Six pairs, each one the same request reversed
Every clause is followed by its own negative.
رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَىَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَىَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرْ هُدَاىَ إِلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَىَّ
Rabbi aʿinnī wa lā tuʿin ʿalayy, wa-nṣurnī wa lā tanṣur ʿalayy, wa-mkur lī wa lā tamkur ʿalayy, wa-hdinī wa yassir hudāya ilayy, wa-nṣurnī ʿalā man baghā ʿalayy
“My Lord, help me and do not help against me. Support me and do not support against me. Plan for me and do not plan against me. Guide me and make my guidance easy for me. And support me against whoever wrongs me.”
Where this comes from
Ibn Abbas reports it. The second half turns inward: make me grateful to You, mindful of You, in awe of You, obedient to You, humble before You. Accept my repentance, wash my sin, answer my call, make my case firm, guide my heart, straighten my tongue, and draw out the resentment in my chest.
The full narration
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate Allah: "My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who act wrongfully towards me; O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1510
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih