The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
May Allah have mercy on him who sends me my faults as a present.
If Allah wants for a people ill, he gives them debates and takes away from them actions.
No man can have anything better after faith than a woman of righteous character, loving and child-bearing. And no man can have anything worse after unbelief than a sharp-tongued woman of bad character.
Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.
Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious.