Moonsighting Duas - Month of Ramadhan

رَبّي وَرَبّكَ اللّهُ رَبّ العَالَمِينَ.

Rabbī wa-Rabbuka Allāhu Rabbu l-ʿālamīn.

Your and my Lord is Allah; the Lord of the worlds.

اللّهُمّ أَهِلّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإيمَانِ

Allāhumma ahillahu ʿalaynā bi-l-amni wa-l-īmān

O Allah: (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security and faith

وَالسّلامَةِ وَالإسْلامِ

wa-s-salāmati wa-l-islām

And safety and Islam

وَالمُسَارَعَةِ إلَى مَا تُحِبّ وَتَرْضَى.

wa-l-musāraʿati ilā mā tuḥibbu wa-tarḍā.

And expedition to whatever You love and please.

اللّهُمّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَهْرِنَا هذَا،

Allāhumma bārik lanā fī shahrinā hādhā,

O Allah: (please do) bless us in this month,

وَارْزُقْنَا خَيْرَهُ وَعَوْنَهُ،

wa-rzuqnā khayrahu wa-ʿawnahu,

And confer upon us with its goodness and aid,

وَاصْرِفْ عَنَّا ضُرّهُ وَشَرّهُ وَبَلاءَهُ وَفِتْنَتَهُ.

wa-ṣrif ʿannā ḍurrahu wa-sharrahu wa-balāʾahu wa-fitnatahu.

And save us from its harm, evil, ordeals, and sedition.

اللّهُمّ قَدْ حَضَرَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ

Allāhumma qad ḥaḍara shahru Ramaḍān

O Allah: the month of Ramadan has commenced,

وَقَدِ افْتَرضْتَ عَلَيْنَا صِيَامَهُ،

wa-qadi ftaraḍta ʿalaynā ṣiyāmah,

And You have made obligatory upon us to observe fasting during it,

وَأَنْزَلْتَ فِيهِ القُرْآنَ

wa-anzalta fīhi l-Qurʾān

And You revealed the Qur'an in it,

هُدَىً لِلنَّاسِ وَبَيّنَاتٍ مِنَ الهُدَى وَالفُرْقَانِ.

hudan li-n-nāsi wa-bayyinātin mina l-hudā wa-l-furqān.

As guidance for people and clear proofs of true guidance and distinction (between the right and the wrong).

اللّهُمّ أَعِنَّا عَلَى صِيَامِهِ،

Allāhumma aʿinnā ʿalā ṣiyāmih,

O Allah: (please) help us observe fasting in it,

وَتَقَبّلْهُ مِنَّا،

wa-taqabbalhu minnā,

And accept it from us,

وَسَلّمْنَا فِيهِ،

wa-sallimnā fīh,

And keep us safe during it,

وَسَلّمْنَا مِنْهُ،

wa-sallimnā minh,

And help us observe it adequately,

وَسَلّمْهُ لَنَا فِي يُسْرٍ مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةٍ،

wa-sallimhu lanā fī yusrin minka wa-ʿāfiyah,

And keep it sound for us with easiness and good health from You.

إنّكَ عَلَى كُلّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ،

Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr,

You indeed have power over all things.

يَا رَحْمنُ يَا رَحِيمُ.

Yā Raḥmānu yā Raḥīm.

O the All-beneficent, O the All-merciful

اللّهُمّ أَهِلّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ وَالإيمَانِ

Allāhumma ahillahu ʿalaynā bi-l-amni wa-l-īmān

O Allah: (please do) cause this crescent to carry with it for us security and faith

وَالسّلامَةِ وَالإسْلامِ

wa-s-salāmati wa-l-islām

And safety and Islam

وَالعَافِيَةِ المُجَلّلَةِ وَدِفَاعِ الأَسْقَامِ

wa-l-ʿāfiyati l-mujallalah wa-difāʿi l-asqām

And encompassing good health and repulsion of ailments,

وَالعَوْنِ عَلَى الصّلاةِ وَالصّيَامِ وَالقِيَامِ

wa-l-ʿawni ʿalā ṣ-ṣalāti wa-ṣ-ṣiyāmi wa-l-qiyām

And assistance on praying, observing fasting, and doing acts of worship,

وَتِلاوَةِ القُرْآنِ.

wa-tilāwati l-Qurʾān.

And on reciting the Qur'an.

اللّهُمّ سَلّمْنَا لِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ،

Allāhumma sallimnā li-shahri Ramaḍān,

O Allah: (please do) keep us sound for the month of Ramadan,

وَتَسَلّمْهُ مِنَّا،

wa-tasallamhu minnā,

And accept our deeds during it,

وَسَلّمْنَا فِيهِ

wa-sallimnā fīh

And save us during it,

حَتَّى يَنْقَضِيَ عَنَّا شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ

ḥattā yanqaḍiya ʿannā shahru Ramaḍān

Until the month of Ramadan will not elapse

وَقَدْ عَفَوْتَ عَنَّا وَغَفَرْتَ لَنَا وَرَحِمْتَنَا.

wa-qad ʿafawta ʿannā wa-ghafarta lanā wa-raḥimtanā.

Except that You have pardoned us, forgiven us, and had mercy upon us

أَيّهَا الخَلْقُ المُطِيعُ،

Ayyuha l-khalqu l-muṭīʿ,

O obedient creature,

الدَّائِبُ السّرِيعُ،

Ad-dāʾibu s-sarīʿ,

speedy and untiring,

المُتَرَدّدُ فِي مَنَازِلِ التّقْدِيرِ،

Al-mutaraddidu fī manāzili t-taqdīr,

frequenter of the mansions of determination,

المُتَصَرّفُ فِي فَلَكِ التّدْبِيرِ،

Al-mutaṣarrifu fī falaki t-tadbīr,

moving about in the sphere of governance!

آمَنْتُ بِمَنْ نَوّرَ بِكَ الظّلَمَ،

Āmantu bi-man nawwara bika ẓ-ẓulam,

I have faith in Him Who lights up darknesses through you,

وَأَوْضَحَ بِكَ البُهَمَ،

Wa-awḍaḥa bika l-buham,

illuminates jet-black shadows by you,

وَجَعَلَكَ آيَةً مِنْ آيَاتِ مُلْكِهِ،

Wa-jaʿalaka āyatan min āyāti mulkih,

appointed you one of the signs of His kingdom

وَعَلامَةً مِنْ عَلامَاتِ سُلْطَانِهِ،

Wa-ʿalāmatan min ʿalāmāti sulṭānih,

And one of the marks of His authority,

فَحَدّ بِكَ الزّمَانَ،

Fa-ḥadda bika z-zamān,

So, He identified time through You,

وَامْتَهَنَكَ بِالكَمَالِ وَالنّقْصَانِ،

Wa-mtahanaka bi-l-kamāli wa-n-nuqṣān,

And humbled you through increase and decrease,

وَالطّلُوعِ وَالأُفُولِ

Wa-ṭ-ṭulūʿi wa-l-ufūl

And rising and setting,

وَالإنَارَةِ وَالكُسُوفِ

Wa-l-inārati wa-l-kusūf

And illumination and eclipse.

فِي كُلّ ذلِكَ أَنْتَ لَهُ مُطِيعٌ،

Fī kulli dhālika anta lahu muṭīʿ,

In all of this you are obedient to Him,

وَإلَى إرَادَتِهِ سَرِيعٌ،

Wa-ilā irādatihi sarīʿ,

And prompt toward His will.

سُبْحَانَهُ مَا أَعْجَبَ مَا دَبّرَ مِنْ أَمْرِكَ!

Subḥānahu mā aʿjaba mā dabbara min amrik!

Glory be to Him! How wonderful is what He has arranged in Your situation!

وَأَلْطَفَ مَا صَنَعَ فِي شَأْنِكَ!

Wa-alṭafa mā ṣanaʿa fī shaʾnik!

How subtle what He has made for Your task!

جَعَلَكَ مِفْتَاحَ شَهْرٍ حَادِثٍ لأَمْرٍ حَادِثٍ،

Jaʿalaka miftāḥa shahrin ḥādithin li-amrin ḥādith,

He has made You the key to a new month for a new situation.

فَأَسْأَلُ اللّهَ رَبّي وَرَبّكَ،

Fa-asʾalu Allāha Rabbī wa-Rabbak,

So I ask Allah, my Lord and Your Lord,

وَخَالِقِي وَخَالِقَكَ،

Wa-Khāliqī wa-Khāliqak,

my Creator and Your Creator,

وَمُقَدّرِي وَمُقَدّرَكَ،

Wa-Muqaddirī wa-Muqaddirak,

my Determiner and Your Determiner,

وَمُصَوّرِي وَمُصَوّرَكَ

Wa-Muṣawwirī wa-Muṣawwirak

my Form-giver and Your Form-giver,

أَنْ يُصَلّيَ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ،

An yuṣalliya ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-Āli Muḥammad,

that He bless Muhammad and his Household

وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَكَ هِلالَ بَرَكَةٍ لا تَمْحَقُهَا الأَيَّامُ،

Wa-an yajʿalaka hilāla barakatin lā tamḥaquha l-ayyām,

and appoint You a crescent of blessings not effaced by days

وَطَهَارَةٍ لا تُدَنّسُهَا الآثَامُ،

Wa-ṭahāratin lā tudannisuhā l-āthām,

and of purity not defiled by sins;

هِلالَ أَمْنٍ مِنَ الآفَاتِ،

Hilāla amnin mina l-āfāt,

a crescent of security from blights

وَسَلامَةٍ مِنَ السّيّئَاتِ،

Wa-salāmatin mina s-sayyiʾāt,

and of safety from evil deeds;

هِلالَ سَعْدٍ لا نَحْسَ فِيهِ،

Hilāla saʿdin lā naḥsa fīh,

a crescent of auspiciousness containing no misfortune,

وَيُمْنٍ لا نَكَدَ مَعَهُ،

Wa-yumnin lā nakada maʿah,

of prosperity accompanied by no adversity,

وَيُسْرٍ لا يُمَازِجُهُ عُسْرٌ،

Wa-yusrin lā yumāzijuhu ʿusr,

of ease not mixed with difficulty,

وَخيْرٍ لا يَشُوبُهُ شَرّ،

Wa-khayrin lā yashūbuhu sharr,

of good unstained by evil;

هِلالَ أَمْنٍ وَإيمَانٍ،

Hilāla amnin wa-īmān,

a crescent of security and faith,

وَنِعْمَةٍ وَإحْسَانٍ،

Wa-niʿmatin wa-iḥsān,

favor and good-doing,

وَسَلامَةٍ وَإسْلامٍ.

Wa-salāmatin wa-islām.

safety and submission!

اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-Āli Muḥammad

O Allah, bless Muhammad and his Household,

وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ أَرْضَى مَنْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ،

Wa-jʿalnā min arḍā man ṭalaʿa ʿalayh,

place us among the most satisfied of those over whom the crescent has risen,

وَأَزْكَى مَنْ نَظَرَ إلَيْهِ،

Wa-azkā man naẓara ilayh,

the pur of those who have looked upon it,

وَأَسْعَدَ مَنْ تَعَبّدَ لَكَ فِيهِ،

Wa-asʿada man taʿabbada laka fīh,

the most fortunate of those who have worshiped You under it;

وَوَفّقْنَا اللّهُمّ فِيهِ لِلطَّاعَةِ وَالتّوْبَةِ،

Wa-waffiqnā Allāhumma fīhi li-ṭ-ṭāʿati wa-t-tawbah,

give us the success during [the new month] to repent,

وَاعْصِمْنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الآثَامِ وَالحَوْبَةِ،

Wa-ʿṣimnā fīhi mina l-āthāmi wa-l-ḥawbah,

preserve us within it from misdeeds and exposition to punishment,

وَأَوْزِعْنَا فِيهِ شُكْرَ النّعْمَةِ،

Wa-awziʿnā fīhi shukra n-niʿmah,

allot to us within it thanksgiving for Your favor,

وَأَلْبِسْنَا فِيهِ جُنَنَ العَافِيَةِ،

Wa-albisnā fīhi junana l-ʿāfiyah,

clothe us during it in the shields of well-being,

وَأَتْمِمْ عَلَيْنَا بِاسْتِكْمَالِ طَاعَتِكَ فِيهِ المِنّةَ،

Wa-atmim ʿalaynā bi-stikmāli ṭāʿatika fīhi l-minnah,

and complete for us Your kindness by perfecting therein obedience to You!

إنّكَ أَنْتَ المَنَّانُ الحَمِيدُ،

Innaka anta l-Mannānu l-Ḥamīd,

Surely You are All-kind, Praiseworthy.

وَصَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطّيّبِينَ،

Wa-ṣallā Allāhu ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-Ālihi ṭ-Ṭayyibīn,

And bless Muhammad and his Household, the good, the pure.

وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا فِيهِ عَوْناً مِنْكَ عَلَى مَا نَدَبْتَنَا إلَيْهِ

Wa-jʿal lanā fīhi ʿawnan minka ʿalā mā nadabtanā ilayh

And grant us aid from You to carry out that which You have ordered us to do in it;

مِنْ مُفْتَرَضِ طَاعَتِكَ

Min muftaraḍi ṭāʿatik

Such as the obedience to You which You have made incumbent upon us,

وَتَقَبّلْهَا إنّكَ الأَكْرَمُ مِنْ كُلّ كَرِيمٍ،

Wa-taqabbalhā innaka l-Akramu min kulli karīm,

and accept them from us, for You are the most Generous of all those who show generosity

وَالأَرْحَمُ مِنْ كُلّ رَحِيمٍ،

Wa-l-Arḥamu min kulli raḥīm,

and the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.

آمِينَ آمِينَ رَبّ العَالَمِينَ.

Āmīn Āmīn Rabba l-ʿālamīn.

Respond! Respond! O the Lord of the Worlds.

رَبُّنَا وَ رَبُّكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Rabbunā wa-Rabbuka Allāhu Rabbu l-ʿālamīn

Our Lord and your Lord is Allah, Lord of the worlds

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ عَلَيْنَا هلالاً مُبَارَكًا،

Allāhumma jʿalhu ʿalaynā hilālan mubārakā,

O Allah make it a blessed crescent for us

وَ وَفِّقْنَا لِصِيَامٍ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ،

wa-waffiqnā li-ṣiyāmi shahri Ramaḍān,

and grant us the chance to fast in it

وَ وَ سَلِّمُنَا فِيهِ، وَ تَسَلَّمْنَا مِنْهُ،

wa-sallimnā fīhi, wa-tasallamnā minh,

and keep us safe in it and make us receive (good) from it

فِي يُسْرٍ وَ عَافِيَةٍ،

fī yusrin wa-ʿāfiyah,

in ease and health

وَ اسْتَعْمِلُنَا فِيهِ بِطَاعَتِكَ،

wa-staʿmilnā fīhi bi-ṭāʿatik,

and use us in it for Your obedience

إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

surely You have power over all things