Supplications

Duas & Adhkar

الأَدْعِيَة وَالأَذْكَار

Supplications from the Quran and the Sunnah — for the day, after prayer, and in need — in Arabic with transliteration and meaning.

Duas from the Quranأَدْعِيَة قُرْآنِيَّة

Supplications the Quran itself teaches — many beginning with “Rabbana”, “Our Lord”. Each links to its verse in the mushaf.

For good in both worlds

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَّفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَّقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Rabbanā ātinā fi-d-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fi-l-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār.

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

Qur’an 2:201Read the ayah →

To keep the heart steadfast

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wa hab lanā min ladunka raḥmah, innaka anta-l-wahhāb.

Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself; indeed You are the Bestower.

Qur’an 3:8Read the ayah →

Seeking forgiveness

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

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

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

Qur’an 7:23Read the ayah →

For patience and firmness

رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَّثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā wanṣurnā ʿala-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn.

Our Lord, pour upon us patience, make our steps firm, and help us against the disbelieving people.

Qur’an 2:250Read the ayah →

For a righteous family

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَّاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

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

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

Qur’an 25:74Read the ayah →

For mercy and right guidance

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَّهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

Rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wa hayyiʾ lanā min amrinā rashadā.

Our Lord, grant us mercy from Yourself, and set right for us our affair.

Qur’an 18:10Read the ayah →

For increase in knowledge

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

Qur’an 20:114Read the ayah →

Trust in Allah in hardship

حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbuna-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl.

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

Qur’an 3:173Read the ayah →

Duas for the dayأَدْعِيَة يَوْمِيَّة

Short supplications from the Sunnah for ordinary moments of the day.

Before eating

Said before food. If forgotten, say: “Bismillāhi awwalahu wa ākhirahu.”

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ

Bismi-llāh.

In the name of Allah.

Sahih al-Bukhari / Muslim

After eating

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanā wa saqānā wa jaʿalanā muslimīn.

All praise is for Allah, who fed us and gave us drink and made us Muslims.

Sunan Abu Dawud / Tirmidhi

Leaving the house

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ

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

In the name of Allah; I place my trust in Allah. There is no power nor strength except by Allah.

Sunan Abu Dawud / Tirmidhi

Entering the washroom

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khabāʾith.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female evils (devils).

Sahih al-Bukhari / Muslim

Leaving the washroom

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak.

I seek Your forgiveness.

Sunan Abu Dawud / Tirmidhi

Before sleeping

بِاسْمِكَ اللّٰهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.

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

Sahih al-Bukhari

On waking

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi-n-nushūr.

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

Sahih al-Bukhari

In anxiety and grief

اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from helplessness and laziness.

Sahih al-Bukhari

After every prayerأَذْكَار بَعْدَ الصَّلَاة

A few of the words taught to be said after the fard prayer.

Seeking forgiveness

Three times

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ

Astaghfiru-llāh.

I seek the forgiveness of Allah.

Sahih Muslim

The source of peace

اللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Allāhumma anta-s-salām, wa minka-s-salām, tabārakta yā dha-l-jalāli wa-l-ikrām.

O Allah, You are Peace, and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honour.

Sahih Muslim

The tasbih of Fatimah

33 · 33 · 34

Counted on the fingers after the prayer.

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ · الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ · اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subḥāna-llāh (×33) · Al-ḥamdu lillāh (×33) · Allāhu akbar (×34).

Glory be to Allah · All praise is for Allah · Allah is the Greatest.

Sahih al-Bukhari / Muslim

Ayat al-Kursi

Whoever recites it after each prayer, nothing stands between them and Paradise but death.

اللّٰهُ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ…

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwa-l-ḥayyu-l-qayyūm…

Allah — there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all…

Qur’an 2:255Read the ayah →

Learning to pray? See the step-by-step Namaz guide. The Arabic is what is said; the transliteration and meaning are there to help you learn it.