10. ESSENTIAL DUʿĀS

Supplications for This World and the Hereafter, with Transliteration, Translation and Sources

1. 1. Comprehensive Duʿā for Goodness in Both Worlds

   رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

   Transliteration: Rabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fīl-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāban-nār.

   Translation: “Our Lord! Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.”[1]

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2. 2. Duʿā for Parents

   رَّبِّ ارۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِيۡ صَغِيۡرًا

   Transliteration: Rabbi irḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā.

   Translation: “My Lord! Be merciful to them as they raised me when I was young.”[2]

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3. 3. Duʿā for Family & Righteous Offspring

   رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ اَزۡوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ اَعۡيُنٍ وَاجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ اِمَامًا

   Transliteration: Rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyuniw-wajʿalnā lil-muttaqīna imāmā.

   Translation: “Our Lord! Bless us with pious spouses and offspring who will be the joy of our hearts, and make us models for the righteous.”[3]

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4. 4. Duʿā for Beneficial Knowledge

   رَّبِّ زِدۡنِيۡ عِلۡمًا

   Transliteration: Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā.

   Translation: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”[4]

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5. 5. Duʿā for Forgiveness (Sayyid al-Istighfār - The Master Supplication)

   اَللّٰهُمَّ اَنۡتَ رَبِّي لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنۡتَ، خَلَقۡتَنِيۡ وَاَنَا عَبۡدُكَ، وَاَنَا عَلَى عَهۡدِكَ وَوَعۡدِكَ مَا اسۡتَطَعۡتُ، اَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنۡ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعۡتُ، اَبُوۡءُ لَكَ بِنِعۡمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَاَبُوۡءُ بِذَنۡبِيۡ فَاغۡفِرۡ لِيۡ فَاِنَّهُ لَا يَغۡفِرُ الذُّنُوۡبَ اِلَّا اَنۡتَ

   Transliteration: Allāhumma anta Rabbī lā ilāha illā anta, khalaqtanī wa anā ʿabduka, wa anā ʿalā ʿahdika wa waʿdika mastataʿtu, aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā ṣanaʿtu, abū’u laka biniʿmatika ʿalayya, wa abū’u bidhanbī faghfir lī fa’innahu lā yaghfiru al-dhunūba illā ant.

   Translation: “O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no deity worthy of worship except You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I abide by Your covenant and promise as much as I am able. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your blessing upon me, and I confess my sin, so forgive me, for indeed none forgives sins except You.”[5]

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6. 6. Duʿā for Physical Health & Bodily Faculties (Morning & Evening)

   اَللّٰهُمَّ عَافِنِيۡ فِيۡ بَدَنِيۡ، اَللّٰهُمَّ عَافِنِيۡ فِيۡ سَمۡعِيۡ، اَللّٰهُمَّ عَافِنِيۡ فِيۡ بَصَرِيۡ، لَا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنۡتَ

   Transliteration: Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī badanī, Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī samʿī, Allāhumma ʿāfinī fī baṣarī, lā ilāha illā ant.

   Translation: “O Allah, grant me health in my body. O Allah, grant me health in my hearing. O Allah, grant me health in my eyesight. There is no deity worthy of worship except You.”[6]

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7. 7. Duʿā for Healing the Sick

   اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، اَذۡهِبِ الۡبَاسَ، وَاشۡفِ اَنۡتَ الشَّافِيۡ، لَا شِفَآءَ اِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ، شِفَآءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

   Transliteration: Allāhumma Rabban-nās, adh-hibil-ba’s, washfi Antash-Shāfī, lā shifā’a illā shifā’uk, shifā’an lā yughādiru saqamā.

   Translation: “O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction and heal, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing—a healing that leaves behind no disease.”[7]

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8. 8. Duʿā for the Community (The Sick and the Deceased)

   اَللّٰهُمَّ اشۡفِ مَرۡضَانَا وَمَرۡضَى الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَ، وَارۡحَمۡ مَوۡتَانَا وَمَوۡتَى الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَ

   Transliteration: Allāhumma-shfi marḍānā wa marḍal-muslimīn, warḥam mawtānā wa mawtal-muslimīn.

   Translation: “O Allah, heal our sick and the sick among the Muslims, and have mercy upon our deceased and the deceased among the Muslims.”[8a][8b]

   (Source note: This exact phrasing is not recorded verbatim in the canonical hadith books as a fixed narration from the Prophet ﷺ. It is a well-established supplication crafted by Muslim scholars and jurists, widely recited in Duʿāʾ al-Qunūt (in Witr and Tarāwīḥ) and in community prayers. It is grounded in the general Quranic and Prophetic commands to pray for fellow believers and show communal mercy, such as Surah al-Ḥashr (59:10): “Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith…”, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6011 [8a], and Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3201 [8b].)

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9. 9. Duʿā for Sustenance (Rizq), Knowledge, and Acceptance of Deeds

   اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَسۡاَلُكَ عِلۡمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزۡقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

   Transliteration: Allāhumma innī as’aluka ʿilman nāfiʿan, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalā.

   Translation: “O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good and pure provision, and deeds that are accepted.”[9]

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10. 10. Duʿā for Relief from Anxiety, Sorrow, and Debt

    اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّي اَعُوۡذُ بِكَ مِنَ الۡهَمِّ وَالۡحَزَنِ، وَالۡعَجۡزِ وَالۡكَسَلِ، وَالۡبُخۡلِ وَالۡجُبۡنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيۡنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

    Transliteration: Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-ʿajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍalaʿid-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

    Translation: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief and sorrow, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, and from the burden of debt and being overpowered by men.”[10]

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11. 11. Duʿā for Ease in Difficult Affairs

    اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا سَهۡلَ اِلَّا مَا جَعَلۡتَهٗ سَهۡلًا، وَاَنۡتَ تَجۡعَلُ الۡحَزۡنَ اِذَا شِئۡتَ سَهۡلًا

    Transliteration: Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahu sahlā, wa anta tajʿalu al-ḥazna idhā shi’ta sahlā.

    Translation: “O Allah, there is no ease except that which You make easy, and You make hardship easy if You will.”[11]

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12. 12. Duʿā for Complete Protection from Harm

    بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِيۡ لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسۡمِهٖ شَيۡءٌ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَآءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيۡعُ الۡعَلِيۡمُ

    Transliteration: Bismillāhil-ladhī lā yaḍurru maʿas-mihī shay’un fīl-arḍi wa lā fīs-samā’i wa Huwas-Samīʿul-ʿAlīm.

    Translation: “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.”[12]

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13. 13. Duʿā of Prophet Yūnus — Duʿā for Distress & Difficulty

    This supplication was made by Prophet Yūnus from inside the belly of the whale. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said regarding it: “No Muslim ever supplicates with it for anything, except that Allah responds to him.”

    لَّا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اَنۡتَ سُبۡحَانَكَ اِنِّيۡ كُنۡتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِيۡنَ

    Transliteration: Lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    Translation: “There is no deity worthy of worship except You; Exalted are You! Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.”[13]

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14. 14. Duʿā of Ādam and Ḥawwāʾ — Seeking Divine Mercy & Forgiveness

    This was the prayer spoken by our parents, Ādam and Ḥawwāʾ, after disobeying Allah in Paradise, teaching humanity how to repent sincerely.

    رَبَّنَا ظَلَمۡنَا اَنۡفُسَنَا وَاِنۡ لَّمۡ تَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا لَنَكُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الۡخَاسِرِيۡنَ

    Transliteration: Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa-il lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn.

    Translation: “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.”[14]

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15. 15. Duʿā of Prophet Mūsā — Confession of Sins & Seeking Instant Pardon

    Prophet Mūsā made this heartfelt supplication immediately after accidentally striking a man, acknowledging his human weakness and seeking instant forgiveness, to which Allah forgave him right away.

    رَبِّ اِنِّيۡ ظَلَمۡتُ نَفۡسِيۡ فَاغۡفِرۡ لِيۡ

    Transliteration: Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī.

    Translation: “My Lord! I have indeed wronged myself, so forgive me.”[15]

    (Note: There is also an authentic Prophetic variation taught by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq to say in prayer: “Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīran wa lā yaghfiru al-dhunūba illā anta faghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindik…”)

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