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The Prophet Muhammad has taught us many words of repentance and supplication and it is good if we learn, understand, and use them.
Our Lord, by Your Knowledge of the Unseen, and by Your Power over Your creation, Alllahumma Bi`ilmika Al-Ghayba Wa Qudratika

اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ   

grant me life so long as You know life to hold good for me, and grant me death when You know death to hold good for me! 'Aĥyinī Mā `Alimta Al-Ĥayāata Khayrāan Lī Wa Tawaffanī 'Idhā `Alimta Al-Wafāata Khayrāan

أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرا ً لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرا ً لِي                        

Our Lord, I ask You for the fear of You in public and in private, Al-Lahumma Wa 'As'aluka Khashyataka Fī Al-Ghaybi Wa Ash-Shahādati

اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ

 and I ask You for (the ability to speak) the word of truth in tranquility and in anger, Wa 'As'aluka Kalimata Al-Ĥaqqi Fī Ar-Riđā

وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ 

and I ask You for frugality in wealth and in poverty, Wa Al-Ghađabi Wa 'As'aluka Al-Qaşda Fī Al-Faqri Wa Al-Ghiná

وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْقَصْدَ فِي الْفَقْرِ وَالْغِنَى          

and I ask You for happiness which is never exhausted, and I ask You for pleasure which is never ending, Wa 'As'aluka Na`īmāan Lā Yanfadu Wa 'As'aluka Qurrata `Aynin Lā Tanqaţi`u
 

وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيما ً لَا يَنْفَدُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْن ٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ                                       

and I ask You for contentment with Your decisions, Wa 'As'aluka Ar-Rā'a Ba`da Al-Qađā'i

وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَاءَ بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ              

and I ask You for the finer life after death, Wa 'As'aluka Barda Al-`Ayshi Ba`da Al-Mawti

وَأَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ           

and I ask You for the pleasure of looking upon Your Face, and meeting You without ever having undergone great suffering, and without ever having been subjected to misleading temptation Wa 'As'aluka Ladhdhata An-Nažari 'Ilá Wajhika Wa Ash-Shawqa 'Ilá Liqā'ika Fī Ghayri Đarrā'a Muđirratin Wa Lā Fitnatin Muđillatin

وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّة ٍ وَلَا فِتْنَة ٍ مُضِلَّة ٍ

Our Lord, adorn us with the adornment of faith, and make of us guides who are rightly guided. Al-Lahumma Zayyinnā Bizīnati Al-'Īmāni Wa Aj`alnā Hudāatan Muhtadīna

اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الْإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاة ً مُهْتَدِينَ                                  

 We will do well to memorize it in Arabic.