((اللَّهُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي بِهَا عِنْدَكَ أَجْراً، وَضَعْ عَنِّي بِهَا وِزْراً، وَاجْعَلْهَا لِي عِنْدَكَ ذُخْراً، وَتَقَبَّلْهَا مِنِّي كَمَا تَقَبَّلْتَهَا مِنْ عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ)).
(Allahummak-tub lee biha AAindaka ajra, wadaAA AAannee biha wizra, wajAAalha lee AAindaka thukhra, wataqabbalha minnee kama taqabbaltaha min AAabdika Dawood.)
(O Allah, record for me a reward for this (prostration), and remove from me a sin. Save it for me and accept it from me just as You had accepted it from Your servant Dawood.)
Hisn al-Muslim 21 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 21
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Context & meaning
Four requests follow one another, and the last introduces a comparison. A reward is asked to be recorded, a sin to be removed, the act to be saved, and then accepted. Only after those four does the wording reach outside itself, asking that it be accepted just as You had accepted it from Your servant Dawood. The comparison names a person and describes him by his relation to Allah rather than by anything else.
When & how to recite
Tirmidhi records this, said in the prostration made on reciting the Qur'an.
Reflection
The first four requests concern the act just performed. The fifth measures it against an acceptance already granted, making a past acceptance the standard for this one.
About these notesThe notes above explain the wording of the supplication as it is translated on this page. They add no commentary, history or ruling beyond it.
Common questions
Which collection records it?
Cited here as Jami at-Tirmidhi 3508.
What is being said in English?
The translation given here is: “O Allah, record for me a reward for this (prostration), and remove from me a sin. Save it for me and accept it from me just as You had accepted it from Your servant Dawood.” Four requests follow one another, and the last introduces a comparison.
How do you say this in Latin letters?
Transliterated: “Allahummak-tub lee biha AAindaka ajra, wadaAA AAannee biha wizra, wajAAalha lee AAindaka thukhra, wataqabbalha minnee kama taqabbaltaha min AAabdika Dawood.”
When is this said?
Tirmidhi records this, said in the prostration made on reciting the Qur'an. The first four requests concern the act just performed.