Supplications in prostration

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْاَعْلٰى¹

“Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.” Say it three times.²

1. 1

   Sahih Muslim, no. (772), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (871), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (262), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1008), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (888).

2. 2

   Hasan li-ghairihi, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (885), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (888), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih Abi Dawud”, no. (828). For details see: Anwar an-Nasihah (d/885).

سُبْحَانَكَ اللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ

Glory be to You, O Allah! Our Lord, and with Your praise. O Allah, forgive me.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (794), Sahih Muslim, no. (484), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (877), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1122), Sunan Ibn Majah, no. (889).

سُبُّوْحٌ قُدُّوْسٌ رَّبُّ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ وَالرُّوْحِ

Most Pure, Most Holy, Lord of the angels and of the Spirit (Jibril).

1. Sahih Muslim, no. (487), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (872), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1134).

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِكَ اٰمَنْتُ وَلَكَ اَسْلَمْتُ سَجَدَ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِيْ خَلَقَهٗ وَصَوَّرَهٗ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهٗ وَبَصَرَهٗ تَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ اَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِيْنَ

O Allah! To You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and shaped it, and opened its hearing and its sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators.

1. Sahih Muslim, no. (771), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (3421), the wording is theirs, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (760).

سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوْتِ وَالْمَلَكُوْتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَآءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ

Glory be to the One of overwhelming might, of vast dominion, of grandeur and magnificence.

1. Sahih, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (873), Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1132), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih Abi Dawud” (4/27) no. (817).

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ ذَنْبِيْ كُلَّهٗ دِقَّهٗ وَجِلَّهٗ وَاَوَّلَهٗ وَآخِرَهٗ وَعَلَانِيَتَهٗ وَسِرَّهٗ

O Allah, forgive me all my sins: the small and the great, the first and the last, the open and the hidden.

1. Sahih Muslim, no. (483), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (878).

اَللّٰهُمَّ [اِنِّيْٓ] اَعُوْذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوْبَتِكَ وَاَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَآ اُحْصِيْ ثَنَآءً عَلَيْكَ اَنْتَ كَمَآ اَثْنَيْتَ عَلٰى نَفْسِكَ

O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your pardon from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot praise You fully; You are as You have praised Yourself.

1. Sahih Muslim, no. (486), the wording is his, Sunan an-Nasa'i, no. (1100), and the words in square brackets are his, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (879), Sunan at-Tirmidhi, no. (3493).