آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ We hear and we obey [Your commands]. Your forgiveness [we seek], O our Lord. To You shall be our ultimate return1 Note: The last part of Surah Al-Baqarah […]
Supplication for Perseverance & Victory
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Our Lord, pour upon us steadfastness [in your ways], steady our feet [against your enemies] and grant us victory over the rejecting people1 Note: When the army of the Israelites confronted Goliath’s army, a large number of them lost heart […]
Supplication for Blessings in the Life of this World as well as in the Hereafter
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Our Lord, grant us blessings in the life of this world and blessings in the life to come, and save us from the punishment of the Fire1 Note: The Qur’an says that there are people, who want all the good in […]
Supplication for Guidance to the Path of Eternal Success
سُوۡرَةُ الفَاتِحَة بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (١) ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ (٢) ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (٣) مَـٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ (٤) إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ (٥) ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٲطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ (٦) صِرَٲطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ (٧) All gratitude is due only to Allah, the Lord1 of the vastness of the universe2, Who is […]
Supplication for the Acceptance of Prayers & Deeds
وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ Our Lord accept [our deeds] from us. You, indeed, are the hearing, the Knowing1 Note: According to the Qur’an, when Abraham (pbuh) and Ishmael (pbuh) were raising the walls of the Ka`bah, as directed by God, it was then that they […]