Asking Allaah for Taqwa & Purification of the Soul

(اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا ، وَزَكِّها أنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا ، أنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا)

“O Allaah, grant my soul taqwa & purify it, You are the Best of those who purify it, You are its Protecting Friend & Guardian / Master.”

 

Haadith in English:

Zaid bin Arqam reported: I am not going to say anything but only that which Allaah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to say. He used to supplicate: 

“O Allaah, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity, from sloth, from cowardice, from miserliness, decrepitude & from torment of the grave.”

“O Allaah, grant to my soul the sense of righteousness & purify it, for Thou art the Best Purifier thereof. Thou art the Protecting Friend & Guardian thereof.”

(اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا ، وَزَكِّها أنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا ، أنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلاَهَا)

“O Allaah, I seek refuge in Thee from the knowledge which does not benefit, from the heart that does not entertain the fear (of Allaah), from the soul that does not feel contented and the supplication that is not responded.”

[Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allaah, Supplication, Repentance & Seeking Forgiveness - Hadith 6568]