prohibit what You have made unlawful, act upon what You have clearly commanded, believe in that which is ambiguous, and recite it as it deserves to be recited.
O Allah! Clothe us in blessings through it, shelter us with it, shower us with benefits from it, and repel calamities through it.
O Allah! Forgive the believers, both living and deceased, and bestow good between us and them. Indeed, You are All-Hearing, Near, and Responsive to supplications.
O Allah! Whomever among us You give life, let him live in Islam, and whomever You take away, let him die in faith, O Lord of the worlds.
O Allah! Have mercy upon us when our foreheads sweat, and when groans abound, and when those nearby and doctors despair, and when our friends and loved ones weep for us.
O Allah! Have mercy upon us when we are carried on shoulders, when our throats are reached, and when “Who will save?” is asked, and when one leg folds upon the other, for to You is the destination on that day.
O Allah! Have mercy upon us, O Our Master, when we are covered by the soil, when friends bid us farewell, and when we part ways from comfort, and when the breeze is cut off from us.
O Allah! Be with us when the trumpet is blown, and when that which is in graves is scattered. To You, O Lord, is the resurrection on that day; be with us on the Day of Judgment, the day of regret and remorse, the day when every soul will see its deeds before it, and all beings will seek safety through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
O Allah! We ask You for Paradise and for everything that brings us closer to it through words or deeds, and we seek refuge in You from the Fire and for everything that brings us closer to it through words or deeds.

Intimate Supplications on the Night of Decree

Intimate supplications are appropriate to recite on the Night of Decree as they are impactful and soften the heart. Among them are those attributed to Imam Al-Shahrani (may Allah have mercy on him), including:

O Allah! I know that I disobey You, but I love those who obey You; so make my love for those who obey You a commendation accepted for those who disobey You.
O Allah! In Your concealing our faults and in commanding Your servants to conceal them, there is a good news of forgiveness, for You would not conceal in the abode of transience to expose in the abode of permanence.
O Allah! I ask You to enable my tongue to express gratitude for Your blessings and to prevent my soul from straying into negligence towards You.
O Allah! Do not let our solitude be with anyone but You, nor let our needs be directed to anyone but You, nor let our desires be for anything but Your rewards and Paradise.
O Allah! I ask You to make what You have given us that we love a means to assist us in what You love, and whatever You have withheld from us that we cherish, let it be an opening for us in what You desire.
O Allah! I praise You for all Your decrees and all Your predestined measures, with a praise of contentment for Your judgment due to certainty in Your wisdom.
O Allah! Some of Your creation have been misled by Your forbearance, thinking they could delay the Hereafter; thus they did not follow the Qur’an and mocked the believers. I ask You not to grant them respite until they don’t become examples for the unbelievers.

Importance of Seeking the Night of Decree

The Night of Decree is the greatest night of the year, occurring in the blessed month of Ramadan, during which the Holy Qur’an was revealed. Allah (The Exalted) has honored it with an entire surah in His Book named after it – Surah Al-Qadr – and He made clear that the reward for standing in prayer on this night is better than worshiping for a thousand months. It has distinctive characteristics that set it apart from other nights, marked by virtue, blessing, and reward. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated: “Whoever stands during the Night of Decree with faith and anticipating rewards will have all of his previous sins forgiven.”

Undoubtedly, a Muslim strives to seize these immense bounties and massive rewards by seeking the Night of Decree and engaging in righteous deeds such as prayer, reading the Qur’an, and making supplications, while also being wary of negligence.