Volume 2, Book 21, Number 221:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-
hamd. Anta qaiyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati
wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Walakalhamd, anta-l-haq
wa wa’duka-l-haq, wa liqa’uka Haq, wa qualuka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiy –
una Haq. Wa Muhammadun, sallal-lahu’alaihi wasallam, Haq, was-sa’atu Haq. Allahumma aslamtu
Laka wabika amantu, wa ‘Alaika tawakkaltu, wa ilaika anabtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu
faghfir li ma qaddamtu wama akh-khartu wama as-rartu wama’a lantu, anta-l-muqaddim wa anta-
l-mu akh-khir, la ilaha illa anta (or la ilaha ghairuka). (O Allah! All the praises are for you, You are
the Holder of the Heavens and the Earth, And whatever is in them. All the praises are for You; You
have the possession of the Heavens and the Earth And whatever is in them. All the praises are for
You; You are the Light of the Heavens and the Earth And all the praises are for You; You are the King
of the Heavens and the Earth; And all the praises are for You; You are the Truth and Your Promise is
the truth, And to meet You is true, Your Word is the truth And Paradise is true And Hell is true And
all the Prophets (Peace be upon them) are true; And Muhammad is true, And the Day of Resurrection
is true. O Allah ! I surrender (my will) to You; I believe in You and depend on You. And repent to
You, And with Your help I argue (with my opponents, the non-believers) And I take You as a judge
(to judge between us). Please forgive me my previous And future sins; And whatever I concealed or
revealed And You are the One who make (some people) forward And (some) backward. There is
none to be worshipped but you . Sufyan said that ‘Abdul Karim Abu Umaiya added to the above,
‘Wala haula Wala quwata illa billah’ (There is neither might nor power except with Allah).