The Quran


اللهم ارحمنا بالقرآن واجعله لنا إماما ونورا وهدى ورحمة. اللهم إنا عبيدك، بنو عبيدك، بنو إمائك، نواصينا بيدك، ماض فينا حكمك، عدل فينا قضاؤك. نسألك بكل اسم هو لك، سميت به نفسك، أو أنزلته في كتابك، أو علمته أحداً من خلقك، أو استأثرت به في علم الغيب عندك، أن تجعل القرآن العظيم ربيع قلوبنا، ونور صدورنا، وجلاء أحزاننا، وذهاب همومنا وغمومنا. اللهم علمنا منه ما جهلنا، وذكِّرنا منه ما نسينا، وارزقنا تلاوته آناء الليل وأطراف النهار على الوجه الذي يرضيك عنا، واجعله لنا حجة يا رب العالمين، برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين


Allaahumm arhamna bil-Qur’aani waj`alhu lana imaaman wa nooran wa hudan wa rahma(tan).
Allaahumma inna `abeeduka, banu `beedika, banu imaa’ika, nawaaseena biyadik, maadhin feena hukmuk, `adlun feena qadhaa’uk. Nas’aluka bikull ismin huwa laka sammyata bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fi kitaabik, aw `allamtahu ahadan min khalqik, aw ista’tharta bihi fi `ilm-il ghaybi `indak, an taj`al Al-Qur’aan Al-`azheema rabee`a quloobina, wa noora sudoorina, wa jalaa’a ahzaanina, wa zhahaaba humoomina wa ghumoomina. Allaahumma `allimna minhu ma jahilna, wa zhakkirna minhu ma naseena, warzuqna tilaawatahu aanaa’-allayli wa atraaf an-nahaari `alal wajh illazhi yurdheeka `anna, waj`alhu lana hujjatan ya Rabbal-`Aalameen, bi rahmatika ya Arham Arraahimeen.

O God, grace us with the Quran and make it for us a leader, a light, a guidance and a mercy.
O God, we are Your servants, sons of Your servant men, sons of Your servant women, applied to us is Your judgment, fair to us is Your decree. We ask You by every Attribute of Yourself which You called Yourself, or revealed in Your Book, or taught any of Your creation, or kept exclusively in the knowledge of the Beyond with You, that You make the Quran the spring of our hearts, the light of our bosoms, the expelling of our sadness, and the taking away of our worries and depression. O God, teach us of it what we have not learned, remind us of what we forgot of it, and grant us its recitation during the depths of the night and the edges of the day, in the manner that pleases You, and make it for us a supporting argument, O Lord of the worlds, by Your grace, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

O my Lord! I am indeed needy of whatever good You may send to me


 

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

 

Rabbi ‘inni limaa ‘anzalta ‘ilayya min khairin-faqeer

 

O my Lord! I am indeed needy of whatever good You may send to me
[Surah Qassas; 28:24]


The above du’a was made whilst sayyidina Musa (alayhis salam) was traveling to the desert of Madyan, with no place of shelter. He made this du’a while resting under the shade of a tree.

Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error


رَبَّنَا لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنْتَ مَوْلاَنَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Rabbana la tu’a-khidhna in-nasina aw akta’na, Rabbana wa la tahmil ‘alaiyna isran kama hamaltahu ‘alal-ladheena min qablina.  Rabbana wala tuham-milna mala taqata-lana beh.  Wa’fu-‘anna, waghfir-lana war hamna, Anta maulana fansurna ‘alal qawmil kaafireen

Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord!  Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou didst lay on those before us;  Our Lord! lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear.  Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness.  Have mercy on us, Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against Faith
[surah al-Baqarah; 2:286]

Oh Allah!, I ask You for doing good


اللهم إني أسألك فعل الخيرات, وترك المنكرات, وحب المساكين

وإذا أردت بعبادك فتنة فاقبضني إليك غير مفتون

 برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين

 

Allahumma inni as’aluka fi’lalkhairati, wa tarkal-munkarati, wa hubbal-massakeeni, wa idha ardta bi’ibaadika fitnahan faaqbidni illaiyka ghaira maftunin, bi Rahmatika, Ya ar-Hammar-Rahimeen.

(Oh Allah!, I ask You for doing good, and abandoning evils, and to love the poor. And when You wish to try Your servants, so draw me to Your presence without trial. By Your Mercy, Oh the Most Merciful of all that is Merciful.)

Oh Allah, I ask, Oh Allah


اللهم إني أسألك يا الله بأنك الواحد اللأحد الصمد الذي لم يلد ولم يو لد ولم يكن له كفوا أحد,

 أن تغفر لي ذنوبي إنك أنت الغفور الرحيم

Allahhumma inni as’aluka Ya Allahu bi annakal-Wahidul Ahadu Samadul ladhi,
lam ya-lid wa lam-youlad, wa lam yakullahu kufwan Ahad, an taghfira-li dhunuubi innaka Antal-Ghafoorur-Raheem.

(Oh Allah, I ask, Oh Allah, You are the One, The Only, Self-Sufficient Master, Who was not Begotten and Begets not, And none is equal to Him, Forgive me my sins, surely You are Forgiving, Merciful.
[Ahmed 4:364, An Nasa’i 3:54,55]

Oh Allah, Forgive me all my sins


اللهم اغفر لي ذنبي كله, دقه وجله, واوله وآخره, وعلانيته وسره 

Allahum-maghfirli dhanbi kullahu,diqqahu, wajillahu, wa awwa-lahu, wa aakhirahu
wa ‘ala-niyyatu wa sirrahu

(Oh Allah, Forgive me all my sins, great and small, the first and the last,
those that are apparent and those that are hidden)

[Muslim:1/350]

Our Lord! on Thee do we rely


رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

“Rabbana ‘alaika tawakkalna wa ilaika anabna wa ilaikal-masir. Rabbana la taj’alna fitnatan li-lladhina kafaru waghfir lana Rabbana innaka Antal ‘Azizul-Hakim.”

“Our Lord! on Thee do we rely, and to Thee do we turn, and to Thee is the eventual coming. Our Lord! do not make us a trial for those, who disbelieve, and forgive us, Our Lord! surely Thou are the Mighty, the Wise.”
[surah al-Saff; 60:4-5]

it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise


 

 

سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلاَّ مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

 

Subhanaka la ‘ilma lana ‘illa ma ‘allamtana ‘innaka ‘antal-‘Alimul Hakim

 

Glory be to you, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise
[surah Baqarah; 2:32]