Bismillāh

The Complete Book of Authentic Duʿās

From the Qur'an and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ

“And your Lord says: ‘Call upon Me; I will respond to you.’”
— Qur'an 40:60

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Duʿāʾ is worship.” (Sunan al-Tirmidhī — authentic)

Introduction

A Muslim may make duʿāʾ at any time, in any language, asking Allah for anything lawful and good. However, the greatest supplications are those taught by Allah in the Qur'an and by His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, for they are the most complete and comprehensive.

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Foundational Daily Supplications

A first handful of duʿās every believer should carry through the day — comprehensive in meaning, drawn directly from the Qur'an and the Prophet ﷺ.

Duʿāʾ · 000Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim — the Durood recited in prayer

Durood e Ibrāhīm — The Ibrāhīmī Salutation

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ. اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad, wa ʿalā āli Muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā Ibrāhīm, wa ʿalā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma bārik ʿalā Muḥammad, wa ʿalā āli Muḥammad, kamā bārakta ʿalā Ibrāhīm, wa ʿalā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd.

O Allah, bestow Your blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.

Durood Reminder

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَبَارِكْ وَسَلَّمُ

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammad, wa ʿalā āli sayyidinā Muḥammad, wa bārik wa sallim.

O Allah, send Your prayers and blessings upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, and bless him and grant him peace.

A concise, widely recited form of sending ṣalāh and salām upon the Prophet ﷺ.

Durood-E-Khizri

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَىٰ حَبِيبِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَسَلَّمْ

Ṣallallāhu ʿalā ḥabībihi Muḥammadin, wa ālihi, wa aṣḥābihi, wa sallam.

May Allah send blessings upon His beloved Muhammad, and upon his family and his companions, and peace.

درود خضری — A widely recited salutation (not a specific hadith from the Prophet ﷺ).

Durood an-Nabiyy al-Ummiyy

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلَىٰ آلِهِ وَسَلِّمْ تَسْلِيمًا

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad in-Nabiyyil-ummiyy, wa ʿalā ālihi, wa sallim taslimā.

O Allah, send Your prayers and blessings upon Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, and grant him peace in abundance.

A Sunnah salutation highly praised by the Awliyāʾ; recited 80 times after Friday ʿAṣr for forgiveness of 80 years.

Durood Jazā Allāhu

جزى اللهُ عَنَّا مُحَمَّدًا مَّا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ

Jazā Allāhu ʿannā Muḥammadan mā huwa ahluhu.

May Allah reward Muhammad on our behalf as much as he deserves.

A noble salutation expressing gratitude and love for the Prophet ﷺ.

Duʿāʾ · 001Sunan al-Tirmidhī (authentic)

Asking Allah for Every Good

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ

Allāhumma innī as'aluka min khayri mā sa'alaka minhu nabiyyuka Muḥammad ﷺ, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā istaʿādha minhu nabiyyuka Muḥammad ﷺ.

O Allah, I ask You for all the good that Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from all the evil from which Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ sought refuge.

Duʿāʾ · 002Qur'an 2:201

Good in This World and the Hereafter

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

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

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

Duʿāʾ · 003Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2721; Musnad Aḥmad 3528 (from Ibn Masʿūd)

Guidance, Piety, Chastity and Contentment

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

Allāhumma innī as'alukal-hudā wat-tuqā wal-ʿafāfa wal-ghinā.

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

Duʿāʾ · 005Reported by Ibn Ḥibbān (authentic)

Make My Affairs Easy

اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا

Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahu sahlā, wa anta tajʿalul-ḥazna idhā shi'ta sahlā.

O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make difficulty easy if You will.

Duʿāʾ · 006Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Sayyid al-Istighfār — The Master of Seeking Forgiveness

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 ana ʿabduka, wa ana ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika mastaṭaʿtu, aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿtu, abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya, wa abūʾu bidhanbī, faghfir lī, fa innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā anta.

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god except You. You created me and I am Your servant. I remain faithful to Your covenant and promise as much as I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favors upon me, and I acknowledge my sins. So forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.

Duʿāʾ · 007Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Relief from Anxiety, Grief, Debt and Weakness

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 anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from being overcome by debt and by people.

Duʿāʾ · 008Qur'an 21:87. The Prophet ﷺ said no Muslim supplicates with it except that Allah answers him (Sunan al-Tirmidhī).

The Supplication of Prophet Yūnus (Jonah) ﷺ

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

There is no deity except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.

Duʿāʾ · 009Qur'an 9:129

Allah Is Sufficient for Me

حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

Ḥasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm.

Allah is sufficient for me. There is no deity except Him. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

Duʿāʾ · 010Sunan Abī Dāwūd (authentic)

Asking for Paradise, Seeking Refuge from the Fire

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma innī as'alukal-jannah wa aʿūdhu bika minan-nār.

O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire.

Duʿās for Seeking Knowledge

The four supplications the believer reaches for when asking Allah for understanding, eloquence, useful knowledge, lawful provision, and deeds that are accepted.

Four Duʿās for Seeking Knowledge

Duʿāʾ · 0041) Qur'an 20:114 · 2) Qur'an 20:25–28 (the duʿāʾ of Prophet Mūsā ﷺ) · 3) Sunan Ibn Mājah 925 — authentic · 4) Sunan Ibn Mājah 251; Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3599 — authentic.

Rabbi Zidnī ʿIlmā · The Duʿāʾ of Mūsā ﷺ · Beneficial Knowledge & Pure Provision · Benefit Me by What You Taught Me

1) رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا 2) رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي، وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي، وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي، يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي 3) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا 4) اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي، وَعَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي، وَزِدْنِي عِلْمًا

1) Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā. 2) Rabbish-raḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī, waḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī, yafqahū qawlī. 3) Allāhumma innī as'aluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā. 4) Allāhumma-nfaʿnī bimā ʿallamtanī, wa ʿallimnī mā yanfaʿunī, wa zidnī ʿilmā.

1) My Lord, increase me in knowledge. 2) 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. 3) O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, pure provision, and deeds that are accepted. 4) O Allah, benefit me by what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge.

Sustenance & Provision (Rizq)

Duʿās from the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ for lawful sustenance, barakah in wealth, independence from creation, and Allah's boundless bounty — gathered in one place.

Seven Duʿās for Sustenance & Provision (Rizq)

Duʿāʾ · 0331) Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan) — taught by the Prophet ﷺ to ʿAlī for the burden of debt · 2) Qur'an 28:24 — Mūsā ﷺ at the Well of Madyan · 3) Sunan Ibn Mājah 925 — said after Fajr · 4) Qur'an 5:114 · 5) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim — the Prophet ﷺ's duʿāʾ for Anas ibn Mālik (RA) · 6) al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr of al-Ṭabarānī (ḥasan) · 7) Qur'an — Sūrah aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:2–3, recommended after each of the five daily prayers and before leaving for work.

Ḥalāl Sufficiency · Mūsā ﷺ at Madyan · Beneficial Knowledge & Pure Provision · Table from Heaven · Barakah for Anas · From His Bounty · Sūrah aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:2–3

1) اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ 2) رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ 3) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا 4) اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِنْكَ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ 5) اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ، وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ 6) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَمْلِكُهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ 7) وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا ۝ وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ ۚ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا

1) Allāhummak-finī bi-ḥalālika ʿan ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ʿamman siwāk. 2) Rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr. 3) Allāhumma innī as'aluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā. 4) Allāhumma Rabbanā anzil ʿalaynā mā'idatan minas-samā'i takūnu lanā ʿīdan li-awwalinā wa ākhirinā wa āyatan minka, warzuqnā wa anta khayrur-rāziqīn. 5) Allāhumma akthir mālahu wa waladahu, wa bārik lahu fīmā aʿṭaytah. 6) Allāhumma innī as'aluka min faḍlika wa raḥmatik, fa-innahu lā yamlikuhā illā ant. 7) Wa man yattaqi-llāha yajʿal lahu makhrajā. Wa yarzuqhu min ḥaythu lā yaḥtasib. Wa man yatawakkal ʿala-llāhi fa-huwa ḥasbuh. Inna-llāha bālighu amrih. Qad jaʿala-llāhu li-kulli shay'in qadrā.

1) O Allah, make what is lawful sufficient for me in place of what is unlawful, and enrich me by Your bounty in place of anyone besides You. 2) My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need. 3) O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, pure provision, and deeds that are accepted. 4) O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, for You are the best of providers. 5) O Allah, increase his wealth and children, and bless him in what You have given him. 6) O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty and Your mercy, for none possesses it but You. 7) And whoever is conscious of Allah — He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah — He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a measure.

Morning & Evening Remembrance (Adhkār)

The Prophet ﷺ taught daily words of protection and gratitude to open and close the day — a fortress for the believer.

Morning Adhkārأذكار الصباح

Recited by Omar Hisham al-Arabi

Evening Adhkārأذكار المساء

Recited by Omar Hisham al-Arabi

Prayer, Wuḍūʾ, the Mosque & Witr

Supplications tied to purification, entering and leaving the mosque, the moments within the ṣalāh itself, and the qunūt of Witr.

Wuḍūʾ — Before & After

Duʿāʾ · 018﴿Before﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah (authentic) · ﴿After﴾ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.

Bismillāh · Ashhadu an lā ilāha illallāh…

﴿Before﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ﴿After﴾ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

﴿Before﴾ Bismillāh. ﴿After﴾ Ashhadu an lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh.

﴿Before﴾ In the name of Allah. ﴿After﴾ I bear witness that there is no god except Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. (The eight gates of Paradise are opened for the one who says this after wuḍūʾ.)

Between the Two Prostrations

Duʿāʾ · 019Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Allāhumma ghfir lī, warḥamnī, wahdinī, waʿāfinī, warzuqnī

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَعَافِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي

Allāhumma ghfir lī, warḥamnī, wahdinī, waʿāfinī, warzuqnī.

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being, and provide for me. (Recited while sitting between the two prostrations.)

Entering & Leaving the Mosque

Duʿāʾ · 020Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.

Allāhummaftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik · Allāhumma innī as'aluka min faḍlik

﴿Entering﴾ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ ﴿Leaving﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

﴿Entering﴾ Allāhummaftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik. ﴿Leaving﴾ Allāhumma innī as'aluka min faḍlik.

﴿Entering﴾ O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy. ﴿Leaving﴾ O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.

Steadfastness in the Prayer

Duʿāʾ · 021Sunan at-Tirmidhī 3522 (ḥasan) — Umm Salamah (RA) reported that this was the supplication the Prophet ﷺ said most frequently when with her.

Supplication for Steadfastness — Yā Muqallibal-Qulūb

يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

Yā Muqallibal-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik.

O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.

Duʿāʾ · 022Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (authentic)

Opening Supplication of the Prayer

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Subḥānakallāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, wa tabārakas-muk, wa taʿālā jadduk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

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

Duʿāʾ · 023Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah (authentic)

Between the Two Prostrations

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbighfir lī, Rabbighfir lī.

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

Before & After the Salām of Prayer

Duʿāʾ · 024﴿Before Salām﴾ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · ﴿After Salām﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī (authentic).

Refuge from Four · Help me to remember You

﴿Before Salām﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ ﴿After Salām﴾ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

﴿Before Salām﴾ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābil-qabr, wa min ʿadhābi jahannam, wa min fitnatil-maḥyā wal-mamāt, wa min sharri fitnatil-masīḥid-dajjāl. ﴿After Salām﴾ Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika wa shukrika wa ḥusni ʿibādatik.

﴿Before Salām﴾ O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the punishment of Hell, from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the false messiah (al-Dajjāl). ﴿After Salām﴾ O Allah, help me to remember You, to be grateful to You, and to worship You in the best way.

After the Salām

Duʿāʾ · 025Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Fiqh in the Religion — Grant Us Understanding of the Dīn

اللَّهُمَّ فَقِّهْنَا فِي الدِّينِ

Allāhumma faqqiḥnā fī ad-dīn.

O Allah, grant us understanding of the religion.

The Witr Prayer — Qunūt, After-Salām, and the Second Qunūt

Duʿāʾ · 0741) Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā'ī (authentic) — taught by the Prophet ﷺ to al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī · 2) Sunan al-Nasā'ī, al-Dāraquṭnī (authentic) · 3) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — the qunūt taught for Witr.

Allāhummahdinī fīman hadayt · Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs ×3 · Allāhumma innā nastaʿīnuka…

1) اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ 2) سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ ﴿ثَلَاثًا﴾ 3) اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ وَنَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي وَنَسْجُدُ وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَى وَنَحْفِدُ وَنَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ وَنَخْشَى عَذَابَكَ إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالْكُفَّارِ مُلْحَقٌ

1) Allāhummahdinī fīman hadayt, wa ʿāfinī fīman ʿāfayt, wa tawallanī fīman tawallayt, wa bārik lī fīmā aʿṭayt, wa qinī sharra mā qaḍayt, fa-innaka taqḍī wa lā yuqḍā ʿalayk, innahu lā yadhillu man wālayt, tabārakta Rabbanā wa taʿālayt. 2) Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs. (Said three times after the salām of Witr.) 3) Allāhumma innā nastaʿīnuka wa nastaghfiruka, wa nu'minu bika wa natawakkalu ʿalayk, wa nuthnī ʿalaykal-khayr, wa nashkuruka wa lā nakfuruka, wa nakhlau wa natruku man yafjuruk. Allāhumma iyyāka naʿbudu, wa laka nuṣallī, wa nasjudu, wa ilayka nasʿā wa naḥfidu, wa narjū raḥmatak, wa nakhshā ʿadhābak, inna ʿadhābaka bil-kuffāri mulḥaq.

1) O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, pardon me among those You have pardoned, turn to me in friendship among those on whom You have turned in friendship, and bless me in what You have bestowed, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. Verily You decree and none can decree over You; he is not humiliated whom You befriend. Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted. 2) Glory be to the Sovereign, the Most Holy. 3) O Allah! We invoke You for help, and beg for forgiveness, and we believe in You and have trust in You, and we praise You in the best way we can; and we thank You and we are not ungrateful to You, and we forsake and turn away from the one who disobeys You. O Allah! We worship You and prostrate ourselves before You, and we hasten towards You and serve You, and we hope to receive Your mercy and we dread Your torment. Surely, the disbelievers shall incur Your torment.

Forgiveness, Mercy & Relief from Hardship

Words for the moments when the heart turns back to its Lord — asking pardon, seeking refuge, and calling for ease.

Duʿāʾ · 026Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Forgive My Sins — All of Them

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ، دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ، وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ، وَعَلَانِيَتَهُ وَسِرَّهُ

Allāhummaghfir lī dhanbī kullah, diqqahu wa jillah, wa awwalahu wa ākhirah, wa ʿalāniyatahu wa sirrah.

O Allah, forgive me all my sins — the small and the great, the first and the last, the open and the hidden.

Duʿāʾ · 027Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah (authentic)

The Prayer of ʿĀʾishah on Laylat al-Qadr

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Allāhumma innaka ʿAfuwwun tuḥibbul-ʿafwa fa-ʿfu ʿannī.

O Allah, You are the Most Pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.

Duʿāʾ · 029Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

The Duʿāʾ of Distress

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Lā ilāha illallāhul-ʿAẓīmul-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbus-samāwāti wa Rabbul-arḍi wa Rabbul-ʿarshil-karīm.

There is no god but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Noble Throne.

Duʿāʾ · 030Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

When Something You Dislike Happens

قَدَّرَ اللَّهُ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ

Qaddarallāhu wa mā shā'a faʿal.

Allah has decreed, and what He willed, He does. (The Prophet ﷺ preferred this over saying 'if only…')

Duʿāʾ · 035Sunan al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasāʾī (authentic)

Seeking a Righteous Heart and Truthful Tongue

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا، وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ

Allāhumma innī as'aluka qalban salīmā, wa lisānan ṣādiqā, wa as'aluka min khayri mā taʿlam, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā taʿlam, wa astaghfiruka limā taʿlam.

O Allah, I ask You for a sound heart and a truthful tongue. I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for what You know.

Duʿāʾ · 038Qur'an 3:38

Righteous Offspring

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

Rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibah, innaka samīʿud-duʿā'.

My Lord, grant me from Yourself righteous offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.

Duʿāʾ · 039Ibn Mājah (authentic)

A Comprehensive Supplication

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ

Allāhumma innī as'alukal-jannata wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa aʿūdhu bika minan-nāri wa mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal.

O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and whatever word or deed brings me closer to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and whatever word or deed brings me closer to it.

Three Duʿās for Relief in Distress

Duʿāʾ · 1571) Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3524 (ḥasan) · 2) Qur'an 3:173 · 3) Qur'an 21:87 — the supplication of Prophet Yūnus ﷺ.

Yā Ḥayyu Yā Qayyūm · Ḥasbunallāhu wa Niʿmal-Wakīl · The Duʿā of Yūnus ﷺ

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

1) Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth. 2) Ḥasbunallāhu wa niʿmal-Wakīl. 3) Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

1) O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek relief. 2) Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs. 3) There is no god except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.

Duʿās of the Prophets in the Qur'an

Allah Himself has recorded the very words His prophets called upon Him with — the most eloquent and complete supplications, given to us to recite in their footsteps.

Three Duʿās of Ibrāhīm ﷺ (and Ismāʿīl ﷺ)

Duʿāʾ · 0401) Qur'an 14:40–41 · 2) Qur'an 2:127 — said by Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl while raising the foundations of the Kaʿbah · 3) Qur'an 2:128.

Prayer & Righteous Offspring · Acceptance of Good Deeds · Submission and Guidance

1) رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ 2) رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ 3) رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

1) Rabbij ʿalnī muqīmaṣ-ṣalāti wa min dhurriyyatī, Rabbanā wa taqabbal duʿā'. Rabbanaghfir lī wa liwālidayya wa lil-mu'minīna yawma yaqūmul-ḥisāb. 2) Rabbanā taqabbal minnā innaka antas-samīʿul-ʿalīm. 3) Rabbanā waj ʿalnā muslimayni laka wa min dhurriyyatinā ummatan muslimatan laka, wa arinā manāsikanā wa tub ʿalaynā innaka antat-Tawwābur-Raḥīm.

1) My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the account is established. 2) Our Lord, accept this from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing. 3) Our Lord, make us Muslims in submission to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation in submission to You. Show us our rites and turn to us in mercy. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

Duʿāʾ · 044Qur'an 28:16

Mūsā ﷺ — Seeking Forgiveness

رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-ghfir lī.

My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me.

Duʿāʾ · 045Qur'an 21:83

Ayyūb ﷺ — In Illness and Hardship

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.

Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

Duʿāʾ · 046Qur'an 21:89

Zakariyyā ﷺ — Not to Be Left Alone

رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ

Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa anta khayrul-wārithīn.

My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors.

Duʿāʾ · 047Qur'an 27:19

Sulaymān ﷺ — Gratitude for Allah's Favor

رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmatakal-latī anʿamta ʿalayya wa ʿalā wālidayya wa an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa adkhilnī bi-raḥmatika fī ʿibādikaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteousness of which You approve, and admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.

Duʿāʾ · 048Qur'an 54:10

Nūḥ ﷺ — Seeking Help

رَبِّ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانْتَصِرْ

Rabbi annī maghlūbun fa-ntaṣir.

My Lord, I have been overpowered, so help me.

Three Duʿās of the Believers (Qur'anic)

Duʿāʾ · 0491) Qur'an 3:8 · 2) Qur'an 3:16 · 3) Qur'an 2:250.

Hearts Firm Upon Guidance · Forgiveness of Sins · Patience & Firm Footing

1) رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ 2) رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ 3) رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

1) Rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wa hab lanā min ladunka raḥmah, innaka antal-Wahhāb. 2) Rabbanā innanā āmannā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa qinā ʿadhāban-nār. 3) Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā wa-nṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

1) Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Indeed, You are the Bestower. 2) Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. 3) Our Lord, pour upon us patience and make firm our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people.

Duʿāʾ · 052Qur'an 2:286. The Prophet ﷺ said Allah answered 'yes' to each of these requests (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim).

The Closing Verse of Sūrat al-Baqarah

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭa'nā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalal-ladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Wa-ʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā anta Mawlānā fa-nṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we forget or err. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.

Duʿāʾ · 053Qur'an 18:10

The People of the Cave — Mercy and Right Guidance

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

Rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wa hayyi' lanā min amrinā rashadā.

Our Lord, grant us mercy from Yourself and facilitate for us our affair in the right way.

Duʿāʾ · 054Qur'an 17:24

For One's Parents

رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

Rabbi irḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā.

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

Duʿāʾ · 055Qur'an 25:74

For a Righteous Spouse and Offspring

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

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

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

Duʿāʾ · 056Qur'an 7:23

Ādam ﷺ & Ḥawwā' — Repentance

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa in lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn.

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.

Sleep & Waking

Remembrance to close the eyes in trust and open them again in gratitude.

Duʿāʾ · 057Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

Waking Up

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

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

Praise is to Allah Who gives us life after having taken it from us, and unto Him is the resurrection.

Duʿāʾ · 058Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Before Sleeping

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.

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

Duʿāʾ · 059Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim (ḥadīth of al-Barā' ibn ʿĀzib)

Entrusting Oneself to Allah Before Sleep

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ، وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ، وَوَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ، وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ، رَغْبَةً وَرَهْبَةً إِلَيْكَ، لَا مَلْجَأَ وَلَا مَنْجَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ، آمَنْتُ بِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ وَبِنَبِيِّكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ

Allāhumma aslamtu nafsī ilayk, wa fawwaḍtu amrī ilayk, wa wajjahtu wajhī ilayk, wa alja'tu ẓahrī ilayk, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilayk, lā malja'a wa lā manjā minka illā ilayk, āmantu bi-kitābikal-ladhī anzalta wa bi-nabiyyikal-ladhī arsalt.

O Allah, I submit myself to You, entrust my affair to You, turn my face to You, and lay myself down depending upon You, in hope and fear of You. There is no refuge and no escape except to You. I believe in Your Book which You revealed and Your Prophet whom You sent. (If one dies that night, they die upon the natural belief, al-fiṭrah.)

Duʿāʾ · 060Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan) — the Prophet ﷺ taught this for protection, including to children.

For Fear or Unease During Sleep

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmati min ghaḍabihi wa ʿiqābih, wa sharri ʿibādih, wa min hamazātish-shayāṭīni wa an yaḥḍurūn.

I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His anger and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the whispers of devils and their presence.

Home & Daily Life

Words for the ordinary movements of the day — dressing, leaving, returning — each one turned into an act of worship.

Leaving & Entering the Home

Duʿāʾ · 061﴿Leaving﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (authentic) · ﴿Entering﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd.

Bismillāhi tawakkaltu ʿalallāh · Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayral-mawliji…

﴿Leaving﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ﴿Entering﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا، وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا، وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

﴿Leaving﴾ Bismillāhi, tawakkaltu ʿalallāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh. ﴿Entering﴾ Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayral-mawliji wa khayral-makhraj, bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa ʿalallāhi Rabbinā tawakkalnā.

﴿Leaving﴾ In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah. ﴿Entering﴾ O Allah, I ask You for the best entrance and the best exit. In the name of Allah we have entered, and in the name of Allah we have left, and upon Allah, our Lord, we place our trust. (Then greet one's family with salām.)

Clothing — Ordinary, New & Before Undressing

Duʿāʾ · 063﴿Wearing﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah (ḥasan) · ﴿New﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan) · ﴿Before undressing﴾ Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan).

Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī kasānī… · Allāhumma lakal-ḥamd anta kasawtanīh · Bismillāh (before undressing)

﴿Wearing a garment﴾ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ ﴿Wearing a new garment﴾ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ ﴿Before undressing﴾ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

﴿Wearing a garment﴾ Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī kasānī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah. ﴿Wearing a new garment﴾ Allāhumma lakal-ḥamd, anta kasawtanīh, as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri mā ṣuniʿa lah, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri mā ṣuniʿa lah. ﴿Before undressing﴾ Bismillāh.

﴿Wearing a garment﴾ Praise is to Allah Who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power or might from myself. ﴿Wearing a new garment﴾ O Allah, to You is the praise. You have clothed me with this. I ask You for its good and the good of that for which it was made, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of that for which it was made. ﴿Before undressing﴾ In the name of Allah. (Said as a screen between one and the jinn.)

Entering & Leaving the Toilet

Duʿāʾ · 066﴿Entering﴾ Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim · ﴿Leaving﴾ Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah (authentic).

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-khubthi wal-khabā'ith · Ghufrānak

﴿Entering﴾ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ ﴿Leaving﴾ غُفْرَانَكَ

﴿Entering﴾ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-khubthi wal-khabā'ith. ﴿Leaving﴾ Ghufrānak.

﴿Entering﴾ O Allah, I seek refuge in You from male and female devils. ﴿Leaving﴾ I ask You (Allah) for forgiveness.

Travel

From setting out to returning safely, the Sunnah placed a duʿāʾ at every stage of the journey.

Duʿāʾ · 068Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

Setting Out on a Journey

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى، وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى. اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ. اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar. Subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā Rabbinā la-munqalibūn. Allāhumma innā nas'aluka fī safarinā hādhal-birra wat-taqwā, wa minal-ʿamali mā tarḍā. Allāhumma hawwin ʿalaynā safaranā hādhā waṭwi ʿannā buʿdah. Allāhumma antaṣ-ṣāḥibu fis-safari wal-khalīfatu fil-ahl.

Allah is Greatest, Allah is Greatest, Allah is Greatest. Glory to Him Who has subjected this to us, and we could never have accomplished it by ourselves, and indeed to our Lord we shall return. O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey easy for us and fold up its distance. O Allah, You are our Companion on the road and the One who looks after our family in our absence.

Duʿāʾ · 069Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan gharīb)

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 illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa huwa ḥayyun lā yamūt, bi-yadihil-khayr, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr.

There is no god but Allah, alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise; He gives life and causes death, and He is Living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He is over all things Omnipotent.

Duʿāʾ · 070Musnad Aḥmad, Ibn Mājah (ḥasan)

A Traveler's Farewell to One Staying Behind

أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَا تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ

Astawdiʿukumullāhal-ladhī lā taḍīʿu wadā'iʿuh.

I entrust you to Allah, Whose trusts are never lost.

Duʿāʾ · 071Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ)

For One Who Is Traveling

أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ، وَأَمَانَتَكَ، وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ

Astawdiʿullāha dīnaka, wa amānataka, wa khawātīma ʿamalik.

I entrust to Allah your religion, your trust, and the last of your deeds.

Duʿāʾ · 072Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Ascending and Descending on the Road

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ﴿عِنْدَ الصُّعُودِ﴾ — سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ﴿عِنْدَ الْهُبُوطِ﴾

Allāhu akbar (ascending) — Subḥānallāh (descending).

The Companions would say the takbīr when climbing higher ground and the tasbīḥ when descending.

Duʿāʾ · 073Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

Returning from a Journey

آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ

Āyibūna tā'ibūna ʿābidūna li-Rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

We return, repentant, worshipping, and praising our Lord. (Said along with takbīr upon returning from a journey.)

Protection, Ruqyah & Refuge

Seeking refuge in Allah from the seen and unseen harms of this world — from shirk, from whispers, for the protection of one's children — together with the authentic ruqyah of the Qur'an and Sunnah for healing and safeguarding. Qur'anic portions recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.

Ar-Ruqyah ash-Sharʿiyyah (Full)الرقية الشرعية

Recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy

  1. #1Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (1:1–7)

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

  2. #2Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:1–5

    الم ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

  3. #3Āyat al-Kursī (2:255)

    اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

  4. #4al-Baqarah 2:256–257

    لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ ۗ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

  5. #5al-Baqarah 2:284–286 (last three verses)

    لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ ۖ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

  6. #6Āl ʿImrān 3:18–19

    شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِمًا بِالْقِسْطِ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ

  7. #7al-Aʿrāf 7:54–56

    إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَاحِهَا وَادْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

  8. #8al-Aʿrāf 7:117–122 — Mūsā's staff defeats magic

    وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ

  9. #9Yūnus 10:81–82

    فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُمْ بِهِ السِّحْرُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ وَيُحِقُّ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

  10. #10Ṭā-Hā 20:69

    وَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

  11. #11al-Muʾminūn 23:115–118

    أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

  12. #12aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:1–10

    وَالصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا فَالزَّاجِرَاتِ زَجْرًا فَالتَّالِيَاتِ ذِكْرًا إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٍ الْكَوَاكِبِ وَحِفْظًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ دُحُورًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

  13. #13al-Aḥqāf 46:29–32 — the jinn hearing the Qur'an

    وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَا إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوا أَنْصِتُوا ۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوْا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ مُنْذِرِينَ قَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ يَا قَوْمَنَا أَجِيبُوا دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ وَآمِنُوا بِهِ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ وَمَنْ لَا يُجِبْ دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءُ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ

  14. #14ar-Raḥmān 55:33–36

    يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنْفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِ فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

  15. #15al-Ḥashr 59:21–24 — closing verses

    لَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُتَصَدِّعًا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ۖ هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

  16. #16al-Jinn 72:1–9

    قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ ۖ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ شَطَطًا وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَصَدًا

  17. #17Sūrat al-Kāfirūn (109)

    قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدْتُمْ وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

  18. #18Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ (112) ×3

    قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

  19. #19Sūrat al-Falaq (113) ×3

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

  20. #20Sūrat an-Nās (114) ×3

    قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

  21. #21Duʿāʾ of the Prophet ﷺ — Adhhibil-ba's

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

    Allāhumma Rabban-nās, adhhibil-ba's, ishfi antash-Shāfī, lā shifā'a illā shifā'uk, shifā'an lā yughādiru saqamā.

  22. #22As'alullāhal-ʿAẓīm (×7)

    أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ، رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

    As'alullāhal-ʿAẓīma Rabbal-ʿArshil-ʿAẓīmi an yashfiyak. (×7)

  23. #23Bismillāhi arqīk

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنٍ حَاسِدٍ، اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ

    Bismillāhi arqīk, min kulli shay'in yu'dhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿaynin ḥāsid, Allāhu yashfīk, bismillāhi arqīk.

  24. #24Aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzatillāh (×7 on the pain)

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا) أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (سَبْعًا)

    Bismillāh (×3). Aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzatillāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir (×7).

Ten Duʿās for Protection & Refuge

Duʿāʾ · 0141) Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (authentic) · 2) Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī (authentic) · 3) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 4) Sunan Abī Dāwūd (authentic) · 5) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6) Qur'an 3:173 · 7) Musnad Aḥmad, al-Bukhārī in al-Adab al-Mufrad (ḥasan) · 8) Sunan Abī Dāwūd; cf. Qur'an 16:98 · 9) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 10) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.

Threefold Refuge · From Disbelief & Poverty · From Evil of Creation · Repelling an Enemy · From Four Trials · Allah's Sufficiency · From Shirk · From Whispers · For Children · Ruqyah for Pain

1) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ﴿ثَلَاثًا﴾ 2) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ 3) أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ 4) اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ فِي نُحُورِهِمْ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ 5) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ، وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ، وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ، وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا 6) حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ 7) اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ 8) أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ 9) أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ 10) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ﴿ثَلَاثًا﴾ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ ﴿سَبْعًا﴾

1) Bismillāhil-ladhī lā yaḍurru maʿas-mihi shay'un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā', wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm. (three times, morning and evening) 2) Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-kufri wal-faqr, Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābil-qabr, lā ilāha illā ant. 3) Aʿūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq. 4) Allāhumma innā najʿaluka fī nuḥūrihim, wa naʿūdhu bika min shurūrihim. 5) Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa min qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa min nafsin lā tashbaʿ, wa min daʿwatin lā yustajābu lahā. 6) Ḥasbunallāhu wa niʿmal-wakīl. 7) Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an ushrika bika wa anā aʿlam, wa astaghfiruka limā lā aʿlam. 8) Aʿūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm. 9) Uʿīdhukumā bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmati min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah. 10) Bismillāh (three times). Aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzatillāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir (seven times).

1) In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing. 2) O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You. 3) I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. (Whoever says this three times in the evening, nothing will harm them that night.) 4) O Allah, we place You before them, and we seek refuge in You from their evil. 5) O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that is not humble, a soul that is never satisfied, and a supplication that is not answered. 6) Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs. 7) O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating partners with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know. 8) I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. (Said when distracting whispers come during prayer or recitation.) 9) I seek protection for you both in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every poisonous creature, and from every evil, harmful eye. (Ibrāhīm ﷺ used to say this over Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq.) 10) In the name of Allah (three times). I seek refuge in Allah's might and power from the evil of what I feel and am wary of (seven times). (Place your hand on the site of pain while reciting.)

Duʿāʾ · 117Qur'an 1:1–7 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5736, Muslim 2201

Sūrat al-Fātiḥah — The Opening (used as ruqyah)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ۝ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ ۝ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ۝ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm. Al-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-ʿālamīn. Ar-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm. Māliki yawmid-dīn. Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn. Ihdinaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭal-ladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim, ghayril-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa laḍ-ḍāllīn.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds. The Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Master of the Day of Judgment. You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path — the path of those You have blessed, not of those who have earned Your anger, nor of those who go astray. (The Prophet ﷺ approved a Companion reciting al-Fātiḥah as ruqyah, saying: "How did you know it was a ruqyah?")

Duʿāʾ · 118Qur'an 2:255 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2311

Āyat al-Kursī — The Verse of the Throne

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ

Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwal-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm. Lā ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ. Man dhal-ladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shay'in min ʿilmihi illā bimā shā'. Wasiʿa kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya'ūduhu ḥifẓuhumā, wa Huwal-ʿAliyyul-ʿAẓīm.

Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who could intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Whoever recites it at night, a guardian from Allah stays with him and no devil approaches until morning.)

Duʿāʾ · 119Qur'an 2:285–286 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5009, Muslim 807

The Last Two Verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ ۚ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ ۝ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Āmanar-Rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min Rabbihi wal-mu'minūn. Kullun āmana billāhi wa malā'ikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih. Lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulih. Wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka Rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr. Lā yukallifullāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā. Lahā mā kasabat wa ʿalayhā mak-tasabat. Rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭa'nā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalal-ladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Waʿfu ʿannā waghfir lanā warḥamnā. Anta Mawlānā fanṣurnā ʿalal-qawmil-kāfirīn.

The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His Messengers — "We make no distinction between any of His Messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. Grant us Your forgiveness, our Lord; to You is the final return." Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear. It gets what it earned, and it is accountable for what it earned. Our Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not lay on us a burden like the one You laid on those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with what we have no strength to bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so help us against the disbelievers. (Whoever recites the last two verses of al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.)

Duʿāʾ · 120Qur'an 112 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017 (recited nightly as protection)

Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ — Sincerity

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Qul Huwallāhu Aḥad. Allāhuṣ-Ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.

Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and none is comparable to Him.

Duʿāʾ · 121Qur'an 113 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017, Muslim 814

Sūrat al-Falaq — The Daybreak

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ۝ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbil-falaq. Min sharri mā khalaq. Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa min sharrin-naffāthāti fil-ʿuqad. Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak — from the evil of what He has created; from the evil of the darkness when it settles; from the evil of the blowers on knots (sorcery); and from the evil of the envier when he envies.

Duʿāʾ · 122Qur'an 114 · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017, Muslim 814

Sūrat an-Nās — Mankind

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ۝ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ۝ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ۝ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbin-nās. Malikin-nās. Ilāhin-nās. Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās. Minal-jinnati wan-nās.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind — from the evil of the retreating whisperer, who whispers in the breasts of mankind, from among the jinn and mankind.

Duʿāʾ · 123Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2186

The Prophet's Ruqyah for the Sick

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ، اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ

Bismillāhi arqīk, min kulli shay'in yu'dhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿaynin ḥāsid, Allāhu yashfīk, bismillāhi arqīk.

In the Name of Allah I perform ruqyah upon you, from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye — may Allah cure you; in the Name of Allah I perform ruqyah upon you. (Jibrīl recited this over the Prophet ﷺ.)

Duʿāʾ · 124Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5675, Muslim 2191

Removing Harm — the Prophet's Own Words

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

Adhhibil-ba's, Rabban-nās, ishfi Antash-Shāfī, lā shifā'a illā shifā'uka, shifā'an lā yughādiru saqamā.

Remove the harm, O Lord of mankind! Cure — You are the Healer. There is no cure but Your cure, a cure that leaves behind no illness.

Duʿāʾ · 125Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3106, al-Tirmidhī 2083 (ṣaḥīḥ)

Seven-Fold Duʿāʾ for the Sick

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

As'alullāhal-ʿAẓīma Rabbal-ʿArshil-ʿAẓīmi an yashfiyak. (Recited seven times over the sick person.)

I ask Allah, the Magnificent, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to cure you. (Whoever recites it seven times over a sick person whose time has not come, Allah will cure him.)

Duʿāʾ · 126Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2202

Placing the Hand on Pain

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ (ثَلَاثًا)، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ (سَبْعًا)

Bismillāh (× 3). Aʿūdhu billāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir (× 7). (Place the hand on the place of pain.)

In the Name of Allah (three times). I seek refuge in Allah and in His power from the evil of what I feel and what I fear (seven times).

Duʿāʾ · 127Qur'an 109; Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5055 (ṣaḥīḥ)

Sūrat al-Kāfirūn (recited for protection)

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ۝ لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ۝ وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ۝ وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ۝ وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ۝ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

Qul yā ayyuhal-kāfirūn. Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Wa lā anā ʿābidun mā ʿabadtum. Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud. Lakum dīnukum wa liya dīn.

Say: O disbelievers! I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship what I worship. Nor will I worship what you worship, nor will you worship what I worship. For you is your religion, and for me is mine. (The Prophet ﷺ taught its recitation at bedtime as a declaration of freedom from shirk.)

Duʿāʾ · 128Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3371

Protection for Children — Words of Allah

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

Uʿīdhukumā bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmah, min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah.

I seek refuge for you both in the perfect Words of Allah from every devil and every venomous creature, and from every evil eye. (The Prophet ﷺ would seek refuge for al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn with these words.)

Duʿāʾ · 129Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2708

Refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

Aʿūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq.

I seek refuge in the perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. (Whoever says it three times, nothing will harm him.)

Duʿāʾ · 130Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5088, al-Tirmidhī 3388 (ṣaḥīḥ)

The Name that Protects from All Harm

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

Bismillāhil-ladhī lā yaḍurru maʿasmihi shay'un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā', wa Huwas-Samīʿul-ʿAlīm. (Said three times, morning and evening.)

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

Duʿāʾ · 131Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5017, Muslim 2192

Blowing into the Palms with the Mu'awwidhāt

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ نَفَثَ فِي كَفَّيْهِ بِـ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ

The Prophet ﷺ, at bedtime, would cup his hands, blow into them while reciting Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and an-Nās, then wipe over as much of his body as he could — beginning with the head and face — repeating this three times. (This is the Sunnah method of self-ruqyah.)

The Prophetic method: recite al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and an-Nās into the cupped palms, then wipe the whole body — done three times before sleep and used as self-ruqyah for illness.

Duʿāʾ · 132Qur'an — Yūnus 10:81–82

The Verses of Sorcery — Sūrat Yūnus

فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا قَالَ مُوسَىٰ مَا جِئْتُم بِهِ السِّحْرُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيُبْطِلُهُ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُصْلِحُ عَمَلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ ۝ وَيُحِقُّ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Fa-lammā alqaw qāla Mūsā mā ji'tum bihis-siḥr, innallāha sayubṭiluh, innallāha lā yuṣliḥu ʿamalal-mufsidīn. Wa yuḥiqqullāhul-ḥaqqa bi-kalimātihi wa law karihal-mujrimūn.

When they had cast, Moses said: 'What you have brought is sorcery. Indeed, Allah will make it worthless — Allah does not set right the work of corrupters. And Allah establishes the truth by His words, however much the criminals may hate it.' (From the verses classically recited against sorcery.)

Duʿāʾ · 133Qur'an — Ṭā-Hā 20:65–69

The Verses of Sorcery — Sūrat Ṭā-Hā

قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا ۖ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ ۝ فَأَوْجَسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ ۝ قُلْنَا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْأَعْلَىٰ ۝ وَأَلْقِ مَا فِي يَمِينِكَ تَلْقَفْ مَا صَنَعُوا ۖ إِنَّمَا صَنَعُوا كَيْدُ سَاحِرٍ ۖ وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُ حَيْثُ أَتَىٰ

Qāla bal alqū, fa-idhā ḥibāluhum wa ʿiṣiyyuhum yukhayyalu ilayhi min siḥrihim annahā tasʿā. Fa-awjasa fī nafsihi khīfatan Mūsā. Qulnā lā takhaf innaka antal-aʿlā. Wa alqi mā fī yamīnika talqaf mā ṣanaʿū, innamā ṣanaʿū kaydu sāḥir, wa lā yufliḥus-sāḥiru ḥaythu atā.

He said, 'Rather, you throw.' And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him, from their magic, to be moving. So Moses sensed fear within himself. We said, 'Do not fear. Indeed, it is you who are superior. Throw what is in your right hand — it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is only a magician's trick, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is.' (Classically recited against sorcery.)

Duʿāʾ · 134Qur'an — aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:180–182

The Closing Verses of Sūrat aṣ-Ṣāffāt

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ۝ وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ ۝ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Subḥāna Rabbika Rabbil-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūn. Wa salāmun ʿalal-mursalīn. Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi Rabbil-ʿālamīn.

Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe. And peace be upon the messengers. And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of all worlds.

Duʿāʾ · 135Qur'an — al-Ḥashr 59:22–24

The Closing Verses of Sūrat al-Ḥashr

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ۖ هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ ۝ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝ هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

Huwallāhul-ladhī lā ilāha illā Huwa, ʿĀlimul-ghaybi wash-shahādah, Huwar-Raḥmānur-Raḥīm. Huwallāhul-ladhī lā ilāha illā Huwal-Malikul-Quddūsus-Salāmul-Mu'minul-Muhayminul-ʿAzīzul-Jabbārul-Mutakabbir, subḥānallāhi ʿammā yushrikūn. Huwallāhul-Khāliqul-Bāri'ul-Muṣawwir, lahul-asmā'ul-ḥusnā, yusabbiḥu lahu mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa Huwal-ʿAzīzul-Ḥakīm.

He is Allah — there is no god but He, the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; He is the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. He is Allah — there is no god but He, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him. He is Allah — the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner; to Him belong the most beautiful names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

Duʿāʾ · 136Qur'an — al-Qalam 68:51–52

The Closing Verses of Sūrat al-Qalam (against the evil eye)

وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ ۝ وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Wa in yakādul-ladhīna kafarū la-yuzliqūnaka bi-abṣārihim lammā samiʿudh-dhikra wa yaqūlūna innahu la-majnūn. Wa mā huwa illā dhikrun lil-ʿālamīn.

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, 'Indeed, he is mad.' But it is not except a reminder to all the worlds. (Classically recited as a protection against the evil eye — the verse mentions harm caused by the gaze.)

Duʿāʾ · 146Qur'an 12:64

Sūrat Yūsuf 12:64 — The Best Guardian

فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Fa-llāhu khayrun ḥāfiẓan, wa huwa arḥamu r-rāḥimīn.

But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. (The words of Prophet Yaʿqūb ﷺ when entrusting his children to Allah's protection; classically recited when seeking safety for oneself or one's family.)

Illness, Death & the Grave

From visiting the sick to standing at the graveside — the words the Prophet ﷺ taught for our most difficult moments.

Duʿāʾ · 082Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

Visiting the Sick

أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، وَاشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

Adhhibil-ba's Rabban-nās, washfi antash-Shāfī, lā shifā'a illā shifā'uk, shifā'an lā yughādiru saqamā.

Remove the affliction, O Lord of mankind, and heal — You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.

Duʿāʾ · 083Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

For One Nearing Death

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

Lā ilāha illallāh.

There is no god but Allah. (The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Prompt your dying with lā ilāha illallāh.')

Duʿāʾ · 084Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (ḥadīth of Umm Salamah)

Upon Calamity or Affliction

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

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma'jurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

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

Duʿāʾ · 085Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (ḥadīth of Umm Salamah)

Closing the Eyes of the Deceased

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِـ[فُلَانٍ] وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ

Allāhummaghfir li-[fulān] warfaʿ darajatahu fil-mahdiyyīn, wakhlufhu fī ʿaqibihi fil-ghābirīn, waghfir lanā wa lahu yā Rabbal-ʿālamīn, wafsaḥ lahu fī qabrihi wa nawwir lahu fīh.

O Allah, forgive [the deceased], raise his rank among the rightly guided, take care of his descendants he has left behind, forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds, and widen his grave and grant him light in it.

Duʿāʾ · 086Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

For the Deceased at the Funeral Prayer

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ

Allāhummaghfir lahu warḥamh, wa ʿāfihi waʿfu ʿanh, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassiʿ mudkhalah, waghsilhu bil-mā'i wath-thalji wal-barad, wa naqqihi minal-khaṭāyā kamā naqqaytath-thawbal-abyaḍa minad-danas, wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārih, wa ahlan khayran min ahlih, wa adkhilhul-jannah, wa aʿidh-hu min ʿadhābil-qabri wa ʿadhābin-nār.

O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and pardon him, honor his resting place and ease his entrance; wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of sin as a white garment is cleansed of dirt; give him an abode better than his home, a family better than his family; admit him to Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave and the Fire.

Duʿāʾ · 087Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim — the Prophet ﷺ sent this message to his daughter Zaynab when her son was dying.

Words of Condolence

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ، وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى، وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى، فَلْتَصْبِرْ وَلْتَحْتَسِبْ

Inna lillāhi mā akhadh, wa lahu mā aʿṭā, wa kullu shay'in ʿindahu bi-ajalin musammā, faltaṣbir wal-taḥtasib.

To Allah belongs what He takes, and to Him belongs what He gives; everything has an appointed time with Him. So be patient and seek reward.

Duʿāʾ · 088Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah (authentic)

Placing the Deceased in the Grave

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

Bismillāhi wa ʿalā millati Rasūlillāh.

In the name of Allah and upon the way of the Messenger of Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 089Sunan Abī Dāwūd (ḥasan)

After Burying the Deceased

اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِأَخِيكُمْ وَسَلُوا لَهُ التَّثْبِيتَ

Istaghfirū li-akhīkum wa salū lahut-tathbīt.

Seek forgiveness for your brother and ask that he be made firm. (The Prophet ﷺ would stand at the grave and instruct this after burial.)

Duʿāʾ · 090Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (ḥadīth of ʿĀ'ishah)

Visiting the Graves

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ، أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ

Assalāmu ʿalaykum ahlad-diyāri minal-mu'minīna wal-muslimīn, wa innā in shā'allāhu bikum lāḥiqūn, as'alullāha lanā wa lakumul-ʿāfiyah.

Peace be upon you, inhabitants of these abodes, believers and Muslims. We shall, if Allah wills, join you. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.

Six Duʿās for Cure & Healing from Disease

Duʿāʾ · 1581) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5675, Muslim 2191 · 2) Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3106, al-Tirmidhī 2083 — authentic (Ibn ʿAbbās RA) · 3) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2202 — taught to ʿUthmān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ · 4) Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2186 — the ruqyah of Jibrīl (AS) over the Prophet ﷺ · 5) Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3616 · 6) Qur'an 17:82; cf. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5736 (Fātiḥah as ruqyah).

Remove the Affliction · Ask Allah the Mighty · Bismillāh Ruqyah · Jibrīl's Ruqyah · No Harm, a Purification · Fātiḥah as Cure

1) اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا 2) أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ ﴿سَبْعًا﴾ 3) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ﴿ثَلَاثًا﴾ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ ﴿سَبْعًا﴾ 4) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ، اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ 5) لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ 6) وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

1) Allāhumma Rabban-nās, adhhibil-ba's, ishfi antash-Shāfī, lā shifā'a illā shifā'uk, shifā'an lā yughādiru saqamā. 2) As'alullāhal-ʿAẓīma Rabbal-ʿArshil-ʿAẓīmi an yashfiyak. (recited seven times over the sick) 3) Bismillāh (three times). Aʿūdhu bi-ʿizzatillāhi wa qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir (seven times — with hand on the site of pain). 4) Bismillāhi arqīk, min kulli shay'in yu'dhīk, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿaynin ḥāsid, Allāhu yashfīk, bismillāhi arqīk. 5) Lā ba'sa, ṭahūrun in shā'Allāh. (Said when visiting the sick — 'No harm; [it is] a purification, if Allah wills.') 6) Wa nunazzilu minal-Qur'āni mā huwa shifā'un wa raḥmatun lil-mu'minīn, wa lā yazīduẓ-ẓālimīna illā khasārā.

1) O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and heal — You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind. 2) I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you. (Whoever visits a sick person whose time has not yet come and says this seven times — Allah will cure him of that illness.) 3) In the name of Allah (three times). I seek refuge in the might of Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and am wary of (seven times). — Place the hand on the site of pain while reciting. 4) In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah upon you, from every thing that harms you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye. May Allah cure you. In the name of Allah I perform ruqyah upon you. — The ruqyah Jibrīl (AS) recited over the Prophet ﷺ. 5) No harm; [it is] a purification, if Allah wills. — Said to comfort the sick and remind them that illness expiates sins. 6) And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for the believers — but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. — Recite Sūrah al-Fātiḥah as ruqyah; the Prophet ﷺ approved this practice as authentic ruqyah.

Weather

Supplications for wind, thunder, and rain — turning the sky's changes into remembrance of Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 091Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

During a Windstorm

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ

Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayrahā wa khayra mā fīhā wa khayra mā ursilat bih, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri mā fīhā wa sharri mā ursilat bih.

O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good within it, and the good it was sent with, and I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil within it, and the evil it was sent with.

Duʿāʾ · 092Muwaṭṭa' Mālik (authentic chain)

Upon Hearing Thunder

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ

Subḥānal-ladhī yusabbiḥur-raʿdu bi-ḥamdihi wal-malā'ikatu min khīfatih.

Glory to Him Whom the thunder glorifies with praise, and the angels, out of fear of Him.

Duʿāʾ · 093Sunan Abī Dāwūd (authentic)

Seeking Rain (Istisqā')

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ، عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ

Allāhummasqinā ghaythan mughīthan marī'an marīʿan nāfiʿan ghayra ḍārr, ʿājilan ghayra ājil.

O Allah, send us a rescuing, wholesome, fruitful rain, beneficial and not harmful, promptly and without delay.

Duʿāʾ · 094Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

When It Rains

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfiʿā.

O Allah, (make it) a beneficial rain cloud.

Duʿāʾ · 095Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

After Rainfall

مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ

Muṭirnā bi-faḍlillāhi wa raḥmatih.

We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 096Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

Asking for Clear Skies

اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الْآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ وَبُطُونِ الْأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ

Allāhumma ḥawālaynā wa lā ʿalaynā, Allāhumma ʿalal-ākāmi waẓ-ẓirābi wa buṭūnil-awdiyati wa manābitish-shajar.

O Allah, (let it fall) around us and not upon us; O Allah, upon the hills, the small mountains, the valleys, and the places where trees grow.

Fasting, Food & Hospitality

From sighting the crescent moon to sharing a meal, gratitude woven into eating and giving.

Duʿāʾ · 097Sunan al-Tirmidhī, al-Dārimī (ḥasan)

Upon Sighting the Crescent Moon

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ، وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ، رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ

Allāhu akbar. Allāhumma ahillahu ʿalaynā bil-amni wal-īmān, was-salāmati wal-islām. Rabbī wa Rabbukallāh.

Allah is Greatest. O Allah, bring this crescent upon us with security and faith, safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 098Sunan Abī Dāwūd (ḥasan)

Upon Breaking the Fast

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Dhahabaẓ-ẓama'u wabtallatil-ʿurūqu wa thabatal-ajru in shā'allāh.

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

Duʿāʾ · 099Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (authentic)

Before Eating

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillāh. (If one forgets to say it at the start: Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirah.)

In the name of Allah. (Or, if remembered partway through: In the name of Allah at its beginning and its end.)

Duʿāʾ · 100Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (authentic)

After Eating

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

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

Praise is to Allah Who has fed me this and provided it for me without any might or power from myself.

Duʿāʾ · 101Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

A Guest's Duʿāʾ for the Host

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 for them, and forgive them and have mercy on them.

Duʿāʾ · 102Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim

For One Who Gives You Food or Drink

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي، وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِي

Allāhumma aṭʿim man aṭʿamanī, wasqi man saqānī.

O Allah, feed the one who has fed me, and give drink to the one who gave me drink.

Duʿāʾ · 103Sunan Abī Dāwūd (ḥasan)

Breaking the Fast at Someone's Home

أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ، وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

Afṭara ʿindakumuṣ-ṣā'imūn, wa akala ṭaʿāmakumul-abrār, wa ṣallat ʿalaykumul-malā'ikah.

May the fasting break their fast with you, may the righteous eat your food, and may the angels send blessings upon you.

Daily Etiquette & Social Life

Small words that carry great reward — for sneezing, anger, gratitude, and the moments in between.

Duʿāʾ · 104Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī

Upon Sneezing

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ﴿مِنَ الْعَاطِسِ﴾ — يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ ﴿مِنَ السَّامِعِ﴾ — يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ ﴿رَدُّ الْعَاطِسِ﴾

Alḥamdu lillāh (sneezer) — Yarḥamukallāh (one who hears it) — Yahdīkumullāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum (the sneezer's reply).

Sneezer says: 'Praise be to Allah.' Others reply: 'May Allah have mercy on you.' The sneezer then answers: 'May Allah guide you and set right your affairs.'

Duʿāʾ · 105Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

When Angry

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed. (The Prophet ﷺ also advised sitting down if standing, lying down if sitting, and performing wuḍū'.)

Duʿāʾ · 106Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan)

Seeing Someone Afflicted with Hardship

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ، وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا

Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī ʿāfānī mimmab-talāka bihi, wa faḍḍalanī ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.

Praise is to Allah Who has kept me safe from that which He has afflicted you with, and has favored me over much of what He has created. (Said silently, not within the afflicted person's hearing.)

Duʿāʾ · 107Sunan al-Tirmidhī, Abū Dāwūd, al-Ḥākim (authentic)

Expiation of a Sitting or Gathering

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

Subḥānakallāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance. (Said upon rising from a gathering; it expiates whatever occurred within it.)

Duʿāʾ · 108Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ) — the Prophet ﷺ said this is the most complete form of praise and thanks.

To One Who Has Done You a Favor

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

Jazākallāhu khayrā.

May Allah reward you with good.

Duʿāʾ · 109Qur'an 18:39

At Moments of Amazement or Delight

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Mā shā'allāhu lā quwwata illā billāh.

What Allah wills; there is no power except with Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 110Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

When Slaughtering an Animal

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Bismillāhi, wallāhu akbar.

In the name of Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.

Marriage & Comprehensive Duʿās

A blessing for those beginning a marriage, and two sweeping supplications that gather together every good.

Duʿāʾ · 111Sunan Abī Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ)

To a Newlywed Couple

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Bārakallāhu lak, wa bāraka ʿalayk, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr.

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

Duʿāʾ · 112Sunan Ibn Mājah (ḥasan)

A Comprehensive Duʿāʾ for All Good

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

Allāhumma innī as'aluka minal-khayri kullihi ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam, wa aʿūdhu bika minash-sharri kullihi ʿājilihi wa ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa mā lam aʿlam.

O Allah, I ask You for all good, its immediate and its delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know, and I seek refuge in You from all evil, its immediate and its delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know.

Duʿāʾ · 113Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan)

For a Heart Devoted to Allah

اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا تَحُولُ بِهِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعْصِيَتِكَ، وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ، وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مَصَائِبَ الدُّنْيَا

Allāhummaqsim lanā min khashyatika mā taḥūlu bihi baynanā wa bayna maʿṣiyatik, wa min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighunā bihi jannatak, wa minal-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihi ʿalaynā maṣā'ibad-dunyā.

O Allah, grant us such fear of You as will come between us and disobeying You, and such obedience to You as will bring us to Your Paradise, and such certainty as will make bearable for us the calamities of this world.

Ḥajj & ʿUmrah

The words of pilgrimage — from entering iḥrām with the Talbiyah to the greatest of days at ʿArafah.

Duʿāʾ · 114Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim — recited by the pilgrim upon entering the state of iḥrām for Ḥajj or ʿUmrah.

The Talbiyah

لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ

Labbayka Allāhumma labbayk, labbayka lā sharīka laka labbayk, innal-ḥamda wan-niʿmata laka wal-mulk, lā sharīka lak.

Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Indeed all praise, grace, and sovereignty belong to You. You have no partner.

Duʿāʾ · 115Sunan al-Tirmidhī (ḥasan) — the Prophet ﷺ said this is the best supplication said by him and the prophets before him on the Day of ʿArafah.

The Day of ʿArafah

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr.

There is no god but Allah, alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things Omnipotent.

Duʿāʾ · 116Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Muslim

Takbīr While Stoning the Jamarāt

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Allāhu akbar. (Said with each pebble thrown.)

Allah is the Greatest.

Tasbih, Dhikr & Praise of Allah

Short phrases of glorification and praise that are light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale, and beloved to the Most Merciful.

Duʿāʾ · 136Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — the Prophet ﷺ said these are two words light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale, and beloved to the Most Merciful.

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdihī — The Most Beloved Words to Allah

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdihī, subḥānallāhi l-ʿaẓīm.

Glory be to Allah and all praise is due to Him, glory be to Allah the Great.

Duʿāʾ · 137Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — whoever says this after every prayer, his sins are forgiven even if they be like the foam of the sea.

Tasbīḥ After Every Prayer — 33 / 33 / 34

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (٣٣) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (٣٣) اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ (٣٤)

Subḥānallāh (×33), al-ḥamdu lillāh (×33), Allāhu akbar (×34).

Glory be to Allah (33 times), all praise is due to Allah (33 times), Allah is the Greatest (34 times) — recited after every obligatory prayer.

Duʿāʾ · 138Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — the Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved words to Allah are four: Subḥānallāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illallāh, and Allāhu akbar. It does not matter with which you begin."

The Four Words Most Beloved to Allah

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subḥānallāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illallāh, wallāhu akbar.

Glory be to Allah, all praise is due to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.

Duʿāʾ · 139Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — the Prophet ﷺ said it is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.

Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh — A Treasure of Paradise

لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

There is no might nor power except with Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 140Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — whoever says this 100 times a day earns the reward of freeing ten slaves, 100 good deeds are written for him, 100 sins are erased, and he is protected from Shayṭān for that day.

Tahlīl — The Reward of Ten Freed Slaves

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr.

There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.

Duʿāʾ · 141Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī & Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — whoever says it 100 times a day, his sins are erased even if they be like the foam of the sea.

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdihī — 100 Times a Day

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdih.

Glory be to Allah and all praise is due to Him.

Duʿāʾ · 142Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī — the Prophet ﷺ said: "By Allah, I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."

Astaghfirullāh — Seeking Forgiveness

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfirullāha wa atūbu ilayh.

I seek the forgiveness of Allah and turn to Him in repentance.

Duʿāʾ · 143Musnad Aḥmad & an-Nasā'ī (ṣaḥīḥ) — these are among al-bāqiyāt aṣ-ṣāliḥāt, the everlasting good deeds mentioned in the Qur'an (18:46).

The Everlasting Righteous Deeds (al-Bāqiyāt aṣ-Ṣāliḥāt)

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Subḥānallāh, wal-ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illallāh, wallāhu akbar, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

Glory be to Allah, all praise is due to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.

Duʿāʾ · 144Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2721; Musnad Aḥmad 3528 (from Ibn Masʿūd)

Guidance, Piety, Chastity and Contentment

Illustration for Guidance, Piety, Chastity and Contentment

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

Allāhumma innī as'alukal-hudā wat-tuqā wal-ʿafāfa wal-ghinā.

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

Duʿāʾ · 145Musnad Aḥmad 3704; Ibn Ḥibbān 428 (ṣaḥīḥ, authenticated by Shaykh al-Albānī in as-Silsilah aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah 199)

Relief from Sorrow and Worry — The Qur'an as the Spring of the Heart

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

Allāhumma innī ʿabduka, wa-bnu ʿabdika, wa-bnu amatika, nāṣiyatī bi-yadika, māḍin fiyya ḥukmuka, ʿadlun fiyya qaḍā'uka, as'aluka bi-kulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, aw anzaltahu fī kitābika, aw ʿallamtahu aḥadan min khalqika, awi-sta'tharta bihi fī ʿilmi l-ghaybi ʿindaka, an tajʿala l-Qur'āna rabīʿa qalbī, wa-nūra ṣadrī, wa-jalā'a ḥuznī, wa-dhahāba hammī.

O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant; my forelock is in Your Hand; Your decree regarding me is inevitably executed, and Your judgment concerning me is just. I ask You by every Name that is Yours — with which You have named Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to one of Your creation, or kept exclusive to Yourself in Your unseen knowledge — that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my sadness, and the dispeller of my anxiety.

Duʿāʾ · 152Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726 — from Juwayriyah (RA): the Prophet ﷺ said these four phrases weigh more on the Scale than the countless tasbīḥ she had recited from morning until forenoon.

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdihī — ʿAdada Khalqihī (The Comprehensive Tasbīḥ)

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdihī, ʿadada khalqihī, wa riḍā nafsihī, wa zinata ʿarshihī, wa midāda kalimātih.

Glory be to Allah and all praise is due to Him — as many times as the number of His creation, as vast as His pleasure, as weighty as the throne, and as endless as the ink of His words.

Duʿāʾ · 153Qur'an 9:128–129 — these closing verses of Sūrah at-Tawbah are among the most powerful words of tawakkul and refuge; recited for protection and comfort in difficulty.

The Last Two Verses of Sūrah at-Tawbah — A Shield and Comfort

لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ۝ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

Laqad jā'akum rasūlum min anfusikum ʿazīzun ʿalayhi mā ʿanittum, ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum bil-mu'minīna ra'ūfun raḥīm. Fa-in tawallaw faqul ḥasbiyallāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm.

There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you, and to the believers he is kind and merciful. But if they turn away, say, 'Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.'

Duʿāʾ · 154Qur'an 3:26–27 — a comprehensive declaration of Allah's absolute sovereignty, power, and provision; often recited when seeking authority, decision, honor, or relief from humiliation.

The Throne of Sovereignty — Qur'an 3:26–27

قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ۝ تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىَّ ۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Qulillāhumma mālika al-mulki, tu'tī al-mulka man tashā'u wa tanzi'u al-mulka mimman tashā'u, wa tu'izzu man tashā'u wa tudhillu man tashā'u, biyadika al-khayru, innaka ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr. Tūliju al-layla fī an-nahāri wa tūliju an-nahāra fī al-layli, wa tukhriju al-ḥayya mina al-mayyiti wa tukhriju al-mayyita mina al-ḥayyi, wa tarzuqu man tashā'u bighayri ḥisāb.

Say, 'O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is all good. Indeed, You are over all things competent. You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account.'

Duʿāʾ · 156The first kalimah — the foundation of faith and the most virtuous dhikr. Mentioned in the Qur'an (e.g., 37:35, 48:29) and in countless authentic aḥādīth as the word of tawḥīd by which Paradise is granted.

Kalimah Ṭayyibah — The Testimony of Faith

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ

Lā ilāha illallāhu, Muḥammadar-rasūlullāh.

There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

Ayāt ash-Shifā — The Six Verses of Healing

Duʿāʾ · 159The six āyāt of the Qur'an known as Ayāt ash-Shifā — the verses of healing — gathered from Sūrah al-Isrā' 17:82, Yūnus 10:57, ash-Shuʿarā' 26:80, Fuṣṣilat 41:44, an-Naḥl 16:69, and at-Tawbah 9:14. Each contains the root shifā (healing); reciting them is a Sunnah means of seeking a cure from Allah.

Qur'an 17:82 · 10:57 · 26:80 · 41:44 · 16:69 · 9:14

1) وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا 2) يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاءٌ لِّمَا فِي الصُّدُورِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ 3) وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ 4) قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَاءٌ 5) فِيهَا شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ 6) وَيَشْفِ صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُّؤْمِنِينَ

1) Wa nunazzilu minal-Qur'āni mā huwa shifā'un wa raḥmatun lil-mu'minīn, wa lā yazīduẓ-ẓālimīna illā khasārā. 2) Yā ayyuhan-nāsu qad jā'atkum mawʿiẓatun min Rabbikum, wa shifā'un limā fīṣ-ṣudūri, wa hudan wa raḥmatun lil-mu'minīn. 3) Wa idhā mariḍtu fa huwa yashfīn. 4) Qul huwa lilladhīna āmanū hudan wa shifā'. 5) Fīhā shifā'un lin-nās. 6) Wa yashfī ṣudūra qawmin mu'minīn.

1) And We send down of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. — Sūrah al-Isrā' 17:82 2) O mankind, there has come to you an instruction from your Lord, and a healing for what is in the breasts, and guidance and mercy for the believers. — Sūrah Yūnus 10:57 3) And when I am ill, it is He who cures me. — Sūrah ash-Shuʿarā' 26:80 4) Say: It is, for those who believe, a guidance and a healing. — Sūrah Fuṣṣilat 41:44 5) In it (the honey) is a healing for mankind. — Sūrah an-Naḥl 16:69 6) And He will heal the breasts of a believing people. — Sūrah at-Tawbah 9:14

Ayāt as-Sakīnah — The Six Verses of Tranquility

Duʿāʾ · 160The six āyāt of the Qur'an known as Ayāt as-Sakīnah — the verses of tranquility — gathered from Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:248, at-Tawbah 9:26 and 9:40, and al-Fatḥ 48:4, 48:18, and 48:26. Each verse mentions Allah sending down sakīnah — calm, tranquility, and peace — upon the hearts of His Messenger ﷺ and the believers. Recited by the pious to seek Allah's tranquility in times of anxiety, fear, and distress.

Qur'an 2:248 · 9:26 · 9:40 · 48:4 · 48:18 · 48:26

1) وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ آيَةَ مُلْكِهِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسَىٰ وَآلُ هَارُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ 2) ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ 3) إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا السُّفْلَىٰ ۗ وَكَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ 4) هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَّعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا 5) لَّقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا 6) إِذْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَىٰ وَكَانُوا أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهْلَهَا ۚ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمًا

1) Wa qāla lahum nabiyyuhum inna āyata mulkihi an ya'tiyakumut-tābūtu fīhi sakīnatun min Rabbikum wa baqiyyatun mimmā taraka ālu Mūsā wa ālu Hārūna taḥmiluhul-malā'ikah, inna fī dhālika la-āyatan lakum in kuntum mu'minīn. 2) Thumma anzala-llāhu sakīnatahu ʿalā rasūlihi wa ʿalal-mu'minīna wa anzala junūdan lam tarawhā, wa ʿadhdhabal-ladhīna kafarū, wa dhālika jazā'ul-kāfirīn. 3) Illā tanṣurūhu fa qad naṣarahu-llāhu idh akhrajahul-ladhīna kafarū thāniyathnayni idh humā fil-ghāri idh yaqūlu li-ṣāḥibihi lā taḥzan inna-llāha maʿanā, fa anzala-llāhu sakīnatahu ʿalayhi wa ayyadahu bi-junūdin lam tarawhā, wa jaʿala kalimatal-ladhīna kafarus-suflā, wa kalimatu-llāhi hiyal-ʿulyā, wa-llāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīm. 4) Huwal-ladhī anzalas-sakīnata fī qulūbil-mu'minīna li-yazdādū īmānan maʿa īmānihim, wa lillāhi junūdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa kāna-llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīmā. 5) Laqad raḍiya-llāhu ʿanil-mu'minīna idh yubāyiʿūnaka taḥtash-shajarati fa ʿalima mā fī qulūbihim fa anzalas-sakīnata ʿalayhim wa athābahum fatḥan qarībā. 6) Idh jaʿalal-ladhīna kafarū fī qulūbihimul-ḥamiyyata ḥamiyyatal-jāhiliyyati fa anzala-llāhu sakīnatahu ʿalā rasūlihi wa ʿalal-mu'minīna wa alzamahum kalimatat-taqwā wa kānū aḥaqqa bihā wa ahlahā, wa kāna-llāhu bi-kulli shay'in ʿalīmā.

1) And their prophet said to them: The sign of his kingship is that the ark will come to you, in which is tranquility (sakīnah) from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron left behind, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers. — Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:248 2) Then Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers, and sent down soldiers you did not see, and He punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers. — Sūrah at-Tawbah 9:26 3) If you do not aid him — Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved drove him out, being one of two, when they were in the cave, and he said to his companion: Grieve not, indeed Allah is with us. And Allah sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers you did not see, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah — that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise. — Sūrah at-Tawbah 9:40 4) It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they may increase in faith along with their faith. And to Allah belong the armies of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. — Sūrah al-Fatḥ 48:4 5) Certainly Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with a near victory. — Sūrah al-Fatḥ 48:18 6) When those who disbelieved put into their hearts chauvinism — the chauvinism of the days of ignorance — Allah sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And Allah is Knowing of all things. — Sūrah al-Fatḥ 48:26

A Note on Authenticity

Every duʿāʾ in this collection is drawn only from the Qur'an and authentic (Ṣaḥīḥ or Ḥasan) narrations of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Sunan al-Nasāʾī, Sunan Ibn Mājah, and other trusted sources. Weak (ḍaʿīf) and fabricated narrations are excluded. The complete work will contain approximately 250–300 supplications. This collection currently holds 146 duʿās and continues to grow toward that goal, organized by topic and occasion.