Duʿā’ for the Protection of Īmān, Healing of the Heart, and Relief from Anxiety
This collection gathers duʿā’ and protective recitations from the Qur’an and the Sunnah for steadfastness in īmān, purification of the heart, protection from waswas, and relief from fear, worry, grief, and distress.
Part One: Duʿā’ and Protective Recitations from the Qur’an
1. Asking Allah for the straight path
Al-Fātiḥah 1:6–7
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
Transliteration:
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭa lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim, ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā ḍ-ḍāllīn.
Translation:
Guide us to the straight path: the path of those You have blessed, not of those who earned anger, nor of those who went astray.
2. Āyat al-Kursī: protection and tawḥīd
Al-Baqarah 2:255
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ 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
Transliteration:
Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa l-Ḥayyu l-Qayyūm. Lā taʾkhudhuhu sinatun wa-lā nawm. Lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-arḍ. Man dhā lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idhnih. Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa-mā khalfahum. Wa-lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shayʾin min ʿilmihi illā bimā shāʾ. Wasiʿa kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ. Wa-lā yaʾūduhu ḥifẓuhumā. Wa-Huwa l-ʿAliyyu l-ʿAẓīm.
Translation:
Allah: there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who can 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 Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and preserving them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.
3. Asking Allah to accept one’s ibadah and efforts
Al-Baqarah 2:127
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā taqabbal minnā, innaka Anta s-Samīʿu l-ʿAlīm.
Translation:
Our Lord, accept this from us. Surely You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
4. Asking Allah to keep oneself and one’s family surrendered to Him
Al-Baqarah 2:128
رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā wajʿalnā muslimayni laka wa-min dhurriyyatinā ummatan muslimatan laka, wa-arinā manāsikanā wa-tub ʿalaynā, innaka Anta t-Tawwābu r-Raḥīm.
Translation:
Our Lord, make us fully surrendered to You, and from our descendants make a community surrendered to You. Show us our ways of worship and turn to us in mercy. Surely You are the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful.
5. Asking for good in this life, the next life, and protection from the Fire
Al-Baqarah 2:201
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ātinā fī d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa-fī l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nār.
Translation:
Our Lord, give us good in this world, good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
6. Asking for patience and firmness
Al-Baqarah 2:250
رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa-thabbit aqdāmanā wanṣurnā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, pour patience upon us, make our feet firm, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people.
7. The last two verses of Al-Baqarah: īmān, surrender, forgiveness, and protection
Al-Baqarah 2:285–286
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
Transliteration:
Āmana r-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi min rabbihi wa-l-muʾminūn. Kullun āmana billāhi wa-malāʾikatihi wa-kutubihi wa-rusulih. Lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadin min rusulih. Wa-qālū samiʿnā wa-aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka Rabbanā wa-ilayka l-maṣīr.
Lā yukallifu llāhu nafsan illā wusʿahā. Lahā mā kasabat wa-ʿalayhā mā iktasabat. Rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā. Rabbanā wa-lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalā lladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa-lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih. Waʿfu ʿannā, wa-ghfir lanā, wa-rḥamnā. Anta Mawlānā, fanṣurnā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīn.
Translation:
The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. All believe in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers, saying, “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” They say, “We hear and obey. Grant us Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the final return.”
Allah does not burden any soul beyond what it can bear. It will have what it earned, and against it will be what it committed. Our Lord, do not take us to account if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not place upon us a burden like the one You placed upon those before us. Our Lord, do not burden us with what we cannot bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Protector, so grant us victory over the disbelieving people.
8. Asking Allah not to let the heart deviate
Āl ʿImrān 3:8
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wa-hab lanā min ladunka raḥmatan, innaka Anta l-Wahhāb.
Translation:
Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Surely You are the Bestower.
9. Remembering the Day of Gathering
Āl ʿImrān 3:9
رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā innaka jāmiʿu n-nāsi li-yawmin lā rayba fīh. Inna llāha lā yukhlifu l-mīʿād.
Translation:
Our Lord, surely You will gather all people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Surely Allah never breaks His promise.
10. Asking forgiveness after declaring faith
Āl ʿImrān 3:16
رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā innanā āmannā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nār.
Translation:
Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
11. Asking to be written among the witnesses
Āl ʿImrān 3:53
رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā āmannā bimā anzalta wa-ttabaʿnā r-rasūla fa-ktubnā maʿa sh-shāhidīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, we have believed in what You sent down and followed the Messenger, so write us among those who bear witness.
12. Asking forgiveness, firmness, and victory
Āl ʿImrān 3:147
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-isrāfanā fī amrinā wa-thabbit aqdāmanā wanṣurnā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs, make our feet firm, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people.
13. Asking protection from the Fire after reflecting on creation
Āl ʿImrān 3:191
رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَٰذَا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan subḥānaka fa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nār.
Translation:
Our Lord, You did not create all this without purpose. Glory be to You, so protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
14. Asking to die with the righteous and not be disgraced
Āl ʿImrān 3:193–194
رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā innanā samiʿnā munādiyan yunādī lil-īmāni an āminū bi-rabbikum fa-āmannā. Rabbanā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-kaffir ʿannā sayyiʾātinā wa-tawaffanā maʿa l-abrār.
Rabbanā wa-ātinā mā waʿadtanā ʿalā rusulika wa-lā tukhzinā yawma l-qiyāmah, innaka lā tukhlifu l-mīʿād.
Translation:
Our Lord, we heard a caller calling to faith, saying, “Believe in your Lord,” so we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our sins, erase our wrongs from us, and cause us to die with the righteous.
Our Lord, grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Surely You never break Your promise.
15. Asking to be written among the witnesses
Al-Mā’idah 5:83
رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā āmannā fa-ktubnā maʿa sh-shāhidīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, we have believed, so write us among those who bear witness.
16. The repentance of Ādam ؑ and Ḥawwā’ ؑ
Al-Aʿrāf 7:23
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa-in lam taghfir lanā wa-tarḥamnā lanakūnanna mina l-khāsirīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers.
17. Asking not to be placed with wrongdoers
Al-Aʿrāf 7:47
رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā maʿa l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people.
18. Asking for patience and to die as Muslims
Al-Aʿrāf 7:126
رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa-tawaffanā muslimīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, pour patience upon us and cause us to die as Muslims.
19. Asking not to become a trial and to be saved by mercy
Yūnus 10:85–86
رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatan lil-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn. Wa-najjinā bi-raḥmatika mina l-qawmi l-kāfirīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, do not make us a trial for the wrongdoing people, and save us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people.
20. Nūḥ’s ؑ supplication after realizing his error
Hūd 11:47
رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asʾalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilm, wa-illā taghfir lī wa-tarḥamnī akun mina l-khāsirīn.
Translation:
My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for what I have no knowledge of. If You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.
21. Yaqūb’s ؑ words of grief and surrender
Yūsuf 12:86
إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ
Transliteration:
Innamā ashkū baththī wa-ḥuznī ilā llāh.
Translation:
I only complain of my deep grief and sorrow to Allah.
22. Yūsuf’s ؑ duʿā’ to die as a Muslim
Yūsuf 12:101
تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration:
Tawaffanī musliman wa-alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
Translation:
Cause me to die as a Muslim and join me with the righteous.
23. Ibrāhīm’s ؑ duʿā’ for safety from shirk
Ibrāhīm 14:35
رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi ijʿal hādhā l-balada āminan wa-jnubnī wa-baniyya an naʿbuda l-aṣnām.
Translation:
My Lord, make this land secure, and keep me and my children far away from worshipping idols.
24. Ibrāhīm’s ؑ duʿā’ for prayer, acceptance, and forgiveness
Ibrāhīm 14:40–41
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
Transliteration:
Rabbi ijʿalnī muqīma ṣ-ṣalāti wa-min dhurriyyatī. Rabbanā wa-taqabbal duʿāʾ. Rabbanā ghfir lī wa-li-wālidayya wa-lil-muʾminīna yawma yaqūmu l-ḥisāb.
Translation:
My Lord, make me one who establishes prayer, and also from my descendants. Our Lord, accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day the reckoning takes place.
25. Asking for truthful entry, truthful exit, and divine support
Al-Isrā’ 17:80
رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا
Transliteration:
Rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala ṣidqin wa-akhrijnī mukhraja ṣidqin wa-jʿal lī min ladunka sulṭānan naṣīrā.
Translation:
My Lord, bring me in with truth, bring me out with truth, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.
26. The duʿā’ of the People of the Cave
Al-Kahf 18:10
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wa-hayyiʾ lanā min amrinā rashadā.
Translation:
Our Lord, grant us mercy from Yourself and prepare for us right guidance in our affair.
27. Asking for nearer guidance
Al-Kahf 18:24
عَسَىٰ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَٰذَا رَشَدًا
Transliteration:
ʿAsā an yahdiyani Rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadā.
Translation:
May my Lord guide me to what is nearer than this to right guidance.
28. Mūsā’s ؑ duʿā’ for an expanded chest and ease
Ṭāhā 20:25–28
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
Transliteration:
Rabbi ishraḥ lī ṣadrī. Wa-yassir lī amrī. Wa-ḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī. Yafqahū qawlī.
Translation:
My Lord, expand my chest, ease my task for me, and untie the knot from my tongue, so that they may understand my words.
29. Asking for increased knowledge
Ṭāhā 20:114
رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
Transliteration:
Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.
Translation:
My Lord, increase me in knowledge.
30. Ayyūb’s ؑ duʿā’ when afflicted
Al-Anbiyā’ 21:83
رَبِّ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi annī massaniya ḍ-ḍurru wa-Anta arḥamu r-rāḥimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, harm has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
31. Yūnus’s ؑ duʿā’ in distress
Al-Anbiyā’ 21:87
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Lā ilāha illā Anta, subḥānaka innī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
There is no god but You. Glory be to You. Surely I was among the wrongdoers.
32. Zakariyyā’s ؑ duʿā’
Al-Anbiyā’ 21:89
رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa-Anta khayru l-wārithīn.
Translation:
My Lord, do not leave me alone, and You are the best of inheritors.
33. Asking for a blessed place
Al-Mu’minūn 23:29
رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِي مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْمُنزِلِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi anzilnī munzalan mubārakan wa-Anta khayru l-munzilīn.
Translation:
My Lord, settle me in a blessed place, and You are the best of those who settle others.
34. Asking not to be placed among wrongdoers
Al-Mu’minūn 23:94
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي فِي الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi fa-lā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, do not place me among the wrongdoing people.
35. Protection from the whisperings of devils
Al-Mu’minūn 23:97–98
رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ
Transliteration:
Rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti sh-shayāṭīn. Wa-aʿūdhu bika Rabbi an yaḥḍurūn.
Translation:
My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the whisperings and incitements of the devils, and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, from their presence around me.
36. Asking forgiveness and mercy after faith
Al-Mu’minūn 23:109
رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā āmannā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa-Anta khayru r-rāḥimīn.
Translation:
Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the best of those who show mercy.
37. Asking forgiveness and mercy
Al-Mu’minūn 23:118
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi ghfir wa-rḥam wa-Anta khayru r-rāḥimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of those who show mercy.
38. Asking protection from Hell
Al-Furqān 25:65–66
رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا إِنَّهَا سَاءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ṣrif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannam. Inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāmā. Innahā sāʾat mustaqarran wa-muqāmā.
Translation:
Our Lord, turn away from us the punishment of Hell. Its punishment is clinging and terrible. Indeed, it is an evil place to settle and remain.
39. Asking for family to be a comfort and for righteous leadership
Al-Furqān 25:74
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
Transliteration:
Rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa-dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wa-jʿalnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā.
Translation:
Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and descendants the comfort of our eyes, and make us a model for the God-conscious.
40. Ibrāhīm’s ؑ duʿā’ for wisdom, righteousness, and the Hereafter
Ash-Shuʿarā’ 26:83–85, 87
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa-alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Wa-jʿal lī lisāna ṣidqin fī l-ākhirīn. Wa-jʿalnī min warathati jannati n-naʿīm. Wa-lā tukhzinī yawma yubʿathūn.
Translation:
My Lord, grant me sound judgment and join me with the righteous. Grant me an honoured mention among later generations. Make me among the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss, and do not disgrace me on the Day they are raised.
41. Sulaymān’s ؑ duʿā’ for gratitude and righteous action
An-Naml 27:19
رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmataka llatī anʿamta ʿalayya wa-ʿalā wālidayya, wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāh, wa-adkhilnī bi-raḥmatika fī ʿibādika ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
Translation:
My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for Your blessing which You have given me and my parents, to do righteous deeds that please You, and admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants.
42. Mūsā’s ؑ duʿā’ for forgiveness
Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:16
رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي
Transliteration:
Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-ghfir lī.
Translation:
My Lord, I have wronged myself, so forgive me.
43. Mūsā’s ؑ duʿā’ for safety
Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:21
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people.
44. Mūsā’s ؑ hope for guidance
Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:22
عَسَىٰ رَبِّي أَن يَهْدِيَنِي سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ
Transliteration:
ʿAsā Rabbī an yahdiyanī sawāʾa s-sabīl.
Translation:
May my Lord guide me to the sound and straight way.
45. Mūsā’s ؑ duʿā’ in need
Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:24
رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ
Transliteration:
Rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr.
Translation:
My Lord, I am truly in need of whatever good You send down to me.
46. Asking help against corruption
Al-ʿAnkabūt 29:30
رَبِّ انصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi unṣurnī ʿalā l-qawmi l-mufsidīn.
Translation:
My Lord, help me against the people who spread corruption.
47. Asking for righteous offspring
Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:100
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi hab lī mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
Translation:
My Lord, grant me a righteous child.
48. The angels’ duʿā’ for the believers
Ghāfir 40:7–9
رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ وَمَن تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shayʾin raḥmatan wa-ʿilmā, fa-ghfir lilladhīna tābū wa-ttabaʿū sabīlaka wa-qihim ʿadhāba l-jaḥīm.
Rabbanā wa-adkhilhum jannāti ʿadnin allatī waʿadtahum wa-man ṣalaḥa min ābāʾihim wa-azwājihim wa-dhurriyyātihim, innaka Anta l-ʿAzīzu l-Ḥakīm.
Wa-qihimu s-sayyiʾāt, wa-man taqi s-sayyiʾāti yawmaʾidhin faqad raḥimtah, wa-dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīm.
Translation:
Our Lord, You encompass all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and protect them from the punishment of the Blaze.
Our Lord, admit them into the Gardens of Eternity which You promised them, along with the righteous among their parents, spouses, and descendants. Surely You are the Mighty, the Wise.
Protect them from evil deeds; whoever You protect from evil deeds on that Day has truly received Your mercy, and that is the great success.
49. Entrusting one’s affair to Allah
Ghāfir 40:44
وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
Transliteration:
Wa-ufawwiḍu amrī ilā llāh. Inna llāha baṣīrun bi-l-ʿibād.
Translation:
I entrust my affair to Allah. Surely Allah sees His servants.
50. Asking for gratitude, righteous deeds, and righteous descendants
Al-Aḥqāf 46:15
رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmataka llatī anʿamta ʿalayya wa-ʿalā wālidayya, wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāh, wa-aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī. Innī tubtu ilayka wa-innī mina l-muslimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for Your blessing which You have given me and my parents, to do righteous deeds that please You, and make my descendants righteous for me. I turn to You in repentance, and I am among the Muslims.
51. Asking Allah to remove resentment from the heart
Al-Ḥashr 59:10
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ghfir lanā wa-li-ikhwāninā lladhīna sabaqūnā bi-l-īmān, wa-lā tajʿal fī qulūbinā ghillan lilladhīna āmanū. Rabbanā innaka Raʾūfun Raḥīm.
Translation:
Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers and sisters who came before us in faith, and do not place in our hearts any resentment toward those who believe. Our Lord, You are Gentle and Most Merciful.
52. Reliance, repentance, and protection from fitnah
Al-Mumtaḥanah 60:4–5
رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa-ilayka anabnā wa-ilayka l-maṣīr.
Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatan lilladhīna kafarū wa-ghfir lanā Rabbanā, innaka Anta l-ʿAzīzu l-Ḥakīm.
Translation:
Our Lord, upon You we rely, to You we turn, and to You is the final return.
Our Lord, do not make us a trial for those who disbelieve, and forgive us, our Lord. Surely You are the Mighty, the Wise.
53. Asking Allah to complete one’s light
At-Taḥrīm 66:8
رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā wa-ghfir lanā, innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.
Translation:
Our Lord, complete our light for us and forgive us. Surely You have power over all things.
54. Āsiyah’s ؑ duʿā’ for nearness to Allah and rescue
At-Taḥrīm 66:11
رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbi ibni lī ʿindaka baytan fī l-jannah, wa-najjinī min Firʿawna wa-ʿamalih, wa-najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise, save me from Pharaoh and his deeds, and save me from the wrongdoing people.
55. Nūḥ’s ؑ duʿā’ for believers
Nūḥ 71:28
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
Transliteration:
Rabbi ghfir lī wa-li-wālidayya wa-liman dakhala baytiya muʾminan wa-lil-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināt.
Translation:
My Lord, forgive me, my parents, whoever enters my home as a believer, and all believing men and believing women.
56. Al-Ikhlāṣ: pure tawḥīd
Al-Ikhlāṣ 112:1–4
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
Transliteration:
Qul Huwa llāhu Aḥad. Allāhu ṣ-Ṣamad. Lam yalid wa-lam yūlad. Wa-lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad.
Translation:
Say: He is Allah, One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.
57. Al-Falaq: seeking refuge from external harms
Al-Falaq 113:1–5
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
Transliteration:
Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbi l-falaq. Min sharri mā khalaq. Wa-min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa-min sharri n-naffāthāti fī l-ʿuqad. Wa-min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.
Translation:
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, from the evil of what He created, from the evil of the night when it settles, from the evil of those who blow on knots, and from the evil of the envier when he envies.
58. An-Nās: seeking refuge from waswas
An-Nās 114:1–6
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ
Transliteration:
Qul aʿūdhu bi-Rabbi n-nās. Maliki n-nās. Ilāhi n-nās. Min sharri l-waswāsi l-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri n-nās. Mina l-jinnati wa-n-nās.
Translation:
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 into the chests of mankind, from among jinn and mankind.
59. Reliance when facing fear
Āl ʿImrān 3:173
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
Transliteration:
Ḥasbunā llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīl.
Translation:
Allah is enough for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
60. Reliance upon the Lord of the Mighty Throne
At-Tawbah 9:129
حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Transliteration:
Ḥasbiya llāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa. ʿAlayhi tawakkaltu, wa-Huwa Rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm.
Translation:
Allah is enough for me. There is no god but Him. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
Part Two: Duʿā’ from the Hadith and Sunnah
1. For the heart to remain firm upon the religion
Reported in Tirmidhī
يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ
Transliteration:
Yā Muqalliba l-qulūb, thabbit qalbī ʿalā dīnik.
Translation:
O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.
2. For the heart to be directed toward obedience
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma Muṣarrifa l-qulūb, ṣarrif qulūbanā ʿalā ṭāʿatik.
Translation:
O Allah, Controller of hearts, direct our hearts toward Your obedience.
3. For religion, worldly life, and Hereafter to be set right
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَايَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِيَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي، وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ، وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma aṣliḥ lī dīnī alladhī huwa ʿiṣmatu amrī, wa-aṣliḥ lī dunyāya allatī fīhā maʿāshī, wa-aṣliḥ lī ākhiratī allatī fīhā maʿādī, wa-jʿali l-ḥayāta ziyādatan lī fī kulli khayr, wa-jʿali l-mawta rāḥatan lī min kulli sharr.
Translation:
O Allah, set right for me my religion, which protects all my affairs; set right for me my worldly life, in which I live; set right for me my Hereafter, to which I return. Make life an increase for me in every good, and make death a relief for me from every evil.
4. For guidance, taqwā, purity, and contentment
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka l-hudā wa-t-tuqā wa-l-ʿafāfa wa-l-ghinā.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for guidance, God-consciousness, purity, and contentment.
5. For guidance and sound direction
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka l-hudā wa-s-sadād.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for guidance and sound direction.
6. For help in remembrance, gratitude, and worship
Reported in Abū Dāwūd and Nasā’ī
اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika wa-shukrika wa-ḥusni ʿibādatik.
Translation:
O Allah, help me remember You, thank You, and worship You well.
7. Renewing contentment with Allah, Islam, and the Prophetﷺ
Reported in morning and evening adhkār
رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا
Transliteration:
Raḍītu billāhi Rabban, wa-bi-l-Islāmi dīnan, wa-bi-Muḥammadin nabiyyā.
Translation:
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad as my Prophetﷺ.
8. When afflicted by doubts in faith
Reported in Muslim and supplication collections
آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
Transliteration:
Āmantu billāhi wa-rusulih.
Translation:
I believe in Allah and His Messengers.
9. Protection from shirk, including hidden shirk
Reported in Al-Adab al-Mufrad and supplication collections
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an ushrika bika wa-anā aʿlam, wa-astaghfiruka limā lā aʿlam.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating anything with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do unknowingly.
10. Protection from disbelief, poverty, and the punishment of the grave
Reported in Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina l-kufri wa-l-faqr. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi l-qabr. Lā ilāha illā Ant.
Translation:
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.
11. For a sound heart and truthful tongue
Reported in Nasā’ī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ، وَالْعَزِيمَةَ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا، وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ، وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka th-thabāta fī l-amr, wa-l-ʿazīmata ʿalā r-rushd, wa-asʾaluka shukra niʿmatik, wa-ḥusna ʿibādatik, wa-asʾaluka qalban salīman, wa-lisānan ṣādiqā, wa-asʾaluka min khayri mā taʿlam, wa-aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā taʿlam, wa-astaghfiruka limā taʿlam.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for firmness in all matters, determination upon right guidance, gratitude for Your blessings, and good worship of You. I ask You for a sound heart and a truthful tongue. I ask You for the good that You know, seek refuge in You from the evil that You know, and seek Your forgiveness for what You know.
12. For purification of the soul
Reported in Muslim and Nasā’ī
اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا، وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا، أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا
Transliteration:
Allāhumma āti nafsī taqwāhā, wa-zakkihā Anta khayru man zakkāhā. Anta waliyyuhā wa-mawlāhā.
Translation:
O Allah, grant my soul its taqwā and purify it; You are the best One to purify it. You are its Guardian and Protector.
13. Refuge from a restless soul and a heart without humility
Reported in Muslim and Nasā’ī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ، وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ، وَمِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ، وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min nafsin lā tashbaʿ, wa-min qalbin lā yakhshaʿ, wa-min ʿilmin lā yanfaʿ, wa-min daʿwatin lā yustajābu lahā.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a soul that is never satisfied, a heart that does not humble itself, knowledge that does not benefit, and a supplication that is not answered.
14. Refuge from the evil of hearing, sight, tongue, heart, and desires
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ لِسَانِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ قَلْبِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min sharri samʿī, wa-min sharri baṣarī, wa-min sharri lisānī, wa-min sharri qalbī, wa-min sharri maniyyī.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, the evil of my sight, the evil of my tongue, the evil of my heart, and the evil of my desires.
15. Refuge from corrupt character, actions, and desires
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ مُنْكَرَاتِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ وَالْأَهْوَاءِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min munkarāti l-akhlāqi wa-l-aʿmāli wa-l-ahwāʾ.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from corrupt character, corrupt actions, and corrupt desires.
16. Refuge from the evil of the self and Shayṭān
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشَرَكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا، أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma Fāṭira s-samāwāti wa-l-arḍ, ʿĀlima l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādah, lā ilāha illā Anta, Rabba kulli shayʾin wa-malīkah, aʿūdhu bika min sharri nafsī, wa-min sharri sh-shayṭāni wa-sharakih, wa-an aqtarifa ʿalā nafsī sūʾan aw ajurrahu ilā Muslim.
Translation:
O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, there is no god but You, Lord and Sovereign of everything. I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself, from the evil of Shayṭān and his trap, and from bringing evil upon myself or dragging it toward another Muslim.
17. Asking for Allah’s love
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ، وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ، وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي، وَأَهْلِي، وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa-ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala lladhī yuballighunī ḥubbak. Allāhumma ijʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī, wa-ahlī, wa-mina l-māʾi l-bārid.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and deeds that will bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love dearer to me than myself, my family, and cool water.
18. The foremost supplication for forgiveness
Sayyid al-Istighfār, reported in Bukhārī
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 لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma Anta Rabbī, lā ilāha illā Anta, khalaqtanī wa-anā ʿabduk, wa-anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa-waʿdika mā istaṭaʿt. Aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿt. Abūʾu laka bi-niʿmatika ʿalayya, wa-abūʾu laka bi-dhanbī. Fa-ghfir lī, fa-innahu lā yaghfiru dh-dhunūba illā Ant.
Translation:
O Allah, You are my Lord; there is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant. I remain upon 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 blessing upon me, and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.
19. The duʿā’ taught to Abū Bakrؓ inside prayer
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīran, wa-lā yaghfiru dh-dhunūba illā Anta. Fa-ghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindik, wa-rḥamnī. Innaka Anta l-Ghafūru r-Raḥīm.
Translation:
O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and none forgives sins except You. So forgive me with a forgiveness from Yourself, and have mercy on me. Surely You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
20. Asking Allah for pardon
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ، فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innaka ʿAfuwwun tuḥibbu l-ʿafwa faʿfu ʿannī.
Translation:
O Allah, You are Pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.
21. Refuge from worry, grief, weakness, debt, and being overpowered
Reported in Bukhārī
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa-ḍalaʿi d-dayn, wa-ghalabati r-rijāl.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the crushing burden of debt and from being overpowered by people.
22. For sorrow and anxiety to be removed through the Qur’an
Reported in Aḥmad and supplication collections
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ، ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِّنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي، وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī ʿabduk, ibnu ʿabdik, ibnu amatik. Nāṣiyatī biyadik. Māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk, ʿadlun fiyya qaḍāʾuk. Asʾaluka bi-kulli ismin huwa lak, sammayta bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw ʿallamtahu aḥadan min khalqik, aw istaʾtharta bihi fī ʿilmi l-ghaybi ʿindak, an tajʿala l-Qurʾāna rabīʿa qalbī, wa-nūra ṣadrī, wa-jalāʾa ḥuznī, wa-dhahāba hammī.
Translation:
O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your judgment over me is carried out, and Your decree for me is just. I ask You by every name that belongs to You: which You named Yourself with, sent down in Your Book, taught to any of Your creation, or kept with Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen, to make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my sadness, and the dispeller of my worry.
23. For urgent distress
Reported in Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو، فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū, fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn, wa-aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullah. Lā ilāha illā Ant.
Translation:
O Allah, I hope for Your mercy, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye. Set all my affairs right. There is no god but You.
24. When a matter causes distress
Reported in Tirmidhī
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Transliteration:
Yā Ḥayyu, yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth.
Translation:
O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, by Your mercy I seek relief.
25. A short duʿā’ for distress
Reported in Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُ اللَّهُ رَبِّي لَا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا
Transliteration:
Allāh, Allāh, Rabbī, lā ushriku bihi shayʾā.
Translation:
Allah, Allah is my Lord; I do not associate anything with Him.
26. The Prophet’s ﷺ words in distress
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ، وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
Transliteration:
Lā ilāha illā Allāhu l-ʿAẓīmu l-Ḥalīm. Lā ilāha illā Allāhu Rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm. Lā ilāha illā Allāhu Rabbu s-samāwāti wa-Rabbu l-arḍi wa-Rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīm.
Translation:
There is no god but Allah, the Magnificent, 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.
27. The duʿā’ of Yūnus ؑ in hardship
Qur’an 21:87; its virtue is mentioned in hadith
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Transliteration:
Lā ilāha illā Anta, subḥānaka innī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīn.
Translation:
There is no god but You. Glory be to You. Surely I was among the wrongdoers.
28. Refuge from all trials, outward and inward
Reported in Muslim
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāhi mina l-fitan, mā ẓahara minhā wa-mā baṭan.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah from trials, those that are visible and those that are hidden.
29. Refuge from Hell, the grave, life and death trials, and the Dajjāl
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi jahannam, wa-min ʿadhābi l-qabr, wa-min fitnati l-maḥyā wa-l-mamāt, wa-min sharri fitnati l-Masīḥi d-Dajjāl.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of life and death, and from the evil trial of the false messiah.
30. Refuge from sin and debt
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina l-maʾthami wa-l-maghram.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sin and from debt.
31. Refuge from severe trial and painful outcomes
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلَاءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min jahdi l-balāʾ, wa-daraki sh-shaqāʾ, wa-sūʾi l-qaḍāʾ, wa-shamātati l-aʿdāʾ.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of calamity, the reach of misery, an evil decree, and the gloating of enemies.
32. Refuge from loss of blessing and sudden calamity
Reported in Muslim
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ، وَفُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ، وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min zawāli niʿmatik, wa-taḥawwuli ʿāfiyatik, wa-fujāʾati niqmatik, wa-jamīʿi sakhaṭik.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the disappearance of Your blessing, the loss of well-being, the suddenness of Your punishment, and all that brings Your displeasure.
33. Asking for pardon, well-being, safety, and protection
Reported in Ibn Mājah and Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي، وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، وَاحْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي، وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa-dunyāya wa-ahlī wa-mālī. Allāhumma-stur ʿawrātī, wa-āmin rawʿātī, wa-ḥfaẓnī min bayni yadayya, wa-min khalfī, wa-ʿan yamīnī, wa-ʿan shimālī, wa-min fawqī. Wa-aʿūdhu bika an ughtāla min taḥtī.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, worldly life, family, and wealth. O Allah, cover my faults, calm my fears, protect me from in front of me, behind me, my right, my left, and above me; and I seek refuge in You from being taken suddenly from beneath me.
34. Asking for well-being in body, hearing, and sight
Reported in Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي، اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī badanī. Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī samʿī. Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī baṣarī. Lā ilāha illā Ant.
Translation:
O Allah, grant me well-being in my body. O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no god but You.
35. Protection from sudden harm
Reported in Abū Dāwūd and Tirmidhī
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Transliteration:
Bismillāhi lladhī lā yaḍurru maʿa ismihi shayʾun fī l-arḍi wa-lā fī s-samāʾ, wa-Huwa s-Samīʿu l-ʿAlīm.
Translation:
In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing in the earth or the sky can cause harm; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
36. Refuge in Allah’s perfect words
Reported in Muslim
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq.
Translation:
I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.
37. Protection for children and against devils, harm, and the evil eye
Reported in Bukhārī
أُعِيذُكَ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
Transliteration:
Uʿīdhuka bi-kalimāti llāhi t-tāmmati min kulli shayṭānin wa-hāmmah, wa-min kulli ʿaynin lāmmah.
Translation:
I seek protection for you in the perfect words of Allah from every devil, every harmful creature, and every harmful eye.
For a girl, one may say: Uʿīdhuki. For two children: Uʿīdhukumā.
38. Ruqyah for healing
Reported in Muslim
بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ، مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ، أَوْ عَيْنِ حَاسِدٍ، اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ، بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ
Transliteration:
Bismillāhi arqīka, min kulli shayʾin yuʾdhīka, min sharri kulli nafsin aw ʿayni ḥāsid. Allāhu yashfīka. Bismillāhi arqīka.
Translation:
In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you from everything that harms you, from the evil of every soul or envious eye. May Allah heal you. In the name of Allah, I perform ruqyah for you.
39. Asking Allah to remove illness
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
أَذْهِبِ الْبَاسَ، رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
Transliteration:
Adhhibi l-baʾs, Rabba n-nās. Ishfi wa-Anta sh-Shāfī. Lā shifāʾa illā shifāʾuk, shifāʾan lā yughādiru saqamā.
Translation:
Remove the harm, Lord of mankind. Heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness behind.
40. When feeling pain in the body
Reported in Muslim
Say three times:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
Transliteration:
Bismillāh.
Translation:
In the name of Allah.
Then say seven times:
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāhi wa-qudratihi min sharri mā ajidu wa-uḥādhir.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah and in His power from the evil of what I feel and fear.
41. Asking for all good and refuge from all evil
Reported in Ibn Mājah
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ، عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ، عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ، مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina l-khayri kullih, ʿājilihi wa-ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam. Wa-aʿūdhu bika mina sh-sharri kullih, ʿājilihi wa-ājilih, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam.
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min khayri mā saʾalaka ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuk, wa-aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ʿādha bihi ʿabduka wa-nabiyyuk.
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka l-jannata wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa-aʿūdhu bika mina n-nāri wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa-asʾaluka an tajʿala kulla qaḍāʾin qaḍaytahu lī khayrā.
Translation:
O Allah, I ask You for all good, immediate and later, what I know of it and what I do not know. I seek refuge in You from all evil, immediate and later, what I know of it and what I do not know.
O Allah, I ask You for the good Your servant and Prophet ﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your servant and Prophet ﷺ sought refuge.
O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and whatever brings me near to it in word or deed, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and whatever brings me near to it in word or deed. I ask You to make every decree You have decreed for me good.
42. For certainty, obedience, and not making the world the heart’s greatest concern
Reported in Tirmidhī
اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيكَ، وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ، وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا، اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا، وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا، وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا، وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانَا، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتَنَا فِي دِينِنَا، وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا، وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا، وَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُنَا
Transliteration:
Allāhumma iqsim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu baynanā wa-bayna maʿāṣīk, wa-min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighunā bihi jannatak, wa-mina l-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihi ʿalaynā muṣībāti d-dunyā.
Allāhumma mattiʿnā bi-asmāʿinā wa-abṣārinā wa-quwwatinā mā aḥyaytanā, wa-jʿalhu l-wāritha minnā, wa-jʿal thaʾranā ʿalā man ẓalamanā, wanṣurnā ʿalā man ʿādānā, wa-lā tajʿal muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa-lā tajʿali d-dunyā akbara hamminā, wa-lā mablagha ʿilminā, wa-lā tusalliṭ ʿalaynā man lā yarḥamunā.
Translation:
O Allah, grant us such awe of You that it stands between us and disobedience to You; such obedience to You that it brings us to Your Paradise; and such certainty that it makes the hardships of this world light for us.
O Allah, let us benefit from our hearing, sight, and strength as long as You keep us alive, and let that remain with us until the end. Grant us justice against those who wrong us, give us victory over those who oppose us, do not make our trial be in our religion, do not make this world our greatest concern or the limit of our knowledge, and do not place over us anyone who will not show us mercy.
43. For help, guidance, gratitude, repentance, and cleansing the heart
Reported in Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah
رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ، وَانْصُرْنِي وَلَا تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ، وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلَا تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ، وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرِ الْهُدَى لِي، وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ، رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَكَّارًا، لَكَ ذَكَّارًا، لَكَ رَهَّابًا، لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا، إِلَيْكَ مُخْبِتًا، إِلَيْكَ أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا، رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي، وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي، وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي، وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي، وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي، وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي، وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي
Transliteration:
Rabbi aʿinnī wa-lā tuʿin ʿalayya, wanṣurnī wa-lā tanṣur ʿalayya, wamkur lī wa-lā tamkur ʿalayya, wahdinī wa-yassiri l-hudā lī, wanṣurnī ʿalā man baghā ʿalayya.
Rabbi ijʿalnī laka shakkāran, laka dhakkāran, laka rahhāban, laka miṭwāʿan, ilayka mukhbitan, ilayka awwāhan munībā.
Rabbi taqabbal tawbatī, waghsil ḥawbatī, wa-ajib daʿwatī, wa-thabbit ḥujjatī, wahdi qalbī, wa-saddid lisānī, waslul sakhīmata qalbī.
Translation:
My Lord, help me and do not help against me; support me and do not support against me; plan for me and do not plan against me; guide me and make guidance easy for me; support me against whoever wrongs me.
My Lord, make me deeply grateful to You, often remembering You, reverent toward You, obedient to You, humble before You, tender-hearted and returning to You.
My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, make my proof firm, guide my heart, make my tongue upright, and remove rancour from my heart.
44. Refuge from serious illness and distressing disease
Reported in Abū Dāwūd
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ، وَالْجُنُونِ، وَالْجُذَامِ، وَمِنْ سَيِّئِ الْأَسْقَامِ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina l-baraṣ, wa-l-junūn, wa-l-judhām, wa-min sayyiʾi l-asqām.
Translation:
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from leprosy, madness, severe skin disease, and harmful diseases.
45. Before sleeping: asking protection of the soul
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim
بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Transliteration:
Bismika Rabbī waḍaʿtu janbī, wa-bika arfaʿuh. In amsakta nafsī fa-rḥamhā, wa-in arsaltahā fa-ḥfaẓhā bimā taḥfaẓu bihi ʿibādaka ṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
Translation:
With Your name, my Lord, I lay down my side, and by You I raise it. If You take my soul, have mercy on it; and if You release it, protect it as You protect Your righteous servants.
46. Tawḥīd dhikr for protection from Shayṭān
Reported in Bukhārī and Muslim with virtues
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Transliteration:
Lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah. Lahu l-mulk, wa-lahu l-ḥamd, wa-Huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.
Translation:
There is no god but Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs the dominion, to Him belongs praise, and He has power over all things.
47. When disturbed by waswas in prayer
Reported in Muslim
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāhi minh.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah from him.
The Sunnah guidance is to seek refuge in Allah and lightly dry-spit to the left three times, without disturbing others.
48. General refuge from Shayṭān
Based on Qur’anic command and Sunnah practice
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah from the rejected Shayṭān.
49. When afflicted by faith-related waswas
Reported in Bukhārī, Muslim, and supplication collections say the following and then stop following the thought.
Say:
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāh.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah.
Then say:
آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
Transliteration:
Āmantu billāhi wa-rusulih.
Translation:
I believe in Allah and His Messengers.
مِنْ جَوَامِعِ الدُّعَاءِ
A Bonus Do'a, The Comprehensive Duʿā’
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.
Transliteration
Allāhumma innī asʾaluka mina l-khayri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa-ājilihi, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam, wa-aʿūdhu bika mina sh-sharri kullihi, ʿājilihi wa-ājilihi, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam.
Translation
O Allah, I ask You for every good: its immediate and later forms, what I know of it and what I do not know. And I seek refuge in You from every evil: its immediate and later forms, what I know of it and what I do not know.
Brief note
This is a beautiful opening from one of the most comprehensive Prophetic supplications. It gathers every form of good and protection from every form of evil, including what a person can recognize and what only Allah knows. Your translation is sound, but “immediate and later” is more precise than “present and future,” because ʿājilihi wa-ājilihi carries the sense of what comes quickly and what comes later. The full hadith continues by asking for the good the Prophet ﷺ asked for, seeking refuge from what he sought refuge from, asking for Paradise and what brings one near to it, seeking refuge from the Fire and what brings one near to it, and asking that every decree be made good
A Sunnah-Based Way to Recite Them in an Organized Manner
The Sunnah does not prescribe one fixed daily sitting in which every duʿā’ in this full collection must be recited in one exact order. A sound way is to keep the fixed Sunnah adhkār in their known times, then rotate the longer duʿā’ as general supplication in times where duʿā’ is encouraged: sujūd, before salām, after obligatory prayers, between adhān and iqāmah, the last third of the night, and quiet moments of need.
1. Morning protection set
After Fajr or before sunrise, recite:
Al-Ikhlāṣ, Al-Falaq, and An-Nās — three times each.
Use Qur’an entries 56, 57, and 58.Āyat al-Kursī — once.
Use Qur’an entry 2.Protection from sudden harm — three times.
Use Hadith entry 35.Asking for pardon, well-being, safety, and protection — once.
Use Hadith entry 33.Well-being in body, hearing, and sight — three times.
Use Hadith entry 34.Refuge from the evil of the self and Shayṭān — once.
Use Hadith entry 16.Firmness of the heart — once or more.
Use Hadith entries 1 and 2, and Qur’an entry 8.
Then add a small rotating set from the Qur’an list, such as 5–10 duʿā’ each morning.
2. After each obligatory prayer
After the regular post-prayer adhkār, recite:
Hadith entry 6: help in remembrance, gratitude, and worship.
Hadith entry 1 or 2: firmness and obedience of the heart.
Qur’an entry 8: asking Allah not to let the heart deviate.
This keeps the heart connected after every prayer without making the whole list burdensome.
3. Inside ṣalāh, before salām
In the final tashahhud before salām, use the supplications taught for prayer:
Hadith entry 19: the duʿā’ taught to Abū Bakrؓ .
Hadith entry 29: protection from Hell, the grave, life and death trials, and the Dajjāl.
Hadith entry 30: refuge from sin and debt.
This is one of the strongest places to ask Allah for protection.
4. In sujūd of sunnah prayers or night prayer
In sujūd, rotate one duʿā’ from each group:
For īmān and steadfastness:
Qur’an entries 8, 10, 14, 18, 22
Hadith entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 11
For the heart:
Qur’an entries 28, 35, 51
Hadith entries 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 43
For anxiety and distress:
Qur’an entries 21, 30, 31, 45, 49, 59, 60
Hadith entries 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32
For healing and protection:
Qur’an entries 2, 56, 57, 58
Hadith entries 33–40, 44
5. Evening protection set
After ʿAṣr or Maghrib, repeat the core morning protections:
Al-Ikhlāṣ, Al-Falaq, and An-Nās — three times each.
Protection from sudden harm — three times.
Pardon, well-being, safety, and protection — once.
Refuge in Allah’s perfect words — once or more.
Refuge from worry and grief — once or more.
Firmness of the heart — once or more.
Use Qur’an entries 56–58 and Hadith entries 35, 33, 36, 21, 1, and 2.
6. Before sleeping
Before sleep, follow a Sunnah-based order:
Recite Āyat al-Kursī — Qur’an entry 2.
Recite the last two verses of Al-Baqarah — Qur’an entry 7.
Recite Al-Ikhlāṣ, Al-Falaq, and An-Nās, blow into the palms, and wipe over the body — Qur’an entries 56–58.
Recite the sleep duʿā’ — Hadith entry 45.
Add one short heart duʿā’, such as Hadith entry 1 or Qur’an entry 8.
7. When anxiety suddenly rises
Use a short emergency set:
First:
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Transliteration:
Aʿūdhu billāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm.
Translation:
I seek refuge in Allah from the rejected Shayṭān.
Then recite:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Transliteration:
Yā Ḥayyu, yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth.
Translation:
O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, by Your mercy I seek relief.
Then recite:
اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو، فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Transliteration:
Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū, fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata ʿayn, wa-aṣliḥ lī shaʾnī kullah. Lā ilāha illā Ant.
Translation:
O Allah, I hope for Your mercy, so do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye. Set all my affairs right. There is no god but You.
Then repeat:
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
Transliteration:
Ḥasbunā llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīl.
Translation:
Allah is enough for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.
Or:
حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
Transliteration:
Ḥasbiya llāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa. ʿAlayhi tawakkaltu, wa-Huwa Rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm.
Translation:
Allah is enough for me. There is no god but Him. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.
8. Weekly full-cycle method
To recite the whole collection without turning it into a rigid ritual, rotate it through the week:
Day 1: Protection of īmān and guidance
Qur’an entries 1–15 and Hadith entries 1–10.
Day 2: Repentance, purification, and the heart
Qur’an entries 16–32 and Hadith entries 11–20.
Day 3: Anxiety, grief, distress, and tawakkul
Qur’an entries 33–49 and Hadith entries 21–32.
Day 4: Healing, protection, and well-being
Qur’an entries 50–60 and Hadith entries 33–44.
Day 5: Sunnah protection recitations
Āyat al-Kursī, the last two verses of Al-Baqarah, Al-Ikhlāṣ, Al-Falaq, An-Nās, and the morning/evening protection duʿā’.
Day 6: Heart and īmān focus
Repeat Qur’an entries 8, 14, 18, 22, 28, 35, 51, 59, 60 and Hadith entries 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 43.
Day 7: Anxiety, healing, and surrender
Repeat Qur’an entries 21, 30, 31, 45, 49, 57, 58, 59, 60 and Hadith entries 21–26, 31–40.
This method preserves the Sunnah adhkār in their proper times while allowing the longer collection to become a steady practice. Duʿā’, dhikr, ṣalāh, rest, good companionship, and seeking appropriate treatment all work together; if anxiety is severe or persistent, professional help should be sought alongside spiritual care.
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