Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31495 — Reports from Ali on what remains

Al-Walid bin Abi al-Walid reports that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say in his supplication: O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy through which You encompass all things; by Your might through which You have humbled all things, and all things have bowed before You, and all things have become lowly before You; by Your power through which You prevail over all things; by Your majesty through which You prevail over all things; by Your dominion through which You have filled all things; by Your strength before which nothing can stand; by Your light which has illuminated all things; by Your knowledge which has encompassed all things; by Your name with which all things are begun; and by Your blessed Face which will remain even after all things have perished. O Bestower of light, O One free of all evils, O Bestower of light, O One free of all evils (he would recite this three times). O First of the first ones, and O Last of the last ones! And O Allah, O Merciful One, O Most Merciful One, forgive me the sins because of which You send down punishments; forgive me the sins because of which the veils of protection are torn away; forgive me too the sins because of which You make regret an inheritance; forgive me too the sins because of which You withhold one's portion; forgive me too the sins because of which You change blessings; forgive me too the sins because of which You send down trials and calamities and give enemies the upper hand; forgive me too the sins because of which You withhold the rain of the sky, You hasten destruction, the air is darkened and You reject supplication; and forgive me too the sins because of which You return a person to Hell.