Reports from Ali on what remains of his supplications

Abdullah bin Salamah said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to supplicate thus: O Allah, keep us firm upon the word of justice, with contentment, rightness and the uprightness of the Book, while we are guides to the path of guidance, rightly guided, content and pleasing to You, neither astray nor leading others astray.

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.

Abdullah al-Asadi reports from a man that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to supplicate thus: O Allah, Spreader of the spread-out lands, Builder of edifices, Fixer of the mountains, Compeller of hearts upon their nature, whether wretched or fortunate, and Extender of mercy to the God-fearing and the pious: send down Your noblest special mercies and Your increasing blessings, Your great kindness, and Your pure and tender mercies upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), who is Your servant and Your Messenger; the opener of what had been closed, the seal of what had gone before, the one who makes the truth prevail by the truth, and the breaker of the armies that stand upon falsehood, just as You roused him (peace and blessings be upon him) to break them. So he stood ready by Your command, seeking help in Your pleasure, without shrinking from advancing and without turning back from his resolve (that is, he did not fall short in rising to break the armies of the disbelievers); keeping watch over Your revelation, guarding Your covenant, spending his time in carrying out Your command, until he kindled the flaming light of Islam for those who seek light. The blessings of Allah join its means to those who are people of this pursuit (that is, they benefit from it). Through him hearts were guided after being sunk in their trials and sins, and he made the clarifying signs yet clearer, as well as the shining rulings of Islam and the lights of Islam. So he is Your trustworthy one in whom trust is placed; he is Your witness on the Day of Resurrection; and he is Your mercy sent to all the worlds. O Allah, widen his place with You, and give him, after Your pleasure, a pleasure that comes from the triumph of Your reward and from Your immense recompense that is given for a cause. O Allah, fulfil Your promise made to him by raising him to the station of accepted intercession, by accepting his just testimony, by making his every word agree with Your pleasure, by making him (peace and blessings be upon him) a possessor of justice, and by making him an orator who distinguishes truth from falsehood and a possessor of great proof. O Allah, make us among those who listen, (then) among those who obey, among sincere friends and among companions who accompany. O Allah, convey to him peace from us, and return to us peace from him.

Abu Ja'far Muhammad al-Basri reports from a man called Salim that among the supplications of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) is this: O Allah, make me one of those with whose deeds You are pleased, whose hopes You have shortened and whose lives You have lengthened, and to whom You will give a pure life and pure provision after death. O Allah, I ask You for a blessing that never ends, a joy that never turns back, and the company of Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Ibrahim in the highest ranks of the everlasting Paradise. O Allah, grant me such an ardent longing that my heart trembles from it, tears flow from my eyes, a shudder comes over my body, my side parts from my bed, and I find its benefit in my heart. O Allah, purify my heart from hypocrisy, my breast from rancour, my deeds from showing off, my eye from treachery and my tongue from lying, and bless me in my hearing and in my heart. Accept my repentance; surely You alone are the Accepter of repentance, the Merciful. O Allah, I take refuge in Your honoured Face, which has illuminated the seven heavens, through which darkness has been removed and through which the affair of the first and the last has been set right, from Your wrath descending upon me, or Your displeasure descending upon me; from my abandoning the guidance that comes from You and following my desires; or from my saying to the disbelievers that they are more rightly guided than the believers. O Allah, be kind, tender and merciful to me, and compassionate in my need. O Allah, forgive me, O Forgiver; accept my repentance, O Accepter of repentance; have mercy on me, O Merciful One; and pardon me, O Forbearing One. O my God, grant me detachment from the world and enable me to strive in worship, and grant me to meet You upon a martyrdom whose glad tidings outrun its pain and whose joy outruns its grief. O my Lord, grant me at death radiance and delight, the coolness of the eye, and ease in death. O Allah, grant me in the grave firmness of speech, a sight that cools the eye, and spaciousness in my dwelling. O Allah, on the Day of Resurrection make me stand in such a place that through it my face is made bright, my words are made firm, my eye is cooled and my wish is fulfilled, and that You look at me with Your Face with a look through which I attain the fullness of honour with the Highest Companion in the highest of Illiyyin; for by Your blessing good deeds are completed. O Allah, I am weak; You created me from weakness and to weakness I am returning. The true will is Yours, so make me walk on the straight path of Your will.

Rib'i bin Hirash said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No words are more beloved to Allah than that a servant should say: O Allah, there is no true god but You. O Allah, I worship none but You. O Allah, I associate nothing with You. O Allah, I have certainly wronged myself, so forgive my sins, for none but You can forgive sins.