[ { "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\u2019an. 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 \u201cI have divided salat between My servant and Myself. And My servant will certainly get whatsoever has been supplicated in this prayer.\u201d", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 2, "title": "Prayer for Affirmation of Faith and Attainment of Piety", "background": "This prayer is attributed in the Holy Qur\u2019an to that group of sincere and pious people especially from Christianity who recognized and accepted truth and prayed.", "refrence": "(Al-Ma\u2019idah 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?" }, { "id": 3, "title": "Prayer for Affirmation of Faith and its Acceptance", "background": "When the apostles of Hadrat \u2018Isaas (Jesus) saw rejection from every quarter they raised this proclamation in his support, believed in him and prayed in these words:", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 4, "title": "Hadrat Ibrahimas's(Abraham) Prayer to Offer Everything to his Lord", "background": "The righteous people have been advised in the Holy", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 5, "title": "Prayer for Attaining the Good in this World and Hereafter", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malikra was asked to recite a prayer", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 6, "title": "Prayer of Beneficence in this world and in the world Hereafter", "background": "Hadrat Musaas (Moses) prayed for his people in these", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:157)", "meaning": "And ordain for us good in this world as well as in the next; we have turned to You with repentance." }, { "id": 7, "title": "Prayer Against the Evil Insinuations of Satan", "background": "\u2018Amr bin Sa\u2018idra 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.", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 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." }, { "id": 8, "title": "Prayer for Being Steadfast in Guidance", "background": "Hadrat Umm-e-Salamahra relates the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 9, "title": "Prayer for Steadfastness and Victory over the Disbelievers", "background": "From the Holy Qur\u2019an we learn that when Hadrat", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 10, "title": "Prayers for Escaping Divine Chastisement, for His Forgiveness, Righteous End, Fulfilment of God\u2019s", "background": "revealed the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) started salat and he was crying. Hadrat Bilalra 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-", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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, \u2018Believe you in your Lord\u2019, 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." }, { "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\u2018udra 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\u2019an and supplication. (Only the supplication part of these verses is being printed here).", "refrence": "(Al-Baqarah 2:286)", "meaning": "We hear and we obey. We implore Your forgiveness, O our Lord, and to You is the returning." }, { "id": 12, "title": "Next Verse", "background": "\u0627\ufeae \u064b \ufebb \u0652 \u0650\u0625 \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e [ \u0652 \u064e\ufee0 \u064e \ufede\u0652 (cid:)\ufee4\ufea4\u0652 \ufe97(cid:) \ufefb\u064e\u0648 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \u064e \u0651 \ufe91\u0631 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee7 \u064e \u06e1\ufe84\ufec4 \u064e \ufea7\u06e1 \u064e\u0627 \u0648 \u06e1 \u064e\u0627 \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e [ \u06e1 \ufeb4\u0650 \ufee7\u064e\u0651 \u0646 \u06e1 \u0627\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee7 \u064e \ufeac\u06e1 \ufea7\u0650 \u0627\ufe86\u064e \ufe97 \u064f \ufefb\u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \u064e \u0651 \ufe91\u0631 \u064e \ufeea\u0650 \u0650\ufe91 \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \u064e\ufedf \ufe94\u064e \ufed7\u064e \ufe8e\ufec3 \u064e \ufefb\u064e \ufe8e\ufee3 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8(cid:) \ufee0\u0652 \ufee4(cid:) \ufea4(cid:) (cid:)\ufe97 \ufefb \u064e\u0648 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \u064e\u0651 \ufe91\u0631 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \ufee0\u0650 \ufe92 \u0652 \ufed7\u064e \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \ufee6 \u064e \u0652 \ufef3 \ufeac\u0650 \u064e\u0651\ufedf\u0627 _\u064e \u064e (cid:)(cid:)\ufe98(cid:) \ufee0\u0652 \ufee4 (cid:) \ufea3(cid:) \ufe8e\ufee4 \u064e \ufedb\u064e \u0645 \u0650 \ufeee \u0652 \ufed8\u064e \u0652\ufedf\u0627 _\u064e \u064e \ufe8e\ufee7 \u064e \ufeae \u0652 \ufebc \u064f \ufee7 \u0652 \ufe8e\ufed3\u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e\u0670 \ufedf \ufeee \u0652 \ufee3 \u064e \ufe96 \u064e \ufee7 \u0652 \u064e\u0623 \ufe8e\ufee8(cid:) \ufee4 \u0652 \ufea3(cid:) \u0631 \u0652 \u0627\u0648 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \u064e\ufedf \ufeae \u0652 \ufed4\u0650 \ufecf\u0652 \u0627\u0648 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e\u0651 \ufecb \u064e \ufed2\u064f \ufecb \u0652 \u0627\u0648 \u064e \u06d4\ufee6 \u064e \ufef3\ufeae\u0650 \ufed4\u0650 \ufedc \u0670 \u0652\ufedf\u0627", "refrence": "(Al-Baqarah 2:287)", "meaning": "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." }, { "id": 13, "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:", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:127)", "meaning": "Our Lord, pour forth upon us steadfastness and cause us to die resigned unto You." }, { "id": 14, "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.", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 3:17)", "meaning": "Our Lord, we do believe; forgive us, therefore, our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire." }, { "id": 15, "title": "Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins and Transgressions and Prayer for Steadfastness", "background": "Allah praises those Godly people who believe in His", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 16, "title": "Prayer for Mercy and Forgiveness", "background": "When Hadrat Adamas(Adam) by mistake ate from the forbidden tree, God taught him some prayers and as a result turned to him with compassion.", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 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." }, { "id": 17, "title": "Prayer of Forgiveness in Asking Questions in Ignorance", "background": "When the son of Nuhas (Noah) was drowning in the flood, Nuhas (Noah) supplicated God for the safety of his son. God reprimanded him that as a result of his son\u2019s misdeeds, the son was not amongst his people. Then", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 18, "title": "Prayer for Deliverance from Misfortune", "background": "Hadrat Sa\u2018d bin Abi Waqqasra relates that the Holy", "refrence": "(Al-Anbiya\u2019 21:88)", "meaning": "There is no God but You, Holy are You. I have indeed been of the wrongdoers." }, { "id": 19, "title": "Prayer for Attaining Strength whilst Confronting Evil", "background": "When the wife of \u2018Aziz of Egypt conspired with her friends to incline Hadrat Yusufas (Joseph) towards evil he offered this humble prayer, acceptance of which is mentioned in the Holy Qur\u2019an. God saved Hadrat Yusufas (Joseph) from the evil designs of the women.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 20, "title": "Prayer for Recovery from Disease", "background": "Hadrat Ayyubas (Job) prayed for recovery from his", "refrence": "(Al-Anbiya\u2019 21:84)", "meaning": "Affliction has touched me and You are the Most Merciful of all who show mercy." }, { "id": 21, "title": "Prayer for Seeking God's Protection, Forgiveness and Mercy", "background": "On receiving Divine sign Hadrat Musaas(Moses) went to Mount Tur with seventy followers. An earthquake occurred and Hadrat Musaas(Moses) thought that this was a punishment for his people for associating partners with", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:156)", "meaning": "You are our Protector; forgive us then, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of those who forgive." }, { "id": 22, "title": "Confessing Unintentional Transgression and Seeking Forgiveness", "background": "While trying to stop a fight a person was accidentally killed by Hadrat Musaas\u2019s (Moses) blow. He prayed in the following words and God forgave him.", "refrence": "(Al-Qasas 28:17)", "meaning": "Lord, I have indeed wronged my soul, therefore, forgive me." }, { "id": 23, "title": "Prayers for Forgiveness and Mercy", "background": "During the absence of Hadrat Musaas(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 \u2018prayer of repentance\u2019 by the followers of Hadrat Musaas (Moses).", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:150)", "meaning": "If our Lord does not have mercy on us, and forgive us, we shall surely be among the losers." }, { "id": 24, "title": "Prayer for Mercy", "background": "On the same occasion Musaas (Moses) prayed for forgiveness for his brother and himself.", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 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." }, { "id": 25, "title": "Prayer for Seeking Forgiveness for People gone Astray", "background": "Hadrat Abu Dharrra relates that the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)", "refrence": "(Al-Ma\u2019idah 5:119)", "meaning": "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You surely are the Mighty, the Wise." }, { "id": 26, "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.", "refrence": "(Al-Furqan 25:66)", "meaning": "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell; for the punishment thereof is a lasting torment." }, { "id": 27, "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 \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Umarra 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 \u2018Umarra 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: \u2018As the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) has told you about it you better enquire from him.\" Ibne \u2018Umarra 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, \u201cFirstly, 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.\u201d", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 28, "title": "Prayer for Mercy and Forgiveness", "background": "Hadrat Abu-Bakrra requested the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) for a", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 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\u201d(meaning that it is a very potent prayer)." }, { "id": 29, "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\u2018adh 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.", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019min 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." }, { "id": 30, "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.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 31, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Transgression on Seeing the End of the Transgressors", "background": "Having seen heaven, Ashab-e-A\u2018raf (perfect believers) will spontaneously start to recite this verse on seeing the people of Fire.", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:48)", "meaning": "Our Lord, put us not with the unjust people." }, { "id": 32, "title": "Prayer for Safety from Tyrannical People", "background": "Hadrat Musaas (Moses) advised a small company of", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 33, "title": "Prayer for Migration and Escaping Cruel People", "background": "Hadrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbasra(whose mother, Umm-e", "refrence": "(An-Nisa\u2019 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." }, { "id": 34, "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.", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 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." }, { "id": 35, "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.", "refrence": "(Ta Ha 20:115)", "meaning": "O my Lord, increase me in knowledge." }, { "id": 36, "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\u2019 binte \u2018Umaisra 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, \u201cO my Lord, I pray to You in the same words as my brother", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 37, "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.", "refrence": "(At-Tahrim 66:9)", "meaning": "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us: surely You have power over all things." }, { "id": 38, "title": "Prayer for the Righteous End and Death in the State of being a Muslim", "background": "When God granted Hadrat Yusufas (Joseph) sovereignty after the ordeal of imprisonment, his brothers came to his court and brought their father with them. Hadrat Yusufas (Joseph) thanked God and prayed.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 39, "title": "Humble Prayer for Receiving Goodness", "background": "Hadrat Anas bin Malikra relates that the Holy", "refrence": "(Al-Qasas 28:25)", "meaning": "O my Lord, a beggar I am of whatever good You bestow upon me." }, { "id": 40, "title": "Prayer for Sustenance and Peace", "background": "All the prayers that the Hadrat Ibrahimas (Abraham) recited when he was building the Ka\u2018bah 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.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 41, "title": "Prayer for Spiritual and Worldly Advancement of Children", "background": "The prayer Hadrat Ibrahimas (Abraham) offered for the spiritual and worldly advancement of his progeny was:", "refrence": "(Ibrahim 14:38)", "meaning": "\u2018Our 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.\u2019" }, { "id": 42, "title": "Another Verse", "background": "\u06d4\u0645 \u064e \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064e \ufebb \u0652 \u064e\ufef7\u0652 \u0627 \ufeaa \u064e \ufe92 \u064f \ufecc \u0652 \ufee7 \u064e \u0651 \u0646 \u0652 \u064e\u0623 \ufc8f \u064e\u0651 \u0650 \ufe91 \u064e \u0648 \u064e \ufc8f \u0652 \u0650 ; \u0652 \ufee8 \u064f \ufe9f \u0652 \u0627\u0648 \u064e \u0651 \ufe8e\ufee8 \u064b \ufee3\u0650 \u0627 \u0670 \ufeaa \u064e \u064e\ufee0\ufe92 \u064e \u0652\ufedf\u0627 \u0627\ufeac\u064e \ufeeb \u0670 \ufede\u0652 \ufecc \u064e \ufe9f \u0652 \u0627 \u0628\u0650 \u0651 \u0631 \u064e", "refrence": "(Ibrahim 14:36)", "meaning": "My Lord, make this city, a city of peace, and keep me and my children away from worshipping idols." }, { "id": 43, "title": "Prayer of the Apostles of Jesus Christas", "background": "Hadrat \u2018Isaas (Jesus) prayed on the insistence of his", "refrence": "(Al-Ma\u2019idah 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." }, { "id": 44, "title": "Prayer for Strength, Superiority, Increase of Sustenance and Deliverance from Debt", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) advised Hadrat Mu\u2018adhra 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. Muqatilra bin", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 45, "title": "Prayer for Just Decision and Victory", "background": "Hadrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbasra relates that Hadrat", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 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." }, { "id": 46, "title": "Cry for Help on being Overwhelmed", "background": "When the denial of Hadrat Nuhas\u2019s (Noah) people reached an extreme, they called him a liar and a madman. In vexation, Hadrat Nuhas (Noah) prayed to God.", "refrence": "(Al-Qamar 54:11)", "meaning": "I am overcome, so come Thou to my help." }, { "id": 47, "title": "Prayer for Arbitration", "background": "Hadrat Nuhas (Noah) was distressed by his people. He", "refrence": "(Ash-Shu\u2018ara\u2019 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." }, { "id": 48, "title": "Prayer regarding Disbelievers and Atheists", "background": "Hadrat Nuhas (Noah) ultimately prayed against his", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 49, "title": "Prayer for Forgiveness for Parents, Believers and for One's Ownself", "background": "After praying for Divine decree against non-believers,", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 50, "title": "Prayer for the Guidance of Mankind", "background": "At the time of building the Ka\u2018bah, the House of God,", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 51, "title": "Prayer for Victory over Enemies", "background": "God says about this prayer of Hadrat Musaas (Moses) that he was informed of the acceptance of his supplication. He was advised to be steadfast and not follow the ignorant people.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 52, "title": "Prayer for Victory over Mischief Makers", "background": "Hadrat Lutas (Lot) advised his people to refrain from", "refrence": "(Al-\u2018Ankabut 29:31)", "meaning": "Help me, my Lord, against the wicked people." }, { "id": 53, "title": "Prayer for Escaping the Evil Influences of Wicked People", "background": "In response to Hadrat Lutas\u2019s (Lot) advice, his people threatened him with expulsion from the country. He prayed and God accepted his prayer. God saved Hadrat", "refrence": "(Ash-Shu\u2018ara\u2019 26:170)", "meaning": "My Lord, save me and my family from what they do." }, { "id": 54, "title": "Requesting Divine Signs against Disobedient People", "background": "Hadrat Musaas (Moses) informed his followers of the", "refrence": "(Al-Ma\u2019idah 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." }, { "id": 55, "title": "Thanksgiving by Hadrat Musaas(Moses) and a Prayer for Release from Cruel People", "background": "Hadrat Musaas(Moses) killed a person unintentionally.", "refrence": "(Al-Qasas 28:18)", "meaning": "My Lord, because You have bestowed favour upon me, I will never be a helper of the guilty." }, { "id": 56, "title": "Prayer for Just Decisions", "background": "Hadrat Qatadahra relates that whenever the Holy", "refrence": "(Al-Anbiya\u2019 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." }, { "id": 57, "title": "Prayer for God\u2019s 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. They prayed in these words:", "refrence": "(Al-Kahf 18:11)", "meaning": "Our Lord, bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and provide for us right guidance in our affair." }, { "id": 58, "title": "Prayer for Virtuous Children", "background": "Hadrat Ibrahimas(Abraham) prayed for virtuous children", "refrence": "(As-Saffat 37:101)", "meaning": "My Lord, grant me a righteous son." }, { "id": 59, "title": "Prayer for Obedient and Worshipping Children", "background": "Hadrat Ibrahimas (Abraham) offered this prayer while", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 60, "title": "Prayer for Steadfastness in Worship for Oneself, One's Children and Forgiveness for Parents and Believers", "background": "Hadrat Ibne Juraijra used to say that the followers of Hadrat Ibrahimas(Abraham) were always steadfast in", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 61, "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", "refrence": "(Ash-Shu\u2018ara\u2019 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." }, { "id": 62, "title": "Prayer for Extraordinary Strength and Sovereignty", "background": "This prayer of Hadrat Sulaimanas (Solomon) was accepted and the big rebellious people became obedient to him. Hadrat Salmah bin Al-Akwa\u2018ra said that whenever the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) prayed, he mentioned God's attribute \u2018Wahhab\u2019. For example he would say,", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 63, "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-Bakrra. His prayer was accepted and as a result his parents, brother and all his children accepted Islam.", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 64, "title": "Prayer of Thanks and for Piety", "background": "When the army of Hadrat Sulaimanas (Solomon) passed by the valley of Namlah, its inhabitants were afraid and hid themselves in their houses. On seeing this", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 65, "title": "Prayer for Chaste Progeny", "background": "On seeing out of season fruits near Hadrat Maryamas (Mary), Hadrat Zakariyyahas(Zachariah) her guardian asked her where they had come from? She answered spontaneously, \u2018It is from Allah\u2019. On hearing this Hadrat", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 3:39)", "meaning": "My Lord, grant me from Yourself pure offspring; surely You are the Hearer of prayer." }, { "id": 66, "title": "Prayer for Children in Old Age", "background": "The beautiful style that Hadrat Zakariyyahas (Zachariah) adopted for this prayer was bound to be accepted.", "refrence": "(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\u2018qub(Jacob). And make him, my Lord, well-pleasing to You." }, { "id": 67, "title": "Prayer for Riddance of Loneliness and for Children to be Good Heirs", "background": "God says that when Hadrat Zakariyyahas(Zachariah) prayed, \u201cWe accepted his prayers\u201d. His wife recovered and Yahyaas (John) was bestowed upon him.", "refrence": "(Al-Anbiya\u2019 21:90)", "meaning": "My Lord, leave me not childless, and You are the best of Inheritors." }, { "id": 68, "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:", "refrence": "(Al-Furqan 25:75)", "meaning": "And those who say, \u2018Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes and make each of us a leader of the righteous.\u2019" }, { "id": 69, "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.", "refrence": "(Bani Isra\u2019il 17:25)", "meaning": "My Lord, have mercy on them even as they nourished me in my childhood." }, { "id": 70, "title": "Prayer on Boarding a Boat", "background": "At the time of the flood, Hadrat Nuhas (Noah) prayed according to God\u2019s 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.", "refrence": "(Hud 11:42)", "meaning": "In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful." }, { "id": 71, "title": "Another Prayer on Boarding a Boat", "background": "God instructed Hadrat Nuhas (Noah) to say:", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 23:30)", "meaning": "Then this prayer should be recited which Hadrat \u2018Alira also used to say upon entering a mosque,. My Lord, cause me to land a blessed landing, for You are the Best of those who bring men to land." }, { "id": 72, "title": "Prayer of Riding a Mount", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) used to say these words three times", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 73, "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", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 74, "title": "Prayer for a Good Beginning and End and Special Victory", "background": "Hadrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbasra relates that these", "refrence": "(Bani Isra\u2019il 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." }, { "id": 75, "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.", "refrence": "(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" }, { "id": 76, "title": "Prayer of Peace for Godly People", "background": "The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) was taught this prayer of peace for the holy people:", "refrence": "(An-Naml 27:60)", "meaning": "All praise belongs to Allah, and peace be upon those servants of His whom He has chosen." }, { "id": 77, "title": "Prayer of Inclination towards God and Declaration of Total Belief", "background": "When Hadrat Musaas(Moses) could not bear the manifestation of God and he became unconscious. On recovering he offered this supplication.", "refrence": "(Al-A\u2018raf 7:144)", "meaning": "Holy are You, I turn towards You, and I am the first to believe." }, { "id": 78, "title": "Prayer for God\u2019s Protection", "background": "When Hadrat Ibrahimas(Abraham) was thrown into the fire, he offered this prayer.", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 3:174)", "meaning": "Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He." }, { "id": 79, "title": "Prayer for God's Arbitration", "background": "Sa\u2018id bin Hasanahra 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,", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 80, "title": "On the Rejection by People, and a Prayer for Victory", "background": "God delivered Hadrat Nuhas's (Noah) Ark from the flood.", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 23:27)", "meaning": "O my Lord, help me, for they have treated me as a liar." }, { "id": 81, "title": "Declaration of Belief in God\u2019s Promises upon Hearing His Verses", "background": "The learned believers prostrated themselves on hearing the revealed verses.", "refrence": "(Bani Isra\u2019il 17:109)", "meaning": "Holy is our Lord. Surely, the promise of our Lord is bound to be fulfilled." }, { "id": 82, "title": "Prayer Recited at Dawn and Dusk for Recompense of Failings", "background": "Hadrat \u2018Abdullah bin \u2018Abbasra relates that the Holy", "refrence": "(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." }, { "id": 83, "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.", "refrence": "(Al-Baqarah 2:157)", "meaning": "Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return." }, { "id": 84, "title": "Prayer for Dedicating Children and Making Vows", "background": "Hadrat Maryamas\u2019s (Mary) mother offered this prayer", "refrence": "(Al-e-\u2018Imran 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." }, { "id": 85, "title": "Prayer of God\u2019s 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. \u2018You are the ones who ridiculed my servants who prayed and I have rewarded them in ample measure.\u2019", "refrence": "(Al-Mu\u2019minun 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." }, { "id": 86, "title": "Prayers for Deliverance from Grief and Sorrow", "background": "Hadrat Abu Darda\u2019ra relates that whosoever repeats", "refrence": "(At-Taubah 9:129)", "meaning": "In Him do I put my trust, and He is the Lord of the mighty Throne." }, { "id": 87, "title": "Prayers for Seeking Allah\u2019s Shelter and Safety from every type of Evil", "background": "Hadrat ‘Abdullahra 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 ‘A’ishahra relates that whenever the Holy Prophetsa 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.", "refrence": "", "meaning": "" }, { "id": 88, "title": "Surah Ikhlas", "background": "\ufee2 \u0650 \u0652 \ufef4 \ufea3\u0650 \ufeae\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufee6(cid:) \ufee4 \u0670 \ufea3 \u0652 \ufeae \u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufdf2\u0650 \u0627 \ufee2\u0650 \ufeb4 \u0652 \ufe91 \u0627\ufeee \u064b \ufed4\u064f \ufedb\u064f \ufeea \u064f \u064e \u0651\ufedf \ufee6 \u0652 \ufedc\u064f \ufef3 \u064e \ufee2 \u0652 \u064e\ufedf\u0648 \u064e \ufeaa \u0652 \u064e\ufedf\ufeee \u0652 \u064f \ufef3 \ufee2 \u0652 \u064e\ufedf\u0648 \u064e \ufeaa \u0652 \ufee0\u0650 \u064e \ufef3 \ufee2 \u0652 \u064e\ufedf \ufeaa \u064f \ufee4 \u064e \ufebc\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 (cid:) \u064f \u0670\u0651 \u0627 \ufeaa \u064c \ufea3 \u064e \u064e\u0623 (cid:) \u064f \u0670\u0651 \u0627 \ufeee \u064e \ufeeb \u064f \ufede\u0652 \ufed7\u064f \u06d4 \ufeaa\ufea3\u064e\u0623 \u064c \u064e", "refrence": "(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'." }, { "id": 89, "title": "Surah Al-Falaq", "background": "\ufee2 \u0650 \u0652 \ufef4 \ufea3\u0650 \ufeae\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufee6(cid:) \ufee4 \u0670 \ufea3 \u0652 \ufeae \u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufdf2\u0650 \u0627 \ufee2\u0650 \ufeb4 \u0652 \ufe91 \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \u0648 \u064e \ufe90 \u064e \ufed7\u064e \u0648 \u064e \u0627\u0630\u064e \u0650\u0625 \ufed6\u064d \ufeb3\u0650 \ufe8e\u064e \ufeae \u0650 \u0651 \ufeb7\u064e \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \u0648 \u064e \ufed6\u064e \u064e\ufee0\ufea7\u064e \ufe8e\ufee3 \u064e \ufeae \u0650 \u0651 \ufeb7\u064e \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \ufed6\u0650 \u064e\ufee0\ufed4\u064e \u0652\ufedf\u0627 \u0628 \u0651 \u0650 \ufeae \u064e \u0650\ufe91 \u0630\u064f \ufeee\ufecb \u064f \u064e\u0623 \ufede\u0652 \ufed7\u064f \u06d4 \ufeaa \u064e \ufeb4 \u064e \ufea3 \u064e \u0627\u0630\u064e \u0650\u0625 \ufeaa\u064d \ufeb3\u0650 \ufe8e\ufea3 \u064e \ufeae \u0650 \u0651 \ufeb7\u064e \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \u0648 \u064e \ufeaa\u0650 \ufed8\u064e \ufecc \u064f \u0652\ufedf\u0627 \ufc32\u0650 \ufe96\u0650 \ufe9c \u0670 \ufed4\u0670\u0651 \ufee8 \u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufeae \u0650 \u0651 \ufeb7\u064e", "refrence": "(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'." }, { "id": 90, "title": "Surah An-Nas", "background": "\ufee2 \u0650 \u0652 \ufef4 \ufea3\u0650 \ufeae\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufee6(cid:) \ufee4 \u0670 \ufea3 \u0652 \ufeae \u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufdf2\u0650 \u0627 \ufee2\u0650 \ufeb4 \u0652 \ufe91 \u0633\u0650 \u0627\ufeee \u064e \ufeb3 \u0652 \ufeee \u064e \u0652\ufedf\u0627 \ufeae \u0650 \u0651 \ufeb7\u064e \ufee6 \u0652 \ufee3\u0650 \u0633 \u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufeea\u0650 \u0670 \ufedf \u0650\u0625 \u0633\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \ufeda\u0650 \ufee0\u0650 \ufee3 \u064e \u0633\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e\u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \u0628 \u0651 \u0650 \ufeae \u064e \u0650\ufe91 \u0630\u064f \ufeee\ufecb \u064f \u064e\u0623 \ufede\u0652 \ufed7\u064f \u06d4 \u0633\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e \u0651 \ufedf\u0627\u0648 \u064e \ufe94\u0650 \ufee8\u064e \u0651 \ufcc9\u0650\u0652 \u0627 \ufee6 \u064e \ufee3\u0650 \u0633\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e \u0651 \ufedf\u0627 \u0631\u0650 \u0648 \u0652 \ufeaa \u064f \ufebb \u064f \ufc32 \u0652 \u0650 \u0633 \u064f \ufeee\u0650 \ufeb3 \u0652 \ufeee \u064e \u064f \ufef3 \u064a \u0652 \ufeac\u0650 \u064e \u0651\ufedf\u0627 \u0633\u0650 \ufe8e\ufee8\u064e \u0651 \u064e \ufccb\u0652 \u0627", "refrence": "(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. '" } ]