Dua for the 23rd Night of Ramadhan

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يَا رَبَّ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَجَاعِلَهَا خَيْرًا مِّنْ اَلْفِ شَهْرٍ وَ رَبَّ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَالْجِبَالِ وَالْبِحَارِ وَالظُّلَمِ وَالْاَنْوَارِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاۤءِ

YAA RABBA LAYLATIL QADRI WA JAA-I'LAHAA KHAYRAM MIN ALFI SHAHRIN WA RABBAL LAYLI WAN NAHAARI WAL JIBAALI WAL BIHAARI WAZ ZULAMI WAL ANWAARI WAL ARDI WAS SAMAAA-I

O Lord of the Night of Decree, Who made it better than a thousand months! O Lord of night and day, mountains and seas, darkness and light, the earth and the heavens!

يَا بَارِئُ يَا مُصَوِّرُ يَا حَنَّانُ يَا مَنَّانُ يَا اَللهُ يَا رَحْمٰنُ يَا اَللهُ يَا قَيُّوْمُ يَا اَللهُ يَا بَدِيْعُ يَا اَللهُ يَا اَللهُ يَا اَللهُ لَكَ الْاَسْمَاۤءُ الْحُسْنٰى وَالْاَمْثَالُ الْعُلْيَا وَالْكِبْرِيَاۤءُ وَالْاٰلَاۤءُ

YAA BAARI-U' YAA MUSAWWIR YAA HANNAAN YAA MANNAAN, YAA ALLAAH YAA RAHMAAN, YAA ALLAAH YAA QAYYOOM, YAA ALLAAH YAA BADEE-U', YAA ALLAAH YAA ALLAAH YAA ALLAAH, LAKAL ASMAAA-UL HUSNAA WAL AMTHAALUL U'LYAA WAL KIBRIYAAA-U WAL AALAAA-U

O Fashioner! O Shaper! O All-tender! O All-favoring! O Allah, O All-beneficent! O Allah, O Self-subsisting! O Allah, O Wondrous Originator! O Allah, O Allah, O Allah! To You belong the Most Excellent Names, the most exalted attributes, greatness, and bounties.

اَسْاَلُكَ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاٰلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَنْ تَجْعَلَ اسْمِيْ فِيْ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ فِي السُّعَدَاۤءِ وَ رُوْحِيْ مَعَ الشُّهَدَاۤءِ وَ اِحْسَانِيْ فِيْ عِلِّيِّيْنَ وَ اِسَاۤءَتِيْ مَغْفُوْرَةً

AS-ALUKA AN TUSALLIYA A'LAA MUHAMMADIN WA AALI MUHAMMADIN WA AN TAJ-A'LAS-MEE FEE HAAZIHIL LAYLATI FIS SU-A'DAAA-I WA ROOHEE MA-A'SH SHUHADAAA-I WA IHSAANEE FEE I'LLIYYEEN WA ISAAA-ATEE MAGHFOORAH

I ask You to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, and to include my name this night among the happy ones, my soul with the martyrs, my good deeds in the highest Illiyyin, and my wrongdoing forgiven,

وَ اَنْ تَهَبَ لِيْ يَقِيْنًا تُبَاشِرُ بِهٖ قَلْبِيْ وَ اِيْمَانًا يُذْهِبُ الشَّكَّ عَنِّيْ وَ تُرْضِيَنِيْ بِمَا قَسَمْتَ لِيْ وَاٰتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَ قِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ الْحَرِيْقِ

WA AN TAHABA LEE YAQEENAN TUBAASHIRU BIHI QALBEE WA EEMAANAN YUZHIBUSH SHAKKA A'NNEE WA TURDIYANEE BIMAA QASAMTA LEE, WA AATINAA FID DUNYAA HASANATAN WA FIL AAKHIRATI HASANATAN WA QINAA A'ZAABAN NAARIL HAREEQ

and to grant me certitude that fills my heart, and faith that removes doubt from me, and to make me content with what You have apportioned for me; and grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the burning Fire,

وَ ارْزُقْنِيْ فِيْهَا ذِكْرَكَ وَ شُكْرَكَ وَالرَّغْبَةَ اِلَيْكَ وَالْاِنَابَةَ وَالتَّوْبَةَ وَالتَّوْفِيْقَ لِمَا وَفَّقْتَ لَهٗ مُحَمَّدًا وَاٰلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ

WARZUQNEE FEEHAA ZIKRAKA WA SHUKRAKA WAR RAGHBATA ILAYKA WAL INAABATA WAT TAWBATA WAT TAWFEEQA LIMAA WAFFAQTA LAHU MUHAMMADAN WA AALA MUHAMMADIN A'LAYHIMUS SALAAM

and grant me this night Your remembrance and Your thanks, and desire for You, and turning to You in repentance, and success in that to which You granted success to Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, peace be upon them.