Dua in Salat ul Layl
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
O Allah bless Muhammad and his family
My God, the stars of Your sky have sunk
and the eyes of Your people are sleeping
and the voices of Your servants and animals have become silent
and the kings have locked their doors
and their guards are moving around it
and they are covered from he who wishes to ask them for a need
or to get a benefit from them
but You my God, are Ever Living,Subsistent, slumber or sleep does not overtake you (2:255)
and one thing does not occupy You from another;
the doors of Your sky are open for he who asks You and Your treasures are never locked
and the doors of Your mercy are never covered
and Your benefits are never forbidden for he who asks You rather they are given generously
You are my God, the Generous
who does not turn away a beseecher who asks from You
and You do not conceal Yourself from anyone of the believers who intends (to seek) you
No, by Your Honor and Your Majesty no one removes their needs other than You
and no one fulfills their needs apart from You
O Allah You see me, and my standing (before You)
and my humble position in front of You
and You know my secrets
and are aware of what is in my heart
and of what will improve my affairs of the Hereafter and the world
O Allah, the remembrance of death
and the frightening conditions of the observer and standing before You
makes me stay away from my food and drink and makes me choke,
keeps me away from my pillow
and prevents me from sleeping
How can one sleep who fears the angel of death?
in the calamities of the night and the calamities of the day
rather how can an intelligent person sleep
while the angel of death does not sleep neither at night nor in the day
and seeks his soul in the state of sleep
and in the middle of the hours
I beseech You to give me ease and comfort at the time of death
and forgiveness when I meet You