1. Supplication for Guidance
اَلْـحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ. الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ. إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ. اِهْدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَ. صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ أَنعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّيْنَ.
Gratitude is only for God, the Lord of the worlds; the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment. [Lord!] It is only You whom we worship and it is only Your help that we seek. Bless us with the guidance of the straight path – the path of those you have blessed, not of those who have earned your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray. (1:1-6)
2. Supplication for Sustained Guidance
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوْبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ.
Our Lord! Let not our hearts go astray after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Truly, You are the Bestower. (3:8)
3. Supplication for Good in the Herein and the Hereafter
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Our Lord! Grant us in this world what is good and in the Hereafter what is good, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire! (2:201)
4. Supplications for Forgiveness
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَّسِيْنَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَآ أَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِيْنَ.
Our Lord! Do not hold us accountable if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have the strength to bear. Pardon us, forgive us, have mercy on us. You are our Protector and help us against the disbelievers. (2:286)
ربَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِيْنَ.
Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs and ground our feet firmly, and help us against the disbelievers. (3:147)
رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ. رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَنْ تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِيْنَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ. رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُّنَادِىْ لِلْإِيْمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوْا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوْبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الأبْرَارِ. رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَّنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ.
Our Lord! You have not created [all] this without a purpose. Glory to You! Save us from the torment of the Fire. Our Lord! Indeed, those whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have humiliated them, and never will the unjust find any helpers. Our Lord! Indeed, we have heard a caller calling to faith: “Believe in your Lord,” and we believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and take away from us our evil deeds, and make us die with your loyal people. Our Lord! Fulfill the promises you made with us through Your messengers and disgrace us not on the Day of Judgement. Indeed, You never go back on your promise. (3:191-194)
رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَّـمْ تَغْفِرْلَنَا وَتَرْحَـمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْـخَاسِرِيْنَ.
Our Lord! We have been unjust to ourselves. If You do not forgive us and not have mercy on us, we shall certainly be among the losers. (7:23)
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِىْ وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ يَوْمَ يَقُوْمُ الْـحِسَابُ.
Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and all the believers on the Day when accountability will be set up. (14:41)
لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِيْنَ .
There is no deity except you. Glory be to you. I have been unjust [to myself]. (21:87)
5. Supplications to have Pious Children
رَبِّ هَبْ لِيْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَـمِيْعُ الدُّعَاء.
Lord! Grant me from Yourself a noble child. You are indeed the hearer of supplications. (3:38)
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ الصَّالِـحِينَ.
My Lord! Grant me pious children. (37:100)
6. Supplication to have Patience
رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَّتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِيْنَ.
Our Lord! Pour out on us patience, and make us die as Muslims. (7:126)
7. Supplication of Trust in God
حَسْبِيَ اللّهُ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيْمِ.
God is sufficient for me. There is no deity except God. In Him I trust and He is the Lord of the great Throne. (9:129)
رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيْرُ.
Lord! In You we have put our trust; to You we turn, and to You we shall return. (60:4)
حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ.
Sufficient for us is God and He is the best of Supporters. (3:173)
8. Supplication for Diligence in the Prayer
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِىْ مُقِيْمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتـِى رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ.
O my Lord! Make me one who is diligent in the prayer and my offspring also. Our Lord! And accept my supplication. (14:40)
9. Supplication for Mercy and Help
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْـمَةً وَّهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا.
Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself and facilitate our affairs for us in the right way! (18:10)
10. Supplication for Effective Communication
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِىْ صَدْرِي. وَيَسِّرْ لِىْ أَمْرِي. وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّنْ لِّسَانِىْ. يَفْقَهُوْا قَوْلِي.
O my Lord! Open for me my chest. And ease for me my task. And undo the knot of my tongue so that people may understand my words. (20:25-28)
11. Supplication for Increase in Knowledge
رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا.
My Lord! Increase me in knowledge. (20:114)
12. Supplication for Childlessness
رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَّأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِيْنَ.
My Lord! Leave me not single [such that I die childless]. And indeed You are the Best of inheritors. (21:89)
13. Supplication against Evil Thoughts
رَّبِّ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَـمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ. وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَّـحْضُرُونِ.
My Lord! I seek refuge with You from the whisperings of the devils. And I seek refuge with You that these [devils] come to me [to work mischief]. (23:97-98)
14. Supplication for Forgiveness and Mercy
رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَـمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
Our Lord! We have professed faith; so, forgive us and have mercy on us. And You are the best of all who show mercy! (23:109)
15. Supplication for Good Health
وَأَيُّوْبَ إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ أَنِّيْ مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ.
And remember when Job cried out to His Lord: “I have been afflicted with ill-health and You are the Most Merciful.” (21:83)
16. Supplication of Protection from Hell-Fire
رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا.
Our Lord! Keep us away from the torment of Hell. Indeed, its torment is ever-clinging. (25:65)
17. Supplication for Comfort from the Family
رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَّاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ إِمَامًا.
Our Lord! Bestow on us the [comfort of the] coldness of the eyes from our wives and children, and make us the leaders of the pious. (25:74)
18. Supplication for Forgiveness of Believers
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِيْنَ سَبَقُوْنَا بِالْإِيْـمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوْبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَؤُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ.
Our Lord! Forgive us and also forgive our brethren who accepted faith before us and do not put malice in our hearts for the believers. Our Lord! You are indeed very Compassionate and Merciful. (59:10)
19. Supplication in Want
رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيْرٌ.
My Lord! I am in need of whatever you grant me of good. (28:24)
20. Supplication to show Gratitude
رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنـِى أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتـِى أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِـحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِيْ ذُرِّيَّتـِى إِنِّىْ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ.
Lord! Take hold of me so that I can express my gratitude to You for the favours You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and to do righteous deeds that will please You. And in my progeny also grant me pious heirs. To You I turn and to You I submit. (46:15)
21. Supplication for the Well-Being of Parents
رَّبِّ ارْحَـمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِىْ صَغِيْرًا.
My Lord! Have mercy on my parents the way they cared for me when I was small. (17:24)
22. Supplication for Embarking on a Journey
سُبْحانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِيْنَ. وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُوْنَ.
Glory be to Him Who put this [means of transport] to our service. We would never have been able to subject them to our control. And to our Lord shall we return. (43:13-14)
23. Supplication for Acceptance of Supplications
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ .
Our Lord! Accept our supplications. Indeed you hear and know all. (2:127)