OhAllah! Forgive Our Sins

To the Dearest, Most Merciful, The Most Compassionate, The Lord of the Universe, The Creator of the Seen and Unseen. Dear God: I kneel in this prayer to thank you. What matters to me is that with each year I grow older, I grow closer to you.

I thank you for allowing me to thank you, for this is a blessing in itself. And I thank you for blessing me with another year of my life. I am a year older but age is not what matters to me.

That with each year I grow older, I grow wiser with your Knowledge. That with each year, you elevate my levels in Paradise. That with each year, you bless me with the light of faith that illuminates the hearts of your beloved believers.

Dear God. With every anniversary of my birth I contemplate on why Your Holiness created me to be included in this world. And I came to learn that it is to know you. To worship you. And better yet, to love you. And I do love you Oh Lord. I love you and wish you love me. I wish for your mercy. I wish to be a better servant to you. For you deserve only the best.

I reflect on what I have been through the past whole year and I realise that through the calamaties that have befallen on me, you have blessed me with perspective. That with the problems I have faced, you have blessed me with experience, wisdom and knowledge. That with the illness I went through, you have blessed me with patience, strength of character and strong-will. That with the hardship I went through, you have blessed me with courage and determination. That with the challenges I went through, you blessed me with excellence, perfection and courtesy. That with the good bounties I have received, you blessed me with remembering charities. That by performing good deeds, you blessed me with even better things that I thank you for.

I have so much to thank for. Forgive me God if I forget the blessings you have blessed me with. Forgive me for my weaknesses and shortcomings. Forgive me. If I don’t have you, I am nothing. Keep me with you God. Please don’t turn away from me in my darkest moments.

As for this new year of my life that I have in front of me, I ask you to bless it with your mercy. I ask you to purify me. I ask you to bless me with an increase of emaan. I ask you to grant me success in my life in the things I do for your sake. I ask you to grant me success in my career. I ask you to grant me success in finding zoog saleh, kholoq wa deen.

The most I ask for is patience in the time of hardship. Good health in the time of illness. Wisdom in the time of challenges. Don’t leave me alone God. I am knocking on your door of mercy and I will not stop until it is answered…

I love you God. I thank you for bringing me to this world. And at the time of my death I will thank you for taking me away from it and bringing me back to you. For I miss you God. I’ve been away from you for so long…

This anniversary of my birth, I dedicate to you- a day filled with worship, supplications and charity.

Blessed am I that it falls in Ramadan.

For you I live. For you I love. I dedicate my whole life to you.