DUA BEFORE READING A BOOK

Nineteenth: In the book of Khulasat al-Adhkar too, this supplicatory prayer is reported to be said before reading (a book or the like):

O Allah, (please) take me out of the murk of illusion

and honor me with the illumination of true understanding.

O Allah, (please) open before us the doors to Your mercy

and spread out on us the hoards of Your knowledge,

in the name of Your mercy, O most merciful of all those who show mercy.