A DUA BY ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI Recited before Subhi Prayer

Oh God, I ask you for mercy from you, By which you guide my heart, By which you rebuild my integrity, by which you help me recover myself from confusion, by which you keep trials away from me, by which you restore my piety, by which you protect my interior and elevate my exterior, by which you purify my soul, by which you inspire me with my right course and by which you guard me against every evil.
Oh God! Give me a sincere faith and certitude which admit of no return to unbelief, give me the compassion by which I reach the honor of receiving your grace in this world and the next.
Oh God, I ask you for success according to your decree, for the ranks of martyrs, for the way of living of the happy ones, for victory over enemies and for association with prophets.
Oh God! I submit my need to you, verily; my intellect is weak and my artifice small. My work falls short and I am in need of your compassion. I ask you, Oh Protector of affairs, Oh Healer of Breasts to grant me protection from the punishment of the blazing flame and from the evil of perdition. And from the trial of the graves as you grant protection to the seas.
Oh God, the favor for which my intellect is too short, and for which my work is too weak and which my intention and aspiration do not reach. The favor which you have promised to any of your servants or the favor which you bestow upon any of your creatures, this favor I request of you and this favor I ask you, Oh Lord of the Worlds.
Oh God, Make us guides and guided not astray and misguided. In war against your foes and peace of your creatures who obey you. And we fight through your hostility against those of your creatures who disobey you.
Oh God1 this is a supplication and the answer belongs to you. This effort on our side and dependence is on you. Verily, to you we belong and to you we return. There is no might and no power save in God, the Exalted, the magnificent, the Possessor of the String rope and the upright command. I ask you for security on the day of the threat and for paradise on the day of eternity, together with those who are brought near to God and witnessing. And those who often bow and prostrate; and keep their covenants.
Verily you are compassionate and affectionate and you do what you will. Glory be to him who wears might as garment and speaks in it. Glory be to him who puts on grandeur and shows generosity in it. Glory be to him who alone qualified to monopolize glorification. Glory be to the possessor of grace and favors. Glory be to possessors of might and generosity, glory be to him who counts everything in his knowledge.
Oh God, Give me light in my heart, a light in grave, a light in my ear, a light in me eye, a light in my flesh, a light in my skin, a light in my bone, a light in my blood, a light in my right side, a light in my left side, a light above, a light below me.
Oh God, Give me more light. Make me light.