The supplication on Mondays

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

Praise be to Allah Who allowed none to witness

when He created the heavens and the earth,

and Who took no helper when He authored the spirits!

He has no associate in Divinity

and no support in Unity.

Tongues fall silent before the limit of describing Him,

intellects fail before the core of knowing Him,

tyrants fall low in awe of Him,

faces are humbled in fear of Him,

and everything mighty yields to His mightiness!

So, to You belongs praise, again and again, well-measured,

continually, methodically!

And may His blessings be upon His Messenger endlessly,

and His salutation (be upon him) everlastingly, eternally!

O Allah, (please) make the beginning of this day of mine righteousness,

its middle prosperity,

and its end success!

I seek refuge in You from a day whose beginning is fright,

whose middle is anxiety,

and whose end is pain!

O Allah, I pray forgiveness from You for every vow I have vowed,

every promise I have made,

and every pledge I have pledged

and then I failed to keep for You.

I ask You concerning the complaints of Your servants against me:

If there is a servant from among Your servants

or a bondmaid from among Your bondmaids,

who has against me a complaint

because I have wronged him in respect to himself, his reputation,

his property, his wife or his child,

or because evil words I have spoken about him in his absence,

an imposition upon him through inclination, caprice,

scorn, zeal,

false show, bigotry,

whether he be absent or present,

alive or dead,

such that my hand has fallen short

and my capacity has been too narrow to make restitution to him

or to annul my obligation to him,

I ask You, O He who owns all objects of need,

which are granted by His will

and hasten to His desire

that You bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad,

and make [the one I have wronged] satisfied with me in the manner that You will,

and gift me mercy from You,

because, indeed, forgiveness decreases You not

and giving injures You not.

O Most Merciful of all those who show mercy!

O Allah, bestow upon me on every Monday

with two favors from You:

the felicity to obey You at its beginning

and the favor of Your forgiveness at its end!

O He who is the God