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A structured collection of authentic supplications with Arabic text, transliteration, clear English meaning and a citation for every entry. Filter by category or search by keyword, occasion or wording.

Showing 59 of 59 du'as.

Daily life(8)

Upon waking

On opening your eyes in the morning

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Alhamdu lillāhil-ladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhin-nushūr.

All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.

Daily life
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6312

Before sleeping

As you lie down to sleep

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Daily life
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324

Entrusting oneself to Allah at night

On the right side before sleeping

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ

Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa aljaʾtu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk.

O Allah, I submit myself to You, entrust my affair to You and turn my back to You for protection, in hope of You and in fear of You.

Daily life
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 247

Asking for wellbeing morning and evening

Morning and evening remembrance

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka al-ʿafwa wal-ʿāfiyata fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah.

O Allah, I ask You for pardon and wellbeing in this world and the Hereafter.

Daily life
Sunan Ibn Mājah 3871· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Before entering the toilet

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-khubthi wal-khabāʾith.

O Allah, I seek refuge with You from all evil beings.

Daily life
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 142

After leaving the toilet

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak.

I seek Your forgiveness.

Daily life
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 30· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

When it rains

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfiʿā.

O Allah, may it be a beneficial rain.

Daily life
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1032

Wearing new clothes

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Alhamdu lillāhil-ladhī kasānī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise be to Allah who clothed me with this and provided it for me without any power or might from me.

Daily life
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023· Graded ḥasan

Prayer & worship(8)

After completing wudu

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.

Prayer & worship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 234

Entering the mosque

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Allāhumma-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik.

O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.

Prayer & worship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713

Leaving the mosque

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik.

O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.

Prayer & worship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713

Opening supplication in salah

After the opening takbir

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, wa tabāraka-smuk, wa taʿālā jadduk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. Blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god besides You.

Prayer & worship
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 775· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Between the two prostrations

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbi-ghfir lī, rabbi-ghfir lī.

My Lord, forgive me. My Lord, forgive me.

Prayer & worship
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 874· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ (Durood Ibrahim)

In the final sitting of salah

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli Muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā Ibrāhīma wa ʿalā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd.

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Indeed You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Prayer & worship
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3370

Before the closing salam

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābil-qabr, wa min ʿadhābi jahannam, wa min fitnatil-maḥyā wal-mamāt, wa min sharri fitnatil-Masīḥid-Dajjāl.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, the punishment of Hellfire, the trials of life and death, and the evil of the trial of the Antichrist.

Prayer & worship
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 588

Help in remembrance and worship

After each prayer

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika wa shukrika wa ḥusni ʿibādatik.

O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You and to worship You well.

Prayer & worship
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1522· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Qur'anic du'as(2)

Du'a of Yunus (peace be upon him)

In distress or difficulty

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

There is no god but You; glory be to You. Indeed, I was among the wrongdoers.

Qur'anic du'as
Qur'an 21:87; see also Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3505

Good in this world and the next

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāban-nār.

Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Qur'anic du'as
Qur'an 2:201

Protection & refuge(6)

Ayat al-Kursi for protection

After each prayer and before sleeping

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm, lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm… (Qur'an 2:255)

Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. (Recite the full verse.)

Protection & refuge
Qur'an 2:255; virtue in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311

The three protective surahs

Morning, evening and before sleeping — three times each

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ … قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ … قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

Qul huwa-llāhu aḥad… Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbil-falaq… Qul aʿūdhu bi-rabbin-nās…

Recite Surah al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and an-Nas three times each, wiping over the body as reported.

Protection & refuge
Qur'an 112–114; Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5082· Graded ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ

Refuge in the perfect words of Allah

When stopping at a place, or fearing harm

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti-llāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq.

I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

Protection & refuge
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2708

Protection from harm morning and evening

Three times morning and evening

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Bismillāhil-ladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa-smihi shayʾun fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samāʾi wa huwas-Samīʿul-ʿAlīm.

In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in the heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Protection & refuge
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5088· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Sufficiency of Allah

When facing pressure, threat or anxiety

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbunā-llāhu wa niʿmal-wakīl.

Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.

Protection & refuge
Qur'an 3:173

Protection from associating partners with Allah

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an ushrika bika wa anā aʿlam, wa astaghfiruka limā lā aʿlam.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating anything with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know of.

Protection & refuge
Musnad Aḥmad 19606· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Forgiveness & repentance(3)

The chief of seeking forgiveness (Sayyid al-Istighfār)

Morning and evening

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma anta rabbī, lā ilāha illā anta, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduk, wa anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika mā-staṭaʿt, aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya wa abūʾu 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 keep Your covenant and 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 except You.

Forgiveness & repentance
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6306

Seeking forgiveness and turning back

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfirullāha-lladhī lā ilāha illā huwal-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm wa atūbu ilayh.

I seek the forgiveness of Allah, besides whom there is no god, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and I repent to Him.

Forgiveness & repentance
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1517· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

On Laylat al-Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Allāhumma innaka ʿafuwwun tuḥibbul-ʿafwa faʿfu ʿannī.

O Allah, You are Most Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me.

Forgiveness & repentance
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3513· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Family & home(6)

Leaving the home

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Bismillāh, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.

Family & home
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5095· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Entering the home

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

Bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa ʿala-llāhi rabbinā tawakkalnā.

In the name of Allah we enter, in the name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah our Lord we rely.

Family & home
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5096· Graded ḥasan

For a righteous family

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

Rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wajʿalnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā.

Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous.

Family & home
Qur'an 25:74

For one's parents

رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

Rabbi-rḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā.

My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small.

Family & home
Qur'an 17:24

Seeking protection for children

أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

Uʿīdhukumā bi-kalimāti-llāhit-tāmmati min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah.

I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah from every devil, every poisonous creature and every harmful evil eye.

Family & home
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3371

Congratulating a couple on marriage

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Bāraka-llāhu lak, wa bāraka ʿalayk, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr.

May Allah bless you, and shower His blessings upon you, and join you both together in goodness.

Family & home
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2130· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Travel(5)

When setting out on a journey

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ

Subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn.

Glory be to Him who has subjected this to us, and we could never have accomplished it ourselves; and indeed to our Lord we will return.

Travel
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1342

Asking for ease on a journey

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى

Allāhumma innā nasʾaluka fī safarinā hādhal-birra wat-taqwā, wa minal-ʿamali mā tarḍā.

O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness, piety, and deeds that please You.

Travel
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1342

On returning from a journey

آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ

Āyibūna tāʾibūna ʿābidūna li-rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

We return, repenting, worshipping and praising our Lord.

Travel
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1342

Seeing someone off

أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

Astawdiʿu-llāha dīnaka wa amānataka wa khawātīma ʿamalik.

I entrust to Allah your religion, your trusts and the outcomes of your deeds.

Travel
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3443· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Boarding transport

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Bismillāh, alḥamdu lillāh.

In the name of Allah; all praise is for Allah.

Travel
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2602· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

Health & difficulty(5)

Visiting the sick

لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Lā baʾsa, ṭahūrun in shāʾa-llāh.

No harm, may it be a purification, if Allah wills.

Health & difficulty
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3616

Asking Allah for healing

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Allāhumma rabban-nās, adhhibil-baʾs, ishfi anta-sh-Shāfī, lā shifāʾa illā shifāʾuk, shifāʾan lā yughādiru saqamā.

O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the harm and heal — You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.

Health & difficulty
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5675

When feeling pain in the body

Place your hand on the pain, say Bismillah three times, then this seven times

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ

Aʿūdhu billāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir.

I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I find and what I fear.

Health & difficulty
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2202

For anxiety and grief

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-ʿajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍalaʿid-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and from being overpowered by others.

Health & difficulty
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6369

When struck by a difficulty

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma-ʾjurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it for me with something better.

Health & difficulty
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 918

Food & drink(4)

Before eating

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillāh.

In the name of Allah. (If forgotten at the start: Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirah.)

Food & drink
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3767· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

After eating

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Alhamdu lillāhil-ladhī aṭʿamanī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise be to Allah who fed me this and provided it for me without any power or might from me.

Food & drink
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023· Graded ḥasan

For the one who feeds you

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ

Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, waghfir lahum warḥamhum.

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided them, forgive them and have mercy on them.

Food & drink
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2042

On breaking the fast

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Dhahabaẓ-ẓamaʾu wabtallatil-ʿurūqu wa thabatal-ajru in shāʾa-llāh.

The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.

Food & drink
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2357· Graded ḥasan by al-Albānī

Knowledge & guidance(5)

Asking for increase in knowledge

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

Knowledge & guidance
Qur'an 20:114

Du'a of Musa before speaking

Before a difficult conversation, lesson or presentation

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي

Rabbi-shraḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī, waḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī, yafqahū qawlī.

My Lord, expand for me my chest, ease my task for me, and untie the knot from my tongue so they may understand my speech.

Knowledge & guidance
Qur'an 20:25–28

Asking for a firm heart

يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

Yā muqallibal-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik.

O Turner of hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion.

Knowledge & guidance
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2140· Graded ḥasan by al-Tirmidhī

Istikhara — seeking the best decision

Two units of voluntary prayer, then this supplication

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ

Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-ʿilmik, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratik, wa asʾaluka min faḍlikal-ʿaẓīm…

O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, I seek ability by Your power, and I ask You from Your immense bounty. (Recite the full narration, naming your need.)

Knowledge & guidance
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1166

Guidance, piety, chastity and contentment

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

Allāhumma innī asʾalukal-hudā wat-tuqā wal-ʿafāfa wal-ghinā.

O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and contentment.

Knowledge & guidance
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2721

Provision & work(3)

Relief from debt

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

Allāhumma-kfinī bi-ḥalālika ʿan ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ʿamman siwāk.

O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful instead of what You have forbidden, and make me independent of all others besides You.

Provision & work
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3563· Graded ḥasan

Beneficial knowledge and good provision

After Fajr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā.

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision and accepted deeds.

Provision & work
Sunan Ibn Mājah 925· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Entering the marketplace

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illa-llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa huwa ḥayyun lā yamūt, bi-yadihil-khayr, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

There is no god but Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs the dominion and the praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is Ever-Living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He is capable of all things.

Provision & work
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3428· Graded ḥasan by al-Albānī

Gatherings & etiquette(4)

When angry

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed devil.

Gatherings & etiquette
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3282

Expiation for a gathering

Before leaving a gathering

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.

Gatherings & etiquette
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3433· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

Thanking someone for a kindness

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

Jazāka-llāhu khayrā.

May Allah reward you with good.

Gatherings & etiquette
Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2035· Graded ṣaḥīḥ by al-Albānī

When you love someone for Allah's sake

إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ

Innī uḥibbuka fillāh.

I love you for the sake of Allah.

Gatherings & etiquette
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5125· Graded ṣaḥīḥ

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