(O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I try my best to keep my covenant (faith) with You and to live in the hope of Your promise. I seek refuge in You from evil done by me. I acknowledge Your favors upon me and I acknowledge my sins. So forgive me for none forgives sins but You."')
The Prophet, peace be upon him, added,
"If somebody recites this during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be one of the people of Paradise.
And if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be one of the people of Paradise."
(Reported in Bukhari and reported by Buraydah ibn al-Hasib in Abu Dawud, #5052) -
(O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I try my best to keep my covenant (faith) with You and to live in the hope of Your promise. I seek refuge in You from evil done by me. I acknowledge Your...