[ { "id": 1, "title": "A Perfect and Comprehensive Prayer", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) proclaimed Surah Al-Fatihah as the foremost and the Best of the Holy Qur’an. It was revealed to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) that perfect prayers, not given to any earlier Prophet, were Surah Al- Fatihah and the last few verses of the Surah Al-Baqarah. And whosoever prays with reference to these verses will be granted whatever he supplicates. In a tradition revealed to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) Allah Almighty said “I have divided salat between My servant and Myself. And My servant will certainly get whatsoever has been supplicated in this prayer.”", "reference": "(Al-Fatihah 1:1-7)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, Gracious, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgement. You alone do we worship and You alone do we implore for help. Guide us in the right path - the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings, those who have not incurred displeasure, and those who have not gone astray.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ", "ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ", "إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ", "ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio1.mp3" }, { "id": 2, "title": "Prayer for Affirmation of Faith and Attainment of Piety", "background": "This prayer is attributed in the Holy Qur’an to that group of sincere and pious people especially from Christianity who recognized and accepted truth and prayed.", "reference": "(Al-Ma’idah 5:84-85)", "meaning": "Our Lord, we believe, so write us down among those who bear witness. And why should we not believe in Allah and in the truth, which has come to us, while we earnestly wish that our Lord should include us among the righteous people?", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ " ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio2.mp3" }, { "id": 3, "title": "Prayer for Affirmation of Faith and its Acceptance", "background": "When the apostles of Hadrat ‘Isa (A.S) (Jesus) saw rejection from every quarter they raised this proclamation in his support, believed in him and prayed in these words:", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:54)", "meaning": "Our Lord we believe in that which You have sent down and we follow this Messenger, So write us down among those who bear witness.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ وَٱتَّبَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio3.mp3" }, { "id": 4, "title": "Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S)'s (Abraham) Prayer to Offer Everything to his Lord", "background": "The righteous people have been advised in the Holy", "reference": "(Al-Mumtahinah 60:5)", "meaning": "Our Lord, in You do we put our trust, and to You do we turn repentant, and towards You is the final return.", "arabic": [ " رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio4.mp3" }, { "id": 5, "title": "Prayer for Attaining the Good in this World and Hereafter", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) was asked to recite a prayer", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:202)", "meaning": "Our Lord, grant us good in this world as well as good in the world to come and protect us from the torment of the Fire.", "arabic": [ " رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio5.mp3" }, { "id": 6, "title": "Prayer of Beneficence in this world and in the world Hereafter", "background": "Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) prayed for his people in these", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:157)", "meaning": "And ordain for us good in this world as well as in the next; we have turned to You with repentance.", "arabic": [ "وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ " ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio6.mp3" }, { "id": 7, "title": "Prayer Against the Evil Insinuations of Satan", "background": "‘Amr bin Sa‘id (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) taught his Companions some prayers to recite when retiring for the night. This prayer is one of them.", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:98-99)", "meaning": "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the satans, and I seek refuge in You, My Lord, lest they come near me.", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ", "وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio7.mp3" }, { "id": 8, "title": "Prayer for Being Steadfast in Guidance", "background": "Hadrat Umm-e-Salamah (R.A) relates the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:9)", "meaning": "Our Lord, let not our hearts become perverse after You have guided us; and bestow upon us mercy from Yourself, surely You alone are the Bestower.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio8.mp3" }, { "id": 9, "title": "Prayer for Steadfastness and Victory over the Disbelievers", "background": "From the Holy Qur’an we learn that when Hadrat", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:251)", "meaning": "O our Lord, pour forth steadfastness upon us, and make our steps firm, and help us against the disbelieving people.", "arabic": [ " رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio9.mp3" }, { "id": 10, "title": "Prayers for Escaping Divine Chastisement, for His Forgiveness, Righteous End, Fulfilment of God’s", "background": "revealed the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) started salat and he was crying. Hadrat Bilal (R.A) asked him the reason for his weeping. He replied that these verses had been revealed to him and added that whosoever recites these verses and does not ponder over them was very unfortunate. The traditions also tell us that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite these verses daily and at night time and told his followers that whosoever recites these verses of Al-e-Imran at night will have the rewards equal to worshipping all the night.", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:195)", "meaning": "Our Lord, You have not created this, in vain, no, Holy are You; save us, then, from the punishment of the Fire. Our Lord, we have heard a Crier calling us unto faith, ‘Believe you in your Lord’, and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us, therefore our sins and remove from us our evils, and in death join us with the righteous. Our Lord, give us what You have promised us through Your Messengers and disgrace us not on the Day of Resurrection. Surely, You break not Your promise.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا وَءَاتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio10.mp3" }, { "id": 11, "title": "Comprehensive Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins, for Mercy and for Victory over the Enemy", "background": "This prayer comprises of the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah. Hadrat Abu Mas‘ud (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said reciting these two verses before retiring at night is more than enough. Moreover they are from among the treasure of Heavens which has not been given to any Prophet before the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) . Regarding these two verses the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) emphasised that we must remember them and make our family remember them because these are based jointly on the salat, Qur’an and supplication. (Only the supplication part of these verses is being printed here).", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:286-287)", "meaning": "We hear and we obey. We implore Your forgiveness, O our Lord, and to You is the returning. Our Lord, do not punish us, if we forget or fall into error; and our Lord, lay not on us a responsibility as You did lay upon those before us; Our Lord, burden us not with what we have not the strength to bear; and efface our sins, and grant us forgiveness and have mercy on us; You are our Master; so help us You against the disbelieving people.", "arabic": [ " سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio11.mp3" }, { "id": 12, "title": "Prayer for Steadfastness and Good End", "background": "When in the court of the Pharaoh the designs of the magicians were frustrated and Pharaoh threatened them with revenge, supplicating God, they replied:", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:127)", "meaning": "Our Lord, pour forth upon us steadfastness and cause us to die resigned unto You.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio13.mp3" }, { "id": 13, "title": "Prayer for Forgiveness and for Escaping Wrath of God", "background": "This prayer is for seeking forgiveness from Allah. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that when God intends to punish a people, He looks at the ones who offer Tahajjud prayers and ones who seek pardon from Him and because of them He postpones the punishment.", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:17)", "meaning": "Our Lord, we do believe; forgive us, therefore, our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio14.mp3" }, { "id": 14, "title": "Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins and Transgressions and Prayer for Steadfastness", "background": "Allah praises those Godly people who believe in His Prophets and joining the Prophets do not hesitate in confronting the enemies. The Holy Qur'an mentions their prayers as a result of which, God will grant them rewards in this world and in the hereafter", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:148)", "meaning": "Our Lord, forgive us our errors and our excesses in our conduct, and make firm our steps and help us against the disbelieving people.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio15.mp3" }, { "id": 15, "title": "Prayer for Mercy and Forgiveness", "background": "When Hadrat Adam (A.S) (Adam) by mistake ate from the forbidden tree, God taught him some prayers and as a result turned to him with compassion.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:24)", "meaning": "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You forgive us not and have not mercy on us, we shall surely be of the lost.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio16.mp3" }, { "id": 16, "title": "Prayer of Forgiveness in Asking Questions in Ignorance", "background": "When the son of Nuh (A.S) (Noah) was drowning in the flood, Nuh (A.S) (Noah) supplicated God for the safety of his son. God reprimanded him that as a result of his son’s misdeeds, the son was not amongst his people. Then Nuh (A.S) (Noah) implored God with the following humble prayer and became the recipient of God's mercy and blessings.", "reference": "(Hud 11:48)", "meaning": "My Lord, I beg You to protect me from asking You that whereof I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I shall be among the losers.", "arabic": [ " رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio17.mp3" }, { "id": 17, "title": "Prayer for Deliverance from Misfortune", "background": "Hadrat Sa‘d bin Abi Waqqas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that whosoever recites this prayer, which Hadrat Yunus (A.S) (Jonnah) offered in the belly of the whale, his prayer will be accepted. It is in the traditions that there is a promise of َكذالك ننجي المؤمنين (Thus do We deliver those who believe). Whosoever confesses his transgression will have his prayers accepted.", "reference": "(Al-Anbiya’ 21:88)", "meaning": "There is no God but You, Holy are You. I have indeed been of the wrongdoers.", "arabic": [ " لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio18.mp3" }, { "id": 18, "title": "Prayer for Attaining Strength whilst Confronting Evil", "background": "When the wife of ‘Aziz of Egypt conspired with her friends to incline Hadrat Yusuf (A.S) (Joseph) towards evil he offered this humble prayer, acceptance of which is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. God saved Hadrat Yusuf (A.S) (Joseph) from the evil designs of the women.", "reference": "(Yusuf 12:34)", "meaning": "O My Lord, I would prefer prison to that which they invite me; and unless You turn away their guile from me I shall incline towards them and be of the ignorant.", "arabic": [ " رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى كَيْدَهُنَّ أَصْبُ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio19.mp3" }, { "id": 19, "title": "Prayer for Recovery from Disease", "background": "Hadrat Ayyub (A.S) (Job) prayed for recovery from his grave illness. With the following words he begged mercy. This prayer was accepted and he was miraculously cured.", "reference": "(Al-Anbiya’ 21:84)", "meaning": "Affliction has touched me and You are the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.", "arabic": [ "أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio20.mp3" }, { "id": 20, "title": "Prayer for Seeking God's Protection, Forgiveness and Mercy", "background": "On receiving Divine sign Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) went to Mount Tur with seventy followers. An earthquake occurred and Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) thought that this was a punishment for his people for associating partners with Allah.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:156)", "meaning": "You are our Protector; forgive us then, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of those who forgive.", "arabic": [ "أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio21.mp3" }, { "id": 21, "title": "Confessing Unintentional Transgression and Seeking Forgiveness", "background": "While trying to stop a fight a person was accidentally killed by Hadrat Musa’s (A.S) (Moses) blow. He prayed in the following words and God forgave him.", "reference": "(Al-Qasas 28:17)", "meaning": "Lord, I have indeed wronged my soul, therefore, forgive me.", "arabic": [ " رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio22.mp3" }, { "id": 22, "title": "Prayers for Forgiveness and Mercy", "background": "During the absence of Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) the Israelites took a calf as their god. On his return he was very angry with his brother, his deputy and successor and reprimanded his people. His people prayed in repentance. This prayer can also be called ‘prayer of repentance’ by the followers of Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses).", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:150)", "meaning": "If our Lord does not have mercy on us, and forgive us, we shall surely be among the losers.", "arabic": [ "لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio23.mp3" }, { "id": 23, "title": "Prayer for Mercy", "background": "On the same occasion Musa (A.S) (Moses) prayed for forgiveness for his brother and himself.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:152)", "meaning": "My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us to Your mercy, and You are the most Merciful of all those who show mercy.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio24.mp3" }, { "id": 24, "title": "Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness for People gone Astray", "background": "Hadrat Abu Dharr (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) stayed up all night reciting this prayer. I enquired, 'O Messenger of Allah, You know the whole of the Holy Qur’an by heart, why did you keep repeating one verse?' He replied, ‘I was praying for my followers.’ I asked him about the reply he received from God. He said, ‘If I tell you of it, most people will forsake prayer.’ This is the same prayer that Hadrat ‘Isa (A.S) (Jesus) recited for his followers.", "reference": "(Al-Ma’idah 5:119)", "meaning": "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You surely are the Mighty, the Wise.", "arabic": [ "إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio25.mp3" }, { "id": 25, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Divine Wrath", "background": "Enumerating the attributes of the servants of the Gracious Lord, Allah says that these servants are the ones who pass the hours of the night prostrating and standing before their Lord and seek safety from Divine wrath.", "reference": "(Al-Furqan 25:66)", "meaning": "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell; for the punishment thereof is a lasting torment.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio26.mp3" }, { "id": 26, "title": "Prayer for Attaining Forgiveness and Removal of Rancour", "background": "A companion of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offered prayers with him. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that this person is heaven-bound. Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umarra was curious about what deed on the part of that person had deserved God's Beneficence and so he went and stayed overnight with him and was shown great hospitality. Ibne ‘Umarra said, \"I offered 'Tahajjud' prayers while this person slept. I observed an obligatory fast the next day while he did not. I questioned him about his actions which entitled him to be heaven-bound. He answered: ‘As the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) has told you about it you better enquire from him.\" Ibne ‘Umarra went to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and asked him. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) told him to go back and ask him about it with his permission. This companion of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, “Firstly, I do not value worldly things. If I get them it is fine and if I do not get them it does not matter to me. Secondly, I do not have jealousy or bear rancour against anyone.”Hadrat Ibne ‘Umar (R.A) admitted that most surely God had given him superiority over others. This is a prayer Allah has taught to believers.", "reference": "(Al-Hashr 59:11)", "meaning": "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in the faith, and leave not in our hearts any rancour against those who believe. Our Lord, You are indeed Compassionate, Merciful.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِى قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio27.mp3" }, { "id": 27, "title": "Prayer for Mercy and Forgiveness", "background": "Hadrat Abu-Bakr (R.A) requested the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) for a prayer to recite during salat. The prayer which was taught to him contains special supplications for mercy and forgiveness.", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:119)", "meaning": "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the Best of those who show mercy. along with the previous three verses of the Surah and blew on a patient. The patient got better. He said, \"By God if these verses are recited with full conviction and faith, even over a mountain it will move from its place”(meaning that it is a very potent prayer).", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio28.mp3" }, { "id": 28, "title": "Humble Prayers of Throne-Bearing Angels for the Believers", "background": "The Companions of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) were gathered together and were talking about God's Greatness when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) came and said, \"I also will tell you something about God's Greatness.\" Then he mentioned the throne-bearing angels of God who are His magnificent creation. Yahya bin Mu‘adh ar-Razira used to say that if one heavenly angel prays for the forgiveness of the believers, there is hope for God's pardon of sins, let alone the whole host of angels praying collectively.", "reference": "(Al-Mu’min 40:8-10)", "meaning": "Our Lord, You do comprehend all things in Your mercy and knowledge. So forgive those who repent and follow Your way; and protect them from the punishment of Hell. And make them, our Lord, enter the Gardens of Eternity which You have promised them, as well as such of their fathers and their wives and their children as are virtuous. Surely You are the Mighty, the Wise. And protect them from evils; and he whom You do protect from evils on that day-him has You surely shown mercy. And that indeed is the supreme triumph.", "arabic": [ " رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَٱغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَٱتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ", "رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّـٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۥ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio29.mp3" }, { "id": 29, "title": "Prayer of a Patient Believing Wife for Deliverance from a Cruel Husband", "background": "Pharaoh used to treat his wife cruelly because she changed her religion. His wife prayed for escaping his bad treatment. It is related that her prayer was accepted and her heavenly abode was shown to her in this very world.", "reference": "(At-Tahrim 66:12)", "meaning": "My Lord, build for me a house with You in the Garden; and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from the wrongdoing people.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio30.mp3" }, { "id": 30, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Transgression on Seeing the End of the Transgressors", "background": "Having seen heaven, Ashab-e-A‘raf (perfect believers) will spontaneously start to recite this verse on seeing the people of Fire.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:48)", "meaning": "Our Lord, put us not with the unjust people.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio31.mp3" }, { "id": 31, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Tyrannical People", "background": "Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) advised a small company of believing young men from among his people.’ You have believed in Allah, so put your trust in Him.’ These young men prayed in response.", "reference": "(Yunus 10:86-87)", "meaning": "In Allah do we put our trust. Our Lord, make us not a trial for the wrongdoing people. And deliver us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people.", "arabic": [ "عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ", "وَنَجِّنَا بِرَحْمَتِكَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio32.mp3" }, { "id": 32, "title": "Prayer for Migration and Escaping Cruel People", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) (whose mother, Umm-e-Fadl, believed in Islam in the early period) used to relate that, when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) migrated from Makkah, he and his mother were amongst the weak women and children who were mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. That they used to pray for the success of the migration. God delivered these oppressed people at the time of the conquest of Makkah.", "reference": "(An-Nisa’ 4:76)", "meaning": "Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself and make for us from Yourself some helper.", "arabic": [ " رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَٱجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio33.mp3" }, { "id": 33, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Being Unjust in Times of Strength", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) instructed his followers to treat the vanquished people with kindness.", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:94-95)", "meaning": "My Lord, if You will show me that with which they are threatened. My Lord, then place me not, with the wrongdoing people.", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّى مَا يُوعَدُونَ", "رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى فِى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio34.mp3" }, { "id": 34, "title": "Prayer for Increase of Knowledge", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was taught the following prayer so that his decisions be Divinely guided.", "reference": "(Ta Ha 20:115)", "meaning": "O my Lord, increase me in knowledge.", "arabic": [ " رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio35.mp3" }, { "id": 35, "title": "Prayer for Open-Heartedness, Ease of Affairs and Effectiveness of Speech", "background": "When Hadrat Musaa (Moses) was instructed to deliver God's message to the Pharaoh's court, he prayed in these words. Hadrat Asma’ binte ‘Umaisra relates \"I heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offering this prayer at the foot of Mount Thabir. He was praying to his God and saying, “O my Lord, I pray to You in the same words as my brother Musa (A.S) (Moses).\"", "reference": "(Ta Ha 20:26-29)", "meaning": "My Lord, open up for me my heart. And ease for me my task. And untie the knot of my tongue, That they may understand my speech.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى", "وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى", "وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى", "يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِى" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio36.mp3" }, { "id": 36, "title": "Prayer for Spiritual Progress and Forgiveness", "background": "God advises believers to repent sincerely. God will forgive their sins and place them in the heavens of His pleasure. There will be light in front of these believers and light behind them and they will pray.", "reference": "(At-Tahrim 66:9)", "meaning": "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us: surely You have power over all things.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio37.mp3" }, { "id": 37, "title": "Prayer for the Righteous End and Death in the State of being a Muslim", "background": "When God granted Hadrat Yusuf (A.S) (Joseph) sovereignty after the ordeal of imprisonment, his brothers came to his court and brought their father with them. Hadrat Yusuf (A.S) (Joseph) thanked God and prayed.", "reference": "(Yusuf 12:102)", "meaning": "O my Lord, you have blessed me with a share of sovereignty and taught me the interpretation of things O the Maker of the heavens and the earth, You are my Protector in this world and the Hereafter. Let death come to me in a state of submission to Your will and join me to the righteous people.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ قَدْ ءَاتَيْتَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِى مِن تَأْوِيلِ ٱلْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَنتَ وَلِىِّۦ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio38.mp3" }, { "id": 38, "title": "Humble Prayer for Receiving Goodness", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malikra relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) was so hungry, he became desperate even for a piece of a date. God not only provided food and shelter for him in a foreign land but also arranged a home and a wife for him.", "reference": "(Al-Qasas 28:25)", "meaning": "O my Lord, a beggar I am of whatever good You bestow upon me.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio39.mp3" }, { "id": 39, "title": "Prayer for Sustenance and Peace", "background": "All the prayers that the Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) recited when he was building the Ka‘bah were accepted. These prayers were for Makkah to be a peaceful town, its inhabitants to receive sustenance and his progeny to be saved from idolatry and associating partners with God.", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:127)", "meaning": "My Lord, make this a town of peace and provide with fruits such of its dwellers as believe in Allah and the Last Day.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُم بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرُِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio40.mp3" }, { "id": 40, "title": "Prayer for Spiritual and Worldly Advancement of Children", "background": "The prayer Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) offered for the spiritual and worldly advancement of his progeny", "reference": "(Ibrahim 14:38)", "meaning": "‘Our Lord, I have settled some of my children in an uncultivable valley near Your Sacred House, our Lord that they may observe Prayer. So make men's hearts incline towards them and provide them with fruits, that they may be thankful.’ My Lord, make this city, a city of peace, and keep me and my children away from worshipping idols.", "arabic": [ "رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّىٓ أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِى بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِى زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجْعَلْ أَفْـِٔدَةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهْوِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ وَٱرْزُقْهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ", "رَبِّ اجْعَلُ هَذَا الْبَلَدَ امِنَّا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio41.mp3" }, { "id": 41, "title": "Prayer of the Apostles of Jesus Christas", "background": "Hadrat ‘Isa (A.S) (Jesus) prayed on the insistence of his apostles for sustenance from Heaven. God replied,‘Surely I will send it down to you, but whosoever of you disbelieves afterwards, I will surely punish them wherewith I will not punish any other of the people’.", "reference": "(Al-Ma’idah 5:115)", "meaning": "O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table from heaven spread with food that it may be to us a festival, to the first of us and to the last of us, and a Sign from You; and provide sustenance for us, for You are the Best of sustainers.", "arabic": [ "ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةً مِّنكَ ۖ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio43.mp3" }, { "id": 42, "title": "Prayer for Strength, Superiority, Increase of Sustenance and Deliverance from Debt", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) advised Hadrat Mu‘adh (R.A) to recite these two verses for deliverance from debt. He said that if a believer in distress recites these verses, God would rid him of the burden of debt and misery. Muqatil (R.A) bin Hayyan said that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was taught this prayer for victory over Persia and Rome", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:27-28)", "meaning": "O Allah, Lord of sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whomsoever You please; and You take away sovereignty from whomsoever You please. You exalt whomsoever You please and You abase whomsoever You please. In Your hand is all good. You surely have the power to do all things. You make the night pass into the day and You make the day pass into the night. And You bring forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. And You give to whomsoever You please without measure.", "arabic": [ "ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ", "تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio44.mp3" }, { "id": 43, "title": "Prayer for Just Decision and Victory", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that Hadrat Shu‘aib (A.S) (Jethro) despaired of his people's non-belief. He prayed to God for arbitration. As a result of this prayer his people were completely destroyed by an earthquake.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:90)", "meaning": "Our Lord comprehends all things. In Allah have we put our trust. So, O our Lord, decide You between us and between our people with truth, and You are the Best of those who decide.", "arabic": [ "وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio45.mp3" }, { "id": 44, "title": "Cry for Help on being Overwhelmed", "background": "When the denial of Hadrat Nuh’s (A.S) (Noah) people reached an extreme, they called him a liar and a madman. In vexation, Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) prayed to God.", "reference": "(Al-Qamar 54:11)", "meaning": "I am overcome, so come Thou to my help.", "arabic": [ "أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio46.mp3" }, { "id": 45, "title": "Prayer for Arbitration", "background": "Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) was distressed by his people. He prayed to God for a decisive sign. He prayed for his safety and the safety of his followers. God accepted his prayer and saved him and his followers in an Ark and destroyed the disbelievers.", "reference": "(Ash-Shu‘ara’ 26:118-119)", "meaning": "My Lord, my people have treated me as a liar. Therefore, judge You decisively between them and me and save me and the believers that are with me.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِ", "فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio47.mp3" }, { "id": 46, "title": "Prayer regarding Disbelievers and Atheists", "background": "Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) ultimately prayed against his people when God revealed to him, ‘None of your people will believe except those who have already believed’.", "reference": "(Nuh 71:27-28)", "meaning": "My Lord, leave not in the land a single one of the disbelievers as dwellers therein. For, if You do leave them, they will only lead astray Your servants and will not give birth but to a sinner and a disbeliever.", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا", "إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio48.mp3" }, { "id": 47, "title": "Prayer for Forgiveness for Parents, Believers and for One's Ownself", "background": "After praying for Divine decree against non-believers, Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) prayed for the believers.", "reference": "(Nuh 71:29)", "meaning": "My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and him who enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and the believing women; and increase You not the wrongdoers but in perdition.", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio49.mp3" }, { "id": 48, "title": "Prayer for the Guidance of Mankind", "background": "At the time of building the Ka‘bah, the House of God, Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) offered a grand prayer for the guidance of mankind. A prayer about which the Holy Prophetsa said that he was the product of his father Ibrahim’s (A.S) (Abraham) prayer.", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:130)", "meaning": "And, our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from among themselves, who may recite to them Your signs and teach them the Book and Wisdom and may purify them; surely, You are the Mighty, the Wise.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio50.mp3" }, { "id": 49, "title": "Prayer for Victory over Enemies", "background": "God says about this prayer of Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) that he was informed of the acceptance of his supplication. He was advised to be steadfast and not follow the ignorant people.", "reference": "(Yunus 10:89)", "meaning": "Our Lord, you have bestowed upon Pharaoh and his chiefs ornaments and wealth in this life. Our Lord, it results only in their leading people astray from Your path. Our Lord, obliterate their riches and be severe on their hearts, because it seems they would not believe until they see a grievous punishment.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَٰلًا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَن سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio51.mp3" }, { "id": 50, "title": "Prayer for Victory over Mischief Makers", "background": "Hadrat Lut (A.S) (Lot) advised his people to refrain from lewd actions. They replied that if he was a true Prophet he should call down punishment on them", "reference": "(Al-‘Ankabut 29:31)", "meaning": "Help me, my Lord, against the wicked people.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio52.mp3" }, { "id": 51, "title": "Prayer for Escaping the Evil Influences of Wicked People", "background": "In response to Hadrat Lut’s (A.S) (Lot) advice, his people threatened him with expulsion from the country. He prayed and God accepted his prayer. God saved Hadrat Lut (A.S) (Lot) and his family (except his wife) and his people were annihilated.", "reference": "(Ash-Shu‘ara’ 26:170)", "meaning": "My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio53.mp3" }, { "id": 52, "title": "Requesting Divine Signs against Disobedient People", "background": "Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) informed his followers of the victory over the Promised Land and asked them to enter it. They refused. On this, Musa (A.S) (Moses) prayed and as aresult the land was denied to the followers of Musa (A.S) (Moses) for forty years.", "reference": "(Al-Ma’idah 5:26)", "meaning": "My Lord, I have power over none but myself and my brother; therefore, make You a distinction between us and the rebellious people.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio54.mp3" }, { "id": 53, "title": "Thanksgiving by Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) and a Prayer for Release from Cruel People", "background": "Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) killed a person unintentionally. He prayed for forgiveness and God informed him of the acceptance of his prayer. Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) was grateful and offered this prayer in response.", "reference": "(Al-Qasas 28:18)", "meaning": "My Lord, because You have bestowed favour upon me, I will never be a helper of the guilty.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio55.mp3" }, { "id": 54, "title": "Prayer for Just Decisions", "background": "Hadrat Qatadah (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) faced a battle, he offered in particular this prayer.", "reference": "(Al-Anbiya’ 21:113)", "meaning": "My Lord, judge You with truth. Our Lord is the Gracious God, Whose help is to be sought against that which you assert.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio56.mp3" }, { "id": 55, "title": "Prayer for God’s Mercy and Ease in Affairs", "background": "While mentioning Ashab-e-Kahf, God says that they were few young men who hid themselves in caves for safeguarding their belief in the unity of God.", "reference": "(Al-Kahf 18:11)", "meaning": "Our Lord, bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and provide for us right guidance in our affair.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio57.mp3" }, { "id": 56, "title": "Prayer for Virtuous Children", "background": "Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) prayed for virtuous children who could continue his mission.God gave him glad tidings of a forebearing son", "reference": "(As-Saffat 37:101)", "meaning": "My Lord, grant me a righteous son.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio58.mp3" }, { "id": 57, "title": "Prayer for Obedient and Worshipping Children", "background": "Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) offered this prayer while re-building the Ka‘bah with Hadrat Isma‘il (A.S) (Ishmael).", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:129)", "meaning": "Our Lord, make us submissive to You and make of our offspring a people submissive to You. And show us our ways of worship, and turn to us with mercy; for You are Oft-Returning with compassion and are Merciful.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio59.mp3" }, { "id": 58, "title": "Prayer for Steadfastness in Worship for Oneself, One's Children and Forgiveness for Parents and Believers", "background": "Hadrat Ibne Juraij (R.A) used to say that the followers of Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) were always steadfast in worshipping God. ‘Allamah Sha‘bi (R.A) said that the prayer which Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) and Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) offered for the forgiveness of believing men and believing women, gave me so much pleasure that even the wealth of the whole world would not have been equal to it.", "reference": "(Ibrahim 14:41-42)", "meaning": "My Lord, make me observe prayer and my children too. Our Lord, accept my prayer. Our Lord, grant forgiveness to me and to my parents and to the believers on the day when the reckoning will take place.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ", "رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio60.mp3" }, { "id": 59, "title": "Prayer for the Ability to Decide, Virtue, One's Good Repute and for Paradise", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that if after performing ablution, a person who offers this prayer of Hadrat Ibrahim in the name of Allah, God bestows heavenly food and drink on him. His illness becomes an atonement of his sins. His life is the life of an obedient one and his death is that of the martyr, even though his sins are as numerous as the foam of the seas. The ability to decide and piety are bestowed on him. His good name lives in the world.", "reference": "(Ash-Shu‘ara’ 26:84-86)", "meaning": "My Lord, bestow wisdom on me and join me with the righteous; and give me a true reputation among posterity; and make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ هَبْ لِى حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ", "وَٱجْعَل لِّى لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ", "وَٱجْعَلْنِى مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio61.mp3" }, { "id": 60, "title": "Prayer for Extraordinary Strength and Sovereignty", "background": "This prayer of Hadrat Sulaiman (A.S) (Solomon) was accepted and the big rebellious people became obedient to him. Hadrat Salmah bin Al-Akwa‘ (R.A) said that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) prayed, he mentioned God's attribute ‘Wahhab’. For example he would say, 'شبكات رتي الأعلى الوقاب' Holy is my Lord the most High, the 'Bestower'. ", "reference": "(Sad 38:36)", "meaning": "O my Lord, grant me forgiveness and bestow on me a kingdom which none unworthy of it may possess after me. Surely, You are so Generous.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio62.mp3" }, { "id": 61, "title": "Prayer of Thanks for Righteous Actions and Pious Children", "background": "It is mentioned in the traditions that the first person to offer this prayer was Hadrat Abu-Bakr (R.A). His prayer was accepted and as a result his parents, brother and all his children accepted Islam.", "reference": "(Al-Ahqaf 46:16)", "meaning": "My Lord, grant me power that I may be grateful for Your favour which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do such good works as may please You. And make my seed righteous for me. I do turn to You; and truly, I am of those who submit to You.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio63.mp3" }, { "id": 62, "title": "Prayer of Thanks and for Piety", "background": "When the army of Hadrat Sulaiman (A.S) (Solomon) passed by the valley of Namlah, its inhabitants were afraid and hid themselves in their houses. On seeing this Hadrat Sulaiman (A.S) (Solomon) prayed spontaneously.", "reference": "(An-Naml 27:20)", "meaning": "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favour which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do such good works as would please You, and admit me, by Your mercy, among Your righteous servants.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِى بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِى عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio64.mp3" }, { "id": 63, "title": "Prayer for Chaste Progeny", "background": "On seeing out of season fruits near Hadrat Maryam (A.S) (Mary), Hadrat Zakariyyah (A.S) (Zachariah) her guardian asked her where they had come from? She answered spontaneously, ‘It is from Allah’. On hearing this Hadrat Zakariyyah (A.S) (Zachariah) prayed fervently and the glad tidings of acceptance were given to him while he was still praying. Hadrat Yahya (A.S) (John) was granted to him", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:39)", "meaning": "My Lord, grant me from Yourself pure offspring; surely You are the Hearer of prayer.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio65.mp3" }, { "id": 64, "title": "Prayer for Children in Old Age", "background": "The beautiful style that Hadrat Zakariyyah (A.S) (Zachariah) adopted for this prayer was bound to be accepted.", "reference": "(Maryam 19:5-7)", "meaning": "My Lord, the bones have indeed waxed feeble in me, and the head glistens with hoariness, but never, my Lord, have I been unblessed in my prayer to You. And I fear my relations after me, and my wife is barren. Grant me, therefore, a successor from Yourself, that he may be heir to me and to the House of Ya‘qub (Jacob). And make him, my Lord, well-pleasing to You.", "arabic": [ "قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَهَنَ ٱلْعَظْمُ مِنِّى وَٱشْتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَآئِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا", "وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا", "يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio66.mp3" }, { "id": 65, "title": "Prayer for Riddance of Loneliness and for Children to be Good Heirs", "background": "God says that when Hadrat Zakariyyah (A.S) (Zachariah) prayed, “We accepted his prayers”. His wife recovered and Yahya (A.S) (John) was bestowed upon him.", "reference": "(Al-Anbiya’ 21:90)", "meaning": "My Lord, leave me not childless, and You are the best of Inheritors.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio67.mp3" }, { "id": 66, "title": "Prayer for a Righteous Wife, for Children and Setting a Good Example for them", "background": "Whilst mentioning the characteristics of the servants of God, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) told us that they used to say the following prayers:", "reference": "(Al-Furqan 25:75)", "meaning": "And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes and make each of us a leader of the righteous.’", "arabic": [ "وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio68.mp3" }, { "id": 67, "title": "Prayer for Remembering Parent's Kindness and a Prayer of Mercy for them", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was taught this prayer for his parents and the parents of his followers. Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say that the son could never repay his parents' favours unless he frees his enslaved father.", "reference": "(Bani Isra’il 17:25)", "meaning": "My Lord, have mercy on them even as they nourished me in my childhood.", "arabic": [ "رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio69.mp3" }, { "id": 68, "title": "Prayer on Boarding a Boat", "background": "At the time of the flood, Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) prayed according to God’s instructions and his Ark anchored at Mount Judi. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say that this prayer would safeguard his followers boat from sinking.", "reference": "(Hud 11:42)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio70.mp3" }, { "id": 69, "title": "Another Prayer on Boarding a Boat", "background": "God instructed Hadrat Nuh (A.S) (Noah) to say:", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:30)", "meaning": "My Lord, cause me to land blessed landing, for You are the Best of those who bring men to land.", "arabic": [ " رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio71.mp3" }, { "id": 70, "title": "Prayer of Riding a Mount", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say these words three times سُبْحَانَ الله اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرِ and offer this prayer on riding a mount:", "reference": "(Az-Zukhruf 43:14-15)", "meaning": "Holy is He Who has subjected this to us, and we, by ourselves, were unable to harness it. And to our Lord surely shall we return.", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ", "وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio72.mp3" }, { "id": 71, "title": "Believing in God's Absolute Power and Belief in His Promises", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that a lost or missing thing can be found by reciting these verses of the Holy Qur'an", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:10)", "meaning": "Our Lord, You will certainly assemble mankind together on the Day about which there is no doubt; surely, Allah breaks not His promise.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio73.mp3" }, { "id": 72, "title": "Prayer for a Good Beginning and End and Special Victory", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that these verses were revealed near the time of migration. For a good beginning and end this prayer is tried and tested.", "reference": "(Bani Isra’il 17:81)", "meaning": "O my Lord, make my entry a good entry and then make me come forth with a good forthcoming. And grant me from Yourself a helping power.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطَانًا نَصِيرًا وَقُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio74.mp3" }, { "id": 73, "title": "Prayer for Appreciation of Deeds", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that whosoever will recite this prayer after salat or on leaving a meeting; God will weigh his actions with good measure and grant extra favours.", "reference": "(As-Saffat 37:181-183)", "meaning": "Holy is your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power, far above that which they assert. And peace be upon the Messengers. And all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ", "وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ", "وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio75.mp3" }, { "id": 74, "title": "Prayer of Peace for Godly People", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was taught this prayer of peace for the holy people", "reference": "(An-Naml 27:60)", "meaning": "All praise belongs to Allah, and peace be upon those servants of His whom He has chosen.", "arabic": [ "ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio76.mp3" }, { "id": 75, "title": "Prayer of Inclination towards God and Declaration of Total Belief", "background": "When Hadrat Musa (A.S) (Moses) could not bear the manifestation of God and he became unconscious. On recovering he offered this supplication.", "reference": "(Al-A‘raf 7:144)", "meaning": "Holy are You, I turn towards You, and I am the first to believe.", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَـٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio77.mp3" }, { "id": 76, "title": "Prayer for God’s Protection", "background": "When Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) was thrown into the fire, he offered this prayer.", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:174)", "meaning": "Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He.", "arabic": [ "حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio78.mp3" }, { "id": 77, "title": "Prayer for God's Arbitration", "background": "Sa‘id bin Hasanah (R.A) relates that he knew of a verse, which when recited, a supplicant would receive whatever he begged The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to begin his Tahajjud with it and added words of, اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَا فِيلَ \"Allah the Lord of Jibrā'īl (Gabriel), Mīkā'īl (Michael) and Isrāfīl (Israfel).\"", "reference": "(Az-Zumur 39:47)", "meaning": "O Allah! Originator of the heavens and the earth; Knower of the unseen and the seen; You alone will judge between Your servants concerning that in which they differed.", "arabic": [ "ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ عَـٰلِمَ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِى مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio79.mp3" }, { "id": 78, "title": "On the Rejection by People, and a Prayer for Victory", "background": "God delivered Hadrat Nuh (A.S)'s (Noah) Ark from the flood.", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:27)", "meaning": "O my Lord, help me, for they have treated me as a liar.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio80.mp3" }, { "id": 79, "title": "Declaration of Belief in God’s Promises upon Hearing His Verses", "background": "The learned believers prostrated themselves on hearing the revealed verses.", "reference": "(Bani Isra’il 17:109)", "meaning": "Holy is our Lord. Surely, the promise of our Lord is bound to be fulfilled.", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio81.mp3" }, { "id": 80, "title": "Prayer Recited at Dawn and Dusk for Recompense of Failings", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said: “If a person recites these verses at dawn he would recompensate his day's failings in advance and if he recites them at dusk, his sins during the night will be atoned”.", "reference": "(Ar-Rum 30:18-20)", "meaning": "So glorify Allah when you enter the evening and when you enter the morning. And to Him belongs all praise in the heavens and the earth. And glorify Him in the afternoon and when you enter upon the time of the decline of the sun. He brings forth the living from the dead and He brings forth the dead from the living; and He gives life to the earth after its death. And in like manner shall you be brought forth.", "arabic": [ "فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ", "وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ", "يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ وَيُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio82.mp3" }, { "id": 81, "title": "Prayer at Times of Adversity", "background": "When the believers who are patient face a calamity or receive a shock they pray in the following manner. God bestows His blessings and mercy on them. These are the rightly guided people. Hadrat Husain bin ‘Ali (R.A) relates that if a believer recites “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi Raji‘un” God grants him reward equal to his adversity. Lost things are found by the blessings of this prayer.", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:157)", "meaning": "Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.", "arabic": [ "إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio83.mp3" }, { "id": 82, "title": "Prayer for Dedicating Children and Making Vows", "background": "Hadrat Maryam (A.S)’s (Mary) mother offered this prayer before giving birth to her child. This prayer was accepted and she was granted a daughter like Hadrat Maryam (A.S) (Mary).", "reference": "(Al-e-‘Imran 3:36)", "meaning": "My Lord, I vowed to You what is in my womb to be dedicated to Your service. So do accept it of me, verily, You alone are All-Hearing, All-Knowing.", "arabic": [ "رَبِّ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِى بَطْنِى مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio84.mp3" }, { "id": 83, "title": "Prayer of God’s Holy Servants in the Face of Ridicule by Non-believers", "background": "On the Day of Judgement, when the non-believers and those who reject God's words will confess to their sins, God will tell them to go away and not talk to Him. ‘You are the ones who ridiculed my servants who prayed and I have rewarded them in ample measure.’", "reference": "(Al-Mu’minun 23:110)", "meaning": "Our Lord, we believe; forgive us therefore our sins, and have mercy on us; for You are the Best of those who show mercy.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio85.mp3" }, { "id": 84, "title": "Prayers for Deliverance from Grief and Sorrow", "background": "Hadrat Abū Darda (R.A) relates that whosoever repeats this prayer seven times at dawn and dusk, God will deliver him from grief and sorrows of this world and the world hereafter.", "reference": "(At-Taubah 9:129)", "meaning": "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no God but He. In Him do I put my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne.", "arabic": [ "حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio86.mp3" }, { "id": 85, "title": "Prayers for Seeking Allah’s Shelter and Safety from every type of Evil", "background": "Hadrat 'Abdullah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, 'Repeat the last three Surahs of the Holy Qur'an. There is nothing like these for bestowal of refuge.' Hadrat Aishah (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) fell ill, he would recite the last two Surahs of the Holy Qur'an and blow on himself. When his last illness became severe, she recited these last three Surahs, blew on her hands and rubbed on his body.", "reference": "", "meaning": "The Last 3 Surahs of the Holy Qur'an. " }, { "id": 86, "title": "Surah Ikhlas", "reference": "(Al-Ikhlas 112:1-5)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, 'He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him'.", "arabic": [ "قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ", "ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ", "لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ", "وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio88.mp3" }, { "id": 87, "title": "Surah Al-Falaq", "reference": "(Al-Falaq 113:1-6)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of cleaving, from the evil of that which He has created, and from the evil of the night when it overspreads, and from the evil of those who blow into knots to undo them, and from the evil of the envier when he envies'.", "arabic": [ "قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ", "مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ", "وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ", "وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ", "وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio89.mp3" }, { "id": 88, "title": "Surah An-Nas", "reference": "(Al-Nas 114:1-7)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the sneaking whisperer, who whispers into the hearts of men, from among the Jinn and mankind. '", "arabic": [ "قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ", "ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio90.mp3" }, { "id": 89, "title": "A Beautiful Prayer for Acceptance of Prayers", "background": "At the time of building the Ka‘bah Hadrat Ibrahim (A.S) (Abraham) finished his prayers with this supplication.", "reference": "(Al-Baqarah 2:128)", "meaning": "Our Lord, accept this from us; for You are All Hearing, All-Knowing.", "arabic": [ "وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ" ], "audio": "https://jibex-banks.github.io/Dua-Project/Prayer_Audio/prayer_audio91.mp3" }, { "id": 90, "title": "Prayer for Blessings in Intentions and Actions", "background": "Hadrat Abu-Bakr Siddiq (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) intended to do something he used to pray", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, bestow means of goodness on me and choose best for me.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَاخْتَرْلِي" ] }, { "id": 91, "title": "Prayer for Attaining Love of God", "background": "Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari (R.A) relates the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offered this prayer for attaining love of God along with his other prayers:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, bestow on me Your love and the love of that which would benefit me before You. O Allah! grant me my beloved things that You bestow on me and make them a means of attaining Your favourite things. Help me to withdraw from the things that I am attached to and instead guide me towards those things that You love.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يَنْفَعُنِي حُبُّهُ عِنْدَكَ اللَّهُمَّ مَا رَزَقْتَنِي مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ قُوَّةً لِي فِيمَا تُحِبُّ وَمَا زَوَيْتُ عَنِّي مِمَّا أُحِبُّ فَاجْعَلْهُ فَرَاعًا لِي فِيمَا تُحِبُّ " ] }, { "id": 92, "title": "Prayer for going to the Lavatory", "background": "Hadrat Anas (R.A) relates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to go to the lavatory, he recited this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Lord I seek refuge in You from all unclean things and unclean matters", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ " ] }, { "id": 93, "title": "Prayer on coming out of the Lavatory", "background": "Hadrat A’ishah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer when coming out of the lavatory:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I seek Your forgiveness.", "arabic": [ "غُفْرَانَكَ" ] }, { "id": 94, "title": "Prayer for Ablution", "background": "Hadrat Umar Ibne Khattab (R.A) relates the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite these words after performing ablution. He said that the doors of the heaven are opened for one who recites these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partners. And I bear witness that Muhammad (S.A.W) is His servant and His Messenger. Oh Allah, make me one of those who repent and make me one those who purify themselves.", "arabic": [ "أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ " ] }, { "id": 95, "title": "Prayer at the Time of Adhan", "background": "Hadrat Abu Said Khudri (R.A) relates the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, “Whenever one hears the Adhan, he should repeat the words of the Mu’adhdhin. Hadrat Umar (R.A) relates that whoever repeats the words of Adhan with sincerity of heart and at the words حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلُوةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلام )Come to salāt come to prosperity) says لا حول و لا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله )No one has the power or authority except Allah). Allah will bestow paradise upon him.", "reference": "", "meaning": "", "arabic": [] }, { "id": 96, "title": "Prayer after Adhan", "background": "Hadrat Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, whoever listens to the Adhan and prays in this way will deserve my intercession on the day of judgement.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer about to be observed, make Muhammad (S.A.W) an intermediary. Grant him excellence and a lofty station. Establish him on \"Maqam-e-Mahmud\" (a praiseworthy station), which You have promised him. You never break Your Promise.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِاتِ مُحَمَّدَانِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ المِيعَادَ " ] }, { "id": 97, "title": "Prayer when Leaving the House for Salat", "background": "Hadrat Abu Sa‘id Khudri (R.A) relates I heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) say if a person recites this prayer when leaving his house for salat, God appoints seventy thousand angels to seek forgiveness for him and favours him with His special attention during salat", "reference": "", "meaning": "Oh Allah, I beseech you with the rights of those who beg from You and with my right of leaving for prayer on foot. You know that pride, vanity, false pretence or desire for fame has not forced me to come out. Fleeing from my sins I have come running to You. I have come out to escape Your displeasure and for seeking Your pleasure. I beg You to save me from punishment of the Fire and forgive my sins", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ وَبِحَقِّ مَمْشَايَ هَذَا. فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَخْرُجُ أَشَرًا وَلَا بَطَرًا وَلَا رِيَاءً وَلَا سُمْعَةً خَرَجْتُ هَرْبًا وَ فِرَارًا مِنْ ذُنُوبِي إِلَيْكَ خَرَجْتُ اتَّقَاءَ سُخْطِكَ وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ، فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعِيُذَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبِي " ] }, { "id": 98, "title": "Prayer for Going to the Mosque.", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer on entering the mosque. The traditions describe that if this prayer is recited, Satan says, “This person is safe from me for today”.", "reference": "", "meaning": "I seek refuge in Allah, the Greatest, from the rejected Satan. I seek refuge in His Exalted Countenance and in His Eternal Sovereignty.", "arabic": [ "أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّحِيمِ" ] }, { "id": 99, "title": "Prayers on Entering the Mosque", "background": "Hadrat Fatimah (R.A), daughter of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) relates that he used to say this prayer on entering the mosque", "reference": "", "meaning": "I enter in the name of Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. O my Lord forgive my sins and open the doors of Mercy for me.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ وَالصَّلوةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحُ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ" ] }, { "id": 100, "title": "Prayers on Leaving the Mosque", "background": "On leaving the mosque he used to say:", "reference": "", "meaning": "In the name of Allah. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon His Messenger. O my Lord forgive my sins and open the doors of blessings for me.", "arabic": [ "بِسمِ اللهِ وَالصَّلوةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ " ] }, { "id": 101, "title": "Prayers for Starting Salat", "background": "Hadrat ‘Ali (R.A) relates when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) started salat he used to say these words after Takbir.", "reference": "", "meaning": "Believing in one God, I have turned my attention towards the Being who has created the Heavens and the Earth. I am not one of those who associate partners with Him. Undoubtedly my salat, my worship, my life and my death are for Allah, the Lord of the Universe. He has no partner. I am commanded to do this and I am from among the Muslims. O Allah, You are the Sovereign. There is none worthy of worship except You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged my soul and I confess my sins. Pray forgive all my sins, as there is no one else who can forgive. O Allah, guide me to high morals. There is none besides You who can lead me to good morals, and safeguard me from corrupt morals as there is no one who can safeguard me from bad morals except You. I am present here and it is my good fortune. All goodness is in Your control and evil cannot be attributed to You. I am with You and incline towards You. You are the Blessed and the Exalted One. I seek forgiveness from You and incline towards You. Hadrat Abu Sa‘id Khudri (R.A) relates that the Holy", "arabic": [ "وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ، إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَالِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ المُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَ اعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَاصْرِفُ عَنِّى سَيِّئَهَا لَا يَصْرِفُ عَلَى سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْكَ وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ اسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ " ] }, { "id": 102, "title": "Prayers of Ruku‘", "background": "Hadrat Hudhaifah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say:", "reference": "", "meaning": "Holy is my Lord, the Most High.", "arabic": [ "سُبحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ" ] }, { "id": 103, "title": "Prayers during Qiyam after Ruku", "background": "Hadrat Abu Sa‘id Khudri (R.A) narrates when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) raised himself from ruku he used to say the following prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, our Sustainer, all praise belongs to You. Such praise that fills Heavens and Earth and fills everything else that is desired by You. O High and Praiseworthy! You are entitled to all the praise that Your servants can offer. We are all Your servants. O Allah, whatever You bestow there is none who can prevent it and whatever You withhold, there is none who can bestow it. In comparison to You, no great person's greatness can benefit one at all.Hadrat Abu Hurairah relates that when the Holy Prophets used to stand up after ruku to say: سَمِةَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَيده (Allah hears him who praises Him). Then he offered this prayer: اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ (our Allāh all praise belongs to You). ", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ ، مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ، وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ ، أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ اَحَقُّ مَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ وَكُلُّنَا لَكَ عَبْد اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ ، وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ ، وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ " ] }, { "id": 104, "title": "Prayers during Prostration", "background": "Hadrat Hudhaifah relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say: سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعلى )Holy is my Lord, the Most High).Hadrat A'ishah relates that one night when it was her turn for the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)'s stay, she found him missing from the bed. She became worried and started to search for him in the dark. She found him in prostration reciting the following prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, forgive all my sins, both the hidden and the manifest.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ " ] }, { "id": 105, "title": "Prayer between Prostrations", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer between prostrations:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, keep me safe, reform me, give me sustenance and bestow dignity upon me.", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَعَافِنِي وَاجْبُرْنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَارْفَعْني" ] }, { "id": 106, "title": "Prayers after Tashahhud", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (R.A) relates that we used to offer salat behind the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and used to say,\"Peace be upon Allah\". The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, \"God is Peace Himself, meaning that He is the fountain of all peace. When in Qa‘dah you should say this\"", "reference": "", "meaning": "All homage belongs to Allah, all worship and pure attributes are His alone. Peace be upon You O Prophet of God and mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and the pious servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.", "arabic": [ "التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ " ] }, { "id": 107, "title": "Durud Sharif", "background": "Hadrat 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila (R.A) met Hadrat Ka'b bin 'Ujrah (R.A) who said, \"Should I not give you a gift?\" In response to his request, he told him this tradition of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) that we know the manner of offering peace upon the Prophet of God in the words: sa peace be on you O Messenger of السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ God and God's Mercy and Blessings. What is the manner of offering Durūd upon him according to the Qur'anic injunction of صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا )Al-Ahzab 33: 57). He instructed him to say Durud in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "Bless, O Allah, Muhammad and his people as You blessed Abraham and his people. You are indeed the Praiseworthy, the Exalted. Prosper, O Allah, Muhammad and his people as You prospered Abraham and his people. You are indeed the Praiseworthy, the Exalted.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ " ] }, { "id": 108, "title": "Prayer for the Best in this World and Hereafter", "background": "Hadrat Anas (R.A), an attendant of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W), was asked about the most repeated prayer of his master. He narrated this prayer which is recited after Tashahhud .", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah,our Lord grant us the best of this world as well as the best of the life Hereafter and shiel d us from the torment of the Fire.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النار" ] }, { "id": 109, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Punishment of the Grave and other Trials", "background": "As per the narration of Hadrat A’ishah (R.A) and Hadrat Abu Hurairah (R.A), during salat, after Tashahhud , the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave. I seek refuge in You from the mischief of the Dajjal(Anti-Christ). I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sins and burden of debt.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ " ] }, { "id": 110, "title": "Another Comprehensive Prayer", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) taught him this prayer for recitation after Tashahhud", "reference": "", "meaning": "Guide our hearts towards goodness O Allah, and establish reconciliation amongst us. Show us the path to peace. Deliver us from darkness and guide us to the light. Save us from evil deeds and mischief whether these are manifest or hidden. O Lord, bless our eyes, our ears and our hearts, bless our spouses and children and incline towards us with mercy. Surely You accept repentance and are oft-returning with Mercy. Make us thankful for Your blessings. Make us acknowledge and accept Your Beneficence and accomplish that bounty for us.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الْخَيْرُ قُلُوبَنَا ، وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ ، وَنَنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ، وَجَنِّبْنَا الْفَوَاحِشَ وَالْفِتَنَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي أَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُلُوبِنَا وَأَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ ، وَاجْعَلْنَا شَاكِرِينَ لِنِعْمَتِكَ مُثنِينَ بِهَا قَابِلِيْهَا وَآتِمَّهَا عَلَيْنَا " ] }, { "id": 111, "title": "Prayer for Tahajjud Prayer", "background": "Hadrat A’ishah (R.A) relates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to wake up during the night, he used to recite this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "There is none worthy of worship except You. Holy are You O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for my sins and beg for Your Mercy. O Allah, increase my knowledge and do not let my heart become perverse after You have guided it. You Yourself bestow Mercy upon me. Surely You are the Greatest Giver", "arabic": [ "لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ اسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَتَكَ اللهُمَّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا وَلَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ " ] }, { "id": 112, "title": "Another Prayer for Tahajjud Prayer", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A)narrates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to stand for Tahajjud prayer he used to say:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, all praise belongs to You. You are the Sustainer of heaven and earth and whatever is in them. All praise belongs to You. Yours is the Sovereignty of the heavens and earth and whatever is in them. All praise belongs to You, You are the light of heaven and earth and whatever is in them. All Praise belongs to You, You are the Sovereign of the heavens and earth and whatever is in them. All praise belongs to You. You are the Truth, Your promise is true, returning to You is true and Your word is true. Heaven and Hell are true. All the Prophets are true and Muhammad (S.A.W) is the rightly guided one and the day of Judgement is true. O Allah, I have taken on Your obedience, trust in You, believe in You, and incline towards You. With Your help I pit myself against the enemy. I have come to You for judgement in my case, so forgive all my past and future sins, the secret and the obvious ones. You cause people to advance and also restrain them. There is none worthy of worship except You.", "arabic": [ "اللهمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيْمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ لَكَ مُلْكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ مَلِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاتُكَ حَقٌّ وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبُتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمُتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ " ] }, { "id": 113, "title": "Prayer after Salam in Salat", "background": "As per narration of Holy Prophet (S.A.W)’s freed slave Hadrat Thauban (R.A), Holy Prophet (S.A.W) would say Istighfar (seeking forgiveness from God) three times and then pray.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You are the Peace. Only You can bestow peace. O Lord of Honour and Glory, You are full of blessings.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ" ] }, { "id": 114, "title": "Another Prayer after Salam in Salat", "background": "Hadrat Mughirah bin Shu‘bah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite these words three times after salam:", "reference": "", "meaning": "There is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner. His is the Sovereignty and all praise belongs to Him and He has authority over everything.", "arabic": [ "لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِير" ] }, { "id": 115, "title": "Another Prayer after Salam in Salat", "background": "", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, there is none who can hinder the bounties that You bestow. Whatever You withhold there is none who can give and when compared to You, no great person’s greatness can help at all.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الجد" ] }, { "id": 116, "title": "Prayer for Poignancy in Salat", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah (R.A) relates from his father, Hadrat ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (R.A) that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, grant me eyes which shed tears in fear of You and thus calm my heart, before the tears turn into blood and the stones become ambers (before the day of Judgement).", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي عَيْنَيْنِ هَطَالَتَيْنِ، تَشْفِيَانِ الْقَلْبَ بِذُرُوْفِ الدُّمُوءِ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَكُونَ الدُّمُوعُ دَمًا ، وَالْأَجْرَاسُ جَمْرًا " ] }, { "id": 117, "title": "Prayers after Salat", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A)relates that one night he heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offer this prayer after salat: As per Bukhari, the part of this prayer that is underlined and refers to \"Nur\" (light) is the section, which the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite before the morning salat", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek Your mercy, which can guide my heart and accomplish my affairs. Bestow success upon my disorganized affairs. Unite me with my separated loved one. Grant dignity to those who are with me. Purify my actions. Inspire me with wisdom and guidance. Bestow upon me things that I love and save me from every evil. O Allah, grant me such faith and the certainty that prevents disbelief. And bestow upon me such grace, which make me recipient of Your generosity in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah, make every decision of mine fruitful, grant me the company of martyrs and the life of Your obedient servants and victory over enemies. O Lord, I have come to Your threshold with my needs. Although my thinking is faulty and my planning is weak, I still depend on Your mercy. So, O the Arbiter of all affairs and Bestower of peace of mind, I beg you to save me from the punishment of the Fire, as You save people from the raging seas. Protect me from perdition and the trials of the grave. O my Lord, Grant me those things which I have not even thought about. The matters which I have not even begged of You. The good things for which the intention has not yet arisen, but You have promised these blessings to any of Your servants or You are going to give these blessings to any of Your creation, I too have desire for them O Lord of the Universe, I beseech you in the name of Your mercy to grant me every such blessing. O Allah, the Firm Friend and the Master of guidance and wisdom, I beg You to grant me peace on the day of Resurrection. In the eternal period I am desirous of attaining Paradise in the company of Your pious people, who bow and prostrate before You, and who fulfil their covenants. Surely, You are Gracious and loving. Without doubt You do what You will. O Allah, make us such guided leaders who do not go astray themselves and do not lead others astray. Make us harbingers of peace for Your loved ones and enemy of Your enemies. I beg You in the name of Your love, to make us love everyone who loves You and make us, for Your sake, hostile to Your enemies. O Allah, this is our humble supplication. Its acceptance depends on You. This prayer is all we have laboured for. We now, put our complete trust in You. O Allah, enlighten my heart for me, light up my grave, put light in front of me and behind me, put light on my right and on my left, put light above me and beneath me, enlighten my sight and my hearing, brighten up my hair and skin, fill my flesh and blood with light, and make light penetrate into my bones. O Lord, increase light in my heart and bestow such light on me that it makes me an embodiment of light. Holy is the One, Who presides over the universe with greatness. Holy is the Being, excepting Whom praising anyone else is not justified. Holy is the Bestower of blessings and favours. Holy is the Lord of Honour and Glory. His is the Majesty and Honour.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ تَهْدِى بِهَا قَلْبِي وَتَجْمَعُ بِهَا أَمْرِي، وَتَلْقُ بِهَا شَعْثِى ، وَتَصْلَحُ بِهَا غَائِبَتِي، وَتَرْفَعُ بِهَا شَاهِدِي ، وَتُزَكِّي بِهَا عَمَلِي وَتُلْهِمُنِي بِهَا رُشْدِى، وَتَرُدُّ بِهَا الْفَتِي، وَتَعْصِمُنِي بِهَا مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي إِيْمَانًا وَيَقِينَا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ كُفْرٍ، وَرَحْمَةً أَنَالُ بِهَا شَرْفَ كَرَامَتِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْفَوْزُ فِي الْعَطَاءِ (وَالْقَضَاءِ) وَنُزُلَ الشُّهَدَاء، وَعَيْشَ السُّعَدَاءِ، وَالنَّصْرَ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُنْزِلُ بِكَ حَاجَتِي، وَإِنْ قَصُرَ رَابِي وَضَعُفَ عَمَلِي ، وَافْتَقَرْتُ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ يَا قَاضِيَ الْأُمُورِ، وَيَا شَافِي الصُّدُورِ ، كَمَا تُجِيرُ بَيْنَ الْبُحُورِ أَنْ تُجِيرَنِي مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ، وَمِنْ دَعْوَةِ الثَّبُورِ ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقُبُورِ اللَّهُمَّ مَا قَصُرَ عَنْهُ رَابِي ، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغُهُ نِيَّتِي ، وَلَمْ تَبْلُغُهُ مَسْأَلَتِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَعَدْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوْ خَيْرٍ أَنْتَ مُعْطِيْهِ أَحَدًا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ. فَإِنِّي أَرْغَبُ إِلَيْكَ فِيْهِ وَأَسْأَلُكَهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ ذَا الْحَبْلِ الشَّدِيدِ ، وَالْأَمْرِ الرَّشِيدِ ، أَسْأَلُكَ الْأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْوَعِيدِ وَالْجَنَّةَ يَوْمَ الْخُلُودِ ، مَعَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الشُّهُودِ الرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ الْمُؤْفِينَ بِالْعُهُودِ، إِنَّكَ رَحِيمُ وَدُودٌ، وَأَنْتَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا هَادِينَ مُهْتَدِينَ، غَيْرَ ضَالِّينَ وَلَا مُضِلِّينَ ، سِلْمًا أَوْلِيَائِكَ ، عَدُوًّا لَأَعْدَائِكَ ، نُحِبُّ بِحُبِّكَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ ، وَنُعَادِى بِعَدَاوَتِكَ مَنْ خَالَفَكَ اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا الدُّعَاءُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْإِجَابَةُ ، اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا الْجُهْدُ وَعَلَيْكَ التَّكْلَابُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَل لِّي نُورًا فِي قَلْبِي وَنُوْرًا فِي قَبْرِي ، وَنُورًا مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَى، وَنُوْرًا مِنْ خَلْفِي ، وَنُورًا عَنْ يمِينِي ، وَنُورًا عن شِمَالِى ، ونورا من فوق ، ونورا من حتى ونورا في سَمْعِي، وَنُورًا فِي بَصَرِي ، وَنُورًا فِي شَعْرِي ، وَنُورًا فِي بَشَرِي، وَنُوْرًا فِي لَحْمِي وَنُورًا فِي دَمِي ، وَنُورًا فِي عِظَامِي، اَللَّهُمَّ أَعْظِمُ لِي نُورًا ، وَأَعْطِنِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي نُورًا، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي تَعَطَّفَ بِالْعِزِّ وَقَالَ بِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَبِسَ الْمَجْدَ وَتَكَرَّمَ بِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا يَنْبَغِى التَّسْبِيحُ إِلَّا لَهُ سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْفَضْلِ وَالنَّعَمِ، سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْمَجْدِ وَالْكَرَمِ ، سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ" ] }, { "id": 118, "title": "Supplication in Times of Need", "background": "‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Aufa (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) advised us that whosoever is in need from either God Almighty or any person should perform ablution, say two rak‘at of salat and after praise and glorification of God, and Durud, should say this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "There is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is the Most Honourable and the Most Forbearing. Holy is He, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne. All praise belongs to Allah, who is the Lord of all the worlds. O Allah, I beseech You for the things, that attract Your mercy, and beg You for the firm means of attaining Your forgiveness. Enable me to do good and to consider it as my good fortune. I beg You to grant me the ability to refrain from sins. Forgive all my sins and leave not a single one unforgiven. Leave none of my sorrows, PRAYERS 67 unremoved. Fulfill my needs, the ones that meet Your approval. O the Most Merciful, of all those who show mercy.", "arabic": [ "لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، أَسْأَلُكَ مُوْجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَ عَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍ وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ ، لَا تَدَعُ لِي ذَنْبًا إِلَّا غَفَرْتَهُ وَلَا هَمَّا إِلَّا فَرَّجْتَهُ ، وَلَا حَاجَةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضَى إِلَّا قَضَيْتَهَا يَا ارْحَمَ الرَّحِمِينَ " ] }, { "id": 119, "title": "Istikharah Prayer (Seeking Divine Blessings)", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) instructed his companions to pray for blessings and success before starting any matter of faith or worldly affair. It is called ‘Istikharah’ prayer.Two rak‘at of nafal salat should be offered for Istikharah. In the first rak‘at, after reciting Surah Al-Fatihah recitation of Surah Al-Kafirun and in the second rak‘at Surah Al-Ikhlas is traditional. In Qa‘dah (sitting down after sajdah), after tashahhud, Durud and traditional prayers, this prayer should be recited with humility:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek the good which is in Your knowledge. I beseech good fortune which is in Your control. I beg great blessings from You. For You are All-Powerful and I have no power. You are All-Knowing and I have no knowledge. Your knowledge encompasses the unseen. O Allah, if it be within Your knowledge that this project is good for me, in the matters of my spiritual and worldly affairs and it results in good then ordain it for me, facilitate it for me and bless it for me , If it is in Your knowledge that this matter is PRAYERS 68 detrimental for my faith, my worldly affairs and is eventually harmful, then remove it from me and cause me to move away from it. Enable me to attain good wherever it may be and then make me satisfied and contented with it. Sal atut-Tasb ih As per a single and unauthentic narration of Hadrat", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَ اسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ وَ تَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٍ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِى فَاقْدِرْهُ لِي فِي وَيَسِّرُهُ لِى ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيْهِ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ شَرُّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَ مَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاصْرِفُهُ عَنِّى وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدِرُ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضْنِي به" ] }, { "id": 120, "title": "Salatut-Tasbih", "background": "As per a single and unauthentic narration of Hadrat Abu Rafi (R.A), the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) taught his uncle, Hadrat ‘Abbas (R.A), the manner in which this nafal prayer should be offered. He explained its blessings and said, \"O uncle, shall I give you something, with which all your sins will be forgiven. All sins, former and the later, old and new, sins of omission or commission, trivial or large, hidden or manifest\" On enquiry from Hadrat ‘Abbas (R.A), as to who has the capability to offer this prayer daily? The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) replied that this prayer can be offered according to one’s capability, daily, weekly, monthly, annually or once in a life time. The manner in which this four (R.A)k‘at nafal salat is offered is as follows:", "reference": "", "meaning": "In each rak‘at after reciting Surah Al-Fatihah and another Surah the above should be repeated fifteen times. The above prayer should then be repeated ten times after praising and glorifying God in each ruku‘,qa‘dah, sajdah, between the sajdahs and while sitting after the sajdah in each rak‘ah. In this way in every rak‘ah it is repeated seventy-five times, which equals three hundred times in four (R.A)k‘at", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَر " ] }, { "id": 121, "title": "Prayer on Seeing the New Moon", "background": "Hadrat Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah (R.A) and Hadrat Qatadah (R.A) relate that this was the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)'s prayer on seeing the new moon:", "reference": "", "meaning": "Our Allah, make this moon ascend on us while we are in the state of peace, safety, belief and submission. O moon, Your Lord and my Lord is Allah. May this moon be the moon of goodness and prosperity. May it be moon of goodness, and prosperity. May it be be the moon goodness and prosperity. I believe in Allah, Who created you. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) also used to say this prayer on seeing the new moon:", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي رَجَبٍ وَ شَعْبَانٍ وَبَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَانَ" ] }, { "id": 122, "title": "Another Prayer on Seeing the New Moon", "background": "", "reference": "", "meaning": "“O Allah! Pour blessings on us in the month of Rajab and Sha‘ban and enable us to reach the month of Ramadan.”", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ بَارِكُ لَنَا فِي رَجَبٍ وَ شَعْبَانَ وَبَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَانَ" ] }, { "id": 123, "title": "Prayer for Breaking the Fast", "background": "Hadrat Mu‘adh bin Zuhrah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer at the time of breaking the fast:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I fasted for You and break the fast with the food given by You.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ" ] }, { "id": 124, "title": "Another Prayer for Breaking the Fast", "background": "Hadrat ‘Amr bin Al-‘As (R.A) relates that he heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) say that the time of breaking the fast, is the time of acceptance of supplications. He used to pray in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your all encompassing mercy to forgive my sins.", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبي " ] }, { "id": 125, "title": "Prayer of Night of Destiny (Lailatul-Qadr)", "background": "Hadrat A’ishah (R.A) asked the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) as to which prayer she should recite if she finds the Lailatul-Qadr the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You are the Most Forgiving, the Noble. You like forgiveness, therefore forgive my sins.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّى" ] }, { "id": 126, "title": "Prayer Of Ihram", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that I have seen the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) put on Ihram (unstiched cloth worn during ‘Umrah and Hajj with intention of ‘Umrah or Hajj) and recite this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I am present, O Allah, I am present. I am present; there is no partner for You. I am present. To You belong all the praise, favours and blessings. And all Sovereignty belongs to You. There is no partner for You.", "arabic": [ "لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ" ] }, { "id": 127, "title": "Prayer on seeing the House of God", "background": "Hadrat Hudhaifah bin Usaid (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to see Ka‘bah, he prayed in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, increase Your house in honour, greatness, reverence and piety. Increase greatness, rank, dignity and piety of the people who honour it and respect the sanctity of this House by performing Hajj and ‘Umrah.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ زِدْ بَيْتَكَ هَذَا تَشْرِيفًا وَ تَعْظِيمًا وَ تَكْرِيمًا وَ بِرًّا وَ مَهَابَةً وَزِدْ مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ وَ عَظَمَهُ مِمَّنْ حَجَّهُ وَ اعْتَمَرَه تَعْظِيمًا وَ تَشْرِيفًا وَ بِرًّا وَ مَهَابَةً " ] }, { "id": 128, "title": "Prayer while Circuiting Ka‘bah", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Sa’ib (R.A) heard the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) reciting this prayer while circuiting the Ka‘bah.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Lord, grant us the best of this world as well as the best in the world to come and shield us from the torment of the Fire. Note: It is recorded that this prayer should also be repeated in Muzdalifah.", "arabic": [ "رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ " ] }, { "id": 129, "title": "Prayers for Safa and Marwah", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Aufa (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say 'Allahu Akbar' twenty one times while running between Safa and Marwah. Hadrat Jabir (R.A) narrates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) climbed mount Saf a during the Hajj and saw the Ka‘bah , he repeated these words three times:", "reference": "", "meaning": "There is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner. Sovereignty belongs to Him and all praise. He has power over everything. Note:-Other narrations also record that these three", "arabic": [ "لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ " ] }, { "id": 130, "title": "Prayer of Ibne ‘Umar on visiting Mount Safa", "background": "While performing Hajj , Hadrat ‘Adullah bin ‘Umar offered this prayer on mount Safa:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You Yourself have promised, supplicate and I will listen to your prayers. You are never in default of Your promises. I pray to You in the name of that promise. You have guided me to Islam; do not withdraw this blessing from me. Do not cause me to die except in the state of being a Muslim.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ وَإِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ ، وَ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ كَمَا هَدَيْتَنِي لِلْإِسْلَامِ أَنْ لَا تَنْزِعَهُ مِنِّي ، حَتَّى تَتَوَفَّانِي وَأَنَا مُسْلِمُ " ] }, { "id": 131, "title": "Prayer of Ibne ‘Umar on visiting Mount Safa", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that on the occasion of Hajjatul-Wada‘ (the last pilgrimage) the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offered the following prayer in the evening of ‘Arafat.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You listen to my supplications and You know my condition. You are well aware of my hidden thoughts and visible actions. None of my affairs is at all hidden from You. I am a destitute beggar and a needy person seeking Your shelter. I am shaking and trembling and confess my sins at Your door. I beg You like a helpless person. I supplicate like an abject sinner. I pray to You like a blind beggar terrified of stumbling, whose neck is bowing in obedience and tears are flowing in Your court. My body is prostrating in abject humility and my honour is sullied. O Allah, do not render me an unfortunate one by rejecting my prayers. Be Kind and Merciful to me. O the One, Who is the Best Listener and the Greatest Giver.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَسْمَعُ كَلَامِي وَ تَرَى مَكَانِي وَتَعْلَمُ سِرِّي وَعَلَانِيَتِي لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِى وَأَنَا الْبَائِسُ الْفَقِيرُ الْمُسْتَغِيْثُ الْمُسْتَجِيرُ الْوَجِلُ الْمُشْفِقُ الْمُقِرُّ الْمُعْتَرِفُ بِذَنْبِهِ أَسْأَلُكَ مَسْئَلَةَ الْمِسْكِينِ ، وَابْتَهِلُ إِلَيْكَ ابْتِهَالَ الْمُذْنِبِ الذُّلِيْلِ وَادْعُوكَ دُعَاءَ الْخَائِفِ الشَّرِيرِ مَنْ خَضَعَتْ لَكَ رَقْبَتُهُ وَ فَاضَتْ لَكَ عَبْرَتُهُ وَذَلَّ لَكَ جِسْمُهُ وَرَغِمَ لَكَ أَنْفُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي بِدُعَائِكَ شَقِيًّا وَكُنْ بِي رَؤُوْفًا رَّحِيمًا يَا خَيْرَ الْمَسْئُوْلِينَ وَيَا خَيْرَ الْمُعْطِينَ " ] }, { "id": 132, "title": "Prayer of Yaumun-Nahr (Day of Sacrifice)", "background": "Hadrat Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (R.A) saw the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) on the day of sacrifice (10 th Dhul- Hijjah) standing at Qarnul-Tha‘lib and praying in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O the Living and Self Sustaining One, there is none worthy of worship except You. With Your mercy I seek Your help. Become sufficient for all my needs and do not entrust me to my evil self even for a moment.", "arabic": [ "يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيْتُ فَاكْفِنِي شَانِي كُلَّهُ وَلَا تَكِلُنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طُرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ" ] }, { "id": 133, "title": "Prayer for (R.A)my-e-Jamar (Stoning the Satan at Hajj)", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) said, 'Allahu Akbar' and recited the following prayer while throwing pebbles at Satan:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, make this Hajj an accepted one and forgive the sins.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ حَبًّا مَّبْرُورًا وَ ذَنْبًا مَغْفُورًا" ] }, { "id": 134, "title": "Takbirat-e-‘Idain", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) advised them to repeat 'Allahu Akbar', 'Alhamdulillah' and 'La ilaha illallahu', a great deal in the Ayyamul-‘Ashr (first ten days of Dhil-Hajjah) Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (R.A) used to say the following traditional Takbirat in this manner:", "reference": "", "meaning": "Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. There is none worthy of worship except Allah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest and all praise belongs to Allah. Hadrat ‘Umar (R.A), Hadrat ‘Ali (R.A) and Hadrat Ibn-e-‘Abbas (R.A) used to recite these Takbirat from the morning of 9th Dhil-Hajjah to the ‘Asr time of Ayyamut-Tashriq (the 13th day of Dhil-Hajjah). Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite these Takbirats on ‘Idul-Fitr while going from his house to the place of ‘Id prayer.", "arabic": [ "اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ " ] }, { "id": 135, "title": "Prayer for Pilgrims of Ka‘bah", "background": "Hadrat Ab u Hurairah (R.A) has told us this prayer of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) for the pilgrims.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, forgive the pilgrims and also forgive the ones for whom pilgrims seek forgiveness.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْحَاجِ ، وَلِمَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ الْحَاجُّ" ] }, { "id": 136, "title": "Prayer at Returning from Ka‘bah", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to offer this prayer (for contentment and increase in sustenance). Hadrat Sa‘ id bin Jubair (R.A) relates that reciting this prayer is preferable on leaving the Ka‘bah:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, bestow contentment upon me for things You have granted and bless them for me. And grant me a good alternative of what I do not possess.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ فَنِعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيْهِ وَاخْلُفُ عَلَى كُلِّ غَائِبَةٍ لِي" ] }, { "id": 137, "title": "Prayers at Meal Time", "background": "Hadrat Ibne ‘Abbas relates that Holy Prophet (S.A.W), Hadrat Abu-Bakr (R.A) and Hadrat ‘Umar (R.A) came to the house of Hadrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (R.A) for meal. On opening the meal Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said eat with this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "In the name of Allah and with His Bounties", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ" ] }, { "id": 138, "title": "Prayer on being Invited for Dinner", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) took Khalid bin Walid (R.A) and me to his house, he gave us milk to drink and instructed us to recite this prayer on receiving food from God:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, bless this food for us and grant us even better food.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَ أَطْعِمْنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ" ] }, { "id": 139, "title": "Prayer after Drinking Milk", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) gave us milk to drink and advised us that whosoever is given milk to drink by God should pray in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, Bless this food and increase it for us.", "arabic": [ "اللهمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ" ] }, { "id": 140, "title": "Prayer on Wearing New Clothes", "background": "Hadrat Ab u Sa‘id Khudri (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) wore new clothes, he mentioned it by name for example a shirt, shawl or headgear, and recited this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, all praise belongs to You. You gave me these clothes to wear. I seek Your blessings in this dress and blessings for the purpose for which it was made. And O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evils of this dress and evils, which can emanate from it.", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَ خَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَ شَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَه" ] }, { "id": 141, "title": "Prayer for Looking in the Mirror", "background": "Hadrat ‘A’ishah (R.A) relates this prayer of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W):", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, as You have bestowed good looks upon me, now You Yourself make my manners beautiful and appealing.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ كَمَا أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي فَأَحْسِنُ خُلُقِى" ] }, { "id": 142, "title": "Prayer on Leaving the House", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that when someone recites this prayer on leaving the house:", "reference": "", "meaning": "With the name of Allah, I put my trust in Him. There is no power or authority except Allah. Satan leaves him alone. He is told that this prayer is sufficient for him and he has been guided and saved.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ" ] }, { "id": 143, "title": "Complete Prayer on Leaving the House", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that when someone recites this prayer on leaving the house. There are some additional words in Hadrat Umm-eSalmah (R.A)'s narration. Both narrations have been combined in this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I leave home in the name of Allah. I have put my trust in Him. There is no power or authority except Allah. O Allah, I seek Your shelter from stumbling or going astray. Save us from being unjust to anyone or becoming a victim of injustice. Save us from ignorance and disobedience or being subjected to someone else's ignorance.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ", "مِنْ أَنْ نَزِلَ أَوْ نَضِلَّ، أَوْ نَظْلِمَ أَوْ نُظْلَمَ ، أَوْ نَجْهَلْ أَوْ يُجْهَلْ عَلَيْنَا" ] }, { "id": 144, "title": "Prayer on Entering the House", "background": "Hadrat Abu Malik Ash‘ari (R.A) relates that on entering the house this prayer should be recited and then greetings offered to the inmates:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek Your blessings and mercy on entering and leaving the house. We entered the house in Allah's name and left it in Allah's name. We put our trust in Allah, Who is our Lord.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ ، وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ لَجْنَا وَ بِسْمِ اللهِ خَرَجْنَا ، وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبَّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا " ] }, { "id": 145, "title": "Prayer on Entering the Market Place", "background": "Hadrat Buraidah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer on entering the market place:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek Your blessings of this market and whatever is in it. I seek refuge in You from the evil of this market and whatever evil is hidden in it. O Allah, I seek Your protection from taking a false oath or suffering loss in a transaction in the market.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هُذِهِ السُّوقِ وَ خَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُصِيْبَ فِيهَا يَمِينًا فَاجِرَةً أَوْ صَفْقَةً خَاسِرَةً " ] }, { "id": 146, "title": "Prayers for Travel", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdull ah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) returned from a battle, ‘Umrah or Hajj, he used to say 'Allahu Akbar' three times when ascending an elevated place and recited this prayer on descending:", "reference": "", "meaning": "There is none worthy of worship except Allah. He is One and has no partner. His is the kingdom. All praise belongs to Allah and He has authority over everything. We are returning in repentance, obedience and are glorifying God.", "arabic": [ "َلا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ آئِبُونَ ، تَائِبُونَ ، عَابِدُونَ لِرَبَّنَا حَامِدُونَ" ] }, { "id": 147, "title": "Prayer on Riding", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to ride his camel he repeated 'Subhanallah', 'Alhamdulillah' and 'Allahu Akbar' three times and then recited this prayer:", "reference": "(Az-Zukhruf 43:14-15)", "meaning": "Holy is He, Who has subjected this mount to us, while we had not the strength to subdue it by ourselves. To our Lord surely shall we return.", "arabic": [ "سُبْحَنَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَ مَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبَّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ" ] }, { "id": 148, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Evil during a Journey", "background": "As per narration of Hadrat Khaulah binte Hakim (R.A), the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that this prayer should be repeated whilst camping during a journey:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I seek the protection of Allah's perfect and comprehensive words against the evil in the things which He has created.", "arabic": [ "اعُوْذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ " ] }, { "id": 149, "title": "Prayer on Confronting a Terrifying Night during a", "background": "Journey Hadrat ‘Abdull ah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that when night fell during a journey the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) would supplicate:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O earth, Allah is my Lord, and Your Lord. I seek Allah's protection from your evil and the evil of that which is in you and the evil of which He created in you, the evil of the living things which crawl on you. I seek Your protection from the lion, terrifying dragon, and every type of snake and scorpion, dwellers of this town and the breeder and the born.", "arabic": [ "يَا أَرْضُ رَبِّي وَ رَبُّكِ اللهُ ، أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شَرِّكِ ، وَشَرِّ مَا فِيْكِ وَ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ فِيكِ ، وَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَدُبُّ عَلَيْكِ اَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أَسَدٍ وَ أَسْوَدَ ، وَمِنَ الْحَيَّةِ وَالْعَقْرَبِ ، وَمِنْ سَاكِنِ الْبَلَدِ ، وَمِنْ وَالِدِ وَ مَا وَلَدَ " ] }, { "id": 150, "title": "Prayer on Ascending a High Place", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) has told us to recite this prayer on ascending a high place:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, all honour belongs to You, on every high place and all praise belongs to You in every situation.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الشَّرْفُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرْفٍ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ " ] }, { "id": 151, "title": "Prayer on Going for Jihad", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this when leaving for Jihad:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You are my support and my helper. With Your help I plan and with Your support I attack and in Your name I fight.", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِى وَ نَصِيرِى بِكَ أَحُولُ وَبِكَ أَصُولُ وَبِكَ أقاتل" ] }, { "id": 152, "title": "Prayer on Bidding Farewell", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said this prayer on bidding farewell to ‘Abdull ah bin ‘Umar (R.A)", "reference": "", "meaning": "I commit thee, your faith, the things given to you in trust, and the result of your actions, to Allah.", "arabic": [ "اسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَ أَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ" ] }, { "id": 153, "title": "Prayer on Entering a New Hamlet", "background": "Hadrat Suhaib (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) entered a town, he always recited this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, the Lord of the seven heavens and everything that is beneath them, O Lord of the seven earths and whatever is on them, O Lord of Satans and the ones whom they have led astray, O Lord of winds and whatever they spread, we seek Your blessings from this town, from its inhabitants and everything which is in it. We seek Your shelter from the evil of this town, its inhabitants and whatever is in it. O Allah, put blessings in this town for us. O Allah, Bless us in this town and bless this town for us. O Allah, Provide us with means to attain these blessings. O Allah, grant us sustenance from the fruits of this town. Infuse our love in the hearts of its inhabitants and inculcate love for its pious people in our hearts.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَمَا أَظْلَلْنَ وَ رَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ وَمَا أَقْلَلْنَ وَ رَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَمَا أَضْلَلْنَ وَرَبَّ الرِّيَاحِ وَ مَاذَرَيْنَ فَإِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ وَ خَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَنَعُوذُبِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَمِنْ شَرِّ أَهْلِهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهَا اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكُ لَنَا فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا جَنَاهَا وَحَيْبْنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَ حَيْبُ صَالِحِي أَهْلِهَا إِلَيْنَا" ] }, { "id": 154, "title": "Prayers for Recitation at Dawn and Dusk", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer at dawn:", "reference": "", "meaning": "We entered into dawn and the whole country entered into it for the sake of God. All praise belongs to God. There is none worthy of worship except Him. He is One and has no partner. To Him belongs the sovereignty and all praise befits Him. He has might over everything. O my Lord, I beseech You to grant me goodness of this day and also blessings afterwards. I seek refuge in You from the mischief of this day and evil afterwards. O my Lord, I seek shelter from the evils of lethargy and aging. O my Sustainer, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire and the torment of the grave.", "arabic": [ "أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ، رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَعْدَه، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ شَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الكَسَلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ، رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ فِي النَّارِ وَعَذَابٍ فِي الْقَبْرِ " ] }, { "id": 155, "title": "Sayyidul-Istighfar (Best Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness)", "background": "Hadrat Buraidah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that whosoever recites this prayer morning or evening and dies on that day or that night he will enter heaven.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship except You. You created me and I am Your servant. And I am steadfast in Your covenant and Your promise to the best of my capability. I seek refuge in You from the evil effects of my deeds. I acknowledge Your blessings and favours. I confess my sins, so You forgive me, as there is none except You who forgives sins.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، خَلَقْتَنِي ، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَ وَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَى ، وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ " ] }, { "id": 156, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Evil Moments and Evil", "background": "Neighbour Hadrat ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir (R.A) relates this tradition from the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)for safety from the evils of the day and the night and a bad neighbour:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evils of a bad day, bad night and a bad moment. I seek shelter from bad companions and living with bad neighbours.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ يَوْمِ السُّوءِ وَمِنْ لَّيْلَةِ السُّوْءِ وَمِنْ سَاعَةِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ صَاحِبِ السُّوءِ، وَمِنْ جَارِ السُّوْءِ، فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ " ] }, { "id": 157, "title": "Prayers for Rain", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) offered this prayer when a request PRAYERS 99 for prayer was made to him during the year of famin e. It did start to rain heavily and immediately. It conti nued to rain till the next Friday when he prayed for a brea k in the rain.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, saturate us, O Allah, saturate us, O Allah, saturate us O Allah, shower Divine mercy of rain upon us. O Allah, shower Divine mercy of rain upon us. O Allah, shower Divine mercy of rain upon us.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا", "اللهُمَّ اثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ اَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ آغِثْنَا" ] }, { "id": 158, "title": "Another Prayer for Rain", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abbad bin Tamim (R.A) relates from his uncle that during famine the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) went to an open place to offer prayer for rain. He led two rak‘at of salat in which he recited Surah Al-Fatihah and some verses of the Holy Qur’an in a loud voice and prayed for rain. After the salat he turned over his sheet and facing Ka‘bah raised his hands and prayed for rain in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, grant us rain water which removes our anxieties, is beneficial, free from harm and which comes early rather than late. O Allah, provide water for Your people and animals. Extend Your mercy and quicken this dead township with life. O Allah, give us water to drink. O Allah, give us water to drink. O Allah, give us water to drink.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْئًا مُغِيئًا مَّرِيًّا مُّرِيعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ اللهُمَّ اسْقِ عِبَادَكَ وَ بَهَائِمَكَ وَ انْشُرُ رَحْمَتَكَ وَ أَحْيِ بَلَدَكَ الْمَيِّتَ اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا" ] }, { "id": 159, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Thunder and Wrath of God", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) heard the thunder or lightening, he used to recite:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, do not cause us to die in Your wrath. Do not annihilate us with Your punishment and save us before this happens.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَ لَا تُهْلِكُنَا بِعَذَابِكَ ، وَ عَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذالك" ] }, { "id": 160, "title": "Prayer for Safety from the Harm of Dust-storms", "background": "Hadrat ‘A’ishah (R.A) relates that whenever a storm would blow the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I seek Your blessing in whatever goodness is hidden or manifest in this storm and seek Your beneficence with which it has been sent. I seek refuge in You from its hidden or manifest harm and the evil with which it has been sent.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَ خَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا ، وَ خَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِهَا وَ شَرِّ مَا فِيهَا ، وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِه " ] }, { "id": 161, "title": "Prayer for Safety in a Downpour", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malik (R.A) relates that after the prayer of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) it rained continuously for one whole week. On Friday, on request from a petitioner, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) prayed in these words and the rain stopped immediately:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, make it rain around us but not on us. O Allah, make it rain on the hills, rocks, valleys and the trees of the forests.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا ، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الَّا كَامِ وَالزِّرَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ وَ مَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ " ] }, { "id": 162, "title": "Prayer at Bedtime or to go to sleep", "background": "Hadrat Hudaifah bin Al-Yaman (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophetsa used to say this prayer on retiring to bed:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, I die in Your name and I come to life in Your name.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوْتُ وَ أَحْيَا" ] }, { "id": 163, "title": "Prayer on Waking up from Sleep", "background": "Hadrat Hudaifah (R.A) narrates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say this prayer upon waking up:", "reference": "", "meaning": "All praise belongs to Allah, who granted us life after death and to Him is the return", "arabic": [ "الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ " ] }, { "id": 164, "title": "Prayers for the Cure of Insomnia", "background": "Hadrat Buraidah (R.A) relates Hadrat Khalid bin Walid (R.A) complained of sleeplessness and the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) taught him this prayer to recite at night:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and everything that is below them, Creator of seven earths and everything that is flourishing on them. Lord of the Satans and of the beings misguided by them, You be my shield against the evil in every creature, lest it harms me and transgresses against me. Your shelter is most dignified and Your praise is high. There is none worthy of worship except You and I affirm that there is none worthy of worship except You.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ مَا أَظَلَّتُ، وَ رَبَّ الْأَرْضِينَ وَمَا أَقَلَّتْ ، وَرَبَّ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَ مَا أَضَلَّتْ ، كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّ خَلْقِكَ كُلِّهِمْ جَمِيعًا ، أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَى أَحَدٌ ، أَوْ أَنْ يَبْغِيَ عَلَى ، عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ " ] }, { "id": 165, "title": "Prayer on Seeing a Nightmare", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said that if someone is scared in sleep and offers this prayer, nothing will harm him. Hadrat ‘Abdullah (R.A) made his children memorise this prayer. Hadrat Malik bin Anas (R.A) narrates Khalid bin Walid (R.A) used to have nightmares and the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) taught him this prayer:", "reference": "", "meaning": "I seek refuge in God's complete and perfect words, from His wrath, His chastisement, the evil which is in His mankind; satanic insinuations and that I might confront those things.", "arabic": [ "أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ وَأَن يَحْضُرُونَ " ] }, { "id": 166, "title": "Prayer for the Newly Weds", "background": "‘Amr bin Shu‘aib (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) instructed us that when you marry or employ a slave, recite this prayer.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah! I seek the goodness and gain and goodness which You have endowed in his/her nature. I seek refuge in You from its evil and every evil which is hidden in his/her nature. Note: if women recite this, the personal pronoun should be changed from \"ha\" to \"ho\" which denotes the masculine gender", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَ شَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ " ] }, { "id": 167, "title": "Prayer at the time of Copulation", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdull ah bin ‘Abbas (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) instructed us that whosoever recites this prayer at the time of copulating with his wife God grants him progeny which is safe from the mischief of Satan.", "reference": "", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, O Allah, save us from Satan and save the progeny that You grant us, from the evil of Satan.", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا" ] }, { "id": 168, "title": "Prayer for Help during the Swoon of Death", "background": "Hadrat ‘A’ishah (R.A) has related this prayer of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W):", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, help me when I swoon and become unconscious at the time of death.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى غَمَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ وَسَكَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ" ] }, { "id": 169, "title": "Prayer at Time of Death", "background": "Hadrat Umm-e-Salamah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) came at the time of Abu Salamah's death, he closed his eyes which were open until then and advised the wailing people that this was the time of prayer for blessings as the angels are saying 'Amin' in response to the prayer. He then prayed in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, forgive Abu Salamah, exalt his rank among the guided ones. And make the people who are left behind good heirs. O Lord of the worlds, forgive him and us. Make his grave spacious and illumine it for him. Note: Name Abu Salamah should be replaced by the dying person's name.", "arabic": [ "اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَافْسَحُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَ نَوْرُ لَهُ فيه " ] }, { "id": 170, "title": "Prayer for Recompense for Affliction", "background": "Hadrat Umm-e-Salamah (R.A) relates at the death of Abu Salamah, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said, that one should recite إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ and supplicate in these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, grant me recompense for this affliction and give me a good reward for it.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ أَجْرُنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " ] }, { "id": 171, "title": "Funeral Prayer", "background": "Hadrat Abu Hurairah (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite this prayer at funerals:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, forgive our living ones and our deceased ones, and those of us who are present and our absent ones, our young ones, and our old ones, and our males and our females. O Allah, to whomsoever from amongst us You grant life, keep him alive in the state of submission and whomsoever You cause to die, cause him to die in faith. O Allah, deprive us not of the benefits relating to the deceased and subject us not to any ordeal after him. Note: If the funeral prayer is for a woman then the personal pronoun \"laha\" instead of \"lahu\" should be said to denote the feminine gender.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ أَجْرُنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا " ] }, { "id": 172, "title": "Funeral Prayer for a Minor", "background": "Hadrat Im am Hasan bin ‘Ali (R.A) narrates that for a child this funeral prayer should be recited after Surah Al-Fatihah.", "reference": "", "meaning": "O Allah, make this child, who has departed early, our forerunner and make him a source of reward. Make him our pleader and accept his pleading for us. Note: For a girl إجعلها )al( شائعة Shafi atun) and مشعة (Mushaffa'atun), should be recited.", "arabic": [ "اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا سَلَفًا وَ فَرَطًا وَ ذُخْرًا وَ أَجْرًا وَ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا شَافِعًا وَ مُشَفَّعًا" ] }, { "id": 173, "title": "Prayer on Placing the Dead Body in the Grave", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (R.A) relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to recite these prayers on placing the body in the grave:", "reference": "", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, with His support and as the follower of Allah's Messenger, (Muhammad (S.A.W)).", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ وَبِاللَّهِ وَعَلَى مِلَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ " ] }, { "id": 174, "title": "Another Prayer on Placing the Dead Body in the Grave", "background": "", "reference": "", "meaning": "In the name of Allah, with His support and in the tradition of His Messenger", "arabic": [ "بِسْمِ اللهِ وَبِاللَّهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ" ] }, { "id": 175, "title": "Prayer on Visiting Graves", "background": "Hadrat ‘A’ishah (R.A) relates that when the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) visited Jannat-ul-Baqi‘ he recited these words:", "reference": "", "meaning": "O the inhabitants of the other world, from among the believers and the Muslims, peace be upon you. Surely we are going to join you. We beseech Allah, to bestow safety upon you and us.", "arabic": [ "السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْشَاءَ اللهُ بِكُمْ لَا حِقُونَ أَنْتُمْ لَنَا فَرَطٌ وَنَحْنُ لَكُمْ تَبَعُ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ " ] } ]