Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.” [Quran – 38:66]
Ya Ghaffaar! Rinse my soul of sins that hide beneath the skin – the sins that no one knows of, except You. Grant me mercy that I starve my soul of. You have more mercy in You than the sin in me. Free my soul of sins so I can feel as light as a feather.
Ya Ghaffaar! Do not let my sins define me, let Your forgiveness refine me. I am not a perfect parent; I stumble, I lose patience, I fall short in nurturing the amanah You blessed me with. Forgive me, and let Your forgiveness flow into my parenting. Cover my shortcomings with Your mercy, so my children see more of Your rahmah through me than my flaws.
Ya Ghaffar, make me of those who are not ashamed to seek You again and again, and never tire of returning to You.
14) AL-HAAFIDH (The Protector/ The Guard)
He said, “Should I entrust you with him except as I entrusted you with his brother before? But Allah is the best guardian, and He is the most merciful of the merciful.” [Quran 12:64]
Ya Haafidh! Protect me from the perpetual civil war within me in which many souls are fighting to survive – torn between dunya and aakhirah, destroying each other in the process. Help me out of every constriction and reduction, obstruction and destruction, addiction and affliction. And help me hang onto the hope that the help is near when I rush through the process.
You’re closer to me than my jugular vein, but if my heart disconnects, pump the blood through my veins so I can feel the pain, the pain of being far away from You and the pain of being so numb. When I fall, lift me. When I forget, remind me. You respond whenever a servant calls upon You so please accept!
15) AL-MUSAWWIR (The Bestower of Forms)
He is Allah , the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. [Quran – 59:24]
Ya Musawwir! Colour me a purposeful self so I can comprehend the reason why am I here in this dunya and utilise this limited time in my hands. Beautify my soul and the vessel it’s kept in. Just as You shaped me in the womb and designed every detail with perfection, pour into my soul beautiful gifts that no ugliness in the world can take away: a heart that finds rest in dhikr and a spirit anchored in tawakkul. Fashion me into a parent who nurtures my children not only with food and shelter, but with imaan, love, and a sense of belonging to You. Sculpt my words so they uplift, not wound. Shape my actions so they guide, not mislead. Make me a parent who plants seeds of faith that grow with Your barakah, and let my children be among those who rise as sadaqah jariyah for me after I return to You.
16) AL-MU’TEE ( The Giver )
Narrated Muawiya: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Religion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) nation will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah’s Order comes and they will still be victorious.” [Sahih Bukhari 3116]
Ya Mu’tee! Free me from the endless longing of human warmth, acceptance, and approval – so I can depend on no one but You. You are the One Who gives without limits. You gave me the gift of children, a trust so precious that I cannot carry it without Your help. Grant me patience when I am tested, wisdom when I am uncertain, and gentleness when I am weary. Fill my heart with love that reflects Your mercy, so my children feel Your compassion through me. Grant me contentment in what You give, patience in what You withhold, and trust in what You decree. Let me see every blessing, no matter how small, as a sign of Your generosity, and every delay as a hidden gift yet to unfold. Give me the strength to serve without expecting, give without counting, and worship without wavering. When my hands feel empty, remind me that Yours are always full.
17) AT-TAWWAAB (The One Who Accepts the repentance)
“Then Adam received from his Lord words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.” [Quran; 2:37]
Ya Tawwaab! Forgive my reactions that came from a place of overwhelm with multiple children. Let my silent pause come before shouting. Let my reflection come before regret. Let my understanding come before judgment.
Ya Tawwaab! Forgive me for the wrong decisions I made out of fear instead of faith, for the unmindful words that wounded my children, for the hands that rushed them, and for the expectations that stole their childhood amidst societal pressure.
Ya Tawwaab! If my child suffered through me, give me the courage to accept my mistakes and apologise. Let Your Mercy engulf me enough that I can forgive myself as well.
Let me honour their pace, their journey, their growth. Bring forth the best version of me for my children. Let my patience come before my anger. Let my gentleness come before my frustration. Let my listening come before my criticism. Let me be a parent who steps forward with love instead of control, with guidance instead of pressure, and with compassion instead of comparison. And forgive me for all the times I chose the latter.
18) AL-WAASI’ (The Vast One / All-Encompassing)
“And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.” [Quran – 2:115]
Ya Waasi’! Help me trust you enough to dream big! Because I know that when You plant the dream, You also plant the path, the patience, and the provision for it. You show up in the way I think of You so expand my thinking, my trust, and my courage. Don’t let me shrink myself. Don’t let me play small.
Ya Waasi’! While my perception is limited and my imagination narrow, You are The Vast One Who Is capable of unfolding possibilities I cannot yet see. So let that Vastness flow into my effort. Let me honor the dream not only through dua but through disciplined action, through showing up, through believing that You can turn what feels distant into what becomes near.
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed Allah Most High says: ‘I am as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him when He calls upon Me.'” [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2388]
A visual reminder (in the form of a vision board) of how big you can dream keeps your duas alive in your daily awareness. It helps your mind filter your choices with clarity. And neuroscience echoes this truth through the Reticular Activating System (RAS), which is a network of neurons in the brainstem acting as your brain’s internal filter. It decides what is important enough to reach your awareness and what gets ignored. It’s your mind’s way of saying: “If this matters to you, I will help you notice the opportunities that move you toward it.”
So when your vision is clear, your duas consistent, and your intention sincere, your brain starts catching paths, ideas, and openings that you would have missed before. You start seeing alignment. You start noticing doors. You start taking action. Because when the heart sets a direction…the mind follows. And Allah (Al-Waasi’) makes room for what is written for you!
19) ASH-SHAAFEE (The Healer)
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِهِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لاَ شِفَاءَ إِلاَّ شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لاَ يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the place of ailment and used to say, “O Allah, the Lord of the people! Remove the trouble and heal the patient, for You are the Healer. No healing is of any avail but Yours; healing that will leave behind no ailment.” [Sahih al-Bukhari 5743]
Ya Shaafee! Heal my spiritual and emotional wounds – the places in my soul where my faith feels thin. Cure the cracks in my iman that the burdens of dunya have widened. Remove the rust that settles on my heart from heedlessness and replace it with light and steadfastness. You are The One who mends the unseen scars…Heal my thoughts from fear and overthinking. Give me a heart that trusts You more than it fears the future. Lift the fog that settles on my mind. Replace self-doubt with confidence and emotional exhaustion with tranquility.
Ya Shaafee! Heal me from what people cannot see – the silent battles, the tired heart, the tears that fall unnoticed. You know the stories my heart never told. You know the memories that still sting and the wounds time did not close. Heal me from the past that still echoes inside me. Heal me from the moments that shaped my fears. Heal my heart from traumas so it remembers the lesson but no longer feels the ache.
Ya Shaafee! Heal my physical diseases – You are The One who cures without medicine and blesses the medicine too…Heal my body from every pain, illness, weakness, and imbalance. Mend what doctors cannot reach. Strengthen what has become fragile. Ease what has become heavy. Restore my health fully and completely – You are the true Source of all healing. Place shifa in every breath, every step, every heartbeat.
Ya Shaafee! You are The One who heals with a single command…Pour Your mercy over those I love. Remove their pain, their sickness, their sadness, and their fear. Replace their suffering with ease and a healing that leaves no trace. Heal the Ummah from division, oppression, despair, and fear. Cure our wounded lands, our broken hearts, our exhausted spirits. Heal every corner of the world where pain sits heavier than hope. You are The Healer so heal us in ways that bring us back to You.
20) AL-JABBAAR (The Compeller)
“He is Allah , other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.” [Quran – 59:23]
Ya Jabbaar! You are The One before Whom no tyrant can stand…The One Whose Power no army can challenge…You are the Protector of Palestine, Sudan, and every land crushed under injustice. So compel the oppressors away from them just as You compelled the sea to part for Musa السلام عليه. Break the hands that shed innocent blood. Crush the arrogance of those who believe they are untouchable.
Ya Jabbaar! Intervene with Your overwhelming might and restore what the bombs, bullets, and hunger have stolen from the oppressed. For every child trembling in fear, for every mother searching the rubble for her baby, for every father digging graves with shaking hands, for every family clinging to one another under a sky of fire – Ya Jabbaar, hold their hearts the way only You can. Make them unbreakable even when the world tries to crush them. Give them courage and faith that baffles their enemies.
Ya Jabbaar! You are the One who humbles Pharaohs. You are the One who drowns the oppressor in his own injustice. You are the One who exposes tyrants at the height of their pride. So Ya Jabbaar! strip the tyrants of their power, expose the corruption they hide, break the systems that sustain their cruelty, and overturn their plots like leaves in the wind.
Ya Jabbaar! Restore Palestine with honour. Restore Sudan with unity and safety. Restore every broken nation with justice and peace. Restore every broken home, every stolen childhood, every wounded heart. Replace their fear with security. Replace their tears with joy. Replace their loss with gardens beyond imagination. Turn their pain into paradise. Decree for the oppressed a victory that echoes through generations. A victory that replaces fear with safety and humiliation with dignity. Make victory come from where we least expect it – A victory with Your Power alone.
21) AL-MUQADDIM / AL-MU’AKHKHIR (The One Who Gives Precedence / The One Who Delays)
…أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ… Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-hamd. Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Wa lakal-hamd, anta-l-haq wa wa’duka-lhaq, wa liqa’uka Haq, wa qauluka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa Muhammadun, sallal-lahu’alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa’atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu Laka wabika amantu, wa ‘Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu faghfir li ma qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama’a lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-l-mu akh-khir, la ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are the Holder of the Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You have the possession of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth And all the praises are for You; You are the King of the Heavens and the Earth; And all the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is the truth, And to meet You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true And all the Prophets (Peace be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And the Day of Resurrection is true. O Allah ! I surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to You, And with Your help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge (to judge between us). Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I concealed or revealed And You are the One who make (some people) forward And (some) backward. There is none to be worshipped but you . Sufyan said that `Abdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above, ‘Wala haula Wala quwata illa billah’ (There is neither might nor power except with Allah).” [Sahih al-Bukhari 1120]
Ya Muqaddim! Bring forward into my life everything that will draw me closer to You this Ramadan. Advance my iman, my salah, my khushoo’, and my Qur’an. Push forward the good deeds that I keep delaying…and pull my heart toward the things that You love with ihsaan.
Ya Muqaddim! Place me ahead of my excuses, ahead of my laziness, ahead of my distractions. Let me rise before the dawn with sincerity. Let me put my akhirah before my dunya. Let me put Your pleasure before people’s pleasure. Advance me toward every gate of mercy You’ve opened in Ramadan and let me catch laylatul Qadr where I am brought forward into gatherings of angels and the moments of forgiveness. Bring me forward into the blessed gatherings (of taraweeh) into the night where destinies are written.
Ya Mu’akhkhir! Delay from me every temptation that I want to repeat. Delay my steps toward anything that distances me from You. Delay the punishment I earned and bring forward Your mercy instead. And let that Mercy remove the punishment altogether.
Ya Mu’akhkhir! If I am rushing into something not meant for me, slow me down. If I’m clinging to what is harmful, separate me gently. Hold back from me what I want if it will distract my heart from the blessings of this month. If something will blossom later, let me trust Your timing…
22) AR-RA’OOF (The Compassionate / The kind)
“And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy… and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.” [Quran – 24:20]
Ya Ra’oof! You are Kind to the mothers who pray their salah distracted by a crying child, or by children who begin fighting the moment they stand for prayer. To those whose children tug at their clothes while they are praying. To those who struggle to concentrate on the imam’s recitation while their minds are weighed down with worry for their child’s safety in the masjid. To those who place their children in front of a screen to ease everyone’s discomfort with a moving child. To those who pray Taraweeh with a sleeping child in their arms while their backs ache. To those who silently endure the stares in the masjid because they choose to bring their small children for Taraweeh. To those who pray with toddlers attached to them by a string or scarf just to keep them safe. You are the One who gathers every shattered piece of the heart and puts it back in its place stronger than before. So bring forth, in their homes and in their hearts, the sakinah that nourishes their souls this Ramadan. Let Your Kindness be the reason they show compassion toward themselves, so they may pour from an overflowing jug instead of an empty one.
23) AS-SAMEE’ (The All Hearing)
“Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” [Quran – 17:1]
Ya Sameeʿ! You hear the mothers who had to wake up one or two hours before suhoor – who keep pushing the snooze button out of exhaustion and then rush through the last thirty minutes. You hear those who remind themselves they are fasting when the urge to shout rises as patience and energy wear thin. You hear the tears that fall into the crease of a pillow because Ramadan goals felt impossible to reach. You hear the dry throats that read endless books and sing anasheed just to keep little hearts content. You hear the longing to give more time to You this Ramadan, while every moment is consumed by caring for children. You hear the fear of going to the masjid with children of disturbing others’ prayers while the heart aches to stand in Taraweeh. You hear those who feel their deepest connection to You in Ramadan prayer, yet have no one to watch their children, and quietly lay down their Ramadan dreams.
Ya Sameeʿ! Hear the worship hidden in service, the fasting upheld through patience, and the love given purely for Your sake. Hear what they cannot put into words between chores. Accept from them what they could give and reward them for what they wished for but could not reach.
24) AL-BASEER (The All Seeing)
“Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.” [Quran – 17:1]
Ya Baseer! You see the mothers who ride an emotional roller coaster of not meeting their Ramadan expectations. You see those who are unable to fast due to constant nausea during pregnancy. You see those who are breastfeeding sleep-deprived yet still dreaming of fasting. You see the exhaustion of mothers who run after their children all day while fasting. You see those who spend their entire Ramadan in the kitchen serving others who fast, who sweat over iftaar in the heat and then prepare for suhoor after barely 2hrs of sleep. You see the mothers who rock their babies while eating suhoor. Whose children need the toilet just as they are about to break their fast. You see those who send their husbands off to Taraweeh and remain home with the children, yearning to go too. You see those who quietly envy their husbands observing iʿtikaaf. You see the mothers who feel like failures for not doing every Ramadan activity with their children. You see the mother who prolongs her prostration to for a child playing on her back. Let their unseen effort be written and every sacrifice multiplied. Make their motherhood a means of nearness to You.
