What is the Arabic text of Dua when closing the eyes of the deceased?

اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لِـ[فلان] وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَـهُ في المَهْـدِييـن، وَاخْـلُفْـهُ في عَقِـبِهِ في الغابِـرين، وَاغْفِـرْ لَنـا وَلَهُ يا رَبَّ العـالَمـين، وَافْسَـحْ لَهُ في قَبْـرِهِ وَنَـوِّرْ لَهُ فيه Transliteration: Allahummagh-fir li [name] warfaAA darajatahu fil-mahdiyyeen, wakhlufhu fee AAaqibihi fil-ghabireen, waghfir lana walahu ya rabbal-AAalameen wafsah lahu fee qabrih wanawwir lahu feeh

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Dua when closing the eyes of the deceased

اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لِـ[فلان] وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَـهُ في...

اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لِـ[فلان] وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَـهُ في المَهْـدِييـن، وَاخْـلُفْـهُ في عَقِـبِهِ في الغابِـرين، وَاغْفِـرْ لَنـا وَلَهُ يا رَبَّ العـالَمـين، وَافْسَـحْ لَهُ في قَبْـرِهِ وَنَـوِّرْ لَهُ فيه

Allahummagh-fir li [name] warfaAA darajatahu fil-mahdiyyeen, wakhlufhu fee AAaqibihi fil-ghabireen, waghfir lana walahu ya rabbal-AAalameen wafsah lahu fee qabrih wanawwir lahu feeh

Translation

O Allah, forgive [name of deceased] and raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be a successor to whom he has left behind, and forgive us and him O Lord of the worlds. Make spacious his grave and illuminate it for him.

When to recite

Recited when closing the eyes of a deceased person.

Source / Reference

Muslim 2/634

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