Translation of Dua-E-Ukasha 

Translated by: 
Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad
Toronto, 1418/1997

O Allah! O The Immense Bestower and Giver
O The One Who is forever in contact (with His creation)
O The Doer of all that is good

O Allah! If I fall into doubt in my faith in You
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam
(There is none to be worshipped but Allah
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah)

O Allah! If I begin to deny my Islam (total submission to You)
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If I enter into doubt in my belief in One God, You Only
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If I fall into pride, arrogance, showing-off,
and in gaining a reputation in whatever I do for You
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If I begin to lie, and backbiting comes to my tongue
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If evil thoughts about You enter my heart
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam
 

O Allah! If I begin to compare Your Knowledge with anyone else's
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If I am not satisfied with what You destined for me to be in my power
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! You favoured with so much but if I disobeyed
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! You favoured me with so much of Your bounties
but if I did not even thank You for it
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whatever You gave me of Your bounties 
and I did not fulfil their rights
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whatever beautiful favours You bestowed on me
and if I did not even praise You for it
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whatever I wasted of my life-time that was not pleasing to You
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whatever You made compulsory on me
to think and perceive about You, if I closed my eyes to it
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

2.
O Allah! Whenever I have fallen short in my hope and expectation in You
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whenever I have considered someone other than You
to be of help in my hardship
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If I have sought help when in difficulties 
from someone other than You
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! If my feet have slipped from a path other than Yours
and I unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O Allah! Whenever You corrected my mistakes with Your Grace
and I thought it was someone else doing it
and I am unaware of it, I beg forgiveness for it and I say
Laa Ilaha Ill'Allah Muhammad-u'r-Rasulullah
Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam

O The Ever Living! The Eternal!

There is none to be worshipped but You
Sanctity be to You; surely, I am one of the unjust

Then We responded to his prayer
and delivered him from the grief
and thus We save the believers

And Zakaria, when he called his Lord:
O my Lord! Leave me not childless, 
and You are the best inheritor. (21:87-89)

And may the blessings of Allah, The Exalted,
be on His best creation, Muhammad,
and on his family, and his companions, and his wives, all of them.
With Your Mercy, O The Most Merciful

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