SUPPLICATIONS OR DUAS OF THE HOLY QURAN
1. Du’aa of Adam عليه السلام
(and his wife):
رَبَّنَا
ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ
الْخَاسِرِينَ
“Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves.
If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be
of the losers.” (Surah al A’raaf: 23)
2. Du’aa of Noah عليه السلام
رَبِّ
اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
“My Lord! forgive me and my parents,
and whoever enters my house as a believer, and forgive all believers, both men
and women, and do not increase the wrong-doers in anything except perdition.”
(Surah Nooh: 28)
3. Du’aa of Yunus عليه السلام after
he was swallowed by a fish:
لَّا
إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
“None has the right to be worshipped
but You (O Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they
associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers.” (Surah al Anbiyaa:
87)
4. Du’aa of Ayoub عليه
السلام(after
enduring illness for many years):
أَنِّي
مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ
“Verily, distress has seized me, and
You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy.” (Surah al Anbiyaa: 83)
5 Du’aa of Moosa عليه السلام
when he was a stranger in the land of Madyan:
رَبِّ
إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ
“My Lord! Truly, I am in need of
whatever good that You bestow on me!” (Surah al Qasas: 24)
6 Du’aa of Moosa عليه السلام
for eloquence of speech:
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي
يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِيوَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي
”O my Lord! Open for me my chest
(grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness). “And ease my task for
me; “And make loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e. remove the
incorrectness from my speech) “That they understand my speech,” (Surah Taha:
25-28)
7. Du’aa by Yaqoob عليه السلام
after hearing the sad news of having lost his son Yusuf:
فَصَبْرٌ
جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
“So Beautiful Patience. It is Allah’s
help alone that I seek against what you utter” (Surah Yusuf: 18)
8. Du’aa of Yusuf عليه السلام
فَاطِرَ
السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنُيَا وَالآخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِي
مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
“The (only) Creator of the heavens
and the earth! You are my Wali (Protector, Helper, Supporter, Guardian, etc.)
in this world and in the Hereafter, cause me to die as a Muslim and join me
with the righteous.” (Surah Yusuf: 101)
9. Du’aa of Luut عليه السلام
رَبِّ
انصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
“My Lord, support me against the
corrupting people.” (Surah al Ankaboot: 30)
10. Du’aa of Shoaib عليه السلام
رَبَّنَا
افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ
“Our Lord! Judge between us and our
people in truth, for You are the Best of those who give judgment.” (Surah al
A’raaf: 89)
11. Du’aa of Sulayman عليه السلام
رَبِّ
أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ
وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ
وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي
عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
“My Lord! Hold me under (Your)
control that I may render thanks for the favour which You have bestowed on me
and on my parents, and that I may act righteously in a manner that would please
You. Include me, out of Your Mercy, among Your righteous servants.” (Surah
an-Naml: 19)
12. Du’aa 1 of Zakaria عليه السلام
begging Allah for good children:
رَبِّ
هَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
’O Lord! Grant me from Yourself out
of Your grace the gift of a goodly offspring, for indeed You alone heed all
Prayers.’ (Surah Aal Imran: 38)
13. Du’aa 2 of Zakaria عليه السلام
pleading Allah not to leave him childless:
رَبِّ
لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ
”Lord! Leave me not solitary (without
any issue). You are the Best Inheritor.” (Surah al Anbiyaa: 89)
14. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
seeking honorable mention among posterity:
وَاجْعَلْ
لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ
“and grant me an honourable reputation
among posterity”(Surah Ash-Shu’araa: 84)
15. Du’aa 3 of Zakaria (A.S) expressing his weakness and asking Allah
to bless him with kids:
رَبِّ
إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ
الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
وَإِنِّي
خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ
لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا
”My Lord! My bones have grown feeble
and my head is glistening with age; yet, never have my prayers to You, my Lord,
been unfruitful. I fear evil from my kinsmen after I am gone; and my wife is
barren, so grant me an heir out of Your special grace” (Surah Maryam: 4 &
5)
16. Du’aa of Eesa عليه السلام
for special providence:
اللَّهُمَّ
رَبَّنَا أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا
لِأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِنْكَ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ
الرَّازِقِينَ
“O
Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to
be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from
You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers.” (Surah al
Maa’idah: 114)
17. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
seeking forgiveness for himself, his parents and all the Believers on the Day
of Judgement:
رَبَّنَا
اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
“Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents
and the believers on the Day when the reckoning will take place.” (Surah
Ibraheem: 41)
18. Du’aa of Ibraheem and Ismaeel,
father and son عليهما
السلام
after they completed the construction of Ka’bah:
رَبَّنَا
تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
رَبَّنَا
وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُسْلِمَةً لَكَ
وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
”Our
Lord, accept this service from us; You are All-Hearing and All-Knowing. Our
Lord, make us Your Muslims (submissive servants) and also raise from our
offspring a community which should be Muslim (submissive to Your Will). Show us
the ways of Your worship and forbear our shortcomings: You are Forgiving and
Merciful. (Surah al Baqarah: 127 & 128)
19. Du’aa of Dawood and Sulayman,
father and son عليهما السلام expressing
their gratitude for having blessed with knowledge:
الْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ الَّذِي فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
”All
praise be to Allah Who has exalted us above many of His believing servants!”
(Surah an-Naml: 15)
20. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
thanking Allah for blessing him with two sons, one after the other, during his
old age:
الْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ
رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
“All
praise be to Allah Who, despite my old age, has given me Ismaeel and Ishaaq.
Surely my Lord hears all prayers”. (Surah Ibraheem: 39)
21. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
asking Allah to make the City of Makkah a City of Peace, and also to keep him
and his progeny safe and secure from worshipping the idols:
رَبِّ
اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ
”My
Lord! Make this city secure, and keep me and my sons away from worshipping the
idols. (Surah Ibraheem: 35)
22. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
seeking knowledge and wisdom, and also the blessed company of the righteous:
رَبِّ
هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ
“My
Lord, endow me with knowledge and wisdom and join me with the righteous” (Surah
Ash-Shu’araa: 83)
23. Du’aa of Ibraheem عليه السلام
asking Allah to make him and his family adopt consistency in Salah:
رَبِّ
اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي
رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
“My Lord! Enable me and my offspring
to establish Prayer, and do accept, our Lord, this prayer of mine”. (Surah
Ibraheem: 40)
To be continued....
