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02Rabbanā · I
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ‘adhāban-nār
Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Q 2:201 — the du‘ā he ﷺ made most often.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
The whole verse

La yukallifu Allahu nafsan illa wusAAaha laha ma kasabat waAAalayha ma iktasabat rabbana la tuakhithna in naseena aw akhtana rabbana wala tahmil AAalayna isran kama hamaltahu AAala allatheena min qablina rabbana wala tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bihi waoAAfu AAanna waighfir lana wairhamna anta mawlana faonsurna AAala alqawmi alkafireena

Allah does not burden any soul greater than it can bear. For it is what it has earned, and against it is what it has incurred. “Our Lord, do not hold us accountable if we forget or fall into error. Our Lord, do not place on us such a burden as You have placed on those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with that which we cannot bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people[173].”[174]

Notes

[173] Allah Almighty concludes this Surah by directing His servants how to supplicate Him, just as He taught them in Surah al-Fātihah how to praise Him and ask for guidance. [174] Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whosoever recited the last two verses of Surat al-Baqarah at night, that will be sufficient for him." [Sahih al-Bukhāri: 345]

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.19. The transliteration is the one Tanzil distributes. Sabīl has reviewed neither.

Shown whole, from Qur’ān 2:286. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

rabbanā lā tu’ākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭa’nā
Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or fall into error.
Q 2:286 — the closing words of Sūrat al-Baqarah.
03Rabbanā · II
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ
The whole verse

Rabbana la tuzigh quloobana baAAda ith hadaytana wahab lana min ladunka rahmatan innaka anta alwahhabu

“Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate[5] after You have guided us, and grant us Your mercy; for You are the Munificent Bestower.

Notes

[5] ’Umm Salamah (رضي الله عنها) reported: “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray most by saying: “O He Who changes hearts, make my heart firm in Your religion” (yā Muqallib al-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ‘alā dīnik). When she asked him the reason for this, he (ﷺ) replied, saying: “Umm Salamah, know that every human’s heart is between two Fingers of Allah. Whoever He wills, He makes steadfast, and Whoever He wills He causes to deviate”. [Al-Tirmidhī: 3522]

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.19. The transliteration is the one Tanzil distributes. Sabīl has reviewed neither.

Shown whole, from Qur’ān 3:8. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā ba‘da idh hadaytanā wa hab lanā mil-ladunka raḥmah
Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself.
Q 3:8
رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
The whole verse

Walamma barazoo lijaloota wajunoodihi qaloo rabbana afrigh AAalayna sabran wathabbit aqdamana waonsurna AAala alqawmi alkafireena

When they faced Goliath and his troops in combat, they said: “Our Lord, shower us with patience, make our feet firm, and give us victory over the disbelieving people.”

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.19. The transliteration is the one Tanzil distributes. Sabīl has reviewed neither.

Shown whole, from Qur’ān 2:250. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

rabbanā afrigh ‘alaynā ṣabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā
Our Lord, pour patience upon us and make our feet firm.
Q 2:250 — said by Ṭālūt’s few before a battle they were expected to lose.
04Rabbanā · III
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa il lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves; if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall be among the lost.
Q 7:23 — the words of Ādam.
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
rabbi-shraḥ lī ṣadrī wa yassir lī amrī waḥlul ‘uqdatan min lisānī yafqahū qawlī
My Lord, expand my breast, ease my task, and loosen the knot in my tongue that they may understand me.
Q 20:25–28 — Mūsā, before speaking to Pharaoh. For any hard conversation.
05The comprehensive · I
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَىٰ وَالتُّقَىٰ وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَىٰ
allāhumma innī as’alukal-hudā wat-tuqā wal-‘afāfa wal-ghinā
O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency.
Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — four words that cover the whole of a life.
رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
rabbi zidnī ‘ilmā
My Lord, increase me in knowledge.
Q 20:114 — the only thing Allah commanded His Messenger to ask for more of.
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
ḥasbunallāhu wa ni‘mal-wakīl
Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
Q 3:173 — said by Ibrāhīm in the fire, and by the believers when armies gathered.
06The comprehensive · II
اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīniyal-ladhī huwa ‘iṣmatu amrī wa aṣliḥ lī dunyāyal-latī fīhā ma‘āshī wa aṣliḥ lī ākhiratil-latī fīhā ma‘ādī wa-j‘alil-ḥayāta ziyādatan lī fī kulli khayrin wa-j‘alil-mawta rāḥatan lī min kulli sharr
The whole narration

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to supplicate (in these words):" O Allah, set right for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs. And set right for me the affairs of my world wherein is my living. And set right for me my Hereafter on which depends my after-life. And make the life for me (a source) of abundance for every good and make my death a source of comfort for me protecting me against every evil

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · No. 6903. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

O Allah, set right my religion, which is the safeguard of my affairs; set right my worldly life, in which is my living; and set right my Hereafter, to which is my return. Make life an increase in every good, and death a rest from every evil.
Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا
Allāhumma innī as’aluka minal-khayri kullihi ‘ājilihi wa ājilihi mā ‘alimtu minhu wa mā lam a‘lam wa a‘ūdhu bika minash-sharri kullihi ‘ājilihi wa ājilihi mā ‘alimtu minhu wa mā lam a‘lam Allāhumma innī as’aluka min khayri mā sa’alaka ‘abduka wa nabiyyuka wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā ‘ādha bihi ‘abduka wa nabiyyuka Allāhumma innī as’alukal-jannata wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ‘amalin wa a‘ūdhu bika minan-nāri wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ‘amalin wa as’aluka an taj‘ala kulla qaḍā’in qaḍaytahu lī khayran
The whole narration

It was narrated from 'Aishah that :the Messenger of Allah (saas) taught her this supplication: "Allahumma inni as'aluka minal-khayri kullihi, 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma la a'lam. Wa a'udhu bika minash-sharri kullihi, 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma la a'lam. Allahumma inni as'aluka min khayri ma sa'alaka 'abduka wa nabiyyuka, wa a'udhu bika min sharri ma 'adha bihi 'abduka wa nabiyyuka. Allahumma inni as'alukal-jannatah wa ma qarrab ilayha min qawlin aw 'amalin, wa a'udhu bika minan-nari wa ma qarraba ilayha min qawlin aw 'amalin, wa as'aluka an taj'al kulla qada'in qadaytahuli khayran (O Allah, I ask You for all that is good, in this world and in the Hereafter, what I know and what I do not know. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from all evil, in this world and in the Hereafter, what I know and what I do not know. O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your slave and Prophet has asked You for, and I seek refuge with You from the evil from which Your slave and Prophet sought refuge. O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and for that which brings one closer to it, in word and deed, and I seek refuge in You from Hell and from that which brings one closer to it, in word and deed. And I ask You to make every decree that You decree concerning me good)

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Sunan Ibn Mājah · No. 3846. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

O Allah, I ask You for all good, soon and late, what I know of it and what I do not — and I seek refuge in You from all evil, the same.
Ibn Mājah · ṣaḥīḥ — taught to ‘Ā’ishah as a du‘ā that leaves nothing out.
07Distress & grief · I
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn
There is no god but You; glory be to You; I was among the wrongdoers.
Q 21:87 — the call of Yūnus from the darkness. “No Muslim supplicates with it for anything but that Allah answers him.” Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-‘ajzi wal-kasal, wal-jubni wal-bukhl, wa ḍala‘id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, from incapacity and idleness, from cowardice and miserliness, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by men.
Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ
08Distress & grief · II
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَىٰ نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ
yā ḥayyu yā qayyūmu bi-raḥmatika astaghīth, aṣliḥ lī sha’nī kullahu wa lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ‘ayn
O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek relief. Set right all my affairs, and do not entrust me to myself for the blink of an eye.
Nasā’ī in ‘Amal al-Yawm wal-Laylah · ḥasan
A note
When grief takes your words away, these become the words. If you have not memorised them, read them — reading is also supplication.
09Sayyid al-Istighfār
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
allāhumma anta rabbī lā ilāha illā ant, khalaqtanī wa anā ‘abduk, wa anā ‘alā ‘ahdika wa wa‘dika mastaṭa‘t, a‘ūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣana‘t, abū’u laka bi-ni‘matika ‘alayya wa abū’u laka bi-dhanbī faghfir lī fa-innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā ant
O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as much as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin — so forgive me, for none forgives sins but You.
Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — said with certainty in the morning, one who dies that day enters Paradise; likewise at night.
10Forgiveness, briefly
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh
I seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance.
Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — he ﷺ said it more than seventy times a day, and he was already forgiven.
اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ
allāhumma-kfinī bi-ḥalālika ‘an ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ‘amman siwāk
O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have forbidden, and enrich me by Your grace, free of need of anyone besides You.
Tirmidhī · ḥasan — taught to a man crushed by debt.
11Family
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā qurrata a‘yunin wa-j‘alnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā
Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our offspring the comfort of our eyes, and make us a model for the God-fearing.
Q 25:74
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي، رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
rabbi-j‘alnī muqīmaṣ-ṣalāti wa min dhurriyyatī, rabbanā wa taqabbal du‘ā’
My Lord, make me one who establishes the prayer, and from my offspring also. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
Q 14:40 — Ibrāhīm, in old age.
12Provision & work
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا
allāhumma innī as’aluka ‘ilman nāfi‘ā, wa rizqan ṭayyibā, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalā
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, wholesome provision, and deeds that are accepted.
Ibn Mājah · ṣaḥīḥ — said after the Fajr prayer.
A note
Before asking for provision, learn to ask for lawful provision. Not more — wholesome. Whatever the language of the du‘ā, let the intention be clean.
13Protection
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
a‘ūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — three times at nightfall; nothing will harm him.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
bismillāhilladhī lā yaḍurru ma‘asmihi shay’un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā’i wa huwas-samī‘ul-‘alīm
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ — three times, morning and evening.
14How to ask
Begin with praise, then the ṣalāt upon the Prophet ﷺ, then ask.
Face the qiblah, raise the hands, and wipe the face after if you wish.
Ask with certainty of being answered; do not say “if You will.”
Persist, and do not say “I asked and was not answered.”
Ask in your own language. Arabic is not a condition — Bengali is also du‘ā.
Tirmidhī, Abū Dāwūd · ṣaḥīḥ
15When it is likeliest
The last third of the night · in prostration · between the adhān and the iqāmah · the final hour of Friday · while fasting, until breaking · while travelling · when rain falls · one wronged, and one who prays for an absent brother.
Every du‘ā is answered — with the thing itself, with something better, or with harm turned away.
Aḥmad · ṣaḥīḥ

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