Also recommended for: Dua anytime or in Tashahhud

TRANSLITERATION

Allahumma anta rab’bee la ilaha illa anta Khalaq-tanee; Wa’ana aab’duk; Wa’ana ala aah’dika wa-wa’dika mas’ta-taat; Aa’ozu-bika min sharri ma’sanath; Aa’boo’u laka bini’matika aalai’yaa; Wa’aboo’u bi-zan’bee; Fagh’fir lee; Fa-inna’hu la yagh’firuz zunu’ba illa ant.

TRANSLATION

O Allah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am Your servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I have committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.

BENEFIT AND VIRTUE

Shaddaad Ibn Aws r.a narrated, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever says this Dua during the day, believing in it with certainty, then dies on that day before evening comes, will be one of the people of Paradise, and whoever says it at night, believing in it with certainty, then dies on that night before morning comes, will be one of the people of Paradise