Bismillah
لِلْفِرْدَوْسِ أَهْلاً
إِلهِي لَسْتُ لِلْفِرْدَوْسِ أَهْلاً
وَلاَ أَقْوَى عَلىَ النَّارِ الجَحِيْمِ
فَهَبْ ليِ تَوْبَةً وَاغْفِرْ ذُنُوْبيِ
فَإِنَّكَ غَافْرُ الذَّنْبِ العَظِيْمِ
ذُنُوْبيِ مِثْلُ أَعْدَادِ الرِّمَالِ
فَهَبْ ليِ تَوْبَةً يَاذاَالجَلاَلِ
وَعُمْرِي نَاقِصٌ فيِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ
وَذَنْبيِ زَئِدٌ كَيْفَ احْتِمَالِ
إِلهِي عَبْدُكَ العَاصِي أَتَاكَ
مُقِرًّا بِالذُّنُوْبِ وَقَدْ دَعَاكَ
فَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ فَأَنْتَ لِذَا أَهْلٌ
فَإِنْ تَطْرُدْ فَمَنْ نَرْجُو سِوَاكَ
Oh my Lord, I am not worthy of your Firdaus (heaven)
Yet, I am not willing to go to the fire of Hell
Accept my repentance, forgive my sins
For verily, You are The Greatest Forgiver of Sins
My sins are like grains of sand on the beach
(With your blessings) Accept my repentance,
Oh My Lord, The Highly Exalted One
And my life has not enough days
Yet my sins increases day by day
My Lord, your often-sinned servant has come upon You
Who is continually committing sins, and verily is praying to You
If You are to forgive me, that is within your rights
But if You leave us, who else can we count upon?
فإذا سألتم الله فسلوه الفردوس
Sahih al-Bukhari 7423
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle offers prayers perfectly and fasts (the month of) Ramadan then it is incumbent upon Allah to admit him into Paradise, whether he emigrates for Allah’s cause or stays in the land where he was born.” They (the companions of the Prophet) said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Should we not inform the people of that?” He said, “There are one-hundred degrees in Paradise which Allah has prepared for those who carry on Jihad in His Cause. The distance between every two degrees is like the distance between the sky and the Earth, so if you ask Allah for anything, ask Him for the Firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise, and at its top there is the Throne of Beneficent, and from it gush forth the rivers of Paradise.”
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنِي هِلاَلٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ” مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَأَقَامَ الصَّلاَةَ، وَصَامَ رَمَضَانَ، كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهُ الْجَنَّةَ هَاجَرَ، فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، أَوْ جَلَسَ فِي أَرْضِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ فِيهَا ”. قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ نُنَبِّئُ النَّاسَ بِذَلِكَ. قَالَ ” إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ لِلْمُجَاهِدِينَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ، كُلُّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَوْسَطُ الْجَنَّةِ وَأَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَفَوْقَهُ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَمِنْهُ تَفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ ”.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7423
In-book reference : Book 97, Hadith 51
reference : Vol. 9, Book 93, Hadith 51
