Prayers from the Quran

رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Our Lord! Accept this from us. You are the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Supplication made by Ibrahim and Ismail while raising the foundations of the Ka'bah.

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

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

One of the shortest yet most comprehensive supplications

رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people.

رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

My Lord, grant me from Yourself good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.

رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Our Lord! We believe in what You have revealed and follow the messenger. Register us among the witnesses.

Supplication of the disciples of Jesus.

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Our Lord! Do not place us with the wrongdoing people.

Supplication of the people of A'raf — those between Paradise and the Fire.

رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ

Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision.

إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah, and I know from Allah that which you do not know.

رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا

My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.

Supplication for parents

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

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

The supplication of the Companions of the Cave

رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.

Addressed to the Prophet as a command, this verse teaches seeking knowledge as a form of prayer. Considered one of the briefest yet most comprehensive Quranic supplications.

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

The supplication made inside the whale

رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ

My Lord! Do not leave me alone, and You are the best of inheritors.

Zechariah's prayer for offspring; God answered it by granting him John (21:90).

رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ ٩٧ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils, and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me.

رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

Our Lord! We have believed, so forgive us and have mercy on us — You are the best of the merciful.

Prayer of believers who were mocked in the world; they are told in the Hereafter that this supplication was answered.

رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful.

رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering.

رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي

My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me.

رَبِّ بِمَا أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ

My Lord! Because of the favor You have granted me, I will never be a supporter of the criminals.

Moses' prayer of repentance and commitment after unintentionally causing a man's death.

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

My Lord! I am truly in need of whatever good You send down to me.

Moses' humble prayer upon reaching Midian, exhausted and hungry, in utter need.

رَبِّ انصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْمُفْسِدِينَ

My Lord! Give me victory over the corrupting people.

Lot's prayer for divine aid against his people's corruption.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord! Grant me a righteous child.

Ibrahim's prayer before the birth of Ismail; God answered with glad tidings.

رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

فَتَلَقّٰٓى اٰدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ اِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Then Adam received words from his Lord, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

The archetype of repentance — reaching for the words, the plea, the door opened by naming one's need.

رَبَّنَٓا اِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Our Lord! Surely You will gather humanity on a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allah does not break His promise.

A prayer or a confession? Both: a servant who does not forget the promise reminds himself of the Lord who keeps it.

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ اِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

If a suggestion from Satan touches you, seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Not phrased as a supplication but as a command — yet every "a'ūdhu billāh" traces back to this verse.

وَقَالَ ارْكَبُوا فِيهَا بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ مَجْرٰيهَا وَمُرْسٰيهَا اِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

Noah said: 'Board it! In the name of Allah is its course and its anchorage. My Lord is truly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'

The prayer for passing through hardship: naming Him at every moment the ship moves and every moment it stops.

قَالَ سَوْفَ اَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّي اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

He said: 'I will ask forgiveness for you from my Lord. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.'

A father's plea of forgiveness for his sons: not an act of grudge but the proof of a bond still carried.

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّاراً

Noah said: 'My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on the earth. If You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and produce only sinful, ungrateful descendants.'

A father's heaviest prayer: a plea concerned with descendants — protecting his own children by taking refuge from the corruption of others.

قُلْ اَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ

Say: 'I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak — from the evil of what He has created; from the evil of darkness when it descends; from the evil of those who blow on knots; and from the evil of the envier when he envies.'

Four enemies: creation itself, the fall of night, hidden whisperings, the eye of envy. Against them all — one Name.

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحاً وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Now judge between me and them decisively, and save me and the believers who are with me.

A father asking his Lord to arbitrate between himself and his people: salvation not for himself alone but for "those with me."

رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَاَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

My Lord! Save me and my family from what they do.

The narrowest definition of distress: "from what they do" — a plea to save one's family from what a society enacts.

مَنْ خَشِيَ الرَّحْمٰنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَجَٓاءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُنِيبٍ

(For) whoever feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart turned in devotion.

Two marks of guidance: fearing the Unseen and arriving with a turned heart. Both are matters of prayer.

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

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.

رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women.

وَنُوحاً اِذْ نَادٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَاَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ

And Noah — when he called out before, We answered him and saved him and his family from the great distress.

The report of one call: even the text does not record the words. It simply says "he called." This is distress in its purest form.

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

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

رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا

My Lord, cause me to enter a truthful entrance and to exit a truthful exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي 25 وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي 26 وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي 27 يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي 28

My Lord! Expand my chest, ease my task, and untie the knot in my tongue so they may understand my speech.

Moses' prayer before his mission to Pharaoh. Recited for eloquence and ease.

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ لَا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا اَللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَاِيَّاكُمْ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

How many creatures cannot carry their own provision — Allah provides for them and for you. He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

A bird carries no provision in its beak. Yet it lives. This is the simplest answer to the prayer for sustenance.

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ 85 وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Our Lord! Do not make us a trial for the wrongdoing people. Deliver us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people.

Supplication of the young believers from Moses' people during the time of Pharaoh's oppression.

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ

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

وَأْمُرْ اَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلٰوةِ وَاصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقاً نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوٰى

Command your family to pray, and be steadfast in it yourself. We do not ask you for provision — We provide for you. The best outcome belongs to the pious.

The first wish for family is not wealth but a shared moment of bowing — the name of standing together.

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Our Lord! Forgive our sins and our excesses. Make our steps firm, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people.

The supplication of steadfast believers facing trials and battle.

اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَداً

And remember your Lord when you forget, and say: 'Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer to right than this.'

The first condition of knowledge: admitting we forgot. The second: asking to be led to something nearer to truth.

وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِٓي اَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ اِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

Your Lord has said: 'Call upon Me — I will respond to you. Those who scorn to worship Me will enter Hell debased.'

Prayer is not merely a request but the necessary sign of servitude: to not pray is arrogance.

رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You about that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers.

فَاِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلٰوةُ فَانْتَشِرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَثِيراً لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

When the prayer ends, disperse through the land and seek Allah's bounty. Remember Allah often, so you may prosper.

The door of provision is in two places: the earth and remembrance. One hand at work, one tongue in praise.

رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا

Our Lord! Deliver us from this city whose people are oppressors. Appoint for us a protector from You, and appoint for us a helper from You.

The supplication of the oppressed; the verse states that God hears their cry.

وَمَا تَنْقِمُ مِنَّٓا اِلَّٓا اَنْ اٰمَنَّا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَٓاءَتْنَا رَبَّـنَٓا اَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَتَوَفَّـنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

Our Lord! Pour patience upon us and take our souls as Muslims.

A heart that accepts death in the first hour of its faith: the ultimate edge of patience, the first word of surrender.

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ ٨٣ وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ ٨٤ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ

My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous. And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations. And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.

وَاللّٰهُ اَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْاَبْصَارَ وَالْاَفْـِٔدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Allah brought you out from your mothers' wombs knowing nothing, and gave you hearing, sight, and hearts, that you might be grateful.

The precondition of gratitude: we were nothing a moment ago. We were equipped with ears, eyes, hearts. We still forget.

قُلْ اِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَٓا اَنْفَقْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ

Say: 'Truly my Lord expands provision for whom He wills and restricts it. Whatever you spend, He will replace. He is the best of providers.'

The classic answer to the prayer for provision: abundance and scarcity are both from His hand. What you give comes from His treasury.

رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ

Our Lord! Make us submit to You, and from our descendants a community submitting to You. Show us our rites, and accept our repentance. You are the Accepter of Repentance, the Merciful.

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts any resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful.

رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ ٤٠ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ

My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication. Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established.

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِّنكَ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ

O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table spread 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.

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ اَسْرَفُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعاً اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Say: 'O My servants who have wronged their own souls! Do not despair of Allah's mercy. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. He is truly the Forgiving, the Merciful.'

An invitation descending from a prophet's mouth, on the Lord's behalf: no door has closed.

رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَن أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into Your righteous servants.

وَاَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَ اَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَٓا اَخَّرْتَـنِٓي اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ فَاَصَّدَّقَ وَاَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Spend from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you, and he says: 'My Lord! If only You had delayed me for a little while, so I could give charity and be among the righteous.'

A prayer offered as a warning: this is the one that will not be answered. When the time comes, whatever is asked, the door has already closed.

رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ ٤ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination. Our Lord, make us not a trial for the disbelievers and forgive us. Our Lord, indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

O Allah, Master of all sovereignty! You give sovereignty to whom You will and take it from whom You will. You honour whom You will and abase whom You will. In Your hand is all goodness. You are indeed over all things powerful.

One of the few Quranic verses beginning with the direct address 'Allahumma'.

رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ

Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling to faith and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous.

اَلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّٰهَ قِيَاماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلٰى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هٰذَا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: 'Our Lord! You have not created this in vain — glory be to You. Protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'

The one prayer born from contemplation: "This is not for nothing." Realization becomes prostration.

رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims.

رَبِّ قَدْ آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِي مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ

My Lord, You have given me of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and in the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous.

رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا ٤ وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِن وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا

My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white hair, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy. And I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir.

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِيمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هٰذَا بَلَداً اٰمِناً وَارْزُقْ اَهْلَهُ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ مِنْهُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ قَالَ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاُمَتِّعُهُ قَلِيلاً ثُمَّ اَضْطَرُّهُٓ اِلٰى عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

Ibrahim prayed: 'My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits — those of them who believe in Allah and the Last Day.'

The most concrete supplication for provision: a city, a safety, a fruit — not abstract sustenance but daily bounty.

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ اِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا تَغَشّٰيهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلاً خَفِيفاً فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ فَلَمَّٓا اَثْقَلَتْ دَعَوَا اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ اٰتَيْتَنَا صَالِحاً لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ

When she carried a heavy burden, they both prayed to Allah, their Lord: 'If You grant us a healthy child, we will surely be among the grateful.'

The prayer of first parenthood: patience in waiting, gratitude already promised.

وَقَالَ مُوسٰى رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ اٰتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَاَهُ زِينَةً وَاَمْوَالاً فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبَّـنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّـنَا اطْمِسْ عَلٰٓى اَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتّٰى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْاَلِيمَ

Moses said: 'Our Lord! You have given Pharaoh and his chiefs splendor and wealth in this life. Our Lord! With them they lead people astray from Your path. Our Lord! Obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.' Allah said: 'Your prayer is granted. So stand firm on the straight path.'

The moment patience breaks: even a prophet may say "enough." And the Lord's answer is ready: "stand firm."

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا فِي الْمَجَالِسِ فَافْسَحُوا يَفْسَحِ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ وَاِذَا قِيلَ انْشُزُوا فَانْشُزُوا يَرْفَعِ اللّٰهُ الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ اُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

O believers! When you are told to make room in gatherings, make room — Allah will give you room. When you are told to rise, rise. Allah will raise the ranks of those who believe among you, and those given knowledge, by degrees. Allah is fully aware of what you do.

The answer to the prayer for knowledge is here: whoever makes room for a knower makes room for himself.

قَالَ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ اَنَا اٰتِيكَ بِهِ قَبْلَ اَنْ يَرْتَدَّ اِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهُ مُسْتَقِراًّ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ هٰذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِٓي ءَاَشْكُرُ اَمْ اَكْفُرُ وَمَنْ شَكَرَ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ رَبِّي غَنِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ

Solomon said: 'This is from the grace of my Lord — to test me: will I be grateful or ungrateful? Whoever is grateful, his gratitude is for his own good. Whoever is ungrateful, my Lord is truly Self-Sufficient, Most Generous.'

The paradox of gratitude: the blessing itself is the test. Even ingratitude adds nothing to the Lord's riches.

رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ

Our Lord! Do not blame us if we forget or err. Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You laid on those before us. Our Lord! Burden us not beyond what we have strength to bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Master, so give us victory over the disbelieving people.

Holds a special place in classical Islamic tradition. The Prophet said: "Whoever recites the last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him." (al-Bukhārī, Faḍāʾil al-Qurʾān 10; Muslim, Musāfirīn 256). Considered a comprehensive prayer that summarizes the believer's full range of supplications.

رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ ٧ رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ٨ وَقِهِمُ السَّيِّئَاتِ وَمَن تَقِ السَّيِّئَاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from punishment. Our Lord, admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and those righteous among their fathers, spouses and offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

The supplication of the angels for the believers

رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ ٣٥ رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ٣٦ رَّبَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي إِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُم مِّنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ

My Lord, make this city safe and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols. Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts of people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.