INVOCATION FOR CLOSING THE EYES OF THE DEAD

اَللّٰهَمَّ اغْفِرْ لِفُلاَنٍ (بِاسْمِهِ) وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّيْنَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِيْ عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِيْنَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِيْ قَبْرِهِ وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيْهِ.

Transliteration:

Allaahum-maghfir li (name of the person) warfa’daraja’daraja-tahu fil mahdiyyeena, wakhlufhu fee ‘aqibihi fil-ghaabireena, waghfir-lanaa wa labhu yaa Rabbai ‘aalameena, wafsah lahu fee qabrihi wa nawwir lahu feehi.

Translation:

O Allah, forgive [name of the person] and elevate his station among those who are guided. Send him along the path of those who came before, and forgive us and him, o Lord of the worlds. Enlarge for him his grave and shed light upon him in it.