DUA BEFORE STUDYING

O Allah! Make useful Allahumma infa'nii bimaa ‫اللّهمّ انفعْني بما علّمتني و‬
for me what You taught 'allamtanii
yanfa' unii
wa'allimnii maa
‫علّمني ما ينفعني‬
me and teach me    
knowledge that will be
useful to me.
‫اللّهمّ إنّي أسألك فهْم النّبيّين و‬
Allahumma inii as'aluka
O Allah! I ask You for fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifthal
‫حفظ المرسلين المقرّبين‬
the understanding of the mursaleen al-muqarrabeen.
prophets and the  
 
 
memory of the ‫اللّهمّ اجْعل لساني عامرا‬
messengers, and those
‫بذكرك و قلبي بخشيتك‬
nearest to You. Allahumma ijal leesanee
'amiran bi thikrika wa qalbi bi ‫إنّك على ما تشاء قدير و أنت‬
O Allah! Make my khashyatika. ‫حسبنا اللّه و نعْم الوكيل‬
 
tongue full of Your Innaka 'ala ma-tasha'-u
remembrance, and my qadeer wa anta hasbun-allahu
heart with consciousness wa na'mal wakeel.
of You. (O Allah!) You
do whatever You wish, ‫ف بِ ْى فِ ْى تَي ِْسي ِْر‬ ْ ُ‫اللَّهُ َّم ْالط‬
and You are our Availer ِّ‫ُكلِّ َع ِسي ٍْر فَاِ َّن تَي ِْسي َْر ; ُكل‬
and Protector and the Allahumma Tufiltuf bi fi taysiri
kulli 'asirin, fainna taysirra
‫ْك يَ ِس ْي ٌَر‬
َ ‫َع ِسي ٍْر َعلَي‬
best of aid. kuuli 'asirin 'alaika yassirun

O Allah! Make easy for

me every difficult thing,
‫اللهم اني اسالك العفو‬
with Your special favour ‫والعافية‬
and Kindness, for it is Allahumma inni as'alukal
easy for You to make 'afuwawal-afiya
every difficult thing easy
َ ُ‫اَللَّهُ َّم إِنِّي أَسْأَل‬
‫ك‬
O Allah! I seek your ‫ َو ِر ْزقًا طَيَّبًا َو‬, ‫ِع ْل ًما نَافِعًا‬
forgiveness and well ً ‫َع َمال ُمتَقَبَّلا‬
being (meaning in Allahumma inni as'aluka
examination, memory, 'Ilman naafi'an, wa rizqan
and concentration etc) tayyiban, wa 'amalan
‫اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّى اَسْئَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّه‬
mutaqabbalan
O Allah! I ask You for ُ‫عَاجِله وَ اجِلِه مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْه‬
knowledge that is of َ‫و‬
benefit, a good provision ْ‫مَا لَمْ اَعْلَم‬
and deeds that will be Allahumma inni as'aluka min
al khairi kullihi 'ajilihi wa ajilihi,
accepted. ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma lam
 a'alam
O Allah! I ask You for
all the good which is in
the present or in the
future, which I know
and which I do not know
DUA WHILE STUDYING SOMETHING DIFFICULT
O Allah! Nothing is easy Allahumma la sahla illama ‫اللّهمّ ال سهل إالّ ما جعلْته‬
ja-'altahu sahlaa wa anta taj
except what You have 'alul hazna etha shi'ta sahlaa. ‫سهال و أنت تجْعل الحزن إذا‬
made easy. If You wish, ‫شئت سهال‬
You can make the  
difficult easy.
DUA FOR KNOWLEDGE
O Allah! I ask You for
useful Knowledge

Allahumma inni as'aluka ‫ك ِع ْل ًما‬

َ ُ‫اللَّهُم اِنِّى اَ ْسئَل‬
'ilman-naaji'han
‫ن َِج ْيحًا‬
Glory be to you, we
have no knowledge Subhanaka la 'ilma lana 'illa
except what you have ma 'allamtana 'innaka ‫ُس ْب َحانَكَ الَ ِع ْل َم لَنَا إِالَّ َما‬
taught us. Verily, it is
'antal-'Alimul Hakim َ‫َعلَّ ْمتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنت‬
You, the All-Knower, ‫ْال َعلِي ُم ْال َح ِكي ُم‬
the All-Wise [2:32]
Rabbi zidni 'ilman war zuqni
O Allah! Advance me fahman ِ ‫ني ِع ْلما ً َو رْ ُز ْق‬
‫ني‬ ِ ‫َربِّ ز ْد‬
in Knowledge and true ً ‫فَهْما‬
understanding

‫يَا َعلِيم‬
O All-Knowing, grant Ya Alimu, alimni
‫َعلِّ ْمنِى‬
me knowledge

Rabbi zidni ilma ‫رَّبِّ ِز ۡدنِى ِع ۡل ۬ ًما‬

Lord increase me in
knowledge
[20:114]
 DUA FOR ANXIETY/DISTRESS
O Allah! I seek refuge in Allahumma inni a'oodho bika ‫اللّه ّم إنّي أعوذ بك من اله ّم و‬
minal-hammi wal-huzni,
You from anxiety and wal-'ajzi wal-kasali wal-bukhli ‫الحزن و العجز و الكسل و‬
sorrow, weakness and wal-jubni, wa ghalabatid-dayni ‫البخل و الجبن و غلبة الدّين‬
laziness, miserliness and wa qahrir-rijaal
cowardice, the
‫و قهر الرّجال‬
 
overpowering of debt
and the oppression of
men. Allahumma inni unzila bika
haajati wa-in qasuura rubbi wa
du'fa 'amali iftaqartu illa
‫اجتِ ْى َو‬
َ ‫ك َح‬َ ِ‫اللَّهُ َّم إنِّي اُ ْن ِز ُل ب‬
O Allah! I ask You to Rahmatika َ‫ض ْعف‬ُ ‫اِ ْن قَص َُر َرابِ ْى َو‬
answer my needs, ‫ُ َع َملِى ا ْفتَقَرْ ت‬
though my intellect is
weak, and my actions َ‫اِلى َرح َمتِك‬
are defective, O Allah! I
am in need of Your HasbiyAllahu wa ni'mal
wakeel
Mercy ‫َح ْسبِ َي هللاُ َونِ ْع َم ْال َو ِكي ُل‬
Allah is my availer and
protector and the best of
aids

DUA AFTER STUDYING

Oh Allah! I entrust You Allahhumma inni astaodeeuka ‫اللّهمّ إنّي أستودعك ما قرأْت‬
ma qara'tu wama hafaz-tu.
with what I have read   ‫و ما حفظت‬
and I have studied. (Oh  
Allah!) Faradduhu 'allaya inda haajati
elayhi. ‫فردّه عليّ عنْد حاجتي إليه‬
Bring it back to me  
when I am in need of it. Innaka 'ala ma-tasha'-u  
(Oh Allah!) qadeer wa anta hasbeeya wa ‫إنّك على ما تشاء قدير و أنت‬
na'mal waeel.
‫حسبي و نعْم الوكيل‬
You do whatever You  
wish, and You are my
Availer and Protector Allahumma zakkirni minhu, wa
and the best of aid. 'alimni minhu ma jahiltu
‫ َو َعلِّ ْمنِ ْى‬، َ‫اَللَّهُ َّم َذ ِّكرْ نِ ْى ِم ْنه‬
 O Allah! Assist me to ‫ِم ْنهُ َما‬
remember it, and teach ‫ت‬ُ ‫َج ِه ْل‬
me whatever I am
ignorant of it SallAllahu 'ala Muhammad wa
'aali Muhammad. Allahumma
 inni as'aluka ya Mudhakkiral
khayr wa faa'ilahu wal-
aamimira bihi dhakirni ma ‫صلى هللا على‬
Blessings of Allah be
upon Muhammad and
ansaanihi-shaytan ‫محمد‬
his progeny. O Allah! I ‫وال محمد اللهم اني أسألك يا‬
ask You, The One who ‫مدخر الخير وفاعله واآلمر‬
mentions goodness and ‫به ذكرني ما انسانيه الشيطان‬
actualizes it and
commands it, Remind Allahummanf'ani bima
'allamtani, wa 'allimni ma
me of that which the yaufa'uni ‫اللَّهُ َّم ا ْنفَ َعنِ ْى بِ َما َعلَّ ْمتَنِ ْى َو‬
shaytan makes me forget ‫َعلِّ ْمنِ ْى َما‬
‫يَ ْنفَ َعنِى‬
O Allah! Let the Rabbana ta-qabbal minna
knowledge that You 'innaka 'Antas-Sami-'ul-'Aliim
have granted me, be ‫َربَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ ِمنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ال َّس ِمي ُع‬
useful for me, and teach ‫ْال َعلِي ُم‬
me whatever can be
fruitful for me

Our Rabb! Accept from

us. You indeed, You are
the all-Hearing, the all-
Knowing.
[2:127]