اَللَّهُ اَكْبَرُ
Transliteration
Allahu Akbaar
Translation
Allah is the greatest!
10 times:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Transliteration
SubhaanAllah
Translation
Glory is to Allah.
10 times:
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
Transliteration
astaghfir-ullaah
Translation
I seek Allah’s forgiveness.
Then he would say:
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي
Transliteration
Allaahumma-ghfir lee wah-dinee, war-zuqnee wa ‛aafinee
Translation
O Allah, forgive me and guide me [to righteousness], provide me subsistence and grant my body health.
And he would also say:
أَعُوْذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ ضِيْقِ الْمَقَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Transliteration
A‛oodhu billaahi min deeqil-maqaami yawmal-qiyaamah
Translation
I seek refuge in Allah from the tightness (or suffocation) of my standing on the day of judgement.